Ocean Tomo Trade Secret Security

Chicago, IL and Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

Ocean Tomo, LLC and TSC announced today they will jointly bring to market Ocean Tomo Trade Secret Security. This integrated intellectual property (IP) risk management offering leverages Ocean Tomo’s Strategic Advisory Services and TSC’s Enterprise Security Intelligence Solutions.

Ocean Tomo and TSC bring unique solutions for protecting the intellectual assets of organizations. With Ocean Tomo’s experience and proprietary systems, key IP assets providing competitive advantage can be identified along with potential threats. TSC’s patent-pending Threat Vector Manager (TVM) framework integrates data from enterprise information, external data, and known risk-based behaviors to identify an organization’s areas of risk and provides recommendations for fixing them. By collaborating on Ocean Tomo Trade Secret Security, organizations can now have unparalleled protection against loss of their most valuable assets.

“Ocean Tomo Trade Security provides advanced warning of R&D disclosure risk, allowing organizations to control and avert potential trade secret leakage,” stated James E. Malackowski, CEO of Ocean Tomo. “We chose to collaborate with TSC because of their expertise and cutting-edge approach integrating information holistically.”

“We are excited about our collaboration with Ocean Tomo” said Sean Doherty, TSC’s President. “By combining our unique capabilities for protecting intellectual assets, organizations now have access to the most robust intellectual asset protection solution available on the market.”

Through this new collaboration, Ocean Tomo and TSC provide solutions to meet the new challenges organizations face when protecting their trade secrets including:

    Identifying the most valuable IP assets and those of closely related delivery partners / third parties.
    Monitoring and testing internal controls and identifying vulnerabilities regarding confidential know how.
    Managing data more effectively using TSC’s proprietary analytical processes and expertise.
    Providing executive decision tools and actionable recommendations for repairing areas of vulnerability.

Trade secret security is a heightened risk to companies engaging in any of the following:

    Outsourced, partner-based manufacturing
    Early-stage research and academic publishing
    Critical-risk industries with variable product development cycles
    A disparate set of partners around the world
    Joint ventures
    Collaborative supply relationships, and
    Heavy reliance on trade secret protection.

Aerospace, defense, high-tech, manufacturing, chemical, pharma, biotech and all other industries with valuable intellectual assets need protection. Learn more about Ocean Tomo Trade Secret Security by visiting http://www.TradeSecretSecurity.com

About Ocean Tomo, LLC

Established in 2003, Ocean Tomo, LLC, is the Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc™ firm. The company provides financial products and services related to Intellectual Property, including expert testimony, valuation, strategy, research, ratings, investments, risk management and transactions. Ocean Tomo assists clients – corporations, law firms, governments and institutional investors – in realizing Intellectual Capital Equity® value broadly defined.

Headquartered in Chicago, Ocean Tomo has offices in Greenwich, Houston, Orange County and San Francisco. Subsidiaries of Ocean Tomo include: Ocean Tomo Risk Management, LLC; Ocean Tomo Asset Management, LLC; OTI Data Networks, LLC; Patent Marking, LLC; and Ocean Tomo Capital, LLC – publisher of the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index family. Ocean Tomo is the founder of the Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI), Inc. as well as the exclusive licensee and distributor of the PatentRatings® system. For further information, visit http://www.OceanTomo.com.

About TSC

TSC is defining the Intellectual Asset Protection market. The company stands apart with its patent-pending Threat Vector Manager (TVM) framework. TVM holistically integrates and analyzes enterprise information, external factors, and known risk-based behaviors to protect intellectual assets and critical infrastructure. TSC provides value-based enterprise security intelligence solutions to organizations ranging from innovative start-ups to the Fortune 500 and the US government. For more information, visit http://www.tscadvantage.com.

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New York, New York (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the legal rights of victims of defective medical devices, has filed a metal-on-metal hip replacement lawsuit on behalf of a North Carolina woman who sustained serious injuries, allegedly due to DePuy Orthopaedics’ recalled ASR hip replacement devices. The complaint, which names DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent, Johnson & Johnson, as Defendants, was filed on May 16, 2012, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, where thousands of DePuy ASR Hip Implant lawsuits are currently consolidated in the DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (1:12-dp-21188-DAK).

According to the complaint, the Plaintiff, a woman from Banner Elk, North Carolina, was implanted with a DePuy ASR hip implant on her left hip on August 21, 2007. On February 19, 2008, she was implanted with a DePuy ASR hip replacement device on her right hip. According to the complaint, the Plaintiff subsequently suffered hip and back pain, instability and clicking of her right hip. The Plaintiff had the ASR hip implant device on her right side explanted on March 24, 2011.

According to Parker Waichman LLP, the DePuy ASR Hip Implant is a metal-on-metal hip replacement device. In August 2010, DePuy issued a worldwide recall of the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and ASR Acetabular System, after data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales showed that 1 out of every 8 patients (12%-13%) who had received the devices had to undergo revision surgery within five years of receiving it. [depuy.com/asr-hip-replacement-recall]

Thousands of lawsuits have since been filed against DePuy and its parent, Johnson & Johnson, by ASR Hip Implant recipients who allegedly suffered serious injuries due to the defective devices. Most of those lawsuits have been consolidated in the litigation now underway in the Northern District of Ohio. The first trials in that litigation are expected to get underway sometime next year.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is currently conducting a safety review of metal-on-metal hip implants, including the DePuy ASR devices. Last May, the agency directed 21 companies that market all-metal hip replacements, including DePuy, to conduct post-market studies of their products to determine if they were shedding dangerous amounts of metallic debris in patients. The FDA recently announced that its Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel will meet on June 27 and 28 to discuss the risks and benefits of metal-on-metal hip systems, and make potential patient and practitioner recommendations for their use. [bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-01/j-j-hip-patients-will-take-bellwether-cases-to-trial-1-.html]

Most recently, a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Arthroplasty linked corrosion of the head taper junction in patients with 36-mm diameter metal-on-metal hip implants with adverse local tissue reactions.[arthroplastyjournal.org/article/S0883-5403%2812%2900175-1/abstract]

In March, a large study published in The Lancet showed that there is a 6.2 percent chance patients with all-metal hips will need a replacement within five years, prompting the study authors to call for an end to their use. The month prior, a report in the British Medical Journal warned that hundreds of thousands of people around the world may have been exposed to dangerously high levels of toxic and potentially cancer-causing metals from failing metal-on-metal hip implants. [thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960353-5/fulltext; bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1410]

Parker Waichman LLP continues to offer free legal consultations to victims of DePuy ASR and other metal-on-metal hip implant injuries. If you or a loved one experienced premature failure of your implant or other health problems associated with a recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant or other metal-on-metal hip implant, please contact their office by visiting the firm’s DePuy ASR hip implant injury page at http://www.yourlawyer.com. Free case evaluations are also available by calling 1 800 LAW INFO (1-800-529-4636).

For more information regarding defective hip implant lawsuits and Parker Waichman LLP, please visit: http://www.yourlawyer.com or call 1-800-LAW-INFO (1-800-529-4636).

Contact:

Parker Waichman LLP

Gary Falkowitz, Managing Attorney

(800) LAW-INFO

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Judges Collin T. McDonald, Kim Gravel, Gianna Armani, AnnaRose Kern, Naz Kupelian, Melanie Mills

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

Cover Look Collection, the style and beauty website that creates “How To” guides to help men and women achieve magazine cover looks, is having a contest for brides-to-be! Soon-to-be-bride? Then share wedding plans for a chance to win a gown and some fabulous bridal beauty products. Simply post a blog or YouTube video introducing yourself and why you should be selected as the winner. (Brides-to-be who do not have a blog can enter by emailing their entries to tricia(at)coverlookcollection(dot)com.)

Entrants will be narrowed down to three finalists based on the top two vote earners and a “wild card” entrant. The winning bride-to-be will be chosen by a panel of Cover Look Collection pro judges.

Prizes:

Adonia Organics-

Winning bride-to-be will receive a 5-piece prize pack from the Adonia Organics skin and body care line hand-selected by Cover Look Collection, valued at more than $ 500. One second-place finalist will receive an Adonia Organics Bronzing Glow set.

Gleam by Melanie Mills-

Winning bride-to-be will receive the complete collection of Gleam Lip Radiance along with her choice of Gleam Body Radiance. One second-place finalist will receive their choice of one Gleam Lip Radiance and one Body Radiance.

Unique Vintage-

The winning bride-to-be will receive a custom-made bridal gown from Dolly Couture’s Black Label Collection.

May 31st is the final deadline for bride-to-be nominations, and public voting is open for all contestants from June 1st-27th. The winners will be announced on Cover Look Collection on July 2nd.

The Cover Look Collection pro panel of judges will include Kim Gravel, a pageant coach, makeup artist and CEO of Beloved Beauty; Naz Kipelian, celebrity hairstylist and RUSK© International Design Team Member; Colin T. McDonald, celebrity stylist; Melanie Mills, Emmy-winning makeup artist and creator of Gleam by Melanie Mills; Gianna Armani, international celebrity stylist and couture wedding accessory designer; and AnaRose Kern, celebrity makeup artist.

Check out this video about the contest: http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=cWcQ2SNN4fk&feature=youtu.be

Or visit this website for more information: http://www.coverlookcollection.com/#!current-giveaways

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Rare Earth Riches AbsoluteWealth.com

Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

According to the latest AbsoluteWealth.com article, once investors learn how to buy rare earth metal stocks, they’ll quickly see the benefits of jumping on an investment swell before it becomes a full-fledged wave. Rare earth metal production and exporting has been controlled heavily by China, which is limiting rare metal trade and leaving other countries to fend for themselves. Luckily, the article said North America has a good amount of rare earth metals under its surface, and several companies are arriving on the scene ready for production, introducing a number of prime investment opportunities.

Absolute Wealth, through its Independent Wealth Alliance membership program, is providing the first full-scale guide to understanding and investing in rare earth metal companies, said the article. It’s called “Rare Earth Riches: How to Cash In On China’s ‘Dirty’ Secret,” and it provides information on the three best rare earth stocks to look out for and why investing in them can turn into major profits.

Rare earths are found in everything from cell phone batteries to jet airplane engines to antimissile defense systems. American and Canadian rare earth mining companies stand at the starting gate of an all-out race to provide the elements used in many modern-day technologies, the article said.

One such company, Molycorp, Inc., is covered extensively by the Special Report. The article said Molycorp shares have already gained over 38% of their value this year, proving the accuracy of the Special Report’s expert advice.

“Rare Earth Riches” delivers more than just that one quality suggestion; it also offers tips on other potentially explosive stocks as well as information on the Chinese situation, as the country’s dominance on rare earths begins to ease. It also explains why rare earth metals are overlooked in favor of other, more common commodities, leaving a gap to be filled by smart investors.

Absolute Wealth is an expert team of real investors and advisors devoted to identifying winning strategies for exceptional returns. Members subscribe to the Independent Wealth Alliance for professional investment analysis and recommendations on the latest trends and progressions. For more, visit AbsoluteWealth.com.

The article said this is one of the last opportunities to get in on the ground floor of this movement, as rare earth mining and production increases and the chances for major earnings begin to disappear.

Beating the crowds of investors to the punch will benefit anyone’s portfolio, but without a strategic plan, mistakes can be made. The article said to leave the tough decisions to the team at the Independent Wealth Alliance, and learn how to buy rare earth metal stocks that promise the biggest returns on investment.

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Thousands in Olympic Park to cheer on Games heroes at Park Live Presented by British Airways

(PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Plans were unveiled to enable thousands of spectators to cheer on live sporting action in the Olympic Park, hear from medal winning athletes and enjoy a picnic on the new riverside lawns at Park Live Presented by British Airways, right in the heart of the Olympic Park.

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has teamed up with official airline partner British Airways to create a dedicated area for up to 10,000 fans at a time with giant screens and picnic lawns in acres of newly created parklands in the Olympic Park. ‘BA Hosts’, made up of volunteers from the airline and their families, will also be on hand to help visitors.

At the heart of the plans for Park Live is a giant double-sided screen in the River Lea broadcasting live London 2012 coverage. Sitting in a newly created natural amphitheatre, Park Live plans to offer a host of entertainment including interviews with athletes on the British Airways presentation stage, allowing fans to hear first-hand from medal-winning athletes and other stars, and short films on the creation of the parklands.

Park Live will be set in the centre of the wetland bowl, within the newly created 250 acre parklands, which provides new green space for people and wildlife as well as spectacular views of the Olympic Park venues and London landmarks. It features riverside spectator lawns, timber seating, frog ponds, loggeries, wildflower meadows, woodlands, tree-lined footpaths and reed beds with over 30 species of native reeds, rushes, wet wildflowers and irises.

Park Live will be open from early morning to late evening for spectators to visit before and after sporting events on the Olympic Park. LOCOG has also outlined its ambition to offer general Park tickets, enabling people to come into the Olympic Park without tickets for sporting events.

Chair Seb Coe said: ‘Whether it’s “Halsall Hill”, “Pistorious Park” or “Dai Greene Fields” our plans for Park Live will create a green and colourful place for fans to cheer their heroes and soak up the Olympic Park atmosphere. With lush lawns surrounded by wildflower meadows and rustling reeds, a trip to Park Live will be a truly unforgettable experience.’

Olympic gold medal winner Denise Lewis said: ‘It’s fantastic that British Airways is presenting Park Live, it looks like it could be the “Henman Hill” of the Games. I know the athletes, their families and guests at the Olympic Park will be thrilled to have a dedicated place for people to come together.’

British Airways managing director of brands and customer experience Frank van der Post, said: ‘Park Live Presented by British Airways will be the place for fans to go, cheer on Team GB and ParalympicsGB and give them some home support. It will be open to all guests on the Olympic Park before or after they’ve watched an event, or simply as a destination in itself. We’re looking forward to offering a great experience and dedicated area to watch all the action live.’

Park Live Presented by British Airways includes:

Park Live will be set in a natural amphitheatre in the north of the Olympic Park spanning 15,220 square metres.
With a capacity of 10,000 people Park Live will create the fifth largest venue on the Olympic Park and will be open from early morning to late evening on a first come first served basis.
Up to 1,000 dedicated British Airways staff will welcome hundreds of thousands of spectators to Park Live during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with up to 100 staff on hand to help at any one time.
The ’BA Hosts’ will receive extensive premium service training to prepare for welcoming people from hundreds of different countries.
Once the planning process is concluded in the coming weeks, carefully planned construction work will start on the temporary double-sided 14m high, 132 square metre screen, which is the height of three double-decker buses and will sit on a purpose built structure on the river bed.
Alongside live sporting action, Park Live will feature a host of activity including live entertainment, short films on the creation of the parklands and visits from Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Park Live will be set in the newly created wetland bowl in the north of the Olympic Park which features:

Riverside spectator lawns originally grown in Lincolnshire and watered with non-drinkable recycled water provided by the new Thames Water Old Ford treatment plant.
Wetlands and rare wet woodlands in the north of the Park which create habitat and help manage floodwater, protecting new housing and venues and 5,000 existing properties from a 1:100 year storm. Rainwater is captured through porous paving and cleaned through a network of planted ditches, ponds and reedbeds before flowing into the river.
The UK’s largest ever urban river and wetland planting with 300,000 wetland plants grown on the Gower peninsula in Wales and then Thetford in Norfolk. Includes over 30 species of native reeds, rushes, grasses, sedges, wet wildflowers and irises, with around a third grown from cuttings and seeds collected from the Olympic Park before construction started.
The UK’s largest-ever perennial nectar-rich wildflower meadows designed by James Hitchmough of the University of Sheffield, showcasing world-leading colourful and bee-friendly wildflower planting.
Accessible footpaths with shallow gradients and resting points and timber seating with wheel chair spaces.
A host of wildlife habitats including frog ponds, loggeries, wetlands, woodlands, irrigation ditches, fish channels for spawning, otter holts, kingfisher nests, bat boxes and strips of Toadflax planted to attract the rare Toadflax Brocade caterpillar.

Notes to editors:

CGI impressions of Park Live and a map showing its location on the Olympic Park can be downloaded at

http://mm.gettyimages.com/mm/nicePath/locog?nav=pr167002156

A CGI fly-through of Park Live can be downloaded at:

http://footagelibrary.london2012.com

For further information please contact the London 2012 Press Office.

London 2012 Games partners:

The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.

LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners – adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.

There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Supplier, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.

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FIRE Manager

Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota (PRWEB) May 03, 2012

Located between Akron and Cleveland Ohio, the Broadview Heights Fire Department serves approximately 20,000 residents. Included in their mission statement is: We are committed to providing our services in the most efficient and cost effective manner feasible, in order to, without compromise of service, lessen the financial burden on our community as a whole whenever possible.

Joe Fleming, the department’s Assistant Fire Chief, estimates he’ll save over two full weeks of time every year by subscribing to FIRE Manager. Instead of making out an excel spreadsheet each month and updating and reprinting it constantly this fire department turned to an online workforce management system. “But the time saved is only part of it. FIRE Manager gives us so many more benefits. It gives us accuracy and security. It prevents duplicate schedules. It’s always up to date, allows more accurate accounting of payroll and eliminates unforeseen gaps in manpower which lead to higher overtime costs,” explains Fleming, who heard about FIRE Manager from a part-time employee who used it at another fire department.

Public safety agencies and companies, are subscribing to web-based online employee scheduling and workforce management systems in order to significantly decrease the amount of time spent on scheduling and managing employees while significantly increasing their agency’s productivity. Also, online software systems allow for 24/7/365 access wherever there is an internet connection, whether it be in the office, at the station, at home, on a smartphone or an on-the-go mobile device.

“We really like the convenience of FIRE Manager. It is web-based so we can access it anytime and anywhere,” adds Fleming. “Also, our manpower is there on time and at the right level on a consistent basis with no unforeseen gaps.”

Aladtec, Inc. developed subscription based FIRE Manager and EMS Manager to meet the unique needs of the public safety sector’s volunteer, part-time and full-time employee scheduling challenges. By logging into Aladtec’s website, administrators and employees access their department’s scheduling and management system. They can view and change the information in real time. Schedulers and administrators can see who has “called in” sick, requested a shift, read a department wide mandatory email message and monitor who’s due for certification updates. Employees and volunteers can swap shifts, request vacation time and PTO (paid time off), access important company documents and are immediately alerted about upcoming meetings. The Broadview Heights Fire Department experience with FIRE Manager is one more example that proves online employee scheduling and workforce management increases efficiency, productivity and saves money.

Broadview Heights Fire Department has two stations with 36 employees. They offer a number of outreach services to the community including: fire safety programs, home safety inspections, CPR and First Aid training, station tours, job shadowing and career day presentations.

Aladtec, Inc. is a provider of web-based software solutions for online employee scheduling and workforce management applications. The company’s flagship products, EMS Manager and FIRE Manager, are leaders in the public safety sector and together serve more than 750 EMS and fire departments and nearly 50,000 employees. Their newest product, Zanager, is another workforce management system ideal for businesses in the private sector. Aladtec is headquartered just outside the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area in Hudson, Wisconsin. For more information, visit http://www.aladtec.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Aladtec, Inc.

906 Dominion Drive

Hudson, WI 54016-4538

(888) 749-5550 Toll-Free

(715) 690-2300 Phone

(801) 406-5550 Fax

mellissa(at)aladtec(dot)com

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New York , New York (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

Vacationers can control of how much they will spend on their accommodations with a platform for deep discounts. For Homeowners Rent My Vacation Home dot com provides a fantastic service for booking all your properties during the off season, empty calendars and more. Further, Rent My Vacation Home dot com provides the tools needed to successfully manage for Homeowners or vacationers like direct deposit, credit cards and travel guard Insurance.

Rent My Vacation Home dot com offers a new and powerful way to manage and market vacation rental properties. Attract new guests with a unique way to book their stay and fill those empty booking calendars. Rent My Vacation Home dot com also has a great way to attract last-minute vacationers with this Technology!

How does this technology work? Rent My Vacation Home is not a “high-bidder wins all” system like eBay and others. The property owner “chooses” which bids will be accepted and which will be declined as there is no obligation on the part of the Homeowner. What happens after a bid is accepted? Once a bid has been accepted, it’s up to the property owner to work out the details of the vacation stay with the guest. However, Rent My Vacation Home does provide tools for owners to help make this easier, such as bidding history, guest information, and more.

Listing and reservations according to Jay Kalin CEO “are up 18% since the Bid technology”.” He also said the company is considering additional funding with a possible IPO offering”. Share evaluation has not been determined but the interest is there for an advertising platform that already has 170,000 vacationers in the data base as compared to 70,000 homes so the growth potential is there as reported by Investors Daily. Rent My Vacation Home now has an offer for homeowners to join for free and then $ 16.00 per month after 30 days with no contract. Vacationers enjoy all services free year around.

Customers review homes and then blog similar to Facebook as the model is closely related and integrated in the software.

Rent My Vacation home controls 83 web sites in the Vacation Home rental Industry for a large undetermined market share .

For more information go to http://www.rentmyvacationhome.com

Or call 800-699-RMVH

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SIDNEY, Neb. (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Cabela’s Incorporated (NYSE: CAB), the World’s Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, announced today plans to bring the extraordinary Cabela’s retail experience to customers in the Green Bay, Wis., area.

Construction is scheduled to begin this fall and Cabela’s plans to open the store in the summer of 2013. It will be Cabela’s third store in Wisconsin, joining the Prairie du Chien and Richfield locations. The company also operates a distribution center in Prairie du Chien.

The approximately 100,000-square-foot store will be located in the Titletown Development area being developed in conjunction with the Green Bay Packers. The store will be located in the southeast quadrant of US Route 41 and Lombardi Avenue near Lambeau Field in the Village of Ashwaubenon in Brown County.

Cabela’s expects the store to employ approximately 175 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees. Most will come from Green Bay and the neighboring area.

“Wisconsin is full of people who are passionate for the outdoors, people who share the Cabela’s lifestyle, and who are known for their loyalty and dedication to sports. It’s a wonderful area to expand our retail footprint,” said Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer Tommy Millner. “We’ve had great success with the Prairie du Chien and Richfield retail locations, and we expect a very bright future in Green Bay.”

The store will be built in Cabela’s next-generation layout, designed to surround customers in an outdoor-like experience with dynamic wildlife displays. In addition to thousands of quality outdoor products, the store will include a large mountain replica featuring North American game animals re-created in their natural habitat, a Gun Library, aquarium, Bargain Cave, Boat Shop and Deli.

The store also will feature a Sportsman’s Hall of Fame displaying Wisconsin trophy animal mounts, as well as a “view-through” design highlighted by large glass windows allowing customers to see the store’s interior as they approach both the front and back of the building.

“Cabela’s is going to be a wonderful addition to Ashwaubenon and the Green Bay area,” said Packers President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Murphy. “Outdoor enthusiasts from throughout Wisconsin and Upper Michigan will be making it a destination to visit, not only for their excellent products and apparel, but also for the outstanding experience the store offers.”

Cabela’s currently operates 36 retail stores across the United States and Canada and will open a location in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on May 10. Cabela’s also has announced plans to open stores in Charleston, W.Va.; Rogers, Ark.; and Union Gap, Wash., later this year. Additionally, in 2013, the company plans to open stores in Grandville, Mich.; Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; Thornton, Colo.; and Lone Tree, Colo.

Cabela’s stores showcase thousands of products, including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating and wildlife-watching gear, as well as clothing and outdoor-themed gifts and furnishings. Cabela’s is famous for its strong brand and world-renowned reputation for delivering quality merchandise, value and legendary customer service.

About Cabela’s Incorporated

Cabela’s Incorporated, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, is a leading specialty retailer, and the world’s largest direct marketer, of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since the Company’s founding in 1961, Cabela’s® has grown to become one of the most well-known outdoor recreation brands in the world, and has long been recognized as the World’s Foremost Outfitter®. Through Cabela’s growing number of retail stores and its well-established direct business, it offers a wide and distinctive selection of high-quality outdoor products at competitive prices while providing superior customer service. Cabela’s also issues the Cabela’s CLUB® Visa credit card, which serves as its primary customer loyalty rewards program. Cabela’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CAB”.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not historical or current fact are “forward-looking statements” that are based on the Company’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future events, taking into account the information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company’s statements regarding opening a Green Bay-area retail store location in 2013. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or financial condition to differ materially from the expectations of future results, performance or financial condition that the Company expresses or implies in any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the state of the economy and the level of discretionary consumer spending, including changes in consumer preferences and demographic trends; adverse changes in the capital and credit markets or the availability of capital and credit; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its multi-channel strategy; increasing competition in the outdoor sporting goods industry and for credit card products and reward programs; the cost of the Company’s products, including increases in fuel prices; the availability of the Company’s products due to political or financial instability in countries where the goods the Company sells are manufactured; supply and delivery shortages or interruptions, and other interruptions or disruptions to the Company’s systems, processes, or controls, caused by system changes or other factors; increased government regulations, including regulations relating to firearms and ammunition; the Company’s ability to protect its brand, intellectual property, and reputation; the outcome of litigation, administrative, and/or regulatory matters (including a Commissioner’s charge the Company received from the Chair of the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in January 2011); the Company’s ability to manage credit, liquidity, interest rate, operational, legal, and compliance risks; the Company’s ability to increase credit card receivables while managing credit quality; the Company’s ability to securitize its credit card receivables at acceptable rates or access the deposits market at acceptable rates; the impact of legislation, regulation, and supervisory regulatory actions in the financial services industry, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; and other risks, relevant factors and uncertainties identified in the Company’s filings with the SEC (including the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011), which filings are available at the Company’s website at http://www.cabelas.com and the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Given the risks and uncertainties surrounding forward-looking statements, you should not place undue reliance on these statements. The Company’s forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Other than as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Retirement Industry Trust Association

(PRWEB) May 04, 2012

The Retirement Industry Trust Association(RITA) today announced the creation of a new certification program for financial services professionals who provide custody services for self-directed IRAs.

The Self-Directed IRA Professional (SDIP) certification program is designed to provide additional training and education to industry professionals, enabling them to be more effective in helping retirement savers create wealth in IRA accounts that hold direct investments in real estate, private equity and other alternative assets.

“The Self-Directed IRA Professional Certification program is part of RITA’s commitment to continually improve our service to American retirement savers,” said RITA President Tom W. Anderson.

The first SDIP sessions will be held Oct. 3-5 in Phoenix. Participants can register at http://www.ritaus.org.

The new certification program was a result of discussions at RITA’s annual conference held March 26-28 in Washington, D.C. More than 50 CEOs and executives of major self-directed custodians came to Washington to explore initiatives to encourage and support retirement savings. The conference, which coincided with RITA’s 25th anniversary, featured speakers from the U.S. Department of Treasury, Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), IRS, and the Department of Labor (DOL).

Discussions ranged from the latest trends in retirement savings to current anti-fraud initiatives being pursued by the various regulatory agencies.

Anderson stated “RITA and its members are working collaboratively with federal, state and private agencies on ways to provide more education to retirement investors, because ultimately an informed and skeptical investor is the best defense against fraud.”

Over the past two years, RITA membership has increased due to the growing interest in alternative assets, new RITA marketing programs and the expansion of membership types to include regulated bank and trust custodians, IRA administrators, facilitators and interested industry professionals.

For more information about RITA’s programs, contact Mary Mohr, Executive Director at (941) 724-0900 and mmohr(at)ritaus(dot)org.

About the Retirement Industry Trust Association (RITA)

The Retirement Industry Trust Association (RITA) is a non-profit 501-c6 corporation whose goal is to help improve and expand opportunities for all Americans to invest and save for their retirement. For more information, visit http://www.ritaus.org, or call (941) 724-0900.

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Amy Poinsett

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 02, 2012

MJ Freeway’s inventory and management software helps its clients to manage every gram from seed to sale. MJ Freeway’s cloud-based software meets the needs of growers, clinics and dispensaries. Patent-pending GrowTracker™ provides growers the ability to track every plant, nutrient, watt, drop and yield. GramTracker™’s patented inventory management tools track shake, spillage, evaporation, edibles and any theft. The product specific point of sale (POS) system securely records all patients, patient status and transactions.

In addition, both GramTracker™ and GrowTracker™ software are very user friendly – clients can accurately update inventory, accounting or point of sale in three clicks or less. The software traces grams separate from dollars for inventory true-up, and integrates with “legal for trade” scales that weigh to 100th of a gram. The POS system, with auto pricing, label printing, and easy-to-read buttons, records the actual weight for inventory reconciliation, but allows flexibility at point of sale for buds that weigh heavy. MJ Freeway software handles multiple coupons with expiration dates, restricted by usage, product, or employee, and traces all cash by cash register. The hosted software also creates purchase orders, offers batch and vendor reporting, and maps 20 different fields to QuickBooks. The robust online ordering can help streamline your store’s patient traffic. MJ Freeway provides great training and support for its clients.

MJ Freeway software protects Medical Marijuana patient data. GramTracker™ and GrowTracker™ are HIPAA-protocol compliant. Patient data is fully encrypted, stored and backed up offsite at a secure facility. In addition, separate databases are maintained for each dispensary. MJ Freeway software integrates with WeedMaps, WeedTracker, credit card processors, and more than 20 other partners, making it easy on patients – and clients.

Sign up by June 30, 2012 and receive a Free ID Tech MiniMag II Magnetic Stripe Swiper. See http://www.MJFreewaySales.com or call 877.832.2677.

“We want to encourage the industry to move to better management software, both for clients and patients, and to help clients meet state regulations,” remarks Amy Poinsett, co-Founder and CEO, MJ Freeway. “Streamlining business practices in the MMJ industry is so important, and MJ Freeway can help growers and dispensaries to really manage their medical cannabis,” continued Amy. “To that end, we are offering through our distribution partner a free magstripe reader when you sign up with MJ Freeway by June 30, 2012,” Amy concluded.

About MJ Freeway LLC

MJ Freeway’s premium business platform features GramTracker™ and GrowTracker™, patent-pending inventory control and grow management applications integrated into their hosted software. MJ Freeway delivers cloud-based point of sale systems with patient and financial record management, guaranteed state-specific regulatory compliance, and multiple integrations with social networks, testing labs, and locators. Accessible to any MMJ business with a computer and a web connection. For more information, please visit: http://www.MJFreewaySales.com

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