Newstream.com Digest: Car Insurance and Your Financial Future, Getaways to Mexico's Riviera Maya, Wheaties Honors Andre Agassi and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2004 Newstream.com Digest -------------------------------------------------- Car Insurance and Your Financial Future Millions of Americans are getting ready for their annual Memorial Day weekend road trips. But what if you get into an auto accident and get injured? The other driver's insurance will automatically pay for your medical bills, right? Not necessarily. If you're not careful, your life savings may end up paying for your medical expenses -- even if the accident wasn't your fault. A report from Allstate (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALL) You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13667 -------------------------------------------------- Wheaties Honors Tennis Great Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. His eight Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. titles and 58 career singles titles rank him on the list of all-time tennis greats. Now Andre Agassi is being honored by Wheaties, the fabled "Breakfast of Champions," with his own cereal box. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13659 -------------------------------------------------- Mexican Family Holidays for Couch Potatoes It used to be that the perfect holiday mostly involved the kids splashing at water's edge in some Caribbean hideaway while you swung lazily in a hammock hammock, suspended bed, usually of netting, canvas, or leather. The hammock and its name were introduced to Europeans by Christopher Columbus, who learned of them from Native Americans. slathered in sun block reading a Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen (IPA pronunciation: ['haɪjəsɛn]) (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. novel, slurping See pod slurping. a cold Margarita, keeping a cool eye on the kids. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13669 -------------------------------------------------- Dashboard Confessional Dashboard Confessional is an American indie band, led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carrabba, from Boca Raton, Florida, USA. History Dashboard Confessional was started in 1999, as a side project from Chris Carrabba's venture with Florida rock band Further Seems Award Their Customized Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a compact car manufactured by Honda. It was introduced in July 1972 as a two-door coupe, followed by a three-door hatchback version that September. With the transverse engine placement of its 1169 cc engine and front-wheel drive, like the British Mini, the To Mike Shelby Jr. of Ortonville, Mich. Prior to their headlining concert at the DTE Energy DTE Energy Co. (NYSE: DTE) is a Detroit, Michigan-based utility incorporated in 1995 involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Music Theater on Thursday, May 20, as part of Civic Tour 2004, Dashboard Confessional awarded Mike Shelby Jr. of Detroit, Mich., one of the customized and autographed Honda Civics that they personally designed. Shelby was among the lucky contestants who won a chance to randomly select a key that could start the Dashboard Confessional Civic through a contest with Detroit's top alternative station 89x (CIMX). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13670 -------------------------------------------------- Livingston Taylor Livingston Taylor (born November 21, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where his father was a medical professor at the University of North Carolina. Leads the Search for Tomorrow's Folk Music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. Star The search is on -- again. And this time, it promises to be even more exciting, as legendary folk musician Livingston Taylor leads the nationwide effort to find the next great folk singer/ song writer and give him or her the chance to perform at the 2004 Apple & Eve Newport Folk Festival The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959. History The Newport Folk Festival was founded in 1959 by Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, Pete Seeger and George Wein, founder of the scheduled for August 6-8, 2004. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13681 -------------------------------------------------- SanDisk Introduces World's First 6-in-1 PC Card Adapter (1) A PC Card used as a drive that accepts a removable module. Typically used for flash memory cards, such as CompactFlash and SmartMedia, the PC Card adapter plugs into the PC Card slot of the computer, and the memory card plugs into the adapter. See CompactFlash and SmartMedia. SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SNDK) introduced the world's first 6-in-1 PC Card Adapter, giving notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. users the largest number of card formats for moving files to and from flash memory devices such as digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players and mobile phones. The announcement was made at the Digital Experience media conference in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13674 -------------------------------------------------- Fast Growing Peribit Announces Comprehensive U.S. Channel Partner Program with Early Success Stories Having nearly doubled its customer base in the past six months, fast growing Peribit Networks, the world leader in WAN application performance solutions, on May the 24th announced a comprehensive U.S. channel partner program that will scale the company's sales, marketing, customer service and technical support capabilities to meet rising demand for its Sequence Reducer (SR) product family. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13680 -------------------------------------------------- ImageTherm Releases SprayVIEW 4 for Automated Testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. and Measurement of Pharmaceutical Spray Drug Products ImageTherm, the leading provider of automated measurement systems for pharmaceutical spray drug product testing, on May 24 announced the immediate availability of Version 4 of its SprayVIEW(R) hardware/software spray pattern and plume geometry measurement systems. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13649 -------------------------------------------------- City of Garland, Texas 'Acceptance' Brings NexGen City Public Safety Network Online NexGen City(TM), manufacturer of mobile, high-speed wireless communications systems for first responders, on May the 24th announced that it has received user acceptance from the City of Garland now that deployment of its NexLink(TM) wireless broadband mobile network is complete. First system users are the 290 officers of Garland's Police Department. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13677 -------------------------------------------------- Tan Worshippers Just a Spray Away from Summer Bronze with New SALON SOLATTE Tan worshippers are now just a spray away from rich, luscious-looking, sunless tans, thanks to a new tanning mist that debuted at America's Expo for Skin Care & Spa at Chicago's Navy Pier (May 23-24). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13676 -------------------------------------------------- Philips Electronics named 'Official Consumer Electronics Technology Supplier' to new film, Ocean's Twelve Royal Philips Electronics announced that it will be the "official consumer electronics technology supplier" to the film Ocean's Twelve, currently in production in cities throughout Europe starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac and Julia Roberts. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13675 -------------------------------------------------- Glacier Park Inc. Announces Winner of 'Grand Glacier Escape Story and Photo Contest' Glacier Park Inc. (GPI (Graphical Programming Interface) A graphics language in OS/2 Presentation Manager. It is a derivative of the GDDM mainframe interface and includes Bezier curves. ), the company that operates transportation and hotel services in Glacier National Park Glacier National Park, United States Glacier National Park, 1,013,572 acres (410,497 hectares), NW Mont.; est. 1910. Straddling the Continental Divide, the park contains some of the most beautiful primitive wilderness in the Rocky Mts. , has announced the winner of the 'Grand Glacier Escape Story and Photo Contest.' Rosanne Stocker of Danville, Ky., submitted the winning entry, entitled, "Glacier On Fire." The story and photo reflected Stocker's 10-day visit to Glacier National Park with her husband, Robert, during the 2003 season when forest fires were threatening the historic park. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13673 -------------------------------------------------- Kentucky Woman Wins 'Grand Glacier Escape Story and Photo Contest' Danville resident Rosanne Stocker has been named the winner of the "Grand Glacier Escape Story and Photo Contest." You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13672 -------------------------------------------------- Data Translation Announces 500kHz USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Data Acquisition Modules Enhancing its leadership position in USB data acquisition, Data Translation(R) Inc. launched its high-performance DT9834(TM) Series. This Series breaks new ground in test and measurement by combining high-performance PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). functionality with the ease-of-use and high-speed data transfer rate of USB 2.0. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13658 -------------------------------------------------- Hormone Replacement Therapy Hormone Replacement Therapy Definition Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the use of synthetic or natural female hormones to make up for the decline or lack of natural hormones produced in a woman's body. -- It's Not Just for Women Low testosterone levels in men can lead to low energy, osteoporosis, and depression. Because of this there has been a growing interest in testosterone replacement therapy testosterone replacement therapy Androgen replacement therapy, see there , which has encouraged doctors to explore its benefits and risks. Radio News Feature You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13660 -------------------------------------------------- World's Largest Car Wash Soaps Up: Coast-to-Coast Event to Benefit Children's Charity Fifteen hundred volunteers, 200 hotels, and millions of soap suds are all pitching in to "Give Kids the World" this weekend. On Saturday, May 22, volunteers around the country will participate in the 6th Annual Mr. Clean AutoDry Car Wash Day. By the end of the day, 10,000 cars will be washed nationwide, raising an estimated $125,000 for the children's charity Give Kids the World. Video Available Monday. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13668 -------------------------------------------------- Study Raises Concerns About Tablet Splitting of Most Prescribed Muscle Relaxant muscle relaxant an agent that specifically aids in reducing muscle tone. Most such agents inhibit the transmission of nerve impulses at the somatic neuromuscular junctions. They include tubocurarine, gallamine, pancuronium, succinylcholine and decamethonium bromide. Some people think they're saving money by splitting higher dosage prescription medication in half. But a new study finds they may not be getting the medicine they need. Radio News Feature You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13665 -------------------------------------------------- Where Does Your Money Go When You Go on Vacation? You may be going on vacation this summer, but your bank account won't be! Direct Deposit and Direct Payment can help you relax this summer. 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