Orbital Technologies attends United Nations COPUOS Meeting in Vienna, Austria as it begins contracting with clients. New Zealander Stiphan Beher, Chief Operating Officer for Orbital Technologies said, "we are pleased with the progress made with contracting with end clients and are close to finalizing agreements with a number of smaller Sovereign Space Agencies. We bring a cost effective opportunity for space agencies to have astronauts at the Commercial Space Station." Orbital Technologies, majority owned by Eric Anderson, a major shareholder in Space Adventures and ...

Effective Press announces that the new children's illustrated book, The Green Box League of Nutritious Justice (ISBN 978-0988316317, Effective Press, 2014) by Dr. Keith Kantor; Peter Crouth, E.C.; Dana Yarn, R.D.; and Karen Kantor, R.N.; with illustrations by Sarah Adam has been nominated for the prestigious and coveted National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) as best children's book. The book teaches children about nutrition and fitness in a fun way that will allow parents and children to share and learn while reading the book. Beautifully illustrated, The Green Box ...

GammaTech Computer Corp., a major international manufacturer and supplier of innovative notebook and tablet computers, will display its computing solutions for the fleet industry at the NAFA Institute & Expo in Minneapolis from April 9-10. On display will be samples of systems that meet varying degrees of ruggedness, sealing and temperature tolerance. See them in booth #1124. With GammaTech DURABOOK rugged products, performance is guaranteed even in the harshest environments and most demanding situations. These mobile, powerful computing solutions can help businesses ...

Construction is underway in Beaumont in master-planned Sundance where Pardee Homes has broken ground at Woodmont, a new neighborhood of eco-friendly one- and two story homes. Home shoppers can join the interest list and receive updates at http://www.pardeehomes.com in advance of the May grand opening. "Pardee Homes is excited to bring Woodmont and the GenSmart Suite to Sundance," said Matt Sauls, director of marketing for Pardee Homes. "There will be five floor plans available, all featuring great room living with large kitchen islands, game rooms and our exclusive GenSmart ...

Sunrise Management - which has specialized in the management of residential real estate since 1978 - has added five communities encompassing 845 units to its Las Vegas portfolio, adding multifamily expert Ana Chase as a regional real estate manager. Tapped to help oversee the San Diego-based firm's growing Las Vegas market share, Chase will also help with strategic planning and repositioning of select properties as well as day-to-day onsite management. She has more than ten years of experience in the multifamily industry, specializing in onsite operations and property ...

The Birthing, Bonding and Breastfeeding Conference will be held on May 31st, 2014 at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower, 39000 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. Doors open at 8:00am. Conference will begin at 9:00am and conclude at 5:00pm. Dr. Bob Sears is a Pediatrician, co-author of the Sears Parenting Library, and solo author of The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child. Dr. Sears has appeared on the Dr. Phil show, the Ellen DeGeneres show, CNN's House Calls with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, The CBS Early Show, and PBS's "A Place of Our ...

RE.WORK announces the initial speaker lineup for the RE.WORK Technology Summit and the startup competition taking place in Berlin on 19-20 June. The RE.WORK Technology Summit will explore emerging technologies shaping the future of business & society. On 19-20 June, 200 influential technologists, entrepreneurs, academics, business leaders, and government officials will come together at the RE.WORK Technology Summit in Berlin to explore how innovative ideas in science, technology, and entrepreneurship are reshaping society and business. Emerging technology ...

Forcam, developers of Factory Framework, the shop-floor productivity software that has boosted output by 25 percent for leading international auto manufacturers, launched Release 5, at the 2014 Hanover trade show. This latest innovation embraces big data, using complex event processing, in-memory technology and the power of the cloud to gather and process information in real-time to accelerate shop-floor performance. This is the first workshop level software to meet all the technical requirements for Industry 4 and with connectivity, using standardised protocols Factory ...

The story is as old as celluloid: aspiring filmmaker aims for Hollywood with his or her head in the clouds. For a select group of film students at Woodbury University (www.woodbury.edu), however, the cloud in question has more to do with technology than weather. Cloud hosting pioneer Infinitely Virtual (www.infinitelyvirtual.com) today announced that it has teamed with Woodbury on "Infinitely Video," a novel competition that asks budding auteurs to fast forward to the next century and, while there, portray a typical day at the office. The competition - orbiting ...

Organizations with 16 or more employees - down from the previous minimum of 50 or more employees - can now qualify for the GroupHEALTH Release of Reserve program (http://bit.ly/GroupHEALTH-RoR), Matt Houghton, CEO of GroupHEALTH Benefit Solutions announced today. GroupHEALTH is the only benefit solution provider in Canada to offer a release of funds through the incurred but not reported (IBNR) reserve program. An IBNR reserve is an amount of premium that insurers set aside to pay "run-off claims" that occurred while the health and dental policy was in effect, but were ...

Available Now: "Who Invited The Stiff To Dinner?" is the first in a series of interactive party games for teens and adults. These are clean and fun mystery solving games perfect for private parties, youth group activities, drama club parties, Christmas parties, and retreat activities. Because it is fully scripted, it is easily adaptable to stage production, such as for mystery dinner theatre productions, which could be used as a fundraiser for your favorite charity, school, ministry, or trip. This game requires 14 participants. No memorization is required. "Who ...

The victims of the affordable housing crisis are well-known by now across the city as new developers buy buildings and evict or force out the renters. The city's answer to build new units has introduced a new victim to the watershed: small businesses. In Mayor Ed Lee's State of The City Address in January, he called for 30,000 units to be built up or rehabilitated over the next six years. "We demand that developers build more housing affordable for working people and middle income families," Lee said. One developer in the city, The Emerald Fund is spending $58mil ...

Clark Solutions introduces the 8P Series of Direct Mount Pneumatic Actuated Ball Valves. Available in 18 brass or stainless steel models with 2-way or 3-way configurations and 1/4" to 4" pipe sizes, 8P Pneumatic Actuated Ball Valves can be customized by original equipment manufacturers to meet the requirements of virtually any application. All Clark Solutions 8P Series ball valve actuators feature a compact twin rack and pinion design and an adjustable 0-90° rotation. Most models are intended for use with media having temperatures ranging from -4°F to +185°F. An available ...

The Gamer's Armory has announced that they will host an Icefall Championship on Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 9:00am until midnight to benefit a member of the local gaming community in need. The all-day Magic: The Gathering (Magic) event will offer attendees Magic tournaments, Chick-Fil-A's Spin Wheel with special prizes, food, baked goods and raffles for rare Magic collector's items. Every entry fee will be accompanied by a mystery Gold Rush Magic Envelope. Anyone who purchases 5 raffle tickets for $20.00 will also receive a mystery Gold Rush Magic Envelope. Proceeds will ...

Catawampus: 1. askew; awry. 2. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered. adverb. 3. diagonally; obliquely: Late twenty-somethings Stuart Burkhalter and wife Julie were planning to have a baby. She went on vitamins and they went on one last vacation because they thought that Julie would soon be pregnant. Little did they know that they were embarking on a harrowing, almost two-year journey through an emotional and physical minefield that tested their relationship and resolve to become parents. Catawampus is the very personal tale of the madness and confusion of fertility ...

PANalytical Boulder, formerly ASD Inc., developer of high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions, announced today the winners of the 2014 Students in Mining TerraSpec Instrument Program. Four Ph.D. candidates in relevant fields of study have been granted the temporary use of a TerraSpec 4 mineral analyzer and The Spectral Geologist (TSG ) Pro mineral analysis software. Additionally, recipients are entitled to a single $500 travel stipend to attend a one-day feasibility and modeling training session at PANalytical Boulder's headquarters ...

Unlimited Vacation Club by AMResorts (UVC) just keeps adding vacation options for its members! The club recently announced its first property on sun-drenched Isla Mujeres, a stunningly beautiful island located about eight miles off the coast of Cancun, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea. The resort, which will be officially added to the UVC portfolio and available for member use beginning June 1, 2014, will keep the name Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres until it's officially rebranded as Zoëtry Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres Cancun on December 15, 2014. The property will be the fourth ...

This was a movement bigger than any one site, more significant than a name. BEARD-Os AND BADASSES: The Punks Who Took Film News Underground is a new documentary film project that has exploded onto Kickstarter. In 1995 when Patrick Sauriol flipped the switch on his film news website Corona Coming Attractions, it changed everything. No longer was film reporting and criticism, in the exclusive hands of the few, privileged elite. For the first time, fans and enthusiasts threw their keyboards in the ring, and a revolution was launched. BEARD-Os AND BADASSES, the feature ...

B2B-Tradeshow, the renowned provider of online trading platform for the international business community, has launched its new website featuring over 500,000 products , which makes it one of the world¡¦s largest B2B market places. As a meeting place for sellers and buyers, the website promises to provide ideal integrated solutions that can boost success in international trade. Having an enormous database of products, global sellers and buyers, the website can make things happen for those who want to gain mileage from the services offered by B2B-Tradeshow. Ben Tsai, the ...

Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc. (PresidentF Kengo Sakurada ; hereinafter, g Sompo Japanh) was selected as one of the Ethisphere 2014 Worldfs Most Ethical Companies as announced on March 20, 2014. 1. About Ethisphere Worldfs Most Ethical Companies The Ethisphere Institute is an international think-tank based in the United States dedicated to business ethics and corporate social responsibility and each year performs research as part of its effort to share best practices in business ethics, anti corruption and sustainability. This year Ethisphere selected 144 companies ...

CyberAlert today released "Media Monitoring 2014: The Ultimate Guide" -- a free 40-page white paper containing tips, tactics and cost-saving techniques on news monitoring, broadcast monitoring and social media monitoring. Developed to assist PR and marketing pros, the white paper includes numerous tips, tactics and techniques on optimizing media monitoring results and reducing costs. The white paper is available as a free download on CyberAlert's website (https://secure.cyberalert.com/media-monitoring-guide-download-form-nav.html). The white paper addresses a comprehensive ...

'I Will Never Forget', the multi-award winning dementia memoir by Elaine Pereira, recently took the number one position on Amazon in its genre. Elaine Pereira has written the one book on Dementia that no one else could write. She is a daughter who has lived the Dementia drama, an occupational therapist who understands the neurology and an unwavering caregiver. Pereira's exclusive perspective has enabled her to produce a one-of-a-kind book about Dementia that encompasses several uniquely special approaches. While most authors unveil theirs stories chronologically, ...

Following a record-breaking 2013, organisers of the 31st edition of the Palma International Boat Show have expanded exhibition space both on land and in water to create "probably the most successful boat show in the last five years". The Show runs from 30 April to 4 May. Guy Norrish from long-term exhibitor Marina Estrella, comments, "Following a 2012 hiatus, the comeback 2013 Palma International Boat Show was a real hit. The new format of fewer days, better opening times, more boats on the water and reasonable ticket prices suited both exhibitors and visitors. Marina ...

dinCloud, a cloud services provider that helps businesses rapidly migrate to the cloud through business provisioning, today announced that it has partnered with ThreatSTOP, a leading provider of real-time IP reputation (IPR) management services, to provide its customers with a dynamic, 24/7 threat source detection and blocking service against criminal malware. A cloud-based protection service, ThreatSTOP automatically identifies and builds a barrier against known criminal malware including: botnets, Trojans, worms, zero day threats, and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). ...

INDEVCO Group companies will exhibit raw materials for hygiene disposable converting at Booth # 4035 during INDEX14. The leading nonwovens exhibition will take place from 8 - 11 April 2014 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. Member company, United Plastic Products Company (UPPC) of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will display and discuss micro-embossed and textile PE backsheet film, while Sanita Persona of Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, will cover diaper closure tapes. UPPC and Sanita Persona serve the hygiene converting industry in Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. Total Quality ...