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ATLANTA, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — For decades, aerospace companies and their customers have drowned in cumbersome documentation processes and storage mechanisms. Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is solving those problems by fully integrating aircraft record generation into its digital blockchain ledger. This provides Honeywell’s customers with an easy way to search and retrieve scattered data through a simple user interface, creating a level of speed and efficiency never before available in the aerospace industry.

Quick and easy access to this data is critical for airlines because most use dozens of repair facilities, and the paperwork from each is not integrated. Additionally, airlines and operators commonly deal with lost, printed paperwork associated with a part. This paperwork, or «trace documents,» are critical to maintaining the value of a part’s worth.

Honeywell’s blockchain is a secure, decentralized database crowd-sourced by all its authorized users. Each user that Honeywell allows has a copy of the database and knows its contents in real time. Instead of storing only PDF documents or a reference to the digital aircraft record, Honeywell now stores the actual form data «on chain.» This data is used to re-construct aircraft records, including records that prove the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has certified that aircraft parts are safe to fly. These records can be accessed by customers, and in the case where paperwork is missing, customers can simply input the part number and serial number and the user interface will retrieve the data from the blockchain and «rebuild» the missing document.

«Honeywell’s offering is like a search engine, but it works for anything and everything related to aircraft parts and service,» said Lisa Butters, general manager for Honeywell’s GoDirect Trade and applications owner for blockchain technologies. «Honeywell manufactures and repairs thousands of aerospace parts each day, and now all of those events, including the generated air worthiness certificates, go on chain. In aerospace, this is a game-changing technology that will simplify and transform recordkeeping for aircraft owners and airlines around the world.»

In its purest form, blockchain technology creates trust between all parties on the chain through digital transparency. The goal of the company is not to be the only aerospace company creating unified aircraft records on chain, but rather to collaborate and be an implementation partner so others can leverage the same technology.

«Blockchain is unique because it’s a team sport,» said Butters. «This isn’t just about Honeywell data. In fact, this is not just about aerospace data. Whether you are in aerospace, automotive, electronics or consumer products, I envision all manufacturing OEMs and repair shops pushing quality documentation and part provenance data to the blockchain, so customers have easy access.»

Adding data to the blockchain ledger does not replace regulatory authorities’ current document requirements, but rather supplements them more efficiently. Honeywell now unpacks all that parts and repair data and makes it immutable, searchable and accessible to everyone in its permissions-based ecosystem.

Honeywell first implemented blockchain technology with the launch of GoDirect Trade in late 2018. This online marketplace for buying and selling new and used aircraft parts leverages blockchain to include images and quality documents for the exact part being offered for sale, giving the buyer more confidence about purchasing the part. More than 2,700 companies and 7,000 users are active on GoDirect Trade today, and more than 80 storefronts have combined to process more than $8 million in transactions since the marketplace’s launch.

About Honeywell

Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.

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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Cooper Housing Institute, a nonprofit organization that aims to fund research, education and programs related to housing challenges in the United States, announced today that it has awarded $50,000 in individual grants to South County Outreach, Mercy House and Illumination Foundation, totaling $150,000. These grants are part of a program by the Cooper Housing Institute to fund community-based organizations in Orange County to address housing crises created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They follow a similar $50,000 grant made to Family Assistance Ministries in July.

«Before the COVID-19 pandemic even began, many adults and children throughout Orange County were already fighting to keep a roof over their head and food on their table,» said Cooper Housing Institute Co-Founder Will Cooper Jr. «We are proud to present three deserving nonprofit organizations with grants to support a cause that we have been championing for decades – the fight to end homelessness.»

Co-Founder Will Cooper Sr. added, «The Cooper Housing Institute is passionate about making housing a priority in the United States and believes that every person should have a place they can afford to call home. Our organization understands the importance of programs like those provided by Illumination Foundation, Mercy House and South County Outreach, and are appreciative of the hard work they put in day-in and day-out to help those in our community who are in need.»

For more than 30 years, South County Outreach has been a leader in the fight to end hunger and homelessness in Orange County. Through the implementation of programs like its Transitional Housing Program for homeless families, along with its Food Pantry, which distributes more than 800,000 pounds of food and keeps nearly 2,500 children fed each year, South County Outreach is doing what it does best — housing hope and ending hunger, together.

Mercy House provides housing and comprehensive supportive services for a variety of homeless populations which includes families, adult men and women, mothers and their children, persons living with HIV/AIDS, individuals overcoming substance addictions, and some who are physically and mentally disabled. The organization strives to assist residents in the areas of economic, emotional, and spiritual well-being in order to enhance self-esteem and a sense of personal pride.

Illumination Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that provides targeted, interdisciplinary services for the most vulnerable homeless adults and children in order to disrupt the cycle of homelessness. The organization assesses clients in order to identify needs and provide immediate relief when necessary, followed by care that combines housing assistance, case management, medical care, mental health services, and workforce training and placement services to decrease community dependency.

About Cooper Housing Institute
The Cooper Housing Institute is a private 501(c)(3) foundation founded in 2018 by the Cooper family, whose commitment to affordable housing spans 50 years. The foundation strives to make housing a priority in the United States by supporting research, education and programs that address housing affordability and homelessness. The organization focuses on the root causes of the shortage of affordable housing and chronic homelessness across the nation, and aims to focus on objective, fact-driven research that brings often divergent groups together to embrace common sense solutions. The Cooper Housing Institute was formed by Will N. Cooper Sr. and Will N. Cooper Jr., leaders of Irvine, California-based WNC, a leading provider of investment, asset management and development services in the affordable housing industry. To learn more, visit https://cooperhousinginstitute.org/.

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• Supreme Cannabis’ accessible sugarleaf brand introduces the sugarleaf boost sativa, the Company’s first 510 vaporizer cartridge
• sugarleaf expands the Company’s pre-roll offering with the introduction of 3×0.5-gram pre-rolls
• sugarleaf complements its milder and convenient cannabis product portfolio with Sugarleaf bloom, the Company’s first milled flower offering

TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – sugarleaf, a recreational consumer brand for The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc. («Supreme Cannabis» or the «Company») (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1) today announced that it has launched three new product offerings in the Canadian market, including the Company’s first 510 vaporizer cartridge.

sugarleaf boost sativa is a 0.5-gram 510 vaporizer cartridge created from a sativa-dominant strain. Sativa dominant strains are often associated with uplifting and creative experiences. The sugarleaf boost sativa vaporizer oil is formulated and manufactured at the Company’s Blissco facility in Langley, BC and features reintroduced natural cannabis terpenes from cannabis grown at the Company’s premium 7ACRES facility in Kincardine, ON.

«With the introduction of the sugarleaf boost sativa 510 vaporizer cartridges we build on our premium 7ACRES vaporizer offering. This popular 2.0 product caters to the significant number of frequent and occasional consumers who are looking for high-quality and convenient cannabis experiences at a reasonable price,» said Joel Toguri, Chief Revenue Officer at Supreme Cannabis. «Today, we further strengthen and diversify the sugarleaf brand with the launch of this 510 vaporizer and two new 1.0 offerings which include 3×0.5-gram pre-rolls and milled flower.»

sugarleaf’s 3×0.5-gram pre-rolls are available in four strains and produced in-house at the Company’s 7ACRES facility. This new pre-roll format allows consumers to enjoy a smaller amount of cannabis per pre-roll and pace their consumption experience. sugarleaf is also introducing sugarleaf bloom, a 3.5 and 7-gram milled sativa-dominant strain that is ready to smoke with no grinding necessary.

In December 2019, Supreme Cannabis added sugarleaf to its recreational brand portfolio with the introduction of the Company’s first 1-gram pre-roll offering. In May 2020, sugarleaf launched a 1:5 oil, consisting of 1-part THC to 5-parts CBD. As of today, sugarleaf’s product offering consists of nine SKUs and with the launch of these new products the brand will be available in eight provinces across Canada, including, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Québec.

Supreme Cannabis will be promoting these new offerings across Canada through its innovative sales partnership with Humble & Fume Inc., one of the industries premiere sales agencies. Canadian cannabis retailers interested in learning more about Supreme Cannabis’ brands and products can speak with the Company’s sales representatives by contacting info@humbleandfume.com.

About sugarleaf.

sugarleaf offers thoughtful and convenient cannabis products for modern-day cannabis consumers seeking a no fuss consumption experience. Inspired by the simple and sweet joys of cannabis, sugarleaf caters to Canadian consumers’ busy lifestyles with convenient and milder cannabis offerings.  

sugarleaf derives its name from cannabis sugar leaves. Sugar leaves are the short, trichome covered leaves that sprout from the bud of the cannabis plant as it flowers. These trichomes are rich in terpenes and cannabinoids, creating cannabis products that maintain rich flavour notes while delivering a lighter consumption experience.

Delight in your cannabis experience; welcome to the sweet life.

About Supreme Cannabis.

The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc., (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1), is a global diversified portfolio of distinct cannabis companies, products and brands. Since 2014, the Company has emerged as one of the world’s most premium producers of recreational, wholesale and medical cannabis products.

Supreme Cannabis’ portfolio of brands caters to diverse consumer and patient experiences, with brands and products that address recreational, wellness, medical and new consumer preferences. The Company’s recreational brand portfolio includes, 7ACRES, 7ACRES Craft Collective, Blissco, sugarleaf and KKE. Supreme Cannabis addresses national and international medical cannabis opportunities through its premium Truverra brand.

Supreme Cannabis’ brands are backed by a focused suite of world-class operating assets that serve key functions in the value chain, including, scaled cultivation, value-add processing, automated packaging and product testing and R&D. Follow the Company on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

We simply grow better.

Forward-Looking Information. 

Certain statements made in this press release constitute «forward-looking information» within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information may relate to anticipated events or results and other statements that are not historical facts. The forward-looking information contained in this press release is made as of the date hereof, and the Company is not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. 

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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) announced today that its 2020 Lupus Insight Prize will go to Jane Salmon, MD for her work in improving the health of pregnant women with lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome. The prize will be formally «presented» to Dr. Salmon during a virtual award ceremony September 25 during the Lupus 21st Century meeting.

The LRA is recognizing Dr. Salmon’s discoveries of the causes of pregnancy complications and miscarriage in patients with lupus and in another autoimmune disease, antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), that may occur in patients with lupus and is often associated with poor pregnancy outcomes.

The prize will allow Dr. Salmon to develop a tool to identify patients with high-risk pregnancies and conduct a trial to determine whether certolizumab, a drug used for rheumatoid arthritis, will reduce pregnancy complications in lupus patients with APS. Dr. Salmon is the Collette Kean Research Professor at Hospital for Special Surgery and Professor of Medicine and Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Weill Cornell College of Medicine.

The $100,000 Lupus Insight Prize recognizes a major, novel insight and/or discovery that holds the promise of advancing the understanding of lupus and has a high likelihood of improving the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

Over the past 15 years Dr. Salmon has focused on lupus and APS and how they cause complications during pregnancy. In her early work, Dr. Salmon identified immune molecules, known as the complement, as drivers of pregnancy complications caused by APS. In mouse models of APS, the complement system is turned on by autoantibodies on the surface of the developing placenta.  This activation unleashes inflammation that harms the placenta and can lead to pregnancy loss and/or impaired fetal growth and development. In a recent study of pregnant women, Dr. Salmon showed that complement activation is a strong predictor for adverse pregnancy outcomes in patients with lupus and/or APS.

«Forty-four percent of pregnant women with APS experience pregnancy complications, including preterm delivery and miscarriage, due to inflammation in the placenta. Therapies that reduce placental inflammation appear to be a promising treatment for patients with APS and lupus at high risk for pregnancy complications,» said Dr. Salmon.

In addition to her work on complement, Dr. Salmon has studied the role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a potent inflammatory molecule that causes joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis and kidney damage in lupus.  Dr. Salmon and her team found that treatment with drugs that block the action of TNF can protect pregnant mice with APS and their fetuses from harm. This work suggested that release of TNF contributes to pregnancy loss in women with APS and lupus and served as the basis for a clinical trial (IMPACT study)  to test certolizumab, a TNF blocking drug, in high risk pregnancies in women with APS and/or lupus. The Lupus Insight Prize will allow Dr. Salmon and her colleagues to extend the IMPACT trial and determine whether and how certolizumab improves pregnancy outcomes. 

In the second part of her project, Dr. Salmon and her colleagues will develop a tool to risk stratify lupus pregnancies, that is, to determine the likelihood that a pregnancy will be uncomplicated or will lead to preeclampsia or other serious problems for the mother or fetus.  She and her team will first apply powerful computer technologies to data from the PROMISSE study, a multicenter clinical study she led that followed over 500 pregnant patients with lupus and/or APS. They hope to identify patterns of clinical features and biomarkers present at the very beginning of pregnancy that predict increased risk for complications.  She will then test her prediction algorithm with extensive data from 1,000 lupus pregnancies followed by collaborators from Europe and North America.  Once validated in this diverse patient population, her team will develop an online tool to assist physicians and patients in clinical decision making and counseling lupus patients.

«Using this tool, doctors will identify women with lupus whose pregnancies are high-risk and require increased monitoring and, when indicated, additional treatment to protect the health of mother and fetus,» said Dr. Salmon. «And, they can reassure women who are at low risk for complications.»

«Dr. Salmon has found critical links between lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome with pregnancy complications and fetal loss,» said Kenneth M. Farber, President and CEO, Lupus Research Alliance. «We are excited to fund her new work which has enormous potential to prevent pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia, placental insufficiency, and fetal loss, using certolizumab, an FDA approved drug commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.»

About Lupus

Lupus is a chronic, complex autoimmune disease that affects millions of people worldwide. More than 90% of people with lupus are women; lupus most often strikes during the childbearing years of 15-45. African Americans, Latin Americans, Asians and Native Americans are at two to three times greater risk than Caucasians. In lupus, the immune system, which is designed to protect against infection, creates antibodies that can attack any part of the body including the kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, blood, skin, and joints.

About the Lupus Research Alliance

The Lupus Research Alliance aims to transform treatment while advancing toward a cure by funding the most innovative lupus research in the world. The organization’s stringent peer review grant process fosters diverse scientific talent who are driving discovery toward better diagnostics, improved treatments and ultimately a cure for lupus. Because the Lupus Research Alliance’s Board of Directors fund all administrative and fundraising costs, 100% of all donations goes to support lupus research programs.

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LAVALLETTE, N.J., Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NYNJA, the security-first, all-in-one communications platform for all your mission critical communications, announced today that it will host a webinar at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, August 13, to discuss the challenges and evolving best practices for university (and school) educators, administrators, and students to maintain «Education Continuity» while being remote.

Distinguished technology strategist, Shelly Palmer of the Palmer Group, will host / moderate a discussion about the future of virtual learning with some of the brightest leaders in technology and education including Casey Borman, Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Business, Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang, Education Without Walls, and JR Guerrieri, co-founder and CEO, NYNJA. 

«There’s a lot to be uncertain about right now, yet in today’s digital age you can be certain that educators will chart new and productive paths forward for virtual learning,» said Palmer. «I’m looking forward to facilitating a vibrant discussion with some of the brightest minds in education and technology, in order to super-charge these discussions and drive best practices for virtual learning.»

The webinar discussion will focus on the pitfalls and emerging best practices, technology, features that remote educators will rely on, and in some cases adapt, to foster «Education Continuity.»

«More will be done in the next few months to reshape and advance what’s expected from the functionality and technology that’s driving critical communications in education, then any other moment in time,» said JR Guerrieri, Co-Founder and CEO, NYNJA Group. «It our passion to develop the backbone for high-level communications continuity that educators, administrators and students can rely upon during this critical moment. But like any great technology, we also want to build the foundational thinking for how best to utilize this technology in an educational setting.»

NYNJA’s passion to develop safe, secure, flexible, and reliable communications for educators and students to connect, anywhere at any time and across a variety of Internet connections – and this webinar aims to assist educators as they plan to drive curriculums this fall.

Visit www.NYNJA.work to learn more about our advanced communications offering.

About NYNJA
NYNJA is the fastest way to collaborate and communicate in one safe and secure platform, anyplace anytime. NYNJA is an all-in-one communication platform for webinars, live stream broadcasts, group messaging with automatic translations and transcription all in one safe secure platform.

NYNJA is currently available for global commercial use and can be downloaded from the company website NYNJA.work and the Samsung Galaxy store, Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

NYNJA lets users make voice and video calls to any communication device, schedule and run conference calls with screen sharing, and also share notes and files. The NYNJA platform features secure encryption of cloud data storage for saving messages, images and files.

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