Whats New in Orlando? Enjoy Florida Knows!

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) July 26, 2011

Enjoy Florida Magazine, an Orlando tourism discount publication, released its newest edition this month. In print since 1982, the magazine has offered Central Florida vacationers discount coupons and area information for nearly 30 years. Recently they launched their on-line version at EnjoyFlorida.com, accessible via desktop or mobile device.

In its latest edition visitors can read about Disneys Star Tours at Disneys Hollywood Studios theme park. Based on the Star Wars films, guests will interact with characters from throughout the saga as they travel to multiple Star Wars destinations in 3-D.

Celebrating its grand opening, Dave & Busters has a brand new location on Orlandos famous International Drive. This Million Dollar Midway is filled to the rafters with the latest in video games and simulators. Whether the gang is into shooting zombies or driving NASCAR, theres something about a little competition that turns any time into a great time.

Now through September 5, 2011, visitors can experience STAR TREK LIVE, STAR TREK?: THE EXHIBITION at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Appearing for the first time in the southeast, STAR TREK?: THE EXHIBITION features one-of-a-kind costumes, props and filming models from every Star Trek television series and feature films.

Adrenaline Junkies check out Gatorlands new Screamin Gator Zip Line! This thrilling journey begins at the Screamin Gator Adventure Depot. Here participants will receive their gear and meet their adventure guide for a short safety orientation before tackling the Gator Grunt Run, an introductory zip with speeds topping 15mph. Participants then face the Gat-OR Dun Run! a breathtaking 287-ft high-flying zip line, soaring over Gatorlands American Alligators and Famous Jumping Cuban Crocodiles.

For articles and discount coupons on other area attractions, restaurants and shopping venues, visit EnjoyFlorida.com or like them at Facebook.com/EnjoyFlorida.

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Get Ready for Winter with a Spa Day

(PRWEB UK) 20 October 2011

For people who are dreading the onslaught of wind, rain and cold weather, and those who think that hibernation is the way forward for winter months, spa break provider SpaSeekers.com could have the answer. A spa voucher is the perfect pick-me-up for the winter blues and may even help bring on a cold-free winter.

The optimum time of year to think about health and lifestyle ready for the winter is the end of October and to successfully negotiate the coughs, colds and downsides of the colder months, its important that people eat well, sleep well, and manage stress levels.

A spa day is a positive way to take care of health and well being and help with all three of the above they offer so many great health benefits that they should be available on the NHS...

????Eat well - spa menus may not be lettuce leaves and fresh air any more but most spa menus are packed with fresh, seasonal produce that tastes great and does you good.
????Soothe stressed, aching muscles with a session in a sauna, a massage or a pounding under a hydrotherapy jet. Sitting in a Jacuzzi is another way to soothe tension away.
????Calm frazzled nerves with a steam room session, relaxing aromatherapy treatment or just sit in the relaxation area with a herbal tea and a magazine.
????Enjoy some scrumptious spa beauty products to try at home or a treatment in the spa to take you away from it all and leave anyone more relaxed than they thought possible.

A spa break is the definitive kick start to any look after yourself plan. Spas in the UK have already started to plan for the impending winter and with the help of SpaSeekers have come up with some amazing cheap spa deals to help with recharging batteries, giving refreshed and revitalised spa-goers the energy to power on through the winter with a smile on their face.

SpaSeekers are offering everybody who buys a voucher for any pamper day a generous ?15 discount. The spa voucher can be used towards any of the fabulous, health-promoting spa days on the SpaSeekers website, which features bargain spa deals for top spas such as Champneys, Ragdale Hall and many, many more. All people need to do is go to the spa vouchers page and enter discount code soc091115.

Notes to Editors

SpaSeekers was established in 1989 and has been online since 1999. Advisers are knowledgeable about spa types and locations and offer a FREE advice and booking service.

SpaSeekers.com boasts an unrivalled nationwide coverage of spas with over 350 across the UK. Spa Seekers customers receive the benefit of spa deals, many offered exclusively. SpaSeekers works with well-known spa brands, for example Champneys, QHotels, Marriott, De Vere, Saks Hair & Beauty, and Ragdale Hall.

Spa days are available in open dated gift voucher format, valid for six months from the date of purchase or post-dated on request. Personalised and gift wrapped vouchers are also available.

http://www.spaseekers.com

Tel: 0845 555 8 555

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New Line of Athletic Wear Debuts January 12 at Star-Studded Charity Event for the UN Refugee Agency and Pakistan Flood Victims

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 11, 2011

When: Wednesday, January 12. 2011 6 p.m. 8 p.m.

Where: The Montage Hotel, 225 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills

Why: Fundraiser on behalf of USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and debut of the new eco-friendly, socially conscious sportswear line, Ludus Athletics

Who: UFC Star fighter Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson, UFC ring girl Arianny Lopez, videotaped message from actress Angelina Jolie, Sydney Sweeney and Edin Gali, actors (Mad Men), Shohreh Agh-Dash Loo Oscar nominee and Emmy Award winning actress (House of Saddam, House of Sand and Fog), Azita Ghanizada, actress (General Hospital), upcoming SYFY networks action-adventure series Alphas), Mozhdah Jamalzadah, the Oprah of Afghanistan, host of talk show Mozhdah, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations, Sonia Nassery Cole, chairman and founder of Afghanistan World Foundation and director/producer of the upcoming film, Black Tulip, Hamed Wardak, CEO Ludus Athletics, Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR representative for North America, Jessica Sierra - American Idol contestant, Sen- fashion designerAnd many more.

Auction

Game baseball, signed by Brian Wilson (Star Pitcher of this years World Series Championship team the San Francisco Giants

Boxing gloves signed by UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson The Spider Silva

Media Coverage: Please rsvp to Karen Lucente at 310-309-9779 or kplucente(at)gmail(dot)com

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CIM Magazine features Resource Energy Solutions' Data Management Software

Calgary, Alberta (PRWEB) October 12, 2011

The abilities of RES software to help oil companies cut time and costs are showcased in the September/October issue of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) magazine CIM Magazine, one of Canadas most authoritative industry publications, details how RES products help oil & gas and mining industries track and control costs, avoid delays, missed deadlines and other challenges that affect production. Profiling RES President and CEO, Trent Marx, the CIM article shows how Wellman, AFE Manager and other company products help the extractive industries to cope with the huge volume of project data and harness this information to manage operations. Im pleased to see that the innovation and hard work RES puts into its products has been highlighted in this prestigious publication, says Marx.

To read the article, visit: CIM Magazine September / October 2011, Volume 6 No. 6

http://www.cim.org/bulletin/bulletinlive/articles.cfm?Issue_ID=997&row=1&Type=1&Segment_ID=78

Oil & Gas Software Products

Wellman

Wellman is an enterprise-class data management project and cost tracking system that provides the ultimate control over in-field costs during the entire project life cycle. This includes all phases of operations and production from geology, surveying, construction, drilling, well completion, facility and pipeline, and abandonment, to reclamation.

Easy to use Full feature relational database Daily reporting Software can be customized and adapted to any existing IT architecture Excellent service support team

AFE Manager (Authorization for Expenditure)

AFE Manager is capital-tracking software that increases accountability through standardized budgeting and internal controls over capital spending. The system streamlines budget creation, facilitates cost tracking, expenditure approvals and project management.

AFE Manager integrates into Wellman or can be customized to work with an existing in-field cost tracking system. AFE also functions as a leading stand-alone system.

Easy to use and adapted into the company's accounting system Protection against unauthorized spending with built-in security and preset user rights Create AFEs effortlessly with designed templates Identify spending variances and the source of project bottlenecks quickly Excellent service support team

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Companies of any size can access the power of Wellman and AFE Manager through the Software as a Service option.

Log in from anywhere No need to buy or lease a server or any hardware No need to buy or install software Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) data security compliant Excellent service support team

About Resource Energy Solutions

Resource Energy Solutions has supplied software and IT support services to the oil & gas industry since 1995. RES flagship product Wellman provides enterprise-class data management, cost tracking and capital expense control covering the entire lifecycle of the oil & gas workflow. AFE Management complements this suite with total budget management, control and visibility. The same level of cost information control and capital budgeting is available to the mining industry with EMPACT + COMS. All RES software products are also available under the Software as a Service (SaaS) programme. Resource Energy Solutions is a Certified Microsoft Partner.

Call for a demonstration of any RES product: +1 (403) 245-0220

Or email: sales(at)resourceenergysolutions(dot)com.

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Broadband Expert Offers Free Speed Boost Subscription

Guildford, Surrey (PRWEB) September 10, 2009

The slow speeds often associated with mobile broadband have been well documented. Therefore in a move to improve internet efficiency, Broadband Expert's exclusive partnership with ONSPEED will entitle anyone signing up to a new mobile broadband contract via the Broadband Expert site, in September, to receive a free one year subscription to the ONSPEED software. The subscription normally costs ?24.99 per annum, and can increase speeds by up to ten times.

Rob Webber, Commercial Director, at Broadband Expert says that the free ONSPEED software will help mobile broadband users make the most of their connection. "Slow mobile broadband can be really frustrating for many internet users and we were interested in finding out the difference an ONSPEED speed boost could make," says Webber. "We decided to put it through its paces by conducting a road test of mobile broadband speeds across the country. We found that, on average, ONSPEED cut web page download times by over 60 percent."

The Broadband Expert road test monitored the time taken to download a large page of text and graphics with and without the ONSPEED software using Vodafone mobile broadband in various locations around the country including Northwest London, Chelmsford, Guildford, Bournemouth and Birmingham. Results showed the average time to download the same website page with text and images (754,928 bytes), was 5.6 seconds, compared to 2.2 seconds when the ONSPEED software was used.

ONSPEED is award winning software that was launched in 2004. It works by compressing web pages and emails so that they can be downloaded faster. Jamie True, Managing Director of ONSPEED says: "We have seen a large number of Mobile Broadband users purchasing ONSPEED to improve speeds they are getting from their mobile broadband connections, which rarely deliver at their advertised rate. Through offering ONSPEED to mobile broadband customers for free, Broadband Expert is at the forefront of giving their customers' the best possible mobile broadband experience."

About Broadband Expert

Broadband Expert (http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk) is part of RichWeb Media Ltd, a privately owned UK company. Broadband Expert provides advice and information to allow consumers to make more informed decisions when purchasing broadband or mobile broadband services.

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Xterprise Announces Easy-To-Use RFID Item-Level Display Compliancy System For Footwear Retailers

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) October 12, 2011

Xterprise today announces a released configuration of its Clarity Mobile product targeting the footwear-retail market which is helping retailers increase sales by achieving 100% store display inventory compliance. This specific configuration of the Clarity Mobile product addresses the problem that footwear retailers face every day of having to make sure that their display inventory is accurate and complete so that customer can pick out what they are interested in leading to new sales. Case studies in the industry have documented that through empowering a retailer to take a display-floor inventory rapidly and multiple times a day, and then by using a real-time report showing what is missing off the sales floor as the basis for making sure the display is full and complete with the right product, sales have increased for stores using such a system.

The Clarity Mobile application combines a quick and easy approach to gaining an accurate inventory of the sales-floor displays with the ability to view a real-time report of what is missing from the sales floor so that they can fill the display inventory discrepancy and get back to 100% compliance with display planogram. It also provides the ability to search and find misplaced inventory using the Geiger counter function on the mobile terminal. With this application a retailer can take a high accuracy floor display inventory in a few minutes, as opposed to the hours necessary for using the traditional manual method. Clarity Mobile utilizes Xterprises Scan and View capability, which provides real-time reporting for users in the terminology of the product catalog and without the need for any EPC to Product Descriptor translation tables. The central reporting feature supports a chain wide view of display compliance and display inventory template configuration.

The display compliance business case is a perfect and simple use of RFID/Item-Level technology to create value for retailers by insuring what they want on the sales floor is in the sales floor displays, says Dean Frew, CEO of Xterprise. We continue to find processes across the retail spectrum where our light footprint and easy to deploy Clarity applications are being applied to unserved business problems and are subsequently creating significant business impact for retailers.

The business case for using Clarity Mobile for footwear display compliance is extremely strong. For example, a footwear retailer with 400 stores with product in the $ 50/pair average price range, who achieved an increase in sales of just four pairs of shoes/week by managing display compliance more efficiently using Clarity Mobile would generate a positive ROI in less than 9 months (under a traditional capital purchase model). In this example, the retailer would also experience an increase in sales of over $ 3 Million every year and would add over $ 1.6M in net gross profit to the bottom-line for the second year and every year thereafter. The ROI can be improved even further if the system is purchased through a system lease model vs. an up-front capital purchase. There are many other savings components available within the business case that have not been included in the numbers above, all of which would improve the results even further. The above business case includes all the technology elements of a solution: software, RFID terminals, professional services, tags, cloud services and support.

The flexibility, rich feature set and ease-of-use of our Clarity Mobile application along with application delivery through Microsofts Azure cloud technology sets this product apart from our competitions pure data collection or infrastructure heavy solution offerings, Frew adds. The system is so intuitive and has so little to install that it is not uncommon for us to bring a customer up and using the system within a few hours after products are tagged and on the floor.

The Clarity Mobile leverages Microsofts Azure cloud technology allows the customer to only have to provide wireless connectively for the RFID terminals within the store, no servers, and still have the full benefit of reporting delivered through the Clarity web inventory reporting portal. Xterprises Clarity technology leverages Microsoft technologies including: .Net, SQL, and Windows Mobile. Customers of Clarity Mobile are also deploying the companion product, Clarity ST (Source Tagging), a cloud based application for in-store and in-distribution center item-level source tagging of inventory items.

About Xterprise

Xterprise Incorporated is a leader in RFID Item-Level inventory management and in the development of enterprise-class software applications for the retail market. These highly scalable applications combine the Clarity application framework technology, Microsoft platform technology, continuous improvement and lean supply chain expertise, enterprise systems integration along with RFID to deliver previously unachievable levels of value to their clients. The company has been honored with numerous awards and third partner recognitions: by Microsoft as the 2008 and 2009 RFID Partner of the Year, by Microsoft as a finalist (top three) SOA/BPM ISV Worldwide partner of the year in 2008 and 2009 and by ABI as the #1 ranked RFID Line-Of-Business ISV in its 2009 assessment. Xterprises applications deliver rapid ROI for the retail market. For additional information call us at +1-972-690-946, email us at info(at)xterprise(dot)com or visit us online at http://www.Xterprise.com.

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Anchor Mobile Unveils Location Aware Alert SMS Platform

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) September 25, 2011

Anchor Mobile Unveils Location Aware SMS Alert Platform

Anchor Mobile (http://www.AnchorMobile.net) has announced the launch of a new, innovative location aware SMS platform Called Smartbombs - the guided missile of mobile marketing. Location aware SMS will not require a smart phone or mobile application to engage; which will come as a relief to the 65 percent of Americans who do not currently own a smart phone.

The location aware SMS alert platform is currently compatible with 90 percent of all cellular phones in the United States and works with carriers, Verizon, AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and T-Mobile.

Location aware SMS technology is anticipated to revolutionize SMS marketing within the next couple years.

With this platform, an advertiser can create geo-fencing around different geographic areas similar to geo-fences in Google Ad Words. You can then create SMS alert campaigns tied directly into geo-fences, says Anchor Mobile CEO, T.J. Kirgin.

When a subscriber is inside a geo-fencing boundary during a campaign, an SMS alert can be triggered and sent directly to their cell phone automatically, based on their location.

This will allow advertisers to set up unlimited geo-fencing perimeters inside the platform as well as an unlimited number of campaigns per geo-fence, says Kirgin.

A form of location based marketing, Geo-fencing and location aware SMS alerting software has an unlimited reach when it comes to its purpose. A casino can create a geo-fencing boundary around its property with the potential to run breakfast specials via SMS alert from 6:00a-9:00a, Monday-Friday, a lunch special from 11:00a-1:00p Monday-Friday, and a happy hour special from 4:00p-7:00p on Fridays only.

Location aware SMS alert subscribers would only receive the push notifications during specific times if they are within an approximate geographical range of the geo-fence.

In 2010, 281.3 million people visited a U.S. National Park. In the event of an emergency, the U.S. Parks Service would be able to send location aware SMS alerts to vacationers and campers, many of which who choose to be without electricity and modern conveniences such as radios. These geo-fenced messages could warn campers of an impending storm, or a near by bear sighting, potentially saving lives.

Geo-fencing is made possible through cell tower triangulation and a platform that pulls subscribers phones every 20 minutes, triggering events if the location aware SMS alert subscriber is within the geo-fence during an active campaign.

Says Kirgin, SMS triangulation does not require a GPS application on a cell phone, and smart phone technology isnt needed for messages to be received. Its the same technology that Jack Bauer used to find terrorists on 24. In fact, the FBI, CIA, and other government bodies have been using cell tower triangulation for years.

Location based SMS alert technology also has the potential to revolution the sports marketing industry. Imagine every sports venue in the country wrapped inside a geo-fence allowing marketers to push special offers to a captive audience of tens of thousands during a game or concert.

Tourism can benefit as well. Travelers flying into their destination will see signs in the airport terminal encouraging them to Opt in to receive special offers while in town based on where you are! Multiple geo-fences can be used to send offers to tourists as they travel around town. Airports can be geo-fenced so that when travels return, an SMS alert will be sent to their phone welcoming them back to town and tell them whats happening in the city and where.

Multi-unit companies with multiple locations can upload the latitude and longitudinal coordinates for locations to automatically generate geo-fences for each marketing campaign, making implementation a snap.

Location aware SMS platforms can be used on shared short codes or individual dedicated short codes.

Additional information and pricing on location aware SMS alerts and geo-fencing can be found by texting the word LOCATION to 94932, visiting http://www.AnchorMobile.net, or calling 1-800-984-4242.

Contact: William Watson????????????

Tel. 636-946-9800 ext. 120

Toll Free: 1-800-984-4242

http://www.AnchorMobile.net

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Piazza Secures $6 Million in Funding to Transform Learning

Palo Alto, California (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

Piazza, the social learning network for students and instructors, today announced that it has secured $ 6 million in Series A funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). Seed investors Kapor Capital and Felicis Ventures also participated in the round. The company plans to use the money for research and development to expand the range of interactions it supports on its social platform, while simultaneously expanding its outreach efforts to hundreds more schools and beyond.

The investment caps a year of extraordinary growth for Piazza, which emerged from private beta in January and now enrolls more than 100,000 students at hundreds of schools worldwide. This includes 109 of the top 250 colleges in the United States. Piazza also shared usage data today from fall term courses, underscoring the high demand for its service, as 96% of all questions received an answer within a median response time of only 25 minutes.

Bessemer invested because we believe that Piazza can lead a communications revolution in higher education, said Ethan Kurzweil, Vice President at BVP who recently joined Piazzas board of directors. Across every sector, the world is witnessing seismic shifts away from clunky, centrally-mandated software packages towards tools designed from the ground up to be social and collaborative. That wave is breaking in education, and Piazza is best positioned because of its ability to create positive engagement among users. I wish Id been able to use Piazza when I was in college myself.

In BVP we found a partner that shares our vision for a social learning network that transforms education, said Pooja Sankar, Founder and CEO of Piazza. This year we will expand our platform to support more open-ended interactions among students and encourage new forms of social learning, stretching beyond the traditional classroom. As we execute on our mission, we will draw on BVPs wealth of experience in helping companies to scale from initial customer successes into lasting businesses.

Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask and answer questions 24/7 under the guidance of their instructors. Collaboration occurs in real time, which encourages participation and fuels discussion. Leading campuses across North America have a significant Piazza presence, including Stanford, Georgia Tech, Berkeley, MIT, Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, the University of Illinois, the University of Michigan, Purdue, Virginia Tech, the University of Waterloo, the University of British Columbia, Princeton, the University of Texas, and the University of Central Florida.

Students who sign on to Piazza stay logged in for an average of four hours a day, typically keeping the application open as a third tab in their browser -- alongside Facebook and mail -- so that they dont miss real-time updates while they do their work. Mobile clients for iOS and Android are also available for those spare moments between classes.

Fall Usage Data Far Exceeds Expectations

Piazza today also released additional metrics about the classes that used its product during the Fall 2011 term. 96% of the questions posted on Piazza were answered, with 45% receiving an answer from a student and 67% addressed by instructors (some were answered by both).

The median response time was 25 minutes, and the average time spent logged in by a Piazza user was four hours per day spread over an average of six-to-seven sessions across the day.

The most active class on Piazza was a computer science class at Berkeley, where students recorded over 19,000 contributions during the course of the semester, or an average of one contribution every 22 minutes. One student in this class answered 463 of his peers questions. 74% of the students contributed, which is 7.5 times the industry norm for online communities.

In one class at Duke, students themselves provided 97% of the answers, with 78% of users contributing and an average response time of eight minutes.

I demand deep engagement from my students in the classroom, said Srinivasan Keshav, Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Waterloo. With Piazza, for the first time I can expect a level of engagement outside of class that enables me to challenge my students with harder problems. I know they will work through them and learn together using Piazza then come to class knowing what they need to learn. Thats not just a better way to get questions answered, its a more effective style of teaching and learning.

People are making a big deal out of Berkeley choosing gmail as its email solution, but nobody I know uses email unless were forced to, said Tianbo Xu, a student at UC Berkeley and the president of the schools IEEE student branch. Weve grown up with a more social communication style, but at the same time a lot of students are reluctant to participate in class forums because they dont want to seem too smart or too dumb. Piazza has figured out how to create a vibrant social network centered on your class without demanding that you disclose everything. Once youve used it, its hard to imagine not using it.

For more information about Piazza, visit http://www.piazza.com, where you can see the product in action and use it for free. The Piazza iOS application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store here. The Android version can be downloaded from the Android Marketplace here. To see a live demonstration and talk to a Piazza representative, sign up for one of Piazzas information webinars, occurring every day the next two weeks at 11:00 PST.

About Piazza

Founded in 2009 and publicly launched in 2011, Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask and answer questions 24/7, under the guidance of their instructor. Anyone can create a class at Piazza.com to initiate class discussion. Students spend on average four hours a night on Piazza working together in real time with classmates and instructors to find the answers they need at the time they need them. Piazza is FERPA-compliant and used in hundreds of colleges and universities.

For more information, please go to http://www.piazza.com.

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Second Largest Cape Buffalo Mount Among Items Available at Fort Worth World Class Big Game Trophy Mount & Western Auction

Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) September 28, 2011

The second largest Cape Buffalo ever taken, a record book mount with a 56-inch spread, will be just one of many exotic and unusual taxidermy mounts being liquidated at the celebrated World Class Big Game Trophy Mount & Western Auction in Fort Worth, Texas. One of the largest sales of its kind in the country, it will have about 1,400 total items for sale to the general public. The hunting trophies, animal rugs, fish and bird mounts being offered are from a museum and private collections of big-game hunters.

This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to make significant, mind-boggling changes to their homes interior design in the Fort Worth area.

The Cape Buffalo will certainly stir up conversation for anyone who purchases it. This is something you will never find for sale, said John Brommel, sale organizer and owner of the Corner Shoppe in Austin, Texas. Its a monster. Its every hunters dream to have. Honestly, it is the most ferocious animal ever to be hunted.

Another unusual item available for collectors is a Polar Bear shoulder mount. The auction has never had one of these before since they usually have full-body mounts available, not simply a shoulder mount. Looking for more uniqueness? A huge Musk Ox full-body mount and shoulder mount will be available. Both these items probably fall into the heavyweight taxidermy items category.

Auction visitors will be surprised by a bevy of decorative items. Designers could find a deep affinity for Zebra rugs that are available for bidding. Also available will be a 1986 G. Harvey bronze statue entitled Taking Stock.

When coming out to the auction, some people have noticed in the past that it has a certain museum-type feel to it a natural history museum, if you will. A number of bronze and aluminum wildlife statues, some valued at $ 25,000 including life-sized aluminum Bufflaloes can raise eyes of both young and old alike.

Of the hundreds of species of African and North American wildlife offered some record book, there are a number of taxidermy mounts including pure White Peacock, Leopards (between 6-7, including three full-body and shoulder mounts, along with a rug), Buffaloes, Longhorns, Elephant head, Tigers, Grizzly, full-body Wolves, Black and Brown Bears, a large Elk almost as big as the Cape Buffalo, two four-horned Sheep from New Zealand, a curly horned Corsican ram shoulder with a thick, furry cape, five Moose, a full-body Kudu and Zebra, 20 huge Elk, Scimitar Horned Oryx, Sassaby, Sitatunga, Topi, Oribi, Puku, Watusi, Klipspringer, Blue Wildebeest, numerous fish including Sailfish, Rainbow Trout and Tarpon, and lots of ivory carvings including a pair of 77-inch ivory elephant tusks weighing between 62-64 pounds.

Also up for bidding will be numerous new Bomber jackets and hunting jackets, which will be sold in bulk. These are great for dealers. Want more? Look through old military uniforms that come from an estate sale.

In addition to the taxidermy, there is a large selection of furniture and accessories such as unique bronze animal and western statuary, including some by renowned artists Rick Taylor, Carl Wagner, and Clyde Boney, antler tables, lamps and chandeliers, rustic d?cor items, antlers, horns, skulls, African spears and carvings, ivory carvings and framed art. High quality rugs and hides like Zebra, Axis Deer, Alpaca, cowhides, Leopard, Black Bear and a 9 foot long Grizzly Bear, Tiger, Sable and Wolf will be offered to the highest bidder. The cowboy and Indian collectibles and artifacts include arrowheads, Indian jewelry, saddles and knives.

Anyway, where else can you find two Squirrels drinking Miller Lite or see raccoons paddling canoes?

The auction is Friday, October 14th starting at 11a.m. and Saturday, October 15th starting at 10a.m., at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, 1 Amon Carter Square, Exhibits Building 1 in Fort Worth, Texas 76107. The preview is Thursday, October 13th, from 1-7p.m. and Friday, October 14th, from 9a.m. to 11a.m. For more information, visit http://www.TaxidermyKing.com or call John Brommel at The Corner Shoppe, (512) 451-7633, or on the week of the auction at (817) 338-4801. Texas auctioneer Bruce McCarty #11698.

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Stimulsoft Reports. Much Easier Than You Think.

Smolensk (PRWEB) October 12, 2011

Stimulsoft Company presents a new version 2011.2 of the Stimulsoft Reports product line. This line includes report generators for .NET, Web (ASP.NET), WPF, and Silverlight.

"I do not know business spheres where one can dispense from reports and analytics in their everyday work, says Andrew Savin, Business Manager. Good reports are half the battle for success. Our company offers reporting components for creating business applications. We offer all the features you may need for your application. We cover almost all famous and well-known development platforms. Our components are fast and stable."

Changes and improvements

Report Checker in Web. It is hard to deal with a report that is created with errors, but you dont seem to know why. The Report Checker utility in the report designer for Reports.Web and Reports.Silverlight examines reports for errors. This tool does not only check the report for errors, but also describes in detail the reasons behind their occurrences. It highlights the issues in the report and offers suggestions for correcting them.

All report designers of Stimulsoft Reports can keep reports in Googles Cloud. Only a GMail account is needed to take advantage of this feature. It is possible to save a report at your office and access it at home. It is so simple; all it takes is a few mouse clicks. We are confident that this new feature will simplify the storing of report templates.

The company is constantly working on expanding the list of supported chart types. In release 2011.2, the team is glad to announce four new chart types: Bubble, Radar Point, Radar Line, and Radar Area. The company developers rewrote a great portion of the chart engine. It enables users to reap new benefits from the Chart component.

In previous versions of Stimulsoft Reports, support for new parameters in desktop and Silverlight applications were added. Now the parameters are supported in Reports.Web. New parameters can be changed in Designer.Web. They can be used using WebViewer.Fx. Using parameters greatly expands the interactivity of reports. It supports not only simple values, but ranges of values and values lists.

In the previous version of the report designer for Web, expressions editor was not delivered when globalizing reports. Now it is possible to fully globalize reports using the report editor for Web, without using the desktop version of the report designer.

A list of the most significant features is not limited to the aforementioned information. Read more about the improvements at:

http://www.stimulsoft.com/AllNews.aspx

Pricing and Availability

The price of a Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate License (which includes reporting tools for .NET, ASP.NET, WPF, and Silverlight) is $ 1199,95 per developer seat. The license comes with technical support, source code (the edition with source code), free updates to the latest versions, and weekly prerelease builds with the hottest fixes and updates for one year. The product work can be deployed for an unlimited number of users without any additional fees.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft is a leading provider of reporting solutions for all major Microsoft development platforms, and also for Flex, PHP, and Java technology. Stimulsoft customers include numerous companies, governmental organizations, educational, and non-profit institutions in more than 130 countries around the world.

To get more information about a product, documentation, video tutorials, and to download the demo versions of products, please visit the company website at: http://www.stimulsoft.com/.

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FieldTurf Announces 2010 Soccer Awards

Baltimore, MD (Vocus/PRWEB) January 12, 2011

FieldTurf announced the winners of its 5th annual FieldTurf Soccer Awards for the 2010 season today at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Baltimore. Winners were announced in 30 different categories. These awards are based on tabulated votes from FieldTurf executives and a panel consisting of Lynn Berling-Manuel, Jon Busch, Tim Carter, Tony DiCicco, Curt Johnson, Manny Lagos, Becky Sauerbrunn, Larry Sunderland, Mike Woitalla.

This years winners are:

????MLS Coach of the Year Schellas Hyndman, FC Dallas
????WPS Coach of the Year Paul Riley, Philadelphia Independence
????NASL (Division II) Coach of the Year Colin Clarke, Puerto Rico Islanders
????USL (Division III) Coach of the Year Mike Anhaeuser, Charleston Battery
????USL W-League Coach of the Year Aaran Lines, Buffalo Flash
????NCAA Division 1 Coach of the Year (Mens Soccer) Steve Burns, University of Michigan
????NCAA Division 1 Coach of the Year (Womens Soccer) Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame
????MLS Team of the Year FC Dallas
????WPS Team of the Year FC Gold Pride
????NCAA Team of the Year University of Louisville
????National High School Team of the Year (Boys) Sacramento Jesuit (Carmichael, CA)
????National High School Team of the Year (Girls) Charlotte Latin (Charlotte, NC)
????Southwest High School Team of the Year (Boys) Cherry Creek (Englewood, CO)
????Southwest High School Team of the Year (Girls) Esperanza (Anaheim, CA)
????Northwest High School Team of the Year (Boys) Sacramento Jesuit (Carmichael, CA)
????Northwest High School Team of the Year (Girls) Jesuit (Portland, OR)
????Midwest High School Team of the Year (Boys) Blue Valley West (Overland Park, KA)
????Midwest High School Team of the Year (Girls) Liberty (Liberty, MO)
????Metro High School Team of the Year (Boys) St. Benedicts Prep (Newark, NJ)
????Metro High School Team of the Year (Girls) Bronxville (NY)
????Northeast High School Team of the Year (Boys) Farmington (Farmington, CT)
????Northeast High School Team of the Year (Girls) Exeter (Exeter, NH)
????Southeast High School Team of the Year (Boys) Gainesville (Gainesville, GA)
????Southeast High School Team of the Year (Girls) Melbourne (Melbourne, FL)
????Great Lakes Region High School Team of the Year (Boys) Apple Valley (Apple Valley, MN)
????Great Lakes Region High School Team of the Year (Girls) SB St. Joseph (South Bend, IN)
????Midwest Metro High School Team of the Year (Boys) Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL)
????Midwest Metro High School Team of the Year (Girls) Waubonsie Valley (Aurora, IL)
????Mid-Atlantic High School Team of the Year (Boys) Durham Jordan (Durham, NC)
????Mid-Atlantic High School Team of the Year (Girls) Charlotte Latin (Charlotte, NC)

MLS Coach of the Year Schellas Hyndman, FC Dallas

Hyndman, in just his second full season with FC Dallas, led the team to a 12-4-14 record, highlighted by a 19-game unbeaten streak and the teams first playoff run since 2007. FC Dallas upset defending champion Real Salt Lake in the first round of the playoffs and routed the star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy in the second round, to advanced to its first MLS Cup final in the teams 15-year history.

WPS Coach of the Year Paul Riley, Philadelphia Independence

Riley led the Independence to a third-place finish in the regular season (10-10-4) and a trip to the WPS final in the clubs inaugural season. In the process, Rileys team entertained its fans by scoring more goals (37) than any other team in the league except for one. The Independence came one win away from becoming the third team in the history of professional sports to capture a championship in its first season.

NASL (Division II) Coach of the Year Colin Clarke, Puerto Rico Islanders

The Clarke-led Islanders made the most of its eighth-place seeding into the playoffs by running the table and capturing its first 2nd division league title. The Islanders defeated the host Carolina Railhawks 3-1 on aggregate in the final and scored a league-high seven goals in the playoffs.

USL (Division III) Coach of the Year (formerly USL2) Mike Anhaeuser, Charleston Battery

The Battery played the final 60+ minutes of the final with just 10 players due to a red card and defeated the Richmond Kickers 2-1 to capture the clubs third USL title. Anhaeuser has been involved in all three championships. The Battery finished with a 11-4-5 record on top of the USL2 table, scoring 35 goals.

USL W-League Coach of the Year Aaran Lines, Buffalo Flash

The Flash capped off an undefeated season (14-0-2) and claimed its first W-League title in the teams history. The Lines-led team, which will make the jump to WPS in 2011, captured nearly all the league awards including scoring leader and league MVP (Kelly Parker), top assist leader and MVP of Final Four (Vero Boquete) and coach of the year (Lines).

NCAA Division 1 Coach of the Year (Mens Soccer) Steve Burns, University of Michigan

Burns concluded the best season in program history with a 17-5-3 record and its first-ever Big Ten Tournament title and appearance in the College Cup final four all in just its 11th season as a varsity sport. The team set school records for games played (24), wins (17), goals (52), points (153) assists (49), shots on goal (184) and shots (471). The Wolverines lost to eventual champion Akron 2-1 in the semis despite scoring in the games first minute.

NCAA Division 1 Coach of the Year (Womens Soccer) Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame

The Fighting Irish snapped Stanfords 22-game unbeaten streak by winning 1-0 to capture its third NCAA title. Prior to 2010, Waldrums team had fallen short in four consecutive Womens College Cup appearances from 2006-2009, including championship game losses in 06 and 08. The team won all six tournament games outscoring its opponents 15-1. It marks Waldrums second FieldTurf Coach of the Year award as he also won in 2008.

MLS Team of the Year FC Dallas

FC Dallas was the clearly the most improved team in 2010, highlighted by its first postseason appearance since 2007 and its first MLS Cup final appearance in team history. Central attacking midfielder David Ferreira was the League MVP and also earned a deserving spot on the leagues best XI. Dallas reeled off a 19-game unbeaten streak to tie a league record and went 12 straight away games without a loss, which set a new MLS record.

WPS Team of the Year FC Gold Pride

The Pride completed a worst-to-first season by routing the Philadelphia Independence 4-0 in the WPS championship in front of 5,228 at Pioneer Stadium. The club also won the regular season title by a mind-boggling 17 points behind league MVP Marta, who had 19 goals.

NCAA Team of the Year University of Louisville

The Cardinals season ended with its first-ever 20-win campaign and first NCAA Championship match appearance. Losing 1-0 to Akron in the final, Louisville closed out a story-book season that fell one game short to become the first undefeated NCAA champion since Santa Clara in 1989 even more impressive considering the soccer stature of the Big East conference.

The FieldTurf Coach of the Year Awards recognize a coachs dedication and hard work both on and off the field. The coaches that have been and will be selected for this award all exemplify outstanding leadership skills and enjoy well-deserved success. Special attention is given to coaches who are able to significantly improve their teams effort, performance, and overall record from previous years along with coaches who enjoy success with young and inexperienced teams.

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Sydor Instruments Recognized by INC 5000 for Second Year

(PRWEB) October 08, 2011

For the second year in a row, Sydor Instruments has been named to INC 5000s list of the nations fastest-growing private firms, ranked at number 1953. Located in Rochester, NY, Sydor Instruments growth contributes to Rochesters recognition by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top 10 Cities for new job creation.

Were honored to be recognized again this year. Increasing demand for custom diagnostics and streak cameras, and emerging applications in research for Security and Defense and Energy has helped Sydor Instruments to achieve strong growth. Its an exciting time for our company. Our custom image acquisition systems are helping to bring about some real breakthroughs, improving testing for applications from ballistics to molecular imaging to LIDAR, states Michael Pavia, President of Sydor Instruments.

Sydor Instruments' first product, the ROSS (Rochester Optical Streak System) streak camera began as a technology transfer partnership with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester. Today, Sydor Instruments builds on the ROSS product family with custom diagnostics systems, single photon counting cameras, image intensifiers, photomultipliers, ballistics imaging systems and detectors for aerospace, energy, and life sciences.

We build imaging systems for customers who need to capture and analyze the data from a high-speed eventwe help them find the needle in the haystack. Well continue to develop faster, more accurate diagnostics to meet our customers emerging needs, explains Pavia.

About Sydor Instruments

Sydor Instruments is a comprehensive diagnostics solutions provider. Sydor provides Energy & Research and Defense & Aerospace customers with custom diagnostics and ultra fast imaging systems for a variety of applications in science and industry. Sydor specializes in streak cameras and single photon detectors where the highest resolution and accuracy is required. For more information, visit http://www.sydorinstruments.com.

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Moovera Merges Wi-Fi with FLASH-OFDM? and Appoints Finnish Distributor

Sittingbourne, UK (PRWEB) December 19, 2007

Moovera Networks, a leading developer of fixed and mobile wireless access systems, today announced that its Moovbox product line of broadband gateways now supports FLASH-OFDM from Qualcomm Flarion Technologies for cellular wide area network connectivity. FLASH-OFDM (Fast Low-latency Access with Seamless Handoff - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) is an innovative wireless technology designed to deliver advanced Internet services in the mobile environment.

Broadband networks utilizing FLASH-OFDM have been deployed in various countries around the world, most recently in Finland. To address the market opportunity in Finland and other countries in Scandinavia and the Baltic, Moovera has appointed a new distributor Daimler Finland Oy who will develop sales and marketing activities throughout the region.

"Support for a wide range of carrier-class backhaul technologies is a key competitive advantage of the Moovbox product line," said Jim Baker, Moovera CEO and founder. "FLASH-OFDM is an important technology not least as it can operate at low frequencies that cover much wider areas than traditional voice and data wireless networks such as 3G and WiMAX. By merging FLASH-OFDM with Wi-Fi access, our Moovbox gateway products can deliver Internet access to any Wi-Fi enabled device for industrial, public safety and commercial hotspot applications anywhere there is FLASH-OFDM coverage."

The Finnish Government granted a license to Digita Oy in 2005 to build and operate a mobile wireless network at 450MHz with a provision to lease the network to all service providers on equal conditions. Digita has signed agreements on the delivery of broadband services across Digita's @450 network with several service operators. The network currently covers broad areas of Southern Finland with the goal of nationwide coverage by the end of 2009.

"We're delighted to welcome Moovera as a supplier of compatible equipment for the @450 network," said Juha Malmberg, Digita Vice President. "With the large installed base of Wi-Fi enabled devices in Finland such as laptops, PDAs and mobile phones, it makes complete sense to offer devices like the Moovbox that bridge between Wi-Fi and FLASH-OFDM so that as many people as possible can take advantage of our high-speed network."

Moovera has appointed Helsinki-based Daimler Finland Oy as distributor for Moovbox products and services throughout Scandinavia and Baltic countries including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. "The opportunities for Moovera's product line in Finland and beyond are very exciting," said Niclas Berg, Daimler CEO. "Public transport operators are looking for innovative solutions that deliver Internet connectivity to their vehicles for passenger Wi-Fi, IP cameras and GPS tracking, while service providers are exploring ways to leverage the proliferation of Wi-Fi devices to expand their enterprise offerings. Moovera's fixed and mobile gateways coupled with FLASH-OFDM and 3G/HSPA provide an excellent solution to these and many other business scenarios."

The Moovbox F Series fixed broadband gateway is a weatherproof outdoor Wi-Fi access point and cellular router for deployment on street furniture such as lighting columns. The Moovbox M Series mobile gateway is a ruggedized in-vehicle Wi-Fi access point and cellular router, offering multiple wide area network (WAN) radios for automatic failover between carriers, and features built-in GPS for real-time positioning. Moovbox products also offer secure Ethernet for IP-CCTV, DVR and telematics equipment with remote in-bound access for device control. The multi-user MoovManage service provides real-time vehicle tracking, schedule adherence monitoring, remote device configuration, and Wi-Fi portal and usage statistics. More information is available online at http://www.moovera.com.

About Moovera Networks:

Based in the United Kingdom, Moovera Networks is a privately-held manufacturer of industrial-grade fixed, mobile and portable wireless communications products that bridge Wi-Fi access with carrier-class networks including 3G UMTS/HSPA, WiMAX, TD-CDMA, HC-SDMA and FLASH-OFDM. Applications include commercial hotspots, city-wide municipal and in-vehicle wireless, public safety, construction, events, and secure corporate communications. Customers include national telcos and mobile carriers, local government and public safety authorities, ISPs, systems integrators and transport operators around the world.

About Digita Oy:

Digita Oy is the leading Finnish distributor of radio and television services, and an important developer of data communication networks and network infrastructure. Digita's nationwide organisation ensures the high quality of services 24 hours a day. Digita's customers include television and radio broadcasting companies, as well as mobile and broadband operators. In 2005, its net sales amounted to 97 million. The company employs 380 people. Digita is part of the international TDF Group.

About Daimler Finland:

Daimler Finland Ltd, founded in 1993, is a privately owned information technology company situated in Helsinki. The company offers products and services to operators, ISPs, enterprises, the public sector and consumers. Specializing in broadband Internet access solutions the offer includes both wireless and wired networks. For a decade now Daimler has delivered wireless networks to the Finnish market, providing a large range of indoor, outdoor and public access solutions on both licensed and license free frequencies. Daimler also operates in Sweden, Denmark and the Baltic countries.

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Holiday Reading Roundup for Kid's From Brown Books Publishing Group - What Better Time Than Now to Explore New Adventures that Inspire, Motivate, and Educate!

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) December 20, 2011

What better time than now to introduce young readers to new books that inspire, motivate, and educate. This holiday season Brown Books Publishing Group offers young readers the best gifts of all - books!

Get a head start on 2012 with "Buster Tells It All: Stories From Pony Creek Ranch," by Carolyn Berry of Dallas, TX. Young readers are invited to explore the magical world of Pony Creek Ranch - the real-life animal reserve located in Paluxy, TX for injured, orphaned, or endangered animals and wildlife from around the world. 'Buster,' is the head dog of the ranch, and introduces young readers to new and exciting animal friends like the Nubian ibex, Dama gazelle, and blackbuck antelope; while white-tailed deer, zebras, and ostriches to name a few frolic about on the thousand-acre ranch!

"Buster Tells It All," is a wonderful story of the love, friendship, and support that exist between animals, and people. Young readers will learn the importance of kindness, and compassion towards others. *A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Teach for America and the SPCA.

**Note the "Fast Facts" at the back of the book...

Meet "Cinco the Clinic Cat," by Carol Brickell of Dallas, TX. A bilingual read, Brickell met this real-life kitty while working at a medical clinic in Honduras. Their meeting inspired this wonderful story about a cat who needs a home and a little girl who wishes for a friend. "Cinco the Clinic Cat," is a story about friendship, set in a medical clinic in Latin America with vivid watercolor illustrations tha capture the spirit of the culture.

For the budding young chef, "Jackson & Julie: the Twelve-Month Chefs - A Holiday Cookbook for Families and Children," by Christine Perrenot of Dallas, TX, introduces young cooks to the kitchen. She provides young readers with the platform to get them started and the tools to ensure their success. ...Refreshing and fun, what better excuse to bring family and friends together to start creating precious memories.

Award-winning book, "I'll Follow the Moon," by Stephanie Lisa Tara of northern California, explores the tender journey of a newborn sea turtle in search of her mother. Through gentle verse and enchanting illustrations, Tara traces a baby turtle as she hatches from a nest underneath the sandy beach and digs her way up into the soft light. Instinctively, she follows the flickering moonlight and crawls home to the sea. This sweet book will make for perfect bedtime reading.

"Kendra Kandlestar and the Crack in Kazah," by Lee Edward Fodi of Canada, is the fourth in his Kendra Kandlestar book series. Step inside and join Kendra on yet another magical world of fantasy and adventure. *For young readers 8 and up...

To explore other titles visit: http://www.brownbooks.com

Books are available at Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere.

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Optovue Announces iHealthcheck Exam With iVue SD-OCT

Fremont, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 16, 2011

Optovue, a pioneer in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), announced the launch of a new wellness program implemented as a pay per visit arrangement with eye care clinicians, The iHealthcheck Program was revealed to great acclaim at the Heart of America Contact Lens Society meeting in Kansas City MO.

The iHealthcheck exam has been added to the portable new spectral OCT from Optovue - the iVue which was launched in 2010 and already setting industry records. The incorporation of the new iHealthcheck exam which scans for both retinal and glaucomatous pathology will complement the everyday comprehensive eye exam. This pay per use model will allow an office to provide better medical care and a wellness testing option with no capital outlay. The diagnostic capabilities of the practice will be greatly advanced with the implementation of the program.

The iHealthcheck is non-invasive and performed quickly and easily as an initial step in a comprehensive eye exam. The images produced provide a cross sectional view of the retinal layers with resolution to 5 microns. In addition to the cross sectional views, the iHealthcheck provides a retinal thickness map and a ganglion cell complex map. These outputs enable the doctor to identify very early signs of disease, or confirm ocular health.

Early detection of retinal abnormalities and disease may lead to earlier and safer treatments and in many cases prevent or slow vision loss. The iHealthCheck is recommended annually regardless of symptoms, thereby allowing eye doctors to observe any subtle changes occurring over time.

About RTVue? and iVue

RTVue was the first FDA cleared Fourier domain (also known as spectral domain) OCT launched in the United States, and also the first OCT cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for both corneal and retinal imaging. The iVue is the compact fourier-domain version of the RTVue OCT, offering the same scanning speed and resolution as the larger system, that includes scanning and reports for retina, retina nerve fiber and cornea assessment by the clinician.

About Optovue? (http://www.optovue.com)

Optovue Inc. is a privately-held ophthalmic device company dedicated to working with eye care professionals and clinical researchers to lead the commercialization of new imaging modalities that improve diagnosis and therapy of ocular disease. Optovue has achieved widespread market success through a combination of unique data analysis design, a reputation for excellent customer service, and rapid innovation of its technology in response to physician feedback. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA, with operations in Carlsbad, CA and European operations in Heidelberg, Germany.

Contact:

John Talarico

Vice President Regulatory

john_talarico(at)optovue(dot)com

Paul Kealey

Vice President Marketing

paul_kealey(at)optovue(dot)com

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CumuLogic PaaS is Verified as Citrix Ready

Cupertino, Calif. (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

CumuLogic, a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software provider today announced that its CumuLogic PaaS has been verified as Citrix Ready?. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that are recommended to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix Systems, Inc. CumuLogic PaaS completed a rigorous verification process to ensure compatibility with Citrix XenServer? and Citrix CloudStack, providing confidence in joint solution compatibility.

The cloud is a very noisy space, and by becoming Citrix Ready, customers and users can quickly and easily find partner products and solutions that are trusted to enhance Citrix offerings, said Joe Keller vice president of community and alliance marketing, Citrix. We have more the 21,000 products included in the Citrix Ready catalog and are pleased to add one of our first PaaS technology offerings with CumuLogic.

The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that can enhance Citrix environments. Customers can be confident that CumuLogic PaaS has successfully passed a series of tests established by Citrix, and can be trusted to work effectively with XenServer and CloudStack in order to accelerate cloud deployments and offer customers added choice.

CumuLogics PaaS solution - currently in beta, enables enterprises, cloud providers and ISVs to leverage Java PaaS to deploy highly scalable applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. CumuLogic PaaS is the first and only PaaS offering with support for both public and private clouds. CumuLogic platform also allows users to mix-and-match middleware components so developers can choose best-of-breed middleware based on the application workload requirements. CumuLogics platform also provides enterprises with the means to standardize their IT application infrastructure, simplifying development environments while giving developers the capability to focus on quality applications.

As a member of the Citrix Ready program, we are able to offer customers intelligent solutions that combine our CumuLogic PaaS with Citrix XenServer and Citrix CloudStack products, said Rajesh Ramchandani, founder and vice president of products at CumuLogic. The offering clearly demonstrates our plans to work closely with trusted partners, through the Citrix Ready partner ecosystem, in order to provide the highest quality experience for our customers.

Extended Application Server Support

CumuLogic also announced that in response to customer demand, it added support for JBoss 7 and GlassFish application servers making it the most flexible platform to build cloud-based Java and Spring applications. Support for Jetty application server is also coming soon. Other application servers already supported are: Tomcat, WebSphere and previous versions of JBoss. CumuLogic PaaS works seamlessly, out-of-the box with not only CloudStack and XenServer but also with Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus, OpenStack and VMware in public and private clouds.

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About the Citrix Ready Program

The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including Citrix? XenDesktop?, XenApp, XenServer?, NetScaler? and GoToMeeting?. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety customer needs, and currently incorporates over 2,800 partners who have demonstrated more than 18,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. The Citrix Ready program received the Alliance Excellence Award from the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) for creating a strong community through implementation of new, innovative best practices. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at http://www.citrix.com/citrixready. Reach Citrix ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.

About CumuLogic

CumuLogic is a Platform-as-a-Service provider that enables enterprises, cloud providers and ISVs to develop and deploy Java applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. CumuLogic is an early stage startup based in Cupertino, California. For more information, go to http://www.cumulogic.com.

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Proactive Wellness Centers, PLC and Dr. Lynese Lawson Launch an All New "Anti-Aging" Blog

McLean, VA (PRWEB) September 17, 2009

Proactive Wellness Centers, PLC and its founder, Dr. Lynese Lawson, have launched a new way of communicating with men and women who are interested in understanding the latest thinking in scientifically-validated treatment to counter the effects of aging. Through her new blog, "Dr. Lawson's Anti-Aging Blog", Dr. Lawson promises to provide realistic approaches and strategies to achieving optimal health, balancing hormones, returning to higher energy levels, safe weight loss and avoiding chronic degenerative disease. The blog is targeted at those turning to the internet for information about hormone balancing, preventative medicine, functional medicine and the role of nutritional supplements in achieving optimal health.

The pillars of her practice, Proactive Wellness Centers, are Knowledge, Prevention and Rejuvenation. "An educated patient is our best patient", says Dr. Lawson. "Many of our patients have already read books and done research on the internet and have come to understand that aging is a treatable condition. Further, they understand that prevention is the new paradigm in medicine." Through her new blog, she hopes to expand the population of future patients who understand that knowledge is more than power, knowledge is health if one applies that knowledge and seeks individualized care from physicians practicing in the new paradigm.

Dr. Lawson's Anti-Aging Blog will act as one of today's voices for preventive medicine. "It gives us a new channel that operates at today's speed to communicate with our current and future patients and the public at large," said Proactive Wellness Centers Chief Strategy Executive, Andre Etherly. "Bioidentical hormone therapy and functional medicine are innovative and effective ways to treat women and men suffering from the treatable conditions of aging, including hormonal imbalances such as andropause (men) perimenopause, menopause, thyroid dysfunction, toxicity and food sensitivities", says Lawson.

Dr. Lawson's Anti-Aging blog will add to the increasing list of hormone therapy, anti-aging, preventative and wellness related blogs, but given Dr. Lawson's personal passion for educating, this blog promises to be special. The features of the blog include:

-- Personally-authored posts focusing on three main areas: bioidentical hormone therapy, functional medicine, detoxification, food sensitivity testing and the role of nutritional supplementation in achieving optimal health

-- Links to authoritative information on all of the key topics listed above

Beginning today, Proactive Wellness Centers, PLC and Dr. Lawson are encouraging men and women to subscribe to her blog at http://drlawsonsblog.com and begin hearing from one of the leading physicians in the Washington DC metropolitan area as she speaks about topics that she is very passionate about. We invite your comments as this will help to stimulate the discussion and spur future posts from Dr. Lawson.

Founded in 2006, Proactive Wellness Centers, PLC operates in the Washington DC metro region through its office in McLean, VA and serves the needs of patients across 10 states and 5 countries. The practice specializes in Anti-Aging medical therapies and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) all delivered using a functional medicine approach. Dr. Lynese L. Lawson is the founder, medical director and practicing physician for the practice. Visit http://www.proactivewellnesscenters.com for more information.

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Iannuzzos Karate School Unveils Impact of Family Environment it Created

(PRWEB) October 12, 2011

Rather than having family game night to bring the family together, The Davis family of Baldwinsville New York has a unique way of bringing everyone together. Twice a week the family of five grapples, spars and kicks together at Iannuzzos Karate School. Recently the family has achieved much success after earning their second-degree black belts. Fred Davis says that with so many distractions and different individual interests, this quality time that his family spends together is unique to many families.

There are families that sit in the stands and watch the race, Davis said And there are families who run the race, and were together and we run the race.

Davis, along with his wife, Joyce and their three kids have been training at Iannuzzos Karate School for the past five years. Davis, his wife and their two daughters all have second-degree black belts, while his seven-year-old son has a blue belt.

Joyce Davis says that working together at the karate school helps motivate each other and reach the goals that they individually set. Karate, she says, has helped build her childrens confidence and the constant support they provide each other has given her children the confidence to push themselves.

Fred Davis knows that its difficult for many families to set aside time to be together, but he says that its important that his family has found common ground that has forged a stronger bond among the five. Davis noted that his fifteen-year-old daughter has become closer with him since theyve been training together. My fifteen-year-old feels an openness to talk to her father because of karate, you cant put a price on that, he said.

Davis also believes its important that his family has also found an activity that keeps them active and teaches them about health, wellness and nutrition.

Although the family supports each other in the individual activities like sports teams, martial arts enables them support each other on the field rather than from the sidelines.

The Davis family isnt the only family that trains together at Iannuzzos Karate School. In fact when the Davis family sees other families they like to encourage them because training together can seem Intimidating at first. Fred Davis said that although it may be daunting at first, Rick Iannuzzo has don such a good job of not making it like a military system, he said. Its a family environment where he encourages everyone to work to the best of their on individual abilities.

Iannuzzos wife, Julia is an ACE Certified Professional Trainer and certified black belt who also teaches at the karate school. She truly believes that a family that kicks together sticks together.

Iannuzzos Karate School has also developed an online program, http://www.internationalkarateschool.com, for families beyond the Central New York span who want to train together. Internationalkarateschool.com is designed for men, women and children of all ages. The program enables Martial Arts enthusiasts to earn black belts in the comfort of their own home and on their own time. To learn more about the online karate programs available please visit internationalkarateschool.com

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FOX Racing Shox Driver, Shannon Campbell, Wins 2011 King of the Hammers

Watsonville, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2011

FOX Racing Shox sponsored rock racer, Shannon Campbell, wins his second King of the Hammers, becoming the only driver to win the race more than once since its inception four years ago. Campbell charged through the treacherous Mojave Desert, overcoming obstacles that stopped other drivers dead in their tracks, to take the crown with an impressive 31-minute lead over the rest of the pack.

Shannon Campbell shook his head in disbelief, smiling and said, Its good to be The King once again. You really cannot believe the beating these shocks take during a race. I could not have done it without FOX Racing Shox's superior suspension technology and factory race support."

King of the Hammers is a newly formed rock racing event that combines two demanding and distinctly unique offroad disciplines, rock crawling and open desert racing. Suspension setup, as always, is the key to podium success especially when combining two disciplines that span the gamut of the speed spectrumrock crawling where the pace is slow and methodical to the break-neck speeds reached in open desert racing. The 120-mile course features some of the most inhospitable terrain in one of the worlds toughest deserts, the Mojave, where racers face off against each other through seemingly impassible rock gardens that were formed during the ice age, and then speed across rough stretches of desert hitting speeds of 140 miles per hour.

Along with Shannon Campbell's victory, FOX Racing Shox sponsored driver, Jason Scherer, took an impressive third place in the event.

Racing against such a formidable force like Shannon is exactly what we strive for. We wanted to go head-to-head with the best and thats what we got. We couldnt do it without the race expertise of the engineers and factory support team from FOX Racing Shox. Well be back faster, stronger, and better than ever before, Scherer went on to say.

"The King of the Hammers is one brutal test of both the driver and machine and with Shannon's second win, FOX Racing Shox has won it three out of the four years it's been in existence," said John Marking, VP of Offroad at FOX Racing Shox. "We'll be working hard with our drivers to continue to own this event."

About FOX Racing Shox

For over three decades, FOX Racing Shox has been the industry leader in the design and development of high performance shock absorbers and racing suspension products for ATVs, Motorcycles, Mountain Bikes, offroad trucks and cars, Snowmobiles and UTVs. In 1974, Bob Fox started racing his products in motocross and they havent stopped racing since. FOX Racing Shox equipped vehicles and racers have stood atop podiums in every sport they have competed in from the sands of Baja to the dunes of Dakar. FOXs team of engineers perform rigorous tests with their athletes year round, and the data FOX collects from performance testing and the application of that knowledge to their products is what separates FOX Racing Shox from every other suspension company. World Headquarters are in Watsonville, CA with its Offroad Division in Santee, CA. FOX Racing Shox distributes its products in more than 40 countries.

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Champion Oil Celebrates 55 Years of Excellence in Top-Tier Aftermarket Lubrication

Clinton, MO (PRWEB) November 05, 2011

Champions many successes over the past 55 years are due to loyal customers who share mutual honesty and respect. Also important to Champion are the many employees who show a dedication to value, fair prices, advancements in technology, and excellent customer service.

Most recently Champion featured at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) a line of purpose-built Performance Diesel Oils, Classic & Muscle Motor Oils, Racing Oils, Engine Break-In Oil, and Racing Brake Fluid.

Champion Classic Blue Flame? Performance Diesel Oil is a unique hybrid synthetic blend 15W-40 diesel engine oil designed for pre-2007 engines that combines workhorse high-zinc performance additives, superior protection, advanced polymer technology, and high TBN; supported by a carrier blend of synthetic and conventional base fluids to increase horsepower and torque.

Champion Classic & Muscle Motor Oils are purpose-built full synthetic and synthetic blend motor oils for the classic, vintage, hot rod, and muscle car market. These purpose built Motor Oils contain a high zinc and phosphorous formula designed to deliver the correct balance of chemistry to protect vintage and high performance engines, especially those using flat tappet and/or roller cams operating at high RPM's and requiring high-pressure valve springs.

Champion Racing Oils are designed for high performance applications and are available in a variety of multi-viscosity and straight weights using full synthetic and synthetic blend formulations. These performance oils contain Champions proprietary TVS? (Thermal Viscosity Stabilizer), special lubricity modifiers, and a premium level of anti-wear additives which include a high quantity of ZDDP.

Champion PowerShield? Break-In Motor Oil is specifically formulated to reduce the potential of engine failure during hard break-in. This new high-zinc formulation is based on extensive testing in the lab, precision dynamometers, and in conjunction with world-class performance engine builders.

Champion 600 Series Racing Brake Fluid Dot 4 was developed for extreme racing applications where a maximum dry boiling point is preferred. This Synthetic Racing Brake Fluid is a high-performance brake fluid developed for severe duty racing applications under high heat and extreme pressure and is race-proven by domestic and international top-tier teams.

About the company: Champion Brands, LLC, is a globally recognized industry leader in specialty lubricants for over 55 years. Champion also produces and blends over 300 products including fuel, oil, engine additives, and lubricants for the automotive, heavy truck, agricultural, industrial, and specialty markets. For more information contact your nearest Champion Distributor, or call Champion at 800-821-5693. Champion Brands, LLC; 1001 Golden Drive, Clinton, MO, 64735 or go to ChampionsUseChampion.com.

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Dubai World Cup Odds Released at All Horse Racing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (PRWEB) March 24, 2008

????Know as the "World's Richest Race," the Dubai World Cup is hosted in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and takes place at the tony Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.

Who will win the Dubai World Cup?

South African Mike de Kock is hopeful with Aisiatic Boy (8-1), but he has no illusions of the stiff completion. "I think the ratings are pretty accurate going into the race with Curlin in a league of his own but I certainly wouldn't rule our horse out. A race can go anyway and we will be there to win if Curlin doesn't."

In a League of his Own

Without question, Horse of the Year Curlin is the odds on favourite (2-5) to win the Dubai World Cup.

Jess Jackson, founder of Kendall-Jackson Winery and owner of Stonestreet Stables and Curlin's majority owner said that, "The horse's greatest moments and best efforts may still lie ahead."

Trainer Steve Asmussen summed up what he thought of his Preakness Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup and Breeders' Cup Classic winner, barely containing his enthusiasm for the 4 year old colt, "He's the best horse in the world. I want others to feel about him the same way I do."

After the Dubai World Cup is completed, Asmussen will shift his attention to Pryo--currently regarded as the number one contender for the 134th Kentucky Derby.

Post positions are traditionally drawn the night before the race at a lavish ceremony held at the luxurious Madinat Theatre in downtown Dubai. Dubai World Cup Results and a list of Dubai World Cup Past Winners are available online at All Horse Racing.

For up to the minute odds, please visit http://www.allhorseracing.com.

Other companies involved with online horse racing include Magna Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: MECA), Youbet.com (NASDAQ: UBET), TVG Network (NASDAQ: GMST), Penn National (NASDAQ: PENN) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ: CHDN).

All Horse Racing is a recognised leader in the online horse racing industry with a focus on the thoroughbred and harness horse racing market. Members have the ability to place wagers online on over 125 racetracks including Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Philadelphia Park and Pimlico Race Course. Real time audio and video feeds are available for hundreds of races each day.

With operations worldwide, All Horse Racing, also receives and utilises the services of Equus Limited, a privately traded and licensed company on the Isle of Man.

More information on All Horse Racing is available at http://www.allhorseracing.com.

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Facebook & Google+ Alternative Emerges: OnlyMeWorld

Honolulu, Hawaii (PRWEB) September 25, 2011

There is a growing concern over the handling of users information, security, privacy, data mining, web tracking, and facial recognition software used by Facebook and other social networking sites. Most critics and so-called private alternative social networking sites today complain that Facebook and others collect users information and sell it to advertisers, making billions of dollars. Although these things should be reason enough for concern, the sale of peoples information to advertisers and companies is not new and has been going on long before Facebook arrived. Nothing Is For Nothing.

The real issues people should be concerned about are: how much information Facebook and other social networking sites are collecting about them Knowingly versus. Unknowingly, how this information is being used by Cyber Criminals versus. Law Enforcement, and how all this information someday will be or could be used in a Positive versus. Negative way.

Regardless of what sites today promise regarding security, any site can be hacked. (Some examples would be: governments, banks, and law enforcement agencies who all have "so called" state of art security systems) Social networking sites such as Google+ and Facebook are open-door gold mines for cyber criminals. The obvious solution to address these problems involving privacy, anonymity and cyber crime is simple; no real names, no emails.

Should you be worried about all the information Facebook and other social networking sites are collecting? If used in a positive way, perhaps it could occasionally help law enforcement agencies throughout the world combat crime, or help end poverty and disease, or even promote socioeconomic equality. If used in a negative way, there will only be the haves and have-nots, the rich and the poor, all automatically profiled according to individual demographics.

"Some people complain that they wont be able to find friends, family and associates. I always apologize and explain, if you want to find a classmate there's classmates.com, if you want to find friends and family there are sites that'll help you find them, but if you want to social network again with some privacy, anonymity, confidently and effectively, there's onlymeworld.com." said Carlson Yamamoto, President of OnlyMeWorld.com.

OnlyMeWorld offers a social networking platform similar in function to Facebook, Google+, Linkedin, and Twitter, yet differs in its approach to Privacy Rights, Anonymity, and Protection from Cyber Crime. At OnlyMeWorld, people are able to participate with absolute privacy and anonymity. OnlyMeWorld requires no real names or email addresses. It uses no web tracking, no facial recognition software, and no data mining.

Upload YouTube & Personal Videos, Links (Buttons) Directly To Email & Websites, Business & Professional Profiles (Alternative Business E-Card). Compare today a Facebook Business Profile, to http://onlymeworld.com/admin, and you will see the difference.

No Facial Recognition Software, Data Mining or Tracking.

Business Listings, Groups, Blogs, Classifieds, Events and Much More!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOSCF4h_dI&feature=related

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/onlymeworld1

Carlson Yamamoto is the founder, aspiring entrepreneur, privacy advocate, cyber and white collar crime consultant.

ABOUT US:

OnlyMeWorld is a social networking & media site launched in April 2011, operated and privately owned by OnlyMeWorld, llc.

CONTACT:

Carlson Yamamoto, President

OnlyMeWorld, llc

Ph: +1(646)926-1095

Email: admin(at)onlymeworld(dot)com

http://onlymeworld.com

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The Leading Hotels of the World Fulfills Quest of a Lifetime for One Lucky Traveler with a Flair for Storytelling

New York, NY (Vocus) October 17, 2009

Countless stories can be told on behalf of the more than 450 Leading Hotels that exist around the world. From The Lowell Hotel unofficially designating a room the Gym Suite after a famously fit pop icon transformed her living room into a gym, to Halekulanis renowned Santa, a jovial repeat guest who, for more than a decade, has dressed up as Saint Nick and arrives via canoe on Christmas Eve, the charming, quirky, fascinating and enlightening anecdotes are endless and entertaining.????

This holiday season, The Leading Hotels of the World is asking its guests to share their stories with The Quest of a Lifetime, an online contest awarding one lucky winner a trip of a lifetime that includes a seven-night stay at any Leading Hotel, business-class roundtrip airfare for two, a $ 5,000 Bloomingdales shopping spree and a set of Tumi luggage. Individuals who have stayed at a Leading Hotel within the last two years are invited to visit http://www.questofalifetime.com to submit a 150-word (or less) essay telling their extraordinary travel experience at a Leading Hotel. Entries up to five separate stories per person will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. ET November 20, 2009.

Based 1/3 on creativity, 1/3 on originality and 1/3 on the storys appropriateness to the quest theme, a panel of esteemed judges will whittle the entries down to 10 finalists. Then, between December 5 and December 31, 2009, the public will have a chance to review and vote to determine the grand prize winner. The big announcement will be made during the week of January 4, 2010.

Consumers who want to share in the interactive contest, but have not stayed at a Leading Hotel within the last two years will be redirected to a separate, exclusive sweepstakes where they can enter to win a three-night stay at the luxurious, newly constructed all-inclusive Grand Velas, Riviera Maya. Both the contest and sweepstakes are only open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (except for Quebec). And each entrant will only be eligible for either the Contest or Sweepstakes portion of the Promotion; entrants will not be eligible for both portions of the Promotion.

For more information, official contest rules, terms and conditions, or to participate in The Quest of a Lifetime, log on to http://www.questofalifetime.com or http://www.lhw.com/questcontest.

About The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd.

The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. is the prestigious luxury hospitality organization representing more than 450 of the worlds finest hotels, resorts and spas, and is the operator of http://www.lhw.com and http://www.lhwspas.com the online sources for your luxury lifestyle. As the largest international luxury hotel brand, the firm maintains offices in 22 major markets across the globe.

Since 1928, the companys reputation for excellence derives from the exacting levels of quality it demands of its members, each of which must pass a rigorous, anonymous inspection covering hundreds of meticulous criteria spanning from product to behavioral standards. This set of standards is the most stringent in the industry.

For reservations and information, visit http://www.lhw.com or telephone toll-free from the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, (800) 223-6800.

Media Contact:

Ani Zerounian, Director of Public Relations

Tel: (212) 515-5782

E-mail: azerounian (at) lhw (dot) com

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Medved Ford in Castle Rock Supports Local Schools with Ford Box Tops for Education

Castle Rock, Colorado (PRWEB) October 20, 2011

Each year communities across the country work together to support local schools by clipping and donating to the General Mills Box Tops for Education program. This year Medved Ford Castle Rock- the leading Ford dealership in the Denver area, is very happy to be a part of the Box Tops for Education program with Ford.

Ford is now a partner with General Mills in Box Tops for Education and will help generate even more Box Top coupons than usual. The General Mills Box Tops for Edcuation program has helped American schools earn over $ 400 million since 1996. People can clip out box top coupons or shop online from hundreds of participating products to help earn money for your local school.

Ford has made it even easier for people to get box tops with the Ford Drives Box Tops website. With Ford you can earn eBox Tops with the purchase of any new Ford vehicle between October 1 and December 1, 2011. All consumers need to do is redeem the code by March 31, 2012 that you receive. Requesting a Ford vehicle brochure between October 1 and December 1, 2011 earns people 10 eBox Tops when they redeem the code by March 31, 2012. Ford also has videos on their Ford Drives Box Tops website, which, when viewed give the viewer a code that will generate five eBox Tops per video and 25 total when redeemed in the allotted time frame.

Ford is also giving away 250,000 Bonus Box Tops in the Ford Drives Box Tops Sweepstakes. For more information on the sweepstakes and to earn eBox Tops for a local school, please visit http://www.forddrivesboxtops.com

Medved Ford in Castle Rock, Colorado is very proud to be a part of the Box Tops for Education program and will be donating an additional $ 500 to $ 1,000 worth of Box Tops. Medved Ford wants to help out the local schools of the Castle Rock community and they can not think of a better way to do it. People who are interested in donating or are looking for a new Ford vehicle in Castle Rock should stop in at Medved Ford. Medved offers many new and used cars in Castle Rock and the Denver area.

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New Gymboree Play & Music Center Opens in Chula Vista

Chula Vista, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2011

Gymboree Play & Music, the global leader in classes for kids for 35 years, recently announced the opening of their newest center in Chula Vista on October 24, 2011. To celebrate, Gymboree Play & Music will be holding a free Open House for parents and children on Saturday, October 22, 2011.

As an owner of two other San Diego Gymboree locations in Poway and Clairemont Mesa, Im excited to be the first to bring this wonderful program to the Chula Vista community, said Jill Durby, Owner of Chula Vistas Gymboree Play & Music. From the moment they walk in the door, parents can see that weve created an environment where kids are free to move, play and explore safely. The play equipment was custom-designed for young children and our classes have been developed to provide a range of age-appropriate challenges and skill building exercises, allowing each child to participate and learn at his or her own pace.

One of the most distinguishing features of Gymboree Play & Music, and a key philosophy on which it is based, is their unique approach to parent involvement, which encourages participation in and understanding of each childs development. The reason is simple: children learn best when parents enter their world of play and imagination. Parental support is also important to a childs healthy emotional development, building trust between parent and child and helping kids to feel more confident to explore and learn.

About Gymboree Play & Music Classes

Gymboree Play & Learn classes encourage development through play and learning with our seven-level program designed to support your child's growth at his or her own individual pace. From sensory stimulation to problem-solving games and storytelling, our classes use play-based activities to stretch the body and mind.

Our Gymboree Music classes enhance your child's development and love of music through song, dance, movement games and instruments. With an array of musical styles, our classes help children explore the power of rhythm, melody, tonality and beat while nurturing key physical, social and intellectual skills.

In Gymboree Art classes, we inspire your child's imagination and self-expression with a world of hands-on art activities. Through painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, dramatic play and more, our classes encourage confidence and support artistic potential.

Gymboree Sports classes help encourage healthy habits and a positive attitude toward exercise through fun and physical sports play. Sample the basics to 8 different sports, including baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field, tennis, golf, tumbling and gymnastics and basketball. Activities are designed to get children engaged in non-competitive interactive games and emphasize flexibility, confidence and emotional well-being to build strong bodies and minds.

Parent participation is an integral part of all classes offered at Gymboree. This intimate setting allows parents to meet and share information with other parents and introduce their children to new concepts, skills and playmates. New parents particularly appreciate the support that Gymboree provides as they help their child explore new experiences and gain new skills.

In addition to the extensive program of classes, Gymboree Play & Music centers provide a great option for hosting birthday parties and other themed events such as Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Pumpkin Patch celebrations. A trained Gymboree teacher leads the activities as the children and parents play, laugh and sing together, creating a memorable celebration.

For more information about Gymboree Play & Music, please visit gymboreeclasses.com or call 619.934.PLAY.

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Gymboree Play & Music

Gymboree Play & Music is the founding member of the Gymboree family of brands. Since its creation in 1976, Gymboree Play & Music has created developmentally appropriate play, music and art classes for parents and children ages newborn to five. Based on a blend of early childhood development theories complemented by more than 30 years of hands-on experience, Gymboree Play & Music classes are now available through more than 600 franchised and company-operated centers in the US and over 30 other countries. Parents can find a location near them by visiting http://www.gymboreeclasses.com.

Retail Information:

The Gymboree Corporation's specialty retail brands offer unique, high-quality products delivered with personalized customer service. As of January 2, 2010, the Company operated a total of 956 retail stores: 633 Gymboree? stores (597 in the United States, 2 in Puerto Rico and 34 in Canada), 139 Gymboree Outlet stores, 119 Janie and Jack? shops and 65 Crazy 8? stores in the United States. The Company also operates online stores at http://www.gymboree.com, http://www.janieandjack.com and http://www.crazy8.com.

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