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MAHWAH, N.J., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InterCore Energy, Inc., (OTCBB: ICOR), a technology company focused on operations and investments in the areas of clean energy and clean technology, today announced that Legacy Automation, Power & Design, Inc., part of the Legacy Group, has contracts worth nearly $3 million for power and control systems from two major oil companies. InterCore has a letter of intent with Legacy pursuant to which InterCore would acquire 100% of the Legacy...
EAST DUBUQUE, Ill., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crescent Electric Supply Company has signed an agreement to purchase Spokane, WA based Stoneway Electric Supply. Founded in 1974, Stoneway has grown from a single location to become a recognized market leader in the Pacific Northwest, achieving sales of $130 million in 2011. With approximately 210 employees, Stoneway serves contractor, industrial and government customers from 16 stocking branches in Washington, Idaho and Oregon....
Nationwide reseller, Heavy Water, adds NetClarity’s internal security product suite – the NACwall appliance family - to their IT portfolio to effectively protect their customers from internal attacks. Bedford, MA and New Rochelle, NY (PRWEB) September 24, 2012 NetClarity, Inc., the leading provider of integrated internal security solutions for mid-sized businesses, today announced a partnership with Heavy Water to resell their award-winning NACwall security appliances. This...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online For as long as the light bulb has been around, there haven’t been many great advancements to the existing product. Outside of the new, energy efficient models, the basic functionality still exists: On or off. The makers of LIFX smart bulbs want to bring modern technology to the humble light bulb, including Wi-Fi and smartphone connectivity. The idea behind LIFX is incredible, and once you start thinking about the different...
SECAUCUS, N.J., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate the 40(th) anniversary of the launch of the Technics SL-1200, a direct-drive turntable system popular among professional broadcast studios and DJ's, Panasonic today announced the reintroduction of Technics Pro DJ headphones. The Technics RP-DH1250 and RP-DJ1205 models feature sleek new packaging and offer the same superior sound quality that helped catapult the brand into its status as a favorite among consumers....
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexeo Solutions has announced it has added a new Senior Vice President of Plastics, Shawn Williams. Mr. Williams is the former President and CEO of Momentive Performance Materials' Global Sealants division, and began his tenure at Nexeo Solutions on Monday, September 10, 2012. He is reporting directly to Nexeo's President and CEO, David Bradley. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120912/DA72805LOGO) Williams comes to...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. and AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Energy Storage, a unit of GE Transportation (NYSE: GE) and Xtreme Power, a privately held Austin, Texas company have formalized a strategic alliance to work together to provide cutting-edge energy storage solutions. The alliance combines GE's Durathon* battery technology for grid energy storage systems and Xtreme Power's extensive experience as an integrated energy storage turn-key solutions provider. The new GE...
GUILFORD, Maine, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Puritan Diagnostics LLC, a division of Puritan Medical Products Co. LLC, North America's largest manufacturer of single use medical and diagnostic products, announced that they have received a Canadian patent and have completed examination and will soon be receiving a United States patent for their high performance HydraFlock(®) swab. The HydraFlock(®) swab combines a unique microstructure with innovative fibers to produce superior...
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) today announced that its CEO, Jose Mas, will be in San Francisco presenting at D.A. Davidson's 11(th) Annual Engineering & Construction Conference on Tuesday, September 11th, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. One-on-one meetings with institutional investors and MasTec's senior management are also being arranged as a part of the conference. The audio and slides may be accessed through a link on the...
MIAMI, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hi Score Corporation (PINKSHEETS: HSCO) announced today that its President, Michael Zoyes, has been in serious discussion with a South Florida-based Weight Loss Supplement Company. The talks involve the acquisition of the Weight Loss Supplement Company by Hi Score Corporation. The Weight Loss Supplement Company that is involved with the discussions is yet another private company that is in a growth stage. "If we can make this happen we will be...
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The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture device although not a movie projector. It is designed to be viewed by an individual through a window of a cabinet housing its components. It works by creating the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter. Thomas Edison was the first to describe it in conceptual terms; however, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was the first to develop it. Ten Kinetoscopes...
Execution by electrocution, started in the United States, is an execution method in which the person being killed is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body. Although its use is in decline the electric chair has become a symbol of the death penalty even though it was only used in the United States and briefly in the Philippines. The goal of the chair was to incapacitate the organs of the body in order to cause death. This was done...
Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat created the Vitascope, an early film projector, in 1895. They demonstrated the Vitascope at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, they called it the Phantoscope. Armat and Jenkins fought over the rights to the invention and eventually Armat, with legal authority, sold the rights to the Kinetoscope Company. The company eventually approached Thomas Edison to finance the manufacture of their machine before it was outdated. He agreed on the term...
The telephone is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sound generally the human voice. The phone's basic function is to allow people who are separated by large distances to talk with each other. The telephone is used across the world and is one of the most common appliances in the developed world. The phone is designed to have a microphone, an ear piece which reproduces the voice, a ringer, and a keypad to enter the numbers. The microphone, earphone, and the keypad are...
The incandescent light bulb provides a source of electric light through incandescence. The bulb works by passing current through a filament which heats to a temperature that produces light. The glass bulb that contains the filament prevents oxidation of the hot filament. The bulbs are also called electric lamps. Incandescent bulbs come in a various sizes and voltages. They can range from 1.5 volts to 300, require no external regulating equipment and have low manufacturing costs. They work...
