ORLANDO, Florida, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Total of 130 6G Telepresence Rooms Ordered in First 30 Days of General Availability

InfoComm 2009 -- Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, announced today that British American Tobacco will double their current Teliris Telepresence deployment as well as upgrade all existing systems to realize the benefits of the newly released agile 6G platform.

ATLANTA, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Free Service Opportunity For Companies Seeking Reliable Insight Into Air Travel-Related Carbon Emissions

TRX, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRXI), a global leader in travel technology and data services, today announced the extension of its web services offering to include free access to airline carbon emissions measurement calculations as part of the new TRX Carbon Emissions Developer Toolkit.

Powered by TRX's open web services platform, the Carbon Emissions Developer Toolkit provides third-party solution developers with direct access to the robust set of calculations required to accurately assess the carbon footprint of air travel by corporations and individuals.

AMSTERDAM, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, Elsevier Honored as The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences by the Special Libraries Association issued on 17 Jun 2009 12:21 GMT, by Elsevier over PR Newswire, the original was transmitted without the corresponding journal and society links.

Complete, corrected release follows:

Elsevier Honored as The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences by the Special Libraries Association

- SLA Centennial Observance Chooses 20 Elsevier Journals Among 100 Most Influential Journals in Past Century

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2009 Frost Sullivan European Automotive Safety Systems Product Innovation of the Year Award is presented to NAVTEQ Europe B.V. (NAVTEQ) for its Map and Positioning Engine (MPE) MPE Reference Solution. This innovation creates a simple, efficient and highly cost-effective architecture, along with all the building blocks necessary for digital map-based informational and map-enabled Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and fuel economy into cars.

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SAN JOSE, California, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline Webinar:

What: NXP Semiconductors Webinar When: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:00am EDT (8:00am PDT, 15:00 GMT) Where: http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1397d=2958 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above.

TORONTO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Dyadem, the leader in Operational and Quality Risk Management, today announced a major upgrade to its Stature enterprise Risk Management platform. Stature 4.0 will enable Dyadem's customers to make more informed and strategic decisions about the production processes and products they manage.

The Stature platform is built on the principles of continuous improvement, providing a single enterprise platform to identify, measure, mitigate and communicate safety and quality risks to all stakeholders within an organization. This helps companies understand risk factors and improve Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) compliance and bring better quality products to market.

A Science Of Human Language - Part #1


Quistic Grammar : A New Universal Grammar

In this series of articles I hope to build, on a sure foundation, a theory which explains language as a means by which evolution can encode information of value to the survival of a species so that it may be transmitted between individuals without the use of genes.  The core of the theory suggests that language, in order to transmit information most effectively, encodes that information as 'packets of ideas' which form the answers to simple questions.


Introductory Remarks

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Trade Extensions, the e-sourcing and optimisation platform, has brought a new level of sophistication and simplicity to spend management by launching spend analysis and contract management functionality that is fully integrated with its e-sourcing and optimisation components. Spend analysis is available immediately and contract management will be launched later in the year.

Trade Extensions' spend analysis will automatically clean and aggregate historical spend data to provide businesses with a model of spend across their organisation. This information can then be used to identify areas where it may be possible to reduce procurement costs or improve efficiency.

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Telecoms Backbone Operator's Investment in Telecoms Infrastructure Pays Off

The Board of Directors of TTK's principal shareholder 'Russian Railways' has reviewed and approved TTK's reporting on its 2008 budget performance. According to International Financial Reporting Standards the consolidated income of TTK (which includes its head company and 18 subsidiaries) was 27.5 billion rubles - 14% higher than when compared to 2007 when TTK reported an income of 24 billion rubles. Telecommunications services was the principal source of the company's income, accounting for 20.6 billion rubles compared to 16.9 billion in 2007.

Caution: No redeeming scientific value. That said, this post might save your life. It will certainly enrich it.

On March 30, 1999, the hunky Italian supermodel was hit in the face by a goose while riding the Apollo’s Chariot roller coaster in Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA. Fabio was rushed to the emergency room at Williamsburg Community Hospital and later claimed his survival was “a miracle.” It took one stitch to close the cut on his nose. The goose was killed. You can still find the video online.