GlobalVetLink Achieves Nationwide Validation

GlobalVetLink Achieves Nationwide Validation

All Fifty States Now Authorize Veterinarians to Utilize the GVL Electronic Health Certification System

Ames, IA (PRWEB) August 4, 2010

GlobalVetLink (GVL®), the leader in electronic animal health documentation, reached a long sought-after milestone as Rhode Island became the 50th state to authorize electronic issuance of veterinary health certificates managed through their subscription-based online system. This achievement establishes GVL’s digital system as the nationally recognized legal equivalent to traditional paper processes required for interstate movement. Beyond convenience, GVL's system provides a far more accurate and secure approach to insuring health certificate compliance. Now veterinarians are able to effectively document the movement of animals to and from all 50 states and three U. S. Territories in real time.

“GVL’s nationwide recognition makes the job of regulated movement of food production and competitive animals all that more efficient,” states Conrad Schmidt, DVM, of GlobalVetLink’s board of directors. “Veterinarians can now provide current and verified certificates of health electronically nationwide. This not only controls costs for owners, it plays a vital role in preventing the potential for inadvertent cross-state disease transmission.” GVL user, Dr. Caroline Niederman of Houston, TX concurs, “Veterinarians and owners love the GVL service. Health certificate documentation requirements are simplified and available to any official at any time. It not only saves time, it serves an important role in veterinary medicine nationwide.”

ABOUT GLOBALVETLINK
Since GlobalVetLink's (www. globalvetlink. com) inception in 1999, over 150 million animal movements have been qualified and monitored by GVL services. The company’s electronic system eases veterinary paperwork burden and improves the efficiency of the animal health regulatory process. With a national database including digital photo capability, connectivity with diagnostic laboratories, state animal health officials and animal owners, GVL is THE digital resource for assuring safe animal movement.

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Robotic Surgery Expert Joins Children’s National Medical Center

Robotic Surgery Expert Joins Children’s National Medical Center

Craig Peters will lead efforts to improve surgical precision through robotic technologies

Washington, DC (Vocus) October 27, 2010

Children’s National Medical Center has appointed Craig Peters, MD, chief of Surgical Technology and Translation in the Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care and Principal Investigator in the Bioengineering Initiative of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. Dr. Peters has a special interest in applying robotics in pediatric surgery, which to date has not benefited fully from these advanced technologies. His research will focus on customized surgical planning and evaluation, enhanced visualization during surgery, and minimal and noninvasive surgical methods. Clinically, Dr. Peters joins Children’s Division of Urology where he will treat infants, children, and adolescents with a variety of urological disorders.

“Robotic surgery has been my passion for the last eight or nine years of my work in minimally invasive surgery in urology,” Dr. Peters said. “The potential exists for robotic technology to improve surgery for children through better visualization, manipulation of tissues, and access to small areas. The Sheikh Zayed Institute provides unparalleled opportunities and resources to lead a paradigm shift in surgery toward greater precision and better outcomes.”

The Sheikh Zayed Institute, which aims to make surgery more precise, less invasive, and pain free, is made possible by a $150 million gift from the Government of Abu Dhabi. The Bioengineering Initiative supports those goals by harnessing the full power of science and technology to make treatment more precise.

“Dr. Peters is an important part of our growing team of surgeons, researchers, and engineers that is coming together to transform children’s surgery,” said Kurt Newman, MD, senior vice president for the Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. “Robotics is an important part of that effort because it can improve how we as surgeons see and navigate within a child’s body. The benefit to children is less painful procedures and more successful outcomes.”

Dr. Peters comes to Children’s National Medical Center from the University of Virginia where he was the John E. Cole Professor of Urology and Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology at the University of Virginia Health System. Previously, he was at Children’s Hospital in Boston, where his group established the largest pediatric urologic robotics program. Dr. Peters received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

“I think robotics does need to be seen as a new surgical paradigm,” Dr. Peters said. “It has the potential to enhance our interactions with patients in multiple ways to improve outcomes and reduce morbidity. The tools we have today are first generation technologies. It is exciting to have the chance to participate in their evolution and further development through research here at the Institute.”

Related links:
 Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Medical Center  Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care  Division of Urology

Contact: Jennifer Stinebiser or Paula Darte: 202-476-4500.

About Children’s National Medical Center
Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation’s children since 1870. Home to Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is consistently ranked among the top pediatric hospitals by U. S.News & World Report and the Leapfrog Group. With 283 beds, more than 1,330 nurses, 550 physicians, and seven regional outpatient centers, Children’s National is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the Washington metropolitan area. Children’s National has been recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet® designated hospital, the highest level of recognition for nursing excellence that a medical center can achieve. For more information, visit http://www. ChildrensNational. org, receive the latest news from the Children's National press room, or follow us Facebook and Twitter.

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Cherry Prime – The Next Generation of Maintaining Healthy Joints and a Healthy Cardiovascular System

Cherry Prime – The Next Generation of Maintaining Healthy Joints and a Healthy Cardiovascular System.

Cherry Prime is the first supplement to combine the health benefits of tart cherry with glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM.

Bellaire, MI (PRWEB) January 19, 2006

For years, many individuals have enjoyed major lifestyle changes with simple supplements. The most amazing results in recent years have been derived from glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM and tart cherry dietary supplements.

The tart cherry market has boomed in the last few years with a loyal following of those seeking to enjoy healthy and active lifestyles. In fact, recent research indicates tart cherries have substantial amounts of potent antioxidants including melatonin and anthocyanins. These and other compounds found in tart cherries are believed to maintain healthy joints and a healthy cardiovascular system, among other benefits.

Major studies indicate the health benefits of glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM may assist in helping to actually rebuild cartilage and lubricate joints. The comfort given to consumer’s joints allows them to enjoy a more active, enriching lifestyle. These supplements continue to be in the highest demand in the supplement market today.

Considering the strong demand for all these compounds, the Fruit Advantage supplement brand has introduced the first capsule to combine all four ingredients. This revolutionary supplement, Cherry Prime, combines the natural health benefits of tart cherries with the joint lubrication and rebuilding benefits of glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM. Cherry Prime is a proprietary formula delivering over 2,100 mg of tart cherry, glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM into a convenient once-a-day dose. This convenient combination is a powerful asset to joint health and comfort.

Andrew LaPointe, Director of Marketing with Fruit Advantage says, “Cherry Prime is the first of it’s kind. It is specifically designed to allow consumers to enjoy a more active and healthier lifestyle.”

Fruit Advantage Cherry Prime is available directly from Fruit Advantage (www. fruitadvantage. com) and will soon be available in stores nationwide.

Media Contact Information:

Fruit Advantage

Attn: Andrew LaPointe

7053 M-88 South

P. O. Box 1229

Bellaire, MI 49615

Telephone: 1-231-587-0643

Fax: 1-231-587-9301

Websites:

Www. fruitadvantage. com

Www. traversebayfarms. com

Www. cherrycapsules. com (international customers)

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Geonetric Attends eHealth Developers Summit in California

Geonetric Attends eHealth Developers Summit in California

Geonetric, an internet technology leader for hospitals and health systems, recently attended the eHealth DevelopersÂ’ Summit 2004 in Huntington Beach, California, held November 10-12. The conference was by invitation only for executive and managerial level professionals who are directly involved in eHealth development or funding. The summit is the only national conference that focuses solely on issues related to the eHealth industry.

Cedar Rapids, IA (PRWEB) November 21, 2004

The conference began with a panel of experts discussing “The State of eHealth” and also included several other presentations and breakout sessions. A discussion of Ethical and regulatory issues for eHealth Developers was held that included a discussion of HIPAA compliance regulations. Other discussions included eHealth: Who Pays, Who Plays, and a session on Developing eHealth Strategies for Provider Organizations. Hospitals that want to be ahead of the curve need to begin thinking about how they can centralize their processes,” said Ben Dillon, Vice President of Strategic Services at Geonetric. The summit helps enhance communication between developers and key stakeholders, identify problems and possible solutions as well as provide the opportunity to network with professionals across many sectors from the eHealth field.

According to Dillon, “The summit was very effective in looking at ehealth technologies from a many different angles. It’s clear that there are substantial benefits that they can bring to everyone involved – healthcare providers, payers, employers, the government and, most importantly, healthcare consumers. What continues to be less clear is which of these groups are going to take it upon themselves to move ehealth technologies into the mainstream.”

About Geonetric

Founded in 1999 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Geonetric provides hospitals and health systems with new online strategies to broaden communication with patients and within the organization itself.

VitalSite, their suite of seamless web portals, provides the groundwork for breaking the language barrier between internal legacy systems, enabling software to communicate, departments to collaborate and brand experiences to be unified, bringing continuity to the healthcare industry.

For more information, visit http://www. geonetric. com/ (http://www. geonetric. com/).

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Wellness International Network, Ltd. Expands Marketing to Younger Generation

Wellness International Network, Ltd. Expands Marketing to Younger Generation

Wellness International Network, Ltd. is experiencing growth as young, driven entrepreneurs find this progressive company to be the vehicle to fulfill their needs and wants.

Plano, Texas (PRWEB) December 22, 2006

Ralph Oats and Cathy Oats, Founders of Wellness International Network, Ltd. (WIN) (http://web. winltd. com), an undisputed leader in the health and nutrition industries, are pleased to announce distributors are expanding the marketing of WIN's business opportunity to younger generations.

Generation X is making its mark in the business world and changing the traditional ways business is being done. This generation includes people ages 20-40 and is proving to be just as powerful as their parents' generation, the notorious Baby Boomers. In WIN, we call this new generation -- GenXtreme (http://web. winltd. com/wingallery/genxtreme/index. htm). In staying current with the latest market trends, many of WIN's distributors are focusing on marketing WIN's business opportunity and products to people in this age group, especially those just entering the workforce in their early 20s. "The fact is, in South Africa, that work is becoming so scarce young people need to look at employing themselves," shares Peter Smith of Cape Town, South Africa. Kelly Sindler of Dallas, Texas also sees the importance of marketing WIN to this demographic and has begun spearheading an effort to create a network of support for other distributors doing the same. Around the globe, distributors are helping this generation realize that it's possible to own your own business and take control of your future, at any age.

A group of distributors in Holland have organized weekly meetings where they focus on meeting with prospects in this younger demographic. "The meetings, originally referred to as Junior Meetings, are held every Thursday night and are specifically meant for people around 18-25 years of age. These people are like-minded, they all want to make money and we believe they are the next generation in WIN," shares Arthur Weesie of Amsterdam, Netherlands of their plans. Why did they start these meetings? "What motivated us the most is that young people have lots of energy, communicate differently and are more open-minded. We wanted to show how easy it is to become an entrepreneur at a young age, even when you are still studying or just started your career. In Holland becoming an entrepreneur is not something you are taught at school or university for instance, so it is upon us to awaken that entrepreneurial spirit," shares Frank Weesie of Avenhorn, Netherlands. The meeting was a huge success with 87 enthusiastic people in attendance. "There was a lot of energy in the air and people seemed to like it that a group of young persons gave the meetings. This makes them feel that if we could do it, they could also do it. Young people have proven that WIN works for young persons also and that is what they saw in the meeting," shares Maaike de Wit of Nieuwerkerk, Netherlands.

About Wellness International Network, Ltd., (WIN)

A privately held company specializing in health and nutritional products, Wellness International Network, Ltd. is headquartered in Plano, Texas (http://www. legacyinplano. com), with its European affiliate, WIN Worldwide BV, located in Hoofddorp, Holland and its South African affiliate, Wellness International Network S. A. (Pty) Limited, located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Founded in 1992 by Ralph Oats and his wife, Cathy; WIN operates in many countries throughout North America, Europe and Africa, and is far and away the forefront leader in global network marketing. Wellness International Network's complete nutritional line is listed in the 2007 edition of the Physicians' Desk Reference® (PDR®) for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements (http://www. pdr. net), the authoritative reference for health care professionals for decades, and a number of products have been reviewed by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in The Netherlands based on International Olympic Committee (IOC) standards on behalf of The Netherlands Olympic Committee (NOC) and The Netherlands Sports Federation (NSF). Products reviewed are now listed on the 'white list,' a list of products considered safe to use by top sports athletes from all over the world. Learn more about why "It Pays to Live Well" at winltd. com (http://web. winltd. com).

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DTWI's Travel Carbon Monoxide Detector Prevents Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Whilst Holidaying Abroad, or in the UK

DTWI's Travel Carbon Monoxide Detector Prevents Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Whilst Holidaying Abroad, or in the UK

The travel carbon monoxide detector will help to ensure safety when travelling abroad, or camping and caravanning in the UK. It provides added protection for parents who are worried when travelling with small children. DTWI's travel carbon monoxide detector is small and light weight gadget, making it easy to pack into any bag

(PRWeb UK) May 12, 2010

Taking a travel carbon monoxide detector from DTWI www. donttravelwithoutit. com on holiday will hopefully help to prevent holiday deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) in the future. Every year more deaths are reported from CO poisoning; yet still a great deal of the population does not know much about it. The usual cause is due to faulty central heating and boiler systems, gas appliances, blocked flues and chimneys and car exhaust fumes

With summer fastly approaching and many people planning their holiday's, it is worth remembering the risks of CO poisoning are just as relevant whilst travelling, as they are at home

Everyone takes it for granted whilst staying away from home in villas, apartments, hotels, camping and caravanning that all the safety checks have been implemented and appliances are working correctly, and rightly so they should be; but this is not always the case. For peace of mind, take a travel carbon monoxide detector (http://www. donttravelwithoutit. com/portable_travel_carbon_monoxide_detector. html) on holiday and get alerted should there be a problem

A travel carbon monoxide detector will activate and an alarm will sound should there be a dangerous level of carbon monoxide present. Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is measured in parts per million (PPM) and the travel / portable carbon monoxide detector will activate when the poisonous gas it detected at a low level range of exposure 35 – 65 ppm, so it reacts quickly when the gas is present; early enough for individuals to remove themselves and their family from the effected area, and notify the property manager. It is especially important when travelling with infants or young children who are more vulnerable, as with the elderly. Please note travel carbon monoxide detectors are not designed as a permanent fixture

Carbon monoxide is often referred to as the silent killer; it is an odourless, tasteless, toxic gas, and therefore is not easily detected. The travel / portable carbon monoxide alarm (http://www. donttravelwithoutit. com/portable_travel_carbon_monoxide_detector. html) detects carbon monoxide at a low level range; and has CE approval. It has been designed especially for travel; it is a small, compact, light weight little gadget, with a loud alarm. It has a small lanyard attached so it can be hung anywhere, making it ideal for camping, no need to worry about screwing it to the wall or ceiling

Do watch out for the following symptoms which may be related to CO poisoning
•35 ppm - The maximum allowable concentration for continuous exposure for healthy adults
•200 ppm - Slight headache, fatigue, dizziness, nausea after 2 – 3 hours
•400 ppm - Frontal headaches within 1 – 2 hours, life threatening after 3 hours
•800 ppm - Dizziness, nausea and convulsions within 45 minutes, unconsciousness within 2 hours, death within 3 hours
•1600 ppm – Headache, dizziness and nausea within 20 minutes, death within an hour
If you feel any of the early warning signs remove yourself from the room and see if the symptoms start to go away

The Travel / Portable Carbon Monoxide Detector is £19.99 and available to purchase at www. donttravelwithoutit. com.

For further information please contact:
Portia White
Tel: 01269 822090
Info(at)donttravelwithoutit(dot)com

Don’t Travel Without It
Carmarthenshire
SA18 1BE

Don’t Travel Without It - is an on-line retailer that specialises in travel accessories for the business and personal traveller. Combining usefulness, comfort, health & safety into our range of products.

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Web Marketing Association to Name Best Travel Website of 2005

Web Marketing Association to Name Best Travel Website of 2005

The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.2005webaward. org), the InternetÂ’s premier award competition. The travel industry represents a significant category in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Travel Web site of 2005. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2005.

(PRWEB) March 31, 2005

The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.2005webaward. org (http://www.2005webaward. org)), the InternetÂ’s premier award competition that judges website development against an ever increasing Internet standard of excellence and against peer sites within an industry. The travel industry represents a significant category in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Travel Web site of 2005. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2005.

“The travel industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their efforts that the award judges provide,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “That is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Net today. Winning a WebAward also provides a great opportunity to market your success to the outside world.”

Here are some of the past WebAward winners in travel related categories:

Best Travel Website

2004 Seabourn Cruise Line 2003 Excalibur Las Vegas Resort Hotel and Casino 2002 Royal Caribbean Alaska 2001 Experience British Airways (Best of Show Winner)

Best Airline Website

2004 AirTran Airways - E-Annual 2003 2003 Jetsgo. net 2002 Air Jamaica 2003 Cathay Pacific Airway

Best Hotel and Lodging Website

2004 The New York Palace Web Site 2003 Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts 2002 Simpson House Inn 2001 Four Seasons

Best Regional Website

2004 Official Tourism Site of the Land of Valencia 2003 Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau 2002 Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau Website 2001 www. ozarkmountainregion. com

A complete list of past winners and the entry form for companies who wish to compete for 2005 honors can be found at http://travel. webaward. org (http://travel. webaward. org)

Web sites are judged on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, navigation and ease of use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in the category and then against an overall standard of excellence. The Best of Industry WebAward, a handsome plaque with the image of the winning site embossed, will be given in each of the 90 industry categories, including financial services, small business, travel, advertising, transportation, and healthcare.

The competitionÂ’s highest honor, the 2005 WebAward Best of Show, will be given to the one site that the judges believe represents outstanding achievement in Web development. Last yearÂ’s Best of Show winner was Arc Worldwide (http://www. arcww. com (http://www. arcww. com)) for their work on Behr Paint Interactive. (http://www. behr. com (http://www. behr. com))

The Web Marketing Association will also recognize the interactive agency winning the most awards in the competition with the Top Interactive Agency WebAward. The 2004 Top Agency award was presented to Arnold Worldwide (http://www. arnoldworldwide. com (http://www. arnoldworldwide. com)) for their many outstanding achievements in Web site development.

Judging for the WebAwards will take place in July and August, and winners will be announced in September, 2005. Judges will consist of a select group of Internet professionals who have direct experience designing and managing corporate web sites –including members of the media, advertising executives, site designers, content providers and webmasters – with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site design and technology. Past Web Marketing Association WebAward competition judges have included top executives from leading corporations, institutions and media organizations such as Ogilvy Interactive, Saatchi & Saatchi, Blattner Brunner, Comedy Central, Sun Microsystems, Refinery, Euro RSCG, EPB Interactive, New York Post Interactive, The Cincinnati Enquirer, J. Walter Thompson, Xerox, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Modem Media, Answerthink, and Zentropy Partners.

The 2005 WebAwards are sponsored by Burst! Media, PRWeb, BurrelleÂ’s/Luce, OÂ’DwyerÂ’s PR Daily, NewsUSA, Small Army Marketing Services, Perseus Software, Line56 Media, OddCast, AdTools, Inc. and PRWeb.

About the Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is working to create a high standard of excellence for Web site development and marketing on the Internet. Staffed by volunteers, it is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of Website development. Since 1997, the Web Marketing AssociationÂ’s annual international WebAward Competition has been helping interactive professionals promote themselves, their companies, and their best work to the outside world. Now in its ninth year, the WebAward Competition has become the premier award event for Web developers and marketers worldwide.

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Gordon Broussard, M. Ed., LPC, Provides Specialized Online Counseling Services at eTherapistsOnline. com

Gordon Broussard, M. Ed., LPC, Provides Specialized Online Counseling Services at eTherapistsOnline. com

Mr. Broussard was recently accepted into the network to provide professional services with eTherapistsOnline. com (www. eTherapistsOnline. com), the largest provider of Web based mental counseling services. Mr. Broussard has helped adults, adolescents and children look within themselves and then find resources they never knew they had before.

Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) July 11, 2006

Mr. Broussard was recently accepted into the network to provide professional services with eTherapistsOnline. com (www. eTherapistsOnline. com), the largest provider of Web based mental counseling services. Mr. Broussard has helped adults, adolescents and children look within themselves and then find resources they never knew they had before.

"Sometimes that which has brought a person to therapy may be something learned as a child, or perhaps as an adult. Perhaps they have done well much of their life and changes in family circumstances, a situation at work or inner awareness have brought themto an impasse and they are not sure what to do next.

"I seek to help people confront that within themselves which keeps them from functioning at their most effective level; and offering services through this medium is one of the ways I am trying to do this."

Phoenix-based Find-a-Therapist was founded in 1997 and grew to become the largest online directory of mental health professionals and organizations in the world.

Recognized by Microsoft's bCentral as a business Success Story, Find-a-Therapist today serves as a major round-the-clock resource site for clients, professionals and organizations and is also a provider of online mental health care services to employee groups as well as individuals.

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Halogen Offers Performance Based Integrated Learning Management System

Halogen Offers Performance Based Integrated Learning Management System

Offering meets new best practices, links performance and learning to bottom-line results.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 11, 2007

Halogen Software Inc., the leading provider of Web-based employee performance and talent management software today announced the industry’s first talent management system to include an enterprise-level performance-based learning management system (LMS). Building on the highly successfully Halogen Employee Performance and Talent Management Suite (http://www. halogensoftware. com/products/), the company will now offer Halogen eLMS™ (http://www. halogensoftware. com/products/halogen-elms/) which will enable companies to not only automate the learning process, but to properly align employee performance with learning activities.

Traditional stand-alone LMS offerings were designed to address the administrative burdens of training departments and were focused on meeting the needs of large enterprises. The end result was that LMS offerings were not linked to HR or employee performance programs and were very complex for most organizations to implement. Industry analyst firm, Bersin and Associates has identified the integration of learning and performance management systems as a key priority for learning and development managers, with more than 25 percent rating it one of their top two priorities. Halogen eLMS will address this need by providing an easy to use tool for learning and development managers and HR to align the performance needs of the organization and demonstrate a return on training investments.

Halogen eLMS was announced at the recent Halogen User Conference, with a very positive response from customers. "We need to move away from tracking our training manually and be better able to look back and understand what training employees have completed or not. We typically hire more than 100 new employees annually and are developing a new on-boarding training program that will be specific to the needs of each department. By integrating this process with performance management we expect that we will get people performing in their jobs more quickly and more consistently. Halogen has always listened closely to our needs in the areas of performance and development and we are excited about the upcoming release of eLMS," said Andrea Uxa, HR Specialist, Epson America.

By integrating directly into the performance management process, Halogen eLMS provides both HR and learning organizations with a sophisticated tool to manage and track all aspects of employee development and training on a year-round basis. Based on proven best practices, this new offering will do much more than automate the learning process – it will enable organizations to properly align individual employee performance with learning activities – creating a clear line between employee skill development and how this impacts corporate performance.

Key Benefits of Halogen eLMS include:
 Provide employees with a consistent, easy-to-use application to manage their own performance and development: Employees get a single place to go for goals, development plans, training, and to complete any type of assessment. They can understand their own performance gaps and be offered targeted learning activities to close those gaps, enabling them to be responsible for their own success in the organization. Companies that provide such performance and training tools know that they gain much higher performance, engagement, and loyalty from their employees.  Deliver strategic information to HR: HR managers get straight-forward access to information that assists them in building a high-performance workforce. This includes consolidated information, such as performance ratings and gaps, skills and competencies, training compliance and succession data.  Identify critical skill gaps to Learning & Development: Training and development get the information they need to align with the goals of the organization. By identifying critical skills gaps, training is better equipped to align training investments and programs to fit perfectly with corporate goals, development plans, and succession requirements.  Simplify people processes for managers: Managers have a single simple to use system for goal setting, performance management, succession planning, compensation, coaching and evaluation of employees. Integrated talent-management systems give managers a tremendous productivity boost and enable them to follow a complete and consistent process for employee management.

Pricing and Availability
For pricing information please contact Halogen directly. Halogen eLMS will be available in 2008.

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 award winning suite provides organizations with everything they need to develop and retain a high performance workforce: Halogen eAppraisal™ helps drive bottom-line success by making it quick and simple to deliver professional employee appraisals that align with organization goals. 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 - right away. And Halogen e360™ automates and simplifies formal 360-degree feedback procedures and offers sophisticated performance reporting.

Industry specific suites are provided for Healthcare, Financial and Professional Services. Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare™, exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, helps healthcare organizations produce meaningful appraisals on time and allows them to always be in a "ready state" for accreditation surveyors from JCAHO®, OSHA, ACHA, and others. Halogen eAppraisal for Financial Services™ enables financial services organizations reduce the risk of non-compliance and ships with a comprehensive library of industry specific competencies and authoring aids. Halogen eAppraisal for Professional Services™ automates the entire employee review and engagement evaluation process, this solution makes it possible for evaluators to easily gather, compile and analyze employee and project data all with effortless, point-and-click ease.

Visit us online today: http://www. halogensoftware. com (http://www. halogensoftware. com)

Media contacts:
Donna Ronayne
VP, Marketing & Business Development
Halogen Software
T: 613-270-1011 x 320
E: dronayne(at)halogensoftware. com

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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Doctor Finders Announces All-Natural Program to Help Reduce Severe Asthma Symptoms

Doctor Finders Announces All-Natural Program to Help Reduce Severe Asthma Symptoms

Doctor Finders announces all-natural program to help reduce severe asthma symptoms.

Mesa, AZ (Vocus) July 21, 2010

Doctor Finders (http://doctorfinders. com) announces a new all-natural program to help reduce severe asthma symptoms (http://doctorfinders. com/doctor-tips-news/all-natural-program/). Recent news has linked low levels of Vitamin D to a 50% increase in a risk of severe asthma attacks, according to researchers led by Dr. Augusto A. Litongua, of Harvard Medical School in Boston. The findings were reported in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. However, it is important to note Vitamin D levels did not appear to have any affect on moderate asthma symptoms.

Vitamin D serves several functions within the body. As related to asthma, Vitamin D’s role in boosting immune system functions may also help enhance the effects of anti-inflammatory steroid hormones used to treat asthma. Dr. E. Rand Sutherland from the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at National Jewish Health in Denver published a study finding “low vitamin D levels are associated with worse asthma.” The Study was published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Allergies (http://doctorfinders. com/allergies. php) are often at their worse during the summer months and may induce allergy related asthma. In order to help those suffering from asthma, Doctor Finders has put together a simple, easy-to-follow program to help reduce severe asthma symptoms:

1. Drink a minimum of one glass of milk with vitamin D per day. The vitamin D also helps the body absorb calcium for stronger bones.
2. Drink one glass of orange juice with Vitamin D per day.
3. Eat at least one meal a week that includes fatty fish.
4. Spend 20 minutes a day in direct sunlight. The skin produces Vitamin D when it is exposed to sunlight. It is important to spend time outside in all seasons, not just the summer time. For longer exposure to sunlight, sun tan lotions are recommended to prevent the skin from burning.

Obese people should increase vitamin D intake, as Vitamin D is stored in the fat in heavier people, whereas with healthy weight people, more vitamin D enters the blood stream and produces more beneficial effects.

“These recent studies show the importance of vitamin D to the body’s functioning. Part of the problem today is the amount of time people spend indoors in front of computers, TVs and video games,” says Clint Ethington of Doctor finders. “Spending a little time in the sun each day will not only help improve Vitamin D levels, but it may also encourage more exercise and a healthier lifestyle. Our program is designed to incorporate healthy foods and drink such as fish, milk and orange juice combined with a lifestyle that values exercise and the outdoors. Each one of these elements has benefits to the body that go far beyond Vitamin D levels.

Doctor Finders is an innovative on-line tool that allows the general public to find the right doctor for their needs, identifying doctors by geographic area, specialties, procedures, and more.

For more information on the Doctor Finders or current trends in the industry:

Contact: Clint Ethington
Company: Doctor Finders
Http://doctorfinders. com/ (http://doctorfinders. com/)
Phone: 480-282-9117

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New Diet Study Reveals Top Strategy for Weight Loss HMR Diet Program and Meal Replacements Highlighted

New Diet Study Reveals Top Strategy for Weight Loss HMR Diet Program and Meal Replacements Highlighted

A recent published study showed HMR's intensive behavioral diet program and low-calorie meal replacements are effective for medically significant weight loss. Patients in the study lost 37 - 43 pounds.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 15, 2009

With obesity now the greatest threat to the health of Americans, finding an effective approach to weight loss is more critical than ever. According to a new study in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, low-calorie, portion-controlled meal replacements used in a structured weight-loss program are successful in facilitating medically significant weight loss.

The study looked at dieters using the meal replacements and the intensive behavioral program developed by HMR® (Health Management Resources) http://www. hmrprogram. com/index. cfm/Programs/ClinicPrograms (http://www. hmrprogram. com/index. cfm/Programs/ClinicPrograms). Dieters used one of two weight-loss options: patients with diabetes, hypertension, or other weight-related medical problems used HMR's medically supervised Decision-Free® Diet and ate only meal replacements (which consisted of HMR Shakes, HMR Entrees, and HMR Nutrition Bars). Other dieters used HMR's Healthy Solutions® Diet and consumed meal replacements along with fruits and vegetables. All dieters attended weekly classes, kept food records, had mid-week phone calls with a health educator, and burned a minimum of 2,000 exercise calories each week.

Patients on the medically supervised diet lost an average of 43.3 pounds in 19 weeks. Patients on the Healthy Solutions diet lost an average of 37.5 pounds in 18 weeks. These data represent two to three times more weight loss, in less time, compared to published results of any other commercial diet program.

HMR is currently the nation's leading provider of medically supervised weight management programs. HMR weight-loss programs are located in hospitals, medical centers, and university settings across the U. S. HMR also offers HMR at Home® Diet Kits http://www. hmrprogram. com/index. cfm/Programs/HomePrograms (http://www. hmrprogram. com/index. cfm/Programs/HomePrograms) with meal replacements and diet support materials delivered directly to dieters' homes.

According to the study's co-author, Dr. James W. Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, the gold standard for weight loss in the health community is to achieve a 5 - 10% loss of initial body weight. "This study showed a weight loss between 15.8 % and 16.4% of initial body weight, both well above the gold standard the health community considers successful and the point at which health improvements are seen."

The Centers for Disease Control reports a dramatic increase in obesity in the U. S. over the past 20 years, with 2/3 of Americans now overweight or obese. Furthermore, there are more obese Americans than overweight or normal weight. Some common effects of obesity include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and cancer. If you are obese, losing just 5% to 10% of your body weight can delay or prevent some of these diseases.

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Leading Industry Voice Norbert Ore to Keynote Consona Connect 2010 User Conference

Leading Industry Voice Norbert Ore to Keynote Consona Connect 2010 User Conference

Supply Chain Expert and ISM Committee Chairman to Offer Insight on Manufacturing Economy

Indianapolis (Vocus) July 28, 2010

Consona Corporation, a worldwide leader in providing customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services for companies of all sizes, today announced that Norbert Ore, a recognized expert in the field of manufacturing economics, will speak at the Consona Connect 2010 User Conference (http://www. consonaconnect. com/), which will take place Oct. 12-15, 2010 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

At Consona Connect, Ore will provide his insights on best practices to create greater value for companies, as well as engage in a discussion of the current state of the economy, specifically from a manufacturer's perspective. He will delve into such questions as: How did we get here? Where are we going in 2011?

For the past 15 years, Ore has served as chair of the Manufacturing Business Survey Committee of the ISM, a position which gives him responsibility for compiling, writing, and releasing the ISM Report on Business®, a monthly economic report recognized as a leading indicator of the U. S. economy. During Ore’s tenure as chair of the committee, he has spoken with numerous organizations in the U. S. and internationally, including an address to the Board of Governors of the U. S. Federal Reserve. He has also been instrumental in the establishment of similar surveys internationally, most recently in the People’s Republic of China. Additionally, Ore has consulted and trained extensively in both the private and public sectors.

Best known for leading global strategy and technology implementations in Fortune 500 companies serving the consumer products, chemical, paper, packaging, building products and construction industries, Norbert Ore’s expertise focuses on value creation through cost optimization and process improvement. He is a leader in purchasing and supply management, having attained the status of Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) and Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM). Ore is a winner of the prestigious J. Shipman Gold Medal, which is presented annually by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) for leadership and service in the field.

“We are honored to have Mr. Ore as a guest speaker at Consona Connect 2010,” said Scott Malia, general manager, Consona’s ERP solutions. “Norbert brings a wealth of expertise and professional guidance from his years of experience in the manufacturing business, which we look forward to sharing and discussing with our users and prospective customers.”

For more information on Consona Connect 2010, please visit: http://www. consonaconnect. com/ (http://www. consonaconnect. com/)
About Consona Corporation
Consona Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services for companies of all sizes. Consona is dedicated to becoming a valued business partner by helping each and every customer continuously improve business processes over time. Toward this mission, Consona invests in the people, processes, technology and tools needed to provide its customers with a unique combination of customer care; product fit; a broad range of consulting, IT and business services; and industry expertise. Consona serves more than 4,500 customers worldwide and across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, financial services, health care, high tech, and local government. Battery Ventures, Thoma Bravo and NEA jointly own Consona. For further information, visit www. consona. com, e-mail infoATconsona. com, or call (888) 8 CONSONA.

Contact: 
Mitch Briggs 
Consona Corporation
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“Mundo Latino” show to feature Grupo SADASI

“Mundo Latino” show to feature Grupo SADASI

Grupo SADASI specializes in the development of public housing projects in Mexico.

Deerfield Beach, FL (PRWEB) September 25, 2004

Platinum Television Group is pleased to announce the selection of Grupo SADASI for its innovative, educational television series, Mundo Latino. The corporation will be featured in a segment on “Acquiring your piece of Mexico.”

Grupo SADASI specializes in the development of public housing projects in Mexico. With more than 20 years of experience and 76,000 houses built, the company has a unique construction method that allows them to produce homes that are economical yet of high quality. Grupo SADASI is the most important public housing promoter in the Estado de Mexico and one of the leaders in the construction business in the country, with projects in very important cities like Cancún, Estado de México, Puebla and Toluca.

They use a completely industrialized construction system based on molds/casts and pre-mixed concrete that practically eliminates any possible errors, thus ensuring the resistance and quality determined by the highest and strictest construction norms. This method allows versatility in their designs, resistance and constructive capacity that can be increased easily, producing 44 houses a day in a single development.

SADASIÂ’s housing developments have not only won awards from national and international authorities for their construction quality but also for the best use of public spaces, and because of the services and installations provided to their residents, such as schools, health centers, sports facilities, and local marketplaces. With its own water treatment plant, drainage system and wide paved roads, each development counts on a road infrastructure satisfying the necessities of the developmentÂ’s residence. This has earned the company the right to be considered an institution leader in the development of housing in terms of prestige and quality, always offering excellence as well as being aware of social interests.

SADASI group has completed developments in Toluca, Ecatepec and Coacalco. Developments are under construction in Cancun, Puebla, Tecamac, and Chalco.

The housing is particularly marketed to Mexicans living in the U. S., for retirement homes or to help family members still living in Mexico and to aid the Mexican economy. For more information, see www. sadasi. com.

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The #1 Problem in Family Businesses Today

The #1 Problem in Family Businesses Today

The most significant problem which will prevent family businesses from successful transition into the next generation is not estate taxes, not competition from the Wal-Marts of the world, not the lack of reasonably sound financial planning, and not the lack of industriousness or work ethic of successor generations. ItÂ’s the epidemic behavior exhibited by senior generation or founding generation business family members who refuse to let go of their companies!

(PRWEB) September 21, 2004

The most significant problem which will prevent family businesses from successful transition into the next generation is not estate taxes, not competition from the Wal-Marts of the world, not the lack of reasonably sound financial planning, and not the lack of industriousness or work ethic of successor generations. ItÂ’s the epidemic behavior exhibited by senior generation or founding generation business family members who refuse to let go of the companies they helped build! This not a new or isolated phenomenon; the first significant writers on the subject of family businesses identified the issue in the 1970Â’s.

The failure to let go and plan for management and ownership transition plagues nearly all family businesses at one time or another. As an example, an 87-year-old founder of a metal business commented he had been trying to exit his company for over 20 years. The founder owned 100% of the metal companyÂ’s stock. The succession problem, he stated, was that he was in a dispute with his brotherÂ’s widow over who actually owned the company property in an entity outside the corporation. When asked what the property dispute had to do with the gentlemanÂ’s exit and transition of management to his three children (ages 62, 57, and 54), he had no answer. When asked when might be a good time to get started on the transfer of management and stock ownership, the gentleman blamed the recession. He simply couldnÂ’t pass the business along to his children in good conscience with the company balance sheet in its current condition. If he himself were unable to return the company to profitability, how could his children? This 87-year-old founder clearly does not view himself objectively. Had he been more self-effacing, he would have seen the clear need to turn over management responsibility and control of the company stock to his children who had worked alongside him for decades to help build it. The children are in a state of despair over the bleak future of the company, and the father is in denial.

The subject of intergenerational transfer planning for family companies is especially important today given the fact that the leadership of about 4 in 10 family owned businesses will have changed hands in the next five years according to The Family Firm Institute. In order to help combat the problem of poor transition planning, The Family Business Institute has produced a new research paper, “Blunt Advice for Multi-Generation Family Companies: What To Do When the Senior Generation Has Trouble Letting Go.” The purpose of the paper is to help senior and successor generations understand the factors associated with intergenerational transition, describe the behaviors that indicate whether a transition is likely to be problematic or not, and to propose strategies for resolving intergenerational issues so that neither the business nor the family is torn apart.

The paper describes in great detail:

 The behaviors of senior generation family members who are struggling with letting go  The behaviors of junior generation family members who are struggling with letting go and transition issues of their own  The consequences of poor intergenerational transition for the family, the business, and the individuals in the family system  What to do to assure a smooth, successful family business transition  How to help the senior generation feel comfortable at an appropriate time for letting go

The paper is authored by Wayne Rivers, President of The Family Business Institute, Inc., and author of "You Don’t Have to Die to Win – Success and Succession for Family Businesses" and "Prescriptions for a Healthy Family Business" which is scheduled for publication this fall.

For more information about family businesses or family business succession, visit The Family Business Institute website at www. familybusinessinstitute. com or contact The Family Business Institute at info@familybusinessinstitute. com

NashAuction Annouces its Own Merchant Gateway

NashAuction Annouces its Own Merchant Gateway

NashAuction and NashCash are now one single company!

(PRWEB) March 7, 2005

In January 2005, NashCash has merged with NashAuction - the Free Online Market Plaza. After long debates on whether or not to include a new online payment service (in addition/exchange to existing paypal ID verification) for Nash's rapidly expanding community - Nash Team has finally decided to make a powerful move towards creating a safe and inexpensive way for online transactions. Many Nashers have been asking to drop the use of Paypal for good - due to its unhealthy fees. Since Nash has become the top of the free online auction sites among thousands of daily users and for the last 5 months has topped all the online searche queries - there became a good time to make the way for something new in the whole online payments industry - the 1.5% fee for ANY transaction amount - this has waken the calm waters of internet and generated a tzunami of new Nashers who pour in for a free auctioning and super cheap online money payments. Nash Community are people who have been trading for years on other doing-alike sites - paying hundreds of dollars from final-value fees to featured-front-page fees - have been the corner-stone of droping such sites for good - even though those sites claimed to be the most trusted (because of being signed with Paypal) - the security is one side of the table - the other side is affordabilty - and when Nash came along with the brand new idea of freeing up auction selling from all - completely ALL - fees and merged with NashCash - charging members only 1.5% on any transaction - the response from buyers and traders was enormous - most of sellers cannot have time to list more items - daily sales are amazing - there is no adequate place online like Nash - bar none!

The Nash Team is presently a group of professional powersellers who used to be on the brink of a complete madness with the way the big-bad-bay site was prohibitively overcharging by making it a complete non-sense - since everyone knew that only 25% of goods on bay-site can actually be sold - basically too many products - and most of them are simply getting dusted - due to the high listing fees - so the sellers would not cut the prices down - being afraid of high fees. Nash has done it a different way - there is no dusting items - every little item gets sold - compare to bay-site the feedback system on nash generates more positive feedback than any other online auction site - because everyone pays - much quicker - due to the low initial prices - sellers have no fear of high fees - because there are none.

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These Businesses Are Having Their Most Profitable Year Yet While Others Are Forced To Close Their Doors for Good

These Businesses Are Having Their Most Profitable Year Yet While Others Are Forced To Close Their Doors for Good

While many businesses are forced to cut back on spending, there are an increasing number of businesses who are quietly enjoying their most profitable year yet! Though these particular types of businesses are seldom talked about in the media, they are succeeding even in today's economy for several reasons that nobody seems to be talking about.

Slinger, WI (PRWEB) April 6, 2009

While many businesses are forced to cut back on spending, there are an increasing number of businesses who are quietly enjoying their most profitable year yet! Though these particular types of businesses are seldom talked about in the media, they are succeeding even in today's economy for several reasons that nobody seems to be talking about.

A recent report published by comScore showed that online sales were outperforming offline brick and mortar stores. For example, while sales of Electronics and Appliances dropped by 26% for offline stores, the drop for online stores was a manageable 5%. Clothing sales dropped an average of 20% for traditional offline stores, while online stores saw an increase of 4%.

So why are online stores avoiding the much of the drop in sales while offline stores are feeling the full impact of the recession?

Well, Christopher Smith, owner and operator of the online business DanicasGiftBaskets. com, a specialty gift baskets (http://www. danicasgiftbaskets. com) store explains, "Businesses who operate 100% online don't have the overhead of hundreds of thousands of employees, healthcare for those employees and all the expenses that go along with a traditional brick and mortar business. This allows our focus to be on our customer and our product."

Smith then went on to say, "I have a small number of employees who help manage my site, but running my business solely online helps keep my overhead low so I can pass those savings on to customers. When other businesses seem to be raising costs and lowering value, we're keeping our value the same while lowering costs so more people can afford to send our gift baskets to friends and loved ones."

Another major factor in the growth of online shopping is that of convenience. Unlike their offline counterparts, e-commerce stores are open 24hrs a day and can be accessed from work or home. This contrasts with the travel, crowds and time of day constraints of retail stores.

Selection is also deciding factors for most consumers. Many online stores can add several hundred different product choices, empowering customers with a wide range of choices.

At Smith's web site, Danicasgiftbaskets. com you'll find unique gift baskets of all kinds. With Mother's Day next month, they have put extra work into their Mothers Day gift baskets (http://www. danicasgiftbaskets. com/mothers-day-gift-basket. asp), including special baskets for moms who love gardening, like the feel of being pampered in a spa, or love to relax with a good book and a hot cup of tea plus many more options to choose from.

There's just something special about getting a package delivered in the mail that awakens the inner child in all of us from the joy of an unexpected "mystery" package that begs to be opened. And with Mother's Day right around the corner, the cost of ordering mom a specialty gift basket tailored to her unique interests is not as expensive as you might think!

The main concern with online stores however continues to be with security.

"We wanted to ensure that our customers could shop securely - that's why we went with trusted payment processors such as PayPal and 2Checkout. com", says Stephanie Coburn of WeddingFavorSaver. com.

Third party payment solutions providers securely process payments, working with credit card providers and banks to ensure customers can shop online without having to worry about fraud.

No matter what kind of budget you're faced with this year, online stores such as Danica's Gift Baskets, will help you find the perfect gift that will leave mom (or that other special someone) thinking you overspent when she sees that large, unexpected package arrive at her doorstep.

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One of a Kind Parenting Resource Now Online

One of a Kind Parenting Resource Now Online

Baby-skim. com is proud to announce their new parenting resources website. All new parents need a helping hand when it comes to finding everything they need for their little one and this is the reason that Baby-skim. com was created.

Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) January 2, 2006

Baby-skim. com is proud to announce their new parenting resources website. All new parents need a helping hand when it comes to finding everything they need for their little one and this is the reason that Baby-skim. com was created.

Everything a parent needs from formula to helpful advice from other parents that have been in similar situations can be found on this website. The folks at Baby-skim. com know how hard it is to find bargains when it comes to many of the items that are needed for a baby or a child. Many people can find themselves totally lost if they are searching through the thousands of items that eBay has to offer, so they have conveniently put all of these products on one website to aid parents in finding just what they need.

Not only is it easy to find all the eBay products but Baby-skim. com also has articles that can help everyone in learning how to find the best bargains, which are updated, on a regular basis.

When it comes to advice for parents of children at any age, searching through the parenting directory to find a wealth of articles that are sure to please all parents and give them the answers they are seeking. In the parenting directory there are articles such as “Public Schools Are Un-American”, “Choose the perfect baby shower gift”, and “Picky Eater - Fighting the Good Fight” all by a variety of talented authors.

Baby-skim. com offers a wonderful children’s bookstore with 1,058 children’s books at this time and still growing. Some of the titles of these popular books include “Where the Red Fern Grows”, “Children Just Like Me”, and “The New Strong-Willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence.”

If this is not enough in resources, the ability to chat with other parents that may have similar circumstances can take part in their forum is a great possibility. Here there are many topics that every parent could use from time to time such as topics like “Conception”, “Pregnancy Questions and Discussion”, and “Child Health and Behavior”.

About Baby-skim-com:

“Baby-Skim. com was created to give parents baby info and advice and introduce them to the wonderful baby section at Ebay.” They also offer “great articles and books in our parenting directory, that is full of baby/parenting articles and suggestions.” “Essentially, I wanted to make a place that was simple, informative, and helpful to both experienced and inexperienced moms and dads.”

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Akaushi Beef: Shattering the Standards for Meat

Akaushi Beef: Shattering the Standards for Meat

HeartBrand Beef announces that for the first time ever Akaushi Beef is available for consumer purchase within the United States.

YOAKUM, TX (PRWEB) February 14, 2007

Have you ever tasted a steak so tender that you can cut it with a dinner knife? And so flavorful that from the first buttery taste through the last lingering juices you savor every melt-in-your mouth bite? And could you imagine that steak is actually good for your heart as well? Akaushi Beef is all that and more, and HeartBrand Beef (www. heartbrandbeef. com) announces that for the first time ever it is available for consumer purchase within the United States.

The Akaushi cattle are prized in Japan for the exceptional quality and health benefits of their meat. “All of our cattle grade Prime Plus on the American scale of marbling – the small streaks of fat within a meat cut that enhances juiciness and flavor,” said Dr. José Antonio Elías-Calles, president of HeartBrand Beef and the foremost authority on Akaushi cattle outside of Japan. “Additionally, the cattle naturally store fat throughout the muscle – which is very different from American cattle that tend to store fat on the exterior of the muscle – making the Akaushi meat extremely tender and juicy. The superior genetics possessed by Akaushi cattle can be used to improve the quality of the current domestic beef in the US.”

It is generally recognized that fat is responsible for the palatability of beef, but it is actually the monounsaturated fat, called “good fat,” that is responsible for the flavor. The marbling in Akaushi beef contains a much higher percentage of monounsaturated fat than any other beef in the US. As a result, Akaushi has a richer, more intense buttery flavor.

The secret of this extraordinary beef lies in the genetics of the cattle. Akaushi cattle have a genetic predisposition for producing the highest quality of meat. The Japanese Association of Akaushi has documented the lineage and performance of each Akaushi calf born in Japan for the past 60 years. Coupled with the recorded parentage of the US-born calves, the lineage of each of the Texas cattle can be traced back over thirty generations, making this the only all-natural, 100% source-verified beef in America.

All in all, Akaushi tears down the long-held stereotypes of the beef industry. It is gourmet beef that shatters the American scale of quality, yet it provides a delicious solution for meat-lovers previously forced to shun red meat for healthier options. Now you can have your beef and enjoy it too.

About HeartBrand Beef

HeartBrand was founded in 1994 when the original Akaushi cattle herd was brought to the US by way of a legal loophole. In 2006 we introduced Akaushi Beef to the US market. HeartBrand Beef is committed to producing the healthiest and highest quality meat, including steaks, ground meat, hot dogs, sausages and a variety of other cuts. For more information, visit www. heartbrandbeef. com.

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Marriage & Family Therapist Uses Free Conference Call to Inspire Married Couples to Have Sizzling Hot Sex and Save Marriage

Marriage & Family Therapist Uses Free Conference Call to Inspire Married Couples to Have Sizzling Hot Sex and Save Marriage

Marriage & Family Therapist Joseph L. Follette, Jr. uses telephone to teach his newest seminar entitled "Sizzling Hot! 5 Simple Steps to Keep the Flame Aglow in Your Marriage." New seminar set to spark couples sex lives.

Huntsville, AL (PRWEB) December 16, 2010

Infrequent sex in marriage is a symptom of a troubled marriage. Sexless marriages have been defined as marriages with fewer than 15 erotic interactions a year. It is a commonly known fact that one out of two married couples face divorce in our country. It is very evident that arguing couples have frustrated sex lives. Without sex married couples become mere roommates. Research shows that couples equate the quality of their relationship with the frequency of sex. Many studies have shown that sexless marriages may lead to infidelity and decreased mental health. Monogamous sexual regularity has many health benefits.

Many couples are clueless about how to fix their sexless marriage. That is why seasoned Marriage & Family Therapist Pastor Joseph L. Follette, Jr. has created Sizzling Hot! to inspire married couples to have more frequent mutually satisfying sex.

As a form of mental health treatment Marriage and Family Therapy has proven to be very effective in improving marital communication and reducing conflict. The American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy says that Marriage and Family Therapists take a holistic perspective to health care; they are concerned with the overall, long-term well-being of individuals and their families. Follette, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapists is now utilizing modern technology to deliver his marriage changing message to the masses. In his upcoming teleseminar, SIZZLING HOT! 5 Simple Steps to Keep the FLAME AGLOW in Marriage, Follette shows married couples what it takes to keep sex flaming in marriage. Go to http://www. SizzlingHotMarriage. com.

In this Sizzling Hot seminar Follette challenges couples to look at their marriage the way that God intended. Not just for Christian marriages, this one step alone has tremendous potential for turning a marriage around. Couples will learn what marriage is all about, how to forgive one another, how to communicate, how to negotiate and solve problems and how to reach their sexual expectations.

This seminar is specifically for couples whose flame has nearly blown out. Whose sex life has become dull, boring and maybe non-existent. And if money is an obstacle, this teleseminar is being offered for FREE to any couple who wants it. This seminar provides sound advice for couples who are motivated to improve their marriage.

Marriage is not something you can set on auto pilot. Couples must constantly invest in their relationship. This seminar is an opportunity for couples to reconnect and re-experience one another. A great marriage does not happen by chance. Marriage is something a couple has to work on. "Sometimes a simple seminar can create the spark a couple needs to get their intimacy back on track", says Follette.

In this Sizzling Hot teleseminar Follette gets marriage counseling to hundreds of couples at one time. In this teleseminar he helps couples renegotiate their relationship, renew their commitment to marriage and enjoy a mutually satisfying sex. Couples are encouraged to start out this new year right by committing to a Sizzling Hot Marriage.

Not having regular mutually satisfying sex in marriage is like not regularly changing the car's engine oil - sooner than later that engine will fail. Sex is the engine that’s starts marriage and the engine that keeps it fresh.

-- To learn more and to sign up go to http://www. SizzlingHotMarriage. com

Sizzling Hot marriage teleseminar is the creation of Joseph L. Follette, Jr. CEO of Lifestyle Therapy & Coaching. You can read his blog at http://www. LifestyleTherapyCoach. com. Follette has been practicing Marriage and Family Therapy for over 12 years and is also an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister. You can contact him at 256 850 4426.

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Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of the Inland Empire As Seen On Dr. 90210

Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of the Inland Empire As Seen On Dr. 90210

The Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of the Inland Empire performs cutting edge procedures as seen on Dr. 90210. Dr. Franklin Johnson and Dr. Monica Valenzuela-Gamm are the only cosmetic gynecological surgeons in the Inland Empire certified in the art of Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation® and Designer Laser Vaginoplasty®; in fact, they are 2 of only 10 physicians in California with these qualifications and training.

Fontana, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2007

Dr. Franklin Johnson and Dr. Monica Valenzuela-Gamm are bringing Beverly Hills to the Inland Empire. Offering cutting-edge vaginal cosmetic surgery once reserved for the famous and wealthy elite, these two forward thinking medical professionals are providing options and peace of mind to the women of the Inland Empire.

These procedures have become widely publicized and are in great demand after being featured on the acclaimed television show "Dr. 90210".

The Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute (http://www. newwomansurgical. com) of the Inland Empire offers their patients the latest and most successful surgical procedures available as seen on Dr. 90210 including:
Laser Reduction Labioplasty (http://newwomansurgical. com/asp/Site/Designer/index. asp) Laser Perineoplasty Augmentation Labioplasty Vulvar Lipoplasty Hymenoplasty Combination of DLV® with LVR® And G-Spot Amplification ® also known as the G-Shot ® (http://newwomansurgical. com/asp/Site/Gshot/index. asp)

Dr. Johnson and Dr. Valenzuela-Gamm are so confident that your experience will surpass your expectations they offer patients complimentary cosmetic consultations. They have also recently launched their newly redesigned educational website located at http://www. newwomansurgical. com (http://www. newwomansurgical. com).

They are committed to helping woman take the first step in achieving the look, feel, and personal empowerment that they have always wanted.

LVRI of the Inland Empire also offers minimally invasive surgical procedures for the most common and troublesome problems facing today's woman including:

Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Essure (http://newwomansurgical. com/asp/Site/MinimallyInvasive/EssureTubal/index. asp) Tubal Sterilization Thermachoice Endometrial Ablation (http://newwomansurgical. com/asp/Site/MinimallyInvasive/Thermachoice/index. asp) and Stress Incontinence

These minimally invasive procedures were developed to reduce pain and trauma to the body, minimize scarring, and shorten recovery time.

The procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis, which means that you can be home resting comfortably within 24 hours and back to your normal activities in less than a week.

"Our mission is simple. We combine the most current and successful techniques available with an unsurpassed level of courtesy and caring. We constantly work to empower women with knowledge, and we focus on providing services that are exclusive to the most elite offices."

About Dr. Franklin Johnson and Monica Valenzuela-Gamm

Dr. Franklin Johnson is focused on providing a personal and caring atmosphere that addresses your individual needs and concerns. He has extensive training in advanced gynecological surgery, and vast obstetrical experience and knowledge.

His residency training was completed at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and Riverside County Medical Center. Dr. Johnson served as Chief Resident during the completion of his training. He has been an attending staff physician at the renowned San Antonio Community Hospital for 3 years, and is a member of the quality management and medical staff education committees.

Having lived in the Inland Empire for most of his life he has developed strong community ties, and enjoys providing care in the very community in which he lives. As a husband, and father of three, Dr. Johnson understands how important family is, and strives to ensure that each patient receives the special care and attention they deserve.

Dr. Valenzuela-Gamm is committed to providing a comfortable and caring environment to address your individual needs. Her extensive training includes minimally invasive gynecological surgery, advanced gynecological surgery, cosmetic gynecologic surgery, and high risk obstetrical care.

Dr. Valenzuela-Gamm received her medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences and completed her residency at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and Riverside County Medical Center. She has been attending staff at San Antonio Community Hospital for 1 year, and is actively involved in community outreach and community education programs.

As a woman, Dr. Valenzuela-Gamm understands how important it is to have a comfortable and open environment to discuss and address your personal needs and concerns; she is committed to providing this to all of her patients.

Both Dr. Johnson and Dr. Valenzuela-Gamm are open to interview and speaking opportunities.

Media Contact:
Dr. Franklin Johnson
909-355-7855

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Pfizer launches frontal attack against well-being of American seniors by restriction on sales to Canadian Internet Pharmacies. Prompts call for action, investigations by Seniors Web Site Publisher

Pfizer launches frontal attack against well-being of American seniors by restriction on sales to Canadian Internet Pharmacies. Prompts call for action, investigations by Seniors Web Site Publisher

Pfizer cuts supplies of its products to Canadian Internet pharmacies in move to limit supplies to American seniors, prompts call for action, investigations

(PRWEB) February 18, 2004

Pfizer has told Canadian pharmacies selling to American seniors that they will no longer be able to purchase from Pfizer, TodaysSeniorsNetwork. com, a leading Internet site for seniors, has learned. The action has prompted call from TodaysSeniorsNetwork. com Publisher Daniel Hines for quick retaliatory action and investigation of Pfizer's actions.

The action by Pfizer is the most drastic taken to this point by a pharmaceutical manufacturer as part of the latest effort to control the market and set prices in the United States for the prescriptions that U. S. seniors use.

In a letter signed by Isabelle M Girard, legal counsel for Pfizer Canada, the company cited that its conditions for sale of its products required that companies not sell outside of Canada or sell the Pfizer products to anyone or company that it knows or suspects of such sales.

America's Seniors at www. TodaysSeniorsNetwork. com has launched an extensive series of contacts with policy makers and other groups that support a role for Canadian prescriptions as an alternative to high-priced drugs in the U. S.

"Many states have threatened the possibility of legal action in the past against a number of the pharmaceutical companies," explains Daniel Hines, publisher of TodaysSeniorsNetwork. com. "This includes, but it not limited to Illinois, with a 'black listing' of companies that take such action; Minnesota and Iowa, with attorneys general investigations of possible anti-trust action, and a number of other localities that have already implemented the purchase of prescription drugs from Canada."

Hines noted that the Pfizer action follows a series of failed actions by the large pharmaceutical manufactuerers and their allies to falsely portray Canadian imports as 'unsafe', 'counterfeit', and as being imported from Third-World countries.

"More significantly, it comes on the heels of the passage of the flawed Medicare Bill, which protects the positions of the large pharmaceutical companies by outlawing price controls, and that of pharmacy benefit plan managers--including AARP--that will gain the most from the Bill, at the expense of needy seniors" Hines continues. "The timing is even more evidence of the arrogance of the large pharmaceutical companies and their complete lack of responsiveness and sensitivity to the health care needs of seniors."

The action also comes in the face of a 'summit meeting' convened by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Canadian imports to be held in Washington, DC at the end of February.

The Illinois Governor has been a leader in the call for the use of Canadian prescription drugs.

Also, several in Congress have indicated their support, including Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) who has proposed legislation calling for the FDA to approve the import of Canadian prescriptions in this country.

Ironically, the National Governors' Association, which is meeting in Washington at the same time at Governor Blagojevich's summit, has not even included the subject of Canadian prescriptions from Internet pharmacies on its agenda.

Even before the Pfizer move, the Alliance for Retired Americans appealed for the Governors to redraw their agenda to discuss the issue.

Hines said that he anticipates a series of actions by different agencies in the next few weeks.

"If Pfizer is able to succeed in this attack upon seniors, others will follow suit," Hines says. "The losers will be the seniors of this country.

"It is time for dramatic steps to be taken to rein in the greed of Pfizer and others."

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Internet Marketing Company SureHits Announces Office Expansion

Internet Marketing Company SureHits Announces Office Expansion

Internet Marketing company SureHits announced an expansion of its Edmond, Oklahoma headquarters. SureHits chose to expand within its current building to minimize disruption to its business. SureHits believes its new space will accommodate future growth in its core business: advertising auto insurance, life insurance, home loans, and other financial services products on the internet.

Edmond, OK (PRWEB) September 25, 2006

SureHits (http://www. surehits. com), the leader in marketing financial services online, today announced the expansion of its Edmond headquarters. The SureHits home office has doubled in size to accommodate current employees and future growth. A privately held company, SureHits offers a wide variety of internet marketing services, including the SureHits Insurance and Loan Marketplaces, pay-per-click management, affiliate management and search engine optimization.

The new SureHits office space is adjacent to the office that the company has leased for the last 5 years. Working with local contractors and the building owner, SureHits has been able to incorporate the additional space with its existing space into a larger cohesive office environment. “We were extremely excited to find room for expansion without the cost and disruption of relocating. The company had previously experienced that kind of disruption and wanted to avoid it if possible,” Business Administrator Ron Cramer, who managed the process, explained.

The expanded office will allow SureHits to add new employees while maintaining the collaborative work environment that has made the company successful for the past 10 years. Easy access between sections of the expanded office as well as additional conference room space has been planned into the environment to foster collaboration. “Maintaining our high level of service and customer satisfaction is and will be our first priority,” said Cramer noted. “This space allows us to add employees without sacrificing the teamwork and collaboration that has brought us success.”

About SureHits:

Founded in 1995, SureHits is a privately-held internet marketing company (http://www. surehits. com) located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The SureHits Marketplaces bring together financial services advertisers, consumers, and website owners by providing shopping engines for auto insurance, health insurance, home insurance, life insurance, motorcycle insurance, small business insurance, auto loans and home loans. SureHits also operates a full-service internet advertising agency, focusing on management of pay-per-click search campaigns. More information about the SureHits Marketplaces and other SureHits internet marketing services can be found at http://www. surehits. com (http://www. surehits. com).

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Blue Ocean Alpha Revolutionizes ETF Portfolio Outsourcing

Blue Ocean Alpha Revolutionizes ETF Portfolio Outsourcing

ETF Portfolio Partners, WallachBeth Capital and Millennium Trust Company announce Blue Ocean Alpha, an ETF portfolio outsourcing solution offering the efficient combination of actively managed ETF-based portfolios, better trade execution without minimum trade costs, and RIA omnibus account client services.

Overland Park, KS (PRWEB) February 4, 2010

ETF Portfolio Partners, WallachBeth Capital and Millennium Trust Company announce Blue Ocean Alpha, an innovative solution for Investment Advisors that offers sub-advisory ETF portfolio management, omnibus trading and custody for accounts of all sizes.

“Blue Ocean Alpha is the first solution of its kind that seamlessly combines all of the key elements for alpha creation, relying on the expertise of three leading ETF service companies: ETF Portfolio Partners, WallachBeth Capital and Millennium Trust, to provide Advisors with a comprehensive ETF solution,” said John Balevic, senior vice president of Millennium Trust.

“There is a powerful trend emerging where Advisors are increasingly seeking to use ETFs in client portfolios. Blue Ocean Alpha offers an outsourced, turnkey approach that allows Advisors to focus their time and efforts on growing their businesses while still controlling the existing client relationships,” said Richard Romey, president of ETF Portfolio Partners.

Delivering proven, consistent and professional ETF portfolio management, along with exceptional trading execution with minimal transaction costs, regardless of account size, Blue Ocean Alpha allows any Investment Advisor to offer their clients a superior ETF-based portfolio.

In a 2008 State Street Global Advisors survey of investment professionals, 60% reported that ETFs have fundamentally changed the way they construct investment portfolios. 67% called ETFs the most innovative vehicle of the last two decades. With 800 ETFs and assets over $1 trillion, these “modern day mutual funds” account for over 30% of all equity trading volume on domestic exchanges. Providing access to virtually every segment of the global capital market, ETF assets are expected to grow dramatically over the next decade. “Blue Ocean Alpha streamlines any Advisor’s entrance into this expanding marketplace,” said William Koehler, CFA, chief investment officer of ETF Portfolio Partners.

For more information on Blue Ocean Alpha, visit www. blueoceanalpha. com.

About ETF Portfolio Partners
ETF Portfolio Partners, Inc., headquartered in Leawood, KS, is a fee-based SEC Registered Investment Advisor offering nine risk-adjusted and three alternative investment strategy portfolios comprised entirely of ETFs. The firm offers investors a powerful alternative to mutual fund-based portfolios and packaged financial products. Its disciplined approach combines proven strategies, a responsible fee structure, transparency and accessibility. More information on ETF Portfolio Partners is available at www. etfportfoliopartners. com.

About WallachBeth Capital
WallachBeth Capital LLC, headquartered in New York, NY, is an “inter-market-broker” specializing in exchange-listed equity options and index products, ETF’s, listed and OTC equities, and non-US equities. Operating on a fully-disclosed, agency-only basis, its role is to demystify the challenges of navigating orders within highly-fragmented markets, and to provide the vital link between those seeking liquidity and those providing best price execution. More information on WallachBeth Capital is available at www. wallachbeth. com.

About Millennium Trust Company
Millennium Trust Company, headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, is an industry leader in administrative and custodial services. Millennium custodies alternative and traditional assets in IRAs, Solo 401(k)s and custody accounts, offers cost-effective 403(b) solutions, creates customized Automatic Rollover programs, provides integrated Health Savings Account solutions, and designs unique trading platforms for Investment Advisors. Additional information about Millennium Trust Company can be found at www. mtrustcompany. com.

ETF Portfolio Partners, Inc., WallachBeth Capital, Inc. and Millennium Trust Company, LLC are not affiliates. Millennium Trust performs the duties of a custodian and, as such, does not provide investment advice or sell investments, nor offer any tax or legal advice.

For more information, contact Richard Romey or William Koehler, CFA, at 913-851-1100 or toll-free at 1-877-913-8511.

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Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Online Presentation Looks at the Complex Relationship of These Two Diseases in Light of Recent Studies

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Online Presentation Looks at the Complex Relationship of These Two Diseases in Light of Recent Studies

Dr. Anthony McCall presents an audio-slide presentation on the Diabetes Best Practices Website, analyzing the ACCORD, ADVANCE and UKPDS-80 trials and the role of glycemic control in treating type 2 diabetes as well as preventing heart disease.

Somerville, NJ (PRWEB) January 14, 2009

Effectively and safely achieving glycemic goal has long been considered the "brass ring" in diabetes management but recent studies (ACCORD, ADVANCE and UKPDS-80) paint a more complex picture, showing that aggressive glycemic control in some cases is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

A newly launched online, multi-media presentation by Anthony McCall, Professor of Diabetes at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, offers a detailed view of the studies presented at the 68th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. McCall addresses the question "how will these results affect the day-to-day practice of the healthcare provider?"

His slide and audio presentation, titled, "How Low Should You Go? Glycemic Control in T2DM: Discord over ADVANCE, ACCORD, and UKPDS-80" is now available online at the Diabetes Best Practices Website at Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Presentation (http://www. diabetesbestpractices. com/McCall/presentation. html)

"It is my hope to empower health care providers to develop their own best practice strategies for treating patients who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes-related comorbidities (eg, obesity, myocardial infarction, stroke) and who have other diabetes risk factors," explained Dr. McCall.

"Log on and listen, download the slides to present to others and join our blog to add your perspective, opinions, and feedback," says Dr. McCall. "The management of diabetes is constantly evolving and at the Community of Best Practices is a place where you can work with your colleagues to debate new developments and advance day-to-day practice," he added.

The Community of Best Practices (Diabetes Best Practices (http://www. diabetesbestpractices. com)) is an innovative Web forum launched in January 2008. It is an interactive environment in which clinicians can discuss and share their best practices related to diabetes care and management. Clinicians may log on to watch audiovisual presentations by physician faculty, read and contribute to useful tips in the blog, and view a calendar of events and links to diabetes resources.

The Web Site is a collaborative project of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Embryon and is supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U. S.

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is the nation's largest health sciences university. UMDNJ-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education (UMDNJ-CCOE) is the university's accrediting unit sponsoring national and international continuing medical education for a wide range of healthcare professionals.

Embryon is a medical communications provider to the pharmaceutical industry

CONTACT: diabetesbestpractices@embryoninc. com

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Fitness Expert Says New Years Fitness Resolutions are a Collosal Waste of Time

Fitness Expert Says New Years Fitness Resolutions are a Collosal Waste of Time

Fitness expert Geoff Kalmbach resumes annual battle against New Years fitness resolutions.

Destin, FL (PRWEB) December 23, 2005

Every January, millions of Americans flock to the gym to begin their annual pilgrimage towards inevitable fitness failure. The majority of people when asked what their New Years resolutions will be for 2005 proudly state that getting into shape or losing weight, yet again will top their lists. Enjoying a healthy, happy and fit lifestyle is a year-long adventure, not something people should half heartedly jump into because your best friend or spouse decides to.

“The biggest fad in fitness isn’t a powder pill or crazy abdominal toy, it’s the New Years fitness resolution”, said Geoff Kalmbach, a leading fitness expert based out of Destin. He went on to add: "Too many people get resolution confused with commitment. Fitness resolutions are nothing more than appointments that can be canceled and rescheduled without a second thought”.

Kalmbach believes there are several factors contributing to our sub par success rate.

-- Choosing the first Monday (Jan.2nd) as a start date. Most people will enjoy a few cocktails and all types of incredible foods throughout the day and night on Saturday and Sunday. This certainly doesn’t bode well for the first leg of your fitness program.

-- Not setting a goal or even worse, setting an unobtainable goal.

-- Waiting until the New Year to begin in the first place.

-- Showing absolutely no discipline. ”I’m getting it all out of my system this weekend, but come Monday my resolution begins”.

-- Choosing a program on your actual start date, instead of having a program in place ready to incorporate.

Geoff offers up the following suggestions to ensure fitness success.

1) Instead of a starting date, have a starting week. This will give you a chance to iron out the bugs, and see how it all will fit day to day. Use the first week to develop a schedule for meals and best times for workouts, and always keep a daily fitness journal to record meals.

2) Not setting a goal is the equivalent to playing golf, and never shooting at the flag. You MUST have daily, weekly, 1, 3 and 6 month goals. Be sure your goals are specific to you and your schedule and more importantly keep them realistic, none of that 20 pounds in two weeks garbage like you see in all the magazines and TV.

3) There is no better time to start working out than today. Whether it be a Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, December, January, or February. The best time to start working out is the day you choose to begin. If you can only workout three times weekly make sure you choose a program that calls for three workouts weekly as opposed to five.

4) Showing some discipline during New Years celebrations goes a long way in helping you phycologically down the road. If you exhibit restraint during the most gluttonous days of the year then there is no reason why you can’t do it in any other time of the year.

5) Keep it simple and fun. Exercise is easy so there is no reason to make it difficult. If you loathe the workout your obviously not going to stick with it and you know what that means. Another fitness resolution for 2007.

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Success Against Malaria Bolsters Case for Further Investment, New Report Shows

Success Against Malaria Bolsters Case for Further Investment, New Report Shows

A new study, released this week by Roll Back Malaria, links funding increases in the global fight against malaria to a drop in deaths from the disease and shows that resources from donor governments still fall short of those needed for maximum impact against the world’s fourth-biggest killer of children, according to a global health policy analyst at international aid agency World Vision. With World Malaria Day just weeks away, World Vision cautions that unless donor governments increase funding and the U. S. meets the commitments signed into law under its Global AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria bill in 2008, life-saving programs will fall far short of targets.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 20, 2010

A new study linking funding increases in the global fight against malaria to a drop in deaths from the disease also shows that resources from donor governments still fall short of those needed for maximum impact against the world’s fourth-biggest killer of children, according to a global health policy analyst at international aid agency World Vision.

International funding for malaria efforts reached $4.6 billion from 2003 to 2009, according to Roll Back Malaria’s report “Malaria Funding and Resource Utilization,” released this week. The paper, which examines the past decade of the global anti-malaria effort, highlights considerable progress in countries working to rapidly scale up proven malaria control interventions. Still, the less than $2 billion now committed annually represents only a third of the global need.

With World Malaria Day just weeks away, World Vision cautions that unless donor governments increase funding and the U. S. meets the commitments signed into law under its Global AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria bill in 2008, programs will fall far short of the 2010 targets of halving malaria deaths and ensuring universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and will fail to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals in 2015.

“Clearly, the increase in global malaria investments in recent years is now paying off with a substantial dividend of lives saved,” Craig Jaggers, global health policy adviser for the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision, said of the findings in RBM’s review. “This illustrates that malaria interventions work -- yet funding remains far short to fulfill Millennium Development goals and other global commitments, threatening the progress made to date.”

Each day, malaria kills more than 2,000 children under age five, making it a leading cause of death for young children in Africa and other regions. Still, malaria can be prevented and treated with inexpensive, proven interventions such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and access to anti-malarial drugs.

“Using effective, low-cost solutions, tens of thousands of lives are being saved each year from malaria,” said Jaggers. “Accelerating funding will help ensure universal coverage of malaria interventions and bring us one step closer to ending child deaths from this entirely preventable disease."

“Success against malaria is also driving a drop in overall child and maternal deaths in the developing world, a reality UNICEF recognized in its latest global health assessment,” said Jaggers.

World Vision, a member of the RBM partnership, concurs with the assessment of the researchers and analysts who authored the study, the first in the Progress and Impact Series of reports charting progress towards the goal of eliminating the disease and its death toll.

World Vision works in 62 malaria-endemic countries, 23 of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, with experience in local communities and tens of thousands of trained volunteer caregivers who can assist with malaria interventions on the frontlines. The aid group’s experts urge malaria programs to emphasize grassroots, community-level distributions of bed nets within national and global plans.

For more information visit www. worldvision. org/press (http://www. worldvision. org/press ) and www. endmalaria. org

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Teradata Delivers Enterprise Intelligence

Teradata Delivers Enterprise Intelligence

Exclusive interview featuring Teradata's Scott Gnau

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 14, 2008

Scott Gnau, Chief Development Officer of Teradata, recently participated in an exclusive interview with Claudia Imhoff and the Business Intelligence Network (www. BeyeNETWORK. com). In this interview, Gnau explains how the Teradata solution allows analysis of business operations to drive better, faster decisions that deliver customer value, leverage business applications and build business advantage.

"Those executives trying to push beyond the boundaries of traditional business intelligence and infuse real time intelligence deep into their organization must destroy the unhealthy dependence on department-specific historical reporting," says Scott Gnau, Chief Development Officer of Teradata. "Enterprise intelligence is built on the foundation of an integrated data warehouse which pushes valuable information into the company's operations and to frontline decision makers in a real-time manner. This information supports better, faster decisions because it is a combination of historical reporting and analysis, predictive analytics and near real-time customer or business activity."

"Teradata 12.0 is the twelfth release of the Teradata database software," says Claudia Imhoff, Business Intelligence Network Expert and President of Intelligent Solutions. "Market demand for business intelligence has changed and matured, and the Teradata active data warehouse concept embraces the current evolution to operational business intelligence."

To listen to the interview, please click here (http://www. b-eye-network. com/audio/spotlight_propackage_teradata_0408.html).

The Business Intelligence Network Solution Spotlights are intuitive dialogues with innovative solution providers, and these spotlights provide a cutting-edge introduction to the new products and services of interest to the business intelligence community. The Network publishes six newsletters serving more than 115,000 readers across a wide variety of industries, making it the largest newsletter-based information source for business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing, data integration and data quality.

About Teradata Corporation
Teradata Corporation (http://www. teradata. com/t/) (NYSE: TDC) is the world's largest company solely focused on raising intelligence through data warehousing and enterprise analytics. Teradata is in more than 60 countries and on the Web at www. teradata. com.

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

About Business Intelligence Network™:
The Network's flagship site BeyeNETWORK. com (http://www. b-eye-network. com/home/index. php) leads the industry with up-to-the-minute news, newsletters, articles, executive spotlights, podcasts, expert-hosted channels and blogs. Experts include Claudia Imhoff, Bill Inmon, Craig Schiff, Colin White, David Loshin, and others. BeyeRESEARCH. com (http://www. beyeresearch. com/) provides research and case studies from leading authors and experts in business intelligence. BeyeBLOGS. com (http://www. beyeblogs. com/) is a business intelligence-specific community blogging site that provides an open forum about industry issues and challenges. BeyeSEARCH. com (http://www. beyesearch. com/) offers the first and only editor-driven directory and search engine specially built to serve this industry.

This press release is based upon information provided by the Company. The Business Intelligence Network does not independently verify statements made and has no obligation to update these statements after the date of release.

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Contact:
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Dan W. Conway
Dan. conway(at)teradata. com
+1-858-485-3029

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