Cookbook Challenges ‘Good Taste’ in Defense of Free Speech and International Rights

November 18th, 2009 GDYNIA, Poland, November 19 - The IVO Software company, in cooperation with Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the largest British charity organization, is introducing two English speaking voices, based on revolutionary IVONA Text-to-Speech technology. They will be set up in products and services provided by RNIB to more than two million visually impaired persons.

November 16th, 2009 MONACO, November 17 - On the 20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 20, 2009, one organization is prepared to support children by helping them to easily understand and access their natural privileges. CyberDodo.org (or .com), a multi-platform, interactive, digital space for children, championed by an animated Dodo (CyberDodo (R)), inspires, daily, young people and their adult guardians to protect the rights of children.

September 3rd, 2009 MCLEAN, Virginia - Global Strategies Group, a leading provider of integrated security and defense technology, today announced that its US defense technology business, Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. ("GLOBAL Defense Technology"), has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

July 20th, 2009 MONTREAL - VoiceAge Corporation announced today its initiative to create a patent pool of essential AMR-WB/G.722.2 patents. Both Ericsson and Nokia, who are major contributors to AMR-WB/G.722.2 Standards, foster the realization of this patent pool in order to provide users with convenient, fair, reasonable and non discriminatory access to a portfolio of essential worldwide patents under a single license agreement.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Summer's on its way, and we all have our fingers crossed for sumptuous sunshine and warmer evenings. The economic climate might not be as balmy as the real one, but that's no reason not to enjoy tasty food that doesn't break the bank - it's time to get out the barbecue! There's nothing more fabulous in fine weather than an al fresco fiery feast, and succulent sausages are the simplest way to put some sizzle on your plate.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - If proof were needed that the prospect of public speaking can turn an otherwise confident person to jelly, then it is supplied in figures released today by Great Speechwriting. The business helps clients write and present speeches and it has reviewed the surfing habits of the 50,000 most recent visitors to www.greatspeechwriting.co.uk and www.chargeyourglasses.com, all of whom have sought speech-related help and advice.

April 28th, 2009 BASINGSTOKE, England - New digital publisher Creative Content has been giving US President Barack Obama some stiff competition in the bestseller lists recently, with their publication "Improve Your Speech - British English." The instant hit has been outselling Obama's audio book "Audacity of Hope" on iTunes in recent weeks. Creative Content co-founders Ali Muirden and Lorelei King say, "We're not surprised the title is doing well.

April 22nd, 2009 ANTWERP, Belgium - WeatherBill (www.weatherbill.com) announced today a groundbreaking weather coverage contract purchased by Antwerpen Proeft (Taste of Antwerp), Belgium's largest outdoor culinary festival. Taste of Antwerp, in its third year, will take place August 21-23, 2009 during the Bollekesfeest.

April 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Says North Korean Missile Launch Underscores Urgency for All Nuclear Powers to Support Obama-Medvedev Effort to Achieve "Global Zero" Political and military leaders at the forefront of the Global Zero initiative, a nonpartisan international effort to achieve a phased, verifiable plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide, immediately expressed support for President Obama's Prague speech and the newly announced U.S.-Russian effort to eliminate nuclear weapons, and called on their own governments to commit now to participating in multi-lateral negotiations for an agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - International legal expert Robert Amsterdam joins Nigerian defense team to challenge accusations against el-Rufai Nasir El-Rufai, a popular Nigerian reformer who has faced nearly two years of investigations from politically-motivated charges has announced the retention of the well-known international lawyer Robert Amsterdam, of Amsterdam & Peroff. Mr. Amsterdam has a broad mandate to mount a vigorous legal defense of El-Rufai's reputation, person and property both in Nigeria and abroad.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - A cookbook that can enable one to taste a dish before it is made is among the winners of the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), which have just been announced. It has been designed by Scott Shim of Ohio State University and Xi Calvin Chen of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Supermodel Kate Moss has rebuffed reports suggesting that she would be penning her own cookbook. It was reported that Kate would be penning a book on her favorite recipes, which would reveal the secret behind her slim body.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - After conquering the catwalk and storming the high street with her designer clothes, British supermodel-turned-designer Kate Moss is bringing out a cookbook. Moss, 35, has been inspired to write some recipes by Stasha Palos, the step-daughter of her good friend and billionaire businessman Sir Philip Green, reprots the Mirror online.

March 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Indian-American cookbook author Padma Lakshmi has revealed that she still finds Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger to be finger-licking delicious.

October 2nd, 2009 Pa. college reverses policy after free-speech flapPITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh-area community college caught up in a free-speech dispute says it will no longer require students to get approval to pass out leaflets. The Community College of Allegheny County had argued that 24-year-old Christine Brashier (BRAH'-sheer) didn't follow the rules when she passed out leaflets in May while trying to form a group advocating the right to carry concealed firearms on campus.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Almost all food ads mention the taste of the food being marketed, however, a new study shows that tapping into other senses rather than just 'taste' can actually increase consumers' perceptions. Authors Ryan S.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - After conquering the modelling world and storming the high street with her Topshop threads, Kate Moss is rustling up some recipes to tickle tastebuds, according to sources. The catwalk queen has reportedly decided to write a cookbook after being inspired by Topshop boss Sir Philip Green's stepdaughter Stasha Palos, who recently penned her very own recipe book of traditional Jewish dishes.

March 23rd, 2009 SYDNEY - Are you among those who vouch for grandma's rule eating carrots to boost night vision? Well, then you certainly need a reality check, for an eye specialist has called it the "greatest food myth". Paul Beaumont has said that eating carrots does more harm to you than good, as beta carotene rich food can actually increase the risk of blindness.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Advertisements that only mention taste and ignore other senses will be less effective, suggests a new study. Naturally, most food advertisements mention the taste of the food being marketed.

August 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cigarette smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds, says a new study on Greek soldiers. The research on the tongues of 62 soldiers, published in the open access journal BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, has demonstrated how cigarettes deaden the ability to taste.