Why The Story Of Your Dad's Life Could Be The Best Father's Day Gift Ever

(PRWEB) June 8, 2006

Socks. Beer. Handkerchiefs. Poor old dad doesn't have much to look forward to on Father's Day, does he? Until now, that is. For UK-based copywriting firm, Custom-Copy.com, are offering a special gift idea that will make every father's day ? the story of his life.

"Dad's are often overlooked on the Hallmark holidays," comments Custom-Copy.com director, Amber McNaught. "They can be difficult to buy for, and all too often we settle for the tried and tested old favourites ? normally gifts themed around golf, fishing or beer.

"That?s all very well, but recent research shows that many dads prefer more thoughtful, personalised gifts. What could be more thoughtful, then, than your father's life story, professionally written and presented in book or short story form?"

And that's exactly what Custom-Copy.com are offering ? to write your father's life story, allowing you to create a unique Father's Day gift that your dad will be able to keep forever.

"Ghostwriting is one of our most popular services," comments Amber McNaught, a former newspaper journalist who launched Custom-Copy.com earlier this year. "We're frequently approached by people who'd like us to write their life story ? either because they feel their story is unique enough to be of interest to a publisher, or because they just want to get it down on paper, to make sure that family stories and precious memories are preserved forever, and can be handed down to grandchildren or great-grandchildren."

It was the popularity of the ghostwriting service that made the company realise the potential to create long-lasting, unique gifts for parents, partners or even friends.

"As our parents get older, their stories and memories become all the more precious, and it's important to try and preserve them in some way," adds Amber McNaught. "And it definitely beats socks and ties as a Father's Day gift!"

Clients interested in having a life story turned into a book may have to wait until next year to be able to give the finished product as a gift. However, a short-story version of your father's life could make a interesting and unique alternative to the traditional Father's Day gift.

For more information, visit http://www.Custom-Copy.com

Notes to editors:

1.????Custom-Copy.com is an editorial agency offering a range of copywriting and ghostwriting services. Launched in February 2006, the company is the brainchild of UK-based journalist Amber McNaught, and uses a team of freelance writers, all of whom are experienced copywriters, journalists or fiction writers.

2.????Ghostwriting packages start at just ?150 per chapter, and allow clients to see their story ideas or life story come to life, penned by a professional writer.

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National Association Of Professional Women To Sponsor The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation Of America?s Love. Give. Life. Benefit

New York, New York (Vocus) July 9, 2010

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) is sponsoring The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America?s Love. Give. Life. Benefit. This fundraising event is organized to increase awareness of Living Donations ? an innovative and alternative way of connecting patients in need of organs with suitable donors. The benefit will be held at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City on July 9, 2010, 7:30pm featuring musical guest Rusted Root.

Founded in 2008, the mission of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation is to inspire people to become living donors and to encourage kidney patients to use non-traditional means of reaching suitable living donors.

The Flood Sisters Foundation grew out of the sisters? efforts to save their father?s life by locating a living, unrelated kidney donor on Craigslist. This first-ever social media-based approach to locate a living donor resulted in their father avoiding the delays often experienced by patients who rely on a national registry -- waiting for kidneys from cadavers while undergoing years of dialysis. It also sparked a whirlwind of media attention and has lead to three successful organ transplants.

NAPW is honored to sponsor The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation?s Love. Give. Life. Benefit!

Love.Give.Life. Benefit Details

The event will be held at the Broad Street Ballroom, in the Wall Street area of New York City, at 41 Broad Street, at 7:30 PM. Music will be provided by the jam band, Rusted Root and opening acts, American Idol semifinalist Melissa Ann, Iyanna, and the northwest?s pop sensation, Ron Greene.

Enjoy hors d'oeuvres sponsored by The Capital Grille and a 2 hour open bar provided by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company and Prospero Winery.

A silent fundraising auction at the event will feature special gifts from such great names as Ivanka Trump, Trump International Hotel, BMW of Manhattan, Tory Burch, Nike, Titleist, Lord and Taylor, gifts from Michael Jordon, Disney, Aspen Sports, Hotel Jerome of Aspen, Co., Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, Co., The New York Yankees, The New York Mets, The New York Rangers, Stephie Graf tennis, Styx autographed guitar, The New York Giants, The New York Jets, The New York Knicks and more!

Featured speakers include Grizz Chapman from the hit TV show, 30 Rock and Carol Evans, CEO of Working Mother Magazine, the event?s media sponsor. Celebrity host to be announced.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at http://www.floodsisters.org for $ 75.00. $ 100 at the door thereafter. $ 25.00 for students with valid student photo Id.

For more information, contact The Flood Sisters Foundation at 646-287-2900.

For additional information on the National Association of Professional Women, please visit http://www.napw.com you can also follow NAPW on Facebook or become a fan on Twitter

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Behringer Introduces "SC" Cutting Technology -- Faster Cutting & Improved Productivity With Longer Blade Life

Morgantowm, PA (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

Behringer, a world-class provider of bandsawing machines, circular cold saws and structural fabricating equipment, has expanded its HBM series of high-performance bandsaws to include the new HBM-SC series. The HBM440A-SC and HBM540A-SC feature SC (speed cutting) technology which enables ultra high-speed cutting of virtually all metals including tool steels, stainless steel and other materials traditionally presenting slow cut rates.

Productivity tests conducted at Behringer showed that conventional band sawing machines with bimetal saw blades can cut solid chromium-manganese material with a diameter of 6" at a rate of about 12 sq. in./min. Adding a carbide-tipped blade boosts this rate to about 20 sq. in./min. With SC technology installed, the approximate cut rate achieved in the tests was near 77.5 sq. in./min which is more than quadruple the rate of a conventional bandsaw.

"In plain terms," said Richard Klipp, Behringer president, "a single bandsaw with SC installed can make a cut in about a half a minute whereas a conventional bandsaw might take up to two minutes. One of our saws with SC technology can probably out-produce three standard machine saws partly because there is a much higher volume of filtered flood coolant used, and also because the chip removal system is capable of handling massive amounts of debris."

To maximize cutting speed capability Behringer has dynamically re-engineered the HBM saw frame so that it channels the buildup of forces away from the work area. This permits optimized band clamping to reduce vibration and increase precision movement. Newly designed band guides are fitted with nozzles which spray coolant directly into the kerf. Coupled with a high volume coolant pump, this keeps blades and materials as cool as possible during high speed cutting enabling longer periods of uninterrupted throughput when compared to conventional bandsaws.

The HBM-SC sawing blade downfeed is driven by a ball screw powered with a heavy-duty gearbox and a high horsepower motor with a torque drive of 35 HP. This provides the controlled application of downfeed power required for precise, accurate movement of the blade through the material being cut.

Downfeed power is then balanced against blade wear via a blade pressure monitor which is linked to a servo-controlled cutting pressure sensing system. This power/pressure balance assures that the material feed rate is always maximized without overloading the blade. This results in the longest possible blade life.

Because SC technology yields higher rates of stock removal, an unusually high volume of chips are produced. Two self-adjusting brushes clean the saw band while the saw operates. Falling into a funnel shaped flume, the chips are guided to a dual conveyor in the machine bed. This is a high capacity, high efficiency chip removal system allowing operators to achieve and maintain high productivity levels without being forced to stop work in order to clear the work area.

For more information on the HBM-SC series high-performance bandsaws with SC cutting technology contact Behringer Saws, Inc., 721 Hemlock Road, Morgantown, PA 19543. Call toll-free at 888-234-7464.

About Behringer Saws

Behringer Saws, Inc. provides a full range of sawing and turnkey pre- and post-cut material handling productivity-enhancing products. Behringer supplies world-class quality automatic bandsaws to corporations, service centers, job shops and manufacturers throughout the world. The company also offers the Behringer Eisele brand of manual, semi-automatic and automatic miter circular cold saws, high performance circular cold saws utilizing bi-metal or carbide saw blades and CNC miter circular sawing systems. Also, the Vernet Behringer line of structural fabricating equipment includes high performance drilling, punching, shearing, notching and marking machines along with beam coping and drilling and sawing lines.

A photo of the Behringer HBM 400 SC High Performance Bandsaw is available at: http://www.behringersaws.com/images/pr/hbm400sc.jpg

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The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America Presents 1st Annual "Love. Give. Life." Park Avenue Fashion Show

New York, New York (Vocus/PRWEB) November 30, 2010

The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America celebrate the importance of altruistic/unrelated living organ donors with their first annual fundraiser, ?LOVE. GIVE. LIFE.? Park Avenue Fashion Show in New York City on December 2nd at the Audi Forum, sponsored by the National Association of Professional Women. In America, there are over 108,000 people in need of an organ and there are 85,000 people waiting for a kidney with 17 people dying daily, as they wait for a transplant.

The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation was inspired through the three sisters? efforts to save their father?s life by locating a living, unrelated kidney donor on Craigslist.

Through the sisters? effort, the first-ever social media-based approach to locate a living donor resulted in their father avoiding the delays often experienced by patients who rely on a national registry -- waiting for kidneys from cadavers while undergoing years of dialysis. This also sparked a whirlwind of media attention, leading to five organ transplants and national support for their effort including such highly respected organizations as the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW).

?NAPW is honored to sponsor The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation?s ?Love. Give. Life.? Park Avenue Fashion Show,? says Nicole Zeitzer-Johnson, NAPW?s Director of Communications. ?The creativity, innovation, and perseverance of these three professional women reflect the spirit of our membership, capturing the way so many women quietly contribute to society on a daily basis.?

Featured speakers include Kristin Molini, multiple organ transplant survivor who has appeared on The Early Show, and NAPW?s Nicole Zeitzer-Johnson. The event will be hosted by CNN producer, Phil Rosenbaum and health producer, Maria Dorfner.

According to the Flood sisters, Jennifer, Cynthia, and Heather, a donation from a living donor has a greater than 90 percent success-rate for the first year. ?A live kidney transplant avoids repetitive dialysis and immeasurably improves the quality of life for the recipient and often for the donor and the donor?s family,? says Jennifer Flood, President and Founder of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America.

?Craigslist began and today still is the place where people help each other with everyday needs ? and in the case of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation these are ?everyday needs? that save a life,? says craigslist founder Craig Newmark. ?I salute the Flood sisters and all those who embrace our values of ?treating others as you would want to be treated.?

The 6pm event features both a fashion show by Betsey Johnson, Nanette Lepore, Elene Cassis, and emerging designer Michael Forde ? who was Esquire Magazine?s ?Best Dressed Man in NY in 2005? as well as a silent auction with music by celebrity DJ, Ani Quinn of 4AM. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be provided by Quintessential Wines and d?cor will feature exquisite flower arrangements provided by Mar Wilson Designs; with furniture provided by CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. Models will be walking down the runway with Asian-inspired umbrellas provided by Brelli.

The first fifty guests will receive gift bags with gifts by InStyle Magazine, Nicole Miller, Salon Ziba and Bare Escentuals. The evening?s silent auction will feature special gifts from such great names as David Yurman Jewelry, Tory Burch, Nike, Calvin Klein, Ivanka Trump Jewelry, Ellen Fisher, Titleist, Disney, Aspen Sports, Hotel Jerome of Aspen, Co., Trump International Hotel, Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, Co., Scarborough & Tweed, STYX, The Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, The Museum of American Finance, Wall Street Walks, Build A Bear, Moving Hearts Foundation, The New York Yankees, The New York Mets, The New York Rangers, The New York Knicks and more!

Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.floodsisters.org for $ 75.00, $ 95 at the door. For more information about NAPW visit http://www.napw.com. For more information, contact The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America at 646-287-2900.

Additional B-Roll Available: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/station/as-seen-on/Online_Kidney_Donation_New_York.html

About The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation

Founded in 2008, the mission of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation is to inspire people to become living donors and to encourage kidney patients to use non-traditional means of reaching suitable living donors. Through an aggressive program, the foundation is tirelessly spreading the word that a kidney from a living donor is usually a better match than a cadaveric kidney, and reduces the risk of infection.

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