New Survey Underscores Importance of Psychosocial and Educational Needs Among Women with Advanced Breast Cancer.

- Survey Data Also Underscores Dissatisfaction with Treatment Experience, Importance of Internet as Informational Resource -

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Psychosocial support in women with advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is as important as the need for disease- and treatment-related information, according to results of a survey presented here today at the 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The survey of 367 women with advanced breast cancer, which was conducted by Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, also underscores the growing importance of the Internet as an information resource for patients. The survey uncovered that patients with MBC feel that the Internet can be utilized more effectively by healthcare professionals and patient advocates.

"Despite the growing recognition of unmet medical, educational, and psychosocial needs among women with advanced breast cancer, there has been little information regarding which of these needs are most important to this patient population," said Margaret C. Kirk, CEO, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. "This survey identifies psychosocial support as a high priority for women with metastatic breast cancer, one that should be pursued in tandem with the search for more effective and better-tolerated treatments."

Additionally, survey participants' responses about treatment-related side effects, fears and anxieties, and the overall treatment experience suggest that healthcare professionals would benefit from more education.

Survey Highlights Negative Experiences with Disease and Treatment

The survey identified a host of challenges among women with MBC. A vast majority (94%) of respondents indicated that they had experienced weakness or fatigue while dealing with their disease; and nearly three-quarters (73%) said they had suffered from depression. Two-thirds (67%) noted they had experienced cognitive disorders associated with treatment (e.g., the so-called "chemo-brain" syndrome); and more than half (51%) complained of sexual dysfunction. When asked what has concerned them most about their treatment, nearly one-third of survey participants mentioned side effects (29%), fear that the treatment would not work (29%) and fear of the unknown (27%). Respondents noted that fatigue (30%) was the most impactful of side effects associated with standard treatment, followed by pain (21%) and hair loss (14%).

When the survey participants were asked who has given them the most support in dealing with MBC, family member (43%) was mentioned most often, followed by caregiver (16%), friend (14%), and medical oncologist (13%). Nearly as many respondents said they get most of their information about MBC from the Internet (39%) as from their doctors (42%), and 86 percent said Web- based MBC education and support materials would be most helpful to them.

The survey uncovered gaps in the treatment of MBC. Twenty-two percent expressed unhappiness with the care they have received for their disease; 73% were not offered entry into a clinical trial at diagnosis; 36% disagreed with the statement that women with MBC have a variety of treatment options available to them; 41% indicated that options were not clear to them at the time of diagnosis; and 52% said their healthcare provider does not offer a variety of treatment options or keep them informed of relevant drug approvals and clinical trials.

The survey also uncovered a strong desire for more patient advocacy groups to focus on MBC, as voiced by 82% of respondents. Nearly half of those polled (47%) expressed a wish for more monetary support in the area of MBC research to extend survival.

"Although the breast cancer advocacy communities have made great strides in developing and disseminating information about metastatic breast cancer, it is clear that we need to do a better job in these areas," said Kirk. "The survey results should serve as a wake-up call to healthcare professionals and advocacy groups to step up and improve their communication and support to patients, caregivers, and families dealing with this devastating disease."

About Y-ME

Y-ME's mission is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone. Y-ME does not raise money for research but is here today for those who can't wait for tomorrow's cure. Y-ME has the only 24-hour hotline staffed entirely by trained breast cancer survivors.

Y-ME is a 501(c)(3) and meets the National Health Council's 41 Standards of Excellence in governance, fundraising, accounting and reporting, and evaluation.

For information or support, visit http://www.y-me.org/ or call 1-800-221- 2141 (English, with interpreters available in 150 languages) or 1-800-986-9505 (Spanish).

CONTACT: Christina Koenig of the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, +1-312-502-6587, ckoenig@y-me.org; or Jennifer Gourdine of JFK Communications, Inc. for Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, +1-908-256-2169, mobile, +1-609-514-5117, office, jgourdine@jfkhealth.com

Web site: http://www.y-me.org/

The Bellwether Report Notices the Change in Investors Sentiment for GameZnFlix, Inc.

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2006-bellwetherreport.com: The Bellwether Report Notices the Change in Investors Sentiment for GameZnFlix, Inc(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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GameZnFlix, Inc (OTCPK:GZFX), is a company that our research team will be tracking over the ensuing weeks. They recently came out with a significant corporate development, causing a market stir. The BWR Research Team will continue to bring its subscribers cutting edge research tools, and second to none customer service.

GameZnFlix, Inc an online provider of video games and DVDs for rent or purchase, announced on last week that CEO/Chairman John Fleming and President Donald "Chip" Gallent will host a web conference to discuss the state of the company.

The conference call will take place at 10:00 a.m. Central Time, on Thursday, May 18, 2006. Anyone interested in listening can access the web cast at GameZnFlix's website at http://www.gameznflix.com.

GameZnFlix is a company that offers video games/DVD movies for rental or purchase on the Internet with access to over 40,000 game and movie titles. With different membership levels beginning at $8.99 a month, subscribers can rent a combination of both video games and/or DVD movies with no late fees or due dates, or members can purchase video games and/or DVD movie titles at a membership discount.

"This licensing agreement further adds to our television film library and is another step forward to providing options to our current members and future members," said John Fleming, CEO of GameZnFlix, Inc. "The Company's research and development project continues to move towards accomplishing one of the company's goals of providing movies and games through video-on-demand or, potentially, any other media."

Not long ago, the company announced that in appreciation for the service of all active duty, veterans and their families, GameZnFlix, Inc. now provides free movie and game rentals to all military community members for the next 30 days. This special benefit empowers the military community with immediate and direct to their door access to the company's over 40,000 movie and game titles. At the end of the 30 free trial, the company will offer a special discount at GameZnFlix.com to this community. This offering provides special monthly subscription rates to ensure that all families have the best most affordable access to home entertainment.

"We are very proud to introduce GameZnFlix.com to the military community," said Caroline Peabody, President of The Military Family Network. "GameZnFlix is the only major online rental provider of movies and games that offers a military discount. They also beat the competition in price and product. The military community deserves the best service at the best rates. GameZnFlix.com is giving them this value."

GameZnFlix shares traded pretty in line with its current share value as it will take a very successful quarter, a big contract or a partnership before we see this company trade out of this micro-cap status. Currently trading at $0.0063, this company has taken a bit of a hit following this market correction being displayed. The BWR Research Team will continue to follow the market sentiment on this company and numerous others.

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MCI Raises Bar on Internet Service Performance.

Debuts Industry's First Guarantees for Service to Global Business Centers; Implements Standard Performance Metrics for Regions Around the World

MCI today announced it has raised the bar on Internet service by increasing its performance threshold, introducing new guarantees for traffic between key global business centers, and setting new standards for Internet service around the world. These new SLAs reinforce MCI's ongoing commitment to delivering high performance IP-based services and provide additional confidence for businesses evolving their communications to an increasingly IP environment.

"With one of the most expansive and meticulously engineered IP networks in the world, MCI is once again setting higher standards for industry performance," said Nancy Gofus, MCI senior vice president, Product Management. "MCI's new Service Level Agreements continue to lead the industry, while further demonstrating our commitment to overall customer service and satisfaction."

Effective immediately, all MCI Internet service customers worldwide are automatically covered by MCI's new enhanced Service Level Agreements (SLAs), which include more stringent network performance guarantees for latency (the speed at which traffic traverses MCI's global backbone) and additional packet delivery guarantees (ensures that traffic is being delivered over the network to its destination) for Latin America, Asia Pacific and EMEA. MCI is also introducing a jitter guarantee of one millisecond for U.S. traffic that will enable customers to better carry time-sensitive applications like VoIP over their networks. The new metrics are being applied across all MCI Internet Protocol (IP) services, including dedicated and remote Internet access, IP VPN Dedicated and Remote, and Internet Colocation services, at no additional cost to customers.

MCI will also enhance its Remote Access Services this fall with the addition of new end-to-end SLAs for all MCI Internet Dial Corporate customers to ensure a positive experience for each and every end-user. Utilizing MCI's Dial Analysis monitoring and reporting platform, customers will be able to measure end-user performance against the new end-to-end SLAs.

   MCI's SLAs now feature:    *  Reduced latency within all regions of the world. For example, the North      American performance guarantees for average round-trip transmission is      now 45 milliseconds or less between hub routers in North America,      representing nearly 20 percent faster transmission;   *  Reduced latency between regions, such as from EMEA to Asia Pac;   *  New latency guarantees intra-regionally for Latin America and Asia      Pacific, including guaranteed traffic delivery from one global business      center to another, such as from Buenos Aires to Miami or from Hong Kong      to Singapore;   *  New latency guarantees intra-regionally for EMEA, including guaranteed      traffic delivery from Europe to South Africa;   *  New packet delivery metrics in all regions of the world to ensure      traffic reaches its destination safely; and   *  Global dial metrics down to the end-user level that measure call      success rate, no busy signal, ring no answer and average initial      connect speed SLAs.   

MCI Internet customers can monitor the enhanced metrics through MCI's online customer service portal. In addition, MCI posts the performance for its backbone on a monthly basis on its public Web site at http://global.mci.com/about/network/latency/.

MCI backs its SLAs with proactive notification and service credits. For complete details on MCI's global SLAs, please visit http://global.mci.com/terms/us/products/internet/sla/.

About MCI

MCI, Inc., , is a leading global communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With the industry's most expansive global IP backbone, based on the number of company-owned points of presence, and wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. For more information, go to http://www.mci.com/.

CONTACT: Debbie Lewis of MCI Public Relations, +1-800-644-NEWS

Web site: http://www.mci.com/ http://global.mci.com/about/network/latency http://global.mci.com/terms/us/products/internet/sla

Rules of Business Writing Apply to Online Correspondence.

By Deborah Willoughby, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 22--The structure of a formal business letter is well known, but sometimes it feels like all bets are off in the world of business e-mail.

The Internet is a fairly recent development, and guidelines governing its use are still evolving. People in the business world sometimes treat e-mail the way they would a scribbled note on a piece of scratch paper when they would be better off treating their messages with the care they would give a formal business letter on company stationery.

Training manager Doug McCarty said there's a growing demand for excellence in business writing.

"It's one of those rediscovered skills that people realize is very important to their reputations and their companies' reputations," McCarty said. "Because it's so important, companies and leaders within the business world are willing to invest in more training."

Libby Christensen teaches a business writing class for professionals through Auburn University Montgomery's School of Continuing Education. She has noticed an upswing in the demand for training in business communications, including e-mail etiquette.

When Christensen teaches business communications, she reviews the basics that many people learned in high school or college and also delves into e-mail.

Among the biggest changes of the computer age has been the extent to which high-level managers do their own typing, rather than dictating correspondence to a secretary. Thus, a manager's correspondence -- e-mail correspondence in particular -- may be sent without ever having been reviewed by a colleague.

Many of Christensen's students understand the basics of writing and grammar, even if they can't actually explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs. But many people feel insecure about their writing skills, and they worry about how the rules may have changed in recent years.

"Things have changed a lot. Grammar rules do change, and some teachers are stricter than others," Christensen said. Those rule changes can lead to workplace disagreements about grammar and punctuation. "I tell my students, 'When all else fails, do what your supervisor says.'"

The basic rules of business writing apply to e-mail correspondence. Christensen focuses on accuracy, brevity and clarity. Here are her tips for e-mail etiquette:

1. Treat it like a business letter.

E-mail tends to be more conversational than a formal business letter, but that doesn't mean anything goes, either in terms of style or content.

"What you're saying will represent your office, not just you," Christensen said. "If you feel the need to share jokes or personal anecdotes with someone, do it at home, on your own computer, on your own time."

2. There's no such thing as privacy.

"There are a lot of problems with e-mail not being as personal as you think it's going to be," Christensen said. "There have been many cases of messages being forwarded -- intentionally and otherwise -- to third parties."

Don't put anything in an e-mail that you wouldn't want your boss to read. Remember that recipients may be quick to forward your message to other parties. Be extremely alert when you reply to a message that has been forwarded to you.

Most workplaces have horror stories of e-mails gone awry. Don't think it can't happen to you.

3. Use spell check.

"It's not perfect, but sometimes it's all we've got," Christensen said. "Mistakes reflect poorly on yourself and your company."

4. Reread your work.

"Sometimes we're good spellers but not good typists," she said. For important letters, consider asking someone from your office to take a look, too, for content as well as for grammar and punctuation.

"If you're upset about something, be careful, because e-mail is very quick," Christensen said. Many people have angrily fired off a quick e-mail to their deep regret. Wait until you're calm before sending an e-mail.

5. Supply contact information.

The recipient may want to drop something in the mail or give you a call. Provide your name, address and telephone number in a business-related e-mail.

6. Keep it short.

"If something is long, it's better to make an attachment and let the other person download the attachment," Christensen said.

7. Stick to the plain fonts.

Christensen suggests Times New Roman, and black or blue type, not some colorful, flowery script, for business e-mail.

8. Don't use all capital letters.

It's the e-mail equivalent of yelling.

COMMUNICATIONS CLASSES

Auburn University Montgomery's School of Continuing Education offers contract courses, both at AUM and at individual businesses. Business communications courses, including Business Writing for the Professional, are offered. For details, call AUM Continuing Education at (334) 244-3341 or visit www.aum.edu.

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Eagle Broadband's New Security Subsidiary Launches Aggressive Expansion Strategy; Additional Financing to Enable Significant Growth in New Security Contracts.

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LEAGUE CITY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2003

Eagle Broadband (AMEX:EAG), a leading supplier of broadband products, services and content, announced today that its recently formed Eagle Broadband Security subsidiary is in the process of rapidly expanding its existing customer base through a number of focused initiatives. The first initiative, designed to leverage Eagle's sales potential, while maintaining its low overhead, involves the development of an extensive network of existing dealers who will sell and install Eagle Broadband Security products and services. According to Ronnie Evans, president of Eagle Broadband Security's Home Division, the company has already signed up a number of dealers in Houston and San Antonio, Texas, and is in the process of interviewing more potential dealers in these markets, as well as in the Austin area. Evans also noted that once Eagle Broadband Security has completed building its dealer network in Texas, the company will begin expanding its program into other major markets throughout the U.S. Specifically, Eagle plans to establish an Eagle Broadband Security and dealer network presence in all of the cities and municipalities where Eagle is currently, or will soon be, providing its bundled services and content packages as part of its city and municipality "recurring revenue" service model.

"By offering our Dealer Network Program to state-licensed alarm companies and operating our own U.L.-listed monitoring facility, Eagle Broadband Security can quickly expand our current base of over 6,100 active security customers and multiply our marketing efforts many times over with a minimum impact on overhead," said Evans. "We can also acquire premium contracts that have already passed through a quality assurance process that minimizes the attrition rate normally associated with multi-year contracts."

Evans also stated that all of the residential security customers who sign up with the company's Home Division are placed on 36-month contracts and that Eagle Broadband Security has recently doubled the number of new customers it brings on each month. "Statistics show that the average residential alarm customer will have their system monitored for 6+ years," said Evans. "At this rate, we can expect a 400%+ return on our investment over the life of each contract. Based on that rate of return, we're currently bringing in new contracts every month valued at more than $200,000."

Dr. H. Dean Cubley, Eagle Broadband's CEO and chairman, commented, "Eagle is very pleased with the progress that our Home Division has been able to make with the very limited expansion funding that's been available over the past few months. Eagle is currently still in the process of completing a major funding program that will allow us to continue building out our core Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband products and services packages, increase our sales and marketing efforts for the Orb' Phone Exchange system, expand the capabilities and rapidly grow the customer base for our state-of-the-art, set-top box product line, expand our Home Security marketing efforts, and deliver a comprehensive, integrated, turnkey suite of broadband infrastructure finance, design, implementation, operation and maintenance services."

Dr. Cubley went on to say, "As soon as this current round of funding is completed, I'm confident that we'll be able to allocate the funds required by our security subsidiary to further expand the rapid growth that we have seen to date. And, with the availability of additional funding, we're prepared to fully implement our security subsidiary's marketing strategy, increase our Dealer Network and significantly increase the number of new monthly contracts added every month. This strategy should give Eagle Broadband Security's Home Division the potential to be adding at least $1,000,000 worth of new contracts per month within a 12 to 18-month time frame. I believe that utilizing a portion of our new financing to grow this part of our recurring revenue stream is a wise use of our resources."

Eagle Broadband Security's website is currently under construction. For more information on products, services or our Dealer Network Program, please contact Ronnie Evans at 1-888-543-0300.

About Eagle Broadband

Eagle Broadband, Inc., and its subsidiaries are leading suppliers of broadband products, services and content. Eagle has extensive "last mile" cable and fiber installation capabilities and provides complete IT business integration and enterprise management solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. As the leading provider of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), Eagle provides residential communities with Bundled Digital Services (BDS(SM)) packages that include cable-style television over fiber, local and long-distance telephone service, high-speed broadband Internet connectivity and security monitoring services. The company markets structured wiring, security systems and security monitoring to homebuilders, homeowners and commercial interests nationwide, as well as to its contracted BDS communities. Eagle also manufactures and markets a proprietary non-line-of-sight communications product that provides true "total" global voice, data and Internet communications service through the Iridium Satellite constellation for aircraft manufacturers, commercial airlines, the U.S. military and the homeland security market. The company is headquartered in League City, Texas, south of Houston, near the NASA Johnson Space Center. Further news updates on Eagle Broadband, its products and services are available at www.eaglebroadband.com, www.broadbandmagic.com, www.atlanticpacific.com, www.etoolz.com and www.ucgi.com.

Forward-looking statements in this release regarding Eagle Broadband, Inc., and its subsidiaries are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.