Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) February 01, 2012

InternationalLiving.com is looking for a single person or couple willing to spend a month road-testing an overseas retirement in colonial Cuenca, Ecuador – a destination that earned the top spot in their 2012 Global Retirement Index, a listing of the world’s best retirement havens.

According to InternationalLiving.com’s want ad, entrants “Must be willing to relax… explore a new place… shop the local farmers and craft markets… take walks… go to concerts… attend festivals… maybe try a Spanish class… enjoy local restaurants… make new friends. Ideal candidate is of (or close to) retirement age, hails from the U.S. or Canada, and believes that – in the right places overseas – it’s possible to live better, for less.”

The overseas experts at InternationalLiving.com have launched this competition to give the winner a chance to live in Cuenca for a month and report on the experience.

The winning entrant (plus a spouse, partner, or friend) will be given free flights to the South American nation, paid-for accommodation and a living stipend.

Although no writing experience is necessary, the winner will be asked to share impressions and experiences with readers of InternationalLiving.com’s magazine, website and e-letters.

“We’re not giving away a free vacation,” explained International Living’s executive editor, Jennifer Stevens. “We’re giving our winner the chance to take an overseas retirement for a test-drive.

“And it’s an opportunity for us to show readers what life on the ground there is really like for somebody who, like them, is considering the benefits of a retirement abroad.”

Low living costs, friendly locals, varied climate and good healthcare have pushed Ecuador to the top of InternationalLiving.com’s annual Global Retirement Index for three years running.

Stevens continued, “We’ve been telling the world that Ecuador is the number one place for an overseas retirement for years – now we’re going to prove it by sending retirees there to see for themselves.”

The winner will get a round-trip airfare (for two) to Ecuador from his or her home city in the United States or Canada, a four-week stay in a furnished apartment in the historic city of Cuenca and a $ 1,500 living-expense stipend.

According to research from InternationalLiving.com, a couple can live well in Cuenca on a budget of $ 915 per month after rent.

In turn, the winner will document the month-long stay and share details on costs, what he or she does to stay busy, impressions of Cuenca and of living overseas.

If the winner’s reporting is used, InternationalLiving.com will pay for it at the company’s regular freelance-writer rates – on top of the $ 1,500 living-expense stipend.

Those wishing to enter the “Win Your Dream Retirement Overseas” Competition, can do so by posting a video to YouTube (no more than three minutes in length) explaining why they would like to retire overseas – and why they would like to try an one-month test-drive in Ecuador.

The deadline for submitting videos is midnight EST on March 15, 2012. Candidates must be ready to fly to Ecuador before the end of 2012.

Full competition details, plus terms and conditions and instructions on how to enter, can be seen here: “Win a Dream Retirement”.

Editor’s Note: Members of the media have full permission to reproduce the article, “Win a Dream Retirement” in part or in its entirety, once credit is given to InternationalLiving.com.

Media Contact: For information about InternationalLiving.com content republishing, available source material or to book an interview with one of our experts, contact Associate Editor Carol Barron, 772-678-0287 (US), CBarron(at)InternationalLiving(stud)com or visit the International Living Media Center. For automatic updates on the most current stories, follow International Living Media on Twitter.

For more than 30 years,InternationalLiving.com has been the leading authority for anyone sounding for global retirement or relocation opportunities. Through its monthly magazine and related e-letters, extensive website, podcasts, online bookstore, and events held around the world, InternationalLiving.com provides information and service to help its readers live better, travel farther, have more fun, save more money, and find better business opportunities when they expand their world beyond their possessing shore. InternationalLiving.com has more than 200 correspondents traveling the globe, investigating the best opportunities for travel, retirement, real estate, and investment.

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Ashland, OR (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

MustHaveMenus, the menu management company, announced today that it had successfully closed a Series A financing round of $ 500,000. Additionally, the company reported that more than 8000 restaurants are now active subscribers to its cloud-based menu template and social media marketing service for print and digital menus.

The company has grown rapidly in the past year by providing sandwich shops, cafes, bars, pizza parlors, fine dining establishments and many other types of restaurants with the ability to update menus online and then print or publish them. Storing menus in the cloud enables last-minute changes, like menu substitutions, specials, and price changes that help restaurants stay profitable. The service also delivers cost savings by decreasing the need for expensive work from designers or print shops. Finally, the site simplifies social media marketing by giving restaurants an one-step process for publishing menus to Facebook.

“MustHaveMenus is in an active space where many accompanying are contend to assist restaurants manage their menu data online,” said founder and CEO Jim Williams. “The difference between MustHaveMenus and the others is that we sponsored the branded, printed menu foremost and foremost, which is mission-critical for restaurants. Managing menus for online promotions is secondary. This creates the perfect flow, where updates to menus go to the tables first, but can also instantly be published to Facebook.”

Williams said continuing of the fundraising would go towards the company’s turn effort to help restaurants convert designer desktop menus to digital format in the cloud. The financing was accomplished through prominent angel investors and CEOs, including Sam Shank, CEO of HotelTonight, Howard Love, CEO of LoveToKnow, and Doug Colbeck, former CEO of Trails.com.

“We chose to invest in MustHaveMenus because we felt they had created a real differentiator from other menu data aggregators, they’ve got a great value proposition for restaurants, and they have real revenue,” said investor David Hehman of Spartina Ventures. “Plus, we have a lot of confidence in Jim due to his strong startup track record.”

MustHaveMenus was formed in September 2011 when it was spun out of Internet incubator Letters & Arts. The mission of the company is to revolutionize the building and storage of menus to increase their effectiveness in print and to maximize the power of menu data on the Internet and mobile devices. The company’s 8000 restaurant clients create more than 30,000 menu updates every month. The company charges a $ 15 monthly fee for restaurants to gain access to menu templates, including entire menu sets, then print or publish them online. MustHaveMenus’ founder Jim Williams is also a co-founder of Internet companies Ellinee, Sharefaith and MarketHome.

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I got asked to stop filming!!! Hahahah….must be more stealthy next time although that’s genial of hard with the big open spaces and staff members everywhere. Just a note, this is a really large store – most grocery stores here are not quite as large as this but many metropolitan areas have one or two of these megastores where you can also find a restaurant, a phone store, electronics, home hardware and a drugstore beside the grocery. Something I didn’t address: the prices. Food prices in Switzerland are among the highest in all of Europe, for example much higher than in neighbouring countries like Germany or France. However, the quality of the food is in some ways also higher. Much of the meat comes from Swiss farms, and although the cost of having livestock in an expensive country like Switzerland is exorbitant, the quality of the meat is also really astonishing. Organic food is real popular in Switzerland with usually a very large assortment available at all the big chain grocers. All organic food must be officially certified by an independent outfitting, and the criteria for becoming a constituent farmer are selfsame stringent. Swiss people in general care a lot about their food, where it comes from, the quality of the meat and produce, and the conditions the animals live in. However, all this comes at a pretty hefty price. Sometimes I wish food was cheaper and that Switzerland permit more foreign imports to bring down prices, but on the other hand I think it is great that …
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Allen, TX (PRWEB) January 10, 2012

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel has adopted QuadriSpace™ software products to streamline the manufacturing process of complex defense systems. The software allows users to rapidly create, update and deliver time-sensitive digital work instructions to the shop floor. Shop floor assemblers also benefit from rapid understanding of complicated processes through interactive 3D visualization. This implementation was a joint effort coordinated by Rafael’s IT and configuration management departments.

As product designs became more complex, the manufacturing process was found unsuitable for the high level of configurability required for assembly. Typically, the manufacturing process required the creation of paper packets distributed to the shop floor. Unfortunately, paper packets made it difficult to track revisions or to communicate complex assembly steps. Each time a revision occurred a new packet would be printed and physically delivered to the proper workstation.

Rafael indicates: “A new process based on QuadriSpace software solved the manufacturing process problems while generating additional benefits. Rafael uses QuadriSpace Pages3D Professional to create and maintain assembly instruction documents. Assembly instruction authors were able to learn the Pages3D product quickly and authored the work instructions rapidly.”

Since Rafael’s products are modified frequently, another significant advantage of Pages3D™ is the ability to rapidly update work instructions. When 3D CAD designs change, Pages3D updates entire documents or illustration sets with a single click. This has reduced the time required to update instructions by 90%.

The defense systems are now assembled using multiple shop floor terminals where the assembly instructions are retrieved straight from the enterprise PDM system. The instructions are encapsulated with QuadriSpace’s free Reader3D™ in an exe file to ensure capability of viewing from any workstation regardless of the programs installed. On every terminal a different work instruction is retrieved and the stations are configured “on‐the‐fly” with different Pages3D-authored instructions relevant to the specific needs of that station.

Each assembler, after minimal training, uses the assembly document on the shop floor and interacts with the document in order to fully understand the assembly steps. Instructions are viewed interactively and textual descriptions are displayed with animated 3D step-by-step processes. Assemblers have expressed appreciation for the new methods and assembly trainers are able to certify assemblers more rapidly. Shortening the time for certification allows flexibility on the assembly floor which, in turn, shortens the overall time to market.

Assembly trainers have determined that the learning process time on the shop floor is reduced by 30% when interactive 3D work instructions are used. It is also faster for Rafael to flex assemblers from one line to another or even to subcontractors. Pages3D fully supports Rafael’s requirement to be compliant on the assembly procedures and to fully document every revision change.

According to Widetech CEO, Eldad Sayada, QuadriSpace’s representative in Israel, “Widetech is very proud of Rafael’s decision to adopt and use QuadriSpace tools for critical defense systems assembly processes.. Widetech has represented QuadriSpace in Israel for many years and QuadriSpace’s continuous support has made this project successful”

About QuadriSpace Corporation

QuadriSpace Corporation (http://www.quadrispace.com), founded in 2001, delivers premier Product Communication and Documentation solutions using its patented technology (U.S. Patent # 7,068,269). Our software solutions enhance productivity by enabling 3D CAD and associated data reuse throughout the business process. The easy-to-use suite of products minimizes the time to market and documentation costs. QuadriSpace products serve a broad user base of design, manufacturing, marketing and technical publication professionals.

About Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd, designs, develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of high-tech defense systems for air, land, sea and space applications. Rafael was established as part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense more than 60 years ago and was incorporated in 2002. Currently, 9% of its sales are invested in R&D. Rafael know-how is embedded in almost all Israel Defense Forces (IDF) systems in operation today. The company has a special relationship with the IDF, developing products according to the soldiers’ specific requirements in the field. Rafael has also formed partnerships with civilian counterparts to develop commercial applications based on its proprietary technology.

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