Daily Archives: November 14, 2012

Healthcare, Internet & Online, Retail, Sports

Relaunch of bodybuilding supplement Jack3d Micro at Explosive Nutrition

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Jack 3 d micro is back in a new, highly anticipated format with more intense, quality ingredients and without the previously banned ingredient 13 dimethylene. Sports labs have been busy developing the improved version of this exciting pre-workout replacement, which includes a powerful combination of bio-molecular mimickers, advanced vasodilators, and strengthening amines. This supplement will take your training to a whole new level, allowing you to push your muscle building to the absolute limit. Jack3d micro contains special micro shot technology, which is designed to stimulate your muscles and activate their top performance. Micro shot contains a precise ratio of CNS ingredients that- if used effectively -can produce previously unrivalled workout results.

When you first begin weight training, competition can be fierce. Most pro weightlifters use at least some kind of supplement to improve their strength workout and muscle size, so there’s no need to be concerned about trying supplement muscle building aids. When taking a workout supplement, it is important to choose one that is not only effective for muscle growth, but easy to take and bursting with healthy ingredients; as a dietary supplement, Jack3d micro has everything covered, from performance nutrients to vitamin C, so you can feel in top condition on a daily basis. This product features isolated amino properties such as whey protein, which is essential for muscle growth and repair. Although whey protein crops up in our daily diets in milk and cheese, special protein supplements provide you with a much higher, concentrated amount.

Due to the unique combination of ingredients, when you begin taking Jack3d micro you may see a significant transformation in your physique, as your body sheds the pounds and builds lean muscle. Jack3d is packed with protein, which as bodybuilders and gym goers will know, is the ultimate way to improve your muscle mass and tone. Incorporating Jack3d into your daily routine couldn’t be easier. Simply mix 1-2 scoops with 3-4 ounces of water and enjoy. To make sure each dose gives you maximum results, take 30-45 minutes prior to your workout. Like many other UK bodybuilding supplements of its kind, Jack3d has excellent taste reviews, as users claim it is a genuinely delicious way to bulk-up. Jack3d micro is up there as one of the most highly anticipated re-release sports supplements, so be prepared for some serious results.

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http://www.explosivenutrition.co.uk/

Consumer Services, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Media, Society, Travel

Shake it up in Camden with one of the hottest bands of the year

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One of this year’s most talked-about acts come to London in mid-November as part of an extensive European tour which also takes in other legendary rock venues such as La Cigale in Paris and the Glasgow Barrowlands.

Alabama Shakes, a blues-rock four-piece fronted by the throaty, full-voiced former postwoman Brittany Howard, combines horns and jazz sensibilities with classic rock patterns and instruments.

A real taste of the American south, and a band whose debut album Boys & Girls has garnered plenty of fans, including fellow musician Bon Iver.The four-piece come to Kentish Town ‘s HMV Forum on November 17th, playing another exclusive date at Elephant and Castle’s The Coronet theatre the night before.

The HMV Forum on Kentish Town Road is one of London ‘s premier mid-size music venues, playing host to cult bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor alongside audiovisual nights from DJ Yoda and even an evening with Chris Moyles.

Ever keen to keep fans happy, London experts and the number one internet for all things London, LondonTown.com has sourced some excellent cheap London hotels for the period, and Alabama Shakes fans can find themselves a bargain bed in a luxury location for the evening.

Get 68% off at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock Hotel, staying right on the canal and overlooking the famous Camden Lock Market, from £135 for a double room on the Friday 16th November. It’s a 4* hotel just a short walk to the venue.

Or fans can stay at the 4* Thistle Euston Hotel London for £118 per night (a discount of 74%) and put themselves in an excellent position to travel down to Elephant and Castle on the Friday and north to Kentish Town on the Saturday to catch both gigs.

-ENDS-

Consumer Services, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Marketing, Society, Travel

Greg Davies Takes on Hammersmith Apollo for his Biggest Performance to Date

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 Greg Davies, Britain’s tallest comedian (probably), will perform for his biggest audience yet at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on 17 November. This popular comedian has been interlacing stand-up with a variety of TV performances since he quit his 13-year role as drama teacher. He regularly appears on comedy panel programmes such as Mock the Week and he’s also well known for his roles as Mr Gilbert, the psychotic head teacher in the Inbetweeners, and ‘the fat Rik Mayall’ in We Are Kiang.

His stand-up shows focus on hilarious and sometimes uncomfortably funny family stories that make audiences squirm just as much as they make them laugh. Davies is a genius in observation and a master at relaying his observations and performances are always filled with energy and mania.

Tickets for his Hammersmith Apollo show, part of his ‘The Back of My Mum’s Head’ tour, are priced at just £20 each.

LondonTown.com, the number one Internet site for London, advises Greg Davies fans to book overnight accommodation in the capital after the Hammersmith-based performance in order to completely relax and enjoy the show in its entirety. To make this a more budget friendly option, LondonTown.com has exclusively discounted a selection of hotels in London this autumn.

Two of the hotels on offer – both located within walking distance of Hammersmith Apollo – are the Hilton London Olympia and Simply Rooms and Suites Hotel.

The four-star Hilton London Olympia Hotel boasts stylish and contemporary rooms complete with all the modern amenities you could hope to find. Rooms at this hotel have been reduced by as much as 76% so prices now start at £78 per night.

The boutique four-star property that is Simply Rooms and Suites Hotel has also had it’s per night prices reduced. Rates at this attractive and functional property now start at £89 per room, per night thanks to LondonTown.com’s discount of 39%. Like the Hilton, this hotel boasts a range of modern facilities including Wifi Internet and LCD flatscreen TVs.

Healthcare

IAPAM Announces Next Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Botox Injection Training Dates: December 8-9, 2012

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Physicians will learn, and receive, everything they need to start offering Botox injections and other in-demand aesthetic medicine procedures for the New Year.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – November 14, 2012 — The election is over but as the economy continues to recover, patients are still more likely to opt for minimally-invasive, less expensive anti-aging treatments such as Botox, dermal fillers, laser skin rejuvenation, microdermabrasion and chemical peels over surgical options. To that end, the IAPAM helps physicians enter this cash-based market by offering their dermatologist-led Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Botox Training in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 8-9, 2012. Physicians will learn, and receive, everything they need to start offering Botox injections and other in-demand aesthetic medicine procedures for the New Year.

“About 5 million nonsurgical cosmetic procedures were performed by aestheticians last year, frequently in a spa setting,” says Jeff Russell, Executive Director of the IAPAM (http://www.iapam.com). “Many primary care physicians (PCPs) have decided to capitalize on the demand for these services by actively controlling the “med” part of these “medspas.”

Therefore, the IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposium is specifically designed by physicians, for physicians, to educate and train on the top aesthetic medical procedures like: Botox, dermal filler injections, lasers for skin rejuvenation & hair removal, microdermabrasion, and chemical peels. The IAPAM’s December 8-9, 2012 Symposium has integrated the most important clinical, aesthetic medicine business, and Botox training ALL into one weekend, including:

– dedicated instruction from board-certified dermatologists, who are true experts of the skin and cosmetic injectables;
– hands-on practice in the best Botox injection techniques;
– Botox training at a multi-million dollar medical practice, not in a hotel room; and
– an environment that does not allow exhibitors, giving physicians more time for education.

Attendees also have the opportunity to:

1. Attend the IAPAM’s Aesthetic Practice Start-Up Workshop (http://iapam.com/aesthetic-practice-startup-workshop) on Monday, December 10, 2012, a program highlighting the latest information on medspa business development and social media marketing.
2. Attend the IAPAM’s Clean Start hCG Weight Loss Training (http://iapam.com/physician-weight-loss-training-using-hormones) on Friday, December 7, 2012, which covers the new Clean Start hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) for Weight Loss Program, prescription appetite suppressants, ketogenic diet based programs, meal replacements and B6/12 injections.

Since 2006, over 1200 physicians (MDs, DOs, NPs, PAs, DDSs etc.) and their staff (RNs, MAs, practice managers, etc.), have attended the IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposiums and hCG Training seminars, and been certified by the IAPAM.

Consider adding aesthetic medicine modalities to your medical practice for the New Year! Physicians who have attended the Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Botox Injection Training testify (http://www.iapam.com/category/testimonials) to its comprehensiveness, and the year of practice support from the IAPAM definitely makes the program different than the others.

Botox is a trademark of Allergan, Inc.

About the IAPAM: The International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine

The International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine is a voluntary association of physicians and supporters, which sets standards for the aesthetic medical profession. The goal of the association is to offer education, ethical standards, credentialing, and member benefits. IAPAM membership is open to all licensed medical doctors (MDs), dentists (DDSs/DMDs) doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), physicians assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). The IAPAM offers aesthetic medicine and hCG medical weight management programs, including: Botox training, medical aesthetic training, laser training, physician hCG training, and aesthetic practice business training. Additional information about the association can be accessed through the IAPAM’s website (http://www.iapam.com) or by contacting:

Jeff Russell, Executive-Director
International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM)
1-800-219-5108 x704

Business

NanoMarkets Issues Report on Emerging Opportunities for Low-Cost Sensors

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NanoMarkets today announced the release of its report titled “Markets for Low-Cost Sensors 2012.”

Glen Allen, Virginia – November 14, 2012 — Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the release of its report titled “Markets for Low-Cost Sensors 2012.” In this new report, NanoMarkets analyzes the opportunities for low-cost sensors in key applications over the next eight years. The report estimates that the total market for such sensors will grow from its current value of over $8.9 billion today to $13.2 billion (USD) by the year 2019, which corresponds to about 42 billion low-cost sensors shipped.

Additional details about the report are available at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/markets_for_low_cost_sensors_2012.

About the Report:

Within the report NanoMarkets reviews the key applications for low-cost sensors: smart packaging for consumer goods; pharmaceutical smart packaging and healthcare-related applications; interactive media and disposable electronics applications; lighting applications, including both standalone lighting control units and smart lighting systems; building automation systems; and diagnostic test strips for monitoring of, for example, blood glucose or cholesterol levels in conjunction with an electronic meter.

Forecasts in each application are broken out by sensor type as follows: temperature sensors; humidity sensors; chemical, biochemical or gas sensors; and pressure, motion, or other physical factor sensors. The report contains granular, eight-year forecasts for low-cost sensors, in both quantity (number of sensors shipped) and value ($ millions) terms, broken out by application and by sensor technology.

From the Report:

– Diagnostic test strips, and blood glucose test strips in particular, will dominate the overall market. The market value of blood glucose test strips will grow at a rate of about 3 percent per year, from $7.6 billion in 2012 to nearly $9.3 billion by 2019.

– One of the fastest growing markets for low costs sensors will be in smart packaging applications, particularly in those that are enabled with sensors to monitor temperature, humidity, and various chemicals or gases in foods and personal care consumer goods. NanoMarkets expects this area to grow from its relatively modest value of about $150 million today to over $1.1 billion by the end of the forecast period in 2019.

– At the same time, applications in interactive media, advertising, and disposable electronics are also emerging as a market for low-cost sensors. The market value of low-cost sensors in these applications will grow from about $30 million today to over $160 million by 2019.

– Low-cost sensors also have a role to play in some building automation systems, which monitor and control the heating, cooling, ventilation, and even lighting of (mostly commercial) buildings using a wirelessly connected network of sensors. Such systems seek to improve efficiency through smart-metering of demand but also may be used to improve aesthetics, comfort, security, and safety. Because of the large number of sensors per system, even small penetration rate for low-cost sensors translate into large revenues. The market value of low-cost sensors in building automation systems is expected to grow from about $245 million in 2012 to just $1 billion by the end of the forecast period in 2019.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in solid-state lighting, energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. NanoMarkets has provided coverage of sensors markets as part of a larger focus on the low-cost and printed electronics markets, and in this report we share the insights that we have garnered into the market opportunities that will emerge and grow for low-cost sensors in key application areas.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets’ reports and other services.

Media Contact:
Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets, LC
PO BOX 3840
Glen Allen, VA 23058
(804) 938-0030
rob@nanomarkets.net

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FRA agrees that Timberland is a good Long-Term Investment

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A recent article by Wyatt Investment Research published by Nasdaq.com discusses claims that timberland could be a better long-term investment option than gold. The report has attracted much support from FRA, a forestry investment analysis group that believes timberland is a strong and reliable long-term asset class.

Seattle, United States, November 14, 2012 — A recent article by Wyatt Investment Research published by Nasdaq.com discusses claims that timberland could be a better long-term investment option than gold. The report has attracted much support from Forestry Research Associates (FRA), a forestry investment analysis group that believes timberland is a strong and reliable long-term asset class.

The article from Wyatt Investment Research says that one of the main reasons trees are a great long-term option is that healthy trees physically grow by around 4 per 6 per cent in value each year. The article concludes that timber is indeed “better than the stock market as a long-term investment.” It then asks whether it can compare to a commodity like gold for long-term returns on investment.

Between 1991 and 2010, timberland investors saw returns averaging 11.16 per cent per year, with gold investors seeing gains of just 7 per cent each year during the same period. However, the article claims that people buy gold and timberland for very different reasons. “It’s right that people buy gold primarily to protect the value of their investments and protect their cash from wider economic factors, such as inflation,” explained FRA’s analysis partner, Peter Collins.

“However, timberland can offer these benefits as well, as timber tends to emerge from recessions and other economic crises relatively unscathed.”

One of the main benefits of investing in timber is the fact that the owner of the trees does not have to sell if conditions aren’t quite right when the trees reach maturity. If timber prices are low, they can continue to grow in size and in value until the market is just right. As a result, investing in timberland can be one of a least risky strategies during tough economic times, added Mr Collins.

FRA is a research and analysis consultancy focusing on forestry investment. It supports a range of forestry investment schemes, such as those run by Greenwood Management in Brazil and Canada.

Media Contact:
Peter Collins
Forestry Research Associates
620 Vineyard Lane
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 316 8394
info@forestry-research.com
http://www.forestry-research.com

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Investing in Brazil is a great long-term option, says AAA

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Alternative investment advocacy group AAA claims that there is enough evidence to suggest that further economic recovery is on its way in Brazil and growth rates of 3-4 per cent can be expected in the coming years.

Boston, MA, USA, November 14, 2012 — Alternative investment advocacy group, Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA) claims that there is enough evidence to suggest that further economic recovery is on its way in Brazil and growth rates of 3-4 per cent can be expected in the coming years.

A large number of people put their cash into Brazil in the past few years, as growth rates hit as high as 6 or 7 per cent. However, growth fell to just 1.5 per cent this year and the economy has failed to deliver in several areas, AAA has admitted. For example, those who invested in its stock markets have seen a 5 per cent fall in values in dollar terms and the value of its currency, the real, also took a hit against the dollar this year.

However, AAA claims that strategic government moves, such as the slashing of interest rates to a record low of 7.25 per cent, have helped to get recovery back on track. “Those who have investments in Brazil will see strong returns over time,” claimed AAA’s analysis partner, Anthony Johnson. He predicted that growth of between 3 and 4 per cent will return before too long.

AAA supports a range of alternative investment products and funds, but focuses on ethical options like impact investing and sustainable forestry investment. “Brazil is a great place to invest in forestry,” explained Mr Johnson. “It has lush, fertile conditions and there is a growing demand for sustainably produced timber due to huge house building projects and infrastructure investment in advance of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics within the coming four years.”

One forestry investment option, run by Greenwood Management, offers people that chance to invest in their own piece of forestry plantation for as little as $15,000.

About Alternative Asset Analysis:
The remit of Alternative Asset Analysis is to analyse and provide news on the global performance of a wide range of alternative asset classes including, but not restricted to, commodities, real estate, forestry, foreign exchange, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital.

Media Contact:
Anthony Johnson
Alternative Asset Analysis
71 Commercial St
Boston, MA 02109-1320
617-939-9596
info@alternativeassetanalysis.com
http://www.alternativeassetanalysis.com

Business, Technology

eZuce and NextPlane Partnership Delivers Seamless UC Federation

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eZuce openUC added to NextPlane UC Exchange as a Certified UC Platform.

ANDOVER, Mass. (November 14, 2012) — eZuce Inc., the leading global provider of cloud based communications and collaboration solutions for large enterprises, has recently completed certification testing with NextPlane for its openUCTM solution. eZuce openUC has demonstrated full Instant Messaging (IM) federation with Microsoft Lync during initial Phase I certification in which users are able to share not only standard presence states of either “Available,” “Away,” “Busy” or “DND” on unified communication (UC) clients but also custom status messages, and enhanced presence states with federated colleagues.

NextPlane provides UC Exchange a UC and social media federation service with a searchable directory of over 100 (and growing) federation-ready organizations where companies can easily federate with customers and partners, using a secure management portal to track federation requests to and from business partners. UC Exchange Federation Services accelerates the building of collaborative business communities by eliminating the need to set up and maintain separate federation connections with multiple partners. UC Exchange supports all major UC platforms including Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Google, OpenFire, Isode and eJabberd. UC Exchange enables end-users within the UC Exchange community to easily share presence, exchange instant messages, participate in multi-party chat sessions, make voice calls, share files, and participate in voice conferences.

“We’re glad to include eZuce openUC in our UC Exchange program; in particular its seamless IM federation with Microsoft Lync and OCS enables users to experience collaboration the way it was designed to be- easy and reliable. We look forward to strengthening our technology alliance with eZuce as we continue to expand our federated services to Enterprises through strategic partnerships such as this.” Farzin Shahidi, Founder and CEO, NextPlane Inc.

eZuce provides UC cubed, the transition of unified communications into a software and IT application that is open, standards based, enterprise-grade, and socially-enabled. eZuce openUC™ and Unite solutions are transformational, enabling companies to become social organizations, improve productivity, and lower costs by communications-enabling and integrating business-critical applications and functions across multiple platforms. It enables IT to successfully manage the transition not only to the Cloud and Communications-as-a-Service (CaaS), but also to embrace the even more challenging reality of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD). eZuce openUC™ offers ease of use for the IT team, extreme flexibility, scalability, resiliency, and security, with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).

“eZuce fully embraces the partnership we have with NextPlane as our collective efforts enable users to have more choice and flexibility in how they communicate and collaborate amongst contacts particularly within their social networks. This approach aligns directly with our overall product strategy as eZuce openUC is the solution of choice for Enterprises in need of open standards-based virtualized communications.” David Grazio, VP of Product Marketing, eZuce Inc.

About NextPlane

NextPlane Inc., is the provider of ‘UC Exchange,’ a cloud based community focused federation service for unified communications (UC). UC Exchange enables member organizations to find, connect, and collaborate with business partners across a wide range of UC platforms and includes powerful features such as UC Federation Services, centralized Members Directory, Social Media Federation, and Skype Federation. Using a unique federation management portal, organizations can search a member’s directory for federation-ready partners; manage federation requests and access reporting and analytic tools.

UC Exchange Federation Services enable seamless federation across Microsoft Lync, OCS and LCS, Cisco Jabber XCP, Unified Presence Server (CUPS) and WebEx Messenger (formerly Cisco WebEx Connect), IBM Sametime, Google Apps, Jive OpenFire, Isode M-Link and eJabberd. Organizations can connect users from different companies regardless of their underlying UC platform – with enhanced presence, instant messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video – all as if they are on the same UC platform. Moreover, UC Exchange enables its member organizations to federate their UC platforms with social business communities such as Yammer, Salesforce.com’s Chatter, Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn, and XMPP hosted chat rooms. For more information please visit http://www.nextplane.net, or contact sales at sales@nextplane.net.

Contact:
Farzin Shahidi
NextPlane, Inc.
(650) 305-7404
farzin@nextplane.net

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

About eZuce, Inc.

eZuce delivers an open source platform designed to provide virtualized communications. For companies looking for an IT and cloud solution to fulfill all their communications and collaboration needs, eZuce provides users the ability to communicate openly and globally in the most cost-effective way available. And, because eZuce is a software solution built for the cloud, IT best practices apply, making this the easiest platform to operate available today. The company also built the largest and most successful open source unified communication community known as the sipXecs solution from SIPfoundry, underlining its commitment to open standards. eZuce counts as its customers some of the largest and innovative Fortune 500 companies as well as leading system integrators and partners. For more information about eZuce please visit our website at http://www.ezuce.com. You can also follow eZuce online through our official corporate social networking sites: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, & Google+.

Contact:
Christina Inge
eZuce, Inc.
+1.978.296.1005 x2073
cinge@ezuce.com

Education, Healthcare

HealthEdSolutions.com Issues Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician Programs Special Section

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Online Healthcare Certification Provider Launches New Fire Departments Special Section

Lincoln, Nebraska, November 13, 2012 – To help the growing number of individuals seeking employment as firefighters learn more about emergency medical technician certification and other required trainings, Health Education Solutions (HES), a leading provider of online healthcare certification courses, today released a Fire Departments special section. This series of educational articles is available in HES’ research library at www.HealthEdSolutions.com.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for firefighters is expected to grow 9 percent between 2010 and 2020. As an increasing number of volunteer firefighters make the transition into paid positions and more individuals enter the field, the need for these individuals to seek emergency medical technician programs and certifications will become apparent.

“As the emergency response field continues to grow—particularly in the firefighting field—the need for convenient, easy-to-access continuing education will dramatically increase,” said Melissa Marks, president of HES. “Whether you are new to the emergency medical field or a veteran seeking to get recertified, Health Education Solutions provides convenient courses and valuable resources to help you achieve career success.”

Proper healthcare certification has become more important as of late due to a few recent trends in the firefighting industry. Firefighters respond to less fires and more medical emergencies—and this shift continues to grow. According to the National Fire Protection Association, fires accounted for only 5 percent of responses made by U.S. fire departments in 2010. In addition, fire death rates are on the decline and have decreased by 20 percent since 2000. As the industry continues to follow these trends and firefighters increasingly become the first medical responders on scene at emergencies, the need for knowledge of healthcare emergency response principles will continue to grow.

To help firefighters and other first responders adequately prepare themselves to respond to medical emergencies, HES offers a comprehensive series of online firefighter, healthcare professional and emergency medical technician courses. Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification and recertification courses are available online, as are pediatric advanced life support (PALS) certification and recertification courses. In addition to courses developed in partnership with Union College, HES offers the American Heart Association’s HeartCode ACLS Part 1 course. For ACLS certification course info or ACLS online recertification info, visit Health Education Solutions’ website.

For individuals with nontraditional schedules who require more flexibility than traditional emergency medical technician school will allow, HES additionally offers basic life support (BLS), stroke certification, bloodborne pathogens training and first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training courses.

HES’ online research library offers a variety of useful information for firefighters, healthcare professionals and other emergency medical technicians and first responders, including resources related to careers in healthcare, 2012 certification guidelines, statistics related to healthcare trends and data from experts in the field.

About Health Education Solutions:
Health Education Solutions (HES) is a leading provider of continuing education solutions for healthcare professionals. HES, a subsidiary of Nelnet Inc. (NYSE: NNI), offers ACLS and PALS courses developed in partnership with medical faculty at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Contact:
Shannon Fern
Communications Strategy Group
3225 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
303-433-7020
sfern@csg-pr.com
http://www.csg-pr.com

Business

AAA backs Rockerfeller Foundation Endorsement of Impact investing

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A spokesperson from the Rockerfeller Foundation, Margot Brandenburg, has endorsed impact investing extremely eloquently in an article in the Huffington Post this week, claims alternative investment advocacy group AAA.

Boston, MA, November 14, 2012 – A spokesperson from the Rockerfeller Foundation, Margot Brandenburg, has endorsed impact investing extremely eloquently in an article in the Huffington Post this week, claims alternative investment advocacy group Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA).

Speaking following a convention about impact investing in Sao Paulo earlier this month, Ms Brandenburg stated that investing in socially and environmentally responsible projects is continuing to attract attention and interest. This interest is coming from philanthropists and entrepreneurs, but also increasingly from regular investors and even institutional investors who may not have even have considered alternative investments a few years back, claims AAA.

In her Huffington Post article, Ms Brandenburg explains that this interest is stemming from a growing feeling that ‘business as usual’ is simply not sustainable and often not ethical. “This has been brought into the public consciousness since the economic crisis began and we all realized that there were some fundamental problems with the way the business world, and particularly the financial world, was operating,” explained AAA’s analysis partner, Anthony Johnson.

AAA supports the sentiment that impact investors have the opportunity to help millions of people around the world and contribute to local economies by helping people to set up businesses and work themselves out of poverty. “These are long term solutions that can generate returns for investors in the West while helping those in developing nations to create a future for themselves and their communities,” added Mr Johnson.

AAA supports ethical alternative investment projects that help communities and environmental causes. An example is the plantations run by Greenwood Management in Brazil, which offer foreign investors the chance to buy up a section of sustainable plantation forest. The timber grown in the forest is sold when it is mature and new seedlings are being planted all the time. “This form of managed forestry is a great alternative to using native forests in countries like Brazil where the ecology is so valuable in the fight against climate change,” added Mr Johnson.

Contact:
Anthony Johnson
Alternative Asset Analysis
71 Commercial St
Boston, MA 02109-1320
617-939-9596
info@alternativeassetanalysis.com
http://www.alternativeassetanalysis.com