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Altus Learning Systems, a leader in enterprise video search solutions for sales enablement and knowledge sharing, announced today that Network Products Guide, a leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named Altus vSearch a 2010 Product Innovation Award winner in the SaaS and Cloud Computing category. The annual awards competition recognizes and honors vendors from all over the world that have delivered innovative, ground-breaking products that have set the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology.

Altus VirtualEvent™ is an on-line tool for meetings, conferences and other events that integrates live webcasting, user interactivity, and full-text searchable video. With Altus VirtualEvent, companies now have a single platform for on-line meetings and events that includes both live and on-demand content distribution.

“Innovation is not just about new products alone,” said Rake Narang, editor-in-chief at Network Products Guide. “To succeed, companies need to see innovation not as a one-time objective but as something that has to be continuously evolved and improved upon. This requires putting greater focus on customer needs and making innovation the center of a companys way of developing better solutions. Innovative products such as Altus vSearch are bringing improvements in corporate knowledge sharing, full-text searchable video and on-demand access to corporate information.”

“We are immensely gratified to be recognized by Network Product Guide for our innovation and leadership in the SaaS and Cloud solutions,” said Ted Cocheu, CEO of Altus Learning Systems. “Product innovation is key to meeting and exceeding our customers expectations and driving company growth.”

Digital Word of Mouth Delivers Tremendous Consumer Value, Drives
Measurable ROI, and Powers Organizational Transformation for More Than
750 Leading Brands in 25 Languages

AUSTIN, Texas — Bazaarvoice,
the market and technology leader in hosted social
commerce applications that drive sales, today announced that it has
served more than 100 billion impressions of user-generated reviews,
answers, and stories since launch. With 80% of consumers now seeking
user-generated review content to guide purchases, this new milestone
represents a tremendous transformation in shopping behavior and
underscores the role of digital word of mouth as the most influential
form of advertising today. This record achievement comes as Bazaarvoice
prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary in May 2010 with more than
750 clients operating in 25 languages and 36 countries.

“Literally translated, Bazaarvoice means ‘voice of the marketplace.’ For
the first time in human history, word of mouth is a digital medium,
representing a shift that is more transformational and powerful than we
could have imagined just a few years ago,” said Brett Hurt, founder and
CEO of Bazaarvoice. “The ‘hidden’ impact of 100 billion impressions of
user-generated content is the way that Bazaarvoice clients are using
this content to transform the way they do business – rewriting the
textbook on marketing and merchandising, improving products, increasing
customer satisfaction and loyalty, reengineering channel relationships,
and adopting entirely new processes based on digital word of mouth. I’m
very thankful for our partnership with our clients, as well as our
passionate culture of employees who innovate constantly and serve them
at every opportunity. And while we’ve rapidly grown, we have also scaled
the Bazaarvoice Foundation to give back to the communities in which we
operate.”

Companies using Bazaarvoice gain a proven and innovative way to market with
their customers in the channels where they shop, creating authentic
conversations that deliver tremendous consumer value, drive real
business results, and power organizational transformation. Bazaarvoice
has published more than 40 case studies and numerous blog posts that
prove the ROI of the company’s innovative solution suite and chronicle
the most dramatic changes the company has seen on the path to 100
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Altus Learning Systems, a leader in enterprise video search solutions for sales enablement and knowledge sharing, announced today that Network Products Guide, a leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named Altus vSearch a 2010 Product Innovation Award winner in the SaaS and Cloud Computing category. The annual awards competition recognizes and honors vendors from all over the world that have delivered innovative, ground-breaking products that have set the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology.

Altus VirtualEvent™ is an on-line tool for meetings, conferences and other events that integrates live webcasting, user interactivity, and full-text searchable video. With Altus VirtualEvent, companies now have a single platform for on-line meetings and events that includes both live and on-demand content distribution.

“Innovation is not just about new products alone,” said Rake Narang, editor-in-chief at Network Products Guide. “To succeed, companies need to see innovation not as a one-time objective but as something that has to be continuously evolved and improved upon. This requires putting greater focus on customer needs and making innovation the center of a companys way of developing better solutions. Innovative products such as Altus vSearch are bringing improvements in corporate knowledge sharing, full-text searchable video and on-demand access to corporate information.”

“We are immensely gratified to be recognized by Network Product Guide for our innovation and leadership in the SaaS and Cloud solutions,” said Ted Cocheu, CEO of Altus Learning Systems. “Product innovation is key to meeting and exceeding our customers expectations and driving company growth.”

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52 Weeks of Treatment Marks Significant Milestone in Clinical
Development of Non-Surgical Medical Device Designed to Treat Type 2
Diabetes and Obesity

LEXINGTON, Mass. — GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical, endoscopic treatments for type 2
diabetes and obesity, today announced initial, positive results from a
clinical trial evaluating 12 months of treatment with the EndoBarrier™
Gastrointestinal Liner. The first group of patients from this trial have
successfully completed 12 months, or 52 weeks, of treatment with the
EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner, an important milestone in the
clinical development of this non-surgical therapeutic. The clinical
trial was led by Eduardo G. Moura, M.D., Ph.D., director of endoscopy,
digestive surgery department, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao
Paulo, Brazil.

“Successful 12-month implantation with the EndoBarrier is a clinically
important achievement and a promising indicator that this non-surgical
medical device may offer our patients an innovative new solution to
simultaneously combat both type 2 diabetes and obesity,” commented Keith
Gersin, M.D., FACS, chief of bariatric surgery at Carolinas Medical
Center and chief medical director of GI Dynamics. “The data we have seen
previously in patients treated for up to six months is very compelling,
and these data from 52 weeks of treatment further extend the potential
impact and efficacy of this approach. I look forward to the full data
set from this trial as the rest of the patients complete the 12-month
mark.”

The 52-week trial was designed to evaluate the EndoBarrier
Gastrointestinal Liner in 22 obese patients with type 2 diabetes. The
primary endpoints in the trial include improvement in type 2 diabetes
and excess weight loss. To date, the first six of the 22 subjects
implanted with the EndoBarrier have successfully reached the 52-week
endpoint.

The average baseline weight for the subjects was 270.5 lbs (± 22.2 1bs),
average baseline HbA1c was 9.3% (± 0.8%) and subjects were taking oral
anti-diabetes medications. Top-line results for the first six subjects
show that on average patients achieved the following results:

CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD) announced today that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Companys corporate offices, 525 French Road, Utica, NY 13502 on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 3:30 P.M. Eastern Time. Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2010 shall be entitled to vote at the 2010 Annual Meeting.

CONMED is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Companys products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. They are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the Companys 3,500 employees distribute its products worldwide from several manufacturing locations.

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Armstrong Teasdales revenue has had the ups and downs of a roller coaster ride since Missouri Lawyers Weekly first published the MOney rankings in 2006. The knuckle-whitening ride has primarily been attributable to contingency fees from one case: the lawsuit filed by liquidators of failed insurance company General American. But last years 13 percent drop to $98 million reflected the recession as much as the biennial lack of a contingency fee. Revenue per lawyer, which law firm leaders care about more than any other financial marker, was $450,200, down from $494,000 the previous year. Profit also faltered, dropping almost 15 percent to about $50 million. And profits per partner fell by a similar percentage, to $483,000. As more MOney 20 results roll in, Armstrong Teasdale probably will find itself in good company. Nationally, firms have been reporting steep drops in revenue and profits. And as Missouri Lawyers Weekly reported earlier this month, Bryan Cave, Missouris largest firm, managed to grow its revenue because it added 200 attorneys in a merger, but revenue per lawyer dipped almost 5 percent to $555,000.
RIGH is in the business of selling teeth whitening products to currently
operating salons known as SmileShoppes®. The product line consists of
whitening trays used in the salons and take-home products sold by salons
that consist of teeth whitening trays and touch up pens. The teeth
whitening industry is an approximately $11 billion a year business and
growing. RIGH has a unique system and proprietary formula, which it
believes gives the Company a competitive advantage.

RIGH has participated in two beauty and cosmetic trade shows in Florida and
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PITTSBURGH — Mobile Aspects announced today that the University of Michigan Health
System has signed an agreement to expand the use of its tissue tracking
solution into the Operating Room at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott
Children’s Hospital. The solution, called iRISecure™, uses the
unique characteristics of radio frequency identification (RFID)
technology to automate clinical workflow associated with tissue
tracking. In turn, a powerful solution is delivered to help care
providers comply with process and procedural requirements from The Joint
Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the
utilization of tissue and related products.

The solution will be deployed to manage the receipt, storage and
utilization of implantable tissue and related products used for surgical
procedures at the University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
The tissue tracking solution has been used within the Operating Rooms
Department at the University Hospital for over a year.

“We look forward to expanding the Mobile Aspects tissue tracking
solution into our pediatric surgical areas,” commented Patricia
Silverman, Business Systems Leader for the Operation Rooms. “Through its
use of RFID technology, the solution delivers a simple to use system for
our busy clinical staff that creates a highly automated process to help
us manage our tissue effectively.”

To demonstrate the capabilities of iRISecure and other solutions
used in the perioperative care setting, Mobile Aspects will be
exhibiting at the 57th Annual Congress for the Association of
periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). The event exhibition will be
held March 15-17 in Denver, Colorado.

PITTSBURGH — Mobile Aspects announced today that the University of Michigan Health
System has signed an agreement to expand the use of its tissue tracking
solution into the Operating Room at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott
Children’s Hospital. The solution, called iRISecure™, uses the
unique characteristics of radio frequency identification (RFID)
technology to automate clinical workflow associated with tissue
tracking. In turn, a powerful solution is delivered to help care
providers comply with process and procedural requirements from The Joint
Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the
utilization of tissue and related products.

The solution will be deployed to manage the receipt, storage and
utilization of implantable tissue and related products used for surgical
procedures at the University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
The tissue tracking solution has been used within the Operating Rooms
Department at the University Hospital for over a year.

“We look forward to expanding the Mobile Aspects tissue tracking
solution into our pediatric surgical areas,” commented Patricia
Silverman, Business Systems Leader for the Operation Rooms. “Through its
use of RFID technology, the solution delivers a simple to use system for
our busy clinical staff that creates a highly automated process to help
us manage our tissue effectively.”

To demonstrate the capabilities of iRISecure and other solutions
used in the perioperative care setting, Mobile Aspects will be
exhibiting at the 57th Annual Congress for the Association of
periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). The event exhibition will be
held March 15-17 in Denver, Colorado.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE ONGOING RECESSION has raised a troubling question for otherwise resurgent Keynesian economists: How can the American economy keep getting worse under the intensive care of an interventionist economic team almost universally praised for its brilliance? The answer may be that the Obama administration is dealing with a fictional economy, one that bears little resemblance to the economy the rest of us inhabit. And when the difference between fact and fiction becomes too apparent, they just make stuff up. Herewith, five big lies the administration loves to tell and the mainstream media (with some notable exceptions) love to repeat: 1. Bold government action staved off a Depression, saving or creating 1.5 million jobs. “Just remember,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on November 1, 2009, “a year ago today, last year, you had markets around the world come to a stop. Economic activity just stopped, came to a standstill, like flipping a switch.” Geithner implies that the American business climate improved substantially in the first year of the Obama administration. In fact, nearly every indicator, from employment to freight transport to rents to retail sales to real estate, has headed steadily south. In some cases, such as unemployment, the numbers have been far worse than the Obama economic teams worst-case projections. In others, such as real estate, the weakness of the market is masked by expensive government support, including but not limited to the unkillable First-Time Homebuyer Credit, an assault on loan underwriting standards (see Lie No. 2) by the Federal Housing Authority and the government-run mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the completely opaque $75 billion Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

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Sonoma Soap Company is adding something to their all-natural line of Sonoma Soap Products. Starting in April 2010 the Sonoma brand will carry the Clean the World logo on its packaging. The co-branded natural bar soaps are part of a unique marketing effort with the non-profit, Clean the World. In addition to the awareness generated by the new packaging, Sonoma will donate a portion of the proceeds of each co-branded bar purchased to help in their mission of saving lives and recycling soap.

“We are proud of this alliance with Clean the World to generate funds and awareness to help save lives and the environment. Through our partnership, Sonoma Soap Company, along with our consumers, can play a role in the fight against illness and death caused by acute respiratory infection and diarrheal disease in countries across the globe. Now when you go with Sonoma Soap Company products, you can make good things happen,” said Peter Caparis of Sonoma Soap Company.

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Each day millions of pounds of soap, shampoo, conditioner and other personal care items are discarded by the hospitality industry as part of their normal housekeeping practices. Clean the World collects these items, sanitizes them and distributes them to people in need around the world. In the 2009, Clean the World has recycled more than 4 million bars of soap and 200,000 pounds of shampoo and conditioner, simultaneously eliminating over 380 tons of waste.

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The Sonoma Soap Companys commitment to the planet is clear: All of their personal care products contain at least 99% natural ingredients, they adhere to green chemistry principles and all product packaging is recyclable.

China gymnastic product manufacturing Industry, 2010 is valuable for
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industry, to get Chinese investments; to import into China or export
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insight into the gymnastic product manufacturing industry, market
drivers, key enterprises and their strategies, as well as technologies
and investment status, risks and trends.

Data sources: Governmental statistics organizations, market research
(monitoring) centers, industry associations and institutions, import and
export statistics organizations, and others.

This report is divided into 9 parts with 19 chapters as follow:

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Docea Power , the electronic system level (ESL) company that delivers software for early power and thermal analysis for electronic design applications, will demonstrate and preview ACEplorer 2.0 with its new power management feature and participate in a tutorial and panel session at the 2010 Design, Automation Test in Europe (DATE) in Dresden, Germany.

What:
Docea will preview ACEplorer 2.0, the newest version of the first ESL power analysis software for exploring power and thermal behavior at the architectural level. ACEplorer 2.0 includes a new project management feature that boosts design team productivity.

ACEplorer models and simulates power and thermal behavior of whole electronics systems. It integrates a consistent power data management methodology for capturing power behavior. The models can be used by all the members of a design team and during different stages of a design flow, from system level to silicon measurements.

ACEplorer 2.0 provides a consistent framework for creating libraries of any component — including Intellectual Property (IP)-based power description models. Within its collaborative framework users can easily instantiate, aggregate and share libraries with other team members.

Docea Powers software is used by system engineers, architects as well as software and hardware developers for high level implementation specification of chips, packages and boards for wireless, telecommunications, gaming, automotive, consumer, medical and military systems applications.

ROY Hodgsons iron-man players must now add another match to their marathon season. This was the 45th game his Fulham side have fought their way through and all it brought them was another replay to squeeze into a crowded schedule.

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CONCERN that nurses who have had no face-to-face dealings with patients for years are working for the helpline NHS 24 are being raised by Scottish doctors. GPs are expected to condemn the use of nurses with no recent experience of meeting patients to assess people over the telephone, at a major medical conference later this week. She said nurses would send people to hospitals or out-of-hours centres when they did not need medical treatment. Dr Brown, a GP from Springburn in Glasgow, said: “They are an extremely committed group of nursing staff but a lot of them had not seen a patient in years and I felt it was inappropriate.
A FORMER Army bomb disposal expert was being held by police yesterday after his pregnant wifes car exploded. Nick Fabian, 32, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder hours after his wife Vicky, 32, was left with horrific leg injuries when her car blew up. Vicky, a nurse who had just been accepted into the Armys Royal Medical Corps, was rushed to hospital after the blast, which rocked nearby homes and left the car a mangled wreck. Initial reports had said Mrs Fabians two sons, aged four and 10, were in the back of the car which exploded.
CONCERN that nurses who have had no face-to-face dealings with patients for years are working for the helpline NHS 24 are being raised by Scottish doctors. GPs are expected to condemn the use of nurses with no recent experience of meeting patients to assess people over the telephone, at a major medical conference later this week. She said nurses would send people to hospitals or out-of-hours centres when they did not need medical treatment. Dr Brown, a GP from Springburn in Glasgow, said: “They are an extremely committed group of nursing staff but a lot of them had not seen a patient in years and I felt it was inappropriate.

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ATTEMPTING to cut the SNP out of the leaders debates which will be a central focus of the forthcoming General Election is more that just unbalanced treatment of a political party, it is fundamentally unfair to the people of Scotland. By definition these debates, which will take place in three English cities in front of local audiences, are incapable of reflecting what is happening north of the Border. Indeed, there are rules in place to ensure that the different politics in Wales and Scotland are reflected but the BBC and ITV, the two broadcasters with public service responsibilities, stitched up a deal with the London parties months ago. Ironically, only Sky, which is under no such obligation, has made efforts to ensure balance. The SNP does not want to prevent these debates from happening – we want to participate in them – but if they go ahead as currently proposed, the views and interests of the people of Scotland will be marginalised. Scottish voters know this too. Sixty per cent of those polled are opposed to the exclusion of the SNP from these election debates – yet the broadcasters and other parties have simply ignored their opinion.
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OLDWICK, N.J. — A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR)
of B (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of Washington
Fire Storm Insurance Company (Washington Fire) and assigned an
NR-5 (Not Formally Followed) to the FSR and an “nr” to the ICR.

Effective January 1, 2010, Washington Fire was merged with and into its
affiliate, Tuscarora Wayne Insurance Company (TWIC).

TWIC’s FSR of A (Superior) and ICR of “aa-” are unchanged by this
transaction. The outlook for both ratings is stable. Both companies are
domiciled in Wyalusing, PA.

BOSTON — Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured
losses from the winter storm that impacted the East Coast of United
States between February 23 and 28 will be between USD 150 million and
USD 350 million. Total insured losses from two prior storms, which
occurred between February 4 and February 7 and February 9 and February
11, respectively, are estimated by AIR at between USD 400 million and
USD 1 billion.

“The third winter storm to slam the Northeast coast last month reached
its height on Friday, February 26, impacting nine states in the
mid-Atlantic and New England through Saturday,” said Dr. Peter Dailey,
director of atmospheric science at AIR Worldwide. “The storm, a
powerful low pressure system, originated off the mid-Atlantic coast,
intensifying as it came ashore. It moved slowly into New York Friday
morning and gradually dissipated over New England over the weekend
before moving out to sea.”

The storm combined heavy snowfall, flooding rain and impressive winds,
some of which reached hurricane-strength. In Manhattan, where nearly 21
inches of snow were recorded in a 36-hour period, the storm set an
all-time record for snow in the month of February. The storm also set a
record there for accumulation in a single day. Elsewhere, snowfall
totaled more than two feet over parts of eastern New York State and
western Massachusetts. West Halifax, Vermont, received 38.5 inches of
snow.

Dr. Dailey continued, “The repeated impact of winter storms in the
Mid-Atlantic region in recent weeks has been influenced in part by the
ongoing strong El Niño conditions. The presence of anomalously warm
waters in the east Pacific during El Niño shifts the global atmospheric
circulation in such a way as to displace the jet stream pattern over
North America to the south. The storms that form in these conditions are
more likely to impact states in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic areas.
This effect of El Niño, combined with the ability of strong storms to
pull in cold arctic air in their wake is responsible for unseasonably
cold temperatures in states like Florida.”

“Over the past month, the jet stream has remained in generally the same
location—aligned so that repeated storms have taken similar tracks
passing over the Mid-Atlantic. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that
storms in this region are often influenced by the nearby and warm Gulf
Stream waters, which provide additional energy and humidity.”

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PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — MDI Healthcare Solutions, Inc., announced today that two of the
company’s senior executives will present a roundtable discussion at the
prestigious CFO Rising Conference, Navigating The New Normal on
Tuesday, March 9th in Orlando FL. The discussion, entitled,
Rx for Health Care: Why an Integrated Approach to Health Care Spend Can
Lower Costs will be presented by Andy Dengos, SVP
of Sales Business Development and Rick Farris, VP of Sales.

As health care costs continue to rise—a predicted 7 percent this year
alone-–companies are looking for effective ways to manage their
exposure. Part of the problem is that many organizations do not know
what they are paying for: they are rich in claims data, but information
poor. MDI’s Andy Dengos and Rick Farris have been scheduled by the
conference organizers to present an introduction to the multiple uses of
analytics and predictive modeling in health care cost containment. The
presentation will show corporate CFOs a multitude of tools to ensure
cost savings as well as outline the benefits of unit cost management and
an integrated approach to managing health care spending.

“In this age of ever evolving applications of data, an understanding of
the role analytics and enhanced predictability can play in containing
costs is really critical to corporations,” said Andy Dengos, MDI’s Sr.
Vice President of Sales and Business Development.

CFO Rising is the signature conference hosted by CFO magazine, an award
winning business of the Economist Group, reaching over 600,000 corporate
executives around America. The CFO Rising Conference attracts between
300-400 senior financial executives. It examines issues that are
pertinent to finance executives with clear corporate agendas.

Lihir Gold Ltd (LGL) (TSX: LGG)(NASDAQ: LIHR)(ASX: LGL) has entered into an agreement with Castlemaine Goldfields Limited for the sale of the Ballarat project in Victoria.

LGL will receive A$4.5 million in cash plus an additional 2.5% royalty interest(i) in future production, capped at A$50 million. The sale is subject to certain conditions including Castlemaine shareholders approving the issue of new equity to raise a minimum of A$20 million.

Castlemaine has indicated it intends to take the Ballarat operation forward as an exploration project, and will therefore cease mining and processing for the immediate future.

In preparation for the transition to new ownership, the operation will be wound down and placed on care and maintenance from today. Redundancies will be offered to affected employees. LGL will provide full entitlements and support services to employees and their families, including outplacement assistance.

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The click-clacking can be heard in halls of Brighton High School, the living room of her home and the Relief Society room at her church building. Everywhere she goes, Jan Moncurs knitting needles go along with her. For, in a flurry of brightly-colored spun yarn, Moncur is on a mission: to make 1,000 scarves for Iraqi widows and orphans in need. “It became like a wildfire — people have just been so generous,” said Moncur, a student body adviser at Brighton High School.
By Tully Corcoran Marcus and Markieff Morris combined to shoot 83 percent at the free-throw line in a workout of their own Thursday, a day after going a combined 5-for-16 in an overtime win against Colorado for No. 1 Kansas (21-1, 7-0 Big 12), which faces Nebraska (13-9, 1-6) at 5 tonight in Allen Fieldhouse.

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Home Instead Senior Care celebrated the opening of its new Mountain View, Calif. facility today, highlighting its growing business and ongoing commitment to communities across the South Bay.

The 2,800-square-foot space showcases a resource center for Home Insteads CAREgivers and referral network who can utilize it to access training materials and other educational information. Home Instead commemorated the opening of its headquarters, located at 883 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite A100, with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Home Instead offers in-home, non-medical care to more than 100 elderly individuals living in Mountain View, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside, Redwood City, San Carlos, and Belmont.

“Our expanded Mountain View office offers our educators a state-of-the-art facility to conduct hands-on CAREgiver training,” said Michelle Rogers, owner, Home Instead Senior Care Mountain View. “We may extend our CAREgiver base as our business continues to grow and thrive.”

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BOULDER, Colo. — Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products
and recognized innovator of mechanical ventilation and respiratory care
devices, today announced it has entered into a long-term, preferred
vendor partnership with the Order of Saint Francis (OSF) Healthcare
System, headquartered in Peoria, Ill. After using a mix of SPO2
technologies for more than eight years, the OSF Healthcare System
recently standardized to OxiMax™ technology for all its pulse oximetry
needs.

The Nellcor OxiMax pulse oximetry products from Covidien provide
efficient and safe monitoring of patient oxygen levels and are used at
medical facilities worldwide. The flagship product in the Nellcor line —
the OxiMax™ N-600x™ pulse oximeter platform — delivers accurate,
reliable readings of patient oxygen levels and features the latest
OxiMax technology and the SatSeconds™ alarm management system.

“The OxiMax product is a critical tool that enables healthcare
professionals to deliver the highest quality of care possible by helping
them to identify issues and take action before they become adverse
respiratory events,” said Douglas Hansell, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical
Officer and Vice President, Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions,
Covidien. “This adds another level of patient safety to the healthcare
environment.”

The Order of Saint Francis Healthcare system includes seven acute care
and two long-term care facilities in Illinois and Michigan, and serves
more than 2.5 million patients each year. Among the OSF network of
hospitals is the 710-bed Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. In
addition, the new OSF Children’s Hospital is scheduled to open in Peoria
in late 2010.

“The devastation and human suffering sustained by Haiti in the wake of the earthquake touched all of us,” said Avascent president Steve Irwin. “I am heartened and gratified by the generosity of the Avascent employees who led this effort to help the Haitian people,” Irwin continued.

The combined contributions will help address immediate needs for food, medical care, shelter and basic services. In addition, the assistance will help the Haitian people begin to rebuild their country after the terrible events of January.

“Avascents charitable efforts dedicated to supporting organizations serving active duty and wounded military personnel and their families, as well as education, environmental, and health causes in the Washington, DC community will continue unabated in 2010,” Irwin noted.

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As part of an on-going effort to benefit millions of Americans who are losing their sight to retinal degenerative diseases, the annual Retinal Innovation Symposium and Dining in the Dark event will be held March 25, 2010 at the Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel in Newport Beach, California.

The Symposium will be immediately followed by the fourth annual Orange County Dining in the Dark, a unique, sensory awareness experience in which dinner guests participate in a dining adventure in complete darkness. They will rely solely on their senses of smell, sound and touch and will be served by blind waiters and waitresses. Recognizing efforts to fight blindness, the dinner will honor Gavin S. Herbert, founder and chairman emeritus of Allergan Inc., and Roger F. Steinert, MD, U-C Irvines Ophthalmology Department chairman and director of the universitys Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.

Both events are organized and sponsored by The Foundation Fighting Blindness, the worlds largest private funding source for retinal degenerative disease, as well as private donors.

The mission of both events will be to continue to drive the research and introduction of medical products that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Usher syndrome and similar diseases. The most common of these afflictions is AMD, which affects more than 10 million adults in the United States alone and is the leading cause of blindness in people over age 55.

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BOULDER, Colo. — Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products
and recognized innovator of mechanical ventilation and respiratory care
devices, today announced it has entered into a long-term, preferred
vendor partnership with the Order of Saint Francis (OSF) Healthcare
System, headquartered in Peoria, Ill. After using a mix of SPO2
technologies for more than eight years, the OSF Healthcare System
recently standardized to OxiMax™ technology for all its pulse oximetry
needs.

The Nellcor OxiMax pulse oximetry products from Covidien provide
efficient and safe monitoring of patient oxygen levels and are used at
medical facilities worldwide. The flagship product in the Nellcor line —
the OxiMax™ N-600x™ pulse oximeter platform — delivers accurate,
reliable readings of patient oxygen levels and features the latest
OxiMax technology and the SatSeconds™ alarm management system.

“The OxiMax product is a critical tool that enables healthcare
professionals to deliver the highest quality of care possible by helping
them to identify issues and take action before they become adverse
respiratory events,” said Douglas Hansell, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical
Officer and Vice President, Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions,
Covidien. “This adds another level of patient safety to the healthcare
environment.”

The Order of Saint Francis Healthcare system includes seven acute care
and two long-term care facilities in Illinois and Michigan, and serves
more than 2.5 million patients each year. Among the OSF network of
hospitals is the 710-bed Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. In
addition, the new OSF Children’s Hospital is scheduled to open in Peoria
in late 2010.

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG) today announced plans to provide a live webcast of its presentation scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 10:15 a.m. ET, at the Cowen Co. 30th Annual Healthcare Conference at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The presentation may include a discussion of the Companys marketed products, pipeline, strategy for growth, financial results and expectations, and other matters relating to its business.

About King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
King, headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee, is a vertically integrated branded pharmaceutical company. King, an SP 500 Index company, seeks to capitalize on opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry through the development, including through in-licensing arrangements and acquisitions, of novel branded prescription pharmaceutical products and technologies that complement the Companys focus in specialty-driven markets, particularly neuroscience and hospital. Kings wholly-owned subsidiary, Alpharma, Inc., is also a leader in the development, registration, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products for food producing animals.

About Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect managements current views of future events and operations, including, but not limited to, statements pertaining to the anticipated webcast of the Companys presentation on March 10, 2010. These forward-looking statements involve certain significant risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. An important factor which may cause results to differ is whether King is able to webcast the presentation on March 10, 2010 as currently planned. King does not undertake to publicly update or revise any of its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized.

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The 2010 Outbound Dialing Market Research Report reveals that the outbound industry is entering a new era ripe with opportunity. With United States and global regulations limiting the type and quantity of outbound contacts to consumers, and the challenging economic environment, companies are undertaking innovative proactive customer care, notification and collections initiatives, breathing new life into their outbound dialing solutions.

DMG Consulting estimates that the worldwide outbound dialing market generated $440 million in revenue in 2008. Full year 2009 numbers are not yet available. DMG projects the traditional dialing market will grow by 6%, 7% and 8%, respectively, between 2010 and 2012, while the outbound IVR notification market will grow by 20%, 18% and 16%, respectively, over the same three-year period. DMG expects to see continued growth in both human-assisted and automated outbound activities during the next three years, because of the recognized value to consumers and enterprises.

“Despite regulations limiting outbound calling to unwelcoming prospects, dialing is not going away so long as consumers continue to invite companies to reach out to them with useful information,” said Donna Fluss, president of DMG Consulting. “The new era of dialing brings with it opportunities for enterprises to build dialing strategies that help them achieve a competitive advantage through proactive customer care, notification and early-stage collections.”

The 2010 Outbound Dialing Market Research Report confirms that the competitive landscape is complex and involves vendors from a number of technology categories, including voice switch manufacturers, contact center vendors, stand-alone outbound providers, hosting/software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, outsourcers and open source-based telephony solutions. DMG has identified 40 vendors in all that offer outbound dialing functionality. The five vendors that lead the market — Avaya, Aspect, Noble Systems, Genesys and Cisco — are profiled in detail in the reports functional and technical vendor comparison which looks at features and capabilities of each companys offerings from routing and blending to compliance and security.

News reports coming out of the UK and Australia show evidence of prescription ingredients in many “natural” herb remedies sold on the Internet to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) . These popular online supplements, which claim to consist only of homeopathic ingredients, are often improperly labeled and may actually contain dangerous ingredients. Dr. J. Francois Eid, director and founder of Advanced Urological Care in New York City, is concerned about this practice, especially since, in his experience, men with erectile dysfunction choose to suffer in silence rather than seek medical help for their condition.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) , the governing body for medication sales in the United Kingdom, tested 138 unlicensed ED treatments and found random, uncontrolled quantities of prescription ingredients in almost two-thirds of them. “Erectile dysfunction is a condition that is easily treatable in a variety of safe ways under the careful watch of a physician,” said Dr. Eid, who has successfully treated ED patients over the last 22 years of practice. “However, since many men are embarrassed by ED, they look for help elsewhere and expose themselves to serious problems such as heart attack, stroke and severe hypertension.”

Even more troubling is the fact that many of these “natural” products falsely claimed to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In actuality, more than one-third of the supplements that claim to treat ED or enhance sexual performance contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, or vardenafil, the active ingredient in Levitra. Advertisements for Viagra, Levitra and other drugs for ED warn of the dangers of taking these drugs if you are also on prescription medications that contain nitrates. Nitrates are prescribed for conditions such as angina or coronary artery disease in patients that also may suffer from ED.

The combination of nitrates with the active ingredients in ED medications could potentially lower blood pressure to an unsafe level. Under a physicians care, blood pressure levels are carefully monitored. However, an online consumer of these supplements, not approved by a doctor, will be unaware of the Viagra- or Levitra-type of ingredients in these supplements, which could either present a serious problem or exacerbate a pre-existing condition.

Conversely, according to Bloomberg News, Pfizers Viagra patent was partially rejected after it was discovered that the active ingredient [sildenafil citrate] was too similar to a Chinese herb known as Horny Goat Weed. An appeals board upheld the decision that “an element, or claim, of the patent for a method of treating male erectile dysfunction didnt cover a new invention.” The patent claim was part of an infringement suit Pfizer filed in 2002 against Eli Lilly over its rival Cialis drug. The decision on that part of the patent will now go into appeals.

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Saudi Arabia Insurance Report provides industry professionals and
strategists, corporate analysts, insurance associations, government
departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and
competitive intelligence on Saudi Arabias insurance industry.

This report differs from its predecessors in several respects. In our
analysis of competitive conditions, we provide a much more comprehensive
ranking of insurance companies in the major segments from the point of
view of the organisation that is providing the data (in practice almost
always the national insurance regulator or trade association). The Saudi
Arabian insurance sector continues to be dominated by the three biggest
players Tawuniya, Medgulf and Bupa Arabia. Tawuniya grew massively in
2009, nearly doubling in size in terms of premiums, while the other two
lost some premium income during the year.

We also provide a breakdown of the insurance sector by line, from the
point of view of the regulator or trade association. The Saudi Arabian
market is dominated by health products, which is double the value of the
next most popular insurance, motor. They account for around 40% and 20%
of the insurance products marketplace, respectively. Writing in January
2010, we have been able to ensure that the report includes actual data
for 2008. We have generally been able to use data that has been
published over the course of 2009 to adjust our forecasts for the year
as a whole. We have also extended the forecasts to 2014. We forecast
total premiums in 2009 of SAR17,480mn. This is made up of non-life
premiums of SAR16,784mn and life premiums of SAR696mn. In 2014 the
corresponding figures are forecast at AR42,968mn, SAR41,645mn and
SAR1,323mn. In terms of the key drivers that underpin our forecasts, we
forecast that non-life penetration will rise from 1.07% in 2009 to 1.71%
in 2014, and life density from US$7.61 to US$12.97. BMIs Insurance
Business Environment Rating for Saudi Arabia is 53.2 out of 100.

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The Amrita Life Settlement Index results were
announced today revealing a 73 point drop in February from January 2010
levels. The weaker than expected demand for life insurance policies on the
secondary market resulted in the 13.88% decline from 528 points to 454
points on the index.

The weakness was predominantly based on the persistent imbalance of
available policies relative to the active buyers in the life settlement market.
Traditional sources of policy origination such as life settlement brokers,
consumers and other intermediaries continue to feed supply into a market
exhibiting constrained demand. The February index results reflect some
marginal tightening of buying appetites while life settlement provider
buying parameters remain conservative overall

The Amrita Life Settlement Index is designed to measure life settlement
industry demand, which is expressed through life settlement provider
activities and attitudes. Life settlement providers licensed in the United
States are surveyed about their opinions and observations for current and
future market conditions each month. Their responses are then aggregated
and averaged to generate each months Amrita Life Settlement Index results.

STANFORD, Calif. — In a nation where positive impact on youth is critical, Positive
Coaching Alliance (PCA) today named 20 Double-Goal Coaches – whose
first goal is winning, and whose second, more important goal is teaching
life lessons through sports – as winners of national Double-Goal
Coach Awards presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance.

“These outstanding coaches win on the scoreboard, and more importantly,
they win by creating a positive, character-building sports experience
for their youth athletes,” said Jim Thompson, PCA’s founder and
executive director and author of several books on coaching and sports
parenting, including the just-released The
Power of Double-Goal Coaching. “Ultimately, the youth athletes
these coaches serve are the real winners, and as those athletes become
tomorrow’s leaders our society as a whole wins.”

The 20 honorees, who receive a $250 prize and mention in the websites
and newsletters of Positive Coaching Alliance and the Liberty
Mutual Responsible Sports program, are:

Liberty Mutual and PCA have also partnered to help youth sports coaches
and parents, through the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports program.
Founded in 2007, the program serves as a means to highlight the positive
impact that everyday, responsible actions can have on our youth.

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New Facility at SMU Illustrates THQ’s Interest in Cultivating Next
Generation of Talent within the Industry

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — THQ
Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that it will open a new,
state-of-the-art Usability Lab located at The Guildhall at Southern
Methodist University, SMU’s graduate program for video game design and
development. With SMU’s significant footprint in the game development
community, and as one of only a few universities in the nation that
offers a graduate degree in video game development, THQ views SMU as the
ideal location to support the company’s ongoing efforts to enhance its
portfolio of hit franchises.

“The standard for creating great games rises higher and higher as the
industry continues to uncover innovative and cutting edge concepts in
gaming,” said Danny Bilson, Executive Vice President, THQ Core Games.
“As game design evolves, it is critical that we keep the basic needs of
gamers at the forefront of our minds by continuing to develop titles
that ensure user-friendly, intuitive game play. We are confident that
our investment to expand THQ’s usability resources with the new Lab
located at SMU will allow us to augment our track record of consistently
delivering highly-rated titles with tried-and-tested playability.”

SPORT SCIENCE on ESPN is the ultimate guy show. Created by passionate sports fans John Brenkus and Mickey Stern, the show dissects the feats of the worlds greatest athletes with the help of sophisticated sports technology. Far from being a passive spectator in a lab coat, co-host Brenkus often serves as the foil in many segments, putting himself in harms way to advance the cause while testing the limits of human pain. What Brenkus and company often discover on their journey into elite athleticism is as beneficial to the athletes as it is to the frontiers of science. In addition to its own time slot, Sport Science will be involved in every major sporting event in 2010.

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In 2007, the combined Asia-Pacific market for dental implants and final
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PLANTATION, Fla. — DentalPlans.com, the leading online marketer of discount dental plans,
announced a new relationship today that allows members of two Office
Depot reward programs, the Worklife Rewards® program and the Star
Teacher program, to access exclusive pricing on more than 30 plans from
DentalPlans.com.

The relationship is a collaborative effort to help small business owners
and teachers access much-needed discounts. While Office Depot’s Worklife
Rewards® and Star Teacher programs allow small business owners and
teachers, respectively, to save on the supplies they need most,
DentalPlans.com’s discount dental plans allow individuals, families and
groups to access quality dental care savings at participating dentists
nationwide.

“In today’s economy, everyone is looking to save. DentalPlans.com is
committed to helping small businesses trim costs while still offering a
competitive dental care option to their employees,” said Buddy Johnson,
CEO of DentalPlans.com. “Our relationship with Office Depot will allow
us to reach more small business owners and in turn, to help more
individuals and families save at the dentist.”

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NEW YORK — GlobalOptions Group (Nasdaq: GLOI), the international risk management
and consulting firm, is ready to kick-off this year’s Annual Executive
Forum which will run from March 3rd through March 5th,
at the Shingle Creek Golf Resort in Florida. The annual event, which
reads like a who’s who in the insurance, anti-fraud and risk management
sectors, gathers experts and thought leaders from these industries to
exchange and discuss best practices ideas and methodology to help
mitigate the risks affecting the global community and economy. More than
250 senior executives will be attending this year’s forum, which will
focus on setting the course for risk management in the new economy, and
speakers will communicate how organizations can move forward in the
current business landscape. Topics will concentrate on general risk
management and issues specific to insurance risk.

This year’s banner turnout for the event is also highlighted by iconic
speakers, who include:

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1. Hawaii (Avatar) BY visiting Hawaiis Big Island, fans of blockbuster Avatar can see the landscape of the planet Pandora even more vividly than on the cinema screen. Director James Camerons actors rehearsed here, then the landscape was recreated in CGI for filming. Look carefully and you will see the Hamakua Coast and inland rainforests.

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Cinema possesses a rich history of collaboration between artists of sound, narrative, and image. However, traditional tendencies to perceive music as a strictly supportive background or accompaniment have been subjected to in-depth critique only recently. Abigail Childs interactions with musicians in Is This What You Were Born For? (1981-89) and Bill Morrisons partnership with composer Michael Gordon in Decasia (2001) exemplify (but by no means exhaust the possibilities of) the broader range of collaborative textures that cinema has always suggested. Not coincidentally, these works represent the influence on cinema of two popular music practices: the ubiquitous re-mixing that has emerged from hip-hop culture and the group composition typical of many rock bands. Abigail Child (also a poet, critic, and scholar) has had an influential career as an experimental filmmaker since the mid-1970s when she turned from professional documentary work to the creation of independent films focusing on gender, sexuality, class, and the critical possibilities of montage. Recycling found footage from a wide variety of sources, such as porn, industrial films, and home movies, and progressing cinematic techniques often associated primarily with the historical avant-garde of the early twentieth century, Child has created an oeuvre of incredible beauty and continuing social relevance. Her films are shown at major art museums and in experimental cinema venues and can be obtained through a variety of distribution channels. Is This What You Were Born For?, the series of short films Child created in the 1980s, underscores her exploration of interdisciplinary collaboration and these endeavors have had on her work. Michael Gordons award-winning career as a composer has resulted in a variety of notable intermedia collaborations, including for example operas with diegetic film components progressing beyond the more familiar application of projection as scenery and non-narrative music performances incorporating video. Gordon is a founding member of the highly regarded new music organization Bang on a Can, a group dedicated to facilitating the composition and performance of new music, often with an interdisciplinary dimension and independently of conservative academic contexts. Decasia, Gordons internationally celebrated collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, is a symphony for full orchestra paired with a montage of archival nitrate footage in various states of intriguing and evocative decomposition. The final version of the film, edited to fit the live recording of the symphony performance, was featured in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Decasia synaesthetically elucidates subtleties inherent to myriad generative tensions: progress/tradition, memory/time, darkness/illumination, and mini-malism/totalism.
Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 Delivers Big Sound for Small Computers

FREMONT, Calif. — Laptop and netbook computers are portable and powerful enough to do
everything you love such as enjoying music, movies and video calls. But
as computers have gotten smaller, audio quality has often been
sacrificed. To enhance the audio quality of your favorite tunes and
movies, today Logitech (SIX:LOGN) (NASDAQ:LOGI) announced the Logitech®
Laptop Speaker Z205 — a lightweight speaker with an easy-to-attach
clip-on design that lets you pump up the volume wherever you take your
laptop.

“While people love the portability of their laptop computer, they are
often missing out on the immersive listening experience that external
speakers provide,” said Mark Schneider, vice president and general
manager of Logitech’s audio business unit. “When designing the Logitech
Laptop Speaker Z205, we wanted to help people get better audio while
enjoying their favorite shows or music without sacrificing portability.
The Laptop Speaker Z205 is tiny enough to toss in your bag, but delivers
big sound.”

Whether you use a Mac® or a Windows®-based laptop or a netbook, the
Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 securely
attaches to the top of most laptop screens. The Laptop Speaker Z205
is also small — approximately 1.35 inches thick and 2.5 inches tall —
which means youll always be able to take it with you. And the included
carrying case protects your speaker while inside your briefcase or
backpack.

Now, when you’re watching your favorite show, listening to Pandora™, or
making a video call, you’ll enjoy rich, full stereo sound thanks to two
high-performance drivers, a built-in amplifier and an acoustically tuned
enclosure. And you can easily adjust the volume as well as turn the
speaker on and off using the buttons located on the top of the speaker.
The included USB cable is all you need for power and audio — there’s no
need for an external power supply — so simply plug the Z205 into your
computer and start enjoying your entertainment.

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CTEK, a leading global brand in the care and maintenance of vehicle batteries, has today highlighted the importance of proper Battery Maintenance and care as one in four classic cars will develop battery problems during the winter.

As Spring arrives and motorists look forward to driving their classic cars which have been locked up through the winter months, many of them will face disappointment as battery problems mean the car cannot be started.

To avoid this, CTEK has offered some tips to drivers to protect their batteries through the winter months;

- The top of the battery, the terminal posts and connections should be carefully cleaned with water and baking soda to remove any dirt or moisture. Dirty or moist surfaces increase the level of self discharge.

- Contact terminals should be clean, dry and lightly greased to protect against corrosion.

“Through out the world, many countries (such as the U.S., Japan, the U.K., etc.) are very concerned with reducing health care costs, particularly in the delivery. The now common access to the Internet by the consumer and professional health care organizations has enabled easy data communication between people, their homes, and commercial workplaces. Just as it was, and remains important, that personal computers be easily upgraded and expanded into new productivity boosting tasks, so is GeckoSystems CareBot. GeckoSystems mobile robot solutions use a multi-layered biological hierarchical hardware and software architecture. Virtually all forms of life in our world have this innate capability.

“One might ask: What vital signs data can the CareBot collect and who gets to see that data? GeckoSystems CareBot has an onboard local area network (LAN) that enables literally dozens of computers and devices to be used concurrently on board. (Presently there are over ten.) The CareBot has Internet accessibility. It can send and receive email with files attached. It can read email out loud for the care receiver using GeckoChat. And it can forward files to authorized persons via the Internet.

“If a healthcare professional deems (and is authorized by the primary care giver) that the CareBot should request a blood pressure reading, and it has that third party system incorporated, it can take that data and send it to the parties designated by the primary caregiver. If the health care professional determines that blood sugar should be checked, and the CareBot has that third party system incorporated, once again it can take that data, perhaps using voice prompts from GeckoChat™ to assist the care receiver in that reading, and once again send it to the parties designated by the primary caregiver.

“If there is a need for video conferencing between the caregiver (or a medical professional) and care receiver, the robustness of the CareBots biological hierarchical architecture enables that to readily be employed over the Internet just as we presently use webcams and the Internet for spontaneous video conferencing.

VHA Inc., the national health care network, recently concluded its annual supplier summit which enabled attendees to work collaboratively to create new and innovative cost reduction strategies that will help VHA members reduce costs, increase cash flow and improve efficiencies for hospitals and non-acute providers.

“We aim to provide a unique, inspired venue for attendees to work together on how to best meet the needs of hospitals and non-acute members,” said Amy Anthony, senior vice president for VHA Supply Chain Services. “A considerable portion of our agenda focused on encouraging collaboration for new cost reduction and revenue enhancement strategies for VHA members.”

“The content for the summit is not only timely, but helps us as an organization plan accordingly,” said Jim Gauss, president and CEO of Witt/Kieffer. “The preparation and execution of the agenda is exceptional, and allows us to capitalize on the opportunity to create new strategies that will help meet the needs of VHA hospitals.”

Because of the growing importance of purchased services and the increasing impact that non-acute providers have in the health care market, this conference attracted representatives from hundreds of supplier organizations.

Importantly, VHA recognized several outstanding suppliers that its members have identified as industry leaders for their support of VHA member organizations.

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Winter is here, and that means the windows stay closed and there is less fresh air to dilute and replace odors and indoor air pollution.

Getting rid of animal odors, carpet smells and various indoor pollutants can be a major challenge, but adding sprays and fragrances to the environment can aggravate allergies and typically does nothing more than put additional pollutants in the air.

Earth Care Products has come up with a solution to eliminate these unhealthy indoor pollutants.

Clear the Air Carpet Furniture Odor Eliminator from Earth Care Products of San Diego is a natural non-toxic odor removal product specially designed to eliminate odors rather than cover up odors.

Clear the Air inventor Bill Vaughan has created a special All-Natural formula that is non-toxic, biodegradable and hypoallergenic. It also contains no volatile organic chemicals, it is safe around children and pets even if swallowed, and it has no effect on fabrics and leather.

“Through out the world, many countries (such as the U.S., Japan, the U.K., etc.) are very concerned with reducing health care costs, particularly in the delivery. The now common access to the Internet by the consumer and professional health care organizations has enabled easy data communication between people, their homes, and commercial workplaces. Just as it was, and remains important, that personal computers be easily upgraded and expanded into new productivity boosting tasks, so is GeckoSystems CareBot. GeckoSystems mobile robot solutions use a multi-layered biological hierarchical hardware and software architecture. Virtually all forms of life in our world have this innate capability.

“One might ask: What vital signs data can the CareBot collect and who gets to see that data? GeckoSystems CareBot has an onboard local area network (LAN) that enables literally dozens of computers and devices to be used concurrently on board. (Presently there are over ten.) The CareBot has Internet accessibility. It can send and receive email with files attached. It can read email out loud for the care receiver using GeckoChat. And it can forward files to authorized persons via the Internet.

“If a healthcare professional deems (and is authorized by the primary care giver) that the CareBot should request a blood pressure reading, and it has that third party system incorporated, it can take that data and send it to the parties designated by the primary caregiver. If the health care professional determines that blood sugar should be checked, and the CareBot has that third party system incorporated, once again it can take that data, perhaps using voice prompts from GeckoChat™ to assist the care receiver in that reading, and once again send it to the parties designated by the primary caregiver.

“If there is a need for video conferencing between the caregiver (or a medical professional) and care receiver, the robustness of the CareBots biological hierarchical architecture enables that to readily be employed over the Internet just as we presently use webcams and the Internet for spontaneous video conferencing.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — AFRICAN QUEEN MINES LTD. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce
receipt from Scientific Services Laboratories of Cape Town, S.A. of
geochemical results from its extensive soil sampling survey over its
King Solomon Project in Mozambique. After careful integration with
geological mapping to date, as well as results of ground geophysics
surveys and sampling programs previously completed, the current data
indicate a number of linear Cu-Au-Zn enriched zones are present, with
the potential to host skarnoid-type Cu-Au mineralization over the
Mankombiti target as well as mesothermal shear-hosted Au-Cu-Zn
mineralization over the Eiland and Kazito targets. The regional soil
sampling results corroborate the strong rock and chip sample results
from the three main target zones previously announced in the Company’s
Press Releases of September 17 and October 14, 2009, and January 11,
2010.

In excess of 7100 samples were collected and assayed as part of the soil
sampling survey over the key targets in the license area, generally from
relatively thin soils which reflect in situ material. Samples were
collected along 100 m spaced lines with two samples collected at every
50 m. These included samples submitted for mini-BLEG gold analysis as
well as samples submitted for AAS analyses for the elements Cu, Pb, Zn,
Co, Ni, Mn and Fe. Applicable quality control procedures were adhered to
in shipment as well as in the analytical process, with the necessary
duplicates, blanks and in-house standards being submitted.

The gridded soil Au results define a number of significant soil
anomalies over the Eiland, Kazito and to a lesser extent the Mankombiti
and Ntumba targets. Approximately 6.5% of all samples reported had
anomalous gold values in excess of 100 ppb Au. The gridded soil Cu
results define a number of soil anomalies over the Kazito, Mankombiti,
Ntumba and Messeca targets, with over 8% of all samples reporting Cu
values in excess of 200 ppm. The gridded soil Pb results, like the soil
Zn results, are typically elevated over the metacarbonates within the
Kazito, Mankombiti and Ntumba areas. Over 13% of the Zn values were in
excess of 200 ppm.

Preparations are now underway for a 3000 m reconnaissance core drilling
program set to commence immediately upon conclusion of the rainy season
when vehicular access is possible. Principal drill targets have already
been selected over the key target zones discussed herein and a drilling
contractor has been secured. A site visit by our team to conduct further
preparatory work is scheduled to take place later this month. Weather
permitting, it is hoped that drilling will commence in the first part of
April.

The King Solomon Project is located within the central parts of the
Mesoproterozoic Fingoe Belt in western Tete Province, Mozambique. These
rocks consist of metavolcanics, metasediments and intrusive granitic and
gabbroic rocks. The license is the subject of the Earn-in and Joint
Venture Agreement dated July 10, 2009 (the “Agreement”), with
Swiss-based Opti Metal Trading Limited (“Optimetal”), covering
exploration, development and exploitation of Prospecting License No.
884L held by Optimetal’s Mozambique subsidiary (the “License”). The
License covers an area of approximately 230 km2 in the center
of the Fingoe Belt, adjacent to permits which are the subject of
existing earn-in and joint venture Agreements between the Company and
Manica Minerals Ltd. and African Eagle Resources plc (AIM: AFE),
respectively, covering an aggregate of 1359 sq.km.

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VHA Inc., the national health care network, recently concluded its annual supplier summit which enabled attendees to work collaboratively to create new and innovative cost reduction strategies that will help VHA members reduce costs, increase cash flow and improve efficiencies for hospitals and non-acute providers.

“We aim to provide a unique, inspired venue for attendees to work together on how to best meet the needs of hospitals and non-acute members,” said Amy Anthony, senior vice president for VHA Supply Chain Services. “A considerable portion of our agenda focused on encouraging collaboration for new cost reduction and revenue enhancement strategies for VHA members.”

“The content for the summit is not only timely, but helps us as an organization plan accordingly,” said Jim Gauss, president and CEO of Witt/Kieffer. “The preparation and execution of the agenda is exceptional, and allows us to capitalize on the opportunity to create new strategies that will help meet the needs of VHA hospitals.”

Because of the growing importance of purchased services and the increasing impact that non-acute providers have in the health care market, this conference attracted representatives from hundreds of supplier organizations.

Importantly, VHA recognized several outstanding suppliers that its members have identified as industry leaders for their support of VHA member organizations.

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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will host a webcast with
a corresponding slide presentation to discuss its global channel partner
strategy as a sustainable long term differentiator.

Who: Cisco executive Edison Peres, Senior Vice President, Worldwide
Partner Organization, will discuss Ciscos global channel sales model and
its value versus volume strategy. Following a brief presentation, a
question answer session will be held.

No previously unannounced issues will be discussed in this webcast.

Crime Prevention 101 talk radio personality Susan Bartelstone announces interview with abuse prevention and dating expert Stephany Alexander, founder of WomanSavers Free Date Screening Service and author of “Sex, Lies and the Internet – An Online Dating Survival Guide,” on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 8pm eastern on the top-rated VoiceAmerica.com network.

As allegations of domestic violence incidents among celebrities such as Chris Brown, Gary Coleman and Charlie Sheen, continue to make headlines, abuse in the common home frequently goes unreported.

“Every 15 seconds a woman is battered in the United States and the abuse takes many forms besides physical, including psychological, emotional, sexual and financial,” said Alexander. “Abusers use shame, guilt, intimidation and fear to gain control over their victim so well be discussing how to leave an abusive relationship, how to heal, and how to protect yourself, your family and what you value.”

“Crime Prevention 101 is a personal safety radio show with an optimistic perspective on a sober subject,” said Bartelstone. “We feature meaningful crime topics, guests and stories that demand to be heard, and safety trends that are going to impact all our lives.”

Bartelstone, a nationally-known crime prevention expert and talk show host, works with WomanSavers.com as the resident safety advisor showing members how to protect themselves.

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Docea Power , the electronic system level (ESL) company that delivers software for early power and thermal analysis for electronic design applications, will demonstrate and preview ACEplorer 2.0 with its new power management feature and participate in a tutorial and panel session at the 2010 Design, Automation Test in Europe (DATE) in Dresden, Germany.

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Docea will preview ACEplorer 2.0, the newest version of the first ESL power analysis software for exploring power and thermal behavior at the architectural level. ACEplorer 2.0 includes a new project management feature that boosts design team productivity.

ACEplorer models and simulates power and thermal behavior of whole electronics systems. It integrates a consistent power data management methodology for capturing power behavior. The models can be used by all the members of a design team and during different stages of a design flow, from system level to silicon measurements.

ACEplorer 2.0 provides a consistent framework for creating libraries of any component — including Intellectual Property (IP)-based power description models. Within its collaborative framework users can easily instantiate, aggregate and share libraries with other team members.

Docea Powers software is used by system engineers, architects as well as software and hardware developers for high level implementation specification of chips, packages and boards for wireless, telecommunications, gaming, automotive, consumer, medical and military systems applications.

The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: HYB) announced today that it will pay a dividend of $.065 per share on the companys common stock on March 31, 2010 to common shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 17, 2010. The ex-dividend date will be March 15th.

The New America High Income Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with a leveraged capital structure. The Funds investment adviser is T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (”T. Rowe Price”). As of December 31, 2009, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates managed approximately $391 billion of assets, including approximately $15.5 billion of “high yield” investments. T. Rowe Price has provided investment advisory services to investment companies since 1937.

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Data hold the key to low readmit rates As a first step toward decreasing readmission rates, examine your data, says Margaret VanAmringe, MPH, vice president of public policy and government relations in the Washington, DC, office of The Joint Commission. “Look at readmissions and discern whether there are opportunities to reduce the number,” she advises. “That will, of course, depend on disease category, population, age, and many different factors.” It will behoove you “to really analyze readmissions, assess these data, use a random sample of charts, and look to see if there is a certain group of patients in these three areas where you feel there could be the potential to prevent readmissions,” VanAmringe says. Michael C. Choo, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM, ACHE, president and CEO of Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, OH, says, “Its always been very important to evaluate the data on a monthly basis and find solutions.” Choo, who served for 10 years as the ED medical director at Dayton Heart Hospital, is bringing what he learned there to his new position. “Congestive heart failure is the most difficult of the three because its especially problematic in [the Medicare] population,” he says. “Initiatives weve used include trying to identify at the time of discharge those patients who need extra support at home or additional education.” For those patients who are identified as high-risk, arrangements are made for intense home health care followed by outpatient therapy sessions, he says. His current health system has congestive heart failure clinics, where patients status is monitored to make sure they stay stable and dont return to the ED or the hospital, he says.
Compliance rates low on egress, fire safety For the first time in several years, The Joint Commission standards and goals with the lowest compliance rates are not directly related to the delivery of health care. In its annual listing of the standards or goals with the highest rates of noncompliance for the first six months of 2009, The Joint Commission listed the following: Life Safety (LS) 02.01.20: The hospital maintains the integrity of the means of egress, 45% noncompliant; Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC) 02.03.07: Qualified staff receive and record verbal orders, 40% noncompliant;

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ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld will restart its killer whale shows this weekend after Tilikum, the largest orca in captivity, dragged a trainer to her death in the water at the Orlando park. SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment President Jim Atchison said Friday trainers wont get in the water with the killer whales for now until officials finish reviewing what happened to veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40. The trainer was dragged into the water Wednesday by Tilikum. The medical examiner says she likely died of traumatic injuries and drowning. Atchison says Tilikum will remain an “active, contributing member of the team” at SeaWorld.
IHI program building foundation for more quality-conscious providers Open School med students are initiating their own QI programs The goal of the school, she says, is “to advance health care improvement and safety competencies in the next generation. Its an attempt to address the fact that many academic organizations were teaching improvement and safety in a very limited capacity — some not at all — so we wanted to bring it directly to students.” The schools offerings, she explains, “vary from what feel like formal courses to case studies, video clips on YouTube, discussion boards, and journal articles.” Probably the development the IHI found most interesting, she continues, “is that while the program was initially targeted at students, weve also found a large number of faculty members showing interest. They view the content and integrate it with their course curriculum and share it with other faculty so the knowledge can be spread.”

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AeroScout , the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility for the healthcare industry, and Rauland-Borg , the leader in nurse call communications, announced the integration of AeroScouts Wi-Fi RTLS (real time location system) with Rauland-Borgs Responder® 5 Nurse Call system. The combined AeroScout and Rauland-Borg solution improves hospital staff communication, workflow and productivity as well as automates reporting. These benefits lead to enhanced patient care and nurse satisfaction.

AeroScout is the healthcare RTLS market leader with hundreds of hospitals around the world relying on AeroScout solutions to track and manage the location, status and condition of hospital assets and people. AeroScout solutions provide both room-level location and hospital-wide visibility, which are imperative for automating the workflow of nurse call systems. The Responder 5 Nurse Call system is more than a nurse call solution; it connects staff to patients with improved communication technology that streamlines workflow throughout multiple departments of a hospital.

The AeroScout and Rauland-Borg integration was developed to meet healthcare organizations need for improved staff communication and coordination, while reducing the amount of manual reporting required from staff so they can spend more time caring for patients. The solution can automatically illuminate the Responder 5 Corridor light outside a patient room whenever a staff member enters the room, giving visual indications to other team members that the patients needs are being addressed. The solution also helps staff locate the caregiver closest to a patient who is in need of immediate attention. Furthermore, staff members can easily locate coworkers throughout their unit or hospital.

The AeroScout and Responder 5 integration also eliminates the need for staff to manually record time spent with patients or document their response to patient events. The solution automatically records this information, allowing reports to be generated with precise event detail, including date and time stamps, accurate response times and durations spent in patient rooms.

“Were pleased to be working with Rauland-Borg to offer these significant benefits to the healthcare industry,” said Gabi Daniely, Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy. “The integration of our RTLS with Responder 5 reflects our ongoing commitment to provide the most comprehensive set of healthcare visibility solutions available and to help hospitals improve efficiency, patient safety and care.”

Jean Fraser Jean Thornell, 88, passed away Feb. 21, 2010 in Bountiful, Utah. She was born in Huntly, Scotland, home of the Gordon Highlanders, on September 14, 1921 to George Ross and Georgina Fraser. She served as a nurse from 1939 to 1959 and was a member of the Royal College of Nursing. Jean immigrated to Salt Lake City where she married Frederick Henry Thornell on Sept. 17, 1959. She resumed nursing at LDS Hospital and Shriners Hospital for the next 23 years.

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Movies new to home video are led by Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel, along with a trio of recognizable titles that have debuted on Blu- ray. The period flavor of the early 20th century is bright and colorful (its nominated for a best-costume Oscar), its well- directed and the music fits the mood. And while the other performers are good, this is Tautous film, and she carries it like the star vehicle its meant to be. Extras: widescreen, in French with English subtitles, audio commentary, featurettes, trailers “Goodfellas” (Warner/Blu-Ray, 1990; R for violence, language, sex; two discs, $34.99). One of director Martin Scorseses most accomplished films, this biography is also quite harsh and at times difficult to watch, a brutally honest look inside the Mob from the real-life viewpoint of Henry Hill, who was in witness protection when the film was made.
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MONROVIA, Calif. — Parasoft Embedded, industry leader in software quality and development
productivity solutions, today announced the integration of Parasoft
C test with Code Composer Studio v4 (CCStudio), which is the latest
release of the industry-leading integrated development environment (IDE)
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“Six years ago, Parasoft committed to an IDE strategy that would promote
greater developer productivity without compromising quality,” said Wayne
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our Automated Defect Prevention suite into CCStudio, embedded developers
can seamlessly leverage a wide range of automated testing and code
quality techniques without leaving the comfort of the TI IDE. Parasoft
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today—including static code analysis, data flow analysis for bug
detection, coverage analysis, peer code reviews, and requirements
traceability. These capabilities are of critical importance—particularly
for compliance and certification purposes.”

“Code Composer Studio v4 is a feature-rich development environment for
TIs embedded processors,” said John Stevenson, Product Manager, TI.
“Since Code Composer Studio is based on the Eclipse software platform,
its functionality can be expanded by adding third-party plug-ins such as
Parasoft C test. Our customers will benefit from the seamless
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analysis, unit testing framework, and application memory monitoring.
This will help them produce better code, test it more efficiently, and
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PLEASANT GROVE — Rubble is all that is left of a house at 415 S. 100 East. An explosion, possibly from natural gas, destroyed the Pleasant Grove home Thursday night and caused minor damage to at least four nearby homes and businesses. No injuries were reported. Daryl Peterson, who lives next door, had just closed his shutters and sat down at his computer when he heard and felt the blast. “It shook just like a bomb going off,” he said. “Ive been in the military, and for a second, I thought I was back.”
LINDON — Virl Osmond wrote the book “The Untold Story of Olive Osmond” as a gift to his mother, who died in 2004. He feels he owes her that in return for the priceless gifts she gave him as he and his brother grew up deaf in a famous Mormon family of singers. “Its because of her that I can communicate,” Osmond said. “She left me with the tools to get through life.”

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Tampa-based HomeBancorp, Inc. has named Dawn
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Lake Mary loan product office, located at 100 Colonial Center Parkway,
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HomeBanc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tampa-based HomeBancorp, Inc.,
with six retail offices in Lake Mary, Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota), Belleair
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HomeBanc also operates six loan-production offices in Tampa, Lake Mary,
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Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) announced today that the Company received its 2009 federal income tax refund earlier this week. Proceeds from the refund totaled approximately $38 million. The company also repaid a $10 million working capital loan upon receipt of the income tax refund.

“In early 2009, we created a plan to maintain a strong working capital position while repaying our $121 million par amount of 3.25% convertible notes in February 2010,” said Peter Hunt, Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. “Receipt of this tax refund is the last step in our plan.”

Intema Solutions Inc (TSX VENTURE: ITM) proudly announces the conclusion of a deal with Banque de Montreal with regards to a new short term loan of $250,000 on its Tax Credits receivable for year ended December 31, 2009. In addition, as anticipated last fall, Intema also concluded a deal with C2 Innovation for a lump sum payment of $415,000 from its balance of sale.

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Ryan’s Expertise Will Build on Toshiba’s Strength in Developing
Products to Meet the Clinical and Performance Needs of the U.S. Market

TUSTIN, Calif. — Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that Doug Ryan has
been promoted to vice president, Marketing and Strategic Development,
further increasing Toshiba’s ability to develop products to meet the
clinical and performance needs of the U.S. market across all product
lines. As the vice president of Marketing and Strategic Development,
Ryan will head Toshiba’s business units, including CT, MR, Ultrasound
and X-ray Vascular, as well as handle strategic marketing for Toshiba
and its products in the medical imaging industry.

“Doug brings an excellent track record in CT, one of our largest and
most successful business segments, to this new role,” said Larry
Dentice, senior vice president and general manager, Toshiba. “Today we
hold significant CT market share, offer the industry’s leading products
and are building substantial new product segments in areas such as
pediatrics, emergency medicine and neuro imaging. Doug’s leadership,
market foresight and strong contacts with customers and industry
analysts have been integral in helping us attain these achievements.”

Ryan joined Toshiba in 2001 as a CT modality manager. He was named
director, CT Business Unit, in 2002 and promoted to senior director, CT
Business Unit, in 2007.

CHICAGO — CNA recently announced that its Inland Marine Medical Scientific
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Designed specifically to meet the needs of healthcare organizations, the
product covers medical and scientific equipment that has a specific
location or is moved from site to site. Covered equipment includes MRI
machines, CAT scanners, ultrasound machines, surgical lasers, pain pumps
and dialysis units.

“This product is a great complement to our comprehensive coverage
offerings for hospitals, allied healthcare organizations and aging
services facilities,” said Jayne Honeck, assistant vice president –
Inland Marine, CNA. “Our decision to offer this special product for
these customers’ specialized equipment further emphasizes our interest
and dedication to the healthcare industry.”

CNA is a top provider of professional liability, general liability and
property coverages through CNA HealthPro, a national leader in liability
insurance for the health care and life sciences industry. Since the
release of this new product last year, CNA has also provided coverage
for medical equipment leasing companies, hospitals and treatment
centers, medical X-ray laboratories and medical offices.

CHICAGO — CNA recently announced that its Inland Marine Medical Scientific
Equipment product is now available in all states and Washington, D.C.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of healthcare organizations, the
product covers medical and scientific equipment that has a specific
location or is moved from site to site. Covered equipment includes MRI
machines, CAT scanners, ultrasound machines, surgical lasers, pain pumps
and dialysis units.

“This product is a great complement to our comprehensive coverage
offerings for hospitals, allied healthcare organizations and aging
services facilities,” said Jayne Honeck, assistant vice president –
Inland Marine, CNA. “Our decision to offer this special product for
these customers’ specialized equipment further emphasizes our interest
and dedication to the healthcare industry.”

CNA is a top provider of professional liability, general liability and
property coverages through CNA HealthPro, a national leader in liability
insurance for the health care and life sciences industry. Since the
release of this new product last year, CNA has also provided coverage
for medical equipment leasing companies, hospitals and treatment
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Spring cleaning is one way to freshen up your house when flowers bloom, but a few interior decorating tips can bump up your family room or bedroom to a professional-looking level to match the energy that comes along with springtime weather. Recommending quick furniture rearrangement and splashes of color, Sally Morse, director of creative services at Hunter Douglas window manufacturing company, gives advice on creating the “perfect room.” Before pulling out new furniture and paints, however, Morse said people looking to revamp their room should begin with an “inspiration piece.” “People are so overwhelmed and dont know where to start (when decorating a room), but once you have that print, the other things fall into place,” Morse said.
ALASTAIR COOK began his first full day as England captain today with the ever dependable Paul Collingwood as his right-hand man. Durham all-rounder Collingwood passed the leadership baton to Cook as the team arrived in Bangladesh yesterday having overseen a drawn Twenty20 series against world champions Pakistan in Dubai. But the 33-year-olds duties are not over yet after he was kept on as vice-captain for the duration of the fiveweek trip. Collingwood emerged as the chosen candidate to assist Cook over the course of three ODIs and two Tests against the Tigers, though the more headline-grabbing option of Kevin Pietersen was not discounted by team director Andy Flower. With Cook long since appointed as the resting Andrew Strauss standin, attention has been diverted to the role of second in command, with senior men Collingwood and Pietersen the obvious choices.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the health-trends-we-never-saw-coming file: backyard chickens! As part of the movement away from mass-produced, factory-farmed food and toward environmental sustainability and self-sufficiency, a growing number of suburbanites and city dwellers are raising chickens in their own backyards. In addition to providing fresh, humanely raised, nutrient-dense, organic eggs, many flocks become entertaining members of the family. Mailee Jones, who keeps three chickens in San Leandro, Calif., says she wanted her son to see where eggs came from. “We were interested in seeing if we could stop purchasing something from the store and rely on ourselves completely,” she says. Although the trend has often been framed as a recession-buster, most chicken enthusiasts say economics isnt their primary concern. “People keeping chickens on a small scale are probably not going to save money in the short term,” says Jennifer Megyesi, an organic farm owner in South Royalton, Vt., and author of The Joy of Keeping Chickens (Skyhorse Publishing). But in addition to being surprisingly cuddly, homegrown chickens mean health benefits, too. Megyesi says free-range eggs have higher omega-3 fatty acid levels than the ones youll find in conventional cartons. But the satisfaction of rearing a flock might be best of all.
ON NOVEMBER 30, 2009, North Koreans awoke to find that their savings had lost 99 percent of their official value. Kim Jong Ils dictatorship dropped two zeros from the North Korean won, making a 100-won note worth only one. Exchange of old currency for new is capped at 300,000 of the old won per family in bank savings and half that amount in cash. The limit is a de facto ceiling on savings, rendering worthless any currency held above the cutoff. The sudden revaluation may be an attempt to crack down on the black markets that have long existed in the comers of North Koreas centralized economic system. Defending the monetary change, which was imposed against a background of rampant inflation and widespread poverty, an official at the countrys central bank told a pro-Pyongyang paper in Japan that “in the future, a large share of economic activities will be subject not to the market, but the planned supply and distribution system.”
Video gets patients more involved in hand hygiene Patients, physicians report more questions asked The video, called “Hand Hygiene Saves Lives,” was tested in common areas and patient rooms at 17 Catholic Health Partners hospitals; the research was coordinated by the Premier Healthcare alliance. The video encourages patients, family, and visitors to play a role in their own care by helping health care professionals remember to clean their hands before and after touching patients. After the video was shown, patients were twice as likely to report reminding nurses to wash their hands, and doctors were twice as likely to report being asked by patients to wash their hands. In addition, after watching the video, the majority of patients:

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Ernest Hayward Wessman He is survived by his wife Elaine, and children Ernie (Annette) Wessman of South Jordan, UT; Mark (Martha) Wessman of Springfield, VA.; Lynn (Laurel) Wessman of Arlington, VA ; Laurie (Don) Kocherhans of South Jordan, UT; Lee (Cheryl) Wessman of West Jordan, UT; and Dan (Patricia) Wessman of Chesapeake, VA.; 20 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; and his brother Keith (Lilly) Wessman of Henderson, NV., and sister Norinne Husbands of Nephi, UT. He was preceded in death by his parents and eleven brothers and sisters.
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Data hold the key to low readmit rates As a first step toward decreasing readmission rates, examine your data, says Margaret VanAmringe, MPH, vice president of public policy and government relations in the Washington, DC, office of The Joint Commission. “Look at readmissions and discern whether there are opportunities to reduce the number,” she advises. “That will, of course, depend on disease category, population, age, and many different factors.” It will behoove you “to really analyze readmissions, assess these data, use a random sample of charts, and look to see if there is a certain group of patients in these three areas where you feel there could be the potential to prevent readmissions,” VanAmringe says. Michael C. Choo, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM, ACHE, president and CEO of Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, OH, says, “Its always been very important to evaluate the data on a monthly basis and find solutions.” Choo, who served for 10 years as the ED medical director at Dayton Heart Hospital, is bringing what he learned there to his new position. “Congestive heart failure is the most difficult of the three because its especially problematic in [the Medicare] population,” he says. “Initiatives weve used include trying to identify at the time of discharge those patients who need extra support at home or additional education.” For those patients who are identified as high-risk, arrangements are made for intense home health care followed by outpatient therapy sessions, he says. His current health system has congestive heart failure clinics, where patients status is monitored to make sure they stay stable and dont return to the ED or the hospital, he says.

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Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading By James Chen John Wiley . Sons, Inc. $39.95; 221 pages Author James Chen states upfront that the contents of “Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading” are not meant to be an exhaustive tome that covers all aspects of forex trading. He succeeded on that score, but he went too far to the other end of the pendulum by covering all topics very briefly without sufficient detail. The end result is a very basic hook on FX trading suitable for novices with no knowledge or experience. The book is written in a simple to read style. Chen writes clearly and his writing is easy to understand. Each chapter follows in a logical and organized fashion and the charts are large and easy to read. The book begins with a brief history and description of FX trading and covers the major players. The author then reviews the mechanics of FX trading by reviewing currency pairs, types of orders, margin calls, lot size, leverage, commissions, interest and hedging. One chapter is devoted to technical analysis, which the author claims is a “comprehensive discussion of technical analysis as it is applied to foreign exchange trading.” That claim is way off the mark. First, the discussion of over a dozen common technical indicators and basic chart patterns – candlesticks, pointand-figure – cannot possibly be comprehensive in 50 pages. Second, there was only a mild tie-in to FX trading. The discussion could easily have been about trading equities and nothing would have been lost in translation regarding technical analysis. None of the chart examples showed real charts or any time frame. They just illustrated a particular point about a trend line or support or resistance or whatever was being discussed. Real charts over specific time frames with an explanation of the meaning of the indicators and patterns would have been much more educational in all respects. The book also focuses on fundamental analysis, and the author spends many pages reviewing 1 3 basic key economic indicators of the U.S. dollar such as GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the employment situation summary, retail sales, Consumer Price Index and several more. However, there is no explanation of how the FX trader can use this information to become an astute trader. There also is a brief discussion of carry traders and global interest rates. The author makes an interesting closing statement at the end of that chapter: “The more a trader learns about fundamental market drivers, the better the trader will be prepared for the often unpredictable nature of the foreign exchange markets.” I dont see how anyone can be prepared for unpredictable markets no matter what knowledge they have. Thats what Black Swans are all about.
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Motorcyclists are largely in favour of the bike scrappage scheme, according to a survey of customers by Swinton Bikes.

An online survey of 1,200 customers by Swinton Bikes, one of the UKs leading motorbike insurance brokers, found that almost 50% would be encouraged to buy a new motorbike if the scrappage scheme were to be put in place.

With sales of motorcycles dipping in 2009, the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) has called for measures to boost bike purchases, following the success of the car scrappage scheme.

According to reports, a total of 111,513 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were sold in the UK last year – 20% fewer than in 2008.

The MCI is calling for local authorities, transport planners and the Government to view motorcycling as an alternative to the use of cars and public transport.

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Motorcyclists are largely in favour of the bike scrappage scheme, according to a survey of customers by Swinton Bikes.

An online survey of 1,200 customers by Swinton Bikes, one of the UKs leading motorbike insurance brokers, found that almost 50% would be encouraged to buy a new motorbike if the scrappage scheme were to be put in place.

With sales of motorcycles dipping in 2009, the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) has called for measures to boost bike purchases, following the success of the car scrappage scheme.

According to reports, a total of 111,513 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were sold in the UK last year – 20% fewer than in 2008.

The MCI is calling for local authorities, transport planners and the Government to view motorcycling as an alternative to the use of cars and public transport.

Swinton, the UKs leading high street retailer of car insurance is reporting a moderate increase for quotes on cars with engines over 2000cc compared to this time two years ago.

The insurance broker has also seen a small decrease in the amount of cars with engines less than 1,000cc during the same period.

Engine size is one of the key factors that can affect a motorists car insurance premium; generally, a larger engine will mean a higher premium while the opposite is true for a smaller engine.

Swintons findings are backed up by a study by the Office for National statistics, which has reported that the number of licensed vehicles with the engine capacity of more than 2,000cc increased from 2.3 million in 1999 to 4.0 million in 2008.

Steve Chelton, Insurance Development Manager at Swinton said, “Engine size is one of the key elements that can affect a customers insurance premium. Customers should always get an insurance quote on a car they are planning to purchase so that they know how much they will have to pay and are not left with a hefty insurance premium they cannot afford.”

YOU expect to put on a bit of weight on holiday, especially in foodie paradise France. yet it can be a bit worrying when even your children swell up to twice their normal size. For once a calorie-laden four-course meal wasnt to blame as they tried to knock the hell out of each other in inflatable “sumo suits” during a wrestling evening organised at our camp site in the Vendee. La Garangeoire is a Les Castell site – the camping equivalent of four stars. It was opened in the 1960s and each pitch is surrounded by mature shrubs and trees offering plenty of privacy. Another bonus is the Atlantic coastline with its endless golden beaches is an easy drive away. The site is surrounded by woods and meadows with three lakes where you can fish for carp or pike, paddle a canoe or rent a pedalo. Theres also a water park with heated pools and slides, two tennis courts, football pitches, mini-golf and a play area for children with a huge trampoline and inflatable castle as well as a pedal karting circuit.

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Beneficial Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BFHJ), a casino and hospitality investment and management holding company, previously announced its intention to issue a share dividend of 6 shares of free trading common stock for every 1 share of unrestricted common stock that a shareholder owns (holders of restricted shares will receive restricted certificates). This means that the shareholder will have 7 shares of common stock after the dividend for every 1 share currently held.

The Company issued a resolution directing that the ex-date for the dividend will be March 5, 2010. The Company requested that the shares be prospectively distributed on March 10, 2010. However, the Company notes that these dates are tentative in nature and subject to approval by FINRA. In the event that FINRA cannot perform their review in time for the March 10 date, the distribution may be delayed; however, the ex-date probably will not be delayed. The ex-date is the date you must have settled your positions to receive the dividend. This will not be treated as an ordinary forward split, so shareholders must factor in the settlement times for the
ex-date when deciding when to purchase or sell their shares. In the event that the Company is notified of any changes, it will advise shareholders promptly.

In addition, the Company received information that a large portion of the daily sales of its common stock is due to short sellers and not retail investors trying to sell their shares. This short selling action is precisely why the Company needed to issue a dividend to make our common stock more liquid. Our shareholders cannot benefit from liquidity when short sellers are manipulating the price of the securities by creating a wall.

The following information was received from FINRAs published reports.

February 19, 2010: 220600 short shares of 306612 volume (72%).
February 18, 2010: 157000 short shares of 619360 volume (25%).
February 17, 2010: 660383 short shares of 1419469 volume (47%).
February 16, 2010: 255864 short shares of 324864 volume (79%).
February 12, 2010: 6000 short shares of 34500 volume (17%).
February 11, 2010: 75000 short shares of 213000 volume (35%).
February 10, 2010: 135000 short shares of 170700 volume (79%).
February 09, 2010: 729786 short shares of 853186 volume (86%).
February 08, 2010: 105000 short shares of 132895 volume (79%).
February 04, 2010: 125000 short shares of 155400 volume (80%).

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THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE (12) THE STORY Eric Bana stars as the Chicago librarian who finds himself travelling back and forth through time, which causes problems with the beautiful young heiress (Rachel McAdams) he has fallen in love with. THE EXTRAS Just a making-of feature and trailer. THE VERDICT A glossy and at times moving adaptation of Audrey Niffeneggers acclaimed dramatic fantasy novel.
KATE Moss is one supermodel who will do literally anything to avoid those dreaded wrinkles. And Mossy took her beauty regime to extraordinary – and icy – new levels on a night out, when she decided she need a facial pick-me- up. The swish after-show bash, held at exclusive private members venue The Brompton Club in Fulham, saw Kate order a huge ice bucket to be sat in front of her before she hilariously started plunging her face in to the chilly water. My mole tells me: “Kate was drunk and knocking back glass after glass of Laurent Perrier Rose champagne. “She was dancing with her friends, including Naomi, to hits like Madonnas Borderline and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind.

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Ernest Hayward Wessman He is survived by his wife Elaine, and children Ernie (Annette) Wessman of South Jordan, UT; Mark (Martha) Wessman of Springfield, VA.; Lynn (Laurel) Wessman of Arlington, VA ; Laurie (Don) Kocherhans of South Jordan, UT; Lee (Cheryl) Wessman of West Jordan, UT; and Dan (Patricia) Wessman of Chesapeake, VA.; 20 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; and his brother Keith (Lilly) Wessman of Henderson, NV., and sister Norinne Husbands of Nephi, UT. He was preceded in death by his parents and eleven brothers and sisters.
IAN POULTER last night emerged from a crazy day in Arizona to reach the final of the Accenture Matchplay Championship. The colourful 33-year-old Englishman had to fight a series of battles against his own temperament and rare desert rain and high winds to set up todays 36-hole shoot out with either Camilio Villlegas or Paul Casey . Poulter admitted afterwards : “The conditions were brutal for the first couple of holes -it was laughable not enjoyable. But it was nice to get through that and play some sensible golf.” And the man who was once ridiculed for claiming he was capable of running Tiger Woods close for the best in the world, will have worked hard for those rewards.

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Purfresh Adds Agroasa, Post-Harvest Solutions Limited, and Post
Harvest Services to Partner Network to Help Growers Around the World
Deliver Fresher, Safer Food

FREMONT, Calif. — Purfresh, a provider of clean technologies that purify, protect, and
preserve our food and water, today announced that Agroasa—based in the
Dominican Republic, Post-Harvest Solutions Limited—based in New Zealand,
and Post Harvest Services—based in South Africa are now certified
partners and are authorized to market and sell Purfresh™ Transport
services and Purfresh Cold Storage solutions. Purfresh selected the
three companies as the primary product representatives in their
respective countries due to their industry expertise, regional
knowledge, and outstanding reputations. These partnerships will allow
Purfresh to continue to expand the availability of its clean cold chain
solutions worldwide, and to provide the fresh produce industries
throughout the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, and South Africa with
state-of-the-art solutions.

“Global demand for our cold chain products continues to accelerate,
which necessitates our expansion,” said David Cope, president and CEO of
Purfresh, Inc. “The Dominican Republic, New Zealand, and South Africa
are growth markets with lots of opportunity, and through our
partnerships with Agroasa, Post-Harvest Solutions, and Post Harvest
Services, we can ensure that we are well positioned to take advantage of
this in 2010 and beyond. In addition, we have reached a pivotal stage
where partners can now leverage the strength of the Purfresh brand to
build and strengthen their businesses in the global market.”

Purfresh is dedicated to providing clean solutions that are based on
proven science, provide practical application, and are cost effective
and reliable. The company’s patented
solutions—spanning advanced active atmosphere technologies to web-based
informatics—have been specifically designed to improve the freshness
and safety of fresh produce throughout the supply chain. Together,
Purfresh and its partners are able to provide customers around the world
with industry-leading products and services that help reduce risk,
control costs, and improve the quality of their products and operations.

A MUM arrested on suspicion of stabbing her daughter to death was terrified of losing her to social services. Sonia Bellfield, 29, who is believed to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, “flipped” when social workers arrived at her home, said neighbours. Her pal Faye Barraclough, 19, a babysitter for Sonias daughter Jasmine, two, said: “She was petrified social services wanted to take her daughter away. Health workers and social services called at Sonias home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Friday after neighbours complained of hearing Sonia shouting and screaming at her daughter on Thursday night. Faye said: “Sonia wouldnt let them in.
THE TINY Mayo village of Cong, the setting for The Quiet Man, is to be immortalised on the silver screen once again. This time producers are planning to make a film – based on the making of the movie! Connemara Days will be a romantic comedy and will star a cast of Hollywood actors including Roger Moore, Aidan Quinn and Stacy Keech. It will tell the story of the impact of director John Fords film when it was made in the remote village in 1952.

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BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. — USI Holdings Corporation (”USI”), announced today that it has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire the retail employee benefit insurance
brokerage offices in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Missouri of
National City Insurance Group, Inc. (“National City Insurance”) from The
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. National City Insurance is expected
to contribute approximately $13.0 million in revenues to USI on an
annual basis. The closing of the transaction, which is subject to
certain conditions, is expected on or around the last week of February
2010. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Michael J. Sicard, USIs chairman, president and CEO, said, “Through
this acquisition, we expect to expand and strengthen our Midwest
Regional Operation by adding a significant footprint in Louisville, St.
Louis, and Cleveland. The National City Insurance professionals are
aligned in our focus on growing the business and exceeding our client’s
expectations.”

Thomas D. Cassady, USI’s Midwest Regional CEO, said, “I am pleased to
officially welcome the National City Insurance team and look forward to
working together with them to benefit our clients through expanded
insurance expertise. We expect this combination will strengthen our
Midwest Region with expanded scale and scope.”

NEW YORK — Bull Lifshitz, LLP announces an investigation into possible breaches
of fiduciary duty and violations of state law in connection with the
proposed sale of Zenith National Insurance Corp. (NYSE: ZNT) (referred
to as “Zenith” or the “Company”) to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.

Bull Lifshitz, LLPs investigation is focused on whether the proposed
deal provides adequate value to the Company’s shareholders.

If you are a holder of Zenith stock and want to discuss your legal
rights, you may e-mail or call Bull Lifshitz, LLP who will, without
obligation or cost to you, attempt to answer your questions.

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc.
(“API”), the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based wholly owned operating
subsidiary of AlumiFuel Power Corporation (OTCBB: AFPW), (the
“Company”), announced today that ActionPak Inc., a Philadelphia area
world-class packaging and assembly company with a 30-year industry
pedigree, has begun production of API’s AlumiFuel cartridges which
provide the fuel for API’s Portable Balloon Inflation System 1000
(PBIS-1000). Three PBIS-1000 units were recently purchased by a military
customer. (See API news release of February 9, 2010.)

API’s 32-oz. cartridges, filled with aluminum powder and proprietary
additives, are inserted into two reactor vessels on the PBIS-1000 to
generate 1,000 liters of hydrogen in 20 minutes once water is pumped
into the cartridges. API has designed the cartridge to withstand the
necessary temperatures and pressures, while maintaining its integrity.
API and ActionPak have devised and implemented a process to produce the
cartridges efficiently and cost effectively. API’s PBIS-1000 portable
hydrogen generator, along with ten cartridges, generates the same amount
of hydrogen (5,000 liters) as a heavy and hard-to-handle K-Cylinder. By
replacing highly pressurized K-Cylinders, API’s generator and
cartridge-based system greatly reduces the cost and danger of
transporting hydrogen, making the gas more readily available in remote
and other inaccessible locations, as well as for portable applications.

Having the flexibility, capability, and capacity to produce the
cartridges in high volumes, ActionPak agreed to manufacture API’s
cartridges on an outsourcing basis. With ActionPak’s background,
expertise, and versatility in military and commercial packaging, both
companies are looking to create a long-term relationship and have
already begun exploring options for the production of API’s Flameless
Ration Heaters for military and commercial customers worldwide. (See API
news releases of January 4, 2010 and December 21, 2009.)

API’s Director of Engineering, Mr. Sean McIntosh, said: “ActionPak is as
excited as we are about the many new business opportunities emanating
from this relationship. The proximity of their plant and their ability
to quickly adapt to new requirements are an ideal match for API’s needs.”

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NEW YORK — IQPC announces the International Mergers and Acquisitions Summit
being held in New York City, from March 31-April 1st, 2010.

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HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — AWeber Communications, a leading provider of web-based email
marketing tools for small businesses, looks to move forward in 2010
with the same momentum that made 2009 a landmark year for the company.
Despite the bleak economic landscape of 2009, AWeber expanded on all
fronts and seized new opportunities to educate small businesses about
the benefits of effective relationship marketing. Last year saw AWeber
move to its new, state-of-the-art
headquarters, significantly expand its internal team, grow its
customer base, launch new product features, earn key accolades and
continue to educate through the AWeber blog and weekly webinars. In
2010, AWeber will continue this momentum with further product
enhancements, educational initiatives and continued hiring of bright,
tech savvy people in the Philadelphia area.

The 24,000 square foot, environmentally friendly building that the
company moved into last summer, gives employees of AWeber access to
better team meeting areas and new training facilities, including a
classroom that AWeber intends to use to bring businesses and
entrepreneurs together throughout 2010 and beyond. Moving to the new
office allowed AWeber to expand its development team and hire additional
Education and Customer Solutions team members. In 2010, AWeber will
continue hiring tech savvy professionals in the Philadelphia area,
increasing its workforce by an additional 20%.

In 2009, AWeber expanded its customer base by nearly 50% and now manages
email marketing campaigns for more than 75,000 small businesses and
organizations. In December, AWeber was ranked 19th on the
list of “Best Places to Work PA.” This type of growth and recognition
exemplifies the commitment AWeber demonstrates toward its employees and
small business customers.

Several new product features and enhancements were also unveiled in
2009, such as Autoresponder
Send Windows, which allow businesses to automatically deliver follow
up messages during predetermined days and times. The company also
announced new interface usability enhancements with its highly-touted Web
Form Generator, which enables small business owners to save on web
developer fees with simple design tools featuring drag and drop
customization. Without requiring knowledge of HTML, small business
owners can customize hundreds of existing templates or build
eye-catching new web forms from scratch.

AWeber has big plans for 2010. The company recently announced Hosted
Web Forms – a feature beneficial to email marketers who cannot post
Form HTML or for those who want to post a web form to Twitter and track
its success. AWeber will also soon announce a redesign of their
broadcast archives – web pages of customers’ emails that look like blog
posts. This feature allows AWeber customers to link to a web page
version of an email complete with the option of adding sign up forms,
Twitter links and an RSS signup option.

LEBANON, N.H. — Mascoma
Corporation today announced its favorable position atop the biofuels
landscape according to a Lux Research Inc. report issued this month.
Mascoma received top honors from the Lux report: Ranking
Biofuel Startups on the Lux Innovation Grid, which analyzes a
number of key criteria to indicate which companies are more likely to
succeed as the market matures.

“We are proud to be considered a top biofuels company by Lux. This
distinction validates our efforts to be a leader in the growing
cellulosic ethanol industry,” said William J. Brady, CEO of Mascoma.
“Coupled with this award, our strong financial backing and proven
technology breakthroughs in Consolidated Bioprocessing emphasize that we
are ahead of the pack on the road to commercialization.”

The Lux Innovation Grid distinguishes and predicts which segments of the
biofuels market are likely to succeed based on selective criteria
including revenue per employee, patents, performance metrics, production
capacity and other data.

In December 2009, and for the second year in a row, Mascoma was
announced as one of the top ten Hottest
Companies in Bioenergy according to Biofuels Digest. The list
recognizes innovation and achievement in bioenergy development.

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IHI program building foundation for more quality-conscious providers Open School med students are initiating their own QI programs The goal of the school, she says, is “to advance health care improvement and safety competencies in the next generation. Its an attempt to address the fact that many academic organizations were teaching improvement and safety in a very limited capacity — some not at all — so we wanted to bring it directly to students.” The schools offerings, she explains, “vary from what feel like formal courses to case studies, video clips on YouTube, discussion boards, and journal articles.” Probably the development the IHI found most interesting, she continues, “is that while the program was initially targeted at students, weve also found a large number of faculty members showing interest. They view the content and integrate it with their course curriculum and share it with other faculty so the knowledge can be spread.”
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — First DataBank a leading provider of drug
databases that help drive patient safety, today announced that
veteran healthcare industry executive, Bob Katter, has joined the
company as Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Katter joins First
DataBank from McKesson Corporation’s RelayHealth division, where he most
recently served as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development.
Katter is based in the company’s headquarters in South San Francisco.

“I’m pleased to join First DataBank because of the tremendous
opportunity to support our vision of creating a world free of medication
errors by collaborating with our partners to provide the industry’s most
trusted medication information to doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other
healthcare providers,” said Bob Katter, Vice President, Sales and
Marketing.

“As the leading provider of integrated drug information, First DataBank
is ideally positioned to capitalize on the substantial investment in
health information technology through the federal stimulus program, the
emergence of new technologies and the increased participation of
consumers in healthcare delivery and decision-making,” continued Katter.

Katter has more than 15 years of experience at leading companies in the
healthcare technology and services industry where he has been
instrumental in developing and bringing to market emerging technologies
focusing on health information exchange. Prior to his tenure at
RelayHealth, Katter served as Vice President of Business Development at
MedicaLogic/Medscape, a provider of digital
health records and online
health information. Earlier in his career, Katter served on the
executive team at Vivra Specialty Partners, a practice management
company, in operations and business development roles. Katter earned an
MBA degree from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut and a BA degree
in Chemistry from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.

“Bob is uniquely qualified to assume this position given his breadth of
experience in healthcare information technology, especially as it
relates to the development of interoperable systems and the increasing
importance this represents to our customers,” said Donald Nielsen, MD,
President, First DataBank. “Bob has strong relationships within the
industry segments that comprise the majority of First DataBank’s
customer base, which is essential to ensure the voice of our customers
is well represented in all our marketing and sales activities.”

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Proceeds to be Used Solely for Ongoing Haitian Relief Efforts
Through the We Are The World Foundation

Exclusive World-Wide Premiere of Music Video and Behind-the-Scenes
Special of the Epic Recording Will Air on the Univision Network

MIAMI — Emilio Estefan, Quincy Jones, Univision Communications Inc., who have
partnered with the not-for-profit We Are The World Foundation, announced
today that over 50 of the biggest names in Latin music gathered in Miami
for an epic recording of “Somos El Mundo,” the Spanish-language version
of “We Are The World” to benefit Haitian earthquake victims. “Somos El
Mundo” adapted into Spanish by Gloria Emilio Estefan, marks the first
time ever that the legendary recording is translated into any language,
with the approval and blessing of Lionel Richie and the Michael Jackson
Estate, who wrote the original lyrics.

Twenty-five years after the all-star recording of “We Are The World”
became a signature moment in celebrity altruism and pop music history, a
new generation of artists came together a few weeks ago to record a new
version -“We Are The World 25 for Haiti”- in support of that nation’s
earthquake relief efforts. This Friday, February 19th in
Miami, FL an all-star ensemble of the greatest Latin artists united, led
by Emilio Estefan and producer Quincy Jones, to record “Somos El Mundo,”
and make their contribution towards raising funds and awareness for the
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Proceeds to be Used Solely for Ongoing Haitian Relief Efforts
Through the We Are The World Foundation

Exclusive World-Wide Premiere of Music Video and Behind-the-Scenes
Special of the Epic Recording Will Air on the Univision Network

MIAMI — Emilio Estefan, Quincy Jones, Univision Communications Inc., who have
partnered with the not-for-profit We Are The World Foundation, announced
today that over 50 of the biggest names in Latin music gathered in Miami
for an epic recording of “Somos El Mundo,” the Spanish-language version
of “We Are The World” to benefit Haitian earthquake victims. “Somos El
Mundo” adapted into Spanish by Gloria Emilio Estefan, marks the first
time ever that the legendary recording is translated into any language,
with the approval and blessing of Lionel Richie and the Michael Jackson
Estate, who wrote the original lyrics.

Twenty-five years after the all-star recording of “We Are The World”
became a signature moment in celebrity altruism and pop music history, a
new generation of artists came together a few weeks ago to record a new
version -“We Are The World 25 for Haiti”- in support of that nation’s
earthquake relief efforts. This Friday, February 19th in
Miami, FL an all-star ensemble of the greatest Latin artists united, led
by Emilio Estefan and producer Quincy Jones, to record “Somos El Mundo,”
and make their contribution towards raising funds and awareness for the
continuing crisis in Haiti.

Cinema possesses a rich history of collaboration between artists of sound, narrative, and image. However, traditional tendencies to perceive music as a strictly supportive background or accompaniment have been subjected to in-depth critique only recently. Abigail Childs interactions with musicians in Is This What You Were Born For? (1981-89) and Bill Morrisons partnership with composer Michael Gordon in Decasia (2001) exemplify (but by no means exhaust the possibilities of) the broader range of collaborative textures that cinema has always suggested. Not coincidentally, these works represent the influence on cinema of two popular music practices: the ubiquitous re-mixing that has emerged from hip-hop culture and the group composition typical of many rock bands. Abigail Child (also a poet, critic, and scholar) has had an influential career as an experimental filmmaker since the mid-1970s when she turned from professional documentary work to the creation of independent films focusing on gender, sexuality, class, and the critical possibilities of montage. Recycling found footage from a wide variety of sources, such as porn, industrial films, and home movies, and progressing cinematic techniques often associated primarily with the historical avant-garde of the early twentieth century, Child has created an oeuvre of incredible beauty and continuing social relevance. Her films are shown at major art museums and in experimental cinema venues and can be obtained through a variety of distribution channels. Is This What You Were Born For?, the series of short films Child created in the 1980s, underscores her exploration of interdisciplinary collaboration and these endeavors have had on her work. Michael Gordons award-winning career as a composer has resulted in a variety of notable intermedia collaborations, including for example operas with diegetic film components progressing beyond the more familiar application of projection as scenery and non-narrative music performances incorporating video. Gordon is a founding member of the highly regarded new music organization Bang on a Can, a group dedicated to facilitating the composition and performance of new music, often with an interdisciplinary dimension and independently of conservative academic contexts. Decasia, Gordons internationally celebrated collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, is a symphony for full orchestra paired with a montage of archival nitrate footage in various states of intriguing and evocative decomposition. The final version of the film, edited to fit the live recording of the symphony performance, was featured in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Decasia synaesthetically elucidates subtleties inherent to myriad generative tensions: progress/tradition, memory/time, darkness/illumination, and mini-malism/totalism.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA) announced that its
semiconductor packaging subsidiary, Tessera, Inc., has signed a
technology licensing agreement with Nanium, S.A. Nanium, formerly known
as Qimonda Portugal, previously was the largest semiconductor packaging
assembly and test operation within Qimonda. Nanium has now reorganized
as an independent company and will focus on providing assembly and test
services for the DRAM memory market and other semiconductor products.
Products manufactured by Nanium will be incorporated into computers,
servers and various electronic devices such as MP3 players, mobile
phones, photographic cameras and game consoles. The initial term of the
license agreement runs through the end of 2017.

“Our packaging technologies are foundational elements for the DRAM
industry, and will be for many years,” said Henry R. Nothhaft, chairman
and chief executive officer, Tessera. “In addition to licensing
Tessera’s innovative chip scale packaging technologies, Nanium has
licensed a broad range of Tessera’s packaging portfolio. As a result, it
will be able to offer its customers an extensive variety of
Tessera-enabled packages and technologies to fit their needs, including
flip chip, stacked-die, and stacked package configurations.”

“Having access to Tessera’s packaging technologies will allow us to grow
and serve customers in the DRAM market and throughout the semiconductor
industry,” said Armando Tavares, Nanium’s president of the Executive
Board. “We can now offer our customers leading edge, licensed
technologies to enable their products and businesses.”

Under the agreement, Nanium has licensed Tesseras semiconductor
packaging technology covering a broad range of chip scale, multi chip
and flip chip package types. These technologies include integrated
circuit devices packaged in “face-down,” “face-up,” “stacked-die,”
“package on package,” “system-in-package,” and “flip chip” formats,
utilizing many different types of materials, including packages using
either tape- or laminate-based package substrates.

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takes on demand to a whole new level,” said Patrick Lashinsky, president
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