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Car Banged Up? New Yorkers Can Go on Web to Get It Fixed Fast

Market Wire, March, 2009

Finding a bodyshop that will fix your
banged-up vehicle quickly and professionally can involve multiple phone
calls and much worry.

Now New York drivers can skip the stress and go on the Web to arrange a
convenient, high-quality repair, using a new service called SceneExchange
from Scene Genesis, a Pittsford, N.Y., company.

“Using the Web makes the collision-repair process simpler and smoother for
vehicle owners, bodyshops and auto insurers,” said Ian Cunningham, CEO of
Scene Genesis. “Our consumer feedback in other states has been phenomenal.
The ease of the service and the confidence it gives people during the
repair process has been compared to having a friend you trust help you get
your vehicle fixed.”

New York becomes sixth state to have the service, following New Jersey and
Florida.

If your insurance company supports SceneExchange, you will be offered the
option to choose your autobody repair shop online.

If you say yes, an appraiser will inspect your car, write up the estimate
and take digital photos. SceneExchange repair shops are alerted online
when there’s a new job in their area. They compete for your business based
on turnaround time and service — the repair’s estimated costs are set by
the appraiser.

When you log onto the SceneExchange site with your ID and password, you can
see the shops’ responses, including how soon each can handle your repair.
You can review the shops’ certifications, warranty policies and ratings
from other SceneExchange customers who’ve used the shop before.

Once you choose the shop, the manager will reply promptly
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Blood Pressure Meds Can Protect Kidney Health

Business Wire, Nov 23, 2009

People with high blood pressure or diabetes urged to take prescribed
medicines consistently to prevent kidney disease.

AUSTIN, Texas — Whats good for your heart is also good for your kidneys, according to
recommendations from the Texas Campaign for Kidney Health, a
collaborative of health care stakeholders seeking to prevent kidney
disease in the Lone Star State.

Controlling your blood pressure, especially if you have diabetes, is a
critical step in protecting your kidneys from disease, says James D.
Lindley, MD, clinical professor of medicine with the University of Texas
Medical Branch, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology.

Lindley serves as a nephrologist consultant for the Campaign, which
includes the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) End Stage
Renal Disease Prevention Program, the National Kidney Foundation, the
Texas Renal Coalition, the ESRD Network of Texas and TMF Health Quality
Institute.

Patients often cut back on their blood pressure medicines because they
feel better or because they want to save money. This could damage your
long-term health, Lindley says.

Consistently taking your blood pressure medicines keeps your blood
pressure in check, which in turn lessens the chance of high blood
pressure damaging your kidneys, Lindley continues. Like the heart, the
kidneys delicate tissues are susceptible to damage from high blood
pressure.

Millions of Texans have high blood pressure and diabetes, the leading
risk factors for kidney disease. DSHS reports 28% of adult Texans have
high blood pressure and 10% live with diabetes.1

Of significant concern are the climbing rates of kidney disease among
older adults, who also have higher rates of high blood pressure and
diabetes. The U.S
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FuelCell Energy Applauds Rep. John Larson and T. Boone Pickens

Business Wire, Nov 23, 2009

Natural Gas vital for clean electricity from stationary fuel cells

HARTFORD, Conn. — FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), a leading manufacturer of high
efficiency ultra-clean power plants using renewable biogas, natural gas,
and other fuels for commercial, industrial, government, and utility
customers, today issued the following statement by R. Daniel Brdar, the
companys Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, prior to his
participation in Representative John Larsons Town Hall Forum on the
Economy and Energy with T. Boone Pickens tomorrow at 4 pm.

As a company that relies on the use of natural gas for a large number
of our stationary fuel cell applications, we are pleased that Rep. John
Larson and T. Boone Pickens are here today letting the people of
Connecticut know the vital role natural gas can and must play in our
effort to reduce carbon emissions and expand job opportunities. Our fuel
cellpower plants use natural gasmore efficientlythan any other
distributed generation technology available today.

FuelCell Energy, which employs over 460 people manufacturing
state-of-the-art high efficiency, 24/7, clean stationary fuel cells,
agrees with T. Boone Pickens and Rep. Larson, on expanding natural gas
production and use. By using natural gas in our fuel cells, we are
helping states like California, Connecticut, and countries like South
Korea and Japan achieve significant carbon reductions, while generating
electric power more efficiently and cleanly than conventional power
generation.

Our stationary fuel cells, which employ an electro-chemical process,
rather than combustion, produce near-zero criteria pollutants and
roughly half the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of the average U.S.
fossil fuel central generation power plant. Today, our advanced fuel
cells provide reliable baseload power to the grid, wastewater treatment
plants, manufacturing and food and beverage processing plants, as well
as hotels and universities in the U.S. and other countries around the
world.

By using our increasing supply of domestic natural gas with our
high-efficiency domestic fuel cell technology, we can increase jobs here
in Connecticut and the US as we confront the challenges of clean energy
supply and climate change.

The town hall will be in the Goodwin College Auditorium, River Campus,
One Riverside Drive, East Hartford, Conn. from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

About FuelCell Energy

FuelCell Energy is the world leader in the development and production of
stationary fuel cells for commercial, industrial, municipal and utility
customers. FuelCell Energys ultra-clean and high efficiency DFC fuel
cells are generating power at over 55 locations worldwide. The companys
power plants have generated over 340 million kWh of power using a
variety of fuels including renewable wastewater gas, biogas from beer
and food processing, as well as natural gas and other hydrocarbon fuels.
FuelCell Energy has partnerships with major power plant developers and
power companies around the world. The company also receives funding from
the U.S. Department of Energy and other government agencies for the
development of leading edge technologies such as fuel cells. For more
information please visit our website at www.fuelcellenergy.com

This news release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements regarding the Companys plans and expectations regarding the
continuing development and commercialization of its fuel cell
technology. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected. Factors that could cause such a difference include,
without limitation, general risks associated with product development,
manufacturing, changes in the regulatory environment, customer
strategies, potential volatility of energy prices, rapid technological
change, competition, and the Companys ability to achieve its sales
plans and cost reduction targets, as well as other risks set forth in
the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of
this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such
statement to reflect any change in the Companys expectations or any
change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such
statement is based.

Direct FuelCell, DFC, DFC/T and FuelCell Energy, Inc. are all registered
trademarks of FuelCell Energy, Inc. DFC-ERG is a registered trademark
jointly owned by Enbridge, Inc
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ESS CLUB HEAVEN

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Nov 22, 2009 | by ANTHONY CLAVANE

MICHAEL ESSIEN set Chelsea on course for a record-breaking day at Stamford Bridge.

The Ghana international scored twice in an emphatic win that saw the Blues create a new club record of 12 consecutive home wins. It was also their 10th home game without conceding a goal, to equal an 82 year-old club record.

Boss Carlo Ancelotti said: “Essien is one of the most important midfielders in the world
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Timco Worldwide Inc. Issues a Voluntary Recall of Large Seedless Watermelons Because of Possible Health Risk

Business Wire, Nov 23, 2009

DAVIS, Calif. — Timco Worldwide Inc. is recalling a limited number of its Large Seedless
Watermelons because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this
occurrence.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal
infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with
weakened immune systems
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A suggestion for the stimulus

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, April, 2009 by Gavin Melmed

After directing nearly a trillion dollars towards our ailing banks, insurance companies, and auto industry, the Obama administration has now pushed through a bill to spend just short of a trillion dollars to jump-start the rest of the economy. I am all for this. This recession has been devastating, and the sooner we get Americans back to work the better. But before all this money is allocated, I want to make a plea to our new president to steer some of that money to us-the bicycle commuters.

I am part of a small but growing minority who tempt fate by riding to work. When possible, we try to ride on bike paths or designated bike lanes. But for the most part, we share the road with cars. And they don’t like us any more than we like them. At least seven of my fellow riders have died recently in my city, Dallas. Many other local cyclists have been injured by automobiles, including golf commentator David Feherty, who has been hit twice. Here, we have a few token bike paths that crisscross parts of our city, but not much else. There are no designated bike lanes on any of our streets. When I share the road, it is with 4000-pound SUVs, many with their occupants chatting on mobile phones.

It doesn’t have to be this way. City planners in some of our more progressive cities have made space for us, with designated bike lanes on streets and miles of bike paths. Portland has gone one step further, creating “bike boxes” at major intersections, where cyclists can stop in front of cars, whose drivers are prohibited from turning right on red. This makes drivers aware of these cyclists and limits the possibility that a right-turning car will run over a cyclist who is going straight.

These measures do more than just protect cyclists
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Editorial: Grant Port of Oakland truckers an extension

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Nov 21, 2009 | by Anonymous

SOMETHING HAD to be done to reduce the toxic emissions from trucks that pick up and deliver cargo to ports throughout the state.

For far too long, truck emissions have put residents who live near ports — as well as truckers themselves — at greater risk of developing asthma, cancer and other respiratory ailments.

The California Air Resources Board had the right idea when it mandated stricter air quality standards for trucks serving state ports. First, the state banned trucks manufactured before 1994. Then, air quality officials mandated that trucks manufactured from 1994 through 2003 have new diesel filters installed to trap dangerous particulate emissions.

The state also set up a fund to help truckers purchase the new filters, which cost between $14,000 and $21,000. The fund also was used to award $50,000 toward the purchase of new rigs that already met current air quality standards.

Starting Jan. 1, any truck that does not comply with the new standards won’t be able to service the port.

The problem is the $22 million fund — a combination of state and federal money — was never enough to meet the high demand.

The program was administered on a first-come-first-served basis. Because of a deluge of applications, most of the funds were allocated last year.

At the Port of Oakland, there were some 191 new truck grants and more than 800 retrofits.

But that left 1,000 independent truckers who serve the port in the lurch — some one-third of the total truck operators who work the port.

Now these drivers are being told by air quality officials that if they can’t scrape together the money on their own to either buy a filter or a new $100,000 truck, they’ll be shut out of the port come Jan. 1.

That’s more than 1,000 people — many of whom have families — who will lose their livelihood. Noncompliant truckers could be fined $1,000 to $10,000 for breaking the rules — though some say that’s exactly what they’ll do because they have no other means of making a living
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THRESHER THRASHED

0 Comments | Daily Mirror, The; London (UK), Nov 21, 2009 | by GRAHAM HISCOTT

OFF-LICENCE chain Threshers looks set to disappear after another wave of shop closures were announced yesterday.

More than 1,900 workers will lose their jobs when 381 branches of Threshers and sister firms Wine Rack and The Local shut by December 16.

This is on top of 1,700 staff being made redundant at 373 outlets already earmarked for closure.

Administrators are hopeful of finding buyers for 500 remaining stores
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Crime time Chicago

0 Comments | Daily Mirror, The; London (UK), Nov 21, 2009 | by DAVID EDWARDS

WITH its soaring glass skyscrapers, spectacular views across Lake Michigan and its cultural scene, Chicago symbolises all that’s great about the USA.

It’s a city that melds the cosmopolitan chic of New York with the Mid-West’s legendary friendliness.

While world-class shopping, thousands of restaurants and spectacular modern architecture make it a city of the 21st century, there’s plenty about Chicago’s shady past to attract the more adventurous tourist…

From Al Capone to Bonnie and Clyde to Ma Barker, the region has always been synonymous with gangsters – a reputation bolstered by the recent hit film Public Enemies, about mobster John Dillinger and starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

And if the movie piqued your interest, Chicago offers a wealth of attractions sure to delight those intrigued by the workings of organised crime.

Housed in an award-winning building sculpted to reflect the landscape’s rolling pastures, flowing streams and industrial heritage is the Indiana Visitors Center in Hammond, three miles from the city limits, which has its very own Dillinger Museum (southshorecva.com) featuring original artifacts, interactive exhibits and period newspaper clippings.

For a very reasonable entry fee (adults pounds 2.50, children pounds 1.20) you can learn about Dillinger’s early life, a journey illustrated by family photos and even a pair of the mobster-to-be’s baseball boots. You can even be locked-up in a replica of the tiny Indiana State Prison cell in which he spent almost nine years after a robbery in the mid-1920s. Dillinger’s release in 1933 marked the beginning of his career as America’s most famous mobster, a man portrayed as a vicious thug by the police and as a Robin Hood figure who held up the banks that had foreclosed on so many working families during the Depression.

It was also in the 1930s that the Dillinger Gang was formed, with members including Baby Face Nelson. The museum has waxworks of all the prominent members, plus displays of period weapons (including, of course, those iconic Tommy guns) and their preferred getaway car – with a top speed of 85mph – the 1933 Essex Terraplane
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Remedent, Inc. Announces Restructuring of Its OTC Division

Business Wire, Dec 16, 2008

DEURLE, Belgium — Remedent, Inc. (OTCBB:REMI), an international company specializing in the research, development, manufacturing of oral care and cosmetic dentistry products, announced today that it has restructured its OTC division, consistent with its strategic plan to separate the OTC division from the Professional/veneer business and the organization as a whole.

This restructuring will provide both additional cash to Remedent as well as the elimination of all current and future overhead of the OTC division. The restructuring involved a sale of approximately half the interest of the OTC division led by Mr. Robin List, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and director to Mr. List and Concordia Fund BV, a non affiliated foreign investment firm. The assets, liabilities and income/expense of the OTC division will ultimately be held by a Dutch holding company, namely Remedent BV (hereinafter referred to as BV), that will be led by Mr. List with current Remedent directors maintaining Board control of this BV.

The BV will be responsible for all operating overhead expenses on a go forward basis as well as future financing and growth of the OTC division. Remedent, Inc plans on consolidating both divisions in its financial statements based on its percentage of ownership after the sale as well as its Board control over the BV subsidiary. Concordia Fund-BV, will provide financing and stewardship for the ongoing operations of the BV group. Concordia Fund-BV has agreed to invest working capital of one million Euro into the BV to strengthen its financial resources that will be reflected in our consolidated balance sheet.

Mr. Guy De Vreese, Chairman of Remedent, Inc stated, “This restructuring will give us the best of both worlds
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