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Every day more and more people enter the Micro Economy, whether as an individual service provider or a home business owner. Unfortunately, resources have been slim for those who offer this type of work to better connect with clients, sell their services or collaborate with their peers. Until now. Hoodoko.com, a new web platform has stepped up to fill this void, and all the early signs are pointing towards it becoming a win/win for everyone concerned.

Reminiscing that great day when you got married to the one you love is an exciting phase in every couple’s lives. And while those memories live in the lives of those who got married (as well as in their guests), capturing the “exact moments” is still the best way to immortalize the great feeling one experienced that day. This is where the significance of a good wedding photography comes into picture.

Throughout the years, the wedding industry has become obsessed understanding every detail of a wedding. From unique wedding concepts exuding the couple’s personalities, to the wedding dress, the wedding ring, up to each and every pose in the engagement shoots. Despite some costs that modern weddings entail, most couples still cannot avoid the allure of fabulous wedding concepts and what-haves. Setting a benchmark for wedding services, Focus is one experienced company in the field of wedding photography who is in for the ride.

Prior to joining George Washington University, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University and worked as a credit risk manager at FORTIS Bank (actually BNP Paribas Fortis Bank). Miguel Lejeune is now a Tenure Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at the George Washington University. He is therecipient of several grants and awards. He received in particular the CAREER/Young Investigator Research Grant from the Army Research Office and of the IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Award. He was appointed (July 2013) committee member of the Stochastic Programming Society (COSP). He is also Member of the Advisory Board of IBM Analytics Talent Exchange Program since 2013. Miguel Lejeune’s areas of expertise/research interests include stochastic optimization, probabilistic programming, financial risk, large-scale and applied optimization, disaster and supply chain management. He has published articles in Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Interfaces, INFORMS Journal of Computing, Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Quantitative Finance, Decision Analysis, Operations Research Letters, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Networks, Annals of Operations Research, International Transactions of Operational Research, etc.

Entries are open at Her Ladyship’s Quest, the blog of fantasy author Tracy Falbe, for her giveaway prize of a one-month Scribd subscription. The author of nine fantasy novels is sponsoring the prize to attract attention to her fantasy fiction included among the 500,000 titles available to Scribd subscribers.

Ergonomics as defined by Webster Dictionary is “the science that deals with designing and arranging things so that people can use them easily and safely. Numerous articles had been written on how sitting all day makes for a bad posture and how a sedentary way of life can harm an individual in more ways than one. In most technology advanced countries, work are often done while sitting. Thus, it is important to choose an ergonomically designed tool for sitting.

“Heart Valve Disease Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2014? provides data on the Heart Valve Disease clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Heart Valve Disease. It includes an overview of the trial numbers and their recruitment status as per the site of trial conduction across the globe. The databook offers a preliminary coverage of disease clinical trials by their phase, trial status, prominence of the sponsors and also provides briefing pertaining to the number of trials for the key drugs for treating Heart Valve Disease.

However, a lot of couples still prefer to go with their photographer friends to cover their momentous day. Some couples are holding back once they saw the photographers’ quote for the package, but Focus Production boasts – investing on professional wedding photography is worth every penny spent.

A GTL is the refinery process of converting natural gas into long chain hydrocarbon products such as GTL diesel and GTL gasoline. Natural gases are converted into liquid fuels either via direct conversion or by using syngas as an intermediate.

Away-from-home (AFH) products continued to see healthy growth in 2013, with a 4% value increase. This was primarily due to improving economic conditions, as national growth surpassed 2012 rates. In 2012, the Euro crisis, US debt uncertainty and weaker than expected growth in China had a negative effect on the performance of the Taiwanese economy. AFH products in turn had also experienced weaker growth as a result. With Taiwan's GDP growth reaching 3% in 2013, consumers of AFH products bolstered demand, as business, dining and other service industries directly benefited.

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Capacity and Capital Expenditure Outlook for LNG Terminals in South America - Chile to Drive LNG Regasification Capacity Growth

Traumatic Pain Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2014

India is one of the world's major producers of base metals which include copper, lead and zinc. Copper mine or metal content in the ore production reached an estimated 32,600 metric tons (t), 113,400t of lead metal content and 806,800t of zinc metal content in 2013. The base metals are mainly found in states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the healthcare buildings construction industry in Brazil. It contains detailed historic and forecast market value data for the healthcare buildings construction industry, including a breakdown of the data by construction activity (new construction, repair and maintenance, refurbishment and demolition). 'Healthcare Buildings Construction in Brazil to 2018: Market Databook' provides a top-level overview and detailed insight into the operating environment of the healthcare buildings construction industry in Brazil. It is an essential tool for companies active across the Brazilian construction value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

North America Sigmoidoscopes Market Outlook to 2020

Summary "Clothing & Footwear Retailing in Turkey - Market Summary & Forecasts", report, published by Conlumino, provides a detailed analysis of both the historic and forecast market data of clothing and footwear retail sales across key channels in Turkey. In addition, it provides an overview of changing shopping trends, government policies towards business, the influence of various economic variables on the retail industry, the competitive landscape and detail of key retailers.

Tissue and hygiene in South Korea gained positive retail value growth in 2013, thanks to increasing demand of premium products amongst consumers. A series of reports in the trade press about potential risks of artificial ingredients increased the concern about safety; thus this circumstance encouraged manufacturers to be more cautious in processing and introducing tissue and hygiene products.

Summary The Beer Market Insight Brazil report contains detailed brand, distribution and packaging data and analysis across the Brazil beer market for 2013. Brand and packaging volume data is available whilst value data is also available for distribution data. Text analysis reveals the drivers behind the data.

Asia-Pacific Hysteroscopes Market Outlook to 2020

Italy's intractable economic problems continued to be the dominant factor impacting the evolution of soft drinks packaging in 2012. Consumers, burned by rising unemployment, falling disposable incomes and widespread economic uncertainty, have become increasingly cost conscious and frugal. However, Italian consumers still remain as discerning as ever. Far from just cutting back on non-essentials, Italian consumers have also sought to reduce their grocery bills, forcing leading brand owners to lower prices without compromising on quality. The economic problems and uncertainty faced by the younger population is even more stark as the unemployment rate for peopled aged 15 to 24 is more than 36%, nearly 25 percentage points higher than the national average. Known as the "lost generation", this group is a prime segment for soft drinks brands, a fact that has not been lost on the leading brands. Soft drinks brand owners have responded in large part to this difficult economic context by reducing their margins but also by looking for ways to trim their operating and manufacturing costs. Despite these strategies, consumer demand remains weak, as can be seen in the moderate growth in total unit volume of soft drinks packaging in the Italian market in 2012.

Summary The Future of the Savory Snacks Market in Finland to 2018 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Savory Snacks consumption trends in Finland, historic and forecast Savory Snacks consumption volumes and values at market and category level, brand share and distribution channel data. This report brings together Canadean Intelligence's research, modeling and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics to account for Savory Snacks sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

In 2012, beauty and personal care packaging continued to register positive unit volume growth, mainly driven by the sales volume growth of beauty and personal care products. In South Korea, beauty and personal care products were diversified significantly over the review period and sales volume also increased steadily. Because many South Korean consumers have growing interests in beauty and personal care products, demand for these products has been growing substantially in both the mass and premium segments of the market. In the mass market, in particular, low- and medium-priced cosmetic brands such as The Face Shop, Missha, Skin Food, Nature Republic, Innisfree and Etude have constantly introduced affordable new products and had diverse promotional events in their own chained beauty specialist outlets. Growth of these mass cosmetic brands has had a major effect on expanding the consumer base of cosmetics and other beauty and personal care products by attracting new consumer groups, including teenagers, and also contributed to the unit volume growth of beauty and personal care packaging.

"Defense Business Confidence Report Q3 2014" is a new report by Strategic Defence Intelligence that globally analyzes industry opinions on the latest economic and customer issues, and their impact on investment decisions and growth prospects within the defense industry. This report also examines executive opinion about the current and future state of the economy and its retrospective effect on the industry. Furthermore, it analyzes the likely effect of supplier price changes, sales performance, and staff headcount within the industry in Q3 2014. In addition, it provides an overview of the key priorities, threats, and opportunities for the global defense industry over the next quarter. Moreover, this report provides a comparative analysis with Q2 2014, Q1 2014, and Q4 2013 results, wherever applicable.

While sales of dog and cat food appear to be less vulnerable to the adverse effects on consumption of a recessionary economic environment, the current steep and prolonged economic downturn in Italy showed only negligible growth in 2012 as well as slightly altered purchasing habits. Private label share has grown slightly over the past several years, while there has been a modest shift towards the economy end of the price spectrum as economically battered consumers seek to save money on their shopping bills. Italians overwhelmingly prefer wet dog and cat food to dry varieties, a pattern that has not been altered by the current recession, despite the fact that dry pet food is generally more inexpensive. In terms of packaging, this preference has made aluminium/plastic pouches the biggest form of packaging type, accounting for over 40% of volume sales of dog and cat food in Italy in 2012. In fact, over the review period, the importance of aluminium/plastic pouches in dog and cat food grew more pronounced, coinciding with the precipitous decline in the use and purchasing of metal packaging, particularly aluminium trays, for wet dog and cat food. Consumers increasingly prefer stand-up pouches and flexible plastic packaging as they offer greater ease of use and convenience and are resealable.