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United Patients Group Announces the Herbalizer Vaporizer Technology Developed by Former NASA Engineer Hits the Cannabis Market Running

United Patients Group Announces the Herbalizer Vaporizer Technology Developed by Former NASA Engineer Hits the Cannabis Market Running


San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 01, 2014

As medical cannabis grows in popularity, more and more patients have been turning to vaporizers as a superior method of ingesting their medicine. The selective review committee at United Patients Group, a trusted online resource for medicinal cannabis information, have been looking for the perfect vaporizing system to recommend to patients, and they’ve finally found it: the Herbalizer.

The sleek clamshell design, adjustable heat settings, aromatherapy mode, and discreet stash spot make “Herbie” the perfect companion for cannabis patients of all experience levels—earning it the United Patients Group Seal of Approval.

“We are proud to give our Seal of Approval to the Herbalizer,” declares John Malanca, founder and owner of United Patients Group. “Herbie is the most advanced vaporizing system on the market, but it’s so easy to use that even novice cannabis patients will love it.”

Many medical cannabis patients find vaporizing to be the easiest delivery system for cannabis relief. Smoking your medicine can be hard on the lungs and destroys many of the gentle components of cannabis, eating it can take too long to take effect and too uncontrolled. Vaporizing delivers quick relief without the smoke—a win/win. And, vaporization saves you money on your medicine because there is no waste.

The Herbalizer is designed with smartvape technology to deliver precise temperature vaporization. This precision makes Herbie the best vaporizer for patients because it enables specific cannabinoid extraction, and has control and repeatability of the relief it delivers. It functions in two modes, vapor-therapy and aroma-therapy, so patients can choose between three delivery modes: a balloon, a silicone whip, or freestyle.

“We recommend the Herbalizer to our network of patients because of its controlled delivery system, product design, and user experience, all of which are unparalleled,” says Malanca. “Herbie gives patients the right dosage of medicine and then gives them a relaxing and rejuvenating ambiance with its aroma-therapy feature. This one’s a game-changer!”

For more information about the Herbalizer, visit http://www.herbalizer.com.

For more information about medical cannabis or the United Patients Group Seal of Approval, visit http://www.UnitedPatientsGroup.com.

About UnitedPatientsGroup.com:

UnitedPatientsGroup.com is a discreet, safe, and professional online medical cannabis information resource for prospective and current patients, caregivers, and medicinal cannabis industry professionals.

While most online medical marijuana sites cater to patients already familiar with medical marijuana, the UnitedPatientsGroup.com website is a comprehensive and easy-to-use information source for people of all ages and experience levels, from novice medical cannabis users to experienced industry professionals. The site’s News, Resource, and Blog pages introduce new patients to the ins and outs of medical marijuana healthcare, while helping experienced providers stay abreast of the latest developments in THC and CBD therapies.

A complimentary Five Star-rated United Patients Group medical marijuana app is available on the iTunes app store for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and any iPad.






Cambridge Engineered Solutions Is Only U.S. Metal Conveyor Belt Manufacturer to Achieve Halal Certification

Cambridge Engineered Solutions Is Only U.S. Metal Conveyor Belt Manufacturer to Achieve Halal Certification


Cambridge, Maryland (PRWEB) July 31, 2014

Cambridge Engineered Solutions, the world’s largest manufacturer of metal conveyor belts, today announced that all its products have been certified halal (permissible by Islamic dietary laws) by U.S. based Islamic Services of America (ISA). The designation by the independent certification organization provides food processors – and ultimately consumers – assurance that nothing haram (forbidden) was used during food preparation, cooking, cooling or packaging.

“For the more than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world, halal certification tells consumers that the meat, poultry, baked goods and other foods they eat were prepared according to Islamic dietary guidelines,” said Tracy Tyler, Cambridge CEO. “Unfortunately, most food processors don’t realize that metal conveyor belts are traditionally manufactured with animal byproduct lubricants, most commonly pork fat, and therefore not permissible.”

Cambridge uses 100% synthetic products in belt manufacturing. The company voluntarily sought halal certification to guarantee its food industry customers that their conveyor belts – an integral part food processing – were compliant with Islamic dietary law.

As more companies look to serve this growing market — Islam is the world’s second largest and fastest growing religion — Cambridge recognized the need for processing solutions that assured food industry customers their products were prepared in accordance with Islamic dietary guidelines.

“As a global leader in conveyor equipment, we believe it’s both good and responsible business that the equipment we make and sell to food processing companies around the world could meet the dietary requirements of more than one billion observant Muslims,” said Dion Banks, Cambridge’s Director of Global Affairs.”

Cambridge voluntarily applied for the designation by the ISA, a respected credentialing organization. The company is the only metal belt manufacturer with a current halal certification by the ISA.

Cambridge’s halal certified conveyor belts include some of the company’s most popular products for the poultry, meat and baking industries: Chain Drive, Cam-Grid, Precision, Sanigrid, Durahinge, DuraFlex and Cambri-Link and DuraLite.

Cambridge is the world’s largest manufacturer of metal conveyor belts for food processing industry. With an international network of sales agents in 30 countries the company designs, fabricates, installs and services conveyors belts in areas serving Muslim communities in the Mid-East, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Africa.

For information on Cambridge’s halal certified line of metal conveyor belts, contact: toll free in the U.S. 877-649-7492, or internally at 410-901-2660.

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About Cambridge Engineered Solutions

A division of Cambridge International, CES is the world’s largest metal conveyor belt manufacturer and a global leader in filtration screens. For more than a century, Cambridge has developed dynamic solutions, revolutionizing industry automation and plant operations. With more than 15 exclusive product lines and over 50 patents, our team of dedicated engineers and experts continually devise new methods to make lines run smoother, faster, and handle more product weight. For more information: http://www.cambridge-es.com.






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DoMT Server Automates China Machine Translation for Professionals

Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) July 31, 2014

In 2006, the Moses SMT Toolkit was released under an open source license as academic research software. Now, Precision Translation Tools (PTTools), maker of the pioneering Do China Machine Translation Desktop (DoMT Desktop™) software, announces the release of DoMT Server™, a full-featured enterprise statistical machine translation (SMT) server for translation professionals for whom automated production of quality translations a competitive advantage.

Since its release, the Moses Toolkit has proven SMT is a viable localization technology. However, after years of academic development, Moses continues to lack essential features for commercial applications. Building commercial SMT production systems without these features is difficult and expensive.

DoMT Server is a robust enterprise server application with full-featured SMT capabilities. It automates SMT production in business environments with translation management systems (TMS) and computer-aided translation (CAT) tools. DoMT Server includes the functions and features missing from academic research software, without sacrificing the native components’ capabilities. By using DoMT Server, translation professionals significantly lower the cost of implementing and operating in-house SMT solutions.

“After considering the available implementations of the Moses SMT Toolkit, Welocalize chose to collaborate with PTTools to build our MT solution. The simplicity of DoMT’s extensible development environment drove our choice. The final server product was easily deployed and integrated into our globalization management platform. With a flexible and customizable end-to-end solution in place we can meet the MT requirements for our most demanding customer.” Olga Beregovaya – Welocalize Vice President of Language Tools. http://www.welocalize.com/wemt/

DoMT Server is more than a single-purpose translation server. It includes all the necessary tools to acquire, prepare and manage SMT training corpora; train, tune and manage SMT models; and deploy, manage and use translation engines for SMT production.

According to Tom Hoar, Managing Director of Precision Translation Tools, “DoMT Server significantly reduces the costs of in-house SMT production. Our customers leverage their existing technical and linguistic expertise and thus expand their competitive advantage without the distractions of converting academic research software to a commercial SMT platform.”

All of PTTools’ DoMT products give full control over all SMT processes to translation professionals, including freelance translators, small and large LSPs. DoMT products eliminate the security risks and ongoing subscription fees associated with cloud-based translation services. PTTools’ learning center teaches translation professionals how to use their existing skills, localization engineers, linguists and translation memories to generate quality translations and extend their competitive advantage.

About Precision Translation Tools – Precision Translation Tools Co., Ltd. is a technology vendor serving the global language services market. We publish Do China Machine Translation (DoMT™) statistical machine translation (SMT) software applications and user education programs for translation professional as a unique alternative to outsourced machine translation services. For more information about PTTools and our products, including detailed descriptions and features, visit our website: http://www.precisiontranslationtools.com.

For more information on Welocalize and their enterprise machine translation (MT) service portfolio, weMT, please visit: http://www.welocalize.com







Collet Chuck and Collets ER25

Collet Chuck and Collets ER25

Some cool precision China machining parts images:

Collet Chuck and Collets ER25

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Myford 7 Fit Collet chuck

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For those wondering what the white/silver lines are around the slots on the chuck – it’s where I ground away the sharp edges. These Chinese Items are very well priced, but they are made to a price so de-burring is not part of that price 🙂 but they are well made where they need to be.

Man and gear

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Business concept isolated on white

Small Parts

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Tiny China machined parts by a friend.