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House of Commons Journal Volume 3: 26 May 1643
Die Veneris, 26 Maii, 1643.
Prisoner discharged.
Protection to Hunt.
Intercepted Letter.
Prisoners of War, &c.
Raising Money.
Person to attend.
Newcastle Coal, &c.
Message from Lords.
Answer to the City.
Stepkin's Horses, &c.
London Assessments.
Examining LordWilmot.
Currans seized.
Leave to visit a Prisoner.
Excise.
Lord Renula's Petition.
Army Appointment.
Re-payment of Money.
Sir G. Nappier.
Norris, &c. Petition.
Pass Warrants granted.
Sequestrators.
Preacher in Paul's Church Yard.
Removing Prisoners.
Raising Horses.
UPON the Certificate from the Committee at Haberdashers Hall, that Mr. Trussel has paid the Monies, assessed upon him ;
It is Resolved, &c. That Mr. Edw. Trussell shall be forthwith discharged from any further Restraint or Imprisonment.
The humble Petition of Nicholas Hunt of Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, was read, informing this House of the many Services he is engaged in for the Parliament; and of his Contribution to the Parliament; and that, notwithstanding, one Captain Washborne doth threaten to take away his Two Coach Horses, without which he and his Wife are so infirm that they cannot go abroad.
It is therefore Ordered, That the said Mr. Hunt shall have the Protection of this House; and that no Commander, or Officer, or other Person, shall presume to seize any Horses of the said Mr. Hunt's without first acquainting this House therewith, and having the Order of this House for the same.
A Letter from my Lord Wilmott to his Son, the Lieutenant General of the Horse, in the King's Army, being a Letter of Intelligence, was this Day read: And
Ordered, That this Letter be communicated to the Lords, at a Conference; and that (upon the Occasion of this Letter) the Lords be pressed to pass the Ordinance concerning Prisoners; and to desire, that the Lord Willmott may be secured by streight Imprisonment; and that he may be examined upon Oath, upon such Interrogatories, as shall be prepared by, and in the Presence of, Members of this House; and that the Informations given from the Prisoners at Oxon may be communicated at this Conference; and that the Lords be desired, that those Prisoners, that go at large upon Bail, or upon Engagement of Honour, may be restrained; upon the Occasion of the Letter written from the General of the King's Forces, to the Governor of Bristoll.
Resolved, That these shall be the Heads of the Conference.
Sir H. Mildmay is appointed to desire a Conference concerning the Prisoners at Oxon; and, concerning an intercepted Letter from my Lord Willmott.
He likewise carried up an Ordinance for Monies to Sir Wm. Waller, and for the associating the County of Huntington with Cambridgeshire.
Mr. Pym, Sir Wm. Armyn, Serjeant Wilde, Sir Rob. Harley, are appointed Managers of this Conference.
Sir H. Mildmay brings Answer, that the Lords will give a present Meeting at a Conference by a Committee of the whole House, in the Painted Chamber : And as to the Two Ordinances, carried up by him, they will send Answer by Messengers of their own.
Commissary Copley and Mr. Fleetewood, Two Officers of the Army under the Command of the Earl of Essex, informed the House of all the Proceedings of the Committee appointed by his Excellency to sit for the raising of Monies in and about Reading: Which was occasioned upon an Information given by one Mr. Starchey here publickly at the Bar; which reflected upon the Proceedings of that Committee:
It was thereupon Resolved, upon the Question, That this House doth approve of the Care of my Lord General, in providing for the Necessities of the Army, in the manner he hath done, in appointing a Committee for the levying of Monies in Berkshire, &c.
Mr. Pym is appointed to prepare a Letter to be sent to my Lord General; and to declare this unto him; and further, to let his Excellency know, that the House hath appointed Mr. Hobby to attend the House; and, when he has been heard, they will further inform his Excellency concerning that Business reported by him;-they have likewise summoned Mr. Starchey.
Ordered, That Mr. Starchey be summoned forthwith to attend the House.
The House being informed, that divers Aldermen, and other Citizens, of the City of London, were at the Door, who had some Propositions to offer from the Court of Aldermen and Common Council; they were called in; and did offer some Propositions, in Writing, concerning the furnishing these Parts with Newcastle Coal; and concerning the reducing of Newcastle.-
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Edw. Leech and Dr. Bennett;
The Lords do agree to the Ordinance for the County of Huntington to associate with Cambridgeshire : They have likewise commanded us to present the Petition of divers poor Men that have furnished the Parliament with Fewel.-
The Propositions offered from the Common Council concerning the furnishing these Eastern Parts with Newcastle Coal, and reducing Newcastle, were read:
And it is Ordered, That Sir H. Vane senior, Mr. Cage, Mr. Rolle, Sir H. Anderson, Mr. Beddingfield, Mr. Vassall, Mr. Blakiston, Mr. Owner, Mr. Squire Bence, Mr. Reynolds, * Hoyle, * Green, Mr. Bond, * Onslowe, * Trenchard, * Rose, * Harley, * Asherst, * Jennour, * Wilde, * Soame, Lord Ruthen, Alex. Bence, Mr. Wasthall, Mr. Rigby, Sir Tho. Middleton: And all that will come, to have Voices : And the Care of this Business is especially recommended to the Care of Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Blakiston : And they have Power to send for Parties, and especially such of the City as they shall think fit to advise with : And are to meet this Afternoon at Two of Clock in the Star Chamber.
The Aldermen and other Gentlemen of the City were called in; and Mr. Speaker, by the Command of the House, told them, "that they had read their Propositions; and do find in them a great Care expressed of the Commonwealth; for which they return you Thanks; and desire you to do the like to the Body of the City: They have referred your Propositions to a Committee; and have appointed them to advise with some of the City about it."
He likewise recommended unto them, the Desire of the House to furnish my Lord General with what Forces they can, especially Horse.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker shall, by the Command of the House, recommend unto the Aldermen and Citizens that presented the Propositions, from the Common Council, for reducing of Newcastle, the Desire of this House, that they represent unto the Common Council their Request, that they would employ their best Endeavours to furnish my Lord General, upon his advancing, with what Forces they can, especially Horse; that he may the better carry on that Work of great Importance, he is now upon.
Ordered, That Sir Arth. Haselrig shall keep the Horses he has seized of Mr. Stepkin's : And that it be referred to the Committee at Haberdashers Hall, to consider what Mr. Stepkin has done upon the Propositions; and to see that he be assessed.
Ordered, That the Committee at Haberdashers Hall shall have Power, within the City of London and Twenty Miles Compass, to call such Persons before them, that have not contributed proportionably upon the Propositions; and that they do appoint Assessors to sess such of them, as have not so contributed according to the Ordinance of the Twentieth Part; and that they shall have Power to appoint Committees to have Power to ease such as shall be over-rated.
Ordered, That the Lords be moved to join herein,
Message from the Lords, by Dr. Bennett, and Dr. Heath;
That the Lords have appointed a Committee to examine my Lord Wilmot : To meet this Afternoon, at Three a Clock, in the Lord Keeper's Lodgings.
Sir Hen. Mildmay, Mr. Prideaux, Mr. Rous, Mr. Hatcher, Mr. Young, Mr. Ashurst, Sir Pet. Wentworth, Mr. Gurdon;
This Committee is to consider of some Interrogatories to be prepared to examine the Lord Wilmott upon : And any Four of them are appointed to be present at the Examination.
Ordered, That the Business concerning the Currans seized in Essex be referred to the Committee for the Navy.
Ordered, That Sir Hen. Crompton's Lady shall have Leave to come and visit her Husband in the Tower, and to reside with him there.
Ordered, That the Business of Excise, be reported To-morrow, the first Business.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do put the House in mind; when there is a fit Opportunity to move the House, to read my Lord Renula his Petition.
The Ordinance for Sir Thomas Middleton to be Serjeant Major General of Five Welsh Counties was read; and, upon the Question, assented unto
The Ordinance for securing the Re-payment of Five thousand Pounds, taken up by Sir Thomas Middleton, for the said Service, was read; and re-committed.
A Letter from Sir Walter Earle and Mr. Browne, Two Members of this House, was read; informing the House of the Readiness in Sir Gerard Nappier Knight and Baronet, to contribute, in a large manner, to the Service of the Parliament, and to give his Assistance, or otherwise: Whereupon
It is Ordered, That the Attendance of Sir Gerard Nappier, on this House, shall be dispensed withal; to the end he may the better attend the Service in the Country.
Ordered, That Mr. Pym do write a Letter to Sir Walter Earle and Mr. Browne, to the Effect abovesaid.
Ordered, That the humble Petition of Hugh Norris, Caldwall Farrington, John Gregory, Joseph Brand, Francis Mantell Widow, and others, interested in the Currans, laden in the Nicholas, shall be referred to the Committee for the Navy, to report their Opinions thereof unto this House.
Ordered, Upon the humble Petition of John Fountaine and Adam De Cardonnell, Merchants, that James De la Port shall have Mr. Speaker's Warrant to go to Oxford, about the getting of a Ship released, staid at Falmouth.
Ordered, That Francis Leech, of the University of Cambridge, shall have Mr. Speaker's Warrant to go beyond Sea, to the University of Leyden.
Ordered, That the Report for Ireland be made To-morrow Morning.
Ordered, That the Names of the Sequestrators be carried to the Lords To-morrow.
Ordered, That the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London shall have Power and Authority to nominate and appoint such Ministers, as shall hereafter preach in Paul's Church Yard upon the Lord's Day weekly; and that, in the Interim, until that Place be prepared and fitted for that Purpose, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen may appoint such convenient Place for such Ministers to preach, every Lord's Day weekly, before them, as they shall think convenient : And likewise, that the Lord Mayor, for the time, may dispose of the Allowance formerly given to the Preachers at Paul's, upon such Ministers as shall be so appointed to preach before the said Lord Mayor and Aldermen, at the Place by them to be assigned, as aforesaid: Which Disposition and Appointment shall not be accounted or reputed any Breach or Violation of the Gifts or Devises of any Donor, or Person deceased; notwithstanding any former Usage, Appointment, or Devise of any Bishop's, Donor's, or otherwise, to the contrary.
Ordered, That Captain Herriot Washborne shall receive, from the Keeper of London House, Lieutenant Green, Cornet Richard Tayler, Barnaby Bradford, and James Bradford; and, from the Keeper of Lambeth House, Mr. Thomas Nicholson, Mr. Richard Zouch, William Davis, and William Allen; and, from the Keeper of the Compter in Woodstreet, Captain Wm. Hudson, and Captain Henry Bradneux; and shall take care, that they be all safely brought to the City of Norwich, in the County of Norfolke; Six of them to be delivered to the High Sheriff of the County of Norfolke, or to his Under Sheriff; whom they are hereby required to receive, and safely to keep, in the Gaol of the said County; till this House shall otherwise direct; and Four of them to the Deputy Mayor and Sheriffs of the said City; who are hereby also required to receive them, and to keep them safely, in the Gaol of the said City; till this House shall otherwise direct.
And it is further Ordered, That Mr. Squire, Mr. Swadlyn, and * *, Prisoners in Gresham College, shall be likewise delivered to Captain Washborne, to be conveyed to the Prison of Norwich; there to be kept in safe Custody, until this House take further Order: And Sir Robert Harley is appointed to send his Warrants to the several Keepers of the Prisons, for the Delivery of them accordingly.
Whereas there is an Ordinance of Parliament passed, bearing Date the Tenth Day of this Instant May, concerning the taking of Horses for the Service of the Parliament: It is further Ordered and Declared, by the Lords and Commons, in Parliament assembled (as well in pursuance of the said Ordinance, as by way of Addition; that his Excellency's Occasions may be served, and yet with the greatest Ease to the Counties as may be); that the Deputy Lieutenants, or the Committees for the Propositions, or any Two of them, within the several Counties, when the Lord General shall require so many Horses out of any County, shall immediately levy such a Number upon every Division and Hundred, as in a Proportion the several Parts will afford; and shall cause the Horses so proportioned to be delivered accordingly: And in case the said Deputy Lieutenants, or Committee, shall not execute, according to the said Ordinance, and deliver such Horses as are fit for Service, now, in such time as the Lord General direct; or that the Lord General shall find, by reason of some great Exigency, that the said Circumstances cannot be observed without Danger to the Army; and insert the same in this Warrant; then such Officers, as his Excellency shall appoint, shall raise and take such Number of Horses as are required by his Excellency within the Places appointed, rendering an Account to his Excellency for the same; having a Regard always to those Persons, that have expressed their good Affections, by contributing upon the Propositions, and submitting to the Orders and Ordinances of Parliament: And in case that, upon any Exigency, the Horses of such Persons as have expressed their Affections to the Parliament, as aforesaid, shall be taken, that their Horses shall be valued by the Constables, and certified to the Commissary in London for valuing of Horses, Arms, &c.; and the Parties repaid for them, upon the publick Faith.


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Home » Analysis » Global luxury goods market poised for further growth despite economic turbulence
Global luxury goods market poised for further growth despite economic turbulence
According to Bain & Company the global luxury goods market is poised for further growth despite economic turbulence. The 21st edition of the Bain & Company–Altagamma Luxury Study states that the global luxury goods market took a further leap forward during 2022, despite highly uncertain economic and consumer market conditions. And it remains poised to see further expansion next year, and for the rest of the decade to 2030, even in the face of present economic turbulence.
The global luxury goods industry overall is projected to achieve a market value of €1.4 trillion in sales revenue this year, growing by 21% from 2021 (at current exchange rates).
The personal luxury goods industry saw a further growth acceleration this year, coming on the heels of the V-shaped rebound enjoyed in 2021, the research indicates. Boosted by a strong market performance across quarters, and despite macro-economic indicators worsening globally, as well as specific challenges in China, the personal luxury sector is set to see the value of its sales jump to €353 billion in 2022, marking an advance of 22% at current exchange rates versus the previous year.
The performance of the last quarter of this year, in determining the final outcome for 2022, will largely depend on the progressive lifting of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions in China, evolution of European and American luxury consumer confidence in the face of rising inflation and cost of living pressures, and potential recession in the US and European economies.
But despite present and continuing economic challenges, the luxury market continued to perform strongly throughout this year to date, with winners for brands across the board, and positive growth for some 95% of brands.
Luxury brand players are continuing to invest in future growth, even in the face of high inflation and rising costs so their profitability is slightly decreasing following an unprecedented increase in 2021.
"The nouvelle vague – the new wave – of the luxury goods market will demand evolution amid disruption, adaptation amid uncertainty, and an expansion of creativity in all of the basics – all while new trends and concepts develop," said Claudia D'Arpizio, a Bain & Company partner and leader of Bain's Global Luxury Goods and Fashion practice, the lead author of the study.
Even in the face of recessionary conditions expected across leading economies into 2023, the Bain and Altagamma analysis forecasts further expansion in sales and market value for luxury goods through the coming year and decade. The study notes that even with a possible global recession next year the impact on the industry could be different from that of the 2008-09 global financial crisis.
The luxury market now appears better equipped to cope with economic turbulence with its consumer base both larger and more concentrated, and customer-centricity and a multi-touchpoint ecosystem set to provide resiliency amid disruptions.
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Stem cells pose risk, offer promise for ED, other diseases
Lisette Hilton
Patients with urologic conditions have easy access to stem cell therapy options offered by a spectrum of providers at locations that vary from strip mall clinics to academic centers. But while there's hope that cell-based therapies might not only treat symptoms but also modify diseases, including erectile dysfunction, the scientific evidence to show therapies using any stem cells work and don't cause harm is lacking.
The FDA warns that unapproved stem cell therapies can be harmful and may be illegal and unproven (bit.ly/FDAstemcell). The agency has tried to regulate stem cell clinics as part of a comprehensive move to oversee regenerative medicine products. In May, for example, the FDA announced it was seeking permanent injunctions to stop Cell Clinic of Sunrise, FL, and California Stem Cell Treatment Center, with locations throughout the state, to stop marketing stem cell products without FDA approval and for deviating from good manufacturing practice requirements.
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Providers at the California clinic were injecting cancer patients' tumors with stem cells from their fat.
"The product was then administered to cancer patients with potentially compromised immune systems and for whom the vaccine posed a potential for harm, including the possibility of inflammation and swelling of the heart and surrounding tissues," the FDA said in a statement.
As recently as early September, the FDA sent a warning letter to Stemell, of San Juan Capistrano, CA, for "manufacturing and distributing unapproved products derived from umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord and for significant deviations from current good tissue practice (CGTP) and current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements... creating potential significant safety concerns that put patients at risk."
Urology in the fray
About 15% of the 169 stem cell clinics that were the subject of a recent report on the direct-to-consumer stem cell business in the southwest U.S. offered treatments for urologic conditions, including erectile dysfunction, interstitial cystitis, Peyronie's disease, and bladder and kidney conditions (Stem Cell Reports 2019; 13:247-53).
"What we found was that clinics treating urologic conditions almost always treated a whole set of other conditions too that were not urologic in nature," said the report's first author, Emma K. Frow, PhD, assistant professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University, Tempe.
Only one, and possibly two, urologists were among the providers at the 169 clinics, according to the report.
The ThriveMD clinic in Denver and Vail, CO is one stem cell clinic offering urologic services. Scott Brandt, MD, the clinic's medical director, trained as an anesthesiologist. Dr. Brandt treats joint and back pain, as well as erectile dysfunction. He uses adipose-derived stem cells for ED, according to the ThriveMD website.
"Besides adipose-derived cells, additional stem cells and growth factors are sourced from bone marrow concentrate," according to the site. Dr. Brandt did not respond to Urology Times' request for comment.
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The state of stem cell use in urology
Hundreds if not thousands of clinical trials are currently looking at stem cell use in medicine, according to Dr. Frow, but there are no FDA-approved stem cell products for conditions in urology and many other specialties.
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Not only are stem cell procedures not yet approved in urology and other specialties, but there's confusion among patients and providers about what stem cell therapies are, according to Anthony Atala, MD, professor of urology and regenerative medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), for example, is a cell therapy-not a stem cell therapy.
"In reality, PRP is one of the very few treatments right now that can be used without FDA approval, and is being used," Dr. Atala said.
Among the stem cell sources being studied are fat-derived stem cells and bone marrow-derived stem cells, which are autologous stem cells that providers harvest from patients and inject back into those patients in the same setting.
"The area in urology where those are being most used is in erectile dysfunction," Dr. Atala said.
Researchers have found that a big challenge with using fat- and bone marrow-derived stem cells is that they don't last when they're reinjected.
"Basically, most of those cells are gone within a day after injection, and all the cells are gone within 5 days," Dr. Atala said. "Longitudinal, well-controlled studies still need to be done to see what the long-term effects are from therapies using these cells that really don't stay around."
Researchers who tracked stem cells derived mostly from bone marrow, adipose tissue, or skeletal muscle and intracavernously injected them into the penis found the stem cells escaped the penis and went into bone marrow, and it wasn't clear what happened after that (Stem Cells Dev 2012; 21:343–51).
Another drawback of using fat- and bone marrow-derived stem cells is that they are limited in their ability to differentiate into other cell types and their ability to be grown and expanded to large quantities, according to Dr. Atala.
Stem cells derived from muscle tissue do last. Researchers are studying muscle-derived stem cells for conditions like urinary incontinence, according to Dr. Atala.
But long-term research is limited on muscle-derived stem cells, he said.
Cord blood stem cells are yet another type of autologous stem cell. Cord blood cells, retrieved at birth, are stored for later use.
"Those are very similar in use to bone marrow-derived stem cells," Dr. Atala said. "Like bone marrow cells, cord stem cells cannot be expanded very well and they cannot be converted to many other tissue types."
The ideal stem cell should differentiate readily and expand to large quantities, which would make it easier to treat patients as many times as needed or at multiple sites. Although human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells have these properties, their major challenge lies in their potential to form tumors.
"Embryonic stem cells come from a discarded embryo. And induced pluripotent stem cells are from adult cells that can be reverted back to an embryonic-like cell by using specific genes or factors," Dr. Atala said. Both cell types can be expanded rapidly and are usable in any tissue type, including liver, heart, and cartilage.
Because embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells may form tumors, their translation to the clinical setting has been slow.
Amnion cells, which are from the placenta and amniotic fluid, are another stem cell type that differentiate, expand, and don't form tumors.
"It's a good cell type, but no cell is perfect," Dr. Atala said. "One of the challenges with amnion cells is you have to work harder to drive them. With a human embryonic stem cell or an induced pluripotent stem cell, it only takes 7 days to convert those cells to liver cells. It takes 20 days to convert amnion stem cells to liver cells. However, that's also the same property that does not allow the cells to form the tumors, because you get the cells a little bit later in terms of development."
At the end of the day, scientists and physicians don't know what any of these cells will do for patients long term, according to Dr. Atala.
"There are almost no longitudinal, prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blinded, long-term studies and therefore a lot of these therapies need to go through that process before they should be offered to patients outside the research setting," Dr. Atala said.
A position statement by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America agrees that, until the FDA approves stem cell, PRP, or shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction, use of these therapies is experimental and should be conducted under research protocols in compliance with Institutional Review Board approval (bit.ly/SMSNAposition).
Clinicians who retrieve adipose-derived stem cells and inject them into the penis to improve sexual function are providing unproven treatments and subjecting patients to potential risks, according to Peter Stahl, MD, director of male reproductive and sexual medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
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"It may be in the future that some of those therapies will emerge clinically effective, but at least to my knowledge at this point in time in late 2019 there is no evidence basis for injection of stem cells into the penis to promote erectile function," Dr. Stahl said. "That being said, there has been a really widespread dissemination and utilization of stem cell-based techniques to promote and improve sexual function in men despite the lack of evidence. It's a problem."
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Urologist Koushik Shaw, MD, of Austin Urology Institute in Austin, TX, said patient demand and the concern that patients are going to non-urologic providers for unproven stem cell treatments is putting pressure on urologists like him to look into offering the therapies. While Dr. Shaw said he offers shock wave treatment for erectile dysfunction but no stem cell treatments, he is considering offering PRP if supported by clinical studies.
"I think it all has to be done with informed consent, with eyes wide open. Make sure the patient understands it's not FDA approved, studies are limited, and the expectation should be limited," Dr. Shaw said. "In our city, we have a plastic surgeon and ER physicians who offer shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction. I see med spas doing it. The whole men's health movement is ours to lose."
Stem cell therapies are a different matter, according to Leigh Turner, PhD, associate professor at the Center for Bioethics, School of Public Health and College of Pharmacy at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Urologists and others who are concerned with being compliant and operating within evidence-based medical practice should consider steering clear of administering stem cell products, unless it's in a research setting, according to Dr. Turner.
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"And it's not clear whether down the road these are going to be evidence-based therapies," said Dr. Turner. A 2016 paper that he co-authored found more than 50 of the 351 U.S. businesses engaged in direct-to-consumer marketing of stem cell interventions offered urologic services. Urologic conditions ranked seventh most common among 29 marketed conditions(Cell Stem Cell 2016; 19:154-7).
Dr. Turner called this risky terrain for urologists.
"They run the risk of violating federal law. If it's a licensed medical practitioner, people could get in trouble with their state medical boards or the Federal Trade Commission," Dr. Turner said.
For now, there are less risky and promising stem cell-like approaches to conditions such as erectile dysfunction. One is not to inject stem cells but rather attract stem cells to the penis with low-intensity shock wave therapy, according to Dr. Stahl.
"There's a fairly large body of basic scientific literature indicating that low-intensity shock wave therapy works by attracting stem cells to the penis and by promoting neo-angiogenesis," Dr. Stahl said.
Providing the therapy involves using an FDA-cleared device with "genuine" shock waves, according to Irwin Goldstein, MD, a urologist who practices sexual medicine in San Diego and and is director of the nonprofit Institute for Sexual Medicine (SexualMed.org).
"There are a lot of imitation non-shock wave acoustic sound waves that are being scammed and sold to patients who are desperate," said Dr. Goldstein, who uses a device known as the UroGold 100. "Real shock wave therapy has been shown to activate endogenous stem cells. This specific device is FDA cleared now in the U.S. for increasing blood flow, connective tissue activation, and amelioration of pain, and the FDA has classified this device a non-significant risk (NSR) to humans."
He said he has recruited patients for a prospective sham-controlled trial he will conduct looking at shock wave therapy with the UroGold 100 device for erectile dysfunction.
Pursuing evidence-based research on stem cell and other therapies for male sexual function is needed, according to Dr. Goldstein, who also offers PRP for erectile dysfunction.
"The construct of erectile dysfunction management by symptomatic treatment... is what we've mostly ever had," he said. "But now with shock wave therapy, PRP, and one day maybe stem cells, the idea is having a disease modification strategy.
"It is the first time in erectile dysfunction history that we might change a primary underlying pathology and make the situation more responsive to symptomatic treatment or to where the person doesn't even need symptomatic treatment."
Dr. Turner filed an expert opinion report in a lawsuit filed against The Lung Institute, which markets purported stem cell treatments for lung diseases. Dr. Goldstein's practice is a site for a trial sponsored by Tissue Genesis that uses stem cells for erectile dysfunction.


we ate a great meals all day yesterday, and the day before, and the day before, etc. and today we'll eat well again … and tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after, etc.
my children are clothed and lack nothing.
my wife is beautiful, looks great in her clothes. she's a devoted and loving mother to our children. she loves me and takes care of me. she goes out of her way to give things her personal creative touch. she's the other half of our "family brain". in other words, she remembers to think of things that i never would; like bringing water bottles and cereal for snacks in the van on vacation. and most of all, she loves me.
we've paid for everything on this vacation in cash. cash that we'd saved up for specifically for a family vacation. it's nice to think that when we go back home we won't have the credit card bill of the fun things we did following us home.
i may not have all the luxuries of life, i guess i do have a Macbook Pro now, so that counts as a luxury. i don't drive a car that has less than 100K miles on it, but they both run great and are "new-to-us" (oh yeah, and they're both paid off). i don't have servants waiting for me to mention my every whim, but i have kids and a wife love to spoil the only "man of the house". i don't have a legion of armies fighting for my behalf, but i have the God of the universe on my side.
yes, i live like a king. i live in the blessings of God. i live in a house of love.
3. my MBP not being stolen when i accidently left the sliding door of the van wide open with my computer bag in plain site while we went to the "family fun center" in tuckwilla, and we didn't realize it until about an hour or more later when julia had an accident, and she and deb went to Target to buy her some new clothes.


Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) always seeks to cooperate with foreign universities. On Tuesday (10/4), UMY signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). The MoU and MoA signing was carried out by Rector of UMY Dr. Gunawan Budianto and Professor of Manufacturing Engineering of UTEM Prof. Dr. Abu Abdullah.
UTeM is one of the leading universities. Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of UMY Dr. Ir. Sukamta, M.T. IPM stated that the MoU and MoA were dealing with collaboration of Department of Engineering and Economics from both universities.
"The cooperation will focus on not only engineering, economics, and technology development but also humanities," informed Sukamta.
UMY and UTeM parties also discussed the agreement in terms of student exchange programs, staff exchange programs, and research collaboration till 2023.
The student and exchange programs and research collaboration will also be conducted through online distance learning. Sukamta told that the collaboration concept is in accordance with a plan of UMY in 2020 that the university commences online distance learning with blended learning.
Additionally, a representative of UTeM also revealed that his party will cooperate with several faculties of UMY as Faculty of Engineering, Agriculture, Social and Political Science, Islamic Studies, Economics, Law, and Vocational School.
"We hope that the MoU and MoA signing enables UMY and UTeM to broaden their networking," expected Sukamta.


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"Jo Waada Kiya Woh Nibhaana Padega, Roke Zamaana Chaahe Roke Khudaayee, Tumako Aana Padega" (What has been promised in the matters of the heart ought to be honoured . . . You will have to come to meet me) a lovely number from the movie "Taj Mahal" (1963 release) has been soothing the ears of the music lover's even today post five decades of its release. This song of everlasting romance became so popular then and is even today that it fetched the renowned Urdu poet, songwriter and Hindi lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi his first Filmfare Award as the "Best Lyricist".
The newly released book Sahir Ludhianvi: The People's Poet by Akshay Manwani HarperCollins Publication is an exhaustive biography that traces the poet's rich life from his troubled childhood and his equally troubled love relationships and then his rise as one of the pre-eminent personalities of the Progressive Writers Movement and as a lyricist through the golden era of Hindi film music.
Author Akshay Manwani turned to freelance writing after a brief career in the corporate world. His writings on popular Indian culture have appeared in The Caravan, Business Standard, Man's World and Mumbai Mirror. His attempt to profile the life and work of Sahir Ludhianvi stems from the belief that much needs to be done to preserve the legacy of unsung legends. It is also his way of saying thank you to the poet-lyricist who gave him immeasurable joy through his songs. Akshay lives in Mumbai with his wife and daughter.
Born on 8th March (International Women's Day) Sahir Ludhianvi captivated the hearts of several women during his life time through the power of written words. Sahir fell in love several times and always wrote poems as a tribute to his love. Sahir remained a bachelor all his life.
Sahir (meaning magician) as the name suggests he was truly a magician of words who spent over 30 years of his life associated with Bollywood, wrote over 680 songs for over 100 movies. It is said that while Sahir's heart was more concerned for others, he apparently never paid enough attention to his own life. He believed in the beauty of relations to him those who strike relations for life in his opinion were relations of a higher disposition.
The journey of this legend is covered in the book spread across 14 chapters. One of the chapter's in this book talks about an often repeated phrase spoken by Sahir Ludhianvi. While any discussions took place between Sahir and Hameed Akhtar directing towards Sahir's future these words were most heard off, "Bada Songwriter Banoonga" (I will become a prominent songwriter). Sahir's aplomb in these words were more attributed to his belief in his songwriting skills rather than keeping it restricted to just his dream.
An interesting anecdote is seen in one of the chapters which speaks of "New Peaks, New Associations". Sahir was known for his exalted ego and when his popularity was at its peak came his temperamental attitude which started rubbing people the wrong way witnessing his relations collapse with industry stalwarts like S. D. Burman as is also seen happening with many in real life for keeping their bloated ego.
Once a film maker said in presence of Sahir and Lata Mangeshkar, "Sahib saab, agar Lata ki awaaz na ho toh aapke geet bejaan hai!" From that point onwards Sahir insisted that Lata would not sing any of his songs while taking up a film. On one hand no one could afford to ignore Lata Mangeshkar while on the other hand no one could even disregard Sahir.
After reading the various defining moments in the life and times of Sahir Ludhianvi in this book one thing is evident that in spite of coming out of the woods of the broken heart Sahir never lingered with one issue for long. Having given the poetic form to the particular episode in his life he felt he had fulfilled his objective. Experience enriched his life so much that Sahir's poetry was always filled with emotions reflecting his experiences or romantic associations. The chapter "Finding Love in the Shadow of Oedipus" speaks of this.
The author has made detailed efforts to cover the "List of Film Songs", "Select Bibliography" and "Index of Poems and Film Songs".
The biography is indeed motivating and sets the reader's thinking that in spite of so much mental turmoil and bitter experiences in his personal life it did not make Sahir a bitter person. Rather, it transformed his mind to look beyond his personal life. His phrases were simple but always left a profound impact on the minds of the readers. To sum it up in his own words, "Jo mil gaya usi ko muqaddar samajh liya, Jo kho gaya main usko bhulaata chala gaya, Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya".


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The other day, I was having lunch at Urban Bean in my building, here in Calgary.
As I was waiting for my soup to be poured, I wandered over to a table with several magazines on it.
One of them looked like a "teeny-bopper" Justin Bieber kind of magazine. You know the ones, right?
They're really flamboyant, with different neon colours. What was interesting was this magazine was strewn in with two other business magazines?
So this is downtown Calgary … what the heck is this magazine doing here?
When I got to the table, I immediately picked up this magazine and guess what. It was Bloomberg Businessweek!
Bloomberg could have made a "serious" magazine cover, like they've always done. They could have included intuitive headlines, which they've always done. But they didn't. Why?
Because they wanted to deploy a style of "Pattern Interrupt" marketing.
If I'm browsing magazines, cruising through TV channels or looking at open houses on a weekend, I develop a pattern. When I'm operating in a regular pattern I tend to zone things out, skim and miss things that could be really important.
In marketing, if I can interrupt this pattern, grab my prospects attention and control their focus I am better equipped to deliver my marketing message.
In Bloomberg's case, they wanted to have their magazine stand out and be picked up. I picked it up. And I read it.
Our Realtors, our mortgage prospects – everyone – is hearing the same message of "great rates, service and access to 50 lenders." They're skimming over our messaging, tuning us out and ignoring us.


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NATO must prepare to provide Ukraine with long-term support, and the war could drag on for a long time because Russia has no intention of giving it up. This is the scenario that Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, explained in an interview with the BBC. "We must provide support to Ukraine now, including military support, because this is the only way to get Russia to sit at the table and negotiate in good faith and respect Ukraine as an independent and sovereign state in Europe," she said. Lyrics.
In September 2022, President Vladimir Putin initiated a partial mobilization, setting the stage for a protracted conflict. "Ukraine's armed forces have been stalemated for months, but we know equally well that Russia has mobilized far too many men and many are being trained at the moment. All this – says Stoltenberg – suggests that Russia is ready to continue the war and also to try to wage war. New attack.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is taking stock of his usual Telegram message. "45 Shahed drones were shot down on the first night of the year," Zelensky says, praising the Air Force and the Ground Forces. The Russian terrorists were pathetic, they started the new year in the usual way. Our sense of loneliness, authenticity, life itself – all this contrasts sharply with the fear that prevails in Russia. They are afraid, you feel. And they are right to be afraid. Because they lose. Drones, missiles, and anything else won't help them. Because we are united, and they are together only through fear."
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Nathan Pope, Pharm.D., BCACP, FACA has been named The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy's new assistant dean of experiential education and will succeed Jennifer Ridings-Myhra, M.Ed., R.Ph., who plans to work with Dr. Pope through July and August to assist in the transition. The start date for this new role is effective July 1, 2021.
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You can read the biographies of each of the Directors here: https://www.initiativeforequality.org/about-us/board-of-advisors/ IfE's Nominations & Elections Committee is in the process of identifying additional female nominees, to be submitted for a vote in a Special Election during 2019. IfE's Board of Advisors is required (by organizational policy) to be broadly representative of our global network, including by region, by issues and by gender.


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One man was killed and one woman flown to the hospital after a pick-up truck crossed into oncoming traffic on Route 611 on Wednesday. A dark blue Chevrolet S-10 truck was driving southbound when it crossed over into northbound traffic and collided with a white Honda Pilot around 6:45 p.m.
One man was killed and one woman flown to the hospital after a pick-up truck crossed into oncoming traffic on Route 611 on Wednesday.
A dark blue Chevrolet S-10 truck was driving southbound when it crossed over into northbound traffic and collided with a white Honda Pilot around 6:45 p.m.
Pocono Township police have not identified the man driving the blue truck, who died at the scene of the accident.
Firefighters had to cut away parts of the car to free the woman driving the Honda. Pocono Township officer Timothy Mignosi said she was conscious when she was taken by medical helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital.
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Turo, PandaDoc, ShareRoot, FairClaims and many more are continue to attract VCs
Startup competitions have become a popular way for startups to get noticed and for organizations to find them.
Vator has been hosting its startup competitions since the end of 2009. In that time, we've selected more than 200 startups and put them on stage in front of investors. Many have gone on to great success, having collectively raised more than $1 billion in follow-on capital. Some Vator winners have gone on to raise $100 million in follow-on capital, while some have been acquired, or pivoted and rebranded since then. Of course, we don't have a perfect track record. Some invariably have shut down.
Let's take a look at some the companies that have made it on stage that have made some news in the past year:
Turo (RelayRides)
RelayRides was one of the top 10 finalists of Vator's first startup competition all the way back in October 2009, back when the competition was called Juice Pitcher.
Originally focused on hourly, on-demand rentals, the company eventually began pivoting away from that model and toward longer duration rentals, including weekly and monthly. The company also began to put emphasis airport travel, in which users can rent cars directly at the airport. In late 2015, the company officially changed its name to Turo.
In September, Turo raised a $92 million Series D round of funding, co-led by Mercedes-Benz manufacturer, Daimler, and one of South Korea's largest conglomerates, SK Holdings. The company's total funding it now over $192 million.
Turo also announced plans to expand to Germany in the next year.
PokitDok
The winner of Vator Splash SF in 2013, PokitDok is a company that once described itself as a healthcare marketplace, and a way for consumers to shop directly from providers for high value health services. It has since evolved, broadening its business by introducing a new platform made up of APIs that are meant to help businesses streamline their health transactions. Over 1,000 third party enterprise applications now run on PokitDok.
Earlier this year, PokitDok raised a $5 million round from GIS Strategic Ventures, the strategic investments arm of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, bringing its total funding to over $55 million.
The company used the new capital to fund the development of DokChain, blockchain for healthcare, and expand access to PokitDok's API solutions.
Laugh.ly
Laugh.ly was a competitor at Splash Spring in 2016.
The company, which is a streaming app dedicated solely to showcasing stand-up comedy from both established and new comedians, raised $2.25 million in seed funding in January. The round was led by the New York Angels, and included investments from venture capitalist Barbara Corcoran, the Wharton Alumni Angel Network, Social+Capital, Backstage Capital, Treehouse Capital, Accelerator Ventures and Atlas Holdings.
Laugh.ly's comedy library has albums from more than 700 comedians. Launched in August of last year, the app has been downloaded more than 150,000 times on iOS and Android. Users are currently averaging more than 60 minutes per session.
Carrum, the winner of the People's Choice Award at Vator Splash Health in 2016, allows SMBs to contract directly with healthcare providers in order to provide price transparency to the market, and to offer lower cost, higher quality care to employees. The company raised a $6.5 million round of funding in May from SJF Ventures and SpringRock Ventures. That was the company's first funding since being founded in 2014.
Over the past year, Carrum Health went from having one employer group in early 2016 to currently serving more than 400 employer groups on the West Coast of the U.S. The company currently offers over a dozen bundles in orthopedic, spine and cardiac care.
(Bloomlife) Bloom Technologies
Bloom Technologies, which received honorable mention at Vator Splash LA 2016, has since changed its name to Bloomlife. It provides a a smart pregnancy wearable that allows women to see each contraction as it occurs and learn how it corresponds to the sensations they feel.
The company has raised $6 million, including $4 million in August of last year, in a round led by investors Marc Benioff and Efficient Capacity, LanzaTech Ventures, MeusInvest, Hanmi IT, The Chernin Group, Kapor Capital, and Act One Ventures.
In November the company was awarded two grants totaling $2.3 million in funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under the SME instrument, and Belgian based Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship funding agency.
PandaDoc, a tablet and web-based app that allows its users to send, track, negotiate and sign documents on the go, was a finalist at Splash SF in October 2013.
In May, the company raised a $15 million Series B in funding, in a round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners. Microsoft Ventures, HubSpot, EBRD, via the EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme. Altos Ventures also participated in the funding round. This brought PandaDoc's total funding to over $21 million.
iUNU
The winner of Splash LA in 2014, iUNU is a provider of energy efficient plasma lighting and control systems for horticulture applications. It lowers operating costs, enabling more dependable, healthier, and sustainable indoor plant growth.
In August, the company announced that it had raised $6 million in funding from 2nd Avenue Partners, Initialized Capital, Fuel Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, and that it was launching its "flagship greenhouse solution," called Luna, which is powered by computer vision. That allows Luna to learn, and remember, the moment her cameras and sensors are first installed in the greenhouse, giving growers historical records of every detail of every plant in the system, as well as live information.
Countable was the winner of the Startup Showcase Alley at Vator Splash Oakland in 2015. It's an online web- and mobile-based governmental application that provides information about key legislations for eligible voters. In March, the company raised $2 million in a round led by Canaan Partners.
From just inauguration day to March, Countable sent 2.7 million messages to Congress on behalf of its users.
ShareRoot
ShareRoot was the winner of the People's Choice award at Vator Splash Oakland in 2015. Its a content marketing platform, which aggregates user generated content from Instagram and Twitter in a platform that brands can access and securely request for the rights to those images.
The company raised $1 million in July. Its user base nearly doubled quarter-on-quarter to 180,000 users at the end of June, up from just under 100,000 active users at the end of March.
DocDelta
Vator Splash Health 2016 cohort DocDelta is a talent engine for healthcare. The company helps hospitals make millions of dollars in additional revenue by helping them to hire the best clinicians more cost effectively and win the war for talent.
In April, DocDelta was selected to be part of the second cohort from Newark Venture Partners Labs, the accelerator formed by Newark Venture Partners, which invests $200,000, including $100,000 upfront in convertible note and equity and $100,000 co-invested into the company's venture-backed raise.
The History Project (Enwoven)
Part of the Vator Splash Spring 2016 cohort, The History Project connects memories and artifacts, which have been scattered over various digital, social, and physical platform, allowing users to collect them in order to collaborative, and interactive life narratives.
In August, the company raised $1.2 million from Amasia, and changed its name to Enwoven.
Hostfully
Part of the Vator Splash Spring 2016 cohort, Hostfully is a platform that helps hosts in the alternative lodging industry (e.g. Airbnb, HomeAway) create guidebooks that contain essential hospitality information for their guests - a "virtual concierge". Hosts share key home-sharing information, as well as local recommendations for food, shopping, entertainment and more - on mobile, web, and in print.
The company raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding in May from Acceleprise.
Since mid 2016, Hostfully has helped thousands of people across 80 countries create content over 20,000 times.
Iris Plans
Iris Plans, which won Vator Splash Health 2017, is a technology-enabled service delivering Advanced Care Planning (ACP) through a video/ telephone conference platform.
In October, the company raised $5.1 million in a Seed funding round led by Activate Venture Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $5.9 million.
The company will invest new funds in the technology platform, growing the engineering team and extending products and training for healthcare professionals. It expects to do another round of funding in 18 to 24 months.
Catalia Health
A finalist at Vator Splash Health in March, Catalia Health is a patient care management company that provides an effective, scalable, AI-powered patient engagement platform for individuals managing chronic disease or taking medications on an ongoing basis.
The company raised two rounds of funding this year: first, a $2.5 million round in May from Khosla Ventures, along with NewGen Capital and Macnica Ventures, as well as Q Venture Partners Limited, InnoLinks Ventures, Abstract by Flight.VC, DeNA and Lucky Capital; then a $4 million Series A round in November led by Ion Pacific along with Khosla Ventures, NewGen Ventures, Abstract Ventures and Tony Ling.
With the second funding, the company also announced Charles Wu as its new Director of Product Management.
Arbiclaims (FairClaims)
At Vator Splash LA 2016 ArbiClaims, an online dispute resolution platform, was the runner up winner in the startup competition.
In March of this year, the company announced that it had changed its name to FairClaims. Then, in July, it raised $1.8 million from Fika Ventures, Crosslink Capital and Greycroft.
FairClaims protects over 30 million individuals and businesses through their enterprise offering and works with companies and partners like Turo, HomeAway, Better Business Bureau and US Legal.
A finalist at Vator Splash LA in 2016, Heartbeat rewards millennial women for being themselves on social media. It has built a community of women through its lifestyle products and social content, and it connects its audience with the brands who are trying to reach them.
The company raised a $1 million round of funding in December led by Sinai Ventures, along with Firebrand Ventures, as well as Heartbeat's existing investors, including Right Side Capital Management. The round brought its total funding of $2.9 million.
Heartbeat has a total audience of over 411 million, as well as over 130,000 ambassadors. The platform saw over 112 million likes and over 9 million comments in the last week.
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Joined Vator on January 15, 2013
Provider of a cloud-based application programming interface (API) platform designed to make healthcare transactions more efficient and streamline the business of health. The company's platform enables third-party developers such as payers, health systems and digital health companies to process eligibility checks, claims, scheduling, payments, and other business transactions, enabling hospitals and health systems to build new patient-centered experiences. With DokChain, an evolution of PokitDok's platform utilizing blockchain and other distributed technologies, PokitDok seeks to remove even more waste from healthcare administration while enabling new value creation by healthcare and other industry stakeholders for the consumers they serve.
ShareRoot, Inc.
ShareRoot has created a SaaS platform that gives brands the ability to source UGC from various social channels. We currently utilize APIs from the major social networks that allow for images and image information to be pulled from the platforms chronologically. Our unique tool allows brands to seek out images, send out custom requests for the rights to the images, and post their newly sourced content to multiple platforms. We have an additional API that reads each user in order to ensure that the brand is gaining the rights for the image that the specific user has posted.
We have planning in place for the ability to modify images that the brand has obtained rights to, schedule out posting to social channels, as well as aggregating content into customizable campaign folders.
Our clients have currently received an average approval rate of 43%, allowing for these brands to source marketing material for little or no cost.
Joined Vator on July 26, 2013
PandaDoc is a tablet and web-based app that allows you to Send, Track, Negotiate and Sign Documents on the go, fast and easy.
We've all been there: you're trying to close a deal, you're fumbling with your paperwork, trying to negotiate back and forth over email, the phone, in person. The disorganization distracts from the clients' needs.
Then, you're left waiting while they're downloading, printing, signing, scanning, losing versions, losing your mind while tackling disorganized old-school filing systems
You waste so much time that your client starts to rethink.
PandaDoc works to solve that problem
Joined Vator on April 2, 2016
Hostfully is a platform that helps hosts in the alternative lodging industry (e.g. Airbnb, HomeAway) create guidebooks that contain essential hospitality information for their guests - a "virtual concierge". Hosts share key home-sharing information, as well as local recommendations for food, shopping, entertainment and more - on mobile, web, and in print.
Hostfully opens up new sales and marketing channels for local businesses to reach tourists who are staying outside of hotels, a $100B market expected to grow 10% YOY through 2025. The host is "the last mile" to the alternative lodging tourist while they're on vacation, with enormous influence on the buying decisions of their guests. Hostfully is tapping into this opportunity.
The San Francisco-based team comes from Apple, Google, and other successful startups. Our advisory board includes travel experts from Expedia, Vegas.com, SF.Travel, and Where (in-room travel magazine). We have traveled in home shares around the world, have hosted countless guests in our homes, and know the market well.
You can watch a 2-minute explainer video here: www.hostfully.com/video
Joined Vator on February 2, 2017
Iris Plans reduces the cost of complex care by 25% with our Advance Care Planning (ACP) solution for health insurers and at-risk providers. We dramatically reduce unnecessary care delivered to patients facing serious illness - a focused population that drives significant spending. Our telehealth platform allows Iris healthcare professionals to meet with patients and their families anytime, anywhere, creating a plan to guide major healthcare decisions. We have decades of palliative care experience and deliver a targeted offering at considerably lower cost than a traditional palliative program.
Joined Vator on August 17, 2016
We reward millennial women for being themselves on social media. We've built a network of 30,000 everyday millennial women who are "brand ambassadors on demand." They are bold, passionate, and influential in their real lives, not just their digital ones. We've created a strong brand around Heartbeat, and invite women to join the movement of #fempowerment - rewarding women for being their authentic selves rather than who they are supposed to be online.
We're experts at building a community of women through our lifestyle products and engaging social content, and our business model enables us to connect our powerful millennial audience with the brands who are trying to reach them. Team Heartbeat can post on Snapchat and Instagram for our partner brands, creating movements through consumer-generating co-marketing campaigns.
Heartbeat Media is an innovative ecosystem that empowers women – amplifying, unifying, and rewarding their social voice.
IUNU (pronounced "you-new") is changing the way we grow food. We solve the core problems preventing indoor agriculture from being economical and environmentally sustainable. Our innovative products enable communities to efficiently transition to and master indoor horticulture year round. Compared to current commercial lighting systems, our proprietary Dual Plasma fixture produces 50% less heat, consumes 50% less energy, reduces water consumption, and grows superior produce.
Our world is experiencing record-breaking droughts, herbicide and pesticide pollution, and rapidly rising energy costs. Join us to help create communities with local access to the freshest and best tasting fruits, vegetables, and herbs provided by space efficient urban gardens.
Joined Vator on December 9, 2015
Healthcare is unreasonably complex and costly. At Carrum Health, we're applying a common sense approach to simplify the payment model and produce greater value for employers and their employees. We do so by directly connecting progressive self-insured employers to top-quality regional healthcare providers through the industry's first comprehensive bundled payment solution. Our innovative platform reimagines how care is paid for and delivered, improving the value of health benefits for employers and their members.
Good for employers. Even better for members. No tradeoffs.
Carrum's solution is a "win" for all parties, a rarity in healthcare:
- Employers achieve significant cost savings and predictability without risk or hassle.
- Members receive top-quality care and a concierge experience for zero out-of-pocket costs so they can focus on recovery instead of medical bills.
- Providers gain streamlined administration allowing them to do what they do best – deliver expert care.
For more information about Carrum Health, please contact info@carrumhealth.com.
FairClaims
FairClaims is the most efficient, most cost-effective online dispute resolution platform for enterprise.
We help companies resolve their toughest 25K and under disputes via our online dispute resolution platform. Our suite of tools includes mediated chat, a smart settlement engine, video arbitration and a claims dashboard.
We work with Turo, HomeAway, Boatbound and others. We've helped them (1) dramatically mitigate social media and NPS backlash (2) save customer support time and (3) improve retention for valued customers/contractors.
The History Project
Joined Vator on March 10, 2016
The History Project (THP) is changing the way our history is captured and told by re-inventing a new form of digital time capsule. As a pinterest of emotional belongings, THP has created a space between social media and cloud storage to unify our most important memories and curate them beautifully into collaborative multi-media narratives that transcend generations. We are the opposite of snapchat and recognize that as digital content explodes there needs to be a place where the most meanigful things can be preserved forever, richly and beautifully.
Catalia Health is a patient care management company that provides an effective, scalable, AI-powered patient engagement platform for individuals managing chronic disease or taking medications on an ongoing basis.
Imagine if every patient with chronic disease could have their own personalized wellness coach available around the clock to support them with their healthcare journey. This is now possible with the Mabu wellness coach platform. Mabu is an affordable companion robot that can have conversations with patients in their home regarding their healthcare & well being.
Mabu is unique in that she incorporates psychology, evidenced-based medicine, & artificial intelligence to create engaging daily conversations that are tailored for each patient's personality & needs. An individual talks with Mabu similarly to how they interact with other voice or screen activated virtual assistants like Siri or Amazon Echo. However, unlike these assistants, Mabu remembers information, learns about the patient & personalizes conversations accordingly. Her conversations incorporate the patient's condition & treatment as well as the psycho-social aspects of their disease. Conversations may address how they're feeling, their medication schedule, or mitigating treatment side effects. In addition, Mabu also offers tips for managing anxiety, depression, nutrition & daily activities.
These conversations happen largely through voice-based interactions, but are also through text, mobile, and web interfaces when patients are on the go. Together, these conversations delivered through a physical robot create a deeper relationship and are available any time patients need support. The data reported back through the system gives Catalia Health's customers valuable information in order to better understand the daily activities & needs of their patients.
Mabu's ability to transmit data via APIs allows Catalia Health to work with healthcare systems, payers, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical companies to enhance the reach of existing care management programs and close the gaps in care. The result is a better quality of life for the patient, lower costs for the patient and healthcare system, and more positive health outcomes overall.
We will be commercially launching our platform for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and kidney cancer by early summer 2017 and a platform for congestive heart failure by late fall 2017.
Joined Vator on September 17, 2009
RelayRides is the world's first peer-to-peer carsharing service. Our revolutionary service provides the technology, infrastructure and marketplace for car owners to securely and conveniently rent out their vehicles when they are not using them personally. This provides people seeking convenient transportation with a new option, and makes it easier for urban dwellers to enjoy mobility without owning a car.
As the average US car is driven only 66 minutes a day, RelayRides represents the first opportunity for car owners to monetize this underused asset. By providing the infrastructure, technology and marketplace for car owners to rent out their vehicles, RelayRides gives current car owners the means to monetize a largely underused asset. By enrolling in RelayRides, owners turn a car from an expense into a cash machine, with average profit of approximately $3,550 annually (net of depreciation costs).
How RelayRides Works:
Car owners list their vehicle on the RelayRides website, designate availability, rental price, and who may rent the vehicle (via Facebook and other social networks). Car renters browse available vehicles on RelayRides.com, reserve a car by the hour or day, and swipe an issued card over a card reader sensor on the vehicle for access during rental.
To streamline the rental experience, gas and insurance are included.
Joined Vator on January 9, 2016
We help hospitals make millions of dollars in additional revenue by helping them to hire the best clinicians more cost effectively and win the war for talent. Our solution enables:
Bloom Technologies
Bloom is designing the future of prenatal care with technology designed to improve the health of moms and babies. We combine wearable devices with data analytics to reassure moms and provide doctors with better information to improve birth outcomes.
Our first product, Belli, measures the most important health parameters of mom and baby from conception to birth. This includes pregnancy specific information no other wearable can measure today (contractions, fetal movement, fetal heart rate). Moms receive personalized feedback on her baby and her body to take the guesswork out of pregnancy and provide much needed peace of mind.
Countable is an iPhone app, Android app and website where users can learn about issues, influence their representatives in government, and rally their community and friends around those issues. I can use Countable to tell my Senators how to vote on Keystone, encourage my friends to do the same, get credit for their activism, and get updates on how my reps actually vote - all in moments, on my way to work in the morning.
Organizations and politicians can use Countable to build support for their positions, expand their membership and drive donations. Revenue will come from giving organizations and companies a new way to reach and influence Countable's coveted rich demographic of influencers.
We've had outstanding early adoption, are growing rapidly and are the first to crack the code on the civic social graph - a massive market exceeding $80bn.
Laugh.ly is launching the first streaming app dedicated to stand-up comedy. The app not only allows listeners to stream comedy from professional comedians (such as Chris Rock and George Carlin), it allows emerging comedians to upload and publish comedy albums of their own. Laugh Radio has acquired comedic recordings of hundreds of professional comedians. We also have direct distribution deals with the largest media publishers in comedy such as Comedy Central. No other platform has the ability to capture a significant portion of the $10b comedy market. We've built a cutting-edge on-demand platform for entertainment media.
We've launched and here is a snapshot of our success:
Selected by the Apple Store editors as one of the "New Apps We Love"
We peaked at 10,000 downloads, now averaging 3,000 downloads a day and just hit 50,000 installs
Average app rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars across 100+ reviews
Overtaken Seeso and Comedy Central.com in category rankings (went up to #33)
Ranked #1 in search terms Laugh, Standup, and Comedy
Average listen time per day 48 minutes (compared to Pandora's 22 minutes/day)
Day 1 retention rates are 33% without any retention marketing efforts (compared to an industry average of 20%)
Week 1 retention rates above 50% (compared to an industry average of 30%)
App store conversion is at 60% (compared to an industry average of 40%)
Our push notifications have a response rate of 11% (compared to an industry average of 3.5%)
Meet ShareRoot, a platform to connect users with brands
How does PokitDok make money?
Video: Catalia Health at Vator Splash Health 2017
ArbiClaims brings arbitration to the sharing economy
Meet Countable, a company making politics engaging
The winner of Vator Splash LA is IUNU!
The winner of Vator Splash Health is... Iris Plans!
DocDelta - Vator Splash Health Class of 2016
Healthcare API platform and marketplace PokitDok raises $34M
Vator Splash LA 2016 Honorable Mention - Bloom Technologies
Carrum Health wants to change the way we purchase healthcare
Healthcare payments platform Carrum Health raises $6.5M
Stand-up comedy streaming app Laugh.ly raises $2.25M
Vator Splash Health winner Iris Plans raises $5.1M seed!
The History Project - Vator Splash Spring Class of 2016
Meet IUNU, a new way to grow food indoors
Splash SF Oct 2013 Finalist - PandaDoc
Hostfully - Vator Splash Spring Class of 2016
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Vator Investment Club (VIC)


obé member Sammi Haber Brondo is always on the quest for healthy post workout eats as she takes the nutrition world by storm. Follow her obé journey on @veggiesandchocolate and learn more about her practice on www.nutritionworksny.com – below, we snagged her top snack tips!
You just crushed your favorite obé class – now what? To replenish glycogen stores that are used in exercise and build muscle after a workout, it's best to have a meal or snack that contains both carbohydrates and protein. Ideally, this should be eaten about 30 minutes after your workout. But, whether it's morning and you're rushing to shower, or after work and you're just hangry, there's not always time for a gourmet meal immediately after a workout. Instead, use the carb + protein formula for some of these super simple and nutritious post workout eats.
Nothing could be easier than a slice or two of toast. Grab a slice of whole wheat, sprouted grain, Ezekiel or sourdough bread and spread some peanut butter on top for protein. If you're feeling fancy, toppings like cinnamon, honey or hemp seeds are an easy way to elevate this quick snack.
I'm a huge fan of Greek yogurt post morning workout because it's so portable – it's easy to throw in your bag and eat at your desk. Greek yogurt has both protein and carbs (plus gut healthy probiotics!); add some berries or other fruit for additional carbs and flavor. I usually recommend a 2% Greek yogurt – it has enough fat to make it taste good and keep you full, without having too much saturated fat.
Whether you're at a workout studio that has a smoothie bar or you're making one at home, a smoothie can be an easy, on-the-go way to get in those essential nutrients post workout. Use this formula to make a nutritious and perfectly-sized smoothie: add 1 cup of greens (spinach or kale) for micronutrients, 1 cup of fruit for healthy carbs, 1 tablespoon of nut butter or 1 scoop of collagen for protein, and almond milk to blend.
Want something a little more savory after your workout? Hummus with crackers is a perfect, easy way to get that carb + protein combo in. I love Kashi, Wasa, or Mary's Gone crackers. They each have some fiber too, which helps make your snack extra filling.
The ultimate in easy – a banana with almond butter has everything you could want in a post workout snack. Throw a banana in your bag, and grab a single serving packet of almond butter for convenience (both Justin's and Nuttzo make great ones!). Literal fast food at its finest.


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