| Avistar Adds Desktop Videoconferencing to IBM Lotus Sametime for ...
SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avistar Communications Corporation , has announced that Colgate-Palmolive Company, a multinational consumer products company, will deploy its desktop videoconferencing technology integrated with Lotus Sametime. Beginning with an initial installation this month, Colgate-Palmolive's aim is to benefit from the most innovative and effective combination of collaboration tools available for the corporate environment. Colgate-Palmolive recognizes the value that Avistar desktop videoconferencing adds to unified communications, by improving communication, fostering collaboration, and reducing travel expenditures, with their associated carbon emissions.
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Survey Reveals Heartburn Sufferers Experience More Heartburn During ...
CHICAGO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Heartburn remains a burning problem for more than 60 million Americans each month(1), and this November, the National Heartburn Alliance (NHBA) is recognizing the need for heartburn education by sponsoring the first ever Heartburn Awareness Month. Recent survey* results show that 66% of people experience heartburn symptoms during the holiday season. Additionally, and overwhelming 94% of people said they would enjoy the holidays more if they didn't have to worry about heartburn. "November is a perfect time for heartburn sufferers and healthcare professionals to address heartburn, because more people tend to over-indulge in holiday meals," says Pat Baird, Registered Dietitian and NHBA Board member. "By incorporating lifestyle changes into their diets, heartburn sufferers can learn to alleviate symptoms so they can enjoy the holidays." The goal of Heartburn Awareness Month is to screen, educate and treat heartburn sufferers.
DuPont Opens Fluoropolymer Production Plant in China
CHANGSHU CITY, China, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A new DuPont (NYSE: DD) fluoropolymer production plant has begun operations here. The plant, which produces polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fine-powder and dispersion for global customers, with focus on Asia Pacific, marks a significant milestone in the company's strategic plan to establish a broader fluoroproducts manufacturing base in China. "The opening of the Changshu plant supports our belief that it is a very good time to invest in PTFE production in China," said Cynthia Green, vice president and general manager, DuPont Fluoroproducts. "DuPont's advanced, high-quality PTFE products already have established a leading position in the market and are delivering benefits to our customers around the world." PTFE products are generally supplied to automobile, apparel, construction, aviation, chemical manufacturing, and consumer and industrial cookware industries.
Conster Nation
DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- There's no getting around it: fat tastes good. In fact, fat tastes great. So there's this television commercial, Wendy's, I think, and instead of French fries, our national food, a man orders a baked potato with his breaded and fried whatever-nuggets. Everyone in the restaurant falls over in their chairs. A baked potato instead of fries! He's a hero, this guy. People applaud as he walks away from the counter, and a pretty blonde pantomimes "Call me." But if you look at his plate, the potato is split and jammed like an ice cream sundae with mounds of white fluffy sour cream. And how much do you want to bet there's butter under there, too? Because as I said, fat tastes great, and when there's an abundance of food around, and you can indulge yourself in whatever instant gratification you're able to dream up, fat is going to be high on the list.
Man charged with selling fake IDs
Manuel Acevedo went to area flea markets and drummed up business like any legitimate businessman would. He passed out business cards and talked up his services. But an investigation revealed what he was selling was anything but legitimate, according to Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports. Acevedo is facing numerous charges of identity theft and forgery of Social Security cards, Florida driver's licenses, registration and resident alien cards, sheriff's reports say. Detectives say Acevedo passed out business cards at several local flea markets offering illegal immigrants forged documents. In June, he gave a business card to an informant working for sheriff's detectives and Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents. The informant called a phone number on the card and got Acevedo.
Lowell native Lemire to lead national degree program
Lifelong Lowell resident Stephen Lemire was recently named executive director for the National Professional Science Master's Association. The organization is headquartered at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and promotes and supports professional science master's degree programs at universities across the nation. Lemire is a senior instructor in the healthcare management program at Cambridge College. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in health services administration from UMass Lowell. Patricia Koczera of Dracut has been named vice president of retail banking at the Lowell Cooperative Bank. She is responsible for the direction of all retail banking, including products, sales and service. She will also coordinate all of the bank's marketing, advertising and public relations campaigns.
KUOW Program Archive
Individual states are stepping up to provide more help to returning soldiers and sailors. A novel program under the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs uses nature to heal the wounds of war. Vets also get experience in environmental restoration that could lead to a good civilian job. Correspondent Tom Banse has more from suburban Seattle. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR OLD SVEN SOHOLT IS PUTTING HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER AFTER COMING HOME FROM IRAQ. THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD COMBAT ENGINEER WAS DEPLOYED FOR A YEAR TO THE TREACHEROUS TERRAIN NORTH OF BAGHDAD. SOHOLT: "Then I got back and tried to go back to my job that I left before. I just was having problems sleeping. I was having anger issues; didn't want to be around people." A V.A. COUNSELOR REFERRED SOHOLT TO THE VETERANS CONSERVATION CORPS.
A festive day safe from PC police
A walk through my child's elementary school provides a glimpse into a distant past (mine) of hallways festooned with cut-out hearts made of pink and red construction paper, placed carefully on lacy paper doilies. Inside the classrooms are the paper bags at each desk that will act as receptacles for cards and trinkets on Feb. 14. All of the flagrant decoration made me realize that Valentine's Day is still the one semi-holiday that hasn't yet been under fire from the international PC police, even though this St. Valentine guy was a bishop with the PR machine of the Catholic church behind him. The fact that Cupid doesn't wear pants presents no objections, as well. As with almost all popular modern holidays, the concept of celebrating love, lust, desire and companionship began as a pagan ritual.
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