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Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries at the Adventures in Travel Expos Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries organizes distinctive educational travel programs covering all that Crete has to offer – ancient history, culture, wild nature, organic agriculture and cuisine. CCS founder, Nikki Rose, is speaking on the panel, “What’s Hot in Adventure Travel” at the Adventures in Travel Expos in Chicago (January 7, Stephens Convention Center), New York (January 14, Javits Convention Center) and Washington, DC (January 28, Washington Convention Center). CCS will also have an exhibition booth at the Chicago and DC shows. - 2004-12-21

Pilat Announces Its 30th Birthday Pilat HR Solutions today announced its 30th birthday. - 2004-12-21

Jefferson Pilot Financial Completes Integration of Canada Life’s U.S. Group Insurance Division Jefferson-Pilot Corporation (NYSE: JP) today announced it has completed the integration of the U.S. group life, disability and dental business of The Canada Life Assurance Company with its group insurance operation, Jefferson Pilot Benefit Partners, based in Omaha, Neb. - 2004-12-21

Sub300’s 164 Million Computer Challenge: Make the Switch to Linux Sub300 will install Linspire, Firefox and OpenOffice free of charge to any system. - 2004-12-21

Beasley Allen Law Firm Calls Upon Pfizer for Celebrex Recall Experienced Celebrex attorneys have been reviewing patient cases against Pfizer since 2000. - 2004-12-21

Office Desks are Dirtier Than Toilet Seats With the cold and flu season around the corner it's something to take seriously,” says Dr. Ingram, author of “Natural Cures for Killer Germs.” - 2004-12-21

Actress Leslie Bega Helps Spymac Go Green Spymac Network, Inc. shows its true colors through a new partnership with GreenZones, and will kick off the relationship with a live chat and discussion session with celebrity actress Leslie Bega. - 2004-12-21

"The Curse of Mesphisto's Seed," a new novel by William P. Haynes former contributer to "The Kerouac Connection" in England and "Blue Beat Press" in Japan. This is the authors first full length work since the 1987 release of "Fated Visions" with Joyce Carbone. - 2004-12-21

Peter G. Balbus, Management Consultant and Futurist, Sees Significant Growth Opportunities for Companies with e-Business Enabled Indirect Sales Models Web-enabled marketing technologies make possible new business models and new strategic capabilities - 2004-12-21

Network Marketers Find Value in New Industry Portal A new and unique web portal devoted to network marketing resources and education is live on the Internet. - 2004-12-21

Inventor of the PC Modem to Chair Advisory Board Asset Reallocation Software Company Names Dennis Hayes to Head Advisory Board of Industry Experts - 2004-12-21

Calling All “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” Fans: Announcing “A Queer Eye Gift Kit” and Chance to Meet Jai Rodriguez Contest at TheCelebrityCafe.com This is a one-month contest, perfect for fans of Jai Rodriguez, one of the cast members of the outrageously popular makeover show, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”. The contest starts on December 13, 2004, and ends on January 10, 2005. Contest is sponsored by TheCelebrityCafe.com and MAC Events, LLC. - 2004-12-21

Bad Bed Etiquette Curbed - Sleep Made Easier for Snoring Sufferers with Tongue Exercises Couples who suffer from quarrels due to snoring and other sleep-related problems can rest easier with a new tongue exercise program called IJustWantToSleep. The program has a 94 percent success rate with stopping snoring and helps decrease 18 other sleep disorders. - 2004-12-21

Online Poker Bot Invasion Are you losing money playing online poker? What could be even worse is the fact you are not even losing to a human opponent. Poker Bots have become common place in online poker rooms since 1st February 2004 when Winholdem a commercially available bot launched. - 2004-12-21

Listeners Tune In and Buy GRAMMY®-Nominated Music on Gold Buckle Network™ Online Network Streams Art Greenhaw and The Light Crust Doughboys to Worldwide Audience - 2004-12-21

Christmas Coding Campaign Launched Free Selected Source Code of If Monks Had Macs Now Available - 2004-12-21

Gas Station Turned Residential "The Urban Prairie House": Unconventional Work of Kawell, Mooney, Sawyer Architects and Builders and Pisa Design, Inc. to be featured on HGTV's Show - Before and After A distressed gas station property is transformed into an elegant but small "Urban Prairie House" by the award winning design team of Kawell, Mooney, Sawyer Architects and Builders and Pisa Design, Inc. Through close collaboration architect, interior designer and client realize a home which honors its commercial roots and the restored prairie landscape on which it is sited. The project will be feature on HGTV's Before and After. - 2004-12-21

US Customers & Home Buyers Network - The Focus for Release 2.0 of Xstream Realty's Virtual Agent™ Software Xstream Realty Incorporated in Halifax, Nova Scotia, announced the recent release of version 2.0 of its proprietary Virtual Agent™ Web Based Software. - 2004-12-21

VCG Staffing Software to Offer Turn-key Disaster-Recovery Services to Staffing Clients. New disaster recovery services from VCG staffing software enables staffing firms to anticipate 'worst case' disasters and remain operational, reducing disruptions to business and loss of critical data. - 2004-12-21

Mobile Multimedia Messaging (MMS) Revenues to reach $42.5 billion Worldwide in 2005, but High User Failure Rate Remains Despite failing to deliver on its promise, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) revenues will reach $42.5 billion in 2005 – more than double the figure for 2004. - 2004-12-21

Planetwide Games Brings the 1st Fantasy Player vs. Player MMORPG "Risk Your Life" to North American Video Game Players Open Beta for “Risk Your Life” Passes 100,000 North American Registered Player Milestone in 8 Weeks, Joining 1.2 Million Players Worldwide - 2004-12-21

IntelliTrack Releases “RFID Slap & Ship” Software for Easy and Inexpensive Compliance with RFID Mandates IntelliTrack Inc. announces the release of its new RFID Slap & Ship software package. IntelliTrack RFID Slap & Ship is a turn-key RFID compliance solution that will allows enterprises to immediately conform to current and emerging RFID standards. With this simple to implement and easy to use application, a warehouse can immediately begin shipping cases and pallets that are correctly labeled with EPC compliant SGTIN and SSCC SmartLabels. - 2004-12-21

Armchair Millionaire Community Bulletin: Surviving Splitsville "Happily ever after" just isn't in the cards for some marriages. If you're facing divorce, money may be the last thing you want to think about. However, to ensure your well-being down the road, it should be the first. - 2004-12-21

First Christmas Tree in Year 1510 - Riga Latvia Was Not Luther's Tree When searching for the historical beginning of the first Christmas tree, one must go very deep into the past. Just like Santa Claus one finds that the first Christmas tree was combination of many different facts, legends and customs all starting in the Baltic countries and what is now Northern Germany. The first documented use of an evergreen tree in a Christmas celebration was in Riga, Latvia, in the year 1510 according to many sources. - 2004-12-21

MedicineNet Survey Shows Spending Time On the Computer Beats Phoning Friends For Coping With Holiday Depression MedicineNet survey shows that for some, spending time on the computer beats telephoning friends as a strategy for coping with winter holiday depression. - 2004-12-21

Global Hotel Discount Card Launched with over 70 Hotels - Spread out over 26 Countries In an effort to counter excessive commissions charged by online travel agents worldwide, GHD a company formed by a group of hotel professionals has launched the Global Hotel Discount Card. - 2004-12-21

Web Guru Slams 'Da Vinci Code' Web guru TigerTom (tigertom.com) has slammed best seller 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown. He described it as "a poisonous fuel for anti-Christian and anti-Catholic sentiment, and should be classed alongside 'The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion', as a work of black propaganda". - 2004-12-21

Degreedate.com, LLC Launches Dating Site Targeting Educated Singles Degreedate.com, LLC launches dating site targeting educated singles. Degreedate.com officially launched on December 18th, 2004. - 2004-12-21

February 08-February 26, 2005 - “Dialogue” Haitian and Nigerian Artist Works on Exhibit in Manhattan On February 8 2005, works by Haitian Master Artist, Guerdy Jacques Preval and Nigerian Metal Sculptor, Osamede Obazee will be on display at Gelabert Studios Gallery, located at 255 West 86th Street, in Manhattan. - 2004-12-21

Is there Money in your Mouth If you are complimented on a nice voice, and have been told to do something professionally, you most likely didn't know where to start. National Voiceover Actor Mike Weiner gives you a roadmap to follow in "Is There Money In Your Mouth", now available at http://www.xlibris.com/weiner - 2004-12-21

New Digital Camera Web Site Helps Overwhelmed Consumers DigicamGuides.com explains digital camera terms in plain English. - 2004-12-21

SurePayroll Adds New Payroll Service Features that Appeal to its Larger Small Business Customers SurePayroll, America's fifth largest payroll provider, has enhanced its online payroll service to include many new features. - 2004-12-21

ISITE Design Opens Boston Office Growing Portland Oregon Web Development Agency Expands to East Coast - 2004-12-21

Wrapping Paper Gets Personal with Launch of PicturePaper.com Gift wrapping paper becomes part of the present with personal pictures printed on high-quality wrapping paper: variety of choices for all seasons available at www.PicturePaper.com - 2004-12-21

Gas Station Turned Residential "The Urban Prairie House": Unconventional Work Of Kawell, Mooney, Sawyer Architects and Builders and Pisa Design, Inc. To Be Featured on HGTV's Show, Before and After. A distressed gas station property is transformed into an elegant but small "Urban Prairie House" by the award winning design team of Kawell, Mooney, Sawyer Architects and Builders and Pisa Design, Inc. Through close collaboration architect, interior designer and client realize a home which honors it's commercial roots and the restored prairie landscape on which it is sited. The project will be feature on HGTV's Before and After. - 2004-12-21

New Heather Waters CD Features Stellar Lineup - Guest Performances by Gillian Welch, Wallflower Rami Jaffee & More Redd Fogg Records is pleased to announce the release of shadow of you, a new full-length CD by genre-fusing vocalist, Heather Waters. Produced by long-time bassist Sheldon Gomberg, the latest offering from the soulful songwriter includes collaborations with legendary Americana artists Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, as well as Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers. - 2004-12-21

Online Retailer Provides One Stop Shopping With A Simple Touch GeekWares launches new online software store, providing customers with one of the largest software libraries in the world. A one stop shopping experience made to be simple, fast, and secure. - 2004-12-21

Get Increased Search Engine Traffic With Google Adwords Effective use of Google AdWords can generate increased search engine traffic in less than 30 minutes. AdWords can produce more sales (and profits) than any other form of Internet advertising, but Google's complex and competitive system ensure financial disaster for the unprepared. - 2004-12-21

Improved Search Engine Ranks with MetaWebs Software MetaWebs software from Anderson Agencies automates many time consuming search engine optimization tasks, making improved search engine ranks more affordable. - 2004-12-21

After Christmas Return Policies Get Stricter Retailers are making it more difficult for customers to return goods for a refund by implementing more complicated and restrictive return policies, and by using a newly created "blacklist" which tracks "serial returners." - 2004-12-21

Rainbow Light – Making a Dramatic Impact on Worldwide Health Through Ongoing Donations to the Vitamin Angel Alliance Recognizing the critical role nutritional supplements play in countering the significant health dangers posed to pregnant women and newborn babies in at-risk populations world-wide, Rainbow Light’s increasing vitamin donations are making differences that will be felt for many years to come. - 2004-12-21

Child’s Play Technologies, a Leader in Website Design, Now Develops Cold Fusion Websites Child’s Play Technologies, an Atlanta-based web site design firm, has added Cold Fusion to their list of internet specialties. - 2004-12-21

Holiday Blues? Feeling Rejected? Here%u2019s How To Deal With The Down Days Tom Justin, author of "How To Take No For An Answer And Still Succeed," (How to Turn Everyday Rejections Into Profit And Abundance) offers these humorous Holiday tips, including Six Guaranteed Ways To Really Enjoy The Holidays: - 2004-12-21

Home Delivered Love Gets Singles Through The Holidays Home Delivery is the newest craze to hit the singles scene – One2One Magazine, the leading magazine for busy professionals and love seekers, provides an intelligent alternative to the meat market, with each issue spotlighting eligible millionaires, celebrities, geniuses, achievers and singles that you’re not likely to run into anywhere else, except maybe in your fantasies. The fun magazine also offers resources such as reviews of online dating sites, exclusive singles travel, events and the best upscale lounges and hangouts. - 2004-12-21

Worlds Biggest Snowball Fight The worlds biggest snowball fight is being waged…albeit via mobile phone. - 2004-12-21

Net-Progress Makes Internet Use Easier For the Blind Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake has tabled a parliamentary motion congratulating net-progress, a local firm responsible for net-guide.co.uk, the accessibility search engine which has achieved the "See it Right" award from the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). The RNIB conducted an independent review of the search engine's accessibility. - 2004-12-21

Arizona Author Releases Preliminary Plans to Raise More Than $200,000 for the 'Don't Think Like an Elephant! National Reading & Discovery Tour Fran Briggs announces plans to go on tour with new, children's book with real life applications which show students how to achieve - 2004-12-21

"Painting For Preservation" Initiative Names Frederick W. Lander, G.A.R. Post 5 Museum Inaugural Recipient This news release details the inaugural distribution of funds from the "Painting for Preservation" initiative which was created to help groups dedicated to the preservation and protection of the treasured lands, properties and antiquities of the USA. - 2004-12-21

Jamie Sparks New Music Video for "Fun Tonight" to Debut on iTunes December 21st. Jamie Sparks new music video for "Fun Tonight" will debut on Apple's iTunes Music Store on December 21, 2004, officially launching the album in the United States and worldwide. - 2004-12-21

Rowing Girls Press Announces The Publication of My Mommy Rows Children’s Book Shows Parents Can Be Role Models in Sport and Life, While Teaching the Basics of Rowing In between working and taking care of her two young girls, while her husband is serving in Irag, author Theresa Gang has written, My Mommy Rows - a children's book families can share together to learn about the sport of rowing. With captivating illustrations by Jennifer Schroth, My Mommy Rows brings to life the fun, friendships and rewards rowers experience. Told through the eyes of a child, My Mommy Rows also reinforces that parents can be role models in sports as well as in life. - 2004-12-21

Marriage Is Good For Your Health - Nagging May Be A Factor A new study by the Center for Disease Control demonstrates that married people have better health than their unmarried counterparts. - 2004-12-21

"The New Book of Image Transfer" Selected for Booklist’s Top Ten Craft Books in 2004 - Featured on TV Shows and In Magazine Reviews "The New Book of Image Transfer", by Debba Haupert (Lark Books) was selected as one of the top ten craft books of 2004 by Booklist. Also, featured on Carol Duvall Show (HGTV, DIY) and in magazines. - 2004-12-21

Blues, Brews, and Barbeque - Memphis TN Blues, brews and barbeque: Three things that ooze from Memphis, Tennessee. But that’s not even the half of what this southern city with a groove has to offer. Vacations Made Easy (VME) has travel package for every budget that can put you in the heart of everything Memphis has to offer: history, culture, music and good, down home cookin’. - 2004-12-21

Not The Holiday Snaps Again News on the launching of *NLP personal development seminars throughout 2004-2005 with a collection of activities to include Jungle trekking, water rafting, elephant riding in Chiang Mai Asia - 2004-12-21

An Ideal Gift For the Granny and Grandad Who Have Just About Everything News on the launching of NLP personal development seminars through out 2004 2005 combined with a collection of activities to include Thai-cooking,Thai-massage, bartik clothing artistry, Jungle trekking, water rafting, elephant riding in Chiang Mai Asia - 2004-12-21

YourEasyStreet.com is the Microsoft Office for Home-Based Business Owners YourEasyStreet.com can help anyone and everyone trying to build a business working from home, whether they already have an existing business or not. - 2004-12-21

Music Garage To Open In Indianapolis Indianapolis will have a new complex for musicians in 2005. Phase one of the Music Garage is currently under construction on Indy’s north side at 6828 Hawthorn Park Drive, located in Hawthorn Park. It will feature a digital recording studio, rehearsal suites, and instrument and equipment storage closets and offer c.d. duplication. - 2004-12-21

2nd-to-no-1-in-jewelry.com Makes Shopping for Jewelry and Watches Easier and More Enjoyable With Helpful Articles About Jewelry and Featured Individually Selected Companies That Offer Quality and Excellent Customer Service. 2nd-to-no-1-in-jewelry.com provides advice, information and individually selected companies for shoppers looking for quality Jewelry, Birthstones, Bracelets, Costume Jewelry, Engagement Rings, Jewelry Boxes, Watches and Wedding Rings. - 2004-12-21

1st-in-sporting-goods.com Makes Shopping for Sporting Goods and Sports Equipment Easier and More Enjoyable With Helpful Articles About Sporting Goods and Featured Individually Selected Companies That Offer Quality and Excellent Customer Service. 1st-in-sporting-goods.com provides advice, information and individually selected companies for shoppers looking for quality Sporting Goods, Archery, Baseball Caps, Fly Fishing, Fishing Supplies, Golf Equipment, Martial Arts, Jerseys, Paintball, Running Shoes, Ski Equipment, Snowboards and Sports Equipment. - 2004-12-21

2nd-to-no-1-in-fitness-equipment.com Makes Shopping for Fitness Equipment and Bodybuilding Easier and More Enjoyable With Helpful Articles About Fitness Equipment and Featured Individually Selected Companies That Offer Quality and Excellent Customer Service. 2nd-to-no-1-in-fitness-equipment.com provides advice, information and individually selected companies for shoppers looking for quality Fitness Equipment, Used Exercise Equipment, Bodybuilding, Treadmills, Pilates, Weight Training and Yoga. - 2004-12-21

Japanese Glass Coating Manufacturer Seeks Partners to Market Revolutionary Technologies A Japanese company has created dramatic breakthroughs in the coating of glass, endowing it with incredible properties, including 10 different functions from window insulation - from heat or cold - to security to multi-media and educational applications. - 2004-12-21

LISTSERV Product Line Update Reclaims Communication Focus - New Versions Enhance Spam Control and Enable Recipient Warehousing Most companies large enough to employ a full-time communication professional have adopted or at least investigated the use of email for targeted customer communication. In doing so, they have usually been frustrated by two challenges: the difficulty of creating a recipient data warehouse without on-site technical expertise, and spam. Today, L-Soft is launching a new version of its LISTSERV(R) product line that addresses these issues, and many more. - 2004-12-21

Let them Speak Fonikz, Teachers Can Now Teach Reading Online Fonikz (phonics) provides teacher training and lessons for students online. There is no charge for the online courses but teachers can download workbooks for a small fee. The online course includes phonics, spelling, and vocabulary for word recognition. - 2004-12-21

The Fund For Horses Announces Its Charity Organization The Fund for Horses annouces its launch of a charity division aimed at assisting horses and those who rescue them. - 2004-12-21

Quicken 2005 Policy Angers Competitors and Customers Software firms, competitiors, and financial institutions unhappy with Intuit's dropping of QIF import in Quicken 2005. One small firm urges businesses to contact Quicken in protest. - 2004-12-21

Good Strategy Saves Lives, Makes Money and Provides Balance Strategy is an art to be mastered, not an academic discipline. Mastery can be gained, through practice, dsicipline and innovative learning. - 2004-12-21

Movie-Gurus.com Surpasses 1/4 Million Reviews Read Mark Movie-Gurus.com, with its all volunteer staff of programmers and reviewers has surpassed the 250,000 reviews read mark. Movie-Gurus reviewers have contributed over 1200 reviews, 700 of those in the last year. The Movie-Gurus internal logging system was installed in March of 2004, and shows that Movie-Gurus has steadily built an audience that reads from 1000-2000 reviews on the site each day. - 2004-12-21

Da Vinci Code Grail Family Secret Traced to US Presidents and Left Behind Series by Tim LaHaye The Holy Grail Family traced from Adam to Jesus to today to US Presidents. Which Grail Family descendant is the Predicted Jesus come to earth again today - judging the nations? Are you a Grail Family descendant or will you be Left Behind ? - 2004-12-21

Concrete Washout Systems, Inc. Awarded The 2004 Pollution Prevention Award by The Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) CWS recognized for implementing a technological application based on outstanding pollution prevention efforts resulting in environmental protection. - 2004-12-21

Atlantis on the Florida Plain - Researcher Verifies Findings Researcher confirms Plato's assertion that the Florida Plain was once part of Atlantis. Plato not only described Harbor Island (in Tampa Bay) as Atlantis, but gave detailed descriptions of the Florida plain as part of the country. - 2004-12-21

Prince Albert of Monaco Visits Curacao Dolphin Academy and Curacao Dolphin Therapy Center His royal highness prince Albert of Monaco was for 2 days at Curacao and Aruba last month. He was here for his work as a representative of the Laureus foundation. - 2004-12-21

Anti-Spam Website Greylisting.org Rewarded with Ownership of the Domain from OpenDomain.org New website explains and expands the highly effective anti-spam technique with information and resources. - 2004-12-21

First RFID Smart Label for Laser Printers in Sheet Form Developed by Worldlabel.com Worldlabel.com New York, NY - is pleased to announce the development of Xtrack™ RFID Smart Labels on 8.5 x 11” sheets for printing with computer laser printers. Prototypes of a 4” x 6” label on a laser cut sheet with an EPC UHF tag inserted have been produced. Worldlabel.com has the ability to embed any size label on a laser printer label sheet. - 2004-12-21

www.colldispcasezone.com – Unique Acrylic Display Cases For Collectibles And Sports Memorabilia www.colldispcasezone.com now offers a wide selection of affordable portable displays and shelf cases to display your unique sporting memorabilia. - 2004-12-21

Marketing to Success - Low or No Cost Business and Marketing Strategies International businesswoman and marketing strategist consults and teaches with highly successful results. - 2004-12-21