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WOLVERINE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR DRESS LEATHER SHOES

Info-Prod Research (Middle East), March, 2008

Wolverine World Wide, Rockford, Mich., is being awarded a maximum
$7,169,101 modification to a previously awarded firm fixed price,
indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for men’s and
women’s dress leather shoes.Other locations of performance include
Jonesboro, Ark.; Big Rapids, Rockford, and Cedar Springs, Mich.Using
service is Navy.The original proposal was Web-solicited with six
responses.Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.Date of performance completion is Jul.

27, 2009.The
contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pa., (SPO100-06-D-0351).

NexBank Introduces Jumbo Mortgage

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2007

DALLAS — NexBank, SSB has introduced a jumbo mortgage product for home loans from $1.5 to $10 million, representing a shift for the bank, which has heretofore not focused on residential loans in this category.

As the decline of the lending industry on the national level has negatively affected the real estate market, attractive options for high-end borrowers in Dallas have been limited, according to Davis Deadman, CEO and president of NexBank.

“For the last few years, rates have spiraled out of control, to the point that making home loans didn’t make good business sense,” said Deadman. “We’ve bided our time, waiting for the opportunity to make competitive loans to the right customers, and are now willing to fill the void recently created by the turmoil in the credit markets, in order to best serve our customers.”

As a professional service, NexBank’s Jumbo Mortgage offers less execution risk for mortgage brokers and the product offers an option for homebuyers looking to finance high-end residential purchases. This product is an extension of the NexBank’s continued commitment to serve the needs of their customers, and is now available at all four Metroplex locations.

About NexBank

NexBank, SSB, is headquartered in Dallas in the NexBank Building, Galleria II Tower. Originally founded in 1922, the bank was purchased in 2004 by a group of Dallas-based investors, who have refocused the bank to become a next-generation leader in financial services

The AeroClinic Partners With Connectyx to Make MedFlash Available to Traveling Public

Market Wire, April, 2009

Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: CTYX) today announced a partnership with The AeroClinic to
make MedFlash available to their traveling patients and customers. Located
within major U.S. airports, The AeroClinic provides minor ill-care and
wellness services to passengers and airline and airport employees.

MedFlash is designed to simplify and provide peace-of-mind solutions for
the traveling public by deploying an easy-to-use Personal Health Record
Storage Device and Web Portal. The uniqueness of MedFlash is that it
provides each member with rapid access to their medical information from
three access points: The MedFlash flash drive, an internet portal and a
24/7 emergency hot line.

Ronn Schuman, Connectyx CEO, stated, “The partnership with The AeroClinic
combines two revolutionary convenience concepts in medical treatment:
MedFlash allows users to have key medical information at their fingertips
via our combination flash-drive and Web-portal based personal health
record, and The AeroClinic offers airport based high quality medical
treatment.”

About The AeroClinic

Located within major U.S. airports, The AeroClinic is the convenient,
health-smart, quick-care clinic of choice for minor ill-care, well-care and
prepackaged prescriptions/medications. Providing walk-in healthcare to the
flying public, airline employees and general airport communities,
affordable health services are available without an appointment and
typically rendered in less than 15-20 minutes. Quality patient care is
provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants and includes
primary care for minor illnesses, prepackaged prescription/medications,
preventive screenings and wellness consultation. The company’s passionate
team of healthcare professionals helps patients “Travel Well, Work Well and
Live Well.” For more information, please visit www.theaeroclinic.com .

About Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc.

Connectyx Technologies (PINKSHEETS: CTYX) provides products in the
healthcare market which include its Personal Health Record, MedFlash. The
MedFlash product is an easy to use Personal Health and Lifestyle Record &
Portal that is USB flash drive enabled. MedFlash contains an emergency
flash drive with a web portal and 24/7 emergency call center access that
can contain the owner’s complete medical and key information. Stored
MedFlash information can be accessed on any computer securely with complete
privacy for the members. For more information, please visit
www.connectyx.com and www.medflash.com .

This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, rules and
regulations promulgated under the Act, unanticipated changes in Medicare
reimbursement, outcomes of government reviews, inquiries and investigations
and related litigation, continued compliance with government regulations,
fluctuations in customer demand, management of rapid growth, competition
from other healthcare product vendors, timing and acceptance of new product
introductions, general economic conditions, geopolitical events and
regulatory changes, as well as other relevant risks

Phys ed teacher: gym class heroes.(HealthWorks: Exploring Careers in Health)(pshysical education)(Brief article)

Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication, April, 2009 by Wegimont, Colleen

Do you enjoy being around kids as much as you enjoy playing sports and exercising? Then a physical education teacher’s whistle may be in your future. From elementary school through college, phys ed teachers help students develop physical abilities and learn how to make fitness a fun and healthy habit.

The Job: Instruct kids and teens in sports, games, and exercise skills. Some also teach health or coach sports.

Skills Needed: Ability to demonstrate and teach skills while managing a classroom full of students

Education/Training: Bachelor’s in health and physical education; public schools require teaching certificates

Pay: Salaries range from about $30,000 to more than $70,000 per year

This bridal wear goes on one leg at a time

0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2006 | by Olivia Barker

Brides are giving tradition a kick in the pants.

The fitted white pantsuit in which celebrities have strutted along red carpets recently is now marching down the wedding aisle. Worn typically by older and second-time brides or in civil or destination ceremonies, it’s yet another example of how today’s weddings continue to veer from yesterday’s ballgown-clad conventions.

Whether a silvery blue sheath or lacy mini-dress, “people are getting married in just about anything these days,” says Pamella DeVos, whose Pamella Roland label has trotted out white pantsuits for the four years she has been in business

Yogurt fact

Better Nutrition, Jan, 2009

Two daily servings of yogurt can reduce risk for bladder cancer by up to 40 percent, according to a nine-year study of 82,000 people, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Investing in Soybeans

Indiana Business Magazine, Mar 2008 by McKimmie, Kathy

“ANYTHING YOU CAN make from petroleum you can theoretically also make with vegetable oil,” says Bernie Tao, professor in agricultural and biological engineer-’ ing at Purdue University. He calls soybean farmers oil barons, and they can just call him “Professor Soybean” He holds the title of professor in soybean utilization research, endowed by the Indiana Soybean Board since 2003.

In Tao’s wide-open view of the world, there are endless soy products that could be developed, including fuels, paint, plastics, clothing, lubricants, oils and greases. The technology for making most of those products from petroleum was developed more than a half century ago, he says. As petroleum has become more expensive, researchers have begun working on the technologies to develop chemicals from soybeans instead.

The really high economic value products that come from petroleum aren’t fuels, Tao stresses, but chemicals. “Chemicals will sell for three, four, 10 times the amount gasoline sells for. In the long run, if petroleum becomes very, very expensive or hard to get, potentially the best use of vegetable oil will not be making fuel, it will be making chemicals.” Purdue’s unique strength, he says, is being creative with regard to product innovation, in addition to fundamental research into the technology. “Coming up with uses that other people don’t think of.”

Much of Purdue’s research into the uses of soybeans is funded through a master agreement with the Indiana Soybean Alliance using soybean checkoff dollars. The checkoff program began in 1991 as a result of the 1990 federal farm hill, explains Chris Novak, executive director of the Alliance. “When farmers sell their soybeans, one-half of one percent of the value of that bushel of soybeans goes into the fund. Ms collected at the elevators and the elevators will send those dollars to us. Half of the money stays here in the state and half of the money goes to our national organization, which is the United Soybean Board.” Although the total annual income from Indiana’s checkoff varies and was up to about $9 million in the most recent year, he says $7.5 million is about average.

The alliance was formed in 2006, through a merger of the Indiana Soybean Board (the former checkoff organization) and the Indiana Soybean Growers Association. Dues from the alliance’s 900 members support its policy and regulatory affairs activities. In addition, Novak also has a management contract to oversee the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and its checkoff program. The similarities in the groups’ goals made it a natural to partner in a new 28-foot mobile marketing vehicle to educate consumers on the benefits of renewable biofuels

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The home visitor’s guidebook; promoting optimal parent and child development, 3d ed

Reference & Research Book News, Nov, 2008

The home visitor’s guidebook; promoting optimal parent and child development, 3d ed.

Klass, Carol S.

Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.

2008

412 pages

$44.95

Paperback

HQ755

This updated third edition includes new information on assessment and evaluation, childhood illnesses, helping families cope, the expanding role of grandparents, obesity, the fussy baby, moral identity, and the secure child. Written as a professional development resource for early interventionists, social workers, and other practitioners who deal directly with parents and children, this title is sectioned into broad topics of the basics of home visiting, promoting healthy parent and child development, and person and profession

NASE Gives $84,000 in College Scholarships

Market Wire, August, 2009

Just as states across the nation are cutting
financial aid due to budget shortfalls, the National Association for the
Self-Employed (NASE) awarded $84,000 in scholarship money to help 19
families send their children to college.

Merit-based scholarships worth $4,000 were awarded to 18 students. The NASE
Future Entrepreneur received $12,000, with a promise of $12,000 more over
the next three years as long as he maintains a high academic performance.

The scholarship awards will be used to defray the cost of tuition, which
has risen to an average of $6,585 per year for four-year public colleges,
and $25,143 per year for private schools, according to the College Board.

“For 20 years, the NASE has viewed this scholarship program as a way to
help our members send their children to college,” said Robert Hughes, NASE
president. “The students can study any subject at any accredited college
and I’m proud we can help them achieve their dreams.”

The NASE Scholarship Program began in 1989 as a way to invest in the future
of entrepreneurship. Since its start, over $1.8 million has been awarded to
the dependents of NASE Members.

The 2009 NASE $4,000 Scholarship recipients are:

Clare Bateman of Waymart, Pa.
Victoria Boyd of Memphis, Tenn.
Abigail Ebensberger of La Vergne, Tenn.
Brittany Elmer of Rockton, Ill.
Kelly Gwiner of Fostoria, Ohio
Laurel Hansen of Allison Park, Pa.
Hannah Harmsen of Middleville, Mich.
Lindsey Maxon of Arlington, Texas
Lesli Meekins of Port Orchard, Wash.
Ethan Montgomery of Stephenville, Texas
Jennifer Pappas of Methuen, Mass.
Emily Rapp of Sharon, N.H.
Joshua Scherschel of Bedford, Ind.
Raphael Shapiro of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Trevor St. John-Gilbert of Rockwall, Texas
Jason Wilber of Downingtown, Pa.
Julia Wilber of Downingtown, Pa.
Devon Zielinski of Argyle, Texas

The 2009 NASE Future Entrepreneur, Joe Pielago, is a Los Angeles streetwear
designer. With his scholarship of up to $24,000, he plans to attend the
University of San Francisco as a freshman this fall.

At the University of San Francisco, Joe intends to continue the business
that qualified him for the NASE Future Entrepreneur scholarship — Volia
Los Angeles.

Volia is a line of hats and T-shirts that combine the hip-hop, skateboard
craze and urban lifestyle that are part of the Southern California culture
for teens in the 21st century. The company has four employees, including
Joe’s brother, Jeff, 15, who’s the venture’s top salesman and Joe’s
lifelong friend D.J. Vilicich, who helped co-found Voila.

For more information about the NASE Scholarship Program or the 2009
recipients, please contact Kristin Oberlander at koberlander@NASEadmin.org .

About the NASE

The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation’s
leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, bringing a
broad range of benefits to help entrepreneurs succeed and to drive the
continued growth of this vital segment of the American economy. The NASE
is a 501(c) (6) nonprofit organization and provides big-business advantages
to hundreds of thousands of micro-businesses across the United States