Marvel Kegerator Holiday Promotion

Buena Park, CA (PRWEB) December 8, 2010

A $ 100 holiday savings promotion is being offered on three models of Marvels luxury home keg-beer dispensers. The limited time promotion is valid through December at California Marvel dealerships only. Kegerators are growing in popularity among beer enthusiasts who enjoy the convenience and great taste of draft beer anytime and almost anywhere.

Marvel designs are sleek, and the beer is on tap, said Bob Wells, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for V-A-H Marketing, which distributes the product. Its an affordable way to enjoy the luxury of having draft beer at home, and a unique gift for the holidays.

The Marvel Draft Beer Dispenser line keeps kegs cold while concealing them from sight. Depending on how much space is available for a unit, how much beer one would like to hold, or whether it is intended for indoor or outdoor use, both portable and built-in models are available. Beer lovers can choose from preferred colors of white, black, or stainless steel.

For information on the promotion, call (800) 836-8246, email sales(at)vahmarketing(dot)com, or visit http://www.vahmarketing.com/kegerator-rebate to download the rebate coupon.

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Beverage Dispensing Equipment Leader, Micro Matic, Partners with Operation Homefront in the Second Annual Micro Matic Gives Back Holiday Campaign

Northridge, CA (PRWEB) November 09, 2012

Micro Matic, the worlds leader in beverage dispensing equipment for kegged beer and wine, is hosting its second annual Micro Matic Gives Back charitable campaign this holiday season.

From November 11th to December 28th, The Gives Back campaign will donate five percent of all online sales to Operation Homefront. Last year, the campaign raised over $ 20,000.

Micro Matic is the worlds largest manufacturer and supplier of beverage dispensing equipment, supplying all parts and systems necessary for quality draft beer and kegged wine. Micro Matic is a leading supplier of commercial draft beverage systems as well as home bar equipment.

An international company, Micro Matic has a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility throughout all of its operations.

Micro Matics commitment to being a strong corporate citizen has fostered a relationship with Operation Homefront and a continued partnership in the form of the annual Gives Back campaign.

Operation Homefront is a national non-profit that provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. Founded immediately following 9/11, Operation Homefront currently helps military personnel and their families across the nation in 41 states.

We started our Gives Back campaign last year with Operation Homefront and were immediately encouraged by the outpouring of support from our customers and employees, said John Soler, Managing Director of Micro Matic.

Operation Homefront provides direct services to alleviate a military familys or individuals emergency financial burden, as well as providing counseling and/or recovery support. Other emergency funding assistance, which an applicant receives within 24 to 72 hours, includes the following: financial assistance, emergency food, emergency home repairs, critical baby care items, local moving assistance, and wounded warrior transitional family housing.

Micro Matics annual Gives Back campaign helps to facilitate these life-changing assistance programs that Operation Homefront provides across the country.

Operation Homefront has seen an increased number of requests for financial and food assistance over last year. The holiday season is an especially important time to show support for our service members and their families through donations, community celebrations, and volunteerism.

The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on the many sacrifices made by our troops and their families. We look forward to donating the proceeds of the Gives Back campaign to Operation Homefront, said Soler.

Supporting charities and local communities is integral to being a good corporate citizen something that Micro Matic strongly emphasizes across all operations worldwide. The Gives Back campaign reflects the Micro Matic commitment and continued support of this mission by helping our troops and their families here at home.

Find out more about Operation Homefront here

About Micro Matic USA, Inc.:

Micro Matic is the worlds leading manufacturer and supplier of keg valves and draft beer dispensing equipment in over 120 countries. Serving the U.S. market from regional warehouses and staffed with knowledgeable personnel. Micro Matic also operates the Dispense Institute where field-trained instructors conduct hands-on draft beer dispensing courses, as well as on-site workshops. Visit our website at http://www.micromatic.com and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

Micro Matic USA, Inc.

19791 Bahama Street

Northridge, CA 91324

Phone: 818-882-8012

FAX: 818-341-9501

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Make Sure Your Prescription Drug Doesn't "Spike" Your Holiday Cocktail, Warns RxISK.org

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) December 10, 2012

RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, issued a holiday caution today on the use of alcohol and prescription drugs.

Did you know that combining an FDA-approved prescription drug with alcohol can put you over the legal limit even though you've only had one drink?

Even though its the alcohol that is typically blamed, it may be the doctor-prescribed, pharmacist-dispensed drug that amplifies and sustains the alcohol level, which can result in impaired driving charges, a car crash or even the loss of your job, says website founder Dr. David Healy.

But, officer, I only had one beer

We all know that our sex, body type, weight, food intake, and genetic makeup can impact our ability to metabolize alcohol and our Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) level after a standard drink.

But what if that standard drink is paired with a prescription drug?

With many drugs theres a good chance the level of intoxication you feel doesnt line up with the amount of alcohol youve consumed, says Healy. Which points to the fact that these drugs can have a profound impact on your bodys ability to metabolize alcohol.

Petra's Story

Consider the case of Petra in Australia who was on an antidepressant. Suspecting that Petras drugs were spiking her drinks, her father purchased an alcometer (breathalyzer) apparatus. Several tests revealed readings of 0.04 per 375 ml of beer (containing approximately 18 ml of alcohol), which is more than one-and-a-half times the level one would expect. (See original article Petras story submitted to Dr. Healy's blog on 17 February 2012)

That was the first problem.

The second was that the reading didnt decrease at the expected rate of 0.02 per hour, and her BAC consistently showed 0.08 for two beers and 0.12 for three beers consumed over two to three hours.

Petras father, friends, and brother all had much lower readings. Petras father also tested his device against a police roadside check and obtained the same results.

Her blood alcohol levels were a shock, says Petras father. Later, when Petra was off the antidepressant, we ran the tests again with the same device and her scores changed dramatically and were close to mine, her friends, and her brothers.

Missing data

Dr. Dee Mangin, Data Based Medicines Chief Medical Officer and a professor and Director of Research in the Department of Public Health and General Practice at the University of Otago in New Zealand, says unfortunately, this is not an area that pharmaceutical companies look at during controlled drug trials.

There may be no warning whatsoever on the manufacturers literature that accompanies your prescription, she says. This is because the data is simply not available.

Stories like Petras are often not considered credible or are misattributed to alcohol, which means that doctors, lawyers, and judges do not recognize the link between prescription drugs and alcohol, says Healy.

Our mission with RxISK is to build a collective pool of wisdom and make this data available to everyone for the purposes of identifying problems as well as solutions. We need you to report your experience.

RxISK your megaphone to help change drug safety

RxISK.org allows users to enter the name of a prescription drug and see the side effects that have been reported to the FDAs MedWatch System since 2004, as well as to RxISK, for more than 35,000 drug names from 103 countries. The data is presented in tables, tag clouds, heat maps, and interactive graphs, showing whats happening with other people taking the same drug around the world and in a users community.

Users can then select the effect(s) they are experiencing and click on Report a Drug Side Effect to complete a report. This will add their anonymized experience to the RxISK database so that others can benefit from this information, as well as provide reporters with a personalized RxISK Report linking their symptoms and meds, which they can take to their doctor or pharmacist to facilitate a better treatment conversation.

About Data Based Medicine Americas Ltd.

RxISk.org is owned and operated by Data Based Medicine Americas Ltd. (DBM), based in Toronto, Canada. DBM's founders have international reputations in early drug-side-effect detection and risk mitigation, pharmacovigilance, and patient-centered care. Although drug side effects are known to be a leading cause of death and disability, less than 5% of serious drug side effects are reported. DBMs mission is to capture this missing data directly from patients through RxISK.orgs free drug side effect reporting tool and use this data to help make medicines safer for all of us.

Media contact

David Carmichael

david(dot)carmichael(at)RxISK(dot)org

+1 (647) 799-3792

Related stories from Dr. David Healys blog

Every drink spiked (17 May 2012)
Out of my mind driven to drink (15 March 2012)
Petras story (17 February 2012)