Tickets On Sale for the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 2-4

Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 15, 2011

The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is a Recipient of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Awards

The annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival will take place September 2-4 at the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, Lizz Wright, NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb, Mary Stallings, the Mingus Orchestra, Edmar Castaneda, NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller, John Santos, Federico Britos, Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Rumero Lubambo, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson, Judy Carmichael, Michael Kaeshammer, Robin McKelle, Ulysses Owens, Sarah Manning, Rebecca Martin, Larry Grenadier, Bill McHenry, Cedric Hanriot and more. All shows will be held in Seiji Ozawa Hall and the Jazz Cafe.

For additional information, bios and photos on the performing artists, please review the electronic press kit at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/presskit.

This year’s festival offers several changes to the schedule. The Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic will also open on Friday September 2 and run through Sunday morning, September 4. Wine tastings will take place in the Hawthorne Tent and several special events will take place at Highwood and Seranak. See http://www.tanglewood.org for more information.

The 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival is the recipient of the NEA Jazz Masters grant and will feature performances and interviews with NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller. In addition, Mr. Cobb will conduct a master class for young drummers, and a screening of the Charles Mingus concert, “Epitaph,” conducted by NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller will be presented.

On Friday, September 4, at 6:30 pm, the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival will open with The Ulysses Owens Quintet in the Jazz Café. A graduate of the Julliard School, Owens’ interest in drums and percussion began at an early age and his classical training, reading and comprehension of melody and harmony give his playing a unique sensitivity and musical awareness. Owens is currently touring with Grammy winning vocalist, Kurt Elling and bassist, Christian McBride. His latest CD, “It’s Time For U,” was released in 2009 by BSOBold Media.

“Café on Main,” is a presentation of jazz artists who are no longer rising stars, as featured in the Jazz Café, but are not yet headliners on their own at Ozawa Hall. This year’s debut concert of “Café on Main” will feature a double bill with vocalist, Robin McKelle, and pianist/vocalist, Michael Kaeshammer.

Vocalist Robin McKelle is comfortable singing not only jazz tunes, but also soul, blues, pop and rock. She earned her chops singing in R&B groups and touring with pop icons Michael McDonald and Bebe Winans. While teaching at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, McKelle entered the Thelonious Monk competition in 2004 and placed third in the Vocal Jazz category. Her first CD, “Introducing Robin McKelle” followed and launched her career, especially in Europe. Her second CD, “Modern Antique” was ranked among the top jazz albums in 2008 and her latest CD, “Mess Around,” features McKelle in a soul/blues setting.

Michael Kaeshammer’s boogie woogie piano and lush vocals have been heard before at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. He appeared in the Jazz Café in 2009 and was so well received that we invited him back as a perfect example of the artists to be featured in “Café on Main.” Since Kaeshammer’s 2009 appearance, he has been touring extensively and just recorded his new CD “Kaeshammer,” which will be released in Canada in April. Kaeshammer’s energy and enthusiasm are infectious, his performances memorable. We are happy to have him back on our stage.

The Saturday, Sept 3, programming will open at 11:30 am with an interview by jazz writer, Bob Blumenthal, with percussionist and Latin jazz historian, John Santos. Santos is considered a leading educator in Latin jazz and a multi percussionist. The John Santos Sextet will perform on the Ozawa Hall stage Saturday night in a double bill with the Federico Britos Sextet in “a Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao.”

The Jazz Café will open Saturday at 12:30 pm with alto saxophonist, Sarah Manning and her quartet. Manning has established herself as a unique voice among the young generation of jazz saxophonists. Originally from New England, Manning played in the combo at Hartford’s Artist Collective founded by saxophonist Jackie McLean. She received a full scholarship at Interlochen Arts Academy, studied jazz at William Paterson College directed by bassist Rufus Reid, and studied with Dr. Yusef Lateef whose emphasis on searching for one’s own voice in music gave her the courage to pursue her own path. Her latest CD, Dandelion Clock, was released in 2010 on Posi-Tone Records.

The Saturday afternoon tradition of recording a live radio program with the Tanglewood Jazz Festival audience continues this year with Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired. Carmichael’s popular weekly radio program is broadcast on 170 stations throughout North America and abroad and on NPR NOW Channel 134 on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. Jazz Inspired, now in its 15th year, features Carmichael at the piano with a special guest from Hollywood, Broadway or jazz. Robert Redford, Ed Bradley, John Lithgow, Leonard Maltin, Chevy Chase and Renee Fleming have all appeared on her show.

Known for her delightful sense of humor and exuberant personality, Carmichael has been nominated for a Grammy for her recording “Two Handed Stride,” has served on music panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and is one of the few jazz pianists honored as a Steinway Artist. She has appeared frequently on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” and has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, Entertainment Tonight and CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. To her utter surprise, Carmichael turned up in the Simon and Schuster murder mystery Murder Times Two as “the stride pianist Judy Carmichael,” the main suspect’s favorite piano player.

Carmichael’s guest at this year’s Tanglewood Jazz Festival will be announced in the near future.

Bob Blumenthal will conduct an intimate and rare interview with NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller at 4:15 pm on Saturday in the Jazz Cafe. Both Jazz Masters will perform on Sunday afternoon. Schuller, who has been a presence at Tanglewood for decades, will discuss his work and relationship with legendary bassist, Charles Mingus. Cobb’s legendary career as a jazz drummer included work with Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, and Cannonball Adderly and is the last surviving member of the Miles Davis masterpiece, “Kind of Blue,” the most popular jazz recording in history.

At 6:30 pm on Saturday, the Cedric Hanriot Trio will perform in the Jazz Café. Hanriot is making an encore performance since his last visit to the Jazz Café in 2009 with the Ben Powell Quartet. A Fullbright recipient, French pianist and composer, Hanriot has appeared at the Iridium in New York, the Shanghai Jazz Festival, and the Jazz a Vienne Festival in France. He has worked with Grammy winner Siedah Garrett, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, bassist Me’shell NDegeocello, drummer Cindy Blackman, and saxophonist Joe Lovano. Hanriot holds a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nancy, France.

A rare East Coast performance by the John Santos Sextet and by the Federico Britos Sextet will perform “A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao,” on Saturday at 8 pm. Known as the “father of the mambo,” the Cuban bassist, Israel Lopez Cachao, is revered and respected by Latin music historians, musicians and fans. A classically trained musician, Cachao would revolutionalize Cuban music during his lifetime–first in the 1930s creating and inventing the mambo from the Cuban musical form danzon–and later in the 1950′s, especially at Cuban jam sessions. His love of Afro-Cuban melodies such as son and rumba influenced his playing and composing and resulted in the contemporary Latin jazz and salsa sound. Cachao was the composer of “Chanchullo,” on which Tito Puente based his classic hit “Oye Como Va,” later made even more famous by Carlos Santana.

Five time Grammy nominee and USA Fontanals Fellow, John Santos, and his Sextet unite the contemporary, historical and cultural significance of Latin jazz. A multi-percussionist, composer/historian/producer/educator, Santos is a prolific exponent of Afro-Latin music through the innovative use of traditional forms and instruments with contemporary music. His career spans four decades and he has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner and Carlos Santana and dozens of other acknowledged masters. Santos toured with Maestro Cachao in the 1990′s performing on bongos.

Santos’ band members include Saul Sierra, bassist; Marco Diaz, pianist; John Calloway, flautist; Melecio Magdaluyo, saxophonist/flautist; and David Flores, drummer/percussionist.

Violinist Federico Britos is a jazz/classical crossover artist of the highest order. Born in Uruguay, Britos served as principal chair, soloist and Concertmaster with some of the great symphony orchestras of Uruguay, Venezuela, Peru, Cuba and the United States. He has performed with Astor Piazzolla, Cachao, and Joao Gilberto as well as with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Charlie Haden and Charlie Byrd. He has toured Europe with the Hot Club USA and Frank Vignola, and has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the San Francisco Jazz Festival and was a special guest in the Grappelli Legacy at Carnegie Hall in 1998. In 1999, Maestro Britos performed at the Kennedy Center in a program called, “Americanos,” with Cachao, Nestor Torres, Jose Feliciano, Juan Luis Guerra, Gloria Estefan and Paquito d’Rivera, produced by James Edward Olmos.

Maestros Santos and Britos were featured last September in the PBS/American Masters documentary “Cachao: Uno Mas,” a production of DOC Film Institute of San Francisco State directed by Dikayl Rimmasch and produced by Andy Garcia, Tom Luddy, Stephen Ujlaki and Anay Tarnekar in association with THIRTEEN for American Masters and Latino Public Broadcasting for PBS.

The Sunday, September 4 lineup at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival opens at 12:30 pm with a master class with NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb and the rhythm section of the Coast to Coast Septet. This class is open to everyone but will focus on young drummers and will be held in the Jazz Café.

Also at 12:30, a screening will begin at Highwood of “Epitaph,” written by Charles Mingus and conducted by Gunther Schuller at Lincoln Center in 1989. This monumental work lasts two and one half hours and was performed at Tanglewood in 1990. It was never presented in full during Mingus’ lifetime.

The Sunday afternoon concerts begin at 2 pm at Ozawa Hall, opening with the Coast to Coast Septet featuring NEA Jazz Master, Jimmy Cobb, and special guest vocalist, Mary Stallings. Cobb, an elder statesman of the art, will perform with an all star band including guitarist, Peter Bernstein; reedist, Jeff Clayton; trumpeter and flugelhornist, Freddie Hendrix; tenor saxophonist, Doug Lawrence; pianist, Llew Matthews; and bassist, John Weber.

Vocalist Mary Stallings grew up in the Bay area in a family of musicians. She began performing in night clubs like the Hungry I, the Purple Onion and El Matador with luminaries such as Ben Webster, Cal Tjader, Earl Hines, Red Mitchell, Teddy Edwards and Wes Montgomery. At one of these performances in the 1960′s, Dizzy Gillespie invited her out of the audience onto the bandstand to sing, resulting in a performance with Gillespie in 1965 at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Stallings latest recording, “Dream,” was released on High Note last year. Called “the best kept in vocal jazz” in Jazz Times in December 2010, Stallings will perform music from the legendary career of Jimmy Cobb and his musical association with Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

Following the Coast to Coast Septet on Sunday afternoon will be the Mingus Orchestra conducted by NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller. Formed to carry on the legacy of jazz great Charles Mingus, this performance by the Mingus Orchestra will include four pieces from Charles Mingus’ body of work that Schuller arranged for the ensemble: Taurus in the Arena of Life; Half Mast Inhibition; Noon Night; and Chill of Death (a world premiere Schuller arrangement).

Assembled in 1999 by Mingus’ widow, Sue Mingus, the Mingus Orchestra places a focus on composition and less emphasis on soloing, It’s distinctive sound emerges from an expanded repertory and more exotic instrumentation, including bassoon, bass clarinet, French horn and guitar. Tanglewood favorite, Colombian harpist, Edmar Castaneda, will be among the personnel.

At 4:00 pm on Sunday, Bob Blumenthal will conduct a session on vocalists called “Listen Here” in the Jazz Cafe. Designed to increase general knowledge of jazz and demystify the music for listeners who are new to jazz, “Listen Here” will focus on one CD (for example, Sarah Vaughan’s “Swingin’ Easy”) and the audience will be encouraged to discuss specific tracks, solos, instrumentation, personnel, etc. This session will concentrate on a recording by a female vocalist who represents the musical stylings of those featured in the Sunday night concert “Sing the Truth” and will be announced in the near future.

The final Jazz Café performance on Sunday at 6:30 pm will feature vocalist, Rebecca Martin. Martin’s spare, straightforward vocals have been heralded by the New York Times’ Nate Chinen: “Rebecca Martin exudes the plainest sort of poise, almost radical in its utter lack of flash.” A superb example of the new generation of jazz singers, Martin’s latest CD on Sunnyside Records, “When I Was Long Ago,” is praised by critics to become a classic. Martin will be joined by her husband, bassist, Larry Grenadier, and saxophonist, Bill McHenry.

The closing concert of the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Sunday, Sept 4, at 8:00 pm is titled “Sing the Truth: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright Continue the Legacy of Great Women Vocalists at Tanglewood.” This dynamic trio of today’s leading jazz/world vocalists will feature the songs and music from past Tanglewood women artists including India Arie, Betty Carter, Tracy Chapman, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Horne, Mahalia Jackson, Carol King, Joni Mitchell, and Odetta.

Born in Benin, West Africa, Angelique Kidjo is a Grammy winning music recording artist referred to as “Africa’s premier diva” by Time Magazine. Her internationally acclaimed repertoire includes collaborations with various recording artists such as Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Josh Groban, Branford Marsalis, Joss Stone and more. Known for her dynamic and uplifting music, she has translated her distinctive work in the arts to that of philanthropy by promoting education for girls in Africa through her foundation, Batonga, and as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Blue Note recording artist, Dianne Reeves, is one of the leading jazz vocalists in the world today. Reeves has received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings–a Grammy first in any category. She has recorded and performed extensively with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Reeves was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the LA Philharmonic and the first singer to perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall. Her latest CD, “When You Know,” was release in 2008.

Lizz Wright has been the recipient of non-stop critical acclaim and ever increasing audiences since her Verve debut, “Salt,” in 2003. Known for topping the jazz charts, she is far from the idea of a traditional jazz singer. The daughter of a Georgia pastor, Wright grew up singing in the church. Her repertoire has included gospel, jazz and blues as well as eclectic mix of Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton and Gladys Knight material. Aside from her music career, Ms. Wright is a dedicated gardener and recently graduated from culinary school.

General Ticket Information

Tanglewood Jazz Festival prices range from $ 18-77. One day jazz lawn passes are $ 34.

Tickets are available through Tanglewood’s website, http://www.tanglewood.org, by calling SymphonyCharge at 617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200, or by visiting the Boston Symphony Orchestra Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. The Symphony Hall Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 10 am-6 pm and Saturday 12 pm-6 pm. Beginning June 27, it will be open Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. Regular season tickets prices ranges from $ 11-97. Tickets for Open Rehearsals are $ 17. All ticket prices include a $ 1 Tanglewood grounds maintenance fee.

Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood’s Main Gate on West Street in Lenox, MA, as of June 17. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. For further information and box office hours, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit http://www.bso.org.

NEA Jazz Masters Live is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

The online media partner for the Tanglewood Jazz Festival is Jazzcorner.com.

2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

Ticket Prices and Schedule

Friday, September 2, 6:30 pm

Ulysses Owens Quintet

Free with ticket to main stage concert

Friday, September 2, 8 pm

Robin McKelle Quartet

Michael Kaeshammer Sextet

$ 42-62/lawn $ 18

Saturday, September 3, 11:30 am

Interview: Bob Blumenthal and John Santos

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Saturday, September 3, 12:30 pm

Sarah Manning Quartet

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Saturday, September 3, 2 pm

Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired with special guest TBA

$ 33-56/lawn $ 19

Saturday, September 3, 4:15 pm

Interview: Bob Blumenthal and NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Saturday, September 3, 6:30 pm

Cedric Hanriot Trio

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Saturday, September 3, 8 pm

A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao

John Santos Sextet

Federico Britos Sextet

$ 45-77/lawn $ 19

Sunday, September 4, 12:30 pm

Master class with NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb and the rhythm section of the Coast to Coast Septet

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Screening of Charles Mingus’ “Epitaph” conducted by Gunther Schuller at Lincoln Center in 1989

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Sunday, September 4, 2 pm

Coast to Coast Septet featuring NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb with special guest Mary Stallings

The Mingus Orchestra with guest conductor NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller

$ 33-56/lawn $ 19

Sunday, September 4, 4 pm

“Listen Here” discussion with Bob Blumenthal on a recording by a legendary jazz vocalist to be announced

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Sunday, September 4, 6:30 pm

The Rebecca Martin Trio with Larry Grenadier and Bill McHenry

Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass

Sunday, September 4, 8 pm

Sing the Truth: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright Continue the Legacy of Great Women Vocalists at Tanglewood

With all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson and Romero Lubambo

$ 42-62/lawn$ 18

All-day pass Saturday and Sunday

$ 34

For additional information, bios and photos on the performing artists, please review the electronic press kit at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/presskit or contact:

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bernadette Horgan (bhorgan(at)bso(dot)

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Classify it as a Perfect Match: Moon Valley and WAND, Inc., Announce Their Collaboration on Multilingual Reputation Management

Arroyo Grande, CA (PRWEB) March 19, 2011

Moon Valley and WAND, Inc., conjure a winning collaboration on multilingual taxonomy. Moon Valley is about to go abroad, and is taking its flagship product along. MyRepMan, Moon Valley’s comprehensive online reputation management tool (http://www.myrepman.com), is expanding into the global market. Business owners around the world will benefit from MyRepMan’s insight into where customers are looking for them–and what they’re finding.

To get ready for the move, MyRepMan is rapidly becoming a speaker of many tongues. An in-house Spanish translation of the product is already complete, and a French translation is in development, paving the way for deployments in Mexico and Canada, respectively. Said Doug Hales, who is spearheading Moon Valley’s translation efforts, “La collaboration entre Moon Valley et WAND est vraiment bonne. Nous apprécions beaucoup travailler ensemble en tant qu’entreprises étant sur le même niveau. C’est un peu comme la relation entre Sarkozy et Bruni, seulement dans cette situation les partenaires sont de même taille.”

“As much as we love learning new languages, we can’t expand this quickly on our own”, Said Mr. Hales. WAND, Inc. (http://www.wandinc.com), a company specializing in taxonomy products, is providing some worldly know how. Through the partnership forged between WAND and Moon Valley, MyRepMan will lean on the polyglots at WAND, who will lend their expertise in multilingual business classification, adding 11 more languages to the total -most notably, Mandarin.

The implications for international business interaction are staggering. Through the MyRepMan interface, language barriers dissolve. Business owners in Hong Kong will be able see how they stack up to the competition in Europe, in the comfort of their native language. Similarly, businessmen launching a branch of an American-based company in Beijing will be able to view their online presence in China through an English language user interface.

What we’re offering is a way to understand customer perception abroad. It’s a big idea; partnering with WAND to achieve it is a perfect match.

Moon Valley Software, founded in 1988 in Phoenix, Arizona, specializes in online reputation management and provides fast, accurate, and comprehensive data enhancement services to online publishers of business directories and other media.

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No Difference in Salary Levels between London and Other Regions in the UK Intellectual Property Profession, Report Fellows and Associates

Find out where you are on the salary scale.

London, UK (PRWEB) February 24, 2012

The report can be found on Fellows and Associates’ website, and PDF copies will be distributed to respondents who requested a copy while completing the survey.

“We’re very happy to present this empirical data. As recruiters, we have of course developed a sense for salaries but it will be nice to be able to tell a candidate a salary range and back it up with hard evidence,” says Emma van Opstal, consultant for Fellows and Associates, who designed the survey and compiled the resulting report. “On the other hand, we will now also be able to tell clients what they can expect to pay to attract the type of candidate they are looking for.”

The idea for the salary survey was born during discussions with a client. “The client wanted to make sure that their employees’ pay was competitive,” explains Pete Fellows, Managing Director. “As information on salary trends in the IP profession was not readily available, we volunteered to do some research.”

Still, the salary survey was not an entirely selfless exercise. “Managing expectations is a large part of our job. The more – and the more reliable – information you are able to give during this process, the easier it becomes to align expectations with reality on both the client and the candidate side,” says Pete. “Salary is an important aspect of a job and can be a deal-breaker if either party’s expectations are not met. By nipping this concern in the bud using the information from the survey, we’re essentially making our own job a bit easier.”

The newly released report examines different aspects of the data set including year of qualification, technical specialism, location, employer type, and gender. One noteworthy finding is that no evidence was found to support the popular belief that Intellectual Property professionals in London make more money than their counterparts in other areas of the UK.

About Fellows and Associates

Fellows and Associates recruit Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys, IP Lawyers and other Intellectual Property professionals worldwide. The firm offers a diverse range of recruitment services including search, advertised selection and managed campaigns. Its newly launched consultancy division ‘Fellows Business Consulting’ offers targeted strategic advice to firms within the Intellectual Property sector worldwide. See fellowsandassociates.com for more or phone +44 207 903 5019.

Emma van Opstal holds a BA (Hons) and MA in Social Sciences from two leading Dutch universities. Having previously studied and worked abroad in Europe, Asia and Australia, Emma joined Fellows and Associates in January 2011 and has since obtained her CertRP qualification. Within IP recruitment, Emma’s focus is on the international and corporate markets. Emma speaks fluent Dutch and French as well as some German, and regularly attends conferences in Europe and beyond.

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From July all drivers in France must carry a breathalyser says IAM

(PRWEB UK) 20 February 2012

The IAM is warning that from 1 July this year all drivers visiting France will need to carry a breathalyser kit in their cars, as French drivers will have to. From November there will be an €11 fine for not complying with this.

With a start date for the new measure of 1 July 2012, the rules will apply for anyone traveling to or through France by car in the summer holiday season, even just for a day trip.

Single-use breathalyser kits will satisfy the requirement. The legal limit in France is 50 mg per 100 ml of blood, lower than in the UK (the UK limit is 80mg). They cost between £1 and £2 and they will be available at ferry and tunnel terminals for crossings to France. It is intended that people will be able to test themselves to check whether or not they are over the French limit.

The IAM is advising motorists in France to have at least two breathalysers at all times, so that if one is used you still have one to produce for the police if you are stopped.

Anyone driving in France is already required to carry a warning triangle and a fluorescent safety vest to use in an emergency. Additionally UK motorists must display a GB plate and have their headlights adjusted to the right.

IAM director of policy and research Neil Greig said: “The new French rule is a genuine attempt to reduce the number of alcohol related-accidents. France’s lower limit means it’s very easy to be over the limit the morning after as well. As always, the best advice for motorists is not to drink and drive at all.”

ENDS

Notes for Editors:

1. IAM Motoring Facts 2011 shows that in 2009:

More than twice as many UK residents travel overseas than people from abroad visit the UK

? Three times as many UK residents take a car abroad than visitors from overseas bring a car to the UK

? 80 per cent of UK residents’ trips abroad were by air, 13 per cent by sea and seven per cent by the Channel Tunnel

? Of the almost six million trips by private vehicles from the UK to other EU countries, two thirds did not go beyond France, nine per cent went to Ireland, seven per cent to Belgium, six per cent to Netherlands, 4½ per cent to Germany, three per cent to Poland and two per cent to Spain.

Source: http://www.iam.org.uk/images/stories/downloads/Policy_and_Research/JourneysWeMakev2011.pdf.

2 The IAM is the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, dedicated to improving standards and safety in driving, motorcycling and cycling. The commercial division of the IAM operates through its occupational driver training company IAM Drive & Survive. The IAM has more than 200 local volunteer groups and over 100,000 members in the UK and Ireland. It is best known for the advanced driving test and the advanced driving, motorcycling and cycling courses. Its policy and research division offers advice and expertise on road safety.

ENDS ALL

Media contacts:

IAM Press Office – 020 8996 9777

press(dot)office(at)iam(dot)org(dot)uk

ISDN broadcast lines available

iam.org.uk

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The Global Speak Network (TGSN) Launches as Houston-based Company Focused on Increasing Language Interpretation and Translation Services Effectiveness

Houston, Texas (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

Seasoned business managers and professional interpreters, Flor Dimassi and Thomas Lacombe, have launched The Global Speak Network (TGSN) as their newest venture.

The Houston-based company supports clients around the world with their translation needs and those who are interested in increasing workplace productivity and improving the communication effectiveness of face-to-face meetings, simultaneous interpretation conferences, focus groups, training sessions and translations. Whether your communication project is needed verbally or in written form, TGSN comes prepared to assist its clients by delivering a concise message, on time and within budget. TGSN is also prepared to step in at the last minute should another translator/interpreter suddenly withdraw from a project. Availability and responsive solutions are their consistent focus whether in Spanish, English or any other languages. TGSN is focused on assisting leaders in achieving their personal and professional goals as well as objectives in the best way possible.

Dimassi is the founder and CEO of The Global Speak Network, and Lacombe is the president. Dimassi and Lacombe have nearly 40 years of collective experience in working with individuals, entrepreneurs, executives, corporations, universities, non-profit organizations and other entities in industries such as oil and gas, marketing, medicine, arts and humanities, industry and technology, law, natural and social sciences, travel, tourism, finance and insurance.

Dimassi and Lacombe also have “real world experience” at their fingertips. Services offered through TGSN are the result of thousands of hours of their own experience in simultaneous interpretation and translation projects since the late 1990s with clients in the United States and abroad.

“With TGSN, we are filling a language niche in the simultaneous interpretation and translation services sector. We know that we are on the right track. We secured eight new clients before TGSN was officially open for business,” Dimassi commented.

“Simultaneous interpretations and translations are the best platforms through which business owners, executives and employees can communicate their unique message into multiple languages. Our intention is to eliminate unproductive and ineffective meetings by providing a simple interpretation model that works across the entire spectrum of meetings – from virtual meetings over the phone to face-to-face interactions,” Dimassi explained.

“Typically, single language meetings to multiple language attendees are often dreaded by the participants. When meetings, conference calls or virtual programs aren’t properly supported by the right interpreter with a focused and clear understanding of the agenda, participants lose interest and nothing much gets accomplished,” Dimassi said.

Services

The Global Speak Network offers services to boost the effectiveness of face-to-face and virtual meetings for teams, departments, divisions, or entire companies and organizations.

Customized services that Dimassi and Lacombe offer include the following:

    Simultaneous conference interpretation and translation services
    Focus group market research and consulting interpretation
    Internet / Website media translation
    Deposition services and hotline support

More about The Global Speak Network and Founders

Flor Dimassi is a professional freelance simultaneous English – Spanish conference interpreter and CEO of The Global Speak Network, Translation Services with over thirteen (13) years of experience as a top performing Spanish translator and interpreter. Her experience is as an International interpreter and she has an extensive background in communications, conference presentations, and developing collaboration within interpretation teams. She has worked in various facets of the industry, including court interpretation, depositions, focus groups, voiceovers and procedural manual conversion. Her primary focus is in coordinating and sourcing all requests for translation / interpretation towards meeting her clients expectations. She is also a member of the American Translators Association (ATA) and the Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA). She is fluent in Spanish, French and English. Her client base spans various market industries, including but not limited to, Oil and Gas, Legal, Museums, Conferences, Market Research Focus Groups and Medical.

Dimassi is a graduate of The University of St. Thomas, in Houston, Texas, with a BA in International Studies. She also completed studies of French literature at L’Alliance Francaise in Paris, France. She also serves as a scout leader for Troop 266 in Houston, Texas.

Thomas Lacombe brings over ten (10) years of geologic oil and gas knowledge and twenty three (23) years of sales and business management experience. His primary focus is in exploring emerging markets and employs a strategic sales approach in expanding the messaging of the translation industry. Thomas is also a member of The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). Thomas is fluent in Spanish and English.

Lacombe is a graduate of Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a BS in Geology.

For more information, please contact Dimassi at 281-888-6079, 713-702-1832 or Flor(at)TheGlobalSpeakNetwork(dot)com.

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Global NGO Project HOPE Hails Progress on Reversing Stigma Against Haitians With Disabilities on 2nd Anniversary of Deadly Earthquake

Haitian Amputee at Chanje Lavi Rehab Center

Millwood, VA (PRWEB) January 10, 2012

Global NGO Project HOPE is highlighting the first free, comprehensive rehab (and prosthetic) facility in post-earthquake Haiti as a symbol of solidarity and life-changing hope for the people of Haiti, marking the second anniversary of the deadly quake on Thursday.

The rehabilitation facility at Adventist Hospital in Diquini, near Port-au-Prince, is known as “Chanje Lavi,” which means Changing Lives in Creole. The center, created by Project HOPE and partners, was hailed in 2011 by Haiti’s government disabilities agency as the only comprehensive, free rehab center in the country. Project HOPE, a US-based global health education and humanitarian assistance organization, says Chanje Lavi has helped thousands of patients in the past year alone. Residential facilities on site can allow patients in need to receive ongoing physiotherapy and prosthetic fittings, potentially accelerating their improvements.

“Clearly the earthquake was devastating by all definitions. Haiti had a fragile health care system and was a fragile country to begin with so the earthquake was the worst case scenario. The rehab center is a model for sustainability, which is crucial to building a more stable health infrastructure in Haiti,” said Jason Friesen, Project HOPE’s Country Representative in Haiti.

Chanje Lavi is a model integrated health program that supported and enabled the Adventist Hospital to become the leading orthopedic referral hospital nationwide. Initially treating earthquake victims, Chanje Lavi is now treating victims of traumatic injuries and chronically ill patients with rheumatoid arthritis and congenital defects such as club foot, among others. Care in the Center is complemented by home visits via community outreach, raising awareness about available services and addressing stigma to improve access and quality of life. To date, the rehab center has assisted over 4,000 patients and amputees with long-term chronic health needs. Developed with the support of international organizations like Project HOPE, Chanje Lavi will transition operations to the local Adventist Hospital in 2012.

“We are working with an array of local partners to raise awareness of disability and lessen the stigma against persons with disabilities and will be publishing a bilingual book on the subject in French and Creole to be distributed for free to over 5,000 people,” said Friesen.

“This innovative book is adapted to limited literacy in Haiti, using both an audio track and printed text, and telling the story of a woman’s rehabilitation journey. We hope it will serve as an inspiration to readers to seek services for themselves and others, and to improve the public’s understanding of disabilities in general.”

Within the year following the earthquake, Project HOPE also distributed more than $ 60 million of medicines and medical supplies to hospitals and clinics in Haiti and along the border in the Dominican Republic. Repeated cholera outbreaks present an on-going challenge, including over 6,500 deaths to date. After the initial deadly outbreak in 2010, HOPE sent medical volunteers and enlisted the service of an international team of cholera experts to train local health care professionals.

“While the cholera outbreaks diverted resources to be focused on these acute crises and slowed progress in other areas. It is important to recognize the significant strides that Haitians have made in the reconstruction efforts. I was here right after the earthquake – about a week after, and I came back a year later to work here full-time and saw a noticeable difference. If you had never been to Haiti before you would think it wasn’t in very good shape, but when you have the perspective of what it was before and now, two years later, you can see definite, tangible progress. Of course, the country still faces immense challenges and still needs the support of the international community,” said Friesen.

Project HOPE specializes in building long-term capacity after the initial shock of man made or natural disasters has passed and has left a rich legacy of health infrastructure around the world, helping to establish hospitals and clinics, train health care professionals and assess needs in places as diverse as China and Iraq.

“We are leveraging our successes in Haiti to continue strengthening the country’s health system. Currently we are reaching out to the Ministry of Health, five Haitian medical schools, and the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad (AMHE), to reform undergraduate medical education as Haiti does not produce enough doctors to meet the needs of its people. We are also working with a range of local partners to strengthen emergency medical care and disaster preparedness in rural communities,” said Courtney Guthreau, Project HOPE’s Regional Director for the Americas.

Project HOPE partnered with the U.S. Navy in the months after the Haiti earthquake in January 2010 to care for more than 1,000 Haitians aboard the hospital ship, USNS Comfort. In addition, HOPE provided volunteer doctors and nurses to support relief efforts at three separate hospitals throughout Haiti.

About Project HOPE

Founded in 1958, Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) is dedicated to providing lasting solutions to health crises, with the mission of helping people to help themselves. Identifiable to many by the SS HOPE, the world’s first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now conducts land-based medical training and health education programs in 35 countries across five continents.

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How Much Does the Average Patent Attorney Earn, Fellows and Associates Ask?

Find out where you are on the salary scale.

London, United Kingdom (PRWEB) January 10, 2012

The survey is intended to bring some transparency to the intellectual property market in the United Kingdom. Fellows and Associates decided to take the initiative and host the survey after the issue of market transparency came up in a meeting with one of their clients. “Our client mentioned that they would like to give fair remuneration in line with the general market trends, but there is no information out there to tell them what these trends actually are. As their staffing supplier, they asked us if we could provide any insight, and this is how the idea was born,” says Emma van Opstal, consultant for Fellows and Associates.

“It really is surprising that there are no objective salary statistics available for the intellectual property profession in the UK. People, including other recruitment firms, seem to operate on a general sense of value for money when hiring new attorneys, and salaries are not widely discussed amongst colleagues or friends. The only time one will hear of a person’s salary is when they move jobs. This can create quite a skewed perception of the market and the position of one’s own salary within it,” says Emma.

Salary transparency has long been commonplace in the broader legal profession, where there are salary surveys by various different organisations on a yearly basis, and statistics are publicly available. On top of that, big law firms tend to benchmark their salaries to stay competitive. By hosting this survey, Fellows and Associates hope to offer the benefits of this level of transparency to the IP profession. The salary survey has received support from various well-known figures in Intellectual Property, and aside from the Fellows and Associates website, it will be posted on the prominent IPKat and SOLO IP blogs.

The anonymous survey will run until the 7th of February. Once completed, participants can request to receive an email copy of the results. This analysis will also be published by Fellows and Associates in mid-February, and will be publicly available on their website. According to Emma, “this survey is undoubtedly going to make a difference, so please spread the word to all your IP friends and colleagues in the UK!”

About Fellows and Associates

Fellows and Associates recruit Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys, IP Lawyers and other Intellectual Property professionals worldwide. The firm offers a diverse range of recruitment services including search, advertised selection and managed campaigns. Its newly launched consultancy division ‘Fellows Business Consulting’ offers targeted strategic advice to firms within the Intellectual Property sector worldwide. See fellowsandassociates.com for more or phone +44 207 903 5019.

Emma van Opstal holds a BA (Hons) and MA in Social Sciences from two leading Dutch universities. Having previously studied and worked abroad in Europe, Asia and Australia, Emma joined Fellows and Associates in January 2011 and has since obtained her CertRP qualification. Within IP recruitment, Emma’s focus is on the international and corporate markets. Emma speaks fluent Dutch and French as well as some German, and regularly attends conferences in Europe and beyond.

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Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Named as One of the Top 25 Hospitality and Culinary Arts Schools for Asian Students

Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) March 23, 2011

Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute has been named one of the top 25 hospitality and culinary arts schools for Asian students according to a study by Asian Correspondent.

Asiancorrespondent.com, the fastest growing news service in Asia, identified the top 25 hospitality and culinary arts schools for Asian students using a thorough evaluation process. The criteria for determining the top hospitality and culinary arts schools included empathy to Asian cultures, career opportunities after graduation, quality of education and facilities, quality of instructors, class sizes, opportunities for internships at affiliated restaurants and location of the campus.

Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa (http://www.lcbottawa.com) was acknowledged for the top rankings in categories such as quality of education and facilities, quality of instructors, low student to chef ratio, career opportunities for graduates in leading kitchens and restaurants, and the location of the school. The school is situated in the Ottawa, Canada which was voted the “best place to live in Canada in 2010” by Moneysense magazine based on booming population growth, a low crime rate, diversity and low cost of living.

“It is nice to be recognized as an ideal place for aspiring Asian chefs to learn the culinary arts,” says Philippe Kopcsan, General Manager at Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa. “With almost half of the student body made up of foreign students and a sizeable contingent of Asian students, the mix of culture and languages here really helps students blossom as the next generation of top international chefs. A truly international experience is something every parent wants to have for their children in today’s global environment.”

“Le Cordon Bleu has an exceptional international network well known to many of our readers. Their brand is synonymous with quality and high standards. When a young student from Asia travels abroad to learn culinary skills it is essential that they are comfortable, safe and able to enjoy the city in which they live. Ottawa is a unique destination – culturally diverse, reasonably priced and full of wonderful food and drink venues. To receive the best possible training in this environment is a unique opportunity. Asian Correspondent welcomes Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa to our ‘Top 25′ in 2011.” – James Craven, Publisher

This newest recognition will be added to the list of previous accolades including Pastry Chef of the Year 2010 for Chef Instructor Christian Faure Meilleur Ouvrier de France as well as Winner of Skills Ontario 2010 for Pastry student Victoria Gibbons in the Pastry and Baking category.

About Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa

Le Cordon Bleu is dedicated to teaching classical French culinary arts programs and restaurant and hospitality management programs. Today Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts programs are internationally recognized and taught in over 40 schools in 20 countries around the world, training more than 20,000 students of over 70 nationalities every year. Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute offers internationally recognized Cuisine and Pastry Courses and Diplomas which can be combined in the Grand Diplôme and the unique Grand Diplôme Professionnel combining 3 terms of top cuisine and pastry classes with a 3-month internship in a top hotel/restaurant in Canada

For further press information please contact:

Laura Kedziora

Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute

1.888.289.6302 x 2379

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Chef Michael Feker Celebrates Five Years of Fine Italian Dining at IL MITO Enoteca in Milwaukee, WI

IL MITO offers amazing experiences of flavor, family and fun. It is a home away from home where memories are created.

Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) September 30, 2011

Celebrity Chef Michael Feker, along with IL MITO’s service and culinary teams, are celebrating their five year culinary birthday on Thursday, October 27 at 7 pm. Feker shall host an unparalleled celebration where guests will enjoy a three-course dinner with complementing wines, personally created by Feker as a thank you for their support. Guests will also learn from the expertise from one of Wisconsin’s great wine sommeliers. “I opened the original IL MITO in LA, love and opportunity brought me to Milwaukee, and now it warms my heart to celebrate this special day with my family, my team and my guests, who are now my extended family. I am so grateful for their support,” shared Feker.

IL MITO also offers full-service, on-site catering. Feker glows with a warmth of joy when explaining why Catering by IL MITO is so special to him; “I am always honored to be allowed to share in special events in people’s lives. It is my mission to allow the host/hostess to be a guest at their own event.” IL MITO offers menus of various cuisines, for example: Italian, Mediterranean, Latin, French, Middle Eastern etc and menus are created personally by Chef Feker to pamper palates and accommodate budgets.

Feker took his love for food one step further and created CMFs School of Culinary Magic, a Culinary Studio and a Chef’s Counter adjacent to his restaurant where he personally hosts private dinners, beer and wine tastings, one-on-one, hands-on lessons with Chef Feker as well as TV filmings and much more: “I have been blessed with my passion for life that I manifest through food, but to be able to absorb more I need to share some. I do that at my Chef’s Counter through my demonstrational and hands-on cooking classes. It is my mission to bring all back to the table, whether mine or theirs is irrelevant, as long as I have a chance to answer the complicated unknowns, and make cooking an accessible and joyful experience.”    

About Chef Feker and IL MITO

Michael Feker is an accomplished chef with more than 20 years experience, having studied abroad in Switzerland. He learned under the tutelage of renowned chef Roberto Gerometta and has owned restaurants in Los Angeles, Milwaukee and in Wauwatosa. He specializes in traditional Italian cuisine and is also a culinary instructor, owning and operating the Culinary School of Magic, in Wauwatosa. With his vast culinary knowledge of the chemistry of foods of all cuisines, classical French training, world travels and experience, Chef Feker is a culinary innovator who can create Regional dishes to accommodate your palate and desires.

IL MITO is located in Wauwatosa at 6913 W. North Avenue. LUNCH is served Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 2pm; Sunday BRUNCH with Bloody Mary Bar 10am to 2pm; DINNER: Tuesday through Thursday 5 to10pm, Friday and Saturday 5pm to 11pm and Sunday 5pm to 9pm. IL MITO also offers full-service CATERING, private dinners, carry out and deliveries.

Reservations can be made online at ILMITO.com or by calling 414-443-1414.

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Lango says Foreign Language Skills Crucial for Next Generation of Global Workforce

San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) April 07, 2011

In 2008, 64 percent of business executives spoke two or more languages. People who are bilingual in Spanish and English are in particularly high demand for business executive positions in the U.S. due to the large Latino population across the country. To prepare the next generation for success in a globally-oriented marketplace, parents are exposing their children to foreign languages and cultures at an increasingly younger age. Lango, a foreign language program for kids, has seen interest in its language classes grow dramatically in the last four years.

“The jobs of the future will demand foreign language skills and increased cultural awareness,” said Michael Fee, managing director of Lango. “Our globalized society demands a globalized workforce – and that means being comfortable working with multiple cultures and speaking multiple languages.”

Becoming multilingual can be a life-long process, one that best starts from childhood. Linguists have reported that the human brain is wired for learning and retaining new information during childhood, as children are more open than adults to the new sounds found within foreign languages. Copying unknown sounds can be difficult for adults, which is one reason why they are less likely to develop a second language and native accent as proficiently as children. Adults tend to translate, whereas children speak a new language naturally.

Parents are taking advantage of their children’s natural ability to learn and retain a new language by enrolling their children in foreign language education classes such as Lango. Lango offers engaging Spanish, Mandarin and French classes for children ages 18 months to 11-years-old in more than 70 communities across the U.S.

“I have a two-year-old and want her to be exposed now, not when she is 14,” said Jessica Murrell, owner of Lango in Durham, North Carolina. “My goal with Lango’s foreign language courses is to expose children to foreign languages at an early age so they will be able to travel, work abroad, and be competitive in a global job market.”

Careers where bilingual skills are especially valued, both now and in the future include:

Health Care

    Jobs in health care are expected to increase by 22 percent by the year 2018. In addition, the Census Bureau reported that the U.S.’s Hispanic population has grown 43 percent since the year 2000. As the U.S. Hispanic population continues to grow and health care jobs increase, more Spanish-speaking health care professionals will be in demand.

Business

    As China’s influence in the U.S. continues to grow, Mandarin is being referred to as the business language of the future.

Hospitality

    Major cities and tourist destinations attract visitors from all over the world. Hotel and restaurant employees need the ability to communicate with guests to guarantee customer satisfaction.

Education

    Public school teachers are increasingly faced with students who do not speak English, especially in states with large Hispanic populations such as New Mexico, California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Colorado. In addition, bilingual teachers often earn higher salaries than teachers who only speak English.

Government

    The U.S. government’s National Security Education Program (NSEP) works to strengthen national security through critical language and culture expertise. The NSEP finds more than 70 languages critical for working in national security, one of which is Mandarin.

About Lango

Lango (http://www.langokids.com) was established on the belief that every child should learn a second language. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Lango teaches children ages 18 months to 11 years new languages in full immersion classes through Adventure Learning©, an innovative approach that combines stories, music and movement, playacting, and game-playing in an engaging format that kids love. Lango is a division of Intrax, a family of organizations that provide a lifetime of high quality educational, work and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures, with operations in more than 100 countries worldwide.

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