An eye-opening stat: almost 70 percent of people from around the world would rather give up 10 years of their life, or even sacrifice one of their limbs, than lose their eyesight. Yet less than one third of those polled take the basic steps necessary to preserve eye sight, according to the “Barometer of Global Eye Health,” a new global survey released today by Bausch + Lomb.
This first-of-its-kind public opinion poll sheds new light on the state of consumer awareness, attitudes and behaviors related to eye health. While 80 percent of visual impairment is preventable if detected and treated early enough, according to the findings not enough people are getting regular eye exams and their reasons for doing so vary wildly.
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Jewellery News Asia (JNA), main organiser of the JNA Awards, is confident of a strong turn-out for its inaugural event, with top leaders from the jewellery industry expected to make an appearance at the ceremony. Presented in collaboration with Headline Partners Rio Tinto and Chow Tai Fook and Honoured Partners The Israel Diamond Institute, KARP Group, Robert Wan Tahiti and Shanghai Diamond Exchange, the JNA Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 20 September 2012, at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, during the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair.
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Go to http://OktopusMusic.com for new releases, videos, and more... This barely made it as we had completely forgotten about it. We dug it up from an old Windows XP box running Ableton and Reason through Rewire (a painfully slow process). We then dusted it off, and did the needful. Enjoy!
Enjoy the adventure-of-a-lifetime with Sky Combat Ace (SCA) as you suit up for a wild acrobatic flight of non-stop spins, barrel rolls, hammerheads and loops high above Las Vegas. With the glittering Strip and desert mountains as a backdrop, SCA is the nation’s ultimate flight experience.
Guided by an expert aerobatic pilot, take the controls and live out your “Iceman” or “Maverick” fantasies with the Top Gun package; or take on the extreme (and aptly named) Adrenaline Rush, combining world-class aerobatics with air-to-air dog fights. Not for you? Ditch the tricks and enjoy a sightseeing adventure in an open-cockpit biplane for incomparable views of the Hoover Dam and Red Rock Mountains, or a night flight over the bright city lights.
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The Pick A Powder Campaign Launches Its Funniest Video Yet – 6-foot-6 Trace Adkins Trying to Get Into Richard Petty’s No. 43 Stock Car
Memphis, TN/Concord, NC – Country music superstar Trace Adkins, and racing legend and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty are at it again. The humorous rivalry videos where they are shown in each other’s world are now appearing online as part of the Pick A Powder Program. The one launching this week shows 6-foot-6 Trace attempting to get into Richard Petty’s No. 43 stock car. Since the campaign started, they have been going back and forth with each other on Facebook and in videos, all in an effort to get the most fans on their team and to show they experience more pain than the other.
BC Powder and Goody’s Headache Powders, the brands Adkins and Petty represent, are going head-to-head in an online contest. The BC and Goody’s “Pick A Powder” campaign plays off the fierce and generational loyalty users have to either Goody’s or BC. Both Adkins and Petty will try to get their fans around the country to pick their team to support: Team Richard for Goody’s and Team Trace for BC on www.pickapowder.com. The man who gets the most fans to join his team will get to see the other “perform” LIVE at the Goody’s 500 in Martinsville, Va. next spring. The campaign will feature a charity component with a donation being made to the Wounded Warrior Project on behalf of Adkins and BC, and Victory Junction Camp for seriously ill children on behalf of Petty and Goody’s.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the PROMUS Element™ Plus Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System, the Company’s next-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) technology. The PROMUS Element Stent, designed to provide physicians improved DES performance in treating patients with coronary artery disease, is built on an innovative platinum chromium (PtCr) platform with the market-leading everolimus drug. The Company plans to begin marketing the product in the U.S. immediately.
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Con Edison\'s Green Team will host an energy efficiency summit on May 1 at the Hilton New York for commercial and industrial building owners looking to make their properties more energy efficient and connect with hundreds of experts on saving energy.
The one-day summit will feature innovative products and services and valuable rebates available to help Con Edison C&I customers reduce energy consumption, lower their energy bills and improve their green footprint. Property and facility managers, engineers and energy managers, C-level executives, energy consultants, architects, designers, contractors, distributors and installers can register for the Summit atwww.conEdsummit.com.
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http://lessismoresuccess.com/ Speaker, Humorist, & Trick Roper. Will
Roberts is an internationally renowned performer and speaker known for
his high-energy and insightful content spiked with humor. He prides
himself on bringing back the common sense and simplicity of America. As
a Cirque du Soleil artist on the Las Vegas Strip, business owner,
social media and networking consultant, author, television segment
host, and certified performance coach Will truly lives by his word and
passionately practices his own Simple Sense advice. Now
don’t be fooled, Will is a Cowboy. The values and skills of the West
are in his blood and are his true passion. He is an expert with a rope
and is currently a featured act in Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis
production on the Las Vegas Strip. http://lessismoresuccess.com/
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 34.6 million adults ages 18 and above do not have a high school diploma. In an effort to combat this critical issue, the Ad Council and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation joined today to launch new public service advertisements (PSAs) on behalf of their national GED Achievement campaign. This multimedia campaign is designed to provide high school dropouts the encouragement and information needed to begin the road to a GED diploma.
Recent data shows that students who drop out of high school tend to earn less and have a lower quality of life. Many of them must work multiple jobs just to support their family. Moreover, as of 2009, nearly 30% of adults with household incomes at or below the federal poverty line did not have a high school credential.
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Klicrainbow comes out into the market with "SuperGay & the Attack of his ExGirlfriends", the first videogame about a gay superhero, available for Apple platforms: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Inspired by the comic books, SuperGay has an original script that runs a unique adventure through a motion comic narrative. The game follows the rhythm of an original soundtrack with a blockbuster style. The added value for SuperGay consumers is that it provides great entertainment and funny gameplay.
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Tennis legend, philanthropist, and Longines Ambassador of Elegance Stefanie Graf joined the Swiss watch company Longines and Tourneau on January 24th, 2012, at Tourneau’s flagship location in New York City for a special ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil Longines’ brand new shop within Tourneau. The generous-sized space will exclusively showcase Longines watches, providing the client with an extensive range of Longines product in an atmosphere that reflects the brand’s elegant style.
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Rumbadoodle is the title track of the GRAMMY-nominated full length studio album of Arun Shenoy, exploring a bold new perspective of the gypsy rumba flamenco, combining elements of the traditional art form with a myriad of popular music forms. Recorded almost entirely live across the Globe, this record is an explorative journey, doodling across genre boundaries as we know it today, creating a unique and true masterpiece along the way. http://www.arunshenoy.com