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

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

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

Taunton, Massachusetts (PRWEB) November 13, 2006

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

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

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

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

About Tribe Mediterranean Foods

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

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

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

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

(PRWEB) October 23, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

About Omega Health Systems

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

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

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

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New Approach for HIPAA and Hospital Training Documentation

New Approach for HIPAA and Hospital Training Documentation

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

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 1, 2004

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

These content programs are available in the following formats:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contact:

Judy Terracina

Administrative Assistant

866-864-2266

419 N. Larchmont Blvd., #323

Los Angeles, CA 90004

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

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

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

Elburn, IL (PRWEB) March 7, 2006 –-

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kelly O’Connell at 888-657-7788

Website: www. aquacore. com

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

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

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

Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 13, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

About Clements International

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

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One Billionth Biotechnology Acre and Counting

One Billionth Biotechnology Acre and Counting

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

(PRWEB) May 11, 2005

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) February 8, 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

About DrugNatural. com

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

About Dr. Vaishnav

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

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