Freemake.com has announced the release of Freemake Video Converter Version 1.3 -- an enhanced version of the popular free video converter loaded with new features. The enhancements, designed to give video makers more control over their video creation, include: An integrated preset editor that provides total control over the output result with the ability to customize conversion parameters. In Freemake V1.3, video makers can establish video and audio codecs, frame size, frame rate, sample size, and sample rate -- and then save the custom preset for future use. New ...

Dreamstar Parties Incorporated, Northern California's leading children's entertainment company, today announced its partnership with the Peekadoodle KidsClub- San Francisco's premier play space for children. In addition to its play space and educational enrichment classes, Peekadoodle offers its members/nonmembers a variety of themed party packages at its beautiful facility in the heart of Ghirardelli Square. Dreamstar Parties' signature character entertainment services are now available for purchase as a part of Peekadoodle's Party Packages. Dreamstar Parties' signature ...

Karta Mobile Inc. has announced the immediate availability of its popular BlackBerry personal organization application Viira. Currently in version 2.2, Viira is the leading BlackBerry GTD software application and the only one to incorporate email, appointments, events and SMS messages as well as projects, contexts and delegation capabilities into the most comprehensive BlackBerry-based system for Getting Things Done (GTD). Key Viira capabilities introduced in version 2.2 include: SMS Organization: Viira integrates direclty with the BlackBerry Inbox to let users organize ...

Grays Harbor Paper has experienced an 85% decrease in repetitive and overuse work injury claim costs in the past twelve months. In addition to the hard cost savings the pulp and paper facility has also seen a 95% decrease in days away from work due to a time loss injury. Grays Harbor Paper is committed to excellence in safety. As part of this commitment to its employees working safely, the facility partnered with InjuryFree, Inc., an organization that provides workplace injury prevention solutions nationally. The specific purpose of this partnership was to tackle the ...

http://www.trackercorp.com announced a new "POS User Role" feature in its Tracker I-9 software that enables retail store managers (and others with limited access to technology) to securely complete and process electronic I-9 Forms and E-Verify using common equipment no more sophisticated than a web-enabled register or point of sale (POS) terminal. Tracker I-9's new, optional role configuration provides a simplified electronic Form I-9 interface that is viewable at a screen resolution as low as 800 x 600 pixels per square inch. This makes completing I-9s and E-Verifying ...

Yes, it is important to create and stick to a financial plan. The problem arises in transforming that advice from theory into action. In the new book, Plan of Action: Strategies to Help You Build and Preserve Wealth ($24.95, CreateSpace Publishing, October 2010), nine financial professionals affiliated with Securities America, Inc., one of the nation's largest independent broker/dealers, have lent their collective 175 years of industry experience to help Americans consider their financial future, begin making plans and explore the tools to help achieve their dreams. Plan ...

When you purchase a Traders Insurance policy, we are committed to providing you with the most competitive deal on your Traders policy. Because you are covering your livelihood and vehicle stock, you shouldn't purchase insurance cover purely on price. You should also consider the level of cover required and whether you require additional benefits such as premises or indemnity cover. We have listed some handy tips designed to save you money on Motor Trade insurance: - Make sure that any additional drivers you add to your Traders policy are over 25 years of age. Any ...

Michaels, North America's largest arts and crafts specialty retailer, announces "Six Weeks of Inspiration" for the 2010 holiday season, featuring free and low-cost gift and decor-making workshops in all U.S. and Canada stores. Events begin with a holiday open house on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will continue through December to help customers create personalized gifts and decorations. In the retailer's annual holiday customer survey, conducted in October, 63 percent of respondents said they plan on making gifts to save money this year. Seventy-five ...

For the second time in 25 years, the world-famous Newport Jazz Festival is available for title sponsorship. Founded by George Wein in 1954, the festival was sponsored by JVC for 23 years, followed by CareFusion for the past two years. CareFusion also sponsored the New York festival in 2010, and a sponsorship package is available for both events. For more information on various packages, contact New Festival Productions at sponsor@newfestivalproductions.com. "I am grateful for the two years that CareFusion sponsored the Newport Jazz Festival as well as their one ...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, November 1, 2010 – School meal programs play a significant role in keeping children healthy and are "the anchor" of comprehensive school nutrition services that improve children's nutritional status, health and academic performance, according to an updated joint position paper from the Society for Nutrition Education (SNE), American Dietetic Association (ADA) and the School Nutrition Association (SNA). The updated position paper, published in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), represents the official ...

ST. LOUIS – Using state-of-the-art robotic and x-ray crystallographic equipment, researchers at Saint Louis University have revealed for the first time the molecular structure of the zymogen, or inactive, form of a blood-clotting enzyme. In an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Enrico Di Cera, M.D., chair of the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and lead researcher of the study, said the NIH-funded research offers important information about the protein. "This research is ...

SAN DIEGO, CA (November 1, 2010)—Breast cancer, one of the most prevalent cancers in women, afflicts an additional 200,000 women each year and causes about 40,000 deaths annually. The disease often extends to neighboring lymph nodes, in part, through lymphovascular invasion (LVI)—a process in which cancer cells invade blood vessels or the lymphatic system—and can often translate into a poor prognosis for patients. Some scientists argue that evidence of LVI does not necessarily mean that the disease will recur in the lymph nodes after radiation to the breast alone, but ...

Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off. A team of UCLA chemists and engineers has developed a new method for coating large surfaces with nanofiber thin films that are both transparent and electrically conductive. Their method involves the vigorous agitation of water, dense oil and polymer nanofibers. After this solution is sufficiently agitated it spreads over virtually any surface, creating a film. "The beauty of this method lies in its simplicity and versatility," said California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) researcher Richard ...

VIDEO: SuperAgers.com website features aging research and video portraits of centenarians. Click here for more information. November 1, 2010 – (BRONX, NY) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has launched SuperAgers.com, a new website that features the latest information on more than a decade of aging research at Einstein. The SuperAgers.com website highlights the work of Nir Barzilai, M.D., director of the Institute for Aging Research and a team of ...

Washington, DC – Patients report decreased pain and improved breathing following treatment of their hilar tumors with robotic radiosurgery, but researchers say the therapy falls short of improving survival. Still, the study, conducted by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and presented today at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians in Vancouver, BC, represents the first of its kind to document the use of radiosurgery for hilar tumors and presents a novel therapy option. For the study, researchers reviewed the ...

Fruit flies that grow obese after eating a diet loaded with fat could lead the way to the core elements of obesity, according to researchers who report their findings in the November issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. The findings also get at obesity's origins. The demonstration that flies do become obese on a high-fat diet (HFD), much as humans do, indicates that the ability to become obese goes way, way back, the researchers say. "The capacity for obesity is evolutionarily ancient," said Sean Oldham of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. ...

Researchers have identified a hormone produced and secreted by the liver as a previously unknown cause of insulin resistance. The findings, in the November issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, suggest a new target for the treatment of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, the researchers say. "The current study sheds light on a previously underexplored function of the liver; the liver participates in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance through hormone secretion," said Hirofumi Misu of Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science in Japan. ...

In adults with seasonal influenza A virus infection, the combination of the drugs oseltamivir (tamiflu) and zanamivir (relenza) is less effective than oseltamivir monotherapy and not significantly more effective than zanamivir monotherapy. This key finding comes from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial— in adults presenting with influenza symptoms at general practices throughout France during the seasonal influenza epidemic in 2008-2009— carried out by Catherine Leport from the University of Paris, France, and colleagues, and reported in this week's PLoS Medicine. In ...

In this week's PLoS Medicine Magazine, Trisha Greenhalgh and Jill Russell from the Queen Mary University of London discuss the relative merits of "scientific" and "social practice" approaches to evaluation and argue that eHealth evaluation is in need of a paradigm shift. They critique the previous PLoS Medicine series on evaluating eHealth, published in late 2009. INFORMATION:Funding: The ideas in this paper were developed during an independent evaluation of the UK Summary Care Record programme, funded by a research grant from the UK National Institute of Health Research ...

David Henry discusses a recent research article in PLoS Medicine that suggests that relationships between doctors and drug companies are still too close. The research, by Geoffrey Spurling and colleagues, examined the relationship between exposure to promotional material from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of prescribing. David Henry's offers his Perspective in this week's PLoS Medicine Magazine. INFORMATION: Funding: The author received no specific funding for this article Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing ...

BOSTON—The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, which is a terminal illness, should be guided by patient and family preference for comfort, not estimated life expectancy, says a new study published in the Nov. 3 Journal of the American Medical Association by the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Currently, patients requesting hospice services must be certified by their physician to have six months or less to live, and must sign a statement choosing comfort care services in lieu of curative ...

In a study examining the factors that play a role in an older adult's transition to disability, intervening illnesses and injuries that led to hospitalization or activity restriction were associated with worsening functional ability, especially among those who were physically frail, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on aging. Thomas M. Gill, M.D., of the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., presented the findings of the study at a JAMA media briefing at the National Press Club. Among older persons, disability in essential ...

Use of a fall prevention tool kit, which included a fall risk assessment, patient-specific prevention plan, an educational handout and a poster for over the patient's hospital bed reduced the number of older patients with falls in hospitals, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on aging. Patricia C. Dykes, R.N., D.N.Sc., of Partners HealthCare System, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, presented the findings of the study at a JAMA media briefing at the National Press Club. "Falls are a public health problem ...

In a review of comprehensive primary care programs for older adults with multiple chronic conditions, authors identified three models that appear to have the greatest potential for improving quality of care and life for these patients, while reducing or not increasing the costs of their health care, according to an article in the November 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on aging. Chad Boult, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, presented the findings of the study at a JAMA media briefing at the National Press Club. "Older ...

Patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) who received supplementation with the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), believed to possibly reduce the risk of AD, did not experience a reduction in the rate of cognitive and functional decline, compared to patients who received placebo, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on aging. Joseph F. Quinn, M.D., of Oregon Health and Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Ore., presented the findings of the study at a JAMA media briefing at the National ...