Since 1975, Loureiro Engineering has provided the north Atlantic region with engineering, construction, EH&S, energy and waste management services. And with these newly-appointed positions, it is now poised to offer greater penetration of its services and seeks continued expansion in this region.

In-house promotions are as follows:

Jeffery J. Loureiro, P.E., L.E.P., Chief Executive Officer: Loureiro has more than 34 years of experience in management, planning, design, permitting, construction and operation, maintenance and monitoring of a wide variety of projects in civil and environmental engineering. He has worked on projects throughout the U.S. and internationally for some of the world’s largest corporations.

Brian A. Cutler, P.E., L.E.P., President: Cutler has extensive expertise in the development, planning, engineering, evaluation, design and construction administration of various projects in civil and environmental engineering. He is recognized as a leader in the integration of remediation and redevelopment and has worked on some of the largest Brownfield redevelopment projects in Connecticut.

Peter T. Susca, Senior Vice President: Susca brings more than 30 years of environment, health and safety (EHS) leadership and technical expertise to the firm. He has served in an array of EHS executive leadership positions in Fortune 500 multi-national corporations and consulting firms.

David Fiereck, P.E., L.E.P., Vice President: Fiereck has more than 13 years experience in planning, engineering, design, and supervision of environmental projects for private sector and government clients.

Kevin J Bitjeman, L.E.P., Senior Project Manager: Bitjeman has more than 22 years experience in site investigation, remedial-action planning, regulatory support, hazardous building materials, and preparation of related reports.

“I am confident in Cutler’s abilities to lead the day-to-day operations of the engineering, construction and waste management businesses,” says Loureiro. “He has demonstrated creative intensity, ferocious ambition and the courage to take risks without the fear of failure – all of which are critical to our firm’s future success.”

Cutler comments that he is thrilled to see the promotions of Susca, Fiereck and Bitjeman.

“All of these gentlemen have clearly demonstrated excellence in their fields,” says Cutler. “We now have a structure in place that will facilitate organic growth and leverage more opportunities.”

About Loureiro:

Loureiro has been providing engineering, construction, EH&S, energy and waste management services to a wide variety of public and private clients throughout the Northeast since 1975. Engineering service offerings include: environmental; site; transportation; water and wastewater; underground utilities; land surveying; structural; mechanical; electrical; plumbing; fire protection; and facilities engineering.

Construction capabilities include: heavy and highway; bridge; site development; underground utilities; remediation; demolition; concrete and general contracting.

EH&S services encompass: multi-media consulting and permitting; auditing; training; emergency planning and response; management systems consulting; professional resource support; and transportation compliance.

Energy services include: assessing energy reduction opportunities; energy modeling; training; alternative energy; and energy metrics and reporting.

Waste management capabilities address: management, transportation, and disposal of industrial, construction and universal waste.

Loureiro’s corporate office is in Plainville, Connecticut with satellite offices located in Rockland, Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Wakefield, Rhode Island.

For more information, visit: http://www.Loureiro.com .

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Butcher brings nearly 20 years of experience to the table. Prior to joining Loureiro Engineering, he was senior vice president of operations at a Massachusetts-based environmental consulting firm.

In his new role at Loureiro, he will work as a Licensed Site Professional. Responsibilities include managing and overseeing assessment and remediation of contaminated sites in Massachusetts in accordance with the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP).

His particular interest and expertise is in the cleanup and redevelopment of underutilized contaminated properties. As a result, he will help clients to understand their responsibilities pertaining to the MCP in these areas.

Additionally, Butcher is a professional geologist and LEED-AP, credentials which complement his ability to provide assessment and remediation services to clients.

“Butcher shares the same ideals and values as Loureiro Engineering does when it comes to customer service,” says Brian Cutler, senior vice president of Loureiro Engineering. “Customer service is paramount in his work ethic.”

Finally, Butcher provides litigation support services and environmental consulting services across other regulatory programs including wetlands and underground storage tanks. He is also responsible for business development across a wide spectrum of Loureiro Engineering’s service offerings.

A member of the Town of Duxbury Conservation Commission which regulates activities in accordance with the state and local wetland bylaws and regulations, he is well positioned to lead this new office to overwhelming success.

“Having an office in the Boston metropolitan area now allows us to service areas that were beyond our reach before,” says Cutler. “Mainly, the Rockland office addresses a gap in service area coverage between Merrimack, NH and Wakefield, RI. “We are excited to have Butcher on board to oversee this new location; we have aggressive marketing and growth plans on the horizon.”

About Loureiro:

Loureiro has been providing engineering, construction, EH&S, and energy and waste management services to a wide variety of public and private sectors throughout the Northeast since 1975. Engineering service offerings include: environmental; site; transportation; water and wastewater; underground utilities; land surveying; structural; mechanical; electrical; plumbing; fire protection; and facilities engineering.

Construction capabilities include: heavy and highway; bridge; site development; underground utilities; remediation; demolition; concrete and general contracting.

EH&S services encompass: multi-media consulting and permitting; auditing; training; emergency planning and response; management systems consulting; professional resource support; and transportation compliance.

Energy services include: assessing energy reduction opportunities; energy modeling; training; alternative energy; and energy metrics and reporting.

Waste management capabilities address: management; transportation; and disposal of industrial, construction and universal waste.

For more information, visit: www.Loureiro.com .

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“Plus we will send back a complete description of that species and its habitat needs, to educate folks about these amazing creatures.”

Send an image of any turtle you observe to turtleatlas@gmail.com for quick identification and advice.

In June Connecticut’s turtles greatly increase their movements as they seek out new habitat, mates and nesting sites.

Photos and detailed information on turtle sightings can also be entered online in less than three minutes at www.ctturtleatlas.com . It includes an interactive map that lets you pinpoint exactly where the turtle was found.

“We encourage people to also enter photos of car-killed turtles,” said Landrey. “We want to document where there are concentrations of turtles crossing roads. As hard as it is to look at those pictures, photographic evidence is essential.”

About The Turtle Conservation Project:

The Turtle Conservation Project is dedicated to protecting New England’s turtles and the habitats they depend upon.

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The Prevail Reinsurance System fully automates the management of reinsurance data for insurance and reinsurance companies. It accepts premium and loss data from external systems, calculates ceded data, creates payables and receivables and statutory reports, and then returns this data to the original systems, utilizing the Prevail Cession Web Service, XML or FTP. Built on state-of-the-art web technology, it can be accessed from anywhere in the world. And it’s rules-based, table-driven architecture allows rapid and simple implementation of new and existing reinsurance contracts. In addition to the Hosted Solution, Prevail continues to offer the Prevail Reinsurance System through its standard software licensing and services model.

According to Nat Curiale, Executive Vice President of Prevail, “Our solution has always provided scalability of reinsurance requirements, transaction volumes and physical locations. We have now added another layer of scalability to accommodate any company size, cognizant of infrastructure and IT costs.”

The launch of the Prevail Reinsurance System Hosted Solution is a further milestone in the company’s strategy for making its Prevail Reinsurance System recognized in the industry as the best in its class for robust functionality, quick implementation, infrastructure flexibility and cost-effectiveness.

About Prevail:

Since 2000, Prevail has been providing reliable and innovative technology services exclusively to the insurance industry; it is clearly recognized by its clients for business expertise, commitment, and ability to deliver quality work products in a cost-effective manner, no matter how complex the requirement. In addition to The Prevail Reinsurance System, Prevail delivers Application Development and Maintenance Support; Technical Support for leading Insurance Software Products; Business Analysis; Independent Quality Testing; Data Migration and Integration; P&C Insurance Systems Assessment; and Business Process Outsourcing.

For more information, contact Ms. Pilar Hoyos at: 203-972-7449; or email: phoyos@prevailconsulting.com; web site: www.prevailconsulting.com – or come visit Prevail at the June 5-8, 2011 IASA Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, booth #923.

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As background, the growing incidence of bed bug problems reported through the country which by some measures has reached epidemic proportions in the metro New York City area has highly migrated into other areas north and south of New York.

Many pest control operatives, entomologist and scientists all agree that high heat treatment is a highly effective strategy to kill bed bugs and any other insects without use of chemicals, the “eco green approach.”

Northeast Heat Treatment’s mobile box truck was specially designed to not only create high temperatures lethal to bed bugs and other insects but to also have temperature monitoring systems in place to measure the effectiveness of the treatment and protect assets. There is no need to throw out sofas, beds, furniture, books anymore.

Once the assets are placed in the truck, the entire eradication process take no more than 2 hours to bring effective solutions; saving money and giving customers peace of mind. Landlords who are faced with uncooperative tenants in dealing with bed bug infestations in their buildings can realize speed and effectiveness with the heat truck.

Co Founders of Northeast Heat Treatment LLC, Mike Morin and Don Frey, say that “this mobile heat treatment is a relief to many customers who fear elimination of bed bugs is not possible.” They also say their company has been getting calls from people who are seeking heat treatment on damp and watered damaged items.

More information: http://www.northeastheatreatment.com .

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“The installation of the Prevail Reinsurance System assures Triple-S a state-of-the-art solution and the efficient streamlining of our reinsurance operations,” said Rinaldo Perez Zayas, Vice President, Information Technology, Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. “This strategic implementation allows our Information Technology Organization to focus its resources on the unique needs of our valued customers going forward.”

“At Triple-S Propiedad, we are dedicated to the benefit of our policyholders. And, it is essential that we possess the tools that allow us to serve most efficiently,” said Eva Salgado, President and CEO of Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. “We selected the Prevail Reinsurance System after reviewing of a number of reinsurance solution alternatives and based on Prevail’s proven track record of delivering technology solutions and services to Triple-S.”

The Prevail Reinsurance System fully automates the management of reinsurance data for insurance and reinsurance companies. It accepts premium and loss data from external systems, calculates ceded data, creates payables and receivables and statutory reports, and then returns this data to the original systems. Built on state-of-the-art web technology, it can be accessed from anywhere in the world. It is a robust rules-based, table-driven product which provides immediate savings by significantly increasing efficiency, improving information access and reducing total cost of ownership.

About Triple-S Propiedad:

Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance products and services. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Caparra Heights, Puerto Rico. Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Triple-S Management Corporation.

About Prevail:

Since 2000, Prevail has been providing reliable and innovative technology services exclusively to the insurance industry; it is clearly recognized by its clients for business expertise, commitment, and ability to deliver quality work products in a cost-effective manner, no matter how complex the requirement. In addition to The Prevail Reinsurance System, Prevail delivers Application Development and Maintenance Support; Technical Support for leading Insurance Software Products; Business Analysis; Independent Quality Testing; Data Migration and Integration; P&C Insurance System Assessment; and Business Process Outsourcing.

For more information, contact Ms. Pilar Hoyos at: 203-972-7449; or email: phoyos@prevailconsulting.com or the web site: www.prevailconsulting.com .

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Desktop Guerrillas’ clients could certainly wait for their bills, and Presto was able to get them out later in the week, but the outage had a far more debilitating effect on some other users relying on Intuit’s products, which provide critical line-of-business applications. As the comments on Intuit’s blog in reaction to its apology indicated, an extended outage like this can cripple a business.

Intuit’s trip-up is the downside of what many IT professionals dub the “Year of the Cloud,” in which more and more companies have moved their services to third party providers rather than running them in-house. Joe Presto is not surprised by the outage, nor the outrage. “To many businesses, ‘The Cloud’ is a magic place where issues and maintenance are a thing of the past,” he says. “In reality, these services can be just a prone to outage as an internally-run product.”

He brings up several points to consider:

How resilient is your cloud service’s infrastructure? “Clouds are a perfect description to these outsourced services,” says Presto. “Because there’s typically zero visibility into their architecture and operation.” A sharp web page or even a trusted name can easily mask a poorly implemented service, as Intuit’s case last week showed. “As Intuit described it, an accidental power failure brought down main and backup systems and resulted in a two-day outage,” says Presto. “This begs the question of why a backup system was so closely linked with the primary system. And why would a power outage take so long to recover from? That’s not to say that clients that host their own servers are without danger, but at least it’s within their control to design a disaster recovery plan.”

This raises another question: How safe is your data? “Clients who use hosted applications need to assume that their data could very easily be gone tomorrow and they should plan accordingly,” says Presto, a former IBMer who started Desktop Guerrillas in 2004. Many cloud vendors, he says, don’t provide an easy way to export data, which could represent a major exposure. “If businesses don’t have a way to personally ensure the availability of their data, they may want to look at other solutions,” Presto states. “For instance, although our ticket management system is hosted, we download data at least twice a day. Losing that data could cost us tens of thousands of dollars, so we guard it with our lives.”

Still, cloud computing is not all doom and gloom. “Cloud services can provide great value and are a valued part of any solution we provide to our clients, but we don’t make any claims about availability that the cloud vendor won’t back up with a service level agreement. The false sense of security can result in a business whose core processes are less protected than if they offered them in-house.”

About Desktop Guerrillas:

Desktop Guerrillas provides IT support to small and midsize businesses in Fairfield County, Connecticut. More information can be found at www.desktopguerrilas.com .

Media contact: Jennifer Wulff, Desktop Guerrillas, (203) 842-4043.

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They are key members of Connecticut’s first local company that deals exclusively with bed bug detection and remediation services. Not surprisingly, the company is called CT Bed Bug Dogs and is uniquely positioned to offer one stop shopping to their customers who simply want this rather unpleasant problem to go away in both an eco-friendly and cost effective manner. They believe the old shotgun approach (i.e., spray and pray) must be replaced by a rifle which the dogs help aim at the target.

Not only is their initial treatment focused, they also come back for a second treatment within 10-12 days and provide a guarantee to assure customer satisfaction. Hotels, Condominium and other multi-family housing facilities see the benefits in dealing with the CT Bed Bug Dogs “MAP” program that accelerates the eradication of bed bug infestations, cost savings and less chemicals in the environment.

As background, the growing incidence of bed bug problems reported throughout the country which, by some measures, has reached epidemic proportions in the metro NYC area has clearly migrated into Connecticut. Consequently, this company was born out of a combination of the growing need for this service in Connecticut and the extensive experience gained by its founders in doing battle with bed bugs in the NYC arena.

Dick Horton, a veteran of many years in the oil business who recently came on board as the sales manager, confirms what highly volatile issue bed bugs have become. According to Mr. Horton, who has routinely dealt with rather upset heating oil customers with no heat in the middle of winter, he has never encountered customers more emotional or upset than those who fear, or have reason to believe, they have a bed bug problem.

Mr. Horton also observed that many people who, by any other measure seem to be intelligent, thoughtful and rational, become absolutely unglued when a bed bug possibility appears. They certainly take it personally and think it might be an indictment of their personal hygiene; cleanliness or housekeeping practices while nothing could be further from the truth. Quite simply, bed bugs are hitchhikers. They don’t self-generate but need a chauffeur, albeit an unintentional one. Plus, they like to stay with us because we not only carry them around but we also happen to be their primary food source.

It is the unique characteristics of bed bugs and the proliferation of the problem that makes the members of this new company (human and canine) confident that can play a major role in helping to attack this problem in Connecticut. While they are a licensed pest control operator specializing in bed bug detection and remediation in Connecticut, they do also offer their certified canine detection services throughout the entire Northeast and the in the Middle Atlantic States.

For more information, www.ctbedbugdogs.com .

“Although a fantasy, this is hardly a fairytale,” said Calvo. “It’s much more about despair than anything else. I’m looking to explore dark romanticism as it relates to modern culture. I realize some might find my interpretation a bit disturbing,” he says. “This is not your mother’s Snow White.”

A.D. Calvo is not new to controversy; several years ago he produced a short expose on celebrity shock sculptor Daniel Edwards, the same artist who sculpted the nude Britney Spears giving birth. Calvo’s short films, including “The Several Severed Heads of Daniel Edwards,” have received over one million views on YouTube and have been covered by major new sources including CNN and NPR. Edwards will be contributing some of his work to Calvo’s film. One of his pieces, entitled Snow White’s Meth Lab, is already in production.

“The announcement of Snow White is resonating much stronger than I expected. There’s already a solid fan base growing within the Facebook community, specifically within the alternative, industrial, and Goth culture,” said Calvo.

His first feature, “The Other Side of the Tracks” – starring Brendan Fehr (BONES, CSI:MIAMI), Tania Raymonde (COLD CASE, LOST), Chad Lindberg (THE FAST & THE FURIOUS), and Oscar-nominated Shirley Knight – was completed in 2008 and has already garnered a variety of film festival awards.

“Snow White” is scheduled to be released in 2010, shortly after Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

More information is available at:
http://www.goodnightfilm.com/snowwhite .

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Snow-White/83236834984 .

http://www.theothersideofthetracksmovie.com .

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According to Nat Curiale, Executive Vice President of Prevail, “The Prevail Cession Web Service provides a platform-independent link to instantly calculated ceded results. Today, application interoperability is key to the cost-effective introduction of new tools and efficiencies to insurance operations. Our technology brings the power of the Prevail Reinsurance System right to the user’s desktop.”

The Prevail Cession Web Service is based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language), a document mark-up language preferred by software developers because of the ease of transporting data across different platforms and applications. The Prevail Cession Web Service also incorporates Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), an XML-based communication standard widely used in IT infrastructures.

The use of XML and SOAP enables the Prevail Cession Web Service to be “application agnostic” and “platform independent.” That is, inward and ceded premium and loss data can be incorporated into websites and networks regardless of the platform those downstream services use.

The launch of the Prevail Cession Web Service is a further milestone in the company’s strategy for making its Prevail Reinsurance System recognized in the industry as the best in its class for robust functionality and quick implementation of the most complex reinsurance programs and treaties. The Prevail Reinsurance System contains robust functionality, with user-defined tables, rules-based and utilizes standard Microsoft software.

About Prevail

Since 2000, Prevail has been providing reliable and innovative technology services exclusively to the property and casualty insurance industry; it is clearly recognized by its clients for business expertise, commitment, and ability to deliver quality work products in a cost-effective manner, no matter how complex the requirement.

In addition to its Reinsurance Solution, Prevail delivers Application Development and Maintenance Support; Business Systems Analysis; Project Management Consulting; Independent Quality Testing; Data Migration and Integration; P&C Insurance System Assessment; and Business Process Outsourcing.

For more information, contact Pilar Hoyos at: 203-972-7449; or email: phoyos@prevailconsulting.com; web site: www.prevailconsulting.com; or come visit Prevail at the June 7-10, 2009 IASA conference in Orlando, Florida, booth #511.