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Portland, Maine, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As he trained earlier this year for a career in professional football following three years as linebacker at the University of Texas-El Paso, Kalaii Griffin II had a realization.

“I needed to drop calories quickly, but the trash bags sauna suits I was wearing would rip, so I decided to make my own, and that was the birth of ShredSkinz,” said Griffin, the company’s founder and CEO—and a former Portland resident.

ShredSkinz is the world’s first single-use sauna suit, and Griffin says it can increase metabolism by 20 percent and increase post-exercise weight loss by 47 percent. The product is made of 100 percent eco-friendly materials and can be used by everyone from the most serious professional and collegiate athletes to everyday people trying to get fit, detox or lose weight.

“If you wear one of these while you’re doing housework or just driving from home to the gym, you’ll be sweating,” Griffin said. “It’s a sweat machine.”

Griffin, a native of Springfield, Mass., graduated from UTEP in the spring with a degree in communications and said his goal was to play professional football. But as a father to a young son, his responsibility right now is to his family, and his sole focus is on growing the ShredSkinz brand.

With connections in college sports and the NFL, Griffin said he hopes to get ShredSkinz into colleges and universities, professional sports leagues and even in hotels and resorts.

“I’d love to sponsor a professional fighter and have them use our product to help them sweat and maintain their fighting weight,” Griffin said. “We’re active on social media, especially Instagram and Tik Tok, and we want people to send us their videos of them sweating with ShredSkinz.”

Griffin spent time living in Portland on Munjoy Hill and has fond memories of his time selling cars at Berlin City Nissan—an experience that will come in handy as he grows ShredSkinz.

“I enjoyed living in Maine, and my time there prepared me for marketing to areas around the country that weren’t always 70 degrees every day,” Griffin said.

Launching a business in the middle of a pandemic has presented plenty of challenges—ones Griffin’s using his past experience to navigate.

Mainers are active, especially people in Portland, Griffin said, so a ShredSkinz suit is perfect for anyone running or walking on the Eastern Promenade or Back Cove.

ShredSkinz suits are available on the company’s website, shredskinz.shop for $14.99 for a pack of five or $49.99 for a four-week challenge pack of 20 suits.

“I’ve got a lot more work to do, but I eventually want to get these online at Amazon and other retailers,” Griffin said. “It’s a long process, and we’re making sure everything is in order before we take the next step.”

For more information on ShredSkinz, email [email protected] or call 917-544-7902.

For more information on ShredSkinz, visit shredskinz.shop.  

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• ShredSkinz Disposable Suana Suit

Kalaii Griffin II
ShredSkinz
917-544-7902
[email protected]

PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — World of Weed Inc. (OTC PINK: WOWU) and PDX Partners Inc. (OTC PINK: PDXP) announce that the Ontario Bandits Football Club, a wholly owned subsidiary of PDX Partners Inc., joined the National Arena League (NAL).

The Ontario Bandits become the first West Coast franchise in league history. The Bandits will be led by team President Pat Johnson. Johnson is a former Super Bowl Champion wide receiver and an Olympic-caliber sprinter in both high school (Redlands, Calif.) and at track & field powerhouse University of Oregon. PDX Partners Inc. and the Ontario Bandits Football Club has contracted to play in the league for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons.

Ontario becomes the latest expansion team for the NAL as the league previously announced recent expansion with the Albany Empire as its New York based franchise in early October. The Bandits will be the seventh team entering the 2021 season with the NAL joining the Jacksonville Sharks, Columbus Lions, Carolina Cobras, Orlando Predators, Jersey Flight, and Albany Empire.

Title Sponsor, World of Weed Inc., is the first cannabis specific company to embark on such a sponsorship with a professional sports franchise. “We believe the opportunity to expand our business model of acquiring cannabis producing farms and dispensaries of quality cannabis products as well as being the title sponsor for a professional sports franchise in Southern California to will bring exponential value, exposure, and limitless opportunities to the World of Weed brand and bottom line business growth due to expansion into the Southern California sports media and cannabis markets,” said Anthony Russo, CEO of WOWI, Inc.

“The Bandit organization’s commitment to excellence will deliver a competitive and exciting brand of football on the field, and our firm commitment to strengthen our local Inland Empire communities off the field is another core principle of our organization pillars,” said PDXP and Ontario Bandits President Pat Johnson.

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About World of Weed Inc.

World of Weed Inc. is a national cannabis brand supported by cannabis producing farms and dispensaries of quality cannabis products. WOWI’s nationally recognized brand will host quality products developed in cooperation with agricultural institutions, provide controlled growing and harvesting conditions, and develop selective distribution via knowledgeable dispensaries/stores …all under regulatory conformance.

For more Information go to: http://worldofweedinc.com/

About the Ontario Bandits Football Club

The Ontario Bandits Football Club is a sports and entertainment property located in Southern California that is committed to exhibiting hard work and excellence both on the field and off in our respective communities.

For more Information go to: http://www.ontariobandits.online/

About PDX Partners Inc.

PDX Partners, Inc. (OTC:PDXP) is a diversified holdings company dedicated to creating revenue and shareholder value by marketing and acquiring other long term growth assets. The company was founded in 1997.

For more information go to: www.pdxpartners.net

Sources:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wow-inc-expands-worlds-largest-010700325.html

https://nationalarenaleague.com/news/headline-news/?article_id=132

WOWI, Inc.
Anthony Russo
CEO
(720) 757-5762
[email protected]

CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A recent survey of over 1,500 college students throughout the United States reveals how Covid-19 has impacted this demographic, including their mental state, sentiment about remote learning, personal and family’s finances, and more.

National student housing developer and manager Core Spaces emailed the survey to student residents at 23 of their properties across 16 cities in 14 states. The national analysis is the second that the developer has conducted since the beginning of the pandemic. Responses were collected from October 22 to October 30.

“The survey data strongly suggests that the social restrictions to stop the spread of the pandemic has had a direct effect on the wellbeing of our students,” says Marc Lifshin, founder and chief executive officer of Core Spaces. “The impacts of the pandemic have greatly affected our residents. With the college experience being severely limited as our country fights this disease, we continue to monitor feedback and customize creative ways to provide our residents with ways to safely stay connected and a place to thrive based on new information we receive.” 

KEY FINDINGS:

Living preferences:

More students want to return to campus. Over 92% of respondents said they want to come back to campus when classes begin in the spring, compared with 89% from the summer survey.

87.4% of respondents plan to get back to their universities even if they continue online instruction in the spring, nearly 15% higher than the summer survey responses.

Economic impact / confidence:

40% of respondents said the pandemic resulted in economic difficulties for themselves and their families (23% less than was reported in summer). They were affected in the following ways:                                                   

• They lost their job                                                               31.1%
• Their job hours or pay were reduced                                  36.6%
• One of their parents lost his or her job                               21.4%
• One of their parents had hours or pay reduced                   36.6%

When it came to how students felt about their future job prospects considering the pandemic, nearly 86% felt very confident (27.3%) and somewhat confident (58.6%), while 14.1% reported they were not confident at all. The student sentiment on job outlook improved compared with the summer survey respondents who reported that 60% were much less confident (20%), and more than 40% felt somewhat less confident. 

Remote learning & studying:

Nearly 65% of respondents said that the online class experience had been less than positive – half responded with feeling uninterested or indifferent (51.8%) to hating online classes (14.3%).

Over 87% of students said they would want to get to university (town) even if classes were 100% virtual (compared with 72.5% from the summer survey responses). 

Nearly nine out of 10 (10% higher than reported during the summer) said they feel they’d be more successful studying remotely in their apartments vs. their family’s homes.

Confidence in being safe back at school and amongst peers:

Over 93% of respondents were either “very confident” (47.6%) or “somewhat confident” (45.6%) that their universities would take appropriate and available measures to help protect them and other students from spreading the virus.

Eight out of 10 either reported that their university is “doing everything they should be doing” (63.6%) or think the protocols are too strict (19.2%).

More than 92% of respondents were either “very confident” (50.5%) or “somewhat confident” (41.7%) that their student housing provider (Core Spaces) would take appropriate and available measures to help protect them and other student residents from spreading the virus.

The majority of students believe that their neighbors and peers are taking appropriate precautions to stop the spread of COVID-19. 83.6% think their peers and neighbors were “somewhat responsible” (57.9%) or being “very responsible” (25.7%).

COVID-19 Testing:

Over 76% of respondents have had a COVID-19 test since returning to campus this fall. Those who hadn’t yet been tested reported that convenience (55%) and cost or not wanting to pay for testing (14.5%) were the main factors.

• Close to half of the tested respondents have had at least two tests since returning to school, some regularly testing multiple times per week.

Psychological impact:

Since Covid-19’s onset, students said they had experienced the following:

• Sleep pattern has changed (52.9% now vs. 76.2% reported in the summer survey)
• Feel more anxious or stressed (69.1% vs. 75.1% reported in the summer survey)
• Feel more depressed or worried (43.3% vs. 55.5% reported in the summer survey)
• Feel isolated or lonely (52.9%)
• Seen a professional for physical or mental health (12.3% vs. 12% in the summer survey) 

While there was a 12% reduction in respondents’ reported symptoms compared with summer survey responses, a greater number of students reported that they know someone that has experienced the following since the onset of COVID-19:

Sleep pattern has changed (63.8%)

• Feel more anxious or stressed (75.85%)
• Feel more depressed or worried (62.70%)
• Feel isolated or lonely (65.33%)
• Seen a professional for physical or mental health (31.28%)

The most significant challenge students reported during the pandemic was the social aspect – not having the ability to socialize with their peers (69.34%) was the most difficult.

The second most challenging issue students reported was online learning (68.44%), the third most difficult issue was dealing with uncertainty (64.08%).

Desire for vaccine:

When asked how likely they are to want a vaccine if/when it is made available, almost 75% said they were very likely (39.72%) and somewhat likely (35.22%) to want the vaccine, and 24.99% responded with not likely to want one.

 

In total, there were 1,550 respondents from 23 properties across 16 cities in 14 states. The top five universities/cities, in order of the highest rate of respondents, include University of South Carolina, Columbia (11.74%); *University of Florida, Gainesville (16.52%); *University of Arizona, Tucson (12.32%); *University of Kentucky, Lexington (10.65%); University of Mississippi University, Oxford, (6.39%).

[* represents two Core properties in the same city/campus]

 

“Supporting our residents and reducing the stress that students are feeling is our top priority,” added Lifshin. “We formed partnerships with Headspace, a mindfulness meditation app to offer 500 of our residents nationwide with an annual subscription that provides the needed relief from pressures that we saw students experiencing. Our partnership with Collective & Co., a human development company that provides professional, personal, and emotional growth tools to students and young professionals, allowed us to implement mindfulness sessions for our onsite staff across the country and residents starting with Columbia, SC, and Gainesville, FL, and we’re going to continue observing resident needs and adapting to them in meaningful ways.”

 

 

About Core Spaces

Core Spaces is a vertically integrated company focused on acquiring, developing, and managing the best real estate in educational markets. From world-class amenities and progressive design to client service with a community focus, Core creates spaces where people want to be. Its projects are thoughtfully designed, customized, developed, and managed to create extraordinary lifestyle experiences that are as unique as their respective cities. Since its founding in 2010, Core has consistently delivered award-winning developments in top-tier university markets across the country. It currently owns and/or manages 32 properties nationwide – totaling more than 15,000 beds – and has a pipeline of over 28,000 beds in various stages of development. For more information, visit www.corespaces.com.

 

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Lily Mai
Core Spaces
305.804.7943
[email protected]

LAKEFIELD, Ontario, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PKA SoftTouch Inc’s Micro-Needle device has been awarded Top 10 Best invention award in the overall selection of the Top 10 Best Inventions in iCAN 2020. PKA’s device will revolutionize the 16 billion syringe market, one that has not seen any significant technology developments in over 170 years. The award was the only one to a Canadian company, and the invention was ranked second overall.

“The purpose of our single-shot, pre-filled, pre-measured device is simple: to deliver a drug to the body of the patient effectively and painlessly. Our revolutionary technology, the PKA SoftTouch Micro-Needle Device, achieves this with every single application,” said Dick Crawford, CEO and Co-founder of the pain-free micro-needle device. “About the size of a cork, our device, when properly applied to the skin of an animal or human, will result in a 95% to 97% delivery of the drug into the skin. This achieves effective delivery of the drug into the body with every use, which is a Health Canada and USFDA requirement. Getting this global recognition here in Canada, is very rewarding. Our fifteen years of development has brought us to the final stage of testing, and we hope to confirm our first licence in the next six months.”

PKA SoftTouch is supported by a community of Canadians across the country who have invested in this device. PKA SoftTouch is currently in the final days of its crowdfunding campaign which gives the ability for all Canadians to invest for as little as $250.

The annual International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2020 is organized by the Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills (TISIAS). iCAN is the premier event in Canada for worldwide inventors and innovators. An international competition of creative ideas and innovative projects by creative students, individuals, and companies, that provides new opportunities for both local and overseas participants to exhibit and showcase their finest ideas through invention, innovation, scientific research, new products and technologies.

About PKA


SoftTouch


PKA
SoftTouch
Corp. is a leading-edge research and development company that has created a unique, revolutionary and proprietary device; the PKA
SoftTouch
Micro-Needl
e. The PKA
SoftTouch
Micro-Needle
meets the need for humans and animals to administer lifesaving drugs in a painless, safe, inexpensive and simple manner. Patented worldwide, their pre-filled micro-needle technology is the only effective device that inject
s medication into the skin layers where there are no nerves and therefore no pain.  Positioned to replace the traditional syringe delivery of drugs, they aim to enhance the quality of life for millions of users worldwide.
PKASoftTouch
is in its final days
of financing on the
FrontFundr
platform and on-track to launch its final clinical trials. All Canadians can participate in the campaign at https://www.frontfundr.com/PKASoftTouch.
Connect with PKA SoftTouch: Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

This communication is for informational purposes only.  

To arrange a media interview, for more information or access to high-res images or video, please contact:
Dick Crawford
E: [email protected]
P: (705) 652-6100