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$2.5 Million Gift Aims to Help Children Survive and Thrive

2011-09-11T15:06:00.000-07:00

$2.5 Million Gift Aims to Help Children Survive and Thrive

Dr. David Wessel Named IKARIA® Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine at Children’s National Medical Center

Washington, DC (Vocus) March 25, 2010

On Tuesday Children’s National Medical Center appointed David L. Wessel, MD, as the first IKARIA® Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Wessel is the division chief and senior vice president of hospital-based specialties and is internationally known for his pioneering work in caring for infants with heart disease.

The $2.5 million endowment was created by IKARIA, a biotherapeutics company whose acute care products and therapies address the significant unmet needs of critically ill patients.

“The dedication of the health care professionals who work in the critical care environment is our constant inspiration,” said Daniel Tassé, chairman and chief executive officer of IKARIA. “Caring for critically ill patients demands commitment, passion and perseverance, and we are honored to have the opportunity to recognize the outstanding work of Dr. David Wessel, who has demonstrated extraordinary achievement in this area.”

Edwin K. Zechman Jr., president and CEO of Children’s National, said, “We are grateful for IKARIA’s generosity and commitment to improving the care of our most vulnerable patients. This partnership will be life-changing – and life-saving – for so many.”

Dr. Wessel said, “We are convinced that refining critical care treatments will improve long-term physical and developmental outcomes for our young patients. At Children’s National Medical Center, our goal is for children to not only survive, but thrive.”

Educated and trained in medicine at Oxford, Yale and Harvard, Dr. Wessel joined Children’s National Medical Center in July 2007. Prior to joining Children’s National he was professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and senior associate in cardiology and anesthesia at Children’s Hospital Boston. He is board certified in anesthesiology, pediatrics, pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care medicine.

An experienced scientist and clinical researcher with over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Wessel has made seminal contributions to the field of critical care medicine. Widely viewed as the “father of pediatric cardiac intensive care,” he has trained a vast number of practicing clinical leaders in the field. Dr. Wessel has also been listed as one of the “Best Doctors in America” continuously since the inception of the ranking.

Dr. Wessel is married and has four children.

Contact Stacy Williams, 301-565-8523, stwillia(at)cnmc(dot)org

About Children’s National Medical Center
Children's National Medical Center, located in Washington, DC, is a proven leader in the development of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury. Children’s has been serving the nation's children for more than 135 years. Children’s National is ranked among the best pediatric hospitals in America by US News & World Report and the Leapfrog Group. For more information, visit http://www. ChildrensNational. org.

About IKARIA Holdings, Inc.
Ikaria Holdings, Inc. is a biotherapeutics company whose acute care products and therapies address the significant unmet needs of critically ill patients. The company’s lead product, INOMAX® (nitric oxide) for inhalation, is the only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of hypoxic respiratory failure in term and near-term newborns, and also is marketed in Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, Japan and Mexico. Ikaria is engaged in new and ongoing clinical development of INOMAX and hydrogen sulfide. Ikaria acquired the North American rights to terlipressin, a potential treatment for hepatorenal syndrome Type 1, as well as the exclusive worldwide licenses to BL-1040, a potential breakthrough treatment for preventing pathological cardiac remodeling following acute myocardial infarction, and to a portfolio of investigational compounds focused on vascular leakage for a range of critical care conditions, such as acute lung and kidney injury. Ikaria is headquartered in Clinton, N. J., with research facilities in Seattle, Wash., and Madison, Wisc., and a manufacturing facility in Port Allen, La. For more information, visit http://www. ikaria. com.

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SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition First Secure USB Flash Drive Listed For Common Criteria Certification

2011-09-11T02:20:00.000-07:00

SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition First Secure USB Flash Drive Listed For Common Criteria Certification

Independent testing to validate key security requirements for SanDisk's Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition secure USB flash drive for enterprises.

Milpitas, CA (PRWEB) January 14, 2009

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced that it has been selected for evaluation of its Cruzer® Enterprise FIPS edition secure USB flash drive (http://www. sandisk. com/OEM/ProductCatalog. aspx? CatID=1266) for Common Criteria EAL2 certification (http://www. dsd. gov. au/infosec/evaluation_services/epl/epl. html#table_2) under the data protection schedule of the Defense Signals Directorate, Australian Government Department of Defense. After the completion of independent testing and evaluation by stratsec (http://www. stratsec. net/), an approved Common Criteria laboratory, SanDisk's Cruzer Enterprise FIPS edition secure USB drive (http://www. sandisk. com/enterprise) is now believed to be in condition for an award of Common Criteria EAL 2 certification.

The Common Criteria is an internationally recognized ISO standard (ISO/IEC 15408) used by governments and other organizations to assess the security and assurance of technology products. Common Criteria is an important worldwide evaluation standard for security products as its certifications are recognized in 26 countries around the world.

"Common criteria certification will validate the Cruzer Enterprise FIPS edition secure USB flash drives as an important aspect of an organization's overall security strategy, while providing potential customers with assurance that it meets the rigorous security requirements put forth by the international community," said David Matot, product manager, SanDisk Enterprise. "In order to meet the unique needs of government agencies, SanDisk has commenced testing of its secure USB flash drives, to ensure it meets requirements for stringent EAL2 certification."

SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise FIPS edition is designed to meet the security requirements of government agencies and financial institutions, featuring FIPS 140-2 level 2 certification for encryption, a standard set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The encrypted flash drive (http://www. sandisk. com/OEM/ProductCatalog. aspx? CatID=1400) imposes mandatory access control on all files, which are stored in a secure partition that implements 256-bit hardware-based AES encryption. CMC, the enterprise data management (http://www. sandisk. com/OEM/ProductCatalog. aspx? CatID=1342) software adds a higher level of control to Cruzer Enterprise FIPS edition by centrally managing the drive's complete lifecycle, from initial user-deployment, through usage audit and reporting, password administration and data backup, to drive termination if lost or stolen.

SanDisk Enterprise is a leader in providing innovative, secure USB flash drives (http://www. sandisk. com/OEM/ProductCatalog. aspx? CatID=1266) and management solutions for the mobile workforce in enterprises and government agencies. SanDisk's enterprise solutions allow IT managers to extend the enterprise security perimeter to mobile storage and boost employees' productivity.

About Common Criteria

Common Criteria is based upon a framework in which computer system users can specify their security requirements, vendors can then implement and/or make claims about the security attributes of their products, and testing laboratories can evaluate the products to determine if they actually meet the claims. It was designed to resolve the technical and conceptual differences among existing standards for the evaluation of security systems and products. Certification to the Common Criteria requires in-depth analysis of product design and development methodology, backed by extensive testing.

Common Criteria is currently recognized by the following countries: United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

The Common Criteria represents the outcome of efforts to develop criteria for evaluation of IT security that are widely accepted within the international community. Further information is available at http://www. commoncriteriaportal. org (http://www. commoncriteriaportal. org).

About SanDisk

SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (http://www. sandisk. com/corporate) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.

SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www. sandisk. com (http://www. sandisk. com)
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www. sandisk. com/corporate/mediakit/ (http://www. sandisk. com/corporate/mediakit/)

SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Cruzer are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U. S. and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s).

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including specifications, applications, markets, customer acceptance and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: our products may not perform as expected, no security technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, new products may not be released when or in the capacities expected, demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations, there may be a slower adoption rate for products in new markets that we are targeting, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K and our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.

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Santa Command App Now Available for Apple iPhone and iPad

2011-09-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

Santa Command App Now Available for Apple iPhone and iPad

New app puts iPhone users in charge of The Big Man. Users can tell Santa to do some Yoga, say something in French, or dance the Jitterbug... They simply type commands into their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, and Santa will obey.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) December 20, 2010

Santa Command is the only app where *users* can boss The Big Man.

With Christmas less than 5 days away, Santa Command is seeking out users to boldly take on the all-important responsibility of telling "the big guy" what to do.

"Hey, when Mrs. Claus isn't around, someone has to pull the strings" says head elf Rachel Joy. Not only can Santa do the Jitterbug, fist bump, and speak Chinese.... he can also bust out some pretty serious jumping jacks. "And when you think you've seen him do everything, tap the bottom right corner of the screen to access the Hints List," reveals Rachel, "because Santa might just be dying to boogie down to the Chicken Dance, and, well, who woulda known?"

Santa Command is a free app for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

Users type commands, and Santa immediately responds. There are over 300 different commands that Santa will obey. Anytime a user tells Santa to do something inappropriate, he will wave his finger at them, indicating their naughtiness.

"Most people weren't aware that Santa can sing, do sports and play musical instruments," says Santa Command app Creative Director Mark Blumenthal. "The big guy can even speak Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Mandarin."

"And Santa can certainly boogie down. He can Twist, Jitterbug, Tango, and Disco, plus he can do the Robot, Macarena, and Raise the Roof," says Blumenthal. "Unfortunately Santa hasn't yet nailed the Moonwalk, so Mrs. Claus takes over on that one. But the big guy makes it up with some pretty snazzy soft shoe tap."

Head Elf Rachel keeps Santa young and hip by doing high-fives and fist bumps, boogie boarding, the Chicken Dance, and the YMCA. When Santa needs to let off some steam, Elf Rachel will challenge him to a sword duel… with large candy canes. And when Santa is ready for his back massage, Mrs. Claus is only a few keystrokes away.

Flatulence Controversy

The whole "bodily functions" issue has been a hot potato during the app's development and pre-release phases. "While it may be considered politically incorrect for someone like the President, the Pope, or Santa to 'cut a muffin' ", says Blumenthal, "app users must consider the fact that Santa is a real human being, with real with bodily functions. (and accept the fact that big guys are gassy by nature)" However, in the name of the purity & goodness of All Things Christmas, flatulation was disabled in the original release of the app. The following week, in the name of app coolness, flatulation was re-enabled in an app update--however that is pending another decision reversal before the next app update. Blumenthal advises, "To see how it finally ends, you can contact the Santa Command help desk directly, or, just command Santa to pull your finger and see what happens."

Santa Saves Trees

In the name of humanity (and for tax write-off reasons) the Santa Command app is now "100% green". When users tell Santa to "go green", "recycle", "save a tree" or "save the earth", out comes Santa's favorite elf Rachel, with the official South Pole OSHA-approved blue recycle bin.

Snow in Florida

IPhone app users who are dying to throw a snowball but live in Miami, may just be in luck. The Santa Command app has some special extra features, including a brilliant how-to video that shows users 5 different ways to make their own snow.

Watching Santa's Reindeer and South Pole Penguins

Users can access Santa's Reindeer Cam, Penguin Cam, and Santa Cam, all three for small 99 cent charge to their iTunes account. Kids and adults alike love to watch the Reindeer play, the Penguins swim and waddle about, and Santa do some South Pole style skiing and snowboarding.

Users can download the free app by accessing the Apple App Store on their Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, then searching for "Santa Command". Alternately users can find a direct link to the app's Apple App Store download page at the Santa Command website, http://www. SantaCommand. com

Journalists interested in a password to unlock the app's premium features including the Reindeer Cam and Penguin Cam, and Magic Snowball, may obtain a code from the Press section of SantaCommand. com

About White Dove Creative Studios

White Dove Creative Studios is a rising-star independent apps developer located in San Diego, California. The firm has two apps in the Apple App Store and three new apps planned for the first quarter of 2011.

Press page (incl. hi-res images)
Http://www. SantaCommand. com/press/

Video Trailer
Http://www. SantaCommand. com

Santa Command in the Apple iTunes App Store
Http://itunes. apple. com/app/id405757734?mt=8

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No More Waiting List: Coveted Amano Chocolate Now Within Reach

2011-09-10T12:04:00.000-07:00

No More Waiting List: Coveted Amano Chocolate Now Within Reach

Artisan Chocolatier increases production and accepts new customers.

Orem, UT (PRWEB) April 11, 2007

No longer limited to a handful of devoted chefs, Amano Artisan Chocolate is now available to a wider – though still limited – clientele. An increase in production capacity at Amano’s tiny factory puts this world-class chocolate within reach of chocolate-lovers nationwide.

Once the closely guarded secret of local chefs who had to apply for the chance to purchase some, Amano Artisan Chocolate is now available to consumers via the company’s web site, www. amanochocolate. com, and through select retailers.

Amano Artisan Chocolate is one of the few true chocolatiers in the United States that obtains superior-quality cocoa beans direct from the source and artfully transforms them into finished super-premium chocolate.

“There are no shortcuts to making exquisite chocolate,” says Art Pollard, founder of Amano Artisan Chocolate. “When you make the effort, it shows in the end product. We’re dedicated and passionate about the chocolate we make.”

Amano is Italian for "by hand" and “they love” – two phrases which describe both Pollard’s manufacturing technique and his dedication to creating the finest chocolate available, hand-crafting each element in the complex process of transforming cocoa beans into finished chocolate. The word Amano has a third meaning: "heavenly field" in Japanese, referring not only to the experience of eating it, but to the reverence and respect Pollard holds for this “food of the Gods,” as his Venezuelan suppliers call their precious produce.

According to Pollard, Amano’s unlikely Rocky Mountain location in a small town south of Salt Lake City is a critical quality factor that sets Amano Artisan Chocolate apart from other producers. The high altitude and dry weather aid the flavor development process, says Pollard. At 4,441 feet (1,454 meters) above sea level, Amano is one of the highest-altitude chocolate manufacturers in the world – higher than any Belgian producer and most Swiss chocolate makers.

Founded more as a labor of love than a commercial venture, Amano Artisan Chocolate took ten years to evolve from simple idea to finished product. Lamenting the poor quality of American chocolate, Art Pollard applied his curious nature and scientific background to the study of chocolate, ultimately identifying the key characteristics of superior chocolate production. In his garage he tinkered with traditional chocolate-making equipment, refining the manufacturing process until it produced the desired result.

Pollard then set out to source the world’s finest cacao beans, meeting with farmers across the globe in order to source the perfect specimen. When necessary he works with them to perfect local growing, fermenting and drying techniques and in exchange for meeting Amano’s exacting standards, local cacao farmers receive three to four times the going market price.

Having sourced the best beans and perfected his production technique, Pollard developed a devoted clientele of professional chefs, who looked to Amano for the flavor, texture and quality they could find nowhere else. Produced in such limited supply, Pollard accepted applications from prospective customers, filling their orders only if and when product became available.

With demand far outpacing supply, Art Pollard increased production capacity of his tiny manufacturing facility in Orem, and today is carefully expanding his customer list, inviting chefs and consumers who are passionate about chocolate to add their names.

Amano currently offers two distinctive products, both containing a minimum of 70% cacao solids:

Madagascar Premium Dark Chocolate

Madagascar has long been known for producing fine cocoa beans, primarily the Trinitario and Criollo varieties. The soil and climate produce beans that are particularly fruity in flavor, including hints of citrus and berry, with a gentle mouth feel and a prolonged finish on the palate. Available in 2-ounce bars (56g) at a suggested retail price of $6.00.

Ocumare Grand Cru Dark Chocolate

The Ocumare Valley of Venezuela is the source of much of the world’s cacao tree stock, and the beans produced there are considered to be the finest in Venezuela. Amano’s Ocumare bar has rich chocolate overtones balanced by fruity components that include hints of plums and other red fruit. Available in 2-ounce bars (56g) at a suggested retail price of $6.00.

Amano Chocolate is produced in limited quantities for distribution nationwide to discerning chefs and consumers through select retail shops and via the company’s web site at www. amanochocolate. com, or by calling 801-655-1996.

Contact:

Art Pollard, Chocolatier
801.655.1996

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RestaurantChains. net Announces the October 2007 List of the Top Ten Fastest Growing Restaurant Chain Concepts

2011-09-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

RestaurantChains. net Announces the October 2007 List of the Top Ten Fastest Growing Restaurant Chain Concepts

RestaurantChains. net issues October's Top Ten list of the of the fastest growing restaurant chain concepts with 50 operating stores or less.

Irvington, NY (PRWEB) October 3, 2007

RestaurantChains. net releases October's Top Ten list of the fastest growing restaurant chain concepts with 50 operating stores or less. The list is comprised of unique brand restaurant concepts headquartered in the U. S. and Canada.

In order to qualify for the list, restaurant chains must have begun this research period with at least 3 units and less than 50 units. Growth had to be at least 4 units. Each company has their own four-month period of research. Research dates of discovery for October's list is 6/20/07-9/20/07.

Displayed in order by percentage growth:

1)Red Mango-333%
2)Wings Etc - 50%
3)The Original Soupman - 32%
4)Spicy Pickle - 25%
5)Hurricane Grill And Wings - 24%
6)Joey's Seafood And Grill - 19%
7)Flemings Prime Steakhouse-18%
8)Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza - 15%
9)Sansai Japanese Grill - 15%
10)Let's Dish!- 14%

Number one on July's list is a chain called "Salad Creations Of America", they are a fast casual, quick service salad concept founded in 2002. 4 of the 10 companies listed above had been on previous Top Ten lists this year.

Top Ten lists are published four times per year (January, April, July, and October). Information for each list is derived and calculated from the continual process of in-house interviewing and re-verifying of more than 7300 restaurant chain concepts each trimester.

About RestaurantChains. net:
RestaurantChains. net is a market research company that offers a variety of services including an online directory, email newsletter and custom research services. Users benefit from the ability to choose and export dozens of criteria for analysis and direct marketing purposes.

Contact:
Keith Gellman
Restaurantchains. net
1 Bridge Street, Suite 44
Irvington, NY 10533
914 591-4297

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DIA Innovation Forum to Highlight Latest Initiatives in Research & Development in the EU

2011-09-08T04:16:00.000-07:00

DIA Innovation Forum to Highlight Latest Initiatives in Research & Development in the EU

The Drug Information Association (DIA) will host the first Innovation Forum (29-30 September; London, UK).

Basel, Switzerland (Vocus) August 12, 2008

The Drug Information Association (DIA) will host the first Innovation Forum (http://www. diahome. org/DIAHOME/Education/FindEducationalOffering. aspx? productID=16917&eventType=Meeting) (29-30 September; London, UK). This brand new conference will feature experts from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the European Commission, European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE), EuropaBio, Eucomed and senior industry representatives.

Session topics will include:
Innovation in Europe - Future Challenges Innovative Medicines Initiative Qualification of Biomarkers and Novel Methodologies Role of EMEA in Relation to Innovation EU Commission and EMEA Implementation EU Commission and EMEA Implementing Technical Requirements Risk Management, Pharmacovigilance and Traceability GMP and GCP Issues

Participants will be briefed on the latest initiatives in Europe to support innovation in research and development and will be able to share the FDA experience with the implementation of the Critical Path Initiative and coordination with the EU initiatives. The conference will provide a platform to discuss the implementation of the European Parliament and Council Regulation on Advanced Therapy and the EMEA draft technical guidelines.

About the Drug Information Association (DIA) (http://www. diahome. org/)
The Drug Information Association serves more than 30,000 professionals in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, regulatory agencies, contract research and patient organisations worldwide. Through its domestic and international meetings, training courses, workshops and webinars, the DIA provides a neutral global forum for the exchange of information critical to the advancement of the drug discovery and lifecycle management processes. Headquartered in Horsham, PA, USA, and with offices in Basel, Switzerland, Tokyo, Japan, and Mumbai, India, the Association is led by its volunteer-based Board of Directors and executive management team. For more information, visit www. diahome. org or call 215-442-6100.

Contact:
Joe Krasowski
+1 215-293-5812
Joe. Krasowski @ diahome. org

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Transforming Art into E-Commerce: How Artists are Succeeding in the Online Economy

2011-09-08T04:06:00.000-07:00

Transforming Art into E-Commerce: How Artists are Succeeding in the Online Economy

Digital artist Mary Ogle trudged from publisher to licensor to gallery, meeting with rejection after rejection. She was told repeatedly that her work simply wouldnÂt sell. Then she seized control of her own marketing by creating an e-commerce web site, and sales soared.

Ojai, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2005

The World Wide Web is dramatically changing the marketplace, and consequently the way artists reach their audience. Digital artist Mary Ogle uses Cafepress, an e-commerce services provider, to transform her artwork into t-shirts, mugs and other popular clothing and gift items, and then sells them online.

Ogle and her two partners, Miki Klocke and Allison Leete, use their e-commerce enabled web site, www. evisionArts. com, to connect with interested buyers from all over the world. ÂWeÂve received orders from as far away as Japan and Cyprus, to as close as next door,Â says Ogle, ÂWhen your store is online, there really isnÂt that much of a difference.Â

The artists of evisionArts. com use Print on Demand technology to remake their designs into wearable, functional art. ÂWith Print on Demand, there is no guessing about how many of each design you will need,Â Ogle explains, Âthe item is not printed until an order is placed.Â ÂSince we donÂt have to worry about being left with a lot of unsold items,Â Ogle continues, Âwe are able to cater to niche markets - like pug lovers and classical music enthusiasts - topics we ourselves are interested in.Â

Trained in the more traditional medium of oil painting, Ogle was at first unsure about translating her artwork into more functional art. ÂBut then I realized I was being silly,Â she says, ÂHanging something on a wall doesnÂt make it art. What is important is getting your work out there and sharing it with the world. When people use and wear your artwork in their daily lives, youÂve created a special connection with them, and that is what I believe art is all about.Â

For additional information on the artist as e-commerce entrepreneur, or evisionArts, contact Mary Ogle or visit www. evisionarts. com.

About evisionArts. com

EvisionArts. com is an online store featuring the artwork of Mary Ogle, Miki Klocke and Allison Leete on t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, art tiles and other functional and decorative items. Launched in 2001, evisionArts. com transforms digital painting, pastels, oil painting and photography into wearable, useable art for daily living.

Contact:

Mary Ogle, founder

EvisionArts. com

805-646-2277

Http://www. evisionarts. com (http://www. evisionarts. com)

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TicketFeeder. com is Offering Thousands of Concert Tickets to Events Around the World

2011-09-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

TicketFeeder. com is Offering Thousands of Concert Tickets to Events Around the World

For 2009 TicketFeeder has concert tickets to events around the world from Kobe, Japan to Bogota, Columbia.

Tempe, Arizona (PRWEB) February 14, 2009

Whether it's AC/DC in Dallas or Coldplay in Kobe, Japan, TicketFeeder. com has the concert tickets (http://www. ticketfeeder. com/concerts. aspx) to the shows people want to see.

Some of the biggest headliners this concert season include AC/DC, the Eagles, Metallica, and Disturbed. Not to be left behind are the tried-and-true Billy Joel, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac. From Charlotte, N. C. to Las Vegas Nev. to Bogota, Columbia, TicketFeeder. com can find great seats all around the world.

Britney Spears kicks off her comeback tour in New Orleans in March and TicketFeeder. com will be there.

"There are so many great shows out there right now," said TicketFeeder. com Founder Tammy Thibodeau. "We're excited for our customers about the concert tickets (http://www. ticketfeeder. com/concerts. aspx) that we have access to."

More artists on the road with tickets available through TicketFeeder. com include Mötley Crüe, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, the Killers, Coldplay, Oasis, Bob Dylan, Pink and Nickelback. Don't forget Slipknot, Morrissey, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, The Who, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Phish, Iron Maiden and Kid Rock. Let TicketFeeder. com find the concert tickets (http://www. ticketfeeder. com/concerts. aspx) everyone is looking for.

Not to be left out on tour are classic acts like Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Robin Williams and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Joining them in cities all over the world are Styx, Kenny Chesney, BB King, Cheech & Chong, George Strait, The Pretenders and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ticketfeeder. com is the place to go when you are looking for great concert tickets (http://www. ticketfeeder. com/concerts. aspx) anytime, anywhere.

Arizona-based TicketFeeder provides access to the nation's largest secondary ticket market, and strives to provide the highest level of customer service possible. Their 100 percent guarantee and their reputation with the National Association of Ticket Brokers give customers peace of mind when purchasing their tickets to sporting, concert or theater events at www. ticketfeeder. com or by calling 1-888-480-TIXX (8499).

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YesVideo(R) Japan and Kitamura Camera Announce Digital Transfer to Blu-Ray

2011-09-07T20:09:00.000-07:00

YesVideo(R) Japan and Kitamura Camera Announce Digital Transfer to Blu-Ray

New Output Offers Consumers HD Quality on Transferred Digital Home Video Memories

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2010

YesVideo, the leader in consumer media conversion services, today announced a new offering of converting consumer’s 720p and 1080p high definition home movies from camcorders and digital cameras direct to Blu-ray discs at all Kitamara photography and camera retail locations throughout Japan. This new offering enables consumers to convert hours of digitally recorded home videos to Blu-ray, allowing them to easily view and share their memories in the highest picture quality available.

With Japan at the forefront of Advanced Video Coding High Definition (AVCHD) camera technology, Japanese consumers have been capturing their precious home movies in high definition for years. AVCHD point-and-shoot, SLR and video cameras capture these home movies in 720p and 1080p high definition thus creating a compelling need for a conversion service to render these movies on Blu-ray discs for easy viewing and archival.

“YesVideo has always been at the forefront of providing our customers with cost effective solutions to converting their analog and digital home movies to contemporary viewing formats, and the new Blu-ray output option for digital home movies continues that trend. Blu-ray output has been the most popular request from our customers and partners in recent years,” said Gregory Ayres, Chief Operating Officer of YesVideo. “We are excited to begin this initiative with our long-standing partner Kitamura Camera and we look forward to expanding this offering to the North America and Europe in the near future.”

“Our customers have hours and hours of high definition home movies stored on hard disc drive camcorders and SD cards. They are asking for a solution to move this high definition content to Blu-ray discs so they are easy to view and share. We are proud to offer the superior features and quality that YesVideo has achieved on Blu-ray products” said Hideyuki Onishi, of Kitamura Co., Ltd.

Blu-ray output is available immediately from YesVideo Japan at Kitamura retail locations starting at 3890 ¥ ($40 USD). For more information, please visit http://www. yesvideo. jp/.

About Kitamura Co., Ltd.
Kitamura Co., Ltd. (Kitamura Group) is a technology and communications sector-based company engaged mainly in visual and information businesses in Japan. The company’s key business-line is divided into two major segments. The Visual and Information segment is involved in the operation of stores that sell visual and information products, the mail order of products through the Internet, the import and sale of products, as well as the provision of repair services. The other segment is engaged in the provision of management consultation services, the sale of X-ray films and medical equipment, the planning of new products, as well as the operation of call centers. Its main products include visual equipment, such as cameras, digital cameras and video cameras; information equipment such as personal computers and peripheral equipment; films such as negative films and reversible films; prints such as color prints and postcards, and other equipment such as batteries. The company has 12 subsidiaries and 1, 200 sales offices across the nation. The company is headquartered in Kochi, Japan. In 2009, four companies combined to form one entity named Kitamura Co., Ltd.

About YesVideo
YesVideo, Inc. (http://www. yesvideo. com), is the leading media conversion provider that brings generations of families' video and photo memories to today’s most popular viewing formats. YesVideo is the only company trusted by world’s leading retailers, dedicated to providing consumers with an easy and affordable solution that stores, organizes, and preserves their previous memories in a DVD format, and online with MemorySafe, a secure online digital protection program. YesVideo enables customers to share their home movies and photos in their homes, online via MemorySafe, on mobile devices and on social networks. Founded in 1999, YesVideo is a privately held company, with headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, with production facilities on the East and West coast of the United States. YesVideo provides digital transfer services to consumers at over 34,000 retail locations in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.

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MoneyNing. com Blog Talks Income Diversification and Strategies for Investing

2011-09-07T03:20:00.000-07:00

MoneyNing. com Blog Talks Income Diversification and Strategies for Investing

MoneyNing. com has helped hundreds of thousands of people understand how spending frugally and investing wisely leads to financial security and the slow, methodical creation of wealth. The personal finance blog has been offering its free, no-nonsense advice since 2007 and has attracted more than 300,000 regular monthly visitors. The quality content of MoneyNing. com has been featured on the NYTimes. com, Time. com, and USNews. com.

Irvine, CA (PRWEB) November 12, 2010

Personal finance blog MoneyNing. com offers insight to those confused about income diversification, investing and other wealth-building principles in a recent post at http://MoneyNing. com/.

The Federal Reserve Bank is doing its best to have a positive influence over the rebuilding of the U. S. economy. Twice they’ve employed “quantitative easing” (QE) in hopes of reviving the stagnant economy. And yet economy continues to falter with unemployment hovering around 10%.

Now, the Federal Reserve is attempting to boost the weak economy by purchasing additional government debt. Some worry that this move may result in runaway inflation, while others fear a Japan-style deflation of the dollar.

Uncertainty about the economy over the past two years has sparked a renewed interest in smart investing, income diversification, and other important principle for building wealth and creating financial security. Personal finance blog MoneyNing. com addresses these issues in its regularly updated posts.

One recent post entitled How Diverse is Your Income? encourages readers to recognize the lessons learned by the Great Recession, primarily that have a variety of income sources is crucial to survival in an uncertain economy.

The posts author, Miranda Marquit, explains, “With the massive layoffs seen in the economy during the recession, and the difficulty with finding a new job in a slow moving employment market, it is clear that relying on one source of income can be a real problem.”

The Fed seems determined to employ a variety of methods to move the economy toward recovery. Only time will tell whether the quantitative easing and the purchasing of government debt will provide sufficient “diversification” to jolt the economy back to life.

MoneyNing. com was launched in 2007 by David Ning in an effort to help others understand how to build wealth through smart investing and careful spending. The comprehensive blog covers a number of personal finance issues and has acquired a following of over 300,000 monthly visitors and a growing Facebook fan page.

MoneyNing. com has been featured on the NYTimes. com, Time. com, and USNews. com. Subscribers of the money management blog receive a weekly newsletter, access to a mini course on frugal living and a copy of David Ning’s eBook How to Save Money on Everything.

Visit http://moneyning. com/ to subscribe to MoneyNing. com. Or, to read the How Diverse is Your Income post in its entirety go to http://moneyning. com/.

To better understand the principles crucial to building wealth and creating financial security, like investing, visit http://moneyning. com/.

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First Bisazza Flagship Store In Tokyo

2011-09-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

First Bisazza Flagship Store In Tokyo

Bisazza Mosaic continues its worldwide expansion with the opening of its first Asian flagship store Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) May 4, 2009

Bisazza, one of Italy's top luxury brands and the leading producer of glass mosaic (http://store. bisazzausa. com/) for interior and outdoor decoration, continues its worldwide expansion with the opening of its first Asian flagship store in Tokyo, Japan in February 2009.

Designed by architect Carlo Dal Bianco, director of the Bisazza Design Studio, the store is located in Minami Aoyama, one of the most prestigious and lively districts in Tokyo for fashion, interior design and architecture.

Bisazza's first flagship store in Asia occupies a space of 110 square meters and has been conceived as a series of different environments recalling the atmosphere of a sumptuous home and presents a wide range of the most exclusive Bisazza patterns in different color shades.

The showroom unfolds into six rooms decorated with some of the most representative patterns of Bisazza's mosaic collection (http://store. bisazzausa. com/shop-by-mosaic-catalog/): the geometrical motif Righe Oro Bianco covers the entrance hall leading to a "library", a room where the entire Bisazza mosaic collection is available for clients to consult at their leisure.

The space then opens up onto rooms decorated with Springrose Nero and Hamani Oro, followed by two smaller spaces covered with Velvet Grey and Liaisons Bianco respectively.

The two external windows showcase Etoiles Oro Giallo and Giza Oro Giallo, two precious Bisazza patterns in yellow gold.

The thirteen Marie Antoinette chandeliers that illuminate the store belong to the Bisazza Home Collection (http://www. bisazza. com/usa/), an assortment of furniture and decorative accessories designed by leading designers such as: Andrée Putman, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Studio Job, Jaime Hayon and Jürgen Mayer H.

The collection, combines mosaic and other luxury materials, and creates a unique take on home decoration characterised by boundless creativity.

Bisazza's interpretation of mosaic has successfully transformed a product traditionally associated with bathroom and wellness environments into a contemporary decorative element for all living spaces. This has been achieved by the production of a comprehensive range of decorative collections in different colour shades; taking inspiration from floral and animalier motifs as well as optical and geometrical patterns.

Bisazza mosaic has turned itself into a precious fabric, or wallpaper, in a contemporary interpretation of the classical decoration.

Created as a way to strengthen and coordinate the image and identity of the brand worldwide, all Bisazza flagship stores (http://bisazza. com/) are located in major cities: Barcelona, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Moscow, Antwerp and now Tokyo.

Each Bisazza flagship store explores the amazing beauty of mosaic as a decorative medium, connecting the preciousness of mosaic to the modernity of design making for a complete design experience.

About Bisazza:

Bisazza is one of the top luxury brands in the design sector and the industry's leading producer of glass mosaic tiles (http://store. bisazzausa. com/) for interior and outdoor decoration. Established in 1956 in Alte Vicenza, Northern Italy, the company has become a trailblazer, marked by a dynamic entrepreneurial spirit, a mastery of modern technologies with an ability to read and anticipate the needs of the global design market.

Bisazza
Tokyo Flagship Store
6-4-6 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku
107-0062 Tokyo

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Corby Capital Markets Asks Investors Looking for Higher Interest Rates

2011-09-05T23:30:00.000-07:00

Corby Capital Markets Asks Investors Looking for Higher Interest Rates

Corby Capital Markets, the fixed income broker dealer based in Boston, is addressing investorÂs concerns about investing in bonds at prevailing rates. In their recent newsletter ÂThe Bond SpecialistÂ, Michael E. Shamosh, President of Compound Strategies tells bond investors sitting in cash that they are suffering from what he calls ÂCompound Fracture.Â

(PRWEB) November 26, 2004

At the beginning of this year there was virtually no one who liked the bond market. Watch the morning business news and a parade of ÂknowledgeableÂ guests would warn you off of the bond market. Step out in the street and ask a neighbor about interest rates and the reply would be Âthey are going upÂ. On your daily commute there were more signs of the impending bond market debacle. ÂRefinance now before rates go upÂ could be seen on the billboards, buses and trains. Walk into the building in which you work and, you might think you hear Âgood day sir, rates are going upÂ from the security guard.

One thing about markets; they do not care what you think. Instead of higher rates the majority of bond market professionals, and not a few small investors, wound up with a case of Âcompound fractureÂ. Instead of using the power of compound interest, the way most bond money is made in this world, investors broke the chain of compounding by sitting in cash and money funds at rates below the rate of inflation. Everybody waited for a day that has not come; at least not yet.

Compound fracture is a serious problem whether it be medical or monetary. A badly broken femur will stop you from getting where you want to go; a broken chain of compounding will do the same. Unless you are using the incoming cash from your portfolio for living expenses, it should be treated as a source of future money growth.

A quick illustration can show just how significant compounding is to bond market returns. LetÂs say you purchased $100,000 worth of a twenty year bond at a yield to maturity of 5%. That means you expect your money to grow at 5% for twenty years which will turn your $100,000 investment into $268,506. The components of that final number are as follows:

Return of original investment $100,000

Coupon payments $ 100,000

Interest on interest @ 5% $68,506

If, instead of reinvesting at 5% the interest is reinvested at a money market rate of 1%, then the interest on interest falls to $171,964 and the bondÂs total return falls from 5% to 3.93%.

All this really means is that sitting around waiting for higher yields could be a big mistake as money market yields remain below the inflation rate. It certainly has not been the correct strategy for this year.

Those gurus and assorted talking heads are right about one thing; rates have moved up. The Federal Reserve, for its own reasons, has now raised the interest rate it charges its member banks to borrow three times this year. This rate is an overnight rate for banks that is often confused with the general level of interest rates in the economy. At the same time long-term bond rates, the rates which most borrowers pay have come down. The yield curve, that graphic interpretation of interest rates at differing maturities, has flattened. That is, in fact what happened in the three episodes of rate rises by the Federal Reserve since 1980. We expect more of that going forward as the stimulus shocks wear off. Long term yields remain above the rate of inflation while money market yields are below.

The bond market is telling us something. It is telling us to expect no boom this time around. The largest array of stimuli applied to the American economy in recent memory (tax cuts, low short-term interest rates, government spending) has produced modest growth and some more inflation. It is the Âprogesterone economyÂ, pumped up to a point of disfigurement (high trade and budget deficits) to ward off the potentially lethal disease of a debt deflation.

A debt deflation is the paying down of debt in an economy which results in a contraction of output and falling prices. Think 1990s Japan. Nobody wants that. Yet it takes ever increasing amounts of credit growth to produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP). A dollar of credit today produces less than 25cents of GDP. Our 1950s parents got three times that performance. In the words of a Peggy Lee ballad ÂIs That All There Is?Â.

Splint Time

In recent months there were many pundit pronouncements calling for the Âend of the bond bull marketÂ. Maybe they will be correct and maybe not. However you should remember they are talking about price, that bond prices will decline. This begs several questions.

1) How will such a leveraged economy be able to sustain higher rates?

2) At what rate will prices drop (yields rise) ?

3) Will it be a secular (long-term) or cyclical rise in yields?

There are lots of opinions about bond yields but only one certainty: Higher yields enable you to compound at a higher rate. That means the bull market in bond prices may, or may not, be over but the bull market in compounding goes on.

About Corby Capital Markets, Inc

Established in 1975, Corby Capital Markets is a nationally recognized leader in the investment, underwriting and distribution of fixed-income securities. Corby Capital Markets provides private investors, bank trust departments, investment counseling firms, money managers and insurance companies with exceptional access to a broad range of domestic fixed-income markets including municipal bonds, government agencies, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Corby Capital Markets is locally owned and operated, with a particular commitment to New England. Corby Capital Markets is a member of the NASD. For more information, call 617-482-8780 or visit www. corbycapital. com.

The information provided is neither financial advice nor a recommendation, offer, or solicitation to engage in a financial transaction. Corby Capital Markets, Inc. makes no representation concerning its accuracy, completeness or fairness. The past performance of a market measure or instrument does not guarantee or predict future performance. Opinions and estimates may change without notice. The trade ideas described in this document are not appropriate for everyone, so a party must make its own independent legal, tax, accounting, and financial evaluation of the merits and risks of such ideas before seeking to implement them. This information should not be reproduced or circulated without Corby Capital Markets' express written consent. Furthermore, all offerings are subject as to availability and pricing.

Contact Information

Corby Capital Markets, Inc. 10 High Street Boston, MA 02110

Tim Coffin, President

Tel: 617-482-8780, 1-800-736-7076

Compound Strategies.

Michael Shamosh, President

Tel: 914-713-2400

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Global Contact Lenses and Solutions Market to Exceed $11.7 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-09-05T04:48:00.000-07:00

Global Contact Lenses and Solutions Market to Exceed $11.7 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Contact Lenses and Solutions markets. The world market for contact lenses and solutions is projected to exceed $11.7 billion by the year 2015. This will primarily be driven by favorable demographics, continuing shift to high value disposable lenses, growing incidence of myopia, reduction in wearer dropouts, and expansion of less-developed markets. Rapid expansion of wearer base coupled with strong growth in specialty lens segment is boosting contact lens sales.

San Jose, California (Vocus) June 14, 2010

Contact lenses and solutions market continues to exhibit favorable growth in regions across the world. On a high since the arrival of soft disposables, the market is well established in western countries, and is experiencing significant gains in emerging markets in developing economies. Increased exposure to computers is already having an impact on children, teenagers and adults alike with the incidence of myopia considerably evident among all age groups, which directly influences sales of soft lens. Among the ageing population, the risk of astigmatism and presbyopia is expected to drive growth for toric, bifocal, and multifocal lenses. The most rapid increase in sales for specialties is likely to take place in regions with concentrated elderly populace. Besides these, increased cosmetic appeal of lenses, and awareness of contact lens benefits would play a major role in market expansion.

Silicone hydrogel is currently the most popular material in the contact lens market. Over time, it is expected to replace the conventional materials used in contact lenses for both continuous and daily wear. While sales of silicone hydrogel lenses are continuing to increase worldwide, so are the studies researching different silicone hydrogel materials. Contact lens makers are increasingly recognizing the significance of higher oxygen permeability and water content. Indeed, most leading companies are patenting their own silicone hydrogel material to gain edge in the global market.

The United States dominates the world contact lenses and solutions market as stated by the new market research report on Contact Lenses and Solutions market. Though the number of contact lens wearers has remained steady over the previous few years, rapid transition towards disposable lenses and specialty lenses is expected to increase wearer base in the coming years. Currently, most contact lens wearers use full-time daily wear soft contact lenses with biweekly replacement lenses and monthly replacement lenses more popular than daily or other replacement schedule lenses in the US.

Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing market for contact lenses and solutions. Key factors driving growth include affordability, greater convenience, increasing health awareness, and eye health benefits of contact lenses, among others. Despite, reusable or semi-soft contact lenses commanding higher usage than disposables, mainly due to larger long run costs associated with disposables, the demand for daily disposable lenses is growing in several Asian countries. Consumer awareness, though growing, is still low compared to developed markets such as the United States, Japan, and Europe.

Contact lenses and solutions is a highly consolidated market with a handful of players operating on a global basis. Four major players dominate the contact lens market, and among these only two operate in both contact lens and lens care solutions markets. Due to high degree of concentration, the share of these players has remained steady over the years and is unlikely to witness any significant change in future. Key players profiled in the report include Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Alcon Inc., Bausch & Lomb Inc., CIBA Vision Corp., CooperVision Inc., and Vistakon.

The report titled “Contact Lenses and Solutions: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, growth drivers, growth restraints, competitive scenario, regulatory standards, product launches/ approvals/ innovations, recent industry activity, and coverage on major global market participants. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of value sales for regions including The United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Rest of World. The Global, United States, Japan and Europe markets are further analyzed by the following segments – Contact Lenses (Rigid Gas Permeable and Soft Contact Lens (Spherical Lenses, Daily Disposable Lenses, Toric Lenses, Multifocals and Cosmetic Lenses) and Contact Lens Care Solutions, and the rest of the other markets by - Contact Lenses (Rigid Gas Permeable and Soft Contact Lens) and Contact Lens Care Solutions.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit –
Http://www. strategyr. com/Contact_Lenses_and_Solutions_Market_Report. asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world’s largest market research publishers. The company employs over 800 people worldwide and publishes more than 1100 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers thousands of smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Telephone 408-528-9966
Fax 408-528-9977
Email press(at)StrategyR(dot)com

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Platform-A Launching Next-Generation Advertiser Marketplace Exchange : New "BidPlace" Will Provide Advertisers Unprecedented Transparency, Real-Time Bidding to Maximize Campaign Results

2011-09-04T05:17:00.000-07:00

Platform-A Launching Next-Generation Advertiser Marketplace Exchange : New "BidPlace" Will Provide Advertisers Unprecedented Transparency, Real-Time Bidding to Maximize Campaign Results

Platform-A announced plans during Advertising Week V to launch BidPlace, a self-service marketplace exchange that will give advertisers unprecedented control in managing display advertising campaigns. BidPlace, which will let advertisers dynamically bid on and manage display inventory across Platform-A’s network, will provide greater transparency for marketers on a real-time basis to maximize the efficiency of their campaigns. BidPlace will launch in the first half of 2009. Platform-A, http://www. platform-a. com, is AOL’s digital advertising business.

NEW YORK (PRWEB) September 23, 2008

"BidPlace unleashes the industry's most powerful advertising technologies and puts them in the hands of advertisers," said Lynda Clarizio, President of Platform-A. "This is the next step in Platform-A's efforts to provide marketers a unified solution for brand advertising at scale and performance advertising across multiple media. BidPlace gives advertisers what they've been asking for -- a more accessible and transparent approach and an ability to adjust the dials to get the best results."

BidPlace will allow advertisers to submit bids for CPM, CPC and CPA advertising on AOL, on select partner sites and on Platform-A's third-party network, which combined reaches 90% of the online audience, according to the August 2008 comScore Media Metrix report.

BidPlace's automated interface will let advertisers create and manage their campaigns, define budgets, pricing, targeting and the frequency of their ad placements. Advertisers will receive detailed reporting on campaign and creative performance.

BidPlace will utilize a new, upgraded version of Platform-A's award winning AdLearn technology, which includes cutting-edge optimization and targeting technologies.

When fully launched, the benefits of BidPlace will include:

Pricing – Change bids at any time; Creative Gallery – Manage creatives in a central repository for easy access; Price Volume Analysis – Get forecasts for expected volume at different price points and targeting options; Budget Allocation – Maintain complete control over how budgets are allocated across campaigns; Campaign Management Controls – Ability to have full control over campaign delivery; Reporting – View detailed reporting on campaign and creative performance. BidPlace extends Platform-A's aggressive product launch efforts. In recent months, Platform-A has launched: Spot Marketplace, which lets advertisers buy non-reserved site or content-specific media across Platform-A; Behavioral Targeting across Platform-A; an iPhone ad optimization solution that detects and delivers optimized ads on iPhones browsing the Web; an affiliate marketing solution that links Platform-A's buy. at affiliate network to the widget-based marketing tools of Goowy Media. BidPlace complements PubAccess, the self-service interface Platform-A launched in April that lets publisher sites monetize their inventory through Platform-A's third-party network.

About Platform-A

Platform-A, AOL's advertising business, is the industry's largest digital advertising platform, offering the most comprehensive suite of marketing solutions, powered by the Web's best advertising technologies. Platform-A includes AOL's leading media properties – AOL. com, AIM, MapQuest, and more – and Advertising. com's third-party networks. Platform-A also includes TACODA's audience insights and behavioral targeting; Quigo, a site - and content-targeting solution; ADTECH, an international digital ad serving business; Third Screen Media, a mobile ad serving network; and buy. at, an affiliate marketing solution. Platform-A currently has operations in the United States, nine countries across Europe, including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and Japan through a joint venture with Mitsui. Learn more at http://www. platform-a. com (http://www. platform-a. com).

Rare Japanese Zero to Fly at Planes of Fame

2011-09-04T01:02:00.000-07:00

Rare Japanese Zero to Fly at Planes of Fame

The "Predator of the Pacific." The Mitsubishi Zero, will be the Subject of the Living History Flying Event December 4, 2010 at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California. The event will begin at 10:00 with a seminar describing the most famous Japanese warplane of all time and conclude with a flying demonstration by the Planes of Fame Air Museum's Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Fighter Plane.

Chino, CA (PRWEB) October 1, 2010

"Predator of the Pacific," the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane, will be the subject of the monthly Living History Flying Event hosted by Planes of Fame Air Museum at the Chino Airport on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The event will begin at 10 a. m. with a seminar describing the most famous Japanese warplane of all time and conclude with a flight demonstration by the Planes of Fame Air Museum's
Mitsubishi A6MS Zero fighter plane.

Certainly the best carrier-based naval fighter plane when it first entered service, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero came as a complete surprise to the United States and Britain when Japan launched its attacks against Pearl Harbor and other Allied facilities in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific on December-. 7, 1941. Yet, the Zero fighter had actually been in combat over China more than a year before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

However, the western world paid little attention to the specifics of those air battles over China and was under the impression that the Japanese were poor pilots flying aircraft that were primarily poor copies of older western designs. Shocked by Japan's initial success in World War II, the Allies then regarded the Zero as almost invincible. However, the Zero did have its faults, and once those shortcomings were discovered, its reign of terror in the Pacific came to an end.

An independent, non-profit institution dedicated to the preservation of the artifacts and history of aviation, Planes of Fame Air Museum was the first permanent air museum in the American West and a pioneer in the concept of restoring historic display aircraft like the Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero to flying condition. Staffed primarily by a core of dedicated volunteers, the museum supports it operations with donations, admission
Fees, facilities rentals and proceeds from the use of its aircraft in various productions.

Planes of Fame Air Museum also has a special membership program available to the public, with one of the privileges of membership being the opportunity to experience orientation flights in genuine warbirds. At each monthly Living History Flying Event, members in attendance can have their names entered in a drawing for a free warbird orientation flight.

Planes of Fame Air Museum is open to the public from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m. Sunday through Friday, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. on Saturday, and is closed on Christmas and Thanksgiving. General admission is $11, youngsters 5-11 are admitted for $4, Admission is free for accompanied children under five.

For more information, call (909)597-7576 or visit the Planes of Fame Air Museum website at http://www. planesoffame. org.

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In the Know Traveler Unveils its New Online Travel Magazine

2011-09-04T00:51:00.000-07:00

In the Know Traveler Unveils its New Online Travel Magazine

In The Know Traveler brings travel back to life with a focus beyond the usual hotel reviews. This new site features original destination stories, insight into cultural exchange, and travel news from around the globe. In The Know Traveler helps vacationers getting the most out their travel experience.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2006

After weeks and months of toiling over RSS, CSS, source code, and other confusing things, In The Know Traveler is proud to launch its online travel magazine found at, http://www. intheknowtraveler. com (http://www. intheknowtraveler. com).

In The Know Traveler is dedicated to passionately exploring international destinations and embracing cultural diversity. The site publishes original stories, interviews from notable cultural leaders across the globe, travel tips, tour information, and press releases. But really, In The Know Traveler is all about going beyond the security gates of a luxury resort or hostel and outside of the confines of the typical vacation and typical travel web site. It is about active travel, getting out and exploring someplace unfamiliar and unique. “’In The Know Travelers always sample curious food, small towns, interesting customs and festivals. We have learned that travel can change your life,” said the site’s co-Owner, Jesse Siglow.

In The Know Traveler differs from most travel web sites as visitors can choose from information standout travel writers, industry press releases, regional and national tourist boards and a variety of other news sources making In The Know Traveler one of the best venues in providing the widest range of knowledgeable voices in travel.

“We found a hole online that recognized the many facets of the travel experience. We wanted to bridge the gap between luxury travel and cultural exchange by providing travel information and advice presented by writers and editors who have been there,” said Editor and co-Owner, Devin Galaudet. “We present positive stories that highlight the importance of travel and why we love it. We wanted to bring traveling back to life.”

The new travel portal offers more than quality writing and information. Site visitors can comment on any feature article and include their voice to help other travelers.

In The Know Traveler also connects visitors to the latest in discount travel, vacation planning and hotel reservations. Other features at In The Know Traveler include in-depth coverage of select countries. They are currently featuring Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, the Bahamas, and Spain with additional activity sections specializing in “travel tips” “food and wine” and “golf” – covering both tea and tee times. Technological highlights include collapsible viewing areas allowing for surfers to customize In The Know Traveler to their own needs.

In the near future, Podcasts!

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Enrollment Rx Selected as a Finalist in the Force. com Forty Partner Showcase

2011-09-03T23:10:00.000-07:00

Enrollment Rx Selected as a Finalist in the Force. com Forty Partner Showcase

Enrollment Rx, LLC, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the Force. com Forty Partner Showcase by salesforce. com.

Schiller Park, IL (PRWEB) November 10, 2009

Enrollment Rx, LLC, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the Force. com Forty Partner Showcase by salesforce. com.

Enrollment Rx develops student relationship management solutions for higher education, offering world-class products developed entirely on the Force. com platform. Enrollment Rx's cloud computing solutions deliver powerful tools for managing recruitment and enrollment for higher education institutions as well as other student tracking processes in career services and alumni relations.

Lawrence Levy, President of Enrollment Rx, LLC said, "We are honored to be selected as one of the finalists in the Force. com Forty Partner Showcase. Enrollment Rx is very proud of our Higher Ed CRM products and is excited to work with salesforce. com to bring higher education into the cloud."

"Customers look to salesforce. com partners like Enrollment Rx for help delivering student services," said Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer, salesforce. com. "With solutions such as what Enrollment Rx demonstrated during Force. com Forty, higher education organizations will have access to innovative enterprise applications that help them run their organizations better. It's this unique value that becomes apparent during the Force. com Forty competition."

To learn more about Enrollment Rx's Higher Ed solutions, please visit http://www. EnrollmentRx. com (http://www. EnrollmentRx. com).

About the Force. com Platform and AppExchange:
Force. com is the only proven enterprise platform for building and running business applications in the cloud. The Force. com platform powers the Salesforce CRM applications with more than 800 ISV partner applications like those from CODA and Fujitsu, and more than 120,000 custom applications used by salesforce. com's 63,200 customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE and Sprint Nextel.

Applications built on the Force. com platform can be easily distributed to the entire cloud computing community through the salesforce. com AppExchange marketplace at http://www. salesforce. com/appexchange/ (http://www. salesforce. com/appexchange/).

About Enrollment Rx, LLC
Enrollment Rx, LLC is a technology company dedicated to delivering powerful CRM solutions for Higher Education Institutions. Enrollment Rx, LLC offers several Student Relationship Management products for Higher Ed including:
Enrollment Rx - Enrollment Management Software Placement Rx - Career Services Management Software Alumni Rx - Alumni Relationship Management Software All of Enrollment Rx, LLC products are built entirely on the Force. com platform from salesforce. com. By leveraging industry-leading cloud computing technology, Enrollment Rx, LLC is pioneering the way in bringing the Higher Education community into the cloud. http://www. EnrollmentRx. com (http://www. EnrollmentRx. com)

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California Sculptor Peter Schifrin Creates Monumental Sculpture for Upstate New York Estate

2011-09-02T22:40:00.000-07:00

California Sculptor Peter Schifrin Creates Monumental Sculpture for Upstate New York Estate

"Full Sky," a soaring bronze sculpture on an upstate New York estate, was created by Peter Schifrin, renowned California artist and Director of the School of Fine Art Sculpture at San Francisco's Academy of Art University. Students from the Academy of Art University contributed to the stunning aesthetic of "Full Sky" as "on the job" interns.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 4, 2008

When acclaimed sculptor and Academy of Art University School of Fine Art Sculpture Director Peter Schifrin participated in the 1984 Olympics, he would have never guessed his teammate would commission a monumental sculpture from him nearly 25 years later. But that is exactly what happened. Full Sky, a soaring bronze figure reaching 20 feet high, punctuates a soul-stirring 360-degree hilltop view in a remote upstate New York landscape. The work invigorates universal, raw energy by its testament to the simplicity of the human form.

Full Sky is also a testament to the power of art to not only compliment, but to brilliantly elevate already spectacular architecture. In rural Dutchess County, NY, the award-winning architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners designed an ultra-modern home, creating a magnificent observation post to the surrounding untouched nature. After seeing Schifrin's recently published monograph love & fear, along with Schifrin's reputation for creating soaring and compellingly personal sculpture commissions in California, the client asked Schifrin to visit his "farm." As the visionary for this unique property, the patron, who prefers to remain anonymous, asked Schifrin "to create moments of calm, wonder, and beauty" for a landscape he loves, adding, "the rest is up to you."

Through the yearlong commission process, Schifrin was assisted by two Academy of Art University School of Fine Art Sculpture students Ah Young Jeon and Zachary Roberts, who received course credit towards their fine art degree. AAU student Alexander Toy and AAU alumnus Tom Patella also aided Schifrin in the final stages of production. With a nod to the clean, geometric forms of the home's architecture, Schifrin created a human form that emotively embraces the visual harmony of symmetry coupled with imperfect human qualities. Full Sky reveals physical evidence of Schifrin's active sculpting techniques, simultaneously honoring the living human energy within us all. These elements include the unrefined, in-process marks used to create the work in clay, which Schifrin showcases in the final bronze form. "I love the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi: perfectly imperfect," says Schifrin. "I believe we are all flawed and yet perfect in our imperfection. Full Sky captures this human predicament."

In close proximity to the client's home, Full Sky literally frames the boundless view of the sky with outstretched, welcoming arms, and an intriguing small figure placed high atop one hand. The implications for significance in a work that will outlive many generations to come are endless. As Peter Morrow Meyer, the landscape architect for the 250-acre site shares: "(The) work is spectacular. It evokes a very spiritual sense upon arrival and lends something truly distinctive to the space that had not yet existed."

The Full Sky project also gave Schifrin the opportunity to reflect on the intersection of his private commission work with his role as a teacher and mentor at the Academy of Art University's distinguished School of Fine Art Sculpture: "Over the past few years, I have been fortunate to work professionally with numerous students from AAU. They are so well trained and have such excellent discipline. It is lots of fun and truly an honor to create and problem solve with them."

Schifrin's next opportunity to collaborate with an Academy of Art University Fine Art Sculpture graduate is just around the corner. Schifrin has invited recent MFA alumnus and current AAU Site Specific Public Sculpture Instructor David Duskin to accompany him back to Dutchess County. Together as artistic partners, Duskin and Schifrin will create a new sculpture proposal for the same patron. Schifrin has succeeded in achieving the loftiest goal of any artist: to have someone invest their personal resources in instilling their viewpoint and artistry into the most personal of spaces. In the words of the client, a person who knew Schifrin as not an artist, but an Olympian, "Full Sky is truly inspiring and utterly beautiful."

About Academy of Art University, San Francisco
With over 13,000 students, Academy of Art University is the nation's largest private art and design university. Established in 1929, the school offers accredited AA, BFA, M. Arch and MFA programs in 14 different majors, as well as continuing art education with classes in copywriting, fashion merchandising, interior design, new media, computer animation, sculpture, graphic design, cinematography, industrial design, digital photography and car design. Multimedia Communications is the school's newest major, offering BA and MA degrees. Students can also enroll in a flexible online degree program in art and design.

Academy of Art University is an accredited member of WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges), NASAD, Council for Interior Design Accreditation (BFA-IAD) and NAAB (M-ARCH).

For more information visit http://www. academyart. edu (http://www. academyart. edu) or call 1-800-544-2787.

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"Make the Links: The Holocaust, Racism and Genocide" - Lani Silver, Holocaust Oral Historian and Activist to Speak at Gallaudet University

2011-09-02T07:33:00.000-07:00

"Make the Links: The Holocaust, Racism and Genocide" - Lani Silver, Holocaust Oral Historian and Activist to Speak at Gallaudet University

The Multicultural Student Programs of Gallaudet remembers the Holocaust on Yom Hashoa. Ms. Silver, first (official) Holocaust consultant of Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation will speak on Thursday, April 6th at 12 Noon.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 5, 2006

Lani Silver, the noted Holocaust Oral Historian who has conducted l700 oral histories with Holocaust survivors over a twenty-five year period, will be giving a keynote speech entitled "Make the Links: The Holocaust, Racism and Genocide" at Gallaudet University on April 6th at noon in the Andrew Foster Auditorium.

Silver will talk discuss at length her work on Holocaust, including the oral histories and make the link between the Holocaust, genocide and racism. "It is an important that we keep show how the Holocaust, Genocide and Racism are intertwined", Lani Silver says emphatically, "The killing of ancestors and grandparents is happening now, on a daily basis. Many of us are witness to it. The people that I work for have seen it first-hand hapen to their very own family."

Silver now represents the James Byrd Jr. Foundation for Racial Healing. As you may recall, James Byrd Jr. was dragged through the streets of Jasper, Texas eight years ago, chained to a truck by three white supremacists. Silver directs the James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project, a project of the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing. The Project has now conducted l,935 interviews on the topic of racism in America. The interviews examine the affects of racism on the every day lives of Americans.

Silver founded one of the first Holocaust oral history projects in the country and was also Steven Spielberg's first consultant for his Holocaust oral history project, the Shoah Foundation for Visual History, (www. vhf. org), which conducted 53,000 oral histories. Silver also founded the Holocaust Oral History Project in 1981 which conducted l700 oral histories with Holocaust survivors and witnesses.

Ms. Silver also co-discovered the story of Chiune Sugihara, also known as the 'Japanese Schindler'. Sugihara saved thousands of Jewish people fleeing from Poland when he was the Consul General from Japan to Lithuania during World War II. He did this against the orders of the Japanese government. A documentary on the story aired on all PBS stations in April 2005.

Silver has won over twenty awards for her outstanding community service work. Most recently she was named "Woman of the Year" by KQED, San Francisco's public television and radio station and won the coveted "Ally" award from the Center for Healing Racism in Houston. (www. kqed. org/topics/history/heritage/women/heroes-lsilver. jsp (http://www. kqed. org/topics/history/heritage/women/heroes-lsilver. jsp))

Silver's speech at Gallaudet is on April 6 at 12:00 Noon.

For more information/interviews please contact:

1) HighVizPR, Abbe Buck, Publicist (Mobile/Page/Direct) (703) 629-3183. Lani Silver (Voice Mail) 4l5-665-4761.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Lani Silver will be in Washington, DC through April 6, 2005.

2) Elvia Guillermo, Coordinator of Multicultural Student Programs, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. N. E. Washington, D. C. 20002-3695, Tel: 202-651-5465. 202-651-5465 TTY/VP

3) The Office of Public Relations at: Office of Public Relations, Gallaudet University, Phone: 202-651-5050 Fax: 202-651-5704

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Health State Values for Patients with CAD Vary According to the Measure Used to Generate Them

2011-09-02T04:14:00.000-07:00

Health State Values for Patients with CAD Vary According to the Measure Used to Generate Them

(PRWEB) November 12, 2004

A recent study published in the journal Value in Health presents the first attempt to compare two instruments using a population with coronary artery disease (CAD) enrolled in a multinational, randomized, double-blind clinical trial. The objective of the study was to compare the calculated HUI3 and the SF-6D values in CAD patient population.

Economic evaluation of health programs consists of comparing alternative interventions in terms of costs and consequences (outcomes) in order to better inform decision makers. One such evaluation, cost-utility analysis, incorporates the measured preferences of individuals for health outcomes of the alternative interventions, using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Utilities may be obtained from a variety of sources including the health utilities index (HUI3) or from transforming the SF-36 to a utility measure, the SF-6D. This study reports on utilities measured in a double-blind, multinational phase III clinical trial in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention prior to hospital discharge and six months thereafter. In these patients, the HUI3 and the SF-6D generated different estimates of utilities. The gain in utilities from treatment was lower when using the SF-6D. Since utilities form the basis for calculating QALYs, these differences might result in differences in conclusions about the value of the new treatment.

This study is published in Value in Health. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this article please contact medicalnews@bos. blackwellpublishing. net.

About the Author

Hind T. Hatoum holds a B. S. in pharmacy, a M. S. in pharmacology and a Ph. D. in health care administration. She runs her own consulting firm that specializes in the study of health economics and quality of life as a result of drug therapy interventions. Dr. Hatoum is available for questions and interviews and can be reached at HTHatoum@aol. com.

About Value in Health

Value in Health is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal reporting on evaluations of medical technologies including pharmaceuticals, biologics, devices, procedures, and other health care interventions. As the official journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, the Journal provides a scientific forum for communicating health economics and outcomes research methods and findings.

About Blackwell Publishing

Blackwell Publishing is the worldÂs leading society publisher. The company remains independent with over 900 staff members in offices in the US, UK, Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. Blackwell publishes over 700 journals in partnership with more than 550 academic and professional societies.

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Nan Desu Kan Announces Second Round of Guests

2011-09-01T13:44:00.000-07:00

Nan Desu Kan Announces Second Round of Guests

Current Guests: Voice Actors Richard Ian Cox, Patrick Seitz, Chris Cason, Wendy Powell, Chris Patton and Cristina Vee. Rock Bands Echostream and Kazha.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 30, 2010

Voice Actors Richard Ian Cox, Patrick Seitz and Chris Cason will make their first appearance at Nan Desu Kan, Denver's largest and premiere anime convention, Sept. 10-12 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. The Robotech 25th Anniversary Convention Tour with Steve Yun and Tommy Yune will also attend. With a total weekend attendance of more than 21,000, NDK is the largest convention in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

"I'm excited to introduce these new members of the NDK family," said Amanda Liebermann, Executive Director. "They bring a variety of life experience and a multitude of perspectives, from writing and directing to live action roles."

Actor Richard Ian Cox is a veteran of anime, video games and mainstream television, well known for voice acting roles in Inuyasha as Inuyasha, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as Allelujah Haptism and Ranma ½ as Ranma Saotome (Boy-Type), as well as Nomad in Galaxy Angel, Logan in X-Men: Evolution and Cacao in Trouble Chocolate. He has also appeared on The CW's Life Unexpected, USA Network's Psych, SyFy's Eureka, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis.

Voice Actor/Screenwriter/ADR Director Patrick Seitz has appeared in more than 100 titles. His most recent anime roles are Germany in the upcoming Hetaila—Axis Powers and Grimmer in Monster, as well as video game roles Artanis in Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, Ragna in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift and Silverbolt in Transformers: War for Cybertron. He is also known for Luke Valentine in Hellsing. His other video work includes Arthas Menethil and Garrosh Hellscream in World of Warcraft, Ragna the Bloodedge in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift and Calamity Trigger, Dracula in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and Chopin in Eternal Sonata.

Voice Actor/Screenwriter/ADR Director Chris Cason has been involved in multiple facets of the anime industry for more than a decade. Currently, he's featured as the Holy Roman Empire in the upcoming Hetalia—Axis Powers. His most prominent role is Gluttony from Fullmetal Alchemist, but he is also known for Mr. Popo in Dragonball Z Kai, Chamo in Negima, Hanai in School Rumble, Babbit in Kodocha and Taruru in Sgt. Frog.

Nan Desu Kan will also feature voice actors Cristina Vee (Nanoha Takamachi, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) Wendy Powell (Envy, Fullmetal Alchemist; appearing at her last NDK) and Chris Patton (Greed, Fullmetal Alchemist; appearing at his last anime convention), as well as New Jersey-based alt-rock band echostream. Cross-Pacific indie rock group Kazha will make a special appearance.

Additional guest news, including Japanese guests, is forthcoming.

Since 2000, NDK has sponsored a charity auction with 100 percent of the proceeds donated to a select organization. NDK's 2010 Charity Auction will benefit the United Way Gulf Recovery Fund. A combined $30,000 has been donated to previous worthy recipients the Japan America Society of Colorado, American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen Foundation, the American Diabetes Association and Child's Play.

ABOUT NAN DESU KAN: Nan Desu Kan (NDK), the largest anime convention in the Rocky Mountain region, provides a diverse mix of numerous cultural panels, musical guests, games, dances, workshops, art showings and auctions, as well as screenings of new and classic anime. Nan Desu Kan is sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Anime Association. NDK 2010 is Sept. 10-12 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse, Denver, CO 80237. Weekend passes are available online or at the door for $50. Beginning in 2011, Nan Desu Kan will institute an attendance cap. For the latest news and programming information, visit http://ndkdenver. org (http://ndkdenver. org).

About Rocky Mountain Anime Association: The Rocky Mountain Anime Association (RMAA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Japanese culture in Colorado. The RMAA sponsors Nan Desu Kan and NDK NYE, the New Year's Eve costume ball.

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Rockabilly Resurgence Rocks Fans, But Not Radio

2011-09-01T09:28:00.000-07:00

Rockabilly Resurgence Rocks Fans, But Not Radio

American corporate radio has been treating rockabilly music like a black sheep distant cousin who's spent time in prison and just showed up at the family reunion.

(PRWEB) August 23, 2002

American corporate radio has been treating rockabilly music like a black sheep distant cousin who's spent time in prison and just showed up at the family reunion. You can only imagine the conversations going on behind closed doors.

Route 66 Rockabilly (http://www. Route66Rockabilly. com (http://www. Route66Rockabilly. com)) chronicles the recent dramatic rise of rockabilly music with its Internet site devoted to the more than 2,000 bands and vendors worldwide, local music events and regional festivals, the unique clothing styles worn by fans, hot rods, Route 66 nostalgia and retro collectibles.

Radio formats have grown increasingly narrow, particularly with consolidation of radio properties into fewer and fewer corporate hands. You will hear the same twenty songs being played on the air in Memphis that you will in Austin, Boston and Seattle. The culprit is research.

Radio programmers will not make a move without research. The fear is that one mistake in airing a song will cause listeners to switch stations, and they won't hear the next commercial. Disc jockeys no longer have the authority to have free-form shows where listeners dictate the play list. That determination is all done at the corporate level, which makes for a very bland musical stew.

Rockabilly music has surged to unprecedented levels of fan interest recently, even more than during its 1950-55 heyday. Tens of thousands of fans journeyed to rockabilly and roots music festivals all over the world in 2002, but the music is nowhere to be heard on radio.

Country music fans have similar complaints. The soundtrack from the movie, "O Brother, Where Art Thou" won the top album award at this year's Grammys, much to the shock of corporate radio, which had not played any of the roots music. "O Brother" producer T Bone Burnette was quoted widely as saying, "Radio has been strangling music for about 20 years now." It took sales of 5 million copies to get radioÂs attention. 5 million people paid $15.00 per album to hear music that is not played on radio.

There are hundreds of rockabilly bands worldwide, from St. Petersburg, Florida to St. Petersburg, Russia, playing at local clubs and dance halls to hordes of adoring fans. Just this summer alone, rockabilly music festivals were jammed with fans clamoring for the sounds. The Roots-Rockabilly Fest played Lincoln Center in New York City on Aug. 10. Oneida Casino produced the RockinÂ '50s Fest in Green Bay, Wisconsin, July 7-13. Heavy Rebel Weekender in Winston-Salem, North Carolina over July 4th weekend drew fans from all over the south. Indianapolis was home to Rockabilly Rebel Weekend from June 5-8. Viva Las Vegas drew fans from Japan and Europe, as well as the U. S., to its four-day fest over Easter weekend.

Musicians and fans alike all ask the same question: What will it take to make radio get in tune with the people?

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Everest Poker Announces Winners of April 15th $100,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament

2011-09-01T06:31:00.000-07:00

Everest Poker Announces Winners of April 15th $100,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament

Each week, Everest Poker hosts a $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament for its players. Players interested in participating in this tournament can visit the online poker room's website at EverestPoker. com.

Montreal, QC (PRWEB) April 20, 2007

Everest Poker www. everestpoker. com today announced the winners of its weekly Guaranteed $100,000 poker tournament. The weekly $100,000 tournament is held on Sundays at 14:30 GMT.

"These weekly $100,000 guaranteed tournaments are only possible because of our dedicated players," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker's property manager. "This past Sunday, over 860 players competed for their share of the prize."

The winners of the $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament follow: Coming in first and walking away with $21,000 was xoxo38 from France. Second place and $12,000 went to raziel21 from France. France's Alto78 claimed third with a $9,000 prize. The rest of the winners performed as follows: ice -- beer from Japan won $7,000; el_nashar from The Netherlands won $5,000, massigol from Italy won $4,000; 25kimyon from Germany won $3,000; DamBlack from France won $1,750; Salan from Sweden won $1,500 and kasskara from France came in tenth with $1,250.

May added: "We look forward to seeing more of our players join in the action. With daily satellites featuring buy-ins of $12, it's going to be easier than ever for a new player to get a shot at $100,000. That's exactly the sort of community we foster at Everest Poker."

For more information about Everest Poker's weekly $100,000 guaranteed poker tournaments and play poker free online, download the free Everest Poker software from http://www. everestpoker. com/dload (http://www. everestpoker. com/dload). Tournament schedules are available through RSS and XML feeds at http://www. everestpoker. com/tournament/current-schedule. html (http://www. everestpoker. com/tournament/current-schedule. html).

About Everest Poker

Everestpoker. com is the first site dedicated to the international poker playing community. Recognizing the many non-English speaking poker enthusiasts around the world, Everest Poker has built the only poker software fully localized in 11 different languages. In addition, Everestpoker. com offers poker players customer support in 15 languages, and is involved with local poker initiatives through partnerships and participation in national, European and worldwide tournaments. Everest Poker is owned by Ultra Internet Media. For more information, please visit: www. everestpoker. com.

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Macromedia and California Software Company Enter into a Software License and Support Agreement

2011-08-31T15:26:00.000-07:00

Macromedia and California Software Company Enter into a Software License and Support Agreement

Calsoft shall license, distribute, and integrate the Macromedia Flash Player SDK and Macromedia Flash Lite into embedded and handheld devices in India, South Asia, and U. S. markets.

Chennai (PRWEB) November 16, 2005

Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) and California Software Company Limited (Calsoft) today announced a distribution agreement under which Calsoft shall license, distribute, and integrate the Macromedia Flash Player SDK and Macromedia Flash Lite into embedded and handheld devices in India, South Asia, and U. S. markets.

California Software Labs (CSWL), Calsoft's fully-owned subsidiary, is a leading provider of embedded software engineering, BIOS, and content development services. Under the terms of the agreement, Flash Player and Flash Lite licenses can be purchased through Calsoft to enable embedded system developers and OEMs to include Flash in their devices. The agreement also provides for software engineering services from Calsoft to integrate and verify Flash Player into embedded systems, ensuring on-time delivery and superior product quality at a very reasonable cost.

"CSWL’s in-depth knowledge and experience with Macromedia Flash Player, combined with their proven history of embedded software development services, makes CSWL the perfect partner to broaden the footprint of the Flash Platform and services in the mobile and devices space," said Daniel Brongiel, vice president of Asia Pacific mobile and devices, Macromedia. "We hope to continue the accelerating adoption of the Flash Platform for devices by leveraging the excellent engineering resource base of CSWL and enabling a greater volume of devices and embedded Flash customers to be brought on board in a more efficient manner."

"We see a tremendous demand for Macromedia Flash products with our customers throughout the world. The requirement for embedded devices and handheld devices to support rich content, applications, and interfaces is booming," said Michael Nottage, vice president of embedded software solutions, CSWL. "Our partnership with Macromedia will allow us to expand the Macromedia customer base into new markets."

CSWL will also provide consultation to Macromedia licensees on Flash Player porting, verification services, and content development services. CSWL will provide system designers, Flash Player licenses, and embedded engineering services for development projects requiring Flash Player, and will also make small volume Flash projects more economical. CSWL plans to focus on Flash Player integration, development, and optimization for the following platforms: Windows CE, .NET, or Linux with a choice of browser.

About Calsoft

California Software Company Ltd (Calsoft) is a public limited company in India with a global presence. Founded in 1992, Calsoft today employs over 600 employees. It's development practices are certified at CMMi Level 5. The company has development centers in India and US and marketing offices in the US, UK, UAE, Japan, Singapore and India. Calsoft is listed in NSE (cali. ns) and BSE( cali. bo). For more information on Calsoft and its subsidiaries, please visit www. calsoft. co. in and www. cswl. com

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NetXposure Announces Image Portal 3.0 at Digital Asset Management Symposium in London - Release Features Enterprise Level Digital Asset Management Functionality at an Affordable Price Point

2011-08-30T19:53:00.000-07:00

NetXposure Announces Image Portal 3.0 at Digital Asset Management Symposium in London - Release Features Enterprise Level Digital Asset Management Functionality at an Affordable Price Point

Image Portal 3.0 is the most advanced edition to date of this affordable web-based digital asset management solution with Adobe's image processing technology built in.

London (PRWEB) June 30, 2004

NetXposure, Inc., a leader in providing focused Web applications, today announced the release of Image Portal 3.0. The 3.0 version is the most advanced edition to date of this affordable web-based digital asset management solution with Adobe's image processing technology built in.

Image Portal 3.0 provides a central repository for storing, organizing, processing and distributing large libraries of digital files. Adobe Graphics Server is built in, enabling users to automate the process of resizing, sharpening, or repurposing images into a variety of formats for the Web or print. Access to these powerful features are enabled through an interface with unparalleled ease-of-use and security from a Web-based application.

"The functionality that has traditionally been available only in high-end enterprise digital asset management solutions is becoming increasingly in demand at the departmental level", said Scott Eilers, NetXposure's Director of Sales and Marketing. "This latest version of Image Portal brings these features to marketing and creative professionals at an affordable price point."

New features in the Image Portal 3.0 version include:

--Versioning - tracks and saves all versions of a file

--WebDAV - allows administrators to bypass the web interface and collaboratively edit and manage files on remote Web servers.

--LDAP Support - enables linking to Directory Server for access level assignments and quicker asset disbursements.

--Check In / Check Out - enables designers to lock an asset while it is being used, and check it back in when it is available again.

--Auto-Tasking - enables users to set up filters to recognize certain types of files and automatically perform tasks to them such as file attribute changes, routing to preset folders, and distribution outside of Image Portal.

--Batch Tasking - enables users to perform tasks on large groups of files such as upload/download, image editing, repurposing, metadata updating, category re-assignment and distribution.

--Preset Process - enables administrators to simplify, control, or standardize image processing choices by creating predefined processing options that are optimized for specific uses.

Standard features continued in the latest release include:

--Adobe Graphics Server built in - automates the creation and repurposing of graphics for print and the Web.

--Web Services - allows applications to execute operations and exchange data with XML messaging.

--Watch-Folder Utility - enables ftp importing that continually checks for new items to process.

--Advance Search - enables customized searches of large file libraries.

--Full Text Search - allows text search of Office and Acrobat documents, as well as a variety of other formats.

--Language Localization - reads browser setting and automatically localizes for English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

"With this latest version of Image Portal, NetXposure delivers a full-featured, yet cost-effective DAM solution that will definitely turn some heads in our industry", said Daniel Rawles, IT Director for the UKÂs Reaction Media Group.

Image Portal 3.0 will be available in late July.

For more information, visit http://www. netx. net (http://www. netx. net)

About NetXposure:

Founded in 1995, NetXposure is a leader in providing focused Web applications, with expertise in digital asset management, dynamic imaging, e-commerce, and customized solutions with Adobe Graphics Server. NetXposure empowers customers to automate, centralize, and easily access business processes from any platform or device. Leveraging its Exogen Application Framework and Adobe's industry leading technology, NetXposure's delivers services and software solutions that are unmatched.

Http://www. netx. net (http://www. netx. net)

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Media contact:

Scott Eilers

NetXposure, Inc.

503-499-4342

Scott@netx. net

Global Kidney Dialysis Equipment and Supplies Market to Reach $12.6 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-08-30T19:12:00.000-07:00

Global Kidney Dialysis Equipment and Supplies Market to Reach $12.6 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Kidney Dialysis Equipment and Supplies market. The global market for kidney dialysis equipment and supplies is projected to reach $12.6 billion by the year 2015, led by the rising incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), aging global population, increasing incidence of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension (precursors to ESRD), and shortage of donors for transplantation, which are likely to fuel demand for frequent dialysis among kidney patients.

San Jose, CA (Vocus) September 8, 2010

Dialysis is the mechanism through which toxins, fluids, and salts are artificially removed for cleaning the blood of End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients. Growth in the multi-billion dollar dialysis industry is driven primarily by demographic factors. The continuous rise in the number of people suffering from chronic kidney failure and the subsequent need for frequent dialysis is expected to fuel sales in the market. Despite the smaller base of global dialysis patient population, the industry’s stable and non-cyclical characteristic implies that the sector remains relatively unaffected by adverse economic conditions that have crippled majority of the industrial sectors. The number of dialysis patients is expected to witness rapid growth in developing economies such as India and China, while developed countries are expected to witness steady rise in patient population as the numbers are already high in these markets.

The worldwide dialysis industry exhibited resistance to the global economic slowdown, managing to register growth owing to the continuous rise in the number of patients suffering from chronic kidney failure and the sustained efforts being made by governments to provide adequate healthcare to this expanding patient population. Decline in government healthcare expenditure, owing to economic downturn, is expected to result in an increase in the number of private run dialysis centers. Additionally, several countries are also permitting private enterprises and individuals to operate dialysis centers resulting in higher market growth.

The United States, Europe, and Japan collectively account for more than 75% share of the sales in the global kidney dialysis equipment and supplies market, as stated by the new market research report on kidney dialysis equipment and supplies. An aging population, and rising incidence of hypertension and diabetes – the two major precursors for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) - are expected to drive the dialysis treatment market. In addition, rising life expectancies of dialysis patients owing to improvements in treatment procedures and rising standards of living (in developing countries) contribute to their higher demand. Rapid growth in the number of patients requiring dialysis is expected to boost the demand for products used in dialysis, including dialysis filters and machines for steering the dialysis process. Additionally, consumables and supplies such as solutions and concentrates, and high-margin products including medications are also expected to witness higher demand.

Global market for kidney dialysis equipment and supplies is demonstrating impressive growth led by increased demand from emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. The market is particularly strong in developing countries such as India, China and Brazil. These nations would provide additional customer base to dialysis providers, provided additional treatment facilities are operated, and access to finance is made easier. Privatization of healthcare system, and greater patient access to healthcare are expected to drive growth of dialysis products. Asia-Pacific, the fastest growing regional market for kidney dialysis equipment and supplies, is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of more than 7.0% over the analysis period.

Hemodialysis is expected to remain the preferred treatment option. The higher infection risk linked to incorrect peritoneal dialysis leads to rise in demand for hemodialysis. To address this increase in demand, physicians and nephrologists are setting up private dialysis centers for providing treatment facilities to patients, thereby resulting in the emergence of profitable outpatient dialysis centers. Rising incidence of ESRD and the self-administrable and easy-to-use characteristic of peritoneal dialysis are expected to foster growth in the peritoneal dialysis equipment and supplies market.

The global kidney dialysis market is dominated by a few large multinational companies, while the remaining market comprises of smaller companies, and companies with regional presence. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, Baxter International Inc., and Gambro AB are the top three players in the global market. Other key players profiled in the report include Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical Co., Ltd., B. Braun Melsungen AG, DaVita Inc., Diaverum, Nikkiso Co., Ltd., Nipro Corporation, NxStage Medical Inc., Teleflex Medical, Terumo Corporation, Toray Medical Co. Ltd., among others.

The report titled “Kidney Dialysis Equipment and Supplies: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, competitive scenario, product introductions/innovations, and recent industry activity. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of value sales for regions including the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit – http://www. strategyr. com/Kidney_Dialysis_Equipment_and_Supplies_Market_Report. asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world’s largest market research publishers. The company employs over 800 people worldwide and publishes more than 1200 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers thousands of smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Telephone 408-528-9966
Fax 408-528-9977
Web Site http://www. StrategyR. com/

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Leading Tooling Companies Among the First to Use Revolutionary Online, Real-Time Stamping Simulation Service

2011-08-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

Leading Tooling Companies Among the First to Use Revolutionary Online, Real-Time Stamping Simulation Service

The world’s leading online, real-time blank shape simulation website has re-launched as StampingSimulation. com. Originally established in 2004, StampingSimulation. com is the world’s only online, real-time blank shape simulation service – offering free nesting reports in 15 mins, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

(PRWEB) August 6, 2006

With most of the automotive industry fraught with mountains of debt, unproductive factories, and high costs; suppliers are feeling the pinch. In an industry first, StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com) is enabling small to medium sized tooling companies to obtain the same technical advantages (at a fraction of the cost) that the large Japanese auto makers have had for years.

Until now, manufacturers of stamped (or pressed) sheet metal parts (like car body parts) had to use their experience and knowledge to “best guess” die designs. It was never certain whether a part would split, wrinkle or springback - all of which are a toolmaker's worst nightmare. This was the "try and see" method.

StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com) allows tool designs to be proven virtually, on a computer before any tool steel is cut and saves costly re-works which could occur after the tool is finished. Many major automotive companies are now insisting that their suppliers provide simulations of their die designs before awarding the job.

Business founder and lead engineer, Rupert Bliesner says: "Customers need only provide a CAD model of their part to StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com) and we provide them back a complete set of die face data, including a fully developed blank shape, binder surface and addendum surfaces."

Mr Bliesner continues: "The difference at StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com) is that we have a fully automated system which allows customers to obtain free Blank Shape Nesting Reports, any time of the day or night. To buy the software to do this could cost thousands".

The industry is waking up to simulation technology, with more and more businesses embracing this new technology. "People are starting to wake up to the benefits that forming simulation can bring", says Mr Bliesner. "Problems solved in the engineering phase of the project can avoid costly re-work later on".

Customer comments confirm the success of StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com):

Comments from a contract tool designer: "I sent the AVI files [simulation results] to my customer and asked him to split the cost. There was no hesitation. He likes it."

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And from yet another tool designer: "I am convinced you saved my customer thousands of dollars. Thanks again."

About StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com)

StampingSimulation. com (http://www. stampingsimulation. com) is an online die face engineering service, capable of designing complete die face data for sheet metal stamping tool projects. The company offers a real time, 24x7 free Blank Shape Nesting report - customers need only provide a CAD model of their part, with the end result being provided in 15 minutes.

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Where is Your Travel Dollar Still Worth Something?

2011-08-30T15:49:00.000-07:00

Where is Your Travel Dollar Still Worth Something?

With the US Dollar hitting record lows, the author of The World's Cheapest Destinations says travelers need to look beyond Europe.

(PRWEB) December 24, 2003 -2003

Headlines have been screaming for months that the US dollar has hit a record low against the Euro. Each time, the low gets lower. Few experts see a US currency turnaround anytime soon. If you are planning to head abroad in the near future, however, you can still find a bargain if you pick your destination wisely.

In 2001, you could buy one Euro for 90 US cents; now it takes around $1.20. That one-third decline in value impacts every purchase you make, including hotel rooms, taxis, meals, museum admissions, and drinks.

The UK and Europe, already some of the most expensive destinations in the world, have become even pricier. The dollarÂs decline against the Japanese Yen has sent the already high prices there into the stratosphere. Canada, a dependable nearby bargain for Americans, is now 20 percent more expensive than it was two years ago in US dollar terms. Australia and New Zealand have also become far more expensive.

Fortunately, many countries have currencies that are pegged to the dollar. As a result, travel costs in many Asian and Latin American are the same or less than they were two years ago.

Some Asian nations, such as China and Malaysia, trade at an official parity with the US dollar. Others, including India and Thailand, often intervene to keep their dollar exchange rate steady. Americans visiting nearly any place in Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent will still find their money going a long way.

Closer to home, most countries in Central America and South America are tied closely to the dollar, either as a trading partner or a currency peg. Panama and Ecuador actually use the US dollar as their currency, while countries such as Peru and Belize hold rates in a narrow band. The only significant Latin American decline in the dollar has been in Chile.

So where is the best deal in Latin America right now? Look to Mexico, Honduras, or Argentina. The Mexican peso is down 20 percent against the dollar from two years ago while the Honduran currency is down 12 percent. Argentina has had a host of problems and its currency is worth one-third of what it was in 2001. These countries are all far cheaper than Western Europe and right now are some of the best values on the planet.

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Tim Leffel is author of The WorldÂs Cheapest Destinations: 21 Countries Where Your Dollars are Worth a Fortune. For more information see http://www. WorldsCheapestDestinations. com (http://www. WorldsCheapestDestinations. com)

Male Enhancement Drugs such as Kamagra, Viagra, and Cialis Offer Many Benefits, but not Without a Few Side Effects

2011-08-30T11:29:00.000-07:00

Male Enhancement Drugs such as Kamagra, Viagra, and Cialis Offer Many Benefits, but not Without a Few Side Effects

Male enhancement drugs such as kamagra, Viagra, and Cialis offer many benefits, but not without a few side effects.

Japan, Tokyo (PRWEB) April 17, 2006

Male enhancement drugs offer men a chance to curb erectile dysfunction problems at the cost of a few side effects.

As with most new prescription drugs being marketed to the public, all have certain side effects that the consumer must be aware of. We've all heard the soft voiced gentlemen at the end of every drug commercial naming off the dozen or so side effects, hoping we're watching the happy people on the screen and not actually listening. It is of vital importance that consumers educate themselves on what could happen when taking these prescription drugs.

Side effects associated with male enhancement drugs are typically mild depending on the dosage consumed. Typical side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, nasal stuffiness, diarrhea, and dizziness. In extremely rare instances, men who use Zenegra, Viagra, and Cialis may have an erection that lasts many hours. If any of these aforementioned side effects persist or worsen, notify a physician immediately.

Men seeking the help of male enhancement drugs should consult a physician before usage or a reliable online pharmacy such as bluepillshorizon. com. Most side effects occur when taking more than the prescribed amount. Erectile dysfunction drugs such as kamagra and Cialis have positive effects when taken properly and not abused. With proper education and information, men can enjoy the effects of male enhancement drugs with little or no side effects.

For additional information on kamagra and other male enhancement drugs, contact your local physician or look to an online pharmacy such as bluepillshorizon. com.

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Hiroaki Inoue to be Special Anime Guest of Honor at Cascadia Con

2011-08-30T09:59:00.000-07:00

Hiroaki Inoue to be Special Anime Guest of Honor at Cascadia Con

Cascadia Con, the NASFiC in 2005 is honored to announce our Special Anime Guest of Honor Hiroaki Inoue.

(PRWEB) September 9, 2004

Cascadia Con is honored to announce our Special Anime Guest of Honor Hiroaki Inoue.

Hiroaki Inoue has been selected to be a part of the special Japanese cultural and Anime programming which will take place at Cascadia Con, September 1-5, 2005 in Seattle Washington.

Hiroaki Inoue after leaving Texuka Productions, co-founded Gainax. In 1989 he established Oniro Co., Ltd. and produced numerous animation movies. His credits include:

Â AD Police (TV) : Producer

Â Armitage III (OAV) : Producer

Â Blue Gender (TV) : Producer

Â Blue Gender: The Warrior (movie) : Producer

Â Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) : Producer

Â Catnapped! The Movie : Producer

Â De:vadasy (OAV) : Producer

Â Great Dangaioh (TV) : Producer

Â Hyper Doll (OAV) : Producer

Â Macross II (OAV) : Producer

Â Moldiver (OAV) : Producer

Â Now and Then, Here and There (TV) : General Producer

Â Oni-Tensei (OAV) : Executive producer

Â Perfect Blue (movie) : Producer

Â Royal Space Force: The Wings Of Honneamise (1987)

Â Sex Demon Queen (OAV) : Producer

Â Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special : Producer

Â The Legend of Black Heaven (TV) : Producer

Â The Wings of Honneamise (movie) : Producer

Â Virgin Fleet (OAV) : Producer (AIC)

Hiroaki Inoue will participate with Cascadia Con in exploring Science Fiction and Fantasy in Japanese literature, Manga and film. There is such a close tie that frequently goes unmentioned between Science Fiction, Fantasy and Anime, with thousands of great pieces going largely ignored by the American Science Fiction and Fantasy communities.

Cascadia Con is the 8th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 30 years. A NASFiC is only held when the Worldcon for that year is outside of North America. In 2005 the Worldcon will be in Scotland and Seattle will host the NASFiC. Cascadia Con will be host to a number of Japanese cultural events such as; a Japanese tea ceremony, Martial Arts Demos, Anime Music Dance and Anime Music Video, 24 hour viewing rooms, panels exploring the history of SF in Japan, Current Japanese Pop Culture items, and current trends in Anime style games and gaming. Cascadia Con is a 100% volunteer run organization and a fully qualified 501c3 company.

World Science Fiction Society", "WSFS", "World Science Fiction convention", "Worldcon", "NASFiC" and "Hugo Award" are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. You can contact the WSFS Mark Protection Committee at mpc@wsfs. org.

Cascadia Con

The 2005 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC)

Seattle NASFiC, Box 1066, Seattle, WA 98111

Www. CascadiaCon. org

Info@cascadiacon. org

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Heads in the Sand: Managing Your Business in Times of Trouble

2011-08-30T06:11:00.000-07:00

Heads in the Sand: Managing Your Business in Times of Trouble

Alex Fullick is a man on a mission. He's a man with a passion for business life, business culture and business success - and he wants to ensure that businesses, big and small, have plans in place to see them through times of crisis and disaster, which will inevitably come their way.

(PRWEB) December 12, 2009

Fullick is a strong proponent and ardent advocate of a process and a creed known as Business Continuity Management (BCM). He wants men and women in the business world to come to an understanding that their enterprises are not bullet-proof; sooner or later, their companies will run into trouble - and Fullick wants them to be prepared for it. He wants to offer them an insurance program - he wants them to understand the value in a business safety net.

Fullick, who has been a BCM professional for the past 15 years, is the founding director of StoneRoad, a consultancy and training company based in Guelph, Ontario. His first published book, aptly entitled Heads in the Sand: What Stops Corporations from Seeing Business Continuity as a Social Responsibility, is now in release.

Heads in the Sand tackles a subject - Crisis Leadership - that many business leaders might prefer to ignore or put on the back-burner. Fullick uses real-life examples to make his point, discussing crisis-styled issues ranging from corporate misbehaviour (Enron and WorldCom, to cite two examples) to the impact of a potential terrorist attack or a hugely damaging man-made disaster such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. Fullick also discusses the matter of public perception as it relates to BCM and crisis control, citing the hugely negative recent example of the leaders of the U. S. Big 3 automakers pleading for a government bailout, while showing up for U. S. Senate hearings in private corporate jets.

Heads in the Sand offers examples of first-rate leadership: Winston Churchill's commitment to British triumph in the Second World War; Michael McCain's public visibility and acceptance of responsibility in his company's Ontario-based tainted-meat crisis in 2008; James Burke and his tough decision-making as he led Johnson & Johnson through the deadly Tylenol affair in 1982. By way of balance, Fullick also cites instances where leadership and appropriate decision-making were lacking: the Sunrise Propane explosion in Toronto in 20008; the Snow Brand poisoned-milk crisis in Japan in 2000; and, perhaps the ultimate in corporate misdirection, the Exxon Valdez oil-spill scandal of 1989.

Heads in the Sand should be required reading for corporate executives. Fullick argues persuasively that responsible corporate crisis-management behaviour goes a long way toward maintaining - and in some cases, rebuilding - a company's brand and public image. The flip side of that coin is simply that irresponsible behaviour reaps its own negative rewards. In the end, it's all about leadership, it's all about people - and it's all about doing the right thing at the right time.

Heads in the Sand
What Stops Corporations from Seeing Business Continuity as a Social Responsibility
By A. Alex Fullick
ISBN: 9780981365701
$24.99

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Online Dating Goes Global as Userplane Provides Live Video/Audio Messaging to Array of International Dating Sites

2011-08-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

Online Dating Goes Global as Userplane Provides Live Video/Audio Messaging to Array of International Dating Sites

Company President Michael Jones to Participate in Internet Dating Conference in Nice, France on July 15 - Online dating is going global as singles worldwide take to the Web in their search for love and companionship Â while the dating sites theyÂre visiting seek a competitive edge from Userplane, a pioneer in applying Flash-based instant messaging to support live communications for Web-based communities.

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) July 3, 2004

Online dating is going global as singles worldwide take to the Web in their search for love and companionship Â while the dating sites theyÂre visiting seek a competitive edge from Userplane, a pioneer in applying Flash-based instant messaging to support live communications for Web-based communities.

Userplane announced today that it is providing the Userplane Instant CommunicatorÂ audio/video instant messaging technology and Userplane AV Recorder to eight international online dating sites serving singles worldwide. Underscoring the increasingly global nature of the online dating phenomenon, Userplane President Michael Jones will participate in the inaugural meeting of IDEA OASIS, a not-for-profit association for the Online Dating and Social Networking industries. The meeting will be held on July 15 at the Internet Dating Conference in Nice, France. Jones is a founding board member of the organization.

Userplane is the leading provider of video and audio instant messaging to the domestic online dating community, with the Userplane Communication Suite deployed at more than 100 U. S.- based dating sites. Userplane is providing its Communication Suite to:

WorldSingles. com Â An online dating hub that brings together people who share a common culture, with sites like IranianPersonals. com, EligibleGreeks. com, ArmenianPersonals. com, TurkishPersonals. com and ArabLounge. com

ItaliaDate. net Â A new online dating community based in Italy and targeting the Italian dating community

FunkySexyCool. com Â An Australia-based website that enables members to interact with other members and join special interest groups

CityCrowd. com Â A London-based online dating site that caters to singles in the United Kingdom

MaybeFriends. com Â Ireland's premier dating Web site helps people meet other like-minded individuals

Xaijin. com Â Based in Japan, Xaijin. com helps members find real relationships, romance, and friendship

Sulekha. com - This online Indian community connects people of Indian origin worldwide, with members in more than 100 countries.

Saylavie. com Â An online dating service that targets young and professional people from all over the world

Userplane Instant Communicator, the next generation instant messenger, gives dating site users the ability to see and hear each other by streaming both audio and video through a Flash MX based client Â creating an online social environment that enables live interaction from the comforts of home, while still protecting users' privacy through a certain degree of anonymity.

Userplane's use of Macromedia Flash technology for both front-end and back-end functions supplies dating and social networking sites with complete design flexibility, one-click access for the vast majority of users, simple integration of audio and video, and support for PC, Linux and Macintosh platforms.

"We're seeing a surge in interest internationally in live audio and video solutions for dating Web sites," said Jones. "The online dating trend is now worldwide, as these new sites demonstrate. These companies and their customers understand the value live video and audio capabilities bring to an online community. Wherever they may be, site users have come to expect that level of interaction and wonÂt accept anything less. Live video and audio sets these dating sites apart from their competitors, letting users see and hear each other for a much more engaging experience, even at low bandwidth."

According to ComScore MediaMetrix, personals Web sites attract 30 million visitors a month in the U. S. alone. According to Nielsen NetRatings, 84 percent of visitors to online dating sites surf for love five or more times a week. Spending on online personal ads and dating Web sites in 2003 reached $449.5 million, up 49 percent from 2002, according to the 2003 Online Paid Content U. S. Market Spending Report conducted by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and ComScore Networks. The personals/dating category was the largest, making up almost 30 percent of total online content spending by U. S. consumers, according to the report.

About Userplane

Userplane is the leading provider of Flash-based Web applications that support live text and audio/video communication. Based in Los Angeles, the company is an innovator in enterprise community messaging that enables a broad range of Web sites to run branded communication applications. Using Macromedia's Flash Communication Server MX technology, Userplane Apps are deployed internationally on sites ranging from online communities to intranets. The application suite reaches tens of millions of users and supports more than three million live conversations a month in twelve countries. Userplane continues to provide forward-thinking Web and software development for industry-leading clients including Red Bull, Honda, and 1-800 Flowers.

Media Contact:

Ken Greenberg

Edge Communications, Inc.

818/719-9292

Ken@edgepress. com

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Tales of the Unexpected: MIT Professor Tells Business To Weather the Storm

2011-08-29T00:54:00.000-07:00

Tales of the Unexpected: MIT Professor Tells Business To Weather the Storm

In his new book entitled "The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage", Professor Yossi Sheffi argues that unplanned events Â such as natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and wildcat strike action Â can occur at any time, and that Âa companyÂs survival in the face of such disruptions depends on how well the company prepares BEFORE disaster strikes.Â His message to business leaders is ÂAlways expect the unexpectedÂ.

(PRWEB) September 25, 2005

A new book by Professor Yossi Sheffi - a renowned trade expert, serial entrepreneur and Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics - has become one of the best-selling business books in the USA just a month after it was published.

The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage, which was published by MIT Press in late August, is currently number seven in the US business best-sellers chart.

The book will make its UK debut on October 10. To celebrate that fact, Professor Sheffi will speak at the Royal Society in London to be followed by a drinks reception. The event will be held from 6pm Â 8pm on Monday 10 October.

Professor Sheffi says that unplanned events Â such as natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and wildcat strike action Â can occur at any time, and that Âa companyÂs survival in the face of such disruptions depends on how well the company prepares BEFORE disaster strikes.Â His message to business leaders is ÂAlways expect the unexpectedÂ.

The Resilient Enterprise has proven highly timely, as it examines how businesses operating in todayÂs globalised economy are increasingly vulnerable to supply chain disruption. Its US publication happened to coincide with the dispute at airline caterers Gate Gourmet, whose sacking of staff triggered a wildcat strike that subsequently forced BA to cancel 700 flights; and the disastrous impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.

One case study featured in The Resilient Enterprise is particularly relevant to businesses effected by Katrina. The port of Kobe in Japan was ranked the second-busiest in the world until 1995, when the town was decimated by a devastating earthquake. Although the Japanese government rebuilt Kobe's infrastructure, the port never fully recovered it's position, ranking just 29th busiest in 2002. In a recent article in the Boston Globe, Sheffi argues that the implications for New Orleans are clear: rebuilding the infrastructure may not be enough to restore the city. 'It takes time to do all this, and economic activity shifts," says Sheffi. ''Companies may decide to build those facilities in the Port of Houston. Some of this traffic may never come back."

The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage grew out of a research project, funded in part by the Cambridge-MIT Institute, and conducted at MITÂs Centre for Transportation and Logistics. Using a series of detailed case studies, Professor SheffiÂs book demonstrates that a companyÂs resilience depends more on what it does before an unpredictable event occurs, than on the actions it takes afterwards. The Resilient Enterprise is illustrated with fascinating examples of how businesses dealt with the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, the 1984 Bhopal chemical leak, the 2001 UK outbreak of foot and mouth and the US shut down after 9/11. However, Professor Sheffi argues that itÂs not just global events that can test the resilience of an enterprise. Even a relatively mundane incident, such as a lightning strike, can have a profound impact on a businessÂs long-term fortunes.

On 17th March 2000, a Philips plant in New Mexico that supplied chips to rival mobile phone manufacturers, Nokia and Ericsson, was hit by a lightning strike. Although the damage appeared limited at first, it compromised the plantÂs clean rooms and knocked out production for months. The different organisational cultures in Nokia and Eriksson rapidly became apparent in the different ways the two rival firms dealt with the disruption to their supply chain. Eriksson was initially content to sit back and wait for the Philips situation to resolve itself. In contrast, NokiaÂs hands-on approach to supplier relationships meant they were able to secure all existing supplies of required chips, leaving Eriksson out in the cold. While Nokia was able to continue production with limited disruption, Eriksson suffered a $2.35 billion loss to its mobile phone division, and one year later, the firm announced its retreat from the phone handset production market.

ÂResilient enterprises compete more effectively in increasingly complex global markets and are hardier than their competitors when disaster strikes,Â says Professor Sheffi.

Indeed, regardless of whether disaster strikes or not, how prepared companies are to deal with what Professor Sheffi terms high-impact/low-probability events is in itself becoming a key metric of their market value. According to Sheffi,

ÂResilience will become a widely used indicator of competitive strength as more market analysts realise that even well-established enterprises can be brought to their knees when caught off-guard by a sudden supply chain dislocation.Â

To watch recent broadcast interviews with Professor Sheffi, please visit: http://resilient-enterprise. mit. edu/index. pl? id=2197&isa=Category&op=show (http://resilient-enterprise. mit. edu/index. pl? id=2197&isa=Category&op=show)

To read recent press coverage, please visit: http://web. mit. edu/sheffi/www/generalMedia. html (http://web. mit. edu/sheffi/www/generalMedia. html)

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NIIT Technologies Ltd Q1 Consolidated Results Â·Q1 Revenues at Rs. 136.5 Crores, up 7% YoY

2011-08-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

NIIT Technologies Ltd Q1 Consolidated Results Â·Q1 Revenues at Rs. 136.5 Crores, up 7% YoY

For the quarter ended June 30, 2005, NIIT Technologies Limited has reported consolidated revenues of Rs. 136.5 crores recording a 7% improvement over revenues reported in the same quarter last year.

New Delhi (PRWEB) July 28, 2005

The IT Solutions business contributed Rs. 127.2 crores, while the BPO segment contributed the remaining Rs. 9.3 crores.

Operating Profit at Rs. 25.7 crores grew 13% over the corresponding quarter last year. After providing for a depreciation of Rs. 9.3 crores and tax of Rs. 2.2 crores, the company posted a net profit of Rs.14.0 crores on a consolidated basis, up 6% YoY.

ÂConsistent with our approach of better aligning our offerings to select industry verticals, we achieved an expanded Operating Margin of 19%, resulting in an improvement of 102 basis points,Â said Mr. Arvind Thakur, Chief Executive Officer, NIIT Technologies Limited. ÂRevenues from focused verticals-Financial Services, Transport and Retail-improved to 68% of the total revenues in the quarter,Â he added.

To ensure that data security received the highest priority in NIIT Technologies, its Managed Service facilities in Thailand were assessed at the BS7799 security standards, making the company ThailandÂs first IT solutions provider to be so certified. NIIT TechnologiesÂ BPO operations in Gurgaon were also assessed at this level during the quarter.

Of the overall revenues of Rs. 136.5 crores, 44% was contributed by Europe, 40% by the Americas and 16% by Asia Pacific, including India.

Six new international customers were added during the quarter including a budget airline in the BPO space. The fresh order intake during the quarter was US$ 32 million. The pending order book executable over the next 12 months stands at US$ 75 million.

NIIT Technologies Chairman Mr. Rajendra S. Pawar said, ÂOur focus continues to be on improving the overall operating efficiencies by following a twin approach of sharp focus and differentiation in positioning ourselves strongly with our customers.Â

NIIT Technologies added 242 people during the quarter to grow the head count to 3244 professionals, of which 879 are in BPO space.

NIIT Technologies has been ranked among the Top 20 IT Software and Services exporters from India according to a NASSCOM 2004-05 Survey.

NIIT Technologies, a Rs. 550 crore global IT solutions organization, services customers in the USA, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific and India. It offers services in Application Development and Maintenance, Enterprise Integration and Business Process Management to organizations in the Financial Services, Transportation, Retail and Government sectors.

NIIT Technologies follows global standards of development, including an ISO 9001:2000 certification and assessment at Level 5 of SEI-CMMi and Level 3 of People CMM framework. NIIT TechnologiesÂ subsidiaries NIIT SmartServe Limited and NIIT GIS Limited offer Business Process Management and GIS Solutions, respectively.

Its major global customers include British Airways, Channel 4, Holcim group, ING Group, Office Depot, SEI Investments, Singapore Airlines and Toyota Motors.

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Cayman123: Find Out about Cayman Islands in 3 Clicks

2011-08-28T11:15:00.000-07:00

Cayman123: Find Out about Cayman Islands in 3 Clicks

Cayman123.com is the premier place for exclusive information about the world renowned Cayman Islands.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (PRWEB) April 10, 2006

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Jon Vlassopulos Joins Moderati as Chief Executive Officer : Former Endemol and AT&T Wireless Executive Joins Mobile Entertainment Leader

2011-08-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

Jon Vlassopulos Joins Moderati as Chief Executive Officer : Former Endemol and AT&T Wireless Executive Joins Mobile Entertainment Leader

Bellrock Media today announced that Jon Vlassopulos has joined its U. S. subsidiary, Moderati Inc., as Chief Executive Officer. In his new position, Vlassopulos will oversee the company’s new initiatives in branded entertainment and digital entertainment services, as well as its existing mobile personalization business. In addition to his new role as CEO, Vlassopulos will also assume the title of General Manager for Bellrock Media in North America.

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) November 11, 2008

Vlassopulos was most recently Senior Vice President, Digital Media & Branded Entertainment for Endemol, the global leader in entertainment programming. He was responsible for building Endemol's worldwide digital business and growing the company into new areas such as casual gaming and branded entertainment. He revolutionized the interactive TV market in the U. S. with his work on hit shows like "Deal or No Deal". Prior to that, he served as Senior Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at AT&T Wireless, launching major media brands on AT&T services including mMode. While at the carrier, he directed the launch of the first wireless music service and ran major mobile marketing campaigns with brands like McDonalds and Kelloggs. At AT&T, he helped launch Moderati's Modtones ringtone service on mMode. His background also includes multiple executive positions at Bertelsmann in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

"We're delighted to welcome Jon to the Moderati team," said Hiroshi Nakata, CEO of Bellrock Media. "His deep experience in branded and mobile entertainment will help pave the way for some exciting new initiatives."

"It is clear that the future of digital media and advertising are blending and I am excited to be tasked with creating a next generation global media company that delivers value to content providers and brands across all digital platforms," said Jon Vlassopulos, CEO of Moderati Inc. "The team at Moderati have done a great job so far and I look forward to building on the foundation they have put in place."

Founded in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese firm, Faith Inc., Moderati is a leader in the mobile entertainment space in the U. S. The company is known for its original consumer products (Modtones and Mobile Faker), and has come to dominate the market for on-deck mobile content aggregation. Moderati has also been helping major brands innovate with new digital experiences, such as its introduction of the Virtual Zippo Lighter for the iPhone. The product has already seen more than 600,000 downloads and is one of the most popular applications in the iPhone App Store.

Bellrock Media, which acquired Moderati in 2007, creates original content that features organic integrations of branding and marketing messages, and distributes this premium content for mobile and broadband platforms throughout North America and Japan. Bellrock is backed by Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd., which is the largest media company in Japan with interests in talent management, entertainment venues and TV and film production.

Vlassopulos will be working closely with the company's current management, including co-founder and SVP Marketing, Cindy Mesaros, and will be based at Moderati's headquarters in San Francisco, California.

About Moderati

Moderati creates, licenses and distributes awesome mobile goods. The company brings top entertainment properties and premiere brands to mobile through its distribution relationships on-deck with all major U. S. carriers, and its expertise in mobile content and application development. Founded in 2001, Moderati kicked off the mobile entertainment revolution in the United States through its quirky, innovative products such as Modtones and Mobile Faker. Moderati was acquired by Bellrock Media in 2007. Bellrock Media's investors include Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd., Intel Corporation and Faith Inc.

About Bellrock Media, Inc.

Bellrock Media, Inc. creates and distributes premium content for mobile and broadband platforms throughout North America and Japan. They offer a unique catalogue of digital media, products and services that set the bar in the worlds of wireless and online entertainment. In February 2007, Bellrock Media acquired Moderati, a mobile pioneer with unparalleled distribution of mobile content and unique application development capabilities. All Bellrock Media companies collaborate with premium brands and franchises in developing breakthrough content and applications that provide the ultimate experience for both consumers and marketers.

Evolving Flow of Cultures–Indian and Japanese Music Concert for Sitar and Shamisen–New Wave Part 1– June 30, 2006

2011-08-27T00:11:00.000-07:00

Evolving Flow of Cultures–Indian and Japanese Music Concert for Sitar and Shamisen–New Wave Part 1– June 30, 2006

(PRWEB) June 15, 2006

A groundbreaking and imaginative event will bring two musical traditions together in a concert presented by Darshanam (www. darshanam. org) in Tokyo on 30 June 2006 in Meguro Persimmon Hall located in Meguro City, Tokyo, Japan. In a rare convergence of cultures featuring the sitar from India and the Shamisen from Japan the concert titled New Wave Part 1 has grown from a unique collaboration of Indian and Japanese traditional music. It is the first ever attempt at a fully improvised traditional Indian composition on the three stringed shamisen to reveal an interesting perspective of its scope and capability while presenting the multitude of melodic variations for the sitar harmonizing with another stringed instrument.

Those who know about these two instruments are aware of the vast differences in their performance styles and limitations. To bring about the merging of these instruments has been a musical challenge to the artists to make this event truly memorable.

Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh (www. darshanam. com) internationally acclaimed sitarist will perform with Oyama san, a Tsugaru shamisen exponent in a melody specifically composed for the event. Tabla (Indian drums) accompaniment is by Sakasegawa san. This concert is supported by the following organizations: Indian Embassy, India Tourism Department, India Trade Promotion Office, Indo-Japanese Association and the Tokyo Marathi Mandal from Tokyo and the Indian Merchants Association from Yokohama.

The voluntary organization Darshanam has promoted Indian culture and traditions in Japan since 1991, their major activities focusing on Ayurveda and traditional Indian music. Ayurveda, the traditional Indian science of healthy living, has been disseminated through lectures and demonstrations. Traditional Indian music has been experienced through performances as well as activities such as individual and group therapeutic music sessions including those for mentally and physically challenged persons.

The Darshanam organization in turn supports the charitable trust named Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan Trust in Pune, India. (www. ayurved-wagholi. org). It is an organization dedicated to the propagation of traditional Indian sciences, arts and culture.

Currently pre-sale tickets are at JPY 5,500 available with Ticket Pia Centers and online at their URL http://pia. jp/t (http://pia. jp/t) P code is 227-048. Tickets may also be purchased at convenience stores such as Circle K, Family Mart, Sunkus and 7-11.

On 15 December 2006 New Wave Part 2 will be presented as a second concert extending musical relations of the sitar to traditional Japanese instruments, this time with the koto to be played by Ms. Fuyuki Enokido.

For more details please contact Takeda Kazuko on mobile: +81-90-8961-6453.

Web Links

English

Http://www. darshanam. org/NewWave_Front. htm (http://www. darshanam. org/NewWave_Front. htm)
Japanese

Http://www. darshanam. org/japan/jpNewWave_Front. htm (http://www. darshanam. org/japan/jpNewWave_Front. htm)

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Presenting Semantically-Enabled Knowledge Technologies

2011-08-26T18:33:00.000-07:00

Presenting Semantically-Enabled Knowledge Technologies

Only nine months after its launch, SEKT, a key European semantic Web research project, has had no fewer than eight submissions to a premier international conference accepted.

(PRWEB) October 23, 2004

Only nine months after its launch, SEKT, a key European semantic Web research project, has had no fewer than eight submissions to a premier international conference accepted.

ÂWhat is particularly pleasing is that the SEKT work to be presented at the 3rd International Semantic Web 2004 conference (in Hiroshima, Japan from 7-12 November 200) covers the full range of SEKTÂs activities, from foundational research through technological developments to real-world applications and is from a range of partners,Â comments SEKTÂs project director, Dr John Davies from BT Exact, the coordinating organisation.

ÂWhat we are trying to do is to equip European industry for a future of more effective knowledge management in the emerging knowledge economy,Â says Davies. ÂKnowledge workers will be more productive, as they will have relevant information delivered proactively to them, allowing them to spend more time on their core role, and thus making a significant contribution to European competitiveness.Â

Despite its explosive growth over the last decade, the Web remains essentially a tool to allow people to access information. The Semantic Web will extend this by using semantically-annotated data to enable the creation and publication of machine-interpretable information. This will enable firstly more dynamic and flexible e-commerce, based on the deployment of next-generation Web services, which will offer a far greater degree of automation than is possible with current Web service technology; and, secondly, enhance knowledge discovery, organisation and sharing, principally by the use of ontologies: this is the focus of the SEKT project.

Much of the basic research will be carried out by the universities that form part of the SEKT consortium. Their work will concentrate on three specific areas: ontology and metadata management, through which new ways of annotating information will provide the foundations for knowledge-based searching; human language technology, which will aid the automated extraction of relevant metadata in a number of European languages; and knowledge discovery, which will help to deliver only the most relevant knowledge to users, as well as playing a key role in metadata extraction.

Meanwhile, the industrial partners within SEKT will take the results of this basic research and develop a range of software tools. These could include context-aware search engines, knowledge sharing systems, and tools that enable the semi-automated extraction of metadata, vital in order to integrate into the semantic Web the vast amount of knowledge that already exists. ÂWe also envisage software agents that will work for you, carrying out searches and delivering only relevant results based on your specific criteria,Â Davies adds.

The technologies developed during the project will be put to the test during large-scale case studies in the UK, Germany and Spain. The aim is to analyse how well these tools work in practice, and feed the lessons learned back into the tool development process.

Over the next three years, the semantically-enabled knowledge technologies (SEKT) project will receive 8.33 million euro of funding under the Information Society Technologies (IST) strand of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The project brings together 12 public and private partners from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

Contact:

Dr John Davies

Manager, Next Generation Web Research

Tel: +44-1473-609583

Fax: +44-1473-609832

Email: john. nj. davies@bt. com

Source: Based on information from SEKT

Http://sekt. semanticweb. org (http://sekt. semanticweb. org)
ISWC04 http://iswc04.semanticweb. org/ (http://iswc04.semanticweb. org/).

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Newmarket International and Scala Create Integration Partnership

2011-08-26T01:03:00.000-07:00

Newmarket International and Scala Create Integration Partnership

Integration connects hospitality management software and digital signage networks

Exton, PA (PRWEB) June 23, 2009

Newmarket International Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry has entered a partnership with digital signage software provider Scala. This partnership will enable customers to leverage event data in the hospitality industry's most comprehensive software program, Delphi. Customers integrating Delphi and Scala digital signage networks will have the ability to export information from Delphi, including event information, meeting rooms and other announcements, directly to display screens within a property. Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal is one of several sites already using the two programs to send content from Delphi to the hotel's digital signage network.

From an operational standpoint, a Delphi administrator will schedule the export of information from Delphi to limit the need for rekeying information and to ensure that accurate information is posted to digital screens.

"Newmarket International is proud to partner with Scala and provide our customers with a tool to improve operational efficiencies," said Sean O'Neill, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Newmarket International.

"Digital media networks present a large opportunity for the hospitality industry to communicate with guests and staff members," said Robert Koolen, President of Scala. "Working with a tool like Delphi to automate a portion of a network's content means that operators can be confident that they are communicating the right information."

About Newmarket International:
Newmarket International, Inc. (www. newmarketinc. com) is the leader in delivering sales, group catering and event software solutions to the global hospitality and entertainment industries. Newmarket International's suite of business solutions can be found in hotels, casinos, restaurants, visitor bureaus, stadiums, meeting arenas and convention centers throughout the world. Newmarket International has over 80,000 users worldwide, with over 18,000 installations in over 154 countries. Newmarket International is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with international offices in London, Shanghai, Brisbane and Singapore.

Newmarket and Delphi are registered trademarks of Newmarket International, Inc.

About Scala:
Driving more than 300,000 screens worldwide, Scala is a leading global provider of digital signage and advertising management solutions. Scala is the world's first connected signage company, offering the leading platform for content creation, management and distribution in digital signage networks and the first unified platform for advertising management of both traditional and digital signage networks. The company's digital signage customers include Rabobank, IKEA, Burger King, T-Mobile, Virgin MegaStore, Warner Brothers, The Life Channel, Rikstoto, Repsol, NorgesGruppen and thousands more. Advertising management customers include CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel Outdoor and Magic Media, among others. Scala is headquartered near Philadelphia, USA, and has subsidiaries in Canada, the Netherlands, France, Norway and Japan, as well as more than 450 partners in more than 60 countries. More information is available at www. scala. com.

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A Home Away From Home

2011-08-24T20:06:00.000-07:00

A Home Away From Home

Based on True Stories: Children's Book Helps American Kids Discover Japan

(PRWEB) April 23, 2003

Ipswich, Mass. Â As an American kid growing up in Japan, Author Fran Kramer experienced first-hand the successes, fears, and joys of learning about a new culture. The Traveling Sketchbook: An American Kid Discovers Japan (now available through 1stBooks Library) is a fictional account of her true-life experiences in Japan.

The Traveling Sketchbook is set in 1950Âs postwar Japan, a country rich in culture, spirituality, and history. Answering the simple question ÂWhat is it like for a kid to move to a foreign country?Â The Traveling Sketchbook is about learning, growing and changing. Life in a foreign country is a journey of excitement and adventure as a New World opens up before your eyes. While a new language and customs must be learned, the thrill of the unexpected never truly disappears.

Ten-year-old Anne Kruger and her brothers, Bob and Rickie, are at the center of this inspirational journey. Children and adults alike will find themselves caught up in the brisk narrative and brilliant characterization as the Kruger children make friends with their Japanese neighbors, attend international schools and learn about typhoons, earthquakes and more in their new home.

Author Fran Kramer began writing The Traveling Sketchbook in 1989 after she was unable to find books on American children integrating into a foreign culture. While there were plenty of books about foreign children acclimating themselves to America, almost nothing existed on the opposite side of the spectrum.

The author has had a life-long love of Asia, holding a BA and MA in Asian Studies. Besides living In Japan as a child, she returned to Japan as an adult, underwent an intensive two-year language training program and worked for a number of years as a consultant using the Japanese language to promote better care for terminally ill people.

AcroSoft Corporation and Kanbay Incorporated Announce a Strategic Alliance

2011-08-24T01:21:00.000-07:00

AcroSoft Corporation and Kanbay Incorporated Announce a Strategic Alliance

AcroSoft Corporation today announced a new alliance with Kanbay Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kanbay International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBAY), a global IT services firm focused in the financial services industry. This agreement enables both companies to jointly market best-of-breed software and IT services to the insurance markets internationally. Under the agreement, Kanbay will market and sell to its clients AcroSoftÂs Insurance Content Management (ICM) solution, which includes content management, electronic imaging, and workflow management capabilities. Also in the agreement, AcroSoft will market and sell KanbayÂs consulting and technical services to its customers.

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) April 14, 2005

ÂKanbay provides integration services in the insurance market utilizing best-of-breed electronic imaging, document management, and workflow solutions for our clients,Â said Francis Albin, Head of Strategic Alliances for Kanbay. ÂKanbayÂs alignment with AcroSoft provides a key part of this end-to-end solution for the insurance industry. Our mutual customers will benefit from this exceptional alignment of technology and services.Â

ÂOur partnership empowers both AcroSoft and Kanbay clients with enhanced IT services and insurance content management solutions,Â said Chuck Shields, AcroSoft Vice President of Sales & Marketing. ÂWeÂre very excited about working with Kanbay because of its extensive reach into international markets. In particular the companyÂs penetration into the Asia Pacific markets, as well as other international markets, is a perfect fit for our software solutions.Â

About Kanbay

Founded in 1989, Kanbay International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBAY) is a global IT services firm focused in the financial services industry. With nearly 4,000 employees, Kanbay provides its services primarily to banks, credit services providers, insurance companies and capital markets firms. The company uses a global delivery model to provide application development, maintenance and support, software package selection and integration, business process and technology advice, network and system security, and specialized services. Kanbay is a CMM Level 5 assessed company headquartered in greater Chicago with offices in the U. S., Canada, U. K, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and India. For more information, please visit http://www. kanbay. com (http://www. kanbay. com).

About AcroSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Columbia, SC, AcroSoft Corporation specializes in the development and deployment of its ICM system, which includes content management, electronic imaging, and workflow management capabilities. AcroSoftÂs technology allows customers to sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout their organization, and automating and streamlining their workflow processes. The ICM system functions as the single point entry for the entire work environment by capturing data at the beginning and managing the content throughout its lifecycle from capture to distribution to storage and retrieval. ICM transforms paper documents into electronic file folders allowing companies to create, change, manage, and distribute information instantaneously throughout their enterprise. ICM is based upon MicrosoftÂs. NET Framework. It supports SQLServer as well as DB2 and other ODBC compliant databases. For more information, please visit http://www. acrosoft. com (http://www. acrosoft. com).

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain statements which are forward-looking statements under the federal securities laws. Any forward-looking statements represent KanbayÂs views only as of the date of this press release, and such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing KanbayÂs views as of any subsequent date. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause KanbayÂs actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this press release. For a discussion of important factors that could affect KanbayÂs actual results, please refer to KanbayÂs SEC filings, including the "Risk Factors" section of the prospectus recently filed with the SEC.

AcroSoft Corporation

Media Contacts:

Lorri-Ann Carter / Betsy Crick

CarterTodd & Associates, Inc.

803.779.4005

La@cartertodd. com

Betsy@cartertodd. com

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Planetpals has Found a New Home in Japan

2011-08-23T06:06:00.000-07:00

Planetpals has Found a New Home in Japan

Boston, MA (PRWEB) January 26, 2005

With their earthly, universal appeal, it's no wonder that Planetpals adorable characters found a new home in Japan.

Its a natural for Planetpals to acquire "Planetpals. jp" to accommodate their large number of adoring fans. These earth friendly characters already have a large following via portals such as NTT's "Japan with kids forum" and news articles such as in "escape route" sotokoto magazine.

What's the appeal? Planetpals are colorful, cute and friendly. They educate children and earth lovers with an array of delightful fact filled pages and activities about the ecology, recycling, precycling, peace and other worldly concerns. Planetpals lesson plans are used worldwide by teachers and Planetpals Earthday pages are instrumental in supplying earth saving ideas and solutions. Planetpals give us positive messages for the future and help us keep the earth clean all while having fun.

Surf right on to Planetpals. jp for a great selection of kits, language dictionaries, crafts, games, tips and cartoons.

No way in the world do you want to miss out on this delightful and inspiring group of friends!

Planetpals: Friends for earth

In Japan:

Http://www. planetpals. jp (http://www. planetpals. jp)

Worldwide:

Http://www. planetpals. com (http://www. planetpals. com)

For licensing information:

Http://www. planetpals. org (http://www. planetpals. org)

Planetpals characters and website are the brainchild of Judith Gorgone, writer, illustrator, designer. Judiths delightful and innovative designs have adorned consumer products for decades. Planetpals content has been successfully used in kids art magazine, and many earthday related publications as well as earthday celebrations worldwide.

For more information about Planetpals licensing or syndicates contact Planetpals at 617-244-7531 or visit Planetpals. org for online information.

Contact Judith Gorgone:

617-244-7531 (messages only)

617-319-9208 (voice)

25 Star Road

Newton, MA 02465

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Translation Services Company Awarded in 2006 Web Marketing Association Competition

2011-08-22T04:48:00.000-07:00

Translation Services Company Awarded in 2006 Web Marketing Association Competition

Two of Globalization Partners International’s websites were awarded for Outstanding Achievement in the ‘Best Professional Services Microsite/Landing Page’ category as well as ‘Best International Business Interactive Application’.

Lolo, MT (PRWEB) April 4, 2006

Globalization Partners International (GPI), a provider of website, software and document translation services, announced today that two of its corporate websites, www. GlobalizationPartners. com and www. GlobalWidgets. com were awarded for Outstanding Achievement by the Web Marketing Association (WMA). The Web Marketing Association is the sponsor of the "The WebAward Competition", the premier showcase for Web site development in more than 96 industry categories.

GPI’s corporate website www. GlobalizationPartners. com was a winner in the Best Professional Services Microsite/Landing page category. "Our corporate website was designed and developed using Adobe and Macromedia’s MX Suite and is an example of utilizing global best practices for the design, development and deployment of multilingual websites," says Martin Spethman, GPI’s Managing Partner. "We designed the site in order to showcase our own multilingual website creation and translation capabilities, and combined audio, video, a persuasive architecture and a clear conversion path in the site to help educate and convert potential clients".

GPI’s viral marketing site www. GlobalWidgets. com was a winner in the Best International Business Interactive application category. "It is a very useful, interactive, application for any translation, business and/or web professional," says Ken Renfro, GPI’s Production Director.

GPI offers one of the most comprehensive website translation packages in the marketplace with services including:

Glossary Development Cultural Correctness Assessments and Customizations Translation, trans-creation &/or copy writing Graphics Localization Localization of Multimedia (Authoring, Recording and Talent) Search Engine Marketing (country-specific SEO) Basic Website QA & Testing

To learn more about these and other services being offered by GPI, or to receive a free Website Globalization Guidebook, visit www. GlobalizationPartners. com.

About Globalization Partners International (GPI)

Globalization Partners International, LLC., provides document, software and website translation services into over seventy-five languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. For more information, contact Martin Spethman at 866-272-5874.

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Unique Golf Instruction Philosophy Breaks Down Language Barriers - Golf Made Simple Announces A New Japanese Focus for the School

2011-08-22T02:29:00.000-07:00

Unique Golf Instruction Philosophy Breaks Down Language Barriers - Golf Made Simple Announces A New Japanese Focus for the School

Because of the extremely high cost of greens fees and the limited amount of golf courses their the country, many Japanase travel to the US to get their golf fix. However, while there are many courses, it's hard to find a golf school that welcomes non-English speakers. Golf Made Simple is proud to welcome a new instructor to their school in San Diego. Along with his impressive international athletic resume, Watarua Tomita is a fluent Japanase speaker who will help break down the language barrier between instructor and student.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 25, 2006

Golf Made Simple is proud to welcome a new golf instructor to their school at the Barona Creek Golf Club at the Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino in San Diego. Wataru Tomita, or ‘Wat’ as he is affectionately known, brings a special new skill to the Golf Made Simple team. Along with his impressive international athletic resume, Tomita is a fluent Japanese speaker, helping to break down the language barriers with some of the school’s Japanese golfers. Wataru has been training with the highly acclaimed PGA professional and Golf Made Simple founder, Marc Solomon, at the school’s Florida locations since December.

The Japanese culture values traditional simplicity, clean design, and pure aesthetics in everything from their architecture to fashion, to the beautiful presentation of their food. This is a real juxtaposition with the modern country’s sophisticated use of technology in everyday life, and über-futuristic values. How do these cultural intricacies fit in with golf? “Golf is huge in Japan. However, with the high cost of green fees and the limited amount of golf courses, Japanese golfers have been traveling to California to play. It’s actually less expensive for them to fly to the U. S. to play golf, than to play at their own local course.” says Solomon. “The Japanese culture is a very hard-working population who really need, and deserve, to play golf to unwind. They appreciate sophisticated technology, but the golf schools over there that focus on using lasers and computer imaging are failing. There is a basic need for simple golf utilizing fluid natural movements. Think of Golf Made Simple as more of a Tai Chi form of instruction – the focus is on finding your core center and moving your body together as a whole,” explains Solomon.

“I’ve already worked with some great Japanese golfers and even though they all spoke excellent English, I was able to bridge the gap when sometimes American expressions don’t translate perfectly,” said Tomita. “I hope the word spreads about Golf Made Simple in Japan and I can help golfers from overseas play better golf even if they don’t speak fluent English.”

Golf Made Simple has a long-held tradition of enrolling international golfers from every continent but Antarctica, and are now looking to the Far East for both inspiration and a new group of golfers who are coming to California. “We’re always excited to get visitors from overseas,” said Phil Swinford, PGA Professional and Hotel Sales Manager for Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino. “With Golf Made Simple instruction being offered in Japanese, we hope to meet many new Japanese golfers in the coming months.”

“I’m ecstatic to welcome ‘Wat’ to the Golf Made Simple team!” exclaims Solomon. “We chose him over 350 talented golf professionals because Wataru has IT. He has the characteristics that set him apart from your everyday run-of-the-mill Golf Instructor. Being an athlete, he understands that Golf can't be taught by teaching golfers they need to get the golf club in a hundred positions to hit the ball correctly. He understands that he can't teach his personal golf swing to you - that he needs you to learn your golf swing. Wataru understands that he needs to listen to your concerns and goals before he can help you to make a PLAN.”

Rates for Golf Made Simple’s Barona location start at $1,257 for a three day class and include accommodations at Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino.

About Wataru Tomita

Wataru Tomita was born in Tokyo, Japan and immigrated to California in 1977 with his parents Aki and Kakuko (who are both renowned Fine Artists) and older brother, Shiro. Tomita was raised and schooled in Arcadia, California where he was very involved in athletics. At Arcadia High School, Tomita was a 3 year Varsity Letterman in baseball and also received M. V.P. Awards in football and soccer.

Before choosing golf as a career, Tomita played Professional Baseball across the United States, Europe and Japan. After realizing that his dream of making it to the Big Leagues had come to an end, he decided to help other young athletes achieve their dreams. Tomita positioned himself as a High School Teacher and a Varsity Baseball Coach and soon developed a passion for teaching and coaching. He took this new passion and decided to apply it to golf. Tomita went on to attend the San Diego Golf Academy for 16-months with the intention of becoming one of the top Golf Instructors in the World.

About Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino

Barona Creek Golf Club blends beautifully with the natural landscape of San Diego’s rolling foothills, while offering a challenging golf experience for players of all levels. Located in the city famed for having the best climate in the United States, Barona’s greatness doesn’t end at its golf course. Owned and operated by the Barona Band of Mission Indians, this multi-faceted resort is equipped with everything a Golf Made Simple guest could need for lodging and entertainment. An elegant hotel, excellent restaurants, a relaxing spa, and even a 310,000 square-foot casino, are all situated on the property of this ranch-themed resort. For more information please visit www. barona. com.

About Golf Made Simple

The philosophy of Golf Made Simple is what you would expect - simple. Prior to Golf Made Simple, most golfers have 13 different swings for the 13 woods and irons in their bag, which is complicated to keep consistent. When each golfer returns home from Golf Made Simple to practice the skills they learned on the course, they have one swing for those same 13 clubs. “92% of golfers who come to Golf Made Simple looking to break 90 for the first time have been successful in reaching their goal!” The nationally recognized PGA professional, Marc Solomon and his staff, lead four person classes for a customized experience. Golfers can take 3, 5 and 7-day classes in St. Augustine, FL, Amelia Island, FL and San Diego, CA. Their Instructor For Life program guarantees that each golfer can always contact their instructor for free customized advice, tips, drills and exercises - for life. It’s Golf Made Simple. For more information, or to read Golf Improvement Weekly (the world’s most read golf improvement newsletter), please visit www. GolfMadeSimple. com.

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Global Market for Baby Disposable Diapers to Reach US$29.0 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-08-21T14:22:00.000-07:00

Global Market for Baby Disposable Diapers to Reach US$29.0 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Baby Disposable Diapers market. Although currently tempered by the recent economic recession, the world market for baby disposable diapers is nevertheless projected to reach US$29.0 billion by the year 2015. Primary factors fingered to drive growth in the short to medium term period include post recession resurgence in growth fundamentals such as improvement in purchasing power and discretionary spends, and revival of consumer preferences for premium diapers. Rapidly increasing demand from developing markets, especially Asia-Pacific, is also expected to drive growth in market over the next few years.

San Jose, CA (Vocus) September 16, 2010

A highly commoditized market, baby diapers is intrinsically a tough category for manufacturers to operate in. But the market confronted its toughest challenge ever, manifested in the form of the recent world economic slowdown. Although baby diapers are necessities and represent baby care products that are not readily compromised by doting parents, the market nevertheless is not recession proof as widely opined. The prolonged world economic recession has taken its toll on the baby disposable diapers market with demand growth decelerating in developing markets and sales eroding in developed markets such as the United States.

Decreases in purchase frequencies, coupled with consumers trading down to branded goods sold at popular-to-moderate price points, has exerted pressure on the market’s revenue earning capability. Shrewder use of the product and innovation in absorptive capacity has extended the period between diaper changes, thus leading to a decline in purchase frequencies. Fall in purchase frequencies is also the result of frugal consumer spending triggered by falling disposable spends, reduction in household wealth and rise in unemployment. Additionally, the recession has induced shifts in consumer preferences towards lesser expensive cloth diapers, which further squeezed revenue opportunities in the market.

Growth in baby disposable diapers market post recession primarily hinges onto resurgence in consumer spending habits, and gradual trading up to premium diapers, which can generate higher revenue for market participants. With the recession triggering changes in baby diapering systems, manufacturers across the globe are seeking new ways to stay afloat. Interestingly, manufacturers in developed, mature markets such as the US and Europe are focusing on the premium segment to expand value sales. This is primarily because falling birth rates in these countries leave very little scope for volume sales gains. Innovation ranks high on the charts with leading players like P&G and Kimberly Clark focusing on roping in top-notch designers to develop designer baby diapers. The designer diaper market is thus forecast to emerge as the next battleground in these markets, with diaper R&D shifting from developing super absorbent and safe materials towards aesthetics, and thus developing product concepts for designer diapers.

Key marketing strategies adopted by manufacturers to revitalize the market include adoption of adroit marketing strategies, such as, offering price-to-value benefits, innovating product features and harnessing the power of social media to target modern socially networked parents. Russia, China, Brazil, India, and other developing countries pan out attractive future growth opportunities for manufacturers, and product variables poised to score the highest gains will be convenience and ease of use and disposal.

As stated by the new market research report on baby disposable diapers, Europe continues to remain the largest regional market. Asia-Pacific on the other hand, is the fastest growing regional market. The sheer number of annual births, increase in the number of working women, fast-paced consumer lifestyles, improving economic affluence, rising spends per child, and growing awareness over the importance of hygiene are the primary factors driving robust growth in Asia-Pacific.

Major players in the marketplace include Associated Hygienic Products LLC, First Quality Enterprises, Godrej Consumer Products, Kao Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Ontex, Procter & Gamble, SCA Hygiene Products, Uni-Charm Corp, among others.

The research report titled “Baby Disposable Diapers: A Global Strategic Business Report”, announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, drivers, issues, profiles of major players, product developments and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections for major geographic markets such as United States, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, and Rest of Europe) Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Rest of World.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit – http://www. strategyr. com/Baby_Disposable_Diapers_Market_Report. asp.

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
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BIT Analytical Instruments Acquires C2 Diagnostics

2011-08-20T18:04:00.000-07:00

BIT Analytical Instruments Acquires C2 Diagnostics

BIT Analytical Instruments, GmbH, a German company, has acquired 100% shares of C2 Diagnostics of Montpellier, France, a leader in contract development, design, manufacture and support of custom instrumentation for the diagnostic OEM industry – with a specialty in hematology.

Schwalbach, Germany (PRWEB) December 28, 2010

BIT Analytical Instruments (http://www. BIT-instruments. com) has announced that, as of December 16, 2010, it acquired 100% shares of C2 Diagnostics (C2D), a France-based company specializing in contract development, design, manufacture and support of custom instrumentation for the OEM diagnostic industry. Founded in 2002, C2 Diagnostics currently employs a staff of 28 with expertise in mechanics, optics, software, electronics, fluidics and chemi-stry and holds several in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) patents. The company has its own 10,000 square foot facility that is certified ISO 9001, ISO 13485, is registered by the FDA as a contract manufacturer according to the QS 21 CFR 820 and provides turnkey services in engineering development, industrialization and production.

Over the past eight years, C2D has delivered and sold over 10,000 instruments to small and midsize diagnostic laboratory customers world-wide. The founders have spent over 30 years in the diagnostic industry and C2D is the second company they have established. Their first company was successfully sold to a large international corporation several years ago.

C2D is currently focused on hematology application which has an end-user segment with a growing market size. The company’s product offering is a family of over 10 models of proprietary, compact, easy to operate, robust and cost efficient (consumption, durability, service) diagnostic instruments. These are sold to a number of OEM companies that brand and sell it under their own names in over 100 countries worldwide

With its broad-based technical IVD expertise – as well as a specialty in hematology – C2 Diagnostics is able to provide a large array of engineering services ranging from prototyping to OEM design and manufacturing. BIT Analytical Instruments and C2 Diagnostics will join together to provide their customers with an impressive, comprehensive selection of analytical and medical instrument solutions using both companies’ technologies and advanced manufacturing know-how.

Offering a global solution, BIT Companies provides a full, turn-key portfolio for IVD market OEMs. With its newest acquisition, BIT Companies can offer an even larger range of services in addition to technologies offered in the area of Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Molecular, including turn-key services for the IVD lab from concept design and development of a diagnostic system to manufacturing and after-sales service.

For over 35 years BIT Companies (http://www. BIT-instruments. com) have provided services in the field of contract development and manufacturing as well as after-sales service for customers in the fields of medical, diagnostics and biotechnology. As a part of the financially strong Messer Group, BIT Companies provide their systems solutions worldwide and in compliance with ISO 13485 and 9001 standards. As registered contract service providers to the FDA, the US health authority, BIT Companies meet the stringent regulations with regard to medical and medical technical products and also meet the predefined design-to-cost and time-to-market targets at the same time.

BIT Companies include Source Scientific, LLC in Irvine, California, USA (http://www. sourcescientific. com), BIT Analytical Instruments Ltd. in Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA, BIT Analytical Instruments GmbH in Schwalbach, Germany, BIT Technologies in Kunshan, China, BIT Japan Ltd. in Tokyo, and C2 Diagnostics in France.

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Catalyst Resources Redesigns InterCall Online Conferencing Application

2011-08-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

Catalyst Resources Redesigns InterCall Online Conferencing Application

Catalyst Resources was selected by InterCall, the largest conferencing service provider in the world, to redesign their primary online customer application. The recently released Rich Internet Application makes it easier and more natural for customers to schedule conferences and resources, as well as buy add-on services.

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) December 3, 2008

InterCall is the largest conferencing service provider in the world, handling over $700 million in web, audio, video, and IM services yearly. Customers use the InterCall Online web portal to schedule conferences and manage their account services. InterCall recognized that usability of this web interface directly impacted customer satisfaction and retention. They engaged Catalyst Resources to redesign the application to make it easier and more natural for customers to schedule conferences and resources, as well as buy add-on services.

Catalyst began with usability tests to evaluate how current customers were interpreting the InterCall web interface and to identify where user interface enhancements would have the greatest impact. The immediate results were an improved screen flow, consistent messaging and clear navigation elements.

Catalyst also developed a series of AJAX-enabled user interface components to enhance usability and responsiveness. These would enable customers to schedule and modify meetings, providing the same ease as using a desktop application. The AJAX components update information in the background, while customers are engaged in other tasks, so the application always appears to be ready and feels responsive.

By implementing the Catalyst design and AJAX-enabling only the components of the UI that provided a significant return on investment, InterCall was able to significantly enhance user experience, without having to undertake a protracted development effort. Catalyst also mapped out a strategy for progressively enhancing other areas of the site for visual design, interaction design, and user interface, as well demonstrating how the site could be easily rebranded for deployment as SaaS.

About Catalyst Resources:
Since 1994, Catalyst Resources has successfully delivered user interface design for more than 200 software applications to leading global and VC-funded organizations. Catalyst's user-validated, agile design approach to UI minimizes financial and functional risks while maximizing dependability and user satisfaction. Catalyst Resources specializes in the unique UI demands of Financial Services, Software as a Service, Rapid Application Design, and AJAX Application Design. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Catalyst Resources employs accomplished UI designers, information architects, developers and business professionals. More information about Catalyst Resources can be found at http://www. catalystresources. com (http://www. catalystresources. com)

About InterCall:
InterCall, a subsidiary of West Corporation, is the largest service provider in the world specializing in conference communications. Founded in 1991, InterCall helps people and companies be more productive by providing advanced audio, event, Web and video conferencing solutions that are easy-to-use and save them time and money. Along with a team of over 500 Meeting Consultants, the company employs more than 1,500 operators, customer service representatives, call supervisors, accounting, marketing and IT professionals. InterCall's strong U. S. presence, which includes four call centers and 26 sales offices, is bolstered by a global reach that extends to Canada, Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. For more information, please visit http://www. intercall. com (http://www. intercall. com).

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Spectrometers, Spectrophotometers and Spectrofluorometers Market to Reach $10.5 billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-08-20T08:22:00.000-07:00

Spectrometers, Spectrophotometers and Spectrofluorometers Market to Reach $10.5 billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

New advances in areas of drug discovery and development, proteomics, metabolomics, genomics including pharmacogenomics, and related research areas promise lucrative business opportunity for the spectrometer manufacturers. Global market for Spectrometers, Spectrophotometers and Spectrofluorometers is projected to reach US$10.5 billion by 2010.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) March 11, 2008

Spectroscopic instruments have been crucial in the laboratory since their inception. Various segments of the spectrometry industry have evolved to meet the burgeoning requirements of life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. Mass spectrometry techniques are useful in performing tasks such as monitoring processes, identifying compounds, and elucidating chemical structures. This has resulted in increase in demand for spectrometers and auxiliary equipment, expanding the market into a multi billion-dollar industry.

Developments in Infrared (IR), Near Infrared (NIR), and Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy are gradually expanding use into novel applications. These instruments, which have been traditionally used in areas such as analytical chemistry, are finding application in medical and pharmaceutical areas. Research efforts are currently focused on development of noninvasive near-IR techniques to probe the hemodynamics of tissue samples in vivo. Ongoing efforts also explore the use of these techniques for blood delivery for injured tissues.

United States dominates the global spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrofluorometers market (http://www. strategyr. com/Spectrometers_And_Spectrophoto-Fluorometers_Market_Report. asp), with sales estimated at US$3.2 billion for 2007. Expanding Asian research and industrial markets including China and India spell new opportunities for spectrometry, as stated by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Mass Spectrometers market (http://www. strategyr. com/Spectrometers_And_Spectrophoto-Fluorometers_Market_Report. asp) makes up significant share of the spectrometry market and is projected to expand to US$2.5 billion by 2010. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometers comprise the fastest growing sub segment within the molecular Spectroscopy market. Market for this segment is nearly saturated in developed countries including United States and Europe. However, developing regions including Asia-Pacific and Latin America are yet to witness rapid proliferation of this technique. Europe is the second largest market for spectrometers, spectrophotometers, and spectrofluorometers, worldwide next to the US. Mass spectrometry represents the fastest growing segment with CAGR of 9%. Ongoing consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry poses a major challenge for providers of mass spectrometry instruments for proteomics.

Key players profiled in the report include Agilent Technologies Inc., Applied Biosystems Group, Bruker Daltonics Inc., Hitachi Ltd, JEOL Ltd, MDS Sciex, PerkinElmer Inc., Shimadzu Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Varian Inc., and Waters Corporation. Applied Biosystems Group, Waters, and Thermo Fisher, hold about 65% share of the global market for mass spectrometers.

The report titled "Spectrometers, Spectrophotometers and Spectrofluorometers: A Global Strategic Business Report" published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., covers major market dynamics, trends, issues, and competition pertaining to the market. The report enumerates recent product launches/innovations, developments, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. Market size estimates and projections are presented over the years 2000 through 2010, while long-term projections are provided for the years 2011-2015. Product segments analyzed in the study include Molecular Spectroscopy (UV-Vis Spectrophotometers, Raman Spectrometers, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometers, Near Infrared (NIR) Spectrometer, FTIR Spectrometers, and Others); Atomic Spectroscopy (Ark/Spark Spectrometers, Plasma Spectrometers (ICP, ICP-MS), Atomic Absorption Spectrometers, and Others); Hyphenated Spectrometry (LC-MS, GC-MS); Mass Spectrometry; Fluorescence Spectrometers; and Accessories. Analysis is presented for established and emerging markets including United States, Japan, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

For more details of this research report please visit http://www. strategyr. com/Spectrometers_And_Spectrophoto-Fluorometers_Market_Report. asp (http://www. strategyr. com/Spectrometers_And_Spectrophoto-Fluorometers_Market_Report. asp).

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) (http://www. strategyr. com) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world's largest market research publishers. The company employs over 700 people worldwide and publishes more than 880 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers a range of over 60,000 smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

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DSPACE to Provide General Motors with Hardware-in-the-Loop

2011-08-19T04:44:00.000-07:00

DSPACE to Provide General Motors with Hardware-in-the-Loop

DSPACE announced that General Motors has selected it as their preferred worldwide supplier for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) technology systems.

NOVI, Mich. (PRWEB) October 13, 2005

dSPACE announced that General Motors has selected it as their preferred worldwide supplier for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) technology systems.

HIL systems are used in the vehicle development process to test software that will be part of the new vehicle’s electronic controls.

“We are proud that our HIL technology emerged on top. Our products have never before been subjected to as thorough an evaluation process in advance of a purchase as was carried out by GM,” said Herbert Hanselmann, CEO of dSPACE GmbH. “Our HIL simulators have been used successfully by GM groups in Europe. We are very pleased to add GM in North America and other locations to our HIL customer set and we look forward to working closer with them to further improve the productivity of their ECU (Electronic Control Unit) test systems.”

General Motors employs numerous HIL systems in its worldwide technology centers to test ECUs and the functions they control in subsystems, systems, and ultimately entire vehicle networks. The component test systems may test only one function, such as mirror directional controls, within a single ECU. On the other hand, large-scale integration systems test the interaction of numerous networked ECUs to control a multitude of interactions between vehicle systems such as lighting, safety, engine, transmission, and vehicle stability.

DSPACE will provide HIL systems to GM technical centers in North America,

Europe, South America and Asia.

About “HIL”

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) in this document refers to the technique of testing electronic control units in a simulation environment using a complex integrated hardware and software system. The system typically includes a software model of the necessary vehicle systems that provide input signals to the ECU(s) being tested, and provide simulated reactions from the system being controlled. The hardware/software test system allows controlling the testing and monitoring of desired behavior and possible faults that might occur during programmed vehicle maneuvers, unintended breakdowns, or other operating conditions. Vehicle developers and their suppliers commonly use this technique as an alternative to using test vehicles on roads where prototype vehicle cost, availability and safety issues are a concern.

About dSPACE

DSPACE is a market innovator and leading producer of engineering tools for embedded controller development and testing. It provides integrated hardware and software for prototyping control algorithms, automatic generation of production code, controller testing via HIL systems, controller calibration and engineering support services. dSPACE systems enable manufacturers of controllers and ECU(s) to dramatically reduce their development times and costs and to increase product quality. In recognition of its pioneering role in HIL, Frost & Sullivan named dSPACE “2005 Manufacturing Test Company of the Year”. In addition to its worldwide headquarters in Paderborn, Germany and its North American headquarters in Novi, Mich., the company has subsidiaries in France, Japan, and the United Kingdom and representatives worldwide. Today, over 12,000 dSPACE systems are in use worldwide, serving customers in the automotive, aerospace, academic, off-highway transportation, engineering, and robotics industries.

More information is available at www. dspaceinc. com

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Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Market Worldwide is Projected to Reach US$28.9 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-08-18T22:21:00.000-07:00

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Market Worldwide is Projected to Reach US$28.9 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Global Positioning Systems market. Changing consumer attitudes towards portable navigation functionality, improving quality and reliability of personal navigation systems, and restoration of health of the telecommunication and transportation industry in the post recession period will trigger the world global positioning systems market to reach US$28.9 billion by the year 2015.

San Jose, CA (Vocus) October 20, 2010

With the world financial crisis led economic recession now playing out in full proportions, the telecommunication industry, like all other industries, stands acutely impacted by the crisis. The unusually pronounced length, breath, depth and magnitude of the recession have taken a large bite out of carriers’ revenues and profitability. Decline in consumer usage of telecommunication services, lower levels of new subscriber additions, falling average revenue per user, and traffic reductions have distorted the business climate over the last two years. Additionally, drying up of the debt market and the resulting shortages in capital investments, played instrumental roles in derailing network coverage expansion, and upgradation schedules. Repercussions of the US financial crisis were manifested through the Asian capital markets in the form of reduced flow of foreign capital into the region, thus impacting network operators dependent on foreign capital. Scheduled 3G auctions were thrown into the back burner in most countries, investments in next generation technologies like LTE and WiMax took a hurting blow, sharp reductions in IT spends by companies wrestling with the unfavorable business climate resulted in reduced cross-country traffic for international long distance carriers.

The gloomy business environment in the telecommunication industry has had a trickle down impact on both the GPS services and handset market, with handset manufacturers being especially roughed up. Economic uncertainties, rising rates of unemployment, decline in discretionary incomes, reduction in household wealth, crumbling consumer confidence, have all resulted in postponement of new device purchases thus lengthening the handset replacement cycle. Frugal consumer spending, with the prime-shopping motif being value for money, resulted in erosion in sales of high-end, expensive, premium communication devices and handsets. All of these factors culminated in witnessing sales of GPS units slip southwards. World market GPS was additionally pushed into a double dip recession during the years 2009, and 2010 with the beleaguered automotive industry casting a cold dampener on market opportunities for GPS applications in in-vehicle navigation.

Deterioration in personal financial conditions of consumers is creating a distinctive shift towards to low-budget GPS devices. With consumers on the prowl for value for money deals, price is beginning to attain importance as a crucial variable influencing purchasing decisions. This trading down to lower price points, as a result of consumer austerity in spending, offers a rich mixture and opportunities and challenges to players in the market with the winners being not the financially stronger companies but rather companies prepared to negotiate changes in shifting consumer preferences and needs. Interestingly, tight budgetary conditions are helping A-GPS devices score over stand-alone GPS devices. Being relatively cheaper than in comparison with dedicated, stand-alone GPS devices, assisted-GPS (A-GPS), and mobile phones with GPS capability are witnessing relatively stable gains in the marketplace. The trend can be thrown into sharper relief by the fact that GPS-equipped smartphones have sustained their sales momentum much better in comparison to standalone GPS devices. Sleek, multi-functional smartphones with GPS capability currently fit the bill for myriad number of cash-strapped consumers keen on reducing ownership of multiple devices. Android phones with google maps offer inexpensive smartphone powered navigation capabilities.

As stated by the new market research report, the world Global Positioning Systems market is dominated by Japan and the US, which together account for a lion’s share of the world market. Segment-wise, Land-based GPS Applications have come under the yoke of the recession, displaying the worst erosion in value sales during 2009. However, with “Location Awareness” forecast to emerge into the most important buzzword for consumers seeking to instantaneously connect to places, resources and people in their immediate vicinity, demand is forecast to make a comeback in the post recession period. Economic stimulus packages extended by governments to revive rural, infrastructure, telecommunication network development, commerce, justice and science, energy & water, housing and transportation and military, will aid in shaping up key end-use application markets for GPS. For instance, restoration of health of the transportation industry will positively expand vehicle fleet size, and thereby the potential for GPS devices for in-vehicle navigation. Market for GPS based In-Vehicle Navigation Applications in Europe is estimated to cross US$1.5 billion mark by 2015. With fuel prices rising, after a temporary decline during the recession period, demand for GPS for in-vehicle navigation is expected rise, as drivers begin to realize the fuel benefits offered by quality routine guidance in reducing travel distances.

Key players in the Global Positioning Systems market place include Fei-Zyfer Inc., Furuno USA Inc., Garmin International Inc., Hemisphere GPS, ITT Corporation Geospatial Systems, KVH Industries Inc., MiTAC International Corporation, Magellan Navigation Inc., Mio Technology Benelux N. V, Navman New Zealand, NavCom Technology Inc., NovAtel Inc., Navico, Orolia Group, Raytheon Systems Co., Rockwell Collins Inc., SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., Sokkia Topcon Co. Ltd., Symmetricom Inc., TomTom International B. V., Trimble Navigation Limited, among others.

The research report titled "Global Positioning Systems (GPS): A Global Strategic Business Report" announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, drivers, challenges, competition, company profile, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic industry activity. The report provides market estimates and projections in (US$) for major geographic markets such as United States, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World. End-use application markets analyzed include Land-Based Applications (In-Vehicle Navigation, Consumer, Survey/Mapping, and Tracking/Machine Control), OEM, Aviation, Marine, Military, and Timing.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit –
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About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world’s largest market research publishers. The company employs over 800 people worldwide and publishes more than 1200 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers thousands of smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

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Long-Term Investments Remain Critical to Biotechnology Industry Growth, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts

2011-08-18T14:46:00.000-07:00

Long-Term Investments Remain Critical to Biotechnology Industry Growth, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts

Heightened interest in therapeutic efficiency, quality and safety of food supply, as well as increasing concerns about environmental contamination, drive the biotechnology market. Biopharmaceuticals is poised to experience spiraling growth given the recent success of commercialized products and the steady stream of products presently in the pipeline.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) September 11, 2008

Biotechnology industry is regarded as one of the most capital intensive and research-intensive industries. Competitive success and growth in the industry is hugely dependent on the ability to secure needed capital. Majority of companies cannot pivot on product revenues to meet these needs because of the time required to bring new products to market. Instead, the industry has used a wide variety of mechanisms, ranging from venture capital investments and public investments, joint ventures and partnerships with other companies to pump the money required to fuel the industry's growth. Regulation will also continue to remain a key factor influencing the growth of the biotechnology industry, especially for recombinant DNA technology based products. In the upcoming years, the world biotechnology industry is expected to make substantial progress fueled by private funding, collaborative research communities, and commercial opportunities.

Biotechnology has been recognized as a key growth technology by most industrialized countries. While the United States industry leads the global biotechnology market (http://www. strategyr. com/Biotechnology_Industry_Market_Report. asp) in terms of discovery and product sales, Japan, Asia and the Europe are coordinating government, academic and industrial resources in biotechnology development to establish a strong, government-supported technology network.

Biotechnology has a wide range of opportunities, especially in agriculture, human and animal health, molecular biotechnology and the environment sectors. The acceleration of drug discovery and commercialization process resulting from biotechnology is contributing to growing applications in biopharmaceuticals market (http://www. strategyr. com/Biotechnology_Industry_Market_Report. asp). Biotechnology companies in the pharmaceuticals arena focus on discovering and developing drugs to diagnose, prevent, treat and cure critical diseases. Major biotech drugs available in the market include antibiotics, cancer drugs, anemia drugs, and drugs for multiple sclerosis, arthritis, neutropenia, Alzheimer's disease, infectious diseases, diabetes, AIDS and heart disease. Additionally, over 300 biotech drugs comprising products and vaccines are under clinical trial for a wide range of therapeutic conditions. The market for contract biologics manufacturing is sharply rising with the growth of the biopharmaceuticals sector. Contract biologics manufacturing is rising for specialized technologies and the segment accounts over 20% of total biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Utilization of biotechnology for the development of agriculture related products and processes would represent a key strategic factor to improve the quality and quantity of production in the country. Agricultural biotechnology market (http://www. strategyr. com/Biotechnology_Industry_Market_Report. asp) is burgeoning, as a result of acceptance of genetic engineering and biotech crops and improved regulatory framework in areas including agricultural research policy, consumer preference, marketing and production, worldwide food demand and industry structure. Biotechnology companies are engaged in myriad activities such as designing of transgenic and genetically modified crops, production of bio-pesticide inoculates, micro-propagation enhancement, food, embryos, pulp, and disease diagnosis.

The report titled "Biotechnology: A Global Outlook" provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a bird's eye view of the Biotechnology industry. Annotated with 26 fact, and data rich tables presenting analytical segmentation by product application, the report provides global revenues, and expenditure on R&D of/by biotechnology companies, sales of enabling technologies, biologic drug sales by product and global biotech/pharmacogenomics/bioinformatics product/technology sales, among others. The report also includes an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 2,223 companies worldwide.

For more details about this research report, please visit
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Who's Afraid of San Francisco? October 5 – November 16, 2006

2011-08-18T05:43:00.000-07:00

Who's Afraid of San Francisco? October 5 – November 16, 2006

Nine Bay Area Artists ask, “Hey America, what are you afraid of?” Artists ranging from emerging to internationally renown unveil over 20 new works including paintings, works on paper, conceptual objects and prints. Each contributing artist is looking not just at fear, but at what drives and motivates the most far-reaching fears that our city instills in the popular media, and thereby, in our local populace and that of the rest of the country.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2006

"Who's Afraid of San Francisco?" is a head first plunge by a broad sampling of Bay Area artists into our biggest anxieties. Each contributing artist is looking not just at fear, but at what drives and motivates the most far-reaching fears that our city instills in the popular media, and thereby, in our local populace and that of the rest of the country. These artists range from internationally famous icons to maverick emerging talent and work in a wide range of materials, exploring a tremendous breadth of ideas. Is San Francisco a vanguard for America’s greatest potential or a relic of liberal dogmatism?

Frey Norris Gallery boldly presents “Who’s Afraid of San Francisco?” opening October 5 and running through November 16, 2006. Exhibiting artists include: Enrique Chagoya, Phillip Dvorak, Rodney Ewing, Hung Liu, Frederick Loomis, Michele Pred, Douglas Schneider, Laurel Roth and Andy Diaz Hope.

About the Art

Gay marriage and San Francisco as the Gay Mecca, old and new anti-war movements, workers' rights and social activism, massive earthquakes and their cultural scars, intravenous drug use, medical marijuana, immigration and racial injustice -- all of these aspects of life in the Bay Area in some way pump up the nation's blood pressure or offer a contrasting, potentially frightening new way of seeing, and all of them inform specific works in the exhibition.

Enrique Chagoya’s “Adventures of a Minimalist Cannibal” explores the hot-button issue of immigration. Chagoya essentially “cannibalizes” a painting by Ellsworth Kelly (Red, Blue, Yellow) and creates a hybrid of Western and pre-Columbian painting styles. Chagoya’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco among others.

In “Earthquake Weather” Phillip Dvorak investigates the generally discomfiting theme of sexual bondage, utilizing an array of overlapping human figures donning masks from animal species that once roamed the city and no longer do.

Reminiscent of the Japanese woodblock prints of Hiroshige and Hokusai, Rodney Ewing’s “A Change is Gonna Come” pays tribute to the Bay Area tradition of protest and activism -- by illustrating the fist as a tidal wave or "tsunami" that constantly moves from shore to shore, landing not with destructive force, but with the capacity for justice and change.

Laurel Roth and Andy Diaz Hope have collaborated on two themes, intravenous drug culture (in the form of a chandelier) and California's history of "Sundown Towns." Posters throughout these Sundown Towns warned minorities, most often African Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, Chinese and Jews, that they were expected to vacate the town by sundown.

Hung Liu’s mixed media pieces "Immigrant,” “Proletarian” and “Citizen" explore her life as a Chinese immigrant in the U. S., utilizing her actual immigration and passport documents, thereby personalizing the dramatic effect of living with multiple identities. Liu’s work is in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The San Jose Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Smithsonian among many others.

Frederick Loomis’ work incorporates concepts from the three traditions of the book (Islam, Christianity and Judaism), agnosticism, science-fiction and various veins of Asian esoteric mysticism. “Miriam” is a portrait of a trans-dimensional medium (a gold-skinned woman) who delivers to Loomis his 3rd Testament which he is both writing and illustrating -- a prophecy of our next 1,000 years of evolution into “Human Computers,” executed in the visionary tradition of William Blake and Henry Darger.

Michele Pred’s “Grooms” utilizes found objects to depict a series of colorful wedding cake tops. Pred will also unveil a conceptual piece intending to ignite further dialogue regarding medical marijuana.

Douglas Schneider’s “Bush,” large oil on canvas, depicts the only president in recent history who has managed to avoid visiting San Francisco – especially during a time of war. Is George W. Bush afraid of San Francisco? Schneider will also contribute a conceptual work, “The Big One,” relating to the recent centennial of San Francisco's quake of 1906.

About Frey Norris Gallery

Focusing on important Bay Area artists and internationally recognized artists from Asia, Frey Norris Gallery provides one of San Francisco's most welcoming and dynamic venues for experiencing and purchasing contemporary art. Frey Norris Gallery exhibits paintings, works on paper (including drawings, pastels and watercolors), collage, sculpture, manufactured conceptual work and photographic media.

Frey Norris Gallery

456 Geary Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

T: 415.346.7812

F: 415.346.7877

Www. freynorris. com

Gallery Hours

Tuesday – Saturday 11 a. m. – 7 p. m.

Sunday 11 a. m. – 5 p. m.

Closed Monday

In February 2007, Frey Norris Gallery presents “Vanitas Baby” the debut exhibition for San Francisco artist Susannah Bettag. More than twenty unique paintings and other wall hung media will fill the gallery with aggressive neon colors, sexually charged imagery and a strangely transgressive innocence in this exciting first look at an emerging San Francisco visionary.

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RFID Compliance in “One Day” – Omron’s RFID Package Available at RFIDSupplyChain. com

2011-08-18T02:22:00.000-07:00

RFID Compliance in “One Day” – Omron’s RFID Package Available at RFIDSupplyChain. com

RFIDSupplyChain. com has announced that they are currently the exclusive web-based provider of the new Omron “One Day” RFID Compliance Package.

South Bend, IN (PRWEB) April 15, 2006

RFIDSupplyChain. com has announced that they are currently the exclusive web-based provider of the new Omron “One Day” RFID Compliance Package.

“This ‘One Day’ RFID Compliance solution from Omron allows companies to become instantly compliant with any Department of Defense or retail mandate, such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target,” says RFIDSupplyChain. com’s Karen Radde. “As a 100% plug and play kit, this package will give our customers another option for RFID compliance.”

In addition, the Omron “One Day” RFID Compliance Package is fully scaleable. Companies with high and low volumes alike can not only quickly implement this solution, but also easily add devices as their situation requires.

The pre-engineered RFID compliance package comes complete with an Omron RFID V740 reader/writer, antenna with mounting stand, cables, tags, RFID printer (choice of Printronix or Zebra), an indicator “stack” light, all miscellaneous hardware and epcSolutions middleware. For a limited time, it also includes 10,000 free labels.

“Customers looking for an RFID compliance solution will be excited to know that this package also comes complete with training, professional set-up services, support and free firmware upgrades for one year,” adds Radde. “This allows our customers’ RFID compliance deployment to be as simple and easy as possible.”

About Omron

Headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, OMRON Corporation is a global leader in the field of automation with $5.5 billion in annual revenue. Established in 1933 and headed by President and CEO Hisao Sakuta, OMRON has more than 26,000 employees in over 35 countries. Omron's RFID Division has been in the RFID business for over 20 years and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with US operations in Schaumburg, Illinois. As an EPCglobal member, OMRON offers a wide range of RFID products including inlays and readers for HF (13.56 MHz), UHF (915 MHz) and other frequencies.

About RFIDSupplyChain. com

RFIDSupplyChain. com, an online RFID store offering do-it-yourself kits and solutions to common RFID applications, is the “One-Stop Shop” for all of your RFID technology and RFID compliance needs. RFIDSupplyChain. com is a leader in providing RFID hardware, software, services and solutions to suppliers that need to comply with Wal-Mart, Department of Defense (DoD) and other mandates as well as companies that want to improve business processes. RFIDSupplyChain. com has partnered with the top RFID manufacturers, such as Alien, Intermec, Symbol, Omron, Printronix and Zebra, to provide the best and latest RFID tags, readers, antennas, smart labels, printers, portals, and solutions.

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What the Navy isn't telling you about the USS Greeneville and its Tiger Cruise!

2011-08-17T16:34:00.000-07:00

What the Navy isn't telling you about the USS Greeneville and its Tiger Cruise!

(PRWEB) February 18, 2001

The USS Greeneville - What Really Happened?

Baltimore, MD, February 15, 2001 - What the Navy isn't telling you is that the Greeneville was sailing off Oahu on a Tiger Cruise. The Tiger Cruise is a navy tradition where naval vessels routinely take civilians out for a hands-on tour of naval operations. In order for the Greeneville to accommodate 16 civilians, they probably left up to a third of their crew behind. Why? There just isn't enough room to go around.

When the Greeneville smashed into the Japanese fishing boat, they were performing an exercise called an "emergency blow." When the order is given, compressed air is forced into the ballast tanks quickly forcing water out of the tanks. This exercise is generally performed far away from land in open waters. Before a sub blows the surface, it may do a periscope check for any vessels that might be in the area, should use active sonar and then submerge. Once submerged, they should continue to monitor the area using active sonar and, once the all-clear is given, empty its ballast of sea water and head for the surface - very fast. There are no guarantees, but all too often a submarine will "blow" the surface using only its passive sonar to survey the area.

The Greeneville was apparently only running passive sonar, should never have performed an emergency blow only 9 miles from shore and may not have done a periscope search before the exercise. Was this the fault of the civilians on board? No, anytime a civilian is at the controls of a submarine, they are closely monitored and within an arms reach of experienced naval personnel. But, the Control room on a submarine can be a very crowded area and if all or most of the 16 civilians were in control at the time of the blow, it's very possible members of the crew were distracted.

The Tiger Cruise, a novel published in December, 1999 and the quintessential book on tiger cruises, describes in great detail how the emergency blow exercise is performed. The civilians on board the USS Woodbridge, the fictional Los Angeles class nuclear attack sub in the book, also participated in a "blow" exercise but they didn't sink a Japanese fishing boat; they saved America from an Iraqi biological attack.

To request review copies, book/author photos or an interview with the author, please fax your request to: 410-744-4658

Vote for America's Favorite Steak

2011-08-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

Vote for America's Favorite Steak

Help DeBragga. com choose America's favorite steak, and receive a coupon worth 10% off your next order with New York's Butcher. Vote for America's favorite steak from Memorial Day through July 4th. One winner, drawn from all the entries, will win a four pack of America's favorite steak, courtesy of DeBragga. com. DeBragga has been serving America's favorite steaks for almost a century.

New York (PRWEB) June 3, 2009

People all across the country are being asked to vote for their favorite steaks at Debragga. com to determine America's most popular cut of beef. Now in its second year, American's Favorite Steak tells beef lovers which cut this country prizes the most - strip, ribeye, cowboy rib (bone in), T-bone or filet. When anyone votes for a favorite at DeBragga. com, they automatically receive a coupon code for 10% off the next order!

From May 25 to July 4, 2009, anyone in the continental United States can cast a vote for American's Favorite Steak. Visitors browse through the selection of steaks at DeBragga. com, all hand-cut and aged on premises - the New York Strip, T-bone, ribeye steak, the bone-in cowboy rib, and filet mignon (also known as tenderloin). Then people may cast a vote; everyone receives a coupon code by email for 10% off the next purchase at DeBragga. com. The winner of America's Favorite Steak will be chosen during a drawing at DeBragga. com, located in New York's famed meat market, on Saturday, July 4th. The winner will receive a family four-pack of America's Favorite Steaks, great for summer grilling!

Anyone wanting to taste a variety of steaks may order The Sampler, two steaks from each cut running in America's Favorite Steaks (8.75 lbs). Special Sampler Price: $190. The superior beef found at DeBragga. com comes from several sources: naturally raised Angus, Wagyu-Kobe (from Japan, Australia and the US), prime and dry-aged beef, as well as wet aged or grass-fed. To qualify as a vote for America's Favorite Steak, entries do not need to include a style of beef (such as grassfed, or naturally raised) in the vote.

America's Favorite Steak 2008 revealed the Cowboy Rib Steak as the country's most popular. It was a tight vote: New York Strip steaks were a close second, with filet mignon coming in third. Far behind were the T-bone and ribeye. All voter information for the 2009 contest will be kept confidential. Entries constitute permission to email. Limit one vote per customer and one prize per household. No cash value offered for prizes. Winning voters will be contacted with the good news by 5pm EDT on Tuesday, July 7th.

DeBragga. com was created by Marc Sarrazin and George Faison, owners of DeBragga and Spitler, at 826-D Washington Street, New York, NY, (212) 924-1311. Known for its staff of experienced butchers who age and hand-cut the finest meats for New York's most discriminating chefs, DeBragga has been located in New York's famed Meat Market for almost a century. DeBragga serves restaurants like Restaurant Daniel, Le Bernardin, Momofuku Ssam Bar, the BLT group, and Craftsteak, and now you. DeBragga, New York's butcher to generations of legendary chefs.

Media contact: Stephanie Crane Faison
(908) 626-0111

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The All New Mazda 6 Makes a Bold Entrance into The Mid-Size Car Market

2011-08-16T10:19:00.000-07:00

The All New Mazda 6 Makes a Bold Entrance into The Mid-Size Car Market

Perfectly designed and constructed, the all new Mazda 6 has made a fierce breakthrough into the mid-size car market. The new Mazda 6 went on sale at the beginning of 2008.

UK (PRWEB) January 18, 2008

Known as the Mazda Atenza in Japan, this second generation model immediately gained popularity for its enhanced environmental performance, exceptional functionality and superb design.

Having received numerous awards, the all-new Mazda 6 is making rapid steps towards conquering the UK car market.

Future owners of the car will be particularly satisfied with the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, which are aimed at saving hundred of pounds per year.

"Take one look at the new Mazda 6 and you'll be instantly captivated," says Dale Gillespie, the Managing Director of Jennings Mazda Group "The original Mazda 6 combined elegance with a bold road presence, and the new Mazda 6 takes these characters one step further providing an even sportier form factor."

Mazda 6's exterior has always been the epitome of Mazda's new-generation design theme and along with the unique visual look, the all new Mazda 6 also boasts high quality interior conveniences and a great number of safety features. These include an anti lock braking system, new parking sensors, Dynamic Steering Control (DSC), new Adaptive Front Lighting Systems and electric traction controls.

Customers can choose between the new MZR 2.5 litre petrol engine, 1.8 or 2.0 litre petrol engines or the MZR-CD 2.0 turbo diesel engine.

"The Mazda 6 prides itself on attention to detail," comments Dale Gillespie. "From the beautifully styled front and rear lights and sculpted body colour, to the carefully executed leather interior, the quality speaks for itself."

The car began retailing at the beginning of 2008 in three body styles: four-door sedan, five-door hatchback and an estate. All of these versions are available for order from: Jennings-Mazda. co. uk. The prices for the all new Mazda 6 start from only £12995 with a three year guarantee and roadside assistance.

About the Company:
Jennings-Mazda co. uk (http://www. jennings-mazda. co. uk/ (http://www. jennings-mazda. co. uk/)) is a Franchise dealer group offering a wide range of new and used Mazda cars to customers in Durham, Hexham, Newcastle, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Stockton.

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MOTOWN LEGENDS AND THE MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION JOIN INNER-CITY SUB CENTER FOR 34TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

2011-08-15T21:32:00.000-07:00

MOTOWN LEGENDS AND THE MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION JOIN INNER-CITY SUB CENTER FOR 34TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Legendary Motown Artist return to Detroit to receive Lifetime Acheivement Awards and to celebrate the 34th anniversary of a vital community organization.

Detroit, MI (PRWEB) August 8, 2003

Legendary Motown acts and area radio personalities will join DetroitÂs Inner City Sub-Center in celebrating its 34th anniversary August 8-10 , 2003 at 8411 E. Forrest in Detroit, Michigan.

The following artists and radio personalities have confirmed their attendance at the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony on August 9, 2003 from 4:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. as award recipients: Freda Payne (Band of Gold) Sherrie Payne (The Supremes) Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Heatwave, DancinÂ in the Streets), The Miracles (Oooh Baby, Baby) The Contours (Do You Love Me?) The All-Stars (formerly Junior Walker and the All-Stars) Johnny Bristol (famous Motown Producer and Singer, Hang On in There Baby) Rosetta Hines (WGPR), Jay Butler (WQBH), Raymond Henderson(WQBH) and Fred Goree (WQBH). There will be a VIP reception at 4:00 p. m. to allow guests and the media to mingle with the artists as well as take photographs with them and get autographs signed. The award ceremony will begin at 5:00 p. m.

There will also be a rare performance by former Motown recording group The Vikings (formerly Eric and the Vikings), whose recording "Vibrations (Have Made Us Fall In Love)" topped the million seller R&B charts for Soulhawk Records/Atlantic, in the early 70's. Other performers at the festival include the group Serieux, The Chosen 5, and the "Buckle Up Kids."

The three day Cultural Arts Festival is being held in partnership with the Motown Alumni Association and will also feature performances, games, fashion shows, food and vendors.

As a part of their continuing commitment to education and entertainment, the Inner City Sub-Center will launch a historic Entertainment Hip-Hop Clinic to educate entertainers about business behind the scenes of the entertainment industry. The Motown Alumni Association will also be involved with the clinic. Organized by Detroit attorney Gregory J. Reed, the pilot program will include three sessions on Â August 23, 2003, September 13, 2003 and September 27, 2003.

The Motown Alumni Association is a social fraternity/sorority of former, and present Motown employees, alumni, musicians, producers, arrangers, and personnel. Formed in 1995, the Motown Alumni Association has more than 10,000 members worldwide with chapters in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Maryland, Delaware (Washington D. C.), Virginia, Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio), Philadelphia, Virginia, Italy, New York, Japan, South Africa, and England.

The Inner City Sub-Center is a non-profit, tax exempt community based organization that provides youth adult, senior and emergency services by providing after school cultural and tutorial activities, food, clothing and referral services for low-income families.

Tickets for the VIP reception and Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony are $50. General admission for the three day event is $5 per day. To purchase tickets, call the Inner City Sub Center at (313) 921-0200.

For more information about the Entertainment and Hip Hop Clinic or to register for the clinic call (313) 921-0200 or (313) 961-8526.

Exchange-Traded Funds Gain In Popularity

2011-08-15T14:50:00.000-07:00

Exchange-Traded Funds Gain In Popularity

"Guarding Your Wealth" is a nationally syndicated weekly personal finance column written by Jeffrey D. Voudrie, CFP. Mr. Voudrie is the President of Legacy Planning Group, a private wealth management firm that employs sophisticated proprietary strategies designed to protect and grow its clients' investments. Please visit our website, www. guardingyourwealth. com to read past articles in our archive.

Johnson City, TN (PRWEB) September 19, 2005

Since being introduced in the mid '90s, Exchange-Traded Funds have continued to grow in popularity. Over 60% of money flowing into index fund-type vehicles is going into Exchange-Traded Funds. Should you be using them? Read on to find out.

I recently spoke in New York City at a national summit for financial advisors that focused on Exchange-Traded Funds. Over 200 advisors from all over the country attended and learned why the use of exchange-traded funds can give them a competitive advantage and benefit their clients. Whether you are a traditional buy and hold investor, or actively trade to profit from shorter-term opportunities, you should strongly consider their use.

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are designed to mirror a market index. The three most popular stock market indices are the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. The ETFs that mirror these indices are referred to as Diamonds, Spiders and Cubes because their symbols are DIA, SPY and QQQ.

Exchange-Traded Funds provide the diversification benefits of a mutual fund with the advantage of being traded like an individual stock. Whereas a mutual fund can only be bought or sold based on that day's closing price, Exchange-Traded Funds can be bought or sold anytime throughout the trading day. This allows you to more quickly enter or exit the market during the day.

With over 172 different ETFs, there is an ETF for practically every index available. In fact, ETFs track nearly twice as many broad-based market indexes as traditional index mutual funds. This creates amazing flexibility in structuring an overall portfolio to the specific needs of any investor.

Besides many broad-based ETFs, there are also ones targeting specific sectors of the market. And Exchange-Traded Funds aren't just for stock-based investments. There are separate ETFs that invest in bonds, real estate, precious metals and other commodities. There are ETFs designed for growth and others designed for income.

The internal expenses of most Exchange-Traded Funds are very low. The average actively-managed mutual fund may have internal expenses over 1% per year. The internal expenses of Diamonds, Spiders and Cubes are less than 1/5 of 1% per year. (Since ETFs are purchased like a stock, there is a commission to buy and sell them. The use of a discount broker should minimize this expense.)

The majority of exchange-traded funds are not actively managed. In that sense they are very similar to an indexed mutual fund. Recently, though, actively-managed ETFs have been introduced to the market. Expect more and more of these to become available over the next few years.

Exchange-traded funds allow an investor to control when the taxes will be paid on an investment, whereas in a traditional mutual fund those decisions are made by someone else. An investor can also sell a stock or mutual fund to generate a tax-deductible loss and then replace that investment with a similar ETF.

Moreover, ETFs can be sold-short without having to wait for an 'uptick'. To short an individual stock you must wait for it to trade higher than its previous trade (referred to as an uptick). As a result, it can be difficult to sell-short when the market is falling. With ETFs, you can easily sell-short in a falling market and thus profit from it. This is one technique that can be effectively used to protect the rest of your non - IRA portfolio.

To summarize, ETFs can be used in many ways. They can be used to round out a portfolio. If you have several individual stocks that you don't want to sell for tax reasons, ETFs can be used to add diversification. ETFs can be sold short so they can also be used to protect the rest of your portfolio in a falling market. Or ETFs can be used to increase specific exposure of an overall portfolio. For instance, you could have international exposure but overweight Japan by buying a broad-based international ETF and a Japan-focused ETF.

I use ETFs extensively in my client's accounts because of their flexibility and low cost. Your portfolio can probably benefit from their use as well. If you would like to learn more about how to use ETFs in your portfolio just let me know.

For clear, straightforward, unbiased answers to your financial questions contact me at jeff@guardingyourwealth. com.

Mr. Voudrie is a Certified Financial Planner, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and President of Legacy Planning Group, Inc., a Private Wealth Management Firm in Johnson City, TN. He can be reached toll-free at 1-877-827-1463 or www. guardingyourwealth. com.

Looking for an energetic expert who is passionate about financial and wealth management? Mr. Voudrie is an excellent speaker who will excite and inspire your audience. Mr. Voudrie is available for a limited number of speaking engagements, television appearances and radio talk shows. For booking information, email jeff@guardingyourwealth. com.

Related Articles can be found at www. guardingyourwealth. com under the Guarding Your Wealth Article Archive.

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PYzam. com to Launch FAME on MySpace

2011-08-15T01:48:00.000-07:00

PYzam. com to Launch FAME on MySpace

PYzam. com's FAME application to bring rankings of popularity to the Worlds Largest Social Network

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) April 18, 2008

pYzam. com, the world's largest MySpace Toys provider, today announced that it will launch FAME on MySpace (www. myspace. com/whatsmyfame (http://www. myspace. com/whatsmyfame)), the world's most popular social network. FAME will calculate and rank the popularity of each MySpace profile, allowing users to determine how famous they are. Empowered by MySpace's newly announced Developer Platform (http://developer. myspace. com (http://developer. myspace. com)), pYzam. com was able to easily build, test, and ultimately deploy FAME.

FAME will display each user's ranking among all of MySpace and also shows how they rank amongst their group of friends, their gender, their area, and more. FAME is completely customizable allowing the user to pick options such as the color, their friends, and what rankings to show. The rankings are calculated based on a variety of metrics such as profile views, friends, votes, and referrals that help keep users active and interested as their scores change every hour.

MySpace first introduced their Developer Platform site on February 5, 2008 beginning a one month application development period allowing companies including pYzam. com, time to build and test their applications in a secure environment before going live to the MySpace community.

On March 13, 2008, MySpace launched the public beta of the Application Gallery (http://apps. myspace. com (http://apps. myspace. com)), enabling broader testing of approved applications by allowing public installation. MySpace members can now discover and add new applications from a variety of categories, including FAME, to both their home and profile pages.

"Bringing FAME to MySpace users will combine their competitive spirit with the natural desire to be famous," said Jason Moore, president and general manager, pYzam. com. "Whether it's the next Colbie Caillat that becomes truly famous or just a group of friends that are curious how they compare, FAME will help MySpace rank everyone's popularity."

As with all MySpace Developer Platform applications, FAME will be able to safely access publicly available profile information including a user's friend list, interests, photos & albums, video, as well as status & mood. FAME will have real estate in five places within MySpace including:
A MySpace application profile (users can "friend" the apps) Access to embed applications on the user homepage (inward facing--for you to see) Access to embed applications on profiles (outward facing widget--for friends to see) An application gallery listing A canvas page

"FAME is a great example of the development community utilizing nearly all the tools at their disposal to create the type of application that just wasn't possible before the MySpace Developer Platform," said Kyle Brinkman, vice president and general manager, MySpace Developer Platform. "The Platform allows us to strengthen relationships with our developers, such as pYzam. com, which will help to enrich the end user experience."

For more information about the MySpace Developer Platform, please visit http://developer. myspace. com (http://developer. myspace. com).

About pYzam. com
PYzam. com, a unit of Tree Room, LLC, is one of the world's largest providers of specialized content for Social Networks. Known primarily for creating the "Flash Toys" genre of applications while doing business as FreeFlashToys. com, they have since increased their offerings to original graphics, layouts, and tools to be used for most Social Networks. With millions of unique users a month, pYzam. com has gained a reputation with the Gen-Y demographic as being a safe, friendly, and user-oriented free web service.

About MySpace
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums, MySpace has created a connected community. As the first ranked web domain in terms of page views (*), MySpace is the most widely-used and highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to providing the highest quality member experience. MySpace will continue to innovate with new features that allow its members to express their creativity and share their lives, both online and off. MySpace's international network includes localized community sites in the United States, France, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Latin America, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS) (NYSE:NWS. A) (ASX:NWS) (ASX:NWSLV).

(*) Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, December 2007. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to http://www. comscore. com (http://www. comscore. com).

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Global Petrolatum Market to Reach $339.2 Million by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-08-14T21:09:00.000-07:00

Global Petrolatum Market to Reach $339.2 Million by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Petrolatum markets. The world market for Petrolatum is projected to reach $339.2 million by the year 2015. This is primarily driven by plethora of applications offered by the product. Further, increasing importance given by individuals for their personal appearance is driving growth in cosmetics segment, which is a key application area for petrolatum.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) March 24, 2010

Petrolatum, soft paraffin or petroleum jelly is a semi-solid hydrocarbon formulation containing more than 25 carbon molecules, promoted originally as topical ointment due to its medicinal properties. Petrolatum is a wax by-product of bright stock, the heaviest variety of lube oil. The product is a natural blend of oil and microcrystalline wax. Petrolatum transforms to mineral jelly on filtering and blending due to its good oil retaining capacity. The product turns to microcrystalline wax on being completely refined. Petrolatum is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an OTC (over-the-counter) skin protectant, finding wide range of applications in cosmetic skin care sector.

Europe dominates the world petrolatum market as stated by the new market research report on Petrolatum market (http://www. strategyr. com/Petrolatum_Market_Report. asp). However, fastest growth is likely to emanate from Asia-Pacific. The market is expected to overtake Europe and emerge as the largest regional market for petrolatum worldwide. The key selling point of skin care products such as petrolatum seems to be the personal appearance factor. Besides this, innovative product mix, ageing and consumer affluence also play important roles in promoting growth in this industry. Certain other trends witnessed in the market are high spending ratio in developed countries, and introduction of specialized products for special socio economic classes. Other market highlights include growing use of UV filters, shift towards mass market consumer brands, move from prescription to OTC status, and rising popularity of own label products.

However, petrolatum segment is witnessing considerable changes, which are attributed to changes within the petroleum refining industry as well as rising competition from other substitutes such as alternative waxes and non-wax products, for instance plastics. In addition, the petroleum waxes (http://www. strategyr. com/Petrolatum_Market_Report. asp) segment witnessed huge losses in its application markets over the last decade particularly in the key sectors of paper, packaging, and candles, due to rise in petroleum prices and environmental concerns that enhanced the competitiveness of substitute products. The environmental factor is also eliminating the use of wax completely across some markets with green products replacing their presence in other segments such as cosmetics, candles, and fire logs. Key players profiled in the report include Anika Laboratories Inc., Grand Brands LLC, HEALDERM HELLAS S. A., Royal Exports, and Unilever.

The report titled "Petrolatum: A Global Strategic Business Report" announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, competitive scenario, product overview, and recent industry activity. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of value sales for regions including The United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Rest of World.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit -
http://www. strategyr. com/Petrolatum_Market_Report. asp (http://www. strategyr. com/Petrolatum_Market_Report. asp)

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) (http://www. strategyR. com/) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world's largest market research publishers. The company employs over 800 people worldwide and publishes more than 1100 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers thousands of smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
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International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)and COASTWEEKS Connection with AICHI2005

2011-08-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)and COASTWEEKS Connection with AICHI2005

International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) promotes United Nations Environmental Program at Children's World Summit for the Environment.

Aichi, Japan (PRWEB) August 27, 2005

Energy, biodiversity, water, and recycling are the environmental issues of greatest concern to young people from around the world who gathered for the Children's World Summit for the Environment in Japan.

Organized by the United Nations Environment Programme, the Summit was held in connection with EXPO 2005 at Toyohashi City, Aichi Perfecture. Six hundred children, ages 10 to 14, from 65 nations gathered to debate the practical actions that can be taken to build Earth's future.

The delegates were selected from over 2,000 applicants, based on the environmental projects of their schools and organizations.

His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino of Japan served as the honorary president of the Summit. The prince's family, including his two daughters, took part in activities during the program.

Fumio Kawaguchi, the adult who heads the Japan Organizing Committee for the meeting, said, "This Summit is unique in that the children themselves lead and shape the event. The theme of the Summit, "Creating Practical Change," was decided on by the 11 Junior Board members from eight different countries.

"Children have honest eyes that see through the essence of things, " Kawaguchi said, "and the power to consider the future of this planet with a pure heart."

In a final statement to world leaders delivered Friday after four days of debate, the children asked them to "create and enforce laws to improve effiency in production, consumption and conservation of energy."

"We commit ourselves to saving energy and using renewable energy sources," say the children in their statement.

They demand that the leaders set examples also in the issues of biodiversity, water and waste processing.

At the same time, they all commit themselves to environmentally friendly actions to make a difference for the future.

American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca, Founders of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) in Cleveland, Ohio said, "We have two aspirations for this Summit. The first is to realize a Summit that will help the environment. The Worlds children that attend this Summit are all very enthusiastic about their environment. We hope and wish that more adults would realize that although they may be just children, they understand that the environment is their and our future".

UNEP Deputy Executive Director Shafquat Kakahel promised that the children's message would be delivered to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

He assured the children that their message written on a 14 meter (46 foot) long canvas will have a prominent place in front of the UN headquarters in New York to remind the world's presidents and prime ministers who will gather in New York at the World Summit in September 2005 of the hope that children have for a better environment.

The delegates published a daily newsletter during the meeting, "The Delegates' Corner" with four editors, including Alex Lin from the U. S. town of Westerly, Rhode Island. Lin works on a recycling and reuse of e-waste project, including computers and cell phones, and with his school mates works to raise awareness of proper recycling and disposal of e-waste and its disposal. They have drafted an e-waste management plan for their hometown.

"It is difficult but not impossible to work for a green future," said delegate, Marisa Tania from Indonesia. In her home town of Surabaya she says she cannot see the blue sky due to air pollution and the river Kalimas is badly polluted. During the meeting In Japan she learned about solutions to environmental issues from the new friends she made. It has inspired her to continue work for awareness in her ecology club at home, she says.

Delegate Vianka Kelicia Naick is from the small town of Umzinto in Kwa Zulu Natal province of South Africa. She told delegates, "For a long time, protection of the environment was seen as an elite activity. This was so mainly because of apartheid. Today, all races participate in environmental activities. As part of the Umzinto Secondary Environmental Club, Naick is rehabilitating a wetland in the school's environment by eradicating alien trees and shrubs.

"Environmental issues hit close to home for most people in the world," said Ritsuya Kishida, a Junior Board member and another of the newsletter's editors.

"I want everyone to know that all the children involved in this Summit are suffering from such environmental problems somewhere in their lives, and want to find a solution to them," he said. "As environmental problems are a global issue, we can take a step towards solving them only when the nations of the world work together."

UNEP Executive Director Klaus Toepfer, said, "This Children's World Summit is an important event - 2005 is especially significant. On the one hand, the United Nations celebrates its 60th Anniversary but, more importantly, world leaders gathering at the World Summit in New York next Septembers are expected to reshape the agenda of the United Nations. It is crucial that issues concerning the future of the environment and the future of the children guide their discussions."

The Children's World Summit is part of UNEP's TUNZA program to involve children and young people in environmental issues. Tunza means "to treat with care and respect" in the Kiswahili language.

The next Tunza Children's Conference on the environment will be held in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in August 2006.

As part of Ohio's Coastweeks 2005 celebration, the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) will hold the Official 11th Annual Coastweeks 2005 Art and Essay contest for Children. The contest will portray important issues about Lake Erie through Art focusing on the natural beauty, history and future uses. David Jakupca, international artist recognized as the "Father of the Environmental Art Movement", comments on why he organized this area's only comprehensive art/environment program for young children at ICEAÂÂ"to plan strategies of sustainable development for a Great Lake like ours that is endowed with renewable and non-renewable resources requires a scientific and empiric deep knowledge supported by a lingering bioregional educational action that needs to begin with our young children." These combined elements will eventually increase the public's awareness and enable the protection of Lake Erie's valuable and delicate systems. The theme, 'I Can Help Lake Erie', encourages young Ohioans to be part of the solution, not the pollution that finds it way into the lake." The posters and essays will be exhibited at the Great Lakes Historical Society's Inland Seas Maritime Museum in Vermilion, Ohio all during Coastweeks 2005.

Contact:

Pris Reagan

International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)

Box 81496

Cleveland, Ohio 441181 USA

Tel/Fax: 440-891-8376

Email: ICEA2000@aol. com

Www. TheICEA. Org

About ICEA:

ICEA - The International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) is a force for socially responsible activity. ICEA's mission is to "Assist in understanding of the relationship between Humans and their Environment through the Arts." The International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) was founded by David and Renate Jakupca in 1987 to meet the compelling needs of ordinary citizens for access to current, balanced, understandable information about complex global issues. Over the years, ICEA has gained a reputation for excellence based upon a unique library of specialized, current information on global importance and a wide range of imaginative programming and collaborations with other organizations to meet the needs of a broad constituency. With affiliates across the globe, the ICEA supports research, information sharing and effective action promoting a culture of Peace.

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Recosoft Corporation's PDF2ID v2.0 - Newest Version of the Only PDF to InDesign Conversion Tool with InDesign CS4 Support Ships

2011-08-12T02:04:00.000-07:00

Recosoft Corporation's PDF2ID v2.0 - Newest Version of the Only PDF to InDesign Conversion Tool with InDesign CS4 Support Ships

Recosoft Corporation the developer of the PDF2Office® family of products, PDF2ID® tool for InDesign®, cross platform file format conversion solutions and PDF converters ships PDF2ID Standard v2.0 and PDF2ID Professional v2.0.

Osaka, Japan (PRWEB) January 15, 2009

PDF2ID v2.0 incorporates more than 200+ new features and enhancements and supports InDesign CS4. PDF2ID v2.0 also contains numerous advances in converting a PDF to InDesign® format including automatic frames linking, drop caps identification and drop shadow property generation. Finally, PDF2ID Professional v2.0 contains a high-performance auto-scaling parallel processing core taking advantage of modern multi-processor/multi-core based systems; effectively speeding up PDF conversions between 200-700%.

PDF2ID provides a direct, transparent and effortless process for PDF document data retrieval and reuse within InDesign. PDF2ID utilizes sophisticated computing algorithms and models delivering a highly accurate reconstruction of a PDF to InDesign® document format.

PDF2ID has been engineered to provide seamless integration with Adobe® InDesign® eliminating the necessity to acquire and install additional PDF data recovery tools; resulting in increased workflow automation and providing huge cost savings in both time and expense.

Key New Features:
InDesign CS4 support PDF2ID v2.0 fully integrates and operates with InDesign CS2~CS4
Frames Linking A logical text frames linking mechanism has been introduced which automatically links text frames that are deemed connected. This allows text to flow from one frame to another, enabling easier selection and editing.
Enhanced PDF to InDesign property support PDF2ID v2.0 recognizes and applies properties such as drop caps, drop shadows and demarcates paragraphs in table cells. Numerous enhancements have also been made so that clipping paths and transparency applications are even more accurate.
Typeface Library PDF2ID v2.0 remembers and stores all font substitutions into a Typeface library eliminating the necessity to repeatedly specify font substitutions. The mappings in the Typeface library can be replaced and overridden as required
Conversion Presets Custom conversion presets can be specified and saved for later use alleviating having to specify conversion settings each time a conversion is performed.
PDF Annotation Enhancements Annotations in PDF documents can be recovered into any open InDesign document. Furthermore, annotations can now be separated according to the author.

Customers who purchased PDF2ID v1.1 licenses on/after November 24, 2008 are entitled to a free upgrade to PDF2ID Standard v2.0.

PDF2ID v2.0 is available immediately in the following configurations from Recosoft's online store -

PDF2ID Standard v2.0 US$299.00

PDF2ID Professional v2.0 US$399.00

PDF2ID Standard v2.0 Upgrade US$129.00
(for PDF2ID v1.x licensees)

PDF2ID Professional v2.0 Upgrade US$159.00
(for PDF2ID v1.x licensees)

About Recosoft Corporation
Recosoft Corporation is headquartered at Osaka, Japan and is the developer and provider of cross platform software and information technology solutions. The company is a leader in designing and delivering PDF converters and PDF file conversion software solutions enhancing workflow automation and productivity. For more information on Recosoft PDF converters, visit
URL: http://www. recosoft. com/ (http://www. recosoft. com/)

Contact Information:
Recosoft Corporation
Hommachi 1-5-6, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan
Fax: +81-6-6260-5543
Email: info@recosoft. com

PDF2Office and PDF2ID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Recosoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe and InDesign are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe System Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are recognized and are the property of their respective owners.

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Nutritional Supplement Successfully Fights Acne without Antibiotics or Side-Effects

2011-08-11T03:29:00.000-07:00

Nutritional Supplement Successfully Fights Acne without Antibiotics or Side-Effects

Dermatologist-formulated tablet combines vitamins, minerals and an herb to improve acne while avoiding problems commonly associated with prolonged antibiotic use.

(PRWEB) June 27, 2005

A Florida dermatologist has successfully combined 7 vitamins, minerals and one herb into a tablet which appears to provide relief to people suffering from acne.

Dr. Goodless came across the specific combination of ingredients while studying the existing medical literature for ways to help his own acne patients who were either unable or unwilling to take oral antibiotics. Concern over worsening antibiotic resistance and transfer of resistance to dangerous pathogens such as MRSA was another motivating factor.

All the vitamins and minerals in the formulation had already been demonstrated in published clinical trials to help reduce the signs and symptoms of acne. In addition, a common thread among many of the traditional herbal treatments for acne was fortuitously exploited:

ÂI noted in my reading that effective Japanese and Chinese traditional therapies for acne utilized herbs which contained high amounts of the compound berberine as a common factorÂ states Dr. Goodless. Berberine has been found to inhibit the growth of Proprionobacterium acnes, the bacteria known to cause acne.

Combining a berberine-containing herb with the previously studied vitamins and minerals resulted in the highly effective formulation. The results of a recently completed clinical trial will be presented at two national meetings this July.

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Science-Fiction Epic Short Film, Deployment Strategy, Now Available in Limited Distribution

2011-08-10T15:24:00.000-07:00

Science-Fiction Epic Short Film, Deployment Strategy, Now Available in Limited Distribution

The award-winning science fiction epic short film, Deployment Strategy, is now available for purchase on the film's official website, www. DeploymentStrategyMovie. com, and Amazon. com. In the four months since its completion, the 30 minute action-packed film is already an official selection at nearly a dozen festivals where it has been nominated four times for Best Science Fiction and Best Special Effects awards.

North Brunswick, NJ (PRWEB) October 16, 2007

The award-winning science fiction epic short film, Deployment Strategy, is now available for purchase on the film's official website, www. DeploymentStrategyMovie. com (http://www. DeploymentStrategyMovie. com), and Amazon. com (http://www. amazon. com/Deployment-Strategy-Movie-Robert-Mason/dp/B000WVXO8M/ref=sr_1_2/002-0774377-7252866?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1192510957&sr=8-2). In the four months since its completion, the 30 minute action-packed film is already an official selection at nearly a dozen festivals where it has been nominated four times for Best Science Fiction and Best Special Effects awards. Deployment Strategy won the coveted Best Science Fiction award at this year's The Indie Gathering Film Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.

Deployment Strategy is set 50 years into the future and explores how society and its government deal with existence and proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI). The government's attempts to regulate the software industry is undermined by file sharing piracy networks and, as a result, a military-backed cyber crime division of the U. S. Homeland Security is created. In a time of social unrest and economic inflection, computer hackers find themselves as highly coveted resources of both corporations and governments vying for power. A young soldier's beliefs are challenged when he is sent on a mission to detain a rogue AI programmer.

Deployment Strategy was directed by MTV/Nickelodeon's Mark Cheng - a software developer, designer, and filmmaker. While the film is packed with gun fights, powerful visuals, and raging cyborgs, Cheng sees it as a thinking-man's story where the characters grapple with Man's new role as the Creator of new life and the responsibilities that follow. He likens the movie as a visceral action film along the lines of James Cameron's Aliens with the intense spiritual core of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. "Technology has taken us to the point where we have the ability to create a genetic duplicate of a living organism. How does that effect our understanding of the soul?" asks Cheng. "We can make exact replicas of software for virtually no resources and swap them over broadband networks. How does this effect our concept of ownership and value? And what if, someday soon, artificial life in the form of self-aware software, can be replicated, distributed, and reprogrammed just as easily? How will we welcome artificial intelligence? As threats to be protected from, power to be wielded, or simply life to be respected?"

While influenced by Japanese serials like Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, Cheng got the inspiration for Deployment Strategy from his real world work as a software consultant. In 2005, Cheng was working as a consultant in the financial district of New York City and encountered a software bug in a program designed to asses risk factors for stock trading. All risk variables were being output at 10 times their normal value and no stocks were being recommended for purchase. Cheng playfully diagnosed the bug as Paranoid Schizophrenia to his client. The analogy served as the creative seed to Deployment Strategy where a military robot's buggy software causes fatal results.

Cheng was this year's recipient of The Dusk Till Dawn Film Festival's Willie's Spirit Award, given to a single filmmaker per year who has, "achieved excellence despite overwhelming circumstances." Cheng guesses the overwhelming circumstances included the marathon year and half spent in post production. "In my story, technology runs amok. In real life, technology made it possible for me tell this story." Cheng used off-the-shelf software like Photoshop and After Effects, both published by Adobe Software, to single-handedly create over 100 digital special effects in the film. "Whatever I couldn't learn how to do on my own, I had to find people to help me." In 2004, Cheng was in preproduction for the film while getting his MBA at Rutgers University. "The talk at the time was outsourcing, outsourcing, outsourcing. How was it going to effect the tech sector? Were programmers in the U. S. going to be passed over to cheaper talent overseas? I decided to jump on the bandwagon and try it for myself." In the end, Cheng outsourced the composition of the epic musical score and 3D design to England. Approximately a dozen visceral 3D animation effects of flying buses and a military dropship were done by ArtDuck Studios in Poland. "We found each other and collaborated on the 'net via instant messenger and video conferencing software like AOL and Skype. Audio and video proofs were exchanged via a shared FTP server." Technology did help but Cheng also put in the man hours. "I started working at Nickelodeon 2 weeks after production wrapped, so the entire post-production process was completed outside my 50 hour work week. An hour on the train to and from work, 3 or 4 hours at night, and weekends... If you have a dream, you have to work for it."

During the entire 2 and half year process of creating the film, Cheng has blogged meticulously about the experience on his website, http://www. iMustMakeThisFilm. com (http://www. iMustMakeThisFilm. com). The site served as both an online diary and a mantra to keep going. It has been featured in publications like Student Filmmaker magazine and media websites such as PixelSurgeon. com.

Deployment Strategy has played in at least one film festival a month in every month since the film's completion. Cheng is self-distributing a limited run of the Deployment Strategy DVD on the film's website and on Amazon. com.

About Mark Cheng: Mark Cheng is a software developer for MTV's Nickelodeon Kids & Family division. He has worked independently as a web consultant and graphic designer under his company, Creation Matrix LLC, which produced Deployment Strategy. Cheng is a 1997 graduate of Cornell University's Theater Arts/Film Production program and earned his MBA from Rutgers University in 2005 with a focus on entrepreneurship and high tech growth. He is currently writing a feature length sequel which he intends to finance through private equity next year.

Behind the Scenes photos, concept art, special effects in-progress clips, and additional materials can be found at the official movie website and the director's production blog, http://www. iMustMakeThisFilm. com (http://www. iMustMakeThisFilm. com). For additional information and/or a screener DVD, contact director Mark Cheng via those sites' Contact Us forms or directly at 201-463-6777.

An electronic press kit is available for download at http://www. DeploymentStrategyMovie. com/press_kit. htm (http://www. DeploymentStrategyMovie. com/press_kit. htm)

Contact:
Mark Cheng
Creation Matrix LLC
201-463-6777
Fax Number
Mark(at)creation-matrix. com

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CyberLink Offers First Direct Publishing from Video Editing Software to the Web

2011-08-10T03:04:00.000-07:00

CyberLink Offers First Direct Publishing from Video Editing Software to the Web

PowerDirector 5 Premium lets users output video content directly to YouTube. com.

Taipei, Taiwan (PRWEB) July 19, 2006

CyberLink Corp. (http://www. cyberlink. com) (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, today announced cooperation with YouTube, Inc., a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience. The collaboration between the two companies has delivered a unique feature for the consumer editing software market, the ability for users to upload video files directly from CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Premium (http://www. cyberlink. com/multi/products/main_4_ENU. html) to YouTube. com.

New features in CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Premium include:

Publishing directly to YouTube. com (http://www. cyberlink. com/english/products/powerdirector/5/premium/produce. jsp) Providing an easy way to reach millions of viewers instantly, PowerDirector 5 Premium lets users upload files directly to YouTube. com.

Outputing files for Apple iPod and Sony PSP PowerDirector 5 Premium includes file format support for MPEG-4 H.264 (.MP4), allowing users to create files that can be played on the Apple iPod and Sony PSP. The high image quality and high level of compression ensure that videos can be enjoyed anywhere.

Bonus DVD template (http://www. cyberlink. com/english/products/powerdirector/5/premium/creat_disc. jsp) packs Football, Vacation and Valentine's DVD template packs give users more options for authoring stylish DVDs, with both motion and still menu templates. The three packs include a total of 36 new designs.

"PowerDirector 5 Premium is about expanding the possibilities for making home movies, letting users reach out to new audiences via the web, portable media devices, and DVDs," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "Our cooperation with YouTube delivers an easy way to publish online, enabling users to turn the Internet into a platform for instantly delivering their movie content to the world."

The popular PowerDirector 5 has achieved wide acclaim for automated editing features: six 'magic' tools designed to save time and put the fun into the process of making movies.

Outstanding features include:

Six 'magic' tools: Magic Style, Magic Fix, Magic Cut, Magic Clean, Magic Motion, and Magic Music Support for high-definition video Support for 16:9 aspect ratio video content Faster previewing of clips with a 'draft-quality' setting, and the ability to disable specific timeline tracks while previewing others Title Designer supporting multiple text layers Enhanced CyberLink RichVideo™ technology, featuring Smart Captions CyberLink Virtual Speaker settings for DVD audio

Product Availability

CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Premium is now available in 9 languages as an online download, and in retail stores starting August.

CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Premium

· Full version USD 89.95 Euro 89.99

· Upgrade from Version 5 USD 29.95 Euro 29.99

· Upgrade from Versions 1-4 USD 49.95 Euro 49.99

About CyberLink

CyberLink Corp. is the maker of award-winning applications PowerDVD (http://www. cyberlink. com/multi/products/main_1_ENU. html), PowerDirector, PowerCinema, and DVD Solution. CyberLink has built a solid reputation for delivering high-quality, competitive products that add value to OEM customers and end-users alike. Business partners include leaders in the PC hardware industry: drive manufacturers, graphics card makers, and top-5 desktop and notebook brands. CyberLink's digital multimedia range includes software for capturing and editing videos, authoring DVDs, and burning Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs. CyberLink's digital entertainment products include playback solutions for accessing and enjoying media within the digital home, including instant-on applications for Linux and Windows XP Embedded platforms. CyberLink is also developing products for handheld platforms and streaming media content. CyberLink's training solutions provide tools for creating training content, managing employee performance, and delivering online training programs. CyberLink listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (5203.TW) in 2000 and has posted positive year-on-year results ever since. CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific including Japan, with its worldwide headquarters located in Taipei. For more information, please visit: http://www. cyberlink. com/ (http://www. cyberlink. com/).

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Ski Instructor Training and Snowboard Instructor Training in Niseko, Japan 2006 with Instructor Training Academy - Train for Your Canadian Certification in Japan

2011-08-09T16:11:00.000-07:00

Ski Instructor Training and Snowboard Instructor Training in Niseko, Japan 2006 with Instructor Training Academy - Train for Your Canadian Certification in Japan

The Instructor Training Academy is an independent Ski Instructor Training and Snowboard Instructor Training company. We provide a unique opportunity to train for a skiing or snowboarding instructors accreditation in Japan, with English speaking coaches. http://www. instructoracademy. com Completion of the instructors certification enables you to obtain employment world-wide with hundreds of ski resorts. We also conduct 1 and 2 week ski and snowboard improvement courses in Niseko, Japan.

(PRWEB) May 28, 2005

Instructor Training Academy (http://www. instructoracademy. com (http://www. instructoracademy. com)) offers world class coaching from the best instructors to help you ski and snowboard to the best of your ability and ultimately gain instructor certification. We believe where you train is almost as important as the training itself. That is why we run our ski instructor and snowboard instructor training programs in NISEKO, JAPAN. With some of the best powder in the world, over 11 metres of snow during the season, expansive backcountry areas and thrilling tree runs.

The four week program runs Feb 8 Â Mar 11, and is intended to prepare participants for the Level 1 exam (3 weeks of training and a week for freeskiing and exam). The ten week program runs Jan 4 Â March 15. 8 weeks of training and 2 weeks for free-skiing, and examinations.

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Projity Delivers Project-ON-Demand for Salesforce. com’s AppExchange

2011-08-09T05:29:00.000-07:00

Projity Delivers Project-ON-Demand for Salesforce. com’s AppExchange

Salesforce. com Customers can now deploy Project-ON-Demand, a complete replacement of Microsoft Project directly within their Salesforce implementation

SAN FRANCISCO, Appforce Conference, (PRWEB) July 8, 2006

Projity and salesforce. com (NYSE:CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced the availability of Project-ON-Demand for salesforce. com's AppExchange.

Salesforce. com customers can now deploy Project-ON-Demand within their salesforce implementation to manage their projects. Salesforce. com customers can manage projects and update project tasks from their existing Task and Calendar views. Project-ON-Demand for AppExchange is immediately available for test drive and deployment at http://www. salesforce. com/appexchange (http://www. salesforce. com/appexchange). The announcement was made today at Appforce, salesforce. com’s first annual AppExchange partner, user and developer conference.

Project-ON-Demand is an important addition to the on-demand/SaaS marketplace, a hosted Project Management solution that is available on a simple monthly subscription. Project-ON-Demand is available immediately to start managing your projects. The solution is available cross-platform with views including: Gantt Chart, Network Diagram, Resource Histogram, Earned Value Costing and Resource/Work Breakdown Structures.

The integration of Projity’s leading on-demand Project Management solution with Salesforce is a powerful combination for companies looking to move their productivity solutions on-demand.

Project-ON-Demand information is integrated into existing Salesforce user views. Projects scheduled in Project-ON-Demand can be viewed from within Salesforce by Team Members and Project Managers. Project Tasks can be completed from within Salesforce with the results reflected back in the Project-ON-Demand project schedule.

“Projity’s impact in the Project Management market has many similarities to the success salesforce. com enjoys in the CRM market. Project Management is a significant sector and with Project-ON-Demand the market can now effectively migrate to on-demand solutions in both the CRM and Project Management categories. This will have a significant impact in the marketplace,” noted Marc O’Brien, Projity CEO.

“Projity’s integration with salesforce. com in the AppExchange is a powerful combination for the marketplace. The AppExchange ecosystem continues to grow stronger and the addition of Project-ON-Demand offers users the ability to come to the AppExchange and get integrated on-demand project management,” noted George Hu, senior vice president and general manager, applications, salesforce. com.

Project-ON-Demand for AppExchange is one of more than 250 applications created by salesforce. com, its customers and partners that are now available on the salesforce. com AppExchange, the world’s first on-demand application platform. AppExchange provides unprecedented ease of customization and integration for Salesforce deployments, as well as enabling a whole new generation of on-demand applications that go beyond CRM. AppExchange enables all of these on-demand applications to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with one click into any salesforce. com account. AppExchange can be found at http://www. salesforce. com/appexchange (http://www. salesforce. com/appexchange).

About Projity

Projity is a Silicon Valley and French company with headquarters in San Mateo, California. Projity also has offices in Paris, France and India. The company founders have been instrumental in the development of the project management software industry, dating to the mainframe and DOS solutions. Projity was founded on the premise that a hosted, cross platform alternative delivered on a simple monthly subscription was required for teams. There are currently over 100 companies using Project-ON-Demand to manage their projects. There has been tremendous worldwide interest with users in China, Russia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Korea, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, South Africa in addition to the many U. S. and European companies.

Projity incorporated is the developer of Project-ON-Demand, a complete replacement of Microsoft Project and other desktop solutions. The Projity business model is similar to Salesforce. com and equally disruptive in the marketplace. A key common feature: replacing entrenched solutions that are costly and complex with an equivalent alternative delivered over the Internet on a simple monthly subscription

About salesforce. com

Salesforce. com is the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM). The company’s Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. AppExchange, salesforce. com’s on-demand platform, allows customers and partners to build powerful new applications quickly and easily, customize and integrate the Salesforce suite to meet their unique business needs, and distribute and sell on-demand apps at www. appexchange. com. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce. com’s world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.

As of January 31, 2006, salesforce. com manages customer information for approximately 20,500 customers and approximately 399,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce. com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce. com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www. salesforce. com (http://www. salesforce. com), or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

Salesforce. com is a registered trademark of, and AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of salesforce. com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Projity and Project-ON-Demand are trademarks of Projity Incorporated, San Mateo, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:

Rich Mullikin

Projity Incorporated

650-577-2393

Gordon Evans

Salesforce. com

415-536-7608

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Everest Casino Announces Website Redesign, Free MP3s, Wallpaper and More for Players

2011-08-09T00:16:00.000-07:00

Everest Casino Announces Website Redesign, Free MP3s, Wallpaper and More for Players

The premiere online gaming destination has announced a redesign of its website that will allow players to access free ringtones, MP3s, screen savers and wallpapers. The redesigned site will also offer tips, testimonials and more.

Montreal, QC (PRWEB) April 5, 2007

Everest Casino http://www. everestcasino. com (http://www. everestcasino. com) today announced a new design on its website, one that adds all-new, free content for its players. "We've been wanting to do something like this for some time now," said Eduardo Santos, Everest Casino's property manager. "We wouldn't be where we are without the players."

The new design for the online casino features updates on the newest video slot, video poker, and other casino game offerings as well as gaming tips for players, links to exclusive Everest Casino content such as wallpapers, mp3s, screen savers and even player testimonials.

"Our game music has been one of our most requested items," said Santos. "Adding new content like this with the fact that our offerings to players are constantly updated, we wanted to offer up an easy-to-use reference."

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Party Among the Stars at AIGA/LA'S Design Event of the Year

2011-08-07T06:15:00.000-07:00

Party Among the Stars at AIGA/LA'S Design Event of the Year

LA's design stars will come out to party in a penthouse in the sky at the most celebrated design event of the year, L. A. Defines Design / Design Defines L. A.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 24, 2008

AIGA/LA, the professional association for design, is hosting the most celebrated design event of the year, L. A. Defines Design / Design Defines L. A., on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 from 7:30pm to 11:30pm at the Elevate Lounge in downtown Los Angeles.

The celebration will feature a DJ and dancing in Elevate's sleek, ambient atmosphere with amazing views of downtown LA. Guests will be treated to savory Japanese fusion food from Takami Sushi and themed cocktails at the bar. There will be an installation of work by the Fellows, courtesy of Brand New School.

Also on view will be LA designer kicks from the Sole Search Design Contest. For Sole Search, AIGA/LA invited designers and artists (and shoe lovers, too) to share their sole vision and customize a TOMS shoe with a unique design. The winning design will inspire one of the next TOMS Shoes Limited Edition. Entries support the TOMS mission and benefit the AIGA/LA Scholarship Fund. TOMS donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of shoes purchased.

"Through culture, entertainment, products and experiences, Los Angeles designers have influenced how people see and dream all over the world," noted Agustin Garza, President of AIGA/LA. "And it is Los Angeles' history, cultural richness and complex, interwoven landscapes that have shaped the visions of the designers who live and work here."

The event will honor the recipients of the AIGA Fellow Award, given to designers who have made a significant contribution to the L. A. design community. "Literally great design is all around us, all the time: Randy's Donuts, LA Dodgers, the Chemosphere House, Charles and Ray Eames, the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Disney Hall," stated Michael Hodgson.

Hodgson, along with Archie Boston and Petrula Vrontikis will be presented with the 2007 Fellow Award in a special ceremony. The event will also commend AIGA Los Angeles Fellows Sean Adams, Noreen Morioka, Doyald Young, Kim Baer, Buddy Berke, Keith Bright, John Clark, Nan Faessler, April Greiman, David Goodman, Toni Hollander-Morse, Harold I. Huttas, InJu Sturgeon and Deborah Sussman.

The Fellow Award is a national AIGA initiative founded in 1999. The program is a means of recognizing mature professionals who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional community as well as in their local AIGA chapter.

AIGA members attend for free. Non-member pre-registered ticket prices are $35 ($25 for students). Tickets include food and drinks. There will be a $15 additional fee for tickets purchased at the door. Guests who want to become a member may join at the event and attend for free.
Elevate Lounge is located at 811 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213.236.9600, http://www. elevatelounge. com/ (http://www. elevatelounge. com/)). Guests 21 years and older may register online or by calling 818.558.3968 by Monday, May 12.

About AIGA/LA
AIGA Los Angeles is one of the first independent chapters of AIGA, the largest professional association for design in the country. AIGA/LA serves as a local hub for the design community and celebrates excellence in design through its conferences, competitions, exhibitions and publications. AIGA/LA is committed to helping all designers achieve their greatest potential as significant contributors to the economic and cultural vitality of our region.

When you join AIGA Los Angeles, you become part of a group committed to promoting design as a professional craft, strategic tool for business and global cultural force. www. aigalosangeles. org

Contact information:
Kim Flum, AIGA/LA PR Chair
310.945.7499
Kflum(at)prodigy. net

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International BarrierÂs Purchase of Fire Resistant Technology Generates Global Licensing Inquiries in Asia, Mexico, Ireland, Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, and India

2011-08-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

International BarrierÂs Purchase of Fire Resistant Technology Generates Global Licensing Inquiries in Asia, Mexico, Ireland, Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, and India

Watkins, MN; Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 23, 2004

International Barrier Technology Inc. ("Barrier") (IBTGF: OTCBB; IBH: TSXV), a manufacturer and marketer of fire resistant building materials, has begun preliminary discussions concerning sales and PyrotiteÂ license opportunities with parties representing interests in Japan, China, Mexico, Ireland, Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, and India. With the completion of the acquisition of the Pyrotite fire retardant technology, Pyrotite trademark, US and international patents, and know-how on June 2, 2004, interest and inquiries regarding licensing have grown significantly.

"Anywhere that people build structures, fire is a concern. Where fire is a concern, BlazeguardÂ® and the Pyrotite technology can enhance safety and security. Our growth strategy focuses on licensing our technology to capable partners, and the surge in inquiries confirms that our expectations of significant global license opportunities and foreign product sales are well-founded,Â said Mike Huddy, BarrierÂs president. ÂInterested parties are coming to us with great enthusiasm to pursue these markets. These prospective licensees are capable of undertaking manufacturing and marketing as well as protecting the technology in their respective countries. Barrier is excited about the prospect of establishing partnerships with individuals and companies globally, and focusing on a primary role of technology transfer and creating a business environment in which all parties involved become winners. Over the next months, Barrier will develop priorities and guidelines to take the licensing process through to completion and the eventual sale of license rights to qualified companies.Â

About International Barrier Technology Inc.

International Barrier Technology, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary fire resistant building materials. Its patented, non-combustible, non-toxic Pyrotite formulation has an extraordinary capability: it releases water when exposed to the heat of fire. Barrier's award-winning Blazeguard wood panels exceed International Building Code requirements in every targeted fire test and application, and uniquely combine properties that increase panel strength and minimize environmental and human impact. Blazeguard customers include Centex (CTX: NYSE), D. R. Horton (DHI: NYSE), KB Home (KBH: NYSE), and Lennar (LEN: NYSE). Lowe's Companies (LOW: NYSE), Stock Building Supply, and Mule-Hide Products Co., Inc. are Blazeguard distributors. Pyrotite has potential applications with engineered wood products, paint, plastics, and expanded polystyrene.

Barrier is part of the DJ Building Materials Index (US).

INTERNATIONAL BARRIER TECHNOLOGY INC.

Per: ÂMICHAEL HUDDYÂ

Michael Huddy

President & Director

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For more information please visit:

Www. intlbarrier. com or www. investorideas. com

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Forward-Looking Information: The statements in this news release contain forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks, assumptions and uncertainties, including but not limited to the ability to generate and secure product sales. In each case actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. The company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any projected results (expressed or modified) will not be realized.

Yumemiru Musical Paradise Event Welcomes Iconic Designers Angelic Pretty and Gothic Folk Duo Kokusyoku Sumire

2011-08-05T22:47:00.000-07:00

Yumemiru Musical Paradise Event Welcomes Iconic Designers Angelic Pretty and Gothic Folk Duo Kokusyoku Sumire

California-based Lolita Fashion Collective Cosplay Oneesan will host celebrated Japanese clothing label Angelic Pretty and eclectic New Classical ensemble Kokusyoku Sumire at "Yumemiru Musical Paradise" an exclusive event at Los Angeles' Kyoto Grand Hotel, Nov 8-9, 2008.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2008

Cosplay Oneesan will host Yumemiru Musical Paradise, an all Lolita fashion event featuring Angelic Pretty and Kokusyoku Sumire band members, Sachi and Yuka, as guests of honor. A celebration of Lolita fashion, lifestyle and community, this will be the first event of its kind held in the US. American Lolita enthusiasts will be able to purchase clothing and accessories from the popular Sweet Lolita brand Angelic Pretty. The label's Magical Boutique, a treasure trove of lace, frills and ribbon, will be open for guests to peruse at their leisure. The event will also feature the first US performance by Kokusyoku Sumire, whose unique blend of traditional and avant-garde Japanese music has cultivated a devoted following both at home and abroad.

For the uninitiated, Lolita fashion is a Japanese subcultural phenomenon, that is distinctive for its intricately crafted, historically influenced clothing. While there are many subgroups within Lolita fashion, designs are invariably bold, eccentric and unashamedly cute. The fashion has inspired a whole lifestyle in and of itself in both Japan and abroad. Cosplay Oneesan is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Lolita Fashion in the US. Brought together by a shared love of high-quality lace and oversized bows, Oneesan members seek to preserve the integrity and the independence of this comparatively new movement.

"I believe, like with any subculture, evolution is inevitable," contends Cosplay Oneesan member Lynda Leung, a force within the US Lolita community for over ten years. "However, Lolita fashion is still in its early stages, and is extremely vulnerable to influences who may not appreciate the nuances of this self-contained movement. There are entities who would seek to exploit the popularity of Lolita fashion and do not care about its long term prosperity. We are holding this event to encourage Lolitas to remain independent of these influences, and we hope to guide the fashion in a direction that remains authentic to its origins."

Cosplay Oneesan's event will be a rare opportunity for US Lolita enthusiasts to purchase from Angelic Pretty's coveted Magical Boutique. The majority of the brand's merchandise is only available in Japan, and is relatively difficult to acquire internationally. An iconic name among Sweet Lolita devotees, Angelic Pretty emphasize depictions of childlike innocence and are famed for their innovative fantasy themes.

Formed in 2004, Kokusyoku Sumire (Japanese for Black Violet) are a musical duo who combine classical Japanese opera and folk styles with a modern Visual Kei-inspired twist. Multi-instrumentalists Yuka and Sachi are model poster girls for the Lolita movement, both in their highly stylized appearance and their fondness of fairy tales and traditional Japanese folklore. With an eclectic sound that draws from many musical genres, Kokusyoku Sumire will treat guests to the enchanting spectacle of their live show, and undoubtedly add to their rapidly growing international fan base. The band will be building on the success of their 2007 appearances in France with their debut performance in the US.

About Cosplay Oneesan:
Founded in 2004, Cosplay Oneesan (NPO) is the premier Gothic & Lolita fashion event company in America. Our focus is on forming communities that are self-sufficient and non-profit based to enhance and enrich the enjoyment of their participants, by creating and sponsoring large scale events that bring Japanese fashionable culture to America in an unadulterated, true to it's roots format.

Contact:
Cosplay Oneesan
(510)-326-5022
Pr@cosplayoneesan. org
Http://www. cosplayoneesan. org/ (http://www. cosplayoneesan. org/)

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Global Pressure Sensitive Tapes Market to Reach US$29.7 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-08-05T15:11:00.000-07:00

Global Pressure Sensitive Tapes Market to Reach US$29.7 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Pressure Sensitive Tapes market. Worldwide pressure sensitive tapes market is projected to reach US$29.7 billion by the year 2015. Although presently tempered by the recession, rising end market demand, dynamic growth in Asia, statutory requirements on ingredients/contents and health concerns will warrant continued use of pressure sensitive tapes in foreseeable future.

San Jose, California (Vocus) October 12, 2010

Demand for pressure sensitive tapes is soft due to the overall weakness in world economic condition and the resulting lack of consumer demand. However, radical cost-cutting measures, and relatively strong demand from emerging nations, especially in Asia-Pacific, have improved market performance in the beginning of 2010. Cautious optimism prevails among market players as the frozen economy begins to thaw. In the post recession period, growth fundamentals such as, rising population, greater demand in food packaging, growing base of aging population, among others, will all trigger demand for products that utilize pressure sensitive labels. Government regulations such as statutory requirements on ingredients/contents and health warnings will also warrant greater use of pressure sensitive labels.

Although the growth for pressure sensitive labels in North America has slowed down significantly from the previous levels, market demand will continue to remain modest. As stated by the new market research report, developed markets such as Europe, Japan, and United States collectively account for more than half of the global pressure sensitive tapes market. Besides challenging economic environment, escalating raw material prices, maturity of pressure sensitive labeling and already high penetration levels in key end-use sectors such as construction and food and beverage will keep market demand subdued in developed nations for the foreseeable future.

Future growth opportunities in this market will stem from Asia-Pacific, with the region flaunting a CAGR of more than 5.0% over the analysis period. The march is being led by China, which is witnessing substantial growth, spurred by rising investment in infrastructure development and construction projects in the country. Market for Medical tapes in Asia-Pacific is expected to surge at a CAGR of more than 7.0% during the analysis period.

From the segmental perspective, the weak demand for masking tapes was due to lower levels of activity in the automotive and construction sector since late 2008, as an aftermath to the global economic crisis. Packaging tapes market is expected to continue its dominance. Packaging tapes (including corrugated carton sealing tapes) experienced demand deceleration compared to the performance during the 2000-2007 period, due to constrained spending on food and beverage products worldwide.

Leading global and regional players operating in the industry include 3M Company, Achem Technology Corporation, Adchem Corporation, Adhesives Research Inc., Advanced Flexible Composites Inc., American Biltrite Inc., Avery Dennison Corp, Better Packages, Berry Plastics Corporation, DeWAL Industries Inc., Dielectric Polymers Inc., Intertape Polymer Group Inc., Nitto Denko Corporation, Scapa Group Plc, Shurtape Technologies LLC, and Tesa Tape Inc., among others.

The research report titled "Pressure Sensitive Tapes: A Global Strategic Business Report", announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of technology and end-use application trends, market drivers, issues, and challenges. Richly annotated with authoritative, and unbiased commentaries, and hard-to-find statistical facts, the report provides unequivocal views on future potential while throwing light on the prevailing climate in key product segments. Product markets analyzed in the report include Single Sided Tapes inclusive of (Packaging Tapes, Masking Tapes, Medical Tapes), and Double Sided Tapes. The study provides market estimates and projections in volume (in million square feet) and value (US$ Million) for major geographic markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East, among others. Also provided in the report is an enumeration of recent mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic industry activities.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit –
Http://www. strategyr. com/Pressure_Sensitive_Tapes_Market_Report. asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world’s largest market research publishers. The company employs over 800 people worldwide and publishes more than 1200 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers thousands of smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Telephone 408-528-9966
Fax 408-528-9977
Email press(at)StrategyR(dot)com
Web Site http://www. StrategyR. com/

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Advanced LCD TV Manufacturer NuVision Appoints Charles H. Boornazian Vice President -- Sales

2011-08-05T07:42:00.000-07:00

Advanced LCD TV Manufacturer NuVision Appoints Charles H. Boornazian Vice President -- Sales

Prominent LCD TV industry veteran to lead HDTV manufacturer NuVision’s sales efforts.

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) July 7, 2006

NuVision U. S., Inc, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based advanced LCD TV and HDTV manufacturer, is proud to announce that it has appointed 30-year industry veteran Charles H. Boornazian Vice President - Sales. Boornazian comes to NuVision from Marantz America, where he spent the past eight years as the company’s V. P. - Sales.

“As the HDTV market continues its dramatic growth, we are extremely pleased to have an industry pro such as Charlie lead NuVision’s sales efforts,” said Scott Deley, NuVision President & CEO. “Charlie’s years of experience with leading international consumer electronics manufacturers and his intimate knowledge of the North American A/V specialty and custom install sales channels give NuVision the ability to most effectively address these channels.”

Boornazian joins LCD TV manufacturer NuVision after spending the past 11 years with Marantz America, where he was the company’s National Sales Manager, and then promoted to V. P. – Sales. Prior to Marantz, Boornazian spent two years with JBL Consumer Products as Director of Home Audio Sales, five years with Carver Corporation as a regional sales manager, five years as a manufacturer’s representative with one of New England's largest consumer electronics rep firms, and seven years consumer electronics retail management experience. Under his sales leadership, Marantz blossomed into one of the most respected A/V brands in North America with a strong, solid distribution base.

“NuVision is quite unique in its dedication to building a superior product while at the same time specifically targeting the CEDIA custom install channel and high-end A/V specialty retailers who demand as much performance from the manufacturer as they do from the product,” said Boornazian. “This business plan and marketing strategy has opened many eyes and has quickly earned the company a great deal of interest. I am proud to bring my experience to NuVision and help grow the company for years to come.”

In addition to hiring Boornazian, HDTV manufacturer NuVision has also recently brought industry veteran Paul Fredrickson on-board as the company’s V. P. - Marketing and Strategic Planning. Besides solidifying its management team, LCD TV manufacturer NuVision also announced in late February that it received equity funding from Mitsui Comtek Corp. Mitsui Comtek was founded in 1986 by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. as the strategic subsidiary for IT & Electronics business in U. S. market. Mitsui Comtek has been very active in enabling advanced display technologies to be launched into the consumer IT and CE markets through various strategic partnerships. Mitsui Comtek has been an early investor in a wide range of technology companies such as Gateway 2000, Nanosolar, and SiRF. In addition to its line of high-performance LCD TVs, NuVision announced and showed an LED illuminated 1080p DLP projection TV at the 2006 Spring EH Expo for delivery to the market in the summer of 2006.

About NuVision

NuVision’s mission is to enable “high definition living” by developing innovative displays and devices with a focus on people and how they live. Aimed at the discerning consumer who expects excellent performance, customer service, and industrial design, NuVision is a premium HDTV manufacturer that targets the CEDIA custom installation channel and high-end A/V specialty retailers. NuVision values its consumers, employees, partners and the environment. NuVision is funded in part by Mitsui Comtek Corp. and is located in Scottsdale, Arizona. www. nuvision. com.

About Mitsui Comtek Corp.

Mitsui Comtek Corp. (www. mitsuicomtek. com) is the advanced technology subsidiary of Mitsui, active in the areas of digital display technology, semiconductors, wireless networking equipment, specialized solder products, and photovoltaic systems. The company also is involved in the operation of telecommunications and telecommunication-related services including mobile, long distance, international and satellite communication.

Mitsui & Co. (U. S.A.), Inc.

Mitsui & Co. (U. S.A.), Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Japan, is headquartered in New York City and maintains 11 offices with nearly 400 employees. The company is an all-round player in global trading, logistics services, project development and investment. It operates more than 90 consolidated subsidiaries in various industries across the U. S.

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Youngevity® and NuVANTE™ Join Forces

2011-08-05T00:09:00.000-07:00

Youngevity® and NuVANTE™ Join Forces

International Nutritional Products Company Youngevity® announced today its strategic alliance with Austin-based network marketing company, NuVANTE™. NuVANTE’s™ skincare line for men, women, and children, will be added as an independent brand to Youngevity’s® expanding line of nutritional supplements, cutting-edge personal care and wellness lifestyle products.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 10, 2006

International Nutritional Products Company Youngevity® announced today its strategic alliance with Austin-based network marketing company, NuVANTE™. NuVANTE’s™ skincare line for men, women, and children will be added as an independent brand to Youngevity’s® expanding line of nutritional supplements, cutting-edge personal care and wellness lifestyle products.

Youngevity®, well known in the network marketing industry for its emphasis on high-quality mineral and liquid nutritional products, is the only MLM company to achieve authorized Health Claims through the FDA. This marks the fifth time Youngevity® has aligned itself with another similar MLM company within the past 26 months. The companies have seamlessly united under one vision, further increasing long-term stability, as well as growth opportunities for distributors from all companies.

Established in 2003, by Ruthie Harper, M. D., NuVANTE’s™ company purpose was to showcase Dr. Harper’s unique discoveries in nutritional science with a skincare line built around the fundamentals of creating and maintaining healthy skin. The NuVANTE™ brand is recognized for the "Innovative Technology" and scientific research that establishes the rules of optimum health for your skin.

“With the exciting addition of NuVANTE’s™ proven skincare line, Youngevity® is now one step closer to achieving its company objective of global branding; as well as further strengthening and enhancing its position in the worldwide market as a leader in health, wellness and anti-aging products,” said Steve Wallach, President of Youngevity®.

“We are excited to join the Youngevity® family with this strategic alliance which enables us to bring the NuVANTE™ product line to a world stage immediately. We believe this will be a great benefit to our distributors and it furthers my dream of bringing Simple, Active and Clean products to every man, woman and child worldwide,” said Ruthie Harper, M. D. The strategic alliance announced today is a "win-win" arrangement in that the distributors of both companies will be able to purchase, sell and market products from either company, under one seamless compensation plan, while building a distributor organization worldwide. “After 25 years of networking experience and using almost everyone’s skin care... NuVANTE™ is the number one, top of the chart, toxic-free, the very best care my skin has ever had!” said Sandy Elsberg, author of Bread Winner Bread Baker and current Youngevity® associate.

Youngevity®, a leading manufacturer of dietary supplements and personal care products is headquartered in Chula Vista, California. Youngevity® holds international offices in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Youngevity® markets its products worldwide through a network of independent distributors. For more information, visit www. youngevity. com.

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OpenType Font Table Editor - New from Fontlab

2011-08-04T09:31:00.000-07:00

OpenType Font Table Editor - New from Fontlab

Fontlab Ltd. announces the availability of DTL OTMaster 2.3 for Mac OS X and Windows. DTL OTMaster is a technical font viewer and editor that allows in-depth examination and fine low-level tuning of any OpenType font, TrueType font or TrueType font collection. Because of its non-invasive nature, DTL OTMaster allows type designers and font developers to make small modifications to any parts of an. otf or. ttf font without changing other aspects of the font. It can also serve as an excellent font quality assurance tool. Professional font users will benefit from OTMaster’s ability to examine the fonts’ inner structures, and to fix some common technical problems. Software vendors and developers will find DTL OTMaster an indispensable tool that will aid their globalization and internationalization efforts.

Port Angeles, WA (PRWEB) October 22, 2010

The OpenType font format is the most popular cross-platform format for fonts today. An OpenType font file consists of a collection of tables. These binary data structures are intended to be processed by computers, and are not very readable to humans. DTL OTMaster reveals the contents of any OpenType font table in a friendly graphical user interface. It allows the user to examine and modify the contents of these tables without the need to rebuild the font from sources.

The practical applications are many and include things like:
fixing clipping in tall glyphs adjusting kerning visually examining glyph substitution where special glyphs like fractions, small caps and ligatures may replace regular glyphs correcting glyph mapping in cmaps checking the font for consistency on different platforms editing glyphs to make corrections without harming hinting or other font parameters

“The inner structure of fonts, in particular those that support Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic or Indic scripts, can be quite complex. Typical font editors convert a font into an intermediate format, and then convert it again when the modified version is exported. During this process, some crucial aspects of the font may become ‘lost in translation’. DTL OTMaster performs precision font surgery — it changes only those parts of the font that it needs to change,” said Adam Twardoch, Fontlab Ltd.’s product and marketing manager.

Ted Harrison, President of Fontlab Ltd., added: “OTMaster allows the user to graphically examine, copy and edit font glyphs, OpenType Layout features, and kerning. It can also help users address common problems such as inconsistent linespacing across operating systems or inadequate screen antialiasing settings. Finally, it can be used to add custom symbols or company logos to fonts.”

Harrison went on to say: “OTMaster was developed by Dutch Type Library (The Netherlands) and URW++ (Germany). We are thrilled to add DTL OTMaster to our product offerings on fontlab. com. This release marks the beginning of our collaboration with Dutch Type Library and URW++. Dutch Type Library is renowned for their excellent high-quality DTL typefaces, while URW++ pioneered the field of font technology in 1975 with the development of Ikarus, the world’s first digital outline font editor. On the other hand, Fontlab Ltd. is the home of FontLab Studio, Fontographer, TypeTool and TransType, which today rank amongst the most popular font-related products worldwide. We believe that our combined expertise will contribute to improving the overall quality of fonts and typography, and we are looking forward to further collaboration with DTL and URW++.”

DTL OTMaster for Mac OS X and Windows is available now at Fontlab Ltd.’s fontlab. com website. The suggested retail price is EUR 255.

More information is available at:
Http://www. fontlab. com/dtl-urw-font-utilities/dtl-otmaster/

About Fontlab Ltd.
Fontlab Ltd. has stayed at the forefront of digital font management by remaining devoted to developing font editors and typography products. Their full line of products is dedicated to solving the most complex typography issues. These products include: AsiaFont Studio™, BitFonter™, FogLamp™, FontLab™, FontLab™ Studio, Fontographer™, Photofont®, ScanFont™, TypeTool™, TransType™, FontFlasher™, FONmaker™, SigMaker™ and CompoCompiler™. All products from Fontlab Ltd. carry a 60-day satisfaction guarantee. More information on all Fontlab products can be seen at http://www. fontlab. com.

About Dutch Type Library and URW++
The Dutch Type Library, known for the highly exclusive DTL™ typefaces since 1990, and the Germany based company URW++ Design & Development GmbH, pioneers in the field of font technology development since the early 1970s, together develop designer tools for professional font production. Their products include: DTL FontMaster™, DTL BezierMaster, DTL IkarusMaster, DTL TraceMaster, DTL BlendMaster, DTL KernMaster, DTL ContourMaster, DTL LetterModeller, DTL OTMaster. Dutch Type Library, DTL, DTL FontMaster are trademarks of the Dutch Type Library. URW++ is a registered trademark of URW++ Design & Development GmbH. More information on all DTL products can be seen at http://www. fonttools. org.

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Clinical Study Demonstrates Superior Bioavailability of Jarrow's Proprietary QH-absorb Formula

2011-08-02T14:34:00.000-07:00

Clinical Study Demonstrates Superior Bioavailability of Jarrow's Proprietary QH-absorb Formula

Clinical study demonstrates superior bioavailability of Jarrow Formula's proprietary ubiquinol Co-Q10 formula

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 13, 2009

The results of a clinical trial investigating the bioavailability of Jarrow Formulas®' QH-absorb®, a stabilized proprietary Co-Q10 formula utilizing the reduced form of Co-Q10 called ubiquinol, on 11 adult volunteers, was recently concluded at the medical school of the University of Ancona in Ancona, Italy.

Italian scientists from the University of Ancona (Institute of Biochemistry) measured the plasma level of Co-Q10 after taking 100 mg three times per day (100 mg T. I.D. = 300 mg). Eleven adult volunteers took Jarrow Formulas®' proprietary QH-absorb® formula over a 2-week period.

In this study, the results proved the superior absorption of QH-absorb®, as demonstrated by:
total Co-Q10 levels increasing from 0.70 mcg/mL to 6.14 mcg/mL. improving the mean reduced Co-Q10 (ubiquinol) levels in the plasma from.62 mcg/ml to 5.75 mcg/mL. This was an increase of 827% over baseline in humans. 5 of the volunteers achieved plasma levels over 7 mcg/mL and one subject was higher than 8 mcg/mL.

Another interesting finding showed a significant reduction in oxidized Co-Q10 in patients. Oxidized Co-Q10 does not function as an antioxidant. The results proved the efficacy of QH-absorb® as demonstrated by a reduction in the mean oxidized Co-Q10 levels in the plasma from 12% to 7%.

Jarrow L. Rogovin, President of Jarrow Formulas®, described another astonishing finding of the study. "Not only did our QH-absorb® increase plasma Co-Q10 levels two to three times more than other QH formulas, it also decreased the percentage of plasma oxidized Co-Q10 by 45%. It significantly increased the antioxidant, QH2, form of ubiquinol in the body. That is incredibly exciting for people watching their heart health or blood sugar."

Jarrow Formulas®' QH-absorb® is a proprietary stabilized formula that offers improved bioavailability over standard Co-Q10 supplements (ubiquinone), and is able to deliver Co-Q10 in its native antioxidant-capable form at higher levels. While standard Co-Q10 (ubiquinone) supplements can be reduced to the antioxidant state in the body, this reduction can be less efficient in some individuals due to health status, age or genetics. Ubiquinol also has significantly superior bioavailability to ubiquinone as demonstrated in clinical trials.

QH-absorb®, like Q-absorb®, uses an all-natural proliposome delivery system to improve absorption. Jarrow Formulas®' Q-absorb® and QH-absorb® delivery systems have been validated in multiple trials to significantly improve Co-Q10 absorption over other Co-Q10 formulas. Jarrow Formulas®' ubiquinol is derived from Co-Q10 that is manufactured via a yeast-fermentation process and consists only of the natural trans configuration, the same as is biosynthesized by humans.

Jarrow Formulas®' ubiquinol is supplied by Kaneka Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of CoQ10. The Kaneka production process yields Co-Q10 of the highest purity and potency available.

Jarrow Formulas® is a direct contributor to research on CoQ10. It has funded several clinical trials on the nutrient, as well as acts as a sponsor for the international society that promotes research and education regarding coenzyme Q10.

The suggested retail price (SRP) for Jarrow Formulas®' QH-absorb® products are as follows:
QH-absorb®, 60 softgels (30 mg): $21.95 QH-absorb®, 60 softgels (100 mg): $55.95 QH-absorb®, 30 softgels (200 mg): $49.95

Jarrow Formulas® is a nutritional supplement formulator and marketer founded in 1977 and incorporated in 1988. The company markets its products throughout the world, including the United States, Mexico, Canada, England, France, Japan, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Israel, Kuwait, Azerbaijan and other countries. The company offers a complete line of nutritional products that includes vitamins, minerals, specialty antioxidants, probiotics, amino acids, standardized herbal concentrates and enzymes. Jarrow Formulas, Inc. is active in regulatory affairs, helping to maintain Americans' rights to free access to dietary supplements. Its products are manufactured by Jarrow Industries Incorporated, a 90,000-square-foot pharmaceutical quality facility located in Santa Fe Springs, CA.

For more technical information, contact Kevin Connolly, Ph. D, Director, Scientific Affairs, Product Development. For all other inquiries, contact Mark Becker, Director, Advertising/Communications toll free at (800) 726-0886 or access the Jarrow Formulas Web site at www. Jarrow. com.

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Nintendo's DS Outplays Sony's PSP

2011-08-01T20:08:00.000-07:00

Nintendo's DS Outplays Sony's PSP

Customers are finding NintendoÂs DS a much better gaming device than SonyÂs PSP and are saying that the DS beats the PSP hands down in each of the areas that concern them most: games, device quality and screen.

London, UK (PRWEB) July 8, 2005

Whilst SonyÂs impressive marketing campaign has placed the PSP in the forefront of customerÂs minds (it was discussed twice as frequently as the DS), this has not fed through to customer satisfaction. Customers found that the DS offered superior value due to the substantial price advantage over the PSP

These findings are the result of research by WaveMetrix, based on customer opinion expressed in online discussion. Online discussion contains powerful and candid feedback from customers about what they really think, not what they say in surveys.

ÂWe expected that Nintendo would perform well due to their extensive experience in handheld gamingÂ, said Anders Schonberg, CEO of WaveMetrix, Âhowever we didnÂt anticipate how much ground Sony need to make up to meet consumer expectations.Â

WaveMetrixÂ unique approach combines proprietary WaveRunner 2.0 technology and industry expert analysts. This combination allows collection and interpretation of customer opinion in any language and almost any topic. The findings are summarised into clear, actionable insights allowing WaveMetrix clients to instantly understand the issues and implications.

A full copy of the report is available for download via the WaveMetrix website, www. wavemetrix. com.

About WaveMetrix:

WaveMetrix was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in the UK; with operations in the US, Japan, Germany and Italy. Our focus is purely on understanding online opinion and helping our clients assess its impact. We believe that businesses have much to learn by following what consumers say online. We also believe that consumers deserve to be heard.

Contact:

Alan Ault

VP Sales & Marketing

WaveMetrix

Tel: +44 7976 649 456

Email: alan. ault@wavemetrix. com

Web: www. wavemetrix. com

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Cool Down This Summer With Refreshing, Healthier Treats Like Chilly Cherry Soup Made With Stevia, the Natural Sugar Alternative

2011-08-01T11:27:00.000-07:00

Cool Down This Summer With Refreshing, Healthier Treats Like Chilly Cherry Soup Made With Stevia, the Natural Sugar Alternative

Instead of reaching for high sugar, high calorie treats to cool down this summer, check out delicious options using stevia, an all-natural, calorie-free, no carb sugar alternative like Chilly Cherry Soup or Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Pops in Sensational Stevia Desserts by Lisa Jobs.

Valley Forge, PA (PRWEB) May 16, 2007

This summer when it's time to cool down with a refreshing, sweet treat, there are better choices than those packed with refined sugar, calories, chemicals and lots of guilt. "Delicious yet healthier desserts can be enjoyed when stevia replaces the sugar or artificial sweeteners and healthier ingredients are used in the recipes," points out Lisa Jobs, author of Sensational Stevia Desserts (www. steviadessert. com, $19.95 pb).

The old adage, "have your cake and eat it too" really does apply when preparing desserts with stevia. Using stevia lowers sugar and carbohydrate intake and virtually eliminates the highs and lows associated with sugar. Stevia also has no known side effects, unlike what many suffer from sugar and chemical sweeteners. In addition, diabetics and hypoglycemics can use stevia since it doesn't affect glucose levels. (If unfamiliar with stevia, see below.**)

Chilly Cherry Soup from Sensational Stevia Desserts is a perfect choice for a summer treat. (This recipe is attached and is also downloadable at www. steviadessert. com). It has no added sugar other than what's naturally in the tart dark red cherries. Also, since these cherries are chock full of 17 different antioxidants and rank 14 out of the top 50 for the highest antioxidant content per serving, indulging in this dessert can actually do the body some good. With these tart cherries available year round, either fresh in the summer or frozen year round, this cold soup can be enjoyed any time.

Other choices in Jobs' book include Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Pops, Almond Pound Cake topped with your favorite fruit, Strawberry Mousse, Mango Sorbet Cream and many others.

So when it's time to sit back and relax with a favorite summer treat, this year why not try one of mouthwatering alternatives to the high sugar, high carbohydrate desserts.

**Stevia, an herb that is up to 400 times sweeter than sugar, has been used as an all-natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners in many parts of the world for decades, especially Japan, Brazil and China. It has no calories, no carbohydrates and no fat. In addition, stevia does not cause tooth decay and, because it does not raise blood glucose levels, diabetics can use it. It is available in health food stores, natural grocers and online. For more information, visit www. steviadessert. com.

About Lisa Jobs
Lisa Jobs, B. A., M. J., operated her own stevia business for 10 years. During her tenure, she developed a unique stevia packet blend that was manufactured, produced and distributed under her company name. At the same time, she created hundreds of stevia dessert recipes, the best of which are collected in Sensational Stevia Desserts. In addition to currently working on a second book, Jobs is a contributing author to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Health, an upcoming book by Dr. Julian Whitaker, Dr. Joseph Mercola, and others.

Praise for Sensational Stevia Desserts:

"Finally, a dessert cookbook that won't have you regretting eating any of them. Stevia's place in American kitchens is long overdue and Lisa Jobs does a great job of teaching how to use this safe, delicious and calorie free herb.
~ Fred Pescatore, MD, MPH, CCN, author of the best selling The Hamptons Diet

"This book is a must for all those interested in using stevia as a natural sweetener for mouth-watering desserts."
~ Dr. Mark A. Stengler, N. D., co-author of Prescription for Natural Cures

"Any avid cook will not want to be without this...This cookbook is dessert heaven; you will never feel deprived again!" ~ Qetesh, TCM Reviews

"Sensational Stevia Desserts offers a wide variety of tasty new stevia dessert recipes, sure to please diabetics and others looking for low-carbohydrate, no sugar and no artificial sweetener 'sweets.' "
~ David Richard, author of Stevia Rebaudiana: Nature's Sweet Secret

Sensational Stevia Desserts by Lisa Jobs, B. A., M. J.
Foreword by Andrew P. Mandell, Executive Director,
Defeat Diabetes Foundation
120 pages • 8" x 8" • 8-Page Full-Color Photo Insert
Line Illustrations • Nutrition Facts
ISBN: 0-9765245-4-6 • $19.95 trade paperback original
Published by Healthy Lifestyle Publishing LLC, 9/05
For more information, go to www. steviadessert. com.

Please send two copies of any review or mention to
Healthy Lifestyle Publishing LLC
P. O. Box 80311
Valley Forge, PA 19484

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AhaPlanet. com Launches New Multi-Cultural Internet Experience Benefiting Multi-Lingual Users and Community Groups

2011-07-31T12:23:00.000-07:00

AhaPlanet. com Launches New Multi-Cultural Internet Experience Benefiting Multi-Lingual Users and Community Groups

The AhaPlanet Internet experience includes an Internet gateway that aggregates useful and relevant web content for growing ethnic online communities. Information is organized in an easy to use manner and can be viewed in-your-language at a click of a button.

(PRWEB) July 16, 2001 -

AhaPlanet. com announced today the launch of its new Internet experience, which is intended for use by multi-cultural users, social institutions and not-for-profit organizations that are widely recognized as members of the "digital divide." One of the special features of the new portal is an instant translation service that is available to guests of AhaPlanet. com at no charge.

"An AhaPlanet. com guest can click on any of the eight language flag icons found at the top of the home page and enjoy instant translation of the home page and its links into the selected language," said Nancy Hom, one of the founders of AhaPlanet. com. "AhaPlanet. com offers our multi-cultural guests a rich online experience, and will be invaluable for new Internet users who are more comfortable in their native language."

AhaPlanet. com organizes useful service information in one location in an ad-free, family safe environment. Some of the special features available to AhaPlanet. com guests are:

Translation-on-the-fly Â Guests can click on one of eight language translation options: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, and German. All information that is linked through AhaPlanet. com is immediately shown in the selected language.

Advertising-free Environment ÂGuests to AhaPlanet. com will not be subjected to the typical barrage of pop-up and banner ads that are common to other portals. AhaPlanet. com is designed to provide an easy, intelligent, comfortable, user-friendly Internet experience for its guests.

Family-Safe Search and Content ÂAhaPlanet. com is designed to provide a family-safe experience for its guests, including the young ones. Even the search function is filtered to provide only family-safe responses.

Useful Info, Organized Intelligently Â AhaPlanet. comÂs tagline, "Let Us Do the Linking" underscores the CompanyÂs commitment to presenting a useful, relevant Internet experience to its Guests. Pertinent hot links direct the Guest to a page deep within a Web site, so the Guest of AhaPlanet. com will significantly reduce the time spent searching for relevant information. Guests can perform important tasks at the click of a button - such as register to vote, fill out immigration forms, take a GED exam or start a business, among many other options.

Useful Net Tools for the Whole Family Â AhaPlanet. com will enable guests to send free email messages to cell phones or pagers, get up-to-the minute traffic reports and even obtain an affordable computer for under a dollar a day.

"AhaPlanet. com is a business with a social conscience, targeted to serve a vast multi-cultural, multi-lingual audience which is underserved on the Information Superhighway," said David Amar, entrepreneur and co-founder of AhaPlanet. com. "We are social entrepreneurs Â properly serving people while running a New Economy business the old fashioned way."

About AhaPlanet. com

AhaPlanet. com is an Internet company founded by partners Nancy Hom and David Amar in Benicia, California in January 2001. Built to provide a relevant Internet experience to multi-cultural audiences, social groups and not-for-profit organizations that are common to the much-discussed "digital divide," the AhaPlanet. com Internet experience organizes useful information onto one location, offering translation to eight languages at the click of a button and hot links to socially relevant Web pages. AhaPlanet also offers Targeted Translation Services that bundle language translation services with targeted added-value links. For additional information on AhaPlanet. com, visit the Web site at www. ahaplanet. com or call 707-747-0200 or email info@ahaplanet. com

For more information, please contact:

AhaPlanet Press Room (415) 661-2609 or Info@ahaplanet. com

FOBP: The Future of Biafra Project by BISS: The Biafran Institute for Strategic Studies Contact BISS

2011-07-31T10:22:00.000-07:00

FOBP: The Future of Biafra Project by BISS: The Biafran Institute for Strategic Studies Contact BISS

The BISS hereby invites Biafrans across the globe to volunteer their services for the convocation of the project. Please review the project descriptions below, and contact BISS to volunteer for a particular project. To volunteer, please send an e-mail to fobp@biafranet. com with the following details: Full Name, Contact Details and 1 or 2 Work Groups you will be interested in working for. A BISS representative will contact you shortly afterwards. For security reasons, BISS reserves the right to conduct verification checks to ascertain the identity of project participants, as well as the right to reject an applicant.

(PRWEB) July 10, 2004

The Biafran Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS), in partnership with the Biafra Central Intelligence Agency (BCIA), and the Biafra Liberation Movement (BLM) are delighted to announce the commencement of The Future of Biafra Project (FOBP).

The FOBP is a long term project that is expected to provide both initial and continued intellectual leadership to the political and technocratic leadership of the Biafran people. Thus, the output of the project will form a critical input into efforts to design and sustain a well functioning Biafran State that will be capable of meeting the challenge of delivering on its social contract with her citizens anywhere in the world.

Project Volunteers: The BISS hereby invites Biafrans across the globe to volunteer their services for the convocation of the project. Please review the project descriptions below, and contact BISS to volunteer for a particular project. To volunteer, please send an e-mail to fobp@biafranet. com with the following details: Full Name, Contact Details and 1 or 2 Work Groups you will be interested in working for. A BISS representative will contact you shortly afterwards. For security reasons, BISS reserves the right to conduct verification checks to ascertain the identity of project participants, as well as the right to reject an applicant.

Participation: A secure electronic platform will be provided at a site to be communicated to each selected participant. The data gathering and analysis will be conducted via electronic mail and collated at the site.

Support: The Future of Biafra Project Director, will be available to act as a resource person to each Work Group. The Director will provide direction as required, clarification, relevant data, suggest analytical agendas and work plans as well as act as an intermediary when necessary to other groups.

Security: Membership of Work Groups will remain classified except if the participant in question authorizes the BISS to publish their membership. BISS reserves the right not to publish such information even if a member explicitly requests such action.

Timetable: The initial assessments and recommendations should be completed by August 27, 2004, with a smaller, semi-permanent team providing continued counsel over the long term.

INITIAL WORKING GROUPS

I. Biafran Economic Competitiveness Program

Synopsis: The Biafran economy suffers from a severe under-utilization of its resources and potential. The scope of problems is vast (high unemployment, high inflation, poor banking system, limited security, etc.).

Mandate: Develop a strategy for the transformation of the Biafran economy into a competitive, free enterprise economy based around innovation, trade and intermediation. The target should be a doubling of income within 5-7 years, building up private companies, and developing infrastructure to support growth for the next 25 years. BiafraÂs future lies in building links to the global economy, becoming a global financial, communication and transportation intermediary, and become a leader in innovation, as measured by the number of patents attributed to her citizens. The team should offer recommendations about what choices Biafra needs to make in terms of building up a highly skilled labor force, developing mission critical infrastructure, crafting the software of prosperity (responsive regulatory systems), and supporting processing systems (capital markets, transport networks, etc.). When feasible, the budgetary requirements and suggested timetable for executing the strategy should be outlined.

Sub Work Groups:

(i)Agriculture: Develop strategy (what choices will we make) for developing high productivity agricultural sector that would meet both Biafran domestic needs, as well export needs; coordinate with Land Use sub-group to ensure that a thoughtful land use strategy is adopted

(ii)Trade Policy: Develop strategy for building a trading economy, using Singapore as an operating model. Advise on trade strategy Â membership in WTO versus specific bilateral trade agreements with selected partner nations.

(iii)Innovation: Map strategy for nurturing public and private innovation via investment in basic science research, process design and advanced materials. Suggest potential framework Â institutions and rules Â for advancing intellectual property rights as measured by successful global patent applications.

(iv)Land Use Policy, Erosion Control, Recovery, and Environment Policy: Develop a strategy for rebuilding erosion devastated land, and increasing quality and intensity of land use; explore how innovative technology can be utilized to create world class living spaces for 50 million Biafrans at any given point in time.

(v)Currency: Advise on feasibility of an interim currency such as the US Dollar while transitioning to a permanent Biafran currency such as the Biafran Dollar versus maintaining the US Dollar as BiafraÂs permanent currency.

(vi)Census: Develop a strategy for conducting a short term census of the global Biafran population, as well as lay the foundation for a long term census and planning mechanism for Biafra.

II. Parliamentary Democracy and Bill of Rights

Mandate: Develop a draft constitution for a Biafran parliamentary democracy built around independent candidates and political parties. The draft constitution must also include a draft Bill of Rights. The proposed political system should provide flexibility and proportional representation, as well as a mechanism for new communities to vote for membership in the Biafran State. The team should build its recommendations around a village/city/town based political structure of the Biafran State. It is assumed that each village/city/town will be governed by a Mayor and a Council. A regional level of government may or may not exist between the national parliament and the village/city/town councils. A critical principle is for the team to keep in mind and reflect in their deliberations is the sovereignty of the people above and beyond the State. Therefore, the constitution should also have a mechanism for any Biafran community to secede from the Republic without fear.

III. Domestic Security Issues

Mandate: Develop baseline recommendations on the structure of policing in Biafra. The proposed structure should reflect the constitutional structure of Biafra and the critical importance of individual cities, towns and villages maintaining control over their own affairs. Thus, the recommendations should be actionable output on how individual communities or clusters of such communities can develop policing capabilities. The recommendations should also provide for a national support infrastructure for local police groups, as well as a coordinating national domestic intelligence and law enforcement capability.

IV. Veterans Affairs

Synopsis: The Nigeria-Biafra War created a number of military veterans some of whom are disabled and require military pensions and/or similar support. There will likely be future need for veteran services for Biafran servicemen and women.

Mandate: Develop a plan for conducting a census of BiafraÂs veterans, developing a Biafran War Memorial, instituting a pension system, and developing a physical, mental and intellectual health support system. The proposed program of interventions should reflect choices the Government of Biafra will make over a 2 year implementation schedule. When feasible, budgetary estimates should be attached to major program recommendations as well as a suggested time frame.

V. Special Friendship with Niger Delta Republics

Synopsis: Maintaining high quality relations with BiafraÂs neighbors is a critical policy objective for the Biafran people and state.

Mandate: Develop a strategy for building high quality relations with BiafraÂs Niger Delta neighbors, particularly those who have chosen the path of independence. The focus of such a strategy would be to understand what the issues are that could derail Biafra-Niger Delta relations, what the priorities are for either side (access to the sea, trade etc), and identify what choices both parties can make to advance their common cause. The output should also include recommendations on institutional changes and structures that could be utilized such as the appointment of Ambassador Plenipotentiaries, constitution of Joint Commissions, Cultural Exchange and Scholarship Programs etc.

VI. Foreign and Diplomatic Relations

Mandate: Develop recommendations for addressing BiafraÂs transitional and long term foreign policy challenges, including seeking recognition for a the Biafran State. The recommendations should include an analysis of the key issues of concern to Biafra and the position of potential allies such as the United States, Israel, Japan and the European Union on the aforementioned issues.

VII. Defense Policy/Military Strategy

Mandate: Develop a strategy for BiafraÂs defense policy based on an assessment of who its potential enemies are, and how best to contain and/or militarily defeat such enemies, including non-state actors such as militant Islamists. The scope of the strategy should include recommendations on the overall doctrine of the Biafran military (such as mobile warfare), its technology research and development program, and the requirements for simultaneously conducting two offensive campaigns and one defense of the homeland campaign. While a detailing of battlefield strategy may be helpful, it should only serve as an illustration of a broader conceptual layout of Biafran military thinking, potential allies, training issues, and reviving the revered Research & Development Directorate.

VIII. Public Health

Synopsis: The Biafran public is today faced with a number of critical challenges. These challenges include an alarming rise in infant mortality in the last 20 years, the absence of an accurate census of disease status especially HIV/AIDs and Tuberculosis, and the lack of well functioning community health services.

Mandate: Maintaining a healthy population is a priority objective for the Biafran state. The team should identify key public health issues such as childhood immunization, HIV/AIDs prevention, senior care, managing disease proliferation from neighboring states, healthcare infrastructure (hospitals, community health centers), training of medical personnel, and development of an US FDA standard pharmaceutical manufacturing capability. The output should include a taxonomy of issues, institutional design recommendations (and/or examples), and potential rollout plan and budget.

Estimated Requirements

Work Group Membership

Biafran Economic Competitiveness Program 30

Parliamentary Democracy & Bill of Rights 10

Domestic Security Issues 10

Veterans Affairs 10

Special Friendship with Niger Delta Republics 10

Foreign & Diplomatic Relations 10

Defense Policy/Military Strategy 10

Public Health 10

BISS reserves the right to increase the sizes of the Work Groups as required.

About BISS: The Biafran Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) is a new and independent public policy and research institution dedicated to providing the intellectual foundations of a new Biafran republic.

JavaMusic. com introduces its latest services to the Independent Music Industry. CD MANUFACTURING at $0.99 apiece and DISTRIBUTION opportunities in Asia

2011-07-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

JavaMusic. com introduces its latest services to the Independent Music Industry. CD MANUFACTURING at $0.99 apiece and DISTRIBUTION opportunities in Asia.

(PRWEB) May 18, 2001

CD MANUFACTURING SERVICE

JavaMusic is dedicated to the continual development and promotion of the Independent Music Industry and as such, is proud to announce its newest service, CD Manufacturing at EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE prices for small runs.

For a mere $999, JavaMusicÂs Standard CD package includes 1000 CDs with 4/1 4 panel inserts, 4/1-tray cards, 2-color print on the CD, clear trays and assembled and polywrapped jewel cases. This puts the price per piece at $0.99.

When the order increases to 2000 units, the price per piece drops to $0.95. Orders over 2000 units are handled on a case-by-case basis.

DISTRIBUTION IN ASIA

JavaMusic understands that one of the challenges faced by independent labels is distribution. In the past, tapping an unsaturated music market like Asia has been out of reach for the independent labels. Independent labels just could not justify the capital outlay or did not have the network of knowledgeable connections to handle sales and distribution outside of their geographic region.

With the advancement in technology, infrastructure and disposable income, Asians are now savvier and more demanding about the kinds of music they listen to. Unlike the United States, the Asian music market is not yet saturated and there is a growing hunger to discover music Âoff the beaten track.Â Now is the opportunity to capture a market hungry for fresh new music.

JavaMusic has a distribution center in Malaysia, where all CDs for distribution are initially housed. Depending on demand per country, JavaMusic then moves the CDs to the specific country, effectively reaching the target audience while minimizing inventory costs for the label. Through JavaMusic, Indie Labels now have the tools to reach countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, China, and Japan.

CREATING DEMAND FOR NEW MUSIC

JavaMusic supports the distribution of new music by helping to create a demand via its network of Asian publications. These publications are nationwide print and electronic entities that run reviews of artists and albums on a regular basis per contract with JavaMusic.

For questions or information, email Nina. Khan@javamusic. com or call toll-free 1-866-THE NEXT or 949-833-1909 weekdays 9 a. m. Â 6 p. m. Pacific Standard Time.

Aging Baby Boomers and Unmet Medical Needs Drive Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Market -- Drug Sales to Touch $11.5 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-07-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

Aging Baby Boomers and Unmet Medical Needs Drive Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Market -- Drug Sales to Touch $11.5 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

World Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases market is projected to grow at a robust pace and is on course to reach US$11.5 billion by 2010. Ageing baby boomers and introduction of novel drugs represent the key growth drivers for the market.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2007

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the two important segments in neurodegenerative disorders market, which is set to become the next big healthcare movement over the coming decades. These disorders are not only the instances of high-unmet medical needs but also significantly under diagnosed and vastly unjustified for various reasons. However, this unmet requirement offers substantial opportunities for next generation therapies. Though there is no curative medicine available at present, medications that provide partial relief from the symptoms have gained momentum in the recent past. The industry has crossed some milestones in recent years, although major breakthroughs are still in pipeline.

United States represents the largest as well as the fastest growing market, with a CAGR of 16%, as stated by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Europe represents the second largest market, followed by Japan. Of the two broad product groups, anti-Alzheimer's drugs flaunt a much faster growth rate than anti-Parkinson's drugs, with a CAGR of 19.43% over the period 2000-2010. This stupendous growth rate has helped the anti-Alzheimer's drugs overtake anti-Parkinson's disease drugs as the largest product group. Low levels of competition from the generic space because of inadequate groups in the drug class continue to drive the AD market. Within anti-Alzheimer's drugs market, N-Methyl-D-Asparate receptor antagonists (NMDARA) represents the fastest segment, at over 40% CAGR. In the anti-Parkinson's disease drugs product group, dopamine agonists segment represents the largest and the fastest growing.

Ageing baby boomers are expected to propel the global anti-AD medications market. The growing elder people in the society would always have impact on the healthcare markets particularly the drugs that are intended to treat risks associated with ageing. Since AD is an age related disorder, increasing baby boomers will always be a part of the growth engines of AD market. Additionally, the practice of combination therapy is likely to play an important role in the future treatment of AD and PD. The practice, already in wide spread use, is likely to continue, particularly in the severe or late stages of the diseases.

At present, only few drugs exist in the Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease markets. The available products provide only symptomatic relief. However, novel drugs that are capable of slowing the progression of disease would eventually be launched in the market in the medium to long-term future. These therapies are in the final phases of clinical development and are expected to greatly influence the market. With about 18.5 million people suffering from these neurodegenerative diseases, the world market is anticipating some breakthrough products in future. The market provides mammoth opportunities for drug developers capable of producing drugs with substantial improvements over the currently available treatments.

Pharmaceutical majors including Pfizer/Eisai, Novartis, Shire/J&J, and Lundbeck/Forest Laboratories dominate the anti-Alzheimer's and anti-Parkinson's diseases drugs market. Pfizer/Eisai represents the leader in anti-Alzheimer's drugs with about 48% market share in 2006. Eisai and Pfizer co-promote Aricept in the US and major European markets. Other key market participants include Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Merz Pharmaceuticals GMBH, and Roche.

The report titled "Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases: A Global Strategic Business Report" published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, market drivers, inhibitors, companies, products, future therapies, and competitive landscape. The report also provides statistical findings, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings to help companies learn the truth behind market variables impacting business in the marketplace. The report has detailed analyses and coverage of the US, Canadian, Japanese, European, and Rest of World markets. Products segments analyzed include anti-Alzheimer's disease drugs (cholinesterase Inhibitors and NMDARA (N-methyl, D-Aspartate Receptor Antagonists)), and anti-Parkinson's disease drugs (dopaminergic agents, dopamine agonists, and other PD drugs).

For more details about this research report, please visit http://www. strategyr. com/MCP-1704.asp.

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world's largest market research publishers. The company employs more than 700 people worldwide and publishes more than 880 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers a range of more than 60,000 smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide.

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Analysis And Five-Year Forecast Of The Global Orthopaedics Industry

2011-07-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

Analysis And Five-Year Forecast Of The Global Orthopaedics Industry

(PRWEB) October 6, 2004

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com (http://www. researchandmarkets. com)) has announced the addition of Orthopaedics: Global Industry Guide to their offering

The Orthopaedics Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the orthopaedics industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and leading companies Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Report Highlights

Detailed information is included on market size, measured by both value and volume.

Market shares are covered by manufacturer and by brand, including private label.

Distribution channels are also analysed.

Why you should buy this report:

1. Spot future trends and developments

2. Inform your business decisions

3. Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

4. Save time carrying out entry-level research"

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 20

Chapter 2 Global Orthopaedics 21

Chapter 3 Asia-Pacific Orthopaedics 27

Chapter 4 Orthopaedics in Belgium 34

Chapter 5 Orthopaedics in Canada 43

Chapter 6 Orthopaedics in China 52

Chapter 7 European Orthopaedics 59

Chapter 8 Orthopaedics in France 66

Chapter 9 Orthopaedics in Germany 74

Chapter 10 Orthopaedics in Italy 83

Chapter 11 Orthopaedics in Japan 91

Chapter 12 Orthopaedics in Spain 99

Chapter 13 Orthopaedics in the Netherlands 107

Chapter 14 Orthopaedics in the United Kingdom 116

Chapter 15 Orthopaedics in the United States 126

Chapter 16 Company Profiles 135

16.1 Stryker Corporation 135

16.2 Zimmer Holdings Incorporated 142

16.3 Biomet, Inc. 145

Chapter 17 Appendix 149

For more information visit http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c6808 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c6808)

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

Press@researchandmarkets. com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

Global Gelatin Market to Reach 357.8 Thousand Metric Tons by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc

2011-07-27T23:38:00.000-07:00

Global Gelatin Market to Reach 357.8 Thousand Metric Tons by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on the Gelatin markets. The global market for gelatin is projected to reach 357.8 Thousand Metric Tons by the year 2015 driven by increasing demand from developing economies and rising use of gelatins as biomaterials in cosmetic formulations. The industry’s long-term prospects are, however, expected to be largely governed by the growing transition towards vegetarianism and consumer concerns regarding use of animal-sourced gelatin in food and pharmaceutical applications.

San Jose, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 19, 2011

World market for gelatin is expected to witness steady growth driven by stable consumption patterns in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical end-use industries. Besides, improving lifestyles in developing economies of India and China are expected to drive the product demand. The gradual ageing of world population and increasing use of medication by this segment is also expected to push the demand for gelatin and gelatin hydrolysates in the pharmaceutical industry. The gelatin industry, over the years, has borne the brunt of negative publicity over the safety of animal-derived ingredients, and the resulting tightened regulations, and legislative riders governing the use of gelatin in supplements. Supported by new research findings, manufacturers are fast promoting gelatin as safe for human consumption, and are making concerted efforts to dissipate the misconception that gelatin is a potential carrier of (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)BSE.

The United States and Europe dominate the global gelatin market, as stated by the new market research report on Gelatin. Future growth in the market is expected to largely stem from the emerging economies of India and China due to improving standards of living and increasing consumption of gelatin in the food industry. Asia-Pacific is projected to be the fastest growing market for gelatin, registering a CAGR of 3.0% over the analysis period.

Among the end-use markets, Food and Beverages comprise the largest market for gelatin. Gelatin is primarily used because of its neutral-taste along with unique characteristics in emulsification, binding, stabilization, and gelling. This makes the product an ideal food additive for different kinds of foods. Gelatin is also distinctive in its capability to stabilize foam, which is a major requirement in several confectionery items, creamed products and chilled/non-chilled desserts.

Supported by its superior processing flexibility, safety, and material quality, gelatin is expected to continue to remain a popular compound in drug encapsulation, despite the availability of alternatives in the form of cellulosic ethers, and carrageenan derivatives. Beef-bone gelatin is one of the most commonly used gelatins for manufacturing soft capsules in the pharmaceutical industry.

In the photographic films market, technological advancements in photography have frustrated the usage of gelatin in the industry. The increase in demand for photographic paper for printing purposes has offset the impact of a shift from conventional photography to digital photography on photographic gelatin market. Gelatin is still used widely in movie film as well as the photographic paper for printing pictures.

The industry’s steady growth pattern is however threatened by the growing trend towards vegetarianism among consumers. The general apprehension towards animal-sourced gelatin, especially after the BSE scares, among consumers in different parts of the world has also prompted food manufacturers to look out for vegetarian substitutes to the product. Other reasons for searching substitutes include certain drug interactions with gelatin, which affect the medication. Food processors are already seeking substitutes for animal-sourced ingredients. While these alternatives meet some gelatin characteristics, none is yet available that matches all the functions such as gelling, binding, thickening, stabilizing, film forming, and aerating properties. Gelatin alternatives are plagued with several drawbacks. While starches can lead to unpleasant textures due to their high usage levels, Pectin, on the other hand, results in a short texture and can be sticky in some applications. Alginates and pectin require pH adjustment or addition of salts to form gels, which still are not thermo reversible. In the pharmaceuticals market too there is a growing demand for non-gelatin capsules.

Key market participants profiled in the report include Capsugel, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Gelita AG, Norland Products Inc., Roxlor LLC, Rousselot S. A.S., Sterling Gelatin, Tessenderlo Group, Nitta Gelatin Inc., VION NV, among others.

The research report titled “Gelatin: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a strategic review of the key market trends, recent product launches, strategic corporate initiatives, and profiles of key market participants. The report provides annual sales estimates and projections for Gelatin market for the years 2007 through 2015, and 2000 to 2006 for major geographic markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, among others. End-use markets analyzed in the report include Food & Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, and Photographic Supplies.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit – http://www. strategyr. com/Gelatin_Market_Report. asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
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CBMRÂ Version 4.20 for Windows Â Latest Version Offers Raft of Improvements

2011-07-27T09:06:00.000-07:00

CBMRÂ Version 4.20 for Windows Â Latest Version Offers Raft of Improvements

CBMR (Cristie Bare Machine Recovery) software from Cristie Data Products Limited operates in conjunction with IBM TivoliÂ® Storage Manager (ITSM) to provide fully automated and rapid recovery of MicrosoftÂ WindowsÂ® operating systems to a new hard disk drive, RAID system or a completely new machine. CBMR can also be used to migrate a Windows operating system to a new server. CBMR is also available for Linux and Solaris operating systems. The latest version of the software, CBMR 4.20, is now available for downloading from cbmr. info.

(PRWEB) November 12, 2004

Major Changes Include

Â·Support for Windows installed on a Dynamic Volume.

Â·New and versatile "CBMR - Driver Manager" with automatic hardware and driver detection.

Â·Supports individual partition restore leaving others intact.

Â·Facility to run batch programs before and/or after the final Windows mode restore.

Â·Improved debug logging leading to efficient support.

Â·New and improved Graphical User Interface(GUI).

Â·Improvements to the dissimilar hardware wizard that allow the operating system to be recovered to a different model or brand of machine.

Â·Closer integration with ITSM event logging.

Â·Integration with Windows Task Scheduler.

Â·Support for Windows XP systems with SP2 installed.

How It Works

CBMR consists of a Windows backup application along with a bootable CD-ROM containing a customized Linux kernel, minimal filesystem, and tools developed by Cristie to provide the most efficient disaster recovery solution available. The software is designed to maximise speed, flexibility and simplicity of use. Essential user interaction is kept to a minimum but many powerful options exist to allow the expert user full control. All tools and utilities are loaded into a virtual disk contained in memory for greatest efficiency.

CBMR will partition, format and restore files to any number of new or existing IDE, SCSI, or hardware RAID disks, of similar or different sizes. Files are restored using Cristie's purpose-built fast restoring software (lirest), which integrates seamlessly with ITSM and can also use tape or virtual tape devices.

The intuitive user interface is designed primarily with speed in mind and a typical recovery will take as little as 5 keystrokes.

Availability

The product is available as a part of the IBM Developer Sales Channel Software Remarketing program or direct from Cristie Data Products Limited. CBMR is available in English, French, German and Japanese. The Linux and Solaris versions are currently available only in English.

CBMR is available by downloading from www. cbmr. info for evaluation for 30 days. A full licence can be purchased from your Tivoli reseller or Cristie Data Products Ltd.

CBMR Contacts

Peter Shkurko

Global Business Development - CBMR

Tel. +44 (0) 1453 847019

Cell. +44 (0) 7929 202740

Fax. +44 (0) 1453 847001

Peters@cristie. com

Trent Gregory

Worldwide Alliance and Business Development Manager

IBM Tivoli Software

+1 919 224-1262 (IBM tie line: 687)

Home Office: +1 919 556-0598

Trentg@us. ibm. com

About Cristie Data Products

Cristie Data Products Limited is one of Europe's leading providers of data storage and backup solutions. Its hardware and software solutions are highly regarded for their proven performance, quality and reliability. Cristie has its own proprietary backup and recovery software, PC-BaX, which provides very fast disaster recovery and bare metal restore features.

Cristie is based in Stroud, UK with subsidiaries in Germany and Sweden and distributors throughout the world. With particular expertise in the financial and public sectors, the company's customer base includes many of EuropeÂs largest banks and insurance companies, universities, research centres, local authorities, hospitals and ISPs. The company has achieved ISO 9002. For more information, visit www. cristie. co. uk.

Technical Information

Hardware Requirements

-Platform: IntelÂ® (i386) platform

-Operating System: Windows NT4 with SP6+, Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server/Datacenter Server, Windows XP Home/Professional or Windows Server 2003 (all editions)

-ITSM: API client level 4.2.1.32 upwards with a supported ITSM server

Training and Education: Customer training and education, customized and priced to each specific requirement, is available from Cristie Data Products.

On-Site Installation: On-site installation and program interface services are available from Cristie Data Products.

Packaging: The products are packaged on CD-ROM with a full set of documentation.

Product Support: Customers can purchase product support, which entitles them to defect support, product updates, upgrades, enhancements, new releases, and extended warranty support as described in the Cristie Data Products Ltd. License Agreement from the program supplier. The program supplier provides all program product services.

Prices

Prices are provided for reference only and are subject to change without notice.

CBMRÂ (5620-FQS) $995

Trademarks

CBMRÂ, CristieÂ® and the CBMRÂ logo are the registered or common law trademarks of CristieÂ® Data Products Ltd and should be treated as such. Tivoli is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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Two-Thirds of Gout Patients Surveyed Feel That Their Gout Is Not Taken Seriously, Yet Nearly Half Describe Pain as “Excruciating”

2011-07-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

Two-Thirds of Gout Patients Surveyed Feel That Their Gout Is Not Taken Seriously, Yet Nearly Half Describe Pain as “Excruciating”

Washington, D. C. (PRWEB) June 10, 2010

The 2010 Gout Attitudes Patient Survey (GAPS), a new study of Americans with gout, released today by Men’s Health Network (MHN), sheds light on the painful reality of what life is like for the approximately five million Americans who live with this condition. Of those surveyed, 69 percent described the pain of a gout attack as “miserable,” yet a quarter of gout patients feel that those without gout perceive them as overreacting to attacks, and 67 percent feel as though others do not take the condition seriously.

The 2010 GAPS, conducted by Braun Research, Inc., surveyed 1,000 individuals living with gout. The survey sought to assess the level of discomfort or pain they have experienced, the emotional toll that gout has on those living with it and how well these individuals understand their condition.

Key findings of the survey included:
When asked to describe the physical sensation of a gout attack, 23 percent of gout patients compared the pain to shattered glass piercing their skin, 28 percent to breaking a bone and 34 percent to a severe burn. The survey also asked patients, theoretically, what they would give up in exchange for never having another gout flare – 37 percent responded that they would give up winning the lottery and 22 percent said they would give up a year’s worth of vacation time. Although a third of respondents have experienced an average of two or more attacks in the last 12 months, 91 percent of respondents feel that they have their gout under control.

To view additional survey findings and the full multimedia news release, please visit www. gouttoday. com.

“This study reveals a startling disconnect between the degree of pain and discomfort patients experience and the reported success of their care or management plan,” says Dr. Zorba Paster, clinical professor at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Patients need to know that they don’t have to ‘just live with’ a certain number of flares. Gout is the result of hyperuricemia, or high uric acid levels in the body, and it needs ongoing management with a combination of lifestyle modifications and medication.”

Gout is a chronic metabolic condition and the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in men. Women also can suffer from gout and are most often affected after menopause. Gout occurs when excess uric acid in the body begins to form crystals and deposit them in the joints, causing an inflammatory response. A gout attack, or “flare,” can affect several different areas, including elbows, knees and wrists; however, patients most commonly experience attacks in the big toe.

“June is Men’s Health Month, and during this time Men’s Health Network encourages heightened awareness of a variety of health conditions, including gout,” says Scott Williams, vice president, MHN. “Our focus is to raise awareness of the need for men to be proactive in taking care of their health, and clearly, gout is a good example. With proper management, patients can reduce the risk of experiencing painful attacks, so we urge men -- and women -- who live with gout to work with their doctor, ask questions and develop the management plan that is best for them.”

Additional Findings

Other findings from the survey include:
51 percent of survey respondents rate their gout as “very severe or severe.” Half of surveyed gout patients report “unbearable pain” during a flare. More than a quarter of gout patients report being bedridden and taking time off of work during an attack, and 73 percent admit to limited physical activity during these times. Nearly half of those surveyed (43 percent) have had to cancel social plans and one-fifth have canceled vacation plans or decided not to travel as a result of their condition. Unaided, only half of gout sufferers correctly attribute their condition to an increased level or accumulation of uric acid. Patients report a mixture of emotions resulting from the pain of an attack, including stress (64 percent), anger (47 percent), depression (40 percent), embarrassment (16 percent) and feeling overwhelmed (38 percent). Men are more likely to claim that they would participate in more sports and exercise (41 percent men vs. 33 percent women) if they did not have gout. When asked about gout flares, men were more likely than women to respond with anger and to feel that they brought the attacks upon themselves.

About the Survey
The 2010 Gout Attitudes Patient Survey was developed by Men’s Health Network and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., and conducted by Braun Research, Inc. All surveys were conducted in the United States between March 13, 2010, and April 10, 2010, via telephone among a nationally representative sample of gout patients, with 32 percent reporting at least two gout attacks in the last 12 months. Results of a survey of this size will be projectable to the larger population with a confidence interval of 95 percent. The margin of error for the findings is ±3.1 percentage points.

About Braun Research, Inc. (BRI)
BRI is a well-respected and internationally recognized firm that employs techniques and standards approved by leading survey research academic organizations in the world. BRI is an active member in a number of respected organizations throughout the industry, including The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Council on Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR) and Council on American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO).

About Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
Based in Deerfield, Ill., Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. and Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. are subsidiaries of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan. The respective companies currently market oral diabetes, insomnia, rheumatology and gastroenterology treatments and seek to bring innovative products to patients through a pipeline that includes compounds in development for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gastroenterology, neurology and other conditions. Takeda is committed to striving toward better health for individuals and progress in medicine by developing superior pharmaceutical products. To learn more about these Takeda companies, visit www. tpna. com.

About Men’s Health Network (MHN)
MHN is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to reach men and their families where they live, work, play, and pray with health prevention messages and tools, screening programs, educational materials, advocacy opportunities and patient navigation. With a network of chapters, affiliates, and health partners, MHN has a presence in every U. S. state and more than 30 countries. We strive to achieve the following goals:
To save men's lives by reducing the premature mortality of men and boys. To improve the physical and mental health of men so that they can live fuller and happier lives. Work with/through women as the family's health care leader to reach men with critical health messages.

For more information and to view complete survey results, please visit www. menshealthnetwork. org.

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