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2006-04-05
Globat.com's Controversial Sponsored Birth Video Now Online
LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2006 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Globat.com, the Web hosting company that famously sponsored the birth of a Missouri baby last month, has now published the video of the birth at its DefyingGravity.com events website. Globat.com's unique birth sponsorship attracted prime-time media attention worldwide and even spawned some controversy over the mother's decision to look for a corporate sponsor for this event. The video is offered in both Windows Media Player and QuickTime formats.
The baby, named Samiah Wynn Francis, was born at 2:31 a.m. on Saturday, March 18th, 2006, at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Peters, Missouri. Samiah arrived at a healthy six pounds fifteen ounces and only missed out on being a St. Patrick's Day baby by two hours. Mother Asia and Samiah are healthy and in great form and are both getting ready to travel to Los Angeles later this month where they are scheduled to finally meet the entire Globat.com crew who followed Asia's progress with anticipation.
"It's a very humbling thought that we've had a part in bringing a new life into the world," said Ben R. Neumann, President and CEO of Globat.com. "Hopefully, Samiah will one day understand what a celebrity she has become by being the star of one of the world's first sponsored births. All of us here at Globat.com have enjoyed every step of Asia's pregnancy, and now the world can get involved one more time by watching the famous birth video online."
Globat.com has launched a wave of unique sponsorships and events such as a tattooed human billboard and a first haircut in 20 years under the banner of "Defying Gravity," with the ultimate goal to launch at least one such special event in each of the 50 states. More information about this story can be found at the Defying Gravity Web site ( http://www.defyinggravity.com) or by e-mailing prdept@globat.com. Information about Globat.com and the company's services and Web hosting packages starting at only $4.95 is available at their website ( http://www.globat.com) or by calling 877-2-GLOBAT.
About Globat, LLC
Globat, LLC ( http://www.globat.com) is one of the most established Web hosting companies in the United States, offering affordable, quality Web hosting solutions to over 75,000 customers worldwide. Globat.com founder Ben R. Neumann, a two-time Entrepreneur of the Year(R) award nominee, was a pioneer of the budget Web hosting industry in 1994 when he founded Icom.com, which was sold to Interliant in 1998 and is today owned by Interland. The company is privately held and headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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