Caterpillar Inc. said Monday that it will reduce its space needs at its facilities in Aurora and South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but the cutbacks won't result in any job losses, according to a report by the Chicago Daily Herald. The Peoria-based equipment manufacturing giant said it is retooling the South Milwaukee mining equipment plant to eliminate the need for more than 260,000 square feet of production space. In Aurora, a similar, though much larger, effort will result in the reduction of 1 million…
Reported by bizjournals 23 hours ago.
Caterpillar to downsize in Aurora
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Aurora firefighters rescue 7 ducklings trapped in storm drain
Aurora firefighters rescued seven baby ducks from a storm drain at the National Corrections Academy on Tuesday morning, with city officials calling the recovery "Operation Ducky Rescue.
Reported by Denver Post 23 hours ago.
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Nixon's Domino Theory Was Right
It's graduation season and nearly two million undergrads will receive their diplomas this year. While campuses all across the nation groom themselves for commencement, one university reels from the weight of another commemoration.
Last week at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, hundreds of visitors flocked to a solitary parking lot to pay their respect. Respect has been in short supply for the victims and families of the Kent State massacre.
On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters. 13 students were shot, four of whom died. The university has blocked off the spaces in the lot where the innocents fell - but has left the rest of the parking lot open to vehicles. You can't park on the exact space where Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder were killed, but you can park right next to them. And there aren't any barriers where the nine wounded students - Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald MacKenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps, and Douglas Wrentmore - where shot and bled.
The university decision to use as many available parking spaces as possible epitomizes how undervalued the lives of these victims were and still are. To be fair, you can still watch movies at the Aurora, Colorado Movieplex where 12 people were killed and 70 more were wounded. However, there's a glaring difference between Kent State and the Aurora shootings: in Aurora, the authorities held the shooter responsible. James Holmes has been charged with 165 counts - including murder and attempted murder - and NBC news carries video of the trial.
There's been no criminal trial for the shooters at Kent State. That's because state and federal governments are immune from prosecution.
Without transparency, without assignation of guilt, two inevitable consequences occur: survivors assume guilt that isn't theirs and offenders are free to repeat their crimes.
Visitors to the 45th anniversary of the Kent State shooting vocalized a great deal of internalized and misplaced guilt. Just prior to the 2015 memorial candlelight ceremony, Dean Kahler, who's spent the last 45 years in a wheel chair, remarked, "It's not about me, it's about the four who died."
Scott Duncanson, a protestor who escaped May 4, 1970 unharmed, still grieves the opportunities lost to his classmates, "We got to have children."
The Kent State demonstrations followed President Richard Nixon's acknowledgement that he - absent Congressional approval - was bombing Cambodia. The big picture is sketchy but the survivors share details that they remember vividly. There was a fire at the ROTC building. The city was locked down with tanks and vehicles mounted with machine guns. During protests the night before the massacre, guardsmen bayoneted students. And after nightfall, helicopters hovered over the campus with searchlights dropping tear gas. By the time the students were shot and killed at Kent State, Kent, Ohio was a city occupied by a heavily armed military force.
President Nixon promised America that without swift action to insure democracy, one government after another would fall victim to ruthless leadership. He used this "logic" to justify aggression across the Asian continent from Korea to Cambodia. The term he and his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower used for this successive collapse of republicanism was "The Domino Theory."
Kent State has proven Nixon's philosophy, but not in the way he intended.
Kent State is one incident in a long line of militaristic attacks on the civilian population. As far back as George Washington's suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion, the military and other police forces have been used as armed aggressors against the citizenry. When the Chicago Police attacked the protesters at Haymarket prompting a false trial and the execution of innocent men, it prepared the way for the Kent State shootings and the trial of the Kent 25. And the subsequent Justice Department refusal to examine what happened in that small Ohio town in 1970 has toppled the dominos leading to Freddie Gray's severed spine in Baltimore.
It's never too late to examine the reality of circumstances, motivations, and outcomes in history. Although, when decades pass and eyewitnesses die, it gets harder to illuminate the darker corners of the past. Last week, the Kent State campus filled with survivors seeking closure and comfort from visiting their past. The best way to prevent police brutality and government-sponsored violence is to expose it. In the case of the Kent State Massacres, there's still time.
Joe Lewis, the only Kent State survivor who was shot twice, summed up his desire for justice because he believes that survival comes with responsibility, "That 's part of the reason I come back here every year is to speak up for them. [Krause, Miller, Scheuer, and Schroeder] Because they would have spoken up for me had the shoe been on the other foot."
Laurel Krause, Allison Krause's younger sister and co-founder of the Kent State Truth Tribunal, seeks to open the closed book on Kent State and detail what really happened in 1970. Krause wants to know why the soldiers shot her sister, the other Kent State victims, and the lesser-known students killed and wounded later at Jackson state. In her remarks addressing the crowd assembled at Kent State May 4th Krause cautioned, "Even today, 45 years later, a culture of impunity persists. We read the news and see law enforcement killing young African Americans across the country. Those of us who witnessed Kent State have to ask whether things might have been different if this era of brutal suppression of political protest had resulted in accountability."
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Reported by Huffington Post 22 hours ago.
Last week at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, hundreds of visitors flocked to a solitary parking lot to pay their respect. Respect has been in short supply for the victims and families of the Kent State massacre.
On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters. 13 students were shot, four of whom died. The university has blocked off the spaces in the lot where the innocents fell - but has left the rest of the parking lot open to vehicles. You can't park on the exact space where Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder were killed, but you can park right next to them. And there aren't any barriers where the nine wounded students - Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald MacKenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps, and Douglas Wrentmore - where shot and bled.
The university decision to use as many available parking spaces as possible epitomizes how undervalued the lives of these victims were and still are. To be fair, you can still watch movies at the Aurora, Colorado Movieplex where 12 people were killed and 70 more were wounded. However, there's a glaring difference between Kent State and the Aurora shootings: in Aurora, the authorities held the shooter responsible. James Holmes has been charged with 165 counts - including murder and attempted murder - and NBC news carries video of the trial.
There's been no criminal trial for the shooters at Kent State. That's because state and federal governments are immune from prosecution.
Without transparency, without assignation of guilt, two inevitable consequences occur: survivors assume guilt that isn't theirs and offenders are free to repeat their crimes.
Visitors to the 45th anniversary of the Kent State shooting vocalized a great deal of internalized and misplaced guilt. Just prior to the 2015 memorial candlelight ceremony, Dean Kahler, who's spent the last 45 years in a wheel chair, remarked, "It's not about me, it's about the four who died."
Scott Duncanson, a protestor who escaped May 4, 1970 unharmed, still grieves the opportunities lost to his classmates, "We got to have children."
The Kent State demonstrations followed President Richard Nixon's acknowledgement that he - absent Congressional approval - was bombing Cambodia. The big picture is sketchy but the survivors share details that they remember vividly. There was a fire at the ROTC building. The city was locked down with tanks and vehicles mounted with machine guns. During protests the night before the massacre, guardsmen bayoneted students. And after nightfall, helicopters hovered over the campus with searchlights dropping tear gas. By the time the students were shot and killed at Kent State, Kent, Ohio was a city occupied by a heavily armed military force.
President Nixon promised America that without swift action to insure democracy, one government after another would fall victim to ruthless leadership. He used this "logic" to justify aggression across the Asian continent from Korea to Cambodia. The term he and his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower used for this successive collapse of republicanism was "The Domino Theory."
Kent State has proven Nixon's philosophy, but not in the way he intended.
Kent State is one incident in a long line of militaristic attacks on the civilian population. As far back as George Washington's suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion, the military and other police forces have been used as armed aggressors against the citizenry. When the Chicago Police attacked the protesters at Haymarket prompting a false trial and the execution of innocent men, it prepared the way for the Kent State shootings and the trial of the Kent 25. And the subsequent Justice Department refusal to examine what happened in that small Ohio town in 1970 has toppled the dominos leading to Freddie Gray's severed spine in Baltimore.
It's never too late to examine the reality of circumstances, motivations, and outcomes in history. Although, when decades pass and eyewitnesses die, it gets harder to illuminate the darker corners of the past. Last week, the Kent State campus filled with survivors seeking closure and comfort from visiting their past. The best way to prevent police brutality and government-sponsored violence is to expose it. In the case of the Kent State Massacres, there's still time.
Joe Lewis, the only Kent State survivor who was shot twice, summed up his desire for justice because he believes that survival comes with responsibility, "That 's part of the reason I come back here every year is to speak up for them. [Krause, Miller, Scheuer, and Schroeder] Because they would have spoken up for me had the shoe been on the other foot."
Laurel Krause, Allison Krause's younger sister and co-founder of the Kent State Truth Tribunal, seeks to open the closed book on Kent State and detail what really happened in 1970. Krause wants to know why the soldiers shot her sister, the other Kent State victims, and the lesser-known students killed and wounded later at Jackson state. In her remarks addressing the crowd assembled at Kent State May 4th Krause cautioned, "Even today, 45 years later, a culture of impunity persists. We read the news and see law enforcement killing young African Americans across the country. Those of us who witnessed Kent State have to ask whether things might have been different if this era of brutal suppression of political protest had resulted in accountability."
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Reported by Huffington Post 22 hours ago.
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Man seriously hurt after apparent hit and run on Aurora
Reported by SeattlePI.com 22 hours ago.
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Graebel Relocation APAC Regional Center Hosts Global Mobility Events Throughout Region
APAC regional business center that is located in Singapore will host and participate in a variety of networking and educational events in the coming weeks
Aurora, COLO USA (PRWEB) May 12, 2015
Global management firm, Graebel Relocation, has announced that its APAC regional business center that is located in Singapore will host and participate in a variety of networking and educational events in the coming weeks. Earlier this year, Graebel Relocation proclaimed that a new global era would emerge such as expanded and enhanced global relocation managed services. These events embody the customer-centric, award-winning organization’s objective to unequivocally and further differentiate its services and, in turn, elevate client and assignees’ experiences worldwide.· 13 May, Singapore: Expatriate & Mobility Professionals’ Summer networking session
· 20 May, Singapore: insideMOBILITY housing and regional mobility trends presentation
· 4 June, Shanghai: insideMOBILITY, housing, and visa and immigration presentation
· 10 June, Hong Kong: insideMOBILITY, visa and immigration updates presentation
· 16-17 June, Singapore: HRO Today, Global APAC Forum - silver sponsor
· 24 June, Singapore: insideMOBILITY, global relocation policies presentation
insideMobility is a Graebel Relocation forum that has brought together human resource, talent management and mobility professionals to connect and share information concerning the latest global mobility trends and best practices since 2014.
Chief executive officer, William Graebel SGMS stated, “Graebel Relocation opened the first APAC in-region center in Singapore in 2009, expanded to a larger facility in 2010, and in 2013 opened a center in Shanghai for real-time managed services and communications with our clients and global supply chain. Speaking of communications, our global company holds quarterly town hall meetings to ensure that our employees are well informed about our organization and industry. In April, our 2Q town hall meeting was hosted from our Singapore business center that is located in the heart of the financial district, with a live-feed from our world headquarters in the U.S.
We are known for our award-winning market intelligence materials, forums and in-region summits. Our Global 100 and Fortune 500 clients in the APAC region are experiencing dramatic growth as they expand their presence organically or through mergers and acquisition. This has surfaced an increasing need to find avenues that will enhance or increase productivity for globally active companies and their people that may be new to the region. Graebel Relocation is pleased to host a variety of networking and educational sessions about the region and other relevant topics in the global mobility industry. Our on-the-ground industry professionals are front and center to bring a new dimension to customer-first services.”
To learn more about any of the multiple events planned in Singapore, contact marcom1(at)graebel(dot)com
About Graebel Companies, Inc.
Founded in 1950, Graebel Companies is a privately-held global organization that offers the full suite of employee and commercial office relocation, mobility management, workplace and consultative services for the Global 100, Fortune 500 and emerging companies. On-the-ground services are managed in 165 countries on six continents. The world headquarters is located in Aurora, Colorado USA with in-region centers throughout the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. Known for its industry-first innovations, Graebel holds numerous quality and security credentials, and has earned accolades from clients and from within its industry for its best-in-practice quality and market intelligence research and corporate social responsibility initiatives across the globe. To learn more visit: http://www.graebel.com.
# # # Reported by PRWeb 21 hours ago.
Aurora, COLO USA (PRWEB) May 12, 2015
Global management firm, Graebel Relocation, has announced that its APAC regional business center that is located in Singapore will host and participate in a variety of networking and educational events in the coming weeks. Earlier this year, Graebel Relocation proclaimed that a new global era would emerge such as expanded and enhanced global relocation managed services. These events embody the customer-centric, award-winning organization’s objective to unequivocally and further differentiate its services and, in turn, elevate client and assignees’ experiences worldwide.· 13 May, Singapore: Expatriate & Mobility Professionals’ Summer networking session
· 20 May, Singapore: insideMOBILITY housing and regional mobility trends presentation
· 4 June, Shanghai: insideMOBILITY, housing, and visa and immigration presentation
· 10 June, Hong Kong: insideMOBILITY, visa and immigration updates presentation
· 16-17 June, Singapore: HRO Today, Global APAC Forum - silver sponsor
· 24 June, Singapore: insideMOBILITY, global relocation policies presentation
insideMobility is a Graebel Relocation forum that has brought together human resource, talent management and mobility professionals to connect and share information concerning the latest global mobility trends and best practices since 2014.
Chief executive officer, William Graebel SGMS stated, “Graebel Relocation opened the first APAC in-region center in Singapore in 2009, expanded to a larger facility in 2010, and in 2013 opened a center in Shanghai for real-time managed services and communications with our clients and global supply chain. Speaking of communications, our global company holds quarterly town hall meetings to ensure that our employees are well informed about our organization and industry. In April, our 2Q town hall meeting was hosted from our Singapore business center that is located in the heart of the financial district, with a live-feed from our world headquarters in the U.S.
We are known for our award-winning market intelligence materials, forums and in-region summits. Our Global 100 and Fortune 500 clients in the APAC region are experiencing dramatic growth as they expand their presence organically or through mergers and acquisition. This has surfaced an increasing need to find avenues that will enhance or increase productivity for globally active companies and their people that may be new to the region. Graebel Relocation is pleased to host a variety of networking and educational sessions about the region and other relevant topics in the global mobility industry. Our on-the-ground industry professionals are front and center to bring a new dimension to customer-first services.”
To learn more about any of the multiple events planned in Singapore, contact marcom1(at)graebel(dot)com
About Graebel Companies, Inc.
Founded in 1950, Graebel Companies is a privately-held global organization that offers the full suite of employee and commercial office relocation, mobility management, workplace and consultative services for the Global 100, Fortune 500 and emerging companies. On-the-ground services are managed in 165 countries on six continents. The world headquarters is located in Aurora, Colorado USA with in-region centers throughout the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. Known for its industry-first innovations, Graebel holds numerous quality and security credentials, and has earned accolades from clients and from within its industry for its best-in-practice quality and market intelligence research and corporate social responsibility initiatives across the globe. To learn more visit: http://www.graebel.com.
# # # Reported by PRWeb 21 hours ago.
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Aurora City Council picks new ambulance provider
The City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a contract for a new citywide ambulance service company, ending an 18-year partnership with its previous provider, Rural Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.
Reported by Denver Post 21 hours ago.
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Astronics hits three records in first quarter; net income climbs
Astronics Corp. hit three records in the first quarter, reflecting the position by analysts that the company has become one of the preeminent small-cap growth stocks in the aircraft industry. The East Aurora company (NASDAQ: ATRO) has seen share rise from $46 to about $70 over the past year as recent acquisitions have pushed the company to new heights. First-quarter net income increased by nearly 43 percent from $7.51 million last year to $10.68 million this year. In the first quarter, Astronics…
Reported by bizjournals 21 hours ago.
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Marshfield Clinic Health System Is Eighth Wisconsin Health Care System To Join AboutHealth
MARSHFIELD, Wis., May 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) is joining AboutHealth, the statewide health care organization that includes Aspirus, Aurora Health Care, Bellin Health, Gundersen Health System, ProHealth Care, ThedaCare and UW Health. The...
Reported by PR Newswire 16 hours ago.
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‘Jem and the Holograms’ First Trailer: Perils of Fame Gets a Ke$ha Makeover (Video)
The first trailer for Universal Pictures’ take on beloved 80’s cartoon “Jem and the Holograms” has hit, and director Jon M. Chu is showcasing a series of modern influences from Ke$ha and Lady Gaga to the dark glamour of “Black Swan.”
The live-action telling stars “Sharknado” actress Aubrey Peeples as the eponymous Jem, an introvert teen living with her aunt (Molly Ringland), sister and foster siblings (Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, and Aurora Perrineau).
*Also Read:* 'Jem and the Holograms' New Cast Teaser Poster Revealed (Photos)
The guitar-strumming Jem is content scribbling song lyrics in a journal until one of her housemates uploads a clip to YouTube that explodes in views and lands her and her assembled kin — The Holograms — in the office of a cynical Hollywood record label run by a perfectly blunt Juliette Lewis.
More to come …
The post ‘Jem and the Holograms’ First Trailer: Perils of Fame Gets a Ke$ha Makeover (Video) appeared first on TheWrap.
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'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Cybernatural' Release Dates Set by Universal
Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis Join Cast of 'Jem and the Holograms' Reported by The Wrap 15 hours ago.
The live-action telling stars “Sharknado” actress Aubrey Peeples as the eponymous Jem, an introvert teen living with her aunt (Molly Ringland), sister and foster siblings (Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, and Aurora Perrineau).
*Also Read:* 'Jem and the Holograms' New Cast Teaser Poster Revealed (Photos)
The guitar-strumming Jem is content scribbling song lyrics in a journal until one of her housemates uploads a clip to YouTube that explodes in views and lands her and her assembled kin — The Holograms — in the office of a cynical Hollywood record label run by a perfectly blunt Juliette Lewis.
More to come …
The post ‘Jem and the Holograms’ First Trailer: Perils of Fame Gets a Ke$ha Makeover (Video) appeared first on TheWrap.
*Related stories from TheWrap:*
'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Cybernatural' Release Dates Set by Universal
Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis Join Cast of 'Jem and the Holograms' Reported by The Wrap 15 hours ago.
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Rock Out With the First Official 'Jem and the Holograms' Trailer!
We are freaking out because the first Jem and the Holograms trailer is here!!! Starring Stefanie Scott, Aubrey Peeples, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Ryan Guzman, the film follows a small-town girl who catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, as she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents [...]
Reported by Just Jared Jr 14 hours ago.
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The 'Jem And The Holograms' Trailer Is Here
Get ready for glitter and rock 'n' roll. The first official trailer for "Jem and the Holograms" has arrived.Director Jon M. Chu's film version of the '80s animated TV show follows Aubrey Peeples' Jerrica Benton, aka Jem, a foster child at home and a pink-haired rocker on stage. When her sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) uploads a video of Jem singing to YouTube, it instantly goes viral and Jem and her bandmates Aja (Hayley Kiyoko) and Shana (Aurora Perrineau) get offered a record deal. The trailer lacks the signature camp from the original show and instead focuses on Jem's coming-of-age story as she navigates fame in the social media age.
The official Twitter account for the movie also revealed the first poster on Tuesday.
Truly outrageous! Check out the poster for #JemTheMovie and stay tuned for the debut of the trailer today! pic.twitter.com/6hajGDz3RN
— JEM THE MOVIE (@jemthemovie) May 12, 2015"Jem and the Holograms" will also star Molly Ringwald as Aunt Bailey, Ryan Guzman as love interest Rio and Juliette Lewis will play record exec Erica Raymond. "Jem and the Holograms" opens Oct. 23.
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Reported by PopEater 13 hours ago.
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"Jem and the Holograms" - cast: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Ryan Guzman, Juliette Lewis, Nicholas Braun, Molly Ringwald
*Release date :* October 23, 2015*Synopsis :* As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million ... Reported by AceShowbiz 3 hours ago.
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'Jem and the Holograms' Debuts First Trailer - Watch Now!
Get ready to rock out in this first trailer for the highly-anticipated upcoming film Jem and the Holograms! Starring Stefanie Scott, Aubrey Peeples, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Ryan Guzman, the film follows a small-town girl who catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, as she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of [...]
Reported by Just Jared 3 hours ago.
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Confirmit Announces 2015 ACE Award Winners
Confirmit celebrates industry-leading clients for their dedication to customer experience with the 10th annual ACE Awards
New York, NY and Oslo, Norway and London, UK (PRWEB) May 13, 2015
Confirmit, the leading global solutions provider for Customer Experience, Employee Engagement and Market Research, has announced the winners of the 2015 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Awards. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the ACE Awards recognize Confirmit clients that best demonstrate how to use the Voice of the Customer to improve the customer experience and boost business results.
This year’s ACE Awards saw a record number of applicants, and the most competitive applicant pool, to date. The awards program celebrates outstanding achievement in building Voice of the Customer and Voice of the Employee programs that deliver tangible business improvements. This also extends to forward-thinking Market Research agencies who run such programs for their clients. Receiving a Confirmit ACE Award is a distinct honor that sets winners apart from the crowd by demonstrating their commitment to measuring, understanding and improving the customer experience. An elite group of Confirmit clients qualified for an ACE Award this year.
“The Voice of the Customer is not just part of the business process. When built into the fabric of these companies – and particularly when linked to the Voice of the Employee – it not only improves business results, but delivers culture change across the company,” shared Henning Hansen, President and CEO of Confirmit. “We’re proud to work with so many companies, across a variety of industries that are dedicated to customer experience initiatives.”
The record 50 winners of the 2015 Confirmit ACE Awards include:
21st Century Insurance, Actuate, ADT Security Services, AIG, AIG General Life, AIG Travel Guard, Allied Irish Bank plc, ANSYS, Inc., Asurion, Authorize.Net, Barnes & Noble, Belairdirect, Best Buy Co., Inc., BNSF Railway, British Standards Institution, BuzzBack LLC, Canon USA, Copart, Corby Spirit and Wine Ltd/Asking Canadians, CyberSource, Dell Software, Deltek, Inc., Digital Insight, Harvard Business Publishing, Infor, Keep Factor, LivingSocial, Marketing Sciences Unlimited, Mars, Incorporated, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, McKesson, McKesson Cork Ireland, Moore Medical, Newmarket International, Inc., an Amadeus Company, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, Pitney Bowes, PODS Enterprises LLC, ReachLocal, RelayHealth, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, RONIN Corporation, Siemens Building Technologies, Survey Sampling Europe B.V., Sysmex America, Inc., The Hanover Insurance Group, The Toro Company, Tyco Integrated Security, Tyco SimplexGrinnell, W5, Waters Corporation.
Several of this year’s winning companies have been recognized with an ACE Award multiple times since the program’s inception in 2005. Multi-year winners include:· Ten-time winners: CyberSource, Digital Insight
· Nine-time winners: 21st Century Insurance, Newmarket International, Inc.
· Eight-time winners: Actuate, Deltek, Waters Corporation
· Seven-time winners: Infor, SimplexGrinnell
· Six-time winners: ADT Security Services, Canon USA, Inc., Dell Software, Siemens Building Technologies, Travel Guard
· Five-time winners: McKesson, Roche Diagnostics Corporation
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About the Confirmit ACE Awards
The ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Awards program was established in 2005 to recognize outstanding achievement in customer excellence. Receiving a Confirmit ACE Award is a distinct honor that demonstrates both rigorous application of customer experience processes and outstanding performance as measured by those processes. All Confirmit customers are eligible for Confirmit ACE Awards for their company, business units, or segments of a business. To be eligible for a 2015 Confirmit ACE Award, organizations must have conducted one or more Voice of the Customer surveys between January 1 and December 31, 2014.
About Confirmit
Confirmit is the world’s leading SaaS vendor for multichannel Voice of the Customer, Employee Feedback, and Market Research solutions. The company has offices in Oslo (headquarters), Chengdu, Cologne, Grimstad, London, Moscow, New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Yaroslavl. Confirmit’s software is also distributed through partner resellers in Madrid, Milan, Salvador, Sydney, and Tokyo.
Confirmit powers Global 5000 companies and Market Research agencies worldwide with a wide range of software products for feedback / data collection, panel management, data processing, analysis, and reporting. Customers include Aurora, British Airways, Cross-Tab, Dow Chemical, GfK, GlaxoSmithKline, GMO Research, JTN Research, Keep Factor, Morehead Associates, Nielsen, Research Now, Swisscom, and The Wellcome Trust. Visit http://www.confirmit.com for more information. Reported by PRWeb 2 hours ago.
New York, NY and Oslo, Norway and London, UK (PRWEB) May 13, 2015
Confirmit, the leading global solutions provider for Customer Experience, Employee Engagement and Market Research, has announced the winners of the 2015 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Awards. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the ACE Awards recognize Confirmit clients that best demonstrate how to use the Voice of the Customer to improve the customer experience and boost business results.
This year’s ACE Awards saw a record number of applicants, and the most competitive applicant pool, to date. The awards program celebrates outstanding achievement in building Voice of the Customer and Voice of the Employee programs that deliver tangible business improvements. This also extends to forward-thinking Market Research agencies who run such programs for their clients. Receiving a Confirmit ACE Award is a distinct honor that sets winners apart from the crowd by demonstrating their commitment to measuring, understanding and improving the customer experience. An elite group of Confirmit clients qualified for an ACE Award this year.
“The Voice of the Customer is not just part of the business process. When built into the fabric of these companies – and particularly when linked to the Voice of the Employee – it not only improves business results, but delivers culture change across the company,” shared Henning Hansen, President and CEO of Confirmit. “We’re proud to work with so many companies, across a variety of industries that are dedicated to customer experience initiatives.”
The record 50 winners of the 2015 Confirmit ACE Awards include:
21st Century Insurance, Actuate, ADT Security Services, AIG, AIG General Life, AIG Travel Guard, Allied Irish Bank plc, ANSYS, Inc., Asurion, Authorize.Net, Barnes & Noble, Belairdirect, Best Buy Co., Inc., BNSF Railway, British Standards Institution, BuzzBack LLC, Canon USA, Copart, Corby Spirit and Wine Ltd/Asking Canadians, CyberSource, Dell Software, Deltek, Inc., Digital Insight, Harvard Business Publishing, Infor, Keep Factor, LivingSocial, Marketing Sciences Unlimited, Mars, Incorporated, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, McKesson, McKesson Cork Ireland, Moore Medical, Newmarket International, Inc., an Amadeus Company, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, Pitney Bowes, PODS Enterprises LLC, ReachLocal, RelayHealth, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, RONIN Corporation, Siemens Building Technologies, Survey Sampling Europe B.V., Sysmex America, Inc., The Hanover Insurance Group, The Toro Company, Tyco Integrated Security, Tyco SimplexGrinnell, W5, Waters Corporation.
Several of this year’s winning companies have been recognized with an ACE Award multiple times since the program’s inception in 2005. Multi-year winners include:· Ten-time winners: CyberSource, Digital Insight
· Nine-time winners: 21st Century Insurance, Newmarket International, Inc.
· Eight-time winners: Actuate, Deltek, Waters Corporation
· Seven-time winners: Infor, SimplexGrinnell
· Six-time winners: ADT Security Services, Canon USA, Inc., Dell Software, Siemens Building Technologies, Travel Guard
· Five-time winners: McKesson, Roche Diagnostics Corporation
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About the Confirmit ACE Awards
The ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Awards program was established in 2005 to recognize outstanding achievement in customer excellence. Receiving a Confirmit ACE Award is a distinct honor that demonstrates both rigorous application of customer experience processes and outstanding performance as measured by those processes. All Confirmit customers are eligible for Confirmit ACE Awards for their company, business units, or segments of a business. To be eligible for a 2015 Confirmit ACE Award, organizations must have conducted one or more Voice of the Customer surveys between January 1 and December 31, 2014.
About Confirmit
Confirmit is the world’s leading SaaS vendor for multichannel Voice of the Customer, Employee Feedback, and Market Research solutions. The company has offices in Oslo (headquarters), Chengdu, Cologne, Grimstad, London, Moscow, New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Yaroslavl. Confirmit’s software is also distributed through partner resellers in Madrid, Milan, Salvador, Sydney, and Tokyo.
Confirmit powers Global 5000 companies and Market Research agencies worldwide with a wide range of software products for feedback / data collection, panel management, data processing, analysis, and reporting. Customers include Aurora, British Airways, Cross-Tab, Dow Chemical, GfK, GlaxoSmithKline, GMO Research, JTN Research, Keep Factor, Morehead Associates, Nielsen, Research Now, Swisscom, and The Wellcome Trust. Visit http://www.confirmit.com for more information. Reported by PRWeb 2 hours ago.
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Aurora theater shooting jury returns for Day 12 of trial
CENTENNIAL — Investigators collected 381 spent and unused rounds of ammunition from inside the Aurora movie theater where 12 people were killed and another 70 were injured.
Reported by Denver Post 2 hours ago.
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Will Aurora shooting trial serve as referendum on death penalty in Colorado?
The James Holmes trial is taking place against a backdrop of increasing ambivalence about the death penalty in America. Colorado, where the trial is taking place, has executed one person since 1976.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 36 minutes ago.
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WATCH LIVE: James Holmes Murder Trial – 05/13/15
Opening statements in the murder trial of *James Holmes*, who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others when he fired upon the crowd of moviegoers at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado on July 20, 2012.
Reported by Mediaite 1 hour ago.
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Aurora theater shooting trial, the latest from Day 12
ARAPAHOE COUNTY — Denver Post reporter Jordan Steffen's updates from Day 12 of the Aurora theater shooting trial at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial, Colorado.
Reported by Denver Post 1 day ago.
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Aurora Cannabis signs plant tissue culture agreement with CanGenX Biotech
Shares of Aurora Cannabis (CSE:ACB) rose 2.63 percent this afternoon after the company signed an agreement to produce plant tissue culture with Dr. Geoff White of CanGenX BioTech Inc.
In a statement, Aurora said that plant tissue culture is better, giving more control, than traditional asexual propagation techniques such as cloning. Plant tissue culture produces each plant in completely sterile conditions, which means that all batches start in a disease-free environment.
This allows for greater scalability in predicting timeframes while ensuring the integrity of future crops.
Plant tissue culture is more efficient than traditional cloning because it allows for faster propagation, increased yields and healthier plants using less resources. Moreover, plant tissue culture mixes well with pharmaceutical type production, because it is based on the same ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’ in every aspect of the process.
"Healthcare practitioners can be assured that plant tissue culture is just one of the many systems Aurora has implemented to ensure patients have access to safe, high quality standardized cannabis. The signing of the CanGenX BioTech contract confirms once again to our shareholders and industry stakeholders that the Company is committed in ensuring that the Aurora Standard is the Gold Standard throughout North America," said Aurora’s Board Director and Research Council head, Dr. Jason Dyck.
Aurora's wholly-owned subsidiary, Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., is a licensed producer of medical marijuana pursuant to the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations and operates a 55,200 square foot expandable state-of-the-art production facility in Alberta, Canada.
Aurora is entering the US cannabis market through itss wholly-owned subsidiary, Australis Capital Inc.
Reported by Proactive Investors 19 hours ago.
In a statement, Aurora said that plant tissue culture is better, giving more control, than traditional asexual propagation techniques such as cloning. Plant tissue culture produces each plant in completely sterile conditions, which means that all batches start in a disease-free environment.
This allows for greater scalability in predicting timeframes while ensuring the integrity of future crops.
Plant tissue culture is more efficient than traditional cloning because it allows for faster propagation, increased yields and healthier plants using less resources. Moreover, plant tissue culture mixes well with pharmaceutical type production, because it is based on the same ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’ in every aspect of the process.
"Healthcare practitioners can be assured that plant tissue culture is just one of the many systems Aurora has implemented to ensure patients have access to safe, high quality standardized cannabis. The signing of the CanGenX BioTech contract confirms once again to our shareholders and industry stakeholders that the Company is committed in ensuring that the Aurora Standard is the Gold Standard throughout North America," said Aurora’s Board Director and Research Council head, Dr. Jason Dyck.
Aurora's wholly-owned subsidiary, Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., is a licensed producer of medical marijuana pursuant to the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations and operates a 55,200 square foot expandable state-of-the-art production facility in Alberta, Canada.
Aurora is entering the US cannabis market through itss wholly-owned subsidiary, Australis Capital Inc.
Reported by Proactive Investors 19 hours ago.
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‘Jem and the Holograms’ Trailer Trashed by Original Fans of Animated Series
The new trailer for “Jem and the Holograms” has sparked outrage on social media, as fans of the original animated series think it’s a pure “disappointment” and “nothing like the cartoon.”
Jon M. Chu‘s live action remake of popular 80s’ cartoon “Jem” was released on May 12. Since then, original “Jem” fanatics have ripped it to shreds on Twitter.
“You turned the story of a powerful woman CEO into a tween Hanna Montana knockoff,” one fan tweeted.
*Also Read:* 'Jem and the Holograms' First Trailer: Perils of Fame Gets a Ke$ha Makeover (Video)
That was just the beginning.
“Looks like someone got #PrettyLittleLiars drunk on hard gummy bears then punched it in the face,” another Twitter user posted.
The live-action telling stars “Sharknado” actress Aubrey Peeples as the eponymous Jem, an introvert teen living with her aunt (Molly Ringwald), sister and foster siblings (Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, and Aurora Perrineau).
*Also Read:* 'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Cybernatural' Release Dates Set by Universal
The remake, scheduled for release October 23, will be distributed by Universal Pictures. Juliette Lewis and Ryan Guzman also round out the cast.See below for some of the comments on social media.
That “Jem and the Holograms” trailer looks more like “Avril Lavigne and the Kohl’s Discount.”
– Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) May 13, 2015
If Camp Rock and Hannah Montana had a baby if would be named #JemTheMovie. — Jenifer Daniels, APR (@jentrification) May 13, 2015
It would have been wiser to make Jem a made for disney channel movie. It looks cheap, silly and embarrassing.
– Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) May 13, 2015
Watched #JemTheMovie trailer. What the heck did they do?!? So not excited about this movie now! Nothing like the cartoon @BlackGirlNerds — Andria Chappell (@DivaAndriaC) May 13, 2015
50 Shades of Grey >>> #JemTheMovie RT “@Murjanian: Twilight > #JemTheMovie“
– BlackGirlNerds (@BlackGirlNerds) May 13, 2015
Between #TheForceAwakens @Lupita_Nyongo treatment and that abysmal #JemTheMovie trailer, I’m disappointed in movies this week.
– Jerrica Benton (@nathaliedgc) May 13, 2015
No showtime for Synergy!? TRULY OUTRAGED at the new #JemTheMovie #NotMyJem http://t.co/3FRVKstadx pic.twitter.com/VneNELy4sc – cara rose defabio (@caradefabio) May 13, 2015
You had one job #JemTheMovie one job! And you failed!
- Quwn (@geekychicrules) May 13, 2015
@2min4roughing I’m convinced that the awful #JemTheMovie is just a sinister scheme by the Misfits to discredit Jem & the Holograms. – PennyDeLuxe (@pennyddreadful) May 13, 2015
Dear #JemTheMovie – you turned the story of a powerful woman CEO into a tween Hanna Montana knockoff. I wonder if anyone ever told you no.
- Shoshana Kessock (@ShoshanaKessock) May 13, 2015
The casting is horrible, the hair is horrible. Jem had an edge, let me fix that for you.#JemTheMovie @jemthemovie pic.twitter.com/cYn6Bfb8eb – Rachel Stewart (@RStewartJewelry) May 13, 2015
So is @jonmchu going to apologize for this mess or nah? #JemTheMovie
- Nico freakin’ Belic (@DontTestTheBest) May 13, 2015
Even @WilliamShatner is outraged by #JemTheMovie Truly, truly truly outraged! Also so cool Shatner pic.twitter.com/h5paC3dtHt – Professor Orc (@LavinAshfield) May 13, 2015
Jem was a ROCK STAR not some whiny basic! Where is the girl power? Where is the diversity?! Where is the 80s!?!? #JemTheMovie #fail
- The Nash Attack (@TheNashAttack) May 13, 2015
Only thing Truly Outrageous about #JemTheMovie is that it’s not Jem. At least Michael Bay remembered Transformers had transforming robots. – Chris (@nomadicism) May 13, 2015
Why is #JemTheMovie all teen angst & realism & not the campy, fashion doll meets sci-fi superhero film it should be? https://t.co/xJdpjpJHx6
- Ariel Smith (@ArielSmithFilm) May 13, 2015
So, basically they turned #JemTheMovie into “Sisterhood of the Traveling Skinny Jeans”? Wow. Makes you appreciate “The Smurfs”. – just d&e (@dvnix) May 13, 2015
@airwalkerx #jemthemovie looks like someone got #PrettyLittleLiars drunk on hard gummy bears then punched it in the face…
- Gail Sidney (@Gail_Belle) May 13, 2015
In case you haven’t seen the controversial trailer, watch it below. You can also check out the original theme song below.
The post ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Trailer Trashed by Original Fans of Animated Series appeared first on TheWrap.
*Related stories from TheWrap:*
'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Cybernatural' Release Dates Set by Universal
Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis Join Cast of 'Jem and the Holograms'
'Jem and the Holograms' New Cast Teaser Poster Revealed (Photos) Reported by The Wrap 15 hours ago.
Jon M. Chu‘s live action remake of popular 80s’ cartoon “Jem” was released on May 12. Since then, original “Jem” fanatics have ripped it to shreds on Twitter.
“You turned the story of a powerful woman CEO into a tween Hanna Montana knockoff,” one fan tweeted.
*Also Read:* 'Jem and the Holograms' First Trailer: Perils of Fame Gets a Ke$ha Makeover (Video)
That was just the beginning.
“Looks like someone got #PrettyLittleLiars drunk on hard gummy bears then punched it in the face,” another Twitter user posted.
The live-action telling stars “Sharknado” actress Aubrey Peeples as the eponymous Jem, an introvert teen living with her aunt (Molly Ringwald), sister and foster siblings (Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, and Aurora Perrineau).
*Also Read:* 'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Cybernatural' Release Dates Set by Universal
The remake, scheduled for release October 23, will be distributed by Universal Pictures. Juliette Lewis and Ryan Guzman also round out the cast.See below for some of the comments on social media.
That “Jem and the Holograms” trailer looks more like “Avril Lavigne and the Kohl’s Discount.”
– Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) May 13, 2015
If Camp Rock and Hannah Montana had a baby if would be named #JemTheMovie. — Jenifer Daniels, APR (@jentrification) May 13, 2015
It would have been wiser to make Jem a made for disney channel movie. It looks cheap, silly and embarrassing.
– Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) May 13, 2015
Watched #JemTheMovie trailer. What the heck did they do?!? So not excited about this movie now! Nothing like the cartoon @BlackGirlNerds — Andria Chappell (@DivaAndriaC) May 13, 2015
50 Shades of Grey >>> #JemTheMovie RT “@Murjanian: Twilight > #JemTheMovie“
– BlackGirlNerds (@BlackGirlNerds) May 13, 2015
Between #TheForceAwakens @Lupita_Nyongo treatment and that abysmal #JemTheMovie trailer, I’m disappointed in movies this week.
– Jerrica Benton (@nathaliedgc) May 13, 2015
No showtime for Synergy!? TRULY OUTRAGED at the new #JemTheMovie #NotMyJem http://t.co/3FRVKstadx pic.twitter.com/VneNELy4sc – cara rose defabio (@caradefabio) May 13, 2015
You had one job #JemTheMovie one job! And you failed!
- Quwn (@geekychicrules) May 13, 2015
@2min4roughing I’m convinced that the awful #JemTheMovie is just a sinister scheme by the Misfits to discredit Jem & the Holograms. – PennyDeLuxe (@pennyddreadful) May 13, 2015
Dear #JemTheMovie – you turned the story of a powerful woman CEO into a tween Hanna Montana knockoff. I wonder if anyone ever told you no.
- Shoshana Kessock (@ShoshanaKessock) May 13, 2015
The casting is horrible, the hair is horrible. Jem had an edge, let me fix that for you.#JemTheMovie @jemthemovie pic.twitter.com/cYn6Bfb8eb – Rachel Stewart (@RStewartJewelry) May 13, 2015
So is @jonmchu going to apologize for this mess or nah? #JemTheMovie
- Nico freakin’ Belic (@DontTestTheBest) May 13, 2015
Even @WilliamShatner is outraged by #JemTheMovie Truly, truly truly outraged! Also so cool Shatner pic.twitter.com/h5paC3dtHt – Professor Orc (@LavinAshfield) May 13, 2015
Jem was a ROCK STAR not some whiny basic! Where is the girl power? Where is the diversity?! Where is the 80s!?!? #JemTheMovie #fail
- The Nash Attack (@TheNashAttack) May 13, 2015
Only thing Truly Outrageous about #JemTheMovie is that it’s not Jem. At least Michael Bay remembered Transformers had transforming robots. – Chris (@nomadicism) May 13, 2015
Why is #JemTheMovie all teen angst & realism & not the campy, fashion doll meets sci-fi superhero film it should be? https://t.co/xJdpjpJHx6
- Ariel Smith (@ArielSmithFilm) May 13, 2015
So, basically they turned #JemTheMovie into “Sisterhood of the Traveling Skinny Jeans”? Wow. Makes you appreciate “The Smurfs”. – just d&e (@dvnix) May 13, 2015
@airwalkerx #jemthemovie looks like someone got #PrettyLittleLiars drunk on hard gummy bears then punched it in the face…
- Gail Sidney (@Gail_Belle) May 13, 2015
In case you haven’t seen the controversial trailer, watch it below. You can also check out the original theme song below.
The post ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Trailer Trashed by Original Fans of Animated Series appeared first on TheWrap.
*Related stories from TheWrap:*
'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Cybernatural' Release Dates Set by Universal
Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis Join Cast of 'Jem and the Holograms'
'Jem and the Holograms' New Cast Teaser Poster Revealed (Photos) Reported by The Wrap 15 hours ago.
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