Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Delta Printing Solutions Names Susanne Kennedy Director of Business Development - Texas

Delta Printing Solutions Names Susanne Kennedy Director of Business Development - Texas

Delta Printing Solutions, today announced the appointment of Susanne Kennedy to Director of Business Development for the Southwest Region. In her new position, Susanne reports to Steven Kaufman, Executive Vice President of Delta Printing Solutions. Susanne will lead the development and implementation of strategic printing solutions and sales initiatives in the education and trade publishing market within the Southwest.

Valencia, CA (PRWEB) September 4, 2004

Delta Printing Solutions, today announced the appointment of Susanne Kennedy to Director of Business Development for the Southwest Region. In her new position, Susanne reports to Steven Kaufman, Executive Vice President of Delta Printing Solutions. Susanne will lead the development and implementation of strategic printing solutions and sales initiatives in the education and trade publishing market within the Southwest. "We are happy to have Susanne as part of our print sales team. She brings significant product knowledge and experience to Delta Printing Solutions," said Kaufman in announcing Susanne's appointment.

Susanne began her career in 1992 with TV Times in the graphic design and print production services. Prior to coming aboard with Delta, she serviced as the Vice President/Creative Director for Chaparral Graphics Group since 1998. While at Chaparral, Susanne was responsible for the sales activity that contributed to the growth of the company.

"SusanneÂ’s experience and record of success speaks for itself. We're confident she will lead Delta Printing Solutions to substantial growth in additional markets, especially in selling complete print management solutions," Kaufman said.

Susanne is actively involved in charitable work with the American Cancer Society and was a past member of the board of directors for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, West Texas Division and Chairperson of the Snyder MS walk.

About Delta Printing Solutions

Delta Printing Solutions, a print solution company with over 50 years of experience. Our 120,000-square foot facility houses a state-of-the-art, completely integrated pre-press, printing and bindery facility. Specializing in computer manuals, catalogs, trade books and healthcare directories. Our Electronic Prepress operation features Digital-proofing capabilities. DeltaÂ’s print facility has both Timson heat-set web and Heidelberg 6-color sheetfed capabilities, as well as in-line aqueous and UV coating for high quality covers. Bindery capabilities are numerous - both saddle stitch and perfect binding are options at Delta and warehousing and distribution facilities can help in managing inventory or drop shipping to many different destinations. Additionally, Delta has a complete fulfillment solution for packaging, kitting, assembly and mailing.

For further information:

Bill. stelzer@deltaprintingsolutions. com

Ph. 661-775-4617

Fax 661-295-4328

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Monday, April 28, 2008

Massachusetts Insurance Agency Redesigns Website to Improve Visitor's Experience

Massachusetts Insurance Agency Redesigns Website to Improve Visitor's Experience

Daniel J. Guarino Insurance Agency Inc. has redesigned its website at http://www. djgins. com. The agency wanted a new website that their clients could use as an information resource, through articles and insurance documents easily available and downloadable from the website.

Danvers, MA (PRWEB) January 5, 2007

Daniel J. Guarino Insurance Agency Inc. has redesigned its website at http://www. djgins. com (http://www. djgins. com). The agency wanted a new website that their clients could use as an information resource, through articles and insurance documents easily available and downloadable from the website.

The design of the new website was created with a focus on improving visitor's access to insurance information. Quote request forms were created for each insurance product so that visitors can receive the best insurance quotes quickly and easily online. Visitors can easily navigate through the site and find information quickly on the Insurance agencies various services. Under each service category there is helpful information about each type of insurance, tips on how to receive discounts, popular insurance forms available for download, and an easy-to-use online quote request form tailored for each insurance product.

The site also features a Resources section of informative insurance and safety related articles, plus links to useful outside websites.

About the Daniel J. Guarino Insurance Agency

The Daniel J. Guarino Insurance Agency Inc. is located in Danvers, Massachusetts MA convenient to Boston. They have been providing insurance products and mortgage services for businesses, families and individuals in the state of Massachusetts for the past 30 years, beginning in 1976.

Their agents work with you to provide you with the best insurance policies and coverage at affordable rates. Some of their products include car insurance, health insurance for groups, employees or self employed individuals, homeowners insurance, condo insurance, rental insurance, dental and vision supplemental insurance, life insurance, business and commercial insurance, marine/boat insurance, flood and fire insurance, disability and long term care insurance, and retirement annuities programs.

The website was created by Soul Oyster Web Studios (http://www. souloyster. com (http://www. souloyster. com)) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Soul Oyster is owned and operated by Jennifer Marcelais and specializes in developing optimized websites for businesses that drive in traffic according to their local target market, helping to increase customer sales.

For additional information visit http://www. djgins. com (http://www. djgins. com) or contact Chris Guarino at 978-777-5820.

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

ReNew Life's DIETStart™ Cleanse Jumpstarts New Year's Weight Loss

ReNew Life's DIETStart™ Cleanse Jumpstarts New Year's Weight Loss

Florida-based manufacturer and distributor of natural health care products, ReNew Life Formulas, Inc. (www. ReNewLife. com), is offering consumers a quick start to their New Year's resolutions to lose weight, get in shape, and get healthier.

Palm Harbor, FL (PRWEB) January 30, 2009

ReNew Life Formulas, Inc., makers of the DIETStart™ Cleanse (http://www. renewlife. com/products/dietstart-cleanse. aspx), understands that New Year's resolutions to lose weight and live a healthier life are often some of the first goals to be abandoned. The DIETStart™ Cleanse is designed to get users past the often difficult early phase of weight loss, offering them extra motivation to maintain healthy habits as they watch pounds quickly come off*.

"Many people give up on New Year's weight loss goals because they simply don't know where to start or they don't see results soon enough," says ReNew Life's VP of Marketing, Bonnie Cooper. "The DIETStart™ Cleanse is designed to jumpstart weight loss by stimulating the body's natural fat-burning ability*, keeping users from getting discouraged by giving them fast results."

DIETStart™ is a 14-day, herbal cleanse (http://www. renewlife. com/products/dietstart-cleanse. aspx) featuring Svetol®, an award-winning European weight loss aid stemming from decaffeinated green coffee beans. Svetol® is utilized in the first, fat flush, phase of this two-phase cleanse. This phase supports healthy blood sugar metabolism by slowing down the body's absorption of glucose from foods. According to Cooper, "When this happens, stored fat is released from the body's fat cells to supply needed energy for everyday functions."

Phase two of the DIETStart™ Cleanse is an herbal colon cleansing (http://www. renewlife. com/products/dietstart-cleanse. aspx) formula featuring rhubarb and cape aloe to support healthy bowel function, with magnesium hydroxide to keep the bowel hydrated. This phase of the cleansing program also features FraxiPure®, a natural extract of the European ash tree, which stops the kidneys from absorbing too much excess sugar*.

The cleansing program helps to kick off weight loss results by eliminating toxins from the body, and improving the digestive system's efficiency to enhance the user's metabolism*.

*] Disclaimer - These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

About ReNew Life Formulas, Inc.:
Named America's No. 1 Digestive Care and Cleansing Company by SPINS, ReNew Life Formulas, Inc. develops and manufactures a full spectrum of natural digestive care products. Founded in 1997 by Brenda and Stan Watson, the company has built a reputation upon making superior-quality products and providing outstanding customer service and educational support.

Each ReNew Life product is made from only the finest raw ingredients, and the company's analysis and manufacturing practices set the benchmark for others in the industry. Above all, ReNew Life is dedicated to helping customers achieve and maintain optimal health, increase energy, and enhance mental clarity.

For more information about ReNew Life's DIETStart™ Cleanse or other cleansing and nutritional products, please visit www. ReNewLife. com or contact Jerry Adams at 1-800-830-4778, etc. 245.

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Planet, Inc. Adds Fashion Forward MADELiNE Shoes to PlanetShoes. com

Planet, Inc. Adds Fashion Forward MADELiNE Shoes to PlanetShoes. com

Planet, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of MADELiNE, to the growing list of beautiful, stylish and high quality fashion footwear for sale online at www. planetshoes. com.

Waltham, MA (PRWEB) April 9, 2010

Planet, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of MADELiNE, to the growing list of beautiful, stylish and high quality fashion footwear for sale online at www. planetshoes. com.

"We're looking to grow and evolve our fashion footwear business and MADELiNE offers a really beautiful and varied selection of casual shoes, dress shoes and sandals. They represent the trends of today – the great details – and they use really high quality materials. We know our customers will love this brand!" said Philippe Meynard, President of Planet, Inc.

PlanetShoes. com is currently offering 52 styles of MADELiNE shoes including fashion casual shoes, dress shoes and sandals online.

About MADELiNE
MADELiNE shoes are for all you ladies out there who are audacious, feisty, and spontaneous. There's a time in certain women's lives when they're feminine charms are so potent, they literally rule the world. Daring, impulsive and sexy, these little she-devils charge the night with their feminine energy... and they do it best in MADELiNE shoes.

MADELiNE is a fearless collection of couture footwear that boldly bridges the gap between high style and affordability. Intriguingly impulsive and unabashedly uninhibited, MADELiNE confidently delivers up-to-the-minute design at an attainable price.

About Planet, Inc.
Planet, Inc. is an innovative lifestyle shoe retailer dedicated to selling the most comfortable and stylish shoes possible at value prices. Our flagship site found on the web at PlanetShoes. com specializes in active, comfortable, healthy, earth friendly shoes and products with a flare of fashion. Our product lines are ever expanding to bring our customer new fun footwear to choose from. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast or an eco-friendly fashionista, we strive to offer the selection you want.

We look at affordability and value in pricing our products. Customer service and unique products are our calling card. Contact us directly at 1-888-818-SHOE (7463).

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CB Richard Ellis Research Finds Asia REIT Capitalization Tops US$80 Billion

CB Richard Ellis Research Finds Asia REIT Capitalization Tops US$80 Billion

A total of 11 new REITs were listed during the first half, bringing REIT market capitalisation to over US$80 billion as at end-June 2007, according to CB Richard Ellis. The level of Asia REIT capitalization is approximately twice of that at the end of 2005.

Hong Kong (PRWEB) October 1, 2007

A total of 11 new REITs were listed during the first half, bringing REIT market capitalisation to over US$80 billion as at end-June 2007, according to CB Richard Ellis. The level of Asia REIT capitalization is approximately twice of that at the end of 2005.

According to the "REITs Around Asia 1H 2007" report prepared by CBRE Research Asia, Japan remains the largest REIT market in Asia, with market capitalisation having attained the level of US$49.1 billion as of the first half of 2007, and acquisition activities by J-REITs remaining at buoyant levels. Executive Director, REITs Asia, Danny Mohr said "While Singapore and Hong Kong are striving to be regional REIT centres, the Thailand and Malaysia REIT markets saw significant growth through the listing of domestic REITs. South Korea was the only market to record a reduction in market capitalisation as two K-REITs reached maturity during the review period."

Though only one new REIT was listed in Japan during the first half, large foreign investors such as CapitaLand, GE Real Estate and Morgan Stanley remained active in the market, purchasing stakes in J-REITs and in some cases becoming the largest shareholders. In Singapore, three new REITs, including CapitaRetail China Trust, have been listed since December 2006. The number of S-REITs has increased steadily, rising from seven in 2005 to 16 in the first half of 2007. The market continued to diversify, with various S-REITs now focused on assets including serviced apartments, healthcare facilities and hotels.

Singapore's emergence as a regional hub for cross-border REITs, supported by the imminent relaxation of government regulations on REITs, could see the number of S-REITs reach 30 in 2008. In its recently released report, CBRE Research Asia noted that in Hong Kong, H-REIT's stable income growth made them less attractive to investors during the bull market of the first half year. Despite the underperformance in price, H-REITs listed longer than a year have reported better income statements as a result of gains in property revaluation and growth in rental income.

In Taiwan, investors continued to show a marked preference for T-REITs backed by wellknown local financial/insurance groups such as Fubon and Cathay. One new REIT was listed during the period under review, and several well-known conglomerates are reportedly considering packaging their properties into REITs. In Thailand, the downward interest rate trend is likely to increase the attractiveness of REITs. Most REITs are trading at a discount of 2%-34% to their respective NAVs. Major Lifestyle Property Fund and Property Perfect are expected to list in the second half. Four new M-REITs were listed in Malaysia and existing and new M-REITs were active in the acquisition market. Quill Capita Trust, Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT and Amanahraya REIT traded above their IPO price on their debuts.

In South Korea, the government passed the latest amendments to the K-REITs Act in June 2007 and the measures will take effect in October. The revisions will further simplify and ease regulations governing the establishment and management of K-REITs.

Following the strong first half performance, the US sub-prime lending crisis sent tremors through global financial markets and led to stock market volatility across the globe during July and August 2007. However, as the generally robust fundamentals of Asian property markets have been as yet unaffected by turbulence in the financial markets, in its recently released report CBRE Research Asia stated that the recent price corrections have made Asian REIT valuations more attractive to bargain-hunting investors and those seeking long term periodic income. Also, there has been no sign of a slow down in portfolio building via acquisitions by major REIT sponsors, who are taking a long-term view in developing REITs in the region.

Mr Mohr added "Looking forward, competition in the Asian REIT market is likely to grow more intense as additional cross-border REITs are listed, particularly in Hong Kong and Singapore." In Singapore, proposed amendments to S-REIT regulations currently under consideration include improving disclosure on short-term yield enhancing arrangements and their impact, allowing REITs to pay dividends in excess of current income, removing the aggregation rule for transactions with the same interested party and prohibiting discounts to institutional investors during IPOs. In its recently released report, CBRE Research Asia also noted that in the face of competition from Singapore as the regional REIT centre, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission recently collected market opinions on revitalising the REIT market, which may be taken into account in regulatory revision. While further loosening in rules may provide some stimulation to the market, the implementation of a longer term growth strategy remains the crucial concern of REIT investors as they expect sustained portfolio development via acquisitions, rental enhancements and geographical diversification in their investments.

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Center for Future Health Retains eXubrio to Launch New Proactive Health Center of Excellence

Center for Future Health Retains eXubrio to Launch New Proactive Health Center of Excellence

Paul McAfee, CEO of eXubrio, LLC, will help the University of Rochester's Center for Future Health develop a value proposition and marketing program to launch the new Proactive Health Center of Excellence.

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) November 15, 2004

The University of RochesterÂ’s Center for Future Health today announced that it will work with eXubrioÂ’s Paul McAfee to develop a value proposition and marketing program to launch its new Proactive Health Center of Excellence.

Paul McAfee works pro bono each week as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the UniversityÂ’s Office of Technology Transfer. The Center for Future Health approached him in this role for assistance.

“We invited Paul to help us develop the value proposition, key messages, and launch strategy for our newest initiative,” said Cecelia Horwitz, associate director of the Center for Future Health. “Paul’s skills helping startup companies at the Office of Technology Transfer are exactly what our Proactive Health Center of Excellence team needs to ensure a quick success.”

“Proactive Health” refers to a non-invasive system of inexpensive sensors that alerts individuals directly when their health status is trending out of their normal limits. The system automatically assesses each individual’s health patterns, much the way your grandmother might have done. This system will require new measures for earlier detection of changes in health status. These measures, called “New Vital Signs” measures, are the next frontier in health research and health management. They will provide the quantitative measures of health that enable early detection.

McAfee is CEO of management consulting firm eXubrio, LLC. eXubrio serves emerging technology companies by helping them to improve their marketing and sales effectiveness while carefully managing their limited early-stage funds.

About the Center for Future Health

The Center for Future Health (www. futurehealth. rochester. edu/ (http://www. futurehealth. rochester. edu/)) is a focused research program that develops the needed technologies for self care, mobile care, and home care. This is an inter-disciplinary team of physicians, health practitioners, bio-organic chemists, computer scientists, informaticists, engineers, and behavioral scientists. The team is working towards inventing smart technology and wireless systems that allow consumers to maintain health, detect the onset of health problems and manage disease. The vision is for the data that is collected to reside in the home and be interpreted by the software into health intelligence. This personal record will be in a form that is usable by consumers. Consumers can share the information with their medical providers, if they choose.

About eXubrio, LLC

Paul McAfee founded eXubrio (www. exubrio. com) in 2002. eXubrioÂ’s mission is to help companies improve their marketing and sales effectiveness without undue strain on budgets. The company provides full-service strategic planning, Public Relations, marketing communications, graphic design, lead generation, sales, and website management services. eXubrio integrates every element of a clientÂ’s marketing communications programs to build sales - while conserving marketing expenses.

EXubrio has successfully served clients in California, New York, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, and Louisiana. eXubrio has offices in Buffalo, New York, Rochester, New York (at the University of Rochester), and Tel Aviv, Israel.

About the Office of Technology Transfer

The University of RochesterÂ’s Office of Technology Transfer is responsible for the management of the intellectual property resources of the University of Rochester. Its goal is to pursue innovative strategies to help translate scientific progress into tangible products, while returning income to the inventor and the University to support further research and education. OTT facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research materials to other universities, research agencies and companies. For more information about the Office of Technology Transfer, visit www. rochester. edu/ott (http://www. rochester. edu/ott).

Media Contacts: 

EXubrio, LLC

Paul McAfee

+1 (716) 568-0329

University of Rochester

Center for Future Health 

Cecelia Horwitz

+1 (585) 273-1555

University of Rochester

Office of Technology Transfer

Mark Coburn

+1 (585) 275-5370

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Friday, April 25, 2008

New Reiki Books Updated in 2nd Edition

New Reiki Books Updated in 2nd Edition

"An Exploration of Usui Reiki and Beyond," the Reiki trilogy released last month by ReijuTree Publications, has been updated already in a 2nd Edition. The 3 books -- "The Entrance," "The Deep Inside," "The Mystery" -- comprise a single volume, which can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://new-reiki-books. johreiki. net/new-reiki-books. php. The books mark a notable departure from the prevailing worldwide perception of Reiki, and are based on teachings of Reiki Masters in Japan who learned directly from Dr. Mikao Usui (the founder of what has come to be called Reiki). They are the work of Don Beckett, a Reiki Master in Hilo, Hawai'i.

Hilo, HI (PRWEB) April 20, 2005

"An Exploration of Usui Reiki and Beyond," the Reiki trilogy released last month by ReijuTree Publications, has been updated already in a 2nd Edition. The 3 books -- "The Entrance," "The Deep Inside," "The Mystery" -- comprise a single volume, which can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://new-reiki-books. johreiki. net/new-reiki-books. php (http://new-reiki-books. johreiki. net/new-reiki-books. php).

The books mark a notable departure from the prevailing worldwide perception of Reiki, and are based on teachings of Reiki Masters in Japan who learned directly from Dr. Mikao Usui (the founder of what has come to be called Reiki). They are the work of Don Beckett, a Reiki Master in Hilo, Hawai'i.

The 2nd Edition, just released, contains additional information on the nature of Reiki energy, and its place in the hierarchy of bodily energies. Also new in this Edition are insights regarding Reiki's connection with our ancestral or original Self. A brief exploration of the "miraculous" workings of Reiki and similar methods, with reference to Huna prayers and Johrei in particular, is also presented.

According to Mr. Beckett (who has been practicing Reiki since 1991 and initiating others into Reiki since 1999), "An Exploration of Usui Reiki and Beyond" presents a very different picture of Reiki than what has previously been taught throughout the world (via Chujiro Hayashi and Hawayo Takata and the students in their lineage).

Chujiro Hayashi was a Christian, and his student Hawayo Takata (herself a minister in a Spiritualist church) taught -- contrary to the facts -- that Mikao Usui had been a Christian, and that Usui had been searching for the healing method of Jesus, when Reiki was revealed to him!

Hayashi was also a medical doctor, thus inclined to focus his attention on Reiki primarily as a treatment for healing disease in others (whereas Usui's "method to achieve personal perfection" was about the healing and spiritual awakening of oneself).

Hawayo Takata was one of Dr. Hayashi's patients, who came to him gravely ill. After recovering her health, she learned Reiki from Hayashi, and devoted the rest of her life to helping others with Reiki. For 3 decades following World War II, Hawayo Takata seems to have been the only Reiki Master outside Japan (she was an American citizen living in Hawai'i). From the mid-1970s to 1980 -- the last years of her life -- she initiated 22 Reiki Masters. Through them and their students, the Takata version of Reiki spread (and continues to spread) all over the world. Thus, Hawayo Takata single-handedly defined Reiki throughout the world at large.

Then, in the summer of 2000, an English Reiki Master named Chris Marsh (also a student of martial arts and the Japanese language, and a Tendai Buddhist), while in Japan, was introduced to a 106-year-old Buddhist nun who had been a student of Mikao Usui in the 1920s (she was also a niece of Usui's wife!). She revealed to Chris that she was not happy with what had been presented to the world as Reiki, and she intended to teach him what she had learned from Usui himself.

Back in England in the following months, Chris began sharing his new Reiki knowledge with another Reiki Master, Andrew Bowling.

The following year, in Japan again, Chris was introduced to 11 more of Usui's students (ranging in age from 96 to 111). Since that time, in addition to Andrew Bowling, Chris has shared the Japanese teachings with another English Reiki Master, Taggart King, who has been Mr. Beckett's primary source of these original teachings.

Beckett said it was only through a series of fortunate events that he was in a position to write these books. "Following my own Master-level initiation in 1999, by Deb Frank at Niagara Falls," he said, "I was given the opportunity to attend the first Usui Reiki Ryoho International workshop, in Vancouver B. C., organized by Rick Rivard and Tom Rigler and Andrew Bowling. That was the first appearance, outside Japan, of Hiroshi Doi-Sensei, a member of the Usui Reiki Society in Tokyo. It was a great opportunity to learn the Society's version of the history of Reiki."

It was also the first presentation, outside Japan, of a Reiki empowerment procedure called Reiju; the empowerment procedure said to have been used by Mikao Usui (though the Reiju taught by Mr. Doi at the workshop was a modified version).

The very next month, Beckett attended a workshop presented by Frank Arjava Petter (author of "Reiki Fire" and "The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui", and co-author of "The Spirit of Reiki") and Chetna Kobayashi. Then, in 2001, he was contacted, "out of the blue," by English Reiki Master Taggart King, who offered to share his own newly acquired Reiki knowledge (including the Usui Reiju procedure), received via Chris Marsh and the group of Japanese Masters who had learned from Usui himself.

Beckett began putting together the various threads of information he had received -- from Doi, Rivard, Rigler, Bowling, Petter and Kobayashi, and Taggart King -- incorporating it all into his own Reiki practice, and rewriting the training manuals he gave to his students.

Then, in the fall of 2002, one of those students, Oxana Alekseeva in Moscow, notified him that she had shown his training manuals to a Russian publisher, who was interested in publishing them in book form. "If not for Oxana, I doubt that the idea of turning my manuals into a book would ever have occurred to me," said Beckett. But, with her encouragement, he began a period of intense research, meditation, and contemplation -- rewriting his manuals again, then shaping them into a volume of 3 books, designed to be suitable both for Reiki students (at any level) and for anyone interested in Reiki but not yet initiated.

"This was just after I had started living in Hawai'i," Beckett said. "I had gone to Kaua'i -- the island where Hawayo Takata was born, where she had lived for years and had practiced Reiki! There I was introduced to the spirit of aloha by a woman named Donna Lee, who provided me with a perfect sanctuary, a place to live and write these books.

"For a few months, I did almost nothing but sit in my room, writing and meditating and doing Reiki, day and night. The energy of that island (which corresponds to the 6th chakra in the human body) is very inwardly-directed; it was the perfect place for doing this -- and, thanks to financial help from my mother, I was able to do it."

Another element, crucial to his understanding of Reiki history -- and particularly the origins and meanings of the Reiki symbols -- was the knowledge gained through correspondence with Dave King, a Reiki Master in Canada. Dave (no relation to Taggart King), like Chris Marsh, had spent much time in Japan, and had learned from students who were taught by Mikao Usui -- though what they had learned was very different than what Chris Marsh was learning from the other group of Usui's students, and did not involve Reiju or any sort of energetic empowerment.

The information from Dave King became the final strand in the tapestry, completing Beckett's composite view of Usui Reiki. After the first draft of his work was finished, Beckett moved from Kaua'i to the Big Island of Hawai'i, where he soon was drawn to the town of Hilo and felt immediately at home.

Here he put the finishing touches on the e-book version of his "Exploration of Usui Reiki and Beyond" -- and then discovered that Hawayo Takata had lived and practiced Reiki here, as well as on Kaua'i, and that, after her passing, her ashes were interred at a Buddhist temple in downtown Hilo (from which they have since been moved).

"It seems remarkable," he says, "that this project was born on the island where Hawayo Takata was born -- and that it was finished here, in the very town where her ashes were laid to rest!"

The 2nd Edition of "An Exploration of Usui Reiki and Beyond," just released, contains additional information on the nature of Reiki energy, its connection with our ancestral or original Self, and similarities between the workings of Reiki and such things as Huna prayer and Johrei. The new Edition, from ReijuTree Publications, can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://new-reiki-books. johreiki. net/new-reiki-books. php (http://new-reiki-books. johreiki. net/new-reiki-books. php).

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Citizens, Inc. Reports 143% Increase in Earnings

Citizens, Inc. Reports 143% Increase in Earnings

Citizens, Inc. (AMEX: CIA), reported net income of $2.7 million or $0.09 per share for the first six months of 2002, a 142.6% increase over $1.1 million or $0.04 per share during the same period in 2001.

(PRWEB) August 18, 2002

Increases in premiums and investment income during the period coupled with recent acquisitions contributed to the improvement in 2002 operating results.

Total revenue for the first half of 2002 reached $37.1 million, a 16.4% increase over the same period in 2001 when revenues were $31.8 million. Premium income increased 18.3% during the period to $29.5 million, compared to $24.9 million last year. The March, 2002 acquisition of Combined Underwriters Life Insurance Company and Lifeline Underwriters Life Insurance Company accounted for $3.5 million of the increase. Additionally, demand for the CompanyÂ’s U. S. dollar-denominated whole life insurance products worldwide increased 17% over the previous year. Net investment income grew by 6.6% through June 30, 2002 to $7.1 million from $6.6 million as a result of growth in the CompanyÂ’s invested asset base.

Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2002 was $1.2 million or $0.04 per share, compared to net income of $581,000 or $0.02 per share for the same period in 2001. Revenues for the quarter increased to $21.3 million, compared to $16.4 million for the same period in 2001. Premium income increased 35% during the quarter to $17.4 million, compared to $12.9 million in 2001 as the increased production of new life premium was augmented by increased accident and health revenues primarily related to the CompanyÂ’s recent acquisitions. The acquisitions described above contributed $3.5 million to the increase in premiums. Second quarter 2002 investment income grew 8.8% to $3.6 million from $3.3 million for the same period in 2001.

Assets at June 30, 2002 totaled $319.4 million, compared to $282.1 million at December 31, 2001, an increase of 13.2%. The growth was principally related to the March acquisitions. StockholdersÂ’ equity increased $15.0 million from $82.7 million at December 31, 2001 to $97.7 million at June 30, 2002, with the increase also attributable primarily to the acquisitions. The Company paid a 15% stock dividend on June 1, 2002.

Additionally, Citizens reported that the second quarter Form 10-Q that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission contains the certification of Chief Executive Officer Rick D. Riley and Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey J. Wood required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

About Citizens, Inc.

Citizens, Inc. is a financial services company listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol CIA. Its business development strategy is to achieve $1 billion in assets, $250 million in revenues and $10 billion of life insurance in force by 2010 targeting the sale of U. S. dollar whole life insurance policies world-wide and through acquisition of other life insurance companies.

Citizens is included in the Russell 2000® Index, which measures the performance of the largest companies in the U. S. stock market, based on market capitalization. Citizens’ stock closed at $12.07 on August 12, 2002.

On August 22, 2002, the Company will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The trading symbol will remain “CIA.”

Additional information is available at the CompanyÂ’s web site: www. citizensinc. com.

Information herein contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which can be identified by words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “anticipate” or “continue” or comparable words. In addition, all statements other than statements of historical facts that address activities that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Readers are encouraged to read the SEC reports of the Company, particularly its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, for the meaningful cautionary language disclosing why actual results may vary materially from those anticipated by management.

TBOTS Empirical Evidence: Negative Returns for Stocks in Summer

TBOTS Empirical Evidence: Negative Returns for Stocks in Summer

“Sell in May and go away” is an old saying among investors claiming that stocks don’t move significantly in the right direction between May and October. If that would be true investors could deposit their money in a bank account for four months and enjoy the summer months free of stock market worries.

(PRWEB) June 7, 2002

Empirical Evidence?

So do stocks perform poorly during these months or is it nothing more than a poor excuse for fund managers to take it easy during the summer months?

TBOTS tested the performance of two main US indices - the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ Composite – and compared their performance over two periods:

between June and September, and between October and May.

The results provide strong evidence that the US stock markets perform significantly less well between the end of May and the end of September (called the ‘Summer Period’). Over the last 10 years the Dow Jones produced an average negative annualised return of 2.1% over the summer period compared to an average annualised return of 13.5% over the rest of the year. Measured over a period of the last 20 years the summer period produced an annualised return of 1.9% against 10.2% for the rest of the year. Since 1952 the summer period has returned on average minus 0.4% annualised against 5.1% for the rest of the year.

The NASDAQ provides similar evidence although less clearly spelled out. Over the last 20 years the summer period returned 3.2% annualised compared to 10.4% for the rest of the year. Measured over the last 10 years the summer period even seems largely in line with the rest of the year. However when the exceptional years 1999 – 2001 are stripped out, the results are in line with the results over the last 20-year period.

TABLE: Returns Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU)

Since Rest of the Year Summer

1992 13.5%  (2.1)%

1982 10.2%  1.9%

1952  5.1%  (0.4)% 

Source: TBOTS, www. tbots. com, June 2002

TABLE: Returns NASDAQ Composite (COMPQ)

Since Rest of the Year Summer 

1992 11.2%  9.9% 

1982 10.4%  3.2%

Source: TBOTS, www. tbots. com, June 2002

Why does it occur?

Since there is clear empirical evidence of the Summer Period effect, the question remains what causes this effect.

Common sense dictates that there must be a direct link with the annual holiday period. Before taking their annual leave people tend to clean up their share portfolio or at least reduce the exposure and risk level of their portfolio. These actions result in sell orders leading to lower price levels.

Than there is this: the more wide spread a theory, the more people will act on it and the Summer Period effect is on its way to become a self-fulfilling prophecy further strengthening the empirical evidence.

And what about 2002?

The Summer Period effect has historically worked but what about the effect in 2002?

The potential threat of higher interest rates, disappointing corporate profits, rising oil prices, ongoing accounting concerns and international political tension make it unlikely that the stock markets will proof the Summer Period effect wrong this year.

With this in mind most investors can take it easy for the months to come. For those investors determined to trade investment strategies that produce healthy returns during the summer months, TBOTS can surely assist.

About TBOTS

TBOTS (trading bots) is the first fully web-based technology enabling investors to simulate their own trading and investment ideas on decades of historic data, and to track their ideas on a continuous basis. TBOTS is easy to use, offers a free version and doesnÂ’t require programming or data feeds.

TBOTS is offered to retail investors at http://www. tbots. com (http://www. tbots. com). More powerful versions of the TBOTS technology are made available to institutions in three formats: (1) TBOTS Hosting Service is a white-labeled hosted version aimed at financial service web sites seeking to offer TBOTS to their users; (2) TBOTS Dedicated Server is a high performance platform powering proprietary trading analysis; (3) TBOTS Professional Services is a service for customers requiring a tailored product.

TBOTS is developed by London based Eurasia Software Ltd., a provider of advanced technology solutions to financial institutions.

More information is available on the TBOTS web site at http://www. tbots. com (http://www. tbots. com) or by email amaury@tbots. com or telephone +44 20 7581 3476.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Quantros Releases New Stroke Module to Support Joint Commission's New Measure Set and AHA's Get with the Guidelines Program

Quantros Releases New Stroke Module to Support Joint Commission's New Measure Set and AHA's Get with the Guidelines Program

Module Supports Quality of Care Delivery Improvement Efforts to Stroke Patients

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 10, 2009

Quantros (http://www. quantros. com), a leading provider of healthcare quality and patient safety software, has added a Stroke Module to its Quantros Regulatory Reporting Management (RRM) Solution. The Stroke Module expands the already comprehensive quality reporting offerings Quantros provides for Core Measures and related national registries. It was developed to help healthcare providers improve the quality of care given to patients who suffer a stroke, and ultimately help increase their survival rates.

The RRM Stroke Module supports both The Joint Commission's (http://www. jointcommission. org) (TJC) recently announced Stroke measure set as well as the American Heart Association's (http://americanheart. org) (AHA) Get with the GuidelinesSM (GWTG) program. This newest addition to the RRM family supports the collection, entry, reporting and submission of stroke data to both organizations. Although participation in Stroke Core Measures and the AHA GWTG programs are voluntary, an increasing number of healthcare providers are targeting high-cost disease states in an effort to improve quality of care while containing costs.

Quantros Director of Product Management, Neena Arora, MD, notes, "The best course of care for stroke patients uses standardized and coordinated processes based on best practice guidelines and then tailors the treatment to specific patient needs. Quantros RRM automates and streamlines the capture and management of stroke quality data and helps healthcare providers rapidly evaluate ways to improve performance and clinical practice."

Benefits of using Quantros RRM for Stroke

The Quantros RRM provides a wealth of benefits designed to efficiently process and manage quality data including:
 Web-based, hosted access real-time data quality, performance monitoring, and comparative reporting  Automatic daily upload of data with the option of real-time admittance and discharge data interfaces  Single point of entry for data collection, analysis and submission of Stroke Core Measure data for both TJC and GWTG  Clinical data uploads to reduce abstraction resource burdens and increase abstraction accuracy

As noted above, use of the Quantros RRM for stroke allows its participants to automatically send data to the GWTG program Patient Management Tool (PMT) managed by Outcome Sciences, Cambridge, MA.

"The treatment rate among under-one-hour-arriving patients is good news for Get With The Guidelines' hospitals," said Jeffrey L. Saver, M. D., lead author of the study and professor of neurology and director of the Stroke Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. "Prior studies have suggested that 25-30 percent of early arriving patients are fully eligible for clot-busting drug treatment, and Get With The Guidelines-Stroke hospitals are delivering the therapy to virtually all these individuals."

"Quantros is pleased to be aligned with prestigious organizations such as The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association." Chris Bethell, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management stated. "This collaboration reaffirms not just the commitment Quantros has to improving safety and quality within healthcare but also highlights the invaluable work done by the AHA on behalf of patients and providers," he said.

Additional details concerning Quantros RRM and the Stroke Module can be obtained by emailing Quantros Sales Team (http://www. sales@quantros. com) or visiting Quantros (http://www. quantros. com).

About Quantros
Quantros provides real-time knowledge creation solutions for benchmarking, patient safety, accreditation and compliance, and outcomes monitoring for leading healthcare providers, payers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Quantros' web delivered applications provide a standard platform for automating resource intensive manual processes. Through a variety of direct sales and vendor partners, more than 2,000 hospitals are licensed to use Quantros' web-based technology solutions.

Quantros team members include physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals. We are a healthcare information management technology company with a difference; our key product decisions are driven by experts in healthcare quality and performance improvement, safety, compliance, risk management and nursing.

About The Joint Commission Primary Stroke Certification Program:
The Joint Commission's Primary Stroke Center Certification program was developed in collaboration with the American Stroke Association. It is based on the Brain Attack Coalition's "Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers." It is the best signal to your community that the quality care you provide is effectively managed to meet the unique and specialized needs of stroke patients.

About the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines:
American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG) is an evidence-based program for in-hospital quality improvement. It puts the expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to work for hospitals, helping to ensure that the care they provide to coronary artery disease, stroke and heart failure patients is aligned with the latest scientific guidelines. Results obtained by using the guidelines and measuring performance have been demonstrated. Stroke patients who reach hospitals within the "golden hour" are twice as likely to get a clot-busting drug.

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Halogen Software’s Record Fourth Quarter Marks Conclusion of Record-Breaking Year

Halogen Software’s Record Fourth Quarter Marks Conclusion of Record-Breaking Year

Nearly 100 new companies choose Halogen as their employee performance and talent management solution in fourth quarter alone.

OTTAWA (PRWEB) January 16, 2007

Halogen Software Inc., the leading provider of Web-based employee performance and talent management software announced today that 2006 has broken all previous records for the organization. Records were set in almost every measurable category including revenues and number of new customers in a year.

2006 concluded with a record fourth quarter that included close to 100 new customers including: The TOPPS Company Inc., Inlign Wealth Management, New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., Bickmore Risk Services, Prairie Lakes Healthcare Systems, Optimus Solutions, LLC, Floyd Memorial Hospital, Cimarron, Enterprise Bank & Trust, Potomac-Hudson Engineering, Roxar, Inc., ExcelleRx and Isilon Systems.

“Halogen’s flexibility and power is what differentiated Halogen from other vendors,” said Teri Rohrer, firm administrator for new customers Bickmore Risk Services. “It used to take weeks to complete appraisals and determine whether goals were reached or even had significance within the big picture. Some items, like training, seldom tied to anything measurable. Halogen enables us to provide meaningful feedback, based on standard criteria, and hold employees and managers accountable. Halogen really impressed us by closing the communication loop.”

These new customers are attracted to Halogen’s proven track record for delivering quick and substantial ROI, while remaining focused on customer service.

A customer since 2004, Phoenix Children’s Hospital anticipates saving approximately $97,000 per year using Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare. While the financial benefits are important to the hospital so is Halogen’s commitment to its customers.

"One of the reasons Halogen has continued to succeed is because of their focus on the customer. From soliciting input from existing customers about research and product development, to bringing customers together to learn from each other and share knowledge, to developing solutions that customers can quickly and easily adopt, Halogen sets the standard for customer care,” said Steve Youngdahl, manager, human resources systems and processes with Phoenix Children’s Hospital. “They have always been and I expect they will remain our easiest vendor to work with."

Halogen works closely with its customers to ensure their success and to ensure its Employee Performance and Talent Management Suite is focused on customer needs.

Halogen’s fourth quarter in 2006 ended with an 82 percent year-over-year growth in license revenue. “Customer response to our employee performance management solutions has been very positive over the past year. The enthusiasm of our customers is evidence that we are designing best practice tools that meet their needs,” said Paul Loucks, president and CEO of Halogen Software. “We are focused on continuing to help our customers be successful by providing them with solutions that are increasingly powerful, easy to use and accessible.”

During the fourth quarter of 2006, Halogen released Employee Performance and Talent Management Suite 8.0, which included numerous upgrades designed to enable organizations to effectively execute corporate strategy. Upgrades include Halogen eSuccession™ a powerful yet simple-to-use succession planning tool that enables users to get started right away without excessive implementation overhead. Suite 8.0 also includes global-usability improvements and numerous new features for eCompensation™ and eAppraisal™ Healthcare.

About Halogen Software

With nearly 1000 customers worldwide, Halogen Software Inc. has established itself as the leading provider of employee performance and talent management solutions. Halogen offers powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable Web-based software that dramatically improves HR and line-manager productivity. The company's flagship product, Halogen eAppraisal™, automates and simplifies time-consuming employee appraisals. Halogen eAppraisal™ Healthcare, endorsed by the American Hospital Association, was created specifically for the healthcare industry and helps to simplify the task of performing appraisals and meeting accreditation criteria. Halogen e360™ automates and simplifies formal 360-degree feedback procedures and offers sophisticated performance reporting. Halogen eCompensation™ automates the entire compensation adjustment process including budget distribution and approval. Halogen eSuccession™ makes it simple and

Affordable to get a best practices succession-planning program underway at your organization. For further information please visit: http://www. halogensoftware. com/ (http://www. halogensoftware. com/).

Media contacts:

Donna Ronayne

VP, Marketing & Business Development

Halogen Software

T: 613-270-1011 x 320

This press release was distributed through eMediaWire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www. HRmarketer. com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Linda Christas Tutoring Services

Linda Christas Tutoring Services

Linda Christas is a group of organizations dedicated to the improvement of the educational system in the United States

(PRWEB) March 26, 2004

Linda Christas Tutoring Services has opened an office in Marysville, California. Endorsed by leading artists, authors and science professionals, the School promotes excellence in education, especially at the middle school and high school levels.

The philosophy adopted by Linda Christas includes structuring curriculum only AFTER the individual student is known, rather than the reverse, which is unfortunately common in the United States.

Linda Christas believes that the only way a school can affect a student in terms of education is by finding a way to:

Reach the spirit................the big picture, the dreams of the student

Reach the heart.................emotional buy in to the relevance of education as that applies to her dreams, to the big picture

Reach the mind...................by knowing up front what the learning style, aptitudes, skill levels and interests are before adopting curriculum

Reach the body....................by making certain that it remains healthy in support of the big picture.

No Child Left Behind, adopted by the federal administration, can only work if schools are allowed to see the individual. A one size fits all approach to education is a model which no longer works with students in this twenty-first century world.

Survey Shows Sick Workers Often Handle Food, Putting Consumers at Risk of Foodborne Illness, Louisiana Attorney says

Survey Shows Sick Workers Often Handle Food, Putting Consumers at Risk of Foodborne Illness, Louisiana Attorney says

A report indicating that a high number of restaurant workers cook and serve food while ill raises alarming implications about the impact on consumers' health, says Louisiana food safety advocate Richard J. Arsenault of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault.

Alexandria, LA (PRWEB) October 19, 2010

Louisiana food safety advocate Richard J. Arsenault says he is alarmed by a recently issued report that indicates that a high number of restaurant workers handle food while suffering from an illness.

In what it calls the largest national survey sample of restaurant workers ever conducted, Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) surveyed more than 4,000 workers in New York, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Washington, Miami and Maine.

More than 63 percent of the restaurant workers surveyed said they had cooked and served food while sick, which means they possibly passed on a foodborne illness to their customers, Arsenault says.

“This appears to be a fundamental problem within the restaurant industry, and it has dangerous implications for the dining public,” says Arsenault, a partner in the law firm of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault of Alexandria, Louisiana, and the co-chair of the American Association for Justice’s Foodborne Illness Litigation Group.

Arsenault, a veteran of complex civil litigation, has more than 25 years of experience in filing class-action and individual lawsuits across the United States on behalf of victims of waterborne and foodborne illnesses.

“Food poisoning outbreaks are all too often traced back to a sick restaurant worker handling food and passing on harmful bacteria, including bacteria that can cause serious gastrointestinal illnesses,” says Arsenault, whose law firm offers an informative website, My Food Advocate, which provides detailed information about foodborne illnesses and the pathogens and the foods associated with them.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 76 million foodborne illness cases occur in the United States every year, including those involving foods contaminated with pathogens such as E. coli 0157:H7, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Shigella, Norovirus, Campylobacter and Listeria.

Arsenault said that possible solutions to the problem could include offering restaurant workers paid sick days and better work conditions than what is portrayed in the ROC report.

For example, 87.7 percent of the workers surveyed by ROC said they did not receive paid sick days. Because the median wage of restaurant workers nationwide is $8.59 per hour, most workers without paid sick days can’t afford to take the day off from work to recover, the report states.

The survey also showed that workers who experienced a high level of employment law violations in their workplace were more likely to have worked under conditions with negative consumer health impacts.

For instance, 59.6 percent of workers who had experienced overtime violations and 63 percent of workers who had worked “off the clock” without pay reported that they had done something as a result of time pressure that might have harmed the health and safety of the customer.

“The restaurant industry needs to address conditions that increase the possibility of workers engaging in unsafe practices that, in turn, expose diners to foodborne illnesses,” Arsenault says.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Parity Wins IT Consultancy Contract with British American Tobacco

Parity Wins IT Consultancy Contract with British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco Renews Contract with Parity worth £6 million over three years.

(PRWEB) March 17, 2006

British American Tobacco, the international tobacco group, has signed a new contract with IT Solution provider, Parity. The three-year framework agreement has a fixed value of £3 million, with additional business process consultancy and IT Business Solution development projects bringing the total value to an estimated £6 million.

Parity will provide application management services (http://www. parity. net/solutions/solutions/applications_management/default. aspx (http://www. parity. net/solutions/solutions/applications_management/default. aspx)) for business and project-specific applications. It will exploit the knowledge it has gained across the enterprise to help optimise IT management projects that improve business processes and make cost and time savings.

Parity has been working with British American Tobacco for over six years. The contract was due to be put out to tender for the start of 2006. By proving that it could introduce new initiatives and working methods to substantially improve the value it could offer, Parity won back the existing work and a framework agreement to provide additional IT Solution services (www. parity. net/solutions (http://www. parity. net/solutions)).

Thomas Moore, Commercial head of British American Tobacco’s Global Services Division, commented: “Parity has shown that it can adapt to our new demands and add value to our business. We are confident that this relationship will bring about the efficiency in IT that the company needs to continue to thrive.”

“We have streamlined our organisation and completely reshaped our engagement model to justify British American Tobacco’s renewed confidence in Parity. We were determined to innovate and re-energise the way we worked together,” said Alan Feast, British American Tobacco account director at Parity. “We knew that we had considerable capacity to add further value, and were keen to demonstrate what we could offer, bringing to bear our knowledge of the organisation and management, as well as technical, expertise.”

Parity worked hard to ensure it had full support for its new model of engagement. “Parity has re-invented many of the ways it works with us,” said David Sampson, Head of HQIT at British American Tobacco. “It has taken on board our new requirements and changes in our internal approach and has proved itself capable of adapting the way it works to match. For many years Parity has been an important partner to HQIT and this contract renewal speaks to an equally bright future”

In the future Parity’s staff will work as a virtual extension of the company’s internal IT resources on applications management, technical design, programme and project management and business process consultancy (www. parity. net/consulting (http://www. parity. net/consulting)).

At present, Parity is working on a portfolio of consulting projects and is supporting 37 applications. Under the new agreement, it will have increased responsibility for deliverables bringing about cost, time and manpower savings with blended teams on and off site. This approach underpins British American Tobacco’s overall business drive to rationalise IT suppliers and optimise business processes to deliver substantially increased value.

Editorial notes

About Parity Group Plc:

Parity, uniquely for its size, offers a full range of IT Services to major companies including:

Business process consultancy

IT Training

Management training

Change Management Training

Development and management of complex IT systems

Oracle and Microsoft technology and application skills

Permanent and temporary IT staff

Customers across the group include Alcatel, Allianz, AT&T, British American Tobacco, CISCO, Department for Education & Skills, Department for Work & Pensions, Glaxo Smith Kline, HBOS, Hewlett Packard, HM Revenue & Customs, HSBC, IBM, ICI, Ministry of Defence, NASA, Connecting for Health at the NHS, O2, Perot Systems, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, The Cabinet Office, The Meteorological Office and T-Systems.

For more information on Parity, visit www. parity. net or contact Warren Tsoi.

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Clinical Results Confirm the Efficacy of Pollogen's TriPollar Anti-Aging Technology

Clinical Results Confirm the Efficacy of Pollogen's TriPollar Anti-Aging Technology

The Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy recently published a study that provides ex-vivo evidence that TriPollar Radio Frequency technology is the most advanced solution for fat reduction, skin tightening and cellulite treatment

(PRWEB) May 25, 2010

Dr. Boisnic from the world-renowned Pitié Salpétrière Hospital in Paris, France together with researcher MC Branchet from GREDECO dermatology & cosmetology Research and Evaluation Group, conducted an extensive ex-vivo clinical trial evaluating the biological mechanism of the TriPollar technology (http://www. pollogen. com/Tripollar-RF-Technology/Tripollar-Overview. html). The trial provided clear histopathological evidence confirming the efficacy of TriPollar technology in reducing fat, tightening the skin and treating cellulite. The study entitled "Ex vivo human skin evaluation of localized fat reduction and anti-aging effect by TriPollar radio frequency treatments" is available online at http://informahealthcare. com/doi/abs/10.3109/14764170903376232 (http://informahealthcare. com/doi/abs/10.3109/14764170903376232)

The ex-vivo clinical evaluation was performed using human skin fragments harvested from abdominoplasty and face lifts which were maintained in survival conditions. The samples underwent RF treatment using the apollo system (http://www. pollogen. com/Cellulite-Treatments-Apollo-/apollo. html) powered by TriPollar 3rd generation Radio Frequency technology. Following treatment, there was a significant increase in lipolysis in the abdominal samples. The structure of the fat cells was altered and a modification of the fibrous tracts was also detected in the fat layer. In addition, there was a statistically significant increase of released glycerol proving the fat reduction mechanism. Histological analysis of the hypodermis and dosages of released glycerol confirmed the effectiveness of TriPollar technology in getting rid of cellulite (http://www. pollogen. com/Before-And-After/Body-Contouring. html). Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the dermal fibroblasts were stimulated and collagen synthesis was increased resulting in collagen repair and regeneration leading to statistically significant skin tightening results and anti aging results.

The findings demonstrated in this study confirmed and further expanded previously published results about the efficacy of the TriPollar technology in anti aging and fat reduction.

Dr. Boisnic commented: "We are delighted by the results of the trial. It was fundamental for me, both as a scientist and as a practicing aesthetic professional, to explore the biological effects of the TriPollar technology.
It was remarkable to see how well the samples responded to the TriPollar treatment demonstrating measurable reduction of fat cells, an improvement in cellulite and great skin tightening results. The study provided me with greater clarity as to how the TriPollar RF works and increased my confidence in the technology."

Pollogen's CEO, Mr. Ohad Goren stated: Pollogen is dedicated to the highest level of technological and clinical standards and we are very pleased that the study results further validated our claims. TriPollar technology is the most advanced RF technology available in the market for non-invasive facial and body shaping. We design advanced anti-aging products that improve the wellbeing of patients' worldwide. Thousands of satisfied patients have reported that TriPollar helped them get rid of cellulite, stubborn fat deposits and tightened their skin. Treatment with TriPollar is fast and simple and patients can immediately resume their daily routine. In April, Pollogen launched its next generation technology platform - the TriLipo technology (http://www. pollogen. com/TriLipo-Fat-Reduction/what-is-trilipo-technology. html) that provides triple action fat reduction. The results are fantastic and we are confident that TriLipo will become the next industry standard."

About Pollogen:
Pollogen Ltd. develops, manufactures and markets professional medical aesthetic devices, powered by proprietary TriLipo and TriPollar technologies. Pollogen offers a full line of clinically-proven, non-invasive anti aging body and facial shaping treatment platforms for fat reduction, cellulite treatment, stretch marks reduction and circumference reduction as well as skin tightening, wrinkles and fine lines removal. The flagship aesthetic devices, Maximus, apollo and regen XL offer customers clinically-proven, safe and effective anti-aging beauty treatments that deliver immediate and long-lasting results. To learn more, please visit the Pollogen website at http://www. pollogen. com (http://www. pollogen. com)

About TriLipo Technology:

TriLipo™ technology is the latest superior solution for effective non-invasive localized fat reduction and body shaping. Using triple action for fat reduction - the system applies thermal RF to release liquid fat from the subcutaneous tissue, removes the released fat via a patented active lymphatic drainage mechanism, and tightens the skin to deliver a smoother and more defined silhouette.

Patients can see fat reduction results immediately and within only 4 sessions can effectively redefine their body shape and get rid of cellulite. TriLipo technology has undergone extensive clinical evaluations that have confirmed the safety and efficacy of the system for body re-shaping.

The TriLipo non-invasive body contouring solution was launched at the Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress & Medispa (AMWC 8th Edition) held April 8-10, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

For further information please visit http://www. pollogen. com (http://www. pollogen. com)

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C&R Flooring Revolutionizes Hardwood Floor Refinishing in New England

C&R Flooring Revolutionizes Hardwood Floor Refinishing in New England

C&R Flooring is the first hardwood flooring company in New England to offer customers dust-free floor refinishing with its new dust-free refinishing system.

Medfield, MA (PRWEB) October 30, 2004 -

— C&R Flooring is the first hardwood flooring company in New England to offer customers dust-free floor refinishing with its new dust-free refinishing system. There is no question that hardwood floors add beauty, warmth and value to a home. To enhance and preserve this investment, hardwood floors must be maintained and periodically refinished. Until now, homeowners have had to make a difficult decision -- live with scuffed and dull hardwood floors or live with the nightmarish clean-up after having them refinished. Refinishing hardwood floors means removing drapes, furnishings and sensitive electronic equipment from the home to avoid permanent damage. What’s more, dust from the process spreads through the house and can linger in the home months after floors are refinished. Not only does this create a mess, but also lowers the air quality in your home.

C&R Flooring of Medfield, MA, a leader in the New England flooring business, now offers homeowners an alternative in hardwood maintenance with its dust-free floor refinishing system. Exclusive to C&R, this system combines the power of an industrial strength vacuum system with top-quality refinishing equipment to create the best dust containment and removal system. The refinisher captures the airborne dust generated from the sanding process and collects it outside of the home in a specially fitted truck. “This system allows us to virtually eliminate the dust produced from sanding hardwood floors”, states Chris Zizza, local hardwood flooring expert and President of C&R Flooring. “This improves the health of the home, protects sensitive electronics such as home theater equipment or computers, and virtually eliminates the post-sanding dust clean-up.”

Local homeowners agree that the new, powerful dust-free system is revolutionizing the way hardwood floors are refinished in New England. Rich Fruci, a Construction Manager for a New England construction company and homeowner in Norton, MA, said “we had heard a lot of horror stories about having floors done and the mess that it makes your whole house. With this new system, there was no dust whatsoever and it required no clean up on our part.” Protecting a home’s valuables is also a benefit of the new system. Craig Rafter, a Dover homeowner said, “C&R Flooring did a beautiful job refinishing our floors. Not only was there no dust, but I saved the expense of having my drapes taken down and re-hung by our window treatment specialist.”

“We recognize that people’s time is valuable and we wanted to offer homeowners a faster, cleaner and healthier way to get the beautiful finish to their hardwood floors that they are looking for”, said Zizza.

About C&R Flooring

For over 18 years, C&R Flooring has sold, installed and refinished thousands of feet of wood flooring for New England's most discriminating homeowners and contractors. C&R is the region's most knowledgeable flooring company with a professional and courteous staff. A long-term partner of Van Millwork, C&R continues in VanÂ’s tradition of top-notch quality and customer service. For more information about C&R Flooring please call (508) 359-9299 or visit their website at: www. candrflooring. com.

About Van Millwork

Van Millwork has been providing the finest interior millwork to high quality builders throughout New England for more than 35 years. Unique to the industry, Van specializes exclusively on quality interior finish: doors, mouldings, stair parts, columns, mantles and custom woodwork. Van has the largest selection of stock materials as well as the most experienced sales force to consult with you on your millwork needs. VanÂ’s Custom Division, located in Fitchburg, MA combines state-of-the-art technology with old world craftsmanship to produce the finest custom cabinetry, panelization and casegoods. The company has two showrooms for builders and their customers: one in the corporate office location in Bellingham, MA and one on the Cape in Mashpee, MA. For more information about Van please call (508) 966-4141 or visit their website at: www. vanmillwork. com.

Contact: Kristen Koehler 

Tel.: 508-966-4437, ext. 232

E-mail: kkoehler@vanmillwork. com

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Why Can’t Smart People Keep Their Mouths Shut, Susanna Theo Explains

Why Can’t Smart People Keep Their Mouths Shut, Susanna Theo Explains

General McChrystal canned in Afghanistan over comments; BP Oil head keeps foot in his mouth.

Washington, DC (Vocus) June 27, 2010

General Stanley McChrystal is relieved of his command of the war in Afghanistan 48 hours after inflammatory comments about his civilian bosses appeared in a Rolling Stone magazine profile. BP Oil chief executive Tony Hayward makes constant insensitive gaffes in the wake of the Gulf Oil spill, including being photographed going yachting during the crisis and telling a reporter that he “wants his life back.” Vice President Joe Biden tells the President that passage of health care legislation is “a big f***ing deal” and the off-color comment is picked up by nearby microphones.

McChrystal, Hayward and Biden join a long list of otherwise intelligent people who just can’t seem to stop talking, even when it gets them in trouble. Why do people have such a tough time holding their tongue?

Are these comments happening more frequently due to the advent of 24/7 media coverage? Are public figures more prone to speak off the cuff than in the past? Or, are these people just more likely to make inappropriate comments because they are so out of touch with everyday people?

Protocol and Etiquette Susanna Theo has answers, and they may surprise you. Susanna has earned the nickname “Civility Sue” for her hard work in what she calls “redefining civility for a new generation.” Ms. Theo has worked for over two decades with business and government leaders in helping them to craft their public persona and on and off the record comments. Her Virginia based Protocol and Etiquette Services covers everything from what to say and not to say to which fork to hold at a formal state dinner.

Talk with Susanna Theo about the very public missteps by McChrystal, Hayward, Biden and others, why they make such obvious errors in judgment and how YOU can keep from making similar mistakes in your business and personal life.

To interview Susanna Theo, contact Allen Media Strategies Aaron Leistner at (703) 589-8960. To find out more about Protocol Etiquette Services, log on to www. protocoletiquette. com.

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The New Silver Solution

The New Silver Solution

The New Silver Solution is a supplement that you need to boost your immune system for the up coming Avian Flu.

(PRWEB) November 19, 2005

The NEW Solution® is a silver solution, that has a patented process of making the bacteria - killing - yet safe - small particles of silver. The NEW Solution® is the only patented silver product of this kind in the world today. The NEW Solution® is so effective at killing bacteria that even after being diluted to 1/200 of the original 10 ppm level, the NEW Solution® was still able to kill all the bacteria in raw river water in less than 20 minutes. The NEW Solution® has also been proven very safe to use. Even when tested at 200 times the normal adult dosage, the NEW Silver Solution® was found to be completely non-toxic. The NEW Silver Solution® is the only silver solution of this type on the market that has been proven both safe for use and very effective at killing bacteria.

Humanitarian Aid: The New Silver Solution is the only colloidal silver approved by an international health consortium as an antibiotic alternative, for use in its hospitals and water treatment units in Africa, South America, and Asia.

Patented: This is the only colloidal silver producer with a product so new and effective that it was deemed a new product, and therefore approved for patent by the United States Patent Agency. The New Silver Solution has the only two patent approvals on a colloidal silver product in the last 80 years. The patent has also been filed internationally, as well as specifically in Japan.

FDA: The New Silver Solution is the only colloidal silver product that has been able to be filed with the FDA for drug approval. The New Silver Solution has already received approval by the FDA to begin phase-two testing of the product. The New Silver Solution has been filed for use in both humans and pets.

Nutronix has the exclusive, worldwide marketing rights to 14 ppm New Silver Solution.

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Viral Therapeutics, Inc., Expands Operations In Pharmacogenetics By Purchasing DzGenes

Viral Therapeutics, Inc., Expands Operations In Pharmacogenetics By Purchasing DzGenes

The purchase of DzGenes by Viral Therapeutics, Inc. (VTI) combines DzGenes pharmacogenetics capabilities and IP portfolio with VTI's gene expression, protein identification, recombinant protein development and commercialization expertise.

(PRWEB) February 28, 2003

Ithaca, NY and St. Louis, MO, 6 February 2003 – Viral Therapeutics, Inc. of Ithaca, NY and DzGenes, L. L.C. of St. Louis, MO. announced today that they have completed an asset purchase agreement. The transaction is expected to significantly expand Viral Therapeutic’s ability to perform disease gene association and genetic marker validation studies. Viral Therapeutics believes this action potentially provides a pipeline of validated genes for downstream development of diagnostic and therapeutic products.

“This transaction unites Viral Therapeutics’ leading expertise in proteins and DzGenes’ vast collection of diverse populations and clinical data. We believe this will significantly expand our capabilities in BioPharma development and increase the services we can offer clients through our BioTech Services. For example, one of the key assets we purchased were patent submissions linking 96 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with end stage renal disease. We would like to work with a client to determine which of these SNPs are functional and validate new diagnostic and therapeutic targets. The protocols developed by DzGenes and its human DNA sample collection should permit Viral Therapeutics and its clients to find, identify, and characterize disease associations. These capabilities will be important to companies conducting clinical trials that need to understand the genetic differences between positive and negative responders. Clinical trials are often stopped when toxicity and efficacy problems surface, but many of these could proceed if the adverse responders could be identified as a unique group(s). Drug companies may also be able to more effectively allocate scarce research dollars by using haplotype analyses of patients to do a substantially better job of estimating future market size even while still very early in a drug’s development. (The term haplotype refers to the combination of DNA alterations, including single nucleotide polymorphisms “SNPs”, that occur together on a chromosome. Common haplotypes exist because, in most genes, physically proximal SNPs tend to be inherited together.)

“The acquisitions of Gemini Genomics, Axys Pharmaceutical, Sequana Therapeutics, Variagenics and now DzGenes is testimony to the fact that companies with clinical samples and a focus on linking diseases to genes have created valuable intellectual property portfolios and have established the means for generating even more breakthrough discoveries” says Terry Kungel, DzGenes’ Chief Executive Officer. “One of the most compelling reasons for doing the transaction with Viral Therapeutics was the fact that we recognized that while the preliminary disease association between a SNP, or a haploytype, and a disease is very important, it is also insufficient. Viral Therapeutics can potentially help every company that linked diseases to genetic polymorphisms do the required work in protein analyses needed to validate their findings.”

About Viral Therapeutics, Inc.

Viral Therapeutics has an early drug pipeline in infectious disease. The Company has a strong expertise in recombinant protein expression, development and scale up with nearly 8 years of experience and over 55 clients who purchase diagnostic proteins and contract development capabilities. VTI has a focus on early stage biopharmaceutical development with proprietary technologies and a portfolio of over 100 licensed patents.

Information about Viral Therapeutics, Inc. is available at www. viral-therapeutics. com, or by contacting Dr. Lee A. Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, 607-266-0860, lah@viral-therapeutics. com

About DzGenes, L. L.C.

DzGenes was committed to becoming a leading and innovative force in helping pharmaceutical companies and health care providers improve drug efficacy and clinical outcomes by addressing genetic variations among patients. The Company utilized unique approaches in creating 9 diagnostic patent submissions and it developed proprietary know-how managing its own 10,000+ outbred sample collection.

Information about DzGenes, L. L.C. is available at www. DzGenes. com, or by contacting Terry Kungel, 314-308-1780, TKungel@ATTGlobal. net

Forward Looking Statements

Statements contained in this press release which are not historical in nature, are intended to be, and are hereby identified as “forward looking statements” for purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements may be identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “may,” “estimate,” “goals,” and “potential,” among others. Such statements are based on our management’s current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and performance could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements as a result of many factors, including, without limitation, the risk that we may not successfully integrate the DzGenes business following our recent purchase of assets transaction, uncertainties relating to drug discovery, clinical development processes and the development and commercialization of our diagnostics technology; changes in relationships with strategic partners and dependence upon strategic partners for the performance of critical activities under collaborative agreements; the impact of competitive products and technological changes; uncertainties relating to patent protection and regulatory approval; and uncertainties relating to our ability to obtain substantial additional funds required for progress in drug discovery and development. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward looking statements.

Friday, April 18, 2008

All-Natural Body Care Industry Leaders, Soap Hope and Hugo Naturals, Solidify Strategic Partnership

All-Natural Body Care Industry Leaders, Soap Hope and Hugo Naturals, Solidify Strategic Partnership

Soap Hope and Hugo Naturals, both leaders in the all-natural body care industry, form a strategic partnership to expand distribution of Hugo Naturals' line of products through Soap Hope's multi-channel distribution network.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 7, 2009

Soap Hope of Dallas, Texas, and Hugo Naturals of Chatsworth, California, two of the leading businesses in the all-natural body care industry, have formed a strategic, long-term partnership to expand distribution of Hugo Naturals' line of products through Soap Hope's multi-channel distribution network. Soap Hope's product offering has been strengthened and deepened with the addition of a wide variety of Hugo Naturals' products. Hugo Naturals benefits from Soap Hope's extensive market reach through Soap Hope's online retail stores, social networking programs, and relationships with community groups focused on women's issues.

Hugo Naturals is a leading manufacturer of all-natural, high-quality and affordable body care products. Soap Hope is a leading online distributor of all-natural body care brands. Customers may now buy Hugo Naturals products at SoapHope. com (http://www. soaphope. com).

"Hugo Naturals is pleased to have a developing retail partnership with SoapHope. com," says David Greenbaum, vice president of sales for Hugo Naturals. "Our companies share common values about responsibility and sustainability. Consumers are actively seeking out companies like ours. They prefer to buy products from companies that take their social responsibilities seriously."

The companies' new strategic partnership leverages each other's unique capabilities and characteristics: Soap Hope's extensive community reach and Hugo Naturals' reputation as one of the most trusted manufacturers of all-natural products. Soap Hope has seen dramatic growth since its founding in December 2008 through unique marketing programs that focus on three priorities: women's issues, environmental sustainability and all-natural living. Hugo Naturals is a leading voice for sustainable and healthy living and has a committed customer following.

The partnership is fresh but both companies have already seen its benefits.

"After announcing the partnership between Hugo Naturals and Soap Hope, we received a strong and positive response from both our customers and our distribution partners. We're including information about Hugo Naturals in every communication to our customers, and the response has been outstanding," says Craig Tiritilli, co-founder of Soap Hope.

Soap Hope recently attained national attention by announcing in April, 2009 that it will each year invest 100 percent of annual profits for a rolling period of one year into microlending funds for women entrepreneurs around the world. In addition, Soap Hope is launching initiatives with local and national women's groups.

Soap Hope's product line is bolstered by the addition of Hugo Naturals soaps (http://store. soaphope. com/Hugo-Naturals-s/62.htm) and other reputable products. Founder Hugo Saavedra gained national recognition for his aptitude with all-natural and exotic ingredients through Sanfer Farms, which supplied ingredients to celebrity chefs. Later, Saavedra expanded his business to include all-natural body care products with the Hugo Naturals line.

"The new partnership between Soap Hope and Hugo Naturals is an instinctive fit," says Tiritilli. Both companies share key values and business practices such as providing high-quality products, maintaining focus on the customer, improving health and quality of life through the use of botanical ingredients and open communication with customers regarding ingredients and business practices.

Each company also places a premium on education about its products and business practices. Saavedra maintains a blog, Hugo's Natural Blog (http://hugo. typepad. com/my_weblog/), discussing the importance and benefits of all-natural ingredients in body care products. Soap Hope's blog, the Soap Hope Learning Center (http://store. soaphope. com/Soap-Hope-Learning-Center-s/55.htm), contains articles to help consumers learn about body care products, ingredients, choices and the company's micro lending practices.

About Hugo Naturals
Founded by Hugo Saavedra in 2006 and based in Chatsworth, C. A., Hugo Naturals creates all-natural hand-crafted body care products. The product line includes bar soap, shampoos and conditioners, lotions, shower gels, balms and candles. By using only the best ingredients, Hugo Naturals maintains its reputation as a luxury yet affordable product line. For more information about Hugo Naturals, contact David Greenbaum at 206-396-6896.

About Soap Hope
Texas businessmen Salah Boukadoum and Craig Tiritilli founded Soap Hope in 2008 after the sale of their technology company. Located in Dallas, TX the company promotes environmentally friendly business practices and invests 100 percent of its profits into micro-lending funds for women entrepreneurs. The company is best known for carrying high-quality, handcrafted products to its online customers. For information and to buy Hugo Naturals products visit SoapHope. com (http://store. soaphope. com). For more information about Soap Hope, contact Salah Boukadoum at 888-893-7627.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Healthcare Organizations Must Learn the Language of Cultural Competence

Healthcare Organizations Must Learn the Language of Cultural Competence

A physician-patient language barrier can undermine the quality and accessibility of healthcare for that patient. But cultural misunderstandings can have more subtle consequences. For example, the forefinger-to - thumb gesture that signals “Okay” to Americans is considered obscene by European - and South American-born patients. Similarly, a soothing pat on the head renders extremely uncomfortable some Buddhist patients who believe the head is the repository of the soul. Translating cultural differences into improved quality and accessibility of healthcare is the purpose of “Cultural Diversity in Healthcare: Addressing Differences to Overcome Barriers,” a May 18, 2005 audio conference sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN). Two healthcare organizations will describe how their diversity programs are addressing the needs of culturally diverse population.

Manasquan, NJ (PRWEB) April 26, 2005

A physician-patient language barrier can undermine the quality and accessibility of healthcare for that patient. But cultural misunderstandings can have more subtle consequences. For example, the forefinger-to - thumb gesture that signals “Okay” to Americans is considered obscene by European - and South American-born patients. Similarly, a soothing pat on the head renders extremely uncomfortable some Buddhist patients who believe the head is the repository of the soul.

Translating cultural differences into improved quality and accessibility of healthcare is the purpose of “Cultural Diversity in Healthcare: Addressing Differences to Overcome Barriers,” a May 18, 2005 audio conference sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN). Two healthcare organizations will describe how their diversity programs are addressing the needs of culturally diverse populations. The audio conference is scheduled for 1:30 p. m. to 3:00 p. m. Eastern time on May 18, 2005. For more details on attending the audio conference, please visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? diverserel (http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? diverserel).

“With the growing ethnic and cultural diversity of the American population, it makes good business sense for healthcare organizations to be culturally competent. This can reduce ethnic/racial disparities in healthcare and attract more minority consumers, who accounted for 70 percent of the U. S. population growth between 1988-1998,” said Melanie Matthews, the executive vice president of HIN. “In addition, providing culturally diverse services can improve outcomes where cultural differences can impact care.” Medicare, Medicaid and other public purchasers are putting increased value on cultural competence and quality, she added.

Audio conference panelists include Elsa Batica, Cross-Cultural Health Development and Training Manager at Children's Hospital and Clinic in Minneapolis and Loretta Estes, Coordinator of Cultural and Linguistics Services at Passport Health Plan in Kentucky. These speakers will describe strategies for increasing cultural competence, including:

Training culturally responsive healthcare providers; Addressing language barriers in healthcare access/delivery; Building management support for cultural diverse programs; Working with the community to address cultural issues; and Reviewing case studies of the ways their organization is serving culturally diverse populations.

This audio conference is scheduled for 1:30 p. m. to 3:00 p. m. Eastern time on May 18, 2005. It will conclude with a live question-and-answer period when participants can tap the presentersÂ’ expertise and ensure that all aspects of the subject are addressed. A recorded version of this audio conference will be available on CD-ROM in early June.

This audio conference is designed to benefit CEOs, medical directors, executives responsible for culturally competent healthcare, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses, business development and strategic planning directors. For more information on the conference, please email info@hin. com, call toll-free (888) 446-3530 or visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? diverserel (http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? diverserel).

About the Healthcare Intelligence Network---HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info@hin. com, or visit http://www. hin. com (http://www. hin. com).

Contact: Patricia Donovan

Phone: (732) 528-4468

Fax: (732) 292-3073

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

"happythankyoumoreplease" Continues to Win Over Festival Audiences

"happythankyoumoreplease" Continues to Win Over Festival Audiences

"happythankyoumoreplease," wins the audience award at the 15th annual Gen Art Film Festival in New York.

Rogers, AR (Vocus) April 17, 2010

"happythankyoumoreplease" (http://www. facebook. com/pages/happythankyoumoreplease/193536727022), the audience favorite at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, continued to please viewers last week, taking home the audience award at the 15th annual Gen Art Film Festival in New York.

The directorial debut from writer-director-actor Josh Radnor (http://www. cbs. com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/bio/josh_radnor/bio. php) ("How I Met Your Mother") “happythankyoumoreplease," featuring Radnor, Malin Akerman, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Pablo Schreiber, Tony Hale and Richard Jenkins opened the Gen Art Film Festival on April 7th at the historic Ziegfeld Theatre.

"We're thrilled that 'happythankyoumoreplease' is getting such good reactions from the audiences," said Susannah Patton, director of marketing and publicity for Hannover House. "It just proves what we already knew, which is that viewers really embrace this film and have a great time watching it."

"happythankyoumoreplease" will be the centerpiece film at the San Fransisco International Film Festival, which runs April 22 through May 6.

Hannover House (http://www. hannoverhouse. com) will open the romantic comedy at theaters in New York on August 20 followed by an expansion on September 3 to the top 25 markets nationwide.

"happythankyoumoreplease" centers around six New Yorkers in their late-twenties/early-thirties struggling with love and adulthood. Josh Radnor stars as Sam, a struggling writer with commitment issues. While riding the subway one day, Sam meets a young boy who has been separated from his foster family and a friendship ensues.

Sam's colorful group of friends include Annie (Malin Akerman "Watchman," "Couples Retreat"), who has a rare medical condition and an unhealthy pattern of dating the wrong men; Mary Catherine (Zoe Kazan "It's Complicated") and Charlie (Pablo Schreiber "The Wire" ), a couple whose relationship is tested by a potential move to Los Angeles; and Mississippi (Kate Mara "We Are Marshall," "Brokeback Mountain" ), an aspiring singer who catches Sam's eye.

"happythankyoumoreplease" was written and directed by Josh Radnor. Producers were Jesse Hara of Tom Sawyer Entertainment, Benji Kohn, Chris Papavasiliou and Austin Stark of Paper Street Films. Executive Producers were Glenn Williamson, Peter Sterling, and Bingo Gubelmann.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Homeland Security Chief Medical Officer Warns Health Policy and Administration Grads To Prepare for a Disease-Like Terrorist Attack

Homeland Security Chief Medical Officer Warns Health Policy and Administration Grads To Prepare for a Disease-Like Terrorist Attack

The U. S. government must deal with disease outbreaks just like a terrorist attack, the newly appointed chief medical officer of the Department of Homeland Security told graduates of the Health Policy and Administration certificate programs at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health.

Chapel Hill, NC (PRWEB) January 12, 2006

The U. S. government must deal with disease outbreaks just like a terrorist attack, the newly appointed chief medical officer of the Department of Homeland Security told graduates of the Health Policy and Administration certificate programs at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health.

Dr. Jeffrey Runge said the United States must now look at health in a “whole new way,” including preparing for and responding to significant health events, such as a pandemic outbreak of the bird flu virus.

“We need to reorganize, not to protect buildings, but to protect people,” said Runge.

The graduation ceremony was held Saturday for 33 graduates of the department's Community Preparedness and Disaster Management (CPDM) and Health Care Management (HCM) certificate programs. CPDM graduates were primarily North Carolina community leaders in emergency services and other health fields who took the 12-month program to enhance their knowledge of management systems used to combat national and man-made disasters. The HCM graduates were comprised primarily of new or recent healthcare managers.

Runge told the audience that the work that must be done to prepare for a natural disaster, terrorist attack or disease outbreak will begin at the local and state level, not in Washington.

“As a nation, we are only as prepared as communities are prepared,” said Runge. “That means we must be prepared from the top to the smallest community. We are only as strong as the weakest link.”

Prior to being appointed to his current position, Runge was the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and assistant chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Taught almost entirely online, the Community Preparedness and Disaster Management and Health Care Management certificate programs offered by the Health Policy and Administration department are designed for working professionals seeking to expand their knowledge and training in their respective fields. For more information about either one of these programs, call (919) 843-1219.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

HealthEdge Receives $13 Million Investment Commitment to Fund Significant Growth

HealthEdge Receives $13 Million Investment Commitment to Fund Significant Growth

HealthEdge, the leading provider of next-generation claims and benefit administration, business intelligence and portal software products for healthcare payors, today announced that it has secured a $13 million investment commitment from Psilos Group, a leading healthcare venture capital and private equity firm.

Burlington, MA (PRWEB) April 24, 2008

HealthEdge, the leading provider of next-generation claims and benefit administration, business intelligence and portal software products for healthcare payors, today announced that it has secured a $13 million investment commitment from Psilos Group, a leading healthcare venture capital and private equity firm.

"We believe that HealthEdge's HealthRules is the only software platform that meets the needs of today's healthcare marketplace," said Dr. Albert Waxman, senior managing member of Psilos Group. "The legacy systems currently in use at most health plans cannot respond to the evolving consumer-focused healthcare economy which demands support for personalized benefits and complex financial transaction management. HealthEdge is uniquely positioned to provide payor organizations of all sizes the ability to quickly offer the kinds of innovative products that the market demands and to make long overdue reductions in administrative overhead. Psilos is excited to extend our support of HealthEdge as it continues to expand its products and services."

"We are seeing unprecedented demand for our products," remarked Rob Gillette, CEO of HealthEdge. "The healthcare payor community has now realized that a contemporary software platform, built with the next generation of healthcare in mind, is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. We are extremely pleased to have Psilos Group as our investment partner."

HealthEdge will use the funds to increase the size of its business and to continue to invest in advanced product capabilities.

About HealthEdge
HealthEdge provides health plans, TPAs, PPOs and insurers of all sizes unique software products that enable them to compete in the new healthcare market. Payor organizations are able to pursue innovative, new strategies focused on increasing revenue, decreasing costs and improving the quality of healthcare. HealthEdge provides HealthRules®, a next-generation, patented software platform for core administrative processes, business intelligence, and web self-service. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

About Psilos Group
Psilos Group has been a successful healthcare venture capital and private equity firm since its founding in 1998. With over $500MM under management, Psilos focuses its investments across the healthcare services, healthcare information technology, and medical technology sectors. Psilos invests nationwide in businesses that are poised to create enduring market value by fundamentally improving the U. S. healthcare system. Our portfolio companies are sustainable and high-value businesses that have a demonstrated ability to reduce the costs of healthcare delivery, improve clinical quality and advance the alignment of payer, patient and provider incentives. Psilos has offices in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

For more information, contact:

Maria Malavenda
SVP, Marketing
HealthEdge
781-419-6134
Mmalavenda @ healthedge. com

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