New Years Day Metal Print Sale: Metal Photo Company Announces First Annual Metal Print and Personalized Gift Sale.

New Years Day Sale: Metal Photo Company Announces Annual 50% off Metal Print and Personalized Gift Sale.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) January 01, 2013
MetalPhotoCompany.com is announcing a first annual 50% off sale New Year's Day only. Custom Monogrammed iPhone 4, 4S, 5, Samsung Galaxy 3, Nexus, Note or Blackberry case including custom photo cases are all included in the annual sale. Consumers will also be able to purchase matching iPad and device cases for as little as $25.00. Metal Photo Company offers Metal Murals up to sizes 48 x 48. Metal Prints are waterproof, archival, and are available in a variety of shapes and sizes. Consumers should use code: NEW YEAR at checkout to receive discounts.
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About Metal Photo Company

MetalPhotoCompany.com specializes in printing images on metal. Simply upload your photos or digital art and let Metal Photo Company turn them into beautiful prints on metal. Whether you want to put a picture on metal to decorate your home or office, give as a gift, or simply want to turn your very own photos to metal art, Metal photo Company has unique options for you. You can order a single metal print, stack two metal pics on top of one another for a unique three dimensional affect, or use several metal photo panels to create a photo mural for your wall. Your print on metal comes ready to hang or display so there is no need for a frame. We also take a personalized approach in creating each individual customer's metal print by inspecting each digital image to determine if editing or touch-ups are recommended before we print it to metal, ensuring that your final product will be the best it can be. Metal Photo Company has a complete line of personalized phone and device cases, as well as, photo ornaments.

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Kyriba Releases New Industry Inside: Demonstration of the Kyriba Treasury Management System

http://www.kyriba.com --Watch the demonstration of Kyriba's best-in-class, cloud-based solution that delivers optimized decision-making, enhanced control and compliance, and increased visibility for treasury and finance professionals.

New York, US (PRWEB) January 01, 2013
Clcik to view Kyriba Demonstration here: http://bit.ly/VpgIHr
Watch the demonstration of Kyriba's best-in-class, cloud-based solution that delivers optimized decision-making, enhanced control and compliance, and increased visibility for treasury and finance professionals.
Kyriba treasury management solution in the cloud delivers fully integrated cash, treasury, payment, risk management and supply chain finance solutions through a user-friendly, scalable and secure SaaS platform.
See why leading treasuries around the globe choose Kyriba treasury management solution in the cloud: http://www.kyriba.com/resources/videos-podcasts/demonstration-kyriba-treasury-management-system
About Kyriba

Kyriba is the global leader in next generation treasury solutions in the cloud. We enable CFOs and finance teams to optimize their corporate treasury functions by delivering fully-integrated cash, treasury, payment, risk management and supply chain finance solutions through a user-friendly, scalable and secure SaaS platform. Kyriba improves visibility and productivity, enabling our clients to minimize risks and have better control over their treasury and finance decisions. With a client loyalty rate of over 98 percent, we support more than 700 organizations globally including market leaders such as Amway, Electronic Arts (EA), Interpublic Group, PulteGroup, Inc. and Qualcomm. For more information, contact treasury(at)kyriba(dot)com

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Rudi’s Organic Bakery Toasts the New Year with a Pantry Full of Fun and New Facebook App

Toast-A-Gram invites Rudi’s Organic fans to create and share miraculous, toasted masterpieces on a piece of organic sandwich bread

Boulder, CO (PRWEB) January 01, 2013
Rudi’s Organic Bakery® is celebrating the New Year with a burst of creativity that will allow fans to toast the good life. We’ve all see the headlines—Elvis and the Queen miraculously appearing in the scorch marks of toasted bread. Through the new Rudi’s Organic Toast-A-Gram app on Facebook, now everyone can toast and share what or who they love on a yummy slice of Rudi’s Organic Sandwich Bread.
“At Rudi’s Organic Bakery, we’ve been baking on the bright side since 1976, creating scrumptious organic breads the whole family can enjoy,” said Doug Radi, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Rudi’s Organic. “While we’re focused on providing delicious organic bread made with tons of taste and zero added junk, we also believe life shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Through Toast-A-Gram, we’re giving moms the chance to have the best of both worlds—a smiling and healthy family all at the same time.”
Rudi’s Organic fans can participate in Toast-A-Gram starting today by ‘liking’ the Rudi’s Organic page on Facebook. Through the Toast-A-Gram app, Rudi’s Organic bread enthusiasts will be invited to create their own custom Toast-A-Gram by uploading a photo or typing a special message and watching it get miraculously toasted onto a scrumptious piece of organic bread. Fans looking for inspiration can select from a pantry stocked full of creative ideas from Rudi’s Organic. After creating their toasted masterpieces, fans can celebrate by downloading a $1 off coupon good for any Rudi’s Organic product and by sharing their creations with friends and family on their Facebook wall, Twitter, Pinterest or by email. All Toast-A-Grams will be shared in the pantry gallery and selected Toast-A-Grams will be featured on the Rudi’s Organic Facebook wall and in emails to all of Rudi’s Organic bread lovers.
To keep the celebration going throughout the year, Rudi’s Organic will periodically update the pantry with themed Toast-A-Grams for special occasions and holidays. Fans might even see special Toast-A-Grams toasting key moments in pop culture. Fans will be encouraged to keep participating throughout the year with special Toast-A-Gram offers and promotions that give another chance to grab life by the slice.
For more information on Toast-A-Gram and Rudi’s Organic Bakery products, including Sandwich Breads, Tortillas, Wraps, Buns, Rolls, Sandwich Flatz, Bagel Flatz, Bagels and English Muffins, visit rudisbakery.com.
About Rudi’s Organic Bakery, Inc.

Rudi’s Organic Bakery, Inc., has been passionate about baking better breads for families for more than 30 years. Founded and headquartered in Boulder, Colo., Rudi’s Organic Bakery is the only nationally available brand offering a full line of nutritious and delicious, certified organic breads and baked goods. Rudi’s Organic is committed to baking breads using only the best organic ingredients and no artificial additives, preservatives and GMOs. In 2010, Rudi’s Organic leveraged this heritage to create Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery, a line of gluten-free breads and baked goods made with wholesome, all-natural ingredients so that each bite tastes like the real thing. Rudi’s Organic and Rudi’s Gluten-Free products are available nationally at natural foods stores and select mainstream supermarkets. For more information, visit rudisbakery.com.

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AViiQ Releases the All New Leather iPhone 5 Wallet Case

AViiQ delivers well-designed protection to the Apple® iPhone 5 with the release of the Leather Wallet Series line of iPhone 5 Cases.

Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) January 01, 2013
AViiQ, an award-winning brand of fashion, technology and lifestyle accessories has released a new offering for the all new Apple® iPhone 5. With three years of developing trend-setting design and innovation to the gadget accessory industry, AViiQ applies its design mastery to the Apple® iPhone 5 with the release of the Leather iPhone 5 Wallet Case.
AViiQ's Leather iPhone 5 wallet cases is the newest addition to AviiQ's iphone covers, designed to protect the iPhone 5 in style while doubling as a convenient wallet for carry credit cards and ID. The iPhone 5 leather wallet case features genuine sheep skin leather and has the award winning AViiQ Thin Series iPhone 5 Case integrated into it to give it a super low profile designer thinner than most wallet cases on the market today. It offer screen protection and privacy and also can function as a iPhone 5 Stand.
This is a cool iphone cases to match the new Apple iPhone 5 with a touch of elegance and multi-functionality, the AViiQ Leather iPhone 5 Wallet case is perfect. Currently available in black leather but with more color options to come.
Its lightweight polycarbonate material, which is stronger than standard ABS material, maintains a slim profile while providing all-round protection against scratches from everyday use. The AViiQ Leather iPhone 5 Wallet Case for the Apple® iPhone 5 allows easy access to all ports and buttons while protecting it in a luxurious genuine sheep skin leather case with cover. The AViiQ Leather iPhone 5 Wallet Cases is available in black color with a retailing at 34.99 USD.
All AViiQ products come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, a full refund policy within 30 days of purchase. For more information about this and the entire line of AViiQ products, contact PR representative Alan Yeung at alan(at)aviiq(dot)com
Find it at these online retail partners: AViiQ.com , Amazon.com , Lollimobile.com
ABOUT AVIIQ

AViiQ adheres to the tenet that form should follow function. Founded to create consumer mobile electronic accessories that maximize productivity through enhanced functionality and high-end design, AViiQ offers the finest in function and style.  Laptops revolutionized the computer world by adding the freedom of mobility and AViiQ transforms that freedom into power.  For more information about AViiQ please visit http://www.AViiQ.com
For additional information on this and other AViiQ products, please contact AViiQ PR at alan(at)aviiq(dot)com or at (949) 515-8840. Follow us on http://www.facebook.com/aviiq for current social updates.

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IHRIM Unveils Top 10 Predictions for HR Technology in 2013

Industry's Thought Leaders Gaze Into 'HR Tech Crystal Ball' to Provide Next Year's Forecast.

(PRWEB) January 01, 2013
Lynne Mealy, President & CEO of IHRIM, The International Association for Human Resource Information Management), the world's leading clearinghouse for the Human Resource Information Management industry, today unveiled IHRIM's top 10 predictions for HR Technology in 2013.
Before revealing the list, compiled by such industry leaders as Lexy Martin of CedarCrestone, Nov Omana of HR Collective Solutions and Karen Beaman of Jeitosa Group International, Ms. Mealy noted "2012 has been a big year for HR technology. With the growing implementation of HR in the cloud; the rise in popularity of Big Data; the surge of organizations using social networks to engage their workforce; and increasing conversations coming from the boardroom about analytics, 2013 promises to make even more waves in the industry. We are pleased to share our predictions to help organizations capitalize on trends & market opportunities to better plan for future growth."
IHRIM's HR Technology predictions address the trends of:

    Social Networking
    Personal Devices
    Mobile vs Desktop
    SaaS
    Predictive Analytics
    Cloud Computing
    Systems Integration
    Metrics
    Big Data
    Gamification
To read the full article and learn more about IHRIM's Top 10 HR Technology Predictions, visit http://tinyurl.com/IHRIMsTop10HRTechPredictions.
For more than 32 years, IHRIM has helped advance the HRIM industry through its community of industry experts and educational opportunities. With the support and dedication of its volunteer leaders, IHRIM will continue to carry out its mission of being the leading professional association for knowledge, education, and solutions supporting the Human Resource Information Management community.
About the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)

IHRIM is the world's leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry. Since 1980, IHRIM has been the only membership association for HR technology professionals, advancing the industry by providing unparalleled education and professional development opportunities through its annual conference, educational courses and webinars. IHRIM is a community of experts - a dynamic group of practitioners, vendors, consultants, students, and faculty that continues to grow, not just in numbers, but in its scope of knowledge and information.

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RIM shares dive as fee changes catch market off guard

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd plunged more than 20 percent on Friday on fears that a new fee structure for its high-margin services segment could put pressure on the business that has set the company apart from its competitors.
It was the stock's biggest, single-day, percentage price drop since September 2008. But shares were still nearly 80 percent above the year's low, which was reached in September. They started to rally in November as investors began to bet that RIM's long-awaited new BlackBerry 10 phones, which will be unveiled in January, would turn the company around.
The services segment has long been RIM's most profitable and accounts for about a third of total revenue. Some analysts said there was a risk that the fee changes could endanger its service ecosystem and leave the Canadian company as just another handset maker.
The fee changes, which RIM announced on Thursday after market close, overshadowed stronger-than-expected quarterly results. The company said the new pricing structure would be introduced with the BlackBerry 10 launch, expected on January 30.
RIM said some subscribers would continue to pay for enhanced services such as advanced security. But under the new structure, some other services would account for less revenue, or even none at all.
Chief Executive Thorsten Heins tried to reassure investors in a television interview with CNBC on Friday, saying RIM's "service revenue isn't going away".
He added: "We're not stopping. We're not halting. We're transitioning."
Since taking over at RIM in January, Heins has focused on shrinking the company and getting it ready to introduce its new BB10 devices, which RIM says will help it claw back ground it has lost to competitors such as Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics.
But the new services pricing strategy came as a shock to markets, and some analysts cut their price targets on RIM stock.
RIM will not be able to sustain profitability by relying on its hardware business alone, said National Bank Financial analyst Kris Thompson, whom Thomson Reuters StarMine has rated the top RIM analyst based on the accuracy of his estimates of the company's earnings.
Thompson downgraded RIM's stock to "underperform" from "sector perform" and cut his price target to $10 from $15.
Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin said the move was likely about stabilizing market share: "At the moment, they need to stem the bleeding."
He said the tiered pricing might line up better with RIM's subscriber base as it expands in emerging economies.
RIM's Nasdaq-listed shares closed down 22.7 percent at $10.91 on Friday. The stock fell 22.2 percent to C$10.86 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH
The success of the BB10 will be crucial to the future of RIM, which on Thursday posted its first-ever decline in total subscribers. Heins said on CNBC that the company expected to ship millions of the new devices.
He cautioned that this will require heavy investment, which will reduce RIM's cash position in its fourth and first quarters from $2.9 billion in its fiscal third quarter. He said, however, it would not go below $2 billion.
Still, doubts remain about whether RIM can pull off the transformation. Needham analyst Charlie Wolf said the BB10 would have to look meaningfully superior to its competitors for RIM to stage a comeback.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley said it was highly unlikely that the market would support RIM's new mobile computing ecosystem, and he remained skeptical about the company's ability to survive on its own.
"We believe RIM will eventually need to sell the company," said Walkley, who cut his price target on RIM shares to $9 from $10.
Baird Equity Research analysts said BB10 faced a daunting uphill battle against products from Apple, as well as those using Google Inc's Android operating system, and, increasingly, phones with Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 operating system.
Baird maintained its "underperform" rating on the stock, while Paradigm Capital downgraded the shares to "hold" from "buy" on uncertainty around the services revenue model.
"RIM has gone from having one major aspect of uncertainty - BlackBerry 10 adoption - to two, given an uncertain floor on services revenue," William Blair analyst Anil Doradla said.
RIM will have to discount BB10 devices significantly to maintain demand, Bernstein analyst Pierre Ferragu said.
The BlackBerry, however, still offers the security features that helped it build its reputation with big business and government, a selling point with some key customers.
Credit Suisse maintained its "neutral" rating on the stock, but not because it expected BB10 to be a big success.
"Only the potential for an outright sale of the company or a breakup keeps us at a neutral," Credit Suisse analysts said.
Separately on Friday, ailing Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia said it had settled its patent dispute with RIM in return for payments.

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TSX ends flat as RIM buckles, gold miners bounce

 Canada's main stock index ended little changed on Friday as gold miners gained on safe-haven buying amid U.S. budget uncertainty, while BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd plunged more than 20 percent.
The index's materials sector, which includes miners, rose 0.4 percent. Even though the price of gold was near its lowest level in four months, the gold-mining sub-sector added 0.9 percent as investors fretted over stalled U.S. budget talks that could throw Canada's largest trading partner back into recession.
"As our tiptoes are over the (U.S.) fiscal cliff and we're looking over the abyss, the markets are upset obviously, and this is sort of putting a damper on the stocks," said John Ing, president of Maison Placements Canada.
"But we've had a mixed reaction in Canada, mainly because the resources have been much better, like gold for example, which is hedging into the uncertainty (around the budget talks)," he said, noting gold miners had been under pressure for the last two weeks.
Miner Barrick Gold Corp edged up 0.2 percent to C$33.29. Centerra Gold Inc jumped more than 3 percent to C$9.10.
Gold miners are playing catch-up after underperforming throughout the year and could rise further in 2013, said Gavin Graham, president at Graham Investment Strategy.
Shares of RIM dropped 22.2 percent to C$10.86 on fears that a new fee structure for its high-margin services segment could put pressure on the business that has set the company apart from its competitors.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index <.gsptse> fell 3.01 points, or 0.02 percent, to end at 12,385.70. It gained 0.7 percent for the week.
Efforts to avoid the looming U.S. "fiscal cliff" were thrown into disarray on Friday with finger-pointing lawmakers fleeing Washington for Christmas vacations even as the year-end deadline for action edged ever closer.
Graham said that until a deal is reached in the U.S. budget talks, investors will avoid economically sensitive Canadian stocks and those most closely tied to the U.S. economy: auto parts manufacturers, forestry companies and resource stocks generally.
"The resource sectors in Canada, which is half of the index, is going to be adversely affected, correctly or not," he said.

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First photos of BlackBerry 10 ‘N-Series’ QWERTY smartphone leak

As Research In Motion (RIMM) begins its attempt to mount a comeback for the ages in 2013, it will place its early hopes on two high-end smartphones. The first is the BlackBerry Z10, and we’ve already seen it in a number of leaks. The second is a QWERTY-equipped touchscreen phone similar to the current BlackBerry Bold 9900, and it has just been pictured for the first time in photos published by Chinese blog cnBeta.com. No additional information accompanied the photos, however earlier reports stated that the smartphone will include a 720 x 720-pixel display with a pixel density of 330 ppi. Another image of the BlackBerry 10-powered N-Series phone follows below.

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Fifth-gen iPad reportedly due in March along with Retina iPad mini

Rumors that a second-generation iPad mini with a Retina display is set to launch ahead of Apple’s typical annual schedule next year have been swirling, and now it appears Apple’s (AAPL) full-size iPad may be sticking to its new semiannual release schedule. According to a report from Japanese blog Makotakra that cites an anonymous “inside source,” Apple plans to launch a new thinner, lighter 9.7-inch iPad as soon as March 2013. The fourth iPad model was just released last month alongside the iPad mini, but March was also suggested in recent Retina iPad mini rumors. Makotakra states that the new iPad will adopt styling queues from the current iPad mini model, unifying the look of Apple’s larger tablet with the iPad mini and iPhone 5.

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Find room for God in fast-paced world, pope says on Christmas eve

Pope Benedict, leading the world's Roman Catholics into Christmas, on Monday urged people to find room for God in their fast-paced lives filled with the latest technological gadgets.
The 85-year-old pope, marking the eighth Christmas season of his pontificate, celebrated a solemn Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica, during which he appealed for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and an end to the civil war in Syria.
At the mass for some 10,000 people in the basilica and broadcast to millions of others on television, the pope wove his homily around the theme of God's place in today's modern world.
"Do we have time and space for him? Do we not actually turn away God himself? We begin to do so when we have no time for him," said the pope, wearing gold and white vestments.
"The faster we can move, the more efficient our time-saving appliances become, the less time we have. And God? The question of God never seems urgent. Our time is already completely full," he said.
The leader of the world's some 1.2 billion Roman Catholics said societies had reached the point where many people's thinking processes did not leave any room even for the existence of God.
"Even if he seems to knock at the door of our thinking, he has to be explained away. If thinking is to be taken seriously, it must be structured in such a way that the 'God hypothesis' becomes superfluous," he said.
"There is no room for him. Not even in our feelings and desires is there any room for him. We want ourselves. We want what we can seize hold of, we want happiness that is within our reach, we want our plans and purposes to succeed. We are so 'full' of ourselves that there is no room left for God."
PEACE CANDLE
Bells inside and outside the basilica chimed when the pope said "Glory to God in the Highest," the words the gospels say the angels sang at the moment of Jesus' birth.
Earlier on Monday the pope appeared at the window of his apartments in the apostolic palace and lit a peace candle, as a larger-than-life nativity scene was unveiled in St Peter's Square below.
Reflecting on the gospel account of Jesus born in a stable because there was no room for Mary and Joseph in the inn, he said when people find no room for God in their lives, they will soon find no room for others.
"Let us ask the Lord that we may become vigilant for his presence, that we may hear how softly yet insistently he knocks at the door of our being and willing.
"Let us ask that we may make room for him within ourselves, that we may recognise him also in those through whom he speaks to us: children, the suffering, the abandoned, those who are excluded and the poor of this world," he said.
He asked for prayers for the people who "live and suffer" in the Holy Land today.
The pope called for peace among Israelis and Palestinians and for the people of Syria, Lebanon and Iraq and prayed that "Christians in those lands where our faith was born may be able to continue living there, that Christians and Muslims may build up their countries side-by-side in God's peace."
The Vatican is concerned about the exodus from the Middle East of Christians, many of whom leave because they fear for their safety. Christians now comprise five percent of the population of the region, down from 20 percent a century ago.
According to some estimates, the current population of 12 million Christians in the Middle East could halve by 2020 if security and birth rates continue to decline.
At noon (1100 GMT/6 AM ET) the pope will deliver his twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing and message from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica.

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