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Castrated men living in Korea centuries ago outlived other men by a significant margin. The findings, reported in the September 25 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, suggest that male sex hormones are responsible for shortening the lives of men, the researchers say. The evidence comes after careful study of genealogy records of noble members of the Imperial court of the Korean Chosun dynasty (AD 1392-1910). "This discovery adds an important clue for understanding why...
LANSING, Mich., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper & Partners introduces wellness culture coaching practice for Michigan companies. The practice is headed by managing partner, Don Cooper, a certified wellness culture coach through the Human Resource Institute. "Culture is the key to positively impacting the health of Michigan employees for the long-term," according to Cooper & Partner's managing partner, Karen Surdenik. "A culture that supports wellness can drive...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its on-going commitment to honor the sacrifice made by millions of American veterans and to strengthen relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea, the US & Korea Alliance Association will host an important ceremony in MacArthur Park on Saturday, September 29, 2012. "Our nation only exists as a free society because of the sacrifices made by American military personnel and we must honor that sacrifice made...
SHANGHAI, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Offshore Engineering China Conference 2012 will take place on 25-26 September at the Renaissance Shanghai Putuo Hotel, Shanghai, China. The conference is organized by UBM Conferences and is fully supported from SSNAOE. High level speakers: Peter HUANG, CEO, Subsea Engineering Inc. Michael Timmcke, Engineering & Optimization Manager, Bohai Operations, Conoco Phillips HE Changhai, Technical Director, CIMC Raffles LI Qingping, Senior...
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 16(th) Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by BET Networks, announced its 2012 slate today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO ) The nation's largest competitive multicultural film festival, Urbanworld will take place September 19-23, 2012 at midtown Manhattan's AMC 34th Street and will screen 49 films, including 17 world premieres. Ava DuVernay's 2012 Sundance-winning Middle...
SAO PAULO, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) announced the opening of the first China Sourcing Fairs and the co-located India Sourcing Fair today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The sold-out events are the largest Greater China-products exhibition in Brazil, featuring more than 500 booths. This marks the growing importance of trade partnerships between quality Greater China suppliers and the burgeoning South American market. (Logo:...
DENVER, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LocationInsight LLC today announced the successful raise of $5M from financial partner, United Communications Group (UCG) while simultaneously completing a management buy-out of the LocationInsight local search marketing business from the InfoNow Corporation. LocationInsight (LI) is the premier provider of local search marketing software and services to large advertisers with many physical locations. For over fifteen years, LI has provided...
MIAMI, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Time Partners LLC, owner & operator of local television stations WFXZ Channel 24 - Boston, WPSJ Channel 8 - Philadelphia & WSPF Channel 35 - Tampa, announced today that it will officially launch those stations as the local MundoFOX affiliates on August 13(th). MundoFOX is the new Spanish-language network from Fox International Channels and the RCN Television Group (RCN). "MundoFOX original programming will offer our audience in...
SHANGHAI, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Taomee Holdings Limited ("Taomee" or the "Company") (NYSE: TAOM), one of the leading children's entertainment and media companies in China, today announced that it will commercially launch one of its online virtual worlds- Mole's World in South Korea and Thailand, on July 27th, August 1st, respectively. In January 2012, Taomee announced its agreement with Central Star Ltd ("Central Star"), a leading Taiwan-based game operator, for...
SHANGHAI, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Taomee Holdings Limited ("Taomee" or the "Company") (NYSE: TAOM), one of the leading children's entertainment and media companies in China, today announced that the following shareholder resolutions were adopted at its annual general meeting of shareholders held on July 25, 2012 in Shanghai, China. Taomee's shareholders adopted the following ordinary resolutions proposed by the Company: That Mr. Roc Yunpeng Cheng be re-elected as a...
