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New York (MMD Newswire) May 7, 2012 — Akira Foundation (AFJ) announced its strategic partnership with The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (THEWSIE), taking place in Boston, Massachusetts – America’s leading innovation city – on September 26-28, 2012.

The objective of THEWSIE is to unite innovators, entrepreneurs, and policy makers to promote action and solutions that would facilitate economic collaboration, cultural leadership, and relevant innovations in lifestyle, health, energy, cities, communication, technology, and education. The World Summit was launched in 2006 at the United Nations under the support of three UN agencies, and is held in partnership with several multinationals. Supporters and partners include the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Babson College, Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), Omagine, Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD), Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, Boston Globe, PepsiCo, to name a few.

As a strategic partner, Akira Foundation (AFJ) will share its ideas and actions on the use of innovation and entrepreneurship as the key enabler for creating social, economic, and environmental bridges between Japan and the world. AFJ will also lead an esteemed delegation of Japanese innovators transforming the future of work, society, and environment.

Sam Hamdan, CEO of tranzishen, and Chief Architect of The World Summit on Innovation Entrepreneurship

Hirofumi Yokoi, President Co-Founder, Akira Foundation

“Meaningful collaborations will continue to transform enterprises to become the innovation beings driving deeper economic and social bridges among nations. Our partnership with AFJ underscores our relentless commitment to showcase Japanese innovations and to support the most innovative forces and emerging enterprises worldwide”, said Sam Hamdan, CEO of tranzishen, and the Chairman Chief Architect of The World Summit on Innovation Entrepreneurship.

In this regard, THEWSIE will stage distinctive experiences that reveal the most fascinating enterprises changing our world. THEWSIE will also host The Most Innovative People Awards to celebrate the achievements of the world’s mavericks, geniuses, and icons. Former awardees include Desmond Tutu, Stephan Hawking, Bill Gates, Tarja Halonen, and Padmasree Warrior.

“We are honored to partner with THEWSIE on this very important effort,” said Hirofumi Atsufumi Yokoi, Co-Founders Presidents of AFJ. “We have been addressing the needs of marginalized and underserved people and drawn attention away from Japanese inward-looking silos to the issues which remain unsolved and seen across borders. In such a way, THEWSIE will help the Japanese community aware of them

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DervalResearch is back with more HQ data – and this time it’s really personal

Chicago (MMD Newswire) May 3, 2012 — Donald Trump may have funny hair, but he has a bankable face. US President Barack Obama’s face indicates a very testosterone-driven Hormonal Quotient®, or HQ, well-suited for the role of the most powerful man in the world. So says Diana Derval, renowned Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Innovation at the Robert Kennedy College, and president of the scientific market research firm DervalResearch. Professor Derval claims you can tell a lot about a person by certain distinct physical traits, or “biomarkers,” such as the face shape and the relative lengths of the index and ring finger. These biomarkers indicate a person’s Hormonal Quotient®, which in turn is determined by prenatal hormone exposure. And this, says Professor Derval, is research that benefits every one of us, whether we want to be a president, a real estate mogul, or just a happy and fulfilled individual.

Why is it so important for all of us to know our Hormonal Quotient®? Professor Derval has a simple and decisive answer. “We are our hormones,” she states, and in her new book, “Hormones, Talent, and Career: Unlock Your Hormonal Quotient®” (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012), she and co-author Johan Bremer demonstrate the extent to which this controversial statement is true. “Hormones are really the guys that are pushing the buttons in our body,” Professor Derval explains.

Professor Derval is the brains behind the Hormonal Quotient®, an assessment tool with a range of potential marketing, science, and even medical applications. In her second book she and her co-author reveal more eye-opening research about the wide-ranging effects of prenatal hormone exposure on every aspect of our lives. This time they make it more personal, switching the focus of HQ research from product branding to the boardroom, the classroom, and the bedroom.

While there are many different types of hormones in the human body, much of Professor Derval’s work has centered on prenatal exposure to sex hormones, namely, estrogen and testosterone. She has documented several distinct hormonal “types,” or gender polymorphisms, in both men and women. These gender polymorphisms are determined by the relative amounts of prenatal exposure to estrogen and testosterone.

Professor Derval introduced her Hormonal Quotient® research to a broader audience in her previous book, “The Right Sensory Mix” (Springer, 2010). Though very accessible to the general reader, that work was targeted mainly to marketing and branding professionals to

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For Immediate Release 5/3/2012

Contact: Doug Metcalfe
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
770-466-0000
dougmetcalfe@oneharvest.com

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One Harvest Takes Fresh Approach to Feeding Families

May 3, 2012 (MMD Newswire) — While many food assistance programs look at filling bellies, One Harvest provides high quality food at a price people can afford. Just look at the One Harvest menu and you will see item such as Choice Cut Steaks, Fresh Frozen Vegetables, Apple Pecan Stuffed Chicken Breast, and other items you would not see offered by many organizations of their kind. It is a philosophy that the people One Harvest serves find to be refreshing.

The other difference you will find with One Harvest is the constant striving to provide the best value for the people served through their hundreds of Partner Sites located throughout the Southeast, Texas, Indiana and soon to be Oklahoma. This past month a vendor offered significant savings on a staple for their two main boxes, The Family Box and their More than Enough Box. Instead of keeping the savings as a profit, One Harvest decided to use the money saved on that one item, and put more items into each box for May. It was a decision that they did not even have to think about. Serving people by providing the highest value is at the core of the One Harvest philosophy!

The Executive Staff at One Harvest stand behind the food they serve because it is the food they feed their own families. Every month the staff at One Harvest, purchase food boxes from local partner sites, in the same way everyone else does. This is where they came up with the concept; “If we won’t put it on our own table, we certainly won’t put it on yours.” The staff has become the biggest advocates for their partners because they are their customers. It has been a great way to maintain quality control within the organization.

One Harvest sets itself apart through customer service as well. For example, on delivery day you won’t be able to reach the One Harvest Executive Staff at their desks because they are out driving trucks as they deliver food to their partners. Building relationships with the thousands of volunteers that serve their communities is important to the One Harvest Staff. Many of the Directors and Volunteers are surprised when the CEO or the Vice President show up to their site and jump up on the truck and start handing them boxes. The bonding that occurs has allowed for open and honest

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Marina del Rey, CA (MMD Newswire) May 4, 2012 — Michael Fugler speaks on Crowdfunding at FSX Conference in Marina del Rey, California, April, 2012.

Michael Fugler, introduced as a Creative, Critical Thinker was Host, Moderator and Speaker on the JOBS Act and Crowdfunding at the FSX Spring Investment Banking Conference, Marina del Rey, California.

During his presentation Michael’s recent publication, Crowdfunding, The JOBS Act The Truth! The Mystery Revealed was handed out and Michael gave an overview of the new laws and the opportunities to possibly follow (see the full article at: http://michaelfugler.com/Resources_Crowdfunding.html)

Following Mr. Fugler also speaking were:

PLATFORM- Gene Massey, Chairman/CEO MediaShares

ENTREPRENEUR- Howard Leonhardt, California Stock Exchange

CAPITAL MARKETS- Alan Collier, Mid-Market Securities

The flow of the presentations touched on:

1. Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act are “hot topics” because the root of their existence is JOBS. Where do jobs come from? Small Business. What is Small Business? Small Business is the engine that drives America!

2. Let’s take a look at the new law. It is called the JOBS Act

3. History is often important to put things in perspective so here is a breakdown

4. Our current capital formation process in America for Small Business is broken

5. Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 will permit General Solicitation and General Advertising

6. “IPO On Ramp” and “Emerging Growth Companies”

7. Crowdfunding

8. Regulation A

9. Fear is not justification to stop these new capital raising processes in their tracks

10. Finally thanks to Social Media, people are banning together and finally politicians are forced to listen

Mr. Fugler is a global expert and speaker on Entrepreneurship. Delivering education, training, and demonstration workshops on how to go from an idea on a napkin to a stock exchange listing and all the steps in between. He has developed the Business Mastery System for Entrepreneurs, teaching how to find capital around the world. Whether seminars, webinars, panels, speaking engagements, or public appearances, Michael gives an overview of the vision and the knowledge which will give you a clearer understanding of how to develop your “Master Plan” using technology and social media in shaping your client acquisitions and relationships in this new economy and our changing world, ending with how to develop and present your “killer” client presentations that will move clients to action.

Mr. Fugler has been a licensed Attorney for 38 years developing an expertise in international law and finance, international investment and merchant banking. He has also been an Investment Banker for the past 16 of those years being FINRA registered with Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses and establishing offices

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