America is Fed Up with Diet -- It's Time for the Anti-Diet Revolution

America is Fed Up with Diet -- It's Time for the Anti-Diet Revolution

Until now, women have suffered the ups and downs of yo-yo weight gain and loss. Now women can have their cake, eat it too, and still lose weight. Chocolate Cake for the Thighs: The Anti-diet book for women is all about allowing, with a focus on awareness and activity. L. Kae Graniel, a 23 year fitness professional, writer and speaker has provided a 101 honest, helpful and fun health and fitness tips that guide women to the body they desire.

Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) October 12, 2006

Diets, like most things in life are cyclical. As the nation falls off the no-carb band wagon, waistlines are beginning to expand (again). With the holidays at our door the need for a plan of attack to fend off fat is crucial. Everyone knows diets don't work. If they did no one would be over weight. The current national motivation to go on another diet is at an all time low. Now is the time to explore a new concept -- The Anti-Diet. L. Kae Graniel, a 23 year fitness professional, writer and speaker has provided the plan: Chocolate Cake for the Thighs: The Anti-diet book for women (available now through Amazon. com ISBN 1-4259-4203-2 $14.95)

Chocolate Cake for the Thighs – The Anti-diet Book for Women is obviously not another weight loss / diet book. If anything, it is closer to a self help book. True, there is a lot of talk about food, but that's because there is a lot of talk about food in day to day living. The book makes meal suggestions but never offers recipes. It makes reference to meal planning but never offers a meal plan. The goal is not to be thinner. Losing weight will just be the icing on the cake when readers pursue a healthier lifestyle that includes improvements in food choices, physical activity and loving mental support.

L. Kae Graniel, the founder of Truespeak™, is a recognized key-note speaker, writer, and life coach – specializing in the 28 day Mastery Intensive. She has authored many articles for national and international magazines, newspapers and trade publications, as well as producing and hosting a variety of productions and television programs. L. Kae has a B. A. in Communication, is a Reverend, and certified Transformational Meditation™ facilitator. She has been teaching group fitness since 1984, leading over 2,500 classes in a variety of formats and environments. She is also a featured contributor and presenter for IDEA publications and their World conventions. L. Kae Graniel lives in Hawaii with her two daughters and husband of 21 years.

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Corps of Engineers Awards Stimulus-Funded Construction Contract for Green/Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration

Corps of Engineers Awards Stimulus-Funded Construction Contract for Green/Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract Sept. 16 to Performance Systems Inc., a small business based in Fruitland, Idaho, to begin construction of the Upper Springbrook Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project in Renton, Wash. The $649,990 Upper Springbrook Creek project will restore a 900-foot stream currently running through a roadside ditch along the north side of South 55th Street in Renton.

Seattle, WA (Vocus) September 22, 2010

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract Sept. 16 to begin construction of the Upper Springbrook Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project.

The $649,990.00 contract funds the construction phase of the project. The Upper Springbrook Creek project will restore a 900-foot stream currently running through a road side ditch along the north side of South 55th Street in Renton. By building a new channel, the project will maximize the habitat and spawning potential for this section of stream. The project also will include a new culvert under South 55th Street to aid in fish passage. The Upper Springbrook Creek is one of the few remaining spawning areas for coho in the Green/Duwamish River watershed.

Performance Systems Inc., a small business based in Fruitland, Idaho, received the award, announced Sept. 16.

The City of Renton is the local sponsor for the project.

"Springbrook Creek is a wonderful asset winding through Renton and by restoring the upper section of the creek we are protecting our salmon habitat and improving the health of our watershed," said Jay Covington, chief administrative officer, City of Renton.

The project team anticipates starting construction in the spring of 2011.

Green/Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration Project
This project is a comprehensive restoration program for the entire Green/Duwamish ecosystem spanning the tidal estuaries to the spawning and wildlife habitat areas in the upper basin. The Upper Springbrook Creek Park project is one of 45 separate projects that emphasize the restoration of critical habitat within the Green/Duwamish River watershed.

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Kforce Inc. Recognized for Prestigious Interactive Media Award

Kforce Inc. Recognized for Prestigious Interactive Media Award

Kforce Professional Staffing (Nasdaq:KFRC) (http://www. kforce. com) has received a bronze award for excellence in the business to business category at The 2008 Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition.

Tampa, Fla. (PRWEB) May 14, 2008

Kforce Professional Staffing (Nasdaq:KFRC) (http://www. kforce. com (http://www. kforce. com)) has received a bronze award for excellence in the business to business category at The 2008 Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition.

"We are honored to receive such a prestigious award for our web site and pleased to be in the company of such other winners as IBM, SAP, Nike and Sony," says Chris Hachey, director of eMarketing, Kforce. "Of even more significance to us is that results were a key factor in the judging. Our integrated marketing campaign supporting the launch of our site has resulted in having web traffic triple within a six-month period."

There were more than 1,000 entries for the seventh annual international competition, representing 20 countries and nearly all 50 states. An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel, evaluated 18 different categories ranging from online advertising to video games. The 2008 winning entries showcase the industry's best interactive media solutions including web sites, CDs and DVDs, online ads, video and more.

"The 2008 competition was the most competitive to date. The work in this year's competition was at such a high level that the judges really had their work cut out for them," said
Mike Sauce, founder of the Horizon Interactive Awards. "All of the winning entries displayed a high level of sophistication, aesthetic creativity, technical excellence and clear purpose."  

About the Horizon Interactive Awards
In its 7th year, the Horizon Interactive Awards was created to recognize excellence in interactive media production worldwide. Since 2001, the competition has received thousands of entries from countries around the world and nearly all 50 U. S. states. Each year, those entries are narrowed down to the best of the best to be recognized and promoted on and international stage for their excellence. The judging process involves a Horizon Interactive Awards advisory panel, end user panel and a worldwide panel of judges consisting of industry professionals. Winning entries are dubbed the "best of the best" in the interactive media industry. For more information, visit www. horizoninteractiveawards. com.

About Kforce
Kforce (Nasdaq:KFRC) is a professional staffing firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions for commercial and governmental organizations in the skill areas of technology, finance and accounting, and health and life sciences. Backed by more than 2,000 staffing specialists, Kforce operates with 67 offices in 41 markets in North America and one in Manila, Philippines. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www. kforce. com (http://www. kforce. com).

Certain of the above statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: business conditions and growth in the staffing industry and general economy; competitive factors, risks due to shifts in the market demand, including, without limitation, shifts in demand for our Kforce Government Solutions, Health and Life Sciences, Finance and Accounting and Technology groups, as well as the market for search and flexible staffing assignments; changes in the service mix; ability of the Firm to complete acquisitions; and the risk factors listed from time to time in the Firm's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as assumptions regarding the foregoing. In particular, there can be no assurance that shares will be repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Program or that Kforce's shares are, or will remain, attractively valued. The words "should," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "foresee," "plan" and similar expressions and variations thereof identify certain of such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they were made. The Firm undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. As a result, such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

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Pritzker Law Firm Calls for Policy Change to Fight Worsening E. coli Problem

Pritzker Law Firm Calls for Policy Change to Fight Worsening E. coli Problem

Leading food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker calls on U. S. regulators to add non-0157:H7 forms of E. coli to its list of adulterants in ground beef. Currently, only E. coli 0157:H7 is designated as an adulterant in raw ground beef. Other strains of E. coli, such as E. coli 0111, are just as virulent and deserve equally stringent regulation.

Minneapolis, Minn. (PRWEB) November 26, 2008

Fourteen years after the United States designated E. coli O157:H7 as an adulterant in raw ground beef, one of the nation's leading food safety lawyers is calling on regulators to adopt the same zero-tolerance policy against other strains of the potentially deadly bacteria.

Fred Pritzker, a Minneapolis attorney whose firm specializes in major food-borne illness cases, said several other types of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) must be declared adulterants by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to help reverse dangerous upward trends in illnesses and recalls of tainted meat.

Last year alone, E. coli O157:H7 contamination prompted 21 recalls of ground beef totaling 29 million pounds - the highest level in five years. Ten of the recalls were associated with sickness. For a country that purports to have the safest food supply in the world, there's been no progress made since 2004 in wiping out E. coli infection, Pritzker said. In fact, lately the bug has been gaining ground.

"It makes no sense that we are regulating one deadly pathogen and ignoring others," said Pritzker, who noted that one person was killed this summer and more than 300 others were sickened by E. coli 0111 linked to the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Okla. The restaurant reopened Saturday after being shut down for an extended period.

In October 2007, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) co-hosted a public meeting at which non-O157:H7 STECs were a leading topic of concern. More than 100 non-O157:H7 strains exist around the world, but health officials in the U. S. are most concerned with O111, O26, O103, O45 and O145.

Six months after the public meeting, the FSIS said it was considering designating certain non-O157:H7 STECs as adulterants. Pritzker said the major policy change is needed right away. "We need to have the same stringent approach to all pathogens that are capable of causing serious harm or death," Pritzker said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's possible that non-O157 STEC infections are as prevalent in the United States, or more so, than O157:H7 infections. Since 1990, the U. S. has recorded at least 23 outbreaks of infectious disease caused by the non-O157:H7 micro-organisms. And Like E. coli O157:H7, certain non-0157 STECs can lead to hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a condition that has killed children, the elderly and persons with weak immune systems.

By designating as adulterants the most virulent non-O157:H7 STECs, Pritzker said, the FSIS will gain the power to effectively shut down plants when meat is contaminated. The scrutiny will force greater responsibility on the beef industry to detect the bacteria and to prevent it from entering the food supply.

When E. coli O157:H7 was legally labeled an adulterant in 1994, the industry improved its testing mechanisms. Likewise, screening would readily improve for non-O157:H7 strains. The zero-tolerance would also apply to beef imports and provide consumers with stronger protection in recall situations

Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P. A. is one of the few law firms in the United States that practices extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation. The firm has collected millions of dollars on behalf of victims of E. coli poisoning and other foodborne illnesses, http://foodpoisoning. pritzkerlaw. com (http://foodpoisoning. pritzkerlaw. com). For more information, visit http://www. pritzkerlaw. com (http://www. pritzkerlaw. com) or contact Fred Pritzker at (612) 338-0202. Pritzker | Ruohonen has offices are located at Plaza VII, Suite 2950, 45 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.

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And the Best Breakthrough Performance in the Battle Against Wrinkles Goes to… Bioque®: New Scientific Skincare Line Contributes to the 2007 MTV Movie Awards

And the Best Breakthrough Performance in the Battle Against Wrinkles Goes to… Bioque®: New Scientific Skincare Line Contributes to the 2007 MTV Movie Awards

Bioque, the results-driven ‘Scientific Skincare that Works™,’ based on Nobel Prize-winning biochemical research, was in the celebrity gift bag at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards.

Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) June 7, 2007

For its leading role in the ‘anti-aging drama,’ Bioque is in the bag—literally. The results-driven ‘Scientific Skincare that Works™,’ based on Nobel Prize-winning biochemical research, was in the much-desired celebrity gift bag at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards this evening — providing presenters, award-winners, and nominees with its best-selling stars.

While MTV lauded Hollywood’s top achievers at its annual Movie Awards, Bioque presented its own award winners. Participants like Cameron Diaz and Jessica Alba received Bioque’s Serum XL™ - multi-peptide wrinkle reverser; Formula 9™ - fabulously firming ‘facelift in a jar;’ and Vitamin K1 Intensive Serum — a multipurpose wonder that treats spider veins, bruising, under-eye circles, skin redness, and age spots, and damage caused by the sun (and almost anything under it!). Hosted by Sarah Silverman, the hot ticket evening featured performances by Amy Winehouse, Rihanna and Jay-Z.

Bioque skincare takes the spotlight for its Nobel Prize-winning technology and extraordinary short-term and long-term results. This ' Scientific Skincare that Works ’ immediately helps to repair, rejuvenate and improve the appearance of today’s skin cells; while simultaneously laying the foundation for healthier generations of skin cells to come. Bioque’s groundbreaking ‘signal technology’ delivery system — based on the Nobel Prize-winning biochemistry of Dr. Martin Rodbell - delivers beneficial natural compounds into the interior of skin cells in both the surface layers and deep understructure of skin, where these compounds promote collagen synthesis to repair and rebuild damage. In rival skin care lines, a much smaller percentage of beneficial ingredients penetrates into cells (20% as opposed to Bioque’s over 80%); most are lost on the outside of cells. Bioque’s cruelty-free skincare also contains the highest percentages of beneficial peptides, bio-available vitamins, and botanicals. And, all 2007 profits from Bioque skincare sales go to support anti-cancer research. Celebrity fans include Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Halle Berry, among others. Bioque has taken Europe by storm and is currently making its US debut: now playing at Henri Bendel, www. bioque. com, fine department stores worldwide, and coming soon to a store near you!

Press and product photo contact: Isabel Smith at 818-922-5520 or via e-mail.

Visit www. bioque. com

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Microscan to Showcase Extensive Range of Machine Vision and Auto ID Products at VISION 2010

Microscan to Showcase Extensive Range of Machine Vision and Auto ID Products at VISION 2010

Microscan announces it will showcase an extensive range of machine vision and auto ID products at the upcoming VISION 2010 Trade Fair, scheduled to take place November 9 to11, at the Stuttgart New Exhibition Centre in Stuttgart, Germany. Microscan will actively demonstrate multiple products in Hall 6, Booth D43, including machine vision lighting, machine vision hardware and software, and auto ID barcode products.

Renton, WA (PRWEB) November 4, 2010

Microscan, a global technology leader for track and trace solutions, announces it will showcase an extensive range of machine vision and auto ID products at the upcoming VISION 2010 Trade Fair, scheduled to take place November 9 to11, at the Stuttgart New Exhibition Centre in Stuttgart, Germany. Microscan will actively demonstrate multiple products in Hall 6, Booth D43, including machine vision lighting, machine vision hardware and software, and auto ID barcode products.

As a global technology leader for precision data acquisition and control solutions, Microscan manufactures a comprehensive line of products encompassing vision, lighting and auto ID. “It is clear that the technologies required to support auto ID and machine vision applications are merging,” notes Andrew Zosel, Global Vice President of Marketing. “Recent safety and product recalls have emphasized the need for both the traceability provided by auto ID systems, and the inspection and control of machine vision systems. Microscan is one of the few manufacturers which can provide complete solutions encompassing auto ID and machine vision.”

Recent Microscan vision product releases include the VS-1 Track and Trace, NERLITE® HI-BRITE, and Visionscape® 4.1 software with color matching. The VS-1 Track and Trace is a complete vision inspection solution for pharmaceutical, healthcare, and other packaging applications. This label inspection system features a smart camera, integrated lighting and powerful machine vision tools to read barcodes, verify text, and inspect packaging. The new NERLITE® HI-BRITE machine vision lights provide the brightest LED illumination in their class, along with an easy web-based controller. Visionscape® is a scalable, single-software package that can be used for both GigE solutions and smart cameras, and the 4.1 upgrade includes new features such as color matching and color segmentation. Color matching can be used in high-speed applications such as sorting parts, and color segmentation enables other tools to be applied in a specific color plane.

Recent Microscan auto ID product releases include improved solutions for 1D and 2D barcode reading, such as the QX Hawk industrial imager with expanded capabilities and three megapixel resolution available in the MINI Hawk compact imager.

From basic barcode reading up to complex machine vision inspection, identification, and measurement, Microscan remains committed to continuous innovation and development to meet market and customer needs for quality product solutions to track, trace and control applications.

For more information on Microscan’s machine vision, lighting, and auto ID solutions, stop by Hall 6, Booth D43 at the VISION 2010 Trade Fair or visit http://www. microscan. com.

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Optelec's Compact+ Awarded Top Independent Living Design Award

Optelec's Compact+ Awarded Top Independent Living Design Award

Advanced Video Magnifier Improves Quality of Life with the Portability of an Ultra-slim Design

Vista, CA (PRWEB) December 2, 2007

At their 90th Anniversary, the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA) awarded one of the 2007 UK Independent Living Design Awards to Optelec's Compact+. An innovative bed rail, a four wheeled walker that converts to a seat shared the honor of receiving an award. Sue Norris, the head of England's Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing, part of National Health Service - Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) and chair of the judges said, "We felt that the three prizewinners had made subtle but significant improvements to the safety and quality of life for the users of their products."

The Independent Living Design Awards aim to recognize innovative products that assist independent living. Products are judged on innovation; aesthetics; usability and practicality; contribution to lifestyle, enhancement of quality of life and finally clarity of user instructions and literature. Products from all sectors of healthcare are submitted for the award. These awards are organized by the magazine, Assistive Technologies, whose readers vote for the companies they consider have given the best service in the fields of mobility, orthotics, prosthetics and rehabilitation.

The judges said, "(The Compact+) was a very neat, aesthetically pleasing product that demonstrated its ease of use in many different situations for partially sighted people." User Mr. Donald Marks, 80, from Tunbridge Wells - UK, cannot read anything without assistance. He says, "I looked at all the 'toys' on the market and selected the Compact+ and it's become my left hand. It's compact, functional and easy to use."

About Optelec… "Improving the quality of life of visually impaired and dyslexic people, reaching out with simple and effective solutions," Optelec was founded in 1985 and is recognized as the worldwide market leaders in providing innovative solutions for the blind, visually impaired and learning disabled. The company's flagship ClearView+ line has led the industry in high quality, innovative products that effectively improve the daily lives of the visually impaired. In January 2007, Tieman U. S., Holding Company to Optelec U. S. spun off ShopLowVision. com and LowVision. com as a sister companies, providing the one-stop-shop for optical, non-optical and daily living aids products solutions and education for eye care professionals and consumers.

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