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Cardium Files FDA 510 Application for U.S. Marketing Clearance of ExcellagenXL Topical Gel and ExcellagenFX Flowable Collagen Protein-Based Matrix for Diabetic, Pressure and Venous Ulcers and Other Dermal Wounds

PR Newswire, Dec 3, 2009

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tissue Repair Company, submitted a 510(k) premarket notification filing with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking marketing clearance of its Excellagen(TM) product candidate based on positive data from the Company’s recently completed Phase 2b Matrix clinical study. Today’s submission with the FDA covers ExcellagenXL(TM) and ExcellagenFX(TM), advanced wound care management medical devices comprising customized collagen protein-based topical gels designed for use by health care professionals for patients with dermal wounds, which can include diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, tunneled/undermined wounds, surgical and trauma wounds, second degree burns, and other types of wounds.

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The 510(k) submission is based in part on positive findings from the Company’s Phase 2b Matrix clinical study, reported on October 14, 2009, demonstrating substantial improvements in wound healing responses in patients with non-healing diabetic foot ulcers following one or two applications of Excellagen, an enhanced, customized collagen-based gel matrix. ExcellagenXL is designed for use by health care professionals in a clinical setting and as an adjunct to standard of care topical wound therapy, which in the case of diabetic ulcers typically includes surgical debridement and off-loading
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Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust Today Declared a Monthly Income Dividend from Tax-Free Income

Business Wire, Dec 08, 2009

NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust today declared a monthly income
dividend of $.0725 per share from tax-free income.

[Table Omitted]

Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust is a closed-end diversified
management investment company investing primarily in tax-exempt
Municipal Obligations which are covered by insurance guarantees with
respect to timely payment of principal and interest thereon.

The Trust’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt
from federal income tax.

Therapeutic stocking avoids wrinkling over the ankle arch

Medical Textiles, Dec, 2009

In US Patent 7 562 541, Albahealth, part of Encompass Medical, describes a therapeutic compression stocking. The garment is manufactured in an integrated knitted format, which provides less compression on the heel when worn than on the leg or foot.

The compression stocking features an oversized heel pocket (15), made by loosening the loops of the knit loops, from which extends an ankle arch portion (16) that is knitted in a rib stitch format that is free of wrinkles when donned.

The pattern of ribs extends between the leg portion (12) and foot portion (14) as an arch that is knitted directly or indirectly to the oversized heel pocket and to the foot and leg portions, which are both of conventional compression stocking construction, explains the company of Rockwood, Tennessee, USA.

The leg portion may be of various lengths such as to end below or above the knee at a cuff (18). The top of the foot portion is formed with an opening above the toes bounded by a cuff (19). The stocking may, of course, be produced in any number of overall sizes to fit patients of different dimensions.

The stocking is produced in an integrated knit stitch format with a commercial knitting machine that has needle by needle selection capability, such as the Lonati Models 304 and 404. Such a machine can change the stitching needle by needle as the stocking is knitted in tubular form from one end to another, says Albahealth.

The machine, therefore, can be programmed to alter the stitch format from one portion of the stocking to another with yarns extending continuously from one stocking end to the other. As a result, the stocking can be made seamless.

The leg portion is conventionally knitted in a graduated compression format so that it is tightest when donned at its lower end and gradually becomes less tight higher up the leg. This serves to force blood towards the cardiac cavity of the patient. The foot portion is also of a conventional compression knit construction.

Ideally, the compression stocking is made from stretch polyamide yarns and elastane yarns such as Lycra.

Albahealth notes that with some compression stockings excessive stress is produced on the yarns and knit structures in the heels of the stockings while being donned. In other cases wrinkling occurs in the foot crest or arch of the stocking over the ankle circumferentially opposite the heel once the stocking has been donned.

This can cause dermatological irritation, which is commonly known as necrosis or skin shearing.

The therapeutic stocking disclosed in the Patent overcomes these problems by employing an integrated knit stitch format with its attendant manufacturing efficiency. It is also produced as a seamless garment.

For further information, see US Patent 7 562 541, or contact: Albahealth LLC, 425 North Gateway Avenue, Rockwood, TN 37854, USA. Tel: 1-865-354-0410. Fax: 1-865-354-2189. http://www.albahealth.com; or: Encompass Medical, 16415 Addison Road, Suite 660, Addison, TX 75001, USA. Tel: 1-972-732-7694
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Split-level living in chalet home

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), Dec 10, 2009

pounds 499,500 Address: Denby Lane, Upper Denby Agents: Boultons THIS is a detached stone-built chalet-style bungalow completed circa 1984.

It is a very spacious property, with the majority of the accommodation on the ground-floor, where it has three bedrooms, a bathroom and study area. Also included is an entrance porch, spacious reception hall, cloakroom, good size lounge, sitting room, fitted breakfast kitchen, dining room, utility room, master bedroom with fitted furniture and en-suite bathroom. There is also a workshop and double garage. To the first-floor are three further bedrooms and landing study area.

Attractively laid out gardens include a new patio.

The westerly garden is mainly devoted to off-road parking and turning areas for a minimum of four cars.

The property has central heating and double glazing.

SkillSoft to Present at the 10th Annual Wedbush Securities’ California Dreamin’ MAC: Management Access Conference

PR Newswire, Dec 1, 2009

Presentation on Tuesday, December 8th at 1:30 pm EST

NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC , a leading SaaS provider of on demand e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses, will be presenting at the 10th Annual Wedbush Securities’ California Dreamin’ MAC: Management Access Conference at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel, 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:30 pm EST.

Chuck Moran, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Tom McDonald, Chief Financial Officer, will provide an overview of the Company’s business strategy and financial outlook.

The live presentation will be available via the Internet by accessing the Company’s web site: http://www.skillsoft.com/. Follow the directions on the main page to link to the audio. Please visit the web site at least fifteen minutes prior to the presentation to register, download and install any necessary audio software
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Index Engines Achieves One Terabyte Per Hour Indexing Capabilities on EMC Data Domain Storage System

Business Wire, Dec 02, 2009

Index Engines Joins EMC Velocity Technology and ISV Program

HOLMDEL, N.J. — Index Engines, a leader in enterprise discovery solutions, today
announced that it has joined the EMC Velocity2 Technology and
ISV Program. In addition, Index Engines announced jointly conducted test
results of indexing performance and capabilities on EMC Data Domain
deduplication storage systems. The Index Engines 3.0 platform is able to
perform full content and metadata indexing of backup data stored on EMC
Data Domain systems, enabling users to avoid time consuming restores
prior to the indexing process. During recent tests conducted by Index
Engines with support from EMC, a single indexing node of the Index
Engines 3.0 platform achieved sustained rates of over 1 Terabyte per
hour on a Data Domain DD690 storage system.

The format of backup data, by design, is optimized for restores versus
the indexing process that accompanies eDiscovery efforts. Identification
and search efforts associated with eDiscovery are putting pressure on IT
managers to leverage backup and recovery infrastructures to discover
data that may be relevant to litigation. Typically this has necessitated
the full restoration of backup data to enable indexingan arduous,
multi-step process that requires a large cache of disk. With the Index
Engines platform and EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems,
backup data can be indexed directly at high speed without having to
restore multiple versions of backups to disk. Instead, a comparably
small index of relevant data is created that users can evaluate and then
choose what to extract. The combined solution is unique in its
capability to enable customers to index deduplicated backup data and
enables a markedly more efficient approach to the eDiscovery process.

The interoperability of Index Engines and Data Domain storage systems
enables users to index, search, classify and extract both backup and
archive data stored on Data Domain systems for fast and easy discovery,
backup management, storage assessment and reporting. A combined EMC Data
Domain Index Engines environment allows users to quickly find and
recover only what they need. Easy access to stored data enables
management to better understand the profile of the data in order to make
more intelligent decisions. Additionally, users can determine what
content is no longer necessary and what needs to be migrated to archives.

Index Engines speed and scale combined with efficient storage
platforms from EMC Data Domain enable enterprise IT teams to leverage
stored data as an asset, said George Crump, Senior Analyst from Storage
Switzerland. This combined solution enables backup and archive data to
be proactively indexed so that it is ready to be recalled.

The validated configuration consisted of a DD690 system that was
networked, via four GigE connections, to an Index Engines appliance. The
Index Engines system was configured to access the backup directory of
the DD690 using NFS. The process was configured to perform a full index
of the content, however incremental indexing is also available
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Slip, trip, and fall prevention; a practical handbook, 2d ed

SciTech Book News, Dec, 2009

Slip, trip, and fall prevention; a practical handbook, 2d ed.

Di Pilla, Steven.

CRC / Taylor & Francis

2010

442 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

T55

The second edition of this safety guide to slip, trip and fall prevention has been updated with new photographs, tables and case studies as well as new chapters that deal specifically with the food and health care industries. Di Pilla is the director of research and development for a global risk control service, and he provides managers, supervisors and industrial engineers with a thorough review of best practices and standards for pedestrian safety, facility design, slip resistance methods, floor maintenance, management controls, roughness measurements, high risk areas and accident investigation. The author also includes safety checklists, handouts and a list of online resources.

([c]2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Tri-Tech Holding Announces $1M in Remote Monitoring System Upgrade Work at 16 Sewage Pumping Stations in Tianjin, China

PR Newswire, Dec 1, 2009

BEIJING, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Tri-Tech Holding Inc. , a premier Chinese company that engineers, manages and monitors municipal sewer systems, natural waterways and other water resources, announced today that it has received approximately $1 million in automatic control system upgrade work for a total of 16 sewage pumping stations located in two economic development zones in Tianjin, China: (i) seven pumping stations in the Western Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) and (ii) nine pumping stations in the Tianjin Airport International Logistics Zone (TAILZ).

For the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) contract, Tri-Tech will procure and install equipment for the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA), data transmission system and monitoring system, field equipment, and large screen display system. With the new system, Tri-Tech will integrate into the existing system, meeting all specifications of the new remote monitoring systems
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ActiveVOS BPMS Automates Information Sharing for Government Security Agency

Market Wire, December, 2009

When a North American government security
agency needed to automate the process of classifying digital content, it
turned to ActiveVOS business process management software (BPMS) from Active
Endpoints ( www.activevos.com ). A new case study
( http://www.activevos.com/upsidereport ) from Upside Research documents the
success this agency achieved by applying ActiveVOS BPM technology to the
need for a sophisticated new information security classification system.

Upside Research interviewed this government security agency multiple times,
speaking with end users and the technical personnel responsible for the
design and implementation of the process application. Because of the
sensitive nature of the application, the identity of the agency has been
concealed. Despite this anonymity, other organizations can learn how to
take advantage of a business process management approach to developing and
deploying applications by learning about this agency’s success in
implementing a “business process culture” to solve a major security
challenge.

“You can’t run a business, an organization or a government agency without
lots and lots of processes,” said David Kelly, president, Upside Research.
“And while organizations usually have applications that can manage specific
tasks, what’s needed are ways to manage processes that cross specific
applications, require human approval or exception management, or that need
to scale for performance reasons.”

ActiveVOS delivers everything business analysts, developers, end users and
managers need to design, model, simulate, test, deploy and manage process
applications using advanced business process management software. ActiveVOS
7 offers an innovative new Business Process Modeling Notation ( BPMN ) 2.0 modeler that allows everyone to see
the process in a graphical model they can easily understand. Human tasks
are easily integrated in the business process model. ActiveVOS’s proven
high-performance Business Process Execution Language ( BPEL ) engine directly executes
the process models, ensuring that business process the team has
collaborated on together to design is precisely what the system runs.

“The discipline of business process management is changing the way
organizations develop and deploy applications,” said Alex Neihaus, vice
president, marketing, Active Endpoints. “Upside Research’s report is
interesting because it documents what is possible when model-based systems
that treat human tasks and system tasks as equals are applied to complex,
high-volume business-critical applications.”

Active Endpoints has made a wealth of information available on its websites
to help development teams learn about BPM . The company’s website
features an Education Center offering a full curriculum on BPM
and an In-depth section
with deep dives into BPM technology. The company’s BPM blog also offers commentary,
podcasts and webinar replays on BPM.

The Upside Research report is available for download on Active Endpoints’
blog at http://www.activevos.com/upsidereport . No registration is required
to access the report.

About Active Endpoints, Inc.

Active Endpoints’ ( www.activevos.com ) ActiveVOS is the business process
management system ( BPMS )
that development teams will love. ActiveVOS empowers project teams to
create business process management ( BPM ) applications using
services, making their businesses more agile and effective. ActiveVOS
promotes mass adoption of SOA-enabled BPM applications by focusing on
accelerating project delivery time with a complete, affordable and
easy-to-use system
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