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FAIRFAX, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/07/09 -- Mosa Motion Graphics LLC announces its new iPhone app Balloon Boys, for sale in the iTunes App Store.

iPhone users can now create their own balloon boy hoax simply by using their iPhone camera. Position a balloon boy image over a photo of your skyline, and our vivid graphics will help you make your own unique balloon boy hoax. Balloon boy images can be added to any picture, and easily resized and positioned using iPhone's finger gestures. The results are strikingly real, and are saved to iPhone's camera roll. The only limit is your imagination.

These realistic photo mash-ups will amaze and fool your friends. This app is good at making laughs, it's a real hoax-maker.

America was riveted by the unfolding folk-tale of the balloon boy in October 2009. Young Falcon Heene was thought to have been carried away on board a helium balloon fashioned like a spacecraft. The story of the missing boy panicked an entire nation. In pursuit of the floating balloon, unabated media mania erupted. Americans spent several hours that day watching a drifting and sagging balloon, on its journey across Colorado. After the balloon came back to Earth, and the missing boy was found hiding in his attic, America let out a huge sigh of relief. It's a story that will live on for some time.

"People are bombarded with the bizarre, yet all too real stories of our time. Being able to participate in the growing legend of the balloon boy is like immersing yourself into an event sure to become an instant classic American folk-tale. This iPhone app is totally entertaining," says Kari Adams, of Mosa Motion Graphics LLC.

Balloon Boys can put the iPhone user into the story, like never before. Recreation of a news event can be part of a new user experience. Photo content creation, merged with a great story; allow iPhone users to make their own balloon boy hoax a reality.

iPhone users can share and email their Balloon Boys images with friends and contacts.

The Balloon Boys app is currently available in the iTunes App Store, priced at $.99

Inspired by the Balloon Boy events that took place in Colorado, USA, on October 15, 2009.

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HOUSTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association (AMA) proudly presented Lisa James, Director of Health at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, with the Citation for Distinguished Service today at its semi-annual policy-making meeting. The Citation for Distinguished Service is the highest honor the AMA House of Delegates bestows on a non-physician.

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"Ms. James has worked selflessly on the connection between health and family violence for many years, and we're delighted to honor her with the Citation for Distinguished Service," said AMA President J. James Rohack, M.D. "Ms. James' work in identifying and preventing family violence has helped educate medical communities both nationally and abroad."

Ms. James, of Berkeley, California, has developed educational materials for health care professionals on domestic violence and is the editor of four Family Violence Prevention Fund manuals. She has collaborated with health care professionals, domestic violence experts and health policy makers in 15 states to develop statewide health care responses to domestic violence, and coordinates the biennial National Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence and the US Department of Health and Human Services designated National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

Ms. James was a steering committee member of the AMA's national Advisory Council on Violence and Abuse and a board member of the Academy of Violence and Abuse. Prior to joining the Family Violence Prevention Fund, she worked in the Czech Republic to develop educational and public health programs for Czech and Slovak students. She has a Master's degree in Women's Studies and social policy from the University College Dublin, Ireland and a Bachelor's degree in Humanities from San Francisco State University, California.

About the American Medical Association

The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's quarter of a million physician and medical student members are playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more information on the AMA, please visit www.ama-assn.org

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Jacquelyn T. Coleman (CT), David A. Cook (GA), Louis J. Goodman (TX), Palmer P. Jones (NH), David L. Tarver (LA) Honored

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today presented five medical society executive leaders with achievement awards to honor their contributions to the goals and ideals of the medical profession. The awards were presented at the AMA's semi-annual policy making meeting in Houston.

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"The AMA is pleased to recognize these medical society executives for their contributions to the medical profession and their advocacy on behalf of physicians," said AMA Board Chair Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D.

    --  Jacquelyn T. Coleman, CAE, has served as the executive director of
        subspecialty medical associations for over thirty years. She has been
        the executive director of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
        (AAPL) for 16 years and the executive director of the American Clinical
        Neurophysiology Society for 20 years. She has worked in these
        organizations to foster growth in medical education,  publications and
        advocacy.

    --  Louis J. Goodman, PhD, has served the Texas Medical Association (TMA) as
        its executive vice president for 11 years. Under his leadership, the TMA
        has become the largest state medical association and was named
        "America's Best Medical Society" by Medical Economics magazine.

    --  Palmer P. Jones has served the New Hampshire Medical Society (NHMS) as
        its executive vice president for 24 years. During that time, he has
        helped to foster a supportive environment of advocacy and growth at the
        NHMS. New Hampshire Physicians are recognized and respected in the
        legislative environment because of his leadership.

    --  David L. Tarver has served the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) as
        its executive vice president for 27 years. Under his leadership, the
        LSMS was able to advocate effectively on behalf of Louisiana physicians,
        earning the respect and ear of the state legislature.

    --  David A. Cook has served as executive director of the Medical
        Association of Georgia (MAG) for eight years. Under his leadership, MAG
        has employed an integrated legal advocacy program to affect change in
        the managed care arena. Cook was instrumental in passing comprehensive
        tort reform law in Georgia in 2005, which continues to improve the
        practice environment for physicians in the state.

Coleman, Goodman, Jones and Tarver were presented with 2009 Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Cook received the 2009 Medical Executive Meritorious Achievement Award.

Follow AMA on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AmerMedicalAssn

About the American Medical Association

The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's quarter of a million physician and medical student members are playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more information on the AMA, please visit www.ama-assn.org.

SOURCE American Medical Association

Jacquelyn T. Coleman (CT), David A. Cook (GA), Louis J. Goodman (TX), Palmer P. Jones (NH), David L. Tarver (LA) Honored

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today presented five medical society executive leaders with achievement awards to honor their contributions to the goals and ideals of the medical profession. The awards were presented at the AMA's semi-annual policy making meeting in Houston.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081209/AMALOGO )

"The AMA is pleased to recognize these medical society executives for their contributions to the medical profession and their advocacy on behalf of physicians," said AMA Board Chair Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D.

    --  Jacquelyn T. Coleman, CAE, has served as the executive director of
        subspecialty medical associations for over thirty years. She has been
        the executive director of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
        (AAPL) for 16 years and the executive director of the American Clinical
        Neurophysiology Society for 20 years. She has worked in these
        organizations to foster growth in medical education,  publications and
        advocacy.
    --  Louis J. Goodman, PhD, has served the Texas Medical Association (TMA) as
        its executive vice president for 11 years. Under his leadership, the TMA
        has become the largest state medical association and was named
        "America's Best Medical Society" by Medical Economics magazine.
    --  Palmer P. Jones has served the New Hampshire Medical Society (NHMS) as
        its executive vice president for 24 years. During that time, he has
        helped to foster a supportive environment of advocacy and growth at the
        NHMS. New Hampshire Physicians are recognized and respected in the
        legislative environment because of his leadership.
    --  David L. Tarver has served the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) as
        its executive vice president for 27 years. Under his leadership, the
        LSMS was able to advocate effectively on behalf of Louisiana physicians,
        earning the respect and ear of the state legislature.

    --  David A. Cook has served as executive director of the Medical
        Association of Georgia (MAG) for eight years. Under his leadership, MAG
        has employed an integrated legal advocacy program to affect change in
        the managed care arena. Cook was instrumental in passing comprehensive
        tort reform law in Georgia in 2005, which continues to improve the
        practice environment for physicians in the state.

Coleman, Goodman, Jones and Tarver were presented with 2009 Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Cook received the 2009 Medical Executive Meritorious Achievement Award.

Follow AMA on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AmerMedicalAssn

About the American Medical Association

The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's quarter of a million physician and medical student members are playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more information on the AMA, please visit www.ama-assn.org.

SOURCE American Medical Association

Jacquelyn T. Coleman (CT), David A. Cook (GA), Louis J. Goodman (TX), Palmer P. Jones (NH), David L. Tarver (LA) Honored

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today presented five medical society executive leaders with achievement awards to honor their contributions to the goals and ideals of the medical profession. The awards were presented at the AMA's semi-annual policy making meeting in Houston.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081209/AMALOGO )

"The AMA is pleased to recognize these medical society executives for their contributions to the medical profession and their advocacy on behalf of physicians," said AMA Board Chair Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D.

    --  Jacquelyn T. Coleman, CAE, has served as the executive director of
        subspecialty medical associations for over thirty years. She has been
        the executive director of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
        (AAPL) for 16 years and the executive director of the American Clinical
        Neurophysiology Society for 20 years. She has worked in these
        organizations to foster growth in medical education,  publications and
        advocacy.
    --  Louis J. Goodman, PhD, has served the Texas Medical Association (TMA) as
        its executive vice president for 11 years. Under his leadership, the TMA
        has become the largest state medical association and was named
        "America's Best Medical Society" by Medical Economics magazine.
    --  Palmer P. Jones has served the New Hampshire Medical Society (NHMS) as
        its executive vice president for 24 years. During that time, he has
        helped to foster a supportive environment of advocacy and growth at the
        NHMS. New Hampshire Physicians are recognized and respected in the
        legislative environment because of his leadership.
    --  David L. Tarver has served the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) as
        its executive vice president for 27 years. Under his leadership, the
        LSMS was able to advocate effectively on behalf of Louisiana physicians,
        earning the respect and ear of the state legislature.

    --  David A. Cook has served as executive director of the Medical
        Association of Georgia (MAG) for eight years. Under his leadership, MAG
        has employed an integrated legal advocacy program to affect change in
        the managed care arena. Cook was instrumental in passing comprehensive
        tort reform law in Georgia in 2005, which continues to improve the
        practice environment for physicians in the state.

Coleman, Goodman, Jones and Tarver were presented with 2009 Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Cook received the 2009 Medical Executive Meritorious Achievement Award.

Follow AMA on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AmerMedicalAssn

About the American Medical Association

The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's quarter of a million physician and medical student members are playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more information on the AMA, please visit www.ama-assn.org.

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