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MORE than 700 highly experienced gardai retired from the force last year, new figures have shown. A total of 717 officers retired after completing at least 30 years of service. The figures reveal that 472 rank and file gardai took retirement last year, as well as 175 Sergeants, 27 Inspectors, 26 Superintendents, 14 Chief Superintendents and three Assistant Commissioners. Despite the retirements, the size of the force is still at historically high levels, but many of the officers have less than 10 years service. Many of those who retired decided to leave the force in advance of last Decembers budget because it was feared that Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was going to tax the lump sum officers receive on completing their service.
A STRETCH of railway line was brought to a standstill for half a day – by a hungry mouse! Thousands of passengers were delayed when the West Coast mainline between Lancaster and Preston, Lancs, was crippled by a power failure. This week train bosses admitted the problem had been caused by a rodent chewing through a cable. Carlisle MP Eric Martlew was critical of the shutdown, which happened last Tuesday.

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UNLESS youve been on another planet youll know everyone from Mariah, Leona, Kylie, Take That and Robbie have got together for Simon Cowells Helping Haiti single – a cover of REMs Everybody Hurts. Its a corker of a charity record. I dont care if you hate it; this is life-or-death for the people of Haiti. Please download it or buy a copy in the shop. ACTRESS Lisa B and model Yasmin Le Bon have been busy setting up charity Mothers 4Children. Theyve even teamed with Elemis to give a percentage to UK childrens charities. Good for them! In the past few weeks Chicago Rib Shack in Londons posh Knightsbridge has played host to Jimmy Page, James Corden, Jamie and Louise Redknapp and Alexandra Burke.
QWE have a 32-year-old Paddington Bear in excellent condition. It has the original red hat, green coat and red wellington boots. It also includes the tag “please look after this bear, thank you,” the Gabrielle booklet and the Gabrielle label sown in the back of the bear. How much is it worth? – Ken Wirral, via email AIT was Paddingtons 50th anniversary in 2008 and the much-loved bear has never lost his appeal Naturally such a star attracts collectors and one of the most popular collectables are the figurines and plush toys made in his honour. Early and collectable bears make pounds 100 to pounds 150 and need the Dunlop wellies, not the later PB marked ones. Aunt Lucy is harder to find today and in good shape will cost pounds 200-pounds 250.
Heres a happy story: Two thugs broke into the garden of a British television personality and new mother, but she scared them off by brandishing a kitchen knife and shouting from her window. Unfortunately, the Hertfordshire coppers who responded to Myleene Klasss call were not impressed by her self-described display of “mummy powers”–they advised her to let the police handle all intrusions in the future.

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Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown, overshadowed by Jerry Rice throughout most of his NFL career, had it happen again Saturday when he was bypassed for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Rice, a teammate and golfing buddy of Browns when he played with the Raiders for three-plus seasons, had numbers so prodigious he likely took out not only Brown, but fellow wide receivers Cris Carter and Andre Reed. “You understand its a vote,” he said. “Im pretty certain one day it will happen.” With not much separating the statistics of Brown, Carter and Reed, and Rice an automatic selection, getting a second wide receiver to join a five-member class of modern era candidates proved impossible.
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Denise Marie Denise Marie Taft, age 57, passed away in the company of her loved ones on January 31, 2010 after a well-fought battle with cancer. Her leaving has created a void that can only be filled by sharing her love with one another. In practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for over 25 years, Denise provided direct help and support to many people.

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BOURNEMOUTH 0 CHELTENHAM 0 MARK YATES struggling Cheltenham side produced a resilient display to claim a shock away point. “Our great spirit and determination shone through,” said Yates. “It was a dig-in sort of performance and we deserved our share.” The second-placed Cherries enjoyed the better of a hard-fought encounter, but they were unable to breach a spirited visiting Robins rearguard. Bournemouth tried to raise the tempo after the interval and Scott Brown made a neat stop to keep out Jason Pearces header. Cherries boss Eddie Howe said: “We didnt do enough to win. We were sluggish coming out of the traps and though we were the only attacking side in the second half, we flattered to deceive.”
SCUNTHORPE 1 CRYSTAL Palace manager Neil Warnock saluted the spirit of his players after a third successive win since going into administration. A late goal from Neil Danns helped the Eagles to a 2-1 victory at Scunthorpe after Darren Ambrose had given them the lead and David Mirfin had equalised.

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In an effort to save the imperiled health-care bill, Democrats cut a tentative deal with organized labor that would exempt unionized employees from an excise tax on high-cost healthcare plans. Of the many unsavory bargains and rotten deals that have characterized the rush to get this thing passed (the “Louisiana Purchase,” the “Cornhusker Kickback,” etc.), the “Labor Loophole” surely takes the prize.
February 7, 2010

WASHINGTON — On Sunday, February 7, the country will commemorate the tenth annual
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. It’s a day that reminds us that
HIV/AIDS is still a public health crisis in the US. And it’s a day when
communities and organizations across the country come together to
recognize the impact this disease has had on the African American
community.

African Americans make up almost half of Americans living with HIV/AIDS
today. Blacks represent 12 percent of the population, but account for
nearly fifty percent of new HIV infections. In their lifetimes, 1 in 16
African-American men and 1 in 30 African-American women will get an HIV
diagnosis.

These are not just startling statistics—these numbers represent people
we know and love: neighbors, friends, members of our families and our
faith communities. And it’s time that we as a nation take action: to
improve care and treatment for those who are HIV positive and to
strengthen our prevention efforts to stop the spread of HIV.

President Obama has made domestic HIV/AIDS a priority. He has set goals
of reducing HIV incidence, increasing access to care and improving
health outcomes, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. His 2011
budget includes more than $3 billion, an increase of $70 million, for
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enhance HIV/AIDS
prevention, care, and treatment. The budget also focuses on HIV testing
among high-risk groups, including men who have sex with men, African
Americans, and Hispanics.

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has partnered with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar to advise on the creation of a brand new, state-of-the-art childrens hospital in the Middle East.

On February 7th, senior leaders from SickKids marked the official announcement of the five-year partnership. SickKids has been enlisted to provide advisory services for the development and operation of the new 217-bed, 45,000 square foot childrens hospital located in Hamad Medical City, a large, not-for-profit health-care complex in the heart of Doha, Qatars capital city.

“This partnership is yet another example of SickKids international reputation for excellence in childrens health, and moves us one step closer to realizing our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World,” said Mary Jo Haddad, President and CEO of SickKids.

While in Doha, SickKids staff will provide expert counsel in such areas as paediatric medicine, surgical services, interprofessional practice and education, family-centred care and research. The partnership will also see staff from HMC travel to Toronto to take advantage of fellowship and learning opportunities at SickKids.

“A key component of our international strategy is to share our knowledge and to help other organizations build capacity within their own countries,” added Cathy Seguin, Vice President of International Affairs at SickKids.

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HEALTH Chiefs have ramped up spending on sending patients abroad by 44 percent, new figures have shown. More than THREE patients a day are sent to Britain or even America for treatment to avoid waiting lists. And many are sent north of the border for treatment. Labours Tommy Broughan said that the National Treatment Purchase Fund had a budget of EUR90million, yet they were not able to tell the Public Accounts Committee the costs of treating individual patients. “In one case we have seen a hospital consultant with 500 patients on his public list treating them all privately and paid for by the NTPF. That is a bizarre situation.
Nevada officials said the state may drop out of Medicaid if the health-care bill passes. Instead it would help its low-income legal residents participate in the federally subsidized exchanges that the bill would establish. The resulting insurance policies would doubtless be more attractive to beneficiaries than Medicaid is.
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Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed, by Gregg Easterbrook (Random House, 272 pp., $26) I N this intriguingly contrarian rework of the Thomas Friedman “hot and flat” motif, Gregg Easterbrook asserts that venture capitalists are no better than lottery players when it comes to choosing new technology companies. He reports that leading stock analysts outperform broad market-index funds only one-third of the time. He adds that the preeminent financial pundits break into two groups–pessimists like Robert Shiller and Nouriel Roubini, who are right during downturns, and optimists like Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs, who are right during upturns. (There are no up-and-down visionaries like Steve Forbes or Ken Fisher visible anywhere on his horizon.) Easterbrook, a writer for The Atlantic and The New Republic, winningly acknowledges that “wonderful economists” such as leftist luminaries Lester Thurow of MIT and the late John Kenneth Galbraith (surely “wonderful writers” would be more accurate) were wrong about almost everything: Japanese industrial policy, the Soviet economy, the U.S. economy, the role of large corporations in innovation, the future of markets, pollution, socialism, you name it. Even Nobellaureate economists, says Easterbrook, get almost no predictions right at all, beyond microeconomic minutiae, such as Paul Krugmans prize-winning mathematical gobbledygook showing that countries geographically close to one another are more likely to trade. Collectively the experts utterly failed to predict any of the major turning points in the U.S. and global economies over the last five decades. In a stirring conclusion, Easterbrook asserts: “If it hadnt been shown a hundred times before, the financial-world events of the last two years proved that even the most powerful officials have little clue what the economy is about to do, and only a mild, limited ability to influence economic events once they commence.. Yet the international economy. was not brought down by the Cold War, or the two 1970s oil shocks, or the savings and loan debacle, or currency gyrations in Asia, or September 11. Most likely [today] it will rebound with a glittering Sonic Boom,” his metaphor for creative destruction that wreaks both splendid progress and widespread anxiety.
NEW YORK — CIT
Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading provider of financing to small
businesses and middle market companies, today announced that its Board
of Directors has elected John A. Thain Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer effective immediately. The Board has tasked Thain (54) to
continue CIT’s transition to a more streamlined commercial lender
focused on serving the small business and middle market sectors and
optimizing the Company’s business model.

Thain replaces Peter
J. Tobin, who has been acting as interim Chief Executive Officer.
Tobin will remain a Director of CIT.

Vice
Admiral John Ryan, Lead Director, speaking on behalf of the Board of
Directors, said, “John is a well respected financial services executive
and proven leader who is uniquely qualified to lead CIT at this critical
stage. CIT and its customers will benefit enormously from his breadth of
experience, industry acumen and deep knowledge of the financial services
sector. We have the utmost confidence in John and are pleased to welcome
him to CIT.”

Speaking about his appointment, Thain commented, “I am pleased to have
the opportunity to lead the newly reorganized CIT. The Company’s
numerous market-leading positions are evidence of the resiliency of the
franchise and its unwavering commitment to its customers.”

Thain continued, “Much has been accomplished in recent months to
position CIT for renewed success. We will build upon this progress and
work even harder to support small and mid-market businesses. CIT can and
will serve an important role in the recovery of the U.S. economy and the
creation of jobs.”

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WHETHER signing Robbie Keane at pounds 68,000 a week is a good idea or not is something that will work itself out in front of our very eyes over the next three months. But starting with him in the 1-0 defeat at Kilmarnock on Tuesday night was surely a bad decision, whether it was the managers or perhaps for the benefit of Celtics money making machine. The Republic of Ireland star started just one of Spurs six games this year – an FA Cup tie against the Championships bottom club Peterborough, in January. Celtic certainly did not desperately need the 29-year-old striker at Rugby Park for they were unbeaten there with 17 victories and one draw since May 2001.
Darrin Holman, President of Bio Clean said, “There appears to be a need
for a new parts cleaning machine that uses environmentally-friendly
fluids that leave no hazardous waste when the cleaning job has been
completed. We have the fluids, and we are now going to be testing a new
and improved machine with a local auto repair shop in Southern
California. We will announce the results upon completion and would
anticipate getting to market with the new machine and fluids in the near
future.” Mr. Holman went on to say, “We are always looking to add to the
list of “Green” things such as fluids, and or machines that we can bring
to market and add to our bottom line.”

Bio-Clean distributes a line of industrial cleaners and restoration
products that are a blend of biodegradable, heavy duty surfactants and
“LIVE” naturally occurring microbes.

THE eyes of Moustapha Salifou are haunted, empty. Aston Villas midfielder has nightmares about sudden, violent death. He may never recover from the ordeal of being machine-gunned by terrorists.

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I SAW a Rohmer film once,” Gene Hackmans character in Night Moves famously declared. “It was kind of like watching paint dry.” Those two lines, in a movie directed by the acclaimed Arthur Penn, might have dissuaded an entire generation of film fans from investigating the work of Eric Rohmer. Its too bad. When Rohmer died on January 11 in Paris, at age 89, the world lost the man who might have been its greatest living director. In many ways, he was a stereotypically French filmmaker: His elegant films are filled with wine drinking and cigarette smoking in moody cafes and cramped apartments. As Hackmans character noticed, Rohmers characters dont seem to do much; no Protestant work ethic keeps them from philosophizing late into the night. Sometimes they dont even do so much as talk–a longish scene in Full Moon in Paris (1984) simply shows modish men and women dancing to mediocre French pop in a 1980s nightclub. But, despite the familiar European-art-film elements, Rohmer was a filmmaker unlike any other. In the 1950s, before the French New Wave Rohmer helped launch had even been conceived, he told fellow critic and would-be director Jacques Rivette that there were two novelists every filmmaker must read: Honore de Balzac and Fyodor Dostoevsky. You wont find many other French directors–let alone directors, period–closely studying these two giants. But a fondness for one of literatures founding realists, and for its greatest psychologist and moralist, sums up Rohmers approach to his art. Dont let these influences–or the fact that Rohmer was also a schoolteacher, a novelist, and a critic–lead you to think hes simply a highbrow writer who set his words to celluloid. In fact, a lot goes on in Rohmers films, though much of the drama is internal. Every one of his movies contains action of the highest type: Acharacter (usually a man) is faced with temptation and must make a moral decision. That decision, though pondered with the right amount of angst, might seem to be a momentary one, but it turns out to be momentous. A yes or a no can damn a man for eternity.
I SAW a Rohmer film once,” Gene Hackmans character in Night Moves famously declared. “It was kind of like watching paint dry.” Those two lines, in a movie directed by the acclaimed Arthur Penn, might have dissuaded an entire generation of film fans from investigating the work of Eric Rohmer. Its too bad. When Rohmer died on January 11 in Paris, at age 89, the world lost the man who might have been its greatest living director. In many ways, he was a stereotypically French filmmaker: His elegant films are filled with wine drinking and cigarette smoking in moody cafes and cramped apartments. As Hackmans character noticed, Rohmers characters dont seem to do much; no Protestant work ethic keeps them from philosophizing late into the night. Sometimes they dont even do so much as talk–a longish scene in Full Moon in Paris (1984) simply shows modish men and women dancing to mediocre French pop in a 1980s nightclub. But, despite the familiar European-art-film elements, Rohmer was a filmmaker unlike any other. In the 1950s, before the French New Wave Rohmer helped launch had even been conceived, he told fellow critic and would-be director Jacques Rivette that there were two novelists every filmmaker must read: Honore de Balzac and Fyodor Dostoevsky. You wont find many other French directors–let alone directors, period–closely studying these two giants. But a fondness for one of literatures founding realists, and for its greatest psychologist and moralist, sums up Rohmers approach to his art. Dont let these influences–or the fact that Rohmer was also a schoolteacher, a novelist, and a critic–lead you to think hes simply a highbrow writer who set his words to celluloid. In fact, a lot goes on in Rohmers films, though much of the drama is internal. Every one of his movies contains action of the highest type: Acharacter (usually a man) is faced with temptation and must make a moral decision. That decision, though pondered with the right amount of angst, might seem to be a momentary one, but it turns out to be momentous. A yes or a no can damn a man for eternity.
ACTOR Andy Serkis, who played the creepy Gollum in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy and crippled Cockney rebel Ian Dury in the movie Sex Drugs Rock Roll, has a new target for a future role – to portray Bono on the big screen. Serkis was the weird, raspy-voiced creature in the blockbuster fantasy films, and he now thinks someone should make a movie of rock star Bonos life – with him in the lead role. But he has already been beaten to the punch, as a new film called Killing Bono – about U2s early days is already being filmed in Belfast.

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TOLUCA, Mexico — A landslide killed at least 11 people in central Mexico on Friday, adding to 18 deaths this week from severe and unseasonable winter storms that closed schools and freeways and flooded thousands of homes. Ten men and a woman died in Mexico State after mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down onto a highway Friday afternoon. At least 20 more people were reported missing in the slide 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Toluca, Mexico State prosecutors spokesman Alfredo Albitir said. Michoacan authorities said several people were still missing and at least 2,000 homes were damaged. The federal government declared three Michoacan townships disaster zones, opening access to relief funds.
Each time President Thomas S. Monson watches the news or picks up a newspaper and learns of terrible human suffering as a result of tornadoes, floods, fires, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes or conflicts of war, he asks a moving question: “Do we have a responsibility to do something about such suffering?”

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INDULGE your love of luxury underwear this Valentines thanks to Ultimo and Miss Ultimo. The Sunday Mirror is offering every reader the chance to pick up a FREE pair of knickers with every Ultimo or Miss Ultimo bra purchased from Debenhams stores nationwide.
THOUSANDS of students have been forced to repair their own schoolbooks after a printing error went unnoticed. The Department of Education admitted there are three mistakes in the new Formulae and Tables booklet to be used for the Junior and Leaving Cert exams. The booklet replaced the old Log Tables booklet used by thousands of Irish students for 40 years.
A COUNCIL faces paying back EUR1.3million because parking tickets handed out to motorists are missing a Euro symbol. Tickets printed on handheld machines by wardens for Galway City Council do not print the Euro sign before the amount of the EUR40 fine.

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Business Deal is Slap in the Face to Local Environmentalists

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — “It’s an outrageous slap in the face,” says longtime Charlotte County
Commissioner Adam Cummings. “For years we fought Mosaic’s efforts to
expand strip mining in the Peace River Basin. We spent $12 million doing
it. Now the Tampa Bay Rays want to put the Mosaic name on our sports
center. It’s as if Mosaic is going to get the naming rights for Florida
Field and change its name from the Swamp to the Clay Pit because
that is what they do to natural wetlands.”

The dispute centers on the Tampa Bay Rays need to acquire a sponsor for
the Charlotte County Sports Park. The County allowed the Ray’s to sell
naming rights. The County will receive $75K annually from the agreement.
The Rays propose to sell call the park, “Mosaic Field.”

“For those of us who know the environmental damage and the threats to
our water supply which this company causes, it’s a disgrace,” said Sue
Reske with the Greater Charlotte Harbor Group of the Sierra Club.
“Mosaic’s latest water permit request is for 3 times the amount which
all 250,000 of us downstream use each day. It’s simply outrageous for
the Rays to ask Charlotte County, which has been working to reinvent
itself as a green community, to consider selling our primary public
symbol to this greedy polluter.”

“It’s indisputable that the Peace River basin is suffering from the
effects of wall-to-wall phosphate strip mines,” said Dennis Mader,
President of 3PR, an environmental group working to protect the Peace
River Watershed.

MINNEAPOLIS — Bolin
Marketing was recently awarded the Silver Award at the Advertising
Federation of Minnesota’s “The Show” for their work on the Carmex®
Kiss microsite. This was Bolin’s first-ever social media entry for
AdFed’s awards show and is just one of many campaigns Bolin has launched
for Carma Labs, makers of Carmex®
lip balm.

“We are thrilled to be recognized for excellence in creativity and
impact for our client Carmex with the virtual Carmex Kiss,” said Dane
Hartzell, growth catalyst and general manager for Bolin
Digital. “We have a team that is second to none in bringing a
creative concept to life online and engaging the consumer in a
meaningful and fun way.”

The Carmex Kiss microsite was designed to enable Carmex enthusiasts to
send unique and fun communications to one another. The initial goal of
the site was to boost the brand’s online share of voice and brand
sentiment, and has been recently updated in time for Valentine’s Day.

AdFed’s annual awards program is designed to honor the year’s best work
in interactive, advertising, design and student work. The entries are
judged by a panel of respected industry professionals from around the
nation. This year’s judges were Bart Heird-digital creative director of
JWT Chicago, Luke Sullivan-group creative director for GSDM, Pum
Lefebure-co-founder/creative director for Design Army, and Reed
Collins-svp, and executive creative director for Leo Burnett USA.

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Kitchen THERES a big surge in fruit motifs for spring/summer with Tesco taking the lead. Also be proud to be British and fly the flag with the Union Jack design on everything from mugs to worktop savers at Lakeland. Bright colour is the big story at Next so get funky and make your house a home.
GORDON Ramsay has been asked to make regular appearances at one of his London restaurants to boost trade and try to win back the Michelin star it lost. Bosses at Claridges have asked the telly chef to “show his face” in the kitchens of the eaterie in Mayfair as frequently as possible.

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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO) today announced its
participation at investor conferences during the month of February 2010.

The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career
Education Corporation (CEC) family offer high-quality education to a
diverse student population of over 110,000 students across the world in
a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The more than 75 campuses that
serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France,
Italy, and the United Kingdom, and offer doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s
and associate degrees, and diploma and certificate programs.
Approximately one-third of CEC’s students attend the web-based virtual
campuses of American InterContinental University and Colorado Technical
University.

CEC is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized
globally. Those brands include, among others, American InterContinental
University; Brooks Institute; Colorado Technical University; Harrington
College of Design; INSEEC Schools; International Academy of Design
Technology; Istituto Marangoni; Le Cordon Bleu North America; and
Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. CEC is committed to providing
quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding
careers.

The Palms Hotel Spa in Miami Beach enters
a new decade with the completion of a luxurious $20 million enhancement
project and two new exemplary designations, which include a AAA 4-diamond
rating and membership in the iconic Preferred Hotels Resorts program.

Reintroducing itself as one of South Floridas most exclusive independently
owned hotels, where wellness and environmental awareness are at the center
of each guest experience, The Palms announced the projects completion with
a private Reinvention Celebration on January 15, 2010. The extensive 16-
month enhancement project, which includes a 5,000 square-foot flagship
AVEDA destination spa and salon, The Palms Spa; a new signature restaurant
and lounge, Essensia; beautification of the pool and garden facilities;
renovated meeting and event facilities and upgrades to the lobby areas,
furthers the hotels long-term commitment to providing guests with an
overall sense of well-being, while highlighting the hotels inspiring
natural surroundings with botanical and coastal design elements.

“Through the years, our family has always sought to improve our product,”
said Katja Janzon, Vice President and Co-Owner at The Palms Hotel Spa.
“The reinvention of The Palms is by far my favorite undertaking. No stone
was left unturned as we thoroughly evaluated years of guest feedback. We
have made sure all guests needs are addressed so they will remember their
stay for its complete offering, and leave with a generally improved sense
of well-being.”

All 251 guestrooms rooms, including 155 city view rooms, 79 oceanfront
rooms, 13 superior oceanfront rooms with sofa bed and extended seating area
and 4 suites, were redesigned with new spa-inspired bathrooms highlighting
both style and function, while upgraded furnishings and amenities in the
sleeping area offer a more luxurious and sensuous experience. These
upgraded offerings, along with new services, such as 24-hour in-room dining
and daily turn down, elevated The Palms Hotels status in line with the
Standards of Excellence embraced by Preferred Hotels Resorts.

The décor of the renovated guestrooms draws upon the soft hues of sand and
sea with custom designed wood furnishings and contrasting fabrics in
varying shades of brown, cream and turquoise. Rooms feature pillow-top
mattresses and 400-thread count Egyptian cotton linens. Spa-inspired
bathrooms highlight all-new fixtures, including rain shower heads and
Carrara marble mosaic tiles and a majority of rooms now contain a separate
powder room for additional comfort.

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

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Crews from Con Edison and Orange and Rockland
Utilities Inc. will leave early Sunday morning to help Atlantic City
Electric restore electrical power to customers in southern New Jersey
affected by Saturdays snowstorm.

Seventy-two workers from Con Edison and Orange and Rockland will be
involved in the effort. They are expected to spend several days in the
region. The workers will include overhead field personnel, mechanics and
management and support personnel.

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today
announced COLT, a leading European provider of data, voice and managed
services, has selected TIBCOs cloud
software to provide organizations throughout Europe with the ability to
deploy and manage enterprise applications across physical, virtual and
cloud infrastructures in real-time.

The enhanced Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS) offerings for cloud services, offered by COLT, will rapidly bring
flexibility and scalability into the business, especially for organizations
operating applications in high performance computing environments.

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These new COLT services will be rolled out in a staged approach during
2010, with introductory services available to beta customers prior to
general availability during the second quarter of 2010. Additional upgrades
will also be introduced throughout 2010.

Almost fifty per cent of van drivers consider fire and accidental damage cover as the most important when choosing van insurance, according to figures released today.

An online survey of 1,200 customers by van insurance retailer, Swinton Commercial, found that 42% of van drivers thought that fire and accidental damage was more important than legal liability, van contents and breakdown cover.

35% of Swinton Commercial customers voted that theft or deliberate damage was the second most important factor.

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LOS ANGELES — The circus that swirled around Michael Jackson when he was alive rolled on Friday as the doctor expecting to be accused of involuntary manslaughter in his death planned to stage a surrender at a courthouse but called it off after prosecutors announced charges will be filed next week. Instead of the promised appearance by Dr. Conrad Murray and his lawyers, a crowd of reporters and photographers gathered outside a branch courthouse only got a drenching from a rainstorm. Its not clear what would have happened had the cardiologist shown up without a case being filed. District attorneys spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said the events had no bearing on when the case would be filed. She released a terse statement saying prosecutors will be filing a case involving Jacksons death on Monday, but it did not name Murray or specify the charges.
LOS ANGELES — Brittany Murphy, the star of “Clueless” and “8 Mile,” died from pneumonia, with prescription drugs and anemia also playing a role, a coroners official said Thursday. The Dec. 20 death of the actress was accidental and likely could have been prevented if Murphy had seen a doctor sooner, Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. He noted, however, that she did have an appointment scheduled with a physician a few days after she died. Winter said Murphys community-acquired pneumonia was serious and proved lethal when combined with the medications and iron deficiency anemia. Murphy died at age 32 after collapsing in her Hollywood Hills home. Her mother and husband have said the actress didnt abuse prescription medications or have an eating disorder.
Halogen Software Inc., a leading provider of on-line talent management software today announced the company has closed the fourth quarter of 2009 with a 41 percent increase in year-over-year annual recurring revenue (ARR). Halogen achieved impressive year-over-year growth through a combination of high customer satisfaction, a world-class customer experience and impressive new customer wins.

Some of the recent customers that joined Halogen during the fourth quarter of 2009 include: C.W. Driver, ConMed Corporation, Cross, Fernandez and Riley, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Fairbanks Hospital, Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution, Instron Corporation, Markel Insurance, MD Physician Services, Neace Lukens Holding Company, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, World Education Services, and World Wildlife Fund.

“Effective talent management is a hallmark of organizations that have achieved long-term success. In strategically implementing Halogens solution we look to further our position as a leader in our industry,” said Lindsay Buonomano, Human Resources Manager with Harco Labs. “Halogen has provided the support we need to help achieve our talent management goals every step of the way. They are dedicated to our success and it shows.”

Halogen continued to gain ground despite the years difficult economic conditions. The company significantly increased the number of new clients switching over from other vendors.

“After completing our talent management implementation with SuccessFactors in 2009, we discovered Halogen and made the decision to switch,” said Shelly Williams, VP of HR at RedVision Systems. “In addition to a personal approach to implementation, Halogen offered an extensive list of easy-to-use features that we have found invaluable. Weve been very pleased with our switch to Halogen Software.”

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PETALUMA, Calif. — Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCLS):

Recently Achieved Milestones:

Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCLS) today announced financial
and operating results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, ended
December 31, 2009. Oculus reported total revenue of $1.6 million in the
third quarter of fiscal 2010, compared to $1.2 million in the third
quarter of fiscal 2009. The worldwide product revenue growth was 36%,
with increases in the United States, Europe, India, Mexico and
Singapore. During the nine months of the fiscal year, the product
revenue growth adjusted for the drop in the peso was 51% while the
dollar revenue growth was 34%.

January 31, 2010 marks five years of
delivering clinical excellence and extraordinary care by Thousand Oaks
Surgical Hospital (TOSH) to the Thousand Oaks community and surrounding
area.

“Reaching our five year anniversary is an exciting milestone for our
hospital,” stated Robert C. Shaw, Chief Executive Officer of TOSH. “Our
unrelenting commitment to the quality of care we provide our patients has
positioned our hospital for success to serve our community for many years to
come.”

Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital recently was rated 1st in overall patient
satisfaction for Southern California in a report based on survey data
collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The
report also stated that 93% of patients said that they would “definitely
recommend” TOSH to others.

TOSH is located at 401 E. Rolling Oaks Drive in Thousand Oaks, California.
The facility hosts 6 operating suites, 1 cystoscopy operating suite, 8
pre-op rooms, 13 post-op rooms, 6 private recovery rooms, and 21 private
overnight rooms.

“Our physicians and staff are energized about our future,” continued Shaw.
“We are continually adding relevant clinical services and programs to best
serve the medical and surgical needs of patients.”

January 31, 2010 marks five years of
delivering clinical excellence and extraordinary care by Thousand Oaks
Surgical Hospital (TOSH) to the Thousand Oaks community and surrounding
area.

“Reaching our five year anniversary is an exciting milestone for our
hospital,” stated Robert C. Shaw, Chief Executive Officer of TOSH. “Our
unrelenting commitment to the quality of care we provide our patients has
positioned our hospital for success to serve our community for many years to
come.”

Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital recently was rated 1st in overall patient
satisfaction for Southern California in a report based on survey data
collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The
report also stated that 93% of patients said that they would “definitely
recommend” TOSH to others.

TOSH is located at 401 E. Rolling Oaks Drive in Thousand Oaks, California.
The facility hosts 6 operating suites, 1 cystoscopy operating suite, 8
pre-op rooms, 13 post-op rooms, 6 private recovery rooms, and 21 private
overnight rooms.

“Our physicians and staff are energized about our future,” continued Shaw.
“We are continually adding relevant clinical services and programs to best
serve the medical and surgical needs of patients.”

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New Procedure Provides More than Redness Relief for Emotionally
Distraught Patients

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Recently, world renowned ophthalmologist and vision specialist Dr.
Brian S. Boxer Wachler introduced I-Brite™ eye
whitening, an original and breakthrough procedure created to treat a
very common problem: chronic red eyes. For people who suffer from
chronic red eyes, the appearance of redness, yellowing or brown spots
are the cause of emotional distress, insecurity and low self-esteem.
Luckily, I-Brite does more than leave brighter, youthful looking and whiter
eyes; the procedure also helps alleviate the emotional anguish often
endured by patients their entire lives.

It is estimated that millions of Americans suffer from recurring red
eyes, instigating frequent comments from friends and colleagues
regarding sleep deprivation and marijuana smoking. For recent I-Brite
patient Greg Watterworth, suffering from red eyes influenced even the
simplest social interactions.

“It really affects my relationships with people, you cant look people
in the eyes. you have a hard time looking in the mirror, you dont go
out as often as you would like. It just really affects your self-esteem
and self-confidence,” Watterworth said.

Chronic red
eyes are created when the enlarged and dilated blood vessels on the
surface of the eye become irritated. I-Brite™ eye
whitening alleviates the appearance of tired, red eyes, restoring
them to their original bright, white
eyes. I-Brite™ can also remove yellow or brown pigmented areas that
form over the years, also often causing emotional anguish.

A MAN has been jailed and a woman banned from an area for being nuisance neighbours. Complaints against tenant Stephen Volans and his girlfriend Samantha Whitten, of Holme Park flats, Berry Brow, led to Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing (KNH) taking action. Volans was jailed for 16 weeks and Whiten was excluded from Holme Park Court and the adjoining Bishops Court. An injunction taken out in June this year against Volans and Whitten banned them from using or threatening violence, harassing people and engaging or threatening to engage in conduct that is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any individual residing, visiting or engaging in lawful activity within Huddersfield. But Volans continued to breach his order and ended up in court where he was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison.
Trend Exploration, Inc. (”TRDX” or the
“Company”) (PINKSHEETS: TRDX) today announces that with its planned
acquisition of Preferred Distribution Inc., it will aim for growth in a
massive and mature market through its dental division.

According to a report by Freedonia, the US dental product and material
industry is worth $8.8 billion and is comprised of sales of products (e.g.,
crowns and bridges, dentures, implants, fillings, orthodontic appliances,
veneers, whitening products, adhesives and cements, sealants, fluoride
treatments, toothpaste, mouthwash/dental rinse, floss) and raw material.

The Company is confident in its decision to enter the dental supply
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RAMAT HASHARON, Israel — Better Place today announced the grand opening of the company’s first
electric vehicle (EV) demonstration center in Israel, which is
constructed inside a refurbished oil tank, symbolizing the transition to
electric transportation taking place worldwide.

The company marked the occasion by announcing the signing of 92
corporate fleet owners to date as well as a partnership with Dor Alon,
one of Israel’s leading gas station operators, for the deployment of
battery switch stations at Dor Alon’s facilities. Leading companies
including Computer Associates and Motorola now join the ranks of 92
Better Place Vision Partners that have agreed to convert a portion of
over 45,000 internal combustion engine cars to electric vehicles from
Renault when commercially available in 2011.

The opening of the Better Place Center represents an important step for
the company as it prepares for commercial launch in Israel and Denmark
next year. The Center is open to the public to come and familiarize
themselves with all aspects of the Better Place solution: a fully
electric, battery-powered car; a comprehensive infrastructure that
includes charge spots and a battery switch station; and a comprehensive
suite of in-car services designed to provide drivers with the best
possible EV driving experience.

“Today’s announcement marks another step toward our commercial launch
next year in Israel,” said Moshe Kaplinsky, CEO, Better Place Israel.
“Israel welcomes the world to come and experience the thrill of clean,
electric vehicles.”

The Better Place Center is built on the Pi Glilot site – one of the last
gasoline storage and distribution centers remaining in Israel. The
Center sits on a 750-square-meter site, offers a unique virtual
experience along with a driving track for the electric vehicles and
expects to receive tens of thousands of visitors from Israel and abroad
in its first year.

“As the World Turns”: Jack and Carly had themselves tested as bone marrow donors for Liberty. Janet wanted to believe the chemo would be all she needed, but she went for testing herself and ran into Dusty, who helped her overcome her fear of needles. Jack and Carly were proud to see Parker comforting Liberty. Emily told Alison that she and Paul had Mick arrested, and that Mick was claiming to be James Stenbeck. Mick passed out at the police station and was taken to the hospital, from which he escaped with Alison in tow. At the Bell Tower, he explained that Stenbeck made him do his bidding as a boy and now was in his brain, urging him to hurt Paul and his loved ones. Paul arrived with a gun, but Alison covered for Mick, then ran home. Mick resolved to carry out his plans at the wedding. Lily found Meg in her house and set off the alarm, but Molly rescued Meg from being picked up by the cops. Lily told Luke not to let thoughts of Damian turn him against Holden, but secretly she wondered if Holden killed Damian. Reid had Henry quarantined for tuberculosis to stop him from interfering. “The Bold and the Beautiful”: Brooke told Bridget all she knew about Sandy, horrifying Nick. Bridget then questioned Sandy about her feelings for Nick and gave her a stern warning. Touched by the surprise party the Jackie M staff threw for her, Sandy decided to open up about her past, but Bridget spitefully revealed her true identity and insisted that Sandy be called Agnes. Agnes assured Nick she wouldnt interfere in his marriage. Whip promised Taylor hed help her get over Ridge. Bill and Katie argued about Steffy, and Bill made a confession about her, causing Katie to storm out. Steffy witnessed the argument and planned to use it to her advantage. Brooke worried about Hope being thrust into the spotlight at Forrester Creations. “Days of our Lives”: Melanie wrote Nathan a letter asking him to clarify his feelings, but Stephanie read it and kept it from Nathan, telling Melanie he refused it. Carly found out Vivian knew her daughters identity and raced to the Kiriakis mansion to warn Melanie, but she hit her head and briefly lost her memory. When it came back, she tried to leave the hospital but was intercepted by Gus, who took her captive in a basement. Vivian gave Melanie the poisoned comb, but Victor foiled her plan. Carly overpowered Gus and lured Vivian to the basement, where Hope revealed Victor had switched combs. Vivian panicked and ran, knocking over a pile of crates that trapped Carly and knocked out Hope. Carly freed herself and took off after Vivian with Hopes gun. Melanie and Philip were married. Sami and Rafe reunited. Chloe learned she was pregnant. “General Hospital”: Dante told Sonny he lied to protect him because of Michael, Morgan and Kristina but wanted nothing to do with him. Drinking at Jakes, Lucky rebuffed Elizabeth. Johnny pushed Lucky too far, and Lucky stopped himself from shooting him, gaining a new insight into his parents. Jason warned Sonny that Dante could still destroy him, but Sonny urged Jason not to take any action. Jason told Johnny thered be no retaliation for his betrayal, but he was cut off from Sonnys organization. Johnny visited Anthony in prison in an attempt to take back the reins of the Zacchara family. Helena paid Nikolas a surprise visit. Jason comforted Elizabeth when she had a meltdown in Kellys. Sonny insisted on taking the fall for Michael, who went to Mac to confess to Claudias murder, but Mac didnt believe him. Jax jumped to the wrong conclusion when he saw Carly and Sonny embracing. Lucky found Elizabeths lifeless body at the church where theyd first exchanged vows.

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Hungry Man was founded in 1997 and
is currently run by its three partners; directors Hank Perlman, Bryan
Buckley and Executive Producer Kevin Byrne. Headquartered in New York with
offices in Los Angeles, London, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Hungry Man is
home to 20 top-ranking directors worldwide and has produced some of the most popular spots in
the world today . This years highlights include the launch of
Microsofts Bing.com Windows 7, numerous Super Bowl Spots and an Emmy
Nomination for Bryan Buckleys American Express spot “Airport Lounge”
starring Martin Scorsese and Tina Fey.

Grand Opening of New Wellness Center Brings Together Families,
Communities and City Officials for an Afternoon of Celebration,
Entertainment and Education

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The first UCLA Family Commons wellness center officially opened its
doors yesterday during its grand opening and community open house. Santa
Monica residents, city officials and media were all invited to join the
festivities as the UCLA Family Commons celebrated its official opening
with a ribbon cutting, guest speakers and entertainment.

The event opened with local music acts, Nerd Army, a local kids’ band,
and Louie Blue the Bees to welcome guests, followed by the ceremonial
ribbon cutting. Speeches were given from the chair of the Santa Monica
Chamber of Commerce Iao Katagiri, Dr. Harvey Karp, MD, co-director of
the UCLA Family Commons Dr. Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, and UCLA’s
executive vice chancellor Scott Waugh. The evening finished with live
music from Santa Monica Green Brooms School of Musics Gyllian Lozano.
There was also a demonstration and talk given by Amelia Saltsman, author
of the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market Cookbook, on eating fruits
and vegetables.

Throughout the event, there were educational and interactive components
for the guests to experience, such as martial arts demonstrations, yoga
instruction, wellness “check-ups” and other interactive computer
programs, and more. As part of the kick-off event, Pacific Park’s
solar-powered Ferris Wheel was programmed to the newly introduced BEACON
Lights at the wellness center. These six experimental and interactive
“mood lamps” reflect how people in Santa Monica and surrounding
communities feel at any given time through a constant connection to the
UCLA Family Commons Web site and users’ Facebook accounts.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) today
announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its financial
results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009, on Wednesday,
February 17, 2010 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m.
Eastern Time).

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the leading global developer of
integrated resorts — destination properties which feature premium
accommodations, world-class gaming and entertainment, convention and
exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and many other
amenities.

The Venetian and The Palazzo, both Five-Star luxury resorts on the Las
Vegas Strip, are among the companys properties in the United States.
Marina Bay Sands, the companys iconic project currently under development
in Singapore, will open in the second quarter of 2010.

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OREM — Substance abuse, electronic entertainment and pornography are three counterfeits that can rob teens of real relationships, a BYU professor and author told high school and junior high school students Wednesday night at Mountain View High School. Wilcox likened himself to Timothy Mouse, who in the Disney cartoon “Dumbo” convinced the young elephant with exaggerated ears he could fly by holding onto a “magic” feather and then revealed that the feather wasnt magic at all. “There are three feathers that people try to give us so we can fly,” he said. “Tonight Im telling you that you dont need the feather to fly.” Wilcox said smoking and drinking were one feather their friends would tell them they need.
Grand Opening of New Wellness Center Brings Together Families,
Communities and City Officials for an Afternoon of Celebration,
Entertainment and Education

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The first UCLA Family Commons wellness center officially opened its
doors yesterday during its grand opening and community open house. Santa
Monica residents, city officials and media were all invited to join the
festivities as the UCLA Family Commons celebrated its official opening
with a ribbon cutting, guest speakers and entertainment.

The event opened with local music acts, Nerd Army, a local kids’ band,
and Louie Blue the Bees to welcome guests, followed by the ceremonial
ribbon cutting. Speeches were given from the chair of the Santa Monica
Chamber of Commerce Iao Katagiri, Dr. Harvey Karp, MD, co-director of
the UCLA Family Commons Dr. Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, and UCLA’s
executive vice chancellor Scott Waugh. The evening finished with live
music from Santa Monica Green Brooms School of Musics Gyllian Lozano.
There was also a demonstration and talk given by Amelia Saltsman, author
of the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market Cookbook, on eating fruits
and vegetables.

Throughout the event, there were educational and interactive components
for the guests to experience, such as martial arts demonstrations, yoga
instruction, wellness “check-ups” and other interactive computer
programs, and more. As part of the kick-off event, Pacific Park’s
solar-powered Ferris Wheel was programmed to the newly introduced BEACON
Lights at the wellness center. These six experimental and interactive
“mood lamps” reflect how people in Santa Monica and surrounding
communities feel at any given time through a constant connection to the
UCLA Family Commons Web site and users’ Facebook accounts.

AMC Best Picture ShowcaseSM Changes
Include Spreading Events Throughout Two Weekends; Guests Invited to Help
Select Show Schedule Lineup for First Time Ever

With the doubling of nominated films in 2010, this year’s program will
be divided among back-to-back weekends, Saturday, Feb. 27 and Saturday,
March 6. The Oscar® “Best Picture” nominees include “Avatar,”
“The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,”
“Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by
Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up” and “Up in the Air.”

New this year, guests will be invited to select the films to
join box office smash hit “Avatar” (in 3D*) the first weekend of the
Showcase via an online poll. This feature allows guests the
unprecedented opportunity to help design the program’s show schedule for
the first time.

As in previous years, with the purchase of a pass, attendees receive a
large popcorn with unlimited refills and a souvenir lanyard,
which will feature artwork from the 10 nominated films and will give
guests the freedom to come and go throughout the event.

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When the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) wanted to get the word out to holiday revelers to
find a sober ride home or call a cab, they tapped the Ecast network to
deliver the message via its interactive jukebox platform. Riding on the
heels of the huge success of that campaign, which sent a list of cab company
phone numbers to a mobile phone number that a bar patron entered, TxDOT is
launching a Super Bowl campaign this weekend with a similar message: “Its
not whether you win or lose, its how you get home.” The campaign also
includes an interactive game called “The Pigskin Challenge” to engage bar
patrons with the campaign to increase the effectiveness of the sobering
message.

“The Ecast network gives us an opportunity to have a voice in bar
environments and reach patrons at that critical moment of decision not only
with a dont drink and drive message but with the actual means for a safe
alternative,” said Nigel Lowrie, account supervisor with Sherry Matthews
Advocacy Marketing. “Ecasts interactive, broadband platform allows us to
send localized cab numbers to patrons who make the right decision and is
something weve always wanted to do — facilitate closing the loop with the
desired action.”

As with the December “reindeer” campaign, Ecasts advertising team and
creative services collaborated with TxDOT and its ad agency to leverage the
capabilities of Ecasts media platform — a sophisticated content
distribution network integrated with DoubleClicks DART Enterprise ad
serving technology — to geo-target locations in order to serve the ads to
specific venues within the scope of the campaign specifications. The
creative consists of an animated, 20-second MPEG2 track loop, banner and
tower ads. The Super Bowl campaign uses the designated market area (DMA)
targeting capabilities of the Ecast platform to send localized cab numbers
to jukeboxes in specific locations.

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WINCHESTER, Calif. — There’s no question about it — Valentines Day is about being with the
ones you love. An evening shared out on the town or the exchanging of
gifts become fond memories. For some though, Valentines Day can be
filled with loneliness and difficulty as many men and women serving
their country in the military often results in separation of family and
friends over the holiday.

The same holds true for hospitalized veterans and injured soldiers and
their families. With that in mind, national nonprofit organization Help
Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) has teamed up with eleven Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers across the nation to host the
National Salute to Veteran Patients, Valentines for Veterans Concerts.
What began in February 2007 as a single, small town Valentines Day
Concert event to show support for local veterans has grown to become a
nation-wide, annual event with additional host facilities participating
each year. Inspiration for the Concerts was a tender love story between
a severely wounded Iraq veteran and his wife.

“VA’s goal of informing Americas veterans of VA programs and services
is a very important part of the outreach going on through the Concert
series,” said VA Voluntary Service Director, Laura Balun. “We want
citizens to come enjoy a great show and learn more about volunteer
opportunities available with VA.”

After the success of the first Concert, the series expanded to four
locations in 2009. This year, the Concerts will be held in eleven U.S.
cities – Baltimore, Maryland; Battle Creek, Michigan; Charleston, South
Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Fayetteville, Arkansas;
Kansas City, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; Prescott, Arizona; St. Louis,
Missouri; and Wichita, Kansas. The acts will include Aaron Tippin, The
Chi-Lites, Lee Greenwood, The Temptations Review featuring Dennis
Edwards and 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Little Anthony and
The Imperials.

Jewellery stores are on standby this week awaiting a rush of customers looking to buy gold gifts for loved ones! Valentines Day has long been the biggest gold-buying holiday in the USA and one of the biggest in the UK. In fact, in the USA alone, around 10% of households take part in some form of jewellery exchange, most of those exchanges being of gold items. The opening two weeks of February are likely to see a rush of consumers looking to buy gold for their spouses or partners, with over 70% of gold purchases made by men during this period.

The jewellery industry accounts for 63% of the total gold demand annually and its little wonder when you consider the statistics. The UK jewellery industry alone is worth just over Pounds Sterling 3 billion annually and globally this figure rises to almost $150 billion.

And while it may be less romantic, jewellery gifts are certainly not the only way in which people spend their money on gold. Given the high and relatively stable price per ounce of gold, the precious metal is particularly attractive to investors. 2008/09 saw record investments as the dollar and many other major global currencies faltered in the face of the recession.

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Super Bowl revelers can get a free ride, with car in tow, from AAA if they have too many drinks. The program is open to everyone — even those who are not members. AAAs Tipsy Tow program is slated to provide a one-way ride of up to five miles for the driver and vehicle to the drivers home. If there are additional passengers who need a ride, they will be taken to the drivers home as long as there is sufficient room for them to be transported safely in the tow truck. The service runs from 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, to the early morning hours of Monday.
HAYWARD — Karl George Sanft was charged Friday with two counts of murder in the knife slayings of a security guard and truck driver at an auto lot on Tuesday. Sanft, a 34-year-old Union City resident, also was charged with carjacking and robbery related to the same spree. The murder charges carry a host of special circumstances — murdering a witness to a crime, multiple murder, and murder in the course of committing another crime — that could result in the death penalty. Police believe James Wightman, 53, witnessed what happened and was slain in the cab of his truck. The Central Point, Ore., resident worked as a transport truck driver and often did pick ups and deliveries at the lot, or used it as a place to rest, co-workers said. Sanft was arrested by Sunnyvale police later on Tuesday when they investigated reports of an “out of place” car parked in a neighborhood.

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A TRAILER for the new movie Daybreakers invites us to “imagine a world where almost everyone is a vampire.” That shouldnt be too hard. It seems like were already living in one. Vampires are everywhere. At the start of 2010, the four novels in Stephenie Meyers Twilight series ranked Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 9 on USA Todays list of bestsellers. Theyve held spots in this range for a couple of years–it might be said that theyve refused to die–and recently theyve spawned a pair of films that have grossed more than half a billion dollars combined. More are on the way. Plenty of other recent books (Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead) and movies (Cirque du Freak, Jennifers Body) also have featured the bloodsucking undead. On TV, The Vampire Diaries is the most-watched show on the CW network. True Blood has aired on HBO for two seasons and has commitments for two more. It recently launched a jewelry line. A clasp necklace with rubies shaped like drops of blood retails for $1,295. One of the hottest rock bands of the moment is Vampire Weekend. Its latest release, put out on January 11, quickly became the most downloaded album on iTunes. I dig vampires as much as the next guy who has read Bram Stokers Dracula three or four times, goes out of his way to watch monster movies, and thinks “Bela Lugosis Dead” by Bauhaus is one of the coolest songs ever recorded. Yet the present ubiquity of vampires is too much, even for me. Once upon a time, vampires were creepy and haunting. Now theyre yawn-inducing bores. Perhaps theyve finally reached their cultural expiration date. At the very least, they should crawl back into their coffins and give the rest of us a break. H. P. Lovecraft, the great 20th-century horror writer, explained the aesthetics of terror: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” The problem with vampires is that theres nothing left to fear because theres nothing left to know. At one point in their progression through pop culture, it took a purveyor of arcane wisdom like Abraham Van Helsing to defeat them. Nowadays, every fifth grader has memorized the fundamentals of vampire slaying: crucifixes, garlic, sunlight, and so on. Theyve become Halloween cliches.
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The following is a statement from The
American Consumer Institute (ACI):

We applaud yesterdays statement by the U.S. Department of Justice
expressing its problems with the proposed Google Book Search Settlement,
stating that the settlement is “an attempt to use the class action
mechanism to implement forward-looking business arrangements that go far
beyond the dispute before the court in this litigation.” We wholeheartedly
agree.

Because the deal would give Google the first and only online search book
deal and allow Google to use some authored works without compensation, and
because Google already has a formidable share in the search and search
advertising markets, the settlement would hand Google a market advantage
that other competitors cannot overcome. We believe that these
anticompetitive risks outweigh any public benefits.

“Considering that this process began with Google allegedly violating author
copyrights by scanning and putting books online, it would seem that the
current deal is a reward for illegal behavior when punishment is in order,”
noted Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute. “For
other firms to compete against Google, they would need to violate copyright
laws, be sued and settle on their own, losing valuable first mover
advantage. The public benefit of an online book database should not be a
justification for permitting illegal activities and using the courts class
action process to cement a profitable business venture.”

The American Consumer Institute believes that Google should be required
either to: 1) destroy the copyrighted materials that it illegally copied;
or 2) provide all would-be competitors the same materials that were
illegally scanned and give all competitors the same settlement terms as
Google. Then all competitors would be free to add works, differentiate
their product and customize their service offerings to the public. “Our
approach would put these authors works online for the benefit of the
public, without sacrificing the benefits of market competition,” added
Pociask.

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Advertisers Enhanced Traffic and Lead Volume

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — As the leading source of critical information for apartment seekers in
the multi-family industry, ApartmentFinder.com
has launched its new 5.0 web site to provide apartment shoppers with a
simplified, better search experience, and drive higher lead volume for
advertisers.

With one of the largest collections of apartments for rent anywhere
online, ApartmentFinder.com provides one-click access to apartment
information, and has re-engineered its site in direct response to what
consumers said they want and respond to.

“In the first two weeks after launching ApartmentFinder.com 5.0,
our e-mail lead conversion rate more than doubled, and we experienced
235% improvement in advertiser URL click-through conversion and a 49%
increase in lead generation, creating more high-quality leads for our
customers during an especially challenging time in the business cycle.
Combined with its 65% increase in unique visitors over the past year as
a result of proprietary SEO optimization techniques, ApartmentFinder.com
has established itself as the pre-eminent fixed-cost, high-volume lead
generator in the multi-family category,” said Marcia Bollinger,
president of Apartment Finder.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Bolin
Marketing was recently awarded the Silver Award at the Advertising
Federation of Minnesota’s “The Show” for their work on the Carmex®
Kiss microsite. This was Bolin’s first-ever social media entry for
AdFed’s awards show and is just one of many campaigns Bolin has launched
for Carma Labs, makers of Carmex®
lip balm.

“We are thrilled to be recognized for excellence in creativity and
impact for our client Carmex with the virtual Carmex Kiss,” said Dane
Hartzell, growth catalyst and general manager for Bolin
Digital. “We have a team that is second to none in bringing a
creative concept to life online and engaging the consumer in a
meaningful and fun way.”

The Carmex Kiss microsite was designed to enable Carmex enthusiasts to
send unique and fun communications to one another. The initial goal of
the site was to boost the brand’s online share of voice and brand
sentiment, and has been recently updated in time for Valentine’s Day.

AdFed’s annual awards program is designed to honor the year’s best work
in interactive, advertising, design and student work. The entries are
judged by a panel of respected industry professionals from around the
nation. This year’s judges were Bart Heird-digital creative director of
JWT Chicago, Luke Sullivan-group creative director for GSDM, Pum
Lefebure-co-founder/creative director for Design Army, and Reed
Collins-svp, and executive creative director for Leo Burnett USA.

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Pengram Corporation (OTCBB: PNGM) (the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire the June Mineral Claims (the “June Claims”) in the Alberni Mining Division of the Province of British Columbia. The June Claims cover an area of approximately 250 acres located 5.5 miles southeast of Gold River, British Columbia.

The property was originally mined on a small-scale basis in the 1930s. There is approximately 120 feet of open cut workings on the property.

In 1946, a geologist with the BC Department of Mines took 31 samples from the property for assay. The samples assayed in a range from trace to 16 oz. per ton of gold and 22 oz. per ton silver, with the average of the 31 samples being over one ounce gold and five ounces silver. A number of the assays also contained copper, lead and zinc.

A small sampling program by an independent geologist in 1977 confirmed the existence of the same suite of mineralization on the property. Two samples taken across a vien exposed in workings on the property returned the following values:

Portrait Software, a leading provider of
insight-driven customer interaction software, today announced that
Forrester Research, Inc., a leading independent research firm, has named
Portrait a Leader in their inaugural Forrester™ Wave: Predictive
Analytics And Data Mining Solutions, Q1 2010 research report.

Forrester evaluated the top nine predictive analytics and data mining
(PA/DM) solution vendors across 53 criteria, segmenting them into the three
categories including current offering, product strategy, and market
presence. As a leader offering “mature, high-performance, scalable,
flexible, and robust PA/DM solutions,” Portrait received the 3rd highest
score for Product Strategy the 6th highest score for Current Offering.”

Among the vendor products the Forrester™ Wave evaluated were Portrait
Customer Analytics, Portrait Uplift Optimizer, and Portrait Self-service
Analytics. According to the Forrester™ Wave, “Portrait provides a
user-friendly,
feature-rich PA/DM solution portfolio in support of real-time scoring,
interaction optimization, uplift optimization, and campaign management for
customer analytics.”

“Powerful customer analytics have always been the core driver of Portraits
innovative marketing solutions, but analytics itself only takes you so
far,” said Luke McKeever, CEO, Portrait Software. “Portraits ability to
not only incorporate analytics but to action the insights they deliver
enables us to provide our customers with highly intelligent solutions that
help them operate as a customer-centric organization, differentiating them
from their competitors while simultaneously improving their marketing ROI.”

The report concludes, “With strong core PA/DM features, a solid group of
PA/DM-enabled customer analytics applications, and a highly differentiated
uplift modeling capability, Portrait positions its PA/DM tools and
applications as mature, feature-rich offerings for enterprises across all
verticals.”

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Coeur dAlene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE) (TSX:CDM) (ASX:CXC) today
announced that it has completed the sale of $100 million of senior
unsecured notes (the “Notes”) under its effective shelf registration
statement on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In
conjunction with the sale of the Notes, the Company also sold shares of
its common stock valued at $3.75 million.

Mitchell J. Krebs, Coeur’s Chief Financial Officer, commented, “The
proceeds of these notes will be used in part to fund Coeur’s main
capital priorities in 2010, including construction of a final tailings
dam and underground development at the Palmarejo silver and gold mine in
Mexico as well as other projects to support the Company’s continued
growth.”

The principal of the notes is payable in twelve equal quarterly
installments, with the first such installment due on March 31, 2010.
Coeur has the option of paying amounts due on the notes in cash, shares
of common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock. The
stated interest rate on the notes is 6.50%, but the payments for
principal and interest due on any payment date will be computed to give
effect to recent share prices, valuing Coeur’s shares of common stock at
90% of a weighted average share price over a pricing period ending
shortly before the payment date. The effect of this computation will be
to cause the amount actually due for both principal and interest to be
greater than the stated amounts.

The Company will file a prospectus supplement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission relating to the offering of the notes and the shares
of common stock. This press release shall not constitute an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy notes nor shall there be any
sale of such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction. A copy of the prospectus supplement may be obtained upon
written request to the Company at 505 Front Avenue, P.O. Box I, Coeur
dAlene, Idaho 83816.

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A CHEATED wife has told how her husband of just two weeks ran off with the daughter of pounds 77million lottery winner Dolores McNamara. Newlywed Amber Rivolta, 27, was just back from honeymoon with partner Ricky in September when he walked out – after falling for Euro Millions queen Dolores daughter Dawn, who is heiress to her mothers massive fortune. But now, astonishingly, forgiving Amber has taken him back – after Ricky came crawling home last weekend when Dawn ditched him for another man. She explained that she took him back because of their son Ciaran, two. “It will take a long time to get over everything what has happened but I want to try for the sake of our son,” she said.

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“We are thrilled to have supported the APA in the challenging, yet highly
rewarding initiative to re-engineer its web operations,” said Tim
McLaughlin, president of Siteworx. “By deploying enterprise-class
solutions such as SDL Tridion for Web Content Management, large
organizations with complex web publishing needs can significantly
streamline their processes, ultimately reducing the cost and complexity of
web management.”

As with all large, complex web projects, the APAs new site required
advanced design and software integration to deliver on the Associations
primary business objectives. In addition to implementing and integrating
the SDL Tridion WCM solution, Siteworx created a highly flexible search
utility for the website, using the Microsoft FAST enterprise search
solution. The sites new search capability is designed to handle APAs
complex taxonomy and provides for a level of “learned response” based on
user activity. Content migration presented yet another technical challenge.
Siteworx utilized a content migration solution from Kapow Technologies to
transfer almost 20,000 content assets from the legacy site.

“Siteworx proved to be a strong asset in the long process of
re-architecting our web infrastructure. Their in-depth knowledge of the SDL
Tridion WCM solution and enterprise search expertise with Microsofts FAST
solution proved integral to our successful launch and we continue to rely
on their expert knowledge and development capabilities,” said Dr. Tony
Habash, Executive Director and Chief Information Officer, American
Psychological Association.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Micronotes announced today that Drazen Prelec, Digital Equipment Corp.
Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, has joined the
Micronotes Advisory Board. Professor Prelecs research deals with the
psychology and neuroscience of decision making.

“Drazens lifes work is absolutely central to Micronotes KulaQ
technology insofar as our work stands at the intersection of psychology,
mathematics, and commerce” said Devon Kinkead, Micronotes founder and
CEO.

“The Micronotes system is a real innovation, providing an extremely
elegant solution to the problem of matching consumers and purchase
incentives. Because participation is voluntary and compensated, the
system maximizes the chance that the consumer evaluates the offer in a
positive frame of mind” said Prelec. “The 3-question targeting system
ensures that the offers reach the right destination. Micronotes
represents the future of marketing, I am very glad to be a part of it.”

Drazen Prelecs research deals with the psychology and neuroscience of
decision making (behavioral economics and neuroeconomics; risky choice,
time discounting, self-control, consumer behavior). He works both on the
development of normative decision theory and the exploration of the
empirical failures of that theory, using behavioral and fMRI methods.
Prelec has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1991, and presently
holds appointments in the Sloan School, the Economics Department, and
the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in
experimental psychology and AB in applied mathematics from Harvard
University. He was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows,
and has received a number of distinguished research awards, including
the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.

LONDON — MiLife, a spin-out from Unilever Corporate Research (UCR), today
announced that it has completed an additional funding of $4 million to
accelerate its development and growth. To reflect a shift in strategic
direction, the Company has changed its name to Imperative Health and
changed its focus to managing health risks associated with diabetes,
high blood pressure, obesity, and raised cholesterol.

Imperative’s ground-breaking health management technology leverages five
years of research from within Unilever – research that focused on
linking psychological and computational theories to achieve effective,
scalable behavioural change. Unilever research also encompassed
artificial intelligence discoveries that enable the Imperative solution
to use information collected from client experiences to continually
adapt, improve and personalize its programmes.

Unilever Ventures created Imperative Health (then known as MiLife) in
2008 via a spin-out of the Unilever technology. New Venture Partners
became joint investors in 2009. Focused initially on personalised weight
management, Imperative appointed Chris Jessop as Chairman and CEO in
early 2009. Mr. Jessop strengthened the Imperative team by recruiting
key healthcare industry experts: Dr. Sabine Donnai, a leading UK
authority on preventative medicine, was appointed a director and Chief
Medical Officer; and Mr. Clive Pinder, an international healthcare
entrepreneur was appointed as a non-executive director. The new
executive team created and will implement the refined corporate strategy.

“Trials and client experience clearly demonstrated that the original
MiLife proposition was hugely effective at generating sustainable
lifestyle change. To realize its full commercial potential and to
clearly differentiate the service, we felt we should focus on a sector
where behavioral change was an essential — not just a nice to have,”
said Chris Jessop, Chairman CEO of Imperative. “Once we considered
global growth of high-risk health conditions such as diabetes, high
blood pressure, and raised cholesterol, and the need to find
cost-effective, scalable solutions to manage these conditions, we
realized the exciting potential of the Imperative solution.”

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Global Healing, a leading non-profit
organization devoted to providing modern medical equipment, supplies and
training to the developing world, and Partners In Health (PIH), have teamed
up to send Elizabeth Donegan, M.D., anesthesiologist at UCSF Medical Center
and health sciences associate clinical professor in the UCSF Department of
Anesthesia, with a team of PIH medical volunteers to Haiti.

PIH was in need of an anesthesiologist to complete its medical team to
provide relief on the ground in Haiti, so the organization contacted Global
Healing for assistance. Global Healing recommended Dr. Donegan and offered
to cover her domestic travel costs.

Dr. Donegan has experience setting up blood transfusion centers abroad, and
she has worked in a volunteer capacity with Global Healing for several
years by spearheading blood bank modernization and development programs in
Moldova, Armenia and Dominica.

“Volunteers like Dr. Donegan are critical to the relief effort in Haiti and
we are extremely grateful for her dedication and commitment at this time,”
said Cynthia Basso Eaton, President, Global Healing, Berkeley, Calif. “In
addition, we are very happy to be teaming up with PIH and its group of
physicians and medical volunteers who are so willing to help out in such a
great capacity.”

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A Vallejo woman was shot and seriously wounded Wednesday near a middle school where shes a regular mobile ice cream vendor, police said. The woman was found bleeding in front of the Reignierd Preschool on Springs Road. She was taken to Walnut Creeks John Muir Medical Center, suffering from a chest wound, authorities said. The woman was reported in serious condition Wednesday night, hospital spokesman Chris Perez said. The suspect is a Hispanic male, between 16 and 22, with dark, short hair, between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing at least 200 pounds and wearing a black pea coat.
VALLEJO — A Vallejo woman who was found shot in the chest inside her ice cream truck Wednesday afternoon is in serious but stable condition today, Vallejo police said. Police hope to interview 39-year-old Amarjit Kaur today at John Muir Medical center in Walnut Creek, Lt. Abel Tenorio said this morning. A passerby found Kaur slumped behind the wheel of her truck at about 2:40 p.m. in the area of Springs Road and Castlewood Drive, police said. Police are following leads and hope to identify a “person of interest” in the shooting soon, Tenorio said.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Kennedy Wilson, (NYSE Amex: KWIC) Mary Ricks, Vice Chair and
Co-CEO of the Company’s Commercial Investment Group, today announced the
appointment of Joan Kramer as Managing Director to head the
company’s newly formed debt origination platform. Kramer will
be located in Kennedy Wilson’s Beverly Hills office.

“We are excited to have Joan join our team,” said Mary Ricks. “Her
responsibilities will include sourcing loan origination business and
evaluating secondary loan purchases for the company. Joan will be a
tremendous asset to our company,” continued Ricks. Ms. Kramer has 20
years experience in commercial real estate, including originating,
underwriting, workouts and portfolio management. Prior to joining
Kennedy Wilson, Ms. Kramer headed Marathon Asset Management’s office in
Los Angeles as managing director in charge of originations and asset
management.

Ms. Kramer said she was excited to be joining the Kennedy Wilson team.
“The company known for its entrepreneurial culture and its real estate
investing prowess, is expanding both its reach and its capabilities and
I look forward to the opportunity to be part of that dynamic growth,”
said Ms. Kramer.

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LAS VEGAS — Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC Pink Sheets: BGMO) is addressing the many
questions that have surrounded its funding agreements. First the funding
agreement with Esoft Informatics Private Ltd., originally announced on
January 12, 2010, has been renegotiated to the benefit of Bergamo
shareholders. The terms of the funding has been changed from a loan to
an equity investment. Funding of this transaction is anticipated to take
place when Mr. Herzog travels to India next week to meet with Mr. Vivek
Sinha, the President of Esoft Informatics Private Ltd.

In addition, the previous announcement concerning the Company’s funding
through its European banking associates will now be addressed as part of
Mr. Herzog’s travels which start in India and conclude in London.

It is important to note that previous announcements concerning the
Pakistani Energy Projects are still valid. The Company, through Mr.
Herzog, would like to positively state that all prior announcements
regarding funding of the energy projects as well, as the Companys
overall involvement in these energy projects, will be followed through
to completion. Again, the Company, through Mr. Herzog, would like to
positively state that these energy projects will be funded and completed
without delay.

All of other acquisitions are still in place as well. These include
GreenSafe Demanufacturing Inc., Suntrough Energy Inc., and the Mobile
Software Technologies company from Japan.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Kennedy Wilson, (NYSE Amex: KWIC) Mary Ricks, Vice Chair and
Co-CEO of the Company’s Commercial Investment Group, today announced the
appointment of Joan Kramer as Managing Director to head the
company’s newly formed debt origination platform. Kramer will
be located in Kennedy Wilson’s Beverly Hills office.

“We are excited to have Joan join our team,” said Mary Ricks. “Her
responsibilities will include sourcing loan origination business and
evaluating secondary loan purchases for the company. Joan will be a
tremendous asset to our company,” continued Ricks. Ms. Kramer has 20
years experience in commercial real estate, including originating,
underwriting, workouts and portfolio management. Prior to joining
Kennedy Wilson, Ms. Kramer headed Marathon Asset Management’s office in
Los Angeles as managing director in charge of originations and asset
management.

Ms. Kramer said she was excited to be joining the Kennedy Wilson team.
“The company known for its entrepreneurial culture and its real estate
investing prowess, is expanding both its reach and its capabilities and
I look forward to the opportunity to be part of that dynamic growth,”
said Ms. Kramer.

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STAMFORD, Conn. — World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) today declared the
Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share on its Class A
shares of common stock. As previously announced, members of the McMahon
family have waived $0.12 per share of the dividends. As a result, all
Class A and Class B shares owned by the McMahon family will instead
receive dividends in the amount of $0.24 per share. The record date for
the dividend will be March 15, 2010, and the payment date will be March
25, 2010.

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE:
WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in
global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses
that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global
audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly, PG content across all of
its platforms including television programming, pay-per-view, digital
media and publishing. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145
countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes
worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices
in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and
Sydney.

Trademarks: All WWE programming,
talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, trademarks,
copyrights and logos are the exclusive property of World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, logos
and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements: This
news release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which
are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include the conditions of the markets for live events,
broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet,
entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise; acceptance
of the Company’s brands, media and merchandise within those markets;
uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with producing
live events both domestically and internationally; uncertainties
associated with international markets; risks relating to maintaining and
renewing key agreements, including television distribution agreements;
and other risks and factors set forth from time to time in Company
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results
could differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. In
addition to these risks and uncertainties, our dividend is based on a
number of factors, including our liquidity and historical and projected
cash flow, strategic plan, our financial results and condition,
contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of dividends and such
other factors as our board of directors may consider relevant.

Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag became a father again last November, six weeks before announcing his engagement. Putting the baby before the ring is increasingly common. But its still unusual for the baby to be borne by one woman while the ring goes on the finger of another.

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CimQuest INGEAR, a supplier of runtime free software development
solutions for industrial applications, has announced the availability of a
USB license key (dongle) that makes it very easy for users to move
developmental licenses between computers. The new key is available as an
option for developer editions of CimQuests NET.LOGIX , NET.ABLINK , NET.MBLINK and NET.GELINK class
libraries.

“Developers love the fact that once they build PLC communications or HMI s with our tools, they can run
them on as many other machines as they want, without paying additional
license fees; but they still have had to enter their license key whenever
they visited each machine for maintenance or debugging. This USB key now
eliminates the entry screens that might stand between them and their
applications, which means they can get their work done more quickly and
move on,” said Chuck Karwoski, president of CimQuest INGEAR.

The new CimQuest USB license keys are programmed with developmental license
information for any INGEAR.NET software title a user may own. They are
small, non-intrusive dongles that plug into any available USB port to
activate software for immediate use. They enable modification and debugging
of runtime deployed applications without the need to register or activate a
software-based license. The keys support Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
operating systems, without need of system-level drivers required for either
maintenance or operation.

To manage the process, CimQuest has added an “either/or” license dimension
to installed INGEAR.NET software. On launch, the INGEAR.NET library first
attempts to locate a key, and if it finds one, ignores the software-based
license, regardless of whether the software-based license is developer or
runtime deployment. If it does not detect a key, it defaults to the
software-base license.

The INGEAR USB License Keys are priced at $100 plus shipping and available
immediately, exclusively from CimQuest INGEAR. Buyers of NET.LOGIX , NET.ABLINK , NET.MBLINK and NET.GELINK
runtime versions, can order a key at the time of purchase. Current
INGEAR.NET users who are eligible for software updates and support, either
through a recent or an active Maintenance/Subscription plan, qualify to
obtain the USB License Key for the cost of the key. Users whose software
updates and support programs have lapsed must purchase a new
Maintenance/Subscription Plan in order to be eligible to buy a USB Key.
INGEAR.NET licenses can be obtained or upgraded via email.

CimQuest INGEAR, a supplier of runtime free software development
solutions for industrial applications, has announced the availability of a
USB license key (dongle) that makes it very easy for users to move
developmental licenses between computers. The new key is available as an
option for developer editions of CimQuests NET.LOGIX , NET.ABLINK , NET.MBLINK and NET.GELINK class
libraries.

“Developers love the fact that once they build PLC communications or HMI s with our tools, they can run
them on as many other machines as they want, without paying additional
license fees; but they still have had to enter their license key whenever
they visited each machine for maintenance or debugging. This USB key now
eliminates the entry screens that might stand between them and their
applications, which means they can get their work done more quickly and
move on,” said Chuck Karwoski, president of CimQuest INGEAR.

The new CimQuest USB license keys are programmed with developmental license
information for any INGEAR.NET software title a user may own. They are
small, non-intrusive dongles that plug into any available USB port to
activate software for immediate use. They enable modification and debugging
of runtime deployed applications without the need to register or activate a
software-based license. The keys support Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
operating systems, without need of system-level drivers required for either
maintenance or operation.

To manage the process, CimQuest has added an “either/or” license dimension
to installed INGEAR.NET software. On launch, the INGEAR.NET library first
attempts to locate a key, and if it finds one, ignores the software-based
license, regardless of whether the software-based license is developer or
runtime deployment. If it does not detect a key, it defaults to the
software-base license.

The INGEAR USB License Keys are priced at $100 plus shipping and available
immediately, exclusively from CimQuest INGEAR. Buyers of NET.LOGIX , NET.ABLINK , NET.MBLINK and NET.GELINK
runtime versions, can order a key at the time of purchase. Current
INGEAR.NET users who are eligible for software updates and support, either
through a recent or an active Maintenance/Subscription plan, qualify to
obtain the USB License Key for the cost of the key. Users whose software
updates and support programs have lapsed must purchase a new
Maintenance/Subscription Plan in order to be eligible to buy a USB Key.
INGEAR.NET licenses can be obtained or upgraded via email.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Kennedy Wilson, (NYSE Amex: KWIC) Mary Ricks, Vice Chair and
Co-CEO of the Company’s Commercial Investment Group, today announced the
appointment of Joan Kramer as Managing Director to head the
company’s newly formed debt origination platform. Kramer will
be located in Kennedy Wilson’s Beverly Hills office.

“We are excited to have Joan join our team,” said Mary Ricks. “Her
responsibilities will include sourcing loan origination business and
evaluating secondary loan purchases for the company. Joan will be a
tremendous asset to our company,” continued Ricks. Ms. Kramer has 20
years experience in commercial real estate, including originating,
underwriting, workouts and portfolio management. Prior to joining
Kennedy Wilson, Ms. Kramer headed Marathon Asset Management’s office in
Los Angeles as managing director in charge of originations and asset
management.

Ms. Kramer said she was excited to be joining the Kennedy Wilson team.
“The company known for its entrepreneurial culture and its real estate
investing prowess, is expanding both its reach and its capabilities and
I look forward to the opportunity to be part of that dynamic growth,”
said Ms. Kramer.

OKLAHOMA CITY — University of Oklahoma President David Boren today announced he will
work to launch a national campaign in partnership with the Oklahoma
Foundation for Excellence (OFE), the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens and other national
history organizations to strengthen the teaching of early American
history to students across the U.S.

“A nation that does not know how it became great will not remain great,”
said Boren, who is founder and chairman of OFE. “It is my hope that
through a nationwide campaign, educators across America will understand
the importance of teaching American history to their students.”

The announcement took place during OFE’s Colonial Day at the Capitol,
where 500 Oklahoma students gathered to learn about Colonial America. A
group of students dressed in Colonial attire performed their own version
of a “Bill of Rights Rap” during the event.

In addition, Boren said that a goal of OFE is to have every Oklahoma
school district participate in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s
Emmy award-winning Electronic Field Trips, which bring early American
history to life through live television broadcasts and online activities
for students.

Expert Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: EXPU), an FHA
certified financial lending institution specializing in home and commercial
real estate loans, is pleased to present 2010 projections as well as the
Companys business vision.

Expert Group conservatively projects that in 2010 the company will achieve
$4.3 million in revenues and over $1.1 million in net income. This will be
accomplished by further expanding the Companys business through a series
of acquisitions that result in new loan originators and new locations; as
well as by entering into other closely related sectors within the real
estate market.

Robert Rico stated: “Expert Group is on track to become a major player in
the real estate world. Companies in our space that have followed a similar
business model are Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell (EWM Realtors, Inc.) founded in
South Florida, and is one of the largest real estate services firms in
America. Their success has been notable because they have taken advantage
of the business synergies that come through combining several inter-related
real-estate services and offering them under one business umbrella.

“There are four major business synergies at work in EWM that we endeavor to
achieve at Expert:

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SOMEONE ONCE SAID that raising kids is the hardest thing youll ever do. Without discounting the difficulties of maintaining a healthy marriage, I would have to agree. Society demands so much from our kids today that its a wonder theyre not all in therapy. It doesnt help that they get hours of homework a night on top of the pressure to volunteer for service work and excel in sports. Using real-life stories and interviews, Abeles reveals just how stressed-out our students are today. Several East Bay schools figure prominently in the film, including Oaklands Bishop ODowd High School. TEEN TALK: My column on missing my college-aged daughter spurred lots of reaction from readers. Many moms said they felt the same way — that there was a void when their son or daughter returned to school after the holidays. But reader Joanne Hall sees the humorous side of her sons return to UOP in Stockton. “I think what I might miss the most is his funny and endearing way of phoning me at 2:30 a.m. (on a work night) to yell at me for locking the front door because he forgot his key when he went out with his friends.” One things for certain — no matter how old they get, theyll always be our kids.
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The following is a statement from The
American Consumer Institute (ACI):

We applaud yesterdays statement by the U.S. Department of Justice
expressing its problems with the proposed Google Book Search Settlement,
stating that the settlement is “an attempt to use the class action
mechanism to implement forward-looking business arrangements that go far
beyond the dispute before the court in this litigation.” We wholeheartedly
agree.

Because the deal would give Google the first and only online search book
deal and allow Google to use some authored works without compensation, and
because Google already has a formidable share in the search and search
advertising markets, the settlement would hand Google a market advantage
that other competitors cannot overcome. We believe that these
anticompetitive risks outweigh any public benefits.

“Considering that this process began with Google allegedly violating author
copyrights by scanning and putting books online, it would seem that the
current deal is a reward for illegal behavior when punishment is in order,”
noted Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute. “For
other firms to compete against Google, they would need to violate copyright
laws, be sued and settle on their own, losing valuable first mover
advantage. The public benefit of an online book database should not be a
justification for permitting illegal activities and using the courts class
action process to cement a profitable business venture.”

The American Consumer Institute believes that Google should be required
either to: 1) destroy the copyrighted materials that it illegally copied;
or 2) provide all would-be competitors the same materials that were
illegally scanned and give all competitors the same settlement terms as
Google. Then all competitors would be free to add works, differentiate
their product and customize their service offerings to the public. “Our
approach would put these authors works online for the benefit of the
public, without sacrificing the benefits of market competition,” added
Pociask.

Leading Provider of One-Click Access to Apartment Information
Revamps Web Site in Response to Consumers’ Wants and Needs, Gives
Advertisers Enhanced Traffic and Lead Volume

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — As the leading source of critical information for apartment seekers in
the multi-family industry, ApartmentFinder.com
has launched its new 5.0 web site to provide apartment shoppers with a
simplified, better search experience, and drive higher lead volume for
advertisers.

With one of the largest collections of apartments for rent anywhere
online, ApartmentFinder.com provides one-click access to apartment
information, and has re-engineered its site in direct response to what
consumers said they want and respond to.

“In the first two weeks after launching ApartmentFinder.com 5.0,
our e-mail lead conversion rate more than doubled, and we experienced
235% improvement in advertiser URL click-through conversion and a 49%
increase in lead generation, creating more high-quality leads for our
customers during an especially challenging time in the business cycle.
Combined with its 65% increase in unique visitors over the past year as
a result of proprietary SEO optimization techniques, ApartmentFinder.com
has established itself as the pre-eminent fixed-cost, high-volume lead
generator in the multi-family category,” said Marcia Bollinger,
president of Apartment Finder.

The smarter, simpler, more powerful ApartmentFinder.com 5.0 provides
more options for shoppers to connect with advertisers. Features include:

NEW YORK — Attorney Advertising. Notice is hereby given that Stull, Stull Brody
has commenced an investigation on behalf of shareholders of the common
stock of Airgas, Inc. (“Airgas” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ARG) for
possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in
connection with a series of proposals by which Air Products Chemicals,
Inc. (“Air Products”) seeks to acquire all Airgas common shares
currently outstanding.

The current investigation concerns Air Products’ price proposals and the
process undertaken by Airgas’ Board of Directors to address those
proposals. Whereas Airgas’ Board of Directors previously rejected Air
Products’ December 2009 proposal to acquire Airgas for approximately $62
per share in cash and stock, Air Products’ current proposal provides per
share consideration of $60 per share in cash. Airgas’ Board of Directors
has announced that it will review the current proposal.

Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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First the RACs, now wait for whats coming next Medicaid, commercial insurers starting their audits By the end of the year, its likely that every type of medical record in your hospital will be scrutinized by one auditor or another, predicts Brian Flood, managing director for KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm. The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfares Bureau of Program Integrity has been auditing fee-for-service Medicaid claims for the past three years, using one of the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) contractors for the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) demonstration project, reports Charleeda Redman, RN, MSN, ACM, director of corporate case management for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an integrated health system with 20 acute care hospitals.
For every friend you refer who purchases a RedEye universal remote control
system before March 31, you will be automatically entered for a chance to
win an Apple iPad. All friends referred will receive a 15 percent discount
on the purchase of a RedEye system.

“Apples new tablet inspired us to develop a version of the RedEye app that
takes advantage the iPads enormous touchscreen,” said ThinkFlood president
and co-founder Matt Eagar. “Were looking forward to showing our
sweepstakes winners all the new RedEye features and content made possible
by internet connectivity and the iPads extra screen real estate.”

Like the iPad, the RedEye system is designed to blend into any homes
design with both functionality and style.

Byline: Denis Kilcommons WE were sitting in the departure lounge at Seattle airport when Maria nudged me and said: “Look. A woman pilot.” By heck. But you dont see many of them to the pound, I thought. And then she turned left and led her flight crew through the gate towards our Boeing. All the old jokes and prejudices flooded into my mind and for a moment I almost did a Peter Kay. A woman? Pilot? This came at the start of a nine-hour flight and the end of a three-hour terminal wait. Not terminal as in fatal, but terminal as in boredom, sitting in an airport. I checked in online the day before and looked for guidance at possible delays. Because of the ongoing terrorist threat passengers for international flights were asked to turn up at least three hours before they were due to take off.

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FT. MYERS, Fla. — On February 10th 2009, Florida Governor Charlie Crist joined President
Obama at a now infamous town hall meeting in Ft. Myers to support the
$800 billion stimulus bill. This colossal waste of money increased the
national debt, did not help the economy and failed to prevent tremendous
job losses in Florida and across the country. But Gov. Crist stood
hand-in-hand with President Obama nonetheless and applauded his big
government scheme that would cost taxpayers dearly.

That is why FreedomWorks PAC has endorsed Marco Rubio as a “Champion
of Freedom” and why Chairman Armey will be celebrating
(sarcastically, of course) the “Hug’s” one-year anniversary with Rubio
at a special event next Wednesday, February, 10th, at the
Harborside Event Center in Ft. Myers – the exact same location of the
Crist-Obama Hug!

This event is open to Florida FreedomWorks members and the media and
will serve as a reminder to the people of Florida that they have a clear
choice between the two candidates in the Republican primary battle for
this U.S. Senate seat. Please see event details below:

What:FreedomWorks
PAC “Hug” Anniversary Event with Dick Armey and Marco Rubio

When:Wednesday,
February 10th7 p.m. – 9 p.m.Doors open at 6
p.m.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — “Scarlet Night,” the major annual fundraising event for the South Asian
Heart Center at El Camino Hospital, will take place Saturday, March 20th
at the San Jose Convention Center. Money raised will support the
Center’s educational outreach, participant screening and individualized
prevention planning and follow-up.

South Asians — who trace their ancestry from India, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka — have four times higher levels of risk
factors for heart disease than the general population. It strikes them
at younger ages, without prior symptoms or warning and without
presenting the same risk factors as the general population. It’s
estimated that by 2015, 60 percent of the world’s heart disease burden
will be borne by India alone. The South Asian Heart Center is the first
major nonprofit devoted to combating this epidemic. El Camino Hospital
Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of the Center.

This is the second year for the gala, which last year drew 500 people.
That’s a number supporters hope to double this year, according to
Sujatha Suresh and Sheetal Singhal, co-chairs of the gala’s executive
committee.

“Fighting our community’s epidemic of heart disease is very dear to my
heart as a participant, beneficiary and donor,” said Suresh, a first
generation immigrant and successful entrepreneur. “My father died of
heart disease at age 60 after a bypass operation in his 50s. His mother
died of a heart attack when she was about 40. So this is a very personal
disease for me. It’s there, lurking in our genes, but we can fight it —
we don’t have to be sitting ducks. The South Asian Heart Center provides
the weapons — education, outreach, and prevention — to make sure we
don’t become the next victims.”

Sheetal Singhal, a slim, fit dance instructor who owns a book publishing
company, learned the importance of the Center’s work the hard way. “We
may look healthy,” she says. “But then you learn that despite everything
you’ve done, you’re still at high risk because of heredity — something
over which you have no control. That’s what happened to me and it was a
real shock. But with the help of the Center, I’ve reduced my risk, so
that I can be there for my family and my community. Now, I feel a
responsibility to raise awareness about this silent killer not only
among other South Asians, but in the physician community.”

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Troux Software Selected to Align Business and IT Across Global
Corporation

AUSTIN, Texas — Troux Technologies™, Inc., the leader in Strategic IT Planning and
Enterprise Architecture software, today announced that Beiersdorf, one
of the leading international skin and beauty care companies, has
selected the Troux Transformation Platform™ and enlisted its Enterprise
Architecture Management expertise to help drive a major strategic
planning effort across the organization. Beiersdorf’s core brands NIVEA,
Eucerin, and La Prairie are present in all key market segments. NIVEA
has made Beiersdorf the global leader in skin and beauty care in the
broad consumer market. The purpose of the Troux-related projects is for
Beiersdorf to better understand and manage the usage of IT applications
worldwide and improve IT alignment with business models and processes.

“Troux will help us strategically fit our IT resources to our existing
and new business models, and to our corporate structures and processes,”
said Dr. Ingo Schellhammer, manager of the BSS function Enterprise
Architecture Management. BSS – Beiersdorf Shared Services GmbH – is
“the” service provider for the Beiersdorf Group in the accounting and IS
services divisions. “With Troux we are developing a holistic
understanding of what IT resources we currently own and how to better
align those resources with the business needs, including the development
of new business models.”

“Beiersdorf clearly understands how a successful strategic business and
IT planning effort can help drive business transformation, quickly and
with measurable ROI. Troux understands how to maximize the value at the
intersection of business and IT planning and it is this proven know-how
that will help Beiersdorf reach its program objectives,” said Dave Hood,
CEO of Troux Technologies, Inc.

Understanding the Business-Side of IT Is Key Success Factor

PINOLE — Paintings, photo and fabric art will be on exhibit at “A Breath of Beauty,” a new exhibit opening Feb. 12 at the Pinole Art Center, 2221 Pear St. in Old Town. The show, presented by the Pinole Artisans Foundation, runs through April 8 and includes an assortment of jewelry, sculpture, original cards and other art pieces.

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PRINCETON, N.J. — NJ PURE announced today the selection of Ravello Solutions to upgrade
and convert its policy administration, claims management and billing
systems. Ravello is a leading provider of information management
technology to property and casualty insurers and is a specialist in
Medical Liability insurance.

Dr. Lena Chang, Co-founder and President for NJ PURE, states, “Ravello’s
technology and business model fit well with our strategic and tactical
needs. Furthermore, Ravello’s professional staff fully understands the
many intricacies of the insurance business and the complexity of the
Medical Liability line of business.”

Ravello Solutions’ standard product and its flexibility in
implementation allows its partners the ability to automate and
streamline many workflows that most policy systems cannot support. “We
look forward to partnering with NJ PURE and are very excited about the
project. Using our system, NJ PURE will increase the efficiencies of
their day to day workflows while obtaining data and market trend
information on a real time basis,” said Andrew J. Serowitz, President
and Chief Operating Officer of Ravello Solutions.

NJ PURE was founded by former NJ Insurance Commissioner James Sheeran
(1974-1982) and national award winning insurance actuary Lena Chang,
PhD., in 2002 as a solution to the medical malpractice crisis in New
Jersey. NJ PURE is the only true direct writer of medical malpractice
insurance in New Jersey, and by eliminating the use of agents and
brokers, NJ PURE is able to help save physicians premium costs. As a
not-for-profit reciprocal exchange, NJ PURE’s profits can only be used
to build the surplus level of the Exchange or to pay dividends to NJ
PURE subscribers.

Use of Automated CPR Device Continues to Expand in Brazil and Latin
America

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of medical
devices and related software solutions, announced today that SAMU
Brasilia (Servico de Atendimento Movel de Urgencia—Emergency Mobile
Treatment Service), based in the capital city of Brazil and one of the
largest EMS services in the country, has equipped its ambulances with
the AutoPulse® Non-Invasive Cardiac Support Pump.

SAMU Brasilia, which is part of the country-wide public EMS service, has
installed AutoPulse units in its fleet of ambulances, one for each
vehicle plus four spare training boards, in a contract valued at
$500,000 (U.S.). The AutoPulse was granted health clearance in January
2009 and is the only automatic chest compression system available for
sale in Brazil.

“The AutoPulse, besides promoting more effective compressions, is a
solution for one of the biggest challenges of conventional
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the inability to transport a patient
while performing manual chest compressions,” said Rodrigo Caselli, SAMU
Manager. “With this device we are able to perform both actions
simultaneously, ensuring a faster response time for the application of
treatment without compromising the effectiveness of compressions.”

“Use of the AutoPulse continues to expand internationally,” said
Jonathan A. Rennert, President of ZOLL. “We’re seeing more and more EMS
services and hospitals realize the important value that delivering
high-quality, mechanical CPR can have on patient care and rescuer
safety.”

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FRANKLIN, Tenn. — 3SAE
Technologies, Inc. today announced it has signed a consulting and
distribution agreement with DPM
Photonics to make 3SAE Technologies’ new large diameter fiber fusion
splicing and preparation technologies available to high power fiber
laser manufacturers and to military, aerospace, and industrial medical
markets throughout the United States.

The association between DPM Photonics and 3SAE Technologies personnel
dates back to 2003, during the advent of large mode area fiber fusion
splicing and cleaving. The partnership between the two companies is
truly synergistic, combining years of optical component and fiber-based
device experience with a strong engineering background in fusion
splicing and fiber preparation techniques for their assembly and
manufacture.

“DPM Photonics is major addition to our nationwide distribution
channel,” says Don Grasso, Chief Executive Officer of SAE Technologies,
Inc. “The synergy between our products and their services make DPM
Photonics a unique partner that can discuss detailed customer
applications on a technical level as well as support custom product
development.”

DPM Photonics was founded in February 2009, offering consulting services
in the areas of fiber optics, fiber-based components, fiber
lasers/amplifiers, precision optics and optical design. Its clients
include start-up ventures, major corporations and government agencies.
It has since expanded its business to include product representation and
development services. Its product lines enable users and fabricators of
mid- to high-power active devices and include a wide variety of high
power precision optics and fiber-based components (PM and non-PM).

HOUSTON — COADE announced today that Sonia Delgadillo, senior applications
specialist at COADE, will be presenting a technical seminar at 9:00 a.m.
on February 9, 2010, during SPAR 2010 that will discuss how to easily
build intelligent, specification-driven 3D plant models from laser scan
data, all within the unified AutoCAD environment. The seminar, titled
“COADE moves heaven to earth – Point Clouds to Intelligent 3D Models”,
will highlight how the same 3D model can be used to automatically create
such deliverables as fabrication isometrics, plans, sections, elevations
and complete bills of material. Also included will be a demonstration of
the time saving bi-directional link between CADWorx plant design and
CAESAR II, for pipe stress analysis.

The seminar will feature CADWorx fieldpipe for Leica CloudWorx,
developed for the back office creation of accurate as-builts from point
cloud data. Included are ISOGEN Isometrics, CADWorx Plant Professional,
CADWorx Design Review, live database links, links to stress analysis,
specification-driven modeling, collision checking and intelligent
point-cloud-to-modeling capabilities.

HOUSTON — COADE announced today that Sonia Delgadillo, senior applications
specialist at COADE, will be presenting a technical seminar at 9:00 a.m.
on February 9, 2010, during SPAR 2010 that will discuss how to easily
build intelligent, specification-driven 3D plant models from laser scan
data, all within the unified AutoCAD environment. The seminar, titled
“COADE moves heaven to earth – Point Clouds to Intelligent 3D Models”,
will highlight how the same 3D model can be used to automatically create
such deliverables as fabrication isometrics, plans, sections, elevations
and complete bills of material. Also included will be a demonstration of
the time saving bi-directional link between CADWorx plant design and
CAESAR II, for pipe stress analysis.

The seminar will feature CADWorx fieldpipe for Leica CloudWorx,
developed for the back office creation of accurate as-builts from point
cloud data. Included are ISOGEN Isometrics, CADWorx Plant Professional,
CADWorx Design Review, live database links, links to stress analysis,
specification-driven modeling, collision checking and intelligent
point-cloud-to-modeling capabilities.

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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) today
announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its financial
results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009, on Wednesday,
February 17, 2010 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m.
Eastern Time).

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the leading global developer of
integrated resorts — destination properties which feature premium
accommodations, world-class gaming and entertainment, convention and
exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and many other
amenities.

The Venetian and The Palazzo, both Five-Star luxury resorts on the Las
Vegas Strip, are among the companys properties in the United States.
Marina Bay Sands, the companys iconic project currently under development
in Singapore, will open in the second quarter of 2010.

DENVER — Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE:AIV):

Fourth Quarter 2009

In connection with its recourse obligations, Aimco is subject to Debt
Service and Fixed Charge Coverage covenants. On February 3, 2010, Aimco
and its lenders agreed to reduce these Debt Service and Fixed Charge
Coverage covenants from 1.50:1 and 1.30:1 to 1.40:1 and 1.20:1,
respectively.

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Expert Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: EXPU), an FHA
certified financial lending institution specializing in home and commercial
real estate loans, is pleased to present 2010 projections as well as the
Companys business vision.

Expert Group conservatively projects that in 2010 the company will achieve
$4.3 million in revenues and over $1.1 million in net income. This will be
accomplished by further expanding the Companys business through a series
of acquisitions that result in new loan originators and new locations; as
well as by entering into other closely related sectors within the real
estate market.

Robert Rico stated: “Expert Group is on track to become a major player in
the real estate world. Companies in our space that have followed a similar
business model are Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell (EWM Realtors, Inc.) founded in
South Florida, and is one of the largest real estate services firms in
America. Their success has been notable because they have taken advantage
of the business synergies that come through combining several inter-related
real-estate services and offering them under one business umbrella.

“There are four major business synergies at work in EWM that we endeavor to
achieve at Expert:

New Technology for Nigeria’s Rail System

ERIE, Pa., USA LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian Ministry of Transport and GE Transportation announced today
that the Nigerian Railway Corporation has taken delivery of the first
five C25 diesel locomotives – introducing new technology to Nigeria’s
rail system. The locomotives will be used for both freight and passenger
service. The remaining 20 locomotives will be delivered in the second
half of 2010.

The Model C25 six-axle locomotives were built by GE Transportation South
America, GE Transportation’s affiliate facility located in Brazil. The
locomotives feature GE’s reliable 7FDL 12-cylinder, 2,500 horsepower
engine that was supplied by GE Transportation’s diesel engine
manufacturing plant in Grove City, USA. The locomotives were designed
specifically to accommodate Nigeria’s weight per axle and clearance
characteristics.

GE Transportation South America has built GE diesel electric locomotives
including AC44, Dash 9 and the C Series in Brazil since 1967, and has
produced more than 1,000 locomotives, operating in over 15 countries
around the world. Locomotives similar to the C25 are already
successfully hauling freight in South Africa. Approximately 17,000 GE
locomotives are in use in more than 50 countries around the world.

Lorenzo Simonelli, President and CEO of GE Transportation, said:

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Private-equity firms will survive
only if they create business value through their companies operational
performance, as investors demonstrate that they will not invest in firms
focused on value creation through financial leverage. This is one of the
conclusions of a recently published white paper developed jointly by IESE
Business School and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The authors of the
paper are Prof. Heinrich Liechtenstein of IESE and Heino Meerkatt, a Munich-
based senior partner and private-equity expert at BCG.

Titled “Time to Engage — or Fade Away: What All Owners Should Learn from
the Shakeout in Private Equity,” the study points out that there has already
been an important increase in the number of investors in private equity and
concludes that private equity will remain one of the key assets for capital
allocation. However, there was a consensus among the investors interviewed
for the study that financial leverage is over and that those companies that
fail in operational value creation will disappear.

Based on interviews with limited partners who recently committed capital to
private-equity investments, the study describes the main nine levers that,
according to both experts, are vital for operational value creation. Divided
into two categories (table stakes and differentiators), these levers address
and challenge widely spread common practices in business management. For
example, Prof. Liechtenstein points out that frequent evaluation of top
management is one of the key stakes that allow companies to be on the radar
screen of investors. “Through our study, we learned that those companies
that evaluate their CEO and other top managers on a yearly basis produce a
higher ROI.” But evaluation is only useful if it has consequences.
“Companies have to act, and this might mean supporting and developing
managers, but it could also mean replacing them,” he explains.

The white paper identifies incentives as another important lever in
operational value creation. According to the authors, research shows that
there is a significant positive impact on a companys performance when the
equity stake held by managers increases. Research also shows that this
equity stake is more effective than stock option programs at creating a
share in downside risk.

Other important levers mentioned in the paper include a good business
strategy, which the authors say requires a disruptive impulse to be
developed. Because companies do not tend to create such an impulse
themselves, private-equity firms can benefit from a change in control or
from the fact that they invest in companies with the clear intention of
selling them after a time. The paper describes other levers, such as having
a board with firepower and benefitting from the fact that private-equity
firms are insiders in the companies in their portfolio.

Bret Schundler was once just about every conservatives favorite mayor, or at least one in whom they placed many hopes. “Look for him in 2008,” wrote William F. Buckley Jr. This was during the 1990s, when Schundler was the Republican mayor of heavily Democratic Jersey City, N.J., just across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
The stimulus bill included $4.35 billion to encourage the states to reform their schools, and President Obama has just suggested another $1.35 billion. The program is called “Race to the Top.” As Stephen Spruiell explains on page 24 of this issue, Rick Perry, the Republican governor of Texas, has turned down his states share of the money.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq:CCRN) will hold its quarterly
conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and year-end 2009
financial results on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time. The Company intends to distribute its earnings press release after
the close of business on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

LOS ANGELES — Response Genetics Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX), a company focused on the
development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, today
announced that Kathleen Danenberg, CEO and president of Response
Genetics, is scheduled to present at the 20th Annual UBS
Global Healthcare Services Conference at the Grand Hyatt on February 8,
and at the 12th Annual BIO CEO Investor Conference at the
Waldorf-Astoria on February 9, in New York.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arizona Regional Medical Center (ARMC) has selected Healthcare
Management Systems, Inc.® (HMS) to provide hospital
information system applications for its general acute hospital, located
in Mesa, Ariz.

The HMS integrated clinical and financial system is an enterprise-wide
technology solution implemented in more than 650 community hospitals
across the United States and Puerto Rico. Brent Cope, chief executive
officer of ARMC, said HMS’ familiarity with community hospitals was a
deciding factor in the hospital’s decision.

“HMS provides hospital information system applications that are tailored
for hospitals like ours. Based on my past experience with HMS, our
hospital is getting an outstanding product that will be easy to
incorporate into our systems, provide easy-to-access information and
streamline our processes so we can be more efficient. Not only does HMS
offer quality applications, the company’s support for their customers is
outstanding. We know we have a true partner in HMS.”

Cope added that the hospital would begin to implement the new software
package this month.

“We provide interoperable products and services that meet the technology
needs in the community hospital setting,” said Tom Stephenson, president
and chief executive officer of HMS. “HMS puts clinical and financial
information at the fingertips of staff. Our software reduces medical
errors, improves patient safety and enhances clinician productivity.”

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Miep Gies used to say she was just an ordinary housewife. Austrian by birth, and Catholic, she married a Dutchman named Jan Gies and lived in Amsterdam. In the war, Miep and Jan helped hide Otto Frank and his family in a secret room, daily risking their own lives to do so. For Miep, Otto Franks young daughter Anne was a girl “full of the joy of just being alive,” and she remembered seeing Anne writing her diary with a look of utter intensity in her face.
One Saudi Arabian braved flash floods in Jeddah to rescue two family members and dozens of strangers from drowning. This act of heroism was made more remarkable by the fact that the driver, who threw a rope to stranded cars and then dragged them out, was a woman–which makes it a violation of Saudi Arabias ban on woman drivers.
DALLAS — CompuCom Systems, the leading IT outsourcing specialist, is ready to
raise the bar for smart, energy-efficient computing performance,
security and remote management with the all new 2010 Intel®
Core™ vPro™ processor family. CompuCom is integrating this new
generation of intelligent business platforms into its Integrated
Infrastructure Management approach (IIM™), in which Intel vPro processor
technology already plays an important role.

Built on an ITIL compliant platform, the integrated tools of CompuCom’s
IIM solution leverage the full range of cross-platform ITILv3 processes
across all the service towers and support the virtualization and
automation features of Intel vPro processor technology, extending remote
IT asset management to reduce onsite support time and cost while
improving security and end-user productivity.

In 2010, customizable client and enterprise solutions offered by
CompuCom will feature Intel® Core™ i7 and i5 processors that
automatically adapt to the network and to each user’s individual needs
to move faster when multitasking. Employing features such as Intel®
TurboBoost technology and Intel Hyper-Threading technology, clients can
maintain peak productivity even while running security and other
background tasks.

CompuCom can offer clients the smart security of enhanced data
protection from viruses and attacks through AES Encryption acceleration
and Intel Remote Encryption Management technology. In addition, Intel
Anti-Theft technology helps prevent notebooks from being stolen,
sounding an alarm and disabling the unit when moved. New recovery
features also make it easier for authorized personnel to safely restore
locked devices.

By deploying the new 2010 Intel Core vPro processors, CompuCom extends
its ability to remotely configure, diagnose, isolate and repair infected
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Data sources: National statistics organizations, market research
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statistics organizations.

Data periods: Recent 3 to 5 years.

Chapters:

In a region traditionally known for producing loud, blustery autocrats who champion failed economic policies (Castro, Ortega, Chavez), Chile is a quietly remarkable success story. On January 11, it signed an accession agreement to become the first South American member of the OECD. Less than a week later, Chilean voters elected a conservative government for the first time since General Pinochet stepped down 20 years ago.
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insight into the metal pressure vessel manufacturing industry, market
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Data sources: Governmental statistics organizations, market research
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