Newstream Digest: Building & Renovating Kitchens, Applebee's New Weight Watchers Menu, Keeping American Buildings & Water Safe & Other Free Multimedia Content For Journalists.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004 Newstream Digest-- Building and Renovating Kitchens Home renovations are tops on people's to-do lists this time of year, with a kitchen facelift being one of the best improvements a homeowner can make. In fact, doing this can bring a return of almost 80% nationally. A video report from General Mills  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GIS). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13560 -------------------------------------------------- Applebee's Launches New Weight Watchers Menu in 1,600 Restaurants Nationwide The world's largest casual dining restaurant concept, Applebee's International Inc. (Nasdaq:APPB APPB Array Processor with Pipelined Bus APPB Application Builder ), today announced that its new Weight Watchers International Inc. (NYSE:WTW WTW Welfare-To-Work WTW Water Treatment Works WTW Well-To-Wheels (hybrid electric vehicle) WTW Watamu Turtle Watch (Kenya) WTW Woman to Woman (Boston) ) menu of 10 selections is now available in each of its nearly 1,600 restaurants nationwide. The Weight Watchers items include appetizers, entrees and desserts. Each selection lists calories, fat and fiber grams, and Weight Watchers POINTS(R) values. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13562 -------------------------------------------------- Photos of New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. outfielder Hideki Matsui Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui (松井 秀喜 Matsui Hideki at AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD)AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group sponsored 'Matsui Notebook Day' AIG sponsored "Matsui Notebook Day," giving away 18,000 promotional notebooks and pledging one million yen ($10,000) to both the Bronx-based Parkchester Little League and the Japan Little League Baseball Association. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13566 -------------------------------------------------- Keeping American Buildings and Drinking Water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. Safe The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Homeland Security Research Center, the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC ECBC Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation (Canada) ECBC Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (US Army; Edgewood Arsenal, MD, USA) ECBC Empress Chinchilla Breeders Cooperative ECBC Evangelical Chinese Bible Church ) and the STERIS Corporation are developing the next phase of tools designed to detect and remove chemical and biological agents from the nation's drinking water supply and buildings. Two projects were demonstrated on May 14 in a briefing for members of Congress. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13551 -------------------------------------------------- GMP GMP (guanosine monophosphate): see guanine. Companies Announces First Hospital Adoption Of The Lifesync(R) Wireless ECG ECG electrocardiogram. ECG abbr. 1. electrocardiogram 2. electrocardiograph ECG Also called an electrocardiogram, it records the electrical activity of the heart. Monitoring System GMP Companies Inc., a company that acquires, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device technologies, on May 17 announced that Mercy Hospital in Miami, Fla. has adopted the LifeSync(R) Wireless ECG System. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13558 -------------------------------------------------- New Study Finds Seventy-Two Percent of Consumers Report Extreme Satisfaction with TV Viewing Experience Since Acquiring Digital Video Recorder See DVR. A new report, DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. Love: A Survey of Digital Video Recorder Users, finds that consumer satisfaction with the TV viewing experience increased dramatically with the acquisition of a DVR. While 7 percent of survey respondents said they were extremely satisfied before acquiring their DVR, that percentage increased to an overwhelming 72 percent after (see figure). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13572 -------------------------------------------------- LasVegasKids.com Posts "The Official Top 25 Freebies & Cheapies" Must-Do List for Families Traveling to Las Vegas LasVegasKids.com today posted a list entitled " The Official Top 25 Freebies & Cheapies" on its web site, www.LasVegasKids.com. The list, which was created especially for families traveling to Las Vegas with children, provides information about activities in and around Las Vegas that are free or low cost. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13563 -------------------------------------------------- Hitachi Increases Microdrive Production on Demand for High-Capacity Digital Music Players Driven by exponential increase in demand for its Microdrive storage media, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. Summary Hitachi purchased IBM's hard disk drive division, integrated their own HDD operations, and launched the company in 2003. is implementing an unprecedented growth strategy for the one-inch hard drive. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13565 -------------------------------------------------- It's a Do-It-Yourself Meal Made Maine-Style: The Lobster Roll Kit In Chicago, it's deep dish pizza. In Philly, it's a cheese steak sandwich. In Memphis, it's ribs. In Maine it's a lobster roll. They're found at roadside stands, lobster shacks and restaurants up and down the coast. But we all can't go to Maine for the summer, and not everyone wants to cook and crack open a live Maine lobster. Maine's favorite summer treat has been hard to find in Chicago, Philly or Memphis. Until now. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13541 -- ------------------------------------------------ Breakfast, Baseball and Ebus? Educators from Toledo Area to View the High-Tech Mobile Computer Lab During Mud Hens Game On Wed., May 19 Toledo area public school superintendents and technology directors will be privy to a special treat when they combine breakfast, baseball and a tour of a high-tech mobile computer lab in the form of the Pearson Digital Learning "eBus." The "eBus" visit to Toledo is part of the Celebration Education event at the Mud Hen's Third Fifth Field. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13573 -------------------------------------------------- FONAR Continues to Show Increases in Scanner Sales Revenues; Gross Profit Margins Gross profit margin Gross profit divided by sales, which is equal to each sales dollar left over after paying for the cost of goods sold. gross profit margin A measure calculated by dividing gross profit by net sales. on Product Sales Increase over Same Periods from Prior Year FONAR Corporation (Nasdaq:FONR FONR Friends of Newport Rugby (UK) FONR Forest of No Return (The Fourth Coming gaming) FONR Fort Ord Natural Reserve (Santa Cruz, CA) ), The MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. Specialist(tm), reported a net loss of $1.5 million on revenues of $19.4 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2004 as compared to a net loss of $6.3 million on revenues of $9.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2003. This represented a decline in our net loss of 76% and an improvement of 98% in our revenues. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13568 -------------------------------------------------- Digital Broadcast Corporation Triumphs In Digital Wireless War Digital Broadcast Corporation Inc., Scopus Network Technologies (Scopus), ADT (Asynchronous Data Transfer) A transmission technique used in ISDN PBXs that dynamically allocates bandwidth. See also abstract data type. ADT - abstract data type II, IRDETO and Comex Worldwide have forged a worldwide digital broadband coalition that is destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to revolutionize the manner in which television programming, Internet access, and telephony services are delivered to the average American. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13571 -------------------------------------------------- Beringer Vineyards Introduces Bilingual Label for America's Top-Selling Bottled Wine(a) Beringer Vineyards, Napa Valley's oldest continuously operating winery and the producer of America's most popular wine, is introducing a bilingual label for its award-winning Beringer White Zinfandel. The addition of Spanish on the label and on point-of-sale in retail outlets is indicative of Beringer's commitment to the growing Latino market in the United States. (a) AC Nielsen, Total Food & Drug, 52 weeks ending 3/14/04 You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13567 -------------------------------------------------- Extended Systems Appoints Industry Veteran as Chief Marketing Officer Extended Systems (Nasdaq: XTND XTND Extend XTND XML Transition Network Definition ), a leading provider of mobile application solutions for the enterprise, announced today that Jeffrey Siegel has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer. Siegel's career spans 24 years in sales and marketing for industry-leading software, systems, professional services, and networking companies, with the past six years in leadership positions for the major mobile operating system companies. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13569 -------------------------------------------------- Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. to Acquire CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. Trust, a Unit of CNA Financial Corporation Union Bank of California, N.A., the commercial banking subsidiary of UnionBanCal Corporation (NYSE:UB), announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business portfolio of CNA Trust Company (CNAT CNAT Center for Near-field Atom-Photon Technology CNAT Community Network for Appropriate Technologies CNAT Customer Needs Assessment Tool ), a Costa Mesa, Calif-based leading provider of retirement plan trust and outsourcing services to the institutional marketplace. CNAT is a subsidiary of Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE:CNA). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13564 -------------------------------------------------- AMI Semiconductor Appoints John Kent to Serve as Vice President of Technology Research and Development AMI Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AMIS A·mis , Kingsley 1922-1995. British writer best known for his novels, including Lucky Jim (1954) and Jake's Thing (1978). ), a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art integrated mixed-signal and structured digital products for the automotive, medical and industrial sectors, on May 17 announced that John Kent has been appointed to serve as the company's vice president of technology research and development. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13555 -------------------------------------------------- Two Well-Known Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Partners Join Ulmer & Berne Ulmer & Berne LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol announced on May 17 that Joseph A. Castrodale and John J. Haggerty have joined the firm as partners in its Cleveland office. Both Castrodale and Haggerty move to Ulmer & Berne from the law firm of Calfee, Halter halter the simplest form of restraint for the head of farm animals. Comprises a poll strap, a nose band and a halter shank that brings the ends of the nose band together under the mandible. Made of leather or cotton or manila rope. & Griswold LLP. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13574 -------------------------------------------------- Great Inventors For one inventor it all started with a 30-foot cyclone on top of a sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which . Radio News Feature Interview with James Dyson. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13556 -------------------------------------------------- FPL Names Jeff Bartel Vice President of External Affairs Florida Power & Light Company announced today the appointment of Jeff Bartel to serve as vice president of external affairs. Mr. Bartel, a 38-year old Miami native, joins FPL from the law firm of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. where he headed the firm's land use, environmental and governmental practice in South Florida. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13554 -------------------------------------------------- Business Wire to Transmit Text and Photos to AP International Media Subscribers in Europe and Asia Pacific Region during Initial Phase of Worldwide Agreement Business Wire will become the first third-party content-provider to gain access to The Associated Press' worldwide media network under a groundbreaking agreement jointly announced by the global information providers on May the 17th. 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