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| The Knot & philosophy Announce Unique Partnership - Stockhouse Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:19 AM PST Partnership includes "tying The Knot" Gift Set Exclusively for Brides and Online Campaign NEW YORK, Nov 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Knot (NASDAQ: KNOT; www.theknot.com), the #1 wedding brand, has joined forces with lifestyle and beauty brand philosophy on an exciting new partnership. The result of this unique collaboration is a multiplatform, integrated marketing campaign surrounding the launch of philosophy's first co-branded product made exclusively for The Knot. Entitled "tying The Knot," this just-for-brides gift set was created to pamper the bride-to-be so she looks as beautiful as she feels on her special day. The "tying The Knot" gift set is now available for purchase on TheKnot.com (TheKnot.com/philosophy) and philosophy.com. The special set features an inspiring message for the bride, along with a philosophy created exclusively for The Knot: You must love yourself before you can love another. Retailing for $100, "tying The Knot" includes nine essential bridal beauty products, including purity one-step facial cleanser; amazing grace firming body emulsion, bath gel, and spray fragrance to help her feel amazingly clean and beautifully feminine; and kiss me exfoliating lip scrub for soft, smooth, kissable lips. Additional philosophy products in the gift set are: -- hope in a jar moisturizer -- microdelivery peel pads -- kiss me clear lip balm -- SPF 20 -- eye hope deluxe sample Surrounding the product launch, The Knot and philosophy announce a unique marketing campaign: the Wedding Day Hope Sweepstakes (TheKnot.com/hope). This interactive sitelet invites brides to share their hopes and dreams for their big day. These personal and authentic messages will be posted anonymously on the site's user-generated bulletin board for everyone to see. The notes offer an outlet for brides to share their inner thoughts and feelings which every bride can relate to. Brides who share their hopes are automatically entered to win the grand prize of a luxury honeymoon worth over $10,000, courtesy of Viceroy Anguilla Resort & Residences. Other prizes include a wedding day makeover for one lucky bride and her bridesmaids, courtesy of philosophy beauty expert and makeup artist John Trau, as well as "tying The Knot" gift sets. About The Knot Inc. The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT; www.theknot.com), is a leading lifestage media company. The Company's flagship brand, The Knot, is the nation's leading wedding resource, reaching well over a million engaged couples each year through the #1 wedding website, TheKnot.com. Other products from The Knot include The Knot national and local magazines, The Knot books (published by Random House and Chronicle) and television programming bearing The Knot name (aired on the Style and Comcast Networks). The Company also owns WeddingChannel.com, the most visited wedding gift registry website. About philosophy philosophy is a lifestyle brand that celebrates feeling well and living joyously and wants to inspire its customers to live a better life by being better to themselves. Long before the "doctor" skincare brands of today, there was philosophy. Born from biomedic, the acclaimed medical company that pioneered some of today's most popular in-office treatments such as the micropeel, philosophy skincare has long been recommended by dermatologists and plastic surgeons around the country. philosophy is an international skincare and cosmetic company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, please visit our website at www.philosophy.com. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6103617&lang=en SOURCE: The Knot The Knot Katie Nida-Rovano, 212-219-8555 x1228 krovano@theknot.com Follow The Knot on Facebook and Twitter. or for philosophy Allison & Partners Jill Yaffe, 646-428-0602 jill@allisonpr.com Copyright Business Wire 2009This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Transition, transparency, integration and migration fit Nike’s form ... - SourceSecurity.com Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:48 AM PST The Nike Experience You are at the right place, but absent from view are glass-on-glass high-rises compacted together over the typical concrete and asphalt corporate terrain. But then, this is anything but typical. You are about to enter the hallowed halls of one of sport's holiest sites. You have arrived at Nike World Headquarters (WHQ). The 185-acre campus sprawls out in front of you and the size and complexity is staggering. Everything would have to be custom-designed to reflect a perfect balance of form and function, application and aesthetics. Nike requires that every facet of their operation exhibit the same distinctive architectural philosophy that has made them an international mega-brand. Nike WHQ is divided into North and South Campuses occupying 75 acres, comprised of 11 buildings mostly built in the 1990s designed to accommodate 2,000 employees. Nike grew at an exceptional rate during the 90s employing an additional 3,500 employees located within a 10-mile radius of the WHQ. Nike decided to centralize a majority of the off-site activities onto the campus; so in 1997, they expanded another 110-acres at the north end of the existing campus. Nike's Security Operations The frequent presence of high-profile sports celebrities and the periodic unannounced visits of sightseers who mistake Nike's beautifully landscaped front entrance for a public picnic area are only a couple of Nike's unique security concerns. "Nike is very large and open," said Tim Frawley, assistant security manager for Nike WHQ. "People come and go 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Many employees work non-traditional hours, so we don't close any of the buildings ever. We often have employees leave with bags full of prototype product in the dead of the night to catch a red-eye flight to a marketing presentation the next morning. A comprehensive access control system along with a staff-intensive security operation is the only way we can provide Nike with the secure yet open environment it demands." Nike had an existing Westinghouse access control system installed on the South Campus in the early 90s. Although, the system provided Nike with the access control solution they needed, it relies on proprietary technology, including coaxial cabling and card/reader protocols that limit Nike's ability to integrate the new card access technologies that became available in the mid-90s.
HID®'s MultiProx® controller provides a physical link between the proprietary coaxial cable wiring used by the Westinghouse system and provides a standard Wiegand output. By eliminating the need for rewiring, the MultiProx will save Nike about 35 to 40 percent in retrofit cabling costs. MultiProx also makes it possible to use HID readers to read the more expensive, Westinghouse 1050 cards and HID's popular and economical ISOProx® proximity access cards. This additional benefit saved Nike the expense of reading each of their 6,000 cardholders while offering a clear migration path away from the costly, proprietary cards to a single card for all access points on both the North and South Campuses. Huser, a local Integrator, reviewed Nike's security specification and designed a system using the HID MultiProx controller, cards and readers as well as Hirsch's Model 8 controllers and Match reader interfaces. In addition to providing Nike with a competitively priced system that addressed each of the requirements, they accounted for aesthetic issues as well. Huser installed the readers in 3-foot-tall square metal posts positioned at the entrance to the access points in each building. While the metal tower reader stations looked very slick and matched the architectural style of the buildings, they also interfered with the radio frequency signals emitted by the readers greatly reducing card read range. Huser contacted HID and was advised how to adjust the voltage to each reader through the MultiProx controller to achieve the maximum read range. Problem solved. Transparency of transition to the cardholders was another requirement. "The benefit of the end user is my primary concern," said Frawley. "I wanted a seamless transition without disrupting the card holders' ability to access the buildings and areas they needed. Nike gave us a great deal of latitude in designing and implementing a system that would accomplish this." With the HID/Hirsch retrofit package, we were able to provide access to each new building without disrupting the normal access rights of cardholders on either campus. If the determination is made to change technologies on the South Campus, we would retrofit one building at a time, usually at night so as not to compromise building accessibility during peak hours. We would replace the existing controllers and readers with the HID/Hirsch system. The cardholders would arrive the next morning with full accessibility, unaware that anything had changed. Frawley explains, "So far, we are getting no response from the technology change on the North Campus at all - which is exactly what I wanted. And while my end users are unaware of this new technology, the HID/Hirsch system gives me the ability to upgrade the functionality of their cards as new technologies become available." This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Renowned Philosopher Proves Religious Faith is Reasonable - ChristianNewsWire Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:06 PM PST Contact: Rose Trabbic, Publicist, Ignatius Press, 239-431-5025, rose@ignatius.com SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- An exciting new book, "Reason to Believe," tackles an important question: is religious belief reasonable? Of course, the so-called New Atheists, such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, energetically say, "No!" Many others, including some believers, insist that faith is utterly beyond reasoned argument. Faith, they declare, is believing something that reason tells you can't be so. In this way they think they shield belief from rational criticism. But philosopher Richard Purtill will have none of that approach to religion. In this newly updated classic work, "Reason to Believe," Purtill carefully applies the power of the mind to understanding whether there is a rational basis for certain religious beliefs. His focus is on widely held Christian beliefs, although much of what he says applies also to other religious traditions. Purtill assesses the common objections to religious belief - the claims that religious tenets are nonsensical, wishful thinking, the result of gullibility, immoral, or refuted by modern discoveries. Then he considers the arguments in favor of Christian belief by studying the nature of faith, of the universe, of morality, of happiness, and the world with God in it. He also scrutinizes certain beliefs involving claims of Christian revelation -- the credentials of revelation, the idea of God, Jesus as God's Son, organized religion, and the last things (death, judgment, heaven and hell). The two appendices tackle the Christian doctrine of the Atonement and the influence of certain Christian writers on the revival of Christian belief in the 20th century. "Reason to Believe" is not a work of revealed theology or religious devotion; it is a highly readable book on the philosophy of religion, aimed at the reader who wants to think seriously about religion but who doesn't know all the philosophers' and theologians' jargon and who may or may not be a committed believer. Richard Purtill is emeritus professor of Philosophy at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. Author of numerous books, his works include "C.S. Lewis' Case for the Christian Faith," "J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth, Morality, and Religion," and "Lord of the Elves and Eldils: Fantasy and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien." To request a review copy or to interview author Richard Purtill, please contact Rose Trabbic at rose@ignatius.com or (239)431-5025. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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When the requirements for access control on the new North Campus were discussed, Nike®'s project managers agreed that it must feature an open architecture to allow them to migrate to new technologies in the future without having to install a totally new system. They also decided that the North Campus system must be compatible with the proprietary Westinghouse system in use on the South Campus. While it was clear that the integration of a new open system with an older proprietary system would save Nike an enormous amount of money, how to accomplish the marriage of the two systems was not as obvious.
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