Your Veterinarian Needs Help

Atlanta, GA, March 5, 2021 — Your veterinarian chose to dedicate his or her life to the altruistic pursuit of tending to the health and lives of pets. What you may not have considered is that the health and life of your veterinarian also needs protecting: he or she is nearly four times more likely to die by suicide than someone among the general population. But there are ways you can help. 

Sandy Weaver, author of the groundbreaking new book Happy Vet Happy Pet: Caring for Your Pet’s Caregiver, is on a mission to ease the lives of veterinarians, one client’s heart at a time.

“I’ve known for years, as have those in the veterinary field, that there was an issue with suicide and veterinarians,” Sandy says. “Then in early 2019, the CDC report on veterinary suicide was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and what had been anecdotal became data: male veterinarians are 2.1 times more likely, and female veterinarians are 3.5 times more likely, to complete suicide than their non-veterinarian peers.”

Happy Vet Happy Pet is a distillation of Sandy’s research into neuroscience, neuroplasticity and positive psychology mixed with data from the CDC report. The result is an impactful approach that weaves easy-to-understand science with stories that touch the minds and the hearts of pet owners — empowering them to be part of the solution. 

Chapters dive deep into topics all pet owners should understand, including:

1. The heart, mind and life of a person who decides to become a veterinarian;
2. The very human, very vulnerable person behind the scrubs;
3. The ways clients unknowingly mistreat their pets’ caregivers;
4. Three simple rules to follow to help your veterinary team; and
5. What to do if you feel that someone near you is facing suicidal desperation.

Happy Vet Happy Pet shares Sandy’s unique point of view that it takes a village to save a veterinarian. “Making pet owners mindful of how their behavior impacts their veterinarian mobilizes the village to help solve the problem,” she adds.

This book will change your relationship with your veterinarian and their team forever. And what you learn in this book could save your veterinarian's life. 

Author Sandy Weaver is an expert speaker, trainer, mastermind facilitator and lover of all things dog. 

As the Program Director of the Center for Workplace Happiness, Sandy creates the training programs, workshops, mastermind groups and keynotes that help people lead happier, more successful lives. She is also a citizen-scientist in the fields of neuroscience, neuroplasticity and positive psychology. In 2019, she took the resilience tools and strategies she’d been teaching to general audiences and crafted programs specifically for veterinary teams. Her goal is to touch the life of every veterinarian and technician in a way that helps them avoid the pain and despair that comes with an inability to manage stress.

Now in her 40^th year of Siberian Husky ownership, Sandy is a passionate advocate for veterinarians and their teams and an ongoing donor to Not One More Vet.

For more information, please visit  www.centerforworkplacehappiness.com, https://sandyjweaver.com, or connect with the author on social media at https://www.facebook.com/SandyJWeaver/. 

Happy Vet Happy Pet: Caring for Your Pet’s Caregiver

Publisher: Panoma Press

Release Date: January 29, 2021

ISBN-10: 1784529311

ISBN-13: 978-1784529314

Available from https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Vet-Pet-Caring-Caregiver/dp/1784529311/

FIVE TIPS TO HELP BUSINESS OWNERS  SAVE TAXES AND CREATE A LOT OF PHILANTHROPY

Mark Halpern (the CEO of WEALTHinsurance.com®) has a lot of respect for fellow business owners who have worked hard to build their firms into successful enterprises. Despite all the adversity along the way, they managed to survive recessions, business downturns, sky-high interest rates, stock market meltdowns, stifling taxation, and more recently a global pandemic.

Creating and growing a business keeps roughly 1.1 million Canadian business owners going. Their determination continues to pay off, providing their families with a home, financing their lifestyle and perhaps a recreational property and well-deserved vacations. Business owners do enjoy some unique money-saving opportunities that are not available to other taxpayers.

Here are some cost-effective tips to preserve your wealth, pass it on to family tax effectively and create a meaningful charitable legacy too.

1. Preserving Your Wealth: Being successful allows you to transition from success to significance. With proper planning you can become a philanthropist and create a charitable legacy that will inspire your children and grandchildren, as well as other like-minded individuals to follow your example.

A business owner now enjoys an indexed $883,384 lifetime capital gains exemption. Since only half of any capital gain is taxable in Canada, the actual dollar value of the exemption will be a little over $441,000. Obtaining the maximum benefit of the exemption is something the business owner need start planning for 3 to 5 years before they exit the business.

Proper planning now can prepare an estate to pay the ‘final tax bill ’after one’s death.  Without planning, a family may face a financial mess, and be forced to sell some of their assets, including the business, to come up with funds to pay the tax bill.

2. Great Value in Life Insurance Products: One of the most cost-effective ways to fund liabilities like your tax bill is to use life insurance products. For literally pennies on the dollar, you can mitigate your final tax bill and still provide an inheritance to your family. In addition, you can use ‘corporate’ dollars vs. personal, after-tax dollars, to acquire your life insurance.  If you own private company shares, several benefits unavailable to other taxpayers are open to you. Your overall estate plan may not include having a charity own part of your business, though once you understand the ‘why and how’, you may embrace the strategy.

3. Income Reduction as Tax Advantage: You can make better use of your donation tax credits and reduce income tax payable by your estate by instructing your executors to designate your estate as a graduated rate estate (GRE). This allows them to claim donations of as much as 100 per cent of net income in your final tax return with a one-year carry back.

4. Do it now while the sun shines: Planning while the sun is shining is incredibly important, otherwise you could miss out on a great opportunity. For example, a woman  in her 50’s whose parents, 90 and 85, personally own a portfolio of commercial real estate worth $50 million but are too old and unhealthy to qualify for life insurance. The family could have used inexpensive life insurance, at a cost of pennies per dollar, to pay the roughly $13.4 million tax liability that will be due when the parents die.

5. Philanthropy is a wonderful way to reduce or eliminate your tax exposure. Donating some of your private company shares to a favourite charity can save you millions in taxes for thousands of dollars.

The current pandemic should have convinced most people of the need to plan. Tax increases are expected because governments at every level are spending billions to help Canadians deal with health issues and financial challenges. Who will pay for that?

Governments will want to collect higher taxes from all successful Canadians. Income tax rates may rise further – already 54 per cent in Ontario - and capital gains taxes may increase from the current 50 per cent to 75 per cent. A new wealth tax is anticipated.

 FINANCIAL  PLANNING TIPS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW !

The start of a new year is always exciting and filled with optimism. As the saying goes, if we are to go forward, we must go back. When it comes to planning your financial future, going back will ensure that you have a solid foundation on which to build.

Proper financial planning, tax planning and estate planning is a process, not an event. Many people we meet have excellent professional advisors who are experts at solving problems. But no one is looking at their estate and risk planning from a 30,000-foot perspective or taking a comprehensive approach. Your Big Picture should include the following essentials:  Here are ten financial planning tips from WEALTHinsurance.com® for a new year moving forward. 

1.   Make sure you have an updated will: A recent study by RBC Wealth Management reported that just over half the people canvassed had a will in place. One in three had done nothing at all to prepare for passing on wealth to the next generation. In Ontario, when a person dies without a valid will, provincial bureaucrats determine how the estate is distributed under the Succession Law Reform Act. Many people without a will mistakenly assume their estate will automatically move to their spouse tax-free. Each province has its own rules about beneficiaries and how they are treated in the absence of a will. Engage a lawyer who specializes in wills to develop yours.

2.    Powers of Attorney: Your need two Powers of Attorney, one for your legal affairs, and another for your health and personal care. Those individuals will be making important decisions about your health and wealth if you are unable to do so. Choose them wisely and be sure to discuss your wishes with them before conferring such enormous responsibilities upon them.

3.    Assets held jointly: It's often a good idea to own assets, like properties, as joint tenants, which avoids probate tax. When a property is owned by joint tenants, the interest of a deceased owner automatically gets transferred to the remaining surviving owners. In some cases, especially for creditor protection reasons, it may be better to own an asset in one person's name only. Again, this points to the need for a specialist to help you out.

4.    Beneficiaries: Your list of beneficiaries must be kept current and up to date. Half of Canadian marriages end in divorce, your beneficiaries list should be revisited frequently, especially when you say, "I do".  According to Statistics Canada, more than one in five Canadians who does remarry, leaves their second spouse within an average 7.6 years. The last thing you want to do is leave your money to an ex-spouse's children instead of your own.

5.    Estate directory: It is impossible to remember absolutely everything you need to have on hand for your spouse, children, and executors if something happens to you. You need to complete the 2021 Estate Directory, available free at WEALTHinsurance.com.®   You can easily input and update information on the whereabouts of your wills, insurance policies, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, etc. to help your survivors wind up your personal affairs in an orderly manner. 

6.    Life insurance: The importance of life insurance cannot be over-emphasized. It is the most cost-effective and tax-effective financial instrument available in Canada, and it enjoys unique treatment under the Income Tax Act. Life insurance benefits flow entirely tax-free, bypassing wills and probate fees. Most importantly, it provides financial security for your family when you are gone, covers your tax liabilities, underpins your Shareholder's Agreement, and guarantees payment to your family for your shares in a co-owned company when you die. It also designates funds to your favourite charity, creating an enduring legacy. These are just a few of the merits of owning a life insurance policy.

7.   Other insurance: We live in a great country, with an over-stressed health care system that provides universal coverage (and long wait times for treatment) paid for by our taxes. But all those taxes aren't enough to get you the specialized care you need as quickly as you want it. The cost of long-term care can easily exceed $10,000 a month, and will rapidly deplete your retirement savings, putting a financial strain on your spouse and family.   Use insurance as a hedge with policies that include a return of premium option, so if no claim is made you get back all the premiums paid.  

8.  Health benefits: Know what is covered by your company benefits and what's not. Your company may have what's known as "flex A benefits", allowing you to choose how/where to spend your eligible health dollars, or a wider choice of benefits where everyone receives the same coverage. If you have a special issue, seek advice from a specialist who can help you get the coverage you need without any overlap.

9. Retirement planning: A good plan starts with knowing what you want to do with your money, like paying off your mortgage, paying university tuitions for your kids, helping them buy a home, and travelling the world. In retirement, the salary you have grown accustomed to will no longer be available, and you may be unemployed for several decades.  When it comes to retirement planning, you need the help of a Certified Financial Planner to ensure you are on the right track and protected from unwelcome surprises.

10. Charity: You have three possible beneficiaries when you pass away: family, charity, and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). There are many ways to give to charity, whether you want to donate now or in the future. The most cost-effective way to provide for charity is through life insurance, which usually results in a much larger gift than if you had donated cash. If you are over 65 and collecting CPP, consider using the CPP Philanthropy™ strategy, that you can read about at WEALTHinsurance.com®

The start of a new year is the perfect time to act on the issues described above. Prepare now for whatever lies ahead and enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing you have planned appropriately.

For Further Media Information or to set up an interview with Mark Halpern, please contact: 

Nelson Hudes 

Hudes Communications International 

(905) 660-9155

Nelson@hudescommunications.com

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SIX TIPS TO BECOME MORE PHILANTHROPIC AND IMPROVE YOUR OWN FINANCES

This is a magical time of year, when cold and dark nights contrast with the warmth of families joyfully gathering to reminisce fondly about holidays past and creating new memories for the future. Those cozy gatherings celebrate a family’s good fortune and shared blessings. Often, they include discussions about charitable giving and philanthropy that stem from conversations parents, grandparents and children have about giving back. This is also an opportune time to inspire future generations, and the way to best execute on this idea is to discuss tax and estate planning and how investing in good causes will save a lot of tax. 

With that in mind, WEALTHinsurance.com® has six tips for everyone to preserve their wealth for their family as well as the charities they are passionate about.   

1. Benefit From Life Insurance While You Are Alive: Most Canadians think the only benefit from a life insurance police occurs when they die. However, you can benefit from life insurance while you are alive. As an example, a retired accountant in his mid 60’s has a $500,000 life insurance policy he didn’t really need. He wanted to donate the policy to his alma mater, so WEALTHinsurance.com® arranged for an independent actuary to determine its current value. The actuary valued the policy at $290,000 and it was donated it to the university, with the individual receiving a charitable donation receipt for the entire $290,000, and he saved about  $145,000 in taxes.

2. Tax Tip: Most Canadians donate to charity using cash, credit cards or a cheque. In truth, that’s the least efficient way to be philanthropic. If you’ve invested in the stock market over the past 10 or 15 years, you undoubtedly have some appreciated securities with ‘pregnant’ taxable gains. Simply donate some of those shares and receive a tax charitable receipt for their full (appreciated) value and pay zero capital gains taxes on them. 

3. RRSPs and RIFs: If you’re single, divorced, widowed, or never married, the tax department will scoop up to 54 % of your RRSP or RIF savings when you die, and probate fees can gobble up another 1.5 %. (in Ontario) If you designate a charity as the beneficiary of some or all of your RSP or RIF, you can effectively eliminate the tax liability.

4. Create Your Own Family Legacy: Donating to favourite  charities can be emotionally fulfilling and financially rewarding, reducing your current or future tax load. It can also enable you to save more for those near and dear to you while creating a family legacy that will carry your name for many years to come. 

5. Selling Your Business? Save taxes if you are about to sell your home or business. Consider donating to charity the amount of funds that will offset all or part of the tax bill and then use the credit that would be available in a Capital Dividend Account to buy some corporate-owned life insurance. Doing so will allow you to donate generously, reduce or eliminate your taxes, and the corporate-owned life insurance that will ensure your family is covered and reimbursed fully for all your charitable good will.

6. Donate Corporately: Donating personally provides you with an approximate 50 % tax savings, but to get a bigger bang for your buck, donate funds corporately and enjoy a 100 % corporate deduction.  A corporation using marketable securities for a donation also doesn’t have to pay any capital gains tax. In this instance, the gains on the donated funds are credited to the company’s Capital Dividend Account (CDA) and bow can be withdrawn  tax-free and used for whatever purposes you want.

New Year, New Outlook: Life Coach Shares Powerful Messages of Unity and Positivity

Stafford, TX, March 5, 2021 – Without question, 2020 was a difficult year on many levels. Life Coach Michael Taylor has a powerful call to action, intended to help readers focus on the factors that unite us as humans and view 2021 through a perspective of positivity.

“It is my belief that there has never been a better time to be alive on the planet than right now,” he says. “Obviously, I recognize all the challenges, but at the same time, I honestly believe that every human being has the capacity to be, to do and to have anything that they set their minds to.”

In his latest book, The Good News Is, The Future Is Brighter Than You Think!,the self-described “irrepressible optimist” uses science, spirituality and psychology to inform his insights into a range of topics, including: 

•Being Human: Understanding what it means to be human, the role of trauma in our lives, how to move on from past trauma and taking 100 percent responsibility for our lives;
•Divine Intelligence and Evolution: The Divine Intelligence as the creator of the universe, the driving force behind human evolution and how to use its power;
•Spirituality: Recognition and acknowledgment of a connection to a power higher than oneself, the spiritual connection to the Divine Intelligence as a result of evolution;
•Race: Realization that there is only one race and that is the human race — only through evolution will we heal our race relations and accept that we’re all the same;
•Love: Accepting love as the highest power that can heal this universe and how to create meaningful connections and develop healthy intimate relationships;
•Plus health, wealth, education, technology and everything in between! 

“If you’ve been looking for a resource that inspires you and motivates you and lights you up, this is the book for you!” Taylor adds.

Author Michael Taylor is uniquely positioned to spread hope and optimism. A high school dropout, he overcame a divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure, depression and being homeless for two years on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur, motivational speaker, radio and TV host, and author of nine best-selling books. He has dedicated his life to empowering men and women to reach their full potential by transforming their lives from the inside out.

Taylor is President and CEO of Creation Publishing Group, a company that specializes in creating programs and products that empower men and women to live extraordinary lives, and Too Cool Club, a company that develops transformational education programs for youth. He has been featured in the Amazon.com bestselling book Motivational Speakers America and in USA Today magazine about the changing roles of manhood and masculinity in society. He has won numerous awards for his dynamic speaking style, and he is an Amazon.com bestselling author.

He is the host and producer of two TV Channels on the Roku Network, Joy Passion & Profit and Shatter The Stereotypes, and hosts two podcasts of the same names available on most podcast platforms like Spotify and iTunes.

Most importantly, he has been blissfully married for 18 years to the woman of his dreams and he is a proud father of three grown children.

To learn more about Coach Michael Taylor, please visit www.coachmichaeltaylor.com.

The Good News Is, The Future Is Brighter Than You Think!

Publisher: Creation Publishing Group

ISBN-13: 978-0996948777

Available from https://creationpublishing.com/

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Canadian Red Cross and HPV Global Action coming together to support International HPV Awareness Day

MONTRÉAL, March 4, 2021 /CNW/ - Cervical cancer is one of today's most preventable cancers. Approximatively 570,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer around the world in 2018.(1) Among these, more than three hundred thousand women will die. Ninety per cent of these women live in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC). These deaths are preventable.(2)

The Canadian Red Cross and HPV Global Action have committed to supporting the World Health Organization's (WHO) targets that must be met by 2030 for countries to be on the path towards cervical cancer elimination through:

• Vaccination: 90% of girls fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by the age of 15;
• Screening: 70% of women screened using a high-performance test by the age of 35, and again by the age of 45;
• Treatment: 90% of women identified with cervical disease receive treatment (90% of women with pre-cancer treated and 90% of women with invasive cancer managed).(3)

The Red Cross and HPV Global Action recognize that this global strategy is critical in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. Both organizations also understand the challenges to delivering the strategy in fragile and conflict settings, as well as in LMIC where the impact of cervical cancer on women, girls and transgender men is the greatest.

This WHO strategy requires an intersectional feminist approach that recognizes the ways in which factors like gender, age, race, ethnicity, education and power shape the offer of and access to services. Many of those at risk or affected by HPV and cervical cancer still lack or have limited access to the health services and education that are critical to eliminating cervical cancer.(4)

The successful implementation of the 90-70-90 strategy could reduce new cases by more than 40% and related deaths by five million within 20 years.(5) To help achieve this, public health policies supporting the WHO strategy should address HPV and its connection to cervical cancer through an intersectional lens to ensure its equitable implementation. Governments should take this opportunity to strengthen healthcare structures for diverse groups, particularly in LMIC and fragile contexts where systems are often challenged by resource constraints and health emergencies such as Zika, Ebola and COVID-19.(6)Equitable policy frameworks and resource allocations can positively impact vaccine acceptance, local supply and delivery, as well as cervical cancer screening practices and the availability of palliative care. These components are critical to ensuring progress on this commitment. International stakeholders are encouraged to prioritize the WHO objectives and work with healthcare providers, researchers, innovators, local actors, women-led organizations and dedicated partners, like the Canadian Red Cross and HPV Global Action, to ensure the WHO global strategy is successful. 

As national and international leaders in community health, the Canadian Red Cross and HPV Global Action are reinforcing their dedication to prevention, screening and treatment, with a focus on those most at risk. The organizations are committed to using their global health capacity to improve access to services and information in areas with high prevalence of HPV and cervical cancer, building on foundations in place with existing partners. Other organizations, advocates, leaders and industries such as diagnostic, surgical, vaccine and pharmaceutical companies, are welcome to join us in working toward eliminating cervical cancer using an intersectional feminist approach. 

ABOUT THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

A member of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, the Canadian Red Cross helps people and communities in times of need, and supports them in strengthening their resilience. In addition to responding to disasters in Canada and abroad, the Canadian Red Cross supports local Movement partners in some of the world's most difficult contexts. This includes initiatives for women and children's health, which mobilizes communities and health workers in rural, remote regions to improve access to health-care services.

ABOUT HPV GLOBAL ACTION 

HPV Global Action's mission is to raise awareness of positive sexual and reproductive health emphasizing HPV and its potential consequences. We empower culturally and ideologically diverse communities across the globe through the dissemination of critical, evidence-based knowledge for all ages, including health-care professionals and government agencies. 

SOURCE HPV Global Action

The Top 5 Technologies for Innovation Leaders in Electronics and IT

Digital biomarkers, edge computing, and AI-enabled sensors are among the top technologies transforming the electronics landscape, according to Lux Research

BOSTON, MA, MARCH 4, 2021 – Digital transformation is one of the hottest topics in every industry, and as consumers are eagerly adopting increasing amounts of digital tech, electronics, and IT players have a unique opportunity to impact more industries than ever before. To help guide innovation in this booming space, Lux Research released its annual report, “Foresight 2021: Top Emerging Technologies to Watch.”

The Foresight 2021 report identifies and ranks 12 key technologies that will reshape the world in the coming years. The technologies are chosen based on innovation interest scores from the Lux Tech Signal, a composite measure assembled from a variety of innovation data sources, along with input from Lux’s experts. In addition to highlighting the overall technologies, for the first time ever, this year’s report ranks the top five technologies for the electronics and IT space to watch.

Lux’s annual report analyzes the digital transformation space, reviewing what topics emerged and which technologies gained traction during 2020. Its expert analysis of the hottest innovation topics and best tech startups found that the top five technologies electronics and IT innovation leaders should look to in the next decade are: 

1. AI-Enabled Sensors – Merging hardware and software to collect and validate critical data will be a major part of use cases from consumer wearables to medical devices to industrial IoT.
   
2. Digital Biomarkers – Using data analytics to detect disease through changes in streams of data analytics is a potent path for electronics companies to grab a piece of the healthcare pie.
   
3. Natural Language Processing – Natural language processing (NLP) allows electronics and IT players to extend into new services and industry segments, either by using it to leverage their own data or by providing it as a service.
   
4. Edge Computing – Limitations in bandwidth and latency are pushing critical computation away from the cloud and out to the edge, with rapidly improving hardware and software enablers.
   
5. Synthetic Data – AI needs vast amounts of training data, and when real data is scarce, synthetic data can be a solution. It also boosts data diversity and privacy.

“Digital transformation as a concept has reached a point where developers and end users have to look past the hype and find real ROI from deployment of digital technologies,” explains Kevin See, Ph.D., Vice President of Research at Lux Research. “The central theme of these technologies is extracting value from data – whether layering AI on sensor outputs, analyzing digital biomarkers to detect conditions, or using edge computing to extract insight locally in close to real time. These technologies are primed to impact every industry, from healthcare to manufacturing and beyond.”

To learn more about how these technologies’ potential to impact innovation in the electronics and IT space, download the infographic.

If you are interested in speaking with an Analyst to learn more about this research, please email press@luxresearchinc.com. 

About Lux Research 
 
Lux Research is a leading provider of tech-enabled research and advisory services, helping clients drive growth through technology innovation. A pioneer in the research industry, Lux uniquely combines technical expertise and business insights with a proprietary intelligence platform, using advanced analytics and data science to surface true leading indicators. With quality data derived from primary research, fact-based analysis, and opinions that challenge traditional thinking, Lux empowers clients to make more informed decisions today to ensure future success.   

Covaxin interim efficacy data will further boost market penetration, says GlobalData

Following the news that Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin showed 81% interim efficacy;

Prashant Khadayate, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view:  

“In January 2021, Covaxin was granted emergency use approval in India in the absence of late-stage efficacy data, raising questions on its effectiveness. This was reflected in the lower usage of Covaxin as part of the vaccination drive in India due to people being hesitant to take the vaccine in the absence of publicly available efficacy data. According to the government of India Co-Win dashboard, as of 3 March 2021, Covaxin doses contributed 12% of the overall vaccine doses administered in India, whereas 88% belong to Covishield from Serum Institute of India/ AstraZeneca. India has so far administered over 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. 

“Covaxin demonstrated 81% interim efficacy in those without prior infection after the second dose. The first interim analysis is based on 43 cases, of which 36 cases of COVID-19 were observed in the placebo group while seven cases were observed in the Covaxin group. The AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine showed 62% efficacy, Pfizer-BioNTech has 95% efficacy, Moderna's vaccine demonstrated 94% efficacy; Sputnik V has 92% efficacy while the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine has 66% efficacy.  

"According to GlobalData’s Pharma Intelligence Center, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (Dr. Reddy’s) is conducting Phase II/III trials of Sputnik V and Cadila Healthcare Ltd ZyCov-D is in Phase III in India. ZyCov-D is the second indigenous vaccine to reach Phase III trials.  

“The release of interim data on Covaxin was crucial as the competition within the Indian COVID-19 vaccine market will further heat up with the likely approval of Sputnik and ZyCov-D in the next few months. Based on the interim results, Covaxin has a partial edge over Serum Institute of India/ AstraZeneca Covishield. Interim efficacy data will improve the market penetration of Covaxin both in India and other countries amid boost in confidence on its effectiveness.”

Dismantle Social Constructs and Discover the Life You Were Meant to Live

Las Vegas, NV, March 4, 2021 — What better way to tackle existential angst than with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia? Or perhaps a more constructive way might be to take an introspective deep-dive into the ideologies you hold as true and ask yourself, “Is this the life I chose, or the one chosen for me?”

Christina Dylag’s Tiny Little Boxes: How to Cope with Existential Dread by Way of Ice Cream and Other Means takes readers on a soul-searching journey peppered with humor, philosophical musings and plenty of ice-cream-flavored metaphors to help them uncover any preconditioned social constructs and learn to distinguish between personal fact and fiction. 

“A life constructed for us by society can be satisfying for a while, but at a certain point, the tension between who we want to be and who we are becomes unbearable,” Christina writes. “We want to follow our dreams and find fulfillment. We settle instead for a destiny carved for someone else. When we search for answers in religion or romance, we are still left with a nagging sense of emptiness.” 

Christina’s book delivers a vastly different approach to the world of self-help. It’s unique, funny and fresh, with a free-flowing narrative that mirrors the fluidity of a stream of consciousness. Much of the book centers on the topic of straying from the norm and carving out a new and highly individualized path.

The result is a mind-broadening nudge that gives readers permission to live, to explore, and to break the barriers of their own little boxes. This book was written to expose and unravel the ideologies that we as humans unconsciously hold as truth, Christina explains. Tiny Little Boxes delves into our predetermined belief systems and how we might reassess or re-approach our conditioned world. Beyond our inherited notions of success, the self and existence lies a more expansive sense of freedom.

Christina Dylag is a writer and co-owner of Velveteen Rabbit, an award-winning craft cocktail bar in Las Vegas which has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Vice, Maxim, Playboy, and others. Christina is 70 percent water, roughly 30 percent sushi and a shy whisper of human form. She lives in Las Vegas and will likely be survived by her giant pet rabbit, Steve.

For more insights from the author, please visit www.Nihilisticecream.com, or follow the author on Instagram (@nihilisticecream) or on Facebook (@nihilisticecream).

Tiny Little Boxes: How to Cope with Existential Dread by Way of Ice Cream and Other Means

Publisher: Nihilist Ice Cream

ISBN-10: 1544508220 

ISBN-13: 978-1544508221 

Available from Amazon.com, BN.com, Target.com and many businesses where books are sold

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Experience the Transformative Power of Sailing

Newport Beach, CA, March 4, 2021 — Traveling can open our eyes and minds to new cultures and experiences, and for licensed captain Gill Terry Causey, traveling by sailboat has also guided him toward profound personal discoveries through the self-realization and introspection that seafaring can inspire. 

“It [sailing] is the most rewarding and fulfilling way to travel, and these experiences have been both transformational and even transcendental,” Causey says. “Sailing has taught me to unplug, discover and explore other awe-inspiring worlds, and I am thrilled to share my adventures with you.”

Let the Wind Carry Me: How Curiosity Can Open Doors of Perception and Learning is part autobiography, part detailed travelogue and part breathtaking pictorial of Causey’s worldwide sailing adventures. He shares vivid details (and more than 50 photos) from some of his most memorable excursions, and peppers his narrative with personal insights and reflections on the seeds planted early in his youth that inspired him to explore the world without boundaries. 

Readers can experience the exact moment when he fell in love with blue water sailing and hop on board as he runs a successful charter boat in the Hawaiian Islands, explores South America and the Amazon forest, embarks on adventures in Central America, and sails the islands of French Polynesia. In all, Causey completed hundreds of interisland sails, including 12 sails to French Polynesia, 11 sails to the Line Islands, seven sails around New Zealand, three sails to Australia, five sails to Fiji, and one sail each to the Cook Islands and the Solomon Islands. 

“Sailing has transformed my life because I have been able to travel to places that are best seen by sailboat,” Causey adds. “It is a way of life that I have always embraced.” 

Let the Wind Carry Me is, at its core, Causey’s story, and one he hopes will inspire others to explore and embrace the transformational power of travel.

Author Gill Terry Causey is a lifelong ocean-cruising sailor and a patron of maritime causes and projects from Hawaii (where he lived for more than half his life) to California. 

He is a licensed captain of a 50-foot sailing vessel that was built by the German navy in 1928. This vessel is iron riveted and does oceanographic work for the University of Hawaii, the University of Cambridge and the U.S. Department of the Interior. He also dedicates his time to many other projects, including the local Sea Cadets, and he continues to be a significant benefactor to Call of the Sea (https://callofthesea.org/).

He worked with the Polynesian Voyaging Society to revive their sailing culture, and funded and supported the building of the 135-foot Brigantine Matthew Turner in Sausalito, California. The ship was recently certified by the U.S. Coast Guard as a school ship, which will educate and inspire young people for generations to come.

Since family is the most important thing, he retired to take care of his mother and relocated the family home to Newport Beach, California. He will always love sailing and still takes every opportunity to be on the ocean, enjoying the wonders of its cosmic power.

Let the Wind Carry Me: How Curiosity Can Open Doors of Perception and Learning ISBN-13: 978-0960105700 (Retail $49.95)

Currently available directly from the author (limited supply). Available through traditional retail channels in June/July 2021.

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