Entertainment & Media News: March 2003

Monday, March 31, 2003

April 17th Art Event to Draw Young L. A. to Celbrate AIDS Service Center

A growing list of LAÂ’s hottest artists, fashion designers, bands and disc jockeys are quickly lining up to be a part of Party With A Purpose 2, the second in a series of events geared at increasing volunteerism and philanthropy among Angelenos. Riding on the heelÂ’s of last yearÂ’s successful event at sixspace gallery, Party With A Purpose 2 will take place on Saturday, April 17th from 7-10:00 PM at Inshallah Gallery (244 South Main Street) in Downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (PRWEB) April 5, 2004 -

Â– A growing list of LAÂ’s hottest artists, fashion designers, bands and disc jockeys are quickly lining up to be a part of Party With A Purpose 2, the second in a series of events geared at increasing volunteerism and philanthropy among Angelenos. Riding on the heelÂ’s of last yearÂ’s successful event at sixspace gallery, Party With A Purpose 2 will take place on Saturday, April 17th from 7-10:00 PM at Inshallah Gallery (244 South Main Street) in Downtown Los Angeles.

Party With A Purpose is a growing network of visual and performing artists, professionals, community volunteers and non-profit agencies who share a common vision for a better LA. Started by 4 friends in a Hollywood apartment, the endeavor aims to provide emerging artists and performers with venues and audiences, energize non-profit organizations, and motivate community building. Party With A Purpose co-founder Jessica Berman explains: Â“In a city as big as Los Angeles, building community is very challenging. Our events remind attendees that everyone has something to contribute to help others, and highlight the diversity of opportunity and talent all around us. In the process, everyone gets a chance to have fun together as well.Â”

On April 17, partygoers will celebrate AIDS Service Center (ASC), a multi-service AIDS service organization that helps individuals infected and affected by HIV and AIDS throughout Los Angeles County. Â“We at ASC are very excited to be working with Â“Party With a PurposeÂ”. The expression of life through art and community fit perfectly with who we are. Quality of life is so important to us. It is one of the driving factors in the services that we provide to our clients.Â” comments Anthony Guthmiller, ASCÂ’s Director of Marketing.

On the Walls: Larger than life, a multi-media art exhibition of cosmic proportions curated by performing and visual artist Chris Sicat. The show will highlight the work of Brian Ida, Chris Ellis, Ed Gomez, Marvin Jordano, Zandy Mangold, Chris Tallon, Ry Rocklin, Steve Sobalvarro, Matt Thompson and Tony de Carlo. All of the artists have donated time to the event and will contribute the proceeds of the sale of their work to ASC.

Â“The show is an exciting way for a diverse group of artists to display together under one roof,Â” says exhibition curator Chris Sicat, Â“The range of artwork rovers into the boldness and complexities of our challenges in culture and politics, in which the problems and solutions are larger than life, a great fit for Party With A Purpose.Â”

On the Models: Walking models will be dressed by Los Angeles fashion designers Maggie Barry, Dress-Codes by Jasmine Sterling, Shannon English and paucity LA.

On the Decks: Jerry Royalle, Dithmar, and Kobol Â– a project of former members of the Nortec Collective.

Live Music: Mimensis, Foreign and Domestic

AIDS Service Center (ASC) provides HIV-related services to individuals and families in Los Angeles County. From its simple origins in 1987 to its current leadership position as one of the countyÂ’s most comprehensive AIDS Service organizations and a national advocate on HIV issues, ASC takes pride in providing a continuum of services that reflect the needs of contemporary and emerging populations affected by HIV/AIDS. ASC provides food, housing services, transportation, comprehensive case management, child care, mental health services and advocacy to over 1,500 clients and their families each year. In addition, ASC reaches 4,000 community members annually with HIV prevention and education services and offers free and anonymous HIV testing.

Inshallah, in the heart of Downtown, provides space for a multiplicity of arts and performance events, and is a prime location for this AprilÂ’s event.

Tickets for the event are $20 in advance and $25 the night of the event, and can be purchased at http://www. partywithapurposela. org (http://www. partywithapurposela. org).

Party with a Purpose: Community. Creativity. Celebration

Www. partywithapurposela. org

Sunday, March 30, 2003

Indians, Historians, Celebrities Recount Shameful Era In New Documentary: 'Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy'

Rich-Heape Films, Inc. of Dallas has released a two-hour, high-definition documentary -- "The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy" -- on the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Indian actor Wes Stui presents the film and James Earl Jones narrates with the voices of singers Crystal Gayle, Rita and Priscilla Coolidge, actor John Buttram, former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder contributing to the telling of the dark chapter in American history. Adolph Hitler studied President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and that "American Holocaust" before attempting to eradicate Europe's Jews. Story research, development and production took almost a full decade to get the highly endorsed, critically accurate educational film to the screen.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 13, 2006

Rich-Heape Films, Inc., a Dallas-based Native American-owned corporation, released this month “The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy.” The two-hour, high-definition feature documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma.

Wes Studi, the best known Cherokee actor, presents the documentary film, speaking on camera in his native tongue (with subtitles). Noted actor James Earl Jones, who is of blended African and Cherokee heritage, narrates in his customary and convincing tones. They are supported by the celebrity voices of actor James Garner, singer Crystal Gayle, actor John Buttram and former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder reading diary excerpts, and a host of historical experts from major universities.

“Uniquely, a Cherokee is recounting this shameful chapter in American history,” said Steven R. Heape, Executive Producer and a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation. “This is no ‘Hollywoodization’ of an American holocaust. The Trail of Tears actually drove the Five Civilized Tribes -- Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Chickasaw and Muscogee Creek -- from their native lands.”

Heape and his partner, Chip Richie, who co-produced and directed the film, spent seven years researching and developing the story. It took another three years to raise funding to produce the stunning visual chronicle of an event often referred to as “America’s darkest hour.”

“The Jacksonian policy led to a brutal, cross country trek in which nearly a quarter of the tribal citizens, died from hunger, exposure, disease and sheer exhaustion,” Richie noted. “And these were primarily peaceful farming families who lived in houses, owned businesses, had their own newspapers and abided by their own constitution.”

Scenes and segments were filmed in and around Andersonville, Lumpkin and Westville, GA; Hopkinsville, KY; Littleton, ME; Cherokee, NC; Bismarck, ND; Tahlequah, OK, and in Nashville, TN.

Commenting in the film on the “Cherokee Tragedy” are authors and historians Robert J. Conley; Dr. Brett Riggs and Dr. Theda Purdue, both of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dr. Daniel Littlefield, University of Arkansas; John B. Finger, head of Native American Studies at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Dr. Duane King, Executive Director of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

“My reason for wanting to accurately tell this story goes back to the day in 1985 when I received my tribal citizenship. My Uncle Gene Heape of Dallas sat me down and told me the story of the Trail of Tears. In proper Cherokee culture, this was his responsibility and is ‘the way’ in which younger Cherokees learn the true story of our people.”

The documentary is endorsed by the Cherokee Nation, headquartered in Tahlequah, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, based in Cherokee, NC. “The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy” DVD can be ordered online at http://www. richheape. com (http://www. richheape. com) or by calling toll free 888-600-2922. (MC, V, D, AE, Purchase Orders at Fax 214-696-6306, check or money order.) UPC# 652645680033

Natives, Actors, Re-enactors

Wes Studi, best remembered for his role in the movie “Last of the Mohicans,” is a “compelling and knowledgeable native actor,” emphasized Heape, himself a descendant of Nancy Ward, the Cherokee Chieftainess who survived the Bell’s Route journey. “Another eloquent voice in the film is Gayle Ross, great-great-great granddaughter of John Ross, the principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation at the time of the forced march.”

James Earl Jones helped explore the fusion and unique ancestry of American Indian and Black heritage when he narrated “Black Indians: An American Story,” a 60-minute documentary produced by Rich-Heape Films in 2000. It was the first Native American-produced documentary to air on national network television, ABC-TV, during Black History Month in February 2002.

Special acknowledgment should go to Principal Chiefs Chad Smith of the Cherokee Nation and Michelle Hicks of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for their vision and dedication to educating on tribal history.

“And our appreciation is manifold for hundreds of Indians, actors, military re-enactors, volunteers,, film crew members and the civil servants and citizens of dozens of towns that contributed to this movie,” said the 55-year-old Long Beach, CA native. “They, too, deserve recognition for their patience and passion for this historic project.”

James Neel of James Neel Music House in Dallas composed the original score with music contribution by the musical group “Walela” (Hummingbird in Cherokee) -- Rita and Priscilla Coolidge and Laura Satterfield.

Hitler Studied Indian Removal Act

“It is a distressing fact that Adolph Hitler studied President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 when planning the isolation and decimation of European Jews,” Heape recalled. “Perhaps, that is one reason there is an abiding worldwide interest today in the ongoing relationship between the U. S. Government and its Native populace.”

Richie and Heape, who are inviting inquiries from both domestic and international film distributors and dealers, are convinced “Trail of Tears…” will find its way to PBS, the American History Channel or other cable and independent movie channels. “We know it will be well-received on the film festival circuit, but it deserves a much broader audience,” they said.

“Our Circle of Life series, dealing with genealogy, health issues, music culture and history,” Richie adds, “are in sharp contrast to our corporate sales and marketing projects. Sometimes it’s for the reel; sometimes it’s for the meal. But filmmakers live for a challenge like ‘Trail’.”

”Just as the Jewish holocaust victims don’t want their story forgotten, neither do American Indians. As sad as the story is, it is part of our country’s heritage and history,” the filmmaker stated. “Just last week, the Cherokee Supreme Court formally ruled that Cherokee Freemen can now be recognized as Citizens, a right that was in limbo for 165 years. Even today the painful chapter continues.”

“My ancestors suffered beyond imagination, finally arriving in Indian Territory almost devoid of children and elders,” Heape lamented. “In a way, they arrived with no past and no future. “Today, however, many of the more than 400,000 enrolled Cherokees survive and thrive in American society, enriching the nation in many ways while remaining in touch with their indigenous heritage.”

Rich-Heape Films, Inc.

The company, founded in 1984, produces award-winning Native American videos, films and movies dedicated to informing, educating and encouraging the awareness of the history, cultures, languages, traditions and aspirations of Native Americans and other Native Peoples. The firm has been recognized as 1999 and 2003 American Indian Business of the Year by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas. The U. S. congress has commended Heape for his extraordinary efforts to document and preserve Native American culture (108th Congressional Record – Congress, Second Session) http://richheape. com/steven-heape-congressional-record. htm (http://richheape. com/steven-heape-congressional-record. htm) In 2003 Heape was one of five Native American filmmakers invited to participate in the strategic film and video content planning for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.

NOTE TO MEDIA: Color digital images of the principals, celebrities and film scenes may be captured at www. richheape. com/media (http://www. richheape. com/media )

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR INTERVIEWS:

Steven R. Heape, Executive Producer, Rich-Heape Films, Inc., Dallas, TX; 214-692-1200; www. richheape. com

Preston F. Kirk, APR, Kirk Public Relations, Austin, TX; 830-693-4447

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Saturday, March 29, 2003

Anybill - New Sponsor of Largest Washington, DC Area Not for Profit Accounting Events

Anybill, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand accounts payable solutions to small and medium sized organizations co-sponsors the GWSCPA Not-for-Profit Symposium and the Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards, the largest 2008 not-for-profit accounting events in Washington, DC.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 25, 2008

Anybill, Inc. (http://www. anybill. com), the leading provider of on-demand accounts payable solutions to small and medium sized organizations co-sponsors the largest 2008 Washington, DC, not-for-profit accounting events.

Richard Dorman, CAE, Interim Executive Director of the Greater Washington Society of CPAs said, "Anybill's co-sponsorship of our November 18 and 19, 2008 Not-for-Profit Symposium and the Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards is a significant commitment and a particularly meaningful way for the company to be introduced to GWSCPA membership. As the leading provider of on-demand accounts payable solutions to associations and other not-for-profit groups Anybill will be in excellent company with the record 500 plus NFP-focused CPAs and accounting professionals attending our Symposium this week."

Matt Voorhees, Anybill CEO commented, "More than one hundred associations, foundations and other not-for-profits already rely on Anybill's on-demand accounts payable solutions because we understand and respond to the unique nature of 501 (c) financial needs, particularly as they relate to control and transparency, savings of staff time and money, compliance and security. Our participation in the Not-for-Profit Symposium and co-sponsorship of the 2008 Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards extends our ability to serve and communicate with the not-for-profit financial community." Voorhees added that his company's nascent involvement with the Society will enable GWSCPA members to get a first hand view of Anybill's soon to be introduced Version 2 of its Accounts Payable Platform, AnyAP.

In describing the Nonprofit CFO of the Year Award, founded in 2006 by Tate & Tryon and West, Lane & Schlager, Charles Tate, CPA Tate & Tryon Managing Partner said, "With the growing need for greater accountability and transparency in the nonprofit sector, CFOs are facing more pressure than ever. In developing this awards program, we wanted to recognize excellence in financial management while at the same time, raise awareness about the critical role that CFOs play in ensuring public trust and confidence, which is essential to the overall success of the organization." The 2008 Nonprofit CFO of the Year Award winners are:

Lifetime Achievement Award
Eileen G. Frazier
Chief Operating/Financial Officer
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

Rising Star Award
Stephanie Murphy
CFO
Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute

Innovator of the Year
Jack Deeds
CFO
Search for Common Ground

"A theme common to the accomplishments of all this year's winners," noted Voorhees, "is the importance that they place on best-in-class systems that deliver financial information in the most timely, accurate, secure and useful manner. We, at Anybill, believe that these are important characteristics that contribute to greatest possible financial transparency."

About the Greater Washington Society of CPAs
The GWSCPA is the metropolitan Washington, DC professional association of CPAs with members in the District of Columbia, Suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. Its 2,200 professional members are in business and industry, public practice, government and in educational institutions as instructors and students. The group also includes non-CPA affiliate members. The society provides its members with educational, networking, licensing, mentoring and business services.

About Tate & Tryon
A nationally recognized leader in the highly visible and rapidly changing nonprofit industry, Tate & Tryon achieves excellence through attention to specific client needs. Tate & Tryon understands that there is great diversity within the nonprofit world and, thus, addresses the unique challenges faced by each of its individual nonprofit clients while retaining the broader understanding of the industry as a whole. Tate & Tryon headquarters are in Washington, DC.

About Anybill, Inc. (http://www. anybill. com)
Since 1998, Anybill has been developing and delivering the most secure, comprehensive and advanced suite of on-demand Accounts Payable Software-as-a-Service to small and medium sized companies, accounting firms and tax-exempt associations and other not-for-profit organizations. Anybill's unique back office business process enables users to save time and money through workplace automation, instant data visibility, financial transparency, records security, fraud protection and contributions to the conduct of financial audits.

Anybill is based in Washington, DC and its office in San Mateo, California serves western states. For more information about Anybill, visit www. Anybill. com (http://www. anybill. com).

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The Screen Lights Up New York

The Screen Lights Up New York...

Launch of THE SCREEN USA draws the cream of the American digital signage industry to New York...

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 2, 2010

The Screen Forum USA’s kickoff Breakfast Briefing served up the top tier of digital out-of-home advertising specialists for its transport focused half-day session titled “Planes, Trains & Automobiles”.

Jointly hosted with the Digital Screenmedia Association, the event was held in the fine surroundings of The Crosby Hotel in the fashionable downtown SoHo district of Manhattan. Booking a 100 seater screening room for a launch event might have seemed a little bullish - but The Screen’s reputation (built up in Europe over the last few years) proceeds it, for the venue was absolutely brimming with the great and the good.

Hovering over the pastries and coffee cups were decision makers from the mass transit authorities and big outdoor companies, key consultants and creatives, and an interesting selection of vendors from both Europe and the USA.

The main draws on the day were Rich Ament, Senior Vice President at CBS Outernet and Eric Bottema, director of Kinetic’s Aviator North America. They were ably supported by Denise Macdonell of Harris Corporation and Lou Giacolone, ex-of-Titan and founder of software provider Coolsign.

Rich Ament talked about CBS’ high profile digital outdoor sites all across New York and how transport is the platform on which they intend to build their whole digital strategy. Not surprising given Eric Bottema’s comment that the equivalent population of the whole USA is on the move through the country’s airports every year. A fact not missed by the world’s brands and advertisers, who are already spending over $500M on media aimed at air passengers.

Harris were keen to show that they were the organization to talk to - referring to case studies of cutting edge technology on moving vehicles in Raleigh. It all added up to a lot of potential for media development - but it still left CoolSign’s Lou Giacolone wondering where the money to build the infrastructure was going to come from. For him, the industry was still struggling to persuade media owners that the industry could install and manage these network cost effectively.

The sessions were peppered with fascinating Q&A - and top-and-tailed with good opportunity for more detailed conversations and networking.

Hat’s off to Digital View and Magenta for persuading The Screen to bring its magic to the USA. According to compere Bob Michaels (CEO of Magenta Research and Executive Committee Member of The Screen USA), this is to be the first of many such educational and networking events, ‘Watch This Space!’

The Screen will be posting videos of the presentations to its website. To find out more about The Screen visit www. thescreen. org.

About The Screen
Established in 2006 in London, The Screen is an independent group dedicated to the ongoing development of the digital signage industry. Its members include representatives from all aspects of this rapidly growing medium, and its events aim to promote best practices across the industry through the sharing of expertise and thought-leadership. For more information, visit www. thescreen. org.

About Digital Screenmedia Association
The purpose of the DSA is to advance the growth and excellence of the global digital signage, interactive kiosk and mobile community through advocacy, education and networking. For more information, visit www. digitalscreenmedia. org.

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Friday, March 28, 2003

Black Chamber President and Board Member of Access Florida Finance Corporation Makes a Difference in Entrepreneurship Education

Dr. Carlton Robinson, Black Chamber President and Access Florida Finance Corporation Board member, made a presentation in Dallas, TX on April 25, 2009. "Creating a Basis For Understanding Entrepreneurial Variation Using Social and Cultural Attributions: A Phenomenological Perspective"

Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) April 30, 2009

Dr. Carlton Lamar Robinson's paper entitled "Creating a Basis For Understanding Entrepreneurial Variation Using Social and Cultural Attributions: A Phenomenological Perspective", (presented in Dallas, TX on April 25, 2009) has received a Research Award from the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines.

The history of black chambers dates back to the days of Booker T. Washington and the National Negro Business League. Dr. Robinson is well aware of the history of contribution that these entities made. Upon becoming a part of the leadership team at the First Coast African American Chamber of Commerce in Jacksonville, FL (2007) and the Florida Black Chamber, he had a mission to make a scholarly contribution on behlaf of the African American business community. He credits his relationship with a wide range of organizations, local and state, who support black entrepreneurs.

Most importantly, he is especially grateful to the small businesses/entrepreneurs who trusted him enough to both share their experience and knowledge regarding economic development. Dr. Robinson has stated many times that ethnic chambers are gold mines for data and information that can lead to positive change in the overall community.

In the future, Dr. Robinson hopes to share his entrepreneurial covariation model and assist multiple communities in better developing entrepreneurs by upgrading their curriculums. According to Dr. Robinson, organizations will come to both value and realize some of the social and cultural variations between business owners/entrepreneurs. He intends to use http://www. thevirtualchamberofcommerce. com (http://www. thevirtualchamberofcommerce. com) as the primary support vehicle.

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Thursday, March 27, 2003

Folk Legends Open Kirkland Performance Center’s Ninth Season

Kirkland Performance Center is pleased to embark on our 9th season with the return of folk legends The Brothers Four, in two rare local appearances September 22 and 23.

Kirkland, WA (PRWEB) September 8, 2006

Kirkland Performance Center is pleased to embark on our 9th season with the return of folk legends The Brothers Four, in two rare local appearances September 22 and 23.

Exactly how long should 4-part harmony be aged to reach perfection? Listen to The Brothers Four and you’ll believe the answer is the 43 years they’ve been performing. Come indulge yourself in comfort food for the ears: “Greenfields,” “Yellow Bird” and “Try to Remember” crooned by “Americas Musical Ambassadors to the World,” and then join us after Friday’s show to toast the beginning of another great season at KPC.

The Brothers Four were global pioneers in the musical movement which came to be known as the "folk revival". Of the few groups from those times still performing today, they remain one of the best known and most popular.

Their all-acoustic presentation consists of guitars, banjo, upright bass, and of course the trademark rich blend of their four voices. Folk songs from America, Ireland, Scotland, Africa, Japan and China round out a repertoire of acoustic tunes old and new.

The Brothers Four have noticed a resurgence of interest in popular folk music in the United States and other countries around the world during the past few years, noting a "steady growth in concert attendance" by people of all ages.

"It's something much deeper than nostalgia," they say. "We think people and families are really genuinely rediscovering and connecting to the warm, secure, comfortable music of the Glorious American Songbook. And we're very happy to accommodate them."

KPC’s presentation of The Brothers Four is made possible in part by our generous Artist Sponsors: Eric & Mary Horvitz, Rich & Pat Miailovich, Grant & Nancy Silvernale, Cindy & Ralph Zech/Woodinville Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

For more information, visit www. Brothersfour. com and www. kpcenter. org.

About Kirkland Performance Center

Kirkland Performance Center provides cultural enrichment by offering a home for the presentation, support and promotion of the performing arts. Located in downtown Kirkland, this 402-seat theatre hosts more than 250 music, theatre and dance performances each year from acclaimed regional, national and international artists. In addition to presenting performing arts, KPC conducts educational outreach programs through “A World of Arts”, a program designed to bring visiting artists into the classrooms for in-depth workshops. KPC also hosts a variety of community programs, including the King County Library Lecture Series and “Kids-at-Play,” an opportunity for students to perform in a professional setting at KPC. For more information and to review upcoming performances, please visit www. kpcenter. org.

The 2006-2007 Season is made possible in part by 4Culture, ArtsFund, The Boeing Company, Cascade Vista Convalescent Center, Conover Insurance, Evergreen Healthcare, Frontier Bank, Livingood, Fitzgerald & Alskog, Mama Lucia’s Italian Kitchen, Northwest Aerials Gymnastics & Dance, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Poncho, Software 21,Standing Ovation, Target, Univar USA, Vander Hoek Windows and Doors, Washington State Arts Commission, Woodinville Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Woodmark Hotel on Lake Washington, Western States Arts Federation and generous support from The City of Kirkland

What: The Brothers Four

When: September 22-23, 8:00pm

Where: Kirkland Performance Center

350 Kirkland Avenue

Kirkland, WA 98033

Info: Adult $33 Senior $29.50 Youth $15 Group $30

All tickets subject to a $1.00 service fee

(Youth is 25 and younger; Senior is 62 and older)

For information call Kirkland Performance Center at (425) 893-9900 or visit www. kpcenter. org.

KILL DATE: September 24, 2006

Media Contact: Rachel Jackson, PR Manager

Administration: (425) 828-0422

Box Office Phone: (425) 893-9900

Website: www. kpcenter. org

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Invensys to Offer 23 Free Training Workshops at 2006 North American Customer Conference

Invensys is offering 23 different training workshops and tutorial sessions on December 7th at the 2006 Invensys Process Systems North American Customer Conference. This high-value training will be provided at no additional charge for registered conference attendees. Invensys Learning Services will award Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to participants who complete any training workshop or tutorial session, thus helping to support individual professional development requirements.

Foxboro, MA (PRWEB) October 18, 2006

“Operating plants today face constant change, increasing pressure, cost-cutting, restructuring, and tougher performance measures. In addition, most plants today are suffering from a shortage of critical technical know-how caused by the retirement of baby boomers,” commented Peter Teo, director of Invensys Learning Services. “These training sessions are focused on helping operating plants mitigate this loss of knowledge or skills. We’re also very pleased to be able to offer – in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and Idaho National Laboratories – a full day course on control systems security. This hands-on, intermediate-level course is structured to help students understand how attacks against process control systems could be launched and why they work. The course, which is limited to 40 students and is therefore likely to fill up quickly, will also provide mitigation strategies to help increase control system cyber security.”

For a complete schedule of the free training workshops and tutorials being offered at the Invensys Customer Conference, readers should visit http://ips. invensys. com/NA06/training. htm (http://ips. invensys. com/NA06/training. htm) or send an e-mail to registrar@ips. invensys. com.

The 2006 Invensys Process Systems Customer Conference will bring together users of Avantis, Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex, and other Invensys products, software, systems, and services December 4-7th at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. For more information or to register, readers can visit http://ips. invensys. com/na06/ (http://ips. invensys. com/na06/), call the Invensys Customer Visit Center at 508/549-6500, send an email message to cvc @ ips. invensys. com, or contact their local Invensys Process Systems representatives.

About Invensys

Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www. invensys. com/ps (http://www. invensys. com/ps).

The Invensys Group (www. invensys. com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

Invensys, InFusion, Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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BitRock Releases LAMPStack 1.0

BitRock LAMPStack 1.0 is an easy to install LAMP distribution that allows for quick, consistent deployments across a range of Linux environments.

Danville, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2005

Today, BitRock announced the release of the first product in its line of packaged distributions: BitRock LAMPStack. With Bitrock LAMPStack, you can take advantage of the stability, low cost and high performance of the LAMP platform (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Python) without the hassle of integrating, configuring, and supporting your own build. LAMPStack provides an integrated package that can be used by both commercial and open source projects for rapid, consistent deployments across a variety of Linux platforms.

BitRock LAMPStack 1.0 is now available for download at www. bitrock. com.

BitRock Stacks are prepackaged distributions of popular open source applications that are free for download and use for both commercial and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. Fully-integrated and packaged with BitRock InstallBuilder, BitRock Stacks ensure ease of download and installation for the end-user. The goal of BitRock Stacks is to encourage adoption of open source software by making it easier to use and deploy across a range of environments.

BitRock also specializes in building and packaging customized distributions of open source tools and libraries. BitRock Custom Stacks provide a cost-effective way for ISVs and internal IT departments to ship a complete, integrated package that includes their software and the third party components that it depends on in an easy to install package. The result is a streamlined installation process that reduces both support calls and end-user frustration.

About BitRock

Founded in 2003, BitRock is a privately held software company with offices in Seville, Spain and San Francisco, USA. Drawing from the professional experience of its employees, which spans Silicon Valley, Europe and Southeast Asia, BitRock develops multiplatform installation and management tools. BitRock's clients range from large corporations and governments to independent software vendors and educational institutions.

Please visit www. BitRock. com for additional information.

Press Contact: Erica Brescia

Telephone: +1 415 341 3258 Email: erica@bitrock. com

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Tuesday, March 25, 2003

ITWorx Announces FileWay Version 1.2

ITWorx announces FileWay Version 1.2 an enhanced Version of its Secure Remote File Access Application

(PRWEB) June 23, 2003

Burlington, Ma. (PRWEB) June 23, 2003 Â— ITWorx today announced FileWay 1.2; an enhanced version of its secure remote access application that enables corporate users to access their desktops and LAN resources (both files and folders) remotely using normal PC Web browsers or Web-enabled devices.

According to Youssri Helmy, ITWorx CEO, Â“While laptops and VPN software are suitable for frequent remote users, they are often too costly and support intensive to be practical for the majority of workers, teleworkers, day extenders and occasional consultants who work from remote locations. FileWay addresses these corporate needs in a cost-effective manner. And, unlike other VPN-based solutions, Version 1.2 requires minimal support from the IT department. This frees up resources for more important issues, which is ideal for sectors such as education, government and corporate services.Â”

FileWay Version 1.2 Enhanced Functionality

The latest release provides remote workers with more flexibility and security to navigate, open, sort and download existing LAN files, as well as create, add, upload, copy, move, rename, delete, zip and download files and folders as if they were working directly on the primary desktop itself. Users can now create shortcuts for their frequently accessed files and folders to conveniently finish tasks.

Administrators will experience several improvements such as the new fully automated OWA integration setup, the ability to AutoShare multiple users, to list users by domain, to receive email notifications when users exceed a set number of licenses, to follow extensive audit trails and detailed access logs and to report remote access activity.

FileWay is designed for flexible deployment and robust performance in any corporate environment. It can be deployed as a standalone. NET Web service or as part of an externally facing corporate portal. The solution operates seamlessly with technologies such as NTFS, Reverse Proxy, Exchange (Outlook Web Access), Virus protection servers, Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), and Aventail Secure Web for full leverage of existing hardware and software investments.

FileWay 1.2 improvements are based on comprehensive customer feedback from clients such as Washington University, Barry University, Sacred Heart University, Des Moines University, Firbank Grammar School, Friends Central School, IL Department of Nuclear Safety, Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Linen Â‘n Things, Conquest Inc., Peppercom and Organic Denmark.

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American Statistical Association Endorses Call for a National Institute of Finance

The American Statistical Association (ASA) Board of Directors has endorsed a proposal to create a National Institute of Finance. ASA, which is the first organization to officially endorse the establishment of the NIF, said in its statement that "a new data and analytic infrastructure is required to maximize the effectiveness of any financial regulatory system." More information about the NIF can be found at http://www. ce-nif. org, where individuals also may sign a petition in support the Institute.

Washington, D. C. (PRWEB) August 6, 2009

The Board of Directors of the American Statistical Association (ASA), at its meeting here August 1, voted to endorse a proposal to create a National Institute of Finance (NIF). The proposal calls for the establishment of the NIF as an independent federal agency with the responsibility and authority to provide the data and analytic tools needed to safeguard the U. S. financial system.

The Board adopted the following statement in support of the NIF:
"We believe a new data and analytic infrastructure is required to maximize the effectiveness of any financial regulatory system. In view of this reality and recognizing the current effort to reform the financial regulatory system, we add our voice to the call for the creation of a National Institute of Finance containing a Financial Data Center and an Analytic Research Center."

The NIF would have the authority to gather appropriate data and provide the analytical capabilities necessary to monitor systemic risk, to perform independent risk assessments of individual financial entities, and to provide advice on the financial system to the Federal regulatory agencies and the United States Congress. The Institute would be organized under the proposed Systemic Risk Regulator and would provide data management and statistical services to the financial and regulatory communities. As conceived, the NIF's duties would not overlap those of any existing financial regulatory agency.

The NIF would have two principal organizational components: the Federal Financial Data Center (FFDC), and the Federal Financial Research and Analysis Center (FFRAC). The FFDC would collect, clean, maintain and secure all data necessary to carry out its purpose. Since data alone do not constitute useful information, the FFRAC would provide to regulatory agencies and policy makers independent statistical capabilities and computing resources to carry out their purpose.

The NIF was conceived by a group of private citizens who formed the Committee to Establish the National Institute of Finance. Committee members are working to have the NIF included as a critical component of the upcoming restructuring of financial regulation legislation in the House and/or Senate. Individuals can sign the petition to create the NIF and find more information by visiting http://www. ce-nif. org (http://www. ce-nif. org) or by contacting info[at]ce-nif[dot]org.

About the American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation's preeminent statistical society is a scientific and educational society founded in Boston in 1839. It is the second oldest continuously operating professional society in the United States. For 170 years, ASA has been providing its 18,000 members serving in academia, government, and industry and the public with up-to-date, useful information about statistics. The ASA has a proud tradition of service to statisticians, quantitative scientists, and users of statistics across a wealth of academic areas and applications. For additional information about the American Statistical Association, please visit the association's web site at http://www. amstat. org (http://www. amstat. org) or call 703.684.1221.

For more information:

American Statistical Association -
Rosanne Desmone
703.302.1861 (direct)
703.946.3820 (mobile)
Rosanne[at]amstat[dot]org

Committee to Establish the National Institute of Finance -
Audra Tiner
212-255-0800 ext. 34
Atiner[at]articulatepr[dot]com

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Sunday, March 23, 2003

Washington, DC First Gospel Festival includes Three Mo&#194;’ Tenors Musical Director

Washington, DC First Gospel Festival includes Three MoÂ’ Tenors Musical Director

Historic Lincoln Theater lays claim to hosting first time ever gospel fest, featuring Grammy winners, headline Gospel greats, and noted Christian performers, fusing together unique talents, in effort to bridge the gap, with unity in praise.

WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) June 10, 2004

Grammy Award Nominated Daryl Coley is undoubtedly Gospel musicÂ’s most beloved tenor. It was very appropriate then, when Victor Simonson was asked to accompany the gospel powerhouse during the recent first annual Washington, DC Gospel Fest held at the historic Lincoln Theatre on U Street, Washington, DC. Simonson has served as Music Director for the famed Three MoÂ’ Tenors, a trio of African American operatic tenors, for the last several years.

ColeyÂ’s incredible vocal ability is likened to an instrument and SimonsonÂ’s piano virtuosity has been hailed nationwide as having hands capable of playing anything. Simonson played for the gifted tenor during his performance as well as the finale, which also featured John Tillery & Living Sacrifice, Glendale Baptist Church, Power Trio, Metro Praiz, and Duane Starling. The event was hosted by TV personality and WORD network host, Lexi. Other notable performers were Grammy Award winner Regina Belle, accompanied by Rev. Nolan Williams and Three Keys recording artists Alyson Williams.

Although SimonsonÂ’s talent has taken him to classical music venues with sopranos Denyse Graves, Angela Brown, Kishna Davis, and baritone Eric Greene, Broadway stages as the youngest African American Musical Director for a Broadway-bound show, and concert halls as a gifted singer, he is not new to the gospel world. Simonson currently serves as the Director of Organ Music at Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, DC under the direction of Director of Music, Nolan Williams, (Editor - African American Baptist Hymnal) and Grammy Winner Richard Smallwood. He has also worked with gospel greats such as Bobby Jones, Brent Jones, William Becton, Shirley Caesar, Grammy nominated Total Praise, Shedrick Mitchell, and actress-singer Toni Seawright, as well as, Howard University Gospel Chorale, Ephesus Ensemble, NULITES Gospel Chorus, and McDonaldÂ’s Gospel Fest winners United Voices of Praise of Brooklyn, NY. He has been seen on the WORD Network, Rosie O'Donnell, ABC Nightline, Today Show, PBS, and NBC, and was the Interim Music Director for the Boys Choir of Harlem.

Sponsored by the FLOW Foundation, the theme for the Gospel Fest, Â“Bridging the Gap; Unity in PraiseÂ”, reflected the overall goal of the first-time event Â– that was to unify the community and increase educational opportunities for youth. Chaired by Keir D. Gumbs, proceeds from the concert will go towards scholarships.

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Orange County Trust Company Chooses The Edcomm Group To Deliver Elder Financial Abuse Compliance Training

Orange County Trust Company has chosen The Edcomm Group to deliver Elder Financial Abuse compliance training for its bank-wide training needs. Orange County Trust also chose to implement Edcomm’s own LMS, Learning Link® for hosting and maintenance.

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) July 27, 2006

With more than 5 million cases per year, financial abuse of elders is the number one crime committed against persons age 65 and older. Currently, 17 states and Washington, D. C. have passed laws that require bank personnel to report suspected cases of elder financial abuse. Another 33 states recommend it. At the federal level, substantive revision to the Elder Justice Act is in discussion and is expected to pass this year.

The Edcomm Group has been a driving force in the campaign to educate bank personnel about elder financial abuse. Edcomm’s course, Focus on Elder Financial Abuse, is designed to help banks cope with the new laws targeting elder financial abuse by teaching front line staff about how to best serve their elderly customers while reducing risk to the bank.

Focus on Elder Financial Abuse is a comprehensive eLearning program providing training on issues related to elder financial abuse. The course covers: defining elder financial abuse and the laws governing it, detecting the red flags of elder financial abuse, and reporting elder financial abuse properly. Focus on Elder Financial Abuse teaches employees in all bank departments how to identify elder abuse and how to protect both their customers and the bank, with accurate, compliant reporting.

Learning Link®, Edcomm’s full-featured learning management system has an open architecture that builds on industry-standard SCORM and AICC compliance, but adds features and capabilities far beyond any competing products. Learning Link® maintains a complete record of every learning and administrative activity and offers a wide variety of customizable, real-time reports available both onscreen and in CSV formats for download and integration into any HR system. Learning Link’s servers have been issued a SAS-70 attesting to the quality of their security, business continuity and performance.

For more information about programs like this, or to find out how The Edcomm Group can customize any training program, log onto www. bankersacademy. com.

Since 1892, Orange County Trust Company has been the local bank serving the community in Orange County. It believes it has a great advantage in serving its customers because it is not part of a remote financial network. It is an integral part of the local scene and understands the economy and the way things are accomplished in Orange County.

The Edcomm Group has had the privilege of assisting many distinguished clients with business solutions in the form of eLearning programs, classroom instruction, multimedia production and online and print based documentation. In addition to the development of customized programs, The Edcomm Group offers many banking specific off-the-shelf products such as Teller Training and Compliance Training that have proven themselves effective in organizations around the world.

The Edcomm Group is a 19-year-old multimedia education and communication consulting firm specializing in the development of creative business solutions that improve productivity, customer service and market share — providing bottom-line results. The Edcomm Group (www. edcomm. com) (www. bankersacademy. com) is headquartered in New York City with an Advanced Design Center located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

For more information, please contact:

Linda Eagle

President, The Edcomm Group

1-888-4EDCOMM

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Emini Day Trader Conducts Live Trades with Real Money Producing Real Results

Successful Emini day trader teaches the secrets of generating profits in a down economy by revealing results of actual trades using real money.

St. Augustine, FL (PRWEB) December 4, 2009

Professional Emini day trader David Marsh reveals the secrets of creating wealth by trading Eminis in a turbulent market. Using his trading system, anyone can take advantage the of S&P (ES) and DOW (YM) markets by trading to earn a second or replacement income.

While no one can guarantee success when it comes to trading any security or commodity, professional Emini trader David Marsh, known in the markets as the Tick Trader®, offers one of the most transparent ways of demonstrating his trading success seen anywhere by showing live trades with real money on the line.

David is a day trader who specializes in trading the Emini S&P (ES), and the Emini Dow (YM). The Emini DOW trades at US $5 per point, and the Emini S&P trades at US $12.50 per tick. In addition to trading, David offers an Emini day trading course and a free Emini trading blog with a twist.

“Lots of traders offer Emini trading courses, but there are none that I know of who prove their day trading skills by posting actual videos of their daily trading results,” Marsh said.

The daily Emini trading results are posted on Marsh’s day trading blog. Not only does the blog display the actual results of David’s Emini trading, he also uses the blog to discuss the day’s market as well as the strategies he employed and why he employed them. You can visit the blog by going to http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com/emini-trading-blog/ (http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com/emini-trading-blog/)

Even new traders who do not subscribe to Marsh’s online trading course can pick up a lot of knowledge to further their day trading skills simply by reading the blog for free.

Marsh came by his Tick Trader nickname because he’s willing to stop trading after he has made his daily income. Trading the S&P emini (ES) for four ticks a day can provide anybody a great income. This strategy reduces risk and makes it possible to make simple trading decisions that do not require complex market condition analysis.

According to Marsh’s Business Plan, the possibility exists to earn profits ranging from US $750 per week up to as much as US $2500 per week.

And although Marsh stresses that past performance does not guarantee future results, and all trading involves risk, he makes this very logical claim: “If traders follow the rules and execute as expected they can potentially make a living trading the S&P (ES) and Dow (YM) in as little as ninety minutes a day.”

Between Marsh’s Emini day trading course, his day trading software products and, his free Emini day trading strategy blog, the opportunity to create wealth in an uncertain economy has never been better.

David invites anyone interested in Emini day trading to visit http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com (http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com) to learn more.

About David Marsh:

Mr. Marsh has been a professional trader since the early 1990’s. Starting out with future’s trading, David moved to options and then on to stock trading before coming back to futures trading where he has found his home. He earns his living trading DOW and S&P Eminis and invites anyone who wants to opt out of the economic crisis to check out his Emini trading program at http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com (http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com).

Contact:

David Marsh
Traders Education LLC
301 Kingsley Lake Dr.
St. Augustine, FL 32092
1-904-823-1950
Http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com (http://www. EminiTradingStrategies. com)

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Bright Builders Appoints New Director of Operations

Allen Back has been appointed as the new Director of Operations for Bright Builders.

Orem, UT (PRWEB) April 5, 2006

Allen Back has been appointed as the new Director of Operations for Bright Builders.

“Allen brings more than ten years of experience in business process improvement, project management, and performance measurement,” says Greg Cole, president and founder of Bright Builders. “His experience and high-level training in Six Sigma quality management methodologies will be used to evaluate and improve products and services for Bright Builders’ customers.”

Before joining Bright Builders, Back served as a business process consultant for organizations such as Public Employees Health Program, Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators, Novell, and the State of Utah. These process improvement projects have produced over a million dollars in savings for these organizations.

Aside from his work experience, Back has received high levels of business operations training, including a Black Belt in Six Sigma. Six Sigma, utilized by many of the world’s leading companies, is a process improvement methodology aimed at reducing costs, improving productivity, and retaining customers. Bright Builders’ internal operations and customer service will be enhanced by Back’s focus on quality and process improvement.

About Us: Bright Builders, located in Orem, Utah, was founded in 1997 with a two-fold mission to help small-business owners succeed in eCommerce and to help successful businesses increase and maintain success through eCommerce. Bright Builders offers personal eCommerce education and coaching, as well as in-depth online market research analysis. More information is available through the following links:

Http://www. brightwebsite. com/ (http://www. brightwebsite. com/)
Http://www. bright-builders-testimonials. com/ (http://www. bright-builders-testimonials. com/)
Http://www. bright-builders-success. com/ (http://www. bright-builders-success. com/)

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Saturday, March 22, 2003

Reed Holden to Speak at Columbia Business School's Executive Education Seminar 'Strategic Pricing'

Holden Advisors announced today that Dr. Reed Holden has been chosen to co-present at Columbia Business School's Executive Education seminar "Strategic Pricing," being held May 6-9, 2008, and in a fall session September 22-25, 2008, on Columbia's campus in New York City. The curriculum will include Dr. Holden's latest book, Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table.

New York, New York (PRWEB) April 21, 2008

Holden Advisors announced today that Dr. Reed Holden has been chosen to co-present at Columbia Business School's Executive Education (http://www0.gsb. columbia. edu/execed/) seminar "Strategic Pricing," being held May 6-9, 2008, and in a fall session September 22-25, 2008, on Columbia's campus in New York City. Dr. Holden will team up with Dr. Noel Capon, R. C. Kopf Professor of International Marketing, to lead the seminar.

The curriculum will include Dr. Holden's latest book, Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table (http://www. pricingwithconfidencebook. com).

"This seminar is perfect for upper-level and mid-level executives - especially those who analyze, recommend, or approve pricing strategies (http://www. holdenadvisors. com)," states Holden. "Those executives who are introducing new products, facing significant price competition, or looking for new approaches to weathering a downturn (http://www. holdenadvisors. com/pdfs/pr_031308_SlipperySlopeRecession. pdf) in the economy will be especially interested in what this seminar has to offer."

The four-day program will provide attendees with strategies, tools and best practices for rigorously tackling pricing and profit growth issues at both strategic and tactical levels. It will prepare attendees to systematically identify practical opportunities within your organization for boosting profits through improvement in pricing. Attendees will leave the program with powerful new insights into pricing issues, and a new awareness of additional ways to drive business results via strategic pricing.

Attendees of the seminar will also learn how to:
Set prices at levels that maximize profits Measure customers' willingness-to-pay--and learn how to shape it based on the value you create Understand which costs are relevant for pricing decisions Establish price levels that maximize profitability Anticipate competitive moves and design your strategy accordingly Segment the market and get different customers to pay more or less based on their perceived value Approach pricing decisions from the standpoint of customer lifetime value Understand how to align prices across the product-line for maximizing overall profitability Identify key leakage points between the list price and the final realized price - and ways to reduce the leakage Maximize the profitability of negotiated pricing deals

Reed Holden (http://www. holdenadvisors. com/management. htm) is a world class speaker and I am very excited to have him joining me as faculty for Columbia Executive Education's Strategic Pricing program," stated Professor Noel Capon, author of Marketing Mavens. Capon continued, "Reed Holden is a strong example of Columbia's commitment to bridging theory to practice. As a thought leader and practitioner in pricing, he brings a unique perspective to the seminar of leading edge pricing approaches with practical application to our attendees."

For more information on Columbia Executive Education's Program on Strategic Pricing: please visit http://www0.gsb. columbia. edu/execed/open/programs/pw. cfm (http://www0.gsb. columbia. edu/execed/open/programs/pw. cfm)

About Columbia Business School Executive Education
Columbia Business School's renowned Executive Education creates a bridge between theory and practice by offering programs that deliver a rich, global perspective. Columbia's nondegree open-enrollment programs address individual development needs in leadership and strategy, marketing, and finance, providing executives with an understanding of powerful new academic approaches and their application to achieve results. Columbia Business School partners with custom clients on designing and executing organizational initiatives that enable a critical number of top-level executives to meet their corporation's strategic goals. Through Columbia's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM), participants can enroll in programs that build organizational capacity and leadership in the not-for-profit and public sectors. For more information, please visit www. gsb. columbia. edu/execed (http://www. gsb. columbia. edu/execed)

About Dr. Reed Holden
Dr. Reed K. Holden is Founder of Holden Advisors. His new book, co-authored with Mark Burton, called Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table (http://www. amazon. com/Pricing-Confidence-Leaving-Money-Table/dp/0470197579) (Wiley & Sons, 2008), is one of the top ten pricing books on Amazon. com. He consults to senior executives in Fortune 500 companies, and runs targeted sessions with management teams to jump-start change in go-to market strategies to improve profitability. For recent thoughts and comments and an opportunity to speak with Dr. Holden, please see his blog: http://reedholden. wordpress. com (http://reedholden. wordpress. com).

About Holden Advisors
Holden Advisors www. HoldenAdvisors. com is a pricing strategy, consulting and training firm that helps clients become confident about their pricing and achieve greater revenue and profits. To ensure success, Holden Advisors delivers analysis, strategy, processes and training that are analytically sound and closely integrated with a client's business culture.

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Friday, March 21, 2003

Sarah Lawrence College Chooses Jenzabar to Enhance Constituent Services

Jenzabar EX to Help Streamline Operations and Fulfill Student Needs

Boston, MA (Vocus) April 10, 2009

Jenzabar, Inc (http://wwwjenzabar. net)., a leading provider of software, services and strategies for higher education, announced today that Sarah Lawrence College (http://www. slc. edu/), based in Bronxville, New York, chose a flagship Jenzabar enterprise resource planning system to enhance services for students, faculty, staff and alumni. Jenzabar EX will help Sarah Lawrence streamline operations and meet the dynamic needs of its constituents.

In seeking a new student administrative system, Sarah Lawrence College needed a stable and robust product that was flexible and easily customized while at the same time offering a straightforward data conversion process. Jenzabar EX (http://www. jenzabar. net/products/ex. html), offered on the Microsoft® SQL Server® platform, will provide Sarah Lawrence with an adaptable solution to support their rigorous pedagogical model and unique registration process without extraordinary effort from staff. With Jenzabar EX, Sarah Lawrence College can streamline data allowing staff to work more efficiently throughout all offices on campus, from Admissions to Alumni Development.

Sarah Lawrence is a coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate as well as graduate degrees. Upgrading to Jenzabar EX will provide the College with the functionality to empower faculty to obtain relevant student data more quickly and easily. The increased efficiency will free up more time for administrators and advisors to better serve constituents and address student issues more effectively. The College will leverage the flexibility and broad range of capabilities provided by Jenzabar EX to deliver an enhanced registration experience for its students and to introduce new online services in support of student advising and interaction among faculty, students, and staff.

"To better serve our students, faculty and staff, we are using the implementation of Jenzabar EX as an opportunity to review business processes and best practices across the College," says Sean Jameson, Director of Information Technology at Sarah Lawrence College. "I am certain that once we are up and running the requests for additional uses will start pouring in. Since we will be on a system that I can easily and readily staff for, we will be able to meet the demands of our constituents."

Jenzabar EX allows administrative and academic staff to access, update, store, and report on crucial data through a common database and a complete suite of end-to-end, fully integrated modules. Serving nearly 300 institutions of higher education nationwide, Jenzabar EX delivers key data to offices across the campus, streamlining workflow and enabling institutions to offer prompt, personalized service to prospects, students, alumni, and faculty.

"Our technology is designed to help institutions achieve their goals, and we're confident that our administrative system will help Sarah Lawrence College significantly increase operational efficiencies and student satisfaction across campus," said Robert A. Maginn, Jr., Jenzabar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We are dedicated to helping Sarah Lawrence College offer enhanced services to constituents, resulting in stronger enrollment, retention and advancement rates."

About Sarah Lawrence College (http://www. slc. edu/):
Sarah Lawrence is a coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate as well as graduate degrees. Located just north of New York City on a wooded campus, the College is nationally renowned for its rigorous academic and creative standards. These are fostered by small seminar classes and individual student-faculty tutorials made possible by a very low student-to-faculty ratio of 9-to-1. It is a lively community of students, scholars, and artists offering outstanding programs in the humanities, the natural sciences and mathematics, history and the social sciences, and the creative and performing arts.

About Jenzabar, Inc. (http://wwwjenzabar. net):
Jenzabar, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise software and services developed exclusively for higher education. With more than 35 years of combined experience offering technology solutions to colleges and universities, Jenzabar is the trusted partner of choice to more than 700 campuses worldwide, including private liberal arts, state, and community colleges and business, medical, law and other graduate schools. Jenzabar is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with regional offices located across the United States. For more information, please visit www. jenzabar. net.

© 2009 Jenzabar, Inc. All rights reserved. Jenzabar® is a registered trademark of Jenzabar, Inc. Jenzabar's Internet Campus Solution, Total Campus Management, ERA, and the Jenzabar logo are trademarks of Jenzabar, Inc.

Contact:
Carina Ganias
Public Relations Specialist
Jenzabar, Inc.
617-492-9099, ext. 365

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Wednesday, March 19, 2003

NEW FAMILY BOARD GAME ENHANCES AND STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIPS

A new, simple, fun board game is designed to engage players in a manner that teaches them about improving the quality of lives through creating and managing the tools of positive relationships

MORGANTON, NC (PRWEB) December 10, 2003

Recognizing a void in easy, fun, instructive board games to improve quality of lives through better management of relationships, Ronnie L. Mace, a Certified Reality Therapist, invented CONNECTIONSÂ™, an entertaining, dialogue-enriched game that directs players to paths leading to success.

Sales of CONNECTIONSÂ™ were formally kicked off Nov. 26 during a gathering in Morganton of the gameÂ’s development team and beta testers, which included therapists, educators, graphic designers, business leaders and several of MaceÂ’s friends and colleagues.

Since the launch, Mace has sold more than 200 of the CONNECTIONSÂ™ game. Customers include the Conflict Resolutions Center, East Burke Middle School, Cognitive Connections, Inc. and the Glasser Institute.

The game is currently sold directly through Connections Worldwide, Inc., based in Morganton. Game orders can be submitted through the Internet, telephone, fax and mail. Additional details are available on the web site, www. theconnectionsgame. com.

A Burke County native, Mace has taken what is a complex relationship-based theory that is largely confined to psychological clinical circles and, through an ingeniously simple and engaging design, created a family and institutional game that enables players to benefit from the core of the theory and have fun doing it.

CONNECTIONS Â™ is inspired from Dr. William GlasserÂ’s Â“Choice TheoryÂ®,Â” as described in his book, Â“Choice TheoryÂ®, A New Psychology of Personal Freedom.Â” This theory teaches that the only person you can control is yourself, and the only thing about yourself that you can control is your thinking and acting behavior. This is the source of personal freedom.

Â“You can learn the lessons of Choice TheoryÂ® and improve your life without ever having to crack a book, attend a lecture or lie on a couch,Â” Mace said. Â“You will emerge from several rounds of playing CONNECTIONSÂ™ more in tune with how you communicate and interact with others and how others communicate with you. You will become a better communicator, a better boss, a better teacher, a better friend, a better parent and a better mate.Â”

Â“CONNECTIONSÂ™ is a simple and fun game,Â” he said. Â“You will be astounded what you learn about your opponents. You will be astonished what you will learn about yourself.Â”

Designed for two to six players older than seven years, CONNECTIONSÂ™ consists of a simple board featuring a colorful layout of two tracks on which players progress. They use dice to determine moves. Throughout the course of the game, players draw cards that guide them through personal examples of habits that lead to constructive and destructive relationships.

It is a game that is designed to be played repeatedly, with participants tracking and scoring progress during the playing period.

Initially targeted for schools, church youth groups, family intervention and crisis centers and correctional centers, the game has many applications beyond those arenas and reaches into the everyday household.

Mace investigated and developed CONNECTIONSÂ™ for two years, during which he created prototypes and supportive materials. He shared the concept with a circle of advisors and friends, who explored its merit through their own professional connections in the educational and psychological industries.

CONNECTIONSÂ™ was developed with thorough field testing using a variety of players, including middle school students, teachers, families, office workers and family crisis participants and employees.

What emerged is a complete gaming concept that is visually designed to portray connecting and disconnecting habits with an underlying goal of helping participants become the best person they can be.

Â“ItÂ’s the only time in my life that IÂ’ve seen an interactive game that has the potential to change people to be more positive in their relationships or their behaviors,Â” said Robert Patton, principal of East Burke Middle School. Â“One of the first thoughts that I had is that CONNECTIONSÂ™ is so simple. There are many methods of counseling. And most of those methods involve an active listener giving feedback and asking appropriate questions to determine how to proceed with problem solving. This game does all of that without having to have the interaction with a counselor. You become your own counselor through playing the game and the changes that it creates are ones that are self-imposed decisions arrived at by each individual through playing the game.Â”

Â“It has the ability to cause me and each of us who play the game to try hard to be better in our relationships with everyone else,Â” Patton said. Â“I also see it having an impact on students in the middle school setting.Â”

The launch of the new relationship-oriented boardgame could not come at a better time. In the post 9-11 world people are more focused on Â“nestingÂ” than they have been in recent history. Sales of board games are surging as families rediscover the pleasures of interacting that comes with many board games.

Additionally, a recent article in TIME magazine analyzed a new breed of romantic counseling that is being offered as formal courses at colleges and high schools across the country. The article, titled Â“Relationships 101,Â” quotes Sarah Brown, president of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, as saying, Â“ThereÂ’s a great hunger for understanding relationships, not just body parts.Â”

Mace is a Certified Reality Therapist and Chief Financial Officer of Blue Ridge Community Action, Inc., a Morganton, NC-based, non-profit, low-income assistance organization. He is certified in Choice TheoryÂ® Reality Therapy and Lead Management as authored and endorsed by Dr. William Glasser and the William Glasser Institute.

Mace was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action during the Vietnam War, experiences that helped shape the person he is today; a person who has overcome many of lifeÂ’s pitfalls and made a positive contribution helping others do the same.

For more information, visiting the CONNECTIONSÂ™ website, www. theconnectionsgame. com, which includes email capability, or call The CONNECTIONS Â™ Company, 866-874-2205.

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CONTACT: Ronnie L. Mace, 866-874-2205

PRESS RELEASES AND IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR DOWLOAD ON THE MEDIA PAGE OF THE CONNECTIONS WEBSITE, www. theconnectionsgame. com

Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Orthopedic Oncologist and Assistant Professor Dr. James C. Wittig Named New York University's 2007 Teacher of the Year

Selected by medical students from more than 120 orthopedic surgeons at NYU, Dr. Wittig was named Teacher of the Year for his 'dedication, passion, devotion to patient care and interaction, resident education and research and surgical technique,' and described by his students, particularly Sam Sanders, MD, Paul Lafferty, MD, Kevin Kaplan, MD and Brian Neri, MD as 'exemplifying everything a Teacher of the Year should be."

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 15, 2007

James C. Wittig, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Oncology at New York University School of Medicine, NYU Medical Center and the Hospital for Joint Diseases, has been named NYU's Teacher of the Year. Selected by medical students from more than 120 orthopedic surgeons at NYU, Dr. Wittig was named Teacher of the Year for his 'dedication, passion, devotion to patient care and interaction, resident education and research and surgical technique,' and described by his students, particularly Sam Sanders, MD, Paul Lafferty, MD, Kevin Kaplan, MD and Brian Neri, MD as 'exemplifying everything a Teacher of the Year should be."

As part of the nomination, Dr. Lafferty praised Dr. Wittig's unmatched accessibility to patients and students, and described a time when Dr. Wittig performed surgery on an 18 month old boy who suffered with a benign aggressive tumor of the elbow. Under Dr. Wittig's surgical expertise and medical care, the child was able to retain upper extremity function and looks forward to a normal, healthy life. In addition, Dr. Sanders noted that patients, even those with the most serious medical issues, are easily put at ease by the way Dr. Wittig speaks with them. His dedication and passion does not stop with his patients, but goes beyond. In addition to focusing on his patient's needs, he is as passionate about educating his residents utilizing a wide array of resources including a section of his website exclusively for orthopedic residents which includes "multiple videos/power point presentations and electronic versions of his lecture series as well as personally e-mailing interesting cases to the residents every two weeks."

Although there are many priorities that make up Dr. Wittig's day, Dr. Neri makes it clear that Dr. Wittig is '…consistent and unwavering in his priority of training residents." One of the key reasons Dr. Kaplan believes that Dr. Wittig deserves the Teacher of the Year award is for the way he has shown 'residents how to be a "complete doctor" whether in his office consulting with patients, in the operating room teaching as he performs surgery or being available to his residents even on limited personal time.

James C. Wittig, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Oncology (Adult an Pediatric), Director, Sarcoma Division: NYU Cancer Institute, NYU Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases, Hackensack University Medical Center, The Valley Hospital & NYU Cancer Institute, 160 East 34th Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10016, 212-731-6062. Dr Wittig specializes in the surgical treatment of Pediatric and Adult: Extremity (arm/leg); Shoulder Girdle, Pelvic, Sacral and Spine Tumors; Primary Bone Tumors and Bone Sarcomas; Soft Tissue Tumors and Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Metastatic Carcinomas or Melanoma affecting Bone or Soft Tissue; Joint/Synovial Tumors (Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis, Chondromatosis); Cryosurgery for Bone Tumors; Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma; Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Biopsy Techniques (CT Guided); Complex Reconstructive Bone and Joint Replacement Surgery. For additional information, please visit www. sarcoma. ws or www. shouldertumor. org.

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Sunday, March 16, 2003

New Hope & Resilience After Destruction and Killings in Gaza, Israel

James S. Gordon, M. D., the distinguished psychiatrist who leads the Washington D. C.-based Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), has just returned from Gaza and Israel, where he heard first-hand testimony from people and institutions who were targeted by the Israeli army--contradictory to the IDF's statements. Working in nearby Sderot, he also heard firsthand Israeli reactions to what has happened, and their difficulty accepting Israel's role in the conflict. Both sides are wounded and grieving from the violence, and now is the time to hear this testimony, and to begin the healing process--which Dr. Gordon and the CMBM team's training of 150 mental health professionals is setting in motion.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 20, 2009

James S. Gordon, M. D., the distinguished psychiatrist who leads the Washington D. C.-based Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), just returned from Gaza and Israel, where he heard first-hand testimony from people and institutions who were targeted by the Israeli army--contradictory to the IDF's statements. Working in nearby Sderot, he also heard firsthand Israeli reactions to what has happened, and their difficulty accepting Israel's role in the conflict. Both sides are wounded and grieving from the violence, and now is the time to bring this testimony to light, and begin healing.

Dr. Gordon lead an international team of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish mental health professionals into Gaza in a groundbreaking effort to relieve population-wide psychological trauma in Gaza and nearby Israeli towns. He and his colleagues supervised their Gaza faculty in a poignant, powerful, life-affirming, and life-changing 5-day training of 150 of Gaza's most gifted and committed health and mental health professionals.

Dr. Gordon also spent several days in Israel with counselors in Sderot, Israel (http://www. cmbm. org/integrative_GLOBAL_OUTREACH/israel_overview. php), which has been shelled from Gaza for eight years, and with CMBM's Israeli faculty, before he entered Gaza on March 4th. He returned March 15th.

For the last seven years, Dr. Gordon and his CMBM team have been working intensively with the traumatized population in Gaza and Israel separately and jointly--they are the only organization doing so. During this time, they trained 300 Israeli professionals and 90 in Gaza to develop comprehensive, scientifically based programs that are effectively treating widespread posttraumatic stress disorder (http://www. cmbm. org/integrative_GLOBAL_OUTREACH/global_outreach_mission. php), major depression, anxiety, violence, and despair.

CMBM's program is a powerful force for hope for those living in Gaza. Before the recent Israeli invasion, CMBM's Gaza team, which has treated 15-20,000 children and adults, was providing up to 75 ten-week long mind-body groups every three months. In the aftermath of the devastation, the number of groups has tripled. The CMBM approach is currently also being offered to hundreds of families that lost members in the conflict and to the seriously injured, to orphaned children, abused women, mothers with 'failure to thrive' infants, and the depressed, suicidal, and violent.

CMBM's pioneering program, which recently received a research award from the US Department of Defense, combines mind-body techniques of meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, and yoga with self-expression in words, drawings, and movement in a supportive small group setting.

During his eight days in Gaza, Dr. Gordon spoke with dozens of men and women who suffered loss of children and spouses, and with children disoriented and distraught from the deaths of parents, and the destruction of their homes, neighborhoods, and schools, He learned how families used mind-body techniques--meditation while bombs fell, shaking their bodies to relieve tension after a nearby battle, and family "check-ins" to share pain and sorrow--to find "hope. . . strength, resiliency, even power" (as one CMBM school psychologist put it) in the midst of despair.

A wealth of data supports CMBM's unique, highly effective model, which has been used to help traumatized populations in postwar Kosovo, post-Katrina New Orleans, as well as Israel and Gaza, and is now being implemented on an increasingly large scale with US military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families. "This model is," as Dr. Gordon says, "welcomed by people of all ages and races around the world because it is educational, non-stigmatizing, and demonstrably beneficial. It can be easily taught and can be used by all people of all ages on their own." Dr. Gordon describes this groundbreaking approach in his newest book, Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression (http://www. jamesgordonmd. com/unstuck-self-healing-depression. html) (Penguin Press; June 2008).

The results of CMBM's program are well-documented and remarkable. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the use of the model with war-traumatized children in Kosovo -- the first RCT of any intervention with war-traumatized children -- was published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Psychiatry in 2008; it showed an 80% decrease in symptoms following 12 sessions of mind-body skills groups. Also, data collected on children and adults in the CMBM Gaza program revealed significant decreases in symptoms of PTSD and depression and anger and increased hopefulness in those who participated in CMBM groups, gains which were largely maintained even during the ongoing siege of Gaza at six months' follow-up.

With 15 trips to Gaza as well as Israel, and hundreds of in-depth interviews, Dr. Gordon has an intimate knowledge and authoritative understanding of Gazans' remarkable capacity for resiliency, faith, and trust, as well as profound suffering. He is also deeply knowledgeable about the ongoing emotional devastation experienced by Israelis. Remarkably, in this stubborn conflict, he is capable of discussing similarities and differences between the Israeli and Palestinian experience of the situation. He is available for immediate comment and interview.

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Summer’s Over, But PLiNTHandCHiNTZ. com Is Just Heating Up: The Unique “Blogzine” Serves As Hip Virtual Mentor To Emerging Interior Designers

PLiNTHandCHiNTZ. com is a unique website with a mission: not only to create better interior designers, but also more well-rounded citizens. With stories aimed at 20-somethings who may need etiquette or interview coaching, to travel tales on design destinations, to profiles of former interior designers like Jennifer Velarde, founder of 1154 Lill Studios Custom Handbags, the combination blog/on-line magazine audience ranges far beyond the design industry. The site turned 2 years old this September, proudly publishing its 25th online issue and continuing to amass dedicated readers.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 30, 2006

PLiNTHandCHiNTZ. com, the unique website whose mission is not only to create better interior designers, but also more well-rounded citizens, celebrates its second birthday this month. With stories aimed at 20-somethings who may need etiquette or interview coaching, to travel tales on design destinations, to profiles of former interior designers like Jennifer Velarde, founder of 1154 Lill Studios Custom Handbags, the combination blog/on-line magazine audience ranges far beyond the design industry.

The “edutainment” approach of “learning can be fun” is working. The advertising-supported site now boasts over 13,000 monthly subscribers with about 7,000 more unique visitors dropping in to the site each month. Positive feedback comes from readers around the world, including the UK, Belgium, Canada, Austria, and New Zealand. Approximately 75% of the content is submitted by contributors on subjects that they or the editorial staff have suggested. Contributors include professional writers, designers, students, furniture manufacturers, and leaders of industry organizations.

Educators who have discovered the site are recommending it to their students and even listing it on the syllabus as a resource for its well-written glossary of design terms. Design professors also find valuable information to use while preparing lesson plans. Practicing interior designers cruise the site for new information in an easily-digestible format. Manufacturers contribute articles and advertise on the site in order to connect with emerging designers and get their brands in front of these future specifiers.

The blogzine was started by interior designer Laura McDonald, ASID/IIDA after getting the “7-year itch” at the design firm where she worked. She conceived of PLiNTH & CHiNTZ as a forum to educate interior design students on topics that are not taught in design school. Everything from interacting with clients to knowing how to work with a furniture dealer can be found on the site. McDonald’s sense of humor and willingness to ride the edge of political correctness is apparent in the Mission Statement: “To bridge the gap between the student / educational community and the professional / manufacturer community of the interior design world, and not to die of boredom while we do it.”

Podcasts are the newest feature added to the site. Driven by contributor James Ledoux’s enthusiasm for the technology, the first podcast was published in the May 2006 issue and featured Ledoux interviewing writer/personal productivity expert Merlin Mann of 43folders. com. The following month McDonald and her business partner, Amy S. Johnson, used the podcast platform as a means to report on their findings each day while attending the NeoCon design industry conference in Chicago. The resulting podcasts gave listeners a taste of the energy and excitement that defines the show, while highlighting the products/companies that caught their attention.

PLiNTHandCHiNTZ. com will continue promoting the integrity of the interior design profession and education while challenging its readers to get involved in their local communities and charities to produce better designers and better citizens through PLiNTHandCHiNTZ. com.

Contact:

Amy S. Johnson, Director of Marketing

PLiNTH & CHiNTZ

214-559-2568

Http://www. plinthandchintz. com (http://www. plinthandchintz. com)

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Vana Consulting Launches Industries First Workforce Social Networking and Collaboration Consulting Service

New service will assist companies in harnessing social networking and collaboration tools to gain competitive advantage in today's global workforce.

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) December 8, 2008

Vana Consulting, a leading provider of on-demand HR and Talent Management strategy and technology consulting today announced the availability of the industries first workforce social networking and collaboration consulting service.

"Business innovation and company performance is created largely from the interactions and collaboration within workforce and the extension of those relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and alumni. At the same time, the workforce of today is increasingly more complex, diverse, globally dispersed, and mobile. Leading organizations are harnessing social networking and collaboration tools to drive innovation and gain competitive advantage in today's global economy," said David Vanheukelom, President and CEO of Vana Consulting

Workforce social networking and collaboration strategies together with the deployment of enabling technologies can deliver measurable and transformational benefits to organizations including:
Connecting the multi-generational, global, and mobile workforce Promoting informal learning to help develop the next generation of leaders Increasing sales performance by promoting collaboration and new-hire productivity Driving bottom-up innovation across the organization Understanding and tapping the expertise within the organization Drive workforce performance based on ongoing conversations, contribution and collaboration Connect and engage the workforce directly with customers, partners, suppliers, and alumni

"The workforce of today expects and embraces social and collaborative strategies and technologies to build relationships, promote brand awareness, connect and collaborate with expertise, and drive product and service innovation across the organization - those companies that harness social strategies and tools will be the business leaders of tomorrow."

Vana Consulting Workforce Social Networking and Collaboration Services Include:

Social and Collaboration Strategy and Education Workshops Current and Future State Social Networking and Collaboration Roadmap Measurable Success Plan Development Rapid Vendor Selection Project Development, Deployment, and Community Engagement On-Demand Advisory and User Engagement Services

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

About Vana Consulting:
Vana Consulting is a global management consulting firm focused on creating a high-performance and engaged workforce by delivering on-demand human resource and talent management strategies, technology, and advisory services. The company enables organizations in defining, creating, and implementing innovative, agile, and fit-for-purpose human resource and talent strategies, supported by the implementation and deployment of enabling technologies to deliver substantial and sustainable competitive advantage from their workforce. Founded in 2008 by senior HR and Technology executives, services include HR and Talent Management strategy and technology consulting, On-Demand subscription based consulting, and the Vana Consulting Community, an exclusive online community where HR, IT and Business Leaders can connect and collaborate with industry peers, network, and receive advice from leading industry experts.

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Saturday, March 15, 2003

HSA Trustee Services Adds MyMedLab for Further HSA Savings

HSA Trustee Services, a nationwide leader specializing in no-monthly-fee Health Savings Accounts (HSA), is adding MyMedLab to its list of free products to bring additional savings to its customers.

Lake Geneva, WI (PRWEB) September 26, 2005

HSA Trustee Services, a nationwide leader specializing in no-monthly-fee Health Savings Accounts (HSA), is adding MyMedLab to its list of free products to bring additional savings to its customers. This new solution brings the same comprehensive lab testing, once only available to doctors, directly to the public at a savings of up to 80% less than the cost of traditional clinic or hospital testing.

"Our mission is to remove the barriers keeping consumers from learning more about their health. The first and most obvious barrier was cost. Even routine testing for conditions like Diabetes and Heart Disease can cost consumers hundreds of dollars in lab fees from local hospital labs. MyMedLab allows consumers nationwide to order and purchase their testing online as part of a group of thousands instead of a party of one. This negotiated group rate means the exact same tests costs 50%-80% less at our 1200 collection sites nationwide" explains David Clymer, President/CEO of MyMedLab.

"The second major obstacle is access to results. In the past, patient results were the property of the ordering physician and the patient had to wait on their doctor for results. This usually came in the form of a phone call weeks later telling them everything was fine. The old way leaves the patient dependant on their doctor for all their health care knowledge and what information the doctor is willing to disclose. MyMedLab reports directly to the consumer within 48 hours and allows them to decide who has access to the results.

The third major obstacle is privacy of medical records. As the health care industry moves to "digital records" to make a patient's health information more accessible between providers, they also make them more accessible to third parties like insurance companies and employers. These groups are protecting their own interests not the consumers. MyMedLab's goal is to educate consumers about their health without compromising their future insurability. By reporting screening results directly to consumers, the information is completely confidential and never becomes part of their permanent medical record unless they chose to provide them.

MyMedLab is designed to be the easiest and most cost effective way for consumer to educate themselves about their health. We're helping consumer create their own Personal and Confidential Health Record much like they already have for financial and legal matters. The result is better health and lower cost. Screenings can detect potential problems early, when treatment and changes in lifestyle can be the most effective and least costly" says Clymer.

The addition of MyMedLab services is consistent with the philosophy of HSA Trustee Services. "Bringing additional savings to our HSA customers is of utmost importance to us. We believe strongly in Consumer Directed Health Plans, and believe they will restore the control for medical costs directly to the educated consumer. Our mission is to provide the tools, education and support that will lower health costs for our customers. MyMedLab can save hundreds of dollars on comprehensive lab testing. We are proud to add MyMedLab to our other HSA savings products, including Section 125 plans for pre-tax payroll savings, My Medical Control for assistance on consumer portions of the medical claim, and our hsa Rx Card program, which offers not only the ability to get real time pricing from a pharmacy in local area, but also the ability to identify the drug substitutions that may be available for the customer's current prescription that may yield significant savings, from an average 12.5% up to 45%", said Tim Morales of HSA Trustee Services. "We feel our no-monthly-fee account already offers significant savings over other providers, but we also believe strongly in offering complete support for consumers in their efforts to regain control over escalating medical costs".

For more information on MyMedLab please contact: David Clymer, President/CEO MyMedLab, Inc.

888-MY-MEDLAB

2401 Jackson

Joplin, MO 64804

Mymedlab. com

About hsa Trustee Services:

Hsa Trustee Services is a nationwide provider specializing in opening Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for individuals, families and groups since the inception of the HSA program in January 2004. For more information on this program, or the other benefits of using hsa Trustee Services, please call 866-hsa-2010. hsa Trustee Services, dedicated to "Keeping the $avings in the Health Savings Account".

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Friday, March 14, 2003

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR MICHAEL ONDAATJE TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS ROBERT WISE AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS (ACE)

Award winning author Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) honored by the American Cinema Editors with the Robert Wise Award which recognizes journalists whose work illuminates the craft of editing. Ondaatje is a novelist whose latest work The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing is on the Best Seller List.

(PRWEB) February 1, 2003

Media Contact:

Lea Yardum

Perception PR

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Lea@perceptionpr. com

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA, January 31 Â– Award-winning author Michael Ondaatje will receive the Robert Wise Award from the American Cinema Editors (ACE) at the organizationÂ’s 53rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 23, 2003 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Robert Wise Award recognizes a journalist whose writing has contributed significantly in elevating public consciousness to the crucial role of editing in the filmmaking process. OndaatjeÂ’s most recent book, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, is a New York Times Bestseller that details his conversations with Murch, whose film and sound editing career includes some of the most iconic films in recent memory: American Graffiti, The Godfather I-III, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The English Patient, among many others.

The prestigious honor has only been handed out once before at the 50th Annual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony. Robert Wise presented the inaugural award to Jack Tucker, A. C.E., a film editor who also served as the editor of the ACE magazine, CinemaEditor for several years. Rather than bestow the honor annually, the ACE Board meets each year to determine if any literary work significant to editing meets the criteria of the Robert Wise Award and, if so, they vote on who will be recognized.

Â“This was an effortless decision,Â” says ACE President Tina Hirsch. Â“Michael OndaatjeÂ’s book captures the spirit of this award perfectly. His most recent work not only chronicles the amazing contributions of Walter Murch to his craft, but illuminates the exciting art of editing and filmmaking as a whole.Â”

In The Conversations, Ondaatje details discussions that took place with Murch over a period of one year including behind-the-scenes glimpses of the maverick group that became Zoetrope, including Francis For Coppola and George Lucas. There is inside talk on the different working styles of directors like Anthony Minghella, Philip Kaufman and Fred Zinnemann, insight on how a film is put together and how the process of editing in film compares to editing in writing.

Ondaatje is a celebrated novelist whose other titles include AnilÂ’s Ghost, In the Skin of a Lion, Running in the Family, Coming Through Slaughter and The English Patient, the latter made into an Academy Award-winning film, edited by Murch. Although best known as a novelist, OndaatjeÂ’s work also encompasses poetry, memoir and film. His many accolades include Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, the Prix medicis, the Governor GeneralÂ’s Award, the Giller Prize and the British CommonwealthÂ’s highest honor Â– the Booker Prize.

The Robert Wise Award will be presented to Michael Ondaatje at the 53rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 23, 2003 during the black-tie ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. As previously announced, Kathleen Kennedy will be honored with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. John Burnett, A. C.E. and Tom Rolf, A. C.E. will receive Lifetime Career Achievement kudos.

Tickets to the ACE Eddie awards ceremony are available by calling the office of the American Cinema Editors at (818) 777-2900.

AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing. The objectives and purposes of the American Cinema Editors are to advance the art and science of the editing profession; to increase the entertainment value of motion pictures by attaining artistic pre-eminence and scientific achievement in the creative art of editing; to bring into close alliance those editors who desire to advance the prestige and dignity of the editing profession.

For additional information on ACE and the ACE Eddie Awards (including photos from past ACE Eddie Awards ceremonies and ACE logos in downloadable format), please visit the ACE website at http://www. americancinemaeditors. com (http://www. americancinemaeditors. com).

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Summer’s Over, But PLiNTHandCHiNTZ. com Is Just Heating Up: The Unique “Blogzine” Serves As Hip Virtual Mentor To Emerging Interior Designers

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