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Tuesday, February 4, 2003

New Snack App Helps Curb Visits to Drive-Thru

JuggleFit® releases Shake-A-Snack app for iPhone® and iPod touch®, a virtual food slot machine with over 200 three-ingredient recipes that encourage healthy snacking and eating portable mini-meals.

Gulf Breeze, FL (PRWEB) November 9, 2010

JuggleFit LLC, creator of JuggleFit fitness DVDs, today announced the release of the Shake-A-Snack app for iPhone and iPod touch. Shake-A-Snack is a virtual food slot machine that lands on healthy three-ingredient combinations and encourages the increasingly recommended practice of eating satisfying mini-meals throughout the day.

Users of the app will interact with three reels filled with small food icons. A slight shake of the device spins the reels to land on one of over 200 three-ingredient snack recipes. “The focus is on quick and easy," says JuggleFit founder and CEO Heather Wolf, “so most recipes require no cooking or use of pre-cooked ingredients like grilled chicken or leftover steamed vegetables.” Recipe and calorie information can be viewed for a snack and saved as a favorite. Ingredients can also be removed as desired.

“With a cooler and ice packs, almost any snack becomes portable," says Wolf. “A tasty bean or chicken salad readily available in the trunk of your car eliminates the need to stop by the drive-thru. It is our hope that the simplicity of the recipes in Shake-A-Snack will encourage people to eat healthy, even when on-the-go.”

JuggleFit plans to add more recipes to Shake-A-Snack as it gets suggestions from users through the app’s ‘Submit A Snack’ feature. Wolf adds, "When people shake the reels and see the colorful ingredients, a natural reaction is to come up with their own snack ideas. JuggleFit is excited to hear about users' unique creations and keep adding to the app."

Shake-A-Snack is available for $.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or on iTunes at http://itunes. apple. com/us/app/shakeasnack/id397162092?mt=8.

JuggleFit LLC is the producer of the Juggle Your Way to Fitness DVDs, which teach juggling in a simple way and provide at-home workouts for active brain fitness. The company has taught thousands of people to juggle and lead a healthy lifestyle through its live classes and workshops.

For further information please contact JuggleFit LLC at (850) 932-5570, info(at)jugglefit(dot)com, or visit http://jugglefit. com/media.

IPhone and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc.

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Monday, February 3, 2003

The PKD Foundation - All She Wants for Christmas is a Kidney

7-year-old Atlanta girl with polycystic kidney disease writes letter to Santa, asking only for a kidney.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 23, 2008

Julia Roberts (not that one) is a friend of The PKD Foundation. Her daughter, Quinn Roberts, isn't just asking for dolls, or video games for Christmas this year. After watching her brother, Gage, only 9, go on dialysis and have a kidney transplant in 2007 -- and knowing she'll have to do the same, even as early as this coming year -- what Quinn wants most of all this holiday season is a healthy kidney.

"Her quality of life is slipping away," said her mom, Julia. "She's unbelievably itchy, tired, crabby and just feels lousy - she knows her kidneys are causing this because we've always been open with her about her disease."

Quinn and her brother have polycystic kidney disease, PKD, a life-threatening genetic kidney disease affecting 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million people worldwide. PKD causes cysts to grow on the kidneys, often leading to kidney failure. Dialysis and transplantation are the only treatment options. There is no cure for PKD.

Quinn was diagnosed with PKD at birth, leading doctors to test her brother as well. Their parents, Julia and Julian of Atlanta, GA, learned both children would need kidney transplants one day, most likely before the age of 10. After several months on dialysis, Gage had a kidney transplant in March 2007. His donor: a family friend. Soon after, Quinn's kidneys started failing at a faster rate. If another family friend is approved, she will likely be transplanted in the New Year.

Still, Quinn's note to Santa, a project for school, came as a complete surprise to her parents, who didn't realize her illness and need for a kidney weighed so heavy on her mind.

"In some ways the letter is charming, in other ways it's heartbreaking," Julia said.

Avid followers of the family's blog, Kidneys And Eyes (http://www. kidneysandeyes. com) agreed, writing posts like: "Santa, please bring Quinn a kidney in 2009. She needs one, and she deserves one, OK?"

The Roberts family, as well as medical experts and PKD Foundation staff, are available for interviews over the holidays and throughout the year.

The not-for-profit PKD Foundation is the only organization, worldwide, dedicated to fighting PKD through research and patient education. Learn more at PKDCure. org (http://www. pkdcure. org).

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Sunday, February 2, 2003

The Baobab Tree or the Tree of Life

The Baobab Tree provides 100% all natural ingredients for food, nutraceutical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical Industries.

MONTREAL, Canada (PRWEB) May 26, 2006

A Canadian based company BaobabTek has recently been appointed to manage and develop the North American market for Baobab Fruit Company of Senegal (BFCS) in Africa. In 1999 BFCS began by designing specific equipment capable of extracting raw materials from the Baobab Tree. They are now the single largest harvester and producer of Baobab ingredients in the world.

The Baobab Tree is also known as the “Tree of Life”, “The Chemist Tree” and “The Monkey Bread Tree”. The scientific name is Adansonia Digitata. It is a deciduous tree that can reach 30 meters or 90 feet in height and 15 meters or 45 feet in diameter. The swollen, short, bottle shaped trunk can store up to 30,000 gallons of water during the dry season, which serves as water storage for the villages. The Baobab Tree can live up to 5000 years and is protected from fire due to its spongy wood.

Viewed by the native population as their symbol of the Continent and as their Protector, the Baobab is of high importance for humans and animals as it provides them with food and medicine. In traditional African medicine, the Baobab is used to help treat fever, diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, smallpox, and inflammation.

The tree bears fruit once a year, which is harvested by the local population. The fruit contains naturally dehydrated fruit pulp, which is then mechanically separated from the fiber and seeds. The leaves and seeds provide botanical extracts used in a variety of industries. The seed endocarp has naturally occurring Omega 3, 6 and 9.

Dietary fibers (up to 45grams per 100g) soluble fibers (22 grams per 100 grams) make it also a very effective, ingredient as it can help regulate the functions of the colon and intestines. Essential amino acids present in the pulp are a great source of energy. Naturally high in vitamin C (six times that of an orange) the pulp also contains vitamins (A, B1, B2, B6 and PP). Minerals included are (calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, sodium, zinc and magnesium).

The Baobab pulp can be used as a natural and functional ingredient in the food industry to make juices, energy drinks, smoothies, ice creams, fruit powders, chewable tablets and cereal bars. In the nutraceutical industries the pulp is used as a natural source of fiber and vitamin C. The seed oil, leaves and bark can serve well in the cosmetic industry to make creams, masks, shampoos, conditioners, lotions and exfoliants. Overall the wide range of usage of the Baobab produce makes it a highly valuable natural resource.

Numerous studies have been conducted and released on the benefits of the Baobab during the last 6 years in Universities and Laboratories.

BaobabTek's mission is to provide the cosmetic, food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries with 100% natural raw materials that can help contribute to personal health and well being. As a by-product we also help enhance the economic development of several villages in Africa.

Finished products are already in circulation in Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, Canada and the USA. BaobabTek is currently actively seeking partners and distributors to make this ingredient available and better known to the public in the North and South American markets.

For more information about BaobabTek, please visit http://www. baobabtek. com (http://www. baobabtek. com).

BaobabTek

11 926, Rue Guertin

Montreal

Quebec - H4J 1V6

Canada

Http://www. baobabtek. com (http://www. baobabtek. com)
Tel: 514 - 234 – 6460

Tel: 450 – 981- 9987

Fax: 514 - 335 – 3306

Http://www. baobabfruitco. com (http://www. baobabfruitco. com)
Http://www. baobabtek. com/biotradebrief-baobab. pdf (http://www. baobabtek. com/biotradebrief-baobab. pdf)

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Saturday, February 1, 2003

Ascend Integrated Media Partners with Convention News Television To Provide Daily Video News Opportunities to Clients

Ascend Integrated Media LLC, and its operating brand Ascend Media, announce that it will partner with Orlando based Convention News Television (CNTV) to provide both video news and exhibitor sponsorship opportunities to event and convention clients.

Leawood, KS (PRWEB) January 12, 2011

Convention News Television produces attendance-building promotional videos and daily news programs on-site during events. The videos are immediately posted on the client website, emailed to the client database, shown in convention hotels and posted on social media networks. This provides the opportunity for clients of Ascend Integrated Media to communicate in a whole new way with their attendees and membership whether they are at the event or not. By serving in the additional role of advertising sales representative, Ascend can use its staff of 11 inside media sales specialists to interface with new clients and organizations in a way that builds revenue for both companies.

Cam Bishop, CEO Ascend Integrated Media, explained the company's choice to partner by saying "We chose to develop this partnership with CNTV because we were impressed with the expertise of their team, the quality of their product, their rigorous processes and their drive to help associations and events communicate to their members with journalistic integrity. We are extremely excited with the potential of this new partnership. This is a natural product extension for Ascend that will serve to compliment the work we create for our clients in print, on the Internet and in mobile environments. The synergy is compelling in that the video news program will be able to be housed and accessed not only on the clients' websites but on the event sites that we create, as well as on the mobile app."

The opportunities were just as compelling from the vantage point of CNTV. "Our partnership will offer show managers the strongest one-stop communications service in the convention and trade show industry", said Bill Peeper vice president of sales and marketing for CNTV. "We are proud to be associated with the industry leader in this field as demonstrated by their realization that online video is becoming a fundamental communication tool of the industry. We know their high standards of customer service are equal to ours and that our partnership will only benefit show managers seeking the best in quality and innovative communication services."

Both companies look forward to the additional exposure and revenue generated by such a lucrative partnership.

About Ascend Integrated Media - Ascend Integrated Media, LLC and its operating brand Ascend Media, is a custom media company, established in 1982 in Overland Park, Kansas. Ascend Integrated Media is uniquely positioned to work with companies to develop and produce brand-enhancing communications products. The company engages on behalf of the client to create and manage print and digital content associated with marketing, branding and social media initiatives. Ascend's suite of fully integrated products and services includes print and digital magazines, newspapers, newsletters, membership directories, product buyers' guides, exhibit guides and maps, hotel door drop services, healthcare study guides, patient care information, event-related websites, smartphone and client-specific hand-held device application development, as well as social media account management and targeted text and text couponing services.

About Convention News Television - Convention News Television was founded in 2007 by a team of former news professionals who saw a need for video content in the convention industry. CNTV provides unique coverage for the meetings industry. The company employs only experienced television journalists who produce daily news programs from the convention or trade show in a matter of hours. The programs are immediately posted on the client's event website, emailed to the client's database and can be shown in the convention hotels, shuttle busses and posted on social media networks. The videos inform the attendees and non-attendees while encouraging others to attend future events. The programs also create revenue generating sponsorship opportunities.

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Operation 'Big Fish' Suspect Arraigned

Alleged Mastermind pleads "Not Guilty" to accident set-ups

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2008

Alex Gutman the purported criminal mastermind behind a ring of professionals and tradesman who allegedly staged phony car collisions for millions in illicit gains from big insurance interests pleads "Not Guilty" to all charges yesterday in Division 30 of the Clara Shortridge Foltx Criminal Justice Center (Case #BA0340194).

Gutmans' lawyer, Los Angeles based criminal defense attorney Jeffery K. Rubenstein (http://www. jkrlaw. com) stated: "I think Operation 'Big Fish', caught a 'Little Fish' and netted the slowest moving target in a very costly and time-consuming investigation that needed to show results".

The case involves over sixteen State and Federal Agencies including the Los Angeles Intra-Agency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force, Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Bureau of Automotive Repair, Department of Health Services, California Department of Insurance, Department of Motor Vehicles and the California Highway Patrol. The criminal investigation has produced over 10,000 pages of documents and photos. Wiretaps were also used.

"This is a very complex case and it is likely to take awhile" noted Mr. Rubenstein.

Mr. Rubenstien specializes in Defense of Insurance Fraud and white collar crimes (http://www. jkrlaw. com/white-collar-crimes. html) in the greater Los Angeles area.

The case is being prosecuted by specially assigned Deputy District Attorney Gregory AIker. If convicted of all counts, Gutman faces over thirty-nine years in a California State Prison.

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Utah Launches State-Wide Clinical Guidelines for Prescription Pain Medications to Combat Prescription Drug-Related Deaths

Inflexxion's clinician tools are recommended to help health care providers safely prescribe and monitor opioid medication use

Newton, MA (PRWEB) April 16, 2009

Inflexxion, a company that creates scientifically validated tools for critical areas of health care, is pleased to announce that the State of Utah has included Inflexxion's opioid risk management tools in state-wide clinical guidelines for prescribing pain medications. The guidelines were developed by the Utah Department of Health as part of an ongoing campaign to fight the rise of prescription drug overdose deaths in the state. They include both a set of evidence-based recommendations to guide clinicians in the appropriate use of opioid medications, and clinical tools to help doctors carry out the recommendations.

"For the past 17 years, prescription drug-related deaths have increased and now exceed deaths resulting from automobile crashes in our state. In fact, it is now the number one cause of unintentional death," writes David Sundwall, M. D., Executive Director of the Utah Department of Health, in the introduction to the guidelines. "It is our hope that the guidance in this document...will, if followed, significantly reduce deaths from misuse and abuse, but at the same time allow for the control of chronic pain with the proper use of opioid medications."

To develop the guidelines, the Utah Department of Health convened two multidisciplinary panels of experts: one to develop the recommendations, and another to select the accompanying clinician tools. The experts on the tools panel reviewed and graded 47 tools for usefulness and suitability for inclusion in the guidelines, and ultimately selected 21 tools from those with the highest ratings.

"This has been a tremendous amount of work, involving both experts and researchers to help us gather the best relevant knowledge and educational material that is available," says Erin Johnson, M. P.H., who serves as Prescription Pain Medication Program Manager for the Utah Department of Health's Prescription Pain Medication Management & Education Program. "We want to spread the word about the guidelines as widely as we can, so doctors in Utah and across the nation can benefit from them."

Among the tools included in the guidelines is Inflexxion's Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain Version-Revised (SOAPP-R®).

The SOAPP-R is a brief paper-and-pencil self-report tool that enables clinicians to assess the potential risk of addiction in patients prior to initiating opioid therapy. Its utility was recently highlighted in a set of clinical guidelines for the use of opioids in treating chronic non-cancer pain, which were developed jointly by the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine and published in the February 2009 issue of The Journal of Pain (Volume 10, Number 2). Another version of the SOAPP, the 5-item SOAPP-SF, is recommended by Kaiser Permanente's Pain Management Advisory Group.

In addition to the SOAPP-R, the panel chose to include Inflexxion's Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM)®. The COMM is a tool for identifying whether a patient, currently on long-term opioid therapy, may be exhibiting aberrant behaviors associated with misuse or abuse of opioid medications.

These tools are also available directly to clinicians who visit and register at the PainEDU. org website (http://www. PainEDU. org (http://www. PainEDU. org)). Published by Inflexxion, the PainEDU site offers extensive educational resources free of charge to clinicians who are interested in learning more about pain management, including online tutorials and scoring guides for the SOAPP-R and COMM tools.

"We're very excited that SOAPP-R and COMM are included in the guidelines. Utah is a leader in this area, only the second state in the nation to develop guidelines for health care professionals to follow when prescribing pain medications for chronic pain," says Kevin Zacharoff, M. D., Director of Medical Affairs at Inflexxion. "At Inflexxion, our mission is to improve public health, and we have developed tools like the SOAPP and the COMM for just this kind of purpose. We're proud to be part of a growing movement to ensure that doctors have the education and tools they need to prescribe opioid medications safely and appropriately - so we can protect patients and save lives."

About Inflexxion
Founded in 1989, Inflexxion leverages technology to improve public health. We create clinically validated tools and programs for critical areas of health care, including prevention and wellness education, addiction and pain treatment, and pharmaceutical risk management. Key offerings include: NAVIPPRO™, PainEDU. org, painACTION. com, SOAPP, and COMM. These innovative solutions help reduce health-related risks, enhance clinical outcomes, and positively impact the quality of care.

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Of The Goddess Ltd. Strives To Make A Difference In The World

(PRWEB) April 14, 2001

Enter The Realm Of The GoddessÂ… is the invitation on the home page of Of The Goddess Ltd.Â’s successful website, http://www. aromatherapygoddess. com (http://www. aromatherapygoddess. com). All Natural Aromatherapy, Bath & Body and Accessories For The Body Mind & SoulÂ… Affirmations, Inspirations & Enlightenment, WomenÂ’s Health & HealingÂ… And So Much MoreÂ… gives you a bit of an idea what you find when you surf through this diverse and interesting website.

Pamela J. Leavey, Proprietor of Of The Goddess Ltd. provides a Daily Affirmations and a Daily Inspirations Page on the website five days a week. It is a labor of love for Pamela who feels that making a difference is the world is her mission in life and in business. Profiled on IVillage. comÂ’s Mompreneur section last December, Pamela shared with visitors to IVillage. com that she believes Â“Offering those pages makes a difference in the lives of a lot of people. I live by the basic spiritual principle, ''Give when and what you can, and expect nothing in return''.Â” Â“I do this because I feel that it is so important to share wisdom and knowledge. Many visitors have emailed throughout the past couple of years to thank me for these pages,Â” Pamela shares. To be successful, Pamela feels you must, Â“Strive to make a difference in the worldÂ”.

WomenÂ’s Health and Healing are other topics that Pamela has made a point of sharing with her visitors. A page of Breast Cancer Links and a page of Menopause Awareness Links are also prevalent on the website, along with Goddess Mythology and Aromatherapy articles written by Pamela. When you click through the archived Daily Affirmations pages, you will also find a few of PamelaÂ’s own Affirmations, sprinkled in with the likes of Louise L. Hay, Deepak Chopra and Julia Cameron.

In describing her website, Pamela says, Â“I like to think of Aromatherapygoddess. com as a mini womenÂ’s portal. I donÂ’t want people to come to my website for the sole purpose of buying my products. I want them to come there because they enjoy the website. ItÂ’s sort of like walking into a New Age Book Shop and sitting down for a while to read a book. If you decide while you are there to take a look through our store, I hope you find something you really must have, but if you donÂ’t, please come back again!Â”

Of The Goddess Ltd. features many wonderful all natural products to choose from. The Aromatherapy Of The Goddess line offers Aromatherapy, Bath & Body and Personal Care Products. There are over twenty - five specially blended Goddess Potions and a wide selection Essential and Fragrance Oils available. Many of the Goddess Potions, Essential and Fragrance Oils are also available in a variety of Bath & Body products, including Body Oils and Lotions, Bath Salts, Foam Baths and Shower Gels. Her very popular Love Potion # 9 is a warm earthy blend of Jasmine, Musk and Lemon Verbena. Â“Love Potion # 9 is a very special blend that has been formulated to invoke the feelings of Love and Attraction. This scent, like all of my Goddess Potions can be worn by both Women and Men,Â” says Pamela. There are many other wonderful products to choose from in this diverse line including therapeutic Herbal Bath Teas and Color Therapy Bath Salts.

Other popular products lines exclusive to Of The Goddess Ltd. include Via Salaria, an all natural Salt Scrub, Body Buffer line with three unique Essential Oil and Herbal blends; Aquae Sulis Elixirs, a Floral Water and Toner Line; Terra Verde, a line of natural Clay Masks, and KnowScents, a line of Fragrance Blends and Bath Salts designed for the younger market.

In the works at Of The Goddess Ltd. is a line of fruity scented Bath Salts, Foam Baths and Body Glitter for the preteen set, Travel Kits featuring the Goddess Potion products in travel sizes and Pamela is now considering a MenÂ’s line. Just launched at Aromatherapygoddess. com are Of The Goddess Ltd.Â’s new Intent Kits and Spa Kits, featuring full sized Bath & Body products, and lotÂ’s of other fun stuff. The Spa Kits (Energizing and Relaxing) are packed with a Sea Sponge or a Loofa and a Sarong for after the bath or shower. The Intent Kits come with a Journal for jotting down your goals and dreams towards the Intention theme of each Kit Â– Love, Prosperity and Empowerment.

Pamela believes that customer service and good products are both key to success. Her clientele knows that she is dedicated to providing both. Along with her popular website Aromatherapygoddess. com, Pamela also offers a Wholesale Only website where Retail Store Owners can place secure online orders. She has developed products for private label for other companies and is currently working on a new line of products for a popular fitness instructor. There is also an Aromatherapy book in the works. Never a dull moment for Pamela and her company, Of The Goddess Ltd., as Pamela strives to make a difference in world.

Contact Information:

Pamela J. Leavey, Proprietor

Of The Goddess Ltd.

Ladypamela@aromatherapygoddess. com

Http://www. aromatherapygoddess. com (http://www. aromatherapygoddess. com)
1-877-643-3377 Toll Free

1-818-761-0116 Tel / Fax