March 9, 2010 at 4:49 am · Filed under Uncategorized
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Organization for Victim Assistance® (NOVA), a nonprofit
organization committed to the recognition and implementation of victim
rights and services, has announced an Identity Theft Victim Advocate
Summit will be held in Columbus, Ohio on April 27, 2010. In response to
the rising tide of identity theft victimization throughout the country,
NOVA has recognized a lack of education directed to victim advocates,
those individuals working directly with victims on a regular basis.
“We recognize there is a large gap in the education related to identity
theft,” said Will Marling, Executive Director of NOVA. “While we see a
great deal of education supporting consumers before they are victimized,
we have been presented with a tremendous opportunity to bring together
victim advocates to develop a set of best practices that will not only
serve victims but can be a blueprint for victim advocacy moving forward.”
NOVA’s Identity Theft Victim Advocate Summit is a training course
designed to provide crime victim advocates with the most current tools
available to assist the millions of victims of identity theft. A recent
report from Javelin Strategy Research revealed that an estimated 11
million Americans were victims of identity fraud in 2009 (“2010 Identity
Fraud Survey Report”). In order to further aid consumers in dealing with
identity theft issues that they face every day, NOVA established the
Identity Theft Task Force in 2009. Chaired by the Honorable Chief
Justice Richard Barajas, NOVA’s Identity Theft Task Force is working to
address critical issues of the crime and develop a set of best practices
for victim advocates across the nation.
“We are proud to be aligned with an organization such as NOVA,” said
Todd Davis, Chairman and CEO of LifeLock, the leader in identity theft
protection. “We want consumers to know that not only are there various
ways to help combat this crime, but there are organizations who will do
whatever it takes to assist victims. We need to see other agencies going
to bat for consumers like NOVA has done.”
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Organization for Victim Assistance® (NOVA), a nonprofit
organization committed to the recognition and implementation of victim
rights and services, has announced an Identity Theft Victim Advocate
Summit will be held in Columbus, Ohio on April 27, 2010. In response to
the rising tide of identity theft victimization throughout the country,
NOVA has recognized a lack of education directed to victim advocates,
those individuals working directly with victims on a regular basis.
“We recognize there is a large gap in the education related to identity
theft,” said Will Marling, Executive Director of NOVA. “While we see a
great deal of education supporting consumers before they are victimized,
we have been presented with a tremendous opportunity to bring together
victim advocates to develop a set of best practices that will not only
serve victims but can be a blueprint for victim advocacy moving forward.”
NOVA’s Identity Theft Victim Advocate Summit is a training course
designed to provide crime victim advocates with the most current tools
available to assist the millions of victims of identity theft. A recent
report from Javelin Strategy Research revealed that an estimated 11
million Americans were victims of identity fraud in 2009 (“2010 Identity
Fraud Survey Report”). In order to further aid consumers in dealing with
identity theft issues that they face every day, NOVA established the
Identity Theft Task Force in 2009. Chaired by the Honorable Chief
Justice Richard Barajas, NOVA’s Identity Theft Task Force is working to
address critical issues of the crime and develop a set of best practices
for victim advocates across the nation.
“We are proud to be aligned with an organization such as NOVA,” said
Todd Davis, Chairman and CEO of LifeLock, the leader in identity theft
protection. “We want consumers to know that not only are there various
ways to help combat this crime, but there are organizations who will do
whatever it takes to assist victims. We need to see other agencies going
to bat for consumers like NOVA has done.”
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March 9, 2010 at 4:38 am · Filed under Uncategorized
MICHAEL Foot, the former Labour leader and ex-MP for Ebbw Vale, died at the age of 96 last week. Mr Foot represented Ebbw Vale in parliament after a by-election in 1960, following in the footsteps of his great political mentor Aneurin Bevan. He served the South Wales valleys constitutency, which became the Blaenau Gwent seat, for 32 years. Here Chris McLaughlin, editor of Tribune and former political editor of the Sunday Mirror, remembers him. THERE is an abiding image of Michael Foot which no camera could ever capture but which captures the essence of the man.
QI AM thinking of buying a Chrysler 300C for around pounds 12,000. There seems to be a lot on the market, some with very low mileages. Is there a reason for this? – Dom Kuzniar, by email ATHE 300C looks good, but it doesnt drive that well and the interior is pants. There are too many for sale because theyre big, brassy and brash. Your money would be much safer in a Merc, BMW or Jag XJ Diesel.
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March 8, 2010 at 4:46 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Many vacant commercial properties in the UK may have inadequate Commercial Property Insurance despite facing a significantly increased risk of arson and malicious damage. Following similar warnings from the UKs largest insurance group, Aviva, the independent commercial insurance broker, Flint Insurance, is urging owners of empty properties to remember the importance of Commercial Insurance during these financially challenging times.
Latest research from the Local Data Company shows that the worst affected areas of the UK are experiencing a level of empty commercial properties that is hitting a 24 per cent high. The UK average for empty commercial properties is currently 12 per cent. The Local Data Companys research is representative of 92 per cent of the UK, covering more than 390,000 retail and leisure premises.
Inadequate commercial insurance can lead to financial loss for the owners of empty properties if they fall prey to acts of vandalism; furthermore, failure to inform an insurance provider that a commercial property is empty could invalidate a property owners insurance. Owners of vacant properties must also ensure that their buildings are adequately insured in response to wider legal concerns, as identified by a property risk manager for Aviva, who said:
“Empty units must be adequately protected – every year, over three million properties are vandalised and 25 per cent of this malicious damage occurs in empty properties with arson costing Pounds Sterling 2 billion”.
Westland Insurance Group Ltd. today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Thunderbird Insurance Services Ltd., an independent insurance agency located in Port Alberni, BC. The transaction marks the continuation of Westlands acquisition strategy of insurance agencies through out British Columbia. The purchase will complete on March 31st, 2010. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1973, Thunderbird Insurance has served the communities of Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino for over 35 years. The firm specializes in automobile, house, condo, tenant, travel and business insurance. Located in the heart of Port Alberni, Thunderbird Insurance generates over $1,000,000 in annual commissions and has 13 employees.
Alan Anderson, president of Thunderbird Insurance Services, said, “We look at this acquisition as very positive for the staff and community. We see it as a great fit as well as a great opportunity for the community to benefit from the products, markets and value a company like Westland can bring.”
Jason Wubs, president and CEO of Westland Insurance, said, “Im delighted to welcome the employees of Thunderbird Insurance Services to our firm. As a well-managed firm with highly qualified professionals and a reputation for excellent service, Thunderbird Insurance fits perfectly with the type of organization we have worked hard to build at Westland Insurance.”
HESTON Blumenthals restaurant made a mouthwatering pounds 200,000 last year. when it was SHUT.
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March 8, 2010 at 4:38 am · Filed under Uncategorized
NEW Doctor Who Matt Smith has split from his long-term girlfriend. Matt, 27, who makes his debut as the Timelord at Easter, is now single after ending his long-distance romance with Brazilian singer Mayana Mauro, 27. Asked if the couple, who began dating two years ago, were still together, the star said: “No, no, no, no.” Matt, who will be the youngest actor yet to play the part, went on to describe co-star Karen Gillan, who plays the Doctors assistant, as “very beautiful”.
NEW Doctor Who Matt Smith has split from his long-term girlfriend. Matt, 27, who makes his debut as the Timelord at Easter, is now single after ending his long-distance romance with Brazilian singer Mayana Mauro, 27. Asked if the couple, who began dating two years ago, were still together, the star said: “No, no, no, no.” Matt, who will be the youngest actor yet to play the part, went on to describe co-star Karen Gillan, who plays the Doctors assistant, as “very beautiful”.
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March 8, 2010 at 4:25 am · Filed under Uncategorized
ROY Hodgsons iron-man players must now add another match to their marathon season. This was the 45th game his Fulham side have fought their way through and all it brought them was another replay to squeeze into a crowded schedule.
As we know – because theyre always telling us – rocks superstars are feeling the pinch. Faced with a global slump in album sales and the not-unconnected problem of illegal downloading, theyve embarked on an increasingly desperate search for the industrys new Holy Grail. a business model that can make money from music while accommodating the iPod generations unwillingness to pay for it. Its a circle that cant easily be squared, though there have been some imaginative attempts to date. A few months later, Radiohead leaked their new album In Rainbows onto the internet, asking fans to pay only what they thought it was worth. Over one million people coughed up something. The deluxe vinyl version, released two months later, went on to become the best-selling release of 2008. and that in a vinyl market in which sales rose 89% on the previous year. Next weekend, the Kingdom of Fife enters the story when King Creosote – also known as 43-year-old musician Kenny Anderson – performs at Anstruthers Homegame festival. Anderson isnt a rock superstar but, like Prince, hes giving away a free album and performing a series of connected live shows. The difference is that his audience will have to record this album for themselves. Now in its seventh year, Homegame is organised by Fence Records, the label Anderson founded in the mid-1990s and which he now runs with fellow musician Johnny Lynch. Together they are part of a wider community of musicians known as the Fence Collective.
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March 7, 2010 at 4:32 am · Filed under Uncategorized
BOTHELL, Wash. — EKOS Corporation announced today that Dr. David W. Newell, Co–Executive
Director, Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI, Seattle, WA) presented a
SNI clinical study known as ‘SLEUTH’ (Safety of Lysis with Ultrasound in
the Treatment of Intracerebral (ICH) and Intraventricular Hemorrhage
(IVH) at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference
(San Antonio, TX).
Dr. Newell said, “The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety
and efficacy of a novel therapy which combines ultrasound with
recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) delivered through a
microcatheter directly into spontaneous IVH or ICH in humans, to
facilitate evacuation of the hemorrhage.”
Dr. Newell said that the 35 patients presented at SNI with ICH and IVH
were screened between November 2008 and July 2009 for entry into the
study. Entry criteria included the spontaneous onset of ICH ≥ 25cc and
or IVH producing ventricular obstruction. Nine patients (ages 38-83,
average = 63, 6 male, 3 female) who met entry criteria were consented
and entered into the trial. A ventricular drainage catheter and an
ultrasound microcatheter were stereotactically delivered together,
directly into the IVH or ICH. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator
(rt-PA) and 24 hours of continuous ultrasound were delivered and gravity
drainage was performed. In patients with IVH a total of 3 mg of rt-PA
was injected, and in patients with intraparenchymal hemorrhages a total
of 0.9 mg rt-PA was injected, in three doses over 24 hours.
Dr. Newell reported that all patients had significant volume reductions
of the treated hemorrhage. The mean percentage volume reduction after 24
hours of treatment, compared to the pre-treatment stability scans, as
determined by CT were 59 % ± 5 (sem) for ICH, and 45.1% ±13 (sem) for
IVH (1 ICH patient was excluded from analysis due to catheter breakage).
There were no intracranial infections and there were no significant
episodes of re-bleeding by clinical or CT assessment. There was 1 death
by 30 days after admission. Clinical improvements as determined by a
decrease in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Score (NIHSS) were
demonstrated at 30 days in 7/9 patients. The rate of thrombolysis was
compared between 8 patients who completed treatment, to cohorts of
patients treated using identical doses of tPA and catheter drainage
without ultrasound for IVH and ICH (courtesy of MISTIE and CLEAR studies
which are large IVH/ICH studies sponsored by the NIH which are already
underway and do no use ultrasound acceleration ). Compared to MISTIE /
CLEAR data we observed a faster rate of lysis during the first 24 hours
of treatment for IVH (p=0.046) and for ICH (p=0.074) in the patients
treated with sonolysis tPA.
Dr. Newell noted, “Lysis and drainage of spontaneous ICH and IVH with
reduction of mass effect can be accomplished rapidly and safely by
sonothrombolysis using stereotactically delivered drainage and
ultrasound catheters through a burr hole. A larger clinical trial with
catheters specifically designed for brain blood clot removal is
warranted.”
Ryan’s Expertise Will Build on Toshiba’s Strength in Developing
Products to Meet the Clinical and Performance Needs of the U.S. Market
TUSTIN, Calif. — Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that Doug Ryan has
been promoted to vice president, Marketing and Strategic Development,
further increasing Toshiba’s ability to develop products to meet the
clinical and performance needs of the U.S. market across all product
lines. As the vice president of Marketing and Strategic Development,
Ryan will head Toshiba’s business units, including CT, MR, Ultrasound
and X-ray Vascular, as well as handle strategic marketing for Toshiba
and its products in the medical imaging industry.
“Doug brings an excellent track record in CT, one of our largest and
most successful business segments, to this new role,” said Larry
Dentice, senior vice president and general manager, Toshiba. “Today we
hold significant CT market share, offer the industry’s leading products
and are building substantial new product segments in areas such as
pediatrics, emergency medicine and neuro imaging. Doug’s leadership,
market foresight and strong contacts with customers and industry
analysts have been integral in helping us attain these achievements.”
Ryan joined Toshiba in 2001 as a CT modality manager. He was named
director, CT Business Unit, in 2002 and promoted to senior director, CT
Business Unit, in 2007.
Attention: Business/Financial Editors
The Medipattern Corporation (”Medipattern”) (TSX VENTURE: MKI), a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, is pleased to announced that it has signed its largest B-CAD-FOR-LIFE agreement to date with Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services (”Doshi”). Doshi operates 38 sites with more than 115 sonographers located in both New York and Florida, and plans to deploy the B-CAD-FOR-LIFE package throughout all its locations. Installation has started and will commence based upon a rollout schedule over the next several months.
B-CAD® is computer aided detection (CAD) for breast ultrasound imaging. B-CAD can streamline workflow, provide a consistent communication platform, eliminate transcription costs and maintain compliance with the ACR BI-RADS (American College of Radiology – Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System) standards for breast ultrasound. It is an ideal tool for large imaging groups where communication is a key part of an accurate reporting process. Under the B-CAD-FOR-LIFE package all of the separate components that are required to install, train, use and maintain B-CAD are available under one monthly fee.
After decades of delivering exceptional service to its patients, Doshi Diagnostic, the premier radiology provider on the east coast, created “TOTAL BREAST CARE” – a program solely dedicated to improving the delivery of breast care for women. The Center is focused exclusively on breast health by providing the most advanced tools and techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of breast disease and breast cancer. Doshi Diagnostics Total Breast Care program provides every facet of breast cancer care on-location. This patient-focused, world-class center incorporates every facet of optimal breast health management. To minimize waiting for results, the center strives to provide women with results from their screening examinations and any additional studies needed before they leave the Center.
“We provide the most innovative testing available in the management of breast care, including Digital Mammography, Breast Ultrasound, Breast MRI, Stereotactic Biopsy, Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy, MRI-Guided Biopsy, Pathology, Surgery, and Oncology in a centralized medical center setting. Now, we are pleased to include CAD for breast ultrasound in our TOTAL BREAST CARE package,” comments Dr. Leena Doshi, founder and medical director of Doshi Diagnostic Imaging. “DOSHI has grown from my first office in Flushing to be the largest privately owned imaging practice in the United States. Weve grown through our active pursuit of quality in patient care, and B-CAD exemplifies our mission. B-CAD improves quality of communication, thoroughness in reporting and enrichment of evidence-based medicine which all contribute to improved patient care. The B-CAD-FOR-LIFE addresses many of the purchasing decisions facing imaging centers in the U.S. today. This was one of the easiest decisions weve made.”
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March 7, 2010 at 4:32 am · Filed under Uncategorized
NEW YORK — Chris Casson Madden has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).
“Chris Madden, who attended FIT on a scholarship, has built one of the
country’s top home furnishings businesses,” said Edwin Goodman, chairman
of the board. “With her direct experience in publishing, television,
design, and licensing, she will be a great asset to our board.”
“My early experiences at FIT,” notes Madden, “whether it was textile
science, art history or my draping classes, triggered a life-long
passion in design and enabled me to envision and create through my books
and products what I believe the American consumer wants.” Madden, who
built a billion-dollar brand with her home fashion products is scheduled
to publish her 17th book – The Soul of a House:
Decorating with Warmth, Style and Comfort – with
Rizzoli Publications in October 2010.
Adds Madden, “my FIT education laid the groundwork to enable me to
become an authority and trusted voice in helping homeowners across the
country define their decorating lifestyle and, hopefully, I have guided
them in making intelligent purchases in this challenging economy.”
As founder and CEO of Chris Madden, Inc., Madden’s message of turning
one’s home into a haven has been shared with millions throughout
America. She was design correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show;
hosted her own show on Home and Garden television for eight seasons; had
her own magazine, At Home with Chris Madden, published by
Hachette; and partnered with Hearst on Your Good House magazine.
She has also written a news column (Scripps Howard) for a decade along
with her 17 books, including the best-selling A Room of Her
Own: Women’s Personal Spaces
(12 printings and a TV special).
NEW YORK — Chris Casson Madden has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).
“Chris Madden, who attended FIT on a scholarship, has built one of the
country’s top home furnishings businesses,” said Edwin Goodman, chairman
of the board. “With her direct experience in publishing, television,
design, and licensing, she will be a great asset to our board.”
“My early experiences at FIT,” notes Madden, “whether it was textile
science, art history or my draping classes, triggered a life-long
passion in design and enabled me to envision and create through my books
and products what I believe the American consumer wants.” Madden, who
built a billion-dollar brand with her home fashion products is scheduled
to publish her 17th book – The Soul of a House:
Decorating with Warmth, Style and Comfort – with
Rizzoli Publications in October 2010.
Adds Madden, “my FIT education laid the groundwork to enable me to
become an authority and trusted voice in helping homeowners across the
country define their decorating lifestyle and, hopefully, I have guided
them in making intelligent purchases in this challenging economy.”
As founder and CEO of Chris Madden, Inc., Madden’s message of turning
one’s home into a haven has been shared with millions throughout
America. She was design correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show;
hosted her own show on Home and Garden television for eight seasons; had
her own magazine, At Home with Chris Madden, published by
Hachette; and partnered with Hearst on Your Good House magazine.
She has also written a news column (Scripps Howard) for a decade along
with her 17 books, including the best-selling A Room of Her
Own: Women’s Personal Spaces
(12 printings and a TV special).
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March 7, 2010 at 4:18 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Metatron Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MRNJ) today announced that it will release the appMovie “Michael Jackson HIStory World Tour Live” concert on iTunes, Android and Blackberry under license from Soul Legends Ltd and Darryl Payne Productions Inc.
The concert was recorded from the third and final world concert tour by Michael Jackson as a solo artist. The tour, which grossed a total of $165 million, included a total of 82 concerts with a record-breaking attendance of 4,500,000 fans. Never before seen in the US, this is the first and only High-Definition recording of Michael Jackson performing all of his hits live. Recorded while he was at the peak of his career, Jackson puts on an amazing performance. The video quality is extremely high, was shot with fifty cameras and is 2-1/2 hours in length. This app also contains 500 rare pictures.
Joe Riehl, CEO of Metatron said, “Michael Jackson is the most successful entertainer of all time and his music and videos continue to be top sales performers in all formats. This concert video is exclusive to our subsidiary i-Mobilize and has not been released in any format in the United States until now. We are proud to be the first to release this incredible video from one of the worlds truly great all-time performers.”
Michael Jackson., referred to as the King of Pop, is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time, and one of the most influential. His 1982 album Thriller sold more than 110 million copies, and remains the best-selling album ever; while several of his other albums rank among the worlds best-sellers. 17 number-one singles in the US (including four as a member of The Jackson 5); and estimated world sales of over 780 million records,[ making him one of the best-selling recording artists ever.
SAN ANSELMO, Calif. — San Domenico School’s Orchestra da Camera returned from competing
in the 2010 National Orchestra Festival® competition with two new
trophies in tow: First Place High School String Orchestra, and Festival
Grand Champion. The festival, sponsored by the American String Teachers
Association (ASTA), took place in Santa Clara, California as part of
ASTA’s national conference on February 18 – 20. This marked the third
time in six years that the orchestra, comprised of students in San
Domenico’s elite Virtuoso Program for talented teenage musicians, has
been invited to compete and returned as winners, having taken home the
same trophies at their appearances at the festival in 2008 and 2005.
The Orchestra da Camera’s public competition performance took
place at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19, 2010 before a panel of judges
and a standing-room only audience. Virtuoso Program Music Director
George Thomson remarked that among the more gratifying aspects of the
Festival this time was that the Virtuoso Program competition
performance–usually only attended by family, friends, and a smattering
of spectators–was packed, with standees, even. “The word was out that
the girls from California were the group to hear,” Thomson said.
Competing orchestras are split into four categories: High School String
Orchestra, High School Full Orchestra, Youth Orchestra, and Middle
School Orchestra. The Orchestra da Camera competed in the High
School String Orchestra category, performing a public concert that was
evaluated by a panel of music educators on their technique, tone
quality, intonation, rhythm and interpretation. Students also attended
masterclasses, where they performed for and listened to fellow student
musicians from other participating orchestras from around the country.
The festival culminated in a Gala Awards Dinner Dance for all of the
orchestra students, where ratings and prizes were announced for each
category and the Virtuoso Program’s Orchestra da Camera was named
Grand Champion Orchestra.
Besides their National Orchestra Festival successes, the orchestra has
received numerous awards and recognitions in recent years, including
performing on NPR’s From the Top in front of a sold-out audience at
Stanford University in 2006, and hosting several renowned performers for
guest artist masterclasses including Yehudi Menuhin, Franco Gulli and
the Cavani String Quartet.
The Virtuoso Program was established 1977 by San Domenico School to
offer a highly advanced curriculum of music and academic training for
talented high school string players from Marin County and the greater
Bay Area.
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March 6, 2010 at 4:27 am · Filed under Uncategorized
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Premier
Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for surgical
instruments have been awarded to Aesculap Inc. of Center Valley,�Pa.;
CareFusion of San Diego; Jarit Surgical Instruments of Hawthorne, N.Y.;
and Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. of Stow,�Ohio.
Effective February 1, 2010, the agreements are available to acute care
and continuum of care members of the Premier
healthcare alliance.
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
recipient
The Premier
healthcare alliance is more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and
64,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve
healthcare quality and affordability. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals,
Premier maintains the nations most comprehensive repository of
clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading
healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver
measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for
Medicare Medicaid Services and the United Kingdoms National Health
Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in
Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and
Washington. Follow Premier on Twitter.
Catholic Healthcare West has awarded Hunt Construction Group the construction contract for the Sequoia Hospital Rebuilding Project in Redwood City, California. The project, sited on the existing hospital campus, will consist of a new four-story, 148,000 square foot, 104 bed pavilion, hosting medical and surgical services and an advanced cardiovascular center, a central utility plant and mechanical yard, seismic upgrades to the existing hospital and a dining/kitchen addition and remodel to the existing hospital.
Designed by Moon Mayoras Architects, the project is set to begin construction in April 2010 with an anticipated completion date of December 2012.
“Hunt is excited to partner with Catholic Healthcare West on building one of the most advanced healthcare facilities for residents of the Bay Area,” stated Ray Zunino, Vice President for Hunt.
“Were thrilled to begin the new pavilion and provide our community with state-of-the-art medical care delivered in larger, private rooms with clinically advanced equipment,” said Glenna Vaskelis, CEO and President of Sequoia Hospital.
The new Sequoia Hospital campus will be one of the most advanced health care facilities in the Bay Area. Features of the new 167 bed hospital campus include:
LIMERICK, Pa. — Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) has completed the previously announced
sale of its SSI Surgical Services Inc. business to a privately-owned
multi-service line healthcare company.
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March 6, 2010 at 4:22 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Investments Anticipated to Fully Fund the Mt. Hope Project
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — General Moly (NYSE Amex: GMO)(TSX: GMO) announced a significant
investment and strategic relationship with Hanlong (USA) Mining
Investment Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sichuan Hanlong Group
(Hanlong), that is anticipated to provide full project funding for the
Company’s 80% owned Mt. Hope project.
Highlights of the transaction include:
Mr. Hansen added, “We would also like to express our appreciation to
POSCO, our Joint Venture partner at Mt. Hope, for its immense support as
we have evaluated numerous financing alternatives and its commitment to
remain a 20% partner in the Mt. Hope project.”
Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CSH.UN) announced today results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2009.
2009 HIGHLIGHTS:
Same property net operating income (”NOI”) decreased $0.3 million or 0.7% for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 compared to the same period last year. For the year ended December 31, 2009 same property NOI decreased $0.9 million or 0.5% compared to last year. The implementation of rent increases on renewal and turnover, increased ancillary revenues, and targeted cost reductions partially offset the negative impact of reduced occupancies, property and commodity tax increases, and a one-time increase in vacation and benefit cost estimates compared to the prior year. Same property occupancy was 91.8% in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 0.5 percentage points from the previous quarter of 2009 but down from 93.1% in last years fourth quarter. For the year ended December 31, 2009 same property occupancy was 91.6% compared to 93.3% in the prior year.
In the Canadian Retirement portfolio same property NOI decreased $1.0 million or 4.3% for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 compared to the same period last year. For the year ended December 31, 2009 same property NOI decreased $1.8 million or 1.8% compared to last year. The NOI declines are primarily attributable to lower occupancies, particularly in the British Columbia portfolio, as well as one-time increases in estimated liabilities for employee vacation and benefits recorded in the fourth quarter of 2009. Same property occupancies in Ontario were healthy at 93.1% in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from 92.1% in the third quarter of the year and lower than 94.1% in the fourth quarter of last year. Customer traffic and expected future arrivals maintained positive trends and management is optimistic that this improvement will translate into continued increases in occupancies in 2010. In addition, the spillover effect from significant waiting lists for long-term care beds in the province should continue supporting the increased demand for retirement suites. Performance in the Quebec portfolio continues to show steady growth with same property average occupancy improving to 88.6% in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from 87.8% in the third quarter of 2009 and from 85.5% in the fourth quarter of last year. In Western Canada, while Alberta occupancies remained strong, continued oversupply conditions in two British Columbia markets, combined with reduced occupancies at one long-term care community, resulted in same property occupancies declining to 90.3% in the fourth quarter of 2009 from 91.0% in the third quarter of 2009 and 95.0% in the fourth quarter of the prior year.
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March 5, 2010 at 4:40 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Cinema possesses a rich history of collaboration between artists of sound, narrative, and image. However, traditional tendencies to perceive music as a strictly supportive background or accompaniment have been subjected to in-depth critique only recently. Abigail Childs interactions with musicians in Is This What You Were Born For? (1981-89) and Bill Morrisons partnership with composer Michael Gordon in Decasia (2001) exemplify (but by no means exhaust the possibilities of) the broader range of collaborative textures that cinema has always suggested. Not coincidentally, these works represent the influence on cinema of two popular music practices: the ubiquitous re-mixing that has emerged from hip-hop culture and the group composition typical of many rock bands. Abigail Child (also a poet, critic, and scholar) has had an influential career as an experimental filmmaker since the mid-1970s when she turned from professional documentary work to the creation of independent films focusing on gender, sexuality, class, and the critical possibilities of montage. Recycling found footage from a wide variety of sources, such as porn, industrial films, and home movies, and progressing cinematic techniques often associated primarily with the historical avant-garde of the early twentieth century, Child has created an oeuvre of incredible beauty and continuing social relevance. Her films are shown at major art museums and in experimental cinema venues and can be obtained through a variety of distribution channels. Is This What You Were Born For?, the series of short films Child created in the 1980s, underscores her exploration of interdisciplinary collaboration and these endeavors have had on her work. Michael Gordons award-winning career as a composer has resulted in a variety of notable intermedia collaborations, including for example operas with diegetic film components progressing beyond the more familiar application of projection as scenery and non-narrative music performances incorporating video. Gordon is a founding member of the highly regarded new music organization Bang on a Can, a group dedicated to facilitating the composition and performance of new music, often with an interdisciplinary dimension and independently of conservative academic contexts. Decasia, Gordons internationally celebrated collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, is a symphony for full orchestra paired with a montage of archival nitrate footage in various states of intriguing and evocative decomposition. The final version of the film, edited to fit the live recording of the symphony performance, was featured in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Decasia synaesthetically elucidates subtleties inherent to myriad generative tensions: progress/tradition, memory/time, darkness/illumination, and mini-malism/totalism.
Company Reports Strong Revenue and Profitability
WOBURN, Mass. — Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE), a leading global provider
of text imaging solutions, today announced financial results for the
fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2009.
Fourth quarter and full year 2009 highlights:
Scott Landers, senior vice president and chief financial officer, said,
“Our results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2009 reflect our
ability to manage our business to significant levels of profitability.
We balanced cost containment with investments, while at the same time
grew our cash balances to $34.6 million and reduced our debt balances by
over $22 million.”
Fujitsu Canada, Inc., the market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today introduced the newest addition to its portable ScanSnap product lineup. The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 is the companys next generation mobile multi-page scanner that provides the same easy-to-use one-button scanning and reliable operation as its predecessors. With enhanced productivity features and added versatility, it is also the first ScanSnap scanner designed for full cross-platform functionality for PC and Mac.
Optimized for operation with a PC or Mac and small enough to digitize paperwork easily and efficiently from the road, the ScanSnap S1300 is engineered to provide the most productive scanning experience at home or on the go.
“ScanSnap has become well known for its simplicity and user friendliness. With the ScanSnap S1300, we have added even more scanning functionality and platform flexibility while maintaining its ease of use.” said Steve Oblin, product marketing manager, Fujitsu Canada, Inc. “Business professionals with a Windows system in the office and a Mac system at home can now scan their contracts, receipts, bills and business cards with the same scanner in both environments.”
New Productivity Features
Fujitsu was the first to introduce multi-sheet, duplex performance in a USB powered mobile scanner with the ScanSnap S300 series and now the next generation ScanSnap S1300 provides even more intelligence, productivity features and flexibility. Key features that are new to the ScanSnap S1300 include:
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March 5, 2010 at 4:30 am · Filed under Uncategorized
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT) today announced the pricing of an
underwritten public offering of 14 million shares of its common stock at
a price to the public of $4.00 per share. Conexant has granted the
underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2.1 million
shares of its common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. Conexant
expects to receive net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting
discount and estimated offering expenses, of approximately $52 million
from the offering, or $60 million if the underwriters exercise their
over-allotment option in full.
Goldman Sachs Co. is the bookrunner and Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the
co-manager of the offering. The offering is expected to close on March
10, 2010, subject to customary closing conditions.
Conexant intends to use the net proceeds from the common stock offering,
together with the net proceeds from the placement of an aggregate of
$175 million principal amount of its 11.25% senior secured notes due
2015 and available cash, to repurchase its outstanding $232 million 4%
convertible subordinated notes due 2026. The common stock and debt
offerings were announced on March 3, 2010, and a tender offer for the
convertible subordinated notes commenced on that same date. Under the
terms of the tender offer, holders of convertible subordinated notes,
which are “puttable” in March 2011, will be offered par value in cash.
The tender offer is scheduled to expire on March 30, 2010.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (“ACS”) (NASDAQ: ALSK),
Alaskas leading integrated communications provider, today announced the
appointment of Michael Wynschenk as Vice President Enterprise Sales, a
new position reporting to ACS Chief Operating Officer Anand Vadapalli.
In this key role, Wynschenk will head up the companys enterprise sales
organization, focusing on the needs of ACS’ enterprise, telecom carrier,
government, small and medium business customers with statewide, regional
and global network services requirements.
Prior to joining ACS, Wynschenk served as area sales vice president at
Verizon Business based in Boston, Mass., where he was responsible for
leading sales efforts to corporate, government, financial services,
healthcare and higher education customers across the New England markets.
“We are extremely pleased to have a sales executive of Michael’s caliber
joining our team,” commented Vadapalli. “Michael has vast experience in
the telecommunications industry combined with a track record in
customer-centric, solution-oriented sales and building high-performance,
high-energy teams. With a stellar sales record at Verizon Business,
Michael will help solidify ACS leading position in providing
telecommunications services to businesses in the state of Alaska and
beyond.”
Wynschenk brings to ACS more than 20 years of telecommunications sales
experience as well as extensive knowledge of all aspects of business
customers requirements including enterprise network services, IP
telephony, unified communications, security, outsourcing, managed and
professional services. He has held various sales and executive positions
at Verizon, Expanets, Lucent Technologies and ATT.
Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 Update Also Provides Enhanced
Editing Features
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that
third-party application developers now have access to the Photoshop.com
Mobile for Android 1.1 editor, allowing them to easily make it a part of
their applications. In addition, Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ 1.1
is available, providing users of the Google Mobile™ operating system
with quick and easy photo-editing and sharing capabilities.
Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 enhances the camera-phone
experience by providing a collection of new editing effects.
“Photoshop.com Mobile is the ‘go-to,’ photo editing application for
iPhone and Android devices,” said Doug Mack, vice president and general
manager of Digital Imaging and Rich Media Solutions at Adobe. “Unlike
iPhone, the Android platform allows us to make the Photoshop.com editor
broadly available to developers so they can provide it within any
application they are working on. Photoshop functionality can then easily
be accessed from an online auction, real estate or social media
application so users can quickly fix photos and make them look their
best, before being showcased.”
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Unique Shopper Marketing Solutions Target Consumers at Key Moments of
Receptivity, Boosting ROI
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — PromoWorks®, the nation’s leading provider of
direct-to-consumer product sampling and shopper engagement events, and
House Party™, the leader in in-home-and-digital marketing
programs, today announced they have formed a strategic partnership to
provide offerings for brand marketers that link in-store sampling and
in-home marketing via completely new customized programs.
“The real power of this partnership is that marketers can for the first
time link these two critical moments of increasingly rare consumer
receptivity—when consumers are trying products in the homes of their
families and friends, and when they’re sampling and making purchase
decisions in-store,” commented Kitty Kolding, CEO of House Party. “This
link is revolutionary, and will dramatically improve marketers’
cost-effectiveness and results.”
Marketers can now close the home – store loop: they can engage hundreds
of thousands of highly targeted, opted-in, influential consumers with
product samples and compelling offers in their homes through a national
House Party event; and they can drive purchase at retail via the
in-store shopper engagement and sampling events of PromoWorks. The
combination of these two potent marketing approaches will deliver the
proven results that each already achieves – and more. And every step in
the loop will be thoroughly measured and reported.
“Activating targeted consumers through the in-home party experience, and
then converting those leads to an in-store purchase, while monitoring
performance all along the way, will give marketers a highly targeted
direct connection to their consumers and a better program ROI than ever
before,” said John Stermer, EVP Sales and Marketing for PromoWorks.
Digital Word of Mouth Delivers Tremendous Consumer Value, Drives
Measurable ROI, and Powers Organizational Transformation for More Than
750 Leading Brands in 25 Languages
AUSTIN, Texas — Bazaarvoice,
the market and technology leader in hosted social
commerce applications that drive sales, today announced that it has
served more than 100 billion impressions of user-generated reviews,
answers, and stories since launch. With 80% of consumers now seeking
user-generated review content to guide purchases, this new milestone
represents a tremendous transformation in shopping behavior and
underscores the role of digital word of mouth as the most influential
form of advertising today. This record achievement comes as Bazaarvoice
prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary in May 2010 with more than
750 clients operating in 25 languages and 36 countries.
“Literally translated, Bazaarvoice means ‘voice of the marketplace.’ For
the first time in human history, word of mouth is a digital medium,
representing a shift that is more transformational and powerful than we
could have imagined just a few years ago,” said Brett Hurt, founder and
CEO of Bazaarvoice. “The ‘hidden’ impact of 100 billion impressions of
user-generated content is the way that Bazaarvoice clients are using
this content to transform the way they do business – rewriting the
textbook on marketing and merchandising, improving products, increasing
customer satisfaction and loyalty, reengineering channel relationships,
and adopting entirely new processes based on digital word of mouth. I’m
very thankful for our partnership with our clients, as well as our
passionate culture of employees who innovate constantly and serve them
at every opportunity. And while we’ve rapidly grown, we have also scaled
the Bazaarvoice Foundation to give back to the communities in which we
operate.”
Companies using Bazaarvoice gain a proven and innovative way to market with
their customers in the channels where they shop, creating authentic
conversations that deliver tremendous consumer value, drive real
business results, and power organizational transformation. Bazaarvoice
has published more than 40 case studies and numerous blog posts that
prove the ROI of the company’s innovative solution suite and chronicle
the most dramatic changes the company has seen on the path to 100
billion impressions. These include:
Altus Learning Systems, a leader in enterprise video search solutions for sales enablement and knowledge sharing, announced today that Network Products Guide, a leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named Altus vSearch a 2010 Product Innovation Award winner in the SaaS and Cloud Computing category. The annual awards competition recognizes and honors vendors from all over the world that have delivered innovative, ground-breaking products that have set the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology.
Altus VirtualEvent is an on-line tool for meetings, conferences and other events that integrates live webcasting, user interactivity, and full-text searchable video. With Altus VirtualEvent, companies now have a single platform for on-line meetings and events that includes both live and on-demand content distribution.
“Innovation is not just about new products alone,” said Rake Narang, editor-in-chief at Network Products Guide. “To succeed, companies need to see innovation not as a one-time objective but as something that has to be continuously evolved and improved upon. This requires putting greater focus on customer needs and making innovation the center of a companys way of developing better solutions. Innovative products such as Altus vSearch are bringing improvements in corporate knowledge sharing, full-text searchable video and on-demand access to corporate information.”
“We are immensely gratified to be recognized by Network Product Guide for our innovation and leadership in the SaaS and Cloud solutions,” said Ted Cocheu, CEO of Altus Learning Systems. “Product innovation is key to meeting and exceeding our customers expectations and driving company growth.”
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3PAR® (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage , announced today that AudienceScience has reduced its storage total cost of ownership (TCO) by nearly 50% as a result of deploying 3PAR Utility Storage in its VMware vSphere environment. By replacing legacy storage with the 3PAR InServ® T-Class Storage Server , AudienceScience reduced the amount of storage capacity required to support server virtualization by 83%. In addition, AudienceScience anticipates a 44% reduction in storage TCO over the next three years based on several factors, including a 50% reduction in storage footprint and power requirements, a 10X performance increase for block- and file-based applications, and a 78% increase in storage capacity utilization with 3PAR Utility Storage.
“As the leading provider of online audience-targeted advertising, our company continues to experience tremendous growth. As we began developing our plans for supporting significant capacity in the coming months, we looked at the price of maintaining our existing storage over the next three years and determined that, for the same cost, we could purchase the 3PAR T-Class array outright,” said Brandon Mason VP of Technology at AudienceScience. “This combined savings, coupled with technical benefits such as high availability and increased performance, made the move an easy decision.”
Since deploying 3PAR, AudienceScience has enjoyed 100% storage uptime. Due to the performance and reliability of the InServ T-Class, AudienceScience has increased virtual machine (VM) density per physical server, retired racks of existing servers used for testing, and collapsed physical servers used for vSphere onto a single blade enclosure for significant space and power savings. The market researcher even has the headroom to double the raw storage capacity of its 3PAR array without increasing its datacenter floor space footprint.
With 3PAR Thin Provisioning software, AudienceScience has dramatically reduced storage capacity requirements, since physical capacity is now allocated on an as-needed basis and is only consumed when vSphere writes to a thin provisioned storage volume. 3PAR Thin Provisioning has not only enabled AudienceScience to eliminate wasted space when presenting storage to ESX hosts, but net usable space has more than doubled as utilization has gone from 50% with legacy storage to 89% with 3PAR.
3PAR Dynamic Optimization, combined with 3PAR Thin Provisioning, has yielded a 78% increase in storage capacity utilization for AudienceScience. By using Dynamic Optimization to dynamically and nondisruptively convert Fast RAID 5 (3 1) volumes to Fast RAID 5 (5 1) volumes, AudienceScience saved 22% on capacity alone. By implementing file services using the 3PAR array for backend storage, AudienceSciences storage environment — which uses only cost-efficient SATA drives — now supports both block- and file-based storage and delivers better performance to applications than its previous environment.
“T3 Motion is proud to have been selected to provide our clean-energy T3 i-Series ESVs for critical public safety roles in this dynamic part of the world. We look forward to assisting these agencies in achieving their world-class commitment to public safety and clean technology,” said T3 Motion CEO, Ki Nam. “Our strategic business plan for 2010 includes a strong focus on continued expansion in the Middle East region to provide clean-energy security solutions.”
In Qatar, the T3 i-Series has been selected by the countrys Ministry of the Interior for a wide range of public safety applications including military, police and rescue. The vehicles were featured prominently in the recent National Day Parade.
The “green technology” T3 i-Series vehicles are being deployed by the Al Fazaa Police and Al Khwiyah Forces as well as the Emiri Guard in Doha. The Al Fazaa Police plan to utilize the clean-energy T3 i-Series vehicles to patrol the Emirs Palaces, the Corniche, the Center of Qatar, and a selection of public areas and parks. The sizeable, multi-unit order continues T3 Motions growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (G.C.C.) region comprised of Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
In Abu Dhabi, the Al Ain Community Policing Branch has deployed the T3 i-Series at Mabzarah Park and the City Center. Additional deployments include vehicles with special specifications at Al Khaleej Al Arabi Corniche, Khalidia and public parks in the capital.
Nexenta Systems Provides In-line Deduplication for Primary and
Virtualized Storage, and Adds Microsoft Hyper-V Support
HANNOVER, Germany — Nexenta Systems, the leader in Open Storage solutions, today introduced
NexentaStor™ 3.0, a significant upgrade to the company’s
enterprise class storage solution based on the file system ZFS, and
Virtual Machine Datacenter (VMDC) 3.0, a significant new release of its
virtualization management platform. The new version of NexentaStor is
the first commercial storage solution to incorporate ZFS-based in-line
deduplication, a giant leap forward for the storage industry.
NexentaStor 3.0 also includes support for Microsoft Hyper-V, making it
the only storage solution to support all major virtualization
environments. With this announcement, NexentaStor continues to build on
its position as the superior alternative to expensive, monolithic and
proprietary storage technologies.
Data deduplication has emerged as the most important storage innovation
in the last five years. According to a December 2009 TechTarget survey,
60 percent of enterprises view primary storage deduplication as their
most important disk-related initiative in 2010. EMC’s 2009 acquisition
of deduplication vendor Data Domain for over $2 billion further
underscores the critical role of this technology. The rise of server
virtualization has provided greater impetus to deduplication since
virtual machines, and their associated storage, can consume a
significant amount of high-performance, expensive primary storage. Until
now, however, deduplication technology has been available only at a high
price from vendors who have built proprietary, siloed solutions that
impact only secondary data – either disk-based backup and replication or
archiving and compliance. As a result, an organization can have multiple
deduplication approaches – and data stores – that do not work with each
other, thereby dramatically increasing costs.
NexentaStor 3.0 revolutionizes storage by providing deduplication for
primary (production) storage. This functionality enables customers to
reduce their use of expensive and scarce primary storage. NexentaStor
3.0 exceeds the functionality of legacy deduplication by offering
bi-directional replication with compression and deduplication, superior
end-to-end data integrity, accelerated I/O through the native use of
SSDs, and hardware accelerators leveraged by the revolutionary ZFS file
system.
All the above listed capabilities are leveraged to their fullest in the
Nexenta Virtual Machine Datacenter (VMDC) 3.0 release based on
NexentaStor 3.0. With its new support for Microsoft Hyper-V, NexentaStor
is the only product to support VMware, Citrix Xen and Hyper-V
virtualization platforms from a single point within one unified
environment, VMDC. VMDC allows storage administrators to see their
entire virtual environment and to provision storage and storage policies
including backup, replication and retention policies from a simple point
and click interface.
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March 2, 2010 at 4:33 am · Filed under Uncategorized
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RTLS data monitors patients, caregivers and equipment for
regulatory compliance and infection-containment protocols
ST. PAUL, Minn. — 3M and Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a subsidiary of Consulier
Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSLR),
today announced that they have signed an agreement to bring a
state-of-the-art automated hand hygiene compliance solution to
healthcare customers globally.
“The agreement with PCTS combines their industry-leading technology with
our proven expertise in hand hygiene, and strengthens our goal of
reducing hospital acquired infections and improving patient outcomes,”
said Debra Rectenwald, division vice president, 3M Infection Prevention.
“Together, PCTS and 3M will bring an innovative solution to market that
helps our healthcare customers better meet stringent regulatory and
reporting requirements.”
The system will be based on PCTS’ Amelior 360° Hand Hygiene™ module,
a hand hygiene compliance solution designed for hospitals, surgical
centers, clinics, and health care facilities. Using real-time locating
system (RTLS) technology and specialized hand hygiene dispenser
attachments, the technology includes PCTS’ tracking and workflow
orchestration engine, which automatically and continuously evaluates
staff members’ hand hygiene activities throughout a patient encounter.
Caregivers are notified when they have or have not complied with
appropriate protocols.
The system also alerts supervisory personnel to coaching opportunities
when a caregiver repeatedly fails to comply with hand hygiene guidelines
during a shift, or when a worker’s failure to comply with hand hygiene
guidelines for one patient may cross-contaminate a different patient.
LOS ANGELES — Severe anemia left actress Brittany Murphy weakened and vulnerable to pneumonia and the prescription medications she was using to treat it, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.
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March 2, 2010 at 4:29 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Data hold the key to low readmit rates As a first step toward decreasing readmission rates, examine your data, says Margaret VanAmringe, MPH, vice president of public policy and government relations in the Washington, DC, office of The Joint Commission. “Look at readmissions and discern whether there are opportunities to reduce the number,” she advises. “That will, of course, depend on disease category, population, age, and many different factors.” It will behoove you “to really analyze readmissions, assess these data, use a random sample of charts, and look to see if there is a certain group of patients in these three areas where you feel there could be the potential to prevent readmissions,” VanAmringe says. Michael C. Choo, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM, ACHE, president and CEO of Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, OH, says, “Its always been very important to evaluate the data on a monthly basis and find solutions.” Choo, who served for 10 years as the ED medical director at Dayton Heart Hospital, is bringing what he learned there to his new position. “Congestive heart failure is the most difficult of the three because its especially problematic in [the Medicare] population,” he says. “Initiatives weve used include trying to identify at the time of discharge those patients who need extra support at home or additional education.” For those patients who are identified as high-risk, arrangements are made for intense home health care followed by outpatient therapy sessions, he says. His current health system has congestive heart failure clinics, where patients status is monitored to make sure they stay stable and dont return to the ED or the hospital, he says.
IHI program building foundation for more quality-conscious providers Open School med students are initiating their own QI programs The goal of the school, she says, is “to advance health care improvement and safety competencies in the next generation. Its an attempt to address the fact that many academic organizations were teaching improvement and safety in a very limited capacity — some not at all — so we wanted to bring it directly to students.” The schools offerings, she explains, “vary from what feel like formal courses to case studies, video clips on YouTube, discussion boards, and journal articles.” Probably the development the IHI found most interesting, she continues, “is that while the program was initially targeted at students, weve also found a large number of faculty members showing interest. They view the content and integrate it with their course curriculum and share it with other faculty so the knowledge can be spread.”
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SALT LAKE CITY — Two key health care reform proposals in the Legislature were approved Friday by senators. HCR8, which tells Congress to let Utah play by its own rules as it renovates health care in the state, has already passed the House, 23-4, and awaits the governors signature. A few veteran senators, including Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, voiced concerns that it includes what is basically a government-appointed risk pool adjuster board as part of the coming insurance marketplace. That new insurance market combines traditional plans through the workplace and a more benefit- tailored, privately purchased option through the Web-based health care exchange, now in the second year of a trial run. Instead of just saying “yes” or “no” to whatever an employers plan is, a working family would be permitted to shop for and use the premium paid by the employer to help pay for a plan they believe is more suited to their familys health care needs.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Jerry Brown subpoenaed financial records from the states seven largest health insurance companies Thursday, saying hes concerned companies are unjustly raising premiums. The subpoenas include Anthem Blue Cross, the states largest for- profit health insurer, which has come under fire recently for a proposed rate hike of up to 39 percent. “Not only are the rate increases devastating to Californians strapped by the economy, but in some cases, they are possibly illegal,” Brown said in a statement. The subpoenas cover fee-for-service health plans that reimburse doctors and hospitals for each service performed. Last month, Browns office issued subpoenas to the same seven companies regarding their managed care plans, known as HMOs.
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February 28, 2010 at 4:34 am · Filed under Uncategorized
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Central Garden Pet Company (NASDAQ:CENT) (NASDAQ:CENTA) (“Central”)
announced today that it has priced $400 million aggregate principal
amount of 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2018. The notes will be
unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by each of its
existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries with certain
exceptions. Central intends to use the net proceeds from the offering,
together with available cash, to purchase its outstanding 9-1/8% senior
subordinated notes due 2013 that holders tender pursuant to a tender
offer it is currently conducting, pay the outstanding indebtedness under
its senior term loan, and pay fees and expenses related to the offering.
The notes will mature on March 1, 2018, and may be redeemed prior to
that date by the Company at applicable redemption premiums. The offering
is expected to close on March 8, 2010.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any state.
Tampa-based HomeBancorp, Inc. has named Dawn
Japhet as Mortgage Loan Officer for HomeBanc. She is based in HomeBancs
Lake Mary loan product office, located at 100 Colonial Center Parkway,
Suite 110.
HomeBanc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tampa-based HomeBancorp, Inc.,
with six retail offices in Lake Mary, Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota), Belleair
Bluffs and in Tampa at Rocky Point, on Dale Mabry at I-275 and Westchase.
HomeBanc also operates six loan-production offices in Tampa, Lake Mary,
Brandon, Lakeland, Gainesville and Bonita Springs.
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NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings affirms the senior student loan notes of the Federated
Student Finance Corporation – Amended and Restated 2006 Indenture of
Trust (2003), issued under the 2003 Trust Indenture, dated Sept. 1, 2003
and the Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust, dated June 1, 2006. The
Rating Outlook remains Stable. The trust has sufficient credit
enhancement for the senior notes with senior parity at 121.23% as of
Sept. 30, 2009 and increasing. A complete list of rating actions follows
at the end of this release.
Fitchs Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria were used to review
the ratings, and the affirmation is based on the performance of the
trust in line with the expectation. The existence of auction-rate
securities has not had a significant impact on the trust performance.
The Outlook remains Stable because, with the significant buildup of
parity for the senior notes, the ratings are expected to remain stable
for the next two years. The subordinate student loan notes will be
reviewed separately upon the completion of the updated basis risk
analysis.
The collateral supporting the Federated 2003 indenture notes consist of
99.95% federally guaranteed student loans originated under the Federal
Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and 0.05% private student loans.
FFELP loans are guaranteed at least 97% of principal and accrued
interest, depending on the loan origination date. The loans are serviced
by Pennsylvania Higher Education Authority (PHEAA), ACS Education
Services Inc., Great Lakes Education Loan Servicing, and Sallie Mae
Servicing LLC.
Fitch affirms the ratings and the Outlook remains Stable for the
following senior classes of Federated Student Finance Corporation –
Amended and Restated 2006 Indenture of Trust (2003), issued under the
2003 Trust Indenture and the Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust,
dated June 1, 2006:
–Class 2004A-2 at AAA/LS1; Outlook Stable;
Intema Solutions Inc (TSX VENTURE: ITM) proudly announces the conclusion of a deal with Banque de Montreal with regards to a new short term loan of $250,000 on its Tax Credits receivable for year ended December 31, 2009. In addition, as anticipated last fall, Intema also concluded a deal with C2 Innovation for a lump sum payment of $415,000 from its balance of sale.
Those two events will help Intema increase its cash flow and move forward with the acquisition of Les Productions Eventia (webcom). The increase in the cash flow will solidify the financial situation of Intema and will help the company follow its acquisition plan to become an important player in the Web Marketing sector in Quebec. Stated Pierre Ravary, Chief Financial officer. It is also an opportunity to launch our development plan for new products such as emails tools for Electronic Flyer behaviour analysis added Roger Plourde, President.
Intema (ITM.V) announces the issuance of common shares for:
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IHI program building foundation for more quality-conscious providers Open School med students are initiating their own QI programs The goal of the school, she says, is “to advance health care improvement and safety competencies in the next generation. Its an attempt to address the fact that many academic organizations were teaching improvement and safety in a very limited capacity — some not at all — so we wanted to bring it directly to students.” The schools offerings, she explains, “vary from what feel like formal courses to case studies, video clips on YouTube, discussion boards, and journal articles.” Probably the development the IHI found most interesting, she continues, “is that while the program was initially targeted at students, weve also found a large number of faculty members showing interest. They view the content and integrate it with their course curriculum and share it with other faculty so the knowledge can be spread.”
Pyng Medical Corp. (TSX VENTURE: PYT) today announced the Company has received European CE Mark regulatory clearance to market its new and improved FASTx Sternal Intraosseous Device, in Europe effective immediately.
The FASTx Sternal Intraosseous Device is indicated for use in establishing a sternal intraosseous access route in adult and adolescent patients (12 years of age and older) that require vascular administration of drugs or fluids to facilitate emergency resuscitation. FASTx Sternal Intraosseous Device is the most rapid, reliable and safe alternative to conventional IV infusion providing lifesaving vascular access for fluid and drug resuscitation in shock and trauma victims. The Companys lead clinical product has been re-engineered with an integrated, easy, pull-to-remove infusion tube, light and compact form factor made for single-handed use.
“These improvements were implemented in direct response to feedback from Pyngs key customers based on real life applications on the battlefield, Hospital, and EMS environments,” said Robert Di Silvio, President and CEO. “As part of our ongoing commitment to technology innovation weve achieved procedural efficiencies and further enhanced the ease-of-use for our market-leading FAST1 Intraosseous Infusion System. We have now received both Health Canada and CE Mark approvals, and submitted our application for FDA 510K clearance for our next generation FASTx Sternal Intraosseous Device,” adds Di Silvio.
About Pyng Medical Corp.
Pyng Medical Corporation is the developer and manufacturer of the proprietary, award-winning FAST1 Intraosseous Infusion System. Pyng was selected in the “2007 TSX Venture 50″ Top 10 companies in Life Sciences based on solid financial metrics for the year ending December 31, 2006. With expanding markets in North America, Europe and Asia, the FAST1 has worldwide application for use with hospitals, emergency medical services and military forces.
TIME is a strategic clinical tool that helps trauma units collect diagnostic imaging information early, and instantly share it with surgical teams and other care providers. By electronically receiving imaging data before a transfer is even initiated, trauma centers have more time to prepare and avoid repeat exams when the transfer patients arrive.
A December 2009 study in The American Journal of Surgery cites that overall 53 percent of trauma transfer patients receive duplicate imaging exams at an average cost of nearly $3,000 per patient.(1)
“The excessive cost, the delay in delivering optimal care, and the unnecessary exposure to radiation can all be avoided through responsible use of highly dependable and secure technology,” said Hamid Tabatabaie, president and chief executive officer, lifeIMAGE. “We designed TIME to help trauma teams be better prepared for the arriving patient, and avoid the cost and wasted time associated with a repeat exam. Most importantly, however, we designed TIME so referring institutions do not require anything other than an Internet connection and the will to practice good medicine.”
“Severely injured patients are routinely referred to trauma centers after receiving initial treatment and imaging exams at a referring institution. These patients arrive at the trauma center with CD or film copies of their exams, though sometimes in the haste to transfer critically ill patients the images do not make the trip. Image data on CD is sometimes hard to view at the receiving center, or is not viewable at optimal resolution,” said Dr. Frederick Millham, chairman, Massachusetts State Trauma Committee and chairman, department of surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, who has reviewed a demonstration of the lifeIMAGE TIME system.
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February 25, 2010 at 4:40 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Sponsor and registration count is
heating up for Autotask
Corporations spring interactive face-to-face conference, Autotask Community Live
2010 . The agenda is final for the conference that is set to take place
in Miami, FL on April 18th – 20th. The action-packed agenda boasts tips and
ideas to better manage an IT service business as well as details for
owners, technicians, operations managers, sales professionals, even finance
personnel.
The conference kicks off with a welcome reception and sponsor showcase on
Sun., April 18th. Initial sponsors for the event include: Platinum sponsor
Zenith InfoTech Ltd.; Gold sponsors Intronis Inc., Level Platforms Inc. and
N-able Technologies; and, Silver sponsors Asigra, CompTIA, OwnWebNow Corp.,
and Reflexion. Autotask CEO Bob Godgart anticipates more sponsors to join
in the upcoming weeks. “Were already attracting a record number of U.S.
and international attendees and sponsors who are taking part in this years
event. When everything is said and done we will have the most diverse
group involved in a PSA user conference.”
The agenda is based on feedback from last years event and includes topics
for both new and advanced Autotask users:
– Sunday kicks off with the nearly sold-out Autotask Academy Accelerator Bootcamp offering jam-packed tips and
tricks to maximize the popular IT services management platform, and
additional pre-conference events including CompTIA s
Mastering Business Strategy and Karl Palachuk s Execution and a Zero Downtime Migration
seminar
– On Monday, an opening keynote with Autotask CEO Bob Godgart on his
vision for ways to maximize and “Manage the Product and Services Lifecycle
with Autotask” as well his view on cloud-based IT services
Barbara enjoyed canoeing on the Minnesota lakes, as well as ice skating in winter. Playing tennis was a great hobby. She and her husband were in Minnesota about seven years. (1937-1943). In 1944 they were advised that Utah was expanding their medical school from a two year to a four year program. So they moved to Salt Lake City where her husband was appointed as chairman of the bio chemistry department and Barbara worked in the laboratory with him. Utah was very different from Minnesota, and they enjoyed the mountains very much. They met some very good friends there including Joy Hashimoto, Marjorie Riches-Gunn and Alida Tyler, whose husbands also worked at the medical school. Barbara also taught English to foreign students of the Guadalupe Center. She spent many years volunteering at the V.A. Hospital.
— Industry Leader in Handheld Wireless Test Solutions Joins
Organization that Serves as Voice of Tower Professionals –
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Anritsu Company (NATE – Booth 628) announces it has become a member of
the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), a non-profit
organization that serves as the unified voice of the tower erection,
service, and maintenance industry. Anritsu joined NATE as part of its
ongoing commitment to provide field engineers, technicians and other
wireless field professionals with the test solutions they need to
conduct their jobs safely and efficiently.
“Anritsu shares many of the same initiatives as NATE in terms of
representing the professionals who are deploying, installing, and
maintaining wireless networks. We plan on being a very active member of
NATE to help advance the entire industry and ensure that the voice of
the wireless field professional is heard and their needs are met,” said
Donn Mulder, Vice President and General Manager, Microwave Measurements
Division of Anritsu Company.
Wireless field professionals have been relying on Anritsu handheld
instruments for more than a decade. Anritsu is the market leader in
providing analyzers that are compact, lightweight and easy to use. The
Anritsu family of field instruments has made it simpler for field
professionals to conduct measurements, and eliminates the need to carry
multiple instruments that are bulkier and more difficult to operate.
Anritsu’s portfolio of handheld test instruments includes the Site
Master™, Spectrum
Master™, Cell
Master™, and BTS
Master™ analyzers. All of the products are robust, lightweight and
have the functionality of multiple instruments, saving money and
improving efficiencies. An intuitive user interface, high-quality
construction, and unmatched price/performance are trademarks of the
analyzers. In addition to providing the technology necessary for today’s
field testing requirements, Anritsu offers certified training and
world-class support for field technicians.
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February 24, 2010 at 4:30 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Q Can you clarify the legal liability a hospital has if the courier from the facility picking up specimens at a non-hospital-owned physician practice is asked to process and package specimens prior to transporting them to the hospital lab for testing? What is the liability if the courier (also a registered phlebotomist) is asked to collect a specimen on a patient at the physicians office? Determining the potential legal consequences from a mistake first requires an assessment of what is at stake. In the case of processing, a specimen can be mislabeled–meaning the results could go to the wrong person. The patient with the problem may suffer a delay in diagnosis, and the patient who receives the wrong results may be needlessly distressed. Both can be the basis for a lawsuit if it can be proved that the mistake was the result of negligence. As for performing venipuncture, the liability is the same as if it were being done in the hospital. The most serious persistent complication of venipuncture is nerve damage, which can result from direct trauma or from nerve compression as a result of hematoma at the site of the draw. Either can result in persistent pain, numbness, or tingling in the affected area. Syncope, convulsions, and, very rarely, cardiac arhythmias can also occur. Minor complications such as local bruising are relatively common (10% to 12%). Serious complications occur with much less frequency (1% to 3%) but can present significant liability if not properly managed. The phlebotomist must be prepared to deal with potential complications, and the drawing area must be one that minimizes the risk of secondary injury, such as trauma from a fall resulting from syncope. The phlebotomist must also be sufficiently familiar with the layout of the area to access any supplies or medical equipment needed to quickly and easily manage complications.
In the early 1990s, healthcare facilities across the country rushed to embrace a new staffing experiment called decentralized phlebotomy. The trend to dissolve the phlebotomy staff and reassign them as patient care technicians (PCTs) or a similar appellation was gaining such a foothold in the industry that one prognosticating author went so far as to suggest “the phlebotomist now faces extinction,” and predict that by 2010 all venipunctures would be “performed by a team of patient care technicians.” (1), (2) What was I thinking? Here we are on the cusp of 2010, and not only is the phlebotomy profession not extinct, it is alive, well, and flexing its biceps. For many facilities drawn to decentralized phlebotomy Gold-Rush style, the promises did not pan out. Perceived benefits included a more efficient workforce and higher patient-satisfaction scores due to fewer individuals interacting with the patient. Instead, it delivered contaminated blood cultures, misidentified samples, skyrocketing specimen-rejection rates, friction between the laboratory and nursing staff, and patient dissatisfaction due to multiple venipuncture attempts and excessive bruising. Most who tried the decentralized phlebotomy concept ultimately found it to be vastly more difficult to implement than perceived and returned blood-collection responsibilities to the tried-and-true laboratory-based phlebotomist. But has decentralized phlebotomy run its course? A recent online survey administered by the Center for Phlebotomy Education asked its e-newsletter subscribers if phlebotomy is centralized or decentralized in their facilities. Sixty-one percent of those responding indicated specimen collection is centralized in their facilities, whereas 39% reported a decentralized system is in place where they work.
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February 24, 2010 at 4:29 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Lentiviral vector-based vaccine achieved significant control of viral
load in monkeys
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — VIRxSYS Corporation, a privately held company developing vaccines and
RNA therapies for serious human diseases such as HIV and cardiovascular
diseases, announced results from its prophylactic HIV vaccine (VRX1023)
study in Rhesus Macaque monkeys during a presentation today at the 2010
Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in
San Francisco, CA. The study has demonstrated that the VIRXSYS vaccine,
VRX1023, is capable of achieving significant control of viral load over
the course of four months following a challenge with a highly pathogenic
simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a virus found in non-human primates
and similar to HIV. In addition, monkeys vaccinated with VRX1023
demonstrated an improved immune response. VIRxSYS is currently preparing
an Investigational New Drug Application for the therapeutic use of their
HIV vaccine candidate in HIV infected patients.
“We are extremely encouraged by the results of this study. The
combination of strong immune responses, viral control, and CD4
preservation is tremendous. In addition, contrary to most viral vectors
currently in development, our lentiviral vector elicits nominal
anti-vector responses and therefore can be successfully
re-administered,” said Dr. Franck Lemiale, Ph.D., Director of Immunology
for VIRxSYS. “It will be very interesting to see how it performs as a
therapeutic vaccine in humans.”
“Obviously, the HIV vaccine field has been hit with a number of
disappointing trial results over the past several years,” said Dr. Joep
Lange, Head of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and
Development, Professor of Medicine at the Academic Medical Center,
University of Amsterdam, President Emeritus of the International AIDS
Society, and member of the VIRxSYS medical advisory board for HIV. “The
results from this trial are very impressive and I believe could provide
real excitement in the world of HIV vaccines.”
VIRxSYS’ vaccine candidate differs from other HIV vaccine candidates in
that it employs an engineered HIV-based lentiviral vector to deliver the
vaccinating antigens. The study results demonstrate the VIRxSYS vaccine
candidate achieves remarkably high levels of T-cell responses, resulting
in a 95% reduction of viral load in Rhesus monkeys which received
lentiviral vaccination, as compared to non-vaccinated control animals in
this study. The investigators also observed a strong and durable immune
response without the requirement of a DNA prime and a major preservation
of CD4 T cell compartment as measured by the percentage of CD4 T cells
to total lymphocytes. The lentiviral-based vaccine also elicited high
levels of CD107a expression in T cells, which have recently been
described as having an important role in the control of SIV/HIV.
Importantly, no adverse reactions have been observed in any of the
vaccinated animals following multiple infusions of the lentiviral
vaccine.
Dear Dr Cath, I FOUND lice in my boyfriends pubic hair. He says they arent crabs but head lice he caught from his job as a hairdresser. Now he has given them to me. I think hes having one-night stands and Im worried Ill get another sexually transmitted disease. PUBIC lice are different to the lice that live on the head so Im afraid your boyfriend isnt being honest by claiming he picked them up from the hair salon. You catch pubic lice by close body contact – like sex or through sharing towels or bedding.
New weapon in the fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria
published in “Science”
ALLSCHWIL, Switzerland — Today, Polyphor Ltd published the discovery of a new class of
antibiotics with a novel mode of action (Science, VOL 327, ISSUE 5968).
This proprietary new class of antibiotics is effective against
multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria, opening up new treatment
options for serious and often life-threatening infections. The most
advanced drug candidate in this new class, POL7080, selectively kills
the dangerous bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
In collaboration with Prof. John Robinson at the University of Zürich,
Polyphor applied its proprietary Protein Epitope Mimetics Technology
(PEM Technology) to identify new antibiotics that either act against a
broad-spectrum of bacteria or selectively target one particular
bacterial strain. This joint research effort resulted in the discovery
of a new drug target and mechanism of action by which Gram-negative
bacteria are killed effectively.
Many Gram-negative bacteria have become multi-drug resistant in recent
years as they have developed mechanisms to escape the therapeutic
effects of current antibiotic drugs. New antibiotics against drug
resistant bacteria are thus urgently needed as the current arsenal of
drugs becomes ineffective against such resistant pathogens. However, in
the history of pharmaceutical research, the discovery of a new class of
antibiotics with a novel mechanism of action is a rare event occurring
only about once every 20 years. This reported discovery therefore
represents a major breakthrough in antibiotic research.
The leading antibiotic PEMdrug candidate POL7080 represents an important
new weapon to combat life-threatening infections with Pseudomonas
aeruginosa which frequently occur in the hospital setting or in
chronic lung infections. Polyphor is currently preparing the start of
Phase I clinical trials with POL7080 to rapidly advance the clinical
development and has initiated out-licensing negotiations with Pharma
partners.
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February 24, 2010 at 4:27 am · Filed under Uncategorized
IN SAN FRANCISCO, any gathering after 2 a.m. requires a permit if there is “live entertainment,” a category that is apparently broad enough to include spinning records. Now cops charged with breaking up these events have taken it upon themselves to expropriate laptops from renegade disc jockeys. According to accounts from local DJs, one officer makes it a habit to take every laptop he can find when raiding parties, even computers not visibly being used to play music. Jennifer Granick, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says this practice undermines the “evidence in a crime” excuse for seizing the computers, many of which belong to people not charged with any crimes. One of the DJs, Justin Miller, tells a tragicomic tale of an aggressive plainclothes policeman who barged into a private Halloween party while she was in full down regalia and asked her if she had a laptop. She wasnt using it to play music, she says, hut that didnt stop him from grabbing the computer out of her hands when she took it from its bag in response to his request. Miller says she followed the cop out to his car as he put her property in his trunk, along with other laptops hed nabbed that night. Miller recalls the annoyed officer telling her hed do all he could to make sure that it took her months to get back the machine, which is her primary source of livelihood.
WITH her outrageous outfits and crazy hairstyles, Lady Gaga looks like one of a kind. But in fact the Poker Face stars style came from her friend and mentor, go-go dancing DJ and New York party fixture Lady Starlight. Before Lady Gaga rose to fame, her friend created many of her over-the-top outfits and persuaded her to parade around on stage in skimpy PVC undies and Indian headdresses. “Its crazy knowing that the biggest star in the world was inspired by me,” says Starlight – real name Colleen Martin.
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February 24, 2010 at 4:22 am · Filed under Uncategorized
AUGUSTINE APARTMENTS, DUBLIN Where and why This aparthotel is like your own self-catering flat in the heart of the city, with all mod cons, a fullyequipped kitchen and separate lounge area. Available in three-, twoand single- bedroom apartments. On the menu Dublin is not cheap to eat out, so the kitchens vital. While youre there The Temple Bar area of bars and galleries is just 10 minutes away, as is the Guinness factory.
WESTLIFE star Shane Filans plans to build a nursing home for more than 80 elderly people have been hit by another setback. The singer wants to construct a three-storey dwelling in the grounds of Lisroyan House, Sligo, and had secured planning permission from the local council through his company, Shafin Developments. Shane is a director in the company along with his older brother Finbar. But the scheme has been delayed again following objections from nearby homeowners. Now the Filans face another anxious wait as both the Rathedmond Residents Association and the Orchard Road Residents Association have objected to the plan.
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February 23, 2010 at 4:30 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Leading minibus insurance broker, Staveley Head have offered advice for minibus drivers on check to ensure their vehicle is legal for the road.
If you drive a minibus, whether as a job or a volunteer, whether part-time or full-time, you as well as the owner of the vehicle are responsible for ensuring the vehicle is in a legal and roadworthy condition. The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) roadside examiners were extended powers under the 2006 Road Safety Act to issue fixed penalties to offending drivers following random roadside inspections.
The minibus DRIVER is legally required to carry out a “walkaround check” prior to each and every journey. If stopped by a VOSA roadside inspector and a fault is found to be evident, the driver will incur a fixed penalty fine or even a court appearance for more serious offences. The inspection should include the following checks.
Make sure that windscreen wipers and washers, horn and all exterior lights are working correctly. Ensure that all mirrors and glass are clean and to not impair vision.
Test that the brakes and steering mechanism are not defective in any way, and determine that there are no fuel or oil leaks.
Motorcyclists are largely in favour of the bike scrappage scheme, according to a survey of customers by Swinton Bikes.
An online survey of 1,200 customers by Swinton Bikes, one of the UKs leading motorbike insurance brokers, found that almost 50% would be encouraged to buy a new motorbike if the scrappage scheme were to be put in place.
With sales of motorcycles dipping in 2009, the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) has called for measures to boost bike purchases, following the success of the car scrappage scheme.
According to reports, a total of 111,513 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were sold in the UK last year – 20% fewer than in 2008.
The MCI is calling for local authorities, transport planners and the Government to view motorcycling as an alternative to the use of cars and public transport.
The Department for Work and Pensions is considering setting up a new Employers Liability Insurance Bureau, which will trace EL policies and, where they cannot be traced, provide an insurance fund of last resort. The Employers Liability Insurance Bill has now had its second reading in the House of Commons.
The proposal has caused concerns among insurers that the bureau may have a negative effect, as some employers may feel less obliged to make adequate health and safety provisions for their employees.
A spokesperson for leading insurance broker Flint Insurance commented: “We are concerned about the effect that a dedicated Employers Liability Insurance Bureau will have on the attitudes of some employers who may then decide not to take the health and safety of their employees seriously. However, setting up a tracing system could help thousands of employees receive the compensation they deserve.”
The ABI has stated its opposition to the scheme on these grounds, fearing that it could cause a “serious moral hazard.” There are also objections on the grounds of fairness; the fund is to be financed by the insurance industry, which would mean that reputable firms would have to pay for the failings of others. However, the ABI recognises the usefulness of a system for tracing insurers, pointing out that in fact it introduced such a code 10 years ago. The TUC has welcomed the principle of a system to assist those whose original insurers cannot be found, such as asbestos victims.
Flint Insurance are an independent broker specialising in a range of commercial insurance such as public liability insurance . Based in Harrow, Middlesex, they have now expanded their workforce to include an office in Sidcup, Kent. Flint have over 30 years experience of offering both personal and commercial cover across the UK, working with a panel of over 35 insurers to provide the most appropriate cover for their clients.
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February 23, 2010 at 4:30 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Comport Consulting Corp ., a
leading expert in the design and implementation of information management
solutions for enterprises and healthcare providers, announced that it has
completed an expansion of the demonstration capabilities available to its
customers and IT partners for 2010. Over 40 demonstrations are now
available at the Comport Solution Center, covering a wide spectrum of
hardware, software, and information management products.
The Comport
Solution Center is located outside New York City in Ramsey, NJ.
Demonstrations are available by appointment on-site, and many are also
available for remote access. Company experts demonstrate, test and
preflight the products and software-based solutions they sell. Comports
Solution Center is a valuable resource for customer teams to further define
solutions, and for proof-of-concepts before purchase.
Among the exciting new solutions available for demonstration at Comport in
early 2010 is TierData AutoPilot, the first complete application
performance management platform aimed at addressing performance issues
caused by data growth in critical enterprise applications, including the
Oracle® E-Business Suite, data warehouses, and PeopleSoft®. Unlike
other fixes, such as performance tuning and adding CPU power which must be
repeated as databases grow, TierData AutoPilot permanently solves this
performance issue in a cost effective and sustainable way.
Comports Extensive Demo Capabilities Overview
Healthcare solutions demos include: Compliant Shared Storage for Clinical
Patient Data (MAS); Automated Clinical Workflow for the Healthcare Provider
(Acuo); Integration of multi-vendor PACS Applications (Acuo); PACS and HIS
Vendor Neutral Archive (HP MAS/Acuo); Consolidated Storage for All
Modalities in Healthcare (HP MAS); Cross-Enterprise Patient Data Sharing
(Acuo/Initiate); and Universal Medical Workstation (Etiam).
NORWALK, Conn. — IMS Health (NYSE: RX), the world’s leading provider of market
intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today
announced that it expects to close the merger providing for its
acquisition by entities created by certain affiliates of TPG Capital,
L.P. (“TPG”) and the CPP Investment Board (“CPPIB”) by the end of
February 2010.
The consummation of the merger remains subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the merger agreement
and discussed in detail in the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by IMS Health on
December 29, 2009.
If the merger closes as expected by the end of February 2010, IMS Health
will not declare a first-quarter 2010 dividend to its stockholders of
record.
Fiscal 2009 Major Goals Met or Exceeded. Fiscal 2009 Net Revenue from
Services of $39.1 million with Adjusted EBITDA from Operations before
Corporate Overhead of $4.4 million. Current Net Revenue Run Rate of $41
million based on Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Results. Positive 2010
Outlook.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — First Physicians Capital Group, Inc. (“FPCG” or the “Company”) (OTCBB:
FPCG), an operator of healthcare services firms primarily in rural and
suburban markets in the U.S., reported results for the Company’s first
fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009 and delivered today the following
update to shareholders from FPCG’s CEO, David Hirschhorn.
Highlights for the first fiscal quarter were:
A worldwide economic recession that created the most difficult business
environment since the Great Depression made Fiscal 2009 (the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2009) and the first quarter of Fiscal 2010 a
challenging one for FPCG. The global recession had a major impact on the
financial performance of companies around the world in virtually every
industry, and FPCG was no exception. In addition to a very weak economy
and extremely tight credit markets, we were uniquely affected by the
uncertainty surrounding the entire healthcare sector as legislators in
Washington, D.C. worked toward passage of a reform bill with
far-reaching consequences.
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February 23, 2010 at 4:25 am · Filed under Uncategorized
— New Module Adds “Transcription in One Button Click” For Use With
MacSpeech Dictate Medical Speech Recognition Solution For The Macintosh
–
SAN FRANCISCO — Macworld 2010, Booth #972
MacSpeech, Inc. today announced MacSpeech Scribe Medical, an add-on
component that incorporates the worlds most advanced personal
transcription for the Macintosh with MacSpeech Dictate Medical, the
medical professionals speech recognition solution for the Macintosh.
Now, MacSpeech Dictate Medical users running Snow Leopard can transcribe
an audio file of a persons voice dictation into written text, with up
to 99% accuracy, in a single button click. MacSpeech Scribe Medical
accepts audio files in .wav, .aif, .aiff, .m4v, mp4, or .m4a formats.
MINNEAPOLIS — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for
healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Avamar
Center for Endoscopy has selected its ProVation®
MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
ProVation MD software, available in a full range of medical specialties,
replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to
efficiently document procedures at the point of care. ProVation software
produces complete, coding-ready and image-enhanced procedure notes that
result in greater efficiency, increased profitability and clinician
satisfaction.
Located in Warren, Ohio, Avamar
Center for Endoscopy is a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center
dedicated solely to gastrointestinal endoscopy. Featuring
state-of-the-art equipment to treat all aspects of digestive disease,
the center is certified by Medicare and the Accreditation Association
for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
“Avamar Center for Endoscopy is dedicated to providing consistent, high
quality care in an efficient and cost conscious manner,” said Arvind
Subramanian, CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions division.
“We are pleased that they have selected ProVation MD to not only
document procedures, but to also aid in furthering quality and safety.”
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February 23, 2010 at 4:20 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Quality Check measures added by Joint Commission Quality Check displays data on National Quality Improvement Goals for hospitals on selected performance measures in six treatment areas: childrens asthma care, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, pregnancy, surgical care, and pregnancy. The EDs performance in all of these areas becomes part of the hospitals data submission to Quality Check. That information then can be accessed by consumers as part of their search for hospital care. Bruce S. Auerbach, MD, FACEP, vice president and chief, emergency and ambulatory services at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, MA, says, “Once a person has been admitted to the hospital, the ED really has no further involvement in what goes on while in theyre in the hospital or upon discharge.” However, he notes, “Some EDs have instituted programs that process or provide more care in the ED or through which patients are overseen in adjacent areas — like observation or clinical decision units — as a means to manage those individuals they think they can take care of within a 24-hour-period and not admit them.” These patients, he continues, will be discharged from the ED or the other units, in which case the ED staff that oversee that unit will provide discharge instructions, he says. In addition, he notes, some institutions will put case managers in the ED. “Because they have so much to do with discharge planning, they will use them in the ED even for patients who are being admitted since they can start work early on discharge planning so that when theyre discharged there are no obstacles in the way of going home,” Auerbach explains.
Inside Obamas Brain, by Sasha Abramsky, Portfblio, 278 pages, $24.95 DECEMBER 2009 may go down as the single most consequential month in Barack Obamas presidency. Starting with his announcement of a troop escalation in Afghanistan, through a Nobel Peace Prize speech in which he touted the benefits of war, then an international climate change conference that broke down in disarray, topped by a convulsive national health care debate that nevertheless staggered toward the legislative finish line by Christmas, the president at every impactful step encountered something new in his meteoric young political career: sustained and even vicious criticism from his core fan base on the left. After the Afghan announcement, 60s New Left relic Tom Hayden declared in The Nation that “its time to strip the Obama sticker off my car” At Open Left, Paul Rosenberg characterized the presidents Oslo performance as a “War-is-Peace Prize speech “When the Copenhagen climate talks broke down (for more on which see “Climate Crackup/ page 28), anti-globalization author Naomi Klein concluded in The Guardian that the “failure belongs to Obama” And by the time the 2,457-page health care overhaul made it through the Senate, a whos who list of progressives–including former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and netroots impresario Markos Moulitsas–were actively campaigning against it. Yet even with the noisy dissent on his left flank and record-setting disapproval ratings from the public at large, the president kept getting stuff done, not least of which appears to be the single largest entitlement expansion since the 1960s. The busy month of December also saw passage of an omnibus spending bill and subsequent Pentagon package that together helped jack up federal outlays by more than 10 percent over the previous year amid only scattered national discussion. The House of Representatives passed a massive financial regulation overhaul that would create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the national debt ceiling was raised once again, and the Obama has governed like the most stereotypical of old-school economic progressives. As ever, nonideology turns out to be ideological after all. Environmental Protection Agency took the potentially monumental step of regulating carbon (see “The EPAs Carbon Footprint,” page 36). For a guy who seems perpetually on the verge of losing his political mojo, Obama manages to accomplish quite a bit.
VETS are dealing with an epidemic of freezing hedgehogs as a result of the heavy snow and icy conditions. The RSPCA said it had double the number of hedgehogs in its care at its wildlife centre near Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
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February 22, 2010 at 4:35 am · Filed under Uncategorized
ENGLAND
WHEN Arlene Phillips saw the Strictly Come Dancing tour on DVD, her eye was caught by one of the dancers – one who was so much bigger than the others. “I saw this fat blob dancing around at the back and thought, Who the hells that?” she says. “And then I realised it was me. It was pure horror because I was looking at a blob. I was more than 10 stone and Im 5ft 3ins. I was as wide as I was tall.” She says: “The food is just fantastic and I was enjoying eating it. Once I open a tub of ice cream I dont stop.” But while Arlene has now lost more than two stone after last years tour and is still enjoying the current one, she is adamant that she wont be returning as a judge on TVs Strictly.
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February 22, 2010 at 4:33 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Leading minibus insurance broker, Staveley Head have offered advice for minibus drivers on check to ensure their vehicle is legal for the road.
If you drive a minibus, whether as a job or a volunteer, whether part-time or full-time, you as well as the owner of the vehicle are responsible for ensuring the vehicle is in a legal and roadworthy condition. The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) roadside examiners were extended powers under the 2006 Road Safety Act to issue fixed penalties to offending drivers following random roadside inspections.
The minibus DRIVER is legally required to carry out a “walkaround check” prior to each and every journey. If stopped by a VOSA roadside inspector and a fault is found to be evident, the driver will incur a fixed penalty fine or even a court appearance for more serious offences. The inspection should include the following checks.
Make sure that windscreen wipers and washers, horn and all exterior lights are working correctly. Ensure that all mirrors and glass are clean and to not impair vision.
Test that the brakes and steering mechanism are not defective in any way, and determine that there are no fuel or oil leaks.
Motorcyclists are largely in favour of the bike scrappage scheme, according to a survey of customers by Swinton Bikes.
An online survey of 1,200 customers by Swinton Bikes, one of the UKs leading motorbike insurance brokers, found that almost 50% would be encouraged to buy a new motorbike if the scrappage scheme were to be put in place.
With sales of motorcycles dipping in 2009, the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) has called for measures to boost bike purchases, following the success of the car scrappage scheme.
According to reports, a total of 111,513 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were sold in the UK last year – 20% fewer than in 2008.
The MCI is calling for local authorities, transport planners and the Government to view motorcycling as an alternative to the use of cars and public transport.
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Kevin Hale, Executive Vice President of Mutual of Omaha Bank, will be
available to the news media on Monday, Feb. 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. at the Mutual of Omaha Bank (formerly Marco Community Bank) at 1770
San Marco Road in Marco Island.
Mutual of Omaha Bank opened in Marco Island taking over the deposits and
loans of the failed Marco Community Bank.
Mutual of Omaha Bank assumed substantially all the deposits and loans of
the failed bank, including those that exceeded the FDIC insurance limit,
after federal regulators closed the banks on Friday. Depositors of the
failed bank automatically became depositors of Mutual of Omaha Bank and
no depositor lost money as a result of the failure.
With more than $4 billion in assets, Mutual of Omaha Bank operates a
network of full-service community banks in Florida, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada and Texas, and has loan production
offices in Iowa and Kansas. It recently opened its first full-service
Florida bank in Naples, and a Tampa location is slated to open this
spring.
For more information or to make other coverage arrangements, please
contact Jim Nolan at (402) 616-6455.
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February 22, 2010 at 4:20 am · Filed under Uncategorized
AT least 32 people died on the holiday island of Madeira yesterday when torrential rain caused flooding and mudslides. Witnesses told how water and mud swept through the streets of the Portuguese islands capital Funchal, flipping over cars and destroying houses. An elderly woman died when the roof of her house caved in while two others were crushed by a falling crane. A further 68 people needed hospital treatment.
IT sounds like Leona Lewis Brits night experience was rather crazy. Leona, whose single I Got You is out this week, revealed: “I bumped into Lady Gaga in the loo. That was a little bit bizarre. Ive met her before and shes lovely and very normal in real life. Shes into her art and expressing herself. I wouldnt be able to go near one of her outfits though. I do love Alicia Keys and her performance with Jay-Z was awesome at the Brits. Id like to collaborate with her.” That would be awesome! LILY Allen seemed slightly down after winning her gong for Best British Female. Lil told me at the EMI records bash at Notting Hills Supperclub: “Im fine – just tired. I was so nervous opening the show. Totally petrified, but it all went well. Its an absolute honour to have picked up an award.”
The House of Representatives has passed a bill mandating that the National Park Service take over Billy Carters old gas station and make it part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, Georgia. The legislation also calls on the park service to take over a house Jimmy Carter lived in from 1956 to 1961 and a state welcome center that may be closed because of budget cuts. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it will cost $17 million to upgrade and run the sites for five years.
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February 21, 2010 at 4:31 am · Filed under Uncategorized
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — A man who snatched his infant daughter from the arms of her maternal grandmother while the childs mother was in court getting a restraining order against him told police he threw the baby off a bridge and into a frigid New Jersey river, prompting a massive search Wednesday beneath a busy parkway. Search teams, including boats, dogs and helicopters, scoured the area beneath the Garden State Parkways Driscoll Bridge in central New Jersey for any signs of 3-month-old Zara Malani-lin Abdur. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow called the incident “an example of a horrific case of domestic violence.” Authorities say the girls father, 21-year-old Shamsiddi Abdur- Raheem of Galloway Township, allegedly forced his way into the grandmothers East Orange apartment around 4 p.m. Tuesday, striking her in the face, choking her and forcibly taking the baby before fleeing in his vehicle. The 60-year-old grandmother, whom police declined to identify, chased after Abdur-Raheem and was struck when she tried to stop him by throwing herself in the path of his van. She was treated for her injuries at a local hospital and released. Abdur-Raheem was arrested four hours after the abduction in southern New Jersey, and allegedly confessed to police that he had tossed the child from the bridge.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has reviewed the facts of the firearm death of a 34-year-old man from Laval, Quebec. He died in December 2009 after an encounter with officers from the Toronto Police Service (TPS). Ian Scott, the Director of the SIU, has concluded there are no reasonable grounds to believe TPS officers committed a criminal offence in this case.
The SIU assigned nine investigators and three forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident. The investigation found that the following events took place on the evening of December 27, 2009:
The SIU is an arms length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault. Under the Police Services Act, the Director of the SIU must
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February 21, 2010 at 4:20 am · Filed under Uncategorized
MIAMI — In direct response to the growing importance of on- and off-premise
national accounts, Southern
Wine Spirits of America, Inc. (Southern) has bolstered its
National Accounts Group. The enhanced National
Accounts Group will execute Southern’s National Accounts Strategy,
leveraging Southern’s unparalleled distribution footprint across 29
markets, selling and delivery service excellence, key supplier brand
alignments and proprietary market intelligence tools. These core
capabilities of Southern will enable the Company to coordinate more
closely than ever before with its vital national customers and
suppliers—and these trading partners’ increasingly sophisticated needs.
The new organizational structure will enhance Southern’s Sales and
Marketing effectiveness, account planning responsiveness and service
execution efficiency. In addition, Southern’s National Accounts Group
will include dedicated Southern Wine Spirits account leaders to manage
large, priority, multi-state retailers. Southern will empower these
roles to meet the full range of account needs. This increased focus on
National Accounts will enable Southern to better match the planning
needs of our suppliers in a more tailored fashion as well.
“We are aligning with our National Accounts to most effectively serve
our customers’ needs,” said Kevin Fennessey, Senior Vice President,
Supplier Strategy and National Accounts for Southern Wine Spirits of
America, Inc. “With the growth of these accounts, it is vital that we
add additional, focused resources to further develop the capabilities
and benefits of Southern’s multi-state account model,” added Fennessey.
Under the leadership of Mr. Fennessey, the expanded National Accounts
Team will be comprised of Ken Kribel, Senior Vice President, National
On-Premise Accounts; Thomas McDevitt, Vice President of Business
Intelligence and Category Management; and a Senior Vice President,
National Off-Premise Accounts for appointment at a later date. These
leaders will continue to deliver timely supplier programs to fit
Southern’s customers’ marketing and merchandising strategies.
“To provide consistently flawless execution across our multi-state
operations, we are proactively putting additional resources in place to
service our national accounts,” stated Brad Vassar, Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Southern. “Our vision is that the
reorganization of our National Accounts Team and expansion of its
capabilities will result in truly unsurpassed service to our customers.”
DigitalTown, Inc. (OTCBB: DGTW) today announced a web content development partnership with F5-SIM (Eden Prairie, MN).
F5-SIM (Sports In Motion) is an innovative developer of animation and software tools providing cutting edge 21st century solutions combined with sports expertise filling the needs of players, parents, spectators and coaches. F5-SIM provides teams, organizations and youth leagues sport-specific tools to visually engage players, coaches and fans to better understand and teach the game.
The three year agreement calls for F5-SIM to deliver software on a revenue share basis for DigitalTown 27,000 high school spirit sites and will work with DigitalTown on its related 43,000 town site development.
Each sport or activity has notable content experts, who provide the leadership, content design, credentials as well as access to all levels of players, coaches and suppliers of sports equipment and industry leaders in creating F5-SIM products.
Experts include:
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February 21, 2010 at 4:17 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading By James Chen John Wiley . Sons, Inc. $39.95; 221 pages Author James Chen states upfront that the contents of “Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading” are not meant to be an exhaustive tome that covers all aspects of forex trading. He succeeded on that score, but he went too far to the other end of the pendulum by covering all topics very briefly without sufficient detail. The end result is a very basic hook on FX trading suitable for novices with no knowledge or experience. The book is written in a simple to read style. Chen writes clearly and his writing is easy to understand. Each chapter follows in a logical and organized fashion and the charts are large and easy to read. The book begins with a brief history and description of FX trading and covers the major players. The author then reviews the mechanics of FX trading by reviewing currency pairs, types of orders, margin calls, lot size, leverage, commissions, interest and hedging. One chapter is devoted to technical analysis, which the author claims is a “comprehensive discussion of technical analysis as it is applied to foreign exchange trading.” That claim is way off the mark. First, the discussion of over a dozen common technical indicators and basic chart patterns – candlesticks, pointand-figure – cannot possibly be comprehensive in 50 pages. Second, there was only a mild tie-in to FX trading. The discussion could easily have been about trading equities and nothing would have been lost in translation regarding technical analysis. None of the chart examples showed real charts or any time frame. They just illustrated a particular point about a trend line or support or resistance or whatever was being discussed. Real charts over specific time frames with an explanation of the meaning of the indicators and patterns would have been much more educational in all respects. The book also focuses on fundamental analysis, and the author spends many pages reviewing 1 3 basic key economic indicators of the U.S. dollar such as GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the employment situation summary, retail sales, Consumer Price Index and several more. However, there is no explanation of how the FX trader can use this information to become an astute trader. There also is a brief discussion of carry traders and global interest rates. The author makes an interesting closing statement at the end of that chapter: “The more a trader learns about fundamental market drivers, the better the trader will be prepared for the often unpredictable nature of the foreign exchange markets.” I dont see how anyone can be prepared for unpredictable markets no matter what knowledge they have. Thats what Black Swans are all about.
Detecting a trend is an important part of predicting direction in a currency pair. Tomorrows prices usually follow or continue todays trend. There will, of course, be reversals and ranging behavior within the trend but it is easier to trade with a known trend than to predict when it changes. The task of the forex trader is to detect variations or waves of sentiment. The trader needs to ask: is there a shape to changes in sentiment and can it be detected? To answer this question, we can turn to price break charts (also called three-line break charts). In recent months, Bloomberg Professional stations added these charts. They also are available in many retail charting programs such as eSignal and ProRealTime. Price break charts show only a new high close or a new low close. For example, if a trader using a candlestick chart of a daytime interval converts it to a three-line price break chart, he would see the price action from a different vantage point. The price break chart would only show consecutive new day high closes, or consecutive new day low closes. If no new high or new low is reached, then no additional bar would appear. But when the price reverses, it shows a new column only if the price reverses three previous highs (downward reversal) or three previous lows (see “Call me when it happens”). This is why it is called a three-line break chart. The conditions for a bullish and bearish reversal are easily identified. Three-line break charts enable significant insights into the shape of sentiment in the price action. A trader can derect the prevailing sentiment, how strong it is, whether a change in sentiment has occurred and project where the next trend reversal will occur. Several examples of using the three-line break as an indicator occurred in the GBP/ USD pair in 2009 (see “Show me the move”). The year started with a series of three consecutive new lows. It then reversed to a distance of four new consecutive highs. The sequence reversed back to four new consecutive lows followed by three consecutive new highs. In April, we see a very significant sentiment event, a flip-flop. This is a new downward reversal followed immediately by an upward reversal. In other words, market sentiment did not continue into a series. When a flip-flop occurs, it is rarely followed by another immediate reversal and therefore is a signal that the trend direction after the flip-flop will continue for a longer distance. This is exactly what occurred. The GBP/ USD flipped from a low of 1.4252 on March 30 to a high of 1.5002 on April 15. Also in the pound, we see a long sequence of 20 new consecutive day highs that occurred between May 1 and June 11, taking it from 1.4490 to 1.6598. While the ultimate length of the sequence is not predicable, what was clear tei the trader was that the previous highest uptrend sequence before the long run up was five new consecutive highs. When a previous sequence of highs or lows is broken by a new sequence, this is an alert that the sentiment is becoming stronger than ever.
CFTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Regulations Regarding Retail
FOREX Transactions
PFGBEST supports the CFTCs proposed rules regarding Retail Forex
Transactions but hopes that leverage will remain the same to avoid
unintended negative consequences of job losses to foreign competitors.
CHICAGO — PFGBEST is pleased to offer strong support of the CFTC as it has
provided clear guidance and a comprehensive scheme of regulatory
requirements to govern retail foreign exchange trading in the United
States.
Once again the CFTC has provided clear regulatory guidance that in the
past has made it the premier regulator of the derivatives industry.
In particular, the CFTC has fixed the regulatory capital requirement to
$20 million plus 5% of liabilities that exceed $10 million, reinforcing
its serious intent to protect customer interests.
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February 20, 2010 at 4:51 am · Filed under Uncategorized
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII), an
international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance
products, announced today its Board of Directors has reinstated a
quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.12 on each share of common
stock outstanding to be disbursed on March 15, 2010, to shareholders of
record on March 1, 2010. This is equivalent to an annual dividend of
$0.48 per share.
Mark E. Watson III, Argo Group CEO, said, “Over the last several
quarters we have shared our strategy for deploying capital and that
repatriation would be considered if conditions warranted. Our Board
agreed the most effective and equitable means of doing so is to pay a
cash dividend to owners of our common stock.
“The Boards action to pay a dividend reflects Argo Groups continued
strong operating performance, which has improved our financial and
liquidity positions. This has enabled us to grow our balance sheet,
invest in attractive opportunities, expand our platform to international
markets and now provide cash returns to our shareholders,” said Mr.
Watson.
The declaration and payment of dividends is at the discretion of the
Board and will depend on the Companys financial results, cash
requirements, future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by the
Board.
Shareholders will not be required to take any action. The cash dividend
will be administered by American Stock Transfer Trust Company, Argo
Groups transfer agent.
NEW YORK — Willis Group Holdings plc (NYSE:WSH), the global insurance broker, today
announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joe Plumeri,
will speak at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 Insurance
Conference in New York City on Tuesday, February 23 at 3:45 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time.
OLDWICK, N.J. — A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of “bbb” to the recently
issued $200 million 7.5% 10-year fixed rate senior notes of The
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (THG) (Worcester, MA) (NYSE: THG). The
rating outlook is stable.
The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. Based on the
proceeds of the debt offering, THG’s unadjusted debt-to-total capital
ratio is calculated at approximately 22%, which is below A.M. Best’s
tolerance levels.
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February 20, 2010 at 4:46 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH ) invites investors to listen to a conference call with Suns senior management on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the Companys earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2009.
To listen to the conference call, dial (888) 587-0614 and refer to Sun Healthcare Group. A recording of the call will be available from 4 p.m. Eastern on March 4, 2010, until midnight Eastern on April 5, 2010, by calling (888) 203-1112 and using access code 2394889.
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc.s (NASDAQ: SUNH) subsidiaries provide nursing, rehabilitative and related specialty healthcare services principally to the senior population in the United States. The companys core business is providing inpatient services, primarily through 183 skilled nursing centers, 14 assisted and independent living centers and eight mental health centers. On a consolidated basis, Sun has annual revenues of more than $1.8 billion and approximately 30,000 employees in 46 states. At Dec. 31, 2009, SunBridge centers had 23,205 licensed beds located in 25 states, of which 22,423 were available for occupancy. Sun also provides rehabilitation therapy services to affiliated and non-affiliated centers through its SunDance subsidiary, medical staffing services through its CareerStaff Unlimited subsidiary and hospice services through its SolAmor subsidiary.
Revenues for 4th Quarter up
Sequentially over 3rd Quarter
CALABASAS, Calif. — On Assignment, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASGN), a diversified professional staffing
firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions in specialty
skills including Laboratory/Scientific, Healthcare/Nursing, Physicians,
Medical Financial, Information Technology and Engineering, today
reported results for the quarter and the year ended December 31, 2009.
Fourth Quarter 2009 Financial Highlights
The DAISY Foundation is encouraging nurses seeking to impact and improve treatment of patients with auto-immune diseases and cancer to apply for a research or evidence-based practice project grant awarded by the foundation. The deadline to submit a letter of intent for the J. Patrick Barnes Research Grant is April 2, 2010.
The foundation offers two types of research grants: research grants of up to $5,000 for projects that involve clinical research studies that directly benefit patients and/or families; and evidence-based practice grants of up to $2,000 that use patient-focused data to study and develop improved nursing practices.
For the first time this year, successful applicants will also be allowed to apply for subsequent funding to share their findings at professional conferences. This funding will provide grantees with up to $2,000 for expenses and fees for attending or presenting at a professional conference.
The DAISY Foundation provides these grants to support registered nurses who continually evaluate their practice, seek answers to clinical questions in an effort to improve their practice, and change their practice based on evidence and evaluation of that change.
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February 19, 2010 at 5:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
CHICAGO — Global business insurer CNA recently announced its implementation of
CargoNet™, a database network that combats cargo theft through improved
sharing of cargo theft information between the industry and law
enforcement. As a charter member of CargoNet, CNA leads the insurance
industry in a national initiative centered on secure information
sharing, education/training, and loss prevention services, as well as
investigative support.
Cargo theft is a multibillion-dollar economic drain that exploits
existing gaps in the nation’s information-sharing framework. When theft
victims are unable to provide timely and accurate information concerning
their losses, law enforcement’s ability to conduct effective
investigations is hampered. In addition to the immediate loss of
merchandise, cargo theft affects insurers and their policyholders
through added costs that are ultimately passed along to consumers.
“It’s universally agreed that better data collection and sharing are
critical to combating cargo theft,” said David Shillingford, president
of CargoNet. “We would not have been able to build the system needed to
achieve this without the support of forward-looking insurers like CNA.”
The CargoNet database and information-sharing system were designed by a
group of law enforcement, insurance industry, and supply-chain experts
and is managed by ISO. Investigations support and law enforcement
liaisons are coordinated by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).
AgencyPortal improves agent satisfaction and increases new business
for Harford Mutual
BOSTON — AgencyPort (a Sword Group company), the leading provider of web-based
solutions to the property and casualty insurance industry, today
congratulated Harford Mutual, a regional provider of PC insurance, on
being recognized by leading industry analysts Celent as a Model Carrier
for its innovative application of web portal technology. Harford Mutual
sought to increase independent agent adoption of its online portal, and
by partnering with AgencyPort, Harford Mutual saw growth in its new
business premium and agent utilization of the system to nearly 80%.
Harford Mutual also sought to modernize its insurance policy rating
engine from the existing processes to a more service-oriented
architecture; a project they knew would have far-reaching impact within
its back office operations. In order to shield its 400 independent
agencies from this internal systems upgrade and to simultaneously
install a new agent portal to improve agents’ experience with them,
Harford Mutual chose AgencyPorts web-based solution, AgencyPortal.
“We’re honored by this prestigious recognition from Celent,” said
Michael K. Winn, of Harford Mutual who led the launch of the portal. “In
selecting a software product for our agent front-end, it was imperative
that the solution integrate with our vendor-bought rating engine and our
existing policy administration system. We selected AgencyPort’s
AgencyPortal solution as the foundation for our RapidWrite product,
because it offered proven connector architecture and because AgencyPort
has a proven track record of project teams working effectively with
other vendors.”
“Harford Mutual’s agents have enthusiastically embraced the new
RapidWrite agent portal—most often citing faster service time as the
main improvement,” said Mason Power, Vice President of Product Marketing
AgencyPort. “The results speak for themselves: Business Owners Policy
applications were up over 20%, Workers’ Compensation up over 15%, and
Commercial Automobile up a staggering 54% in 2009. Harford Mutual has
also seen a major increase in quote-to-bind ratios across all three
Lines of Business meaning the company is growing its book of business as
a result of its technology investment.”
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February 19, 2010 at 4:41 am · Filed under Uncategorized
MINNEAPOLIS — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for
healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Avamar
Center for Endoscopy has selected its ProVation®
MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
ProVation MD software, available in a full range of medical specialties,
replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to
efficiently document procedures at the point of care. ProVation software
produces complete, coding-ready and image-enhanced procedure notes that
result in greater efficiency, increased profitability and clinician
satisfaction.
Located in Warren, Ohio, Avamar
Center for Endoscopy is a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center
dedicated solely to gastrointestinal endoscopy. Featuring
state-of-the-art equipment to treat all aspects of digestive disease,
the center is certified by Medicare and the Accreditation Association
for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
“Avamar Center for Endoscopy is dedicated to providing consistent, high
quality care in an efficient and cost conscious manner,” said Arvind
Subramanian, CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions division.
“We are pleased that they have selected ProVation MD to not only
document procedures, but to also aid in furthering quality and safety.”
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IHI program building foundation for more quality-conscious providers Open School med students are initiating their own QI programs The goal of the school, she says, is “to advance health care improvement and safety competencies in the next generation. Its an attempt to address the fact that many academic organizations were teaching improvement and safety in a very limited capacity — some not at all — so we wanted to bring it directly to students.” The schools offerings, she explains, “vary from what feel like formal courses to case studies, video clips on YouTube, discussion boards, and journal articles.” Probably the development the IHI found most interesting, she continues, “is that while the program was initially targeted at students, weve also found a large number of faculty members showing interest. They view the content and integrate it with their course curriculum and share it with other faculty so the knowledge can be spread.”
IHI program building foundation for more quality-conscious providers Open School med students are initiating their own QI programs The goal of the school, she says, is “to advance health care improvement and safety competencies in the next generation. Its an attempt to address the fact that many academic organizations were teaching improvement and safety in a very limited capacity — some not at all — so we wanted to bring it directly to students.” The schools offerings, she explains, “vary from what feel like formal courses to case studies, video clips on YouTube, discussion boards, and journal articles.” Probably the development the IHI found most interesting, she continues, “is that while the program was initially targeted at students, weve also found a large number of faculty members showing interest. They view the content and integrate it with their course curriculum and share it with other faculty so the knowledge can be spread.”
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February 19, 2010 at 4:35 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Utah based uranium producer, White Canyon Uranium Limited (TSX VENTURE: WU)(ASX: WCU) (”White Canyon” or “the Company”) wishes to confirm that Canaccord Financial Inc. (”Canaccord”), previously Canaccord Capital Corporation, acted as its Sponsoring Broker for its successful listing on the TSX-V on February 12, 2010.
Under the terms of the Sponsorship Agreement, dated December 6 2008, Canaccord has the “first right of refusal” for all future equity financings of the Company for a period of 24 months, plus will assist the Company with its promotion in the North American market.
Canaccord is a subsidiary of Canaccord Financial Inc., one of North Americas leading independent, full-service financial services firms (see Editors Notes for further information).
Commenting on the agreement with Canaccord, White Canyon Managing Director CEO Peter Batten, said “The Company believes the agreement with Canaccord will provide it with access to considerable capital management and corporate advice, which in turn should ensure White Canyon is able to maximise the various opportunities associated with being a profitable uranium producer.”
“White Canyon will also work closely with Canaccord to ensure its operational objectives are able to be adequately funded in a manner that maximises returns to shareholders,” Mr. Batten added.
Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE: FT), a
closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced
today a dividend of $0.038 per share, payable March 15, 2010, to
shareholders of record on February 26, 2010 (Ex-Dividend Date: February 24,
2010).
Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources,
Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a global investment management organization operating as
Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments provides
global and domestic investment management solutions managed by its
Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Fiduciary Trust, Darby and Bissett
investment teams. The San Mateo, CA-based company has more than 60 years
of investment experience and approximately $548 billion in assets under
management as of January 31, 2010. For more information, please call
1-800/DIAL BEN® or visit franklintempleton.com.
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TULSA, Okla., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Robert Hogan, an American psychologist known for his innovations in personality assessment, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness, will travel to Monterrey, Mexico March 11-12, 2010 to offer his expertise on employee engagement at the World Forum on Human Resources. During Dr. Hogans visit, he will present alongside fellow CEOs, presidents, talent and organizational directors, and HR vice presidents. In his presentation, Dr. Hogan will define engagement, put it in the proper conceptual context, evaluate its ROI potential, and encourage organizations to pay close attention. He will discuss how managerial behavior directly affects employee engagement. Dr. Hogan will also outline the personality factors that negatively influence engagement. According to Dr. Hogan, when engagement is high, positive business results follow. When engagement is low, negative business results follow. “The link between managerial behavior and business results is mediated by staff engagement,” says Hogan. “Effective leaders establish employee engagement by setting clear expectations, communicating effectively, making good decisions, managing priorities, and creating a positive work environment.”
Bark Group Inc. (OTCBB: BKPG), a U.S. company with a multinational client base, announced today that with its impending acquisition of a strategic equity stake in Mindmetic, and the launch of Mindmetics unique new system to measure consumers sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses to marketing stimuli, Bark has advanced into being part of a $1-billion untapped research market, as Mindmetic is currently the only company in the world aiming at low cost neuromarketing technology.
This partnership will enable Bark to secure increasingly larger global brands as Bark will enable its clients to get higher ROIs on their future advertising campaigns. Bent Helvang, chairman of Bark Group Inc., states that Mindmetic is a paradigm shift in how advertising is measured and that he is very pleased to be the first company to offer this to Barks clients starting this week. Jan Birger, CEO of Mindmetic, states that he expects that this new system will have an impact on the future revenues that Bark will be able to generate, as various types of deals can be done in the form of applying this technology to its client base in the form of getting payments based on increased capture rates and other measures.
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February 18, 2010 at 4:36 am · Filed under Uncategorized
SWEDESBORO N.J. — Wedgewood
Pharmacy now is compounding implantable carboplatin beads using
patented Matrix III™ drug-delivery technology under an exclusive license
with Royer
Animal Health. Implanted locally, carboplatin beads may reduce the
veterinarian’s exposure to the medication compared with the traditional
injection.
Carboplatin beads compounded using the Matrix III drug-delivery
technology are 4.6mg each and dispensed three beads per vial for $90.
Each of the spherical beads is about 3mm in diameter.
Jodi Donohue, veterinary health product manager at Wedgewood Pharmacy,
said: “After we started compounding implantable cisplatin beads,
veterinarians requested carboplatin in the implantable bead dosage form,
too. Using Royer’s proprietary drug delivery technology, we can offer
veterinarians carboplatin in this alternative dosage form. And there may
be less risk of office personnel being exposed to the carboplatin
chemical when using implantable beads compared to the traditional
injection. As a compounding pharmacy, we continuously look for solutions
that help veterinarians meet the needs of their patients, and their
staff.”
Wedgewood Pharmacy is one of the largest compounding pharmacies in the
United States, providing more than 25,000 prescribers with compounds for
their human and veterinary patients. A compounding pharmacy creates
customized preparations for individual patients in response to a
licensed practitioner’s prescription. It is located in Swedesboro NJ and
licensed in most states.
Ivor G. Davies Our loving father and grandfather returned home to his beloved sweetheart, of 51 years, on Valentines Day. He was born in Hill Station, PA on Aug. 16, 1928 to Thomas E. and Hattie Belle Davies. He married Mary Margarette Green on Dec. 16, 1950. They both joined the LDS Church in 1960 and two years later they were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa LDS Temple. His Mary Margarette passed away in Aug. 2001. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II serving in the South Pacific. He retired from U.S. Steel as an accountant in 1985 after 25 years of service. He was currently working for Superior Care
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Led by former Lazard, GE Capital managers, RW launches fund, receives
“green light” letter from the Small Business Administration
LOS ANGELES — RW
Capital Partners, LLC today launched an effort to raise $50 million
of private capital with a new fund aimed at providing loans to small
businesses at a time when many are struggling through the
recession-induced credit crunch. RW Capital’s fund could be matched by
up to $100 million in committed funds upon successful completion of its
application to be licensed by the Small Business Administration as a
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC).
RW Capital Partners is a minority-owned private equity firm led by
former Lazard and GE Capital managers with more than 30 years of
combined experience in private equity, commercial lending, and
management of more than $4 billion of investor capital.
“We believe that America’s economic recovery will be fueled by small
businesses,” said RW Capital founding partner Ellery
W. Roberts. “For many small ventures, the only obstacle to recovery
and growth is access to capital. RW Capital is strongly positioned to
provide much-needed expansion capital to growing companies and to offer
a unique opportunity for our investors and partners.”
“The current economic crisis has left too few lenders focused on lower
middle market businesses,” said founding partner Michael
W. Wingard. “RW Capital Partners will fill an overwhelming need for
capital that can drive acquisitions, fuel growth and create jobs. If SBA
licensing is approved, our limited partners’ investments would be
matched by committed capital that will allow us to pursue a wide range
of opportunities and realize significant returns.”
IRVINE, Calif. — After multiple revisions and dismal closings, the Hope for Homeowners
(H4H) program has a new life. Banker’s
Portfolio, LLC has secured a forward commitment for the purchase of
the H4H securities and is rolling out the H4H product to existing
mortgage investors, loan servicers and asset managers as an alternative
to foreclosure.
The H4H
refinance program provides a solution for borrowers to save their
home and will help them gain equity since the new loan amount is based
on the home’s current value. Borrowers will obtain a new 30 year fixed
rate mortgage that is insured by the Federal Housing Administration
(FHA). Both current and delinquent borrowers are eligible for the H4H
refinance program.
Below are some benefits of the H4H product:
“Banker’s Portfolio is an outsourced solution that enables mortgage
investors to capitalize on the H4H program today, without added
certification or specialized training,” explained Mr. Harrison. “We are
pleased to bring this solution to the market place at this critical
time, and we are committed to reduce as many foreclosures as possible
while maximizing value for the existing lien holders.”
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Global e-commerce payment provider
Merchant e-Solutions (MeS) announced today that its payment processing
technology has been selected by Ritz Interactive, one of the premier
Internet retailers, which offers consumers a portfolio of products on more
than 18 websites.
The Merchant e-Solutions proprietary platform offers Ritz Interactive the
benefit of next-generation e-commerce payment processing and business
management solutions without having to integrate into multiple systems.
MeSs simplified API incorporates all payment authorization, settlement and
real-time online reporting into one interface, making it an easy and cost
effective solution for Ritz Interactives shared technology infrastructure.
Ritz Interactive will also be utilizing the advantages of Merchant
e-Solutions Tokenization service, which protects sensitive credit card
data during transaction processing. Tokenization provides a secure process
to significantly reduce the burden of PCI compliance by eliminating the
need to store credit card numbers, thus helping to lower operational costs.
“Efficient and effortless payment is an important element of the online
shopping experience and Merchant e-Solutions enables Ritz Interactive to
provide shoppers with convenient, secure and streamlined ways to purchase
goods,” said Ritz Interactive President and CEO Fred H. Lerner.
DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) is pleased to announce the shipment of very high resolution image sensors that will power the newest models in the UltraCam line of aerial photogrammetry cameras produced by Microsofts photogrammetry business, Vexcel Imaging, GmbH.
Featuring 196 megapixel resolution (17,310 pixels x 11,310 pixels), the new UltraCamXp and UltraCamXp Wide Angle use multiple DALSA CCD image sensors to provide breathtakingly detailed imagery that feeds applications such as Microsoft® Bing Maps.
“To achieve the performance we wanted in these new UltraCams, we needed the best large and medium format image sensors available,” commented Alexander Wiechert, CEO of Vexcel. “DALSAs technology is industry-leading, and they delivered the products and the support we needed to succeed.”
The incredible resolution and footprint of the new UltraCams allows users to produce high-quality urban maps, large-scale ortho photos and stereo imagery with fewer flight lines, saving time and lowering cost. Increased onboard storage allows for longer flights to take advantage of good flying conditions, and the high throughput and superior dynamic range of the DALSA sensors enable the system to capture more data with higher image quality in less time.
For medium-format mapping applications, the new UltraCamLp delivers 92 megapixels (11,704 pixels x 7,920 pixels) in a package ideal for smaller aircraft and local projects that require a rapid response with the highest image quality, such as digital surface model production, aero triangulation, ortho mapping and 3D technical vector mapping.
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February 18, 2010 at 4:19 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Award recognizes the growing importance of storage for video
surveillance
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Pivot3 has been awarded the 2010 North American Video Surveillance
Storage Growth Leadership Award from Frost Sullivan. This honor
demonstrates Pivot3’s strength in the external storage market for
surveillance with its award-winning Pivot3 Serverless Computing™ product
line.
The Excellence Awards are presented annually to companies that are
predicted to encourage significant growth in their respective
industries, have identified emerging trends before they became the
standard in the marketplace, and have created advanced technologies that
will catalyze industries in the near future.
“The key drivers for Pivot3’s outstanding performance in 2009 include
the company’s solution, which is revolutionary in video surveillance,
and effective marketing of its solutions in key end user segments,” said
Dilip Sarangan, research analyst, Frost Sullivan North America. “The
company competes directly with some of the largest companies in the
world, including IBM, EMC, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. In order to
effectively compete with these large organizations, Pivot3 has worked
diligently to focus on key points of superior performance, lower costs,
elimination of hardware and high availability.”
Pivot3’s unique architecture is ideally suited for the surveillance
market, which requires high capacity, high availability and a quick
return-on-investment as users need to store video from hundreds, if not
thousands, of cameras. Since its inception, Pivot3 has continued to
build upon its market share and tripled revenues in 2009.
SightLogix®, Inc., a supplier of intelligent video surveillance
systems for outdoor security
applications, has received Lenel factory certification as a member of the
Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program. The certification confirms compatibility
between SightLogix automated surveillance equipment and Lenel Systems
International, Inc.s OnGuard security management system.
SightLogix combination of edge-based video analytics ,
large area coverage, and geospatial target tracking provides accurate and
cost-effective area and perimeter security . SightLogix thermal and visible
SightSensor cameras capture detailed information over large areas, in
all weather and geographic conditions, minimizing nuisance alarms and
reducing infrastructure costs. Key markets for SightLogix outdoor security
products include petro-chemical, airports, seaports, mass transit/rail,
public safety, Fed/Gov, data centers and other critical infrastructure
applications.
“SightLogix has completed required factory testing at Lenel to validate the
functionality of its interface to OnGuard. We look forward to their
continued involvement in the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program,” said
Raffaele Ceravolo, director of strategic alliances for Lenel.
“SightLogix open systems design makes it easy to integrate with
third-party systems,” said John Romanowich, President and CEO, SightLogix.
“Our certification in the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program clears the way
for customers to incorporate cost-effective and accurate protection of
large outdoor areas and perimeters as part of their Lenel deployments.”
SightLogix products include long and wide-range SightSensor security
cameras in both visible and thermal spectrum, SightTrackers that
automatically steer PTZ/dome cameras, and SightMonitor GPS target display
software.
ICOP Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICOP), an
industry-leading company engaged in advancing digital surveillance technology solutions,
today announced that the first installations of “on-premises” (self-hosted)
versions of ICOP LIVE in the
U.S. and abroad have been successfully completed (following installations
of
ICOP-hosted versions of ICOP LIVE), thereby showing the flexibility in
their live streaming product.
The Company was notified by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in
December 2009 that they were allowed a patent for the system and method
used by ICOP LIVE.
ICOP LIVE delivers live streaming audio and video to and from a first
responder vehicle over wireless networks, including cellular networks, mesh
networks, etc. For example, ICOP
LIVE can stream video/audio from the ICOP Model 20/20-W to police
headquarters, personnel on the scene, and to web-enabled mobile devices,
such as smart phones and PDAs in the field.
An “on-premises” (self-hosted) installation of ICOP LIVE allows an agency
to install and maintain the product on their own server equipment, totally
managing the video/audio streams internally at the agency. Alternatively,
ICOP also offers agencies the option for an ICOP-hosted ICOP LIVE product,
in which ICOP manages the entire live streaming product, servers, and
video/audio streams.
“Our live streaming patent gives us an important strategic advantage in the
marketplace. ICOP LIVE is of growing importance as law enforcement highly
values real-time situational
awareness in facilitating decisions in critical situations,” said Dave
Owen, Chief Executive Officer at ICOP.
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February 17, 2010 at 4:44 am · Filed under Uncategorized
If that shortness of breath you feel comes only in response to a Valentines Day interlude, chock it up to romance. But if its a regular occurrence, a visit to the doctor may be in order. Symptoms of heart failure are different from those that precede a heart attack, Neider said. “Difficulty breathing or being short of breath are two symptoms of heart failure, along with chest pain or discomfort, swelling in the legs and/or feet and being light-headed or dizzy.” A heart attack can lead to heart failure, which results from a structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the hearts ability to fill with or pump a sufficient volume of blood and precipitates the symptoms listed above. More than 5 million Americans have some form of heart failure, and 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. The disorder is associated with more than 1 million hospitalizations annually and is the leading cause of hospitalizations for people over 65.
Shared sacrifice On Feb. 3, a Times editorial advocated cutting the pay of all state employees by 5 percent. Isnt a 5 percent salary reduction the same as a 5 percent income tax? In your editorial you also write, “That means everyone is going to have to make more sacrifices.” If you truly advocate shared sacrifice why are you singling out only one employment sector? Why not advocate a sales tax or income tax increase so that it impacts all Californians equally? Why are so many of us so quick to advocate cutting someone elses compensation as long as our own pay is not affected? Where has our sense of civic responsibility gone? How can we hope to pull ourselves out the current crisis without a shared willingness to sacrifice?
Robert Scott Robert Scott Fulkerson, 36, of Lexington, South Carolina, beloved husband of Mikelene Oliveira Fulkerson, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2010.
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SANTA ROSA — Bail has been set at $2.1 million for a man suspected of holding a woman captive in a mobile home park just outside of Santa Rosa, beating and sexually assaulting her over the course of three days. Sonoma County sheriffs deputies headed to Western Mobile Home Park at 3309 Santa Rosa Ave., in an unincorporated area southeast of Santa Rosa, at about 9:30 a.m. Friday after someone called to report receiving a call from a woman who said she needed help. Inside the trailer, they found a 40-year-old woman tethered at the ankle to the bedroom floor. She was injured and pleaded with the deputies to rescue her. The woman was released from the tether and treated for various injuries. She told the deputies she had been tied up for three days, beaten with objects and sexually assaulted, according to the sheriffs office.
LAYTON — The sign affixed to the metal and plastic partition that separates Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Lisa Steed from the people she arrests is sobering. From the sign, Jaqueline “Jacqui” Saburido stares mutely at arrestees. A black hat covers her bald, burned head. Scar tissue stretches tautly across the socket where her left eye should be. Her nose is melted away. Steed is committed to preventing what happened to Saburido from happening to others by taking as many impaired drivers as possible off Utahs road. For 2009 alone — her first year assigned to the highway patrols DUI squad — she is credited with whats believed to be a state-record 400 DUI arrests. By comparison, the next closest trooper on the squad made 168 arrests.
A woman with warrants for her arrest led authorities on a high- speed chase Sunday night from San Jose to San Francisco, a pursuit that ended when CHP officers forced the womans car to spin out on city streets, according to law enforcement officials. The woman, who was driving an Audi sedan, was being pulled over for a traffic violation by Santa Clara County Sheriffs deputies when she fled and drove up Highway 101 at speeds between 80 to 100 mph, according to law enforcement officials. The driver, identified as Brandy Fellows, 27, was arrested on suspicion of failing to yield and suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, according to Van Eckhardt. Fellows, who had arrest warrants and parole violations, was arrested and booked into San Francisco County Jail, according to Van Eckhardt.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Health care companies that design and manufacture medical devices,
equipment, and instruments can now help their technologists, engineers,
and other employees conduct research more efficiently and effectively,
resulting in greater cost savings and faster development times for new
products.
ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and
technologies, today announced the availability of its new subscription
database in Medical Technology. With titles from leading publishers
including Elsevier’s Academic Press and Taylor Francis’ CRC Press, the
growing collection covers all aspects of medical technology including
biomedical engineering and materials, imaging systems, medical
instruments, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering.
“Innovations in medical technology extend and improve the quality of
daily life for countless numbers of patients around the world,” said
Leslie Lees, Vice President of Content Development at ebrary. “We are
proud to support the important work of medical technologists and their
colleagues by offering a premium collection of the most-used e-books
from the best publishers in the field, along with sophisticated
technology to quickly and easily find, use, and manage information in
the database and beyond.”
At the Ethernet Alliances Technology Exploration Forum, Solarflare
Co-Founder and CTO Dr. Pope will discuss how to best leverage I/O
Virtualization, (IOV)-capable devices and a 10GbE environment to improve
the performance of virtualized applications. Dr. Pope will quantify the
performance benefits of IOV operation for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and outline
control plane challenges. He will also discuss new technologies that can be
used to overcome bottleneck issues in next-generation data centers.
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Health care companies that design and manufacture medical devices,
equipment, and instruments can now help their technologists, engineers,
and other employees conduct research more efficiently and effectively,
resulting in greater cost savings and faster development times for new
products.
ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and
technologies, today announced the availability of its new subscription
database in Medical Technology. With titles from leading publishers
including Elsevier’s Academic Press and Taylor Francis’ CRC Press, the
growing collection covers all aspects of medical technology including
biomedical engineering and materials, imaging systems, medical
instruments, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering.
“Innovations in medical technology extend and improve the quality of
daily life for countless numbers of patients around the world,” said
Leslie Lees, Vice President of Content Development at ebrary. “We are
proud to support the important work of medical technologists and their
colleagues by offering a premium collection of the most-used e-books
from the best publishers in the field, along with sophisticated
technology to quickly and easily find, use, and manage information in
the database and beyond.”
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GET the hankies ready. This could be the biggest tear-jerker since Bambi searched in vain for his murdered mother. The first of a series of childrens books, based on the life and times of Theo Walcott, is due to hit the shelves in April. The storyline had seemed simple, a sure-fire hit. Boy wonder earns fame, fortune and football immortality. The course of true love, with his childhood sweetheart, runs smoothly. The world falls at his feet, and the feelgood factor soars off the scale.
A MOTHER bought her teen daughter a stash of booze. and sent her off on a picnic to drink it.
MASTER Minded left trainer Paul Nicholls believing he is in the shape to recapture his glory days – despite the supreme two-miler suffering a heart-in-mouth moment at the final fence of the totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury. The winner of the last two Queen Mother Champion Chases had not been himself in the early stages of the season and was found to have a broken rib after his alarming defeat at Cheltenham in November.
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