Austin, TX – March 2010 – Got a secret to share on how you fought your acne? Looking for advice on how to naturally combat cellulite? Dying to try a new fitness regimen but not sure what to expect? Find answers to all of your health and beauty concerns or reveal your beauty know-how by visiting EndlessBeauty.com…

EndlessBeauty.com is a newly-launched health and beauty online information source, whose slogan is 'Look Better, Live Longer,' that helps women leverage good health to achieve great beauty. The site goes beyond simple product reviews and discussions to get to the core of the issues affecting women - because some beauty concerns shouldn't be masked by makeup. EndlessBeauty.com gives women the tools they need to identify their specific problems, and then arms them with information on how to improve those health-related beauty ailments.

EndlessBeauty.com is more than a beauty website,' explains Julie Springer, President of EndlessBeauty.com. 'We want to connect with real women to address real concerns to achieve real solutions. That's why we've created multiple interactive platforms to engage in dialogue and have real conversations with women who have both questions and answers to common health and beauty dilemmas.'

Here's an overview EndlessBeauty.com's site layout:

•Health – Dedicated to the latest and greatest advances in health and wellness, here you can view information on new diets and exercise regimens; read about techniques to combat stress and sleepless nights; find solutions for skincare problems; how to achieve healthy hair and nails; and how to protect your vision.

•Beauty – Broken down into six categories that cover Hair, Makeup & Style, Nails, Organic, Skin and Smile, visitors can read informative articles, tips & tricks and advice on a multitude of topics within each category.

•Beautiful Brides – EndlessBeauty.com has teamed up with TheKnot.com to provide a comprehensive guide for brides-to-be including information on diet and exercise, hair and makeup, health and stress, and skincare.

•Look Younger – Women looking to maintain a youthful glow and appearance can review information on cosmetic procedures, diet and exercise, non-invasive procedures and skincare.

•New Mom Beauty – Frazzled new moms can find answers to all of their health & beauty questions including specific information on losing baby fat, coping with stress and lack of sleep, treating stretch marks and more.

•Over 50 Beauty – Aging is inevitable but EndlessBeauty.com helps mature women age gracefully with an entire section devoted to the topics that are most important to them including important medical checkups; anti-aging products and procedures; diet, stress and exercise; and hair and makeup tips.

•Products – Purchase your favorite beauty products by clicking on the Products link. Choose from a variety of well-known and niche brands in categories that include Haircare, Skincare, Makeup, Nailcare, Body and Tools, among others.

•EB Advocates – Become an EB Advocate to blog about your health and beauty experiences, favorite products, tips and advice; get firsthand information on new products and trends; and win prizes!

For more information, please visit www.EndlessBeauty.com.

About EndlessBeauty.com:
EndlessBeauty.com is a health and beauty online information source. Their 'Look Better, Live Longer' slogan represents their commitment to help women leverage good health to achieve great beauty. With input from a panel of experts, as well as everyday women, EndlessBeauty.com provides a platform for real women to address real concerns and find real solutions. EndlessBeauty.com is a remarkable resource for women everywhere who want to look better and live longer.

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BOULDER, Colo. – March 10, 2010 – Body Bar® Inc. a premier fitness company specializing in products and educational tools for fitness enthusiasts of all ages and abilities, today announced that Craig Williams has acquired Body Bar Inc., and will join the company as president, effective immediately. All of the current employees will remain with the company.

'My primary goal is to honor the reputation and loyal following that Body Bar Inc. has gained from Arno Niemand's astute vision, unending passion, and solid integrity,' commented Mr. Williams. 'Together with my team of dedicated, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic employees, we plan to expose Body Bar Inc. to exciting, new product applications and markets, while remaining committed to the clubs and fitness professionals who have helped to build the Body Bar brand.'

'I am confident that Craig Williams will take Body Bar Inc. to the next level,' commented Arno Niemand, founder and former chairman, Body Bar Inc. 'I look forward to the broadening of Body Bar's success under Craig's expert leadership.'

Mr. Niemand, a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, will remain a strong proponent of women's wrestling, and Body Bar Inc. will continue its sponsorship of the USA Wrestling Women's National Team, as it has done since 2003.

"After meeting Craig it was clear that Body Bar Inc. would be in extremely capable hands,' added Sherry Catlin, director of program development, Body Bar inc. 'Craig brings the same level of passion and integrity that have been such an integral part of Body Bar's vision and culture from the very beginning, plus the fresh energy, ideas and expertise to grow the company and expand in new and exciting ways ."

Plans for IHRSA
Mr. Williams is looking forward to meeting the world's leading fitness manufacturers and suppliers in the Body Bar Inc. booth #2845 at the IHRSA 28th Annual International Convention and Trade Show, March 10-13, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center. Some of his staff will join him, along with special guest, Olympic wrestler Marcie Van Dusen. Attendees are encouraged to visit the booth and try the Classic Body Bar®, Body Bar Flex™ and the new Body Bar® Strength Bands.
To register for a Free VIP Pass follow the instructions below:

1) Click on the Register link or the following URL: www.ihrsa.org/go2010

2) At the line asking "Were you referred to the Convention & Trade Show by an Exhibitor?", click 'yes' and select Body Bar, Inc. from the drop down.

3) Enter the promotional code VIPPASS.

4) Complete the profile, and review the registrant information.

5) You will receive a confirmation (with barcode) via email.
About Body Bar® Inc.
Founded in 1987, Body Bar® Inc. provides the infinite workouts and solid educational tools that fitness enthusiasts of all ages and abilities still choose after 23 years – because they work. The company has created a strong presence through the original weighted fitness bar, The Body Bar®, and the extensive 'Master Your Body' DVD series of workout programs. Body Bar®, Inc. provides quality products and innovative educational tools with a commitment to changing lives worldwide through functional fitness. We consider passion, integrity and fun to be essential elements of our content and community. Body Bar® Inc. is a sponsor of the USA Women's Wrestling team and sponsors several wrestling tournaments throughout the U.S.

Body Bar products can be purchased online through www.bodybar.com 1-800-500-2030. Join Body Bar Inc. on Facebook and Twitter.
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Body Bar is a registered trademark of Body Bar Inc. Body Bar Flex is a trademark of Body Bar Inc.

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Kitchener, ON – March 10, 2010 – Set to kick-off the Canadian Music Fest blues showcase this coming Saturday at the Silver Dollar Room in Toronto, Pocket City's fresh, energetic sound will stretch the boundaries of the blues. Pocket City bridges the soulful, energetic styles of funk, old-school hip-hop and bluesy rock to create a vibe that's fresh and dynamic, dubbed 'Funk-Hop'.

Pocket City's front-man and award-winning Indie recording artist, Alex Tintinalli, provides passionate, soulful vocals, complimented by an arsenal of tasteful guitar licks that help define the band's sound. His unique style has won him numerous awards for guitarmanship, vocals and songwriting skills including a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award, a feature interview in U.K.'s 'Blues Matters' magazine, and the 2009 season championship on Nashville's '15 Minutes of Fame Jr.' youth talent competition on Nashville's local cable TV channel.

With lyrics talking about issues concerning the younger generation, Pocket City openly expresses their views on modern day society. Musically, Pocket City is inspired by the likes of Tower of Power, A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Marley, Eminem and James Brown to name a few, resulting in a sound that's all their own. Tintinalli states 'lyrically we're really telling similar stories of hardship, good times, bad and good relationships, and so on, just like the blues legends did many generations ago, however we've packaged them in a manner that captures the attention of the younger audiences of today'.

The band is anchored by the rock-solid, dynamically funky rhythm section featuring Jordan 'Ridm' Smith on drums and Donovan 'Riko' McKinley on the bass with Nigel 'Sporadik' Burke rounding out the sound with his modern percussive accents on the turntables and keyboard.

Since forming in the summer of 2009, Pocket City's buzz continues to pack venues in their hometown of Kitchener, Ontario. Catch Pocket City at the Silver Dollar Room on Saturday, March 13. Pocket City will play a 40 minute set starting at 5:30pm. Also showcasing are Rick Taylor, Alfie Smith, Elyssa Mahoney & Lucas Haneman Band, Thom Swift and Monkey Junk. More details at www.canadianmusicfest.com.

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Verizon received the top ranking in six out of nine reputation attributes: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, quality of management, long-term investment and quality of products and services. Fortune's Most Admired Companies list is based on surveys of executives, directors and analysts who were asked to rate companies in their own industry.

"It's an honor to have the dedication and innovative drive of our employees recognized by our peers and competitors," said Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications. "Every day, more than 100 million people around the globe communicate via Verizon's advanced networks. It's a responsibility we take seriously, and it's what drives us to find brand new ways for people to communicate."

The complete list of the World's Most Admired Companies, and related stories, will appear in Fortune's March 22 issue, which is available now on newsstands. Verizon's ranking can be found at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2010/snapshots/2773.html.

Recently, the company was named to the Corporate Responsibility Magazine (formerly CRO Magazine) list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens, for the third consecutive year. Verizon was the only telecommunications company on the list. For more information about Verizon's commitment to corporate responsibility, visit www.verizon.com/responsibility.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 91 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of approximately 222,900 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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Redwood City, CA - Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, was announced the winner of SC Magazine's 2010 Reader Trust Award for the Best Enterprise Firewall. This is the sixth time Check Point has been recognized for outstanding achievement in Information Technology (IT) and outstanding security products by SC Magazine. This year, Check Point's award is for the Security Gateway R70, a firewall running on the new Software Blade architecture.

'SC Magazine's panel of judges in the Reader Trust category have voted for Check Point R70 as Best Enterprise Firewall from among hundreds of high quality, competitive entries,' said Illena Armstrong, editor in chief, SC Magazine. 'The Reader Trust Award is a true recognition of the leadership and success of Check Point in IT security.'

The Reader Voting Panel is comprised of security and technology experts from enterprises of varying sizes, representing all major vertical markets. With an unprecedented number of entries submitted, the 2010 SC Awards was the most competitive in the program's history.

'Winning in this important category, for several consecutive years, shows that Check Point continues to focus on security innovation,' said Juliette Sultan, head of global marketing at Check Point. 'Every vote, every customer and each award is an honor and a testament to the unique and strategic approach to security that we offer to businesses of all sizes.'

Stateful Inspection, invented and patented by Check Point Software Technologies, has emerged as the industry standard for enterprise-class network security solutions. Recognized by SC Magazine for superior success in addressing pressing IT security challenges in the industry, Check Point solutions continue to help protect businesses against new and evolving security threats. Check Point Security Gateway R70 is based on the Software Blade Architecture and enables organizations to customize their network security infrastructure to meet their exact functional and performance needs with centralized management, simple deployment and full extensibility.

The annual SC Awards highlight and showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. As the industry's preeminent awards program, the annual SC Awards has acclaimed security's key contributors and outstanding products for more than a decade. Individuals, brands and solutions recognized in the program address not only the security challenges prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow. For more information and a detailed list of categories and winners, please visit www.scmagazineus.com/awards.

For more information on Check Point Security Gateway R70 visit: www.checkpoint.com/products/softwareblades/intrusion-prevention-system.html.

'Check Point's strategy focuses on providing a simple, comprehensive approach to security and we look forward to continuing to develop innovative solutions that help businesses stay ahead of the threats of tomorrow,' concluded Sultan.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, is the only vendor to deliver Total Security for networks, data and endpoints, unified under a single management framework. Check Point provides customers with uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reduces security complexity and lowers total cost of ownership. Check Point first pioneered the industry with FireWall-1 and its patented stateful inspection technology. Today, Check Point continues to innovate with the development of the Software Blade architecture. The dynamic Software Blade architecture delivers secure, flexible and simple solutions that can be fully customized to meet the exact security needs of any organization or environment. Check Point customers include tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes including all Fortune 100 companies. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumers from hackers, spyware and identity theft.

About SC Magazine
SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought-leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. Besides the monthly print magazine and daily website, the brand's portfolio includes the SCAwards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire, SC World Congress and SC Congress Canada.

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'I'm honoured and proud to be on a list of such successful women,' says Lena Olving, Chief Operating Officer at Saab and this year's most powerful woman in Swedish business. 'If I can be an inspiration to other women, I feel I have accomplished something.'

This is not the first time Lena Olving has made the list. Last year, she made it to the top ten. What gave you the top position this year?

'According to the jury, being chief operating officer for Saab makes me the most powerful women in Swedish business. They also say that I constantly have advanced on their list. Behind those words is a lot of hard work, and many joyful moments. I believe in having fun,' says Lena Olving.

The list is based on four criteria; position, financial responsibility, type of industry and potential.

Gunilla Fransson, who heads Saab's Security and Defence Solutions business area, climbed from the 16th position to number eight on the list this year.

'I'm glad to see two such skilled and capable women from my management team in these positions,' says Åke Svensson, President and CEO for Saab. 'I hope that Saab's purposeful work can be an inspiration to others.'
Diversity and profitability

The Veckans Affärer list draws attention to an ambiguous truth – that although there is an abundance of qualified and skilled women, female representation in management teams and on boards of directors is still low.

'This puzzles me,' says Lena Olving. 'Research shows greater profitability for companies with female representation, and to me it's so simple: business benefits from diversity!'

How?

'People do not necessarily understand what a woman can add to the business, just by being a woman. I believe women have less of a tendency to take risks and that women demand more basic data for decision-making.'

'Nature has given us a source of multi-faceted brain capacity, and as it is today, we don't make use of it. As a member of senior management, not only do I want to surround myself with skilled people, I also need the right mix of experience and qualities to bring out the best in the team and our business.'
The way to change

Lena Olving has ideas on how to change the fact that men are overrepresented on management teams and boards of directors.

"As I see it, there are two challenges: we need to create a base of women to choose from for the top positions, there needs to be a critical mass; and we need to have recruiting managers who understand the added value of diversity.'

Can you give some concrete examples of how to get more women to the top positions?

'For a start, we need to build a long-term recruitment base that includes women by giving attention to and supporting capable women in the early years of their careers. When recruiting management staff, we should make sure there are always both female and male candidates for a position. We can do this by widening the networks and including both women and men in them, as well as searching for candidates outside the networks we usually consider.'
30 percent females in management by 2015

The connection between diversity and profitability is widely accepted at Saab, and consequently, Saab is investing in becoming a fairer company. One example is the 8-year programme of increasing the portion of female managers. By 2015, 30 percent of Saab's managers in Sweden are to be female.

'Clear goals indicate that this is important, and it creates a driving force for the organisation to reach the target. All business areas within Saab report their development to group management once every quarter, and there is no doubt that this is both important and a priority!'

In order to achieve the objective, it is crucial to create a long-term internal recruitment base for management positions. Saab operates in a male-dominated industry. At present, the combined percentage of women working at Saab in Sweden is 22 percent. The percentage of females in management is around 18 percent today. A lot of the work is done in influencing attitudes, identify and highlighting female role models and training them at an early stage in their careers.

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RED BANK, NJ – March 9, 2010 - Executives from Exhibit Surveys, Inc. will be in booth 851 on the show floor at EXHIBITOR2010 in Las Vegas, March 15-18, 2010. Jonathan 'Skip' Cox, CEO and president, and Ian Sequeira, executive vice president, will also lead conference sessions at EXHIBITOR2010.

Exhibition Hours: March 15 – March 17, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Surveys will showcase its research, measurement and consulting solutions, and demonstrate the award-winning Trade Show Planning and Measurement Tool, developed with Constellation Communication Corp.

Conference: March 15 – March 18, 2010
Exhibit Survey's executives are among the EXHIBITOR2010 faculty, and will present the following conference sessions:
March 15, 2010
• Philips Healthcare: Merging RFID with Research to Measure Behavior and Results – Skip Cox and Jeff Masters
• Using Surveys to Measure Your Performance in Trade Shows and Events - Ian Sequeira (Repeated March 17)

March 16, 2010
• Selecting the Right Shows: The Critical Decision – Ian Sequeira
• Hewlett-Packard Measurement Case Study – Skip Cox and Glenda Brungardt, HP America's Consumer Segment Marketing
• Senior Roundtable: Event-Mix Strategy Decisions – Skip Cox

March 17, 2010
• Using Surveys to Measure Your Performance in Trade Shows and Events - Ian Sequeira
Where:
Mandalay Bay South Convention Center
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89119

For More Information: www.exhibitoronline.com/exhibitorshow/2010

About Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
Established in 1963, Exhibit Surveys, Inc. specializes exclusively in conducting research, measurement and strategic consulting for the exhibition and event marketing industry. The company has conducted primary research on more than 4,000 exhibitions and events and over 10,000 individual exhibits in all major segments of commerce on six continents. Its clients represent all segments of the event industry, including exhibition organizers, exhibitors, private events organizers, suppliers, CVBs and convention facilities. For more information, follow Exhibit Surveys on Facebook, Twitter, and visit www.exhibitsurveys.com or call 1.732.741.3170.
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Exhibit Surveys, Inc. and the Exhibit Surveys logo are trademarks and Be a Knowbody is a registered trademark of Exhibit Surveys, Inc. in the United States and other counties. All company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

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The ring, awarded in 1940 by National Periodical Publications was given as prize to 1,600 "Supermen of America" club members. According to experts only 20 rings are known to exist today.

According to James Massey, publisher of WhatSellsBest.com; 'Superman Memorabilia seems to be hot with the first (1938) Superman comic selling for million dollars (on an comic auction site) last month. Because of the rings rarity, it going to be really interesting to see how high the bids go." (The Superman ring auction ends March 15)

To see the Superman Ring auction, or other rare items listed to sell on eBay, use the links below or visit: WhatSellsBest.com

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Ludwigshafen , Germany - BASF is the world's most admired chemical company according to a survey carried out by the U.S. business magazine Fortune. The full results of the survey are published in the current edition, which goes on sale on Monday, March 8.

In the 2010 list of the 'World's Most Admired Companies,' BASF has once again been ranked the top company in the chemical industry. Industry experts voted BASF into top position in the chemical industry in the categories of product and service quality, global competitiveness, and quality of management. In addition, for all industries, BASF is ranked number two in Germany. 'To once again be awarded as the world's most admired chemical company is encouraging and a welcome recognition of our efforts. Even in difficult times, we continue to actively shape our future,' said BASF's Chairman Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht.

For the survey, Fortune and its partner Hay Group selected approximately 700 companies worldwide, which were then ranked by more than 4,000 directors, executives and managers in the respective industries.

Further information about the survey can be found on the Internet at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2010.

Note to editors:

You can download a photo from the BASF homepage at www.basf.com/pressphoto-database , key word: 'BASF SE,' search term: 'Fortune.'

About BASF

BASF is the world's leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals as well as oil and gas. As a reliable partner BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of more than €50 billion in 2009 and had approximately 105,000employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.

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General Mills ranked No. 47 on the World's Most Admired Companies list, and No. 3 in the consumer food products industry. General Mills was selected from an initial pool of some 1,400 global companies. The companies are ranked by business executives, directors, and analysts, on nine criteria, including innovation, investment value, global competitiveness, and social responsibility, among others. Fortune considers the Most Admired Companies list the 'definitive report card on corporate reputations.'

'We are tremendously pleased with this strong endorsement of our company,' says Ken Powell, Chairman and CEO of General Mills. 'Few things are more important than a company's reputation with stakeholders. It represents the sum of all that we do – and reflects the value and trust that consumers, customers, employees, investors and communities place in our company, our brands and our people. We constantly strive to remain worthy of that trust, and we are very honored to receive this recognition from FORTUNE and business leaders around the world.'

FORTUNE says, 'The financial crisis may finally be abating, but after a year of dramatic ups and downs, there's little doubt that corporate reputation matters more than ever before. Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that while entire industries adjust to wrenching changes as the economy starts to stabilize, a ranking of who's admired and who's not would have particular import. Indeed, our annual comprehensive Most Admired Companies survey this year generated the highest response rate in its history.'

The recognition by Fortune follows many other honors given to General Mills in the past year, including '100 Best Places to Work For,' FORTUNE magazine; 'Global Top Companies for Leaders,' FORTUNE magazine; '100 Best Corporate Citizens,' Corporate Responsibility magazine; '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers,' Working Mother magazine; '40 Best Companies for Diversity,' Black Enterprise magazine, and many others, which can be found here.

About General Mills
One of the world's leading food companies, General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen, and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills had fiscal 2009 global net sales of US$15.9 billion, including the company's $1.2 billion proportionate share of joint venture net sales.

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UPS posted the highest average industry ranking of any company around the globe. Its industry score was 8.20 on a 10-point scale. Only three other companies scored an 8.0 or better.

UPS dominated the scoring for all airline, railroad, trucking and logistics companies, ranking No. 1 in its industry on all nine of the attributes used for judging.

UPS was also ranked in the Top 10 among all companies in the world on eight of the nine key attributes. It scored No. 1 in the world for its commitment to "social responsibility;" No. 2 in the world for "management quality;" No. 3 in the world for "people management," "use of corporate assets" and "quality of products & services;" No. 6 in the world for "global competitiveness;" No. 7 in the world for "financial soundness," and No. 9 in the world for "innovation."

UPS, which has built one of the world's best known brands, operates in more than 200 countries and territories around the world and has been widely recognized in recent years for its expanding role in enabling global commerce. UPS has been ranked No. 1 in its industry in 25 of the 29 "Most Admired" surveys conducted by FORTUNE.

The complete rankings will appear in the March 22nd issue of FORTUNE. To compile its list of America's most admired companies, FORTUNE worked with the Hay Group consultancy to poll senior executives, directors and analysts.

About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is the world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain and freight services. With more than a century of experience in transportation and logistics, UPS is a leading global trade expert equipped with a broad portfolio of solutions. The company can be found on the Web at UPS.com and its corporate blog can be found at blog.ups.com. To get UPS news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS.

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Expo guests will view the most current bridal fashions for the entire wedding party. The Fashion show is at 2:00pm and lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Thousands of dollars in grand prizes will be given away at the expo. One lucky couple will win a 4 day honeymoon to the Divi All Inclusive Resort in Aruba.

Show hours are 11 am to 3:30 pm. Upcoming expos and more information is available online at www.originalweddingexpo.com.

Chevalier Associates, Inc. produces The Original Wedding Expo™. A family owned and operated business since 1978.

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2007 Playboy Playmate of the Year and HottieGram.com Co-Founder Sara Underwood, along with her pals Playmates Tiffany Taylor and Christine Smith have close to a million video greetings that anyone can customize to send a sexy message, invite or even insult in the raciest of envelopes.

'We are so excited to launch HottieGram.com,' says Co-Founder Sara Underwood. 'We know that both guys and ladies will have fun sending and receiving our video greetings-- and we hope we can add a little bit of sexy fun to the, well, boring online greeting card circuit. You won't find cards like these at the corner drugstore!'

The key—besides the world's most beautiful women—to HottieGram is the personal touch. Hottiegram.com users can tailor his or her greeting in many different ways to customize the experience for the recipient, choosing from over 1,000 different names, sports teams, ages and even videogame titles. Users can also vary their raciness from bikini to topless.

'If you are a man and you have a pulse, you'll love HottieGram.com,' states Co-Founder and CEO Phil Marcus. 'HottieGrams are the world's first personalized video greeting cards sent by sexy and fun girls. The fact that a user can add a name and a personalized message to be dictated by some of the sexiest women on the planet brings online greeting cards to a whole new level.'

HottieGram.com has a greeting for just about any occasion. Users can congratulate friends on a breakup or vasectomy, an impending promotion or divorce, and even taunt their friends when their favorite sports team doesn't make the cut. Turning another year older becomes a bit more enjoyable when Playmate of the Year Sara Underwood sends you her very special 'Dominatrix Birthday' greeting.

These entertaining greetings can be sent individually for less than the cost of a normal greeting card. You can also become an All Access Member' and send unlimited HottieGrams for a small annual fee. Members have access to behind-the-scene footage of the girls, hilarious outtakes, photo galleries, updates and so much more. Best of all, for a limited time, all HottieGrams are FREE!

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Lisa Powers, producer of The Western New England Spring Bridal Show in Springfield said 'My heart goes out to these brides and their families. This is not the way we want our industry to be known.'

Powers, a member of the Bridal Show Producers International organization, said the least she can do is try to help the brides who were affected by this. 'We started getting calls on Friday from exhibitors and attendees who were quite upset' said Powers. 'The scope of the scam is staggering, we hope the perpetrators can be found and held responsible somehow.' Powers added.

The Western New England Spring Bridal Show takes place this Sunday, March 7th from 11-4pm at the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, MA.

For more information visit www.cjcevents.com.

Brides will need to provide a receipt as proof of payment. Receipts will be retained and offered to investigating authorities as evidence.

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'At Newzglobe.com bold business news is not all that we will deal with anymore. We are going several steps further and helping companies more actively conducting business. We are giving readers more power and our customers more choice when it comes to creating advertising campaigns' says CEO and founder Mr. Meraj Syed.
What's your story? Is what Newzglobe.com asks its readers. This online Magazine is not just another website for Business news, it is also a social platform that enables Newzglobe.com readers and members to have their ideas and stories packaged and shared with journalist, bloggers and business worlds influencers via this social web. Newzglobe.com is designed to better address the needs of many potential users, including small business owners growing need for access to reliable information on a range of topics. 'To be able to keep up in this aggressive business environment with a modern, small business is more challenging today than ever before. It is important for business owners to stay on top of what is going on in this economy' says Meraj Syed CEO.

www.newzglobe.com has currently:
- Been in the Swedish market since 2005
- In Sweden has 650,000, Newsletters sent twice a day across 3 verticals.
- 1.3 million unique visitors on the website every month

About Newzglobe.com: Meraj Syed CEO launched this online Business magazine in 2005 in Sweden with the aim to become a business news source where small and medium size companies could get useful and bold business and lifestyle news. Newzglobe.com (prev. ment.se) is the 4th largest online Business and Lifestyle Magazine in Sweden and the fastest growing business news sources in northern Europe.

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"Southern Flourish is unlike any other current publication--both virtually or on the actual newsstand," said Kate Hash, founder and editorial director of Southern Flourish. "This publication is created for and by 20- and 30-something Southerners with an eye for modern living and the the new Southern lifestyle."

The magazine's 100% digital format means that readers can click-through to learn more about both the people and products featured in the magazine, as well as easily share pages with friends and embed the magazine on their own blogs and websites.

"The magazine reading experience is changing, but the yearning for sophisticated, fun and quality content is not," said Hash. "With Southern Flourish, we hope to prove that the industry isn't 'dying,' it's just evolving. We're excited to help lead that evolution."

The premiere issue features home tours in Austin and Nashville, long weekend travel guides to Charleston and Louisville, Derby-inspired fashions, rethought Southern food classics, and a behind-the-scenes look at the life of Katie Cook, a popular host on Country Music Television who graces the cover of the first issue.

"Katie was a natural choice for our first issue," said Hash. "She lives a super modern, creative and quirky Southern life that our readers will no doubt relate to. She is also an incredibly talented person that we know our readers will love to learn more about."

What's more, Southern Flourish's articles are composed by writers living in different parts of the South. Writers for the premiere issue hail from South Carolina to Louisiana to Virginia, and include some of the web's most prominent Southern bloggers, including Sherry & John Petersik of the immensely popular Young House Love.

"It's important to us that our content is authentic and inspired," said Hash. "By contracting writers from across the South, we were able to combine the talents of a diverse, passionate group of people that, without the web, might have otherwise not had the opportunity to work together."

The premiere issue of Southern Flourish goes live on March 15 and will be available at www.southernflourish.com.

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The biggest selling glossy women's monthly and its digital site will be working with Kellogg's on a fully integrated long term promotional campaign, bringing the Special K girl to life, and positioning Special K as the cereal of choice to manage readers' shapes.

Launched in the March issue of Glamour and running as a 3 page promotion in every issue this year, the magazine will publish the diary of the Special K girl; what she's has been up to, how she is staying in shape, what she is looking forward to, all the time inspiring readers to look and feel great all year long. There will be a live interactive diary running simultaneously on Glamour.com for 10 months, timed to launch with the March issue hitting newsstands, enabling users to keep abreast of Special K girl's busy life by flipping through the electronic entries. Users will also have the opportunity to enter a competition every month online. The campaign creative across both mediums will reflect the changing seasonal activity in the life of the Special K girl, highlighting the variants on offer in the Special K range and its year-round role in positive eating.

Simon Kippin, Publishing Director for Glamour, added, "This long-term campaign recognises the strong reader relationship our magazine and website can offer a client, communicating with a large group of hard-to-reach consumers who see Glamour as a trusted source of advice. The commitment from Special K through the year allows a strong evolving message to develop and grow for maximum impact."

Laura Bryant, Brand Manager for Kellogg's Special K, commented, "This deal with Glamour is a fantastic opportunity for us to bring the Special K girl to life throughout the year and reach our target audience of shape watching women every month. We feel the Glamour readership will relate to the Special K girl's life as a shape manager, and it allows us the opportunity to develop a much more personable and interactive relationship with our consumers."

Maria Donaldson, Sponsorship Manager, Carat Sponsorship, said, "We've designed this fully integrated partnership with Glamour for Special K to create a credible platform in which to engage with women who want to look good, giving us leverage to communicate the benefits of Special K in this arena. Glamour is the ideal partner with which to achieve our objectives here."

Glamour.com currently supplies advice on this season's fashion must-haves to make the most of its readers' shapes to the Special K website, and this year long print and digital campaign further reaffirms the synergy between the brands.

About Glamour:
Glamour magazine is the biggest selling glossy women's monthly in Europe. With a significant number of Awards under its belt, as well as being recognised as a publishing phenomenon having introduced the 'handbag size' to the market in 2001, it consistently delivers its winning formula of feel-good attainability with fashion, beauty and celebrity news and glossy high-end values. The market leader in its sector, Glamour's ABC is currently 515,281 (July - December 2009).

For further information please contact:
Nicky Eaton
Condé Nast press office
Vogue House
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London
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020 7152 3377

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Topics addressed include how to deal with vacant property, the promise of green building methods, protecting property from hurricanes and wind, and some of the practical steps owners can take to limit their liability exposure to slips, trips and falls.

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Hurricanes & wind
How wind damage can be minimized with the help of new, high-tech predictive models
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Researchers from the Toronto Western Research Institute noted a higher prevalence of arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations (AAL) in the U.S. versus the Canadian population. The authors attribute the higher prevalence of arthritis and AAL to a greater level of obesity and physical inactivity in Americans, particularly women. Full findings of this study are published in the March issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.

Arthritis is the leading cause of physical disability, and one of the most frequently reported chronic conditions in the U.S. and Canada. Those in mid to late life are particularly vulnerable to this disabling condition, which is expected to increase in both countries due to the aging baby boomer population. According to a 2005 figure from the National Arthritis Data Workgroup more than 21% of American adults (46 million) have arthritis or another rheumatic condition and over 60% of arthritis patients are women. The 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey reported 15.3% (4.3 million) of Canadians have some form of arthritis, with more women then men affected.

This study is the first to provide a direct comparison of U.S. and Canadian data in search of between-country disparities associated with the prevalence of arthritis and AAL. The authors analyzed results from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health (JCUSH) conducted in cooperation by Statistics Canada and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics during 2002-2003. Data were obtained for 3,505 Canadians and 5,183 Americans with an overall response rate of 65.5% and 50.2%, respectively.

Results show that in the U.S. the prevalence of arthritis was 18.7% and AAL was 9.6%, while equivalent estimates in Canada were 16.8% and 7.7%, respectively. Researchers noted that arthritis prevalence was higher in American women at 23.3% compared with 19.6% of Canadian women. Women in the U.S. also had a higher prevalence of AAL than Canadian women at 13.0% versus 9.2%. The overall occurrence of arthritis and AAL in men was similar in both countries at roughly 14% and 6%, respectively.

'Our study results uggest that the higher prevalence of arthritis and AAL in the U.S. may be a consequence of greater obesity and physical inactivity in that country, particularly in women,' noted Dr. Badley. 'Public health initiatives that promote healthy weight and physical activity may benefit from including arthritis concerns to its message, and could potentially reduce the incidence of arthritis and AAL,' concluded Dr. Badley.

Article: 'Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitations in the United States and Canada: A Cross-Border Comparison.' Elizabeth Badley and Hina Ansari. Arthritis Care and Research; Published Online: February 25, 2010 (DOI: 10.1002/acr.20100); Print Issue Date: March 2010.

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More intelligent people are statistically significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate with higher intelligence, a new study finds.

The study, published in the March 2010 issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Social Psychology Quarterly, advances a new theory to explain why people form particular preferences and values. The theory suggests that more intelligent people are more likely than less intelligent people to adopt evolutionarily novel preferences and values, but intelligence does not correlate with preferences and values that are old enough to have been shaped by evolution over millions of years."

"Evolutionarily novel" preferences and values are those that humans are not biologically designed to have and our ancestors probably did not possess. In contrast, those that our ancestors had for millions of years are "evolutionarily familiar."

"General intelligence, the ability to think and reason, endowed our ancestors with advantages in solving evolutionarily novel problems for which they did not have innate solutions," says Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics and Political Science. "As a result, more intelligent people are more likely to recognize and understand such novel entities and situations than less intelligent people, and some of these entities and situations are preferences, values, and lifestyles."

An earlier study by Kanazawa found that more intelligent individuals were more nocturnal, waking up and staying up later than less intelligent individuals. Because our ancestors lacked artificial light, they tended to wake up shortly before dawn and go to sleep shortly after dusk. Being nocturnal is evolutionarily novel.

In the current study, Kanazawa argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to be conservative, caring mostly about their family and friends, and being liberal, caring about an indefinite number of genetically unrelated strangers they never meet or interact with, is evolutionarily novel. So more intelligent children may be more likely to grow up to be liberals.

Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) support Kanazawa's hypothesis. Young adults who subjectively identify themselves as "very liberal" have an average IQ of 106 during adolescence while those who identify themselves as "very conservative" have an average IQ of 95 during adolescence.

Similarly, religion is a byproduct of humans' tendency to perceive agency and intention as causes of events, to see "the hands of God" at work behind otherwise natural phenomena. "Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid," says Kanazawa. This innate bias toward paranoia served humans well when self-preservation and protection of their families and clans depended on extreme vigilance to all potential dangers. "So, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to go against their natural evolutionary tendency to believe in God, and they become atheists."

Young adults who identify themselves as "not at all religious" have an average IQ of 103 during adolescence, while those who identify themselves as "very religious" have an average IQ of 97 during adolescence.

In addition, humans have always been mildly polygynous in evolutionary history. Men in polygynous marriages were not expected to be sexually exclusive to one mate, whereas men in monogamous marriages were. In sharp contrast, whether they are in a monogamous or polygynous marriage, women were always expected to be sexually exclusive to one mate. So being sexually exclusive is evolutionarily novel for men, but not for women. And the theory predicts that more intelligent men are more likely to value sexual exclusivity than less intelligent men, but general intelligence makes no difference for women's value on sexual exclusivity. Kanazawa's analysis of Add Health data supports these sex-specific predictions as well.

One intriguing but theoretically predicted finding of the study is that more intelligent people are no more or no less likely to value such evolutionarily familiar entities as marriage, family, children, and friends.

The article "Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent" will be published in the March 2010 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly, a publication of the American Sociological Association. A copy can be obtained by bona fide journalists by emailing a request to pubinfo@asanet.org.

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