Quinny and Maxi-Cosi, premier European brands of Dorel Juvenile, a segment of Dorel Industries (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), and the world's largest juvenile products manufacturer in its categories, today announced its most luxurious collection yet, launching globally, from renowned designer, stylist and editor Rachel Zoe. Rachel Zoe x Quinny and Maxi-Cosi merges the brands’ design-forward, high quality and industry leading safety with Zoe’s unparalleled, award-winning fashion sensibility.
“We’re proud to collaborate with a designer of Rachel Zoe’s caliber,” said Dan Pennacchio, General Manager of Premium Brands at Dorel Juvenile USA. “Our partnership with Rachel once again asserts our expertise in providing style-conscious parents with the latest in designer baby gear. Her insights into the worlds of design and motherhood are captured in the collection’s chic, yet classic and functional aesthetic.”
With nearly two decades of experience in design and fashion, Zoe has become a household name embodying sophisticated, timeless style and Hollywood glamour. From designing her eponymous collection, and authoring two New York Times bestselling books, to acting as Editor-in-Chief of digital style destination The Zoe Report, and most recently returning to TV with Lifetime’s “Fashionably Late with Rachel Zoe,” her influence continues to grow. A mom to two young sons, Zoe’s recent, highly-acclaimed maternity wear collection for A Pea in the Pod exemplifies her ever-expanding appeal to women everywhere.
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http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7662251-rachel-zoe-quinny-maxi-cosi/
A good fit is easier than ever to find when shopping for a booster seat, new ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show.
A record 31 seats have been designated BEST BETS, meaning they correctly position a vehicle safety belt on a typical 4 to 8 year-old in almost any car, minivan, or SUV. Prices for these top-rated seats range from less than $15 to several hundred dollars.
Boosters are better than they used to be at fitting lap and shoulder belts on 4 to 8-year-old kids to restrain them in a crash - so parents don\'t have to search as hard for a good fit for their child and vehicle. Most belt-positioning boosters, though, don\'t offer consistently good fit in all vehicles. This is the bottom line in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety\'s third round of booster evaluations.
Researchers assessed the safety belt fit of 72 boosters, assigning the best ones the top ratings of BEST BET or GOOD BET because they correctly position belts on average booster-age kids in most vehicles. The worst performers are ones the Institute doesn\'t recommend because they do a poor job of fitting belts. A good booster routes the lap belt across a child\'s upper thighs and positions the shoulder belt at midshoulder.
Only 3 vehicles of more than 100 evaluated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have child restraint installation hardware that earns a good rating for ease of use, while more than half have hardware that is poor or marginal.
The Institute's new LATCH ratings will serve as a resource for families looking for a vehicle that makes it easy to transport their children safely. They also are intended to encourage vehicle manufacturers to pay attention to this equipment and make improvements. Properly installed, age-appropriate child restraints provide considerably more protection for children in crashes than safety belts alone. However, observational studies have found that parents and caregivers often fail to secure them tightly or make other installation mistakes.
LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children, is intended to make it easier to install a child seat properly. It works: Child restraints installed with LATCH, rather than with vehicle safety belts, are more likely to be installed correctly, research has shown. But in many vehicles, LATCH hardware could be better. Parents are more likely to install the seat correctly when the LATCH hardware meets certain key ease-of-use criteria.
A new national survey released today shows large percentages of science teachers and parents strongly agree that demonstrating real-life applications in science (87 percent and 72 percent, respectively) can help make science education more interesting for U.S. students. Almost all science teachers (99 percent) and nine in ten parents (90 percent) feel that science education is important, if not very important for a child’s future, but that it needs to be more engaging to capture the attention of children in America today (97 percent and 96 percent, respectively). The survey, conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of iBIO Institute and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (“Astellas”) included a sample of 235 science teachers and 300 parents with school-age children in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies® Brand today announced its second class of MomInspired™ grant recipients, unveiling nine unique ideas that address a diverse range of parenting, baby and child care product and service solutions. Huggies’ MomInspired grant program provides seed capital and resources to help fund women-owned business startups and new product innovations inspired by personal motherhood challenges and experiences.
In the two years of the program, Huggies MomInspired has solicited nearly 1,000 product and service idea applications addressing unmet parenting needs, and has awarded $315,000 in grant money – $15,000 each to 21 inventive women.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/53278-huggies-second-annual-mominspired-grants-to-nine-mom-product-inventors
The back-to-school craze is in full motion, and the National Pork Board (NPB) wants to help parents prepare meals not just for their kids, but for the whole family. NPB has partnered with top digital Latino influencers to bring healthy, savory meals for everyday eating.
“Back to school is a special time for the entire family, and we wanted to offer tips and pork recipes with quality nutrition that could be enjoyed by the entire family,” said Jose de Jesus, director of multicultural marketing at The National Pork Board. “It is important that even with the craze of this season families get to enjoy homemade dishes. Pork is safe, healthy and affordable, making it the perfect protein for any lunch box.”
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8391951-national-pork-board-back-to-school-meal-planning/
How to adopt a baby - Ebook
The laws and policies which regulate who are actually able to adopt a child will vary from state to state, as well as from agency to agency. But there are certain requirements that almost all adoption agencies will be looking at when they talk to those people who would like to adopt a baby.
What is important to know, however, is that, although the provisions required by laws in each state can not be either changed or ignored. But there are very few, if any, requirements or rules which are not inflexible.
However, if you do find yourself during the adoption process having problems with a particular rule or guideline, then it might be advisable if you can see if that particular one can be waived.
You may be surprised that there are certain exceptions where this can occur, if the circumstances are right, or the right people have asked for it to be waived.
Although you may think that you have the right to adopt, this is simply just not the case. No one in today’s society has the absolute right to adopt a child, and can only do so after they have met certain criteria that both the adoption agencies and the government place.
It is therefore important that any prospective people wishing to adopt a baby should carry out as much research as possible on the subject. Learn everything about the rules, regulations and guidelines that can be imposed upon prospective adoptive parents by the various adoption agencies.
In this book, we will be taking you through the basics of what is required in order for a couple or single person to become an adoptive parent.
With more than 50 million kids heading back to school this fall, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and Honeywell (NYSE:HON) are urging parents, guardians and educators to start conversations about safety now. The KidSmartz™ program, a joint effort between NCMEC and Honeywell, is making those conversations easier with new animated videos to help elementary school students understand and remember the “Four Rules of Safety”
“A nine-year analysis by NCMEC of more than 9,000 attempted abductions revealed important patterns, including the fact that many attempts happen on the way to and from school,” said Linda Krieg, NCMEC acting CEO. “Safety is a year-round concern, but the analysis tells us that this time of year is a critical time to prepare our kids for potential dangers. KidSmartz equips teachers and parents with tools they need to help kids make smarter and safer decisions.”
NCMEC’s attempted abduction analysis revealed not only the tricks used by people trying to abduct kids but also the ways kids can get away. KidSmartz, which launched last year as part of more than ten years of partnership between NCMEC and Honeywell, uses classroom activities, role-playing, animated videos and a “Safety Dance” song and dance to teach children in grades K-5 the “Four Rules of Safety.”
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7616251-ncmec-honeywell-kidsmartz-back-to-school/
Pets Central, one of Hong Kongs larger veterinarian, is fighting a redundant law prohibiting dogs entering restaurants and cafes in Hong Kong. The fight started when Hong Kongs Food and Environmental Health Department denied Pets Central to open a cafe at their flagship clinic. www.SO-U.TVs Pet Channel was at the press conference organised in December by Peter de Krassel, board member of the Pet Parents Cafe. Check out the highlight of the press conference.
For busy parents who can’t be two places at once, the next best thing is a home that can tell you what’s going on with it, and can be controlled with a smartphone, tablet or other web-enabled device. This week, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is rolling out two new security and home automation products to make homes smarter: LYNX Touch 5100 and Tuxedo Touch Wi-Fi home controller.
Both the LYNX Touch 5100 and Tuxedo Touch Wi-Fi Touchscreen use Z-Wave™ technology to communicate with other home devices such as thermostats, lighting controls, shades and locks. The Honeywell Total Connect™ remote interactive service and applications give consumers access to their security systems from internet-enabled devices including smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/56947-honeywell-lynx-touch-5100-tuxedo-touch-wi-fi-home-controller-security
