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New York Follows California to Ban Prescription Pesticide Lindane for Lice and Scabies NY State proposes legislation banning the sale, use, and prescription of lindane. Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg introduces bill that would prohibit any lice or scabies treatment product from containing the pesticide Lindane. - 2004-02-09

Crazy St. Valentine Idea – Meet Your Love in Russia - Single Men Flock To Russia Seeking a Perfect Wife; New Book By Mail Order Brides Expert Teaches Them How Elena Petrova, the worldwide recognized expert in Russian mail order brides, released her new e-book "How To Find And Marry A Girl Like Me" just in time for this year St. Valentine. Married to a westerner for 5 years, Elena has two children in her marriage and a successful Internet business bringing more than $300,000 a year in sales. A stunning blonde with a cute smile and body of a swimsuit model, she proudly demonstrates her assets on the cover of her new e-book that is expected to become a bestseller online. - 2004-02-09

Reno Hotel Casino offers Romantic Dining Specials for a Valentine's Lover's Weekend The Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada is planning to make this year’s Valentine’s Day weekend a truly memorable one with romantic dining specials for two days in its award winning restaurants as well as in room meals in what they are calling a “Lover’s Weekend.” - 2004-02-09

Builders from Heaven, Avoiding Rogue Tradesmen Rogue Traders, "Cowboy Tradesmen" and Builders from Hell Look Out. - 2004-02-09

Beer Radio Announces New Extended Format and National Syndication Severna Park, MD (PRWEB) February 10, 2004 -- Beer Radio, the first radio program for the 90,000,000 beer drinkers in the USA and the Official Radio Show for the United States Beer Drinking Team announced it has extended Beer Radio into a two hour show and is making it available for national syndication. - 2004-02-09

First Time Author Rowan Lore, Receives Unexpected Kudos From Male Readers Rowan Lore's debut novel Orange, has been categorized as Fiction Romance. This doesn't seem to sway male readers. A female target audience was expected but a male one was not. - 2004-02-09

The Atomic Kid -- High School Superhero Debuts to a Rock & Roll Beat No sex, no drugs, but lots of rock n’ roll, that’s how George Parker describes the Superhero extended-play single CD sold with his rollicking, high-octane new book, The Atomic Kid—Adventures in the Antiworld. - 2004-02-09

Author and speaker Julie Bonn Heath has announced the release of her newest book, “Dangerous Comrades: A Misadventure in Gang Affiliation”, a novel for ages 8-adult that teaches the importance of avoiding gang membership. Heath has a heart for youth involved in gang lifestyles. Her first job out of college was counseling at a group home for convicted youth felons. Over eighty percent of the youth were gang affiliated and Heath realized that education was essential in teaching young people about the dangers of gangs. - 2004-02-09

Free Script Exchange Announces the Launch of its’ Free Internet Movie and Television Screenplay Exchange Marketplace Based on the Open Source Model FreeScriptExchange.com, a free screenplay marketplace targeted at the entertainment industry, today announced the official launch of their web site located at www.FreeScriptExchange.com. The site is designed to aid screenplay writers gain exposure by displaying their work to the motion picture, television and publication industries. What makes this site unique is its’ commitment to remaining 100% free for all parties. - 2004-02-09

Instant Messaging Perfectly Integrated with Web Conferencing from Alphalogix Alphalogix has again upgraded their popular Versona Instant Messaging System by adding the capability to seamlessly integrate with the Versona Web Conference Server, Web-ex, or other popular Web Conferencing Providers. - 2004-02-09

Listening to Reason: Israel National News' Controversial Tovia Singer Show to Launch in North America Conservative Talk-Radio Host Tovia Singer (www.toviasingershow.com) begins production of pilot episodes of the controversial Tovia Singer Show for CanWest Global Television in Toronto on February 16. Canada’s leading film and tv production and distribution operation, CanWest reaches over 94% of English-speaking Canada, with significant international broadcasting presence in New Zealand, Australia, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. - 2004-02-09

Georgia Catering Company Offers New Low Carb Drinkable Desserts for Chocolate Lovers Catering Company offers zero net carb chocolate drinks to clientele. - 2004-02-09

Simplify Code Review and Merges with Code Co-op 4.1 Reliable Software releases Code Co-op v4.1, the peer-to-peer version control system. The release features an optional differ, Beyond Compare Differ 2.1 plus integration with Beyond Compare and Delphi 8. - 2004-02-09

Issaquah, WA - Nuclear Industry Leader UEIP Chooses McObject’s eXtremeDB and QNX Neutrino RTOS for Process Control, SCADA Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP), the world’s largest uranium enrichment enterprise and manufacturer of advanced process control technology for the nuclear industry, will integrate McObject’s eXtremeDB™ in-memory database system and the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS within its process control systems and equipment. - 2004-02-09

Kagan Study Tackles Cable's Nagging Disconnects Cable TV subscribers cancel service at a rate of 2.6% per month, or 31% on an annualized basis, yielding 20.4 mil. disconnects in 2003, according to Kagan World Media's new economic study of subscriber churn. Released today, the exclusive report, entitled "Trends in Subscriber Churn: An Economic Analysis," observes that more than half the disconnects occur as a result of changing residences and attributes the remaining nine mil. subscriber opt-outs to dissatisfaction, inability to pay and service adoption issues. - 2004-02-09

Tan Often, Tan Safe and Get a Healthy Golden Glow Thanks to airbrush tanning, you can get a tan in less time than it takes to get a manicure and the beauty about it is that it being touted as safer than exposure to the damaging rays of the sun or traditional tanning beds. This hot new trend in tanning is growing rapidly – across the entire United States and abroad. - 2004-02-09

Who’s Who of Technology Industry to Gather at ICT World Forum @ CeBIT, March 17 - 19, 2004 The world's leading CEO's from the largest Information and Communication Technology companies will gather March 17 - 19, 2004 for the 2nd Annual ICT World Forum @ CeBIT in Hannover, Germany to discuss the critical issues facing the market in the year ahead. - 2004-02-09

Airbrush Tan in a Can Sunless airbrush tanning has taken us by storm and continues to be a growing trend among those looking for the perfect tan. MOON Tans, a Colorado Corporation, with more than 60 salons nationwide that offer airbrush tanning, has just introduced the same professional formula in an aerosol can. Airbrush Tan in a can is unique because it sprays on similar to an airbrush. This aerosol creates a natural, streak-free tan and doesn’t require any rubbing in as do many of the other spray self-tanning counterparts. This ozone friendly aerosol is “perfect for people who want to tan in the privacy of their own home or just want their legs or arms done on their body, although it can also do a great full body tan” says Linda Dillon Founder and President of MOON Tans. - 2004-02-09

Groupcal Viewer from Snerdware Opens Microsoft Exchange Calendars to Apple iCal Subscribe to any Exchange Calendar in Apple iCal on OS X. - 2004-02-09

Small Business Owners Optimistic About 2004 But Making Same Mistakes as Predecessors The third annual survey of small business owners indicates a majority are optimistic about 2004 (79.8 percent) and their business future. However, analysis of the results reveals that most small business owners are still working without a defined plan of action and have not defined goals, yet they spend time and energy investing in advertising and marketing activities. - 2004-02-09

Mystery writer uses coroner background to fulfill her dream. Newly published murder mystery, BONES IN THE BADLANDS, is a contemporary tale of delayed justice. - 2004-02-09

mobile Spa Business Opportunity - mobileSPA Announces Expansion Through Partnership Opportunities Start a lucrative mobile spa service with a growing brand name - the most rewarding opportunity in the present times. - 2004-02-09

Religious Icons and Prayer Cards of Black Saints and Martyrs for Black History Month Black and African-American Saints and martyrs are honored with religious icons by famed Franciscan iconographer Robert Lentz, and with imported Italian prayer cards. - 2004-02-09

iHispano.com Assists Cendant Corporation integrate Diversity into ---- its Recruitment Process iHispano.com, the career site technology behind the National Society for Hispanic MBAs and the career website for recruiters who want to reach Hispanic and bilingual professionals, announced today it was selected by Cendant Corporation(NYSE: CD), one of the foremost providers of travel and real estate services worldwide, to play a key role in identifying talent and building its diversity outreach through the career center technology offered by iHispano. - 2004-02-09

An innovative way to filter SPAM and organize your inbox: graphically designed rules with an easy-to-use MS Outlook add-in. A new solution to eliminate spam and organize your inbox using graphically designed rules through an MS Outlook add-in: Flow Ruler for Outlook version 1.0. - 2004-02-09

North American Hotspot Deployments Exploding Hotspot deployments are exploding in North America with more than 10,000 hotspots at the end of 2003. In addition to market leaders such as Boingo and T-Mobile, there are many new entrants that are rapidly gaining market share such as AirPath, HotSpotzz, Euphoria Wireless and Surf and Sip. - 2004-02-09

FrogPadä Keyboard Now Available At Amazon.com Houston, Texas - (February 9, 2004) - Kaizen FrogPadä Llc, an innovator in data entry methods for mobile and portable communication devices, announces that the ultra-compact, one-handed FrogPad keyboard is now available at Amazon.com with their own URL (www.amazon.com/frogpad). Amazon.com will be the retailer for the sale of FrogPad items. - 2004-02-09

Unclaimed Baggage Center's revamped website set for February 9th Take Off - 2004-02-09

Latino Success Expert To Represent U.S.A. in International Forum in Brazil Dr. Joachim de Posada of the Latino Speakers Bureau, will take his high energy motivational message to thousands of sports professionals at the upcoming III International Sports Forum in Brazil. - 2004-02-09

Where Did We Come From? New Novel Offers Unique Answer to This Ultimate Question Author Lisa A. Shiel delved into the theories of human evolution, the postulates of alternative histories, the mythology surrounding Bigfoot, and the evidence of Egyptian archaeology. In “The Hunt for Bigfoot: A Novel,” Shiel leads the reader to a plausible, yet credible, new theory of alternative history through a multilayered mystery enriched with murder, intrigue, romance, and extraterrestrial visitors. In this new novel, a would-be anthropologist and an amateur Egyptologist search Michigan’s north woods and tumble onto a hidden Bigfoot society protected by an ancient race and a mysterious billionaire. To stay alive, they must unravel an enigma half a billion years in the weaving and find the creatures science says cannot exist. - 2004-02-09

RedSky Mobile delivers GPS Module for the Nintendo® Game Boy® Advance Game Boy users can now use the great features of the Game Boy Advance for a powerful handheld GPS at a fraction of the cost - 2004-02-09

Internationally Acclaimed Quilter Creates New Art Medium Most artists paint ON fabric, but artist ANNETTE GRIGSBY doesn’t. She paints WITH fabric! While quilting bees and quilters replicate traditional patterns in practicing this traditional craft, Annette has converted her extraordinary quilting talent to that of a new and unique art medium, fabric art. - 2004-02-09

Five-Time Hugo Award Recipient Is Way Ahead of NASA Why spend billions of dollars just to get to Mars when we can travel across dimensions of reality with BRAD FOSTER for a few dollars? Brad Foster is “Jabberwocky Graphix”. A fine arts graduate of Texas A & M, Brad has been a prominent part of the arts community for many years. His specialty is fantasy art and his literary illustrations have been published around the worl - 2004-02-09

Heaven and Hell in Africa--in GuleWamkulu-The Big Dance Author remembers Zambia Winifred McCaffrey offers a romantic, creative memoir that reads like a novel. Imagine...beating drums, croaking frogs, lingering sunsets, dancing stars, lush gardens, smiling zambians..expatriates in love; imagine, too, thievery, bombing, best friend's murder and poverty as Zambia's Humanism supports Zimbabwe's Independence battle. Manic depression encapsulates anthropologist husband. AIDS arrives - 2004-02-09

Congressional Candidate Pounds the Pavement/Traffic reporter turned politician walks the distance from L.A. County to San Francisco Congressional candidate hopeful David "Dr. Roadmap" Rizzo walks 400 miles -- wearing out three pairs of shoes and losing 15 pounds in the process -- to knock on the doors of 14,000 Southern California voters. - 2004-02-09

NEW ROUND OF RELEASES EXTENDS MOZILLA PROJECT’S STANDARDS BASED OPEN SOURCE OFFERINGS Mozilla Firebird evolves into the new Firefox 0.8 release. Thunderbird 0.5 released. The Mozilla Foundation today announced a new preview release of its next generation web browser, Mozilla Firefox 0.8, as well as a name change for the product (previous name: Mozilla Firebird), along with a new preview release of the Thunderbird mail client. - 2004-02-09

Van Eeghen International (North America), Inc. Receives ISO 9001:2000 Registration Van Eeghen International (North America), Inc. has successfully completed the Quality audit by Bureau de Normalisation du Quebec and has been registered to ISO 9001:2000 standards. - 2004-02-09