News Releases

Extraordinary two-day, interactive event for HR professionals scheduled for Atlanta: IHRIM presents Innovation Forum 2004. Unique in its structure, the Innovation Forum is a planned, interactive learning event; the main objective is to have the attendees actively participate by working on a team. Each team will have as its mission to create a business case presentation that addresses and provides a strategy to a fictitious organization’s C-Level Board of Directors that will show strategic and tactical initiatives to help solve the business problem or issue. - 2004-08-18

Will Your Best Employees Walk Out the Door as the Economy Improves? Authors Team up for ‘How-To’ Book Aimed at Keeping the Best Employees "Creating Workplace Community: Motivation is “how-to” book that provides quick and easy ways to improve your workplace—including some ideas that can be implemented within one hour. - 2004-08-18

Free Software for Windows Improves Websites Free CSE HTML Validator Lite software for Windows checks websites for HTML problems and helps create trouble-free websites. Prevents many problems that could cause website visitors to leave. - 2004-08-18

Majorium’s Integrated Multicast Learning Technology Gives Companies the Training Tools To Increase Their ROI Without Busting Their Budgets Every time there is a downturn in the economy, one of the first things to be reduced or eliminated is training. The reason behind this rational from most CEO’s perspectives is that training is both expensive and ineffective. The question that needs to be addressed if this is the case is: “Why bother to train at all?” As companies continue to emerge out of the recent recession, there is a closer examination of the role of training and its underlying costs. Rather than fall back upon traditional seminar-training models, CEO’s realize there are cheaper and more effective methods available. This is a wake-up call for many training managers, who are no longer able to rely on conventional training tools if they wish to keep their jobs. - 2004-08-18

312, Inc., Launches LeanOnMe, an Effortless Peer-to-Peer Backup / Retrieval System and Calls for a Stop to the Battle over P2P Technology. 312, Inc., a software development and Web services company, today announced the release of LeanOnMe, a platform independent backup and remote access solution. LeanOnMe harnesses the power of peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to provide secure off-site backup and enables the user to access his or her own information anywhere LeanOnMe is installed. The data files are encrypted and are not accessible to anyone other than the content owner. - 2004-08-18

ReadySetAuction Provides Web-Based, All-in-One Auction Management Solution for Non-Profit Organizations ReadySetAuction is the premier tool for planning, managing and conducting your benefit auction event. This all-in-one solution provides both complete event management functionality and fully integrated, real-time credit card processing at checkout. Because ReadySetAuction is a web application, there's no software to install; and your entire auction committee can access your data, making auction management a true team effort. - 2004-08-18

Data Recovery Services is Offering Data Recovery for Florida Hospitals and Emergency Service Organizations Affected by Hurricane Charley DRS specializes in computer forensics with a proven record of maintaining chain of custody for all damaged media that arrives at our facilities. - 2004-08-18

Children Maimed in Domestic Terrorism A Child’s Prayer to Die is a three part book series tracking the life of children under siege. The tormentors are not strangers but people the children love and trust, their parents. This dimension to America’s war on terrorism is waged in our family homes, surrounding us in daily life. Our children hide their wounds with quiet desperation unable to speak of their captivity. - 2004-08-18

Pinellas Pasco Group 18 Candidate Judge Greer Exposed Violations of judicial canons, Florida Code of Judicial Conduct, etc. puts Judge Greer on the Hotseat - 2004-08-18

Can the Internet Stop Hijackers? Absolutely! By Signing the 'Declaration of Agreement to Resist the Enemy' ordinary citizens can publicly pledge to fight back. - 2004-08-18

Prospering for The Kingdom - Christian Capital Group, LLC Continues to Innovatively Merge the Gap Between Entrepreneurship and Evangelism In our growing world of retail, commercial and residential property investment, opportunities to achieve wealth have become more realistic. In only their first year of operation Christian Capital Group, LLC continues to innovatively merge the gap between entrepreneurship and evangelism. Through the Prosperity Fund, clients are put within reach of their financial tower of success. - 2004-08-18

The Real Prickly Pear Extract For Hangover Prevention The manufacturer of the patented herbal extract that was clinically tested at Tulane University, peer-reviewed and published in a prestigious medical journal, The Archives of Internal Medicine, would like to set the record straight. Perfect Equation, Inc., manufacturer of HPF Hangover Prevention Formula(TM), wants to clear up widespread misconceptions about the Prickly Pear Cactus extract and its role in preventing alcohol hangover symptoms. - 2004-08-18

David Did What Goliath Didn't -- He Stopped Spam Stamped e-mail is an impossible task, said all and sundry. Major infrastructure changes would be needed, micropayment schemes, computational stamps and the like, so only Giants like Microsoft or Earthlink could make it happen, but Martel Firing went ahead and did it anyway. His stamped email program, UseBestMail provides a spam-free stamped email channel without infrastructure changes and incorporates the best features of competing products, to block spam from non-stamped mail as well. Now, with UseBestMail, the skeptics are silenced and we can all enjoy a spam-free channel for our email, right now, right here, today. - 2004-08-18

Don't Pump Without Blacoh Fluid Control Today, with over 60 years of combined experience in fluid control, Blacoh stands alone as the industries’ foremost expert and industry leader in the manufacture of fluid control products. - 2004-08-18

MCC Quick Test Innovation for Diagnostic Testing of Salmonella and E. Coli O157:H7 Presence This unique development in the testing for Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 will allow for the testing of food products, water slurries, waste facilities, restaurants, kitchens of all types, fast food establishments, hospitals, and in the field where produce and other farm products are grown. - 2004-08-18

Rapid Ratings Annouces a Partnership Agreement with Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) Rapid Ratings establishes business in Singapore with SIAS partnership. - 2004-08-18

New ethnic novel on a timely subject: Intercultural marriage Interested in cross-cultural/ethnic fiction? Then do take a look at J. Chloe Braun’s novel – a timely and insightful exploration into the trials and tribulations of a cross-cultural marriage brought on by the pressures and demands of family traditions, culture and customs. - 2004-08-18

Plasma TV Website to Only Sell Tested Products Forget the plasma tv websites that only list tv's that make a profit, these guys only sell ones that they have tested - 2004-08-18

Paper Mess is Harnessed in Custom-Designed System; Free Report Shows Tips for Reducing Desk Clutter - 2004-08-18

preCharge Risk Management Solutions Announces Release of Free Antifraud Windows Client preCharge Risk Management Solutions (www.preCharge.com), a division of Supremacy Financial, announced the public release of its free Windows-based client. The new preCharge Secure Client gives merchants the ability to audit credit card transactions online by comparing them against over 100 checks and cross-checks and also provides velocity checking against thousands of other merchants, allowing the most comprehensive fraud review process ever created. Now it's available on any Windows desktop. - 2004-08-18

The Staver Group Launches New Product Line Tips in 20 Minutes CD's Provide Critical Business Information in Less Than 20 Minutes - 2004-08-18

Author Let’s Public Assist In Naming His Anti-Aging Book Dr. Frank, author of Rising Star: How You Can Become An Extremely Successful Person, has published numerous scientific articles and letters in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, as well as many other journals, and is a reviewer for the American Journal of Addictions. To help choose the title of his new book please visit http://www.eastwestnetwork.net - 2004-08-18

Reset Expands Parts Support Center for Fujitsu Products RESET expands their dedicated Fujitsu tape drive support center that provides factory-level service and replacement parts. This expansion facilitates faster service for the massive Fujitsu customer base that RESET serves worldwide. - 2004-08-18

ASLA and National Trust Announce 2004 Landmark Award The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania will receive the 2004 Landmark Award. - 2004-08-18

ASLA Announces 2004 Community Service Award The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the West Philadelphia Landscape Project as the recipient of its 2004 Community Service Award. - 2004-08-18

Florida Entrepreneur Aims to Stem the Tide of Offshore Job Loss New Florida-only Business-to-Business Marketplace seeks to help keep Florida jobs from escaping offshore. - 2004-08-18

Medicaid Estate Recovery: Are Texas Seniors Ready? Texas's Medicaid Estate Recovery Program starts September 1. The elder-law firm of Wright Abshire Attorneys has free information about the program including must-know facts for seniors. - 2004-08-18

New Auction Website Pays Buyers The Goliath of Internet auction websites has a new David – a competitor who wants to buy up the buyer market. While thousands of auction websites have tried to compete with the market leader, BidCents.com has an interesting concept. - 2004-08-18

Indie Film "Tied Up" makes it into fest, and premieres at the 2004 Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF), in August. Teen-Drama, "Tied Up", ala Suicide Kings meets KIDS, is set to make it festival premiere at the 2004 Atlanta Underground Film Festal (AUFF), on August 28th. x3 Entertainment's first of it's many ventures, lays the groundwork for other creativity and entertainment to come. - 2004-08-18

Boymelgreen Developers name J/Brice Design International of Boston for boutique hotel in Brooklyn Award-winning hotel interior design firm — J/Brice Design international of Boston — is gaining momentum with contracts from international real estate developers, REITS, and major hotel chains. Contract with Boymelgreen Developers is latest. - 2004-08-18

Timberframe Way, by Dick Pirozzolo covers this unique home building method with lavish color photos. The Timberframe Way is the third book on home building by Dick Pirozzolo, a PR pro with 20-plus years of housing industry promotion and marketing experience. - 2004-08-18

Big Profit In TextLinkBrokerage Bulk Buyers Club Buy text links in bulk and sell to your clients. With our system you can easily help many others achieve their goals with their websites. We have all the tools you need to build your clients inbound links and bring them to the top. We are confident that with our system you can build long and satisfying client relationships as our service delivers superior results. - 2004-08-18

Author and Change Expert Cheryl Perlitz Helps You Survive the Transition of Moving Americans relocate an average of once every 5 years, and each year 20% of Americans find themselves unpacking in a new home. One of the most popular weekends for moving, Labor Day weekend, is fast approaching. Moving, whether from an apartment to a larger house, going away to college, or from one state to another, is a huge and sometimes overwhelming experience. Moving changes so many aspects of our daily lives. - 2004-08-18

Fuseboard Provides Online Music Collaboration to Musicians Fuseboard was designed to provide musicians with online access to other musicians, to help facilitate collaboration, creation and the growth of dynamic music by diminishing the barriers of geography. The site also provides resources for musicians and individuals that want to create, share and sell their music online. Individuals can visit Fuseboard.com and download music that musicians have decided they would like to sell. Services ranging from Copyrighting, CD duplication, and Professional Studio Production are just a few of the offerings Fuseboard provides. - 2004-08-18

Lake Tahoe Lodging Invites You To Say "GOOD-BYE PONDEROSA" The last chance to come and revisit a part of American television history will be on September 27. LakeTahoeLodging.com is offering special packages for this special, last-chance opportunity to visit the home of Bonanza. - 2004-08-18

Vision for Life Program Helps Thousands Naturally Improve Vision through Vision Therapy: Natural Vision Correction System Attains Phenomenal Success Highlighted in publications such as Men’s Health Magazine, Vision for Life has ignited an enthusiastic following of thousands of individuals on the path to better eyesight. A proven natural alternative to corrective lenses, the Vision for Life program boasts over a 90% success rate in reversing vision problems including nearsightedness, aging vision, astigmatism, and computer eyestrain. - 2004-08-18

CODEKKO Software announces the release of Ekko Express 1.5 - a Proven Technology That Can Reduce Enterprise Web Infrastructure Investments By More Than 50% Fortune 1000 companies using CODEKKO Software’s Ekko Express are achieving 250-300% increased server capacity. - 2004-08-18

things-to-come launches "LunarPilot - For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004" website: www.lunarpilot.com LunarPilot is a computer flight simulation of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle. The LLRV was originally developed by NASA and Bell Aerosystems in the 1960’s to prepare Apollo Astronauts for the moon landing. - 2004-08-18

Avanti Motor Corporation Announces Sale Avanti Motor Corporation has announced that with the retirement of its president and CEO, Michael Kelly Sr., the company will be sold to the highest bidder on October 1, 2004. - 2004-08-18

iPod Noticias, first site in Spanish language devoted to the iPod iPod Noticias is the first Spanish site covering exclusively the iPod, Apple's revolutionary digital music player. Featuring news and reviews, it joins a worldwide network of eight select iPod sites. iPod Noticias will soon feature an online store with selected and hard-to-find accessories for the iPod. - 2004-08-18

Ground Breaking IP Online Conference and Exposition To Be Held February 14 - 16, 2004 Your fast track to what is happening in IP telephony for your contact center. A three day, online event that connects you with vendors, industry experts, and colleagues. Presentations, workshops, networking sessions and exhibit hall. - 2004-08-18

AUTISM-MERCURY POISONING...IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. NEW BOOK TITLED, MERCURY: THE WINGED MESENGER, explains the facts that surround this international tragedy. The U.S. Government has denied the link between Autism and Mercury Poisoning however, current research and the C.D.C. report that was intentionally buried and marked "Do Not Copy or Release" says otherwise. Concerned parents are outraged. - 2004-08-18

Seminars Offered on Embedded Design with a Voice User Interface Training targets developers implementing speech I/O through low cost chips - 2004-08-18

#1 Star Wars Artist of All Times, Dave Dorman, Featured in Non-Fiction Book on Comics-Turned-Movies Dave Dorman, voted the #1 Star Wars Artist of All Times, is featured in a 16-page interview in the new non-fiction publication, “Comics Above Ground: How Sequential Art Affects Mainstream Media.” - 2004-08-18

JMS Consulting Provides Retail Channel Strategy for First Aid Only; Helps First Aid Products Leader Develop Strategic Direction for 2005 Profitable Sales JMS Consulting, a marketing and sales strategy consultancy based in the Pacific Northwest, recently completed retail sales channel analysis and recommendations for Vancouver, Washington based First Aid Only. - 2004-08-18

Advanced Layout Solutions, the UK's No.1 Cadence PCB Design Bureau, re-launch their website! Advanced Layout Solutions, based in Berkshire, United Kingdom, is the largest Cadence PCB Design Bureau in the UK, offering PCB design services including: - Single/Double/Multi-layer; Backplanes; Flexi & Flexi-rigid; Analogue and Digital; Blind & buried; micro-vias; Stacked MicroVia; Impedance controlled; Matched lengths; Differential / balanced pairs; Crosstalk; Timing controlled; Signal integrity. Since 1995 ALS have provided a professional PCB Design service to the UK and overseas electronics industry, built around leading edge software and hardware. Today ALS has a team of seven design engineers, with an average of over twenty years working with the PCB design industry. - 2004-08-18

SIGNAL INTEGRITY ISSUES? ALS has the Solution - SPECCTRAQuest™ SI Expert! Advanced Layout Solutions, based in Berkshire, United Kingdom, is the largest Cadence PCB Design Bureau in the UK, offering PCB design services including: - Single/Double/Multi-layer; Backplanes; Flexi & Flexi-rigid; Analogue and Digital; Blind & buried; micro-vias; Stacked MicroVia; Impedance controlled; Matched lengths; Differential / balanced pairs; Crosstalk; Timing controlled; Signal integrity. Since 1995 ALS have provided a professional PCB Design service to the UK and overseas electronics industry, built around leading edge software and hardware. Today ALS has a team of seven design engineers, with an average of over twenty years working with the PCB design industry. - 2004-08-18

WORK CULTURE IMPACTS PROFITS: Increase Profits by Moving Toward a Culture of Success! Creating a Culture of Success is a clear and inspiring guidebook that shows how the culture of an environment--whether it's a school, a business, or a non-profit organization--directly impacts the success or failure of an organization and its staff. - 2004-08-18

Luxury Self Catering Costa del Sol Holiday Rentals and Accommodation in Southern Spain HolidayRentalontheWeb.com provide a unique and efficient online booking service for holiday-makers looking to rent self-catering accommodation on the Costa del Sol and luxury holiday rentals in Spain. - 2004-08-18

Author Andy Anderson's latest novel has been released Andy Anderson's new fictional adventure novel, "THE GOLDEN COUNTESS" (ISBN 1-4137-2513-9)is now available throught Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books A Million. - 2004-08-18

San Diego County's First eBay Consignment Store to Open. eBay consignment store opening in Vista, CA. - 2004-08-18

dcFashionWeek to Announce the Best-Dressed African-Americans Singer Patti LaBelle, model Naomi Campbell and producer/director of Ebony Fair Eunice W. Johnson are among the best-dressed African-American women, according to a just-completed survey of top black fashion designers. BET CEO Robert Johnson, actor Taye Diggs and singer/rapper Andre 3000 are among the best-dressed African-American men. - 2004-08-18

KC Info Solutions, LLC Introduces Network Based IP Video Surveillance to the Kansas City Area KC Info Solutions, LLC today introduces itself to the Kansas City area as the region’s premier Information Systems Integrator whose primary focus is providing practical and cost effective network-based IP Video Surveillance and Monitoring solutions to all local companies and organizations. Using the power of network technology, including wireless and the Internet, KC Info Solutions, LLC is allowing Kansas City area business owners and organizations to be able to remotely monitor and record all activities on their premises from anywhere in the world, in real time, at a savings over that of using traditional Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and recording solutions. - 2004-08-18

Dale Baymont Chooses EthoStream for HSIA Solutions The Dale, IN Baymont Inns and Suites now supplies guests with high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity. - 2004-08-18

Universal Digital Asset Protection Now available with HexaLock CD Security Solutions Virtually any Content Type can now be protected from Illegal Copying and Use on CD-ROM and CD-R meida. - 2004-08-18

“Paintings, Poetry, Puccini, and Pasta” offers a different combination of culture with a flavor all its own Special event with a taste of visual art, poetry, food, and classical music performed by African Americans, will take place on the eve of the Congressional Black Caucus and offer early arrivers and metro residents a taste of the arts in a distinctive new way. - 2004-08-18

The Average Wholesale Pricing (AWP) Extinction Event RxPriceBook Is Launched by Software Pharmacy, Inc. Average Wholesale Pricing (AWP) extinction event. Free market retail pharmacy data service. RxPriceBook launched by Software Pharmacy, Inc. - 2004-08-18

AFC Selects InstantService™ Chat to Improve Customer Service and Satisfaction With InstantService, AFC representatives are able to quickly answer customer questions, create support tickets, and communicate case status via live chat. InstantService enables AFC to enhance the quality and convenience of their technical support, thereby increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. - 2004-08-18

Class is back and so is Audrey Hepburn: A new book, How to be Lovely, presents Audrey Hepburn as a role model for the ages Audrey Hepburn is in fashion, as always. Published to celebrate her would-be 75th birthday, a new book, How to be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life makes clear that it is her character that will stand the test of time. - 2004-08-18

Cheflive Inc. decides to go the path of IPO Cheflive Inc, a Las Vegas based digital media company with both a national internet presence as well as 2 local production studios near completion, has garnered a lot of interest from chefs and restaurateurs all over the country in recent weeks. - 2004-08-18

4sitters.com babysitter service offers parents a lifetime transferable membership The online 4sitters.com babysitter service is revolutionizing how parents affordably find a babysitter, nanny, daycare, or tutor in their neighborhood. The online babysitter service is now offering a lifetime transferable membership in addition to their quarterly and yearly memberships. - 2004-08-18

CDP Web Solutions launches new Ticket Broker Directory at Cityticketsearch.com CDP Web Solutions has successfully completed the design and performance advancements of their latest website Cityticketsearch.com. - 2004-08-18

The American College Names New Associate Professor of Finance Don Taylor, PhD., has been named Associate Professor of Finance at The American College. Dr. Taylor will be responsible for course management and delivery of the financial planning component of HS 318 Insurance and Financial Planning. The course is an integral part of the curriculum for financial service professionals earning the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designations or completing the Certified Financial Planner course curriculum through The American College. - 2004-08-18

Don't Let Your Precious Memories Fade Away Custom DVD Design takes your old videos, films, slides, and photos and provides customers with a Personal DVD Movie. Besides personal applications, they also provide businesses with DVD Catalogs, training DVD's and other DVD marketing applications. - 2004-08-18

Blood Red Velvet - Live at FYE on Saturday, August 21st The rock band Blood Red Velvet will be signing autographs at FYE in The Esplanade, Kenner, Louisiana on Saturday August 21st from 2 to 4 pm. - 2004-08-18

Retire From those Traffic Woes The cost of traffic is measured not only in ever increasing fuel cost by health cost as well. - 2004-08-18

Lamar Park Shopping Center, the lifestyle shopping center of choice in Corpus Christi Announces the arrival of Jos A. Banks Clothing Store by Christmas 2004 Lamar Park Shopping Center of Corpus Christi, Texas, home of the best of breed national lifestyle retailers announced today long term lease with Jos A Banks a leading national clothing store. - 2004-08-18

(Redwood City, CA) Family Sweeps Net Is Growing Rapidly! Due To Our Projected Growth We Have Signed A Contract And Partnered With GameUniverse.Com To Offer Our Visitors Even More Interactive Games To Play Online! - 2004-08-18

Back-to-school blues: Unraveling the mystery of teen-girl bullies Every woman in America has a “mean girl” story—a horrible tale of catty proportions involving cruelty, embarrassment, hateful words and hurt feelings which she will never, EVER, forget. And girls across the country will fear this school year because of being tormented by other girls. As so accurately illustrated in the recent film from Paramount Pictures, “Mean Girls,” teen-girl bullying is very much a reality for today’s youth. Bestselling author, speaker and expert on teen issues, Hayley (Morgan) DiMarco offers her counsel in dealing with these wicked women in her new book with the same title--Mean Girls (Revell), which releases in August…just in time for the first day of class! - 2004-08-18

Singer/Songwriter's College Photo Becomes Chat Room Icon Singer/songwriter Kiki Webb of dancing Light is becoming a internet chat room icon. A college photo of Kiki, appearing in her online biography, has been snagged off the dancinglightmusic.com website and is being used to replace the popular acronyms LOL and ROFL ("laughing out loud" & "rolling on the floor laughing") in chat rooms around the world. - 2004-08-18

Baseball Fantasy Camps Make Ideal Corporate Incentive Programs Baseball Fantasy Camps make ideal corporate incentive programs and are becoming increasingly popular with corporations searching for memorable employee or customer appreciation ideas, states Lauren Hammond CEO of Sporthings.com - 2004-08-18

Dog Gone Missing…What’s an Heiress to Do? Pet Expert, Charlotte Reed, offers Paris Hilton advice on how to find her beloved Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, missing since August 11, 2004. - 2004-08-18

Will Disillusioned Atkins & South Beach Diet Participants Seek Weight Watchers & Dr. Phil Weight Solutions? Are low-carb diets here to stay or are they just a fad? Will behavioral wieght mangement solutions capture the refugees from Atkins and the South Beach Diet? - 2004-08-17

Aromatherapy With An Attitude "Aromatherapy with an Attitude" is a line of specialty fizz balls that use a custom blend of essential oils to take your bathing experience to a new high. With names like Just Ducky, Oo-La-La, Get Over It, and Zonkers, you pick the fizz ball based on your emotional need of the day. - 2004-08-17

Electric Pocket Releases Ringo for palmOne Treo 600 Today, the company has announced the availability of Ringo for the Treo 600 smartphone. - 2004-08-18

American Forces Invade Brits & Iroquois at Newtown 225th Anniversary Reenactment in Elmira, NY On August 27, 28 & 29, 2004, the hills will once again come alive with the sound of musket fire and cannonade as the Chemung Valley Living History Center hosts the 225th Anniversary of the Battle of Newtown. The event will take place Friday & Saturday, Aug. 27 & 28 at the Newtown Battlefield Reservation and on Sunday, August 29, at the peaceful 'Daniels' farm in Lowman, NY; site of the original battle will come alive with American, British & Iroquois re-enactors for a truly stunning portrayal of this famous battle. 1000 professional and amateur re-enactors will bring this multi-million dollar anniversary production to the Southern Tier for just three days. - 2004-08-18