Archive for August, 2009
GROUPE SEB OUTBIDS LIFETIME FOR WEAREVER, CHANCE FOR BIGGER ROLE IN MASS CHANNEL.
by admin on Aug.30, 2009, under Uncategorized
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, August, 2006
Byline: Carla Webb O’Connor
WILMINGTON, Del.-Groupe SEB’s bid to acquire WearEver from Global Home Products would give the company a big push further into the mass channel in cookware and an entry into the bakeware category.
The acquisition by the French company, whose bid of $36.5 million was approved by the bankruptcy court here last week, includes all of WearEver’s inventories, trade receivables, equipment in Mexico-where it manufactures a large portion of its products-and trademarks, including its Mirro, Regal, WearEver and AirBake brands. A final decision is expected to be made by the bankruptcy court by the end of this week.
Groupe SEB’s bid was more than $15 million over the $21 million Lifetime Brands bid for the brand last month,…
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Birthday Cards Company GalleryCollection.com Support Operation Gratitude
by admin on Aug.30, 2009, under Uncategorized
Market Wire, December, 2008
Prudent Publishing’s
GalleryCollection.com, the leading business birthday cards
company in the nation, has coordinated efforts with the Dallas Cowboys
Cheerleaders to donate a signed photograph from the entire cheerleading
squad to Operation Gratitude’s 400,000th care package recipient.
While analyzing sales data for December, H.L. DeVore, Chief Marketing
Officer of GalleryCollection.com, noticed that the Dallas Cowboys
Cheerleaders had placed an order for personalized birthday cards. With the
greeting cards company’s recent collaborative donations with other
celebrities for Operation Gratitude, DeVore decided to reach out to the
cheerleading squad to see if they’d like to partake in a special donation
as well.
The squad was very receptive to the idea of donating a special gift for
Operation Gratitude’s 400,000th care package. They agreed to contribute an
autographed photo of the entire squad for the soldier receiving the care
package.
With the help of over 500 volunteers, Operation Gratitude’s 400,000th care
package was assembled on Saturday, December 13 in Van Nuys, California.
Some of the major contents of the care package include two tickets to the
2009 Army-Navy Game, Tailgate Party, Army-Navy Gala, and two nights in a
hotel; round-trip transportation from the recipient’s home to the Army-Navy
game in Philadelphia, provided by the birthday cards company ; a five-day all-inclusive vacation at
the Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana Resort in the Dominican Republic; 6 suite
tickets to a New York Mets game; an iPod; and a $500 Target gift card.
Visit Operation
Gratitude’s 400,000th Care Package Newsletter to read more about the
military support organization’s milestone celebration.
Visit
GalleryCollection.com’s birthday cards section to read more about and
view the company’s extensive array of birthday cards for business and
personal use.
About GalleryCollection.com — Prudent Publishing’s GalleryCollection.com
is the leading publisher of premium quality business birthday cards and corporate holiday cards and in the United States
UroLogic effectively reduces symptoms of overactive bladder and urinary incontinence
by admin on Aug.25, 2009, under Uncategorized
Nutraceuticals World, June, 2006
BioLogic Health Solutions Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Australia, has released the results of a two-month clinical trial confirming that its proprietary, all-natural ingredient UroLogic helps reduce symptoms of overactive bladder and urinary incontinence in men and women. The two-month randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial of 73 men and women, ages 29-88, revealed that 85% of participants receiving UroLogic demonstrated significant reduction in symptoms, including frequency of urination and/or incidence of leakage after two months.
Of the participants in the UroLogic group, 70% noted an increase in their quality of life as measured by a Urinary Distress Inventory that was administered at the beginning of the study, which gauges physical characteristics like leakage, frequency of urination, difficulty emptying the bladder and pain. Additionally, 74% of participants in the UroLogic group reported an increase in quality of life as measured by a Urinary Health Questionnaire administered throughout the course of the study.
Proximex Expands Partner Program and Introduces Proximex Software Development Kit
by admin on Aug.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
Business Wire, Dec 9, 2008
Nearly 30 Companies Join Proximex Partner Program Since Inception; Proximex Applauded by Partners for Openness of SDK and Collaborative Sales Efforts
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Proximex, developers of award-winning solutions for the physical security information management (PSIM) market, announced today that it has expanded its Partner Program with the addition of nearly 30 technology, channel and OEM partners. As part of this program, Proximex also introduced its Software Development Kit (SDK), which is already in use by several companies to create truly integrated solutions for their customers.
“Our partnerships are different because they are built on more than just technology agreements,” said Jack Smith, chief executive officer of Proximex. “In the long run, customers want assurance that all components of a project, including vendors themselves, work well together now and in the future. Because of this, our top priority for this program is to develop integrated sales and marketing relationships that are customer-focused and beneficial for all parties involved.”
Since its initial introduction in early 2008, nearly 30 additional companies have joined the Proximex Partner Program as technology, channel and OEM partners. All partners in the Proximex program benefit from co-marketing activities and strong relationships built on the best solution for each customer.
“Integrators of advanced physical security solutions utilizing software from Proximex and Augusta Systems rely on the Proximex SDK to support streamlined deployment activities,” said Patrick R. Esposito II, chief operating officer of Augusta Systems, Inc. “The Proximex SDK opens up Surveillint to communicate with third-party software, including Augusta Systems EdgeFrontier, which supports integration and normalization of data and control functions and pushes intelligence beyond the data center through distributed event or policy-based processing. By connecting Surveillint with other software, the Proximex SDK facilitates the creation of rich solutions at a lower cost.”
Companies in the Proximex Partner Program may also gain access to the Proximex SDK. This SDK offers more extensibility than ever for the creation of sophisticated security applications that integrate with a wide variety of systems and devices. Partners can take advantage of the tools included in the SDK and Proximex is committed to helping partners test their solutions in order to be assured that all systems are integrated properly.
“We’ve been extremely pleased with how easy it has been to integrate our PureActiv wide area surveillance system with Surveillint by using the open interface found in the Proximex SDK,” said Larry J. Bowe, Jr., president of ICx Vision Systems, a business unit of ICx Technologies. “It’s important for us to be able to create new joint scenarios and demonstrate the outcome and value to the customer quickly. Proximex has does an outstanding job of allowing us to develop joint solutions to meet specific needs as well as impress our customers with fast results.”
The Proximex SDK offers multiple levels of integration. First, the Proximex SDK can be used to quickly enable alarms and sensors from security systems to be displayed in Surveillint. Second, the SDK allows partners to develop their own full Integration Modules with Surveillint that take advantage of bi-directional capabilities to receive information as well as synchronize information and send commands to the vendor system. Finally, partners can use the Proximex SDK to develop customized user interfaces (UIs) built on top of Surveillint.
The open architecture of the Proximex SDK makes it easy to integrate with a customer’s environment, whether simple or complex. This openness allows partners to better serve their customers’ individual needs by being able to integrate with the security system or device of choice. It doesn’t matter if the individual solutions are new or already installed at the customer’s location, the Proximex SDK is flexible enough to work with virtually any security solution. Partners can choose the best solutions for their customers and still get the best of Proximex Surveillint, including business logic management, reporting and centralized management and control.
Partners that are using the Proximex SDK at any level are invited to join the Proximex Partner Program. For more information about the Proximex SDK and the Proximex Partner Program, please call (408) 216-5190 or visit our web site at http://proximex.com/index.asp?pgid=65.
About Proximex
Proximex leads the physical security information management (PSIM) market by leveraging its innovative IT software expertise to drive security transformation by creating synergy between logical and physical security departments. Its flagship product, Proximex Surveillint[TM], won the 2008 New Product Showcase award in the Convergence category from the Security Industry Association and was named a finalist in the 2008 New Product of the Year award from Access Control & Security Systems. Surveillint powers users with an intelligent and flexible system to discover, connect and resolve security incidents fast. The impressive user interface (UI), business logic capability and open-architecture make Surveillint the preferred choice of security users at all levels within an organization, including operators, supervisors and executive management. Surveillint customers include defense, transportation and commercial entities with an urgent need to manage information from disparate security systems, improve operational efficiencies and reduce security risk. Privately held, Proximex is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with offices in Texas, Tennessee and Colorado
Probe of Boeing 737-500 Excursion Continues
by admin on Aug.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
Air Safety Week, Jan 12, 2009
National Transportation Safety Board investigators continue to probe the Dec. 20, 2008 excursion of a Boeing 737-500 (N18611) at Denver International Airport (DEN).
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was taking off for Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) when the accident occurred. The jetliner was substantially damaged after the flight deck crew tried to abort the takeoff, exited the runway and ended up in a ____ in flames.. The plane carried 110 passengers. Thirty-seven people were injured.
The NTSB said there were 24-32 knot crosswinds at the time, fueling speculation that weather may have played a role in the accident. But an NTSB spokesman said that the crosswinds were not so strong that the pilot would not have been able to take off.
Other factors, such as mechanical failure or pilot error, may have also played a role.
Federal investigators said that an unusual rattling sound can be heard on the cockpit voice recorder
Smeal Named SCI Smithfield Superintendent
by admin on Aug.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
U.S. Newswire, December, 2007
To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Susan McNaughton of the Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections, 1-717-975-4862
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A 28-year
state corrections veteran has been appointed superintendent at the
State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, Department Secretary
Jeffrey A. Beard, Ph.D., announced today.
Paul K
Thieves again targeting boat propellers
by admin on Aug.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Apr 23, 2004 by Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News
Rae Anne Fenton and her husband purchased a new boat just two weeks ago. They haven’t even put it in the water yet but already have discovered it was a target of thieves.
Fenton got up Thursday morning to take her garbage out to the curb and walked to the side of her house.
“I picked up some pieces of wood, and I noticed the propeller was gone,” she said.
Pieces of Fenton’s boat that hold the propeller were lying on the ground, and her propeller was missing. Fenton lives in a new neighborhood near 12800 South and 2900 West, an area where another owner also discovered the theft of a propeller that same day.
With boating season back, so is the lucrative lure of propellers, which can cost anywhere from $500 to $2,000.
Law enforcers from Utah to Weber counties fear the person or group of people responsible for a large rash of propeller thefts last year are back at it again.
Numerous thefts were reported to police departments in Sandy, Orem, American Fork, Provo, Ogden, Riverton and even Manti last year. Investigators believe the propellers are being sold to local dealers or on Internet auction sites.
And because propellers do not have serial numbers, investigators admit they’re hard to recover once they’re stolen.
One police report said there were easily dozens of these thefts last year
HomeViewVideoTours.com: Meeting Real Estate Marketing Technology Demands
by admin on Aug.20, 2009, under Uncategorized
Market Wire, April, 2007
An exciting start-up business, Home View,
LLC, announced today that it is open for business. Home View is a
professional provider of high quality video home tours for the Web, Mobile
Media, DVD and Broadcast Television specializing in residential and
commercial real estate properties, apartment rentals and residential
leases, hotel and resort video tours and video spotlights. The company was
formed to meet the marketing technology demands of real estate agents and
brokers, developers, managers and landlords.
During a time where the real estate market finds itself in a slump, Home
View expects to attract would be buyers by creating emotional attachments
to properties through new technologies. In an industry where thirty-two is
the average age of the first time homebuyer and where 80% of all buyers use
the Internet for their home search, realtors are losing sales because of
their antiquated marketing approach. As reiterated by Paul Peltekian,
President of Home View, “Though print media cannot be underestimated, Home
View’s main focus is triggering an emotional response from a buyer through
motion picture and then getting those properties in front of the people who
are most likely to buy. Our broadcast quality video tours are
distributed on cell phones, mobile media players, the Internet, broadcast
television and in the form of DVDs and CDs.” The approach is different in
an industry that is always in search of the next great marketing tool.
Home View video tours allow viewers to see full motion videos of
residential properties or businesses. In addition, they also offer agent,
broker, community & neighborhood spotlights, resort videos, hotel video
tours, webmercial production, and digital distribution consulting. They
service local and national homebuilders, apartment complexes, vacation
rental agencies and property management companies. In addition to video
tours, Home View offers professional photography services, photo tours and
digital image manipulation.
With a combined 20 years of industry experience, business partners Paul
Peltekian and Timothy Ross have been involved in nearly every facet of the
broadcast television industry, from directing, filming and editing.
Peltekian is heavily involved in the creation of many high rated television
programs on such networks as ABC, NBC, VH1, E!, TBS, The WB and most
notably “The Bachelor” on ABC and the highly rated cable television series
“Gene Simmons: Family Jewels” for the A&E; network. In 1999, Peltekian
became a founding member of Encode One, a Los Angeles-based company
developing one of the most advanced streaming video software/hardware
systems of the time
Blended beauty products meet multi-racial needs
by admin on Aug.20, 2009, under Uncategorized
Household & Personal Products Industry, Feb, 2008
Blended Beauty hair care products were designed specifically for the needs of those with dry, wavy, curly, kinky and relaxed or heat-straightened hair. The products are salon tested for superior multiracial hair care. Each product is at least 98% naturally derived and phosphate free. The focus of the line is on moisturizing and increasing the heath of hair, while still providing styling effects, without drying out the hair
PING AN TRUST JOINS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
by admin on Aug.19, 2009, under Uncategorized
AsiaInfo Services, November, 2006
AsiaInfo Services
11-20-2006
Ping An Trust Joins Commercial Property Development
SHENZHEN, Nov 20, 2006 (SinoCast via COMTEX) — China Ping An Trust and Investment Co. and Pan-China Commercial Property Development (Shenzhen) Co. inked a strategic partnership agreement to develop four commercial property projects with nearly CNY 1 billion investment.
This is the first time for Ping An Trust and Investment to participate in real estate development, project construction and property management & operation.
It progresses well in property investment and asset management as a non-traditional investment vehicle of Ping An Insurance Group.
Moreover, the two parties will further cooperate in follow-up commercial projects on the strength of their complementary edges in…
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