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Owl Entertainment Opens Ticket Sales for 9th Annual Pool Party Weekend Holiday, AUGUST 6 – 8, Las Vegas, NV Annual pool party with celebrities, world-class disc jockeys, cover model contest and open bar. The Ultimate Las Vegas VIP Weekend. - 2004-07-01

New Invention PhotoBlocker™ Spray Helps Motorists Fight Unjust Traffic Tickets - Speed and Red Light Cameras Have Met Their Match New invention, PhotoBlocker™ Spray, renders red-light and speed cameras useless. The spray can be applied to license plates to make them hyper-reflective and unreadable when the camera flashes. The Product is a hit with drivers. - 2004-07-01

Pootie-Poot Votes For Bush - Will Vladimir Putin Pick Our Next President? Vladimir Putin is attempting to influence our next election. The Russian President is playing geopolitical pro-ball while America is stuck in the Bush League. - 2004-07-01

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Super Automatic Espresso Machine Videos Presented On Line at www.1stincoffee.com www.1stincoffee.com adds online video of super automatic espresso machines. View on-line video demonstrations of automatic espresso preparation. - 2004-07-01

Latreia Technical Solutions Launches Institute for Small Businesses Latreia Technical Solutions has started a new Institute for training that specializes in small to mid-sized businesses. This institute will offer courses that train the entrepreneur in improving communication in their company as well as improving their customer support. Latreia is utilizing this as a method to combat the constant out sourcing of technical jobs to over seas companies. - 2004-07-01

U.S. Price Barrier Smashed for Children’s Hardcover Picture Book Printing by a Blue Foot Booby. Blue Foot Press, an imprint of MidAmerica Publishing Company, and it's Blue Foot Booby logo mascot, has crushed the U.S. price barrier to children's hardcover picture book production and printing. Launched just days ago by The Picture Book People, on June 28, 2004, from a small city in Texas, Blue Foot Press’s hardcover picture book program brings short-run digital technology and good old-fashioned book sense together to offer never before heard of U.S. manufactured picture book pricing. - 2004-07-01

Enterprise Learning Associates Celebrates One Year of Improving Corporate Learning Enterprise Learning Associates, a San Francisco based consulting firm, announces one year of successfully improving corporate learning. During the companies first year, Enterprise Learning Associates (ELA) assisted clients to develop, implement, deploy, and measure learning strategies. ELA's clients represent a broad range of industries including: energy, financial services, manufacturing, professional services and software. - 2004-07-01

Eric's Ultimate Solitaire(TM) Author Embraces Mobile Games Market by Forming Sniderware Eric Snider, best-known for his award-winning game "Eric's Ultimate Solitaire(TM)" for the Macintosh, has made the leap to the mobile games market with "Eric Snider's Solitaire(TM)" for Palm OS - 2004-07-01

Founder of the Doused Zippotricks.com Website to Launch Lightertricks.com After being shut down August 25th last year due to political pressure in the U.S., Norwegian native Morten Kjølberg (36), founder of the Zippo Manufacturing Company sponsored zippotricks.com site, will launch Lightertricks.com on July 4th. - 2004-07-01

Thomas O. Pyle Joins PolyMedica's Board of Directors PolyMedica Corporation today announced the appointment of Thomas O. Pyle to its Board of Directors. Pyle has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare field, having served as Chief Executive Officer of both Harvard Community Health Plan (HCHP) and MetLife HealthCare. He joins PolyMedica's Board as an outside director and will serve on the Audit and Compensation Committees. - 2004-07-01

WatchBuddy® Timepieces - Announces Lucrative Online Affiliate & Turnkey Drop-Shipping Programs for Jewelry, Watch, Fashion, Gift & Pet Retailers. WatchBuddy® - The World’s Most Lovable™ Watches & Clocks, Launches its Innovative Website Affiliate and Turnkey Drop-Shipping Programs for Jewelry, Watch, Fashion, Gift & Pet Retailers! Its lines of unique and elegant timepieces have special appeal to the huge population of dog & cat lovers. (These Programs will be demonstrated at the California Gift Show® - Booth 3415 - July 17 to 20, 2004). - 2004-07-01

Marriage Leaders Head to Dallas to Urge FamilyCorps Initiative Doctors Lori and Morris Gordon, pioneers of the marriage education movement, are calling on state and national leaders to create a FamilyCorps coalition to restore community to neighborhoods and families. The Gordons are traveling to the eighth annual Smart Marriages and Happy Families conference in Dallas this week to urge 200 leaders of the marriage movement and an expected 2,000 delegates to join their call to launch FamilyCorps for America (www.familycorps.org). - 2004-07-01

egrips™ Now Available at your Local RadioShack First time available in stores, Flexible Innovations partners with RadioShack to sell egrips™, the stylish, non-slip, protective accessory for cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. - 2004-07-01

2004 SOUL-PATROL EAST COAST CONVENTION, 7/30-7/31, Willingboro, NJ: Black Music Film Festival, Interactive Seminars, Black Music Awards Show, Cabaret, Trade Show and Performances by some of the GREATEST ARTISTS in the History of Black Music. ARTISTS: Billy Paul, Chi-Lites, Michael Henderson, Buddy Miles, Barbara Mason, Arlene Smith/Chantels, Mike Hampton/Ray Davis (Parliment-Funkadelic), Soul Generation, Wil Hart/Delphonics, Soundoctrine, Carlton J. Smith, Joe Steele, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Lonnie Liston Smith, Mighty Sam McClain, Legendary Escorts, Marlon Saunders, Ascendant, Freddie Scott, Ad Libs, Rio Soul, Howard Tate, Badal Roy, Ken "Spider" Webb, "Giant" Gene Arnold, Mandrill, BT Express,Gladys Horton (Marvelettes), Vince Montana, Sarah Dash (LaBelle), Ebony's. AUTHORS: Genna Sapia-Ruffin (David Ruffin: My Temptation), Robert Batista (Brooklyn Story), Ruben Molina (Guide to Low Rider Music: 1950-1975), Geraldine Hughes (Redemption: Truth About Michael Jackson Child Molestation Charges). BLACK MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL: Only The Strong Survive: (Hosted by Roger Friedman) Staring Jerry Butler, Chi-Lites, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Sam Moore, Mary Wilson, Mighty Sam McClain: Documentary/Interview, Rare Sly & Family Stone Concert (Hosted by Mr. Steve Reese), Mandrill Live at Montreax (Hosted by Dr. Ric Wilson), Van McCoy: Documentary/Interviews, Afro-Punk (Hosted By Director James Spooner) PLUS Live Performances: Rio Soul & Marlon Saunders - 2004-07-01

Free 39-week E-mail Newsletter on "Piano Chords & Chord Progressions" An e-mail newsletter on piano chords and chord progressions is free from Keyboard Workshop of Medford, OR. For 39 weeks each student will receive an e-mail lesson on some aspect of piano chords and chord progressions. - 2004-07-01

Free Compliance Check Up for SEP Plans To maintain the tax advantage status of their retirement plans, small business owners are encouraged to periodically conduct a retirement plan compliance check up. - 2004-07-01

Best Defense Against Terrorist Attack Is Personal Preparation, Says RAND Researcher Lynn Davis, Senior Political Scientist for the RAND Corp., is an expert on terrorism. Recently, she co-authored a RAND report detailing how average people can protect themselves and their families from harm in the event of terrorist attack. DHS Newswire (http://www.dhsnewswire.com) recently caught up with Davis and asked her about the study. - 2004-07-01

High-Tech Ponce de Léon: Will Brewer's Yeast Show Us the Way to the Fountain of Youth? The University of Rochester seeks alliance partners to license patent pending anti-aging genetic technology - 2004-07-01

Themed Weddings are the Hottest New Trend, but Can Couples Really Afford Them? Themed wedding receptions are the hottest new trend in the wedding industry but how do couples not break the bank trying to keep up with the Jones'? Miss Mary Mac's Homemade Ice Cream Toppings Company has found a way for couples to indulge in a popular theme while keeping it affordable and socially acceptable. Wedding favors and dessert toppings are made-to-order and are shipped directly from the company to the reception site eliminating warehouse and middleman costs. - 2004-07-01

Minneapolis to Host Historic Family Conference for Those Impacted by Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease Somewhere between 100,000 to 400,000 Americans under age 60 have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Because any cure will take ten years or more to come to market, conferences such as "Northern Lights: Blazing Towards a Cure" provide essential information, resources and networking to help families cope. - 2004-07-01

Business and Organizational NLP Comes of Age When it comes to competence and attitude training, there have been many initiatives that have come and gone. Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) has not only stood the test of time it has evolved over the past 30 years into a leading process for change. NLP is a learning tool for improving communication, thinking skills – and adopting successful attitudes. NLP involves studying successful and highly effective people – and 'modeling' their methods. The training is accessible, affordable and can literally transform careers and organizations internationally - 2004-07-01

G. F. Mlely Treks Across Fresh Flowing Lava Field in Hawaii Calling it a "primal experience," acclaimed musician G. F. Mlely hiked across the fresh lava flow that continues to emanate from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii. - 2004-07-01

"Hoosiers" History Online at Milan '54 Museum.org The Milan '54 Museum proudly announces the launch of its' new website. - 2004-07-01

Online Photo Album Named Official Sponsor of Major International Music Talent Search MyPhotoAlbum, a service from the leading web hosting provider, FortuneCity Inc., has been selected as the "Official Online Photo Album" of W3G Entertainment Group's M.E.T.R.O Search, an international talent search offering participants access to the resources, information and guidance of their peers who have signed major label deals. W3G Entertainment Group works with up and coming music acts to help them get to the next level of their career, by bringing them in front of major music industry executives and representatives; offering constructive and informative feedback and the much needed marketing and promotion traditionally out of their reach. - 2004-07-01

Small Town's July 4th Parade Goes Live on the Web - Via Community Event Embedded Reporters and Wireless Technology from Apple Computer Ashland is known around the world for Shakespeare, the Ashland Fiber Network, and the World's first StarBucks to offer free wireless internet access (and it still does). This July 4th the town will also be known for being the first in the world to have local community members be "embedded reporters" at community events to capture, broadcast and stream live multiple streams for anyone in the world to see. Using off the shelf technology from Apple Computer, "reporters" will be embedded in every aspect of the Ashland Old-Fashioned 4th of July Parade to showcase the technology and let people who cannot make the parade be there virtually. - 2004-07-01

Jetbar.com Challenges Yahoo! and MSN Users Jetbar.com is challenging the users of popular portal heavyweights Yahoo! and MSN to make the switch to Jetbar. - 2004-07-01

Chicago Real Estate Education Firm Subject of New Reality TV Show Springboard Group of Illinois has announced today that will be documenting their real estate education course and airing it on television in a first-of-its-kind reality experiment. - 2004-07-01

Global Learning Systems and KeyStone Learning Systems Consolidate Operations in Frederick, MD Global Learning Systems and its sister company Keystone Learning Systems have announced the opening of their joint facility in Frederick, Maryland. GLS creates innovative technology-based custom learning solutions for the education, corporate and government e-Learning marketplaces. KLS has been a leading provider of information technology and IT certification training for more than 15 years. - 2004-07-01

El Paso Settlement Deadline - Utility Savings & Refund, LLC is Ready Utility Savings & Refund, LLC (US&R) announced today that a deadline has been set to submit damage claims under the El Paso Settlement. Many California businesses are eligible for refunds related to the California Energy Crisis, but they must apply by September 7, 2004 to collect their share of the $210 million award. US&R has developed a claim service to collect this refund. - 2004-07-01

TV Academy Honors It's Best in the HALL OF FAME and Inside this Year's GOODY BAG is Something for a Pampered Pooch Family Pet Pride was one of the many luxurious dog products offered via a Bella Pooch Certificate that was given to all recipients at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. - 2004-07-01

Florida Poet Says Authors Must Think Outside the Bookstore In today's marketplace, best-selling authors often dominate bookstore signing schedules. Florida poet Kay Day offers tips for authors who haven't quite made it to the top ten list. - 2004-07-01

LONDON VOODOO wins BEST JURY AWARD at Boston International Film Festival LONDON VOODOO, the British independent the psychological horror movie, won the BEST JURY AWARD for NARRATIVE FEATURE at the Boston International Film Festival. LONDON VOODOO is writer/director Robert Pratten's debut feature film. This is the forth festival award the film has recieved. - 2004-07-01

Feed My Brain (FMB) - Does it really work? Feed My Brain Children's Formula is backed by impressive scientific research. Many of the scientific articles listed below have been published in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Schauss is 100% committed to continuing his scientific research on FMB products and will remain on the leading edge of the biomedical industry in the future. - 2004-07-01

Summer in Snowmass, Colorado Fantastic Fourth of July Vacation in Snowmass Colorado!! Vacation in Snow Mass all summer long! Great Food. Great Music, Great sites. - 2004-07-01

Revolutionary music learning concept to go online Following the initial development of MusicWheels®; a revolutionary method for learning music based, not on the conventional musical notation and lines, but on simple colours and patterns mounted on concentric wheels in an easily used device; inventor Duncan Betts, of Nailsea near Bristol, U.K., is developing his unique concept for use on-line. - 2004-07-01

Employers Beginning to Reap Benefits of Corporate Fitness Programs, National Business Group on Health Poll Finds The National Business Group on Health today released a poll of large employers showing the results of their corporate fitness programs. - 2004-07-01

Good Samaritan Hospital Breaks Ground for New 75,000 SF Medical Office Building on the Hospital Campus -- Suffern Medical Pavilion will house local doctors; Developed by Cambridge Healthcare Development Corp. Good Samaritan Hospital broke ground today for the Suffern Medical Pavilion, a new 3-floor, state-of-the-art 75,000 square foot “Class A” medical office building on the hospital campus in Suffern, N.Y. When completed in the Fall of 2005, the building will house a variety of medical offices and diagnostic support facilities, many of which will directly support the hospital’s growing cardiac program. - 2004-07-01

Greg Reid takes his success to another level Well known for his kinetic energy level and contagious enthusiasm for life, Greg (www.AlwaysGood.com) shares a unique message: "When you do what you love, and love what you do, you'll have success your whole life through." - 2004-07-01

Barefoot Coffee Roasters Helps Grind Homelessness to a Halt Emergency Housing Consortium and Barefoot Coffee Roasters partner to deliver sustainable support to end homelessness and build lives - 2004-07-01

Improve your website! Free new online usability evaluation tool launched at PageTesting.com Improve the usability of your website - see how it compares to the leading websites like Yahoo by using PageTesting.com's new online evaluation tool. PageTesting can also help redesign your website to improve it. - 2004-07-01

Supreme Court Detainee Ruling Affirms Badnarik on Civil Rights Recent Supreme Court rulings on "unlawful combatants" raffirmed that wherever the US Government or its military goes, the Constitution goes too. - 2004-07-01

Global Economy a Reality for Dallas Firm Zunch Client Roster Gets European Additions - 2004-07-01

Computer Component Distributor ASBIS Offers New Customer Rewards Program in 10 European Countries ASBIS, a leading supplier of computer components to the EMEA region’s emerging markets, has announced the start of a new exciting ASBIS Bonus Club (ABC) program aimed at providing extra benefits to its present and new customers. - 2004-07-01

Helicopter Service For The Rich And Famous Between Singapore and the Caribbean Of The East Pt. Hanno Bali to establish C151 Air, a helicopter shuttle between Singapore and its exclusive private islands in Indonesian waters. Caribbean of the East - 2004-07-01

Autistic Teens Create Website for People with Asperger's Syndrome Two teens with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, have created a website called WrongPlanet.net for others who have the disorder. - 2004-07-01

Fantasy Writers Explore New Heights in Research Co-authors go on a hot-air balloon excursion to prepare for sequel - 2004-07-01

East Bay SPCA Extends the “Pit Fix” to Contra Costa County Residents Owners of pit bulls or pit mixes can phone 1-877-4PIT-FIX for free spay & neuter surgery. Popular program expands its service area. - 2004-07-01

IVAA ANNOUNCES 3rd ANNUAL IVAA VA SUMMIT – CHICAGO, IL The International Virtual Assistants Association, IVAA, is pleased to announce its 3rd Annual IVAA VA Summit – The Virtual Assistants’ Best Practices Conference, October 20-22, 2004 at the Marriott Chicago Downtown in Chicago, IL. - 2004-07-01

Open Letter - Share Content It is my hope for the future to counteract this rather insidious undermining. However, much more is needed than a single-handed effort. - 2004-07-01

Current Offerings to Publish Q2 IPO Analysis Current Offerings is pleased to announce that on July 1 it will publish an insightful retrospect of the second quarter's IPO market. - 2004-07-01

Landmark Changes for a Landmark Company in the Big Apple Robert Ettinger Associates, Consulting Engineers completes the first Green Building design on Roosevelt Island. Along with this achievement, the longstanding New York firm celebrated it's 45th anniversary with the introduction of their new web-site and modifying the company name to Ettinger Engineering Associates. - 2004-07-01

Busy Process Engineers Invited to No-Cost Technical WebCast Seminars on Semiconductor Manufacturing Process – Series Is Presented by Speedline Technologies – Busy process engineers are invited to gain in-depth information and how-to insight about the semiconductor manufacturing process in a series of no-cost technical webcast seminars, starting July 22 and running monthly through December. The free seminars are being presented by Speedline Technologies, Inc. (www.speedlinetech.com), the world leader for single-source process solutions for the PCB assembly and semiconductor packaging industries. - 2004-07-01

Black Hills Novel Now Available A new novel from Jonathan W. Howe shows the relationships between a sheriff, his deputy, the local townsfolk, a Lakota villiage and the loves of his life is now available from Fultus Publishing or any other traditional means of book ordering (Amazon, B&N, Ingram, etc.). ISBN #0-9744339-6-9. - 2004-07-01

Firefighter Says Personal Mission and Vision Helps Combat Fire No one doubts the importance of a firefighters’ work, nor the high element of danger involved. Campbell realized the impact of having a sound mission statement and the importance of a vision statement for creating the future-wise firefighter. - 2004-07-01

BURNS & OLSON REALTORS AND KID SAFE CHILD ID NETWORK to have first ever Fingerprint-A-Thon! KID SAFE CHILD ID NETWORK WANTS YOUR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE! Damascus Day at the Park - 2004-07-01

Steel Sculptures Capture Everyday Living. Artisans Steel Sculptures depict whimsical characters in Everyday Living. - 2004-07-01

Good Review for Novel of the Badlands Online book review site Bookviews gives high praise for Leah Martin's recently released novel Inside the Silver Light. - 2004-07-01

Pre-Divorce Education: Why Divorce Gets Dirty and How To Avoid The Mud Divorce can be a dirty process but couples do have a choice. Education, focusing on the facts and knowing the benefits and consequences of a settlement enable couples to have a clean break. - 2004-07-01

House of Jerky Responds to Troops Requests With high demand from troops overseas, House of Jerky wants to do more. Janie Honeycutt, owner of House of Jerky and the website www.houseofjerky.net has been recieving so many online orders from Iraq along with emails and many favorable reviews, that she felt that maybe the troops had been forgotten. "I decided we needed to do something to help", says Honeycutt. - 2004-07-01

eMason Introduces iWorkS Image Workflow System - First Offering to Integrate Document Management with Business Process Workflow - eMason today introduced its iWorkS Image Workflow System, the first application that incorporates business intelligence with document management, allowing integration with a company’s business process automation infrastructure. - 2004-07-01

Web site indexes computer security white papers SecurityDocs.com recently made thousands of computer and network security white papers available to the general public. “Every single paper in our directory has been reviewed and accepted by a security professional, and unlike some other sites you don’t have to register or pay before viewing these papers,” says Mitchell Rowton, co-founder of SecurityDocs. - 2004-07-01

Hostito Upgrades Reseller Packages, Adds Site Design Software San Francisco-based hosting web provider Hostito (http://www.hostito.com) announced earlier this week that it has increased the disk space of its entire suite of reseller hosting packages by 1 gigabyte (GB) each. Data transfer limits were also increased significantly, and feature sets were expanded to include Positive Software’s (http://www.psoft.net) template-based web site design and management software SiteStudio for a small licensing fee. - 2004-07-01

Worktank Ranked #6 Among Fastest Growing Agencies in the PROMO 100 Worktank Creative Media, a full service creative strategy and production agency located in Seattle, WA ranked #6 in this year’s PROMO 100’s Fastest Growing agency segment and #77 overall. - 2004-07-01

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Hosts a Unique Matchmaking Event for Women Entrepreneurs Worktank Creative Media in Seattle, Washington was one of 100 women-owned businesses to participate in a national “Share the Business” matchmaking event, as part of WBENC’s (Women’s Business Enterprise National Council) national conference and business fair held in New Orleans, June 22 –24, 2004. - 2004-07-01

"GIVE BUSH THE BOOT!" Bush Doormat new Budget Pricing Echo Delta, Inc., makers of the BUSH DOORMAT announce the newest model of their increasingly popular "GIVE BUSH THE BOOT!" Doormat is now available on their dedicated website: www.BUSHDOORMAT.com, for only $18.95 plus shipping. - 2004-07-01

Sick of Cyberspace? The Web Clinic Hotline Launches as the Antidote to Website Frustration for Small Business. London,UK -- On July 1st, boutique web design agency Zebedee Creations, launched The Web Clinic, the first telephone hotline to provide straightforward, practical website advice for small business. The hotline aims to meet the needs of the thousands of sole traders and small businesses who have a website but no in-house techie. Frustrated business owners will call the national rate number and be given advice on how to fix the problem or, if they want The Web Clinic to do it for them, they will be given an on the spot quote. The aim is to provide simple, practical website advice that doesn’t cost a fortune. - 2004-07-01

MarketingCentral and Aquent Form Strategic Alliance Companies to work together to provide comprehensive software and service solution for marketing resource management. - 2004-07-01

Small Businesses Struggle To Get Their Email Noticed, New Study Says The prevelance of spam and email filtering is negatively impacting the ability for small businesses to get noticed, new study says. - 2004-07-01

Local Brokers Join Together to Create Hamptons Realty Group A new real estate firm, HAMPTONS REALTY GROUP, has been created by a group of local brokers who have joined together to expand their coverage area and to better serve their clients. As one company, Hamptons Realty Group is a new resource for superior real estate service and local expertise covering the Hamptons, South Fork and Shelter Island, New York. - 2004-07-01

DANGEROUS, POLLUTED WATERS IN TEXAS FORCE DISTANCE SWIMMER TO RELOCATE TO PUBLIC POOL Training for 35-mile Yucatan Channel swim on Aug. 5 continues . . . with limitations Torrential rains, floating debris, polluted run-off and beaches force long distance swimmer to relocate his training for the Yucatan Channel swim in Mexico on Aug. 5 to a cramped public swimming pool. Paul Ellis of the nonprofit Swim4thereef.com.will attempt to swim from Cozumel to Cancun -- about 15 hours in open water -- on Aug. 5 to draw worldwide attention to clean water issues and the plight of the earth's reefs and ocean. - 2004-07-01