CARDINAL HEALT

“Cardinal Health got its start in 1971 when founder Robert D. Walter opened a small distribution center in Columbus, Ohio. In less than a decade, the then-named Cardinal Foods became a prominent regional food distributor until branching into pharmaceutical distribution in 1979. That was the year the company purchased a Zanesville, Ohio, drug distributor and became known as Cardinal Distribution. In 1983, Cardinal Health went public and, over the next decade, expanded its fast-growing pharmaceutical distribution business with the acquisition of more than a dozen U.S. drug distributors. By 1987, a year before selling its food distribution segment, Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical distribution business had become nearly twice the size of its food distribution business. Over the next few years, Cardinal Health grew rapidly, and revenues exceeded $1 billion in 1991. By 1994, Cardinal Health had established itself as a leader in the drug distribution business with a nationwide presence and annual revenues of approximately $6 billion. Since then, Cardinal Health has evolved further, serving health care manufacturers and patient care providers around the world. The company's acquisitions included Pyxis Corp. in automated supply and pharmaceutical dispensing; Owen Healthcare in hospital pharmacy management; Medicine Shoppe International in pharmacy franchising; R.P. Scherer Corp. and Automated Liquid Packaging in drug delivery formulation and contract manufacturing; PCI Services, Inc., in pharmaceutical packaging; Allegiance Corp. in medical-surgical product manufacturing and distribution; Bergen Brunswig in medical-surgical distribution to hospitals and care continuum; and Bindley Western in pharmaceutical distribution. Today, Cardinal Health provides an integrated offering of innovative products & services to help hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare providers meet the growing challenges of a dynamic industry. Cardinal Health is a multinational health care industry services provider that applies vast resources, knowledge and expertise to help healthcare manufacturers and patient care providers meet their most pressing challenges, while providing better, safer delivery of care.”

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YELLOW MENACE

“Musashi - Musashi was born and raised in the seething metropolis of Cincinnati, Ohio. Raised on a steady diet of samurai films and punk rock, Musashi wandered from college-major to college-major before finally settling on graphic design / commercial illustration – hoping to secure a toe-hold in the comic book industry. While that turned out to be an ill-conceived plan, it did give him time to start his first website – Thick’n'Fudgy – which was every bit as juvenile as it sounds. Destroy-All-Monsters.com was founded in 2001, and later re-dubbed Yellow-Menace.com. Musashi still lives in Southwestern, Ohio with his wife, two kids, three goldfish, and a pair of dead crabs.

Mazinga - Mazinga began his fascination with Asian culture thanks to the local independent TV station, in the ancient times before cable and the Fox Network. Thanks to WDRB-41 in Louisville, Kentucky, Mazinga grew up with the likes of Ultra Man, Gamera and Speed Racer. From there he went on to develop a love of horror, kung fu, and science fiction movies, video games, punk rock, and comic books. He takes his name from a big plastic Shogun Warrior figure he had as a child, now enshrined in his mother’s office. Mazinga, 41, currently lives in Indianapolis with a wife and two daughters, all of whom he’s trying to introduce to the joys of Hong Kong action movies and Japanese animation–with some success; his daughters love Godzilla movies and Miyazaki films, not to mention Sailor Moon.

AnaKhouri - AnaKhouri was abandoned in the wilds of Hungary as an infant and raised by a clan of angry badgers. There she remained until being rescued and adopted by an American couple. Currently she lives not too far from Musashi, in an apartment with her husband and their calico cat, who really is the cutest cat ever, much cuter than most babies. To this day she sleeps in a burrow behind the apartment complex. She is a raving fan of all things Asian pop culture but particularly Leslie Cheung and Sanrio. She is working on her second fantasy novel while attempting to sell her first (Agents: It’s really good, I promise!). If you want to read more of her fiction check out www.myspace.com/patriciacorrell. If you would like to send her presents, she enjoys zombie movies, soba noodles, and anime by Leiji Matsumoto.

Mazu - Mazu is a born and bred Minnesotan without the Fargo accent or the fondness for hot dish. Her interest in Asian culture started in college when she realized, to her dismay, that she, herself, was Taiwanese American and not Norwegian with a naughty ancestor as she had always imagined. Fortunately, it was not too late for her to learn more about her Asian heritage, and she quickly set about practicing her inscrutable face and her fan dance. Currently, she is a grumpy cat lady with two black cats who are her familiars, still living in the Twin Cities. She spends most of her time writing—rants, raves, mysteries, novels, emails, blog entries, and whatever else springs up from her fertile imagination. She firmly believes in the sanctity of alone time. A room of her own? Hell, she needs the whole damn house to herself. She practices taiji because she probably would spontaneously combust if she didn’t. Her favorite parts of Asian culture are Margaret Cho, Michelle Yeoh, Lady Deathstrike, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wei, and sushi.”

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