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Shattering Glass Ceilings at This Year's Women in Supply Chain Forum: Registration is Open

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

FORT ATKINSON, Wis., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Registration is officially open for the Supply Chain Network's third annual Women in Supply Chain Forum, an in-person event designed to bring together CEOs, Presidents, Partners, VPs and Director-level decision makers at shippers, DCs, warehouses and 3PLs to learn, grow, network and more.

Key Points: 
  • The Supply Chain Network, consisting of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics, opens up nominations for this year's Women in Supply Chain Forum, the premier education and networking event centered around promoting and advocating for women in the supply chain space.
  • It's a place for everyone – men and women – to collaborate and build real relationships in the industry," says Mayer, Co-Founder, Women in Supply Chain Forum.
  • The 1.5-day agenda will consist of panel discussions, breakout sessions, speed dating-type networking, a discussion with our four overall Women in Supply Chain winners and Supply Chain Jeopardy, an interactive game that will quiz on everything from transportation and warehousing to software solutions, the history of women in supply chain and more.
  • To coincide with the opening of registration for this year's event, submissions for the 2024 Women in Supply Chain award are also now open.

Celebrate National Puppy Day by Giving Your Pups The Best Nutrition With Dr. Marty Pets Nature's Blend

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- National Puppy Day is March 23, dedicated to honoring the adorable pups that bring boundless happiness into our lives. This special day encourages pet owners to cherish and care for their puppies, ensuring they lead happy and healthy lives. One of the key ways to celebrate is by swapping out highly processed (and harmful) kibble and instead, feeding them a diet of well-balanced, whole food.

Key Points: 
  • Freeze-dried raw food retains the natural goodness of ingredients, offering a biologically balanced diet that supports your pup's overall well-being.
  • Dr. Marty Goldstein, a renowned veterinarian, recommends Dr. Marty Nature's Blend - Essential Wellness for your furry friend.
  • Dr. Marty Nature's Blend - Essential Wellness is a premium freeze-dried raw dog food designed to support your dog's overall well-being.
  • Dr. Marty Nature's Blend can be purchased from the Dr. Marty Pets website for $59.95 or at any retail locations that can be found on our store locator .

Stellar Development Foundation Announces Launch of Smart Contracts on Stellar with $100M Allocated to Soroban Adoption Fund

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit organization supporting the development and growth of the Stellar network, today announced that Soroban, the smart contracts platform on Stellar, is now live on the network's mainnet, enabling anyone to build, deploy, and interact with Stellar-based decentralized applications (dapps). To encourage development on Soroban, SDF has committed to investing $100 million into projects leveraging the network's smart contract capabilities in its pursuit to set a better standard where not only payments, but everyday financial services, are accessible to all. The fund has supported more than 160 projects to date.

Key Points: 
  • Adding smart contract capability is the latest upgrade from the Stellar ecosystem's application of blockchain technology to create equitable access to the global financial system.
  • The introduction of smart contracts via Soroban will enable more sophisticated financial products and services to operate on the Stellar network, in addition to settlements.
  • During this time, SDF deployed approximately 15% of its $100 million Soroban adoption fund into supporting dapps spanning across lending and borrowing, insurance, auditing, and more.
  • "Soroban opens the doors for decentralized applications to easily plug into the existing global financial market, without compromising speed or scalability.

Bizz Energy Supports Strength and Muscle Mass

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Most energy drinks are seen as short-term pick-me-up solutions. They deliver a punchy dose of energy and then, in many cases, leave an individual with the long-term side effects of a sugar crash. Bizz Energy was designed as an antidote to the typical energy drink concept.

Key Points: 
  • Bizz Energy was designed as an antidote to the typical energy drink concept.
  • The Bizz Energy formula is also packed with nutritional ingredients that help with more than just energy — they support strength and muscle mass, too.
  • We use natural ingredients, like essential amino acids and creatine, to enhance strength and improve muscle mass over the long-term, too.
  • This circumvents the infamous concept of a sugary, short-term energy drink, establishing Bizz Energy as a health and wellness tool that enhances nutrition, builds muscle mass, and delivers clean, crash-free energy whenever it is most needed.

Better Blend Adding More Locations, Total of Twelve Since 2023

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Monday, February 12, 2024

Better Blend offers smoothies and smoothie bowls that are healthy and nutritious, but taste like dessert.

Key Points: 
  • Better Blend offers smoothies and smoothie bowls that are healthy and nutritious, but taste like dessert.
  • Hamlin was named Kentucky Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2023, won the 2023 NKY Chamber Next Generation Leadership Award, and is set to open four more Better Blend franchises by 2025.
  • The first Better Blend franchise to open was in Mason, OH in June 2023.
  • Better Blend boasts three corporate-owned locations in Florence, KY; downtown Cincinnati, OH; and Clifton Heights, OH, next to the University of Cincinnati.

Better Blend: Smoothie Shop is Dietician Approved

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Better Blend's mission is to make the world a healthier and happier place by making it easy to eat healthy.

Key Points: 
  • Better Blend's mission is to make the world a healthier and happier place by making it easy to eat healthy.
  • Through this growth spurt, Better Blend caught the attention of Loveland, OH dietician, Emily Mobley of Gray Nutrition.
  • Emily's expertise and passion for easy-to-digest nutrition advice made her a perfect fit on the Better Blend team as their in-house dietician.
  • As featured on Better Blend's Dietician Tuesday series, Emily provides Better Blend customers with helpful nutrition tips and further information about the benefits of Better Blend products.

Java Blend illegally terminated Union supporters, according to legal complaint filed by SEIU Local 2

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to an Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union.

Key Points: 
  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to an Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union.
  • The employer’s conduct has all the hallmarks of an orchestrated campaign of retaliation aimed at crushing workers’ rights, according to the complaint.
  • The Unfair Labour Practice, filed this morning at the NS Labour Board reads:
    “…by terminating union organizers in retaliation for organizing a union in their workplace.
  • “However, our silence is not for sale.”
    According to the legal complaint, this also violated the Trade Union Act.

Typeface Announces GA of its New Multimodal AI Content Hub, Expands into Video with TensorTour Acquisition

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Typeface , the generative AI platform for enterprise content creation, announced the general availability of its new Multimodal Content Hub, featuring significant advancements that make AI content workflows more accessible to all.

Key Points: 
  • Typeface , the generative AI platform for enterprise content creation, announced the general availability of its new Multimodal Content Hub, featuring significant advancements that make AI content workflows more accessible to all.
  • The company also announced the acquisition of TensorTour, integrating their advanced AI algorithms, domain-specific models, and deep expertise in multimedia AI content, such as video, audio, and more.
  • Advancing the next frontier of multimodal, domain-specific AI
    Typeface announced the acquisition of TensorTour to accelerate its multimodal AI roadmap and invest in video and domain-specific AI workflows.
  • Typeface is excited to bring its customers the latest advancements in multimodal AI, specialized enterprise workflows, and rich partner integrations.

A new smoothie concept is coming to Independence, Kentucky!

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. , Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Florence-based Better Blend offers smoothies ("Blends"), smoothie bowls ("Bowls"), and healthy snacks. Better Blend's menu is unique in that it offers a wide variety of flavors not usually found at other smoothie shops, and boasts many low-sugar and low-calorie options.

Key Points: 
  • INDEPENDENCE, Ky. , Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Florence-based Better Blend offers smoothies ("Blends"), smoothie bowls ("Bowls"), and healthy snacks.
  • Better Blend's menu is unique in that it offers a wide variety of flavors not usually found at other smoothie shops, and boasts many low-sugar and low-calorie options.
  • While playing rugby for the University of Kentucky, Hamlin developed smoothie recipes that offered optimum nutrition, tasted great, and didn't weigh him down before matches.
  • The Independence Better Blend is owned by Karin Smith, who owns the Better Blend Franchise rights in the Independence market.

Proximity Learning Enters 2024 Celebrating 500,000 Students Served

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Proximity Learning Inc. , the pioneering provider of synchronous virtual instruction for K-12 education, announced it ended 2023 with more than 500,000 students educated since its founding through its industry-leading learning platform.

Key Points: 
  • Proximity Learning Inc. , the pioneering provider of synchronous virtual instruction for K-12 education, announced it ended 2023 with more than 500,000 students educated since its founding through its industry-leading learning platform.
  • Over the last 12 months, Proximity Learning has gained considerable momentum in its effort to address the nationwide teacher shortage, connecting students across the country with highly trained and effective teachers.
  • A study by Chicago State University demonstrated that Proximity Learning students score 8% higher than the average admissions requirement for state universities.
  • To find out more about how Proximity Learning is empowering school districts and improving the learning experience, visit www.proxlearn.com .