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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Blair Sign Programs Celebrates Twenty-Five Year Anniversary

BLAIR SIGN PROGRAMS, a leading national sign and experiential design company, has announced the happening of its 25-year Anniversary. For the past two and one-half decades, BLAIR SIGN PROGRAMS has successfully designed and built signs and sign programs, for national retailers, commercial retail and mixed-use developers. The company has achieved a reputation for excellence as a design/build company with a deep design inventory of custom sign and graphic solutions for national retail and commercial retail development.

"Since our founding in 1995, BLAIR SIGN PROGRAMS has experienced the evolutionary and recently, revolutionary changes within the national retail and commercial retail environments," said Scott Blair, the company founder and president. "We, too, have evolved and have experienced many exciting developments since our founding. For example; we have gone from neon to LED illumination and from drafting tables to CAD/CAM design and manufacturing." Blair said, "We will continue to grow and develop. We are exploring 5G related technologies, are adding experiential design elements and continue to develop protocols for re-purpose/re-image development. The next twenty-five years look to be as promising and exciting as our first twenty-five."

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Blair went on to say, "We are also taking our 25-year Anniversary as an opportunity to recognize the many achievements and contributions of the people that have made our company possible. First, our incredible employees are the reason we have achieved our success. Also, we recognize our client/partners who gave to us their trust and confidence along with the opportunity to do what we do best; design and build signs and sign programs." Click here.

BLAIR SIGN PROGRAMS is a full-service design/build company that provides exterior signs and sign programs for national retail, commercial retail and mixed-use developments. The company was founded in 1995 with the goal of blending integrity, talent and authentic design to create property identity and branding solutions. BLAIR SIGN PROGRAMS is performance driven and adds value by way of its exterior sign design, build and install from coast to coast.

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Growing Integrated Design Firm JZA+D Announces Recent Hires in Architecture, Interiors, Marketing

The award-winning integrated design firm Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design (JZA+D) has announced a slate of four new hires, as the firm looks to expand its robust portfolio in the hospitality, retail, workplace, institutional and residential sectors. Globally diverse and multidisciplinary, the incoming new talent will help sustain development efforts while providing higher levels of service and design excellence to JZA+Ds growing national client base, according to firm leaders.

Joining JZA+D are architectural designer Shuoqi Ziong; project architect Julia Compton, AIA; interior designer Nancie Giardina, and graphic designer Alexandra Nita. Hailing from diverse backgrounds, these four emerging design professionals have found a home — and dedicated mentorship — in a firm known for their multidisciplinary approach to highly sustainable and contemporary design aesthetics and aspirations.

Founding principal and architect Joshua Zinder, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, and partner Mark A. Sullivan, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, have earned a reputation for identifying and nurturing talented professionals as part of the firm's long-term growth trajectory in varied markets including corporate, hospitality, cultural, commercial and residential building projects.

"We're proud of our dynamic team and new leadership, who draw from varied backgrounds and training to energize our integrated studio approach," says Zinder. "Their contributions are essential to continued growth in dynamic, competitive markets while maintaining the level of design excellence and innovation that our clients have come to expect."

Integrating design talent

Partners since 2018 — and friends for over 30 years — Zinder and Sullivan emphasize their approach as a multidisciplinary, integrated design studio that packages architecture, interior design and other services into potent solutions to meet mission-critical client needs. In support of continued growth and the firm's highly successful approaches to design and client service, JZA+D has enlisted experienced professionals and emerging talents for its primary disciplines.

Architect Julia Compton, AIA, has worked for architectural firms in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Massachusetts since receiving her B.Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design. Known for fostering the careers of women in architecture and design, JZA+D expects clients will benefit from Compton's deep experience, demonstrated by her portfolio which includes cultural institutions such as Sinai Temple in Illinois and municipal clients like the Princeton Merchants Association. She has also led on multiple hospitality projects including locations for Au Bon Pain.

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With a degree from the University of Pennsylvania's design school, architectural designer Shuoqi Ziong has worked on a variety of projects for JZA+D including for The Venetian Resort-Casino in Las Vegas, the headquarters of MedAvante ProPhase in Princeton, N.J., and a mixed-use tower for a university in Zhengzhou, China. Adding depth to JZA+D's vibrant interior design team, Nancie Giardina draws on her previous experience, illustrated by her substantial portfolio of hospitality, gaming and entertainment projects amassed since earning her B.S. in interior design from Philadelphia University.

Rounding out the firm's recruits, graphic designer Alexandra Nita brings to bear her background in product and industrial design, along wither her passion for visual branding, to direct all visual assets related to client branding, social media collateral, web design, product design and marketing materials for JZA+D. A graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nita also has a Master's degree from Domus Academy in Milan, Italy.

"Clients depend on us for building and design solutions that are innovative, cost-effective, sustainable and magnetic," says JZA+D partner Sullivan. "We're confident in the capabilities and experience brought by these recent additions to our team. With their contributions, we'll further accelerate our work to deliver on our client promise."

JZA+D's lengthy roster of clients, goals for expansion and commitment to collaboration will create valuable opportunities for their staff and the recent team additions. "Our portfolio includes both regional and global opportunities to serve clients in hospitality, office, residential, educational and research science sectors, among others," says Zinder, adding that the design partnership Landau Zinder, with architect Michael Landau, AIA, has added projects in worship and community buildings Jewish congregations around the country.

About Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design (JZA+D)
Located in Princeton, New Jersey, the emerging practice JZA+D was founded in 2006 by principal Joshua Zinder, AIA, to deliver multidisciplinary services for sustainable and contemporary buildings, interiors and product designs. The collective educational and professional experience of JZA+D's staff spans more than 95 years in global markets, and its staff is encouraged and inspired to be cooperative partners, good listeners and creative problem-solvers. JZA+D has won numerous design awards and its work has been seen in publications around the world. The staff actively participates in trade and professional organizations such as AIA, NCARB, USGBC, ACSA, IIDA, IOREBA, NJRA and Gotham Networking. More than half of the firm's architectural staff is LEED accredited. For more information, please visit http://www.joshuazinder.com. Read related news now.

Monday, March 9, 2020

Increased Demand On Unified Communications Infrastructure Stresses Under COVID-19

TeleMate.Net Software's unified communication and collaboration analytics products and services provide critical insight helping organizations successfully execute plans to protect their employees and combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As government travel advisories are being updated regularly, many organizations have chosen to limit or in some cases ban employee travel for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, organizations are rapidly developing and implementing strict policies that encourage employees to work from home in the event they or a family member are feeling ill. Continue reading.

Efforts to continue productive business interactions while limiting activities that can contribute to the pandemic spread, have led to an exponential increase in the use of video conferencing and other real-time virtual meeting solutions that reside in the unified communications & collaborations portfolio. Major unified communications manufactures like Cisco System, Microsoft and Zoom respectively are offering their WebEx, Teams and Video collaboration tools at no charge to help during these unprecedented times.

Organizations are scrambling to ensure that they are prepared to meet the increased demand for their chosen unified communications and collaboration services. Prior to the current pandemic, many organizations introduced these unified communications and collaboration services to a fraction of their overall workforce. This essentially means that critical elements like concurrent user licensing, capacity and bandwidth availability have all been fine-tuned to normal business as usual adoption. Today each of those critical elements, which points to overall user experience, must be monitored and recalibrated to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic driven increases.

As organizations rapidly shift from face to face in person interactions to virtual methods, the quality of that virtual experience will play a large role in the overall quality of interaction which can directly impact business outcomes. This heavier than normal burden on IT resources means that IT has to find ways to be proactive in an effort to reduce the negative impact of poor service quality and speed time to remedy so that users have the level of reliability required to execute in this new environment.

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TeleMate.Net Software's Predictive UC Analytics and Agile Monitoring platform is giving organizations the needed edge required to successfully enable the flood of new users with the communication tools to navigate this fluid environment. Functions like executive dashboards to help C-levels prioritize business value with environmental changes and proactive trouble shooting that enables IT to manage quality of experience.

"During a crisis, real-time information makes all the difference" said Steve Tabaska, TeleMate's CEO. "At this time, uninterrupted collaboration between organizations is important and more specifically, uninterrupted collaboration between pharmaceutical companies, medical facilities and government agencies is paramount to eradicating the COVID-19 virus."

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The leader in unified communications & collaboration analytics and service monitoring for organizations with large populations of knowledge workers who depend on the availability and quality of communications, collaboration and meeting platforms to positively impact business outcome.

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Red Giant Recreates Half-Dad from Pixar’s “Onward” in New Cheap Tricks Episode

Red Giant has just released another Cheap Tricks episode, featuring half-dad, a father who is conjured back to life with only his legs and feet, from Pixar's "Onward" - now playing in theaters. In this Cheap Tricks episode, now out on YouTube, Dan "Hashi" Hashimoto, the Action Movie Dad, shows viewers a range of techniques for erasing characters from static and dynamic shots using 3D plate projection for a live-action remake of half-dad from "Onward." Viewers will also learn how Maxon Cinema 4D is used to create a more animated version of "dad legs."

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"I think that knowing how to erase things from a handheld shot is a skill that could prove useful in a million different ways," Hashi explains. "You may never need to create dad legs per se...but there are lots of reasons that visual effects are used to erase limbs in movies." Be alert to the latest news.

Focusing on camera tracking, basic plate projection, masking and particle & lens flare plugins, Hashi demonstrates three levels of difficulty approaching how to erase the top part of his body while keeping his legs moving around in After Effects. Many tools from Red Giant Complete were used to help create the effect including Trapcode Particular, which was primarily used to create the magical particles coming the "magical wand" seen in the video that was used to diminish Hashi into a pair of legs. Other tools used included plugins from Magic Bullet Suite and VFX Suite. In the last 10 minutes of the tutorial, Hashi creates a CG version of half-dad by utilizing Maxon Cinema 4D and Adobe's Mixamo.

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Download the project files for "Onward Half Dad Effect" on the Red Giant tutorial page.

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About Red Giant
Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers. Our company culture is focused on finding balance between work and life – we call it "the double bottom line" – this philosophy helps us ignore complexity in favor of building simple tools that yield giant results. Over the last decade, our products (like Magic Bullet, Trapcode, Universe and PluralEyes) have become the standard in film and broadcast post-production. With over 250,000 users, it's nearly impossible to watch 20 minutes of TV without seeing our software in use. From our experiences as artists and filmmakers, we aspire to not only provide tools for artists, but inspiration as well. Watch our films, learn from over 200 free tutorials, or try our software at http://www.redgiant.com.

Red Giant Recreates Half-Dad from Pixar’s “Onward” in New Cheap Tricks Episode

WATCH NOW: Cheap Tricks Episode 14 – Pixar's Onward Half Dad Effect

The full set of tools used includes:

Download the project files for "Onward Half Dad Effect" on the Red Giant tutorial page.

The Red Pledge
Red Pledge is Red Giant's commitment to customer happiness, with no purchasing hassles. Learn about the Red Pledge guarantee at https://www.redgiant.com/company/red-pledge/. Click here to read the latest news.

Debit Cards and P2P Payments Both Integral to U.S. Consumers’ Payments Repertoire

Mercator Advisory Group's most recent report, Debit Cards and P2P Payments: Solid Partners, a 2019 U.S. PaymentsInsights study, reveals that the debit cards and person-to-person (P2P) payments are both core components of the U.S. payment ecosphere today.

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This report from Mercator Advisory Group's Primary Data service is based on a sample of 3,002 U.S. adults surveyed in the annual online Payments survey of Mercator's North American PaymentsInsights series, conducted in June 2019.

The study highlights consumers' use of debit cards relative to other payment types, participation in debit card reward programs, and new account opening. Additionally, the survey covers usage of P2P payment services, key P2P brands, reasons for using and not using P2P payments, and P2P fraud. Be alert to read related news.

"Both debit cards and P2P payments are key components in the payments repertoire of U.S. consumers. Each has strengths in serving different constituencies. Debit card has a core group of users who prefer debit over credit cards and use it for all the transactions for which others would use credit. Person-to-person (P2P) payment services are continuing to grow as people and businesses find more use for it," stated the author of the report, Peter Reville, director of Primary Data Services at Mercator Advisory Group, which includes the North American PaymentsInsights series.

Highlights of this report include:

The use of payment cards online and off line

The incidence of debit card fraud

Debit card rewards

P2P payment usage

The types of P2P payments used

P2P payment fraud

Companies mentioned in the survey results shown include: Apple, Facebook, Google, MoneyGram, PayPal, PeoplePay, PopMoney, Square, Venmo, Western Union, and Zelle.

Members of Mercator Advisory Group's North American PaymentsInsights Survey Series Service (formerly CustomerMonitor Survey Series Service) have access to this report as well as the upcoming research for the year ahead, presentations, analyst access and other membership benefits.

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For more information and media inquiries, please call Mercator Advisory Group's main line: 1-781-419-1700 or send email to media@mercatoradvisorgroup.com.

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About Mercator Advisory Group
Mercator Advisory Group is the leading independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and b anking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com.

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Wild Harvest Initiative® Launches New Web-based Community

Conservation Visions is launching a new website, http://www.thewildharvestinitiative.com, for its flagship program, the Wild Harvest Initiative®. The Wild Harvest Initiative® is the first scientific program to assess and communicate the scale, comprehensive value and modern relevance of recreationally harvested wild meat and fish in the United States and Canada.

The new website offers program information and updates about the Initiative and its partnership alliance, and will host a new web-based community platform for wild harvesters – from hunters and anglers to wild mushroom foragers and medicinal plant gathers, and everyone in between – to share photos, videos, stories, recipes, and ideas related to nature and natural harvests. Users have the option to become subscribers or to engage more actively as contributors. The blogging-style platform is very easy-to-use and does not require contributors to be technologically proficient.

The Wild Harvest Initiative® will positively align wild animal harvests with other commonly practiced and well-accepted natural resource use traditions, such as berry-picking, wild beekeeping, and firewood gathering. It will facilitate alliances with other consumptive users of wild products, in addition to healthy lifestyle and green-living advocates, thus creating a wider base of support for wildlife conservation.

About Conservation Visions

Conservation Visions Inc. is a wildlife initiative founded by internationally recognized biologist and conservation advocate, Shane Mahoney. It is dedicated to a world where conservation matters; where biodiversity is safeguarded, including the diversity of human cultural experience; where conservation and citizenship are viewed as inseparable; where a global responsibility to nature is recognized; where the sustainable use of natural resources is safeguarded through knowledge; and where governments make sound decisions concerning conservation and biodiversity, based on scientific and traditional wisdom. To learn more about Conservation Visions, please visit http://www.conservationvisions.com.

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