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Author, Gold Star Sister, and President of a National Veteran Service Organization Launches Podcast Focused on Inspiring Stories of Resilience

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Resilience, according to Manion, is all about «struggling well.» Conversations will focus on how the principle of struggling well relates to current events, the Travis Manion Foundation mission of empowering veterans and families of fallen heroes to serve, as well as personal trials guests have overcome. With all guests, Ryan’s goal will be to focus on sharing lessons that listeners can use to face adversity more effectively, while turning challenges…

The show will feature an array of guests, and the inaugural episode will launch on Tuesday, August 4th, with Ryan interviewing Chairman of the Board and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, Alex Gorsky.

«In the years since the loss of my brother Travis, I’ve learned that my life need not be defined by a tragic event, but it can be inspired by it,» said Ryan Manion. «My hope is that listeners will join us on this journey with some amazing guests, as we explore how to struggle well through life’s inevitable challenges.»

The Resilient Life Podcast will be available on all major podcast streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Radio.com, and more, as well as a video version that will be available on YouTube. Listeners can subscribe to the podcast at http://www.ryanmanion.com/podcasts or subscribe to watch on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/TravismanionOrg

About Ryan Manion
Ryan Manion is a wife, a mom, the President of Travis Manion Foundation, and the daughter of a retired Marine. Her brother, 1stLt Travis Manion, was killed in Iraq in 2007, and she lost her mother to breast cancer in 2012. Ryan also co-authored the book «The Knock at the Door» which tells the story of three women, bonded by grief and purpose, who turned loss into inspiration for others by channeling their grief through service. She has learned that responding to struggle well can not only help determine the course of your life; it can inspire others to change the course of theirs. Learn more about Ryan Manion here.

About Travis Manion Foundation
Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) unites communities to strengthen America’s national character by empowering veterans and families of fallen heroes to develop and lead future generations. In 2007, 1st Lt. Travis Manion (USMC) was killed in Iraq while saving his wounded teammates. Today, Travis’ legacy lives on in the words he spoke before leaving for his final deployment, «If Not Me, Then Who…» Guided by this mantra, veterans continue their service, develop strong relationships with their communities, and thrive in their post-military lives by serving as character role models to youth. As a result, communities prosper and the character of our nation’s heroes lives on in the next generation.

The story of 1st Lt. Travis Manion and his Naval Academy brother Lt. (SEAL) Brendan Looney have been publicized in the book Brothers Forever, and additional information about the Foundation can be found at http://www.travismanion.org.

For interview opportunities or additional information, please contact:
Derrick Morgan, Sr. Director of Marketing Derrick@travismanion.org (215) 622-2225

SOURCE The Resilient Life hosted by Ryan Manion

ClubsHELP Launches 100-Hole Challenge – National Movement Helps Golf Clubs Raise Money for Local Charities

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — It’s a fund raiser, it’s a marathon, it’s a way to give back to local communities – all through the sport of golf. The 2020 ClubsHELP 100-Hole Challenge was announced this week as a vehicle to raise funds for local charities…

«With so many charity golf events being canceled this year due to social distancing and non-member play voiding large tournaments, we needed to create an event that adheres to social distancing protocols,» said Michael McCarthy, CEO of Addison Reserve Country Club and Chairman of the ClubsHELP 100-Hole Challenge. «Members and corporate sponsors can support players who are responsibly playing in these events.»

The main benefit of the 2020 ClubsHELP 100-Hole Challenge is that clubs across the country can pledge support for favored local charities.

How does this event work?

Amateur golfers, including club staff or teams from local charities (typically in groups of 2 or 3), play 100 holes of golf from sun-up to sundown raising money for select local charities. Pledges are received from friends, members, family and local businesses, with 90% of funds raised donated to the club’s designated local charity and the remaining 10% to ClubsHELP. Teams may represent the club, a corporation, or a charity, allowing tremendous flexibility to raise funds for multiple causes.

Member clubs receive promotional support from ClubsHELP national headquarters, including an app for receiving pledges, national leaderboard, and marketing tool kit.

The 100-Hole Challenges will run from now through October 31, 2020.

With support of the golf legends Ernie Els and Jack Nicklaus, plus the backing of the Club Managers Association of America and National Club Association, ClubsHELP has grown from a single club in March 2020 to a network of nearly 400 clubs supporting hospitals, food banks, emergency services responders, and nursing homes in their communities. Through this collective energy and support of golf and club members across the country, resources are being deployed where they are needed most—at the local level.

The 100-Hole Challenge is the ultimate demonstration of community support – and that’s the essence of ClubsHELP, a 501(c)3 foundation.

To enroll a club in ClubsHELP access the web site at http://www.clubshelp.org. To learn more about the 100-Hole Challenge, go to http://www.clubshelp.org/100holes/.

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Reallusion Releases Character Creator 3.3 and SkinGen – The New Industry Standard in Digital Human Design

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Reallusion is devoted to the digital human design pipeline and now adds another link in the chain of tools to design the ultimate digital human. Character Creator 3.3 features new realism tools that work with the already released Digital Human Shader and the Headshot plugin for rapid digital double creation for a total solution. Accompanying the release of Character Creator 3.3, the digital human workflow evolves with

«SkinGen is a major breakthrough in the digital human workflow that introduces an ultra-realistic dynamic material system dedicated to human skin synthesis. » said John Martin, VP, Product Marketing, Reallusion. «The tools inside SkinGen are also empowered by the combination of industry leading partners like Texturing XYZ and Substance. SkinGen makes it possible for anyone to create a character with custom looks for age or appearance, and ultra-fine details down to the pores.

«Texturing.XYZ and Character Creator 3 is a dynamic combination for creating real-time digital humans. The partnership with Reallusion and Texturing.XYZ enables a pipeline to rapidly design detailed characters ready for animation.» – Jeremy Celeste, CEO, Texturing.XYZ

New CC3+ Character Base

Designing the best real-time Digital Human character is one of the core values of Character Creator 3. CC3 Base+ improves character mesh, UV, and skeletal rig; fulfilling the requirements of detailed sculpting and realistic animation.

Topology & Mesh Enhancement: evenly-distributed quad surface and perfect edge-loops for smooth facial expressions and body animations.
UV Optimization: Head UV includes neck area. High details for hand, nose, lips, and UDIM layout optimized for ZBrush, Substance Painter pipeline.
Upgraded Skinning & Rigging: Supports both A-pose & T-pose, enhances skin-weights.

SkinGen – Intuitive Skin and Makeup Design

Basic SkinGen features are included as a free update in CC 3.3. Along with embedded sample Skins and Makeup assets, all users are able to enjoy the layer stack and rich slider adjustments. The new character base (CC3 Base+) is required to present the quality for SkinGen. All existing characters can be easily converted into CC3 Base+, and a Batch Converter is also provided in the CC3.3 release.

Free SkinGen features includes:

Content Manager

Browse and manage skin and makeup content, drag-and-drop assets to the SkinGen layer editor for
compositing effects.

Layer Editing

Show/hide, opacity level, layer order, merge, flatten, and blend modes (normal, multiply, overlay, soft-light)

Dynamic Material Editing

Adjustable skin effects on each layer, change material attributes for color, transformation, tiling and distribution, etc.

Up to 4K real-time editing for each body material

What’s Included in the Digital Human Design Solution

Structural Skin and Makeup Assets
Following the natural layered skin dynamics, the Realistic Human Skin library starts from the muscle layer, and then Skin Details, Blemish on-top, and Acquired Elements like tattoos, finally determine Body Hair on the outermost surface. The simplified layer structure corresponds to real skin and properties to achieve a targeted result.

Realistic Human Skin – Detail Every Aspect of Digital Human
Realistic Human Skin is made of 270 dynamic materials for skin, hair, nail, tattoo, and blemishes; all magically blended with authentic 3D scan-based elements. Create a wide array of skin ages and appearance options with unmatched flexibility and production quality.

Makeup and SFX – From Daily Look to Hollywood SFX

The Makeup and SFX is a complete layer based editing environment to build custom makeup looks and Special FX. 280 makeup varieties go from the everyday casual looks to glamorous styles, and on to creative looks like reptile scales, sci-fi cyberpunk, tattoos, or battle-scarred fighter and beyond.

SkinGen Premium plug-in
The SkinGen Premium plugin unlocks texture import capability, and extends the 15 layer editing limit. The 21 dynamic material tools provide full control over every skin & makeup detail for customized skin effects, and the UV Converter helps you directly bring in DAZ textures for Character Creator 3 characters.

Ultimate Morphs – Authentic Human Morphs CC3 Base+

With more than 480 morphs from head to toe designed for the superior new CC3+ topology, Ultimate Morphs adds another 12 authentic human shapes delivering a balanced mixture of body scale, age, gender and ethnicities.

The Best Package Under $500 for Users to Get Started

Special entry offer valid until August 31, 2020

The Ultimate Digital Human Creation Bundle gives you an all-in-one solution to create stunningly hyper realistic characters in no time. With brand new CC3+ Characters, Morphs, SkinGen Skin & Makeup assets, along with the full-featured SkinGen Premium plugins, you can easily level-up your studio projects to rival AAA visuals.

xclusive bonus for this bundle: Human Anatomy Set
12 ultra-value and highly-detailed avatars are introduced to present the visual standard of CC3+ characters. The perfect starting point to any animated character project.

Price information:

New to Character Creator:
https://www.reallusion.com/store/product.html?l=1&p=cc#ultimate-digital-human

For Character Creator users – Ultimate Digital Human 4-in-1 Bundle
https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/digital-human-skin-morph.html

Learn more about Character Creator 3.3 : https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/

Learn more about SkinGen: https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/skingen.html

About Reallusion
Reallusion Inc., a 2D and 3D character generation and animation tools company that specializes in real time cinematic animation, virtual production, and motion capture tools. Reallusion is a platform to connect professional animation technologies, industry partners, and content developers for character creation, motion capture and digital human solutions that balance quick production with quality results.

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Newman’s Own Gives $1 Million to Virtual Camp for Children with Serious Illnesses

WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COVID-19 has disrupted many in-person camps and children living with serious illnesses who rely on these experiences to remain connected to friends and breakthrough the limits of their illness are particularly affected. To provide this transformative camp experience to children living with serious illnesses, SeriousFun Children’s Network (SeriousFun), a network made up of camps and programs that serve children living with more than 50 medical conditions, has moved to innovative experiences and virtual platforms.

Newman’s Own Foundation will provide SeriousFun with $1 million over and above their regular giving to help SeriousFun’s 16 Member Camps provide virtual camp and family weekend programs, live-streamed programs, virtual discussion groups, at-home activity resources, and camp-inspired recipes to make at home, among many more. All programming and materials are provided to the campers free of charge.

«Paul Newman wanted his legacy to be helping these children and their families reach beyond the limitations of their illnesses to experience the joys of childhood, and we’re happy to continue in that mission,» said Miriam Nelson, Acting President and CEO of Newman’s Own Foundation.

Salad dressing is the key to this effort, with very bottle sold by Newman Own, Inc. this summer contributing additional profits to the cause.

«With support from generous donors such as Newman’s Own, SeriousFun Children’s Network has helped children living with serious illnesses and their families discover joy, confidence and a new world of possibilities,» said Blake Maher, CEO. «We are thankful for Newman’s Own’s continued support as we shift our efforts toward virtual programming, which allows us to connect with and support our campers and their families during this difficult time.»

In 1988, Paul Newman founded a special camp for kids living with serious illnesses and named it The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp after the feisty gang of «outlaws» in his film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. With the initial help of profits from the sale of Newman’s Own salad dressings and additional support of thousands of other donors annually, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp became a beacon of hope for more than 20,000 children and their family members annually. Over the years, inspired by what was happening at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Paul, along with like-minded and generous supporters, opened up similar camps all around the world, sparking a global movement and creating a very special community of camps and programs now known as SeriousFun Children’s Network.

About Newman’s Own
Newman’s Own Foundation continues Paul Newman’s commitment to use all profits that it receives from the sale of Newman’s Own, Inc. food for charitable purposes. Over $550 million has been given to thousands of charities since 1982. Newman’s Own, Inc., founded by Paul Newman in 1982, offers great tasting, high quality food and beverage products for people and pets. Products include salad dressings, pasta sauces, frozen pizza, salsa, refrigerated drinks, cookies, barbecue sauce, and snacks as well as dog food and treats. To learn more about how Newman’s Own is supporting SeriousFun’s virtual programs and how to get involved, please visit www.newmansown.com/summer-salad.

About SeriousFun Children’s Network
SeriousFun Children’s Network is a global community of 30 camps and programs serving children with serious illnesses and their families, always free of charge. Following the founding of The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by Paul Newman in 1988, he and other like-hearted individuals opened similar camps around the world, ultimately joining together to form SeriousFun Children’s Network. Thanks to a shared vision and collective contributions, the Network has evolved to become the leader in the field of medical specialty camps, delivering more than one million life-changing experiences to children and families from more than 50 countries. Each member camp is an independent, not-for-profit organization dependent upon private funding to serve all children at no cost to their families. To learn more about SeriousFun, visit www.seriousfunnetwork.org.

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La Federación Mundial de Hemofilia (FMH) publica las Guías de la FMH para el tratamiento de la hemofilia, 3a edición

Guías de tratamiento de la hemofilia para todos: Un nuevo proyecto de la Federación Mundial de Hemofilia (FMH)

MONTREAL, 4 de agosto de 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bajo la dirección de los líderes de contenido, el doctor Alok Srivastava y el doctor Glenn Pierce, PhD, vicepresidente médico de la FMH, esta 3^a edición de las Guías de la Federación Mundial de Hemofilia (FMH) para el tratamiento de la hemofilia ofrecen orientación actualizada y recomendaciones prácticas sobre el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la hemofilia, incluso el manejo de complicaciones musculoesqueléticas e inhibidores, actualizaciones sobre diagnóstico de laboratorio y valoraciones genéticas, así como nuevas recomendaciones sobre valoración de resultados.

Documentadas con las mejores pruebas científicas disponibles y complementadas con la opinión de expertos y la preferencia de los pacientes, las más de 300 recomendaciones prácticas de estas guías se elaboraron utilizando la metodología de Trustworthy Consensus-Based Statement (enunciados confiables acordados por consenso) a fin de garantizar orientación fiable. El panel encargado de las guías lo conformaron expertos en hemofilia de diversas especialidades clínicas y regiones del mundo, así como un 25% de personas con hemofilia y proveedores de cuidados.

Estas guías de tratamiento de alta calidad, basadas en pruebas científicas y en la experiencia profesional, ofrecen un medio para cerrar la brecha que existe en las prácticas de tratamiento y atención alrededor del mundo. Brindan un conjunto de recomendaciones prácticas cuyo objetivo es mejorar la calidad de la atención a escala mundial, fomentar intervenciones médicas eficaces, y reducir las variaciones en el ejercicio de la medicina. En los casos en los que no se cuenta con pruebas adecuadas, estas guías pueden estimular las investigaciones apropiadas.

La Federación Mundial de Hemofilia agradece sinceramente a los cerca de 100 colaboradores que hicieron posible la elaboración de estas guías, todos bajo estrictas limitaciones de tiempo. Agradecemos particularmente a los expertos en la atención de la hemofilia, a las personas con hemofilia y a los revisores que generosamente donaron su tiempo y experiencia a fin de garantizar que cada capítulo alcanzara las máximas normas de calidad posibles. Como resultado de su generosidad podemos ofrecer a proveedores de atención médica y pacientes de todo el mundo un conjunto de valiosas recomendaciones sobre las cuales basar sus cuidados. Agradecemos igualmente a los revisores externos y a los colegas revisores del periódico Haemophilia, quienes proporcionaron comentarios bajo las muy especiales circunstancias actuales de la crisis debida al COVID-19.

Para descargar las Guías de la FMH para el tratamiento de la hemofilia, 3^a edición visite el siguiente enlace: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hae.14046

Nuestro agradecimiento a los panelistas expertos que colaboraron en la preparación de las Guías de la FMH para el tratamiento de la hemofilia, 3^a edición:

Srivastava, A.; Santagostino, E.; Dougall, A.; Kitchen, S.; Sutherland, M.; Pipe, S.W.; Carcao, M.D.; Mahlangu, J.; Ragni, M.V.; Windyga, J.; Llinás, A.; Goddard, N.J.; Mohan, R.; Poonnoose, P.M.; Feldman, B.M.; Lewis, S.Z.; van den Berg, H.M.; Pierce, G.F.; a nombre del panel de las Guías de la FMH para el tratamiento de la hemofilia. *

*Abdelaziz Al Sharif, Manuel A. Baarslag, Lisa Bagley, Erik Berntorp, Greig Blamey, Mark Brooker, Francisco de Paula Careta, Kim Chew, Donna Coffin, Carlos D. De Brasi, Piet de Kleijn, Gerard Dolan, Vincent Dumez, Gaetan Duport, Carmen Escuriola Ettingshausen, Melanie M. Golob, Emna Gouider, Lucy T. Henry, Debbie Hum, Mathieu Jackson, Radoslaw Kaczmarek, Kate Khair, Barbara A. Konkle, Rolf C. R. Ljung, Silmara A. de Lima Montalvão, Augustas Nedzinskas, Sonia O’Hara, Margareth C. Ozelo, Gianluigi Pasta, David Enrique Preza Hernández, Bradley Rayner, Fiona Robinson, R. Sathyanarayanan, Thomas J. Schofield, Andrew Selvaggi, Shrimati Shetty, Maura Sostack, Alison Street, Ekawat Suwantaroj, Claude Tayou Tagny, Pierre Toulon.

Acerca de la hemofilia y otros trastornos de la coagulación

La hemofilia, la enfermedad de Von Willebrand, los trastornos plaquetarios hereditarios y otras deficiencias poco comunes de factores de la coagulación son padecimientos de por vida que impiden que la sangre coagule adecuadamente. Las personas con trastornos de la coagulación no tienen cantidades suficientes de un factor de coagulación específico, una proteína de la sangre que ayuda a controlar hemorragias, o bien este no funciona adecuadamente. La gravedad del trastorno de coagulación de una persona generalmente depende de la cantidad de factor de coagulación faltante o que no funciona adecuadamente. Las personas con hemofilia pueden presentar hemorragias incontrolables causadas por una lesión aparentemente menor. Las hemorragias en articulaciones y músculos provocan dolor y discapacidad graves, mientras que las hemorragias en órganos importantes, como el cerebro, pueden ocasionar la muerte.

Acerca de la Federación Mundial de Hemofilia

Durante más de 50 años, la Federación Mundial de Hemofilia (FMH), organización internacional sin fines de lucro, ha estado dedicada a mejorar las vidas de las personas con hemofilia y otros trastornos de la coagulación hereditarios. Fundada en 1963, constituye una red mundial de organizaciones de pacientes en 140 países y cuenta con el reconocimiento oficial de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).

La FMH apoya a la comunidad de trastornos de la coagulación a través de múltiples iniciativas que actualmente marcan la diferencia en la comunidad, entre las que se cuentan las siguientes:

Los Programas de la FMH, implementados en colaboración con organizaciones nacionales miembros (ONM) y un dedicado grupo de voluntarios médicos y legos, basados en un modelo de desarrollo integral cuyo objetivo es lograr atención integral y sustentable y Tratamiento para todos.
El Programa de ayuda humanitaria de la FMH, que ofrece una gama de programas de capacitación para el desarrollo integral de la salud a fin de garantizar que la infraestructura local y la experiencia médica en países en vías de desarrollo contribuyan a maximizar el uso de los productos donados.
El Programa de la Alianza Mundial para el Progreso (AMP) en la atención de los trastornos de la coagulación, el programa de desarrollo insignia de la FMH, cuyo objetivo es cerrar la brecha existente en el tratamiento entre países desarrollados y países en vías de desarrollo, en tres áreas clave: el número de personas nacidas con hemofilia y el número que alcanza la edad adulta; el número estimado y el número real de personas que se sabe padecen trastornos de la coagulación; y la necesidad de productos de tratamiento, en comparación con su disponibilidad.
El Registro Mundial de Trastornos de la Coagulación (RMTC), que utiliza la recolección de datos a fin de impulsar la comprensión de las personas con hemofilia y su atención a escala mundial. Un padrón de pacientes accesible fortalece nuestra capacidad para identificar, diagnosticar, proporcionar tratamiento y atender a personas con hemofilia y otros trastornos de la coagulación hereditarios poco comunes.
El Sondeo mundial anual de la FMH, que recopila información demográfica básica y datos sobre el acceso a la atención y a productos de tratamiento a fin de ofrecer a organizaciones de pacientes, centros de tratamiento de hemofilia y funcionarios del sector de la salud información útil con el objeto de apoyar los esfuerzos para instaurar o preservar la atención para personas con trastornos de la coagulación.
La Plataforma de aprendizaje electrónico de la FMH, que ofrece a usuarios con perfiles tanto médicos como no médicos cientos de materiales educativos importantes, en múltiples idiomas, entre ellos guías, hojas informativas, videos, artículos, juegos, y módulos interactivos que pueden descargarse gratuitamente y son adecuados para todo estilo de aprendizaje o área de interés.

Si desea obtener más información sobre la FMH visite www.wfh.org.

Contacto para medios:

Neha Suchak
Directora de marketing y comunicaciones
nsuchak@wfh.org
Tel.: (514)875-7944, #2857

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FUENTE World Federation of Hemophilia

CDEL to Hold Annual General Meeting on August 28, 2020

BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) («CDEL», or the «Company»), a leading provider of online education and value-added services for professionals and corporate clients in China, today announced that it will hold its 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders («AGM») at China Distance Education Holdings Limited, Conference Room 1, 18th Floor, Xueyuan International Tower, No. 1 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, the People’s Republic of China on August 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. local time. Shareholders listed in the register of members at the close of business on July 31, 2020 are entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the AGM or at any adjournment that may take place. Beneficial owners of the Company’s American Depositary Shares («ADSs») who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

Copies of the notice of AGM, which sets forth the resolutions to be proposed and seek adoption from shareholders, the Proxy Statement and the Company’s 2019 Annual Report are available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://ir.cdeledu.com.

About China Distance Education Holdings Limited

China Distance Education Holdings Limited is a leading provider of online education and value-added services for professionals and corporate clients in China. The courses offered by the Company through its websites are designed to help professionals seeking to obtain and maintain professional licenses and to enhance their job skills through our professional development courses in China in the areas of accounting, healthcare, engineering & construction, legal and other industries. The Company also offers online test preparation courses for self-taught learners pursuing higher education diplomas or degrees, and practical accounting training courses for college students and working professionals. In addition, the Company provides business services to corporate clients, including but not limited to tax advisory and accounting outsourcing services. For further information, please visit http://ir.cdeledu.com.

Contacts:

In China:

China Distance Education Holdings Limited
Jiao Jiao
Tel: +86-10-8231-9999 ext. 1826
Email: IR@cdeledu.com

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Xi Zhang
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
E-mail: dl@tpg-ir.com

In the United States:

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1 212-481-2050
Email: dl@tpg-ir.com

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EGYM Expert Series – Digitizing Member Engagement; A How-To Guide

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — EGYM, a global fitness technology leader providing fitness and health facilities with intelligent hardware and software solutions, announced the fourth edition of their live expert series: Digitizing Member Engagement: A How-To Guide on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 12:00 PM Mountain/ 2:00 PM Eastern Time (U.S. and Canada). Thousands of leaders in the health club, fitness, and gym industry have attended the live expert series events in the past three months.

As a result of the recent pandemic and the continuing evolution of consumers’ reliance on technology, the fitness industry has changed. Health club and gym members are seeking interactions and services that integrate technologies to create more seamless experiences. However, operators are often uncertain about the best practices and tools available to deliver what their members really want. Understanding how to engage members digitally is now more important than ever.

«The pandemic has only accelerated consumer trends that were already underway. It is now more important than ever for operators in the fitness industry to understand the best path to digital adoption and member engagement to not only survive, but to thrive in the future.» Bryan K. O’Rourke, CEO, Fitness Industry Technology Council.

EGYM, in collaboration with Fitness Industry Technology Council, invites gym owners and operators to an ongoing discussion on how to leverage digital for their businesses.

Topics will include:

An Update on the Latest Reopening Trends
Understanding Member Expectations Today
Understanding The Three Pillars Of Digital Engagement
Understanding How To Deploy Digital Tools Effectively

Panelists will include:

Dana Milkie (VP Digital Solutions, EGYM)
Bryan O’Rourke (CEO FITC | Vedere Ventures)

About EGYM

EGYM is a global fitness technology leader providing fitness and health facilities with intelligent workout solutions. EGYM makes exercising smarter and more efficient with its comprehensive suite of connected gym equipment and digital products that integrate seamlessly with 3rd-party hard- and software. The result is a fully connected training experience that drives measurable business and health outcomes on and off the training floor.

EGYM’s global headquarters are in Munich, Germany, with North American offices in Boulder, Colorado.
https://egym.com

About The Fitness Industry Technology Council

The Fitness Industry Technology Council is a not for profit consortium of leading professionals and organizations representing the fitness industry. The council seeks to grow the fitness industry, improve fitness user experience through thoughtful adoption of technologies, and mature the collection of real-time wellness data through the creation of interoperability standards.

FITC’s headquarters are located in the New Orleans, Louisiana area.
http://www.fittechcouncil.org/

SOURCE EGYM

Derivita Partners With Proctorio to Extend Math Coverage for Remotely Proctored Exams as Online Learning Expands

SANDY, Utah, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Derivita, a powerful online STEM platform, today announced it has partnered with

SANDY, Utah, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Derivita, a powerful online STEM platform, today announced it has partnered with Proctorio, the leading remote proctoring solution, to help educators extend remote math assessments to more students as demand for online solutions grows amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

«The coronavirus pandemic changed nearly every aspect of modern life overnight, and education is no exception,» says Derivita Founder and CEO Devlin Daley. «Through our partnership with Proctorio, we’re trying to help colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts make an unprecedented transition easier on their faculty, staff, and most importantly, their students.»

Through the partnership, Derivita’s cloud-based STEM learning platform has been fully integrated with Proctorio’s remote assessment proctoring platform. This will enable educators to administer mathematics assessments using Derivita’s content and technology, and ensure rigorous adherence to academic integrity standards as students take quizzes and tests from non-classroom settings around the world.

Both Derivita and Proctorio integrate with popular learning management systems including Canvas, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle, allowing seamless integration into the existing technology stack for most educational institutions.

Proctorio’s Learning Integrity Platform uses machine learning algorithms to protect integrity in remote testing environments. Exam administrators can customize their assessments with Proctorio’s full suite of secure exam settings that include recording, lockdown, and identity verification options, allowing instructors to verify student activity while in their exam and protect the value of the degrees they issue.

From April 2019 to April 2020, Proctorio experienced a 900% increase in the number of exams proctored monthly, skyrocketing from 250,000 to 2.5 million while maintaining an uptime of 99.991% and an average support chat response time of 7.9 seconds. Proctorio is currently serving 850 partner institutions, supporting 1,200,000 active weekly users, and has collectively proctored 18 million exams in all but four countries around the world. Proctorio is now offering a free lockdown option and $5 per exam automated proctoring option for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Visit Proctorio’s website to learn more.

«In the past, subject matter for remotely proctored exams has been limited since STEM courses often require specific tools and platforms to accurately assess a student’s knowledge,» says Proctorio Founder and CEO Mike Olsen. «Through this partnership, we are hoping to give more students an opportunity to earn their degrees remotely, and expand the subjects that Proctorio’s platform can be used for. We want students to be able to take STEM courses and add value to the degrees they are earning, whether they are online or in-person.»

Derivita was founded in response to growing demand for better online math and STEM instruction. Derivita’s platform allows for more complex question types such as those in Statistics, College Algebra, Precalculus, and Calculus. The platform also offers an elegant user interface, improving both the student and instructor experience.

«Math is a leading predictor of student success when it comes to completing their degrees, and we don’t want students to fall behind just because they can’t enter a physical classroom right now,» Daley says. «The digital infrastructure of education was already changing before COVID-19, and the pandemic’s impact on delivery of education will only accelerate these important changes. Our goal is to provide the best possible solutions—both through our own development and through partnerships—to empower delivery of robust and rigorous educational material wherever a student may be.»

About Derivita
Derivita is a STEM technology company founded by Devlin Daley, cofounder of Instructure, and Ryan Brown, former Google engineer. While working with hundreds of higher education institutions, they discovered that there was a significant need for better online math software and decided to build it themselves. Derivita provides a powerful computer algebra system that supports deeper and more complex question types with an elegant user interface that vastly improves the instructor and student experience. Derivita can be used with any publisher’s textbook or open education resources (OER) and seamlessly integrates with the school’s learning management system (LMS).

Click here to learn more about Derivita’s STEM Platform.

About Proctorio
Proctorio’s Learning Integrity Platform is a live and fully automated remote proctoring service that provides a scalable, cost-effective solution to validating test taker identities, activity, and originality during online exams. Proctorio ensures the integrity of distance learning and online certifications while protecting institutional accreditation, increasing the value of online degrees and credentials, and helping institutions grow their programs.

Proctorio’s customizable, secure exam settings, recording options and live ID verification allow institutions to set up unscheduled, on-demand proctoring specific to their assessment needs. Proctorio ensures fairness for test takers by increasing accountability, securing exam content, deterring cheating, and promoting a culture of integrity while improving learning outcomes.

Click here to learn more about Proctorio’s Learning Integrity Platform.

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Formerly incarcerated citizens deserve voting rights and jobs

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Florida-based nonprofit, Reflecting Freedom Network, (RFN) announced on Monday that it will provide free web-based job skills and career training to the state’s formerly incarcerated citizens and their families. The move comes at a time when over a million Floridians with prior felony convictions are waiting on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to decide on their right to register to vote.

«As important as the right to vote is the right to productive employment and decent work,» said Khalil Osiris, Founder of RFN and a formerly incarcerated citizen who has experienced firsthand the challenges of reentering the workplace. For more than 600,000 citizens released from America’s prisons each year, and their families, the right to vote and decent work are equally important to their successful reentry.

«Leveraging a web-based delivery system provides formerly incarcerated citizens and their families with the flexibility to directly access educational and employment services through our online platform and mobile app,» said Osiris. «We look forward to partnering with companies to expand job opportunities for Floridians with prior felony convictions. The right to vote, productive employment and decent work are the foundation of democracy.»

RFN’s platform and mobile app, 1NetworkUSA.com, is available for returning citizens, their families and youth-at-risk. This scalable restorative justice solution includes the following features:

Web-based job skills training
Mobile app available for download on Google Play and Apple App Store
Pathways for accredited high school education
Virtual job placement services with direct access to job opportunities

About Reflecting Freedom Network
Reflecting Freedom Network (RFN), a non-profit organization, is a community of individuals committed to building public/private sector partnerships to promote economic and social justice through accredited education, job skills training and career development. RFN’s mission is to provide accessible, affordable pathways for people impacted by the criminal justice system to build better lives for themselves and their families.

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SIUE School of Pharmacy Addresses Racial Inequities in Healthcare

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — «There are two public health crises going on in this country—COVID-19 and racial injustices.» This is the viewpoint of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s (SOP) Lakesha Butler, PharmD, a national leader in conversations related to the growing relationship between the pandemic and the racial divide.

As president of the National Pharmaceutical Association,…

As president of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Butler recently led a joint coalition of 14 national pharmacy organizations in taking a collective stand against racial injustice with a statement release. The united statement is available in full at NationalPharmaceuticalAssociation.org.

«For both crises, we have a subset of people who are disproportionately suffering,» Butler said. «We see that with COVID-19, as it is plaguing underrepresented minority populations. Because of the lack of opportunities for Black people or other underrepresented minorities, oftentimes they have to go out and work at potentially lower-paying jobs. They are potentially right in the face of many people in the public, being exposed to COVID-19.»

Butler is the SIUE SOP’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and a clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. She is leading the School’s efforts to address such disparities and take action outside of and within the SOP.

«We are committed to taking a more intentional and deeper dive into the topic of racial inequities in healthcare,» Butler emphasized. «The foundation of all of this is systemic racism. We’ve seen this woven throughout the fabric of our country for hundreds of years, and unfortunately, the Black community has been a recipient of this treatment resulting in a higher prevalence of specific disease states.»

Expanding on its strategic goal to cultivate diversity and inclusion, the SOP is bolstering curriculum to directly address racism. Faculty has traditionally discussed racial disparities in clinical trials and within disease states, such as the higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among Latinx and Black people. They will now delve deeper into the disparities throughout the curriculum.

This fall, Butler will begin teaching topics of systemic racism and social determinants of health in Pharmacy and Population Health, a newly required third-year course. Butler also teaches the required second-year Health Promotion and Literacy course, which will further explore systemic oppression and racism, toxic stress, and the negative health outcomes associated with chronic trauma in the spring.

«We will specifically discuss the historical and current context of why these inequities exist,» Butler said. «It is important for us to make it known that racism, not race, significantly contributes to health inequities.»

Today’s pharmacists improve patients’ lives through the medication and education they provide. Dedicated to developing a community of caring pharmacists, the SIUE School of Pharmacy curriculum is a model that offers students a unique combination of classroom education, research, community service and patient care. The School of Pharmacy’s areas of excellence include a drug design and discovery core; pediatric practice; chronic pain research and practice; and diabetes research and practice. As the only downstate Illinois pharmacy doctorate program, the SIUE School of Pharmacy is providing highly trained pharmacists prepared for the rapidly changing healthcare environment.

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