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Sunday, April 6, 2003

Rushing For Recognition in Colorado Springs

Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) January 15, 2006

The awards are literally rushing toward Pima Medical Institute, 370 Printers Parkway in Colorado Springs. Pam Rushing, the associate campus director at PMI was named Staff Member of the Year by the Colorado Private School Association. Other PMI nominees included Shirley Jelmo, faculty coordinator/instructor at the Colorado Springs campus, Aimee Michaelis, medical administrative assistant instructor in Denver, Yan Wu, ophthalmic medical technician clinical director at the Denver campus and Connie Lewis, office manager at PMI’s Colorado location.

In addition to Rushing’s accomplishment, two students from the Colorado Springs campus received national honors earlier in the year from the American Medical Technologists. Ronnie Lynn Lewis won the Outstanding Student Award in the Dental Assistant category and Philip Young received the Outstanding Student Award in the Medical Assistant category.

“The quality of healthcare and the professionalism of those who will be employed in the industry are directly linked,” said Karen McGrath, campus director for the medical career college. “As the Associate Campus Director at Pima Medical Institute, Pam Rushing understands how important it is for our campus to adhere to the highest principles training tomorrow’s healthcare professionals, and she is truly dedicated to this goal. She not only gives 100 percent to what she does, she encourages those around her by her shining example. Her recognition is well deserved and we are very proud of her.”

The Colorado campus offers programs for Dental Assistant, Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician and Veterinary Assistant.

PMI is one of the premier medical career colleges in the western United States. The privately owned, accredited school provides students with a well-rounded education embracing theoretical classroom studies, as well as on-site training in allied health facilities within the community. This gives the student the opportunity to function in a working environment.

PMI has been serving students since 1972, with campuses in: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mesa and Tucson, AZ; Chula Vista, CA, Seattle and Renton, WA; Las Vegas, NV; as well as Colorado Springs and Denver. Additional information is available by calling their toll free number, 888-442-5998 or online at http://www. pmi. edu (http://www. pmi. edu).

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Predictive Analytics World Follows Acclaimed Debut with October Conference in Washington, DC

The second Predictive Analytics World conference is slated for October 20-21, 2009 in Washington, DC and features keynote speakers Stephen Baker (author of The Numerati and Senior writer at BusinessWeek) and Usama Fayyad, Ph. D. (CEO, Open Insights and formerly Yahoo!'s Chief Data Officer and Executive Vice President). The event follows PAW's successful debut in February, and includes predictive analytics experts, case studies, and resources aimed at strengthening the business impact delivered by and establishing new opportunities with predictive analytics.

Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) August 7, 2009

Lined up are speakers from enterprises such as Aflac, Amway, The Coca-Cola Company, Financial Times, Hewlett-Packard, IRS, National Center for Dropout Prevention, The National Rifle Association, The New York Times, Optus (Australian telecom), PREMIER Bankcard, Reed Elsevier, Sprint-Nextel, Sunrise Communications (Switzerland), Target, US Bank, Infinity Insurance, U. S. Department of Defense, Zurich -- plus special examples from Anheuser-Busch, Disney, HSBC, Pfizer, Social Security Administration, WestWind Foundation and others.

The vendor-neutral conference strives to be the business-focused event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners, covering commercial deployment across industries and software vendors. Attendees hear precisely how Fortune 500 analytics competitors and other top practitioners deploy predictive modeling and what kind of business impact it delivers.

"No matter how you use predictive analytics, the story is the same," says Eric Siegel, Ph. D., conference chair and president of Prediction Impact, Inc. "Predictively scoring customers optimizes business performance."

Siegel adds that predictive analytics initiatives across industries leverage the same core predictive modeling technology, share similar project overhead and data requirements, and face common process challenges and analytical hurdles.

Workshops

Three pre - and post-event workshops complement the core conference program:

The Best and the Worst of Predictive Analytics: Predictive Modeling Methods and Common Data Mining Mistakes
Instructor: John F. Elder, Ph. D., CEO and Founder, Elder Research, Inc.

Hands-On Predictive Analytics
Instructor: Dean Abbott, President, Abbott Analytics

Putting Predictive Analytics to Work
Instructor: James Taylor, CEO, Decision Management Solutions

Cross-Industry Applications:
Predictive Analytics World bills itself as the only conference of its kind, delivering vendor-neutral sessions across verticals such as banking, financial services, e-commerce, education, government, healthcare, high technology, insurance, non-profits, publishing, retail and telecommunications. Commercial applications include response modeling, customer retention with churn modeling, product recommendations, fraud detection, online marketing optimization, behavior-based advertising, insurance pricing, sales forecasting, text mining and credit scoring.

February's inaugural Predictive Analytics World saw over 200 attendees from 13 countries.

"Predictive Analytics World was probably the best analytics conference I have attended, from a knowledge point of view, in a long time...[and] turned into my new must-go-to conference," said Dennis R. Mortensen, Director of Data Insights at Yahoo!

The conference is suitable for those who are new to predictive analytics, kicking off a new initiative, or simply exploring ways to position predictive analytics at their organization. Predictive Analytics World attendees can:
meet predictive analytics vendors and compare solutions, software and services network with professional colleagues and share experiences and challenges participate in discussions with predictive analytics experts

More Information

More information is available at: http://www. predictiveanalyticsworld. com

Early-Bird registration discount of $200 ends September 4.
For registration, visit: http://www. predictiveanalyticsworld. com/register. php

The PAW LinkedIn group is at: http://www. linkedin. com/e/gis/1005097

All other inquiries, e-mail registration (at) predictiveanalyticsworld. com or call (866) 223-2579.

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Saturday, April 5, 2003

New Website Offers Therapeutic Kinesiology Tape for Home Users

Newly launched website, www. Theratape. com, provides a comprehensive, online source of kinesiology taping products. In addition to the well known Kinesio Tape, the site is the first to offer the new SpiderTech "ready-to-apply" kinesiology tape applications directly to consumers.

Cypress, TX (PRWEB) June 26, 2009

Kinesiology tape became an instant phenomenon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where numerous athletes sported colorful configurations of this therapeutic athletic tape on assorted joints and muscles. The unique properties of kinesiology tape provide support without restricting range of motion, allowing athletes to return to training and competition faster.

Recently, Joanne Stapensea, exercise physiologist, and the site's owner, sat down to talk about why kinesiology tape is different from other types of therapeutic tape or athletic tape. "Most types of athletic tape are non-elastic, and are wrapped tightly around an injured joint or muscle to provide support and restrict movement," says Stapensea.

"It is used for short periods of time, after which it must be removed to restore movement and circulation. Kinesiology tape, on the other hand, is very thin and very stretchy, with virtually identical thickness and elasticity to human skin. Instead of providing rigid support that restricts range of motion, kinesiology tape supports and protects injured muscles or joints, while still allowing full range of motion. Dramatic reductions in both pain and swelling often mean that an athlete can continue to train and/or compete during recovery from an injury."

Outside of sports, kinesiology tape is widely used to treat lymphodema (severe swelling of the extremities) and for infants and children with hypotonia and other muscular disorders. Most applications can be worn for up to five days, allowing therapeutic benefits to accumulate 24/7.

After 15 years of helping athletes enhance performance and recover from injuries, exercise physiologist, Joanne Stapensea, immediately saw the potential for kinesiology tape. "Unfortunately, until now it has been difficult to obtain and even more challenging to learn to apply," she says. "That's why I'm so excited to introduce the newest advancement in the field, SpiderTech pre-cut kinesiology tape applications, for different body parts. SpiderTech eliminates the guesswork and complexity involved in cutting and applying kinesiology tape from a roll. Instead, you just peel off the backing and apply it, according to the enclosed instructions.

"This is something that people can apply themselves," said Stapensea, who started the site in May 2009. "It's very helpful for people who have a limited budget and limited time."

Those interested in learning more about the theories and applications of kinesiology tape, can check out Stapensea's newly launched blog, www. AthleticTapeInfo. com.

About the Company:
Theratape. com is owned and operated by Joanne Stapensea, a longtime exercise physiologist specializing in enhancing athletic performance and accelerating recovery from injuries.

Contact Information:
Joanne Stapensea
Www. theratape. com
(281) 802-5097

IePlexus, Inc.
Www. iePlexus. com

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Friday, April 4, 2003

L. A.'s First Ever Thai Theatrical Performance Debuts on Aug. 30th

The arts of Thailand will get an American twist when "Legend of the Chao Phraya: The Siamese River of Life" debuts at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre on August 30th. An original bilingual (English and Thai) production by the California-based Mantra Theatre (www. mantratheatre. com) troupe, the show tells the story of a Queen and her people who have settled along the banks of the Chao Phraya River, in the area that would grow to become Thailand's capital city of Bangkok. The contemporary theatre performance merges original music, dance, mixed martial arts and spectacular Thai costumes.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 21, 2008

The traditional arts of Thailand will get an American twist when an extraordinary new theatrical production debuts at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre on August 30th, "Legend of the Chao Phraya: The Siamese River of Life" by the California-based Mantra Theatre (www. mantratheatre. com) troupe. The production unveils an original story of a Queen and her people who have settled along the banks of the Chao Phraya River, in the area that would grow to become Thailand's capital city of Bangkok. The a contemporary theatre performance merges original music, dance, mixed martial arts and spectacular Thai costumes. (Photos and Music Available Upon Request )

"Legend of the Chao Phraya: The Siamese River of Life" by Mantra Theatre will be presented during Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8:00 p. m. (one night only), at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. Tickets are $30 and are available at (323) 461-3673. www. fordtheatres. org.

"We hope to enchant the audience with a dramatic story told in English and Thai," says Fontip Seeboonruang, a co-producer of the show and a percussionist in the musical ensemble. "The production imaginatively weaves together Thai drama, original music, dance and martial arts. It will be a magical evening for those who enjoy Thai culture or innovative new theatre."

Mantra Theatre is a Thai Contemporary Music and Dance Ensemble established in 1997 by a group of artists from Thailand who resided in the Los Angeles area. With a background in various forms of arts, they decided to come together to promote and preserve the Thai arts by combining it with more modern forms of music and dance in order to make it more exciting and captivating to an international audience. Since its establishment, many of the ensemble's members have returned to Thailand to work in Thailand's booming music industry, as producers, musicians and vocalists. With the departing of many of their members, Mantra Theatre recruited a new generation of musicians with degrees in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, and background in both Western Classical Music and Thai Traditional Music.

"Legend of the Chao Phraya: The Siamese River of Life" is a produced by Mantra Theatre and presented by the Thai Health and Information Services, Inc. (THAIS), a non-profit organization providing low cost health services to the Asian communities of Los Angeles. Sponsors include: The Royal Thai Consulate General (Los Angeles), Tourism Authority of Thailand, Kasikorn Bank, Sunlee, Law Offices of Nantha & Associates, LAX-C Market, Chao Krung Thai Restaurant, Chadaka Thai and the Thai TV5 Global Network.

Legend of the Chao Phraya is part of the Ford Amphitheatre 2008 Season, a multidisciplinary arts series produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in cooperation with Los Angeles County-based arts organizations. For complete season information log on to www. FordTheatres. org.

THE FACTS

WHERE
John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA 90068
Just off the 101 (Hollywood) freeway across from Hollywood Bowl and south of Universal

HOW MUCH
Adults $30

PURCHASE TICKETS
323 461-3673
Www. FordTheatres. org

PARKING
On-site, stacked parking costs $5 per vehicle.

Free parking and a complimentary shuttle bus are available from the University City Metro Station (Lankershim Blvd. and Universal Terrace Parkway). Shuttle buses begin running 2 hours before the show, every 20 minutes.

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Lanmark Group’s Christine Simpson Selected By NJBIZ as One of “New Jersey's Best 50 Women in Business”

Eatontown, NJ (PRWEB) April 5, 2006

Lanmark Group, a full service healthcare advertising, marketing, and communications agency, is pleased to announce that Christine Simpson, Lanmark Group CEO, has been selected as one of NJBiz magazine’s 2006 New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business. The winners were feted at an awards ceremony on Thursday, March 23rd at the Ocean Place and Resort in Long Branch, NJ.

Each year, NJBiz editors select outstanding women candidates who have excelled in their profession, demonstrated a commitment to the community, and have advocated for the professional growth of women.

“I am honored to be included in this list of prestigious business women in New Jersey,” remarked Simpson. “Being placed among numerous fellow female business and community leaders reinforces the belief that regardless of age, gender, or status, we all have the opportunity to create the future of ourselves, our community, and New Jersey.”

Simpson is a perfect example of entrepreneurial success fueled by keen ambition, well-rounded abilities and an equally strong sense of self and community. Starting as a front-desk receptionist at Lanmark, she progressed to president and owner in less than a decade. Under her direction, Lanmark Group grew to be one of the leading healthcare marketing, communications, and advertising agencies in New Jersey and the leading agency in the nation within the dental industry.

Simpson also finds time to contribute to the local community personally and through her company. In addition to speaking and advising students in the healthcare marketing masters program at Monmouth University, she also speaks regularly at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey about applying the principles of advertising and marketing to medical and dental practice building. Simpson also participates in annual blood drives for the American Red Cross, food drives for the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, donations to the SPCA, and clothing drives for the Police Athletic League.

For a full list of nominees for this year’s New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business, please visit www. njbiz. com.

About NJBIZ

NJBIZ is the leading provider of business news and information about New Jersey companies and the New Jersey economy. The company publishes a

Weekly newspaper and also distributes information through books, an Internet

Site, and other media. In addition, NJBIZ hosts a series of seminars, conferences, and awards programs throughout the year.

About Lanmark Group

Founded in 1977 and located in Eatontown, New Jersey, Lanmark Group is a woman-owned, award-winning, full-service advertising, marketing, and communications agency specializing in the healthcare fields. The company’s client roster includes Ansell Healthcare, Darby Group Companies, DentalEZ Group, GE Financial Healthcare, Heraeus Kulzer, Johnson & Johnson, OraPharma, Sirona, Suni Medical Imaging, Sunstar Butler, and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Accolades include the 2005 MarCom Creative Award, The AGC 63rd Annual Graphic Arts Award, and the New Jersey Business Marketing Association’s 2004 Judges Recognition Award. Lanmark also ranked 13th in NJBiz Magazine’s “Best Place to Work in New Jersey” survey in 2005. For more information, visit www. lanmarkgroup. com.

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Thursday, April 3, 2003

Culture to Help Tackle HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific is encouraging Papua New Guineans to reconnect with their culture to tackle the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the country.

Wahroonga, New South Wales (PRWEB) March 22, 2006

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific is encouraging Papua New Guineans to reconnect with their culture to tackle the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the country.

“Our traditional culture calls for men to protect their women,” says Pastor Thomas Davai, president of the Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea. “Research shows the main mode of HIV transmission in Papua New Guinea is through heterosexual relationships, and that sexual assaults of women are high. If Papua New Guinean men will protect their women, we will increase our chances of addressing the epidemic.”

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific supports the government’s recent call for churches to encourage condom use to combat HIV/AIDS and has issued a statement on the use of condoms during its 13th business meeting in Melbourne last year.

“As a church, our responsibility is to promote the biblical model of intimacy within marriage,” says Jonathan Duffy, director of Adventist Health in the South Pacific. “Our other responsibility is to help people who make different life choices. Reality prevents us from moralising the issue. We need to educate people about safe sex practices and that includes the use of condoms.”

Pastor Davai also sees the need to go beyond the push for condom use in order to address the root of the problem. “This is about returning to our traditional culture where men take more responsibility of their actions,” he says. “We are telling people that HIV/AIDS is preventable, that women must be respected, that men must be sexually responsible, and that expression of sexuality involves choice and mutual consent.”

A Pacific wide forum on HIV/AIDS, attended by government representatives of South Pacific countries, is being organised for next year. According to Mr Duffy there is only a small window of opportunity to address the issue before it spreads out of control. “Adventists are committed to help,” he says.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2003

When Energy Levels are Low, then D-Ribose, the Building Block for Energy, Comes to the Rescue

D-Ribose, the new and exciting Energy Product from Solgar is launched online by Boots Herbal Stores.

(PRWEB) October 16, 2006

Boots Herbal Stores, the award winning health retailer is proud to announce the launch of Solgar's D-Ribose, a new product aimed at supporting cellular energy production and tissue regeneration.

D-Ribose is a simple five-carbon sugar that is produced by all cells and is a key element to the makeup of RNA and DNA as well as adenosine triphophate (ATP) and Riboflavin.

ATP is the energy currency of the cell and provides the power all cells need to function. D-ribose is the fundamental building block of ATP, the energy molecule, so without sufficient ribose in the cell, ATP cannot be formed. If ATP cannot be formed, the energy pool cannot be re-supplied if the cell becomes energy starved. The availability of D-ribose in cells is therefore a limiting factor in energy recovery following cellular stress.

Ribose is primarily associated with cardiovascular function by helping to optimise the cell's oxygen utilisation. When cells are using oxygen to its full potential, heart function becomes optimised, exercise recovery times are reduced and muscular energy production is improved.

"We are very excited about this latest innovation from Solgar's scientific research team." Says Boots Herbal Stores Technical Director Keith Woolley. "This product sits alongside Solgar's other innovations, gPLC and Nutri Nano CoQ10, making up the first comprehensive range that support optimal cellular energy production and is based upon the very latest scientific research."

Cell regeneration and oxygen efficiency are issues that affect many people, from athletes who aim to optimise their athletic performance, to cardiovascular patients who seek to improve their quality of life. As well as those who are striving to maintain good energy levels for everyday life:

“People in every walk of life, whether healthy or sick use a great deal of energy in every cell in their body every day. Many become deficient in cellular energy reserves because they exercise, are stressed in their job, or because they may be contracting or already have heart disease that place undue burden on their energy metabolism… Most don’t know they could feel better if they gave their cells a fighting chance.” (Dr. Stephen Sinatra, The Sinatra Solution)

D-Ribose is marketed in the UK by Solgar Vitamin & Herb and will have an RRP of £29.85, available now from Boots Herbal Stores at http://www. solgar. co. uk (http://www. solgar. co. uk)

For more information please contact either Keith Woolley or on +44 (0) 1782 617463 or click on www. solgar. co. uk.

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