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Special Preview of Dynamic Second Volume of Rockoids Saga Now Available The authors of the best-selling science fiction novel, "Attack of the Rockoids," return with the exciting sequel. - 2004-07-26

FreeHeadset.org launches program to promote wireless phone safety by giving away free cell phone headsets. New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. - 2004-07-26

Largest Pagan, Occult and New Age Gathering the Chicagoland Area Has Ever Seen Ancient Ways: A Gathering in Spirituality and Magick being brought to you by Project Mercury. This is a National Convention Taking place in the O'Hare at the DoubleTree O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois on November 26-28, 2004. This convention is going to be part educational, part networking as well as part social event. There will be authors, live music, venders, psychics and a lot more. This weekend event will be one for Chicago to remember. - 2004-07-26

TrakSoft Inc. Announces the Release of Contract Analyst Enterprise Version, a Professional and Comprehensive Contracts Management System TrakSoft Inc., a professional software development firm, today announced the July 26th release of the Enterprise Version of Contract Analyst, an innovative and all-inclusive Contracts Management System. - 2004-07-26

webslingerZ Releases smartASK 2.0, Signs New Enterprise Customers Today webslingerZ released version 2.0 of its smartASK survey software. In addition, the company announced the signing of new enterprise customers including Boeing, Nortel Networks, and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. - 2004-07-26

Doctor Joins Five-Time Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong in the Fight Against Cancer Doctor pledges to raise over $20,000 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. - 2004-07-26

John Kerry Talking Action Figures Selling Like Hot Cakes Herobuilders.com does it again and introduces the Talking John Kerry Action Figure now in Stock. - 2004-07-26

Cross Burning-Family Calls fo National Investigation African-American family in Corpus Christi, Texas finds 8 foot cross burned into their front lawn. Police classified the incident as a misdemeanor property damage case. Family seeking assistance from natioanl agencies. - 2004-07-26

BioBuilde: Healthy Living After Menopause BioBuilde is a new zero-carb protein supplement that will ease the transition and reduce the adverse effects that menopause creates for women. BioBuilde helps women maintain a healthy weight, improves bone strength, strengthens and improves body tissue (skin and muscle), improves the body’s ability to maintain hormonal balance, reduces fatigue, and strengthens and enhances the appearance of hair and nails. - 2004-07-26

Losing 150lbs Changed a Woman's Life Completely At age forty-three, Georgina Cronin, a successful senior executive weighed 330lbs. Told that she was likely to die within a few years from obesity complications, she decided to take back her life and change it. Her book 'Size Matters' is both an inspirational story and the programme that over 1000 other obese people have used to lose weight healthily and for the rest of their lives. Now fifty-one and fit and healthy, Georgina wants to share her story. - 2004-07-26

T-Systems Selects Software Manufacturer Matrix42. Empirum to be used for organization-wide client management. - 2004-07-26

Hot Links Facilitate an Affordable Marketing Option for the Equipment Leasing Industry Lessors Network provides key marketing opportunity for companies targeting the equipment leasing markets. - 2004-07-26

Secure Defense Systems Launches Web Monitoring Program Secure Defense Systems, a leading Security Consulting and Risk Management Company, has announced the launch of Secure InfoSource,a proprietary program for web monitoring and deep web mining related to issues of security, safety and competitive business intelligence. - 2004-07-26

Idled Assets Group Formed to Aid in Crisis Management for Plant Closings Combining public relations expertise and real estate expertise Idled Asset Group's husband and wife team aims to assist all stakeholders involved in plant closing decisions. - 2004-07-26

Global Restructuring of University and Industry Research Centers, Institutes, and Consortia - Managed Science and Mandatory Evaluation Conflict With Scientific Freedom A wave of managed scientific research in regional, national, and global scale is restructuring the organization and funding of scholarly and medical research centers at universities, institutes, laboratories, and consortia. It includes mandated evaluation of research centers, performance measures of their degrees of successes and outcomes in the communities served, measures of the degrees of benefits bestowed upon all the stakeholders - including the host universities and funding sources. "THE PAYOFF - Evaluating Research Centers, Institutes, Laboratories, and Consortia For Success" by William R. Tash of Temple University and Stephen Miles Sacks of SciPolicy Publications (http://scipolicy.net) highlights the issues and includes a comprehensive guide for research directors, administrators, and funding officials to evaluate their research centers for success. - 2004-07-26

PJ Writing Group's Free E-mail Newsletter Offers Easy-to-Implement Marketing Tips PJ Writing Group LLC has launched a free e-mail newsletter, 'Marketing Mojo,' that provides small and mid-sized companies with practical marketing and public relations tips. Marketing Mojo subscribers receive a free PJ Writing Group whitepaper, "10 Steps to Killer Content." - 2004-07-26

Monterey Technology Group announces New "Security Log Secrets" Seminar by Windows Security Expert Randy Franklin Smith. Effectively monitoring security activity on Windows networks is more crucial than ever given the current focus on IT security and related legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA. However, monitoring Microsoft Windows systems is a nightmare because of hundreds of cryptic, undocumented codes, lack of tools and the proliferation Windows systems on the typical network. In "Security Log Secrets" Windows security expert and well known writer on the Windows security, Randy Franklin Smith, shares his experience with professionalsm, revealing how to read the security log, exploit its value and implement effective monitoring to reduce security risks and comply with legislative requirements. - 2004-07-26

Franklin Data Unveils Its Pricing Model for the Firm's Electronic Data Discovery (EDD) Services to Law Firms, Corporations, and Government Agencies The EDD pricing model, since Franklin Data's inception, has been based on Franklin Data client's raw, original, uncompressed media. For clients looking to gain control and predictability to their electronic data discovery process, the Franklin Data pricing model is the ideal solution usually saving clients 60-75% from traditional processing methods used today by Franklin's competition. Competition which is usually based by the image or by the output size of data, both of which are highly unpredictable and can be costly. - 2004-07-26

Celiac Disease Officially Earned a Spot in Mainstream America this Summer On July 20, Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) ensuring that people with celiac disease and food allergies can read ingredient statements and easily determine if the product is safe to eat. "This will take the guess-work out of eating for consumers with celiac disease and food allergies," says Beth Hillson, owner of the Gluten-Free Pantry, and a member of the American Celiac Task Force (ACTF), which was instrumental in obtaining passage of the bill. - 2004-07-26

Former Alcoholics from Ayrshire in Scotland Welcome American Addiction Expert Stanton Peele's New Book on Recovery Two former alcoholics, Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, a married couple from Ayrshire in Scotland, welcome American addiction expert Stanton Peele's new book on recovery "7 Tools to Beat Addiction". In his latest book, addiction expert Dr. Peele once again explodes the myth, prevalent in the United States and becoming more so elsewhere in the world, that alcoholism, drug abuse and other addictions are a disease which is bio-genetic in origin, and for which addicts must seek medical treatment or join a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous. - 2004-07-26

Domain Names Offered for Sale Super Names Inc. announced today that it has added a number of quality domain names to its portfolio of premium Internet domains names available for sale. - 2004-07-26

Online AD/HD Store Launches, Offering Hundreds of Products for Those Touched by Attention Deficit Disorder ADD Consults, the first and only online AD/HD eClinic launches a store with hundreds of products geared towards those touched by AD/HD: organizing tools, parenting products, fidgets, books, sensory items and more. - 2004-07-26

Vdig Xtra for Director on Windows New Release from ABSTRACT PLANE incorporating 2 Xtras for Macromedia Director - Vdig (video digitizer) - MovieSplitter (manipulate & export of QuickTime movies to many formats) - 2004-07-26

Colorful History of Baltic Region Highlighted in New Book Marauding Vikings, armored knights, war, Tsars and Empresses, rockets and Communism are all part of the heritage of the Baltic. The new book “Baltic Sagas—Events and Personalities that Changed the World!” presents tales of strong-willed men and women, courage, love, murder, greed, seduction and intrigue. - 2004-07-26

Mom Invented™ Brand is recognized by America’s Largest Retailers Mom Inventors, Inc. acquires new major accounts: Wal-Mart, Longs Drugs, and The Right Start - 2004-07-26

Literary Fiction: Obesity, Sexuality, and Sin Infinity Publishing and author Jennifer Semple Siegel announce the literary debut of "Are You Ever Going to be Thin?" (and other stories). This poignant collection delves into the issues of weight, obesity, sexuality, sin (as defined by the Catholic Church), and family dysfunction. - 2004-07-26

Long Beach Fitness Pro to Celebrity Entertainers Reveals Fitness Twist in Upcoming Book! THIS ISN’T JUST ANOTHER DIET BOOK! Instead, it’s the first book to reveal a powerful, proven, breakthrough formula for anyone to start a personal fitness program, follow through, and attain the results they want. It’s called “M2 Turbo Fat Loss” and the author, Emile A. Jarreau , has already tested it on more than 10,000 people over 16 years---everyone from housewives and accountants to world class athletes and entertainers. Your listeners will love the true stories of how this method has worked, in fact, several top fitness equipment manufacturers and other fitness professionals follow this system already. “M2 Turbo Fat Loss features Mr.Jarreau’s breakthrough systematic method as well as other powerful techniques created specifically to help your listeners go from “Couch Potato” to “Fitness Fanatic” within just a few days. - 2004-07-26

Only SquareJobs Guarantees Smart Hires TheSquare.com today announced the launch of SquareJobs, a job board alternative for the overworked hiring manager. SquareJobs boasts more targeted, qualified resumes and a 65% interview rate for posted positions, thus lowering hiring costs tremendously. - 2004-07-26

Tefisto Partners Enables Large Chain Store Retailers to Sell Gift Cards from America’s Top Retail and Restaurant Chains Direct Partnership Program Allows Retailers to Sell Non-Competing POS-Activated Third-Party Gift Cards - Without Losing 25% - 40% of the Available Commission to a Distributor - 2004-07-26

Author Robert G. Allen Launches new Internet Marketing System for USANA Health Sciences Team. Best Selling Author Robert G. Allen continues to evolve his USANA Health Sciences Network Marketing Internet Success System. - 2004-07-26

BlueBridge Networks Welcomes MTScribe.com as a Client BlueBridge Networks, LLC.(“BlueBridge” or the “Company”) is proud to announce that it recently signed MTscribe.Com, of Cleveland, OH, to a contract for BlueBridge’s BlueHost, BlueSecure and BlueWare products. - 2004-07-26

EXECUTIVESONTHEWEB.COM announces new partnership with Connaught Executive Career Services Ltd. Executivesonthweb.com, the UK’s leading online recruitment website for senior executives is pleased to announce a new partnership with Connaught Executive Career Services Ltd, provider of executive career management services to senior managers. - 2004-07-26

PhatWare’s PhatPad for Pocket PC PDAs Wins Coveted Handango™ Champion Award At Gala Event Note-Taking Application for Windows Mobile-Powered Pocket PC Takes ‘Best Productivity’ Honors; Prize Includes $5,000 from Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, palmOne and Sony - 2004-07-26

Brain Injury Facility Offers Novelist Material for 2nd Published Book Joy Lee Rutter, has written her 2nd book, 'A Flamboyant Disarray of Dreams', a novel predicated on her experiences at a neurological rehabilitation facility in New Hampshire where she works. - 2004-07-26

A majority of Americans disapprove of the Republican and Democrat conventions Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik completes his first national campaign poll. The survey indicates that 62% of Americans disapprove of public funding of the Democratic and Republican conventions. Badnarik polled at 3%, a large bump from polling earlier this month. - 2004-07-26

Animal Friends Rescue Project (AFRP) Rescues 5000th Animal! Animal Friends Rescue Project (www.animalfriendsrescue.org) is proud to announce the rescue and adoption of Tappy, its 5,000th companion animal -- a major milestone for the group. A relatively young nonprofit animal rescue organization based in Pacific Grove, California, AFRP is committed to rescuing animals from local shelters that are most at risk for euthanasia. The group is also dedicated to finding quality permanent homes for abandoned, stray, and abused companion animals (dogs and cats), and to ending the problem of pet overpopulation through aggressive spay/neuter programs. Now in its landmark 5000th adoption, Tappy, an 18 year-old orange tabby cat, was rescued from the Salinas Animal Shelter, where he was surrendered when his lifelong family moved and could not take him with them (unfortunately, a common reason for families who give up their pets to shelters). - 2004-07-26

Blue Mountain Avionics rolls out two new EFIS systems at AirVenture 2004 this week Blue Mountain Avionics is rolling out a smaller, lighter, faster, brighter generation of its EFIS/Lite at just over half the price of its predecessor, and a new generation of its mid-level EFIS/Sport, which now fits in a standard radio stack. - 2004-07-26

National Lease Funding Source Showcase Will Feature Lease Syndication Strategies Of Capital Data, Incorporated John Steindorf, Vice President, Capital Data, Incorporated, will speak in the Syndicators Showcase forum, delivering an overview of Capital Data's lease syndication "buy/sell investment" strategies. - 2004-07-26

Sanitary Pulsation Dampeners for Biotech & Food SENTRY Pulsation dampeners from Blacoh reduce pump pulsation, pipe vibration, and shaking up to 99% and are now available in polished and bead blasted 316L stainless steel surfaces. These Pulsation Dampeners are FDA compliant and ideal for both the Biotech and Food industries, or with any application that requires sanitary pumping conditions - 2004-07-26

Mom acts as CEO (Chief Emotional Officer) for many families in business together "Succession management for the "family side" of the family business is as important as succession management for the business side of a family business" suggests Don Schwerzler, founder of Atlanta-based Family Business Institute and their Internet organization, Family-Business-Experts.com. - 2004-07-26

New SlimGPS™ Receiver Drop-In Module – Ultra low power GPS XEMICS announces the release of their latest GPS module, designed to be as easy as possible for volume manufacturers of consumer products to add location capability with minimal impact on device size whilst retaining power efficiency. The ultra low power SlimGPS™ RGPSM202 receivers are fully autonomous modules that provide position, speed and time information derived from the Global Positioning System. - 2004-07-26

SpaceMill Sciences Corp. names Basil E. Blank as Chief Technology Officer Basil E. Blank has joined SpaceMill Sciences Corporation as Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Blank brings to SpaceMill a dynamic background in engineering and technology, primarily in the fields of synchrotron, x-ray and neutron applications. In this new position, he will focus on leading the development of products, services and solutions to advance both quality and innovation. - 2004-07-26

Miller & Company Renews Commitment for Next Habitat House Miller & Company, P.C., one of Atlanta’s most trusted certified public accounting and business development consulting firms, has agreed to raise money for their next house build in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity. Miller & Company completed their first home, in partnership with Cobb County Habitat for Humanity, in August 2003. - 2004-07-26

Paramount Pictures Chooses Online Blogazine "Hot Sauce" as Part of Ad Campaign for new Denzel Washington/Meryl Streep film "The Manchurian Candidate" Recognizing the marketing value of "web logs" (blogs), Paramount Films selected "Hot Sauce" - a men's lifestyle "blogazine" with 40,000+ unique readers each month from 50+ countries - as part of an unprecedented blog ad purcahse by a major media company for the new Denzel Washington/Meryl Streep film "The Manchurian Candidate." - 2004-07-26

MX Champion Instructor Launches First Web-based Motocross Training Center! MX Tips and Embedded Video Tutorials Available to Online Visitors at www.mxtrainingcenter.com Pro motocross instructor Gary Semics announced the launch of www.mxtrainingcenter.com, a Web-based motocross training academy which makes available to online subscribers many of the tips and techniques he teaches to his roster of superstar MX clients including Jeremy McGrath, Ezra Lusk, Kevin Windham, and many others. - 2004-07-26

The ABCs of ETFs Are you afraid of ‘spiders’? No, I’m not talking about those hairy, eight-legged creatures. I’m talking about Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). It is important you understand this investment vehicle because they offer several advantages over mutual funds. Read on to find out how ‘spiders’ and other Exchange-Traded Funds can be a valuable part of your portfolio. “Guarding Your Wealth” is a nationally syndicated weekly personal finance column written by Jeffrey D. Voudrie, CFP. Mr. Voudrie is the President of Legacy Planning Group, a private wealth management firm that employs sophisticated proprietary strategies designed to protect and grow its clients' investments. Please visit our website, www.guardingyourwealth.com to read past articles in our archive. - 2004-07-26

Online Retailer Adds Latin Flair to "Baby Chic" Perhaps your readers would be interested in shopping for great products while engaging in a little fantasy travel - from the comfort of their living rooms. Launching its online store today, Arte Bebe makes available at the click of a mouse the far corners of Latin America. Arte Bebe is devoted to finding Latin American treasures, from traditional artisans to trendy new designers, and bringing them home to kids (and moms) in the US and around the world, while helping to support artisans in developing countries. The site features an array of high quality, colorful, and richly textured clothing (newborn to 6yrs), toys and accessories (women and home) that you won't find anywhere else. - 2004-07-26

Quest for Fabled Artifact Sets Stage for New Fantasy Series “The Ring of Naar” is the first of a riveting fantasy series guaranteed to spark the imagination of all readers. In this inaugural novel, the small kingdom of Su'Meeryn is about to be overtaken by a fierce army and destruction seems inevitable. That is until an aged profit tells of a magical artifact that can save the kingdom and bring about a new, triumphant age. - 2004-07-26

Predictive Patterns Announces the Release of the Protein Biomarker Package for GeneLinker Gold and GeneLinker Platinum 4.5 Predictive Patterns Software Inc. (PPS) today announced the release of a package to simplify the analysis of Protein Biomarker data with GeneLinker Gold and GeneLinker Platinum 4.5. The package is installed on top of GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum 4.5 and allows easy import and analysis of a variety of types of mass spectrometry data. This new package combined with GeneLinker Platinum's advanced prediction capabilities make this the ideal product for discovering clinically relevant patterns. - 2004-07-26

"You can win the election, John Kerry, if do one thing at the Democratic Convention, but I bet you won't do it!" Says Leadership Expert Brent Filson John Kerry has an opportunity to take one decisive step at this week's Democratic Convention, a step that would win the presidency for him, according to leadership expert Brent Filson. - 2004-07-26

Hostetler Great Lakes Capitol, Inc., located in the Great Lakes region of lower Michigan, just announced plans to build an enormous organization with Plan B For Health David Hostetler, with a Master’s degree in Marketing, has been a successful marketer on and off the Internet since 1977. Having built other successful businesses in the past, he is now well on the way to building a million-dollar business and has chosen www.2.Planbforhealth.com as the leading product. Do you want to come along? He is looking for entrepreneurs who want to team up with marketers under a specialized and unique Internet marketing system to deliver much needed Healthcare protection that will be affordable to everyone protection for the entire family for $99.95. - 2004-07-26

Market-Vantage Merges With Internet Performance Marketing LLC Internet marketing has emerged as a leading mechanism for creating market awareness and attracting new business. Companies are eager to invest in this new marketing vehicle, but realize that success requires a set of specialized skills and experience. Responding to this need, two Internet marketing firms are joining forces to consolidate resources and expand their capabilities. - 2004-07-26

Dr.O Enterprises Presents, "CREATE YOUR DESTINY!" Isaac "Dr.O" Olatunji Jr., Ph.D, Motivational Success Coach will lead you to unleash your God-given creativity towards ultimate greatness! In the common walks of life, there is many a person patiently treading the round of daily toil, unconscious that they possess powers which, if called into action, would raise them to an equality with the world's most greatest men. The touch of a skillful hand is needed to arouse those dormant faculties. Dr.O will serve as that skillful hand to lead you to ultimate greatness! - 2004-07-26

The popular UK Directory, Click4Choice, branches out to the US. The popular UK directory Click4choice has branched out to the USA launching the new US and UK websites. This expansion with a newly designed website will better server both regions of the world. - 2004-07-26

Socialists Urge Support for Kerry Despite substantial disagreements America socialists plan to work for Kerry's election. - 2004-07-26

Used Office Furniture Goes Online at Dallas based Office Modular Concepts Shopping for used office furniture just got a whole lot easier with the launch of Office Modular Concepts new website, officemodularconcepts.com. - 2004-07-26

6 Secrets Every Woman Must Know to Turn Thin Hair Into Thick Tresses Almost Instantly An estimated 30 million American women have thinning hair. Here are insider hair enhancing tips most women don't know. - 2004-07-26

Global Traveler Magazine Announces The Results of the 2004 “Wines on the Wing” Business Class Wine Survey Best in Business Class Wine Survey-Global Traveler, conducted its annual “Wines on the Wing” survey of wines served in international airlines’ business-class cabins at the Millennium Broadway Hotel New York last month. The results are published in Global Traveler’s June/July issue. - 2004-07-26

Fans Promote Scheduling Change for UPN's STAR TREK ENTERPRISE The Enterprise Project (www.enterpriseproject.org) is pleased to announce its sticker campaign promoting the new day and time of Star Trek:Enterprise, Fridays at 8pm ET/PT on the UPN weekly schedule. - 2004-07-26

The Prince of Day Begone - Book Signing and Media Launching Meet the author, Winston Cohen, at a book signing and media launching of "The Prince of Day Begone- The Struggle in the Caves of Darkness". This exciting and riveting adventure story is set in the mountains and valleys of the beautiful country of Jamaica. Mighty forces clash in the forbidden and desolate Cockpit Mountains of Jamaica as the powerful American military machine confronts incredible alien technology from the far off Andromeda Galaxy. The fearless Prince and his faithful friends stand defiant against the mad hounds of war and bring the hope of truth, rights and justice to mankind's troubled world. - 2004-07-26

Bad Medicine Launch Three Wild Nights Tour Bad Medicine, the Ultimate Bon Jovi Experience, are launching a short Northeast tour. - 2004-07-26

Mike Beaudreau Receives Two Additional Endorsements in Gwinnett County Commission Race Gwinnett Commission Candidate Mike Beaudreau received the endorsement of the Gwinnett Professional Firefighters Association and Planning Commission member Chuck Warbington. - 2004-07-26

Ford Owned Off-Road Giant, Land Rover Splashes Mud on the Wrong Guys Ford owned Land Rover UK and Land Rover North America is attempting to crush its #1 customer for the resale of pre-owned Land Rover vehicles in North America. (Case Number 1:03-CV-4056-CC) Located in Roswell, Georgia, Bear Valley Land Rovers Vehicle Sales Inc. has earned its unique reputation as North America's most trusted source for pre-owned Land Rover vehicles. - 2004-07-26