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ASPCA Commends Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Rick Scott for Introducing Goldie's Act to Enhance Protections for Dogs in Puppy Mills

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Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) commends U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for introducing Goldie's Act to address the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) abject failure at enforcing the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which has led to ongoing animal suffering in federally licensed facilities, including puppy mills.

Key Points: 
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for introducing Goldie's Act to address the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) abject failure at enforcing the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which has led to ongoing animal suffering in federally licensed facilities, including puppy mills.
  • "This essential measure gives the USDA the tools and resources needed to hold abusers accountable and to protect innocent animals," said Sen. Blumenthal.
  • Senator Rick Scott said, "Puppy mills are cruel and inhumane and I am proud to team up with Senator Blumenthal to introduce the Goldie's Act to crack down on these despicable operations.
  • To assist a broad range of animals, including those in puppy mills, the National Sheriffs' Association supports Goldie's Act."

NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA HIRES EXPERIENCED HEALTH CARE FINANCIAL LEADER, GOLDIE GUPTA, AS NEW CFO

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthStar Anesthesia, a leader in anesthesia care for hospitals across the country, today announced Goldie Gupta as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Key Points: 
  • IRVING, Texas, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthStar Anesthesia, a leader in anesthesia care for hospitals across the country, today announced Goldie Gupta as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
  • She will help NorthStar grow in order to serve more patients and communities across the U.S. with the highest quality anesthesia care.
  • "Goldie has an impressive background in financial leadership and driving fiscal sustainability for health care companies.
  • "I look forward to using my experience in the health care industry to accelerate NorthStar's growth while NorthStar clinicians continue providing outstanding patient care."

"Scandal" Actor Bellamy Young Joins Members of Congress and the ASPCA on Capitol Hill to Rally Support for Goldie's Act to Protect Dogs in Puppy Mills

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Friday, July 21, 2023

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) hosted "Howl to the Hill" on Capitol Hill to rally support for Goldie's Act (H.R. 1788), which would ensure the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does its job to protect dogs in federally licensed puppy mills. Named in honor of a Golden Retriever who suffered and died at a USDA-licensed puppy mill in Iowa, Goldie's Act would require the USDA to conduct more frequent and meaningful inspections, provide lifesaving intervention for suffering animals, impose penalties for violations, and communicate with local law enforcement to address cruelty and neglect.

Key Points: 
  • 1788), which would ensure the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does its job to protect dogs in federally licensed puppy mills.
  • One of those dogs – Holly, a 2-year-old Pomeranian-Husky mix – was also in attendance at "Howl to the Hill," serving as the event's official ambassador dog.
  • "As a pet owner, I can't imagine my dogs being subjected to the inhumane conditions found at many licensed puppy mills.
  • For more information about the ASPCA's efforts to protect dogs in commercial breeding facilities, or to urge your U.S. senators and representative to support Goldie's Act, please visit www.aspca.org/GoldiesAct .

What would history look like if women were the main characters? Gold Diggers gives us a very funny, refreshingly accurate answer

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

“Women are allowed an amount of latitude here,” concluded a contemporary newspaper report.

Key Points: 
  • “Women are allowed an amount of latitude here,” concluded a contemporary newspaper report.
  • I was reminded of Hobart Town Annie and Tipperary Poll – keepers of a house “not of good repute” – when watching the new ABC series Gold Diggers.
  • As a screen representation of history, Gold Diggers is often refreshingly accurate.

Golden girls

    • This puts them among the many with convict origins who flocked to the goldfields, embracing the opportunity for riches and reinvention.
    • In Dead Horse Gap, Gert and Marigold think themselves the only single ladies expecting to claim a pair of well-heeled husbands (“newly minted dumb-dumbs”).
    • In reality, the sisters would have been among the boatloads of single women who travelled to the Victorian goldfields to secure a new husband and a new life.
    • Played as a farce (reminiscent of theatricals common on the goldfields) Gold Diggers is almost accidentally accurate in its extremes.

‘Wife material is a heavy fabric’

    • Feminist historians of the goldfields are working to relocate women back into their own stories.
    • As the colonial newspaper reported of Hobart Town Annie and Tipperary Poll, women were often allowed an amount of latitude on the diggings.
    • My own research focuses on the goldfields as a domestic landscape, a place of women and home and family.
    • In February 1852, for example, Englishwoman Mary Ann Allen travelled to the Forest Creek diggings with her husband and eight children.

Girls like us

    • Subsequently, the goldfields became a microcosm of a diverse society.
    • All living cheek-by-jowl, all intent on leveraging an opportunity they may not be presented with again.

The Goldie Initiative® Names Megan R. Abraham as Chief Executive Officer

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Monday, April 3, 2023

CHICAGO, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative ('The Goldie Initiative®'), a nonprofit organization founded by Goldie B. Wolfe Miller in 2007 to prepare women for senior leadership roles in all sectors of commercial real estate, is pleased to announce that Megan Roth Abraham, former Executive Director at The Goldie Initiative from 2016-2020, has been appointed as the organization's first Chief Executive Officer.

Key Points: 
  • Abraham most recently served as the Chief Advancement Officer of JCC Chicago.
  • "We are delighted to have Megan back at The Goldie Initiative," said Wolfe Miller, Founder, Chair and President.
  • To date, The Goldie Initiative has supported nearly 150 Goldie Scholars at 18 top graduate schools nationwide.
  • Thanks to the incredible support of the commercial real estate industry, The Goldie Initiative is poised for strategic growth and expansion.

ASPCA Commends Federal Lawmakers for Introducing Goldie's Act to Protect Dogs in Puppy Mills

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) commends U.S. Reps. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.), and Zach Nunn (R-IA) for introducing Goldie's Act (H.R. 1788), a federal bill that will ensure the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does its job to protect dogs in federally licensed, commercial dog breeding facilities, also known as puppy mills. This must-pass legislation is desperately needed to right the USDA's abject failure at enforcing the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which has led to untold animal suffering.

Key Points: 
  • 1788), a federal bill that will ensure the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does its job to protect dogs in federally licensed, commercial dog breeding facilities, also known as puppy mills.
  • "Time and again, USDA has allowed bad actors in the animal breeding industry to avoid accountability for explicit violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
  • Goldie's Act would restore welfare to the Animal Welfare Act to fix USDA policies that have failed animals and allowed suffering for far too long.
  • For more information about the ASPCA or to join the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade, please visit www.aspca.org .

Guide to Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day by John McCormick Reviewed by Carol Kean at NewsBlaze

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Monday, January 30, 2023

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Punxsutawney local journalist John McCormick's "A Field Guide to Groundhog Day - a vacation guide to the Punxsutawney area," is reviewed by Carol Kean, detailed book critic, at NewsBlaze, just in time for Groundhog Day.

Key Points: 
  • PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Punxsutawney local journalist John McCormick's "A Field Guide to Groundhog Day - a vacation guide to the Punxsutawney area," is reviewed by Carol Kean, detailed book critic, at NewsBlaze, just in time for Groundhog Day.
  • Kean writes "If this is your year to hit the road in search of something to celebrate, try this handy little guide by Punxsutawney locals John McCormick and Beth Goldie."
  • "Groundhog Day is, above all, a FUN event," McCormick, a Punxsutawney local says.
  • The book was reviewed in time for this year's big day, "A Field Guide to Groundhog Day - a vacation guide to the Punxsutawney area" ( www.15767.com Amazon, $4.99).

Appointfix Announces Rebranding, Changes Name to Goldie

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

ATLANTA, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Appointfix, a leading provider of scheduling and business management software for entrepreneurs, has completed an extensive rebranding that includes the unveiling of a new name, a new visual identity, a new website, and the addition of powerful new product functionality. At the heart of this rebranding is a change of the company name to Goldie and introduction of a bold new look that better reflects the company's focus on serving independent business owners and small businesses in the beauty, fitness, and wellness industries.

Key Points: 
  • Alongside the Goldie brand, the company is introducing Goldie Payments an industry-leading payments solution seamlessly embedded within Goldie which enables its customers to collect deposits upfront, further reduce no-shows, close out appointments, and track their earnings all in one place.
  • "Appointfix has been trusted by over 100,000 independent professionals, and has helped those professionals manage over 30,000,000 appointments since the business was founded in 2015," said Nick Miller, CEO of Goldie.
  • The new branding is being rolled out in the coming weeks across the Appointfix mobile applications, websites, and social media accounts.
  • Professionals in beauty, fitness, wellness, and other industries use Goldie to book appointments and reduce no-shows every day.

6th Annual Goldie Gala Honors 2022 'Shero' Pamela Boneham, Expands Advocacy for Women's Leadership in Commercial Real Estate

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

CHICAGO, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When preparing women for senior leadership roles in commercial real estate, providing access to scholarships is only the first step – truly setting the next generation of women up for success in this field requires opportunities for mentoring and modeling leadership. On September 22, a crowd of more than 700 came together in celebration of these ideals at Chicago's Navy Pier for the 6th annual 'Goldie Gala.' The event was hosted by the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative ("The Goldie Initiative"), a nonprofit organization designed to prepare women for senior leadership roles in all sectors of commercial real estate.

Key Points: 
  • The event was hosted by the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative ("The Goldie Initiative"), a nonprofit organization designed to prepare women for senior leadership roles in all sectors of commercial real estate.
  • The 2022 Goldie Gala raised more than $1,000,000 in support of the organization's Goldie Scholars and other programs.
  • Institutional real estate investment executive Pamela Boneham was honored as the 2022 'Shero,' an award presented annually by The Goldie Initiative to a woman executive whose achievements inspire the next generation of female commercial real estate professionals.
  • Learn more about The Goldie Initiative at: https://goldieinitiative.org/
    The Goldie Initiative would like to thank all our sponsors for making our advancement of women in commercial real estate leadership possible.

New ASPCA Research Shows Large Bipartisan Majority of Americans Support Federal Legislation to End Puppy Mills

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) released new data from a national poll conducted by Lake Research Partners that revealed 77 percent of Americans support federal legislation that would end puppy mills. Additionally, 71 percent of Americans support federal legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase enforcement of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) with support extending across political party, age, gender and regardless of whether the respondent lived in a rural or urban setting. The new data were released in advance of National Animal Advocacy Day, celebrated annually on April 30 to encourage all animal advocates to get involved in the legislative process and make a real difference for the animals in their community.

Key Points: 
  • This case is part of an ongoing pattern of the USDA failing to enforce the AWA, even when conditions are extremely poor, and dogs are dying.
  • "For decades, the USDA has failed to enforce the law intended to protect dogs in puppy mills, and this research confirms that Americans overwhelmingly support stronger enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act to protect dogs and hold puppy mills accountable," said Nancy Perry, senior vice president of ASPCA Government Relations.
  • For more information about the ASPCA's efforts to protect dogs in commercial breeding facilities or to support Goldie's Act, please visit www.aspca.org/goldiesactweek .
  • For more information, visit www.ASPCA.org , and follow the ASPCA on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .