Feb 22, 2012	14:57	Unified Reports Increased Sales and Earnings
		Unified Grocers, Inc. ("Unified" or the "Company"), the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the western United States, announced net sales of $991.1 million for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011 ("2012 period"), compared to net sales of $980.3 million for the fiscal quarter ended January 1, 2011 ("2011 period"), an increase of 1.1 percent. The Company attributed the increase to additional sales to existing customers. The increase was partially offset by the loss of a significant customer during 2011 and the impact of customer store closures.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	14:53	Humorous Senior Moments Redefined as 'Prevagen Moments'
		Quincy Bioscience, the makers of Prevagen, announce a new online feature this week. A collection of famous, and not-so-famous, forgetful blunders are posted on the Prevagen Facebook page to call attention to a problem that faces an increasing number of aging Americans; forgetfulness.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	14:03	FREEBIRDS World Burrito Expands in California: Foster City Marks First FREEBIRDS in San Francisco Bay Area
		FREEBIRDS World Burrito, the fast casual burrito joint with the rock 'n' roll attitude, announced today it will open its first Bay Area location in Foster City at 1000 Metro Blvd (at Shell Blvd) on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. To celebrate, FREEBIRDS will give the first 25 guests in line free burritos for a year.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	14:00	Avis Budget Group Chief Financial Officer David B. Wyshner to Present at J.P. Morgan Global High Yield Conference
		Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR), a leading provider of vehicle rental services, today announced that David B. Wyshner, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the upcoming J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference on February 28, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	14:00	Analogic Showcases Three New BK Medical Ultrasound Systems With Groundbreaking Quantum Technology at EAU Congress
		Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG), enabling the world's medical imaging and aviation security technology, today announced that it will showcase for the first time its new Flex Focus(tm) 500, Flex Focus 800, and Pro Focus(tm) UltraView 800 BK Medical ultrasound systems at the 27th annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in Paris. The new BK Medical ultrasound systems incorporate the groundbreaking Quantum(tm) Technology, offering significant new features and advancements to improve the practice of medicine. The new ultrasound systems with Quantum Technology were publicly announced worldwide to customers last month.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	13:43	ECG Announces the Commencement of the 2012 National Pediatric Subspecialty Physician Compensation, Production, and Benefits Survey
		ECG Management Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's premier healthcare management consulting firms, today announced the commencement of the National Pediatric Subspecialty Physician Compensation, Production, and Benefits Survey, year 2012 based on 2011 data. Now in its sixth year, the pediatric survey is recognized as the leading industry source of compensation and production benchmarks in the pediatric subspecialty market.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	13:08	FHLBank Cincinnati Announces 2011 Results
		The Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLBank) today released unaudited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011. In 2011, the FHLBank's financial condition remained strong, although earnings decreased compared to 2010's operating results. The FHLBank continued to fulfill its mission by providing readily available and favorably priced wholesale funding to its member financial institutions, supporting its commitment to affordable housing, and paying stockholders a competitive dividend return on their capital investment in our company. Highlights include:  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	13:03	Hand-Battered Perfection - Culver's North Atlantic Cod Delights
		Hand cut, hand battered and cooked-to-order, Culver's North Atlantic Cod and limited-time-only Northwoods Walleye are the highlight of the menu this month.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:52	CDC Cherry Picks Data to Make Case Against Raw Milk
		In a press release issued yesterday, authors affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control claim that the rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk and products made from it was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk." The authors based this conclusion on an analysis of reports submitted to the CDC from 1993 to 2006. According the Weston A. Price Foundation, the CDC has manipulated and cherry picked this data to make raw milk look dangerous and to dismiss the same dangers associated with pasteurized milk. "What consumers need to realize, first of all," said Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, "is that the incidence of foodborne illnesses from dairy products, whether pasteurized or not, is extremely low. For the 14-year period that the authors examined, there was an average of 315 illnesses a year from all dairy products for which the pasteurization status was known. Of those, there was an average of 112 illnesses each year attributed to all raw dairy products and 203 associated with pasteurized dairy products. "In comparison, there are almost 24,000 foodborne illnesses reported each year on average. Whether pasteurized or not, dairy products are simply not a high risk product." Because the incidence of illness from dairy products is so low, the authors' choice of the time period for the study affected the results significantly, yet their decision to stop the analysis with the year 2006 was not explained. The CDC's data shows that there were significant outbreaks of foodborne illness linked to pasteurized dairy products the very next year, in 2007: 135 people became ill from pasteurized cheese contaminated with e. coli, and three people died from pasteurized milk contaminated with listeria (wwwn.cdc.gov/foodborneoutbreaks/Default.aspx). Outbreaks from pasteurized dairy were also a significant problem in the 1980s. In 1985, there were over 16,000 confirmed cases of Salmonella infection that were traced back to pasteurized milk from a single dairy. Surveys estimated that the actual number of people who became ill in that outbreak were over 168,000, "making this the largest outbreak of salmonellosis ever identified in the United States" at that time, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to Fallon Morell "In the context of the very low numbers of illnesses attributed to dairy in general, the authors' decision to cut the time frame short, as compared to the available CDC data, is troubling and adds to questions about the bias in this publication." According to Fallon Morell, the CDC's authors continue to obscure their study by failing to document the actual information they are using. They rely on reports, many of which are preliminary. Of the references related to dairy outbreaks, five are from outbreaks in other countries, several did not involve any illness, seven are about cheese-related incidents, and of the forty-six outbreaks they count, only five describe any investigations. Perhaps most troubling is the authors' decision to focus on outbreaks rather than illnesses. An "outbreak" of foodborne illness can consist of two people with minor stomachaches to thousands of people with bloody diarrhea. In addressing the risk posed for individuals who consume a food, the logical data to examine is the number of illnesses, not the number of outbreaks. "The authors acknowledge that the number of foodborne illnesses from raw dairy products (as opposed to outbreaks) were not significantly different in states where raw milk is legal to sell compared with states where it is illegal to sell," notes Judith McGeary of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. "In other words, had the authors looked at actual risk of illness, instead of the artificially defined "outbreaks," there would have been no significant results to report." This does not end the list of flaws with the study, however. The link between the outbreaks and the legal status of raw dairy mixed an entire category of diverse products. Illnesses from suitcase style raw cheese or queso fresco were lumped together with illnesses attributed to fluid raw milk, a much less risky product. In the majority of states where the sale of raw fluid milk is allowed, the sale of queso fresco is still illegal. The authors had all of the data on which products were legal and which products allegedly caused the illnesses, yet chose not to use that data. Similarly, to create the claimed numbers for how much riskier raw dairy products are, the authors relied on old data on raw milk consumption rates, rather than using the CDC's own food survey from 2006-2007. The newer data showed that about 3 percent of the population consumes raw milk  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:47	Fishhound.com Nets Its 240,000th Facebook Fan
		Fishhound www.fishhound.com, the the world's largest online fishing community and leading provider of real-time fishing reports announced today that it has exceeded 240,000 fans on its Facebook fan page www.facebook.com/fishingreports. Fishhound has a social media reach that exceeds 14 million monthly views.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:31	FNC RPI: December Residential Property Values Decline 0.7%
		FNC's latest Residential Price Index(tm) (RPI), released Wednesday, indicates that U.S. residential property values declined in December amid signs of continued improvement in the job market and economic growth. With sales of distressed properties comprising a large portion of overall home sales, prices on non-distressed sales continued to reflect the downward pressure distressed sales have on underlying property values. December marks the fifth consecutive month-to-month declines and sends home prices down 3.5% from a year ago. Challenges underlying the distressed housing sector will continue to restrain the housing recovery.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:18	OnOne Software Launches Marketplace for Photographers Offering Professionally Designed Templates, Photoshop Layouts, Backgrounds and Presets
		onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative, timesaving solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, today announced the launch of the onOne Marketplace, a new resource for photographers that offers high-quality digital accessories and creative inspiration to make images extraordinary  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:16	JKMilne Asset Management Ranks in Lipper's Top 20 Money Managers of 2011
		JKMilne Asset Management in Fort Myers, Florida, has earned recognition once again in the Lipper Best Money Manager 2011 rankings, announced chief executive officer John K. Milne. Lipper is a Thomson Reuters Company.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:00	Gary Townsend Joins Englander Knabe & Allen
		Gary Townsend, who has a collective 48 years of experience in local, state and national politics, has become a partner at Englander Knabe & Allen, the largest independent public relations agency based in Los Angeles.  continued...
Feb 22, 2012	12:00	Heartland Coalition Appoints Zolt Szorenyi as Nevada Development Manager for Housing Division
		Heartland Coalition today announced the appointment of Zolt Szorenyi of Lenders Clearing House Las Vegas as Nevada Development Manager for the Heartland Sustainable Housing division and as a member of its Board of Advisors.  continued...
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