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Two days ago, I woke up blind. Couldn't open my eyes-- lids were fused shut. For that early morning hour, I had to question just what I would do as a blind astronomer.

I'd had blurry vision the night before, but this was still unexpected. Pragmatically, I found my way to a sink to try and flush out my eyes, get some vision back. To avoid false suspense-- I was able to see (mostly) in fairly short order. And I can safely assure you there is a huge emotional difference between 'no sight' and 'can see slightly'.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).

LONDON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Strengthens Focus on Quality Product Delivery Whilst Expanding Team to Meet Demands of Increased Legislative Change

IRIS Accountancy Practice Solutions today announced that in the course of the past twelve months it has doubled the size of its Development organisation, strengthening its focus on product quality, whilst significantly expanding resources to meet the demands of increasing legislative change.

In line with a Group wide initiative to invest GBP20m in RD during 2009, IRIS Accountancy Practice Solutions (http://www.iris.co.uk/practice) has now brought together its Engineering teams from IRIS, PTP and Drummohr and has concurrently delivered new releases of all three product lines for the new tax year.

BEIJING, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

IVT, a major global supplier of Bluetooth software, announced it has released the world's first Bluetooth V3.0+HS commercial stack for Intel's Moblin and Google's Android platforms.

IVT has been actively involved in developing the Bluetooth standards on a number of Bluetooth Technical Working groups, and was recognized by the Bluetooth SIG as a major contributor on developing the latest Bluetooth technology.

NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Firm Opens Doors with Offices in New York and London

Diversified Agency Services (DAS) today announced the launch of TogoRun(TM), a global healthcare communications agency with offices in New York and London. TogoRun specializes in healthcare, pharmaceutical and consumer wellness public relations and public affairs; its client roster includes many of the world's leading healthcare brands.

The new agency will be a member of the DAS network of Omnicom Group Inc. DAS oversees operating companies in a variety of marketing disciplines, including customer relationship management, public relations and specialty communications.

ATLANTA, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Lancope, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch(R) System, the Best in NetFlow(TM) Analysis (http://www.lancope.com/news/08052008.aspx) and the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) solution for unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, today announced that The University of Manchester is relying on StealthWatch to monitor network behavior, detect network incidents and identify affected machines and users. NetFlow-based StealthWatch reduces total network and security management costs for The University of Manchester.

SUNNYVALE, California, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) Expected to Highlight Broad On-Demand CE IVD Test Menu at Booth #611

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced speaker and program highlights for its symposium, Patient Management in the Era of Rapid Diagnostics, which the company will host at the 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), taking place in Finland next month. The company also announced the menu of CE IVD molecular diagnostic tests to be featured in booth #611 on the exhibition floor.

POOLE, England, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability Warns WDSGlobal.

- Mobile Broadband Products 200% More Expensive to Support Than Mobile Handsets.

Mobile broadband services are more expensive to support than any other wireless service and are endangering subscriber profitability for many mobile network operators concludes a new study from WDSGlobal. The study found that the cost to support mobile broadband products and services is up to 200% greater than the cost to support traditional wireless products such as mobile phones. This means that despite revenue uplift from increased data usage, actual subscriber profitability often remains unchanged and sometimes even worsens.

KVISTGAARD, Denmark, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Yesterday Bavarian Nordic Announced its Interim Results for the First Quarter of 2009

- Positive Developments in the Biodefence and Cancer Business Areas

- End of Phase II Meeting Lays Down Pathway for the Licensure of IMVAMUNE(R)

- Preparations for the Delivery of IMVAMUNE(R) to the USA are Progressing According to Plan

- PROSTVAC(TM) Data Have Been Accepted for an Oral Presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting

LOS ANGELES, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Taking a cue from the number one women's wardrobe staple, the little black dress, Hurley and Bar Refaeli introduce the Little Black Bikini, a timeless essential for beaches everywhere.

The limited-edition Hurley Little Black Bikini by Bar Refaeli will retail for US$120, with a portion of proceeds donated to Boarding for Breast Cancer, a youth-focused non-profit that promotes early detection and an active lifestyle as the best prevention for breast cancer. It will debut on May 1, 2009 at select boutiques worldwide. As of June 2, it will also be available at select Victoria's Secret stores nationwide.