News Releases

Bush Uses Stem Cells to Divide the Nation and the World Misguided Stem Cell Policy Found To Be Unlawful - 2004-09-09

New Survey Ranks RES as one of 13 Top Providers Of End-To-End Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services Recruitment Enhancement Services (RES), a provider of recruitment outsourcing and applicant management services, has been named one of the top thirteen providers of end-to-end recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services by HRO Today magazine. HRO Today, a leading publication with an editorial focus on human resources outsourcing, created the “The Lucky Thirteen” listing to recognize companies providing end-to-end RPO services. The list, is based on a survey of 17 national recruitment providers, their clients, RPO market research and analyst interviews. - 2004-09-09

Rise from the Ashes of Burnout Stress Doc, Mark Gorkin’s 3-part series will show you how. Read it on HR.com! Companies doing more with less are creating a burnout battlefield. Never fear, "The Stress Doc" ™ is here with the best advice for a healthy workplace. - 2004-09-09

TopUSAJobs.com Strengthens Management Team With Two Top Executive Appointments TopUSAJobs.com, the first cost-per-click performance-based Job Board, is pleased to announce the appointment of two National Account Executives, both former employees of tmp.worldwide/Monster Worldwide. TopUSAJobs.com has the fourth largest listing of USA jobs on the Internet. MEDIA CONTACT: Don Firth President & CEO TopUSAJobs.com Phone: 866-712-5627 Fax: 305-940-9235 E-mail:mailto:don@topusajobs.com - 2004-09-09

TALX Surpasses 100 Million Employment Records on The Work Number A significant milestone which benefits employers, employees, and verifiers. - 2004-09-09

“Managing Privacy Challenges in the Use of Employee Information;” popular IHRIM workshop to be hosted by UPS The program is designed to provide practitioners with the background, framework, and practical insights needed to successfully address the growing legal and regulatory challenges surrounding the use of employee personal information. HR and HR systems professionals in multi-national companies will benefit the most from this course. Those performing the same functions in more domestically oriented organizations have also found this workshop to be of real value, since privacy developments in the U.S. are illuminated and influenced by those in Europe and Canada. - 2004-09-09

DScape Picked to Develop Online Training for The Sports Authority Today DScape Interactive, a custom e-learning solutions provider, is announcing its selection by The Sports Authority to develop the retailer’s first online training center for its 16,000 employees, beginning with 385 retail stores. - 2004-09-09

Beyond systems and skills: BlessingWhite announces the brand-new Helping Others Succeed® to drive organizational performance Coaching is the hot trend in corporate america; however, coaching without connection is just instruction. BlessingWhite has developed a proven process that equips managers with coaching tools to create and sustain a high performance culture within organizations. - 2004-09-09

New Software Aids GMAT Candidates with Disabilities GMAT candidates who qualify for nonstandard testing options under the disability guidelines of the Graduate Management Admission Council now have the opportunity to practice under realistic conditions using the latest release of Upstart Raising’s popular GMAT Simulator software. - 2004-09-09

Portable Air Conditioner Standard Set by KwiKool Businesses that are looking for a cost-effective solution to keeping their valuable, hi-tech equipment cool have no reason to sweat. - 2004-09-09

Atlanta Real Estate Boosted by New Technology J.P. Smith Consulting, Inc., a Georgia-based real estate firm, has partnered with Citihomes Realty Corporation to provide sales support for an easy-to-use database of Atlanta real estate to potential home buyers and real estate agents. The technology is available to agents in other municipalities as well. - 2004-09-09

Los Angeles Consulting Agency Celebrates Five Years of Helping Businesses Succeed Clearly: Clear Pixel Communications Welcomes a New Period of Educational and Transformational Opportunities With the passage of Labor Day, schools around the country are gearing up for another year of academic advancement. If Clear Pixel Communications was like any other five-year-old, this would be the time of year when the Santa Clarita, California provider of marketing, management and educational solutions would be starting kindergarten. Of course, elementary school is a not an option for Clear Pixel, but its Managing Director, Matthew A. Gilbert, acknowledges that the agency’s fifth birthday symbolizes the start of a new period of educational and transformational opportunities. - 2004-09-09

John Kerry Friend Tries to Shut-Down Website Offering Free Access to "The New Soldier" The website http://freekerrybook.com, offering the public free access to a PDF copy of "The New Soldier" by John Kerry was temporarily shut-down by Yahoo following a complaint filed by an attorney representing George Butler, co-editor of the book and a close personal friend of John Kerry. In response, a new 527 organization has been established with a new website at http://freekerrybook.org to make information regarding this book widely available to voters prior to the Presidential election. - 2004-09-09

Download Royalty Free Music at CD Quality with Q-Disc™ New MP4 technology allows for royalty free music downloads from CSS Music, “When Overnight Isn’t Fast Enough.” - 2004-09-09

Three Warning Signs That Curiosity is Becoming a Cult-Like Obsession An estimated five to seven million Americans are involved in cult-like groups, and 180,000 new people are pulled into cults every year. Yet most people think something like this could never happen to them or their families. - 2004-09-09

“Set Up” Your Children for Success - 5 Tips to Help you Talk to Your Teen About Their Future Are you prepared to spend $41,000 or more for a college degree your child will never use, and then watch him or her drift aimlessly from one job to another in search of “something that fits”? Some in-depth discussion with your teen can help them define their dreams and avoid a future mid-life crisis. - 2004-09-09

Happily (and Hot) Ever After - 7 Ways to "Make" More Love in Your Marriage HOT TOPICS · The MOST IMPORTANT Gift You Can Give Your Husband or Wife · 5 Ways to Move from “Me” to “We” · The Key to Being Soul Mates – Not Room Mates · 2 Parts of Your Existence – and How They AFFECT YOUR MARRIAGE · 4 Secrets to Making “Marriage Fitness” Part of Your Lifestyle - 2004-09-09

Stop Sabotaging Social Sensitivity - How Literature Can Teach Tolerance Interview Questions How do the characters in your book deal with their cultural differences? Why do you believe LIFE IS PREDESTINED and how does that affect the course of events in your book? What can people do to CULTIVATE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS with family and friends? What books would you recommend to people who want to learn about other cultures? - 2004-09-09

The Dorm Vote – College Students Mobilize Nationwide With the 2004 elections just around the corner and both major parties catering to the college population for the much coveted “youth vote,” one unique program is making inroads to reach over 3 million college students where they spend most of their time out of class: in the residence halls (dorms). Started with an idea by a student at Ohio University, the first ever National Residence Hall Election Program is bringing political programming to the halls where students live and learn. - 2004-09-09

Affordable Employee Wellness & Prevention Programs Arizona firm delivers comprehensive program to increase employee productivity - 2004-09-09

Waxploitation Set to Release CD to Fight Genocide in Sudan - System of a Down, Gorillaz, Jurassic 5, Jill Scott, Bad Religion, Kinky Donate Songs Waxploitation Records will release a charity CD in an attempt to assist in the fight against the Genocide taking place right now in Sudan. The CD, titled Genocide in Sudan includes System of a Down, Gorillaz, Jill Scott, Jurassic 5, Thievery Corporation, Kinky, X-ecutioners, Bad Religion, Tortoise, Yoko Ono, Danger Mouse & Murs, Tweaker, The Pretenders, Mark Farina, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, DJ Spooky featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Toots and The Maytals featuring Bunny Wailer, Teargas & Plateglass, The Nightwatchmen and Rise Against amongst others. More than half the album includes exclusive songs and rarities. - 2004-09-09

Join International Biometric Group's Teleconference Series Today, September 9 at 1 PM ET IBG Monthly Teleconference series presents motley of topics related to biometrics – from politics to testing to gaming. - 2004-09-09

Patriots vs. Colts: Patriot fans take Colts' fans to the woodshed New England Patriots fans aren’t waiting until Thursday's game versus the Indiana Colts to begin collecting officially authorized, first-ever limited-edition NFL pilsner glassware, sculpted NFL team villages, NFL electric trains, and NFL team Christmas trees and collectible NFL team ornaments. Patriots fans have already begun to gather up this year’s new NFL collectibles in an ongoing effort to demonstrate that their NFL team has the most devoted fans. - 2004-09-09

In This Election, It Isn't Easy Being Christian Christians object to their faith being appropriated for political purposes; preaching anger and revenge in the name of Christianity ignores the New Testament messages of grace, love, and inclusiveness. - 2004-09-09

Star of Television’s #1 Reality Show to Share Realities of Gaining Credit Independence via Learningaboutcredit.com. Troy McClain teaches you how to "Start Your Life of Credit" in his new credit awareness DVD series at LearningAboutCredit.com. - 2004-09-09

VCG to demonstrate major new staffing software to improve staffing firm productivity. New upgrade to leading staffing software from VCG now integrates document management, email marketing, Microsoft Outlook, and timesaving timesheet data entry and invoice processing functions. - 2004-09-09

"Nanotechnology Industry Approaches Massive Growth Phase," says NanoClarity publisher in speech to investors. Alan Shalleck, publisher of NanoClarity,(www.nanoclarity.com ) the monthly newsletter and commentary on nanotechnology’s current state, value and worth, said in a speech today before private investors that, “because of the huge government and private investment worldwide during the last 18 months, nanotechnology was not only healthy but was entering a massive growth phase and that next year, 2005, should be a good year for nanotechnology IPO’s.” His speech is attached. - 2004-09-09

The LinuxQuestions.org Linux Wiki Hits Two Thousand Articles The LinuxQuestions.org Linux Wiki Hits 2000 Articles. - 2004-09-09

McObject and Logic Technology Expand Distributorship in Europe In an agreement signifying a mutual vote of confidence, McObject, developer of the eXtremeDB in-memory embedded database, and Logic Technology BV, distributor of embedded development tools and embedded software, based in the Netherlands, have expanded Logic Technology’s role as a distributor of McObject’s technology, adding two large European markets to Logic Technology’s territory. - 2004-09-09

Smarte Solutions Acquires Vincera Software Smarte Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of Piracy Management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Vincera Software, Inc., a provider of User Activity Intelligence solutions. Integration of both companies’ core technologies produces a fundamentally new approach that enables enterprises to Manage User Activity for Profitability. - 2004-09-09

AValon RF to Present Helicopter Newsgathering links, digital video links for Video Signage, COFDM True diversity Receivers and Transmitters and Diversity Analog receivers for stationary and mobile Newsgathering applications at IBC2004 AValon RF, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance wireless links will present its robust wireless video solutions at IBC2004, September 10-14 2004, Amsterdam, NL. Highlights will be a new static antenna tracking receivers for Helicopter news gathering , new 200 Kbit/1 megabit digital transceivers for data, audio video transmissions for Video Signage and digital (COFDM) and analog Video Receivers - 2004-09-09

Business Ethics Professor Cites Mission and Vision Process Transformational in Business Practice and Performance “ Mission and vision statements should be directed not only to the business community but to any human enterprise, public or private, in search of a clearer understanding of the reasons for its existence. Thus Socrates – ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’” says Dr. Curtis Brooks, Professor of Business Ethics, Old Dominion University - 2004-09-09

How to Increase the Value of Your Home Techniques for commanding higher prices and quicker sales--now and 10 years from now! Guidance on which renovations to invest in and which ones to avoid. - 2004-09-09

The Game of G Unit is the Most Anticipated Hip Hop artist to come out! The Game of G Unit is the most anticipated Hip Hop artist to come out ever. - 2004-09-09

Insurance & Financial Services Career Site Enters Alexa Top 100,000 Web-Sites IFS Jobs, (www.IFSjobs.com) a leading niche employment site serving the insurance and financial services industry, announced today that it has earned a place in the coveted Alexa Top 100,000 web-sites, certified by Amazon.com's Alexa Traffic Rank service. - 2004-09-09

Post 9/11 - Back From the Brink - Travel Related Business Crawls Back to Health, Serves 10,000th Customer Three years ago, in the aftermath of 9/11, Michael Worth almost lost his business. Crew Tags Int'l, LLC (www.crewtags.com) is one of many small travel-related businesses that saw sales plummet after 9/11. While many of those businesses were forced to close their doors, Crew Tags has crawled back to profitability. And now, almost exactly three years after the 9/11 tragedy, Crew Tags is making plans to celebrate serving its 10,000th customer. - 2004-09-09

Building a Mobile Media Empire with Text Messaging SMS Media Group (SMSMG) Strikes Content Agreements with Games Inc. (OTC BB:GMSI) and Russell Grant Astrology - 2004-09-09

Surviving Nuclear, Biological or Chemical Terrorist Attack Is Topic of New Video This DVD/VHS program and booklet provide an excellent, easy to understand guide to nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) terror threats, the appropriate responses, methods of self protection and necessary preparations. The program contains the information everyone needs, presented in a way everyone can understand. - 2004-09-09

Companies With Cash Flow Problems Now Have a Solution With Creative Finance Options Through Account Receivable Finance, or Factoring Cash flow problems due to business cycles can devastate undercapitalized companies and firms. Factoring provides a nice balance during a cash flow crunch that could otherwise lead to a stressful situation. - 2004-09-09

New Cutting Edge Seminar Empowers Application Design Teams to Deliver Highly Usable Software Classic System Solutions, a provider of usability products and training services for corporate software developers, today announced the release of it’s newest Application Design workshops. These instructor-led workshops will transform design theory into practical usage during a series of 2 day interactive seminars where students will learn how to define user goals and business needs and then apply proven design techniques to ensure highly usable and successful applications. - 2004-09-09

ZyDoc Offers Hurricane Disaster Transcription Support ZyDoc, a technology leader in automated medical documentation solutions, announced free emergency transcription and medical record support for healthcare workers and organizations affected by the Frances hurricane disaster. In view of the severity of the hurricane and widespread outage of electricity and phone service, ZyDoc recognizes the need to fulfill the requirements of healthcare providers for medical transcription and documentation management. - 2004-09-09

Wagerstreet.com Sportsbook and Casino Sets Odds On Deion Sanders' First Interception Wagerstreet.com Sportsbook and Casino has released odds on when Baltimore Raven Deion Sanders will grab his first interception of the season. Sanders, 37, has come out of retirement and joined the Baltimore Ravens. - 2004-09-09

The World's First Open Source Think Tank Empowers Ordinary People and Challenges Special Interest Politics The Wisdom Project combines the free exchange of open source politics with discussion board and wiki technology to create an idea development environment unlike any other. Using specially designed tools, members identify, develop, and publish solutions to real world problems. Building upon the open source political movement, the Wisdom Project aims to foster practical wisdom while remaining immune to the ideological bias and special interest influence common in privately funded "closed source" think tanks. - 2004-09-09

The Weight Loss Magic Bullet, Hoodia Gordonii BY MHSCI Hoodia Gordonii is all-natural and has no known side effects and no stimulants. Possibly the safest, most effective and powerful appetite suppressant in history. - 2004-09-09

October is Put Old on Hold Month - Ten Tips to Look and Feel Younger in 30 Days Anti-aging expert offers unique tips to help Boomers look and feel younger. - 2004-09-09

September 11th World Trade Center Tragedy Remembered In a time when we need community some people are thinking of profits. Last year GI Joe sales increased 47% year over year. We should remember September 11th for the suffering that occured...and how it forever shaped our lives. - 2004-09-09

Information Mosaic Wins Gold at CityCompass Corporate Action Benchmarking Competition Information Mosaic’s corporate actions automation application, CAMA™, has received the accolade of the GOLD AWARD in all three Industry sectors: asset manager, broker/dealer and custodian, in the CityCompass benchmarking competition B.I.S.S. (Benchmarking International Software Systems) Gold Awards, judged by Bloor research. The CityCompass event is recognized as the only international competition for corporate action solutions. - 2004-09-09

2nd Chance 4 Pets Sponsors "Adopt an Orphaned Pet Day" Marking the 3rd anniversary of 9-11, communities urged to open their hearts and homes to pets whose human companions have died. - 2004-09-09

Talent R US and Millennium Printing, Inc Announce Partnership to Produce the Spring 2005 Sportswear Catalog Talent R US selected as the exclusive provider of models for the 2005 Spring Sportswear Catalog. - 2004-09-09

Stop Losing Income and Profits From Unskilled, Untrained Workers E-Learning Business Training Increases Productivity and Saves Money! - 2004-09-09

Boston Artist Forms Realist Art Studio School and Presents First Annual Selected Figure Drawing Exhibition: New England Realist Art Center offers a unique hands-on approach to figure drawing and painting from life. Stressing important traditional principles of light and structure, students from around the globe come to Boston to study with founder and director, Dennis Cheaney. In support of figure drawing, New England Realist Art Center and the world-renowned portrait artist and instructor Ted Seth Jacobs present the First Annual Selected Figure Drawing Exhibition. Selected drawings available for viewing online: http://www.newenglandrealilstartcenter.com/exhibition.htm - 2004-09-09

Seventeen-Year-Old High School Student Takes on eBay Seventeen-year-old high school student, Matt Kirsch has designed and established Ticket-Auction.Net, a web-based auction site specifically created to take on web giant eBay for sports, concert and other event tickets. - 2004-09-09

RSVTea Launches New Luxury Line of Specialty Teas - Jardin De Thé RSVTea has launched Jardin De Thé, a collection of luxurious teas, to bring back the appreciation of fine teas held in beautifully designed tins. This line of specialty teas makes wonderful gifts for loved ones and is a delight to the senses. Each tin of Jardin De Thé holds high-quality grade loose leaf teas that come in an array of delicious custom blends. Jardin De Thé is available for wholesale to luxury department stores, spas, specialty and gourmet food shops, and fine boutiques. - 2004-09-09

New Technology Makes the Fight Against Hackers Spam and Viruses Easier, Cheaper Greencomputer's PowerElf® II Server Appliance Cut Costs for SMB/Enterprise, by providing a cheap and complete solution. - 2004-09-09

Ordination To The Christian Ministry Virginia Union Seminary graduate to be ordained on Sunday, October 10, 2004. - 2004-09-09

Northwest Florida Resident Opens New Counseling Program Aimed at Healing Your Spirit and Heart New counseling program to focus on helping a person heal their inner heart and spirit first and then take steps to making long term goals that will bring happiness to their daily lives and future. - 2004-09-09

Marine Growth Ventures, Inc. Announces Financing of King Crown International Company LTD and its MV Riviera I Marine Growth Finance, Inc. reaches definitive agreement to provide working capital and first preferred ship’s mortgage to new owner of MV Riviera I. - 2004-09-09

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE - SEPTEMBER 13th & 14th AT THE BELLEVUE Sponsored by The League of Women Voters, Philadelphia Chapter - 2004-09-09

Beauty and the Bride Dawn Hull, your Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant offers a complete array of Bridal Beauty products and services. The bride and her entire wedding party will experience the ultimate beauty experience at her Free Pampered Bride Clinic. - 2004-09-09

SUPERIOR REAL ESTATE SHOWCASES FLORIDA PROPERTY IN DUBLIN Homes Overseas Show, Dublin, 11th & 12th September 2004 The Superior Real Estate Group, the UK’s leading international overseas property company, are pleased to announce they will be at the Homes Overseas Show in Dublin, Saturday 11th to Sunday 25th September, at the Royal Dublin Society, Ireland. The Homes Overseas show promises to be the capital’s top exhibition for prospective property buyers looking to invest in overseas property. Available at Stand 12, will be one of the most comprehensive property portfolios covering Florida market place, as well as a team of experts offering advice on how to realise property aspirations. - 2004-09-09

Corporate Conflict Causes "Leaky" Profits Wrestling Rhinos at Work Can Be Fun and Profitable New book from Conflict Management expert, Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, addresses the skills necessary to reduce & avoid the costs of unresolved conflict & miscommunication in the workplace. - 2004-09-09

Hiroaki Inoue to be Special Anime Guest of Honor at Cascadia Con Cascadia Con, the NASFiC in 2005 is honored to announce our Special Anime Guest of Honor Hiroaki Inoue. - 2004-09-09

Increase Your Company’s Productivity – September is International Strategic Thinking Month Every business or organization faces a decrease in productivity or profits at some point in its existence. Too often, businesses try to overcome this slump by limiting themselves to strategies that worked in the past. But such an approach hinders their ability to fully develop their strategic thinking capabilities. - 2004-09-09

Registering a new business name? Begin with a Comprehensive Pre-Search at www.oncorp.com OnCorp Direct Inc. launches its Comprehensive Pre-Search, a sophisticated search application that finally provides the business community the ability to retrieve consolidated company information from numerous government and other directory sources across North America, including domain names, with a single query. - 2004-09-09

Randy Pulliam Joins the Law Firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. Randy Pulliam has joined the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., representing both institutional and individual investors in cases involving securities fraud, as well as plaintiffs in consumer fraud litigation. - 2004-09-09

Janice Pennington Joins the Law Firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. Janice Pennington has re-joined the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. Of Counsel. Pennington brings with her many years of experience in briefing and arguing substantive legal issues in trial and appellate courts around the country. She has also litigated toxic tort cases involving asbestos, TCE, and other toxic substances. - 2004-09-09

Baron & Budd Attorney Laura Baughman Receives Highest Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Laura Baughman, a shareholder with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., recently received the highest rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. This rating is a reflection of having achieved the highest levels of professional skill and integrity as established by confidential opinions from members of the bar and the judiciary. Approximately 45% of members of the bar have Martindale-Hubbell ratings, of which 21% hold the highest rating. - 2004-09-09

Baron & Budd Attorney Chris Nidel Published in Food and Drug Law Journal Attorney Chris Nidel, an associate at Baron & Budd, P.C., was recently published in the Food and Drug Law Journal. - 2004-09-09

Batting 1000 - and striking out Libertarian assails Iraq war as body count climbs - 2004-09-09

Heeter Printing of Canonsburg Pennsylvania announces the acquisition of the moderately priced QuickEst print estimating software, as a major enhancement to its high-tech state of the art facility. Heeter Printing acquires QuickEst print estimating software. The Pitman Company, who services the printing industry nationally, introduced the QuickEst system to Heeter. - 2004-09-09

Ekkeko Groovy Industries takes on eBay with free P2P classified ad system Internet start-up Ekkeko Groovy Industries is betting that its new classified ad system is the long-awaited peer-to-peer “Killer App.” The company has released EKKEKO, a free program that allows sellers to create advertisements for goods or services and buyers to find anything from collectibles to real estate. - 2004-09-09

McCue Systems Announces Release of LeasePak Version 5.1 McCue Systems Inc. of Burlingame, California announces the release of the latest version of its flagship lease/loan portfolio management solution, LeasePak 5.1. - 2004-09-09

Government Grant Opportunities and Work at Home Jobs Offer Relief in Sluggish Economy New Programs Provides Government Grants, Loans and Legitimate Work at Home Jobs - 2004-09-09

Important Tax Deadlines for the Self Employed Tax deadlines for tax planning by the self employed - 2004-09-09

FlashPoint launches fastest photo sharing on the Internet. Innovative Qurio Instant Photo Server allows instant photo sharing with anyone, any time, anywhere, directly from the control of your own PC. FlashPoint prepares to unlock the pictures of more than 40 million digital camera owners who have their pictures trapped in their PC. Consumers are tired of trying to share their pictures with cumbersome email attachments and time consuming uploads to web sites. The innovative Qurio Instant Photo Server allows you to instantly share thousands of full resolution pictures over the Internet, directly from your own PC. And, since your pictures stay right on your own hard drive, you remain in complete control of your personal pictures. - 2004-09-09

A Cinderella Story on the Business Front? Could network marketing be moving from ugly stepchild to Cinderella? USANA Health Sciences ranked ninth in Business Week’s top 100 small growth companies for 2004 demonstrates the power of multi-level marketing. Amid layoffs, outsourcing overseas, and depressed job growth, solid network marketing companies like USANA may be the wave of the future - 2004-09-09

Premier Assistive Technology announces the world’s most accessible CD / DVD creation software. Premier Assistive Technology, a world leader in assistive software for reading and writing, announces the release of its new Premier CD/DVD Creator, the world’s most accessible CD / DVD creation software. - 2004-09-09

Russian Dilemma Over New Chechen Terrorist Activity An article appearing this week in the web magazine News Informant, entitled “How Will Russia React To New Chechen Terror?” questions how Russia will react to its most recent terror attack – the seizure of a Russian school with over 1,000 hostages, primarily children. The recent series of attacks explode the myth that the Russian government, after years of reassuring their public that the unrest in Chechnya is virtually over, has been able to tame domestic terrorists. President Vladimir Putin recently called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on “terrorist acts” and extra troops have been called out to guard dozens of the country’s nuclear facilities. The most recent hostage crisis has led to further questions as to the effectiveness of the country’s intelligence and security organizations. Since 9/11 and the war on terrorism, critics have charged that Putin’s attempt to link the Chechen separatist movement with terrorist activities has been an exploitive attempt to whip up public support for his approach with Chechnya. - 2004-09-09

Fathammer Closes Investment Round with Nexit Ventures and 3i to Strengthen Technology and Expand Game Production on the Fast Growing Wireless Gaming Market Nexit Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on next generation information and communication technologies, and 3i, Europe's leading private equity and venture capital company, today announced an investment in Fathammer, a leader in advanced mobile gaming. Nexit Ventures co-lead the investment round of 4 million euros with 3i, a previous investor of Fathammer. The investment will be used to intensify Fathammer’s sales and marketing efforts globally, especially in fast-growing Asian markets. - 2004-09-09

SchmartBOARD Announces September 2004 Contest Winners SchmartBOARD, a company that develops “Electronic Circuit Building BlocksTM “, has started a contest to help introduce their new concept. Schmartboards are targeted towards engineers who would like to avoid having to do multiple revisions on PCB layouts and to students and electronic hobbyists who are tired of wire-wrap board, proto-board and breadboard limitations. - 2004-09-09

CodeFutures Enables Rapid Prototyping with FireStorm/DAO 2.2 CodeFutures has announced the General Availability of Release 2.2 of its FireStorm/DAO Java code generation tool for data persistence. - 2004-09-09

Restaurants Attribute Growth in Business to Online Ordering Online ordering has dramatically increased the takeout business for many restaurants. - 2004-09-09

Eleven Hundred Springs' "Bandwagon" Moves On Charts Standout single, "Why You Been Gone So Long" DJ's Fave - 2004-09-09

MediaRight, an investor relations firm, announces new marketing strategies for companies that trade through Pink Sheets and Bulletin Board venues. Paul J. Ford, CEO, of MediaRight announced today that MediaRight has launched a broad range of marketing packages geared towards helping companies that trade on Pink Sheets and Bulletin Board type exchanges. - 2004-09-09

Quest conducts major study about Saudi Youth Quest Consulting has recently completed a lifestyle study of Saudi teenagers aged 18-24. The company utilized qualitative research techniques and ethnography to speak to a cross-section of Saudi teens in the three main urban areas of Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam. - 2004-09-09

New Yorkers Commemorate 9/11 Generosity by Rebuilding California Town Burned in Wildfires 11 New York City firefighters among volunteers flying to San Diego County this 9/11 weekend to help rebuild homes lost in Cedar Fire of ‘03 as a way to say "Thank You to America" for support given New York City after 9/11 - 2004-09-09

BreakupChronicles.com Provides a Fresh Perspective on the end of the Affair BreakupChronicles.com features enlightening, inspiring, painful, and often witty stories about breaking up from the very people who were there. The site captures the sass and honesty of Sex in the City as well as the hopeful inspiration of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Site editor and self-described Relationship Journalist Lisa Steadman has written about many of her own breakups and encourages others to do the same. - 2004-09-09

Tennessee’s Largest Rural Water Utility Calls on Multi-Media Solutions Inc in Plan to Keep Drinking Water Safe from Terrorism Multi-Media Solutions, Inc. designed and built the display system for the 24/7 Command Center which will monitor the entire system in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s concerns about the vulnerability of the public water supply. - 2004-09-09

Get Involved. Save a Life. Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce & The American Red Cross To Collect Emergency Supplies This Friday at The Bellevue - 2004-09-09

Estate Planning for Financially Savvy Parents and Grandparents Article by Marc H. List, J.D., CPA of Goldstein Lewin & Co. appears on www.matureresources.org, a Website for Boomers and their parents. This article describes how estate planning methods can be used to finance a child or grandchild's college education. - 2004-09-09

Landscape Lighting Seminars Launch Contractors into Profitability Landscape Lighting is rapidly becoming a huge growth opportunity for landscapers. By attending a one-day hands-on seminar, they are ready to launch into this profitable business. - 2004-09-09

VitaCube Launches New "Super Drink" Tuesday September 7, 2004. VitaCube Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB:VCBE.OB - News), announced today the release of its new "Super Drink" eForce to the public. Source: VitaCube Systems Holdings, Inc. - 2004-09-09

Will you leave all your money to a younger woman in exchange for sexual favors? Do you hate your father’s new wife? Does your brother want to kill you for your parents money? Guess who holds the world’s record for saying the f word in a movie. This month’s edition of 50plus Online Magazine (50plusMag.com) as usual has some hard-hitting new articles that are either controversial, informative or just plain funny. Not the typical 50 plus blather. - 2004-09-09

Mayor Anthony Williams Proclaims DCFASHIONWEEK Mayor Anthony Williams has proclaimed Sept. 10-19 as dcFashionWeek in the District of Columbia. - 2004-09-09

If Britney Spears Can’t Find a Good Man, What Hope is There for the Average Single Woman? Author dispels myths about male behavior and shows women how they can easily attract and marry the men of their dreams. - 2004-09-09

Aweida Capital Management Chooses foreThought.net’s PerfectFone Telephone and Broadband Integrated Service. - 2004-09-09

Echo International Awarded 2-Year Contract with PPG Industries, Inc. Echo International, a premier language and cultural solutions service provider, was recently awarded a two-year Global Contract for Language and Localization Services by PPG Industries, Inc. - 2004-09-09

American Eurocopter Selects Lauckgroup to Renovate the Company’s Dallas Office Lauckgroup, Inc., an interior architecture firm with twenty years of experience creating interiors, announces the firm has been selected to re-design offices for American Eurocopter, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company). - 2004-09-09

Sapphire Technology opens in Los Angeles Owners offer Architectronics, System Integration and Custom Design products and services. - 2004-09-09

LogicTree to Voice Automate Citco Mutual Fund Services Help Line LogicTree Corporation announced today it was awarded a contract by Citco Mutual Fund Services (CMFS) to provide voice automation for its Shareholder Servicing and Transfer Agency division. - 2004-09-09

Family Forest® Genealogy Library Announcement Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. is proud to announce that the first 302 titles of The Family Forest® Genealogy Library have been created from the new Family Forest® Leadership Edition, http://www.familyforest.com/special.html and are now available individually or in collections at http://www.familyforest.com/GenealogyLibrarySale.html - 2004-09-09

FireWire Depot announces the addition of new 2.5", 3.5" and multi-drive enclosures FireWire Depot is introducing new enclosures and expanding their existing lines of 2.5", 3.5", 5.25" and multi-drive FireWire 1394a, FireWire 1394b, FireWire/USB2 enclosures. - 2004-09-09

Pericom In Production Using the Ingenuus Smart Expediter to Release Engineering Change Notices Ingenuus Software Inc., developer of flexible and affordable enterprise class Business Process automation solutions, announced today that Pericom Semiconductor of San Jose, California recently went into production on the Ingenuus Smart Expediter™ Professional 5.0, a scalable enterprise-class business process fusion solution managing engineering change notices. - 2004-09-09

Cooch Music Announces Essay Contest For One Lucky Winner To Win Their Amateur Songwriting Contest Business Renowned online songwriting and music site celebrates its fifth anniversary online this winter. As part of the celebration, Coochmusic.com will feature an essay contest inviting aspiring Music Industry Professionals to answer the question “Why I Deserve To Win The Cooch Music Amateur Songwriting Contest Business?” - 2004-09-09

KUA Declares Its Mission Accomplished Utility restores power to all customers two days after Hurricane Frances ripped through Osceola County, FL. - 2004-09-09

ConservativeMatch.com Offers Conservatives an Alternative to Mainstream Liberal Dating Sites Overwhelming Response to Conservative Dating Website in Four Months Since Launch - 2004-09-09

WORLD MASTER WATERCOLOR ARTIST POMM HEPNER HELPS MILLIONS with her PEACEFUL ART "Unspoken Courage" has become the official 9/11 tribute painting. It now hangs in over 35 Fire Stations in New York City and Manhattan. - 2004-09-09

15-y.o. New Yorker: "FBI's Psychological Tortures, Blackmail And Abuse Of The US Judicial System." 15 year old New Yorker Sonya Trakhtenberg: "Psychological tortures, blackmail and abuse of the US Judicial system by the US government agents and prosecutors." - 2004-09-09

Optical Bandwidth Demands Growing - Sign of Nation’s Economic Recovery Shopping habits of major companies can be recent indicator of an economic up turn. - 2004-09-08

ITtoolbox Business Intelligence Knowledge Base Reaches New Heights ITtoolbox, a leading online information provider for the IT market, has announced that its world leading destination for business intelligence information has set a new record for monthly viewership. Launched in December 2000, the ITtoolbox Business Intelligence Knowledge Base (http://BusinessIntelligence.ITtoolbox.com) was the Web’s first destination focused exclusively on providing in-depth content for the business intelligence market. Today, it remains the worldwide leader. - 2004-09-08

Baron & Budd Named One of the Nation’s Exemplary Plaintiffs’ Litigation Firms by The National Law Journal Baron & Budd, P.C. has been named to the “Plaintiffs’ Hot List” for the second year in a row by The National Law Journal. The “Plaintiffs’ Hot List – Results Come Before Reputation” (The National Law Journal, July 26, 2004) lists 20 plaintiffs’ litigation firms in the U.S. that have done exemplary work during the past year. - 2004-09-08

500th ANNIVERSARY OF MICHELANGELO’S DAVID David was displayed on September 8, 1504, beside the main doorway of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. In 1504, Michelangelo’s David was carved from a single block of white Carerra marble mined from a Tuscan quarry, the same quarry The Marble Fruit Company uses today to supply the marble for their extraordinarily lifelike marble fruit. - 2004-09-08

BigSoccer, the Leading Online Destination for Soccer Fans, Launches an All-New Online Store: BigSoccerShop.com BigSoccer, Inc. Strikes Alliance to Create Definitive Online Store for U.S. Soccer Fans. - 2004-09-08

WagerOnSports.com Announces Odds On First NFL Coach To Be Fired Odds Are Several NFL Coaches Are On The "Hot Seat" - 2004-09-08

reWave Hard Drive Recovery Specialists is Currently Offering Victims of Hurricane Frances Discounted Data Recovery Service For Damaged Computers reWave Hard Drive Recovery Specialists is offering a discount on data recovery service to victims of Hurricane Frances. A computer could have suffered damage during the storm, however the data could be recoverable. - 2004-09-08

RFID session a primer in the next major technology to change business since the Internet Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) will eventually change the way every facet of business is conducted, and manufacturers and parts suppliers need to be ready in order to compete in the future. For this reason, experts in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) are assembling in Dayton on November 3, 2004 to present the Mechanics of RFID, an intensive, full-day workshop geared for manufacturers and suppliers to meet customer RFID mandates and to focus on RFID as a productivity tool in manufacturing and distribution operations. - 2004-09-08

Target Hardening Procedures for Schools After September 11, 2001, it seemed completely obvious for Russian public safety, emergency management and counter-terrorism professionals to take precautionary measures to prevent terrorists from using airplanes as weapons. Following the catastrophic school siege in Russia, the United States must learn from the tragedy of others and implement more stringent school safety procedures. As part of a comprehensive “all hazards” emergency preparedness plan, school officials should develop procedures for enhancing security at all schools. - 2004-09-08

New Crib Gripz™ Tubes Protect Infants and Toddlers from Bumps and Bruises This new and inexpensive product can be inserted on the front, back and side hard crib railing and can also be used on doors, to prevent the little fingers from getting slammed. They can be used on playground equipment, edges of tables, desks, and many other places where the infants and toddlers tend to get hurt. - 2004-09-07

Kids in 31 Countries are Cooking for Culture Despite global violence, a grassroots book emerged with kids in 31 countries telling stories about their favorite country holidays and sharing secret recipes from family kitchens. It’s a timely message, one that reaches back in history thousands of years to dispel many misperceptions about people from different backgrounds and faiths. - 2004-09-09

Looking for lean/pull manufacturing solutions? Like Dorothy’s ruby slippers, the answer is right at your feet. ProfitKey's ERP system instrumental in Norfield Industries Success! - 2004-09-09

Ewaste Eddie License Available at the Toy and Game Inventors Forum (TGIF) in Las Vegas, Nevada Computer Recycling For Education Launches the Universal Licensing of its Ewaste Eddie theme character for toys, plush dolls, games, apparel, movies, animation/TV, publishing, stationery and collectibles in time for the Christmas season. - 2004-09-09

Federal Election Commission Okays Issues-Based DollarVote.orgTM Returning the election focus to key issues, like taxes, stem cell research, freedom of the press, immigration, abortion/right to life and same-sex marriage, is the idea behind DollarVote.orgTM, a brand new concept that will harness the power of the Internet, beginning with the 2004 Senatorial election. - 2004-09-09

Lightspeed Research Launches the Lightspeed Affiliate Program in the U.S. Lightspeed Research, a leading provider of global online market research, today announced the launch of the Lightspeed Affiliate Program. The program provides an opportunity for website owners to earn money by driving visitors to the Lightspeed Consumer Panel, a free website where hundreds of thousands of U.S. and Canadian residents participate in online surveys. - 2004-09-09

Historic Sikh Temple to Organize Grand Multimedia Show The historic Sikh Gurdwara, Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazoor Sahib, would organize a grand multimedia show in which special videos produced by Guru Nanak Data Baksh Lai Mission will be shown. - 2004-09-09