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New family law in Mali upsets Islamists

Monday, 09 September 2009

New family law in Mali upsets Islamists

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2009

BAMAKO (AFP) New family legislation giving more rights to Mali’s women which was passed by parliament has caused an outcry among Muslim conservatives and forced President Amadou Toumani Toure to order a review.

Toure sent the legislation back to parliament after some 50,000 people rallied at grand rapids attorney a football stadium in the capital Bamako recently, backing the view of the country’s High Islamic Council that the proposed law was an “insult to Islam”.

“Western Civilization is a Sin!” said banners held aloft in the crowd. Others said: “No to a law which divides Malians.”

The anger was enough to stop Toure signing the law into force, on the grounds that he needed to “preserve social peace and calm.”

A second reading would allow the legislation to win the “support and…

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New World Home Celebrates Outstanding Innovations in Green Building

Sunday, 09 September 2009

New World Home Celebrates Outstanding Innovations in Green Building

PR Newswire, July 20, 2009

ATLANTA, July 20 /PRNewswire/ — New World Home, a rapidly growing designer and builder of sustainable housing, recently hosted a grand opening tour of Georgia’s first LEED Platinum certified, factory-built home, at 1452 Murdock Road in Marietta.

New World Home earned the LEED for Homes Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for outstanding achievement in green homebuilding, representing the first factory-built home in the state of Georgia to earn this designation. In addition, the New World Home project is the first home of any type in Georgia to earn the prestigious Platinum rating without the need for any renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, wind turbines or geothermal systems.

Also at the Marietta event, representatives from Southface Energy Institute and the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association presented New World Home with its LEED Platinum, EarthCraft Gold, and National Home Builders Association Gold certifications.

“New World Home’s accomplishment shows the tremendous potential factory-built homes offer for excellent performance in energy and water efficiency,” said Lataunynia Campbell, LEED for Homes Manager of Southface Energy Institute. “The very significant cost savings to be realized over the lifetime of a home like this merits serious consideration by future homeowners. Plus, the home’s comforts and conveniences are first rate,” Campbell adds.

“New World Home is really looking to the future of home building-a home that meets or exceeds the highest green standards in the industry and also looks terrific,” said David Ellis, Executive Vice President of the Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association. “We congratulate everyone at New World Home on their important achievement and anticipate that we will be witnessing many more of their successes in the coming years.”

The event, which drew an impressive crowd, included a presentation on environmental housing, a review of the home’s sustainability features, discussion of other New World Home initiatives and innovations, an educational tour of the house and a reception.

“Our goal is to craft homes that create a lasting green legacy, and green construction california our LEED Platinum certification proves that it is possible to develop homes that achieve this goal and are aesthetically appealing,” says Michael A. Natbony, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. “We look forward to expanding our presence in Georgia and continuing to educate home buyers and others about the incredible, environmentally-friendly opportunities that are available through quality factory-built housing.”

Additional information is available by calling 800-841-5042 or online at http://www.newworldhome.com/ (photos available on request).

About New World Home

New World Home’s primary mission is to merge traditional home design with next generation green technologies and highly efficient modular manufacturing methodologies representing the advent of the New Old Green Modular (NOGM ) home. A New World Home is respectful of America’s rich architectural heritage, mindful of the world’s increasingly fragile environment and move-in ready in just a few short months. Customers have the unique ability to obtain a historically inspired, green home that is manufactured, transported, erected and finished in less than 100 days.

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Hedge Fund

Saturday, 09 September 2009

Hedge Fund

Small Press Bookwatch, July, 2009

Hedge Fund

Holger Berndt

Unfungible Books

PO Box 471527, San Franscisco, CA 94147

9780615225586, $23.95, www.unfungiblebooks.com

Hedge funds seem like a topic that would bore one to sleep. Author Holger Berndt proves that thought wrong. “Hedge Fund” is a novel drawn from the author’s experience and knowledge about the profession of the hedge fund manager. Following a somewhat successful man by the name of Jasper Weatherly as he tries to increase his stock in the world, Berndt shows readers the ups and downs of the field

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Consumers call for more sophisticated oral pain relief

Saturday, 09 September 2009

Consumers call for more sophisticated oral pain relief

MMR, Oct 8, 2007

NEW YORK — Consumer demand for oral pain medications is on the rise generally, and manufacturers have responded with products that offer relief for specific kinds of oral discomfort.

Del Laboratories Inc., for example, offers several oral pain treatment items that address particular types of pain as well as unique delivery systems.

Among the company’s more recent offerings are two products under the Orajel brand for tooth pain and sensitivity. Orajel Severe Toothache Pain Relief is a high-strength, long-lasting formula with 20% benzocaine. It is an exclusive cream-based formula that adheres longer for maximum effectiveness, providing hours of pain relief. In addition, the company says its Orajel Advanced Tooth Desensitizer relieves sensitivity pain in as little as one treatment.

Orajel Protective Mouth Sore Discs provide maximum strength pain reduction and protection against mouth sores, canker sores and denture pain. Patent-pending technology allows the discs to be placed inside the cheek or on the gums–a delivery system that works on contact and forms a gel-like “oral bandage” that protects for hours.

The company has recently introduced the Orajel Medicated Cold Sore Brush cold sore fever blister treatment. Its maximum-strength formula includes three moisturizing ingredients and a unique vulgaris herbal complex that the company maintains helps speed healing and works to stop pain and burning. It comes in an easy-to-use soft-tip dispenser and is applied directly on the cold sore. The dispenser provides 50 or more applications.

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare offers its Anbesol oral medication for canker sores and cold sores in several different varieties. Anbesol regular strength and maximum strength medications are available in both liquid and gel forms. Anbesol Jr

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Lansinoh Laboratories

Saturday, 09 September 2009

Lansinoh Laboratories

Drug Store News, Sept 8, 2008 by Michael Johnsen

Lansinoh Laboratories last month introduced a new Lansinoh diaper rash ointment, which contains Lansinoh’s HPA Lanolin, and is fragrance free, hypoallergenic and has a nongreasy texture that goes on white and rubs in clean

“A few years ago, we expanded our product line of breastfeeding products into the baby skin care category with Lansinoh Clean and Condition Cloths baby wipes, enabling Lansinoh to provide moms with quality products for their breast-fed babies,” said Gina Ciagne, director of breast-feeding and consumer relations at Lansinoh. “When we looked to broaden our scope by incorporating Lansinoh HPA Lanolin into diaper rash ointment, we spoke to moms and found that ‘treats and prevents diaper rash’ and ‘easy-to-use’ were on the top of their list for what they wanted in a good quality diaper rash ointment.”

Ciagne added that the diaper rash ointment is appropriate for all babies, not just those who are breastfed.

Michael Johnsen

Senior Editor

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The Commuter Marriage

Friday, 09 September 2009

The Commuter Marriage

Reviewer’s Bookwatch, Sept, 2009 by Alma H. Bond

The Commuter Marriage

Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D.

Adams Media

57 Littlefield St., Avon, MA 02322

9781598694321 $14.95

“The Commuter Marriage: Keep Your Relationship Close While You are Far Apart” by Tina Tessina is an original, charming little book, which is replete with anecdotes, advice, and case histories from the psychologist-author’s practice on how to conduct a satisfactory marriage, despite physical distance. Tessina’s advice is so good it would behoove all couples, stationary or otherwise, to take notice. A guidebook for commuter marriages, it offers help to spouses temporarily living apart, those residing at a distance from each other they hadn’t planned on, people working such different hours it feels as though they are living apart, those who live away from home for days or weeks at a time because of job requirements, individuals in the process of deciding if a job away from home is rewarding enough to warrant a separation from one’s mate, and partners who need to deal with the difference between the fantasy of a commuter marriage and its reality.

The book answers questions about how to keep the passion burning over the miles, means of communicating effectively over distances, particularly in our age of advanced technology, how to resolve conflicts peacefully and remain friends, raising healthy children when only one parent is physically present, how to avoid and overcome jealousy, and how to live well in more than one home.

My favorite part of the book deals with the benefits of commuter marriages. (Yes, they do exist!) Spouses formerly dependant wedding videography new york on their mates to take charge of such necessities as cooking, balancing checkbooks, taking care of the kids, and making minor household repairs, may find that they have developed these skills on their own

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CEA and Parents’ Choice Foundation to Launch Sandbox Summit at the 2008 International CES

Wednesday, 09 September 2009

CEA and Parents’ Choice Foundation to Launch Sandbox Summit at the 2008 International CES

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2007

New Conference and Exhibition Bring Tech and Toy Industries Together to Showcase Creative Play in a Digital World

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA([R])) and Parents’ Choice Foundation today announced the creation of the Sandbox Summit: A Playdate With Technology. The conference and exhibition will debut at the 2008 International CES([R]) in Las Vegas, running from January 7 to 10, 2008.

The conference portion of the Sandbox Summit[TM], scheduled for January 8, will bring together educators, toy manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, policy makers and media to discuss how technology is changing the ways kids play, learn and connect in the new digital world. A program packed with industry insights, demonstrations and audience participation makes this a must-attend event. The Sandbox Summit’s exhibition, which runs for the entire four-day CES event, will showcase the latest high-tech toys and media that children are using today, and explore toys being designed for the kids of tomorrow.

“The relationship between the worlds of play and technology has grown stronger as the market for high-tech toys gains momentum,” said Karen Chupka, senior vice president of events and conferences at CEA, producer of the International CES. “The 2008 International CES will be the global destination where attendees will witness the true merging of creative digital play with consumer technology.”

“Kids are consuming technology as fast as we can produce it,” said Claire Green, president, Parents’ Choice Foundation. “We have a responsibility to learn what it’s like to participate in our youngsters’ digital world and to help these kids to become critical and creative consumers of technology.”

To create Sandbox Summit: A Playdate with Technology, Parents’ Choice and CEA have joined forces with toy authority Wendy Smolen and digital kids expert Robin Raskin.

Smolen said, “Technology can open new opportunities for innovative toys. The best tech toys are a catalyst for creative play and learning.”

Raskin added, “After watching the CE and toy industries grow up side by side, I’m convinced that the Sandbox Summit will be that magical place where the two intertwine to create a new generation of products and services that are innovative, inspiring and safe.”

The exhibition in the Sands Convention Center will feature products that engage kids and their families from cradle through college. Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson will be making special appearances in the Sandbox to discuss Internet safety.

The conference speakers’ roster is filled with some of the best minds in the toy and technology marketplace. Gary E. Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop and Sesame Street’s Elmo, the icon of creative play, will be the keynote speakers

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Wrestling with responsibility.(Editor’s Log)

Wednesday, 09 September 2009

Wrestling with responsibility.(Editor’s Log)

Underground Construction, January, 2007 by Carpenter, Robert

As 2007 arrived, industry players began looking at the new year with a far different perspective than in the past. Our industry has been struggling mightily for several years; now is the opportunity to prove our significance and capabilities to the American public.

America’s appetite for fossil fuels–indeed, the world’s increasing hunger as well–has seemed to accept higher energy prices. (For example, $2–$2.50 per gallon gasoline has been deemed by most of the U.S

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Weatherproof Garment Company Introduces Revolutionary Outerwear Insulation

Wednesday, 09 September 2009

Weatherproof Garment Company Introduces Revolutionary Outerwear Insulation

Business Wire, Feb 12, 2009

New Coats Are “Full of Hot Air”

NEW YORK — As a 60-year pioneer in the outerwear business, Weatherproof Garment Company once again blows away the competition with the industry’s first hot-air insulated jackets. Partnering with Klymit, a noble gas technology company based in Ogden, Utah, Weatherproof has the rights to sales and marketing of fashionable outerwear in the US market using this new state-of-the-art method.

The design and technology of this “klymit kontrolled” garment allows for ultimate mobility without the bulk of fabric and fibers to keep you warm; the insulation significantly reduces the bulkiness and excess weight of all their products. In addition, the coat will stay warm even when wet. The membranes keep the gas from contact with any outside elements.

The technology uses “noble gases,” which are much lighter than fabric and fibers to heat your body. A chamber-seam design combined with high-tech membranes provides room for argon gas to be spread throughout the jacket, providing as much or as little insulation/heat as desired, at the touch of a button

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New Owner Adds Scrapbook Items to Lowville, N.Y., Bookstore.

Wednesday, 09 September 2009

New Owner Adds Scrapbook Items to Lowville, N.Y., Bookstore.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2004

By Steve Virkler, Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 7–LOWVILLE, N.Y. — The new owner of Sheila’s Book Store will soon be “tying” scrapbooking and teaching supplies in with her present inventory.

Donna M

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