Artistic Cross-Cultural Magazine Debuts
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (PRWEB) October 17, 2009 — The inaugural issue of OM The Sound of the Universe magazine, published by DesignKala, is set for release the third week of October 2009. This cross-cultural magazine features the finest in creative expression, including thought provoking writing, photography, art, and design covering a wide variety of topics.
Special feature articles will highlight unique places to visit, health and nutrition, enhancing beauty the natural way, and opportunities to become involved with local and global communities.
Although the world is digitally connected through the internet and other technologies, there still remains a gap in cultural-connectedness.
It is the intent of OM magazine to lessen that gap by providing an opportunity for readers to experience and relate to the cultural wonders our world has to offer.
"This magazine is truly a labor of love, and it is a privilege to present our expression of 'human culture'," says Rashmi Pandey-Eddins, the magazine's editor.
OM will be distributed at local Charlotte health food stores, ethnic grocery stores, restaurants, yoga studios, bookstores, coffee shops, health and beauty spas, libraries, and educational institutions.
For more information on OM magazine, including advertising opportunities, please visit us at www.soundofom.com.
For more information on DesignKala, visit us at www.designkala.com and follow us on Twitter @designkala.
Oversee.net Launches IdentityTheft.com?
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 2, 2008 — Oversee.net announced today the launch of IdentityTheft.com (http://www.identitytheft.com), a new comprehensive online destination for consumers and businesses concerned with one of the nation’s fastest-growing crimes.
The site includes ID Secure? (http://www.identitytheft.com/index.php/article/why_id_secure/), the industry’s best-in-class theft prevention product. The site and product combined provide the most comprehensive and well-researched identity theft-related material and solutions available today.
According to Javelin Strategy & Research, identity theft has become the fastest growing crime in America, impacting 44.8 million victims in the past five years and nearly 20 million victims in the past two years alone. They also report that thieves strike every 3.5 seconds and cost consumers more than $56 billion annually.
“Data breaches and identity fraud are becoming increasingly prevalent in our society. Research shows that this type of theft has now surpassed drug trafficking as the number one crime in the United States,” said Lawrence Ng, CEO of Oversee.net. “It has become clear that Americans need a service that will help them take the necessary precautions to make sure their identities and business interests remain unscathed. IdentityTheft.com and ID Secure are designed as the strongest resources and protection available.”
IdentityTheft.com aims to educate both consumers and businesses on ways they can protect themselves. The site provides visitors a combination of expert-generated research, featured blogs written by industry experts, and a community forum that fosters user and Q&A dialogue about security issues affecting them.
The technology behind the ID Secure product — the most complete identity theft product in the marketplace — has been reviewed on FOX News, CNN, and ABC World News Tonight. Its features include:
? Credit/Debit Card Monitoring
? Social Security Number Monitoring
? Public Records Report & Ongoing Monitoring Service
? Internet Directory Sweep and Virtual Security
? Resolution, Insurance, Support Services, and Automated Fraud Alerts
ID Secure combines superior web crawling technology and dedicated experts that can pinpoint compromised debit or credit card information, often by combing chat rooms and other venues where thieves trade or sell cardholder information. Additionally, ID Secure monitors up to 10 credit/debit cards, plus social security numbers. Should a member’s monitored information become compromised, they will be notified immediately by ID Secure via e-mail and will receive specialized fraud support assistance.
Through comprehensive public information monitoring, ID Secure also provides an overview of members’ public records by obtaining, consolidating and formatting data from over 5,000 sources, including real estate, court and legal records, criminal records, bankruptcies, liens and judgments. The Internet Directory Sweep feature monitors consumers’ e-mail and mailing addresses and telephone numbers on internet directories, in an effort to inform members with ways to remove information that may lead to personal security breaches.
“Criminals are becoming increasingly savvy in their craft, especially as it relates to digging for personal information online and finding information readily at their fingertips via the Internet,” said Ng. “The more we can educate our members as to what personal information is publicly available and ways they can safeguard that information, the less susceptible they will be to these fraudsters.”
The site is first of several planned for launch by Oversee in the coming year. Due to the company’s strong existing portfolio of digital real estate, its strategy will be to make the best and highest use of its premium domain names to help end users locate and evaluate the products and services they search for online.
About IdentityTheft.com:
IdentityTheft.com is the #1 source for identity theft protection on the market today, and is the best provider of comprehensive, fresh, and well-researched identity theft related information in the space. IdentityTheft.com provides a resource for users to experience the fullest protection online, gain education on security issues and offers an opportunity to share information through both social networking and breaking news relevant to staying secure. IdentityTheft.com is based in Los Angeles and is owned and operated by Oversee.net. For more information, please visit http://www.identitytheft.com.
About Oversee.net:
Founded in 2000 by Lawrence Ng and Fred Hsu, Oversee.net is a technology-driven online marketing solutions company, with two primary divisions: Oversee Domain Services and Oversee Marketing Services. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Portland, Oregon, and Pompano Beach, Florida, the company has over 200 employees. Some of Oversee’s key brands include SnapNames®, Moniker®, DomainSponsor?, Low.com?, LowFares.com? and IdentityTheft.com?. Please visit http://www.oversee.net.
Media Contacts:
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Tel: 212-367-6920
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SamePage Wiki v. 4.0 Now Available Free to University Students
Fremont, Calif. (PRWEB) October 28, 2008 — eTouch SamePage, a dynamic enterprise wiki (http://www.etouch.net/home/), today announced its new software version 4.0 is now available for university students to use at no charge.
Students with a valid .edu email address can sign up at the SamePage site and include up to five users in their group. Students can use SamePage to help manage a number of projects, including writing group papers and collaborating with members of a project group on documents and discussion boards. The interface is user friendly and utilizes a WYSIWYG editor, so students don't need technical expertise.
"Students are among the most technologically capable and can grasp the application of web 2.0 technologies, like wikis, to improve their academic lives," said Aniruddha Gadre, CEO of eTouch Systems. "In addition, students who become comfortable with new technologies during their studies will be better equipped when joining the workforce. We hope a lot of students take advantage of using SamePage v. 4.0 for free (http://www.etouch.net/products/collaboration/students.html)."
The latest release of SamePage enables direct content creation between the wiki and web sites, useful for students working on research projects and papers. In addition, SamePage v. 4.0 users can create and collaborate around charts and tables with new database and chart plug-ins.
The complete list of features and release notes are available at: http://support.etouch.net/cm/wiki/?id=57940.
SamePage is utilized by academic institutions, including Loyola Marymount University which recently selected to integrate SamePage for use by several departments. In addition, Siemens selected SamePage as the wiki solution for a collaboration portal it developed for the National Institute of Education in Singapore.
About eTouch SamePage:
SamePage is a product of eTouch Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class wiki solutions and consulting services that leverage technology solutions and help organizations share their collective knowledge, insights and creativity. SamePage is a scalable and dynamic wiki that enables its users to improve collaboration, save money and streamline decision making in a secure, well-supported environment. SamePage is used by medium and large enterprises around the world, including Alcatel-Lucent, NASA, Citrix, Hestia, Teradyne, Siemens, NY State Unified Court System and ADP, as well as by strategic partners, such as Cisco/WebEx. For more information, visit http://www.etouch.net.
(eTouch Systems, eTouch SamePage, and all other eTouch Systems product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of eTouch Systems, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks herein are property of their respective owners.)
Twelve-month Green MBA Launched by Antioch University New England
(Vocus) April 1, 2010 — Students can now get their MBA in one year with Antioch University New England’s accelerated MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?nav=1). Recent undergrads and mid-career professionals who enroll will benefit from this fast-moving, twelve-month master’s program.
This Green MBA option immerses students in an extraordinarily collaborative learning environment with weekday classes. Students further their understanding of sustainable business practices and gain management experience through internships, consulting projects, and field-study trips.
This accelerated MBA builds on the strengths of AUNE’s top ranked weekend delivery MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability. Both MBA delivery options focus on training future business and organization leaders to address the triple bottom line of responsibility: economic, social, and environmental success.
The pace, frequency, and meeting schedules are different between the accelerated and weekend model, but the courses, opportunities, and faculty are the same.
The accelerated model is for students who want to complete their MBA (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?nav=1) in an intensive, fast track program. Most students live in the region, or relocate to the area, for twelve months. Classes meet three days per week and five Saturdays each fall and spring semester. Summer classes are held in May, June, and July.
The two-year, weekend MBA program allows students to continue with professional and personal commitments while taking classes in to Keene, New Hampshire five times in the spring and fall semesters and a week long intensive the first summer semester.
“We need leaders in the new Green Economy and this accelerated MBA option helps fill that gap,” said AUNE Organization & Management program chair Polly Chandler. “Antioch University New England MBA graduates gain the theory and the experiences needed to lead corporations, nonprofits, NGO’s, and personal businesses in sustainability best practices.”
More about Antioch University New England’s MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability (Green MBA)
Students of AUNE’s MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?nav=1) learn what most will expect in an MBA program, plus the unexpected. The AUNE Green MBA curriculum, for both the weekend and accelerated options, considers not only sustainable business practices, economics, and finance, but also the natural environment, leadership, systems thinking, and collaboration. The programs prepare graduates for a variety of business-related roles while emphasizing organizational and environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
About Antioch University New England
This is Antioch University New England's forty-sixth year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral, and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies, and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service, and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University’s graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.
About Antioch University
Antioch University, a visionary academic community composed of five campuses in four states, is uniquely capable of bringing its students' brightest ideals and highest ambitions to life. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life, and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning, and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills, and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders, and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information visit: www.antioch.edu.
New Informative Website Launched To Help People with Oral Mucositis and Their Caregivers
Langhorne, PA (PRWEB) March 4, 2010 — When cancer patients receive chemotherapy and radiation treatments, there are often uncomfortable side effects that could potentially influence the success of the cancer treatment. Oral Mucositis (http://www.mouthsmadegood.com/about-OM.aspx)(OM) is one such side effect that patients and their healthcare providers struggle to control. The new website (http://www.mouthsmadegood.com) is designed to provide many valuable tips on how to handle this severe condition.
OM is characterized by a red, swollen and ulcerated mouth and tongue. The mouth sores (http://www.mouthsmadegood.com/about-OM/what-are-the-consequences-of-OM.aspx)caused by this painful condition are associated with both chemo- and radiation therapy. This problem can prevent sufferers from talking, swallowing and even eating. In severe cases, a feeding tube is sometimes necessary so the patient can get the sustaining nutrients for their body to be strong enough to continue with cancer therapy.
In fact, in a survey of nurses, OM was identified as the most debilitating and significant problem associated with cancer therapy.¹
Jim Mitchum, President, Americas at EUSA Pharma Inc. said, "Oral Mucositis is a particularly common and often devastating side effect of cancer therapy. We hope we've provided a useful and informative website where people can learn how others have been successful in treating OM."
Caphosol® (supersaturated calcium phosphate rinse), an OM oral rinse treatment manufactured by EUSA Pharma, is the sponsor of the new website.
The new website provides sufferers and their healthcare providers a factsheet (http://www.mouthsmadegood.com/nurse-resources.aspx) and a list of Frequently Asked Questions that can help people better understand Oral Mucositis and what to do about the condition. Included is information on what OM is, what causes OM, what should be done to manage it and who is at risk.
The factsheets also provide helpful information regarding diet and nutrition for patients with Oral Mucositis. The factsheets suggest avoiding dry foods or foods that are rough and crunchy while relying on soft casseroles, eggs, ground meat served with gravy and mashed potatoes. Cooking tips are also provided.
Oral hygiene tips are also suggested like use of mouth rinses, gels and soft toothbrushes, to note a few. The factsheets can also be downloaded at the website or to the right of this article.
The Mouths Made Good website includes a video blog that provides additional information about nutrition and Oral Mucositis. Visitors to the website are invited to upload their own video story about their OM experiences to share with other OM patients.
Commenting on the video blog, Mitchum added, "We hope that people will share their own insights and help others overcome this lesser known side effect of cancer treatment. Finding a supportive OM community online can be very helpful to sufferers and their caregivers."
The website includes another helpful feature, whereby, a site visitor can create a "send a smile (http://www.mouthsmadegood.com/send-a-smile.aspx)" card and email to an OM patient or their caregiver. Hoping to cheer up the recipient, the tool lets the visitor add their choice of a smile on their choice of a photo or image.
About Caphosol and EUSA Pharma (USA), Inc
Caphosol® (supersaturated calcium phosphate rinse) was launched in the U.S. in 2007 by EUSA Pharma (USA), Inc. – a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, pain control and critical care products.
¹ Bruce SD and Quinn A. US Oncological Disease 2007.
Regional Sage SalesLogix Users Group Launch on September 15th …..Kickoff Meeting Open to Any and All Sage SalesLogix Customers
Springboro, OH (PRWEB) September 5, 2009 — On Tuesday, September 15th the first meeting of a new regional Sage SalesLogix Users group is planned at 3:00 pm in the offices of Simplesoft Solutions in Springboro, OH. This Sage SalesLogix Users group will be run by the members, including the privilege of selecting a name for the group and setting discussion topics for each meeting. This regional users group will be focused on the effective use of Sage SalesLogix as a CRM tool to drive positive change and results within their overall CRM business strategy at their respective organizations.
The key topic for this kickoff meeting will be Best Practices for Data Management and will also include some key decisions on the operational aspects of the group. A name for the Users Group will be chosen by those submitted from current users. Every subsequent meeting will include a customer profile of a unique and practical use of SalesLogix to improve internal processes or customer intimacy. Come be a part of this kickoff meeting for the new users group, as well as the after hours gathering at Campioni's in Springboro, OH. Simplesoft Solutions is located at 550 N. Main Street, Suite A, Springboro, OH 45066.
To register for this event visit SalesLogix Users Group Registration (http://www.simplesoft.net/calendarview.asp?id=58). For additional questions please contact jross(at)simplesoft(dot)net
About Simplesoft Solutions
Simplesoft Solutions is a Midwestern-based customer relationship management software and business consulting firm providing implementation, integration, development and training of Sage SalesLogix and SageCRM solutions. We have been supporting the sales, marketing, and customer service business consulting needs of clients in the Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky areas for over 14 years. Our CRM solutions, services, and support, along with our philosophy of incremental return on investment, mean the impact to our client's business is real and immediate. Simplesoft Solutions was named a Sage President's Circle Business Partner winner for the past two years.
About Sage
Sage supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.8 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small and mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.4 million customers and employs over 13,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at http://www.sage.com.
Dow-Key's New Low-cost Plug & Go RF Switching Solution
Ventura, CA (PRWEB) April 2, 2009 — Dow-Key (http://www.dowkey.com/) has extended its switch solution by introducing a new plug & go RF system (http://www.dowkey.com/news_details.php?id=85) – the Gold Package consisting of a Controller Unit (6101) and a CANbus Address box (5060). This solution offers an ideal setup for engineers who are looking for a low-cost switching solution. It allows the user to design a switching matrix in any way desired by choosing CANBus switches together with the Gold Package (see data sheet for Silver Package). The package provides both hardware and software that allows the user to interact and control each individual switch using SCPI commands.
The Gold Package offers a sophisticated solution enclosed in 1U chassis that is ready to be used by plugging in coaxial switches on the rear panel. Model 6101 is fully equipped with dual power supplies, local, and remote control interfaces. A 2-line LCD display and a push-button keypad on the front panel allow the user to control the switching system locally. The rear panel of the chassis is populated with (24) CANbus interfaces and with either a RJ-45 (Ethernet interface) or a RJ-45 (Ethernet interface) for remote control. This ultimate solution requires no assembly time and is hassle free. All that is needed – plug in selected CANbus switches (purchased separately) on the rear and auto-configure the unit from the local LCD control – voila! The system is up and running at no time.
In order for the system to distinguish between each CANbus switch, each switch needs to have its own address. Model 5060 is a unit that allows the user to program the switches easily with different addresses. Just plug in the CANbus switch, set a unique binary address via an 8-pin dip-switch, power up the unit, and flip a mechanical switch. A solid green LED will indicate when the CANbus switch has been programmed.
It is strongly advised to include Model 5060 in the package. It gives the user total control over how to interface with each switch at software level, in addition to, providing the user a safety net to re-program switches as needed.
For more detailed information, Download the data sheets (http://www.dowkey.com/news_details.php?id=85) and contact Dow-Key (http://www.dowkey.com/contact_us.php) at toll free at (800) 266-3695.
First Green MBA Grads March in Antioch New England 2009 Commencement
Keene, N.H. – Antioch University New England has awarded its first Green MBA’s to the initial graduating class of an innovative new program to produce business leaders for a rapidly changing global economy.
Every candidate accepted into the program’s inaugural cohort successfully completed requirements to earn the new degree—the MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?ref=nav).
Polly Chandler, who chairs the graduate school’s Department of Organization and Management, also manages the Green MBA program.
“These are the champions of sustainability who are now going out into a variety of fields,” she said of the new graduates. “We’re so proud of their achievements and excited for their futures.”
The university, which was one of the first schools in the country to offer a Green MBA (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?ref=nav), launched the program two years ago. The interdisciplinary, progressive curriculum combines traditional MBA finance and management studies with training in leadership, collaboration, systems thinking and the environment. The goal is to educate leaders for sustainable business who are committed to a triple bottom line: sound profits with social and environmental responsibility.
Nineteen students are first recipients of the university’s new degree. They range in age from early twenties to mid-fifties, originate from all parts of the country and represent diverse walks of life. Among them are a corporate CFO, a former software engineer, a college professor, an employee of Toyota Automobile Corporation, and a couple of farmers.
Each now plans to turn a profit while changing the world. Future career paths include: green information technology, water impact studies, alternative energy, and commercial composting, among others.
“It’s not business as usual,” said Chandler. “These are people of great intelligence, huge hearts and a passion for what they do. They know it’s not going to be easy, but they’re ready, willing and able.”
The field of sustainability studies is rapidly growing. Antioch New England University’s program ranks in the top five in multiple categories in Business As Unusual: The 2008 Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs, published by Net Impact, a San Francisco-based, national nonprofit organization.
More about Antioch New England's Green MBA
Students of Antioch New England's Green MBA (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?ref=nav) programs learn what most will expect in an MBA program, plus the unexpected. The ANE Green MBA curriculum considers not only sustainable business practices, economics, and finance, but also the natural environment, leadership, systems thinking, and collaboration. The programs prepare graduates for a variety of roles in for-profit, not-for-profit, public-sector organizations, and their own businesses while emphasizing organizational and environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
Students can choose from weekend or accelerated options. The weekend option works best for those who need to fit getting their MBA in with a tight work schedule. Classes meet five intensive weekends (Friday through Sunday) per semester, and for one intensive week each summer. The accelerated option (16-month completion) works best for those without 9 to 5 responsibilities.
ANE's Green MBA (http://www.antiochne.edu/om/mba/default.cfm?ref=nav) faculty hail from both the Departments of Organization & Management and Environmental Studies, and also include outside experts. They practice what they preach, not only at the graduate school, but through their work in organizations across the globe. These mentors, advisors, and professors share their experiences as leaders, activists, scientists, and consultants.
About Antioch University New England
This is Antioch University New England's forty-fifth year as an institution of higher education. Based in Keene, New Hampshire, ANE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral, and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies, and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service, and sustainability. Antioch New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University’s graduate campuses.
About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life, and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information visit: www.antioch.edu.
For more information about Antioch University New England visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.
Organically Grown Music Nurtures Conscious Community, Creative Freedom & Artist Development
Grass Valley, CA (Billboard Publicity Wire) November 12, 2008 — Christopher Taylor and Johnny Om refer to their label's repetoire as a relaxed, unbuttoned mix of mellow alternative folk/blues sounds. The co-founding singer/songwriters released three albums in the folk rock and new age markets in 2008, including Taylor's Remains to be Seen and Om's Meet the Beast. Artistic vision, unique voices and a solid approach to business establish Organically Grown Music (http://www.organicallygrownmusic.com/index.html) as an independent label to watch.
Christopher Taylor and Johnny Om met on the island of Kauai in 2000 and immediately struck up a musical relationship that was to evolve, by 2003, into their group, The Bodhi Brothers. The label was founded the same year on the principle that popular music can be professionally produced without having to comply with commercial standards for how it should sound; today, Organically Grown Music remains committed to being a label that can't be labeled.
The Taylor/Om team has engaged a collection of specialists to handle the label's recent launches. Kathleen Monahan of KDM Promotions is on board to service radio, Clay Pasternak promotes to retail, Greg Steffan books retail performances and Suzanne Doucet of Only New Age Music (www.onlynewagemusic.com) consults on outreach to the new age and spiritual community; Doucet will also represent the label internationally at MIDEM 2009. They are also supporting the new releases with print ads in New Age Retailer and The Leading Edge, as well as an internet marketing campaign. The album is distributed by New Leaf Distribution.
Organically Grown Music's name reflects both the grassroots process of musical creation and the holistic lifestyle of the co-founders. Taylor and Om produced their first CD by The Bodhi Brothers — appropriately called Organically Grown — with multi-instrumentalist/co-producer Jack Lee (http://www.jackleemusic.com/), former lead guitar for blues legend Tracy Nelson and keyboard player for bluegrass supergroup The Earl Scruggs Review. Their ensuing collaborations, Remains and Beast, hit radio and retail in fourth quarter 2008, and are being embraced by folk rock, spiritual and conscious communities worldwide.
"In making music, we pay as much attention to the process and the message as we do to the music itself," says Om during a rehearsal break in the group's Nevada City, CA studio. Om and Taylor's "open book" approach to composing is a major part of the label's appeal, as fans feel engaged in each artist's spiritual and musical evolution. The label further appeals to its "conscious core" following by taking a green approach to physical product packaging, augmented by distinctive art design and original illustrations by Om.
"We live an organic lifestyle, so it just made sense to us that we'd avoid plastic CD cases but still offer an album that someone could hold in their hands and find aesthetically pleasing," Om adds. "It's a process, much like our music. We rarely start out with a preconceived idea, we really try to stay open; usually, we end up with something that we couldn't have imagined, and that really pleases us."
This "walk your talk" label vision that Taylor and Om share is similar to a modern version of the New Age label Soundings of the Planet (http://www.soundings.com/), which was established in the 1970s and continues a creative, artist-centric approach. The duo foresees continued collaboration with like-minded professionals such as co-producer Jack Lee, percussionist MB Gordy, vocalist/violinist Onyay Pheori and flute/sax/pennywhistle player Richard Hardy, all of whom contributed their talents to the two solo albums.
Taylor's songs on Remains convey a sense of spirituality and self-inquiry through his deep voice and lyrics, as well as his use of vocal harmonies, solid rhythms and vivid tones of his 12-string and electric guitars. Om's Beast has been described as "a smart, hip musical journey through contemporary America's hopes and dreams in these first years of the 21st Century."
"As artists, we want to connect with our audience and have them feel supported by our music," Taylor explains. "I like to write about the fears and the moments of inspiration that are universal to all human nature."
According to Taylor, the song "Love's Around the Corner" is about determination and human courage, to persist in following your dreams even when you're feeling your lowest, while "Come to the Center" bears a simple message, but one that's very easy to forget in our busy lives. From its first line, "The Sun Shines" declares: "Die to yourself and free your soul," which, he says, "simply means that if we're going to grow beyond ourselves, we need to let something of the old self, and its habits, die off." There are 13 tracks on Remains to Be Seen.
Om's Meet the Beast incorporates world beats and exotic instrumentation in 19 songs of social awareness flavored with humor. Of his process, he notes, "I gathered a long list of my songs related to social awareness, then selected those I felt worked best together as a whole. I had all these monkey songs because the monkey had become my metaphor for the current state of the human mind, chattering away but not really saying much. There are big issues that we as a global community need to face – either we evolve beyond the shadow politics responsible for wars, economic slavery, and environmental abuse, or we die. To buffer the intensity of the message, I added some humor and a few heart songs. I think that makes for a nice balance."
Forthcoming productions will include a mellow series of instrumental music for meditation and relaxation, or, as The Bodhi Brothers might call it "SonoNutrient Ear Food." While additional productions are scheduled for 2009, the immediate future of OGM includes playing live at small venues to support the albums and growing the label's fun-loving and spiritual community of like-minded fans. Those in need of nourishment are invited to indulge at the OGM website, or join the feast at MySpace.com.
The next Bodhi Brothers Performances in the near future will be on Friday November 14th from 7-9pm at Borders Books & Music, 7415 Laguna Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95758 (info: 916-691-1901).
CDs are available from www.CDBaby.com (http://cdbaby.com/cd/omjohnny), www.Amazon.com, and quality book and record stores, including Borders Books and Music.
To download music, or check out performance updates, media photos, videos and more, visit:www.organicallygrownmusic.com. Media, please contact Beth Ann Hilton, The B Company at 310-560-8390.
World’s Smartest USB Stick Guards Your Portable ID, Data, Passwords and Applications
(PRWEB) June 7, 2010 — The beauty of the ID Control USB Token device is its simplicity and portability; plug it into any computer USB port, and it runs. With the ID Control USB come many portability and security features than any other flash drive, such as strong authentication, secure storage, application virtualization, online passwords and favourites management.
Strong authentication is enabled through the on-board password generator which issues a new one-time password (OTP) every time a user remotely and securely wants to log into the protected remote access of networks, applications and digital resources. At the same time the user’s credentials such as a digital certificate can be verified for strong authentication or used for digital signing purposes. The USB Token is PIN-protected and puts certificates, account and passwords, applications and other data on the move in a secure vault, since data is fully encrypted. Applications can be run virtually from the flash memory of the token which makes it a very small and secure multifunctional portable computing device. Onboard multiple online favourites with related accounts and passwords can be memorized so that with only one master password the user can log in to multiple websites and applications.
Yearly over 20,000,000 unsecured USB sticks are lost in businesses, and with 62% of employees leaving sticks plugged in to unattended computers*, businesses are extremely vulnerable to data and identity theft and fraud. With the ID Control USB Token the related security risks and threats are minimized at affordable costs and users even adopt the token fast due to its user friendly interesting features.
Hans Kortekaas, CEO of ID Control, indicates that when using USB sticks for data storage more organizations should consider that losing intellectual property on an open, unsecured USB flash drive could be disastrous. Securing the data stored in the flash drive is easy with the ID Control USB Token, but provides next to secure storage a lot of other security and portability opportunities. The token is ideal for strong authentication to web based applications, VPN, networks and server based computing and enables applications to run virtually from the flash drive, while users can manage their online favourites, accounts and passwords in the secured flash memory. For more info: www.usbstick.net
ID Control, www.idcontrol.com located in The Hague, provides strong and easy authentication tokens and unified authentication management. The range of strong authentication tokens for secure online access is composed of HandyID, MessageID, KeystrokeID, the ID Control OTP Key and USB Token. HandyID is an OTP generating application running on your mobile device, the ID Control OTP Key is an OTP generating hardware token, the ID Control USB Token stores and generates digital signatures and OTPs and KeystrokeID recognizes users on the basis of their typing behaviour while logging in. At the same time ID Control offers e-mail encryption, decryption and authentication with MailID which uses MessageIDs One Time Passwords (OTP) via SMS or ID Control USB Tokens for opening up e-mail with attachments. Organizations that use different authentication methods and tokens for different users, accounts, systems, applications and/or services can centrally and integrally manage all kinds with the ID Control Server.
For additional information, registrations and questions you can contact Susan de Wolf on phone number +31- 888-SECURE (732873)!
* Unsecure USB sticks are the greatest internal security risk according to Eweek and up to 66% of USB Drive are lost according to Centennial Software.