NanoMarkets Latest Report Forecasts the Bio-Plastics Market Through 2020

NanoMarkets has published an in-depth analysis of worldwide markets for bio-plastics, covering all major bio-plastics including starch-based bio-plastics, bio-polyesters, cellulose-based bio-plastics and bio-polymers.

Glen Allen, Virginia - December 11, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has published an in-depth analysis of worldwide markets for bio-plastics, covering all major bio-plastics including starch-based bio-plastics, bio-polyesters, cellulose-based bio-plastics and bio-polymers. The report titled "Bio-Plastics Markets - 2013," claims that revenues from bio-plastics will reach $6.1 billion by 2018, with 8.6 million tons of bio-plastics shipped.

The report also discusses new feedstocks such as seaweed, and carbon dioxide. Applications analyzed include food and pharma packaging, waste bags, medical implants, diapers, mulch foils, electronics, and tires/automotive. Eight-year forecasts with breakouts by materials type, applications and region are included.

The report discusses the activities of many firms pioneering the use of bio-plastics including Arkema, Avantium, BASF, Braskem, Bridgestone, Cargill, Casda, Coca Cola, Cooper Tire, Danone, Dow Chemical, Faurecia, FKuR, Gevo, Green Dot, Heinz, Hisun Biomaterials, Innovia Films (UK), Invista, LanzaTech, M & G, Metabolix, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui, Nike, Novamont, P&G, PTT, Purac, Showa Denko, Solvay, Teijin, Toray and Uhde Inventa-Fischer.

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

More from the report:

While bio-plastics represent only 1% of the total plastics market today, NanoMarkets' report projects that amount will grow to 7% by 2020. Market drivers include recyclability of bio-based PA, PE and PET and the bio-degradability/compostability of other bio-plastics. The sector will benefit from European and Japanese mandates favoring compostable/recyclable materials, also the involvement of big name firms such as BASF and Dow Chemical which are investing billions of dollars into bio-plastics.

To reach full potential, bio-plastics must come down in price; today they are two-to-three times the price of fossil-based plastics. This sector is also highly capital intensive. For every one million tons of bio-plastics production capacity, at least $1.25 billion is invested.

Cost reductions will be achieved through economies of scale and by using less expensive feedstocks; switching to cassava for bio-PLA will reduce feedstock cost by 70%. Another factor that will help bio-plastics will be ongoing technical improvements such as better barrier coatings.

The consumption of bio-plastics by the packaging industry will amount to 1.3 billion tons in 2013; almost 75 percent of bio-plastics shipped. Packaging will still hold a 65 share of the bio-plastics market as late as 2020. For plastic bottles, bio-PET is expected to replace fossil-based plastics entirely and PLA foamed structures are expected to take a noticeable share of the food container segment.

The other big bio-plastics opportunity lies in the automotive segment, which is expected to consume just 75 million tons of bio-plastics in 2013 but more than 10 times that amount in 2018. Bridgestone and Cooper Tire are developing bio-plastic tires and bio-based butadiene tires will be retailing by 2014. Mitsubishi is doing R&D work on bio-plastics for automotive interior parts. Bio-plastics that are expected to be used in the automotive segment include PLA blends, bio-PA, bio-PE, and bio-PET.

Bio-plastics product is shifting to Asia and South America, closer to where feedstocks are grown. By 2020 nearly 80% of bio-plastics will be produced in these regions. Chinese companies are already making bio-plastics and firms such as Arkema and BASF are investing in the Chinese bio-plastic sector. Chinese domestic consumption for bio-plastics will also grow rapidly, but will be constrained by Chinese government concerns with using food crops for feedstocks.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging markets in advanced materials. The firm is the recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for a variety of functional plastics-related markets.

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
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NextPlane Enables Unified Communications and Social Media Federation

NextPlane UC Exchange Allows Users on UC Platforms to participate in Twitter, Yammer and Salesforce Chatter from their UC Client.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (December 10, 2012) -- NextPlane, Inc., the market leader in cloud-based federation services for unified communications (UC), now offers federation between UC platforms and public and enterprise social media services such as Twitter, Yammer, and Chatter. Now users on UC platforms can participate in social media feeds, and send private messages directly from their UC client.

The social networking revolution is presenting companies with a new collaboration challenge: how to connect their UC platform, which provides real-time and presence-based communications, with their enterprise social networking services, such as a Yammer, or Chatter.

To overcome this challenge NextPlane UC Exchange federates UC platforms and social media services without requiring plug-ins. UC Exchange UC to Social Media federation service allows end-users to easily authenticate to their enterprise or public social networking accounts from their UC clients to:

- Search for colleagues users and groups;
- Post messages to group discussions and trending topics; and
- Send private messages to one or more colleagues.

UC Exchange social media federation currently supports Microsoft Lync, OCS and LCS, Cisco Jabber XCP, Unified Presence Server (CUPS) and WebEx Messenger, IBM Sametime, Google Apps, Jive OpenFire, Isode M-Link and eJabberd.

"In today's fast paced business environment the lines between unified communication and enterprise social networks are getting blurred," said Farzin Shahidi, Founder and CEO of NextPlane. "Employees are expected to stay on top of several social media feeds, and chat with several people at the same time. With UC Exchange, leading edge organizations are enabling their end-users to keep in touch with their colleagues and contribute to group discussions on the corporate social network right from their UC clients."

Organizations can sign up for a free UC Exchange Directory Membership that includes free federation with Twitter and a one-month free trial of Yammer and Chatter federation. This membership also includes free federation with Google and a listing in the UC Exchange Members Directory, enabling other UC Exchange members to find and connect with them.

Organizations can also upgrade to a paid Community Membership to UC Exchange, which provides members with further benefits including UC to UC federation services, federation with enterprise social media services, Skype federation, and XMPP Group Chat Federation. Community Members can make federation requests to other UC Exchange members using NextPlane's unique federation management portal, plus benefit from guaranteed service levels and support.

For more information, visit http://www.nextplane.net/get-started.php or contact sales at sales@nextplane.net.

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

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
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Junie Moon's Surviving The Predators Among Us: Recognizing The Psychopath - Released Worldwide In eBook and Print Book Formats

Surviving The Predators Among Us: Recognizing The Psychopath by Junie Moon points out the steps to identifying the hidden traits and patterns of the psychopath. It is a follow up book to her first successful nonfiction release -- A Sociopath Beside Me.

Sarasota, FL, USA (December 9, 2012) -- Written for unsuspecting victims who live in the shadows of the psychopath, Surviving The Predators Among Us: Recognizing The Psychopath gives the reader the tools they need to survive the psychopaths who they are forced to co-exist with. This nonfiction book educates and supplies the skills required to identify the psychopath's hallmark traits and behaviors. If you have already been a victim of a human predator, you will receive information on how to both heal and recover.

"Surviving The Predators Among Us: Recognizing The Psychopath was created as a survival guide to assist others in being able to recognize the human predators who walk among us," author Junie Moon, said. "For if we can't identify them for who and what they are, then we are doomed to become their next unsuspecting victim."

"Have you ever looked for something that didn't want to be found? Chances are that in your lifetime you will encounter a human predator, a psychopath, on more than one occasion. There are people who walk among us who's deeds are obvious to be driven by evil intent, the dark souls of society; those who are operating without a conscience. The only means of escaping these predators unscathed is to be able to recognize them for who and what they are. To become armed with the knowledge of what these human predators look like through their traits. They are secretive and their agendas are fantasized about in secret. This book will tell you everything that these human predators don't want you to know."

Mike Autry, Dallas, TX said about Surviving The Predators Among Us: Recognizing The Psychopath, "Written from a unique perspective; a victim turned survivor who has taken her experiences and shared with us how to recognize the predators among us so that we can avoid them and how to heal if we were ever a victim of one of these predators."

Using an alias to protect her identity, Junie Moon wrote her personal account of being a victim of a sociopath, A Sociopath Beside Me. It was published and released by First Edition Design Publishing http://www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com in 2012. "This book was an eye opener!" said a reviewer of Junie Moon's first book. "I thought I knew what a Sociopath was, I was only half right. I feel that now I have the knowledge I need to protect myself and loved ones against such people."

Junie Moon is now hosting a website, The Healing Vine http://www.dearjunie.com to help others. She encourages the public to visit http://www.dearjunie.com - a safe place to discuss psychopaths, ask questions and receive professional answers about psychopaths, victimization, healing, and recovery.

Junie Moon's Surviving The Predators Among Us: Recognizing The Psychopath was published by First Edition Design Publishing and distributed worldwide. It is available in eBook form and as a 138 page softcover print book ISBN 978-1622872220. It is available on-line wherever books are sold.

About the author:

Junie Moon writes under an assumed name. She has been a professional Registered Nurse for 35 years, a psychiatric nurse for 16 years, a counselor and a Life Coach. After studying the subject of psychopathology for 7 years she has written two books on the topic.

Media Contact:
First Edition Design Publishing
Phone: 1-941-921-2607
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Finding Love in 2013 Keynotes Singles Convention

#1 New Years Resolution for Singles is to find a romantic partner. The 2013 Singles Convention enables to do so.

San Rafael, CA, December 8, 2012 -- Dr. Wendy Lyon will keynote the 2013 Singles Convention, Friday, January 4, 2013, 7:30pm, at the Holiday Inn Tri-Valley, 6080 Regional Street, Dublin CA 94568. Her topic is "Finding Love in 2013."

"Finding love is always the #1 New Years Resolution singles have," says Dr. Wendy, "other than losing weight. Most singles believe they haven't found the love they want because All the good ones are taken or There's something wrong with me. Neither is likely to be true. The reason they haven't found a lasting relationship is because they have said YES at the wrong times to the wrong people in the wrong situations. The solution is to learn when and how to just say NO!"

Wendy Lyon, Ph.D., is a psychologist, master relationship and life coach, author, and speaker who has guided hundreds of people to personal and professional success. She co-authored Roadmap to Success with Deepak Chopra and Ken Blanchard. A regular contributor to radio and magazines, Dr. Wendy has been featured by View from the Bay, Cosmopolitan magazine, and many others. Her website is http://www.MyTrueLovePath.com, which includes a True Love Test and other vital information for anyone interested in finding love. Dr. Wendy is available to the news media for interviews by calling 415-342-1300.

The Convention begins at 7:30pm with the Keynote Address and is followed by a giant Dance Party. Adults of all ages are welcome. The cost is $20 at the door.

The Convention is sponsored by The Society of Single Professionals, the world's largest non-profit singles organization. Anyone wishing more information about this and many other events for singles may visit http://www.thepartyhotline.com or call 415-507-9962.

Media Contact:
Rich Gosse
Society of Single Professionals
205 Mark Twain Avenue, San Rafael CA 94903
415-507-9962
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FRA Welcomes Tetra Pak Sustainability Credentials

FRA has welcomed news that some 20 million cartons made by packaging giant Tetra Pak have carried the FSC logo in the past year.

Seattle, United States, December 8, 2012 -- Forestry Research Associates (FRA) has welcomed news that some 20 million cartons made by packaging giant Tetra Pak have carried the FSC logo in the past year.

This means that 20 million of the cartons were sourced from renewable forests, certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council. It also represents a major increase from the 8 million that carried the logo in 2010.

Håkan Wirtén, from WWF Sweden, welcomed the news. He said, "This is a clearly positive achievement which contributes to protect forests and improve forest management globally."

"WWF encourages Tetra Pak and other companies to continuously increase the use of FSC-certified materials and products."

The WWF charity advocates the use of FSC-certified timber in packaging, furniture and building supplies manufacture. FRA, a research and analysis consultancy, specialising in forestry investment issues, also backs the use of FSC-certified timber. "There is really no excuse not to use sustainably produced timber these days, as it is widely available to all," stated FRA's analysis partner, Peter Collins.

The Tetra Pak cartons have been carrying the FSC logo since 2007, when UK supermarket chain store Sainsbury's sold the first sustainably-sourced cartons. Now, the global brand supplies retailers in 39 countries with the FSC-certified cartons and continues to work towards improving its sustainability credentials all the time.

Tetra Pak's vice president of marketing, Charles Brand, said that its decision to go sustainable wasn't just to do with the boosting its credentials, but is also simply a response to consumer demand. "With more consumers and retailers demanding environmentally sound and ethically produced products, brands that carry the FSC label can attest that their products are packaged using material that has passed the toughest standards of responsible forest management."

FRA backs sustainable forestry projects and encourages investment in plantations that are run sustainably, like those operated by firms like Greenwood Management in Brazil.

About Forestry Research Associates

Forestry Research Associates is a research and advisory consultancy that focuses on forestry management, sustainability issues and forestry investment around the globe.

Media Contact:
Peter Collins
Forestry Research Associates
620 Vineyard Lane
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 316 8394
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AAA claims Alternatives becoming more Mainstream with Individuals

There have been further reports about large brokerage firms investing more in alternative investments, and it is all in response to demand from their customers, AAA has claimed.

Boston, MA, USA, December 8, 2012 -- There have been further reports about large brokerage firms investing more in alternative investments, and it is all in response to demand from their customers, Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA) has claimed.

The alternative investment advocacy group has said that the days when only institutional investors looked towards alternatives are long gone and that average investors now call for less exposure to stocks and shares. Whether it be private equity, REITs, timberland investments or precious metals, alternatives are becoming increasingly 'the norm' for anyone that wants to reduce their exposure to risk by diversifying their portfolio.

As well as becoming more mainstream, alternative investments are also able to deliver some very high returns at a time when investing in traditional assets provides limited opportunity for a windfall. In fact, the volatility in the stock markets is what is attracting so many individuals to more left-field investments.

Investing in art, precious metals, wine and even antiques and whisky is growing in popularity. "People like to turn their hobby into an investment opportunity, particularly if they know the business," explained AAA's analysis partner, Anthony Johnson.

"Investors are also increasingly keen to see something in return for their investment, such as physical trees, a beautiful painting or a gold bar."

AAA supports alternative investments, but particularly backs ethical and ecologically-responsible options like sustainable forestry investments through firms like Greenwood Management. Greenwood runs plantations of non-native trees like acacia and teak, which grow fast and are managed in a cyclical way to ensure that new growth is always following when trees are cut and sold.

"The rise in popularity of these alternative investments is all based on demand for the products or the assets," explained Mr Johnson. "Much of this demand is coming from emerging economies like China and India, which are buying up huge amounts of raw materials to help with their urban developments."

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
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NanoMarkets Issues Latest Report on Opportunities for Flexible Glass

NanoMarkets today announced the release of its report titled "Markets for Flexible Glass 2013" that analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for this novel material.

Glen Allen, Virginia - December 6, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the release of its report titled "Markets for Flexible Glass 2013" that analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for this novel material. NanoMarkets estimates that the market potential for flexible glass will surpass $600 million (USD) in 2017 with OLED displays and lighting becoming major growth factors within the business starting in 2018. Additional details about the report are available at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/flexible_glass_markets_2013_and_beyondt.

About the Report:

Within the report NanoMarkets examines the product development and marketing strategies of the major players in the development and commercialization of flexible glass within the global glass industry. Major glass firms discussed include Corning, Nippon Electric Glass, Schott, Asahi Glass Company. We identify which firms are the "companies to watch" and which will be the likely winners and losers in the rise of flexible glass space.

The report also contains detailed, eight-year forecasts, in area (millions of square meters) and value ($US millions) terms of flexible glass used for both substrates and for encapsulation broken out application. Forecasts are also broken out by device format, i.e. in terms of rigid vs. flexible panels.

Applications covered include:
- LCDs
- OLED displays
- E-Paper displays
- OLED lighting
- Photovoltaic (PV) panels, and
- Sensors (including touch sensors) and other, electronic components.

From the Report:

In the past year, the flexible glass sector has expanded its commercialization efforts, and most of the major glass firms have ramped up activities. Global glass giant Corning officially released its 100 µm-thick Willow Glass - in roll, sheet, and ITO-coated sheet form - in 2012, and is targeting lightweight products in the display sector. Meanwhile, Asahi Glass, NEG, and Schott have also continued their efforts to commercialize thin, flexible glass products, for applications in displays, touch sensors, and PV panels.

The most immediate selling point for flexible glass is that it has the potential to provide a lighter-weight and lower-cost alternative to rigid glass for the burgeoning mobile communications and computing sectors. The firm cautions that flexible glass prices today remain quite high and they will need to come down substantially for flexible glass to meet its potential and gain widespread adoption.

Other findings from the report include:

- The overall flexible glass market is expected to be valued at about $130 million in 2013, and the value is expected to exceed $2.1 billion by the end of the forecast period in 2020.

- The value of flexible glass used in intrinsically flexible devices (flexible displays, flexible solar panels, etc.) is expected to grow from a value of only about $7 million in 2013 to more than $260 million by 2020, or about 13 percent of the total market value.

- OLEDs - both displays and lighting - are expected to be a key growth area for flexible glass, since the material can be used both as a flexible substrate and to provide superior barrier performance. The market for flexible glass in OLEDs is expected to have a value of about $4 million in 2013, and the value is expected to grow to nearly $700 million by 2020, thereby accounting for about one-third of the total market for flexible glass.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in solid-state lighting, energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts of this kind.

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
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NanoMarkets Releases Latest Report Analyzing the Market for Smart Glass in the Automotive Sector

NanoMarkets has published a new report titled "Smart Glass in the Automotive Sector - 2013."

Glen Allen, Virginia - December 5, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has published a new report titled "Smart Glass in the Automotive Sector - 2013." This report projects that revenues from smart glass and related coatings sold to the automotive sector will reach $3.5 billion by 2018.


This report provides an in-depth analysis of the worldwide automotive smart glass market, covering self-tinting, self-cleaning, self-healing and device-embedded glass. Eight-year revenue forecasts are included with break outs by type of materials, functionality and the applications within the vehicle in which smart glass is used. The smart glass applications covered are windshields, mirrors, sunroofs, other automotive windows and dashboards.

The companies discussed in this report include: 3M, American Glass, Apple, ASG, AutoGlass, Balcony Systems, BASF, Bayer, Cardinal, Carlex, ChromoGenics, Corning, Dow Chemical, Gentex, Guardian, Hitachi, Hypho Technology, NeoView Kolon, Nissan, NSG/Pilkington, Pleotint, RavenBrick, Research Frontiers, Saint-Gobain, Samsung, Solutia/Eastman, Sage, and others. The report also discusses adoption strategies for smart glass by the major automobile and light truck companies.

More from the report:

NanoMarkets' bullish view of automotive smart glass is fostered by the fact that smart glass is used to promote safety, style and fuel economy; exactly the factors that have led to new technology deployment in the automotive sector for decades. Today, dimmable mirrors are the only automotive application that uses large amounts of smart glass; they currently account for well over $450 million in annual smart glass consumption. However, novel coatings based on nanomaterials and biomaterials will emerge that will bring self-cleaning and self-repairing glass up to performance levels suitable for use in automotive applications.

Windshield glass usage in individual vehicles continues to increase as does the number of models with large areas of roof glass. Glass is also important to the worldwide trend towards smaller vehicles; greater use of glass generates an impression of light and space. This presents the smart glass suppliers with a growing addressable market, despite the automotive market being in the doldrums. Some small vehicles now have as many as 15 glazed apertures, many fundamental to the overall appearance of the vehicle.

The windshield should be the main target for automotive smart glass suppliers over the next decade and NanoMarkets expects the windshield aperture to consume $1.3 billion in smart glass products by 2018. Smart glass efforts are leading to such concepts as the wiperless windshield, the smart solar windshield and the self-repairing windshield.

Smart glass sales for automotive information systems are also likely to grow fast. Such systems already use touch-screen technology with a large-area touch sensor embedded in the top glass. In the future we will see more glass-embedded sensors that turn on lights or wipers as outside conditions vary. Augmented displays for navigation purposes will also require smart glass in both windshields and instrument panels; windshields will have to be treated with a reflective coating on one side and an anti-reflective coating on the other for data to be projected onto the dashboard. Sales of smart glass for device-embedded applications such as these will generate $710 million by 2018.

About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging markets in energy, electronics and other areas created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is the recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the windows and glass industry and has published reports on a variety of smart glass.

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
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Rosendin Electric Creates Director of Technology Services Role to Support Intelligent Building Design/Build

Alan Dash to Head New Initiative to Provide Technical Services Support for Rosendin Electric in Construction of Integrated Intelligent Communications Technologies (iICT).

SAN JOSE, Calif. (December 4, 2012) -- Rosendin Electric, the nation's largest private electrical contractor and a 100% employee-owned company, today announced the appointment of Alan Dash to the newly created position of Director of Technology Services. Reporting to Ron Wilson, Director of Engineering, Dash will be responsible for supporting construction projects across the company, lending his expertise in Integrated Intelligent Communications Technologies (iICT) and data systems to the design/build and construction process.

Dash has over 30 years of experience in information technology, including operations, programming, networking, security, and systems management for data center, transportation, and high-rise/multitenant construction projects. He also has extensive experience in health care, space planning, clinical information and communications systems, physical and logical security, audio/visual, and facility systems design and management.

Along with overseeing intelligent building design projects, Dash will also assist with strategic purchasing decisions and staff training. Dash is currently involved with a number of Rosendin Electric projects, including designing wireless systems using RTLS (real time locating system) services to track hospital visitors, staff members, and equipment.

"Alan is a unique combination of extraordinary technology expertise and visionary insight," said Wilson. "His presence will help knit together the various technology groups and establish Rosendin Electric's Technology Services as a vibrant global brand."

"Alan's experience will carry the company into a new realm of design-build capabilities," said Bill Mazzetti, Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer for Rosendin Electric. "Alan's specialty is intelligent building design and construction, where multiple systems are integrated and controlled from a central location. His expertise is a welcome addition to our data systems team, and marks a major step in expanding our design-build capabilities in this area."

About Rosendin Electric
Rosendin Electric, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is a 100% employee-owned electrical engineering, power and communications provider and is the largest privately held electrical contractor in the United States. With over 2,500 employees and experience nationwide, Rosendin Electric has built upon a 90-year reputation for quality design and installations. For additional information, visit http://www.rosendin.com.

Contact:
Shelly Goulart
Marketing Manager
Rosendin Electric, Inc.
880 Mabury Road
San Jose, CA 95133
(408) 534-2819
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Art Gallery Announces That the Seasons Art Exhibition is Now Online

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is very delighted to announce that its December 2012 online art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online.

Jupiter, Florida, USA - December 2, 2012 -- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is very delighted to announce that its December 2012 online art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The theme for this art exhibition is "Seasons" and artists were asked to interpret and depict the four distinct times of the year, along with scenes and activities associated with those seasons in their art.

An international online art competition was held in November 2012 which determined and judged the art for this exhibition. The gallery received submissions from 13 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 31 different states. Overall, there were 401 entries from 131 different artists that were judged for this art competition.

Congratulations to all of the artists who have been designated as this month's category winners, along with the winning Special Recognition artists. The gallery commends all of the winning artists for their artistic skill and their creativity, as this online art exhibition is indicative of their creativity.

To proceed to the gallery's "Seasons" online art exhibition follow this link: http://www.lightspacetime.com/seasons-art-exhibition-december-2012/.

Each month Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts themed online art competitions for 2D artists. All participating winners of each competition have their artwork exposed and promoted online through the online gallery to thousands of visitors each month. If you know of a talented 2D artist who may benefit from the exposure and the publicity that the gallery can provide to them, please forward this press release to them.

About Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts monthly art competitions and monthly art exhibitions for new and emerging artists on a worldwide basis. It is Light Space & Time’s intention to showcase this incredible talent in a series of monthly themed art competitions and art exhibitions by marketing and displaying the exceptional abilities of these worldwide artists.

The art gallery website can be viewed here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

Media Contact:
John R. Math
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
118 Poinciana Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
888-490-3530
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Luxury Travel eyes South-east Asian Muslim travellers

BUOYED by the growth of flight connections and arrivals from Malaysia and Indonesia to Vietnam, Luxury Travel Vietnam (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) is now keen to woo Muslim tourists from these markets.

Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2, 2012 -- BUOYED by the growth of flight connections and arrivals from Malaysia and Indonesia to Vietnam, Luxury Travel Vietnam is now keen to woo Muslim tourists from these markets.

To capitalise on the niche segment, Luxury Travel has launched a new website, http://www.vietnamhalalholidays.com, to highlight holiday experiences for Muslim travellers. The company will also roll out a Muslim-oriented Vietnam travel guidebook, while plans are in place to open a representative office in Jakarta.

Pham Ha, founder and CEO of Luxury Travel, said: "The Muslim population in Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia shows immense potential. Demand from this segment is picking up and is expected to increase, thanks to direct flights between South-east Asian countries, including the latest flight to (Ho Chi Minh City) from Jakarta four times per week.

"Also, no visa is needed for most citizens travelling between ASEAN countries," he added.

"We (will) attend various travel trade shows in individual markets such as TTC Indonesia and Selangor Matta Islamic Travel Fair in Malaysia. We also plan to target India, Turkey and the Middle East in the long run. And with nearly 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, the potential market is huge," Pham added.

Vietnam-based Luxury Travel Ltd (http://www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) is a long established Asian specialist in the art of travel and serves today's most sophisticated travelers with luxury privately guided and fully bespoke holidays in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Luxury Travel excels in designing tailor-made tours and providing unique travel experiences to fulfill the most sophisticated traveler's expectations. Luxury Travel Ltd. has won numerous travel awards for excellent performance, including the most recent award: "Best Luxury Tour Operator". Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/luxurytravelcompany.

Media Contact:
David Nguyen
Sales and Marketing Manager
Luxury Travel Group Ltd
05 Nguyen Truong To Str.,
Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi 84444
Vietnam
84439274120
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Ten Thousand Waves by Douglas Grummons Released Worldwide In eBook and Print Book Formats

Action sports combines with spiritual adventure in Grummons' nonfiction book.

Pearland, TX, USA (November 30, 2012) -- Douglas Grummons' Ten Thousand Waves takes the reader on a surfer's journey of riding waves and the fruits that come with them. It is an East meets West spiritual adventure.

Ten Thousand Waves is a true-life story of surfer Doug Grummons. The author rewinds his personal story back to the very first wave he ever stood up on. From that very first wave onward his life took a slightly different path. After a spiritual encounter on top of a mountain that left him amazed he found spirituality in many different forms. An extreme sports enthusiast, Doug uses his life stories as a surfer, snowboarder, skydiver, and aikidoist to illustrate his many perceptions. The author gives insights and explains who we are and why we are here living on this beautiful planet. "Life's greatest mysteries come to the surface of consciousness by falling in love with the ocean," he said.

As a surfer who meditates and studies the ways of the East, Doug lays out the basics of Eastern thought in easy to understand explanations. Grummons takes Zen into new territory in what he calls Extreme Zen. Doug coined the term one day while skydiving to describe the experience of bringing mind, heart, soul, and body together in all his passions. Grummons explains, "True liberation is not to be free from the wheel of life and death. True liberation is to be free from liberation itself."

Ten Thousand Waves by Douglas Grummons, published by First Edition Design Publishing http://www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com, is available in eBook form and as a 134 page softcover print book ISBN 978-1622872275. It is available on-line wherever books are sold.

About the author:

Douglas Grummons was born an Air Force sergeant's son who followed in his father's footsteps by joining the Air Force himself. At every base he was stationed Doug picked up martial arts training. It was from Doug's martial art training that led to his discovery of the ways of the East. After his honorable discharge from the service he picked up surfing as well as many other extreme sports passions. Through his passions and meditations he developed Extreme Zen, an advanced form of meditation first experienced while skydiving. For more about the author and his book visit http://www.ten-thousand-waves.com.

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Phone: 281-904-3539
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Rosendin Electric Receives 2012 DBIA National Design-Build Award

Design-Build Institute of America Recognizes the Rosendin Electric and Hoffman Construction Design-Build Team for Work on the New Armed Forces Reserve Center at Camp Withycombe.

SAN JOSE, Calif. and HILLSBORO, Ore. (November 29, 2012) -- Rosendin Electric, the nation's largest private electrical contractor and a 100% employee-owned company, has received a 2012 National Design-Build Award in the Civic category from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) in recognition of support given to Hoffman Construction for the electrical design and construction of the new Camp Withycombe Armed Forces Reserve Center in Clackamas County, Oregon. In previous years, Rosendin Electric has been recognized for work on the Mineta San Jose International Airport, the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, amongst other high-profile projects.

To be considered for a National Design-Build Award, a project must demonstrate the successful application of design-build best practices as defined by the DBIA Design-Build Manual of Practice. Best practices include bringing together key team members during the proposal process, as well as close coordination between design and construction team members from the design development stage through field construction and project completion.

The $72 million, LEED® Gold project was a new 250,000 square-foot Armed Forces Reserve Center, including 35,000 square-feet of vehicle storage and maintenance space, designed to support more than 1,300 soldiers in the Oregon National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve. The project included office suites, an assembly hall, conference and training rooms, a 400-seat auditorium, and electronic and static displays of military artifacts and campaign history to honor the soldiers of the 41st Infantry.

"This year's award for our work at Camp Withycombe is an honor and a testament to our design-build excellence which extends to all of our regional operations and projects," said Brian Ruffner, Business Development Manager for Rosendin Electric's Oregon office in Hillsboro.

About Rosendin Electric
Rosendin Electric, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is a 100% employee-owned electrical engineering, power and communications provider and is the largest privately held electrical contractor in the United States. With over 2,500 employees and experience nationwide, Rosendin Electric has built upon a 90-year reputation for quality design and installations. For additional information, visit http://www.rosendin.com.

Contact:
Shelly Goulart
Marketing Manager
Rosendin Electric, Inc.
880 Mabury Road
San Jose, CA 95133
(408) 534-2819
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T5 Data Centers New State-of-the-Art T5@LA Facility in El Segundo Is Now Server-Ready

New Purpose-Built Data Center Now Available for Lease for Business-Critical Enterprise Customers, First Lease Signed with L.A. Infrastructure Provider.

Los Angeles, CA, USA (November 29, 2012) -- T5 Data Centers, innovators in providing state-of-the-art, customizable, and highly reliable computing support for any enterprise, today announced the completion and commissioning of its new T5@LA data center at 444 North Nash Street, El Segundo, California. The T5 team has successfully commissioned the first 3.7-megawatts (3.7 MWs) of what will ultimately be 16.65 MWs of critical power, so the new data center is ready for mission-critical operations for lease to enterprise customers.

In addition, T5 announced the signing of the first lease at T5@LA. The Los Angeles based critical infrastructure agency is the first enterprise customer and will occupy a custom-built data hall. They selected T5@LA because of the facility's seismic rating, dedicated power supply, and redundant systems that ensure uninterrupted service. They also selected T5 Data Centers because of the company's reputation for reliability and data security. Occupancy will be in 2013.

The new T5@LA data center is a purpose-built, 205,000-square-foot building on a 6.1 acre site. Designed as a high-quality, fully equipped wholesale data center, the facility is customizable to customer needs and features 120,000 square feet of raised floor. The building is built from structurally enhanced steel and has been designed to withstand earthquakes with a seismic importance factor of 1.5. T5@LA also has a dedicated, on-site power substation to ensure high reliability of electricity at a reduced "wholesale" cost.

"Los Angeles has been an underserved market for server-ready data center services" said Pete Marin, President of T5. "T5@LA is the first purpose built wholesale data center in the Los Angeles basin. We're seeing great demand for our high quality and super-efficient design."

The new T5@LA data center was designed for large enterprise customers seeking a customizable, "always-on" computing environment. The facility takes advantage of cool coastal air to help chill the data halls via an indirect evaporative process that uses approximately half the energy of traditional data center designs. T5 maintains round-the-clock engineering and support staff, as well as redundant systems to deliver the best service possible as well as peace of mind. The company already supports a number of Fortune 200 companies at its other data center facilities.

"We are very excited to welcome our first tenant to T5@LA," said Aaron Wangenheim Executive Vice President of T5, responsible for marketing and leasing. "T5@LA was chosen by this discerning customer because of our ability to deliver the right solution and the right efficiencies. Their critical applications required the most resilient data center possible, and we're excited to welcome them to T5@LA.”

About T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers (T5) is a leading national data center owner and operator, committed to delivering customizable, scalable data centers that provide an "always on" computing environment. T5 Data Centers provides enterprise and wholesale data center services to organizations across North America using best-in-class technology and techniques, designing the MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) plant to achieve a low Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), thus delivering the lowest possible total cost of operations for its clients. T5 currently has business-critical data center facilities in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Charlotte with new projects announced in Portland and Colorado. All of T5's data center projects are purpose-built facilities with the robust design, power requirements, and redundancy, and have 24-hour staff to support mission-critical computing applications.

For more information, visit http://www.t5datacenters.com.

Media Contact:
Aaron Wangenheim
(415) 292-7700
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