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Intelligent Living Corp. Profiled in US Business Review
VANCOUVER, BC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 11, 2007 -- Elgrande International (OTCBB:
EGDI) announced today that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Intelligent Living Corp. (ILC), (www.intelligent-living.us), formerly MCM Integrated Technology Inc., was profiled in a recent issue of US Business Review. The article provides an
overview of the intelligent home sector, including trends in home security and home automation and includes an in-depth interview
with Murat Erbatur, President of ILC. Mr. Erbatur discusses market opportunities and the advantages ILC's extensive information
technology background provide, as well as emphasizing developmental ties to Microsoft's Media Center and the soon-to-be-released
Vista operating systems. The article can be found at www.usbusiness-review.com.
Michael Holloran, Chief Executive Officer of Elgrande International, commented, "US Business Review is a respected source
of insider news on trends and industry best practices. We are honored to have been profiled in this leading publication. This
caliber of editorial coverage in one of North America's top business publications is far more effective than paid advertising
and gives us tremendous exposure in our target markets."
Holloran went on to say, "Home automation or the digital home is fast becoming a must-have feature of both new home construction
and renovations. There are estimates that this could be a $16 billion market by 2008. The systems that ILC is developing and
installing are technically advanced, user-friendly and have price points that can provided the edge that developers are looking
for."
ILC has ongoing contracts and relationships with a number of builders, primarily those developing high-end condominiums
and gated communities, and established associations with industry leading technology partners. ILC is expected to contribute
up to $4 million of revenue by the end of Calendar 2007 based on the work-in-progress and the typical systems ordered.
About US Business Review (USBR)
US Business Review's 40,000 readers run the 10,000 largest industrial manufacturing and service companies across North
America. They are chairmen, CEOs, presidents, owners and other top executives. Every issue highlights businesses that are
achieving superior results, and breaks down their solutions to a host of concerns. No other publication features as many case
studies of successful companies as USBR. Each month, USBR explains Best Practices in areas that impact business leaders. (www.usbusiness-review.com)
About Elgrande International
Elgrande International through its wholly owned subsidiary Intelligent Living Corp. (www.intelligent-living.us, www.intelligent-living.ca) specializes in designing, supplying, installing, upgrading and servicing home automation and commercial presentation center
solutions including: structured wiring, security systems, internet access, lighting and HVAC control, and distributed audio/video
systems. The Company offers both wired and wireless technology for single and multi unit new construction and existing buildings,
using both traditional component and Windows Media Center based systems. Intelligent Living Corp. has been supplying custom
IT solutions since 1994 and home automation solutions since 2003. The Company has offices and demonstration suites in Phoenix
and Vancouver and ongoing projects in southwest BC and the greater Phoenix area.
Safe Harbor Provision
This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements include "home automation or the digital home is fast
becoming a must have feature of both new home construction and renovations," "this could be a $16 billion market by 2008,"
"ILC is expected to contribute up to $4 million of revenue by the end of Calendar 2007," "can provided the edge that developers
are looking for," and are based on the Company's current expectations as to future events. However, the forward-looking events
and circumstances discussed in this press release might not occur, and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated
or implied in the forward-looking statements. Risk factors include, lack of inventory financing, foreign currency fluctuations,
availability of product, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition and other risk factors as outlined
in the Company's SEC filings.
Contact Information:
FOCUS Partners LLC
Alison Hart
Email Contact
212-755-4884
SOURCE: Elgrande International, Inc.
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Major Water Schemes will stimulate commercial and industrial growth.
In 2000, there was only a mandate to form a municipality. Today, less than six years, spending
on infrastructure and improving the water supply to grow the local industrial and commercial economies, exceeds billions of
Rands.
Greater Sekhukhune has improved its spending on water projects since 2001 by a massive 44% - providing water
to thousands of people who had to go without this basic commodity.
A high-power delegation from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry met with officials
and mayors of the district and the five local municipalities to discuss the water needs of the district.
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South American International Relations:
ALDO C. VACS, Associate Professor of Government, Skidmore College
JUDGING FROM THE ITEMS REVIEWED in the following pages, the literature on the international relations of Spanish South
America is still dominated by works focused on the largest countries in the region, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela.
Nevertheless, there seems to be a gradual and welcome awakening of interest in the foreign policies of less-studied countries
such as Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. There are many studies of traditional subjects such as territorial disputes, including
border problems and the Falkland/Malvinas conflict, and geopolitical issues, although the quality of these studies is often
debatable. Two relatively new areas of study appear to be challenging this topical predominance: 1) the international implications
of the drug problem in the Andean countries; and 2) the integration attempts in the Southern Cone. Two issues that have attracted
the attention of foreign relations experts are connections between democratization and foreign policy in the current period
of political liberalization, and the Antarctic situation on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty. Another
noticeable development was that, as the Cold War subsided and dramatic changes occured in the USSR and Eastern Europe, the
abundant and ideologically biased publications on the impact and role of South America in the East-West conflict practically
vanished. At the same time, more balanced discussions of past and current relations between the superpowers and South American
countries multiplied in the late 1980s. Future studies by foreign relations experts will likely focus on topics such as the
drug problem, economic integration, and the reintroduction of the South American democracies into a post-Cold War international
system in conditions of economic hardship.
There were several new items on territorial disputes, as well as some excellent
analyses of the diplomatic aspect of the Argentine-British dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas, including general examinations
of the diplomatic negotiations and the lessons of the war (items bi 90011963 and bi 90011973). Two studies focused on the
British side of the conflict (items bi 90011975 and bi 90011971); others are a useful compilation of documents on the role
of the Latin American group in the United Nations during the crisis (item bi 90011978), and an updated study of postwar developments
including the gradual normalization of Argentine-British relations (item bi 91021326). The failed 1987 Bolivian-Chilean negotiations
on the perennial issue of Bolivia's outlet to the sea were analyzed from nationalistic viewpoints in different publications
(items bi 90011980, bi 90012006, and bi 90012005). Several publications on the Argentine-Chilean, Colombian-Venezuelan, and
Ecuadorian-Peruvian disputes fluctuated between extreme partisanship (items bi 90012002, bi 90011967, bi 90011999, and bi
90012000) and modest attempts to present a more objective discussion of the boundary problems (items bi 90011987, bi 90012008,
bi 90004124, and bi 90012009). A welcome corrective to most of the partisan literature on territorial issues was Escudé's
article on Argentina's territorial nationalism that criticizes the misconceptions behind this approach and its negative impact
on the Latin American countries (item bi 89000731).
Two important reference books on the foreign policies of particular Andean countries were published during this period:
a somewhat legalistic but useful study of Ecuador's international policies since 1809 (item bi 90011985); and a brief but
excellent analysis of the evolution of Peruvian foreign policies since independence (item bi 92007825).
Most geopolitical writing still suffers from militaristic and nationalistic biases that preclude any sound examination
or impartial interpretation of the issues (items bi 89001195, bi 90011997, bi 90012369, bi 90011995, and bi 90012004). These
works are useful mainly to reveal the persistent distrust and hostility that the application of traditional geopolitical doctrines
generates among most South American countries. However, some of the geopolitical analyses avoid this pitfall and present better
documented and more impartial characterizations of the geopolitical problems confronted by the region (items bi 90011968 and
bi 90011992).
Growing attention to the drug problem has led to the publication of several well-researched and argued
works analyzing the impact of the drug industry on the Andean countries and especially the impact of this issue on relations
with the US. The valuable general analyses by Lee (item bi 88003178) and Andres and Youngers (item bi 90013085) point out
the dimensions of the problem and criticize the current US approach to the fight against drug traffic. Worthwhile country
studies of the domestic and international implications of the drug problem include writings on Bolivia (items bi 91009076
and bi 92007378), Colombia (items bi 90010017 and bi 89000325) and Peru (items bi 89002807 and bi 91003063). Most of these
studies reinforce the skepticism about the efficacy and viability of the current approach to the problem of drug production
and traffic in the Andean countries.
Although still beset by domestic and international economic problems, the process of integration underway in the Southern
Cone has resulted in the lessening, if not the elimination, of the long-standing political rivalry between Argentina and Brazil.
This promising development has led to the publication of noteworthy studies by Argentine and Brazilian experts. The best analyses
have assessed from a critical viewpoint the economic, political, and strategic aspects and consequences of the process, and
include the works edited by Bauman and Lerda (item bi 93022727) and Hirst (items bi 92016740 and bi 92016733), and the book
by Huici and Jacobs (item bi 93022742).
The impact of the current wave of democracy on the foreign policies of the South American countries and the role of the
US are discussed in general in the valuable book edited by Atkins (item bi 90011966) and the articles by Schmitter (item bi
90011304) and the Wiardas (item bi 89008975). The books and articles on Argentina (items bi 91013764, bi 90010725, bi 92016739,
and bi 90014201) and Chile (items bi 90010728, bi 90012553, bi 90013388, bi 91000748, and bi 88003254) offer adequate interpretations
of the complex relationship between democratization and foreign policy and analyze the role played by the US both during the
transition to democracy and after the inauguration of democratic administrations.
The 30-year anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, an occasion which gives the original signataries the opportunity
to ask for revisions, renewed interest in the subject. The various works tend to indicate that the South American countries
with territorial claims - Argentina and Chile - realize that any revision would not work to their advantage and prefer to
maintain and to improve, if possible, the current pact (items bi 90013328, bi 90013330, bi 90011993, and bi 90011983).
Internal changes in the Soviet Union and their likely impact on relations with the South American countries are examined
by Soviet and Latin American specialists in a valuable volume edited by Russell (item bi 92000598), while the confusion generated
by these developments in the local Communist parties is well reflected in Arismendi's report to the Uruguayan Communist party
(item bi 90010006). The attempt to eliminate biases and misconceptions in the analysis of relations with the US is clear in
most of the works which concern the US approach to democratization. At the same time, historical studies of different periods
in relations between the US and Argentina (items bi 91003062, bi 91001661, and bi 89002764), Chile (item bi 91000748), Colombia
(item bi 93022919), Paraguay (item bi 90012012), and Venezuela (item bi 90011970) help to clarify some important aspects of
the evolution of bilateral relations.
Except for Brazil.
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