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Virgin Books to publish memoir by multi award-winning ‘Master of the Musical’

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Virgin Books have acquired the UK & Commonwealth rights (exc. Canada) in a two volume memoir by the composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. US rights have been sold to Alfred A. Knopf by Stephen Sondheim’s long-time agent, Helen Brann of The Helen Brann Agency, Inc., whose British co-agent, Sara Menguc, has concluded the deal for UK and Commonwealth rights with Virgin.
Sondheim is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (received 2008), many Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described as ’ a genius whose work has changed the form of musical theatre’. From his concept musical Company to A Little Night Music to Sweeny Todd, Sondheim’s innovation continues to break the mould.
His career has spanned over half a century and his lyrics have entered the musical canon and popular culture. For the first time, those lyrics are being collected together along with rare and personal memories from his life that only Sondheim can tell, offering fans and aspiring songwriters keen insights into his writing process.
Sondheim’s most famous scores also include Sunday in the Park with George, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, Into the Woods, Assassins and Passion, as well as the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.
These two beautifully produced companion volumes will be rich with history, gossip and delightful details, bringing us back to a time when theatre was truly one of the pillars of culture. Unique, behind-the-scenes images will accompany the text, along with many personal photographs of Sondheim with his contemporaries and collaborators.
Sondheim will be celebrating his 80th birthday in 2010, and there will be countless celebrations throughout the theatre community, acknowledging the achievements of a man whose work is still regularly being revived all over the world.
Insightful, poignant, sometimes scathing, and often funny, these unique and definitive memoirs will be an instant classic for lovers of music and theatre alike. The first volume, Finishing the Hat will be published in autumn 2010, the second volume, Look, I Made a Hat, will follow in 2011. Stephen Sondheim will be in the UK for promotion at publication.

Source: WEBWIRE

Druvaa inSync Establishes New Case Studies for Mobile Workforce Laptop Backup

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Druvaa Software, best known for its enterprise laptop backup offering – Druvaa inSync (http://www.druvaa.com/insync/laptop-backup) yet again registered key customer wins.
Druvaa recently added key customers including UK largest BPO – Capita Group, India’s largest private Life insurance company – Prudential-ICICI, A major Dutch construction Group Larson & Tubro and a leading global antivirus company.
Capita Group PLC, deployed inSync for its enterprise laptop backup needs. Capita has a strong 30,000 distributed workforce, and was planning to backup the laptops centrally to its datacenter. Capita chose Druvaa inSync replacing Veritas Netbackup for its strong data deduplication and WAN Optimization features. More about features – http://www.druvaa.com/insync/features .
InSync is fast emerging has a preferred choice for backing up distributed and mobile workforce. While the most distinguishing feature is the source based data deduplication which saves over 90% bandwidth and storage, the ease of deployment & administration is fuelling the rapid growth. The product has strong customer base ranging from 10 to 10,000 PCs writes Borja Rosales, Sales Director for Europe on the corporate blog.
A large global anti-virus company recently replaced a completing product from Symantec with inSync laptop backup for its multi-continental work force. The backup administrator installed and backed up the entire IT-staff within 1 hour, which shocking for them (the IT Team), as they had spent over a week learning and setting up the heavy weight (competing product)…InSync was simple, elegant and fast. And the data deduplication and bandwidth throttling features enabled them to backup the large distributed workforce. adds Ash Ahuja, Sales Director for North America.

- What’s Next
Druvaa recently announced beta for its new network backup product for remote and local servers – Phoenix. Remote data backup is a widely spread and but very underserved problem. With our unique data deduplication approach and WAN Optimization, we believe Phoenix would be a killer proposition says Milind Borate, CTO, Druvaa. Phoenix is already learnt to have received an unprecedented response for beta program and the company had to close the beta program for more users. The beta program may again open sometime soon adds Milind.
- About Druvaa inSync:
Druvaa inSync is fully automated laptop backup software which protects corporate data for office and remote users. It features simple backup, point-in-time restores, and patent-pending data deduplication technology to make backups up to 10 times faster. Druvaa is planning to release a much anticipated upgrade v3.1 later this month.
- About Druvaa:
Founded in 2007, Druvaa Software is a leading provider of Continuous Data Protection and Disaster Recovery solutions. Since inception Druvaa has released two award winning products – Druvaa inSync and Druvaa Phoenix. Druvaa is privately held and backed by Indian Angel Network (IAN) and Accord International (HK).
Druvaa Website – http://www.druvaa.com/

Source: WEBWIRE

VariQuest° Selected to Participate in 21st Century Classroom Exhibit

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The National Middle School Association (NMSA) is featuring a 21st
Century Classroom during its 36th annual conference November
5-7 in Indianapolis. Varitronics°
is thrilled to announce that its VariQuest
Visual Learning Tools are a part of this noteworthy exhibit for the
second year in a row. NMSA has teamed up with several companies,
including Varitronics, with the goal of producing the most
technologically advanced classroom possible.
The 2009
NMSA Conference offers helpful tools and encouragement to provide a
relevant, high-quality education for young adolescents. It is attended
by educators of all kinds including teachers, principals, athletic
directors and media specialists. The 21st
Century Classroom exhibit is a recent addition, and is already a
favorite for many attendees.
For part of the conference, the classroom will be staffed by teachers,
giving students from local school districts the opportunity to
experiment with VariQuest and other innovative classroom technologies in
the education market, and conference attendees a glimpse of how these
products impact student achievement. Participating in this program is
Carmel Clay Schools’ Clay Middle School and Indianapolis Public Schools’
School 91.
“There is a vast range of technologies that contribute to 21st
century learning, and with VariQuest, students and teachers can explore
the unique ways they can improve achievement and engagement by bringing
their lessons and activities to life in the classroom,” said Richard
Garrity, director of sales and marketing at Varitronics. “The exhibit
that NMSA has put together is a great way to showcase the most
innovative technologies in the market today, and we are honored that
VariQuest is a part of it.”
The assembly of the classroom is not taken lightly; NMSA sought the
services of the Skillman Corporation to manage the site’s construction
as well as the Fanning Howey Firm to handle the classroom’s design. For
more information regarding the conference and exhibit, including
drawings and videos, visit www.nmsa.org.
VariQuest Visual Learning Toolsare designed to have a long-lasting
impact on student achievement, student engagement and professional
development in schools. For more information, visit www.variquest.com.
Varitronics and VariQuest are registered trademarks of Varitronics, A
Brady Business.
About Varitronics
Varitronics, A Brady Business, provideseducation technologyproducts
and solutionsthat help improve student achievement and teacher
effectiveness. Varitronics customer base includesmore than28,000
early childhood centers, elementary schools, secondary schools, and
post-secondary institutions throughout North America. Schools
utilizeVaritronics latest product suite, the VariQuest Visual Learning
Tools, to create a visually stimulating learning environment that helps
to reinforce student engagement and retention, enhance professional
development programs and support creative fundraising efforts.
Theinteractive VariQuest suite includes the Cutout
Maker, Poster
Maker, Awards
Maker and Design
Center, and is powered by proprietary VariQuest Software featuring
thousands ofcurriculum-alignedtemplates and graphics
designedspecifically for schools.Together,VariQuest Visual
LearningTools allow students, staff and administratorsthe ability
toquickly and easilycreate customizedposters,
banners,
award
plaques, stickers,
manipulatives
and cutoutsthat
help bring their lessons, activities and key messages to life.
Varitronics was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.Varitronics was acquired by Brady Corporationin 1996.As
part of its commitment to give back toschools, Brady has honored more
than 2,000 students with college scholarships totaling over $600,000
since 1990.For more information about Varitronics or VariQuest, visit www.variquest.com.

Source: Business Wire

Many 9/11 Many Victims Still Suffer Psychological Problems And Stress

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(New York, NY) — Eight years after the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, many people in close proximity to the tragedy continue to experience sometimes grave psychological and emotional problems, a new study reveals.

According to the 2009 9/11 Health Report, the number of victims who have developed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms related to their 9/11 exposure and its aftermath has almost doubled. And that number is expected to continue to rise.

Psychologists describe PTSD as a debilitating psychological condition that is caused generally by a major traumatic and stressful event.

“The September 11 terrorist attack was one of the most tragic and devastating moments in American history, and it’s obvious that the of number 9/11 victims psychologically impacted by the destruction is in the tens of thousands,” says Steven M. Centore, author of One of Them: A First Responder’s Story.

Mr. Centore, a 9/11 first responder, a federal employee and a Navy veteran, details his own battles with medical insurance companies and the federal government in his book—battles that have made his many 9/11-related health problems all the more painful to deal with.

PTSD is a very disruptive disorder that can create family and work problems, and in some cases it can lead to drug and alcohol abuse. The common PTSD symptoms are:
• Fear and anxiety
• Nightmares and flashbacks
• Anger and irritability
• Guilt
• Depression

According to Psychology Today, PTSD treatment progresses at a slow rate and requires a sensitive and structured program delivered by a trauma specialist.

“Studies and reports conclusively show that along with medical help, the 9/11 victims need psychological support services not usually covered by insurance plans, which means long-term government funding,” says Mr. Centore. “Hopefully the US government will take the reports seriously and will provide the necessary help to those who put their own health and lives on the line when the nation needed them.”

To learn more about how you can help or to buy the nationally acclaimed book One of Them: A First Responder’s Story, visit www.SteveCentore.com or www.wadv-oneofthem.com. The book is also available on Borders.com, Target.com, Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
For more information about One of Them: A First Responder’s Story, contact Steven M. Centore directly at Scentore@yahoo.com.

WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED VETERANS, INC. and author Steven M. Centore chose Arbor Books, Inc. (www.ArborBooks.com) to design and promote One of Them: A First Responder’s Story. Arbor Books is an internationally renowned, full-service book design, ghostwriting and marketing firm.
(One of Them: A First Responder’s Story by Steven M. Centore; ISBN: 0-9801274-0-8;
$16.95; 208 pages; 5½” x 8½”; softcover; Worldwide Association of Disabled Veterans, Inc.)

Source: WEBWIRE