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BEIJING, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- At the inaugural Global Think Tank Summit organized by the China Center for International Economic Exchanges ("CCIEE") in Beijing today, Gerson Lehrman Group, the global marketplace for expertise, collaborated with CAIJING Magazine, China's leading business and financial publication to host a unique forum that brings the world's leading economic experts and policy makers together to discuss the state of the global economy.

As part of the summit, CAIJING Magazine organized a one-day forum that promoted trade liberalization and international investment--sponsored by Gerson Lehrman Group. The forum featured a leaders luncheon with keynote speaker Jesse Wang, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, China Investment Corporation. Gerson Lehrman Group manages a network of more than 200,000 experts worldwide -- including more than 25,000 across Asia -- who educate clients on critical issues related to their industries and provide insights that help them make more informed business decisions.

The Global Think Tank Summit was organized to address critical global economic issues, including the state of the economic crisis, the establishment of a new international financial order, and the impact of globalization. The summit provided a high-level platform for an exchange of ideas between Chinese and international think tanks and leading global thought leaders. Participants at the Summit included Li Keqiang, the Vice Premier of the PRC State Council; Zeng Peiyan, Chairman of CCIEE and a former vice premier of the PRC State Council; and Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China. International leaders, including Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State of the United States, and Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, also spoke at the summit.

"Gerson Lehrman Group's participation in this conference indicates our commitment to China, and we are excited about this opportunity to connect with China's leading experts through such an influential platform," said Alexander Saint-Amand, CEO of Gerson Lehrman Group. "CAIJING Magazine is a well respected and influential publication. We are extremely proud to support its effort to draw opinion leaders together to discuss critical economic issues in China that affect the global economy."

CAIJING Magazine worked with Gerson Lehrman Group during the CAIJING Annual Conference held at the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. in January 2009. "We are delighted to work with Gerson Lehrman Group again at the CAIJING Sub-forum of the Global Think Tank Summit," said CAIJING Magazine. "The collaboration between CAIJING Magazine and Gerson Lehrman Group reflects our common objective to bring global thought leaders together to drive informed decisions."

Gerson Lehrman Group has operated in China since 2004, and it has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. It has built an expert network of more than 10,000 experts in China, from a variety of sectors, to serve the growing demand for China expertise from Gerson Lehrman Group's global institutional clients. Experts in the Gerson Lehrman Group network are organized into Councils based upon their individual expertise, including: Accounting and Financial Analysis; Consumer Goods and Services; Energy and Industrials; Financial and Business Services; Healthcare; Legal, Economic and Regulatory Affairs; Real Estate; and Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

About Gerson Lehrman Group

Gerson Lehrman Group provides technology and services to support a marketplace for expertise. Since 1998, its platform for consultation and collaboration has helped the world's leading financial services firms, consultancies, corporations, and nonprofits find, engage, and manage experts in a broad range of industries and disciplines. Gerson Lehrman Group's unparalleled network of the world's leading expert consultants, known as the Gerson Lehrman Group Councils, includes more than 200,000 subject-matter experts who educate and provide insight to decision makers through a wide range of consulting methods, including telephone consultations, expert surveys, and seminars. Gerson Lehrman Group has invested in one of the world's most sophisticated infrastructures for expert recruiting and compliance. For more information about Gerson Lehrman Group, please visit www.glgroup.com.

About CAIJING Magazine

Founded in 1998, the fortnightly CAIJING Magazine has firmly established itself as a news authority and leading voice for business and financial issues in China. CAIJING Magazine closely tracks the most important aspects of China's economic reforms, developments and policy changes, as well as major events in the capital markets. It also offers a broad international perspective through first-hand reporting on international political and economic issues. CAIJING Magazine is China's most widely read business and finance magazine, with a circulation of 225,000 per issue. It boasts top-level readers from government, business, and academic circles.

About China Center for International Economic Exchanges

The China Center for International Economic Exchanges ("CCIEE") is a comprehensive association established with the mission of promoting international economic research and exchanges and providing consulting service. The CCIEE boasts experienced economic researchers and close connection with economic research resources in a variety of fields. It operates under the guidance and supervision of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Chairman of CCIEE is Mr. Zeng Peiyan, former Vice-Premier of the State Council of China.

    CONTACT:
    Gerson Lehrman Group (U.S.)
    Christopher Stella
    +1 (212) 880-6517

    Gerson Lehrman Group (China)
    Sandy Zu
    +86 (21) 6193-0301

    Gerson Lehrman Group PR adviser, Brunswick Group (U.S.)
    Sarah Lubman,
    +1 (212) 333-3810

    Brunswick Group (China)
    Cai Jinqing
    +86 (10) 6566-2256

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- World Energy Research and Blue Energy Canada have signed a joint agreement in which World Energy Research will finance the development of Blue Energy Canada's first 200 MW commercial tidal power project at a cost of roughly half a billion dollars. World Energy Research, which specializes in the development and commercialization of green energy technology, chose Blue Energy's resource-driven tidal power design over other technologies in the emerging tidal power sector.

"After exhaustive research, World Energy Research found several companies capable of producing small amounts of energy, but none on the scale of Blue Energy's Davis Tidal Turbine, which was developed specifically to harness tidal power on a large scale," said Chad Willis, Managing Director of World Energy Research.

BusinessWeek Magazine in its article 'Innovation from Recession' just listed Blue Energy's discovery number one out of the top 20 most important technologies of the next 10 years.

"The Blue Energy vertical-axis turbine represents two decades of Canadian research and development, which generates an inexpensive, non-exhaustible source of environmentally-safe electricity to power the world's energy needs," says Blue Energy Canada's CEO, Martin J. Burger.

The partnership promises to be an exciting time in the upcoming commercialization of this game changing technology, harnessing the world's largest untapped renewable energy source.

About World Energy Research

World Energy Research is an independent energy research, exploration, management and operating company that specializes in low-risk, secure, private placement energy investments. Its mission is to create partnerships with leading energy companies on the forefront of technology, making the latest and most productive projects in the world energy market available to its investors. For more information, please visit http://www.worldenergyresearch.com.

About Blue Energy Canada Inc.

Blue Energy Canada Inc. is a green energy technology company commercializing the Davis Hydro Turbine, capable of converting tidal currents into electricity. With its scalable and proven advanced aerospace technology, Blue Energy is a solution the world has been seeking. For more information, please visit http://www.bluenergy.com.

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CHICAGO, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to breaking news of drugs reportedly found at the scene of Michael Jackson's death, the American Society of Anesthesiologists releases the following statement:

"The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), which is made up of

physicians providing professional anesthesia care, does not know the specific circumstances surrounding Michael Jackson's death. However, the ASA unequivocally maintains that Diprivan, or its generic name Propofol, is a drug meant only for use in a medical setting by professionals trained in the provision of general anesthesia. Though the drug is often used for procedures requiring sedation, patients can have extremely variable responses to the drug and some patients can become completely nesthetized, including losing the ability to breath. Diprivan should never be used outside of a controlled and monitored medical setting. Use of the drug should be directly supervised by a physician trained in anesthesia and qualified to provide physiologic rescue should too much drug be given."

About Anesthesiologists

Anesthesiologists are physicians who make modern medicine possible. Every day, their practice enables life-saving care across a broad range of specialties when patients need it most. Anesthesiologists are responsible for the total care of the patient prior to, during and after surgery by keeping patients stable and safe through the administration of anesthesia,

the monitoring of vital signs and body functions, and intervention during an emergency. Anesthesiologists have developed leading medical advances that have allowed modern medicine to become what it is today. Without advances in anesthesia many surgical procedures, such as transplants, cardiac surgery and brain surgery, would not be as

advanced as they are currently.

About the ASA

Anesthesiologists: Physicians providing the lifeline of modern medicine. Founded in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific association with 43,000 members organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient. For more information visit the American Society of Anesthesiologists Web site at

www.asahq.org.

SOURCE American Society of Anesthesiologists

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In a stirring celebration of citizenship, more than 1,000 immigrants gathered on Main Street, U.S.A. early Friday to be "sworn in" as American citizens.

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And then, as the country kicked off Independence Day weekend, these brand-new Americans attended a premiere performance of the newest Walt Disney World attraction, a "re-Imagineered" Hall of Presidents now featuring a lifelike Audio-Animatronics figure of President Barack Obama.

From more than 100 countries and ranging in age from 18 to 82, the immigrants took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States during a morning ceremony jointly hosted by Disney Parks and Resorts and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

USCIS's highest-ranking official, Acting Deputy Director Michael Aytes, presided over the ceremony on the forecourt of Cinderella Castle. The event featured a welcoming address by Walt Disney World Resort President Meg Crofton, the presentation of the colors, the national anthem, the Oath of Allegiance and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Actor Andy Garcia - a naturalized citizen himself - delivered a keynote address during the ceremony. Garcia, originally from Cuba, is an acclaimed actor known for roles in films as diverse as "The Untouchables," "The Godfather: Part III" and "Ocean's Eleven." The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Tampa-based Senior Airman Brenda Langdon of the U.S. Air Force, an immigrant from Columbia who became a United States citizen during the ceremony.

"This year, Disney parks are asking our visitors 'What Will You Celebrate?'," said Walt Disney World Resort President Meg Crofton in her welcoming address. "And on a weekend when our entire nation celebrates its independence, we are honored to host - and celebrate - 1,000 individuals who are embracing American citizenship."

To cap a star-spangled morning, the new citizens and their family members previewed the Hall of Presidents attraction - which reopens July 4 in the Liberty Square area of Magic Kingdom. The attraction has been closed since Election Day last November for a makeover that included installation of a lifelike Audio-Animatronics figure based on President Obama.

The figure of the country's 44th chief executive - which comes to life with recognizable mannerisms and makes comments that were recorded recently at the White House - is part of an eight-month makeover so significant that the iconic attraction has been retitled The Hall of Presidents: A Celebration of Liberty's Leaders. Other updates to the re-Imagineered attraction which has been entertaining Magic Kingdom guests since 1971:

    --  A re-programmed Abraham Lincoln delivers arguably the greatest speech in
        the history of the presidency - the Gettysburg Address.
    --  For the first time in the attraction's history, George Washington
        stands and delivers a stirring speech.

    --  Developed with the assistance of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris
        Kearns Goodwin, the show now tells a moving story of the bond between
        the presidents and "We, the People," focusing on the chief
        executives who have guided America through trying, turbulent times.

"Our goal with every major Disney attraction is to completely immerse our guests in a compelling story," said Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. "The stories associated with the American presidency are some of the most engaging and relevant our guests will hear while they are with us. And, like all great stories, these stories inspire, motivate and teach us to appreciate the challenges and personal triumph that comes with overcoming adversity."

Presentations of the Hall of Presidents show will take place daily beginning July 4 and are included with Magic Kingdom admission. For video of President Obama in the White House Map Room recording his audio track for the Hall of Presidents attraction, consumers may visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/.

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