Safety Officials, Industry Leaders Urge Parents to Inspect Home for Hidden Window Cord Hazards

October 9, 2014

Safety Officials, Industry Leaders Urge Parents to Inspect Home for Hidden Window Cord Hazards

National Awareness Effort in October

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) is urging parents and caregivers during October to check all window coverings for exposed or dangling cords that could pose a strangulation hazard to infants and young children.

Industry leaders, government officials and safety advocates all agree that only cordless window coverings, or those with inaccessible cords, should be used in homes with young children. To heighten public awareness of window-cord dangers, the Council and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have again declared October as National Window Covering Safety Month.

According to information provided by the CPSC, since 1990 more than 200 infants and young children have died from strangling in window cords.

The nationwide public awareness campaign is designed to increase consumer awareness of potential window-cord hazards, as well as to urge parents and caregivers of young children to only use cordless or inaccessible cord window products in homes with young children.

“Parents with young children should replace their corded window coverings with the cordless products available,” explains Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) Executive Director, Peter Rush. “We encourage consumers to contact WCSC for additional information on options to replace older window coverings.”

The Window Covering Safety Council – which offers free retrofit kits and window-cord safety information – encourages parents and caregivers to follow these basic window cord-safety precautions:

Move all furniture, cribs, beds and climbable surfaces away from windows.
Keep all window cords well out of the reach of children.
Install only cordless window coverings in homes with young children.
Make sure tasseled pull cords are adjusted to be as short as possible.
Continuous-loop pull cords on draperies and vertical blinds should be pulled tight and anchored to the floor or wall with a tension device.
Be sure cord stops are properly installed and adjusted to limit movement on inner cords on blinds and shades.

For a free repair kit, call the Window Covering Safety Council at (800) 506-4636 or visit windowcoverings.org. Consumers should know that some retrofit kits do not address the dangling pull cord hazard associated with many commonly used window blinds.

The Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) is a coalition of major U.S. manufacturers, importers and retailers of window coverings dedicated to educating consumers about window cords safety. The Council also assists and supports its members in the industry’s ongoing efforts to encourage the use of cordless products in homes with young children, its redesign of corded products and to support the national ANSI/WCMA standard for corded window coverings. WCSC’s activities in no way constitute an assumption of any legal duty owed by its members or any other entity.

CONTACT: Alana Sorrentino – 212.297.2146, [email protected]

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HENAAC Honors Three Lockheed Martin Innovators

October 9, 2014

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HENAAC Honors Three Lockheed Martin Innovators

BETHESDA, Maryland, October 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The annual Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) honored three Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] engineers for their innovative technology achievements and contributions to their communities. The awards were presented on Oct. 3 at HENAAC 2014, hosted by Great Minds in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in New Orleans.

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Sergio Torres, Ph.D., a Lockheed Martin Fellow with Information Systems and Global Solutions (IS&GS), was named the 2014 HENAAC Scientist of the Year. Dr. Torres has made significant contributions in the domain of air traffic management. He has provided innovative and unique research and solutions to help advance the Federal Aviation Administration’s goals of implementing their NextGen strategy to enhance safety and reliability of air travel.

Edward Jimenez, Ph.D., senior member, Software Systems Research and Development at Sandia National Laboratories, received the Most Promising Engineer or Scientist – Advanced Degree Award. Dr. Jimenez has achieved notable success in research involving large scale computed tomography reconstruction algorithms, high performance semantic web hashing and querying algorithms, and industrial radiography. He also volunteers for a National Science Foundation-funded program that supports at-risk Hispanic youth, motivating them to pursue a STEM career.

Ruben Herrera, operations and maintenance development lead at IS&GS, received the Information Technology Award. Herrera plays a key role in ensuring mission critical systems for the Internal Revenue Service are available and operating as they should. Herrera has been an active participant in community organizations during his career, most recently supporting the education achievement of Hispanic students and other under-represented student populations in science and engineering.

Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO, Marillyn Hewson, speaking at the awards event, congratulated all of this year’s honorees and noted the critical importance of supporting STEM outreach.

“We rely on STEM professionals to help us engineer a better tomorrow for all of humankind,” Hewson said. “We must ensure we are attracting and developing talent from every segment of our population. We must create inclusive work environments where everyone feels welcome, valued, and able to do their best work. And we must inspire young people to pursue careers in STEM by showing them the positive impact that they can have on the world.”

Hewson’s full remarks are available here.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 113,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s net sales for 2013 were $45.4 billion.

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http://www.lockheedmartin.com

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Florida Atlantic University Poll Finds One in Five Hispanic Women without Health Insurance

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The second national survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economic Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) found that there has been little improvement in health insurance coverage for Hispanic women but some progress for Hispanic men since the 2013 Current Population Survey.

The FAU BEPI survey found that 21.5 percent of women are without insurance compared to 22.6 percent in the Current Population Survey, whereas for Hispanic men, one in 10 (9.8 percent) are without healthcare insurance in contrast to the
Current Population Survey which finds that one in four (26 percent) Hispanic men did not have health insurance. This is corroborated by the number of men who find it easier to afford health care in our survey (19.6 percent) while only 10.2 percent of women find healthcare more affordable.

"Possible explanations for the gender difference in healthcare coverage and affordability can be that women on average have lower incomes than men so they have a harder time paying for health care costs," said Monica Escaleras, director of FAU BEPI.

The FAU survey sample included 529 Hispanics across the nation with a margin of error of 4.2 percent.

Nearly three out of four (74 percent) Hispanics think the criminal justice system is not fair. Registered Republican Hispanic voters think the justice system is more equal (45 percent to 55 percent), a slim majority, than
registered Democrat Hispanic voters (24 percent to 76 percent). Hispanics voters registered as Independents find the system unjust (31 percent to 69 percent).

While Hispanic consumer confidence is still lower than the Thomson Reuters University of Michigan National average, September saw a significant increase from August of 8.1 points (68.3 to 76.4). A possible connection to these results could be the 1 percent drop of the unemployment rate in the month of September (from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent) as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

September 2014 Index of Consumer Sentiment	Michigan's National Sample*	FAU Hispanic National Sample	Difference points
Overall	84.6	76.4	(-8.2)
Current Conditions	98.6	79.3	(-19.3)
Future Expectations	75.4	74.5	(-0.9)

*Thomson Reuters University of Michigan poll release

Additional information can be accessed at www.business.fau.edu/bepi or by contacting Monica Escaleras at 561-297-1312 or [email protected].

Practice Fusion Expands to Puerto Rico, Adding New Partners ASSERTUS, Atlantic Pathology and HRP Labs

October 9, 2014

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Practice Fusion Expands to Puerto Rico, Adding New Partners ASSERTUS, Atlantic Pathology and HRP Labs

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Practice Fusion, the nation’s largest cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) platform, today announced strategic partnerships with three of Puerto Rico’s premier health service companies, ASSERTUS Inc., Atlantic Pathology and HRP Labs. The partnerships are part of Practice Fusion’s effort to support the region’s doctors and their ability to participate in the healthcare ecosystem.

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ASSERTUS Clearinghouse’s medical billing software ProClaim® is one of Puerto Rico’s largest medical billing and practice management solutions, working with more than 2,000 physicians and labs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Atlantic Pathology provides a full range of diagnostic and screening services, including fine needle aspiration (FNA) clinics, pap smear screening, and full surgical pathology and cytology services. HRP Labs is one of the most experienced pathology laboratories in Puerto Rico, offering full-service diagnostics to 10 area hospitals and a large number of private medical offices of which approximately 50 doctors are already using the Practice Fusion EHR.

“Puerto Rico has been focused on adopting needed health IT infrastructure, and today marks a major milestone in accelerating that development,” said Ryan Howard, founder and CEO, Practice Fusion. “The expansion of Practice Fusion’s network into Puerto Rico has the potential to help improve patient outcomes and save lives in the region.”

Practice Fusion is committed to transforming healthcare by delivering the best EHR to the physician-patient community and has recently launched a variety of tools to that end, including seamless device data integration, online appointment booking, the nation’s largest real-time de-identified clinical health database Insight, and a robust Population Health Management offering. The company also helps Practice Fusion EHR physicians navigate the attestation process for Meaningful Use 2 (MU2) through a dashboard that tracks against MU2 attestation requirements.

For more information about Practice Fusion, please visit www.practicefusion.com.

About Practice Fusion
Practice Fusion is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare platform, with a mission of connecting doctors, patients and data to drive better health and save lives. A driving force in modernizing American health care, Practice Fusion is used by a community of more than 112,000 monthly active medical professionals with over 81 million patient records. In April 2013, the company launched its consumer-facing platform, Patient Fusion, where patients can find and book appointments with doctors and access their medical records. The World Economic Forum recognized Practice Fusion as a Technology Pioneer for 2013.

Media Contacts

Practice Fusion:

– Aileen Abaya – [email protected] or 415-635-2845
– https://twitter.com/PFPressCenter
– http://www.practicefusion.com/pages/practice_fusion_press_center.html

Assertus: Jose A. Lazaro – [email protected]
Atlantic Pathology: Jose Gonzalez, Administrator – [email protected]
HRP Labs: Frank Kinard – [email protected]

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October 9, 2014

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Two Northrop Grumman Employees Receive Awards at HENAAC Conference Recognizing Top Hispanic Engineers, Scientists

October 8, 2014

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Two Northrop Grumman Employees Receive Awards at HENAAC Conference Recognizing Top Hispanic Engineers, Scientists

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) employees Silvia Osuna and Pablo Gonzalez were honored for being outstanding role models in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Oct. 3 at the 26^th annual Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) put on by Great Minds in STEM™ in New Orleans.

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HENAAC recognizes the best and brightest STEM professionals on a national level who serve as role models to inspire young people to pursue technical careers with a focus on the Hispanic community. Award winners are peer reviewed and selected by a committee of representatives from industry, government, military and academic institutions.

Osuna received a Most Promising Engineer – Undergraduate Degree award. She is an electromechanical engineer in Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector providing technical support in microelectronics assembly and test for military communications satellites.

After starting as a Northrop Grumman intern, Osuna moved to full-time industrial engineering and became a manufacturing engineer supporting navigation system manufacturing assembly and test for the James Webb Space Telescope and other space programs.

Osuna has held leadership positions in Adelante, Northrop Grumman’s Hispanic Employee Resource Group, presented the workshop “Latinas in STEM” at the Adelante Mujer Latina Annual Career Conference and served as an engineering club mentor at Lennox Middle School, which has a 95 percent Hispanic enrollment. Osuna earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Gonzalez, the X-47B UCAS-D program manager in Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector, received a Luminary Honorees award. In April 2014, the X-47B and the U.S. Navy-Northrop Grumman team received the Robert J. Collier Trophy, aviation’s highest honor, for “developing and demonstrating the first unmanned, autonomous air system operating from an aircraft carrier.”

Gonzalez has supported several key development programs including serving as program manager for autonomous aerial refueling. He is actively engaged in STEM activities including the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program and the Crean Lutheran High School engineering cohort program. Gonzalez received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.

SHPE Presents 2014 STAR Award Company of the Year to Johnson & Johnson and Government Agency of the Year to U.S. Army

October 8, 2014

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SHPE Presents 2014 STAR Award Company of the Year to Johnson & Johnson and Government Agency of the Year to U.S. Army

INDUSTRY, Calif., Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) announced today its 2014 STAR Awards recipients for Company of the Year and Government Agency of the Year. Johnson & Johnson is named “Company of the Year” and the U.S. Army received “Government Agency of the Year” for their roles as key contributors to the Hispanic community in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

“We are proud to present this year’s STAR Awards to Johnson & Johnson as Company of the Year and U.S. Army as Government Agency of the Year,” said Barry Cordero, SHPE President and Interim CEO. “These two companies have provided exceptional support for SHPE and its programs. We look forward to their continued collaboration in preparing our next generation of Hispanic STEM leaders.”

The STAR Awards are presented annually by SHPE, recognizing individuals and corporations nationally for their dedication, commitment and selfless efforts to the growth and advancement of Hispanics through STEM careers. The STAR Awards offer several other honored categories representing exceptional college students to industry professionals and public and private corporations.

The Company of the Year and Government Agency Awards are given to a company or agency demonstrating outstanding support to SHPE and SHPE Foundation educational programs.

“On behalf of everyone at Johnson & Johnson, we are honored to be recognized by SHPE as this year’s STAR Awards recipient for Company of the Year”, said Jeanne Fedoryk, Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Johnson & Johnson. “SHPE has been a valuable partner in our commitment to diversity and inclusion and has contributed significantly to this effort. We have successfully partnered with SHPE on a variety of programs including the Corporate Readiness program aimed at providing young professionals the tools required to be successful in the workplace. At Johnson & Johnson we know that our differences help to drive innovation and to better understand the needs of our customers around the world.”

All 20 recipients of the 2014 STAR Awards will be recognized at this year’s SHPE Conference November 5–9 in Detroit, Michigan at the COBO Center.

SHPE Conference 2014
The SHPE Conference is the largest annual Hispanic STEM conference in the nation bringing together more than 6,000 professionals, educators, students and corporations from throughout the U.S. for technical and professional development workshops, design contests, technical competitions, engineering challenges, network opportunities and a Career Expo. Pre-register online and learn about travel and hotel discounts. More information can be found by visiting the SHPE Conference website at www.shpe.org/2014.

About SHPE
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers offers a network of more than 400 chapters nationally. SHPE’s mission is to change lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support and development. SHPE provides a variety of programming and resources including hosting the largest annual Hispanic STEM conference in the nation. For more information, visit www.shpe.org.

24th Annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Gala Honors Emilio Azcarraga of Grupo Televisa on Monday, October 20 at the Waldorf-Astoria

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24th Annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Gala Honors Emilio Azcarraga of Grupo Televisa on Monday, October 20 at the Waldorf-Astoria

NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame named Emilio Azcarraga, President, CEO and Chairman, Grupo Televisa as one of twelve honorees to its class of 2014. Azcarraga joins over 350 honorees previously recognized by Broadcasting & Cable Magazine. The 24^th Annual Gala inducting this year’s class will be Monday, October 20 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

With over 20 years of broadcast experience, Azcarraga is head of the world’s foremost Spanish-language media corporation. Under his leadership, Televisa expanded into an international giant that produces more than 93,000 hours of original programming distributed through a network of broadcast TV, pay TV, telephony and digital platforms. A 2010 agreement with Univision laid the groundwork for an investment of $1.2 billion for a 5% stake that strengthened the alliance. Today, Televisa is arguably the leader of Spanish-language content worldwide with viewers in more than 100 countries including an audience of 52 million Hispanics in the U.S.

Azcarraga balances his vision of a global Televisa with an engagement with social responsibility. In 2001 he created Fundacion Televisa, providing life-changing opportunities in education, health, values and the environment. Through Endeavor Mexico, he mentored a new generation of Mexican entrepreneurs and through ARCA has established a dialog with the creative industry in Mexico.

Emilio Azcarraga is joined by eleven other notable and influential industry leaders. The complete list of 2014 Hall of Fame inductees includes:

Emilio Azcarraga –Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Grupo Televisa
Sean R.H. Bratches – EVP Sales and Marketing, ESPN
Italia Commisso Weinand – EVP, Programming and Human Resources, Mediacom Communications Corp.
Family Feud, FremantleMedia
Doug Herzog – President, Viacom Entertainment Group
Bill Koenigsberg – President, CEO and Founder, Horizon Media
Mark Lazarus – Chairman, NBC Sports Group
Mad Men, AMC Networks
David F. Poltrack – Chief Research Officer, CBS Corp. President, CBS Vision
Robin Roberts – Co-Anchor, Good Morning America
Bud Selig – Commissioner, Major League Baseball
Perry A. Sook – Chairman, President and CEO, Nexstar Broadcasting Group

NBC and MLBN broadcaster Bob Costas and Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly will co-host.

Bud Selig, Commissioner, Major League Baseball, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

“The Hall of Fame gala is always one of the most anticipated and exciting events of the year,” said Bill McGorry, Chairman of the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. “It is our privilege to welcome Emilio Azcarraga’s into the Hall of Fame among his fellow luminaries from the electronic arts.”

“Our business continues to thrive in large measure due to the dynamic visionaries who continually demand and achieve new levels of excellence and innovation,” added Louis Hillelson, VP/Group Publisher, Broadcasting & Cable. “We are proud to acknowledge Emilio Azcarraga for his tireless dedication and relentless push for innovation. We look forward to joining him for a wonderful evening of celebration.”

A portion of the net proceeds is donated to the charitable organization Broadcasters Foundation of America. A safety net for radio and television professionals across the country, the Broadcasters Foundation of America provides anonymous financial grants to industry colleagues who are in acute need due to critical illness, advanced age, death of a spouse, an accident or other serious misfortune.

For sponsorship information, please contact Sandy Friedman at [email protected]
or 917-612-0735.

For registration, please contact Rebecca Shottland at [email protected]
or 917-281-4782.

To view the 2014 class, visit http://bchalloffame.com/2014-honorees/.

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