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LENOX, Mass., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Finally, the intricate secrets to one of the most iconic guitar styles of the last 40 years, directly from the source. 

James Taylor‘s beautiful, complex, original guitar technique has been celebrated and imitated by some of the greatest musicians in the world. Now, Taylor himself is posting detailed lessons of his famous guitar style on the web, free of charge.

On Wednesday May 9, 2012, the guitar lesson for one of Taylor’s biggest hits – “Fire and Rain” – will be released on his website at http://www.jamestaylor.com/guitarlessons/. Every aspect of this classic guitar piece is demonstrated in a gorgeous, moving instrumental performance by Taylor that is a joy to watch even if you are not a guitar player. 

With innovative camera angles and slow motion demonstrations, students at all levels can clearly see every move and hear every individual note that goes into creating Taylor’s iconic songs.

To celebrate the release of “Fire and Rain,” the fourth in the Guitar Lessons series, Taylor is offering fans the chance to enter a drawing for an autographed, personalized copy of the vocal part for “Fire and Rain” from his personal library. To enter the contest, fans simply go to http://www.jamestaylor.com/contests/guitarlessons/, share the video with friends and fill out the form. The lucky winner will be announced on or after June 11, 2012.

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Tisbury Tours, James Taylor, 413-445-7757, JamesTaylorFreeGuitarLessons@gmail.com

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PARIS |
Tue May 8, 2012 4:34am EDT

PARIS (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower opening on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the SP 500 down 0.42 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.44 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.39 percent at 0800 GMT.

European shares dropped 0.5 percent in morning trade, as worries about Greece dragged after the mainstream conservatives failed to reach a coalition deal following Sunday’s election. That gives the Left Coalition party, which opposes the country’s EU/IMF bailout, a chance to form a government, with the prospect of fresh elections if it cannot do so.

Further monetary stimulus would not do much for a U.S. labor market that is plagued by longer-term, structural issues such as skills mismatches, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker said on Monday.

On the earnings front, investors awaited results from a raft of companies including Walt Disney (DIS.N), Direct TV (DTV.O) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP.N).

First BanCorp (FBP.N) posted a narrower quarterly loss on a lower provision for loan and lease losses, and the private equity bank said it will buy a credit-card portfolio to re-enter the credit card business.

Yahoo Inc’s (YHOO.O) board convened on Monday afternoon to discuss the mounting upset surrounding Chief Executive Scott Thompson, who has apologized to employees after being accused last week by activist investor Daniel Loeb of padding his resume, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg took questions about the No. 1 social network’s slowing revenue growth and its $1 billion Instagram purchase, kicking off a roadshow on Monday to promote its $10 billion initial public offering.

General Electric Co (GE.N) is buying a 15 percent stake in Shanghai-listed China XD Electric Group (601179.SS) for about $535 million, giving the largest U.S. conglomerate a foothold in China’s vast electrical infrastructure market and access to XD’s technology.

Wynn Resorts (WYNN.O) posted quarterly results that lagged Wall Street targets after robust growth in Macau failed to make up for flagging Las Vegas revenue, underlining the incentive for CEO Steve Wynn to develop his business further in the bustling Chinese enclave.

Japan’s leading chip maker Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Tuesday it expects a 45 percent jump in profits this business year on Tuesday, boosted by robust demand for its flash memory chips used in blockbuster Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones.

T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile provider, has received a lot of interest in the wireless broadcast towers it is looking to sell

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LAS VEGAS, 7 de maio de 2012 /PRNewswire/ – A companhia global de serviços web, FC2, Inc. agora suporta português e indonésio, em seu serviço “FC2Ranking” ( http://ranking.fc2.com/ ), totalizando um  total de 10 idiomas (japonês, inglês, chinês simplificado, chinês tradicional, coreano, francês, espanhol, alemão, indonésio e português).

(Logo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2009/12/03/20091203591671.jpg)

Versão em português do FC2Ranking: http://ranking.fc2.com/pt/

Sobre o FC2Ranking

O FC2Ranking é um serviço de classificação de acesso gratuito desenvolvido primeiramente em Agosto de 2005 no Japão.

Com o FC2Ranking, os usuários podem facilmente descobrir o status de visitas a suas páginas em um formato simples de ranking. Além disso, os usuários podem até mesmo exibi-lo como um plugin em sites individuais.

Com este lançamento, o FC2Ranking acrescentou o português e o indonésio aos idiomas suportados.

Méritos do FC2Ranking

• Apresentar o resultado da análise para 3 tipos de classificação, baseados em links fonte, links de saída e páginas populares.
• Cole-o como um plugin em seu site. Ao colar o ranking para links fonte, os usuários podem fazer automaticamente o cross-link com outros sites. O design também é personalizável.
• Os usuários podem também substituir URLs com o seu próprio título personalizado, para tornar o ranking mais apresentável.
• Os usuários podem excluir certas URLs do Ranking.

Sobre a FC2, Inc.

A FC2, Inc. é uma empresa global que produz uma variedade de serviços web. Começando pelo japonês, esses serviços também estão disponíveis em vários idiomas. A empresa tem sede em Nevada, EUA, e foi criada em 1999. A FC2 está trabalhando continuamente para melhorar os seus serviços para os usuários.

FC2, Inc.:

Endereço atual: 101 Convention Center Dr. Suite 700 Las Vegas, NV 89109

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By Antonella Ciancio

WASHINGTON |
Sun May 6, 2012 2:51pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin’s cottage and broke her elbow, her dreams unraveled.

Following multiple surgeries that confined her to bed, Soltes was diagnosed with a hormonal disease that is weakening her bones. She also ran out of money, signed up for disability benefits and has been unable to work again.

The 47-year-old from Michigan is among the 8.7 million American workers on the U.S. disability rolls, an important part of the social safety net. Since the recession began in 2007, she has been joined by a record number of people seeking disability benefits, raising questions about the program’s solvency and casting a pall over future prospects for U.S. economic growth.

Applicants soared to a record high of 2.94 million in 2010, and have held above 18 per 1,000 workers in the past three years – a far higher rate than in previous recessions.

“There are serious concerns that this increase in disability benefits is a type of ‘hidden unemployment,’” said Richard Burkhauser, a professor of economics at Cornell University.

Even though only 35 percent of applicants are awarded disability, those receiving disability benefits now account for 5.6 percent of the working age population, up from about 4.5 percent in 2007. At this rate of growth, Burkhauser estimates that total would reach over 7 percent by 2018.

The problem is those on disability rarely return to work, reducing the overall size of the labor force and weakening the U.S. economy’s growth prospects. Rising gross domestic product (GDP) depends upon a growing workforce and rising productivity.

Since the recession began, the share of Americans actively looking for work, known as the labor participation rate, has fallen to 63.6 percent from 66 percent in 2007.

Some people give up looking for work temporarily, but the size of the decline has perplexed economists and disability is clearly a factor.

JP Morgan estimates it accounts for half a percentage point of the drop. With jobs scarce, it causes little drag on growth.

But Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, said over time, disability will rob roughly $250 billion – or 1.6 percent – from total output each year once the economy returns to full employment, probably within the next five to seven years. This will also widen the budget deficit.

“There is no

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SAN DIEGO, 5 de mayo de 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Memjet ha anunciado hoy un acuerdo clave que allana el camino para la comercialización continuada de la revolucionaria tecnología de impresión de color de Memjet.

Según el acuerdo, Memjet asumirá la propiedad directa y control de la cartera de propiedad intelectual relacionada con la tecnología de Memjet, que incluye unas 4.000 patentes mundiales emitidas y pendientes. Además, Memjet asumirá el control directo de todas las actividades de alcance, desarrollo y comercialización de la tecnología de Memjet, incluyendo los servicios proporcionados anteriormente para Memjet a través de Silverbrook Research Pty. Ltd. desde sus instalaciones situadas en North Ryde, Sydney, Australia. Kia Silverbrook, cofundador de Memjet y director general de Silverbrook Research, seguirá apoyando a Memjet como asesor especial del consejo de dirección de Memjet y como consultor actual.

“Estamos encantados de que se haya logrado este acuerdo”, indicó Len Lauer, director general y consejero delegado de Memjet. “Con todos los litigios ya resueltos entre las partes, Memjet está situada en una posición para avanzar y centrarse en proporcionar esta tecnología de interrupción para los mercados mundiales comerciales, industriales y de impresión de oficina”.

Memjet ha forjado asociaciones con algunos de los principales fabricantes y marcas mundiales, incluyendo Lenovo, LG y otras. La expansión de los socios fabricantes de equipamiento original (OEM) de Memjet sigue en drupa, la principal muestra comercial de impresión a nivel mundial que se celebra en Düsseldorf, Alemania, donde Memjet ha anunciado de forma conjunta la noticia junto al fabricante de equipamiento original con líderes industriales, como Oce, a Canon Company, y Toshiba-Tec. Memjet realizará más anuncios durante la feria.

“En drupa, Memjet y nuestros OEMs están mostrando hasta dónde llega la impresión digital, que es una impresión rápida y de coste contenido a color con un bajo coste de propiedad, reduciendo los costes de hardware, con capacidades de impresión bajo demanda y respetuosa con el medio ambiente — una nueva categoría totalmente nueva de impresión digital a color”, añadió Lauer. “drupa es una oportunidad emocionante para que todo el mundo vea la tecnología de Memjet en acción a través de una variedad de soluciones de impresión y conocer nuestras últimas novedades de asociación”.

La revolucionaria tecnología de Memjet ha sido honrada con varios prestigiosos premios industriales, entre los que se incluyen el Popular Science Best of What’s New for 2011, el Printing Industries of America InterTech™ Technology Award, el

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