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PR Newswire, Dec 2, 2009
Homeowners Can Now Seek Relief From High Home Repair Costs
MIAMI, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Home Service, a leading provider of home emergency repair programs with hundreds of thousands of policies in place, is doing their share to keep homeowners protected. Previously reaching customers through partner utility companies, Home Service today announced that they will be offering their protection program directly to select area homeowners.
The water service line is the pipe that brings freshwater into a home and is the homeowner’s responsibility to maintain it. On most properties, this line starts from the curb or well casing of the property and goes all the way into the home connecting to the water heater, sinks, showers and more. Temperature changes, shifting soil or the age of the line can all be causes of damage. Many times this will result in a loss of water pressure or a loss of water altogether for cooking, bathing and other household needs
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Christmas and New Year are right around the corner. That means all the different industries and establishments are in the midst of preparing their holiday season offerings. The hotel industry is no exception, and people are already seeing decorations and banners and greetings that commemorate the season. Let’s see what London hotels have to offer.
Bright lights get brighter as London hotels redecorate for the coming Christmas. Fantastic fireworks displays light up the evening sky, painting the night in a variety of astonishing hues. These sights are even more breathtaking when at the balcony of a high hotel room, with the sprawling cityscape serving as an illuminated backdrop to the wonderful holiday festivities and lightshows.
The Christmas lights at London’s West End are an attraction in themselves. These lights start illuminating the city in early November, giving those scouring the surrounding shops in nearby Oxford and Regent some brightness and delight. Hotel-goers will have a great time visiting these easily-accessible lightshows.
London is home to many Christmas sales and bazaars-a great reason to go shopping in the city during this season. There are also outdoor skating rinks for the public to skate in, and these are open through January. The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree is also a great sight for hotel guests looking for something amazing to see.
Another great attraction in London during the Christmas season is the world-famous Winter Wonderland, which can be found at Hyde Park. This event attracted over 1.5 million visitors, and it looks like the organizers are gearing up for a bigger and better Winter Wonderland this year. This is after they extended the festival grounds to a whopping 32 acres of land.
The festival is home to a wide variety of attractions, including Zippo’s Christmas Circus, a Snow Ball Bungee Dome, an observation wheel that sits 50 meters above ground and has 40 heated gondolas for visitors’ viewing pleasure, and many more. These are aside from the common bars and restaurants that serve visitors during the event’s operating hours. There are even performing bands once evening comes around.
For Londoners, hotels are also a great option when it comes to looking for venues where offices and cliques can hold their Christmas and New Year parties
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One of the cheapest forms of fuel is firewood. To get a winter wood supply of fuel legally you need to apply for a firewood cutting permit from the Forest Service. This is really easy to do at the Forest Service office. If there isn’t an office in your town, just phone the nearest office and apply over the telephone. They just require that you live in the area and have a telephone contact number, plus your mailing and residential address.
When you receive your firewood cutting permit, it has an information sheet explaining what trees you can cut down and where you can legally cut those trees. Basically you can cut dead trees, not valuable for commercial use, on land that is not privately owned, or leased out as tree farm or wood lot to other people. Tree farm land must have signs posted plainly identifying it as such.
We are assuming here that you have some knowledge of how to use a chainsaw safely, to cut down trees. You should also have training or experience in the correct method used in cutting down trees. You don’t get a second chance here. If something goes wrong, while the tree is being cut down, it becomes deadly serious.
To go get your fuel for winter, you take a drive in a rural area, usually on gravel, Forest Service roads, far away from privately owned property. The area you will cut in will not display signs indicating it is leased from the Forest Service, as a wood lot, or tree farm. You look as you drive slowly along for areas which contain dead trees. Trees which look discolored, with brown needles near the top or all the way down are a good indicator of this. When you find a promising area get out and take a walk through the woods, with your saw. If you are in hilly terrain be sure to find dead trees up hill from your vehicle, so you move the cut wood down hill to your vehicle. Make the work as easy as possible for yourself. Try to find dead trees as close to the road as possible.
When you find a dead tree you want, take a good look at it first. Check to see if it looks rotten. Give it a kick. Does it look sturdy? Does the tree move at all? Does it look like any branches are loose above you, that could fall down on you while you are working beneath the tree? Look up in the direction you want to fall the tree to. Is there a clear path for the tree to fall through, to hit the ground, without hitting any other nearby trees? You can save yourself a lot of time and work, planning the direction the tree will fall, so it goes down hill toward your vehicle, without hitting any other trees, and getting stuck in their branches.
When you have done all the planning, fell the tree carefully. If needed, use a falling wedge and axe. When the tree is down on the ground safely, cut off all the branches. Next cut the trunk into 3 to 4 ft lengths. This will depend on how big and heavy it is. You will be flipping these lengths of wood toward your vehicle. When you have all the wood close to your vehicle cut it into the size pieces your heater will handle.
Load up your vehicle. Be careful not to overload it. Drive carefully back home, keeping an eye out for other vehicles. Your vehicle will react slower when loaded.
Before piling the wood in a woodshed or wood pile, split each piece in half, so it will dry faster. Keep the wood sheltered from rain and snow. If not piled in a woodshed, cover the wood pile with plastic sheeting, which can be obtained from a hardware store.
There is nothing finer than a wood fire, to heat your home. It gives off a dry, rosy, comforting sort of heat. Another great advantage to using wood is that it is low priced, compared to other types of fuels, especially if you go get it yourself.
Deep Fryer – Pieces of Wisdom
We all know how to deep fry food in a domestic situation but deep frying commercially is a different matter. The process is described here as are the Deep Fryer cook’s safety tips.
For a time I worked in a convenience store as a clerk and cook and I used a deep fryer quite a bit for cooking battered chicken and French fried potatoes.
Of course the chicken doesn’t start out battered. It comes delivered frozen in big cardboard boxes. Before the chicken is ready for the cooking part it must be prepared and time to thaw out. Each piece of chicken is rinsed in cold water, then put in a vat of tenderising, salty water to soak for several hours in a refrigerated area. It is again rinsed and kept cold, until needed for cooking.
When needed for cooking the chicken is breaded in a special spicy flour mix, dipped in spice water, and breaded with mix again. Each piece is than carefully placed in the boiling oil in the deep fryer; starting with the large, meaty pieces, and finishing with the thin bony pieces
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Market Wire, December, 2009
Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX: PNP), announces that on December 1, 2009, it acquired ownership of 500,000 common shares (”Common Shares”) and 500,000 common share purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) of Bridgeport Ventures Inc. (”Bridgeport”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one additional common share at a price of $1.50 until December 1, 2012. In the event that the Warrants are fully exercised, these holdings represent approximately 3.6% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Bridgeport as of December 1, 2009, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the Warrants only. As a result of this transaction, Pinetree and its joint actors collectively held, as at December 1, 2009, an aggregate of 2,360,800 common shares of Bridgeport, including the Common Shares and the Warrants. Of these totals, Pinetree owns 1,563,200 common shares, including the Common Shares, and the Warrants, directly. In the event that the Warrants are fully exercised, the holdings of Pinetree and its joint actors represents a total of 2,860,800 common shares of Bridgeport, or approximately 10.4% of all issued and outstanding common shares as at December 1, 2009, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the Warrants only. In the event that the Warrants are fully exercised, the direct holdings of Pinetree represents a total of 2,063,200 common shares of Bridgeport, or approximately 7.5% of all issued and outstanding common shares as at December 1, 2009, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the Warrants only.
These transactions were made for investment purposes and Pinetree or its joint actors could increase or decrease their investment in Bridgeport depending on market conditions or any other relevant factor.
About Pinetree
Pinetree Capital Ltd. (”Pinetree”) was incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and its shares are publicly-traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (”TSX”) under the symbol “PNP”. Pinetree is a diversified investment and merchant banking firm focused on the small cap market. Pinetree’s investments are primarily in the resources sector: Uranium, Oil & Gas, Precious Metals, Base Metals and Potash, Lithium and Rare Earths
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PR Newswire, Dec 1, 2009
RARITAN, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. announced today that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for tapentadol extended release (ER) tablets, an investigational oral analgesic for the management of moderate to severe chronic pain in patients 18 years of age or older.
Chronic pain, defined as pain that persists for long periods of time – usually greater than three months – is a significant medical challenge in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. If undertreated, chronic pain can impair an individual’s ability to carry out daily activities.
Tapentadol ER is a novel investigational, centrally acting oral analgesic that binds to mu-opioid receptors and inhibits norepinephrine re-uptake. Although the exact mechanism of action is not known, these two mechanisms, which affect established pain pathways, are thought to be responsible for pain relief with tapentadol.
The submission is based on a full clinical development program for tapentadol ER. The program includes Phase 3 double-blind, randomized, active-and placebo-controlled studies. These clinical trials explored the efficacy and safety of tapentadol ER for the treatment of moderate to severe pain in patients with chronic osteoarthritis and low back pain, as well as in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain. In addition, a one-year, active-control open-label Phase 3 safety trial also was included.
Data from these studies provide evidence that tapentadol ER has efficacy to reduce moderate to severe chronic pain compared to placebo. The data also provide evidence of long-term safety and tolerability of tapentadol ER.
The tapentadol ER tablet formulation is designed to provide a high degree of mechanical resistance, such as to crushing or chewing.
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C., (J&JPRD;) is conducting the clinical program for tapentadol in the United States. J&JPRD; submitted the NDA for tapentadol on behalf of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an affiliated company that will hold the NDA for tapentadol. Upon FDA approval, PriCara,[R] Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., will market tapentadol ER in the United States.
This filing represents the ongoing commitment of J&JPRD; and PriCara[R] to bring new and innovative products to patients and physicians for the treatment and management of pain.
NUCYNTA(TM) (tapentadol) CII immediate release tablet formulation is approved by the FDA and is available by prescription only for the relief of moderate to severe acute pain in patients 18 years of age or older. The tapentadol molecule is classified as Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
J&JPRD; and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR NUCYNTA(TM) (tapentadol) CII IMMEDIATE RELEASE TABLET FORMULATION
Like other drugs with mu-opioid agonist activity, NUCYNTA(TM) is contraindicated in patients with significant respiratory depression, acute or severe bronchial asthma or hypercapnia in unmonitored settings or in the absence of resuscitative equipment. NUCYNTA(TM) is contraindicated in patients who have or are suspected to have paralytic ileus. NUCYNTA(TM) is also contraindicated in patients currently using or within 14 days of using monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) due to potential additive effects on norepinephrine levels, which may result in adverse cardiovascular events.
Respiratory depression is the primary risk of mu-opioid agonists. Respiratory depression occurs more frequently in elderly or debilitated patients and in those suffering from conditions accompanied by hypoxia, hypercapnia, or upper airway obstruction, in whom even moderate therapeutic doses may significantly decrease pulmonary ventilation. NUCYNTA(TM) should be administered with caution to the elderly, debilitated patients, and patients with conditions accompanied by hypoxia, hypercapnia or decreased respiratory reserve such as: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or cor pulmonale, severe obesity, sleep apnea syndrome, myxedema, kyphoscoliosis, CNS depression, or coma. In such patients, even usual therapeutic doses of NUCYNTA(TM) may increase airway resistance and decrease respiratory drive to the point of apnea. Alternative non-mu-opioid agonist analgesics should be considered and NUCYNTA(TM) should be employed only under careful medical supervision at the lowest effective dose in such patients. If respiratory depression occurs, it should be treated as any mu-opioid agonist-induced respiratory depression.
Patients receiving other mu-opioid agonist analgesics, general anesthetics, phenothiazines, other tranquilizers, sedatives, hypnotics, or other CNS depressants (including alcohol) concomitantly with NUCYNTA(TM) may exhibit additive CNS depression
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Market Wire, December, 2009
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)
News Facts
Enabling its more than 22,000 global partners to better differentiate,
compete and succeed to today’s dynamic marketplace, Oracle today announced
the official launch of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized .
Building on its robust foundation of Enablement 2.0 , Oracle also announced new and
enhanced business-building partner tools. These new resources make it
easier for partners to manage their Oracle relationships, gain the
appropriate skills to achieve specializations and expand business
opportunities with new and existing Oracle customers.
First unveiled at Oracle OpenWorld
2009 , the OPN Specialized program allows partners to formally certify
specializations to differentiate themselves and their offerings, be
recognized for their expertise and become preferred solution providers to
Oracle customers.
Just two months since the program was first announced, leading partners
from around the globe, including B2Br , CedarCrestone , SolStonePlus , Symatrix and Tilsor , have already achieved Platinum
level status.
Platinum level partners have established a depth
and breadth of the expertise across five or more key Oracle solution areas.
Other levels in the new program include Gold , Silver and Remarketer .
Partners, who achieve Specialization in specific areas through
competency, business results, expertise and proven success, receive the
benefit of:
Differentiating themselves by becoming Specialized across Oracle’s
portfolio of products;
Being recognized by Oracle for having the competency to support joint
customers; and
Becoming preferred by customers for their validated skills and
experience in providing the best solutions to business problems.
OPN Specialized was formally kicked-off today in a series of
interactive, live
virtual events hosted by
Judson Althoff and leading Oracle partner executives from around the
world
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0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December, 2009
Byline: Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press
NEW YORK There was a list at the door, but the beautifully dressed guest in the chic, red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes wasnt on it. Still, she insisted she was a friend of the host. Not wanting to offend, the staffer at the door waved her in.
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0 Comments | AFP, December, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) Top US security official Janet Napolitano on Wednesday admitted her government will fail to meet a 2012 deadline to scan all incoming ship cargo, measures designed to prevent a nuclear terror attack.
The Homeland Security Secretary said she would seek an extension to Congress’s deadline, citing inadequate technology and multi-billion-dollar costs involved in screening the 10 million containers that enter the United States each year.
“In order to implement the 100 percent scanning requirement by the 2012 deadline, (the Department of Homeland Security) would need significant resources for greater manpower and technology, technologies that do not currently exist, and the redesign of many ports,” she said.
“These are all prohibitive challenges that…
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PR Newswire, Dec 1, 2009
CCG IR’s Crocker Coulson to Speak on ‘Today’s Current Buy-Side Landscape’
NEW YORK and SHANGHAI, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Who is buying Chinese stocks? How are they making investment decisions? These are some of the topics that Crocker Coulson, president of CCG Investor Relations, a leading global investor relations and strategic communications agency, will address at IR Magazine’s 2009 China Conference & Awards in Shanghai, China on December 17, 2009 on a panel titled “Understanding Today’s Current Buy-Side Landscape.”
“At CCG Investor Relations we have extensive contact with the buy-side as we execute global road shows on behalf of nearly 40 U.S.-listed China-based companies across North America, Asia and Europe and through our daily conversation with investors. As a result, we are able to understand and convey their varied investment strategies and in-depth feedback to our clients,” said Crocker Coulson, president of CCG Investor Relations.
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0 Comments | Times of India, The, Dec 7, 2009 | by Niyogi, Subhro
KOLKATA: The perception that cars in Kolkata fetch better resale value than other metros due to low usage and proper care is mistaken. Data from the largest organized dealer of used or pre-owned cars in the country shows that cars in Kolkata fetch Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000 less than elsewhere.
“Never mind the conservative driving skills, better care and maintenance of cars in the city. They are the best bargain when they are put on the block. For pre-owned cars in no other major city sells as cheap as they do in Kolkata. Owners in Chennai and Bangalore get at least Rs 35,000-Rs 50,000 more on a car of same make, mileage and condition than one in Kolkata. The difference with Mumbai is Rs 8,000-Rs 15,000 and Delhi Rs 5,000-Rs 12,000,” said Mahindra First Choice chief executive officer Shubhabrata Saha.
The reason for the lower resale value are dual. First, disposable income of average customers in Kolkata is lower than other metros. Second, the number of organized players in the pre-owned car market are fewer in Kolkata than elsewhere, leading to low transaction price.
“Around 2,500 pre-owned cars are sold in Kolkata every month. Of this, less than 5% vehicles are transacted through organized channels. In other cities, at least 10% cars are bought and sold through outlets such as First Choice,” he said. Around 1.8 million used cars will be sold countrywide this year and the figure will cross 2 million in 2010, according to projections. While the average price that a pre-owned car fetches is Rs 2.5 lakh in the rest of the country, it is Rs 2.25 lakh in Kolkata. Saha aims to change all that by ushering in ease of transaction and transparency into the pre-owned car business with a web-based pricing valuation tool that will allow car owners to get their car price assessed. “In a couple of weeks, we will have an online form seeking details like make, model, year of manufacture, kilometres done, city in which it is used and ownership. Once someone fills it up, a tentative price will be quoted
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