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Andrew Szava-Kovats spent much of his early childhood in the kitchen, fostering a passion for cooking that still sizzles more than fifty years later. Born to Hungarian immigrants, his palate was broad from an early age and expanded by that magic ingredient: Paprika.

Through his work as a lifestyle, wellness and fitness coach with hundreds of clients over 20 years, Johnny Oye has confirmed his belief – almost everyone spirals into a toxic pattern of negative thinking when stressed. More, Oye's research uncovered that emotional wellbeing has a direct influence on overall health, including: improved blood pressure, healthier digestion, and stronger brain function.

It's no wonder critics have hailed Narendra Simone a 'master storyteller', 'stunning & original' and 'highly stylish'; he's an intricate engineer and writer who has spent his entire life travelling, throwing himself into dozens of different cultures and picking them apart to get to their often tumultuous cores.

There's no way to sugarcoat the statistics, a report by the Surgeon General concludes that 21% of U.S. children suffer from a diagnosable mental illness – often thought to be the product of negative thinking and weak self-esteem. In her compelling and celebrated new children's book, writer Mary Ross helps kids buck the trend and change their lives by changing their minds.

Within Me Now friends are a group of quirky and cuddly kids who remind children that all the LOVE, STRENGTH, COURAGE, JOY and PEACE they are looking for is already within them. The stories are inspired by the daily challenges of kids' lives and the powerful lessons learned when using what's already inside. Goplen was inspired to create the Within Me Now line after struggling with postpartum depression and she experienced the healing power of looking inward for love, strength, joy, peace and courage. She discovered Toybacker, and left her corporate job to pursue her dream of developing toys that inspire and nurture children.

A new report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR) presents a case study of the global acetic acid market for VAM, PTA, acetate esters, acetic anhydride, and other applications across the globe. The report establishes a platform for discussion of the present market conditions and assesses its impact on the future of the global economy. According to the market research report, titled "Acetic Acid Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018", the global acetic acid market was valued at US$5.93 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach US$10.31 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 9.3% from 2012 to 2018.

This market research study analyzes the FPGA system market on a global level, and provides estimates in terms of revenue (USD million) from 2014 to 2020. It recognizes the drivers and restraints affecting the industry and analyzes their impact over the forecast period. Moreover, it identifies the significant opportunities for market growth in the next few years.

The report outlines the evolution of content management technologies, and identifies and assesses the best performing vendors in the market. This report also presents view of the revenue opportunities in the content management market through to 2018, highlighting the market size and growth by technology, geography, sector and size band. Moreover, following in-depth ICT decision maker surveys, the report outlines enterprises' investment priorities in the content management segment.

Ariel & Shya Kane (transformationmadeeasy.com), award-winning authors, seminar leaders, business consultants and radio show hosts of #1 rated show Being Here, welcome back special guest Dr. Ivan Misner, New York Times bestselling author of I Love Networking: A Story About Finding Your Inner Networker (The Mentor Code).

As Philadelphia has experienced a brutally cold February, residents and passersby are visiting the Philly Pretzel Factory for a fresh soft pretzel to warm up with delicious flavor. With the winter coming to an end, the "South" Philly Pretzel Factory is announcing the last month to take advantage of their winter specials. Customers have the ability to view and print up to six coupons for six different trips through the month of March. Each coupon is available to print at the Philly Pretzel Factory website, and they are not valid to use with other offers.

Focusing on providing cost effective solutions, supported with rapid response fulfillment, LEM Products Inc. is the contract manufacturer choice of OEM's and associated Integrated Supply Chain partners' worldwide. Located an hour north of Philadelphia in Doylestown, PA, the company is a leading manufacturer of private branded electrical identification. Their identification tags include labels and signs for marking wires, cables, hazards, and voltage.

Insight Research is a Clinical Research Organization which was set up in the Indian Ocean, more precisely in Mauritius in 2014. It conducts safety, efficacy and acceptability studies for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry.

Hand geometry biometrics is the fastest implemented biometric type, that was introduced in the in the market by 1980. The biometric systems are extensively put into practice for their public acceptance, integration capabilities and ease of use. One of the limitations of the hand geometry biometrics is that it is not unique and it limits the usage of the hand geometry biometric system to confirmation tasks only. The systems measure the hand geometry with the help of lights and digital camera. The system works by simply placing the hand on a surface, aligning fingers against several pegs to make certain an exact reading.

In wireless technology electromagnetic waves carry information in the form of a signal over a communication channel or path. Cellular phones, GPS (global positioning system), home-entertainment-system control boxes, cordless telephone sets, remote garage-door openers, satellite television and two-way radios are some of the products who employ wireless technology. In-building wireless technology is a set of networks, services and products installed for seamless and reliable indoor coverage. In-building cellular communication is a technology that enables rebroadcasting and the distribution of cellular, LTE, AWS, PCS, other (radio frequency) RF frequencies within an infrastructure. In-building cellular systems vary in complexity and capability. Wireless solutions are often more cost effective and faster to implement and maintain which augment the scalability and flexibility of several processes.

Fast-moving consumer goods are the high volume, low priced items that are quickest to leave the supermarket shelves. They include durable and non-durable goods such as cosmetics, toiletries, detergents, batteries, plastic goods, paper products, etc. Packaging is vital to the FMCG market as it is an essential element for proper positioning of the product. Packaging allows effective communication between consumers and brand owners through graphics, colours, images, product information and logos. This serves as an important medium for communication and a tool for companies to distinguish product appearance from that of their rivals. In the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, packaging plays a key role in affecting consumer choice and thus an important factor in point-of-purchase decisions. Nowadays, the marketing environment has become competitive and complex. This is due to inclusion of modern marketing tools such as packaging, branding and other aspects at a large scale as compared to basic marketing techniques.

This has also led to a shift in consumer buying behaviour with regard to various consumer products. The consumer electronic devices which are used as a part of daily life are known as consumer appliances. Few examples under the consumer appliance category include irons, hating appliances, microwaves, home laundry appliances, dishwashers, among the others. Of the above mentioned consumer appliances products, dishwashers are expected to witness significant growth of around 5-6% and emerge as a potentially-viable segment during 2015-2020. The shift in consumerism is majorly seen in countries such as India, China, Thailand, Singapore, Brazil, Australia and others. However, parts of North America and Europe have been early adopters to the product category.

The market for luxury goods consist of three types of end consumers, which includes kids lying between the age of 0-12 years, teenagers belonging to the age group of 13 to 19 years and the rest lies in adult group.Whereaskidsare concerned they are the smallest consumer group. Although being a smaller consumer group, the luxury products market for kids is experiencing tremendous growth in recent years due to changing consumer lifestyle and availability of the product. It is expected that spend on luxury shopping by consumers will grow by 25% in 2015. Luxury products for kids market is associated with higher margin as compared to adult's luxury products segment. It has been found that baby'sluxury product accounted for more than 7.2% market share of luxury market in 2014. Luxury product market highly depends upon thefactors such as attractivemarketing, promotion techniques and proper distribution channel.

Beauty and personal care industry includes skin care, hair care, oral care, cosmetics, toiletries, and others. Of all the aforementioned segments, demand for hair care products has restored from 2013. Consumers are becoming sophisticated in nature which has led to change in buying patterns for personal care products. Thishas led to introduction of customized products sustaining the assorted need of the consumers based on different cultures, hair types, and regions. Also, rising concerns for hair protection, demand for professional hair care products is expected to increase in the next five to six years. Professional hair care products are predicted to record a growth of around 5% to 6% annually in the near future. Factors such ashair stylist recommendations, efficacy of the products, and increasing penetration of hair care services are expected to bolster the professional hair care products market growth in near future.

Luxury goods comprises of products such as accessories, footwear, apparel, watches and others which are quite expensive and target those consumers who belongs to premium class. The market for luxury goods consist of three types of end consumers, which includes kids lying between the age of 0-12 years, teenagers belonging to the age group of 13 to 19 years and the rest lies in adult group. Luxury goods market can also be segmented on the basis of application which includes soft luxury goods and hard luxury goods. Soft luxury goods includes designer apparel and leather goods such as hand bags and others, which is easily available for the customers in the hypermarket stores or directly operative outlet. Whereas hard luxury goods comprises of jewellery and premium watches. The hard luxury goods are offered to the consumers through premium class outlets, stores or sell out through internet.

Tobacco around the globe is mainly offered to the customers in two form which includes smoked tobacco products and smokeless tobacco products. Smoked tobacco products are available in the form of cigars, pipes, cigarettes, kreteks (clove cigarettes), bidis, water pipes and others. These are used by burning tobacco and inhaled through the phenomenon of reverse smoking. On the other hand smokeless tobacco product includes chewing tobaccos, dry snuff, betel quid, Swedish-style snus, guthka, moist snuff, toombak, zarda, and newer dissolvable tobacco products. These products are consumed orally or nasally. Organic tobacco products are retrieved from organically grown tobacco leaves. Further it is processed naturally without using any kind of chemicals at the time of processing or as a preservative. Organic tobacco products are always possess United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic certification. Organic smoked tobacco products are mainly available in the form of cigarette, kretek, cigar, organic flavours for water pipes. Whereas, smokeless tobacco products are available in the form of e-cigarettes, flavoured e-liquid, chewing tobacco and others.

Hiroshi Katagiri is a longtime special effects artist making a bold jump to producing and directing his first-ever feature film, an indie horror film called GEHENNA … Where Death Lives. Large parts of Hollywood's practical effects community, impressed with the script and fans of his talent, have come aboard to support him. Katagiri promises "a film that fans of quality indie horror will love and respect." He has launched a campaign on Kickstarter to help finance the film.

In today's day and age business owners are learning that, when dealing with customers and potential clients, a company website as well as a mobile platform are key to the success of their business. Customers today expect a professional business to have both mobile and desktop websites, or at least a traditional website on the Internet if nothing else. Having to guess what information is available on a business is simply not a luxury available for a company anymore, even for Los Angeles businesses.

Gina Rossi Armfield, author of the highly regarded and influential No Excuses Art Journaling, announced that her upcoming book No Excuses Watercolor will become available in stores and online in June of this year. The eager reception No Excuses Art Journaling met with when it was published in 2013 led Armfield to found NoExcusesArt.com, a project that has since become a top source for online watercolor classes and other art courses. With No Excuses Art Journaling still selling briskly and reaping glowing reviews, Armfield's upcoming release of No Excuses Watercolor is eagerly anticipated.

Flevy, the online marketplace for premium business documents, today announced the release of a new version (3.0) to Flevy Tools. Flevy Tools is a free PowerPoint plugin that helps users create professional business presentations and slides.

For most people, the best way to learn is through hands on experience instead of in the classroom. David Swindler, a tour guide and photography teacher, bases his camera workshops on learning while in the field. As the owner of Action Photo Tours, David Swindler leads intimate groups of photographers on travel photography workshops around North America. This summer, Action Photo Tours is holding a photography workshop at Mount Rainer National Park in Washington State. Amateur and professional photographers that want to enhance their picture taking skills can book the tour, which takes place August 17th to the 21st.