Saturday, November 30, 2002

The Nest Collective Announces Acquisition of Plum Organics

The Nest Collective Announces Acquisition of Plum Organics

The Nest Collective has added Plum Organics to its portfolio of consumer product brands with a focus on organic, healthy eating options for growing children.

Emeryville, Ca. (PRWEB) February 19, 2009

The Nest Collective http://www. nest-collective. com (http://www. nest-collective. com)] today announced the acquisition of Plum Organics (http://www. plumorganics. com), a leading provider of frozen, organic baby food and toddler meals. With this acquisition, The Nest Collective continues to fulfill its mission to create a suite of healthy, organic and nutritional products for babies and kids across America. The Nest Collective plans to build a family of leading brands through additional acquisitions and internal innovation. In addition to Plum Organics, Nest recently launched a new line of healthy kid's food under Revolution Foods (http://www. revolutionfoods. com), the consumer products brand with a focus on organic lunchbox snacks and meals for children. Plum Organics' product line includes organic, culinary-inspired baby food in three stages as well as sustainably produced whole-meal solutions for toddlers.

"With a focus on the needs of children and parents, Plum Organics felt like a natural extension of our greater portfolio," said Sheryl O'Loughlin, CEO of The Nest Collective (http://www. nest-collective. com). "Our mission at Nest is to create a nurturing environment where great brands can grow. Now, with our support, Plum Organics can stay true to its core mission and accelerate its growth through cutting edge innovation and the business synergies of The Nest Collective."

As part of The Nest Collective, Plum Organics will expand its product line and further advance its position as a pioneer in the baby food and toddler categories.

"As an entrepreneur and mom, I saw the Nest as a place to nurture a larger vision while staying true to the heart and soul of my company," said Gigi Lee Chang, Founder of Plum Organics. "Nest represents a new lens through which business is conducted. Together with a talented and dynamic team, Nest balances the need for results, while upholding the values that Plum Organics was built upon."

With this acquisition, Plum Organics becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of The Nest Collective.

About Plum Organics
Plum Organics is the leading frozen organic baby food brand in the nation. Building on the core value of "healthy eating for life," Plum Organics has created a line of culinary-inspired, fresh-frozen baby foods that are fortified with DHA for optimal nutrition. From ingredient sourcing to biodegradable packaging, Plum Organics is continuously striving to reduce their carbon footprint and to ensure that their product line is pure and clean from the inside out. Plum Organics Kids is a new product line that further builds on these core values and provides continued support with nutritious and simple solutions for the busy parent and growing child. For more information, visit: http://www. plumorganics. com (http://www. plumorganics. com)

About Revolution Foods
Revolution Foods was founded on the belief that all children deserve access to healthy, wholesome foods where they need it most - in their schools. After great success revolutionizing the school lunch line, providing over 2 million organic meals to date, Revolution Foods is now offering an entire line of organic snacks and sandwich builders for on-the-go nutrition. Available products include: PopAlongs, popped organic whole grain chips; Mashups, organic squeezable fruit; and Jammy Sammys, organic snack-sized sandwich bars. On a mission to make every bite matter ™, 3% of the net product line sales goes back into the school lunch business, providing more meals to kids in underserved schools. For retail information and to learn more about Revolution Foods visit: http://www. revolutionfoods. com (http://www. revolutionfoods. com)

About The Nest Collective
The Nest Collective is a company of consumer products brands focused on nourishing babies, toddlers and kids with healthy, organic foods. With a commitment to growing mission-based brands that nurture people and the planet, Nest's goal is to build a long-term sustainable suite of brands, brand evangelists and world-class products. Nest intends to do so by caring for all stakeholders in the business - employees, community, products, packaging, suppliers and customers. The Nest Collective is backed by Catamount Ventures, Bridgescale and Simon Equity. For more information visit: http://www. nest-collective. com/ (http://www. nest-collective. com/)

For further information, please contact The Nest Collective at:
Nestkeeper (at) nest-collective (dot) com

The Nest Collective
3601 San Pablo Ave Unit A
Emeryville, CA 94608
P. 510.225.4018
F. 510.428.1297

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Frank Public Relations Adds Worldwide to Name Reflecting Growing Global Healthcare and Technology Focus; Revamped Web Site Features Live Phone Consulting, Free e-Newsletter. Frank Public Relations Worldwide Offers ‘Second Opinion’ Service to Healthcare Executives with Frankly Speaking Live Consulting

Frank Public Relations Adds Worldwide to Name Reflecting Growing Global Healthcare and Technology Focus; Revamped Web Site Features Live Phone Consulting, Free e-Newsletter. Frank Public Relations Worldwide Offers ‘Second Opinion’ Service to Healthcare Executives with Frankly Speaking Live Consulting.

Frank Public Relations today announced a name change to Frank Public Relations Worldwide as it celebrates its five-year anniversary. The change reflects the growing global public relations clientele served by the Los Angeles-based healthcare public relations and marketing company headed by Peggy C. Frank, MBA, a 28-year veteran of healthcare public relations and marketing.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2004

Explaining the name change, Frank says, “It is no secret that business today is truly a global experience. Our name change reflects our comprehensive understanding of the no borders thought-leadership of businesses today.”

Also new are changes to the web site www. frankpr. com, which include a free e-newsletter, and a one-of-a-kind program that enables business executives to arrange for a live phone consultation, billable by the hour using a credit card. Executives may arrange for a consult from 6 am to 11 pm EST.

Frank Public Relations Worldwide is working to change the traditional availability of public relations services for the start-up and small healthcare business owners.

Frank explains, “The traditional PR agency business model needs change. As PR professionals, we need to be more helpful to start-up and small companies who traditionally do not have a significant PR budget, yet truly need PR to advance their value-proposition and grow their company in this ultra-competitive marketplace. This is where the Frankly Speaking Live idea was born – to help start-up and small organizations get the consult and service they need, when they need it, and at a price they can afford.”

Says Frank, “Our long hours of availability are particularly helpful to those in crisis. We know that a crisis can hit at all hours of the day and waiting until the next morning or until the weekend is over to start dealing with a crisis can result in additional damage to the reputation and financial viability of an organization.”

In addition, adds Frank, “The medical community is very familiar with the second opinion choice that many patients pursue prior to electing a course of treatment. We have found that executives want this choice, too, sometimes seeking assurance that their in-house or agency PR counsel is navigating a solid course of action. Frank Public Relations Worldwide’s “second opinion” program offers executives the support and honest counsel they seek.”

To view a list of our current and former clients, please visit www. frankpr. com, or call 818.735.3591.

ABOUT FRANK PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE

Frank Public Relations Worldwide is a strategic healthcare public relations and marketing company. Peggy C. Frank, MBA, has more than 28-years experience in all facets of healthcare public relations and marketing, including 18 years in hospital public relations, and 4 years in managed care public relations. Frank Public Relations Worldwide specializes in small and medium sized companies with modest public relationsÂ’ budgets. Clients include healthcare technology, insurance, health plans, biotechnology, physicians, disease management, laboratory services, and physician management organizations. www. frankpr. com, or info@frankpr. com, 818.735.3591.

Contact:

Frank Public Relations Worldwide

Peggy C. Frank, MBA

818.735.3591

Pfrank@frankpr. com

Www. frankpr. com

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Friday, November 29, 2002

CASE-MATE and PONG Announce Partnership to Bring the Next Generation of Radiation-Reducing Cell Phone Cases to Market

CASE-MATE and PONG Announce Partnership to Bring the Next Generation of Radiation-Reducing Cell Phone Cases to Market

Bounce™ Cases for the iPhone 4 and BlackBerry 8520, 9650, 9700, and 9800 Smartphones Integrate Form and Function and Enable Consumers to Go High-Tech in High-Style

Middleburg, VA (PRWEB) September 15, 2010

case-mate®, the leading manufacturer of innovative accessories that protect, adorn and enhance mobile technologies, and Pong®, the global leader in technologies that protect users of wireless devices from the potentially harmful effects of radiation exposure, today announced a new partnership to manufacture and market their innovative “Bounce” suite of smartphone cases.

The Bounce cases employ Pong’s patented technology that redirects radiation away from consumers’ heads. The devices are proven in laboratories certified by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to redirect away from the user at least 60% of “normal” cell phone radiation and 85% of “hot spot” radiation while maintaining full signal strength.

“case-mate is committed to creating a robust line-up – providing consumers a wide range of choices when it comes to how they protect their phones,” said Erik Attkisson, Chief Marketing Officer of case-mate. “With Bounce, we’re proud to offer conscientious consumers another level of protection and prevention, using the best solution in the market today with Pong technology.”

“We believe in our technology and the value it offers to consumers who care about their—and their families’ and friends’—environmental health, and we are thankful to all of our current Pong customers worldwide who embraced our first cases last year,” said Kevin Passarello, President of Pong. “In looking for a partner, we pursued case-mate because of its best-in-class design and manufacturing prowess and unparalleled distribution network that will help bring Pong technology to even more mobile phone users in 2011.”

Bounce Product Features
 Innovative: Bounce cases feature a sleek design coupled with ground-breaking radiation-reducing technology.  Trustworthy: The devices are proven in FCC certified laboratories.  Effective: A paper-thin internal circuit board deflects away from the user at least 60% of constant radiation and re-directs 85% or more of “hot spot” radiation.  Durable: The slim, flexible case is impact resistant, so the phone is protected from potential scratches and scrapes.

Pricing and Availability
Bounce cases will be available in a variety of colors and will launch in early Q4 for $49.99, including a free screen protection kit. To purchase, please visit http://www. case-mate. com (http://www. case-mate. com).

For more information on the science behind Pong technology, visit www. pongresearch. com.

About case-mate
Launching innovative accessories since 2006, case-mate combines design engineering with cutting-edge materials to protect, adorn and enhance mobile technology. case-mate employees comprise entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world who believe that there is nothing more important than the freedom of self-expression. Our mantra “Freedom To Be Truly You” inspires every creative output, every day. This core principle carries through our products, packaging and partnerships and brings to life case-mate’s vision in a dynamic technology marketplace. To learn more, please visit www. case-mate. com.

About Pong
Pong Research Corporation LLC is the global leader in technologies that protect users of cellular telephones and other wireless devices from the potentially harmful effects of radiation exposure. Pong has developed the first patented technology proven in laboratories certified by the FCC to redirect away from the user at least 60% of “normal” cell phone radiation—as measured on the SAR scale. Once redirected, the radiation poses no threat to users or those around them. Pong also reduces the most dangerous EFI or “hot spot” radiation by at least 85%. Pong will not diminish, and may even improve, signal strength. Consumers all over the world who care about their—and their families’ and friends’—environmental health enjoy the benefits of Pong technology. To learn more, visit www. pongresearch. com.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2002

OPSWAT Announces Technical Partnership with Information Security Corporation (ISC)

OPSWAT Announces Technical Partnership with Information Security Corporation (ISC)

ISC works with OPSWAT to enable detection, assessment and management of ISC SpyProof!® data protection application.

SD West 2007, Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) March 22, 2007

OPSWAT (http://www. opswat. com) today announced a partnership, whereby ISC (http://www. infoseccorp. com) will provide OPSWAT with APIs and related R&D support for SpyProof! The partnership will enable OPSWAT to extensively support SpyProof! in OESIS™ Local.

OESIS Local is an open framework for developing products that detect, assess, manage and remediate security features of antivirus, antispyware, personal firewall, antiphishing, hard disk encryption, peripheral protection, browser and health agent applications running on Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems.

OESIS Local supports integration with hundreds of applications from 50 application vendors, including Microsoft, Google, Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, Ebay, SOPHOS, F-Secure, IBM Internet Services, Check Point, Mozilla Foundation and ISC. Customers using OESIS Local have distributed products to over 10 million endpoints. OPSWAT customers include Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, F5 Networks, Aventail, Symantec, Trend Micro and SOPHOS.

"OPSWAT's philosophy is that network security vendors and their customers need to centrally manage and enforce security policies of endpoints," said Benny Czarny, CEO of OPSWAT. "OPSWAT therefore designs solutions to provide insight into the security state of each endpoint using data provided by the security-related features of applications installed on these same endpoints."

"Providing fully encrypted disk partitions, our SpyProof! product can play a central role in the protection of data on an organization's desktop and laptop systems," said Tom Venn, ISC's President. "ISC has partnered with OPSWAT to ensure that the deployment of SpyProof! to endpoints within a large enterprise can be centrally managed and maintained," Venn added.

"Being an ISC partner enables OESIS Local support for key properties and operations of SpyProof!," said Tom Mullen, Director of Business Development at OPSWAT. "Because of this partnership, our customer products embedding OESIS Local have enhanced capability to support end-user organizations standardized on SpyProof!"

About OPSWAT

Founded in 2002, OPSWAT is the world leader in integration tools and data services that power solutions managing security features of endpoint applications. OPSWAT tools and services support a broad range of applications - from traditional security products such as antivirus, antispyware, personal firewalls and hard disk encryption applications to more conventional products such as browsers, IM and P2P applications with security-related features. OPSWAT is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Herzliya, Israel

OPSWAT, OESIS and the OPSWAT logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of OPSWAT, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2002

Quinsigamond Community College Offers New Online Courses

Quinsigamond Community College Offers New Online Courses

In response to online training course demand, Quinsigamond Community College has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide new online programs.

Worcester, MA (PRWEB) April 14, 2006

In response to online training course demand, Quinsigamond Community College has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide programs in healthcare; business; construction/automotive technology; Networking and CompTIA™; Internet, design and technical; Microsoft™ Certification; and video game design and development. 

The new online training courses are designed for individuals looking to switch career paths, obtain advanced training and certifications, or for first-time job seekers who need specialized training. The courses are all open enrollment and self-paced, and students are paired with a personal instructor. Online training courses take an average of 90 days to complete and provide training for entry-level positions.

Job seekers can be trained in these occupations by taking online courses offered through Quinsigamond Community College via Gatlin Education Services. They offer certification programs in the fields mentioned above, as well as many other high interest areas.

Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training to colleges and universities. GES open-enrollment programs are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations.

For enrollment information, contact Alberto Ortiz at (508) 751-7901.

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Monday, November 25, 2002

Blanchard Schaefer Demonstrates Its 'Love For Children'

Blanchard Schaefer Demonstrates Its 'Love For Children'

In keeping with its commitment and culture of giving back to the community and contributing to worthy causes, Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations recently donated creative services to the annual fundraising event of Love For Children, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides help, care and support for sick children and their families.

Arlington, TX (PRWEB) October 19, 2006

Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations®, a full-service, integrated strategic marketing services firm, has found another way to put its creative abilities and resources to good use in the community: by assisting the event production and fundraising efforts of Love For Children, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides help, care and support for sick children and their families.

As a Partner Sponsor for the 3rd Annual Vintner’s Dinner, benefiting Children’s Medical Center Legacy in Plano, a renowned facility that offers care for more than 250,000 children every year, Blanchard Schaefer designed and coordinated printing of one-of-a-kind invitations, menu cards and programs for the premier social and philanthropic event in Dallas. Tapping into every department within the agency, as well as its extensive network of top-notch vendors and suppliers, Blanchard Schaefer took what could have been a stock job and came up with creative ideas that it developed with care, from concept to completion, into a classy and elegant set of materials tailored to -- and reflective of -- the nature of the event itself.

“No question about it, Blanchard Schaefer did a spectacular job for us this year,” said Michelle Fraser, founder of Love For Children. “We are pleased with the creative services they provided, and very thankful for their contribution. Blanchard Schaefer definitely has helped ensure our success.”

“What a wonderful feeling it is working with an organization that’s completely and utterly dedicated to improving the lives of children in the DFW area,” said Ken Schaefer, principal at Blanchard Schaefer. “We are grateful for the opportunity and hope to have helped make a great event even better.”

Established in 2004 by a trio of women who wanted to directly impact sick children and their families through volunteer interaction and pediatric wellness programs, Love For Children received over $70,000 in donations at its inaugural Vintner’s Dinner alone. Last year, in the wake of Hurrican Katrina, donations swelled to $125,000 – $37,500 of it going to the Children's Hospital in New Orleans, with the remaining $87,500 going to Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

Preliminary estimates for this year’s event, which took place on September 8th at CityPlace in Dallas, show that donations to Children's Medical Center could total as high as $150,000 -- a new benchmark of Love For Children’s ongoing success. Moreover, since every element of the event production comes from generous people in the community donating goods and services for a worthy cause, Love For Children is able to give it all back to those who need it the most, which is why Blanchard Schaefer jumped at the chance to provide design and creative services, and was so proud to be a part of the Vintner’s Dinner this year.

For more information about -- or to get involved with -- Love For Children, contact Stacy Hicks by phone at (214) 557-1400.

About Love For Children

Love For Children, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer organization that provides help, care and support for sick children and their families. Love For Children hosts fundraising events utilizing donations of time and resources, which enables it to support groundbreaking research, life-saving treatments, and compassionate care for needy children in the community. Thanks to the generosity of friends and family -- and with a commitment to talking children in crisis and making their lives better -- Love For Children is on a mission to change the world…one child at a time.

About Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations

Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations, an award-winning strategic marketing services firm, offers a full array of advertising and public relations expertise and services with a focus in the healthcare, technology, multi-location/franchise, health and beauty and building/construction industries. Its client-tailored strategic marketing services include proficiency and innovation in research, complete identity/collateral development, branding, creative, media placement, news generation/dissemination, media relations and trade show and speaking engagement coordination. Based in Arlington, Texas, Blanchard Schaefer serves clients across the United States. For more information, visit www. bsapr. com.

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Sunday, November 24, 2002

Want Customer Loyalty? Get Clear on Your Corporate Values First

Want Customer Loyalty? Get Clear on Your Corporate Values First

Many organizations make the mistake of launching customer loyalty programs and CRM systems before they identify their values. Customer Care Coach JoAnna Brandi explains the benefits of knowing and living organizational values first – and gives tips for beginning the process of identifying and implementing them in corporate culture.

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) August 3, 2004

“You can encourage your staff to deliver excellent customer service until the cows come home, and you can buy a top-of-the-line CRM system. But if your organization isn't clear on its values – on what it stands for - you’ll very likely undermine your efforts,” says Customer Care Coach JoAnna Brandi.

Brandi, a Florida-based expert on customer care and loyalty, asserts that for employees to be fully empowered to consistently create customer experiences that foster loyalty, they must understand and live the organization’s values – what they are, and how they show up in employee behaviors. Values provide a valuable framework for the day-to-day choices employees make and actions they take toward organizational goals.

She explains, “Unifying values are the blueprints that drive an organization's culture. If employees know that ‘excellence’ is an organizational value, they will make more choices toward that end. If 'teamwork’ is a corporate value, they’re more likely to make choices and take actions with the team’s best interests in mind.” In addition, she says that values:

Make it easier for employees to figure out how to ‘do the right thing’ Foster strong feelings of personal effectiveness and pride Facilitate consensus about goals and understanding about job expectations Reduce levels of job stress and tension Provide a sense of order without imposing ‘rules’ Promote high levels of company loyalty

Brandi says one of the biggest mistakes companies make is believing that they're already living the values they feature in public relations and marketing materials. “There’s often a huge gap between the values organizations say they have, and the values they’d like to have or are actually living.”

To close that gap, she offers the following steps for defining, refining and reinforcing organizational values:

1) Brainstorm, explore and clarify organizational values. Give everyone a clear, common everyday understanding of how you define your values and what they look like in daily behavior. Just using words like ‘integrityÂ’ or ‘balanceÂ’ is not enough since everyone has their own definition of what words mean. Says Brandi, “The time it takes to zero in on what your organization is really about is well worth it.”

2) To achieve or maintain your competitive edge, make sure your values are ‘customer-focused.Â’ This means youÂ’ve taken the time to look at what your customers value, and usually requires an ‘outside-inÂ’ view of your organization. Spend some time truly understanding what the customer expects from you, what their goals and dreams are and how they feel about doing business with you.

3) Give each and every employee the opportunity to uncover his or her personal values. Why? Research shows that even if personal values are not in sync with corporate values, employees who are clear on what their own personal values are tend to be more engaged in and committed to their work.

4) Reinforce values. Make sure theyÂ’re an integral part of your hiring, orientation and ongoing training programs. Management should consciously model organizational values, and encourage and praise staff members when they exhibit behaviors that support them. 

5) Revisit values regularly to determine if they still make sense, or if changes may be necessary.

The bottom line: Brandi says that companies that live by their values and keep customers more easily create profits. She explains, “Today’s more cynical, demanding customers are looking for companies that are driven by their values - not just their profit motives. Organizations that know and live their values tend to create great places to work for and to do business with. They enjoy healthy profits as a result of their customers returning to buy more, with their friends and colleagues in tow.”

To obtain her special report, "Making the Intangible Tangible: Identify Your Values & Transform Them Into Action!" visit http://www. customercarecoach. com/public/values_report. asp (http://www. customercarecoach. com/public/values_report. asp). There is a $39 fee for the report, which features a process for identifying and defining values and the behaviors that support them. The Customer Care Coach® is a customer service training program for managers. For more information, visit http://www. customercarecoach. com/welcome. asp (http://www. customercarecoach. com/welcome. asp) or contact Tracey Paradiso at tracey@customercarecoach. com.

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Saturday, November 23, 2002

CB Richard Ellis Opens New Office in Pudong, Shanghai

CB Richard Ellis Opens New Office in Pudong, Shanghai

CB Richard Ellis announced that it has officially opened a new office in Pudong District in Shanghai, thereby further strengthening its ability to provide high quality real estate services to developers, investors and occupiers throughout the Pudong District and Eastern Shanghai.

Hong Kong (PRWEB) June 24, 2007

CB Richard Ellis announced that it has officially opened a new office in Pudong District in Shanghai, thereby further strengthening its ability to provide high quality real estate services to developers, investors and occupiers throughout the Pudong District and Eastern Shanghai. In addition, the opening of the office further reinforces the existing business operations of CB Richard Ellis in Shanghai as well as the Eastern China region.

As the new economic area of Shanghai, Pudong District has played a leading role in the further development and opening up of the coastal cities along the Yangtze River, as part of the continued economic growth of the Yangtze River Delta. Throughout 16 years of development, the GDP of Pudong District has maintained an annual growth rate of over 20%, which has also resulted in Shanghai becoming one of seven cities in China with a GDP in excess of one trillion yuan. In line with this continued economic development, the real estate market in Pudong District has demonstrated significant growth which has also resulted in an ever increasing demand for professional property services from both domestic and international companies.

The new Pudong office represents an integral part of the operations of CB Richard Ellis in Shanghai, and will allow CB Richard Ellis to provide focused real estate services within the Pudong District. It will also allow the existing Industrial & Logistics Services team in Shanghai, which will be located in the Pudong office, to operate more effectively and efficiently within the key industrial and logistics markets in Eastern Shanghai. In addition the office will include representatives of the Office Services, Retail Services and Asset Services business lines, which will be focusing specifically upon the servicing of developers, investors and occupiers with real estate service requirements in the Pudong District.

"The development of Pudong District has been crucial to the continued economic growth of Shanghai as well as Eastern China. We consider that, given the volume of existing real estate stock which has now been completed, as well as potential future supply, it is now an appropriate time for CB Richard Ellis to establish a formal presence in the Pudong District. The opening of our office in Pudong further demonstrates our long-term commitment to invest continuously throughout the Greater China region. Moving forward, we will continue to expand our business operations in Greater China, not only broadening our geographical coverage but also introducing new business lines, in order to enhance the quality of service provided to both domestic and international clients," said Chris Brooke, President and CEO, CB Richard Ellis in Greater China.

"As an important reinforcement to our current operations in Shanghai, the new office in Pudong will enable us to better integrate and utilise our resources in Shanghai, and will allow us to dedicate specific resources to servicing clients who have requirements focused within the Pudong District. It will also facilitate the further expansion of our capabilities in the industrial and logistics sectors of the market in Shanghai. By leveraging our comprehensive portfolio of services and in-depth local market knowledge, we will be in a position to offer an enhanced level of service to clients," said Leonard Ng, Managing Director of CB Richard Ellis in Shanghai.

"With robust economic activity, Pudong has enjoyed stable and healthy growth over the past years, and the industrial and logistics sectors within the district are maturing rapidly. As both Chinese and international businesses are moving their manufacturing and R&D bases to Pudong, the industrial and logistics markets in the district are considered to have significant potential. Our Industrial & Logistics Services team, with a good mix of international and local expertise, is looking forward to further expanding our capabilities as we work more closely with clients throughout the Pudong District," said Andrew Hatherley, Executive Director, Industrial & Logistics Services, CB Richard Ellis in Greater China. Mr. Hatherley will be based in the Pudong office.

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Thursday, November 21, 2002

New Web Site Gives Men and Women Seeking Hair Transplantation a Chance to Dialogue with Actual Patients

New Web Site Gives Men and Women Seeking Hair Transplantation a Chance to Dialogue with Actual Patients

Leading hair restoration center sponsors FollicularUnitForum. com to help would-be patients get better information about hair transplant surgery.

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 4, 2006

Hair loss sufferers have a new place to turn when seeking first-hand information about surgical hair restoration. FollicularUnitForum. com http://www. follicularunitforum. com recently made its internet debut with the goal of arming would-be hair transplant patients with the information they need to make the best hair replacement decisions for themselves.

FollicularUnitForum. com is unique in that it affords visitors an opportunity to anonymously ask questions about the “ins and outs” of hair transplant surgery, of those who actually have had the state-of-the-art Follicular Unit Hair Transplant procedures.

Questions are posted to people who have in fact undergone hair restoration procedures. Individuals who are considering a surgical solution to their hereditary baldness are able to search through “threads” or conversations that will answer their most pressing concerns such as; what to expect before, during and after a hair transplant, and what type of procedure one should have.

The focus of this new online health resource is Follicular Unit Transplantation and Follicular Unit Extraction, two procedures that are universally considered to be the most up-to-date approach to surgical hair restoration. Follicular Unit Transplantation is a surgical technique that transplants hair in naturally occurring groups of 1-4 hairs. These groups (called follicular units) are taken from a single donor strip of skin and dissected using a microscope. Follicular Unit Extraction is a method that obtains the tiny follicular unit grafts from the donor area by using an instrument which removes them one-by-one directly from the scalp.

Patients who have received hair transplants with undesirable results (such as the typical pluggy “dolls hair” look) can also benefit from monitoring the site. FollicularUnitForum. com has posts from patients who have had unnatural looking grafts removed and re-implanted in a more natural way – as follicular units - to produce the best results.

“We wanted to create a consumer-to-consumer forum that exclusively addressed the topic of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation – the procedure that is now considered to be the gold standard in surgical hair restoration” said Robert M. Bernstein M. D., founder of Bernstein Medical – Center for Hair Restoration and sponsor of the site. “There are some great forums for hair loss out there but we felt that there was room for one that was created specifically for people who had done their preliminary research but now wanted to hear more first hand experience with FUT or FUE”.

About Bernstein Medical – Center for Hair Restoration

Bernstein Medical was founded by Dr. Bernstein, Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York. Dr. Bernstein is recognized world wide for his pioneering work in Follicular Unit Transplantation and Follicular Unit Extraction. Bernstein Medical has offices in Manhattan and Fort Lee, NJ and is devoted to the treatment of hair loss using these state-of-the-art hair transplant techniques.

For additional information about FollicularUnitForum. com or to schedule an interview with Dr. Bernstein, contact:

Doug Motel

Bernstein Medical – Center for Hair Restoration

1-886-576-2400

Http://www. bernsteinmedical. com

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Wednesday, November 20, 2002

Animals Away Recently Announces an Updated Client Testimonial Section of Their Website

Animals Away Recently Announces an Updated Client Testimonial Section of Their Website

Animals Away has recently updated its client testimonial section of their website in order to show the ever growing happy client base that they have accrued over the years of shipping animals. Animal shipping can be a very nerve racking experience for many pet owners so it takes a very special animal shipping company to gain the trust of the public.

Port Jefferson, NY (PRWEB) April 15, 2009

Animals Away has recently updated its client testimonial section of their website in order to show the ever growing happy client base that they have accrued over the years of shipping animals. Animal shipping can be a very nerve racking experience for many pet owners so it takes a very special animal shipping company to gain the trust of the public.

By visiting the client testimonial page on Animals Away. com you can now read through the many different happy pet transportation customers that have used Animals Away over the years to ship their beloved pets and animals. The recently updated client testimonial page can be located at the following link: http://www. animalsaway. com/our_clients_say (http://www. animalsaway. com/our_clients_say)

Animals Away offers a door to door pet shipping service that people can trust. Shipping a much-loved pet can get very stressful. Many pets are considered another family member so it is important for pet owners to be assured that an animal is handled with the best care and delivered safely. Over the many years that Animals Away has been in business shipping animals they have accrued a healthy list of happy clientele.

This is clientele that has been more than willing to leave their feedback on the Animals Away testimonial section for everyone to see. Animals Away offers a wide range of pet and animal shipping services. Animals Away offers home pickups and deliveries along with door to door animal delivery services anywhere in the world. If your animal or pet requires domestic and international documentation along with health certificates Animals Away can help in this area as well being a full service pet transport company.

Animals Away has become one of the number one animal and pet shipping companies for a reason. Outstanding product and customer service which is a direct reflection of the new client testimonial page located on the Animals Away website. Animals Away brings a great deal of experience with it to the table. Being in business for over seventeen years this company has proven itself each year growing into one of the number one animal shipping companies in the world. Animals Away is a company started by animal lovers for animal lovers. Each and every single animal shipped is treated just like a member of the family and their number one goal is for every animal to have a stress free trip. They realize that animals respond much differently to bad travel than humans do so it is that much more important for every animal to have a safe trip in order to arrive at their destination happy and content.

To read more about Animals Away's happy customer base or to inquire about shipping a pet or animal please call 800-492-7961 or visit http://www. animalsaway. com (http://www. animalsaway. com).

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Tuesday, November 19, 2002

Grocery Headquarters Selects Tribe Mediterranean's All Natural Hummus as Winner of 2006 Selling Wellness Trailblazer Award

Grocery Headquarters Selects Tribe Mediterranean's All Natural Hummus as Winner of 2006 Selling Wellness Trailblazer Award

Grocery Headquarters selected Tribe Mediterranean Foods' All Natural Hummus as a 2006 Selling Wellness Trailblazer. The award is given to companies and their products that are making an impact in the health and wellness industries. Tribe will be recognized as a future leader in the Product Reformulation category and will be featured in Grocery Headquarters' December 2006 issue.

Taunton, Massachusetts (PRWEB) November 13, 2006

Grocery Headquarters selected Tribe Mediterranean Foods' All Natural Hummus as a 2006 Selling Wellness Trailblazer. The award is given to companies and their products that are making an impact in the health and wellness industries. Tribe will be recognized as a future leader in the Product Reformulation category and will be featured in Grocery Headquarters' December 2006 issue.

"We are thrilled and honored that Grocery Headquarters has selected Tribe All Natural Hummus as a Selling Wellness Trailblazer," said Rick Schaffer, VP of Sales & Marketing for Tribe Mediterranean Foods. "Our hummus is the industry's first nationally distributed All-Natural hummus and gives both retailers and consumers a high-quality alternative to competitors that continued to produce with preservatives. The Selling Wellness Trailblazer Award is a reflection of today's consumer product demands and validates the direction we're heading with our products."

Tribe's All Natural hummus products are preservative-free, non-dairy, certified Kosher and contain no saturated fats, cholesterol or hydrogenated oils. All Tribe hummus has an industry-leading 120-day shelf life and undergoes the most stringent quality assurance procedures in the industry.

Tribe distributes nationally to retailers, wholesalers and foodservice establishments throughout the U. S. and Canada. The company recently began distributing in Mexico, with the introduction of its new Spanish/English bi-lingual label. Tribe's All Natural Hummus suggested MSRP for an 8 ounce container is between $2.59 - 2.99 per unit. A 16-ounce package suggested retail ranges from $4.49 - $4.89.

About Tribe Mediterranean Foods

Based in Taunton, Massachusetts, Tribe Mediterranean Foods creates and distributes a highly popular line of Mediterranean food products that includes several flavors of hummus, tahini, tabouli and baba ganoush. Known for their flavorful and healthy qualities, Mediterranean foods have taken the United States by storm thanks, in large part, to the Tribe brand. In 1994 Tribe became category leader of hummus in America, and is largely responsible for the more than tenfold increase of U. S. hummus sales through 1997. As a result, Tribe's products are prominently displayed on store shelves from coast to coast throughout North America.

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Omega Health Systems' Workstation Safety Plus, Ergonomics Injury Reduction Solution

Omega Health Systems' Workstation Safety Plus, Ergonomics Injury Reduction Solution

Omega Health Systems (OHS), providers of online ergonomics injury reduction solutions, is seeing an accelerated increase in the uptake of their leading ergonomics injury solution, Workstation Safety Plus 8.0.

(PRWEB) October 23, 2009

Omega Health Systems (OHS), providers of online ergonomics injury reduction solutions, is seeing an accelerated increase in the uptake of their leading ergonomics injury solution, Workstation Safety Plus 8.0.

Version 8.0, launched in October 2008 during European Health & Safety Week, OHS has been showcasing the new version of the award-winning ergonomics training and assessment software to many blue chip companies, where they have highlighted the numerous enhancements designed to help organisations improve results from their ergonomics programs.

OHS continue to market the full range of new features, which are supported by validated results that qualify how effectively Workstation Safety Plus can support both compliance and injury reduction programs.

Several key clients have demonstrated how, by integrating Workstation Safety Plus and PACE into ergonomics processes, they experienced a 50% reduction in injuries and a 75% reduction in injury costs after only one year. (Parsons 2008).

OHS Senior Consultant, Rick Spencer, explained, "Too many organizations look at software and worry how they will use it to comply with national guidelines or internal policies. OHS is able to demonstrate how to look at the wider picture and how to encourage employees to manage their own risk and, where they cannot, how a simple but comprehensive process can be provided to manage this risk."

For further information about Workstation Safety Plus please visit www. ergonomics-experts. com, email info(at)ergonomics-experts(dot)com or call 866 966 3420.

About Omega Health Systems

Omega Health Systems has an enviable track record of working with government and leading blue chip organizations. Omega Health Systems provides solutions to customers across the US and worldwide. Solutions include 'Workstation Safety Plus' a software solution designed to reduce tithe risks associated with using computer workstations.

For further information about Workstation Safety Plus please visit www. ergonomics-experts. com, or call 866 966 3420.

For further information please email Nicky Lewis at Simply Marcomms, nicky(at)simplymarcomms(dot)co(dot)uk

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New Approach for HIPAA and Hospital Training Documentation

New Approach for HIPAA and Hospital Training Documentation

UniversityOfHealthCare has a complete solution for a healthcare organization's online HIPAA training and documentation. The company implements a combination of a learning management system and off-the-shelf HIPAA courses.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 1, 2004

UniversityOfHealthCare, a leading e-learning solutions provider and publisher, reports that the combination of a Learning Management System, a Learning Content Management System, and off-the-shelf HIPAA content from UniversityOfHealthCare could be combined into a custom solution for training and documentation.

These content programs are available in the following formats:

Web-based on the UniversityOfHealthCare website at www. uohc. com/courseentry. htm (http://www. uohc. com/courseentry. htm ) CD-ROM or Manual/CD-ROM combination at www. atlasbooks. com/uohc (http://www. atlasbooks. com/uohc ) Group licensing for a corporate Learning Management System Library editions or booksellers wholesale via a standard supplier or www. atlasbooks. com/uohc (http://www. atlasbooks. com/uohc )

More information on the Learning Management Systems can be found at www. uohc. com/info. htm (http://www. uohc. com/info. htm). A guide to UniversityOfHealthCare HIPAA courses can be found at www. uohc. com/hipaa. htm (http://www. uohc. com/hipaa. htm) and descriptions are in the catalog at www. atlasbooks. com/uohc (http://www. atlasbooks. com/uohc).

Dr. Farb, the CEO of UniversityOfHealthCare, said, “The idea is to find the perfect mix of proprietary organizational content with off the shelf content in combination with a low cost delivery method for the thousands of employees that most hospitals have. The integrated Learning Content Management System allows them to place their own content such as PowerPoint presentations into an e-learning package. By offering an affordable system with no user fee in several enterprise and hosting options, we can meet the price sensitivity of the hospital market and provide them with more choices and high quality technology at the same time.

“Since HIPAA requires training to be documented, and that the training should be specific to the organization, an integrated LMS/LCMS can provide the perfect solution. For example, a company could get one of our off the shelf HIPAA courses and add their own policies to that course and present it as one single course. Or a hospital could load up its PowerPoint presentation on HIPAA and create its own test within the system—all without programming knowledge.”

UniversityOfHealthCare is a total e-learning solutions provider for management and healthcare. Its services include implementation of a learning management system, consulting, hundreds of web-based courses, and manual and CD publishing. For example, it has unique series on Bioterrorism, JCAHO and OSHA compliance, HIPAA training, Leadership, and much more.

The UniversityOfHealthCare website is www. uohc. com and the CD catalog is at www. uohc. com/CDROMs. htm (http://www. uohc. com/CDROMs. htm). That page has a link to slide shows of screen shots from the courses. Group sales: sales@uohc. com.

Contact:

Judy Terracina

Administrative Assistant

866-864-2266

419 N. Larchmont Blvd., #323

Los Angeles, CA 90004

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Hollow Fiber Ultrafiltration Replaces Pathogenic “Water Worries” With Peace Of Mind

Hollow Fiber Ultrafiltration Replaces Pathogenic “Water Worries” With Peace Of Mind

More than half of all new homes in the U. S. and Canada are being built in areas without municipal water and sewage infrastructure, leaving them especially vulnerable to biological contamination from source groundwater and surface water used for drinking.

Elburn, IL (PRWEB) March 7, 2006 –-

More than half of all new homes in the U. S. and Canada are being built in areas without municipal water and sewage infrastructure, leaving them especially vulnerable to biological contamination from source groundwater and surface water used for drinking. Increasingly common breaks in municipal water delivery lines raise the possibility of contamination of centrally treated water as it travels to homes. Water safety concerns include threats of biological terrorism and recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Other “water worries” spring from deaths and illnesses caused by E. coli, Cryptosporidium, Legionella and other waterborne pathogens. Additionally, environmental groups, public safety organizations and regulatory agencies have become concerned with the hazards posed by disinfection byproducts and other unwanted chemicals in the water supply.

“Aquacore protects the whole home’s water environment from biological contaminants,” says Neil Oliver, president of Aquacore, marketers of the residential ultrafiltration system that bring an uninterrupted stream of bottled quality drinking water to every tap in the house. “It’s like having a bottled water plant in your house that doesn’t waste water, compared with less-efficient reverse osmosis units. Aquacore removes health threats from pathogens including bacteria, viruses and cysts, without removing the minerals you want in the water. We feel it’s an essential environmental protection system for today’s healthy home.”

Whole-home hollow-fiber ultrafiltration Like RO systems, Aquacore hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (HF) systems operate on available water pressure and require no chemicals to deliver high quality drinking water. UF membrane technology is the same as with industrial-grade membranes, proven in water treatment plants worldwide. Unlike RO, Aquacore leaves dissolved minerals intact, and no holding tank is required as water is processed at a rate of 10 gallons per minute. While typical RO systems waste 50% or more in incoming water, 98 % efficient Aquacore uses a patented multi-bore hollow fiber membrane design with seven capillaries in every fiber. Thousands of membrane strands have billions of pores that act as a strainer to filter out particles, turbidity and pathogens, while allowing water to flow through with virtually no pressure drop.

Aquacore membranes filter down to approximately.02 microns nominal. The inside-out filtration process channels water inside the capillaries, trapping impurities on the inside walls and removing them with a high-velocity flushing action. “We believe that our inside-out process assures regular, effective cleansing and assures longer membrane life,” explains Oliver. A typical installation includes a sediment prefilter and optional GAC post filter.

Visit Booth 507 at the Green Building Conference March 11, 2006, Albuquerque NM

For more information on Aquacore multi-bore ultrafiltration, contact:

Kelly O’Connell at 888-657-7788

Website: www. aquacore. com

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Monday, November 18, 2002

Clements International Recognizes U. S. Foreign Service Youth Making a World of Difference

Clements International Recognizes U. S. Foreign Service Youth Making a World of Difference

Clements International, the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations, will present the Community Service Award to Mark Flores and Sarah Christensen during the 2010 Foreign Service Youth Awards.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 13, 2010

Clements International, the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations, will present the Community Service Award to Mark Flores and Sarah Christensen during the 2010 Foreign Service Youth Awards. The Foreign Service Youth Foundation’s Award for Community Service honors teenagers who have demonstrated outstanding volunteer efforts overseas, either in community service or in service to their peers, while facing the challenges of growing up living an internationally mobile lifestyle. Two finalists each receive a certificate of recognition for their volunteer work and a $1,500 savings bond sponsored by Clements International. Mark Flores, age 11, was selected to receive one of two community service awards for his support of the local animal shelter in Quito, Ecuador. He organized a number of successful fundraising initiatives to raise donations to the shelter. In addition, Mark held a number of public speaking engagements to educate people about the shelter and propose ideas about how others can help. Mark is the son of Jacinto and Nicole Flores, currently posted to Quito. He is a 5th grader at Academia Cotopaxi. Sarah Christensen, age 18, was selected to receive the second of two community service awards for her support of the victims of the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China. Following a personal visit to the area in May 2009, she organized a fundraiser through WJS Liahona International Services for schoolchildren affected by the earthquake. Sarah’s love of the theater inspired her to direct, produce and star in a production of the melodrama, "Love Sick and Montezuma's Gold”. Wendy Jyang, president of WJS Liahona International Services, praised Sarah's humanitarian work for strengthening relations between her organization and Chinese leaders, opening the door to further projects. Sarah is the daughter of Brian and Nadine Christensen, currently posted to the American Institute in Taiwan. She recently graduated from Hong Kong International School and will attend Brigham Young University in Hawaii this fall. “We are very proud to sponsor this award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of U. S. Foreign Service youth,” said Chris Beck, president of Clements International. “It is truly inspiring to see the impact they have had on their communities, all while handling the unique challenges of the expatriate lifestyle.” The 2010 Foreign Service Youth Awards ceremony will take place on Friday, July 16 at 12:00 p. m. at the Department of State in Washington, D. C. in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room. For more information about the 2010 Community Service Award sponsored by Clements International, please contact Kathy Dorf at 202-872-0060 or kdorf@clements. com. About Clements International Clements International is the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations. Founded in 1947, Clements offers worldwide auto, property, health, life and commercial insurance with superior customer service and claims response to customers in more than 170 countries. For more information on Clements International’s global list of programs and services, please visit http://www. clements. com (http://www. clements. com). Clements International, the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations, will present the Community Service Award to Mark Flores and Sarah Christensen during the 2010 Foreign Service Youth Awards.

The Foreign Service Youth Foundation’s Award for Community Service honors teenagers who have demonstrated outstanding volunteer efforts overseas, either in community service or in service to their peers, while facing the challenges of growing up living an internationally mobile lifestyle. Two finalists each receive a certificate of recognition for their volunteer work and a $1,500 savings bond sponsored by Clements International.

Mark Flores, age 11, was selected to receive one of two community service awards for his support of the local animal shelter in Quito, Ecuador. He organized a number of successful fundraising initiatives to raise donations to the shelter. In addition, Mark held a number of public speaking engagements to educate people about the shelter and propose ideas about how others can help. Mark is the son of Jacinto and Nicole Flores, currently posted to Quito. He is a 5th grader at Academia Cotopaxi.

Sarah Christensen, age 18, was selected to receive the second of two community service awards for her support of the victims of the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China. Following a personal visit to the area in May 2009, she organized a fundraiser through WJS Liahona International Services for schoolchildren affected by the earthquake. Sarah’s love of the theater inspired her to direct, produce and star in a production of the melodrama, "Love Sick and Montezuma's Gold”. Wendy Jyang, president of WJS Liahona International Services, praised Sarah's humanitarian work for strengthening relations between her organization and Chinese leaders, opening the door to further projects. Sarah is the daughter of Brian and Nadine Christensen, currently posted to the American Institute in Taiwan. She recently graduated from Hong Kong International School and will attend Brigham Young University in Hawaii this fall.

“We are very proud to sponsor this award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of U. S. Foreign Service youth,” said Chris Beck, president of Clements International. “It is truly inspiring to see the impact they have had on their communities, all while handling the unique challenges of the expatriate lifestyle.”

The 2010 Foreign Service Youth Awards ceremony will take place on Friday, July 16 at 12:00 p. m. at the Department of State in Washington, D. C. in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room.

For more information about the 2010 Community Service Award sponsored by Clements International, please contact Kathy Dorf at 202-872-0060 or kdorf@clements. com.

About Clements International

Clements International is the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations. Founded in 1947, Clements offers worldwide auto, property, health, life and commercial insurance with superior customer service and claims response to customers in more than 170 countries. For more information on Clements International’s global list of programs and services, please visit http://www. clements. com (http://www. clements. com).

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One Billionth Biotechnology Acre and Counting

One Billionth Biotechnology Acre and Counting

The one billionth acre using genetically enhanced crops has been planted this spring. Dean Kleckner, former president of American Farm Bureau and now chairman of a not for profit group Truth About Trade and Technology is a national and international leader in agriculture. Kleckner and the Truth About Trade and Technology organization have developed a sophisticated monitoring system for counting the acres and the one billionth acre is expected to be planted this spring.

(PRWEB) May 11, 2005

Remember how McDonaldÂ’s used to boast beneath the golden arches about how many billions of hamburgers it had sold?

Well, itÂ’s time for someone to raise a sign on behalf of agricultural biotechnology, because somewhere in the world this week a farmer planted the 1 billionth acre of genetically enhanced crops.

This is a huge milestone for the world. Just ten years ago, biotech crops became commercially available for the first time. Since then, theyÂ’ve been adopted with astonishing speed. In the United States, about 85 percent of all soybeans, 75 percent of all cotton and nearly half of all corn is biotech enhanced.

Just how big is a billion acres? Let’s start by recalling that the traditional understanding of a single acre is the amount of land a yoke of oxen can plow in a day. In German, the word “Acker” means, literally, “a field.”

Today, of course, we need more precise measurements--and so a square acre measures precisely 208.75 feet per side.

A billion acres is a lot of territory. It would take more than 27 land masses the size of Iowa to fill up that much space.

If you lined up a billion square acres, they would circle the planet at the equator more than 1587 times. They would reach to the moon and back 164 times. They would go all the way to the sun and all the way back--and still have some length left to spare.

Some years ago, it was possible to say that biotech crops were a newfangled concept. Today, with a billion acres of them now planted, they are a conventional source of food.

There are those who will continue to hurl insults by calling them “Frankenfood” and the like, but these shrill voices are increasingly out of step with mainstream methods of food production. How many more acres must we plant, harvest, and consume before these radical naysayers admit that biotech enhanced crops are a proven technology? Must we go all the way to the sun and back before they’ll see the light?

The simple fact is this - biotech crops are the latest developments in an ancient line of agricultural innovation. Farmers are the worldÂ’s original genetic enhancers--theyÂ’ve been crossbreeding plants for thousands of years. In the wild, thereÂ’s never been any such thing as a juicy tomato. But there have been little red berries that farmers, across generations, have turned into a staple crop.

Something similar could be said of virtually everything we eat, and biotech crops are a part of this heritage. Farmers have chosen to adopt them so rapidly because they produce more food at lower costs. On a planet populated by over 6 billion people--and the number is growing every day--this is an essential characteristic.

Farmers have also rapidly adopted biotech because we care about the environment. Biotech crops help the environment in a variety of ways. Yielding more food on existing farmland reduces the pressure to cut down rainforests in Brazil and elsewhere. Since 1980, farmers around the world have increased our corn production by 45 percent but it was accomplished by adding less than 5 percent more acres to our fields. That additional corn was produced on the equivalent of 130 million acres of rainforest that has not been cut down!

Moreover, biotech crops protect our environment by allowing us to use farming techniques that save topsoil and use our resources much more effectively.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, biotech crops are approved for commercial use only after regulators at the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency have tested them repeatedly and registered their approval.

The bottom line is that theyÂ’re perfectly safe to eat. ThereÂ’s never been a case anywhere of a biotech plant causing a human being so much as to sneeze.

In the future, it will become increasingly clear that biotech crops arenÂ’t merely acceptable to eat--theyÂ’ll be preferable to eat, as plant breederÂ’s research ways to produce crops that add essential vitamins and nutrients to our diets. The research is going on right now and it promises to transform the ways in which we think about keeping ourselves healthy.

So today, we celebrate a billion acres. At some point in the future, like McDonald’s, so many billions will have been “served” that we’ll quit counting these biotech acres altogether.

Dean Kleckner is chairman of Truth About Trade and Technology, an Iowa farmer and a past president of the American Farm Bureau. Truth About Trade and Technology is a national grassroots advocacy group based in Des Moines, IA, formed and led by farmers in support of freer trade and advancements in biotechnology. Phone: 515.274.0800

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Sunday, November 17, 2002

Dr. Vaishnav Unveils a New Website with Health-related Articles and Professional Quality Vitamins, Herbal and Dietary Supplements

Dr. Vaishnav Unveils a New Website with Health-related Articles and Professional Quality Vitamins, Herbal and Dietary Supplements

DHAN Medical, Inc. unveils www. drugnatural. com website with a wide range of health-related articles and most carefully selected vitamins, and pure, high quality herbal and dietary supplements at competitive prices available only from health care providers. These articles and supplements cover illnesses such as Diabetes (blood sugar metabolism) and Cardiovascular Health, Cholesterol Maintenance, Fatty Acids, Amino Acids, Digestive/G I Support, Liver Health, Children’s Health, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Senior Nutrition, Bone and Joint, Brain Support, Memory Support, Hormone Support, and many more. The site empowers users to read up on articles and make purchases on the same website in a single visit.

Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) February 8, 2006

Dr. Darshana Vaishnav recently unveiled www. drugnatural. com a new website offering a wide range of health-related articles and most carefully selected vitamins, and pure, high quality herbal and dietary supplements at competitive prices.

“Baby Boomers and younger generations are realizing the valuable and important role played by natural, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicines in our daily lives,” said Dr. Vaishnav, the founder of DHAN Medical, Inc. and a licensed medical doctor. “They’re searching for clear and accurate health information and natural dietary supplements, herbs, and vitamins as an alternative to expensive pharmaceuticals so that they can stay healthy and address the health issues facing them."

The new website offers an array of supplements for a range of health issues from afflictive diseases such as Diabetes (blood sugar metabolism) and Cardiovascular Health to healthy and vibrant living categories such as Cholesterol Maintenance, Fatty Acids, Amino Acids, Digestive/G I Support, and Liver Health.

The user friendly site also includes Daily Wellness categories such as Children’s Health, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Senior Nutrition as well as quality of life enhancer categories such as Bone and Joint, Brain Support, Memory Support, and Hormone Support.

“What separates DrugNatural from most of the other websites is that it contains so many health-related articles on everything from overall health and wellness to dealing with specific challenges of illnesses. I can go directly from a health issue I am interested in, to purchasing related supplements, herbs and vitamins on the same site,” said Bruce Brown, CEO and founder of Speed Commerce, Inc. an internet infrastructure company in Fremont, California.

More information on health and wellness issues can be seen here:

Www. drugnatural. com/~ftparticles/health-and-wellness-products. html (http://www. drugnatural. com/~ftparticles/health-and-wellness-products. html )

An example of specific health related articles can be seen here:

Www. drugnatural. com/~ftparticles/colon-detoxification. html (http://www. drugnatural. com/~ftparticles/colon-detoxification. html )

“Unlike the mega web sites that carry thousands of products from little known sources, www. drugnatural. com carries products that are based on proven Eastern traditions and manufactured by reputed US manufacturers in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), ISO and FDA standards,” said Dr. Vaishnav.

"Many supplement manufacturers produce sub-standard supplements without any reliable scientific evidence or quality standards," said Dr. Vaishnav. "We set ourselves apart by offering only carefully selected manufacturers and products."

For more information, visit the Web site at www. drugnatural. com, or call (408) 6267640 or (866) 656-9500.

About DrugNatural. com

DrugNatural. com website is owned and operated by DHAN Medical, Inc. for the benefit of the online community of people interested in alternative medicines. The company is based in Los Gatos, California.

About Dr. Vaishnav

Dr. Vaishnav, the founder of DHAN Medical Inc., is a board certified medical doctor with a medical degree from Penn State University. Dr. Vaishnav practiced medicine for over 20 years before unveiling the DrugNatural. com site.

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Saturday, November 16, 2002

America & India - 50 years of Uneasy cooperation

America & India - 50 years of Uneasy cooperation

"Why after 50 years of regarding each other 'with wary suspicion', America and India have 'moved rapidly' from uneasy cooperation to Global partnership?". What has brought about this shift? Why would President Bush Administration foreign policy is "to help India become a major world power in the 21st century"? Why does Asst. Secretary of state Christina and U. S. secretary of state Condoleezza rice "unambiguously seeks to help India become a major world power in the 21st century”?, and why does the United States dialogue with India now touches on broad issues around the region and the world" and says "this is a watershed year in India - U. S Relations"?

Glen Ellyn, IL (PRWEB) August 24, 2005

"Why after 50 years of regarding each other 'with wary suspicion', America and India have 'moved rapidly' from uneasy cooperation to Global partnership?". What has brought about this shift? Why would President Bush Administration foreign policy is "to help India become a major world power in the 21st century"? Why does Asst. Secretary of state Christina and U. S. secretary of state Condoleezza rice "unambiguously seeks to help India become a major world power in the 21st century”?, and why does the United States dialogue with India now touches on broad issues around the region and the world" and says "this is a watershed year in India - U. S Relations"?

Tuthika influenced Bush Administration & Members of Congress -

To help the People of America, the Diplomacy lead by Mr. Rao Tuthika, the Director of the Tuthika Group (http://www. helpamerica. us/tugrfashreof. html (http://www. helpamerica. us/tugrfashreof. html)), AmericaÂ’s Leading Business & Government Consulting Group, and Helpamerica, the America's Leading Fundraising, Humanitarian, and Social services organization (http://www. helpamerica. us/info. html (http://www. helpamerica. us/info. html)) influenced Bush Administration, and U. S Congress. Tuthika Group Diplomacy obtained bipartisan support in accelerating to "shape America India Relations rapidly from uneasy cooperation to Global partnership". The group diplomacy "accelerated development of deeper political, economic, commercial and security ties between America, and India" such as "US helping India to become a 'major world power' in the twenty-first century.

Tuthika Group influenced President Bush, Vice President Dick Chenny, speaker Dennis Hastert, U. S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, Gregory Mankiw - council of economic advisers, and over 200 other Republican and Democratic congressmen / women "That how India can be an excellent partner in helping the People of America", and received appreciations from senators such as Barack Obama on 10 Apr 2005.

About Tuthika Group

Tuthika Group is the management arm of Helpamerica - the America’s leading fundraising, humanitarian, and social services organization based in Chicago metropolitan. Tuthika Group is organized into four major divisions. First – Business Consulting division that – offers services to Fortune 1000 companies, and specializes in Corporate social responsibility, CEO’s accountability, Corporate results, Corporate legal protection, Stock holder issues, including Sarbanes Oxley. Second – Government Consulting division that – specializes in ‘Federal & State Legislative Policy Research & Review’ in areas including – presidential elections, nominations, economy, civil rights, developing nations, environment, health care, immigration, national security, small business, job creation, social security, trade, veterans, aids / drugs control, education, labor, homeland security etc., Third – Foreign Relations division that – specializes in ‘Independent Research & Advisory’ in the areas including – arms control, foreign assistance, CivPol, cultural exchange, democracy, economics, education, oceans, environment, human rights, migration, NATO, nonproliferation, narcotics, refugees, space, sustainable development, terrorism, trade controls, trafficking, treaty actions, compliance, WMD etc., Forth – The International Trade division – specializes in ‘Facilitating Trade among America’s Largest Corporations, with Foreign Governments & Businesses.

Tuthika Group also received appreciations from CEOs, Chairmen, & Directors of over 100 World's Largest Corporations including - Google, eBay, AVON, Sprint PCS, National Australia Bank, Fossil, JCPenney, Procter & Gamble, ChevronTexaco, Alcan inc, Vodafone Group, SBC, Target, PACCAR, NEC Group, Imperial Tobacco, AT & T, TELUS, Timberland, Navistar, BCE, Reebok, Alcoa, Office Depot, Staples, Costco wholesale, AIG Insurance, Allstate, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Carnival, Marriott, Radioshack, and many such companies. Read the Appreciations of Tuthika Group - http://www. helpamerica. us/majorcompanies. html (http://www. helpamerica. us/majorcompanies. html)

Tuthika Group initiatives Helped to procure Millions of dollars funding to the worldÂ’s most respectable nonprofit organizations including, American Red Cross, CARE, Action Against Hunger, BAPS Care, Direct Relief, GOAL, Habitat for Humanity, Red Crescent, Karuna Trust, Oxfam, Sarvodaya, Save the Children, UNICEF, World Food Programme (UN), Brother's Brother, the Humane Society, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Church World Service, World Vision, United Way, MAP, Operation USA, and many such Humanitarian organizations.

On July 19th 2005, at U. S Senate Hart Office Building & U. S Cannon House Office Building in Capital Hill during the National Legislative Conference – that was attended by over 100 U. S Senators, Members of Congress, CEO’s, Presidents, Directors of various corporations, and other prominent Personalities, Mr. Rao Tuthika, the Director of Tuthika Group was Honored with "Recognition of Excellence Award" in Honor of Participation and Service to the Community". Tuthika Group received Appreciations from several U. S Senators, Members of Congress, and other Prominent Personalities. Communications Chair of the Democratic Policy Committee & Founder of the Congressional Caucus on Indian Americans – Mr. Frank Pallone & Chair of the House Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Honored Mr. Rao Tuthika, the Director of Tuthika Group with the National "Recognition of Excellence Award" during the Legislative Conference. - http://www. helpamerica. us/us500mitsfui2.html (http://www. helpamerica. us/us500mitsfui2.html)

Senators, and Members of Congress including – Gary Ackerman, Grace Napolitano, and many other CEO’s, Directors of corporations, and various prominent Personalities attended and appreciated Mr. Tuthika. - http://www. helpamerica. us/awardpictures. html (http://www. helpamerica. us/awardpictures. html)

Please click on the URL –http://www. helpamerica. us/tuheinamintr. html (http://www. helpamerica. us/tuheinamintr. html) for detailed Press Release, and Please visit http://www. helpamerica. us/info. html (http://www. helpamerica. us/info. html) to learn more about Tuthika Group, and Helpamerica.

Friday, November 15, 2002

Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives Audio Conference Scheduled

Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives Audio Conference Scheduled

MANASQUAN, N. J. (PRWEB) July 23, 2005

Over the past three years, millions of dollars have been awarded to physicians as quality improvement incentives. To explore how these pay-for-performance initiatives are being successfully implemented, the Managed Care Information Center has scheduled “Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentive Compensation,” a new executive-level teleconference, Thursday, July 28, at 1:30 p. m EST.

Www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm (http://www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm )

Health plans are “rushing” to develop performance-related physician incentive programs. In addition, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced its own incentive demonstration for medicine. Managed care is widely embracing this initiatives while physicians remain skeptical.

“Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives” will feature presentations from the “insiders” who worked on developing consensus among 200 physicians on what the framework of an effective P4P program should include.

Panelists Dr. Jim Pope, chief medical officer, American Healthways, and Dr. Fred Brancati, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Outcomes Evaluating Program will cover topics including:

What an effective P4P program should include

Design principles

Accountability, payment structure

Sets of metrics

Involving patients in program development and assessment

Evaluation/outcomes measures

WhatÂ’s working now

What the future may hold

A live question and answer session will also be included in the audio conference.

How To Register

To register for “Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives,” visit www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm (http://www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm), call (800) 516-4343.

Cost of the conference is $227 per site for those who register on or before July 22 and $277 after the early bird deadline. A CD-ROM will also be available for purchase for those unable to attend the live conference. For further details and other pricing options, visit www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm (http://www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm).

Address: Managed Care Information Center, 1913 Atlantic Ave., Suite F4, Manasquan, NJ 08736; (732) 292-1100, www. themcic. com

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Thursday, November 14, 2002

Baby Boomers moving to Bali

Baby Boomers moving to Bali

The Baby Boom generation - born between 1946 and 1964-has long commanded the attention of demographer. It appears that they are now seeking second homes in resort designations such as Bali, Indonesia.

(PRWEB) May 11, 2004

The Baby Boom generation - born between 1946 and 1964-has long commanded the attention of demographers, politicians, marketers, and social scientists. Representing approximately 33 % of the western countries population Baby Boomers represent the largest single sustained growth of population in the history of the World.

As the oldest of the Baby Boomers, now 56, approach retirement it is important for business to focus on products and services they will desire over the next two decades.

They not only represent the largest segment of the population but also control over 50 % of the worldÂ’s wealth.

What is this massive demand going to desire in the future? Here are just a few of their wants according to information provided by the America Association of Retired Persons.

Baby Boomers envision a very novel type of retirement. The survey finds that most Baby Boomers believe that they will still be working during their retirement years.

Therefore, they will be interested in cottage industries or perhaps Internet related work that will allow them to work when they want, without stress, and with lots of free time for recreation and travel. The survey provides insight into other ways Baby Boomers expect to define their retirement years.

Close to half (49%), say they expect to devote more time to community service or volunteer activities during retirement.

More than seven in ten Baby Boomers (73%) say they expect to have a hobby or special interest that they will dedicate a lot of time to when they are retired.

Fully seven in ten Baby Boomers say they do not want to depend on their children during retirement.

It is worthy of note that the largest group to emerge from the segmentation analysis is characterized by self-reliance.

The "Haves," those at the high end of the household income scale with household incomes of US $70,000+ (25% of the total sample). Baby boomers are good news for Bali’s travel industry and for Bali's real estate demand. Now baby boomers can sell or rent their homes in the west and live like kings and queens in Bali. Not only can they enjoy great weather and warm friendly people but also many luxuries that they never envisioned possible before such as “Live in Maid and Cooks” for only $30 per month. Daily massages for $3.00. An abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables at 80 % less than home. Restaurants, health services and entertainment at a fraction of what they are used to paying. Bali will be very similar to Maui, Hawaii in the sixties when retirees from North America, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan purchased homes and villas for retirement and investment.

A foreigner can sell their 1200 sq. ft home for $200,000 and build 5-6 homes of the same size in Bali.

The rental income from these homes will provide not only a great retirement plan but also a source of pleasure to keep the mind and body active in retirement.

These new retirement homes can be part of a complex, which include sports, and activities that will cater to the retiring Baby Boomers. For information on properties suitable for Baby Boomers and a brand new retirement complex click on www. balirealesateagents. com Receive a free monthly newsletter Email Lawrence at lawrence@balirealestategents. com alternatively call Lawrence at 289515

Saturday, November 9, 2002

Varlink adds Wavetrend RFID products to its line up

Varlink adds Wavetrend RFID products to its line up

Varlink, the York based specialist mobile computing and data capture hardware distributor is pleased to announce that is has become a UK Distributor for Wavetrend Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions.

(PRWEB) January 17, 2010

Varlink, the York based specialist mobile computing and data capture hardware distributor is pleased to announce that is has become a UK Distributor for Wavetrend Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions.

RFID is a wireless automatic identification technology where tags, ranging from ‘smart labels’ to small electronic devices, are used in enterprise systems to uniquely identify the assets they are attached to. RFID tags are programmed with a unique ID number and some types offer additional sensory information, i. e. temperature or motion, and some can store additional data. RFID tags are read remotely through the radio frequency (RF) signal they send to a reader, over a range of distances varying from 1m up to 500m.

The readers send the received tag information over the enterprise network to back-end systems where the real time location of assets, their condition, or any unauthorised events (such as movement between areas) can be detected and alarms raised where needed. Readers can be fixed in location on a site, deployed throughout buildings or across yards to provide tracking and management capabilities or added to a handheld computer, such as the Psion Teklogix WORKABOUT Pro handheld computers distributed by Varlink, allowing for the identification, tracking and management of tagged assets anywhere that is required. The end user typically can configure rules for the RFID system, locate an asset or view a real-time alert via front-end software, the mobile computer or web-based interfaces.

Bill Gordon, Varlink Technology Director commented, “Wavetrend is a well recognised organisation in the field of RFID Solutions. Over the last few months, our customers have reported a rise in the number of enquiries for RFID products. We are confident that working in partnership with Wavetrend will help us prepare our resellers to take advantage of these opportunities. We already work with a number of manufacturers who make RFID products. The prominent applications areas for RFID asset tracking include supply chain management, tracking of mobile assets to reduce loss and theft, asset management and traceability which are areas our resellers are already heavily involved in.”

Maggie Meaton, Wavetrend European Partner Manager stated “We are delighted to have appointed Varlink as UK Distributor. We are excited to have an organisation of the calibre of Varlink distributing our products and bring our innovative platform of both fixed and mobile-reader based asset tracking and management solutions to a wider market. We are convinced that they will work hard to earn business from resellers. The marketing tools and distribution services that they offer resellers are outstanding and their total focus on working with the reseller channel reassures us that customers can request, and will be given, project and product support in total confidence.”

About Wavetrend:
Operationally headquartered in the United Kingdom and regional offices in United States, South Africa and Asia, Wavetrend is a world leader in the deployment of Active RFID solutions. Wavetrend technology enables enhanced management of people, assets, and logistics for improved business performance while optimizing customer return on investment and payback time. Through both its direct Professional Service teams and its global network of accredited solution and integration partners, Wavetrend delivers a wide selection of proven, superior-performing Active RFID products and solutions to customers around the world and supports a variety of industries including healthcare, construction, transport, logistics and automotive. For additional information, visit Wavetrend at http://www. wavetrend. net (http://www. wavetrend. net)

For more information contact:

Sabine Kelly
Marketing Manager
Varlink Ltd
Unit 1, Osbaldwick Industrial Estate
Osbaldwick,
York
YO19 5UX
Tel: 01904 717186
E-mail: sabine. kelly (at) varlink (dot) co. uk
Web: www. varlink. co. uk

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Perfect the Art Of the Power Nap: Cymatic Audio Offers Helping Hand to Sleepless 'I-somniacs'

Perfect the Art Of the Power Nap: Cymatic Audio Offers Helping Hand to Sleepless 'I-somniacs'

Safe drug-free improved rest with MP3 download.

UK (PRWEB) April 4, 2006

With the ever accelerating speed of modern life it can sometimes seem that the only thing outside of easy reach is rest. The pressures of the daytime can have devastating effects upon quality of life. The brain is like a gearbox, driven too hard it will burn out. This is the risk for the information driven 'I-somniac', lifes' constant stimulations can end up causing overload.

Those who get the most out of life are often the ones who take time out. Edison, Einstein and Churchill were all enthusiasts of the 'power nap'. In other words they were all able to 'change gear'. Modern research shows that the states of mind associated with short periods of sleep are crucial to learning, memory and creativity.

Cruelly, the individuals with the greatest need to 'change gear' are often the ones least able to do so at will. Their sleep is unsatisfying, their daytimes similar. An inability to switch off can be exhausting. The cost of exhaustion can be devastating. States of high alert cause stress hormones (adrenaline and it's lesser known cousin cortisol) to flood the bloodstream. Although useful in the short term for emergencies these chemicals rob the body of the vital resources it needs for proper function.

So how to break the vicious cycle of restlessness? Everybody can learn the 'tricks' of getting good quality rest, however frustrating attempts may seem.

The 'Rest Booster' MP3 file available now from (http://www. cymaticaudio. com/ (http://www. cymaticaudio. com/)) for $10 is a harmonious marriage of established scientific knowledge and up to the minute digital manipulation and delivery methods. It has been designed to safely and gently guide the user towards enhanced levels of relaxation with wide ranging and long lasting benefits.

Just as more alert states cause the release of chemicals so do more relaxed ones. The chemicals associated with relaxed states of mind are, as one would expect, much more beneficial to health. Over time it is possible to learn the techniques of 'changing gear' as naturally as breathing.

Using state of the art digital manipulation and delivery methods, the 'Rest Booster' http://www. cymaticaudio. com/download. htm (http://www. cymaticaudio. com/download. htm) MP3 file has been painstakingly designed over an extended period. Company Founder Andrew Johnson-Green: "Like millions I suffered from poor quality rest for years. With my training as a sound engineer I took it upon myself to design programs which may alleviate these problems."

Over a period of 20 minutes, using proven psychoacoustic principles, the user is guided into a state of deep relaxation and brought gently back. Not intended as a replacement for sleep, the 'rest booster' has consistently shown benefits to subsequent sleep time as well as to daytime performance. "I was amazed by the results I achieved for myself and realized that with today’s broadband and MP3 technologies it was possible to help a great number of people achieve better rest and so ultimately more productive lives".

Unlike many relaxation materials on the market cymatic audio products do not aim to influence the user through suggestion. There are no voices, which although well intentioned can often be off putting, nor are there sounds which intend to inspire calm through association. Rather than these the MP3 file is designed to resonate pleasing and soothing frequencies in a precise yet constantly shifting manner. See our our download page for a 30 second sample.

About Cymatic Audio

Cymatic Audio is an emergent UK company currently launching after a sustained period of product research and development. The company founder is an experienced sound engineer. Further product launches are planned for the coming months.

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Friday, November 8, 2002

RecruitAlliance’s Web-Based “Recruiter Management System” Now Available to DirectEmployers Association Member Companies

RecruitAlliance’s Web-Based “Recruiter Management System” Now Available to DirectEmployers Association Member Companies

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) March 4, 2004 -

– DirectEmployers Association, a not-for-profit organization formed by human resource executives from leading U. S. corporations to develop and manage Internet recruiting, today announced a partnership with Internet systems provider RecruitAlliance. The announcement was made by William Warren, executive director of the Association.

Under terms of the agreement, all DirectEmployers Association member companies will have the option to use RecruitAlliance’s popular “Recruiter Management System”, a web-based system that serves as a single point of contact for corporate staffing professionals to more effectively manage their relationship with executive recruiters. The system allows employers to post fee-paid jobs to the RecruitAlliance membership of executive recruiters or only to their own preferred recruiters group. RecruitAlliance’s system reduces recruiter phone calls, fee negotiation and efficiently manages all posted jobs and candidate referrals.

In making the announcement Warren stated, “This alliance provides a very valuable online management tool for corporate staffing professionals and access to an expanded client base for executive recruiters. It is a great application for an efficient employer/recruiter relationship and a valuable service for our member companies.”

According to RecruitAlliance founder Lou Volpe, “The alliance provides an exciting opportunity for us to extend our services to all DirectEmployers Association member companies. This will result in cost savings, a dramatic improvement in a company’s third party recruiting effort and an expanded market for executive recruiters”

Stephanie Walker, Human Resources Consultant, Mellon Financial Corporation and current user of the RecruitAlliance Recruiter Management System, describes it as, “An outstanding, time-saving management tool for corporate recruiters and executive search firms alike.”

About DirectEmployers Association:

DirectEmployers Association (www. directemployers. com) is a national association of employers which collectively owns and manages the DirectEmployers employment search engine that links job seekers directly to employer web sites.

DirectEmployers AssociationÂ’s member companies include an impressive group of industry leaders such as Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Allegis Group, ALLTEL Corporation (NYSE: AT), Analysts International (Nasdaq: ANLY), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), Bank One (NYSE: ONE), BAE Systems (BAESF. PK), Bausch & Lomb (NYSE: BOL), Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX), Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Cingular Wireless, Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), GE (NYSE: GE), Getronics, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Hall Kinion (Nasdaq: HAKI), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Kindred Healthcare (Nasdaq: KIND), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Mutual of Omaha (NYSE: MUO), Nestle USA, Inc. (OTC: NSRGY), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP), Somerset Medical Center, Southern Company (NYSE: SO), Sprint (NYSE: FON), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL), and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX).

About RecruitAlliance:

RecruitAlliance (www. recruitalliance. com) is a members-only organization consisting of executive search firms and corporations. Its “Recruiter Management System” is a web-based service that provides a single point of contact for corporate staffing professionals to manage their activities and relationships with executive recruiters.

Thursday, November 7, 2002

Russia intensifies war against counterfeiting; Federation Council adopts new version of the federal law On Copyright and Allied Rights

Russia intensifies war against counterfeiting; Federation Council adopts new version of the federal law On Copyright and Allied Rights

As part of the reform of the countryÂ’s legislation on copyright protection and intellectual property sales, on July 7, 2004 the Russian Federation Council adopted a new version of the federal law On Copyright and Allied Rights. The new law is fully based on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the Bern Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. The law is designed to bring Russian legislation into line with TRIPS, the Copyright Treaty of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WIPO Phonograms Treaty. After the law is adopted and the necessary domestic procedures are passed, the Russian Federation intends to join these Treaties.

MOSCOW (PRWEB) July 12, 2004

As part of the reform of the countryÂ’s legislation on copyright protection and intellectual property sales, on July 7, 2004 the Russian Federation Council adopted a new version of the federal law On Copyright and Allied Rights.

The new law is fully based on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the Bern Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations.

The law is designed to bring Russian legislation into line with TRIPS, the Copyright Treaty of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WIPO Phonograms Treaty. After the law is adopted and the necessary domestic procedures are passed, the Russian Federation intends to join these Treaties.

Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, welcomed the newly adopted law. “We’ve been following the evolution of the legislation very closely,” he said. “In the course of the process, we raised some questions. I think that many of our concerns were understood, so we’re very pleased that the law has been adopted because it provides a much more effective framework in the which to protect intellectual property rights.”

“We were very pleased to learn that the final version does provide for the destruction of equipment that is seized at factories producing illegal, counterfeit goods,” the ambassador added.

Russia views increasing the level of protection of intellectual property as a state priority. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov chairs a government commission on counteracting violations in the intellectual property sphere (it was reformed this year). A number of producersÂ’ unions and public structures have been created to form an effective system to protect intellectual property. For example, the Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patent Rights and Trademarks, is setting up a Consultative Board that will feature bona fide Russian and foreign companies.

“Only constant dialog with the public allows a legal environment in the sphere of intellectual property protection to develop,” says the Agency’s chief, Boris Simonov.

Among the Board’s main goals Mr. Simonov pointed to “the search for effective ways to protect intellectual property, proposals on improving legislation, the creation of an honest competitive environment and favorable investment climate, as well as influencing public opinion.”

“The Consultative Board will be a permanent body,” he said, adding that it would establish committees for trademark protection, the fight against piracy and intellectual property capitalization. “The public and honest producers must help protect customers from pirated products, that is, protect people’s health and even life,” Mr. Simonov pointed out.

Unfortunately, the share of non-material assets in Russian companies’ accounts does not exceed 1-4%, while in the West the figure is no less than 60%, Mr. Simonov said. “However, in the next few years we will be able to increase this share to 40-50%,” he stated.

Last year, Russia instituted 3,500 criminal cases (as against 2,000 in 2002) related to piracy and the sale of pirated products. The State Trade Inspection and the Interior Ministry closed about 500 enterprises for different violations in the intellectual property sphere and 20,500 people were punished under the administrative code. At the beginning of 2004, the turnover of pirated goods fell by 15-20%.

In the first five months of this year, 50,000 trade enterprises were checked as part of the anti-piracy campaign and 230 of them shut down. Moreover, 14,400 people were punished under the Administrative Code, while the police launched 2,300 criminal cases and confiscated pirated products worth 440 million roubles.

Contacts

Press service of the Russian Education and Science Ministry

Tel. 7 095 229 53 27