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ISTANBUL - Hundreds of actors and supporters of free expression recently demonstrated in the heart of Istanbul against what they call growing political control of the country's municipal and state theaters.

Istanbul City Theater sparked controversy with its April 2012 production of Daily Obscene Secrets by Chilean playwright Marco Antonio de la Parra.

Conservative media outlets condemned the play as "vulgarity at the hands of the state," after which Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas, a member of the ruling AK Party, promptly transferred control of what is produced by municipal theaters to his administration.

Despite the protests that followed, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan quickly backed his mayor in an address to party supporters in which he accused actors and producers of being elitists who look down on their own people by creating their own areas for power and profit.

"Those involved in theater stand outside the bars with a whiskey glass in their hand, an all-knowing attitude, and insult the people without producing anything," he said.

If state theaters need government support, he added, then government should decide what plays are produced, and then warned that he is considering privatizing the country's 58 state theaters.

A History of State Control

Turkeys tradition of state-financed theaters dates to the formation of the republic in 1923, when the policy was seen as a way to further the Westernization of society.

State theaters are subsidized with $63 million annually, and each year about 5,000 performances enjoy strong attendance.

But that support has led many Turkish Muslims to view theaters with suspicion.

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire -05/21/12)- The Company Store, famous for top quality US-crafted bedding essentials, dcor, down comforters and sumptuous sheets, announced its selection of New York-based Emerging Media as its agency of record. Emerging Media will manage The Company Store and CompanyKids brands' strategic messaging, media relations, corporate social responsibility and product placement efforts.

"We chose Emerging Media because their energetic team of experts truly understands our specific business objectives," said The Company Store director of marketing Karen Feldman. "We are confident that Emerging Media will go above and beyond to reach our goals and contribute our continual growth, philanthropic campaigns and overall brand awareness."

Founded in 1911, The Company Store manufactures quality down comforters and bedding essentials to meet the sleeping needs of its customers. Its products include natural cotton and large-cluster European down comforters and featherbeds, hypoallergenic and down free PrimaLoft comforters for allergy sufferers and a large selection of fashion bedding, home dcor and apparel for both adults and children. For six generations The Company Store has manufactured products in its La Crosse, Wisconsin factory, where their quality control experts inspect all raw materials before they are approved for use.

"The Company Store has been a cherished American brand for more than 100 years, so starting a public relations program with that legacy is a marketer's dream," said Emerging Media CEO Susan Lindner. "We intend to kick off the next 100 years by inviting editors and TV producers to consider that quality, care and comfort are the heart of the best home design stories and are the essence of The Company Store and CompanyKids."

Emerging Media, with offices in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles, is an award-winning full service PR, branding, marketing and social media agency, known for its innovative communication strategies for clients in the consumer, technology, financial services, media and gaming sectors. Emerging Media's primary focus is on providing dynamic and cutting edge public relations strategies that drive sales and show a demonstrable ROI on each client's PR investment.

About Emerging MediaEmerging Media is an award-winning full service PR, branding and social media agency, helping B2B and B2C companies make their mark in the ever-changing media landscape. By matching senior level, industry-specific support to each client, Emerging Media removes the learning curve investment typical in most agencies and ensures faster time to results. We deploy smart, creative teams worldwide using cutting edge communication strategies, to achieve our clients' most critical business objectives. Visit http://www.emergingmediapr.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter

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MURRAY HILL, N.J., May 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The production process for powdered metal parts can be greatly enhanced by precisely controlling the chemical carbon potential of the sintering atmosphere. This is the focus of a paper to be presented by Linde engineers at PowderMet 2012, sponsored by the 2012 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, to be held June 10-13 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

The paper, entitled, Improved Quality by Carbon Potential Control in Metal Injection Molding Sinter Furnace Atmospheres, will be presented by Tony Palermo, Metallurgy Program Manager for Linde in North America, and Akin Malas, Head of Heat Treatment Industry Segment, also from Linde. The paper describes a means to control the chemical carbon potential of the sintering atmosphere in order to produce higher quality product while, in effect, lowering the cost of production, enhancing customer satisfaction, and expanding the current and future market penetration of parts produced by metal injection molding and powder injection molding.

"There are a number of practices which, if not controlled properly, may contribute to the generation of defects or insufficient sintered part properties or appearance, which reduce quality, increase costs, and lead to dissatisfied customers and, ultimately, diminished market share," Palermo points out in his paper. "We have found that one of the root causes of these problems resides in the surface decarburization or carburization of the sintered parts which may be the result of carbon potential fluctuation in the sintering process."

The problem can be eliminated by using the Linde SINTERFLEX(R) carbon control system to precisely manage and control the carbon potential in the furnace throughout the sintering process. The new technology uses continuous atmosphere sampling, a proprietary oxygen probe, and a carbon monoxide analyzer to continuously calculate atmosphere carbon potential and provide the addition, when needed, of an appropriate trim gas mixture to maintain carbon potential within a desired, pre-set range. "The objective of this technology is to maintain a furnace atmosphere carbon potential that contributes to the processing of sintered parts that meet required, or desired, carbon composition and consequent properties," Palermo said.

"The SINTERFLEX system takes the guesswork out of maintaining the proper atmosphere in the furnace. By precisely controlling the carbon potential in real time, the system can produce consistently high quality parts every time," said Palermo, who will co-present the paper at the Enhanced Processing Session on Monday afternoon, June 12.

The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 50,500 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2011 financial year, it achieved sales of EUR 13.787 bn (USD 18.1 billion). The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment -- in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The Group is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com

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LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Continuing its drive to help service providers boost revenue and better differentiate the customer experience, Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN - News), the network specialist, today unveiled OneConnect Intelligent Control Plane, its next generation control plane software. OneConnect introduces a new level of programmability and advanced virtualization features for the Wide Area Network (WAN) as well as enables rich policy-based control more extensively across the network. As a result, many network operators deploying Ciena OneConnect can benefit from more than 40 percent bandwidth savings for service restoration, up to 30 percent latency reduction in highly meshed networks, and new differentiated service offerings including secure Optical Virtual Private Networks (O-VPN).

Cienas leadership in control plane technology stems from a 12 year history of innovation and live field deployments in some of the worlds largest, most mission-critical and most performance-demanding networks, representing thousands of nodes and hundreds of thousands of circuits. In fact, more than 90 percent of field-deployed Ciena Packet-Optical Switching systems run Cienas control plane for automated service creation, mesh restoration and service differentiation with some customers reporting unprecedented 99.9999 percent (six-9s) reliability due to the performance and robustness of Cienas control plane technology.

Building on this heritage, OneConnect includes numerous engineering innovations and optimizations it creates, manages and restores bandwidth services faster, and with a richer set of policy options, than competitive control plane offerings. The next-generation OneConnect control plane software is also being made available on Cienas multi-layer 6500 Packet-Optical Transport platform, amplifying the benefits of a common intelligent control plane broadly across the network when combined with Cienas switching systems.

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o More than 15 Tier One service providers leverage Cienas control plane for global mesh capabilities for service differentiation, streamlined service activation, and increased network reliability

o Regional operators for local capacity expansion and service flexibility in backbone networks; and,

o Global enterprises for mission-critical Enterprise IT with distributed intelligence and dynamic restoration.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast, is launching Comcast Media 360 (CM 360), a new business unit focused on helping marketers take advantage of rapidly developing cross-platform advertising opportunities. CM 360 will be led by Group Vice President Andrew Ward.

The Comcast Media 360 team will build on Comcasts investments in making content available whenever and wherever consumers want to watch it, with scalable advertising solutions focused on three primary components:

Comcast Media 360s marketing solutions include on-air advertising across dozens of networks in more than 80 markets, dynamic ad insertion (DAI), long-form video-on-demand (VOD) content, interactive program guide (IPG) banner messages, XFINITY.com and mobile applications.

Viewers increasingly expect to control where, when and how they watch their favorite shows, while advertisers are focused on delivering the right message to the right audience at the right timeand Comcast Media 360 is the bridge that will link them, said Charlie Thurston President of Comcast Spotlight. Were singularly focused on delivering impressions, and by putting all of our resources together, we can offer an unmatched marketing solution that delivers those impressions on TV, online and on-the-go.

Starcom MediaVest Group Exchange (SMGx) secured the participation of three clients to utilize CM360s capabilities, with campaigns scheduled to run later this year.

Comcast Media 360 will provide advertisers with the opportunity to not only execute an integrated, cross-platform campaign at scale, but also understand, for the first time, how multiple screens work together, said Tracey Scheppach, Executive Vice President of Innovations at SMGx. Our clients are demanding addressability, interactivity and accountability on all platforms. The formation of CM360 is a huge step in that direction.

About Starcom MediaVest Group

Starcom MediaVest Group is the Human Experience Company. Our dream is to grow our clients' business by transforming human behavior through uplifting, meaningful human experience. These brand 'experiences' are brought to life by distinct, strategic point-of views Truth and Design and Space for Ideas-- created and owned by SMG's two global agency brands: MediaVest and Starcom, respectively. Ranked one of the largest brand communications groups in the world, Starcom MediaVest Group (www.smvgroup.com) encompasses an integrated network of human experience strategists, investment specialists, content creators and digital experts. With nearly 6,000 employees in 110 offices worldwide, SMG partners with the world's leading companies including The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods, Mars, Inc., P&G, Samsung, Walmart, among others. In 2010, SMG was the #1 ranked Global Media Agency (AdAge) and "Media Agency of the Decade" by Adweek. SMG is part of Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris: FR0000130577], the world's third largest communications group. Publicis Groupe is also ranked as the worlds second largest media counsel and buying group and is the first global network in digital and healthcare communications. Publicis Groupe launched VivaKi (www.vivaki.com) to leverage the combined scale of the autonomous operations of Digitas, Denuo, Razorfish, Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia to develop new services, tools, and next generation digital platforms. Web site: http://www.publicisgroupe.com

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