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• “Our nation's animal shelters face mounting pressure to increase live release rates amidst a surge in pet intake and slowed adoptions.
• Unfortunately, a growing number of 'rescues' are being created to meet the demand to support at-risk pets," said Cathy Bissell, Founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation.
• BISSELL Pet Foundation provided critical funding for this emergency operation, coordinated on-scene volunteer support from the BISSELL Pet Foundation Shelter Partner Network, and will manage placement alongside Animal Rescue Corps with trusted shelter and rescue partners.
• The foundation is supported by generous donors and BISSELL Homecare, Inc, where every purchase saves pets.

• Comprehensive data affirms the safety profile of Seresto.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230713309283/en/
  As part of EPA’s scientific review process, the agency analyzed incident data including third-party assessments and compared data to other EPA-registered pet products.
• Following the comprehensive review, Elanco and EPA developed a stewardship program that Elanco will implement as a leader in the collar category.
• “We stand behind more than a decade of science-based data, analysis and monitoring which affirms the safety profile of Seresto.

• According to our best understanding of physics, the fact space is expanding should influence the apparent flow of time, with the distant Universe appearing to run in slow motion.
• But observations of highly luminous and variable galaxies, known as quasars, have failed to reveal this cosmic time dilation – until now.

Time is a funny thing

• In his 1915 general theory, he told us gravity too can influence the relative rates of clock ticks.
• The prediction of Einstein’s mathematics is clear: we should see the distant universe playing out in slow motion.

Tick-tock supernova clock

• Each supernova explosion was surprisingly similar, brightening rapidly and then fading away over a matter of weeks.
• Supernovae are similar, but not identical, meaning their rate of brightening and fading was not a standard clock.
• To achieve this goal, astronomers had to iron out peculiarities of each supernova, putting them on an equal footing, matching them to a standard intrinsic brightness and a standard clock.

The trouble with quasars

• Quasars are extremely bright, some burning furiously when the Universe was an infant.
• Quasars are also variable, varying in luminosity as matter turbulently tumbles on its way to destruction.
• Some suggested that this demonstrated that the variability of quasars is not intrinsic but is instead due to black holes scattered through the Universe, magnifying some quasars by the action of gravity.

New data, new approaches

• The data sampling was mixed, with lots of observations over some times, and less over others.
• But with this new data, we could match similar quasars with each other, removing the impact of these differences.
• The only remaining influence on the observed variability of quasars was the expansion of space, and we unambiguously revealed this signature.
• It puts to rest ideas of a sea of cosmic black holes, or that we truly inhabit a static, unchanging universe.

• Zevo, America’s fastest growing pest control brand,1 has earned the distinguished “Seal of Approval” by Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) for its Zevo On-Body Mosquito and Tick Repellent products, following its successful product launch in March 2023.
• Parent Tested Parent Approved engages members of its community of over 250,000 parents to provide unbiased, authentic product testing to help consumers make smart, informed purchasing decisions for their families.
• “Major thanks to Parent Tested Parent Approved for this incredible recognition.
• “Our seal of approval is a powerful symbol of trust and credibility for millions of families,” said Sharon Vinderine, Founder and CEO of Parent Tested Parent Approved.