Three New Concepts -- Herb n’ Kitchen, Made Market and Brickstones Grill -- To Debut in 2013
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MCLEAN, Va. - Tuesday, October 16th 2012
Casual dining is on the rise. According to a recent Mintel survey, sales at quick service restaurants have increased to nearly $30 billion in the past five years. This trend is being echoed throughout our hotels as guests spend less time in fine dining restaurants, opting for quick and convenient items instead. In response, Hilton Worldwide has reinvented the dining model at Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton and Embassy Suites brands and is introducing three new casual concepts -- Herb n’ Kitchen, Made Market and Brickstones Grill – to debut in the U.S. in early 2013.
“We surveyed 22,000 guests, owners and operators and we learned that the way people eat at home is translating into the way they eat on the road,” said Beth Scott, vice president of food and beverage concepts, Hilton Worldwide. “As a result, we decided to reinvent the hotel dining model to better serve the needs, wants and lifestyle of our customers.”
A concept created for Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Herb n’ Kitchen, infuses gourmet items into a retail experience and gives guests a transparent view of the kitchen. Additionally, the self-service model offers hotels flexibility to transition from lunch to dinner and may include a variety of options from a live-action station to made-to-order or pre-made salads and sandwiches or the bar and barista zone, depending on location.
Made Market, a concept created for DoubleTree by Hilton, is synonymous with the brand – fun, approachable and convenient. This all-day eatery combines the ease of a market with the allure of a brick oven gastro pub. From fresh coffee and pastries to a pint of artisan beer, Made Market offers a contemporary, yet relaxed, comfortable environment. The first Made Market is slated to debut in January 2013 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Tulsa Downtown in Oklahoma.
Infusing value and smart design with comfort food, Brickstones Grill offers a contemporary experience that seamlessly transitions cooked-to-order breakfast to a-la-carte for lunch or dinner. Exclusive to the Embassy Suites brand, Brickstones Grill’s menu will feature American dishes, served in single or family portions, created within the iconic brick pizza oven, open pit grill and rotisserie. The open display kitchen is a staple in Brickstones Grill’s simple, yet sophisticated design along with comfortable booths and organic surfaces with quarried stone and reclaimed wood. Select locations are currently being considered.
All three concepts are optional to owners and among more than 30 additional concepts featured on HiltonRestaurantConcepts.com -- a website that pairs hotels and owners with preferred food and beverage concepts to meet a variety of property’s needs. Hilton Worldwide has plans to open 800 restaurants in the next three years. For more news and updates, visit news.hiltonworldwide.com.
About Hilton Worldwide
Hilton Worldwide is a leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For 93 years, Hilton Worldwide has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. The company is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Its brands are comprised of more than 3,900 hotels and timeshare properties, with 640,000 rooms in 90 countries and include Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations. The company also manages the world-class guest reward program Hilton HHonors®. Visit www.hiltonworldwide.com for more information and connect with Hilton Worldwide atwww.facebook.com/hiltonworldwide, www.twitter.com/hiltonworldwide, www.youtube.com/hiltonworldwide, www.flickr.com/hiltonworldwide andwww.linkedin.com/company/hilton-worldwide.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ today emphasized that it will be DIFFICULT for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. (Matt 19:23). He practically demonstrated this with a rich young man (Matt 19: 16-22). In explaining this, many pastors and priests assert that this passage has nothing to do with material wealth perhaps in order to defend themselves and their rich patrons. Do you know why it is difficult? Rich means having more than enough. Poor means not having enough or not having at all. You know that it is selfish to have more than enough as a follower of Christ. Any excess poured on a filled cup is wasted. Christ instructed that these excesses from the rich should be given to the poor so that they can have enough. The rich is afraid that if the poor has enough, his authority will be shaken. So he may not be willing to donate the excesses but will rather allow it to waste.
The kingdom of God is spiritual and not material. In order to inherit it in life (as a Christian) or after life, you must shelve all material distractions ranging from property, money, education, positions of authority, beauty, power to your physical body. If at the gate of the kingdom, there are security agents posted to shelve these possessions before one enters the kingdom, the rich and the poor, who would be cleared first? I mean, it will take the rich several hours, even years to shelve tons of luggage, property, wealth, money, power etc acquired over the years which he is closely attached to. In most cases, most rich men will not subject themselves to such rigours and may decide to walk away to hell easily like the young man in Matthew 19.
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SAN DIEGO & CARTAGO, Costa Rica - Saturday, October 13th 2012
Heritage Global Partners(“HGP”), a global leader in asset advisory and auction services and a wholly owned subsidiary of Counsel RB Capital(OTCQB: CRBN), today announced its upcoming global online auction featuring a wide array of plastic and thermoforming manufacturing equipment from Conair Babyliss Costa Rica S.A. The sale is being conducted on behalf of Conair Corporation, an industry leading developer of health and beauty products and kitchen and electronic appliances. Conair Babyliss Costa Rica S.A. is the Appliance Manufacturing Division responsible for supervising worldwide production of Conair products.
The auction will be conducted online at http://www.hgpauction.com/?auctionid=272 on November 14, 2012, beginning at 7 am PST and ending on November 15, 2012 at 9 am PST and will feature 7 plastic mills, 33 injection mold machines, 36 spot welders, and much more.
There will be a one-day preview on November 13, 2012 from 9 am to 4 pm (local Costa Rica time, UTC/GMT -6 hours) at Parque Industrial Zona Franca, Cartago, Costa Rica. Prospective bidders may contact Heritage Global VP George Wandachowicz for more information (see contact info below).
“We expect to generate very strong demand for Conair’s high quality assets including a Sencorp Model 2200 inline form & trim thermoforming machine, Compu Vac Systems Inc. small batch fast cycle sputtering vacuum coating system (metalizing) dual load stations, over 30 plastic injection mold machines, over 30 riveting machines, facilities support equipment and much, much more,” stated Heritage Global Partners Vice President George Wandachowicz.
Led by auction industry pioneers Ross and Kirk Dove, Heritage Global Partnersis one of the leading worldwide asset advisory and auction services firms, assisting large and small companies with buying and selling assets. A Counsel RB Capitalcompany (OTCQB: CRBN), HGP specializes in asset brokerage, inspection, and valuations, industrial equipment and real estate auctions, as well as enterprise auctions combining tangible and intangible assets.
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HOUSTON - Friday, October 12th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it was selected as one of the prime contractors on the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) program issued by the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
As a prime contractor, KBR will have the opportunity to submit bids on individual task orders issued by the U.S. Army. Work under the EAGLE program will be performed at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., Afghanistan and Kuwait and the first task orders are expected to be issued after Oct. 15.
EAGLE will be used for moving and resetting equipment so it is ready for deployment. The program will replace the Field and Installations Readiness Support Team (FIRST) contract and consolidate several others as the Army’s primary Basic Ordering Agreement for maintenance, supply and transportation support services for the U.S. Army and its partners worldwide. KBR has decades of experience serving as one of the Army’s top logistics services providers, primarily in the Middle East. The ceiling for the five-year EAGLE program is $23.5 billion.
“We are honored to have the opportunity to continue serving the U.S. Army as we have been around the world for many years. This program allows us to showcase our core competencies domestically as well as internationally, and to continue supporting the mission of our biggest client,” said Richard Ambrose, President, KBR North American Government and Logistics.
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power, industrial, and commercial markets. For more information, visit www.kbr.com.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. - Saturday, October 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
Assessment Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute Places MetricStream GRC Platform in the Leaders Quadrant
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MetricStream has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner Inc’s latest Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Platforms report.*
“We are pleased to be positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner. For us, it reaffirms MetricStream’s vision and success in providing a comprehensive GRC platform and best-in-class solution suite for customers,” said Shellye Archambeau, CEO at MetricStream. “Market developments such as the demanding regulatory environment, escalating enterprise risks, and rapidly emerging risks from the cloud, social and mobile technologies, compounded by IT security-related threats to business, and complex global supply chains require organizations to have superior risk intelligence to drive business performance. At MetricStream, we continue on our path of product and technology innovation to ensure that we can provide the deepest and widest coverage of GRC solutions across global markets.”
The last year has been a landmark year for MetricStream in terms of R&D, market adoption, growth rates, talent acquisition, and global expansion. Some of the world’s largest corporations and most well-known brands as well as several small and medium enterprises use MetricStream GRC Platform and market leading solutions for Enterprise and Operational Risk Management, Audit Management, Regulatory, Financial, and Corporate Compliance, Policy Management, Regulatory Change Management, Case and Issue Management, IT-GRC, Business Continuity, Legal GRC, Supplier Governance, Quality Management (QMS), Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), and Sustainability Management.
As an example of providing true coverage to a wide spectrum of the market, one of the Global 50 companies retired more than 20 different applications with the MetricStream platform. Another Global 100 company is deploying MetricStream solutions across seven different functional areas with more than 200,000 users worldwide. While these are examples of sophisticated enterprise deployments, MetricStream has also, in the last year, deployed the latest version of its platform and products at several large and mid-sized companies within periods ranging from three weeks to three months. In doing so, the company has significantly reduced time-to-value for clients, and consistently ensured on-time and on-budget delivery through on-premise as well as cloud deployment models.
Specialized solution offerings to meet industry specific functional, content, and reporting requirements have established MetricStream as the preferred GRC partner for companies in Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, and Retail.
According to the report, “Instead of acquiring separate solutions for finance, IT and other business units, many enterprises are choosing to use a single EGRC platform and, when necessary, integrating the many point and functional solutions to satisfy specific GRC needs. Reporting and managing through a single platform potentially give executives, auditors and managers a holistic view of the enterprise's risk and compliance postures, as well as views sorted by requirement, entity and geography.”
As enterprises place strategic focus on enterprise risk management, MetricStream continues to witness significant adoption of its GRC platform to align Business, IT, and Security risks through a common and flexible information model that enables greater collaboration as well as improved visibility across governance programs. MetricStream has been making significant enhancements to its AppStudio to simplify set-up and configuration, and thereby accelerate solution implementation. The company is also developing innovative offerings for advanced mobility, advanced analytics, visualization and intelligence, structured and unstructured data management, and cloud governance.
“Most organizations are steadily moving away from point solutions, and embarking on the path of convergence of their different GRC requirements. MetricStream brings together a strong advisory ecosystem, as well as regulatory, business, IT, and risk content and a well-packaged solution suite serving several industries and functional groups,” said Gaurav Kapoor, COO at MetricStream. “We are delighted that our vision of creating a true GRC platform company with a high focus on R&D and market responsiveness is being unanimously recognized by our customers, partners, analysts, and shareholders.”
* Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms – by French Caldwell and John A. Wheeler, October 4, 2012.
About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as UBS, P&G, Constellation Energy, Pfizer, Philips, BAE Systems, SanDisk, Cummins and Sonic Automotive in diverse industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG, Government and Manufacturing to manage their risk management, quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as several million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.
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Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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BUSINESS WIRE / ME NewsWire - Chinese Government Recognizes Napa Valley with Geographic Indication (GI) Status
ST HELENA, Calif. - Friday, October 12th 2012
The People's Republic of China has announced that Napa Valley has been recognized with Geographic Indication (GI) status in that country. Napa Valley is the first region outside of China to be so recognized with this designation. It provides the pivotal element in consumer protection against wines illegitimately labeled as being from Napa Valley in this important and rapidly expanding market.
The GI was published in the report by the GeneralAdministration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine which was just released.
“We are thrilled by the news that China, an economic world power and growing wine importer, has decided to grant Napa Valley this status, and we are honored to learn that we are the first winegrowing region outside of that country to achieve it,” said Linda Reiff, NVV’s executive director. “This is an historic milestone for the Napa Valley appellation and speaks to the global respect for our region’s reputation and high-quality wines.”
“Having the Chinese government’s official recognition protects the integrity of the Napa Valley brand, and does so fairly early-on in our efforts to develop this tremendous market. This is a ‘win’ for Napa Valley and a ‘win’ for the Chinese consumer,” Reiff said.
As was the case when achieving GI recognition from the European Union, the NVV made the request directly from the trade association to the government. Similarly with the EU, this had not been done before in China. Given the world-wide renown of brand Napa Valley, government officials saw the need and the value for this recognition.
The NVV members and staff worked for many years with the Chinese government to achieve the GI including several face-to-face meetings in Beijing. Meeting the winemakers, learning more about the unique attributes and the limited production of Napa’s wines helped officials better understand the importance of this initiative.
“The Chinese market is only going to increase in importance to us in the coming years. We needed to make sure we were safeguarding our brand and its reputation. It’s clear that they see the value in this from both the prospective of the producer, but also from the prospective of the consumers in China,” said Cakebread Cellars’ President Bruce Cakebread, who actively participated in the negotiations.
The NVV has been bringing trade missions of vintners to China for more than 14 years and consumer and trade enthusiasm is strong. Though Napa Valley accounts for just 4% of California’s wine production, nearly 25% of NVV member wineries are exporting to China. It’s one of the world’s top wine export markets.
This important announcement complements the NVV’s work not only in the EU, but Napa Valley has already received GI recognition in India, Thailand, Canada, and just last week Brazil, guaranteeing consumers have meaningful wine labels in these important and emerging global markets.
“In perspective, this is the present-day equivalent of 1976’s Judgment of Paris in terms of solidifying Napa Valley’s place as a leader in the world-wide wine industry,” said Napa County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Whitmer.
The NVV credited the diligence of its vintner leaders as well as Richard Mendelson and Scott Gerien of Dickenson, Peatman and Fogarty, Napa County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Whitmer, and its advisor in Beijing, Xuemin Chen.
The Napa Valley Vintners is the non-profit trade association responsible for promoting and protecting the Napa Valley appellation as the premier winegrowing region. From seven founding members in 1944, today the association represents 435 Napa Valley wineries and collectively is a leader in the world-wide wine industry. To learn more about our region and its legendary American wines, visit www.napavintners.com.
Contacts
Napa Valley Vintners
Terry Hall, 707-968-4217
thall@napavintners.com
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World Creators Summit - Create, Connect, Respect 2013
Today CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) announced the fourth biennial World Creators Summit - Create, Connect, Respect, which will be held June 4-5, 2013, in Washington, DC (USA).
Formerly known as the World Copyright Summit, this conference is the leading international and cross-industry forum addressing the future of the creative community and the entertainment business in the digital economy. Now in its fourth edition, the Summit brings together the world’s most prominent creative artists, government officials, and industry leaders to exchange views on the value of creative works, the future of copyright, the role of creators, and the collective management of authors’ rights. While copyright issues remain central to a discussion about the economic and moral value of a creative work, the event’s new name expresses the expanded focus on creators. The Summit’s slogan, “Create – Connect – Respect,” encapsulates the event’s vision of a fair and sustainable environment for the creative sector.
“The change to the event name – from World Copyright Summit to World Creators Summit - makes clear the emphasis on the creator, whose work is the foundation of creative industries,” said Hervé Di Rosa, French visual artist and CISAC Acting President. “Copyright remains at the core of any discussion on creative activity and creators’ ability to thrive in the digital era,” said Olivier Hinnewinkel, CISAC Director General.
The Summit aims to establish a constructive dialogue and discuss solutions with all the stakeholders in the new digital economy – from creators, rights organizations and guilds, to content service providers, broadcasters, telecommunications operators, hardware manufacturers, legal experts and policy-makers.
The 2011 edition of the Summit in Brussels brought together over 730 participants from around the world (57 countries represented) and over 130 speakers, including:
Javed Akhtar, Indian scriptwriter, poet and lyricist
Carlo d'Asaro Biondo, Google VP for Southern and Eastern Europe, MEA
Michel Barnier, European Commissioner, Internal Market & Services
Victoria Espinel, White House IP Enforcement Coordinator
Robin Gibb, Bee Gees singer & songwriter and CISAC former President
Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General
Jean-Michel Jarre, author, composer and performer
Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia & music composer
Neelie Kroes, European Commission VP and Digital Agenda Commissioner
Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Livre Chairman & CEO
Frank Stella, US painter & sculptor
See the complete recapof the 2011 Summit, with video and photos.
CISACis the leading worldwide network of collective management organisations and a unique international NGO uniting 231 authors’ societies and guilds in 121 countries, thus representing over 3 million creators and publishers from all creative genres (music, film, visual arts and literary). In 2010, worldwide royalties collected by CISAC members on behalf of creators reached €7.5 billion ($9.6 billion).
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LAS VEGAS - Thursday, October 11th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
Study Confirms Effectiveness of Directional Atherectomy with SilverHawk™and TurboHawk ™Devices as a Frontline Therapy when Treating PAD
(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Covidien (NYSE:COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced final 12-month results from its DEFINITIVE LE (Determination of Effectiveness of SilverHawk™ / TurboHawk™ Peripheral Plaque Excision Systems for the Treatment of Infrainguinal Vessels/Lower Extremities) study.
DEFINITIVE LE is the largest peripheral atherectomy study conducted to date with independent physician review of the outcomes. The study, which enrolled 800 patients at 47 centers in the U.S. and Europe, demonstrated the long-term effectiveness of directional atherectomy as a frontline therapy for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Directional atherectomy is a minimally invasive treatment that removes plaque from the body and restores blood flow in the native artery.
“For the first time, the DEFINITIVE LE study has provided robust evidence within a large and diverse PAD patient population,” said Lawrence A. Garcia, M.D., Chief of Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Interventions at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston. “Directional atherectomy, with the SilverHawk and TurboHawk devices, delivers patency results at 12 months post-treatment that are comparable to those reported in stent studies—and with the important advantage of not leaving anything behind in the vessel.”
DEFINITIVE LE 12-Month Efficacy and Safety Results
Clinical outcomes were improved by 30 days and sustained through 12 months of follow-up. Directional atherectomy with the SilverHawk and TurboHawk devices delivered 12-month patency results that were comparable to those reported in stent studies.
Among patients with claudication, primary patency (i.e., the treated artery remained open) was 78% using a peak systolic velocity ratio (PSVR) < 2.4 at 12 months. Notably, this rate did not differ between patients with diabetes (77%) and those without diabetes (78%)—the first such results to be shown in a prospective, powered analysis. Among patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI - a severe form of PAD), 95% were able to avoid a major unplanned amputation of the target limb. The SilverHawk and TurboHawk devices were shown to have a strong safety profile in the study, with low complication rates.
According to the American Heart Association, approximately 10 million people in the U.S. are affected by PAD, which is one of the most common vascular diseases and can lead to heart attack, stroke, amputation and death. It occurs when arteries in the legs become narrowed or blocked by plaque; these blockages can result in severe pain for patients, limited physical mobility and non-healing leg ulcers.
"DEFINITIVE LE confirmed equivalent outcomes between diabetics and non-diabetics in terms of patency and persistent clinical improvement up to 12 months after treatment,” said Prof. Thomas Zeller, M.D., Head of the Department of Angiology at Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad Kronzingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany. “Because diabetics have more advanced PAD, re-stenose faster and are more difficult to treat than non-diabetics, it is critical to preserve future treatment options in this patient population. The confirmation from DEFINITIVE LE of directional atherectomy as a treatment modality that provides strong clinical outcomes in diabetics is a welcome and practice-changing finding.”
Dr. Garcia and Prof. Zeller, together with Dr. James McKinsey, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, served as Co-Principal Investigators for the DEFINITIVE LE study.
DEFINITIVE LE Study Design
The prospective, multi-center study comprised two cohorts—those with claudication and those with CLI. A total of 1,022 lesions (up to 20 cm in length) were treated with the Covidien SilverHawk or TurboHawk Plaque Excision device. The study included a broad patient population, with 52% diabetic, 45% female and 75% claudicants, and a pre-specified sub-analysis comparing patency outcomes in diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
Several controls were included to ensure rigor in the study. These included Steering Committee oversight, adverse event adjudication by an independent physician Clinical Events Committee and endpoint analyses conducted by two different independent core laboratories—one that analyzed acute angiographic results and another that analyzed duplex ultrasound follow-up.
"We are pleased with the long-term results from our groundbreaking DEFINITIVE LE study, which is unique among atherectomy studies conducted to date because of the size of the study and the clinical rigor of execution,” said Mark A. Turco, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Vascular Therapies, Covidien. “We are continuing to invest in the DEFINITIVE clinical program around new innovative treatments as a reflection of our commitment to partnering with medical professionals to deliver the best treatment for patients suffering with PAD.”
Final results from the landmark study were presented today during the Late-Breaking Clinical Trials session at the Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA) Conference here.
About Covidien
Covidien is a leading global healthcare products company that creates innovative medical solutions for better patient outcomes and delivers value through clinical leadership and excellence. Covidien manufactures, distributes and services a diverse range of industry-leading product lines in three segments: Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies. With 2011 revenues of $11.6 billion, Covidien has 43,000 employees worldwide in more than 65 countries, and its products are sold in over 140 countries. Please visit www.covidien.com to learn more about our business.
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Vascular Therapies
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Good News! For the people of Nigeria, Tour2India4Health Consultancy is coming to Lagos in the 3rd and 4th week of October 2012 where our team of top medical executives will be conducting a medical meet for the Nigerian citizens from 15th to 24th October 2012. We invite people to come and participate in this meet in large numbers so that we can provide optimum help to Nigerians who want quality medical services at a very affordable price. Some of the popular and affordable treatment packages that our company has made available for Nigerian are Eye, Dental, Obesity, Cancer, Orthopedic and Cardiac Surgery in India. This meet organized by Tour2India4Health Consultancy conveys the motto of our company that various medical assistance is available in India at a cost that is suitable to various pockets. Our expert medical executives will meet with every individual attending the meet to help solves all his queries of coming to India for his/her treatment or surgery. You can call on our India numbers as provided below to confirm your meeting. We also request to let this be known to your friends and family so that all those looking for affordable medical treatment in India can be benefited.
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BUSINESS WIRE / ME NewsWire - BARCELONA - Wednesday, October 10th 2012
Completes validation process to accelerate VMware View® deployments in Branch Offices with enterprise-class VDI in a simple, scalable, and affordable appliance
VMworld Europe 2012
Pivot3, the leading provider of converged storage and compute appliances, today announced full support for the VMware’s Branch Office Desktop validated solution architecture. This solution provides a validated and optimized solution for organizations looking to cost-effectively and reliably support remote branch desktop deployments that are centrally configured and managed, yet have locally deployed performance. The solution is uniquely designed to support the branch office requirements for full (uncompressed) desktop deployments. VMware provides all of the centralized image management through VMware Mirage™ and VMware vCenter™ Server while Pivot3 provides the local branch appliance “View-in-a-box” infrastructure.
“Branch office desktops present a key opportunity for desktop virtualization,” said Mason Uyeda, director, technical and solutions marketing, end user computing, VMware. “With VMware’s latest branch office solution and Pivot3’s vSTAC VDI appliances, customers are able to have a compelling, high-performance branch office solution that is simple, scalable and affordable.”
The Pivot3 vSTAC VDI appliance is a purpose-built and tuned enterprise-ready VDI “building block”. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI appliances unify storage and servers. Remote or branch office IT administrators familiar with standard servers and Ethernet are able to deploy Pivot3 vSTAC VDI appliances, simply and quickly (within minutes not hours or days). The VMware Branch Office Desktop validation by Pivot3 includes architecture support for the latest version of VMware View®, VMware vCenter™ Operations Manager for View, and for enhanced endpoint security working with VMware vShield™, and VMware Mirage.
“The ability to centrally manage desktops yet provide for local performance is a huge breakthrough opportunity for any branch office operation,” said Olivier Thierry, chief marketing officer of Pivot3. “Pivot3’s ability to support the latest VMware Mirage™ technology with our Pivot3 vSTAC VDI appliance delivers the best of both worlds to customers in need of a robust branch office VDI solution, namely centralized image management of simple-to-deploy localized appliances.”
Solution Availability and Pricing
The Pivot3 vSTAC VDI solution for VMware Branch Office Desktop is available immediately.
Supporting Resources
For a test-drive of the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI Mobile Secure Desktop solution, visit http://pivot3.com/test-drive/ where you can test drive the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI MSD solution that includes all of the latest VMware technology including; View, vCOPs, vShield as well as Trend Micro’s Deep Security.
Find the latest news and information about Pivot3 vSTAC™ VDI and P Cubed online:
Desktop virtualization whitepaper
Product information
VMware Reference Architecture
Test Drive Pivot3
Pivot3 VDI Configurator
VMware View POC Solutions
VMware Rapid Desktop Program Support
Twitter
About Pivot3
Pivot3 was founded in 2003 on the idea that today's stack of servers, storage and networks could be radically simplified and unified to drive down complexity and cost. Today Pivot3 has over 600 customers with over 7,000 Pivot3 vSTAC™ appliances deployed across the globe. Pivot3 products are purpose-built and deployed in the data protection, digital surveillance and rich media markets and have seen particular success in the public sector, transportation, education and retail vertical segments. The company has won numerous awards and was most recently selected by the Wall Street Journal for the prestigious "2011 Next Big Thing" category. To learn more about Pivot3, visit www.pivot3.com.
VMware, VMware Mirage, VMware vCenter, VMworld, VMware vShield and VMware View are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
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LAS VEGAS - Tuesday, October 9th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
Purchase Adds Five Resorts and 7,400 Owners to Diamond Resorts International® Network
(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL®, a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, today announced that it has closed, through its subsidiary Diamond Resorts AB Acquisition Company, Ltd, the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Aegean Blue Holdings Plc. This transaction adds five resorts located on the Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete, as well as approximately 7,400 owners to Diamond Resorts International®.
“Our growth strategy is clear as the expansion of the Diamond portfolio remains a high priority in effort to provide more destination choices to our owners, members and guests,” said Stephen J. Cloobeck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Resorts International®. “We are pleased to finalize this acquisition and bring these resorts into our portfolio. We look forward to integrating the current Aegean Blue owners into the broader Diamond Resorts International® network, offering opportunities to vacation at our more than 220 resorts in 28 countries around the world. In addition, we look forward to an expanded relationship with Guggenheim Partners.” Financing for the acquisition of Aegean Blue Holdings Plc was provided by Guggenheim Partners.
Aegean Blue has resorts in the following locations:
- Village Heights Golf Resort, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece
- Sun Beach Holiday Club, Ialyssos, Rhodes, Greece
- Leoniki Residence, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
- Grand Leoniki, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
- The Village Holiday Club, Koutouloufari, Crete, Greece
Diamond Resorts International®, with global headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, is one of the largest hospitality companies in the world with more than 220 branded and affiliated resorts and over 27,000 guest beds in 28 countries with destinations throughout the continental United States and Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Offering simplicity, choice and comfort to more than 497,000 owners and members through the branded hospitality service of approximately 5,000 team members worldwide, Diamond Resorts International® is dedicated to providing its guests with effortless and relaxing vacation experiences every time, for a lifetime.
Annually, nearly 1.4 million owners, members and guests enjoy the simplicity, choice and comfort Diamond Resorts International® offers through our branded hospitality experience.
About Guggenheim Partners
Guggenheim Partners is a privately held global financial services firm with more than $125 billion in assets under management. The firm provides asset management, investment banking and capital markets services, insurance, institutional finance and investment advisory solutions to institutions, governments and agencies, corporations, investment advisors, family offices and individuals. Guggenheim Partners is headquartered in New York and Chicago and serves clients across North America, Europe and Asia from more than 25 offices in nine countries. For more information about Guggenheim Partners, visit www.guggenheimpartners.com.
Contacts
Diamond Resorts Corporation
Stevi Wara, 702-823-7069
Fax: 702-684-8705
LOS ANGELES - Wednesday, October 10th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
DaVinci 3D ROKU Channel Rocks 3D Summit with 3D Auto Conversion and AS3D Breakthrough.
BUSINESS WIRE / ME Newswire-- DaVinci 3D (http://www.davinci3d.com) premiered their line of AS3D hardware and software advancements at the 3D Entertainment Summit in LA last week. They debuted their Auto Stereoscopic 3DTV, glasses free small screen LCD television package which included 2D/3D content conversion and a Sneak preview of their ROKU 3D Channel.
Michael Oliverira, tech writer for Engadget, TechCrunch and a Huffington Post contributor, raved about DaVinci’s AS3D technologies. “DaVinci has the best ASD 3D I’ve seen yet”, and I have studied them all.”
DaVinci 3D Inventor and CEO Stephen Blumenthal elaborated:
“DaVinci 3D has the only Broadcast Quality, glasses free AS3D platform featuring viewer adjustable depth controls, endless viewing comfort, and technically is a seamless replacement for HDTV. By marrying classical 3D optics with Math based PC processing, we have created the next generation in 3DTV.”
Anthony Vazques, President of LA based Sol Nine Productions observed,
“I’ve worked closely with the DaVinci 3D TV platform and the 3D image quality is without peer. They clearly have the only picture which is Consumer market ready. It has no artifacts, no discomfort and it looks and acts like a real TV. “
The DaVinci 3D TV is a turnkey platform featuring a full line of 55”, 42” and 23” AS3D TV’s customized for Retail, Digital Signage, Hospitality, Security, QC, and Medical applications. DaVinci 3D provides a low cost 2D to 3D content conversion solution and live 3D camera capture as an integral part of their 3DTV B2B solution.
In support of its Consumer market initiative, DaVinci is proud to announce the 3D Summit Sneak Preview of its first to market, VOD 3DTV ROKU Internet channel. Currently in beta mode, is scheduled to launch first quarter 2013, and is designed to provide 3D stereoscopic content for With Glasses Consumer TVs. This online ROKU streaming feed will feature 3D stereoscopic movies / indie music videos, cutting edge animation, sports and 3D art.
Michael Oliverira commenting on the DaVinci 3D Roku Channel, “Their AS3D TV and Roku 3D is extremely exciting for me, as it is the first complete 3DTV home package for with or without glasses, and as such, is a big step forward for the 3D industry.”
Paul Cohan SVP Operations said, “By providing 3D content for With Glasses Consumers via ROKU, we are providing content for our NO glasses AS3D TV’s at the same time. This means that a Consumer can purchase a DaVinci 3D TV NOW, plug it into their Cable Box and watch 3D ESPN live, without glasses, or they can log onto our Roku site and watch all of our 3D content just like “REAL” TV.
Contacts
DaVinci 3D
Stephen Blumenthal, 607-339-6098
stephen3d@mac.com
Marketing:
607-339-6098
davinci3dbiz@gmail.com
BUSINESS WIRE/ ME Newswire
Next generation cardio equipment is first to sync with Android™ devices
Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, introduces the next generation of the Elevation™ Series Treadmills, Cross-Trainers and Lifecyle™ Exercise Bikes with new Discover™ Consoles delivering the personalized technology today’s plugged-in exercisers demand. The new Discover SE and Discover SI Consoles are the first to sync with the Android™ operating system, in addition to Apple’s® iOS platform, and feature an ultra-responsive touch screen with Swipe™ Technology for superior navigation.
Discover cardio products integrate with the company’s new LFconnect™ technology, a cloud-based solution that allows facility owners and managers to customize content for exercisers and enables free asset management. LFconnect gives exercisers log-in capabilities, personalization options, and workout recommendations, plus tracking made popular by the original Life Fitness Virtual Trainer website. With LFconnect, exercisers can also access personal online content, navigate the web directly from the equipment, create their own workout programs and set content preferences.
“Our research shows more than 95 percent of exercisers desire access to online content on equipment,” said Dan Wille, vice president of global marketing and product development, Life Fitness. “This new line of Discover open platform products gives exercisers unprecedented access to not just online content like YouTube and Facebook, but the latest fitness applications and custom entertainment.”
New Elevation Series open platform products include:
Discover SE Treadmill (19” LCD touch screen)
Discover SE Cross-Trainers and Bikes (16” LCD touch screen)
Discover SI Treadmill, Cross-Trainers and Bikes (10” LCD touch screen)
Key features include:
LFopen™ platform products: Life Fitness is the first fitness equipment-maker to open its product Application Programming Interface (API) platform to allow developer access.
Apple and Android Compatibility: First exercise equipment to sync with and charge Android operating systems in addition to Apple devices, including iPads®, providing exercisers access to their music, videos, apps and books.
Surface Capacitive Touch Screen with Swipe Technology: Functions like other personal electronic devices such as tablets. Hyper-sensitive response makes it easier to navigate between high-definition screens.
Ethernet and Wi-Fi Compatibility: Allows for reliable, consistent connection to online content and remote software upgrades.
Interactive Lifescape™ Courses: 17 courses, six exclusive, with high-definition hikes, runs and bikes through famous locations around the world. Integrates machine controls with the exerciser including video speed and resistance.
On-Demand Content: Access a wide selection of music videos and TV programming on equipment.
For more information, visit www.LifeFitness.com/Discoverproducts.
BUSINESSWIRE / ME NewsWire - MILWAUKEE - Wednesday, October 10th 2012
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) today announced it has completed the acquisition of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. The purchase enables Rockwell Automation to design, engineer and manufacture medium voltage drives and power solutions for a broader base of Chinese and other customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Jiuzhou Electric has successfully served as Rockwell Automation’s contract manufacturer for seven years.
“Our medium voltage drives business is one of the fastest growing units at Rockwell Automation,” said Mike Laszkiewicz, vice president, general manager, Rockwell Automation power control business. “Based on our successful relationship with Jiuzhou Electric, we look forward to providing our customers with the products, service and solutions they’ve come to expect, and grow the business with our combined expertise.”
Rockwell Automation employs more than 1,900 people in China, working among its 35 sales offices, five training centers, manufacturing facilities, a global research and development center and a software development center. More than 6,000 Chinese students are also trained annually, through Rockwell Automation laboratories and an award-winning educational program offered at universities throughout the provinces.
Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. focuses on research and development, manufacturing, sales and services of high power, electrical and electronic equipment. Jiuzhou was established in 2000 and is registered in Harbin.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 21,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
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414-382-8510
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BUSINESSWIRE - ME NewsWire - BARCELONA, Spain - Wednesday, October 10th 2012
New vSTAC VDI R2 appliance delivers high-performance at breakthrough $165 per desktop
VMworld Europe 2012
VMworld--Pivot3, a leading provider of converged storage and compute appliances, today announced its next generation vSTAC VDI R2 appliance optimized for VMware View® Storage Accelerator. With over four times more RAM, and 10 times more capacity, the vSTAC VDI R2 appliance can save customers up to 45% per desktop over the previous R1 generation.
“With the release of the vSTAC VDI R2, there can be no doubt that Pivot3 has dispelled the myth that VDI cannot compete for cost with conventional desktop PCs,” commented Simon Bramfitt, founder and principle analyst at Entelechy Associates. “Pivot3 has delivered what was once considered impossible, a scalable high-performance VDI appliance that is equally at home in the data center or the branch office, that can deliver a virtual desktop for less than the cost of a PC.”
Purpose built to exploit View Storage Accelerator, the vSTAC VDI R2 appliance allows for the reduction of expensive read caching hardware, while increasing performance by 10X. Tested and certified for VMware View™ 5.1 and VMware vSphere® 5.1, additional features of the purpose-built vSTAC VDI R2 appliance include:
Two next-generation Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 processors with six cores each, enabling super-fast processing for compute-intensive tasks and driving desktop count up to 125 per appliance, a 15% increase over the previous generation;
Selectable network speed configurability introducing a high-performance solution for one gigabit Ethernet environments, while also supporting enterprises with 10GE selectable RAM 128/256/384 permitting maximum configurability for demanding 64 bit desktop workloads;
Selectable SATA storage capacity of 12/24/36TB facilitating user data to be stored in the same array with an optional NAS interface. This additional capacity allows full uncompressed branch office desktops to be deployed using the latest VMware Mirage technology;
Designed, tested and certified for PCI-e graphics cards such as Teradici, the vSTAC VDI R2 can be configured to support the most demanding video workloads;
A pre-packaged and configured P Cubed starter appliance that is certified as part of the VMware Rapid Desktop Program.
“We are pleased to see Pivot3 release its next generation vSTAC VDI R2 appliance, which is optimized for VMware View® Storage Accelerator,” said Mason Uyeda, director, end-user computing technical marketing, VMware. “Following our jointly published reference architectures for the Mobile Secure Desktop and Branch Office Desktop solutions, this next generation appliance, paired with VMware technology can provide a powerful VDI solution for customers.”
“The Pivot3 vSTAC VDI R2 delivers a significant breakthrough in terms of performance, simplicity of deployment and customer value,” said Jesper Trolle, vice president of sales at Arrow ECS EMEA. “We see Pivot3 as the clear leader in “View-in-a-box” appliances that can scale from small to enterprise-class deployments. This next generation appliance further increases that lead, and we are sure that our partners and customers will be delighted with this next generation product.”
“Using the VMware View® Virtual Storage Accelerator technology has allowed us to reduce the hardware cost and complexity of our VDI solution while increasing performance,” said Lee Caswell, founder and chief strategy officer at Pivot3. “Our vSTAC VDI R2 appliance continues to provide substantial enterprise-class value, performance and availability against both appliances and discrete physical server and storage products.”
Pivot3’s latest vSTAC VDI R2 appliance will be available to order in November 2012. List pricing starts at $29,999. For more information, visit www.pivot3.com.
Supporting Resources
For a test-drive of the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI Mobile Secure Desktop solution, visit http://pivot3.com/test-drive/ where you can test drive the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI MSD solution that includes all of the latest VMware technology including; View, vCOPs, vShield as well as Trend Micro’s Deep Security.
Find the latest news and information about Pivot3 vSTAC™ VDI and P Cubed online:
Desktop virtualization whitepaper
Product information
VMware Reference Architecture
Test Drive Pivot3
Pivot3 VDI Configurator
VMware View POC Solutions
VMware Rapid Desktop Program Support
Twitter
About Pivot3
Pivot3 was founded in 2003 on the idea that today's stack of servers, storage and networks could be radically simplified and unified to drive down complexity and cost. Today Pivot3 has over 600 customers with over 7,000 Pivot3 vSTAC™ appliances deployed across the globe. Pivot3 products are purpose-built and deployed in the data protection, digital surveillance and rich media markets and have seen particular success in the public sector, transportation, education and retail vertical segments. The company has won numerous awards and was most recently selected by the Wall Street Journal for the prestigious "2011 Next Big Thing" category. To learn more about Pivot3, visit www.pivot3.com.
VMware, VMware Mirage, VMware vSphere and VMware View are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
Contacts
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+1-650-800-7160
heather@mindsharepr.com
