Ergotron's Neo-Flex Notebook Lift Stand One of PC World China's 100 Best Designed IT Products 2008 Wellness Promoting Stand Provides Affordable Desktop Comfort for Laptop Device Users

Ergotron's Neo-Flex Notebook Lift Stand One of PC World China's 100 Best Designed IT Products 2008 Wellness Promoting Stand Provides Affordable Desktop Comfort for Laptop Device Users

Ergotron, the world's innovation leader in computer mounting and mobility products, is pleased to announced that PC World China identified Ergotron's Neo-Flex™ Notebook Lift Stand one of the 100 Best IT Designs in 2008. Ergotron is recognized for this distinction in the July 2008 issue, adding to the Notebook Stand's Consumer Electronics Association CES 2008 Innovation Honoree Award and a 2008 Association of Design Excellence Platinum award.

St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) July 25, 2008

Ergotron, the world's innovation leader in computer mounting and mobility products, is pleased to announced that PC World China identified Ergotron's Neo-Flex™ Notebook Lift Stand one of the 100 Best IT Designs in 2008. Ergotron is recognized for this distinction in the July 2008 issue, adding to the Notebook Stand's Consumer Electronics Association CES 2008 Innovation Honoree Award and a 2008 Association of Design Excellence Platinum award.

Mr. Xu Chaunchao, PC World China Editor, explained the award. "Our offices in Beijing have over 600 employees. Many of them have physical complaints because they are "hunched and crunched" many hours a day over their notebooks. We saw the Neo-Flex Notebook Lift Stand and immediately understood that it would allow us more physical comfort, and ultimately, more wellness and productivity, by raising the display screen to an individual's specific line of sight." With notebooks, achieving computing wellness comes when separating data entry from the visual interface with the screen. Ergotron recommends using a separate wireless keyboard and mouse with the Notebook Lift Stand.

Neil Lien, Ergotron's Sr. Product Manager, commented, "Ergotron's is gratified to receive this acknowledgement recognizing our commitment to deliver beautifully designed, yet affordable, ergonomic products for the health and wellbeing of computer users around the world."

The Neo-Flex Notebook Lift Stand has a MRSP of $79.99 and is available in China through Dell and Lenovo. For more information about Ergotron and the Neo-Flex Notebook Lift Stand, visit http://www. ergotron. com (http://www. ergotron. com), or call +1.651.681.7600 in the US or Frank Tian in China at +(86) 8008580052. To participate in the discussion regarding computing wellness, please visit http://blogs. ergotron. com (http://blogs. ergotron. com).

About Ergotron:
Founded in 1982 by VESA FDMI standard author and visionary Harry Sweere, Ergotron is a global manufacturer of digital display mounting and mobility products, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with sales efforts in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and Singapore. Ergotron's products have been improving the human interface with digital displays for over 25 years. Our history of innovation and passion for differentiation is evidenced in over 35 patents and our growing portfolio of award winning products for computer monitors, notebooks, and large flat panel displays and T. V.s Ergotron products enhance computing wellness, improve workplace productivity and create business process efficiencies, wherever and whenever they're used. Incorporating Ergotron's Constant Force lift and pivot motion technology, wall and desk mount arms, stands, mobile carts, pivots and vertical lifts require less effort to achieve more ergonomic motion, improving the user's experience when viewing any digital display for work or entertainment.

For more information on Ergotron or our products, please visit Ergotron. com or call Ergotron sales at 800.888.8458.

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Beverly Macy, Managing Partner, Y&M Partners LLC, Receives Congressional Recogition for Forum Focusing On Clean Energy and Power Solutions

Beverly Macy, Managing Partner, Y&M Partners LLC, Receives Congressional Recogition for Forum Focusing On Clean Energy and Power Solutions

2008 Clean Energy and Power Forum brings key industry, business, and community leaders to discuss the next generation of clean tech solutions.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 8, 2008

Y&M Partners LLC, a strategic advisory firm located in Beverly Hills, CA., announces that Beverly Macy, Managing Partner was awarded Congressional Recognition from Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) for co-founding the 2008 Clean Energy and Power Forum: The Next Generation of Clean Tech Solutions. This event took place on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the University of California, Los Angeles' Tom Bradley International Hall. The event attracted a record-setting attendance of over 300 people, with 11 exhibitors in the product-showcase and a panel of 10 guest speakers.

Hosted by Y&M Partners, KCOMM, National Renewable Energy Lab, QuantumSphere, ROTH Capital Partners, and UCLA, this extraordinary event provided a platform to discuss clean energy and power issues facing our world with a focus on near term business opportunities and commercialization of real solutions. Topics included advances in Battery Power and Storage, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Generation Systems, Solar Power and Clean Water.

Keynote speakers included:
John A. Turner, Ph. D., National Renewable Energy Lab Speaking on Solar and Hydrogen systems
Kevin Maloney, President, CEO, Co-founder, QunatumSphere, Inc. Speaking on nano-enabled products for clean energy and power applications, near-terms commercialization, grant proposals, and UCLA-funded research projects
Brian Kremer, Investment Banking, ROTH Capital Partners Speaking on clean energy Market size and investments
M. Nyambura Kamau, Consul General, Republic of Kenya (Africa) Speaking on Africa's Energy Reform Initiatives
Hakan Tekin, Consul General, Turkey Speaking on Turkey's Energy Position and Investments
Sinan Kanatsiz, CEO, KCOMM Summit Chairman and Moderator Beverly W. Macy, CEO, Y&M Partners, Instructor, Global Marketing and Strategy, UCLA, Summit Co-Founder and Moderator About the Event Hosts:
Y&M PARTNERS LLC helpsww companies gain insight into complex business challenges, strategize breakthrough solutions, and execute on opportunities that benefit both their customers and the bottom line. The firm's staff has broad industry expertise that focuses on key industry verticals: healthcare, emerging technology, communications, and energy reform.

KCOMM is a marketing communications firm specializing in Public Relations, Public Affairs, Internet Marketing, Events and Relationships.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL's mission and strategy are focused on advancing the U. S. Department of Energy's and our nation's energy goals. The laboratory's scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.

QuantumSphere, Inc. (QSI) is a leading manufacturer of advanced catalytic materials and a developer of high performance electrode devices and related technologies for multiple clean-energy and electronics applications. Backed by a strong intellectual property portfolio, QSI products enable breakthrough performance in such multi-billion dollar growth markets as batteries, sensors, fuel cells, and hydrogen generation, among others.

ROTH Capital Partners is a full service investment banking firm dedicated to the small and micro-cap market. The firm is privately owned with current principals being majority owners. The core management team has been consistent for many years. Since the inception of the firm in 1984 ROTH has been a leader and innovator in the small and micro cap markets. ROTH's exclusive focus has been, is, and will continue to offer a full spectrum of investment banking services, including raising capital, research coverage, trading and market making, merger and acquisition advisory services, and investor conferences.

UCLA is one of America's finest universities, UCLA has a tradition of advancing higher education and the common good through excellence in scholarship, research and public service. UCLA is California's largest university and a model for public institutions of higher education.
Y&M Partners is a strategic advisory firm located in Beverly Hills, California. The company was founded in 2001 by senior executives with experience in both established and emerging firms.

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BAO Fresh Kombucha Extending Product Line for New York City's Locally Made Kombucha

BAO Fresh Kombucha Extending Product Line for New York City's Locally Made Kombucha

Innovative Beverage Company getting delicious, low calorie, nutritious beverages into the hands of New Yorkers as a positive step in the fight against obesity

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 8, 2010

Bad Ass Organics, New York City’s local manufacturer of kombucha and organic drinks, today announced it is extending its line of nutritious beverages to include four new flavors: Super Green, Mango, Grape and Spice (http://www. drinkbao. com). BAO (rhymes with wow) FRESH KOMBUCHA has seen tremendous growth since launching in April 2010 as the first licensed kombucha brewer in New York State. Using a 100% natural fermentation, BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA is a slightly effervescent, low-sugar beverage filled with probiotics that provides a healthy energy boost with a unique-tasting tart flavor profile.

Different cultures have been drinking kombuchafor thousands of years, but its popularity in the U. S. has recently exploded as more people recognize the importance of a healthy diet and lifestyle. “Providing people with healthier drink alternatives is essential to reversing the obesity trend in America. The beverage business is a $50 billion industry with only a few companies truly mindful of the well-being of the community they serve,” said Mike Brady, co-founder of Bad Ass Organics. “We have a triple bottom line at BAO that focuses on profits, people and planet, and our mission is to do good for people while making people feel good.”

“Fermented foods offer a goldmine of nutritional benefits, and the food and beverage industry needs to do a better job educating and informing people about them,” said Mike Schwartz, co-founder as well as instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. “One of our newest flavors, Super Green, includes spirulina, which is a rich source of potassium as well as B1, B4 and vitamins A through D, and provides an incredible combination of nutrients when added to our kombucha.”

A typical soda or tea will have 140 calories in an eight ounce serving, resulting in many Americans getting more than 25 percent of their suggested caloric intake per day from drinks offering zero nutritional value. BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA has under 40 calories per eight ounce serving, tastes great and provides functional benefits that aid in digestion, serving as a meaningful complement to any healthy diet.

Moreover, BAO, with its manufacturing facility located in New York City, is filling a demand for local products that contribute positively to the community. A recent Zagat survey found that 68 percent of participants thought it was important for the food they eat to be locally sourced, organic, or sustainably raised, and 60 percent said they would even pay more for such food.

Listed below are some interesting BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA facts:
Kombucha is thought to have been first created over 2,500 years ago. Kombucha is made from black or green tea and naturally fermenting cultures, called probiotics. Probiotics, when taken regularly, have been known to have a multitude of health benefits such as improvement of the digestive system. BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA is at the center of the biggest 2011 food trends as consumers focus on nutritious, locally made, and organic products that can be part of a healthy diet. 40% of Americans have gastrointestinal problems that can be improved with probiotics found in kombucha. Digestive health is a top wellness issue for the food and beverage industry, with emphasis on probiotics, prebiotics, and fiber. Americans consume more carbonated soft-drinks than any other country in the world and soft drinks are 55% of total beverage volume sold (i. e. 1 of every 2 drinks). Fermentation causes kombucha to be naturally effervescent, which is a healthy alternative to any artificially carbonated soft-drink. BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA is made fresh in Long Island City and delivered daily to leading grocers and restaurants in New York and surrounding areas (suggested retail price $3.49).

Go to drinkbao. com for more information on the product line, the growing number of retail locations across the city, company founders and product details. To schedule a desk-side tasting and/or book an interview please write kimj@drinkbao. com. Find Bad Ass Organics on Facebookand Twitterat DrinkBAO. Join the community today and share what you think of BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA!

About Bad Ass Organics, LLC
Bad Ass Organics(BAO) was created by two passionate New Yorkers who combined their expertise in organic foods and entrepreneurism to get great tasting and healthy products into their community. The beverage aisle in any supermarket or deli is filled with sugary sodas and teas that add calories to our diet without any nutritional benefits. By using the benefits of natural fermentation, BAO instills all their beverages with probiotics (living bacteria) in low calorie, nutritious drinks. The word bao in Chinese means “precious treasure”, which is delivered in each batch of handcrafted BAO FRESH KOMBUCHA. BAO is also an acronym for the company name, Bad Ass Organics, which is a salute to everyone with the bad ass attitude to reject the constant barrage of unhealthy food and drinks and commit to living a healthy lifestyle.

BAO is a trademark of Bad Ass Organics, LLC.

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Expressor Software Adds New and Repeat Customers, Builds SMB Market Momentum in Q1 2010

Expressor Software Adds New and Repeat Customers, Builds SMB Market Momentum in Q1 2010

Expressor software announced today that its results for Q1 2010 included significant year-over-year and sequential growth based on increasing success in the small-to-medium sized business (SMB) market served by Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).

Burlington, MA (Vocus) April 7, 2010

expressor software, the leader in semantic data integration, announced today that its results for Q1 2010 included significant year-over-year and sequential growth based on increasing success in the small-to-medium sized business (SMB) market served by Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).

“The positive response expressor continued to receive in Q1 from SSIS users in SMBs confirms our strategy to deliver enterprise-class data integration capabilities at an affordable cost,” said Bob Potter, CEO and co-founder, expressor software. “I am pleased with the progress we are making and very optimistic about the remainder of 2010 and beyond, as we are entering Q2 with a very strong pipeline of new prospects, products and partners.”

“expressor is starting 2010 with another quarter of solid financial results,” added Melinda Smith, CFO, expressor software. “Our strong customer value proposition in the SMB market helped us grow our Q1 bookings, exceed our cash flow targets and build our pipeline visibility. We are very encouraged by the positive trends in our operational metrics, which are important indicators toward a very successful 2010.”

Sales and marketing momentum

Expressor signed several new license transactions in Q1 including a leading US health benefits company and SMBs such as Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and Viverae. The company also received a repeat order from American Tower, which became an expressor customer in Q4 2009.

Expressor increased its investment in marketing programs designed to build awareness and demand in the SSIS community, sponsoring US-based Q1 SQLSaturday training events in Boston, Philadelphia and Tampa, and committing to Q2 SQLSaturday events in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and New York. The company’s license transaction with Moffitt Cancer Center in Q1 resulted from the SQLSaturday event in Tampa.

Expressor also co-sponsored a white paper and webinar for SSIS users with Microsoft SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard and SQL Server Magazine, and conducted its first customer case study webinar in Q1, which featured American Tower.

New partners

Expressor expanded its partner program in Q1 with the addition of leading energy and environmental consultant Project Performance Corporation (PPC) as a systems integrator partner. PPC is part of the AEA group, a global consulting firm integrating expertise in the areas of environment and energy with cutting edge IT and global management. As an expressor partner, PPC will use the expressor semantic data integration system as part of its enterprise information management (EIM) framework to ensure the capture, delivery and security of high-quality information at every link of the information supply chain for its US-based government and commercial customers.

New product

Expressor concluded Q1 ready to announce version 2.2 of the expressor semantic data integration system, which will feature enhanced semantic rationalization and team development capabilities, additional database connectivity and expanded Microsoft platform support. The company will announce expressor 2.2 – and several strategic partnerships that extend expressor’s reach in key markets and geographies – on April 12th at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2010 in Las Vegas.

About expressor software

Expressor software delivers enterprise-class data integration at an affordable cost. The expressor semantic data integration system rationalizes your metadata around common business terms, enabling your organization to develop more flexible and efficient data warehouses and deliver more accurate BI reporting. expressor’s high-performance parallel data processing engine is optimized for today’s growing and increasingly complex data volumes. And our usage-based pricing means expressor costs up to 80 percent less than competitive offerings.

Expressor targets departmental data integration projects in Global 2000 and mid-market organizations across North America and EMEA. The company has customers in financial services, database marketing, healthcare and telecommunications, including American Tower, Integrated DNA, Silverlink and Sybron Dental Specialties. For more information, visit http://www. expressor-software. com.

©2010 expressor software corporation. expressor, expressor semantic data integration system, smart semantics, intelligent load and go, and redefining data integration are trademarks of expressor software corporation. All other trademarks or trade names are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Contact:
Expressor software
Steve Casey
+1 617-359-3705

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New Website -- ACT by Numbers. com: A Paint-by-Numbers Approach to Increased Valued Living using Acceptance and Commitment Training

New Website -- ACT by Numbers. com: A Paint-by-Numbers Approach to Increased Valued Living using Acceptance and Commitment Training

ACTbyNumbers. com is a new website devoted bringing a simpler (and even funnier) approach to personal growth and development to the general public and mental health professionals. It's based on Acceptance and Commitment Training and offers a new approach to increasing valued living while decreasing one's struggles with things like stress and anxiety. The site is based on the popular Matrix diagram of ACT, and it's filled with free instructional videos about using ACT by Numbers for values like intimate relationships, education and health.

Hallowell, ME (PRWEB) March 18, 2010

Announcing ACTbyNumbers. com, a new website showing people how to lead more valued, vital lives using a simple 'by the numbers' personal growth and development system. The site was developed by two psychologists specializing in making the ACT point of view available to everyone.

ACT is short for Acceptance and Commitment Training (or Therapy). It's is based on the point of view that learning what works to move Toward things that are important to us (like Family, Friends, Work and Health) is a more workable path to valued living. Things that you used to spend a of time trying to get rid of (like stress and anxiety) are taken along for the ride from this "ACT" point of view.

ACT by Numbers is lighthearted and fun. It's based on the notion that life is entirely too serious to be taken that seriously. ACTbyNumbers. com offers the visitor many free video clips describing the five elements of this self-improvement process: The visitor starts with Values (V is for 5); defining the valued direction to journey Toward. The next brief video is about some 5-senses Experiencing (I) associated with the value. The video clips then move on to the Noticing of Mental Experiencing (II), the "Me" noticing the difference (III), and finally the stuff that we at times move Away from like stress, sadness and anxiety (IV). Putting the whole process together is a recipe for increased valued living.

Most of tools and videos on the site are free. So far the most popular free email course is "A Value a Day for 14 Days." After signing up for the course the student is sent a simple values exercise for fourteen days.

The great thing is that you don't have to do a lot of studying or homework to do the ACT by Numbers system. You just do a bit of extra noticing each day and the learning comes naturally.

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Single Throw Announces the First Fully Integrated Podcast Marketing Solution

Single Throw Announces the First Fully Integrated Podcast Marketing Solution

Single Throw, Inc., a premier New Jersey Internet Marketing company, proudly announced the introduction of TIMBRE, the first fully integrated Podcast Marketing solution.

Belmar, NJ (PRWEB) December 16, 2006

Single Throw, Inc., a premier New Jersey Internet Marketing company, proudly announced the introduction of TIMBRE, the first fully integrated Podcast Marketing solution. Single Throw's TIMBRE™ marketing solution, when combined with the strength of compelling content and the syndication systems associated with Podcasting, will provide a superior method for instructing, attracting, and marketing to a wider audience of potential and existing customers.

The logistics regarding TIMBRE™ revolves around the highly unique format of Podcasting, a portable multimedia concept still considered to be in its infancy. Single Throw's award winning marketing team has devised a distinctive approach to Podcast marketing by building a complete solution around expert content development and production, skilled planning and integration, efficient delivery, and broad program management and measurement.

TIMBRE™ will align corporate Podcasts with traditional and Internet Marketing vehicles, including e-mail, website, blogs, and traditional marketing methods. A three-phase overview of TIMBRE™ includes Discovery, where subject matter and topics of interest are researched and scripted for each episode; Production, where Single Throw's mobile and remote studios are used to record the Podcast; and Delivery, where the Podcast becomes integrated into existing marketing solutions and delivered throughout all traditional Podcasting channels, such as Apple iTunes and Internet search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask.

Single Throw will also provide value-added services along with TIMBRE™, such as placing a customer's Podcast in a unique Internet location with its own URL and integrating it into TimbreMedia. com, a popular client directory which features show summaries and RSS subscription options. Single Throw will also incorporate Podcasts into customers' e-mail marketing plans and provide printed counter-top displays to announce Podcasts to retail store, office or tradeshow visitors.

Single Throw's new Podcast marketing solution for business, TIMBRE™, follows the company's rich history of developing successful Internet strategies that have produced a phenomenal spike in sales and targeted web-traffic for numerous companies and organizations, including the Lakewood BlueClaws, Maegreen Gifts, Scholastic, CentraState HealthCare, New Pig Corp., and Harley-Davidson of Ocean County. For more information on TIMBRE™ or any of Single Throw's Internet marketing services, call 732-451-0820 or visit their website at www. singlethrow. com.

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Insurance Comparison Shopping; The Trend Towards Insurance Portals

Insurance Comparison Shopping; The Trend Towards Insurance Portals

The one-stop insurance portal quoting services are here to stay...consumers are increasingly valuing fast, efficient online comparison services for health insurance quotes over smaller, more personally targeted websites.

(PRWEB) February 20, 2005

Like consumers for other e-commerce products, health insurance customers are increasingly turning to a new kind of online shopping; researching insurance quotes from an insurance portal. Previously, consumers would visit carrier sites directly to get health insurance information, and then perform their own comparison shopping by visiting multiple carriers and choosing different coverage options. This process is time-consuming and tedious, and carrier sites sometimes make it difficult to find the information consumers are looking for. Now, consumers are turning to portal sites, like www. california-insurance-finders. com, for one-stop comparison shopping from multiple carriers.

California Insurance Finders is a service that connects consumers shopping for health insurance with licensed agents in California who represent major nationwide health insurance carriers. This personalized service is available free of charge on their website.

The convenience of having one health insurance portal site bringing consumers quotes from multiple insurance carriers is fast becoming the selling point in the fiercely competitive online health insurance quoting industry, with sites like www. california-insurance-finders. com, fast becoming the one-stop health insurance shopping site of choice for customers wanting an instant online quote comparison.

California Insurance Finders is not a licensed health insurance agent nor do we sell insurance. California Insurance Finders is a 100% advertiser supported insurance search engine. We are not a carrier, agent, or broker. When you choose to inquire with an advertiser on California Insurance Finders, your information remains between you and that advertiser(s). Advertisers are solely responsible for keeping their information current.

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