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New Direct-Drive Rotation Stages for Ultra-High Precision Industrial Applications


A versatile, multi-orientation mounting and operational rotary stage family from PI.

AUBURN, Mass., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — PI’s new family of direct-drive rotation stages are designed for continuous 24/7 operations, demanding extreme dynamic and static precision, with resolution down to 0.0015µrad, position accuracy of 10µrad, and bidirectional repeatability of 5µrad. The V-622, V-623 and V-625 high-performance rotary stages are equipped with frictionless electromagnetic torque motors and precision ball bearings and complement PI’s popular A-622, A-623, and A-625 series of air bearing spindles. This new rotary stage range is versatile, allowing mounting and operation in any orientation, a crucial characteristic for numerous industrial automation applications.

Near Air Bearing Performance
Leveraging PI’s extensive expertise in designing ultra-high-precision air bearing rotary tables, the newly developed V-622, V-623, and V-625 mechanical bearing rotary stages aim to deliver outstanding performance in terms of travel accuracy, flatness and wobble, and lifetime. These stages are equipped with ultra-precise deep groove ball bearings, preloaded, and lubricated prior to delivery, ensuring maintenance-free operation throughout the rotation stages’ entire lifespan.

Sizes and Velocity
The V-62x family comes with table diameters from 85mm to 200mm. All models feature a clear aperture, ranging from 15mm to 105mm. Maximum angular velocity is 20 revolutions per second or 7,200 deg/sec.

Absolute Encoder Option
A key feature of these stages is the choice of encoders, including absolute and incremental options. Absolute encoders provide explicit position information, facilitating precise determination of each angular position without the need for incremental counting. This feature ensures immediate availability of position information upon power-up, enhancing operational efficiency and safety.

Motion Controllers
For precise control, a range of motion controllers is available, both in single and multi-axis configurations. These EtherCat-compatible controllers use ACS servo and drive modules and can run multi-degree-of-freedom linear and rotary sub-assemblies, which are also offered by PI.

Applications for the Rotary Stages
The V-622, V-623, and V-625 rotary stages find applications across various fields, including optics and photonics, sample inspection, metrology, semiconductor testing and inspection, industrial automation, measuring technology, precision micro-assembly, and biotechnology.

Video: V-62x Direct-Drive Rotary Stages
V-62x Ultra-High Precision Rotation Stages

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Illume Fertility Founder and Medical Director, Dr. Mark Leondires, Co-Authors the First All-Inclusive Guide to Donor Conception


“BUILDING YOUR FAMILY is an all-in-one guide to donor conception,” says Dr. Mark Leondires, Founder and Medical Director of Illume Fertility and LGBTQ+ resource hub Gay Parents To Be. “It not only demystifies an incredibly challenging process—for many, the most difficult process of their lives—but also inspires confidence that the journey will be a successful one, providing crucial education, support and encouragement every step of the way.”

BUILDING YOUR FAMILY is broken down into three parts:

Transitioning to Donor Conception: Understanding what donor conception means—whether it be egg donation, sperm donation or embryo donation—and processing the emotions that may arise from deciding to pursue donor conception.
Choosing Your Donor: Medical considerations for donor gametes, understanding the difference between anonymous, open, and known donors, as well as balancing practical and emotional considerations. This section ends with a helpful five-step process that helps parents-to-be choose their donor.
Looking Ahead to Parenthood: Dealing with ethical and practical dilemmas, disclosing your child’s genetic background to them, learning how to share your family’s unique story, and managing the stress and other emotions that often arise through the process.
For more information and to pre-order the book today, visit BUILDING YOUR FAMILY: The Complete Guide to Donor Conception.

Building Your Family: The Complete Guide to Donor Conception
By Lisa Schuman, LCSW and Mark Leondires, MD
On-sale November 11, 2023 | St. Martin’s Essentials | $30.00
ISBN 9781250868268 | 320 pgs
Also available in e-book format

About the Authors

DR. MARK LEONDIRES is the Founder and Medical Director at Illume Fertility and the Founder of Gay Parents To Be, a leading family-building resource for the LGBTQ+ community. Dr. Leondires resides in Connecticut with his partner and their two children.

LISA SCHUMAN is a family-building expert, award-winning researcher, and therapist. As the founding director of The Center for Family Building, and the host of the podcast Donor Conception Conversations, she guides people around the world as they navigate their unique path to parenthood. Ms. Schuman lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children.

About Illume Fertility
Illume Fertility, formerly RMA of Connecticut, is a leading modern fertility practice providing an exceptional patient experience, innovative care, and expertise to help patients achieve their fertility and family-building goals. Led by an award-winning team of eight highly credentialed Board Certified reproductive endocrinologists, many of whom have received Castle Connolly’s prestigious Top Doc award, Illume Fertility specializes in a range of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) including intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). Illume Fertility’s internationally-recognized Gay Parents To Be program specializes in LGBTQ+ family building. For the last six years, Illume Fertility has been recognized as a Leader in Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign. Illume Fertility is one of the largest fertility clinics and egg donation centers in the region, offering egg freezing, oncofertility preservation, and PCOS management, helping patients as young as 16. Illume Fertility is the only regional fertility clinic offering on-site holistic patient support services including nutrition counseling, acupuncture, and yoga.

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HSA Store shares tips for maximizing Health Savings Account (HSA) funds on National HSA Awareness Day


Established to call attention to the importance of tax-advantaged accounts, HSA Awareness Day is an opportunity to educate Americans about the unique triple tax advantage of these accounts: deposits are tax deductible, growth is tax deferred, and qualified spending is tax free.

According to the experts at Health-E Commerce, here are four ways consumers can maximize the benefits of their HSA.

  • Save on everyday health expenses: Understanding what’s eligible is the most common hurdle for HSA users. That’s why HSA Store removes all of the guesswork by selling only products that are deemed eligible by the IRS. HSA Store also offers a comprehensive, searchable online eligibility list and a selection of more than 2,500 eligible products, which makes it easy to find exactly what they need.
  • Open an HSA, even if you can’t fund the account: Individuals and families who are enrolled in a qualified high-deductible health plan are encouraged to open an HSA as soon as they enroll in their health plan, even if they are not able to fully fund the account from day one. According to Romanini, there is usually no cost to open an HSA and consumers have the flexibility to make contributions as able throughout the year or to pay for expenses out of pocket, save the receipts, and make contributions to the HSA and reimburse themselves at a later date.
  • Track healthcare expenses over time: Most HSA users don’t realize that they need to track their HSA purchases over time, in the event their taxes are ever audited, or that they can reimburse themselves for expenses incurred during times when they had a zero balance in their account. In most cases, this means paperwork. However, HSA Store simplifies this task for account holders with an easy-to-use expense dashboard that allows users to effortlessly track their spending and upload healthcare receipts according to each tax year.
  • Save for the future: It’s estimated that a couple who is retiring in 2023 will need to have saved $315,000 or more to pay for healthcare expenses in retirement, so it pays to be prepared. An HSA allows consumers to invest unspent funds into stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Those contributions can then be used without penalty to pay for healthcare and other expenses in retirement. Finding the right balance between saving now and investing for the future is important, which is why HSA Store offers an HSA future value calculator to help consumers find the right balance.

“While HSAs are a sound future savings strategy, it’s important that consumers understand how they can also use these tax-free funds to pay for items like bandages, sunscreen, menstrual care items, and pain medication – things they already buy and use everyday,” said Romanini. “HSAs give consumers the potential to save an estimated 30% on health-related expenses, depending on their tax bracket, and that’s a valuable financial edge in today’s market.”

For additional guidance on making the most of a health savings account, visit the HSA Store Learning Center.

About Health-E Commerce
Health-E Commerce is the parent brand to FSA Store, HSA Store and WellDeservedHealth, a family of online stores that serve the 70+ million consumers enrolled in pre-tax health and wellness accounts. The company also created Caring Mill, a popular private-label line of health products that benefits Children’s Health Fund and enables customers to make a donation with each purchase. Since 2010, the Health-E Commerce brands have led the direct-to-consumer e-commerce market for exclusively pre-tax health and wellness benefits. Health-E Commerce plays an essential role in expanding product eligibility for important new categories within the list of eligible medical expenses. 

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Barbara Tabor, Health-E Commerce, 651-230-9192, [email protected], www.hsastore.com

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Women We Admire Announces Top 50 Women Leaders in Real Estate for 2023


Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders in Real Estate for 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Exceptional women are shattering barriers and making significant advancements in the real estate sector. The appeal of this market is undeniable, considering that the global real estate industry is expected to reach a staggering $613.6 trillion in 2023. Fortunately, women have already attained impressive levels of success in the U.S. real estate landscape, constituting 57% of all brokers and agents.

The recipients of this year’s awards possess knowledge and dedication that prove invaluable to their clients. They cater to a diverse clientele, including individuals, large corporations, nonprofits, individual investors, and more, all showcasing an unparalleled level of expertise. Their leadership has not only breathed new life into the organizations they serve but also holds the potential to inspire and empower a new generation of women leaders.

This year’s honorees include Lori Lane, who serves as the President and Managing Broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties’ highly successful New Homes Division. Under Lane’s guidance, the Luxury Collection sales have achieved a remarkable 395% increase in sales volume.

We are also proud to recognize Kathryn Scarborough, who holds the position of President at Austin, Engel & VVlkers Austin. Notably, Scarborough has consistently been the company’s Top Producer from 2004 to 2023 and set a historic record by selling a home listed for $38.9 million, the highest-recorded sale in Austin, Texas’s history. Lastly, we celebrate Laura Brady, the visionary Founder and CEO of the international luxury real estate auction firm, Concierge Auctions, which, in just a decade, has achieved sales exceeding $2 billion.

Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of The Top 50 Women Leaders in Real Estate for 2023.

Chelby Sanders (Cresa), Lori Lane (Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties), Roxanne Kemph (CBRE), Leigh Griffin (Cushman & Wakefield), Amy MacLaren (CBRE), Lara Shuqom Gehl (The Collective at Compass), Julia Evinger (Marcus & Millichap), Lori Muller (EXIT Realty), Lisa VanCleave Lay (BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee), Anneke Greco (JLL), Maria Cintron (Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty), Valerie Richardson (ICSC), Maura Flanagan (CBRE), Gabrielle Witkin (TTR Sotheby’s International Realty), Tricia Brouwers (Wintrust Mortgage), Linda Booker (Core5 Industrial Partners), Isabelle Owens (Owens Realty Services), Kathy Sawin (Metro Commercial), Candice Burney (Ray Stone Incorporated), Jennifer Sutter (Acento Real Estate Partners), Stephanie Graves (Q10 Property Advisors), Courtney Schnee (Northwood Ravin), Kathryn Scarborough (Engel & VVlkers Austin), Diana Pittro (RMK Management), Vendy Chan (Century 21 Real Estate Alliance Group), Laura Brady (Concierge Auctions), Lacy Beasley (Retail Strategies), Jocelyn Vas (Final Offer), Marie McLucas (Primax Properties), Joy Peters (Signature Property Management), Connie Yoshimura (Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty), Lauren Vanni Kinard (First Excel Title), Kathy Makino-Leipsitz (Shelborne Development), and many others.

To view the full list visit https://thewomenweadmire.com/2023/10/02/the-top-50-women-leaders-in-real-estate-of-2023/

About Women We Admire

Women We Admire provides news and information on today’s women leaders in business, entertainment, sports, motherhood, medicine, law, and many other fields. We cover a broad range of topics and areas of interest aimed at recognizing the achievements of exceptional women while inspiring others to aim high and continue their journey towards reaching their full potential. Women We Admire and its affiliates circulate its content to over 32,000 individuals and businesses.

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Redspin Announces Contract With DoD Prime Contractor to Provide CMMC Services


CMMC, developed by the U.S. DoD, is a framework designed to strengthen the cybersecurity practices of defense contractors working with the DoD. The CMMC initiative is critical for businesses in the defense and aerospace sectors, ensuring the protection of sensitive information and national security interests.

“We are excited to partner with this prime contractor to ensure their compliance with CMMC standards,” said Brian McManamon, President at Redspin. “Our team is dedicated to providing top-tier CMMC services, and we look forward to assisting them and their suppliers in meeting CMMC objectives.”

This prime contractor is renowned for its commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions that protect national security interests worldwide. Its partnership with Redspin further highlights the importance of strong cybersecurity practices within the defense and aerospace industries. It underscores both organizations’ dedication to protecting critical information and national security interests.

About Redspin
Redspin is a division of cybersecurity and compliance company Clearwater, which focuses on improving the cyber readiness and resiliency of federal and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organizations. As the first Authorized CMMC Third Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO), Redspin has the expertise and experience to help organizations minimize cyber risks and protect sensitive information.

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Commission for Case Manager Certification celebrates National Case Management Week with salute to “Keeping the person at the heart of collaborative care”


New professional growth options include new self-care episodes and CCMC Virtual Symposium

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Commission for Case Manager Certification® will celebrate case managers as change agents and advocates in observance of National Case Management Week, Oct. 8-14, 2023. CCMC’s Virtual Symposium and new episodes of its “Push Pause” video series will premier as the Commission aligns with the case manager community and salutes these resilient professionals for “keeping the person at the heart of collaborative care.”

“Case managers are change agents who go above and beyond to advocate for the individuals they serve,” said Commission CEO MaryBeth Kurland, MPA, CAE, ICE-CCP. “As connectors and collaborators on the health care team, they help clients access resources they need, overcome challenges, and navigate the complex health care system.”

By “keeping the person at the heart of collaborative care,” case managers holistically assess client needs and actively engage with other health care providers to help clients achieve optimal health outcomes. With the client at the center of care, case managers serve as positive change agents who can empower individuals to take an active role in their health care journey.

The Commission advocates for professional case management excellence through its Certified Case Manager® (CCM®) credential and a range of professional development resources to enhance their knowledge and skills. Next week, CCMC’s Virtual Symposium offers inspiring and empowering live learning sessions for case managers over three days, offering continuing education opportunities and curated content to advance the profession.

As critical members of the health care team, case managers are not immune to the emotional burden of the role and the increasing risk for burnout seen across the health workforce. The Commission is a network organization of the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience; demonstrating its ongoing commitment to case manager wellness this week with new episodes of its podcast series, “Push Pause.” This year’s series will encourage case managers to activate their role as change agents through self-reflection focused on their successes and potential to drive transformative improvements in health care.

“Case managers are innovative problem solvers who use their creativity to overcome barriers and find new ways to address challenges,” Kurland says. “By pausing to reflect during stressful times, they can activate their own power to persevere and realize resilience in their daily lives and work.”

As a community, case managers also encourage and nurture one another’s professional growth. The Commission is sponsoring a contest with AllNurses.com throughout the month of October amplifying the voices of case managers as they express what it means to keep the person at the heart of collaborative care. By sharing their experience and perspectives, case managers will champion their role as advocates and change agents.

About the Commission for Case Manager Certification

The Commission for Case Manager Certification is the first and largest nationally accredited case management certification organization, credentialing more than 50,000 professional case managers and disability management specialists. The Commission is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that oversees the process of case manager certification with its CCM® and CDMS® credentials. Offering an extensive portfolio of certification and professional advancement activities, the Commission is the most active and prestigious certification organization supporting the practices of case management and disability management. For more information, visit www.ccmcertification.org and www.cdms.org.

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Rare Beauty Dominates Hispanic-Owned Beauty Brands for Earned Media Value So Far in 2023


Rare Beauty, founded and owned by singer and actress Selena Gomez, takes the top spot, with creators generating a massive $410.5 million EMV for the brand January through August 2023. Additionally, Rare Beauty was the No. 1 U.S. cosmetics brand by EMV ($42.0 million) across the entire industry in August, beating out Charlotte Tilbury ($35.3 million EMV in August), MAC ($31.7 million), and Benefit ($31.0 million).

The topline analysis from CreatorIQ identified over 8K creators posting about Hispanic-owned beauty brands more than 190K times, driving an estimated 7 billion impressions, 425 million engagements, and $650 million EMV. This last figure constitutes a 13% year-over-year EMV increase for the Hispanic-owned cosmetics space as a whole, which also enjoyed respective 67% and 64% YoY growths in impressions and engagements.

The top five Hispanic-owned beauty brands for January-August this year by EMV are:

  1. Rare Beauty — $410,466,595
  2. Sigma Beauty — $51,101,914
  3. Beautyblender — $26,379,605
  4. Glamlite — $20,307,732
  5. Melt Cosmetics — $16,702,694

Of these brands, Rare Beauty also boasted the most engaged community, with its fans averaging $31.1K EMV each. One of Rare Beauty’s most effective posts came in March, when the brand debuted its smash-hit Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil. Social media star Jooshica shared an Instagram Reel of herself bonding with brand founder Selena Gomez at the product’s launch party, inspiring $205.8K EMV.

While it didn’t rank among the top five Hispanic-owned beauty brands, Reina Rebelde ($1.9M EMV) sported the cohort’s most impressive year-over-year increase in EMV, rising 288% compared to January through August 2022. The brand, founded by Regina Merson, has also grown its impressions by 567%, upped engagements by a notable 813%, and increased its creator audience by 312% year-over-year.

“With more than $2.5 trillion in buying power, the U.S. Hispanic community continues to be an important demographic for marketers, with savvy Hispanic entrepreneurs launching brands that connect directly with the communities and values they care about,” said Brit Starr, SVP of Marketing at CreatorIQ. “A perfect example of this is Selena Gomez and Rare Beauty, which has leveraged the power of social media and creators to dominate that part of the market.”

About CreatorIQ

CreatorIQ is the engine powering creator-led marketing for the world’s most innovative, iconic brands and agencies including AB InBev, Airbnb, Calvin Klein, CVS, Disney, H&M, Sephora, and Unilever. Our industry-leading data and robust technology help marketers discover, activate, optimize, and convert creator relationships at scale. By putting creators at the center of their marketing efforts, our clients unlock the full potential of creator relationships to expand brand reach, scale quality content production, grow customer engagement, and increase return on creator spend.

Founded in 2014, CreatorIQ is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Francisco, Denver, Austin, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto, Miami, New York City, London, Auckland, and Kharkiv (UA). For more information, visit CreatorIQ.com.

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