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Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Haartek Salon, Toronto’s Premier Hair Salon Celebrates Their Grand Reopening by Returning to Their Roots

Get ready to enter a new chic, contemporary hair salon where luxury, pampering and style abound. The ultimate oasis for your hair, mind, body and spirit arrives on November 30th, 2010 as Haartek reopens its doors to reveal an extensive transformation of their salon.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) November 25, 2010

Haartek Salon (http://www. haartek. com) is located in the prestigious Manulife Centre in the heart of Yorkville, known as Toronto’s most celebrated neighborhood of style and culture featuring a unique blend of designer boutiques, upscale restaurants and world class galleries.

The 55 Bloor St. W. location was the site for the well known Haute Coiffure, previously owned and operated by Claus and Sonja Feser for over 40 years. This is where Haartek co-owners Cosimo Panetta and Remo Bot honed their craft as stylists before setting out on their own. Some 21 years later the duo were approached by the Feser’s with an offer to carry on the tradition at this landmark location.

“What sets us apart from other salons in the area is the long term relationships we have established with our clients. They have become like family and we therefore wanted to create a unique and relaxing atmosphere for them to enjoy”, remarked co-owner Remo Bot.

Haartek Salon’s success is continuously celebrated by being featured on numerous television shows and in publications such as; The Healthy Gourmet, The New You, CityLine, The New Attitude, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Today’s Bride, Toronto Life and Salon Magazine to name a few.

For more information on Haartek Salon please visit the Haartek website at http://www. haartek. com or call the salon at (416) 964-2666 to book a complimentary consultation.

About Haartek
Founded in 1987 Haartek Salon is a full service salon whose mission is to provide outstanding customer service utilizing the latest techniques in the beauty industry. Haartek Salon provides the finest beauty and esthetic treatments in a friendly and relaxing environment specializing in cutting, styling, colour, highlighting, extensions, straightening, nail services, skin care, facials, waxing, makeup, brow and lash tinting.

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Button Worldwide Partners Up With the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida for 2009-2010 Branding Campaign

Button Worldwide, US, a full-service marketing, advertising and communications agency in South Florida, is pleased to announce the awarded partnership with the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida, Inc

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) June 21, 2009

For numerous years, Button Worldwide has been proud to lend its creative ability and hard work to great charities in our community, and takes great pride in its partnership, while making a difference in the lives of young ladies in our community. Button Worldwide is excited, as The Girl Scouts share similar core values.

"Our plan is to strategically rebrand and create an aggressive ad campaign that truly shows exactly what the Girl Scouts are and the importance of there organization brings to the lives of young girls in our community," said Rita Johnson, Managing Director of Button Worldwide

Most commonly known for their cookies and camping, the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida wants to inform the community that they are an organization that extends much further. Having a great vision and many goals in mind, Button and the Tropical Florida Council will collaboratively make them a reality by creating a strategic plan for creative print and outdoor advertising, in order to craft the current Girl Scout brand image.

Concentrating undeserved and at-risk girl populations, the Council works diligently to reach out to all girls through various programs which target specific social issues throughout Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Several of the council's programs target girls living in community housing developments and the migrant communities, in addition to traditional Girl Scouting. Regardless of the girl, all Girl Scout programming develops leadership skills, healthy living, good decision-making and strong moral values in girls.

With 27 cities in Miami and every 4th girl living in poverty, the Council wants to leave every young member with something to take with them at the conclusion of the year as a keepsake for life.

"The Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida, Inc. is uniquely positioned to help all girls in our community build the skills, values and confidence they need to succeed in life," said Irela Bagué, Chair of the Board of Directors. "We are thrilled that Button Worldwide is partnering with us to continue our mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place."

Button Worldwide will lend its expertise to the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida to re-invent and re-brand them self to attract the young girl of today in the Miami-Dade and Monroe County's.

About Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida, Inc.:
The Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida, Inc. is one of 109 councils nationwide chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA to deliver Girl Scout program within specific geographic boundaries. The local council serves more than 20,000 girls and approximately 3,500 adult volunteers in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and maintains five campsites each offering unique experiences for girls and adults. For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girl Scouts, call (305) 253-4841 or visit www. girlscoutsfl. org.

About Button Worldwide:
Button Worldwide is an award-winning, full-service agency, which specializes in advertising, creative and interactive design and brand development. Button has the ability to take a vision and makes it a reality. With headquarters in London, and an office in Boca Raton, Fl, Button has met the needs of numerous clients in a variety of industries, by providing innovative solutions to corporations, non profits, causes and start-ups, seeking top notch messaging, strategies and execution. For further information, please visit: www. buttonworldwide. com, buttonworldwide. com/twitter

Rita Johnson
Button Worldwide
561-241-4567

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Tuesday, March 16, 2004

InsureMe Offers Tip for Reaching Sales Potential

Insurance shopping service affirms sleep should be part of your sales strategy

DENVER (PRWEB) August 15, 2006

Some sales professionals view sleep as a barrier to success. Some think that coffee, Coke, Red Bull and other caffeinated beverages rendered snoozing obsolete years ago. Others would like to get more rest but would hate to leave their cell phones, handheld organizers and laptops unattended for the necessary eight hours.

InsureMe, the leading online lead referral business, says sleep is not only essential to physical health, but to sales health as well.

According to the National Institutes of Health, too little sleep yields “impaired memory and physical performance and reduced ability to carry out math calculations. If sleep deprivation continues, hallucinations and mood swings may develop.” Other research suggests that those who suffer from sleeplessness see their vocabularies shrink.

Thus, sleep-deprived sales professionals are more likely to deliver uninspired, monosyllabic sales pitches, become irritated with co-workers and customers, and make embarrassing professional errors.

Scientists believe that sleep deprivation directly affects our cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that is crucial to innovation; decision-making ability; and mental focus and agility. In short, the things that are essential to sales success.

It’s not that Americans don’t know that sleep is important: 80 percent of respondents to a 2005 National Sleep Foundation (NSF) poll said sleep is a crucial element to a healthy life—up there with food and water.

Of course, knowing what’s healthy isn’t the same as changing ingrained routines. According to the NSF, 70 percent of Americans are not getting eight hours of sleep.

A sizable fraction of that 70 percent would like to get more sleep but are unable to. For those who are having difficulty sleeping, InsureMe offers the following tips:

Take the time to rest - Set a regular sleeping schedule that allows for eight hours of sound sleep. Rhythm is very important, so try to go to bed at or around the same time each night.

Don’t bring the office into the bedroom - The bedroom should be reserved for sleeping—not for late night phone calls, e-mails and to-do lists. Even the presence of work-related material in the room can hinder sleep.

See a doctor if you think you have sleep disorder - Many Americans suffer from sleep disorders, from sleep apnea to narcolepsy. Even seemingly innocuous snoring can be a symptom of a serious problem.

In addition to these tips, InsureMe provides a variety of free resources which are available online. The InsureMe Agent Resource Center contains multiple articles on numerous insurance types, and the InsureMe Agent Blog is updated daily with sales tips and industry news. The Agent Blog is part of the greater InsureMe blog network (www. insuremeblog. com).

About InsureMe

InsureMe is an Englewood, Colorado-based company that links agents nationwide with consumers shopping for insurance. InsureMe has helped millions of consumers find insurance coverage, while providing thousands of insurance agents with leads nationwide. www. insureme. com.

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Monday, March 15, 2004

Gallup and TEC Form Alliance to Meet Government and Industry Demands for Successful Enterprise Transformation

Gallup teams up with TEC to add IT assessment to its comprehensive business transformation assurance services, and to drive growth for public and private sector clients.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 14, 2006

The Gallup Organization (www. gallup. com) and Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (www. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press (http://www. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press)) have joined forces in a strategic alliance. The mission: to complement Gallup’s Transformation Success Assurance services with TEC’s experience and methodologies in IT evaluation, analysis, and decision support.

Although Gallup is mostly known for its polling and survey expertise, the majority of its business is generated from consulting services for government and industry. The alliance with TEC adds an IT evaluation component to Gallup’s management consulting businesses. The two companies have a very similar fundamental philosophy: independence. Gallup’s objectivity in consulting and TEC’s unbiased approach to IT evaluation are the perfect complement.

TEC is a global and impartial player in the enterprise software evaluation and selection market. Its easy-to-use online tools integrate business process modeling, content management, and decision support capabilities on its proprietary information management platform. Gallup’s full life cycle consulting approach extends TEC’s capabilities from the building of solutions, through launch, and into steady state continuous improvement.

“Our alliance with TEC provides Gallup with a comprehensive IT selection capability, broadening our transformation success assurance program by leveraging all of TEC’s accumulated expertise,” says Carl Sara, Partner, The Gallup Organization. Gallup (www. gallup. com) differentiates its services by focusing on the organic growth of an organization through a proven body of behavioral science. “Our research shows that most transformations are challenged not only by programmatic or technical factors, but by human capital elements,” says Sara. “The alliance helps extend our brand, by aligning our capabilities with the transformation demands of businesses today.” TEC and Gallup are marrying our capabilities to bring new approaches to the uncertain world of IT transformation.

“There’s a lot at stake, when making enterprise software decisions,” says Barry Melsom, TEC’s Vice President of Global Marketing, “Collectively, organizations lose billions of dollars each year due to misperceptions or insufficient information and data about the selection and implementation processes.” TEC (www. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press (http://www. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press)) has a wealth of customer feedback. “This strategic alliance with Gallup,” Melsom continued, “will allow us to expand the type of valuable market feedback we can make available to our respective clients.”

About Gallup

The Gallup Organization (www. gallup. com) has studied human nature and behavior for more than seventy years. Gallup employs many of the world's leading scientists in management, economics, psychology, and sociology. Gallup performance management systems help organizations boost organic growth by increasing customer engagement and maximizing employee productivity through measurement tools, coursework, and strategic advisory services. Gallup's 2,000 professionals deliver services at client organizations, through the Web, at Gallup University's campuses, and in 40 offices around the world.

Contact:

Carl Sara, Partner

The Gallup Organization

901 F Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004 USA

202-715-3211

About Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC)

Established in 1993, TEC (www. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press (http://www. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press)), the first Web-native software industry analyst, is an impartial advocate for buyers of enterprise software. TEC provides decision support solutions that enable stakeholders to objectively identify the software products that best fit their companies’ unique business and systems requirements, and contribute most effectively to superior business performance.

From ERP (ERP. TechnologyEvaluation. com/press), SCM, CRM, business intelligence, and outsourcing, to financial, health services, radio frequency identification (RFID), and open source, TEC’s network of knowledge bases, with data vetted by its analysts, continues to expand in keeping with the growing needs of enterprise IT professionals.

More than 450,000 global subscribers turn to TEC for research and analysis via its daily newsletter, and refer to its extensive archive of articles and white papers.

Contact:

Lynne Brash, Marketing Manager

Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC),

740 St. Maurice, 4th floor,

Montreal, Quebec

Canada

H3C 1L5

1 (800) 496-1303, ext. 254

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Sunday, March 14, 2004

Role of Health/Functional Foods within Patent Landscape is Topic of Wellness '09 Presentation

Nerac Analyst Shanon Trueman will present a session titled, "Health/Functional Foods Within the Patent Landscape," at the Wellness '09 Conference in Chicago, March 25-26, 2009.

Tolland, CT (Vocus) March 25, 2009

Nerac Analyst Shanon Trueman will present a session titled, "Health/Functional Foods Within the Patent Landscape," at the Wellness '09 Conference in Chicago, March 25-26, 2009.

The presentation addresses opportunities within the intellectual property and product landscape for functional foods and health foods; specifically, opportunities for ingredients within functional foods, indications and diseases treated, and product categories, and is targeted towards R&D scientists, intellectual property experts and marketing and business development professionals.

Some key points to be covered in the presentation include:
1. Europe has the most functional foods on the market; however, the European Patent Office holds comparatively few patents on functional foods.
2. The Japanese Patent Office has received many more applications on functional foods than have other patent offices, and has applications dating back nearly twenty years.
3. Future market potential for functional foods may be in North America, South America, and Asia/Australia.
4. Potential health conditions that may be targeted with new functional food products include diabetes, bone health, and cardiovascular health.
5. Potential functional food categories may include breakfast foods, baby foods, snacks, and desserts.

In addition, Bob Stohrer, Vice President R&D, Stolle Wellness will be co-presenting a session titled "Substantiation of Food and Supplement Claims," during which he will discuss the difference between FDA claims, patent claims, and FTC claims as they relate to functional foods; as well as the review and evaluation processes. And Antony Pavel, Jr. of K&L Gates will be co-presenting "Functional Food and Nutraceuticals: A Regulatory Update". Mr. Pavel will discuss the regulatory background behind functional foods and ingredients, and how a manufacturer can use the claims for marketing a product (including prohibited claims and gray areas).

As a Nerac analyst, Shanon Trueman (http://www. nerac. com/meet_our_analysts. php? id=40) helps companies to look beyond their business today to see how internal and external forces will shape their futures. She works with clients to identify both new markets for existing products and potential markets for new products. Clients draw on her expertise in food safety and regulations governing the use, efficacy, and registration of pesticides and biological control organisms to successfully institute quality control measures. Her technical expertise also includes microbiology, mycology, entomology, and bacteriology.

The Wellness 09 Conference (http://www. ift. org/cms/?pid=1001597) taking place March 25-26 in Chicago, IL., is a forum for experts from the food industry to exchange ideas on how to succeed in developing healthful foods by sharpening their focus on the consumer lifestyle and demographics dynamics, health issues, and legal, regulatory and standardization issues that are shaping the landscape of the wellness marketplace. Wellness '09 is sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific society with 22,000 members working in food science, food technology, and related professions in industry, academia, and government.

About Nerac
Nerac Inc. (http://www. nerac. com/) is a global research and advisory firm for companies developing innovative products and technologies. Nerac Analysts deliver custom assessments of product and technology development opportunities, competitor intelligence, intellectual property strategies, and compliance requirements through a proven blended approach to custom analysis: review of technical knowledge, investigation of intellectual property, and appraisal of business impacts. Nerac deploys analysts in diverse disciplines to help clients discover new applications, serving as a catalyst for new thinking and creative approaches to business problems or identifying strategic growth opportunities.

Contact:
Susan Lucek
Nerac, Inc.
One Technology Drive
Tolland CT 06084 USA
860.872.7000, ext. 1008
Www. nerac. com

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Saturday, March 13, 2004

New Study Shows Copper Could Control MRSA Contamination

A new study holds promise for stemming MRSA contamination by using copper alloys for surfaces in healthcare facilities. Doctors C. William Keevil and J. O. Noyce of the University of Southampton, U. K., reported the study at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in May in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (PRWEB) June 24, 2004

A new study holds promise for stemming MRSA contamination by using copper alloys for surfaces in healthcare facilities. Doctors C. William Keevil and J. O. Noyce of the University of Southampton, U. K., reported the study here at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a virulent organism, essentially resistant to all beta-lactam antibiotics (e. g., penicillins, ampicillins, cephalosporins). MRSA, one of the so-called "superbugs", can cause skin, bone and life-threatening blood infections, as well as pneumonia. It occurs commonly among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities, where it is typically transmitted by medical staff, patients and by contact with heavily contaminated equipment and environmental surfaces around infected patients.

According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nosocomial infections are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease, cancer and strokes. MRSA ranks as the nation's second most antimicrobial-resistant infection, with its highest incidence in Intensive Care Units, followed by non-ICU inpatient areas.

The study compared the survival rates of the often-deadly bacteria on stainless steel, the most commonly used metal in healthcare facilities, and on selected copper alloys. At room temperature, MRSA was able to persist and remain viable in dried deposits on stainless steel (C304) for periods up to 72 hours. For copper alloys Â– C77000 (55% copper), C24000 (80% copper) and C19700 (99% copper) Â– significant reductions in viability were achieved after 4.5 hours, 3 hours and 1.5 hours, respectively. The yellow brass rendered the bacteria completely inviable after 270 minutes, while the high-copper alloy took only 90 minutes.

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Dr. Keevil said the study strongly indicates that use of the copper metals in such applications as door knobs, push plates, fittings, fixtures and work surfaces would considerably mitigate MRSA in hospitals and reduce the risk of cross-contamination between staff and patients in critical care areas. He also explained that, despite the significant performance of copper alloys in this study, the survivability of MRSA on all metals at lower temperatures (39Â°F/4Â°C) is much greater, indicating that heightened hygiene is particularly imperative in those environments.

Keevil added that the antimicrobial effects of copper have been well documented. He cited recent studies on E. coli O157 and Listeria monocytogenes on copper alloy surfaces that show similar dramatic results, reducing viability of those pathogens from several weeks on stainless steel to only a matter of hours on copper alloys.

The MRSA study is co-funded by the International Copper Association and Copper Development Association Inc., New York, and managed by CDA.

Dr. Harold Michels, CDA vice president of technical services, said the study clearly shows that "the use of stainless steel in hospital environments for work surfaces and door furniture is potentially exacerbating an already critical situation with regards to MRSA transmission and infection." Michels stressed the desirability for the healthcare industry to evaluate and to begin using copper alloy hardware and surfaces, especially in high human-contact areas.

A copy of the study report, "The Antimicrobial Effect of Copper and Copper-based Alloys on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus," may be obtained by contacting CDA.

The Copper Development Association is the information, education, market and technical development arm of the copper, brass and bronze industries in the USA.

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Friday, March 12, 2004

It Don't Taste Like Mud, Mama: Is THNN Inc's SUPER MEAL RX the First Truly Yummy Meal Replacement Product?

Super Meal Rx-the Ultimate Wellness superfood creates an entirely new category in the organic super food nutrition and whole food meal replacement market. It replaces up to 150 dietary supplements and provides the complete RDA of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and fiber. It contains more than 160 nutrient dense ingredients of the highest quality and is suitable for men, women and children seeking a complete meal replacement that robustly supports and assist with nutrition, digestion, circulation, immunity, peak performance, anti-aging, revitalization, stamina, homeostasis, rejuvenation, weight management, optimal health, and balanced nutrition. It is organic, all-natural while providing a higher ORAC value than any other complete meal replacement.

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) August 27, 2009

If one scours the shelves of supermarkets and even health food stores-it is unlikely that even the most ardent consumer can come near the nutrient density of THNN Inc.'s new formulation of its popular Super Meal Rx (http://www. supermealrx. com), an amazingly healthy meal replacement. And for those sick of hydrogenated fats, high glycemic nightmare foods, flooded with both labeled and unlabeled food additives-preservatives and food dyes-is it possible that a true http://www. supermealrx. com/New-Product-Information-203.html (http://www. supermealrx. com/New-Product-Information-203.html) meal replacement could not only improve nutrition, but actually be a taste treat to be coveted?

So even if you are promoting healthy food for your family, you really don't want your kids to tell you that new green drink tastes entirely like mud. It just doesn't seem fair to make them drink something that you think should be laid to rest in a cow pasture, where at least some type of sentient being would actually enjoy it.

"Many companies want to concoct the healthiest product but fail to realize its longevity might depend on someone actually liking it," says Faith Vinson, President and CEO of THNN Inc, a transformational nutrition company based in Tampa. "Super Meal Rx is 100% all natural and organic, with a delicious taste. We want people to enjoy it."

"The actual taste of the New Super Meal Rx involves delicious berry and all natural chocolate, with a subtle blend of vanilla and mango. It's smooth, very palatable, and mixes into an instant smoothie".

Super Meal Rx is a nutrient dense, all natural, organic whole foods based meal replacement (http://www. supermealrx. com/index. html) with no compromise of sugar. Providing the broadest spectrum of phyto-nutrients, 100% RDA of vitamins and minerals, complete plant protein amino acids, rich plant and fruit extracts, fiber, essential fats, herbs, enzymes and probiotics.

The synergistic effect of the combination of the 160 ingredients has caused Super Meal Rx to outdistance all competitors. It's the best fusion of berry and green food complex (http://www. supermealrx. com/New-Product-Information-203.html) ever. New Super Meal Rx is patently the most powerful, highest antioxidant and complete nutritional food in the world.

Mama, is this stuff really good for me, too?

Super Meal Rx offers three sizes-1320g, 660g, or 440g packages.

SUPER MEAL RX is available at http://www. supermealrx. com (http://www. supermealrx. com) and at various independent retail and health food stores. Wholesale inquiries are welcome at customerservice (at) supermealrx (dot)com. Founder and CEO, Faith Vinson, is available for media interviews by appointment. For more information, call 1-866-949-MEAL (6325).

About THNN Inc
U. S. based Transformation Health Nutrition Naturals Incorporated (THNN Inc) is one of the fastest growing wellness company in the USA and is a leading formulator of high-end quality superfood nutrition wellness products.

Contact: John Star
Chief Communications Officer - THNN INC.
1866 949 6325

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