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Pandemic: Deadly Worldwide Outbreak of Influenza Predicted - FLAVORx Testing Preventative Antiretroviral Drugs In Thailand FLAVORx (www.flavorx.com) responds to President Bush's warning of the avian flu spreading towards the U.S. that is feared to be more deadly and more virulent than either the Hong Kong Flu of 1968 or the Spanish flu of 1918 that killed an estimated 50 million people. FLAVORx the leading Maryland bio tech award winning company is testing flavor formulations in Thailand for covering the bitter taste of the anti retroviral drugs children will need to recover but find near impossible to swallow due to taste. - 2005-10-08

GuideToOpportunities.com Offers Information and Resources for Entrepreneurs Looking to Start a New Business, Buying Franchises, and Learning about Internet Marketing Our GuideToOpportunities.com directory offers vast resources for entrepreneurs looking to Start A New Business, Home Based Business, Buying Franchises, and Learning About Internet Marketing. The portal invites visitors to explore and discover what it takes to starting and owning your own business through myriads of fresh resources and links. - 2005-10-08

DealPass Now Offers Consumers Help at the Gas Pumps Drivers can visit DealPass to find the lowest gas prices in their local neighborhoods. - 2005-10-08

Collector’s Estate Auction Holds Much of Local Cleveland’s History Thousands of items to be auctioned from the amazing estate of Larry Southworth. - 2005-10-08

Leading Online Gambling Portal Certifies New Casinos Online Gambling Insider announces certification and $1,000 player deposit guarantee for Ruby Fortune and Spin Palace Casinos. - 2005-10-08

Where Do the Hotel Chains Stand on Hurricane Evacuees? When you take in hurricane evacuees as paying guests, when do you make the decision to make a guest leave to honor a previously made reservation? - 2005-10-08

Instant Real Estate Nnewsletter Transforming the Way Real Estate Professionals Target Prospects This service is of interest to real estate agents. It is a newsletter that enables a real estate agent to manage and sell to their contact base effectively. - 2005-10-08

4inkjets Launches New Affiliate Program Web Site with Marketing Tools for Online Success The company has developed a complete set of powerful and user-friendly web site integration tools for beginning to advanced webmasters. - 2005-10-08

Growth in FOREX Investing Boosts Local Firm Pasadena, CA - based brokerage sees growth in Foreign Exchange investors and traders. Foreign Exchange popular among students, families seeking ways to build wealth. - 2005-10-08

PennWell Acquires Small Times Magazine PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it has acquired Small Times magazine, a business publication covering the fast-emerging nanotechnology, MEMS and microsystems markets. The acquisition also includes the magazine’s associated trade conference and exhibition, NanoCommerce, taking place November 1-3, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois, the magazine’s website, www.smalltimes.com, newsletters and research services. - 2005-10-08

Charity Auction for Benito Mussolini’s 1939 Lancia Becomes Most Watched Item on eBay The eBay charity auction for Benito Mussolini's 1939 Lancia Astura attracts buyers from across the globe, and quickly becomes the most watched item on eBay Canada's site. Interested parties can still take part in the auction - or watch the auction unfold during its last 3 days. - 2005-10-08

Smoky Mountains Harvest Festival Kicks off in Gatlinburg Tennessee The Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival is a county-wide festival including Gatlinburg, Sevierville & Pigeon Forge with special events, local craft shows and more. Log Cabin rentals, cottages, and chalets are available now for weekend or weekly rentals in the Great Smoky Mountains. - 2005-10-08

Garbage Bills Got you Down in the Dumps? Is Your Real Estate Investment or Business Paying High Waste Expenses? How do real estate investors turn trash into cash? We found a waste management company that will show you. - 2005-10-08

Jambhala Empowerment & Explanation by the Venerable Lama Lodu Rinpoche, a Highly Realized Vajra Master In Tibetan Buddhism, JAMBHALA embodies the Wealth Deity aspect of all the Buddhas & bodhisattvas of past, present and future, and grants longevity & prosperity in daily life. The Venerable Lama Lodu Rinpoche, the spiritual director of Kagyu Droden Kunchab, a Tibetan Buddhist Center in San Francisco, California, will give the Jambhala Empowerment at the request of his students in Marin County, California. - 2005-10-08

Manhattan Dentist Mixes Whiter Teeth, Spa Treatments, Fine Cuisine and Hotel Concierges for Healthy Living Preeminent New York City dentist Dr. Jan Linhart hosted an event last week for New York City concierges offering up a taste of his cosmetic dental treatments and care as well as a more literal taste of the fine cuisine from and complimentary paraffin hand treatments from Faina Spa. - 2005-10-08

Costa Rica Living & Retirement Tips There are hundreds of thousands of Americans considering retiring abroad and investing in international real estate. This informative and sometimes amusing free 18 page report explains the '124 Tips & Traps' Americans should be aware of when think of retiring to Costa Rica and buying Costa Rica real estate. - 2005-10-08

Introducing EATware™, Environment Appropriate Tableware from GTI EATware™ products are environmentally friendly, single use food containers made from pulp using bamboo and sugar cane fibers. Unlike Expanded Polystyrene products that take over 200 years to decompose and can only do so in landfills, an EATware™ product can decompose to 64% in just 180 days. EATware™ products can also be recycled as paper. - 2005-10-08

AiMA Plans to Entertain DMA05 Attendees The Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association hosts kick-off party at the Mark Ultralounge. - 2005-10-08

The World's Largest Ad Page The world’s largest ad page is one of the fastest growing internet trends, Pixel advertising. Buying a 10x10 block of pixels you can advertise anything to a huge market. - 2005-10-08

Battelle Replaces ERP Software with the E2 Shop Management System Battelle switched from an ERP Software System to a Manufacturing Software System called the E2 Shop System from Shoptech Software. Changing ERP software was easier than expected since Shoptech was able to convert Battelle’s data from their old ERP Software System. - 2005-10-08

Q3 2005 M&A Activity Sets New Record in the Accounts Receivable Management Industry: Kaulkin Ginsberg Says 2005 Could Surpass Last Year’s Record-Breaking Results After a slow start in the first half of the year, 2005 M&A activity kicked into high gear in the Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) industry thanks to a dramatic spike in third quarter transactions that produced $1.14 billion in total deal value, the largest amount of deal value ever recorded in a quarter. So far this year, total deal value is at $1.58 billion. Based on the timing of when pending deals in the market close, the total deal value for 2005 could exceed last year’s record-breaking results of $1.6 billion. - 2005-10-08

Dr. Steve Hushek Joins IMRIS IMRIS provides surgical imaging systems for the intra-operative MRI marketplace. Several of these systems are currently used in the neurosurgical applications for cranial and cervical spine procedures. - 2005-10-08

Poker News: PokerLizard.com Interviews 22 Year-Old Poker Phenom Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh PokerLizard.com interviews poker phenom Jennifer Leigh. 22 Year-Old Poker Pro Jennifer Leigh has made it to the top of online poker in just one year. - 2005-10-08

AdTools' Vail Snowmate 2.0 Selected as a 2005 MITX Awards Finalist AdTools today announced its Vail SnowMate 2.0 branded desktop application has been selected as a finalist in the Travel category for The 10th Annual MITX Awards. Vail SnowMate 2.0 is a downloadable desktop application redesigned for the 2005 season based on analysis or usage information from version 1.0. The Vail SnowMate desktop application is designed to increase sales of ski vacation packages for Vail, Breckingridge, Beaver Creek, Heavenly and Keystone resorts. - 2005-10-08

AdTools' Desktop Flu Tracker Selected as a 2005 MITX Awards Finalist AdTools today announced its Roche Desktop Flu Tracker has been selected as a finalist in the Healthcare category for The 10th Annual MITX Awards. AdTools and Roche created the Desktop Flu Tracker to provide desktop alerts notifying the user of elevated flu levels in their area. - 2005-10-08

Alaskajewelry.com Forms Strategic Partnership with Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines Mileage plan members can now receive extra miles when purchasing jewelry online. - 2005-10-08

National Pet Peeve Week is October 9-15, 2005 -- It’s Just Lunch survey Reveals Talking on Cell Phone and Being Rude to Wait Staff Rank as Top Pet Peeves of Singles In observation of National Pet Peeve Week, October 9-15, 2005, It’s Just Lunch, the premier dating service for busy professionals, with over 85 locations worldwide, has released survey results on the dating pet peeves of singles in the United States. According to a survey of 1,363 singles, It’s Just Lunch found that 46% say their biggest pet peeve is when their date answers their cell phone during a meal and another 41% think being rude to the wait staff of a restaurant is a major no-no. - 2005-10-08

Newly Patented Technology Prevents Identity Theft Boulder Colorado Firm Authenticol Systems has today announced a new high tech solution to stop identity theft worldwide. - 2005-10-08

With International Terrorism in the Spotlight, Travel Insurance Can Help Ease Some Fears When it comes to terrorism, there are three main travel insurance coverages that insure a safe trip: Trip Cancellation, Trip Interruption and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance. - 2005-10-08

Revolutionary New Online Ad Concept Drives Alexa Ranking Stats Crazy During their recent 4-day pre-launch JPEAdvertising.com rocketed from 64,895 to 18,236 with the ranking service, even before much publicity had been generated. JPEAdvertising.com, a veteran 8-year old online advertising agency develops strategic advertising partnerships. Their unique marketing methods and huge reach has advertisers clamoring to reserve the prime spots, even during the short pre-launch testing phase. - 2005-10-08

4Sight Media, LLC, The Only Search Engine Optimization Firm Solely Dedicated to Locator Services, Has Released Three New Web Sites The 4Sight Media LLC ( www.4sight-media.com ) has again announced that it has launched a new series of web sites to complement its current portfolio of over 300 sites. The three new web sites are engineered to assist consumers locate specific services in their geographical area. - 2005-10-08

Turn Down the Commentators and Turn Up the Everyday Fan Sportsblogs.org, the People’s Sports Network, gives baseball fans a voice during the 2006 playoffs and World Series. - 2005-10-08

Serving Students, Engaging Educators, Inspiring Improvement; Carson-Dellosa Publishing Announces Successful Launch of Carson-Dellosa School Division Carson-Dellosa Publishing (Cookie Jar Education, Inc.) has established a new division to meet the needs of educators and students in a changing educational environment. - 2005-10-08

Turks and Caicos Real Estate Resort Announces Plans For Affordable Luxury Oceanfront Vacation Condos Five Star Resort in the Caribbean is in perfect timing with the planned arrival of Carnival Cruises and Direct Airline Flights - 2005-10-08

HR.com Publishes Research Paper on Selecting a Performance Management System Report outlines a 10-step approach to most effectively select an appropriate solution. - 2005-10-08

LTB Audio Systems Offers True 5.1 Headphones Systems Through the Nation’s Leading On-line Retailers Including Staples.com, QVC.com, Smarthome.com and Techdepot.com LTB Audio Systems, Inc. today announced that their popular, award winning, True 5.1 Surround Sound USB Headphone systems are now available at select on-line retailers. - 2005-10-08

Publisher Applauds Senate Action on Violence Against Women Act Brighid's Fire Books editor, whose latest release is a gripping tale of an abuse survivor, says novel vividly portrays what could happen when women don't have legal protections. - 2005-10-08

NCIBA: Jean Shinoda Bolen Signing and Toast in Support of Independent Booksellers Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., the author of several books, most recently Urgent Message from Mother (Conari Press, September 2005) will appear at NCIBA this weekend (October 8 and 9, 2005) in support of independent booksellers and for an author signing and toast. - 2005-10-08

Nipples, Superstars and Kings: New Hollywood Craze; Sipping Margaritas Maturely From Baby Bottle Celebrities at elite Hollywood parties say "King me, baby" and receive baby bottles filled with award-winning margarita. - 2005-10-08

HUNG Fashion Models Show-off Their Underwear on the Streets of London - The HUNG Lads Toured through London’s Oxford Street Only Wearing Men's Briefs HUNG today announced that their promotional walk down Oxford Street and through Soho, in order to promote the launch of their new men’s briefs was a tremendous success. HUNG's male fashion models joined forces yesterday, and stripped down to just their underwear and then proceed to hand out vouchers to passer-bys. - 2005-10-08

Essays and Reports Made Easy with New Software Program Essays Made Easy with Software. Why use software to write? The question should be, Why NOT use software to write? - 2005-10-08

Spexmaniac Sees Through Thin Lens Rip-Off Spexmaniac Limited announces overwhelming response to becoming the first and only UK company to offer thin 1.6 index lenses as standard to prescription glasses. Spexmaniac now offers all prescription glasses including the basic £15 glasses with free thin lenses. - 2005-10-08

Dedicated Duo Builds Online Tool Store for Customers Who Want More Taylor Tools and More, although new to the online shopping game, provides customers with dozens of name band tools and cameras at low prices. From cordless drills to power sets to cameras, the Taylors offer a wide range of tools to fit any situation's needs. - 2005-10-08

Analysts Are Predicting a 30-50% Long Term Increase In Demand for Satellite Based Back-Up Communications Globalstar is the leader in low cost satellite phones and service, sending more than 10,000 satellite phones to Louisiana and Gulf Region within five days of Hurricane Katrina. - 2005-10-08

Brown Company Finds Big Baby Brown Company Players is pleased to present its debut play production, Big Baby written by Frank Moher and directed by Diedre Kilgore. - 2005-10-08

SPIZZENERGI PLAY IN LONDON ON JOHN PEEL DAY - THURSDAY 13th OCTOBER Veterans of FOUR John Peel Sessions, SPIZZENERGI, will be appearing at The Metro Club 19-23 Oxford Street W1 7:30-11pm KEEPING IT PEEL - KEEPING IT REAL ONLY £5 - 2005-10-08

Advantage Networking, Inc. Partners with ProtectPoint Security Advantage Networking, Inc., a leading provider of networking and security consulting services, today announced a strategic partnership with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based ProtectPoint Security, Inc. - 2005-10-08

Chicago Trade Show Provides High Visibility for ISC Information Support Concepts, Arlington, TX attends Data Center World Expo in Chicago and shares new products available through ISC with fellow technology gurus. - 2005-10-08

Viewpoint Creative Brands NYC’s Live Concert for the Gulf Coast “From The Big Apple To The Big Easy” Viewpoint Creative was recently chosen to brand “From The Big Apple To The Big Easy” New York City’s Live Concert for the Gulf Coast. Two legendary venues, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall, have joined together to hold simultaneous concerts featuring artists like Jimmy Buffett, Bette Midler, and Elton John, and was designed to raise money to support the long-term relief and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. - 2005-10-08

Garage Apartment Site Begins Looking for Buyer The owner of the niche rental web-site, GarageApartments.com, is seeking buyers. - 2005-10-08

Inside Outsourcing Speaks with Walter Fang of Neusoft Inside Outsourcing conducts an interview with the VP & CTO of Neusoft one of China's rapidly growing Business Process Outsourcers. - 2005-10-08

Vermont International Film Festival to Screen Documentary About Humanitarian Award-Winning Doctor Visioning Tibet, which tells the story of Dr. Marc Lieberman and the Tibet Vision Project, is screening in competition in the “Human Rights and Justice” category of the Vermont International Film Festival (VIFF). The festival is the oldest human rights and environmental film festival in the world. - 2005-10-08

The best Selection of HOM Men's Underwear and Swimwear on the Planet- justhom.com Delivers Fast Too The team at Justhom.com are dedicated to HOM, the leading men's underwear and swimwear brand - designed in France, loved throughout the world. - 2005-10-08

Visionary Artist Jamie Leigh Presents One City One Night A Revealing Look At Humanity Visionary artist and humanitarian Jamie Leigh opens up her heart, her passions, her humanity, and invites you to join her for an intimate evening filled with artistic expression and narrative innovation like you've never witnessed before. - 2005-10-08

Newly Assembled Apollo Panoramas at Autographica 2005 Join Apollo Astronauts, Buzz Aldrin - Apollo 11 and Charlie Duke - Apollo 16 at this years Autographica show. It is being held at the Raddison Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, UK on Oct 28,29 and 30 2005. - 2005-10-08

Topaz Labs L.L.C. Unveils Topaz Vivacity V1.0, an Image Enhancement Plug-In for Photoshop and Software Supporting Photoshop Plug-Ins Advanced image enhancement Photoshop plug-in that reduces image noises with little loss of details; eradicates JPEG/JPEG 2000 compression artifacts; sharpens and corrects edges without overshooting and noise amplification; and creating amazing effects. - 2005-10-08

Transform Your Stock Twin Cam Softail into a Monster Machine That Rivals Any Chopper on the Road with the Newly Released Chubby's Choppers 300 Wide Tire Kit Chubbys Choppers LLC has released a sleek new wide tire swingarm and kit that safely fits up to 300mm tires on stock Twin Cam Softail frames and are compatible with an unprecedented variety of aftermarket parts and stock components. Chubbys Choppers wide tire swingarms are American made and manufactured in-house and are offered as part of an affordable, no-offset wide tire kit available online and in Chubby’s Choppers’ Lansing, Michigan store. Their wide tire kits include a right-side drive transmission with an unbeatable 5 year or 50,000 mile warranty backed up by the company. Chubbys Choppers also maintains a complete machine shop on site and offers turn-key installation packages that in most cases have their customers back on the road in about one week, making this new company an emerging leader in the wide tire conversion business. - 2005-10-08

Stay Warm In True Rock & Roll Style With Outerwear and Accessories From Sailor Jerry Fun & funky coats, scarfs, gloves & hats that are proudly made in the USA and feature the authentic designs of Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins, the legendary tattoo artist that personifies the old-school glory days of tattoos-thick lines, strong colors and images that real men (and women) wear with pride. - 2005-10-08

Cell Therapy News Launches New Website Portal and e-Newsletter Redesign The comprehensive website portal and e-newsletter serve as the online resource for the cell therapy community. - 2005-10-08

Computing Options Unveils Regent Express, the First ASP-Hosted Financial Aid Management System for Higher Education Small colleges that depend on Federal Title IV funding to attract and retain students must comply with the same strict Federal requirements as large colleges. Until now, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Financial Aid Management software to manage this process was out of the question for small colleges. Computing Options has addressed this critical need by offering Regent Express, an ASP version of Regent Enterprise, the robust Financial Aid Software that Computing Options has been providing for 25 years. - 2005-10-08

O'Reilly Factor Guest Exposes Sneak Attack on Bloggers Veteran journalist and new blogger David Kline learns the bitter truth on O'Reilly's conservative talk show and speaks out in his own blog - 2005-10-08

Enhancements to CMC's EResearch™ Chart Library for Financial Advisors Announced Capital Market Consultants, LLC (CMC) announces new chart additions and customization options to CMCEResearch™, its online chart library for financial advisors. CMCEResearch™ subscribers now have access to a suite of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) charts. In addition, customers can now opt to customize their library with a corporate identity including firm logo and their own preferred disclosures. - 2005-10-08

TVS Television Network To Begin Fulltime Sports Video Webcast in December The historic TVS Television Network, owned by Margate Entertainment Company, will begin transmitting a full time sports video channel on the internet on December 5, 2005 - 2005-10-08

Play Virtual Investing Game to Reduce the Risk of Failure in Real Stock Market InvestingExperience.com is a new virtual stock market game that allows its users to practise daytrading in virtual environment for free. - 2005-10-08

Internet Radio: Going Beyond Blogs as Another Mass Medium Gets Micro How would you like to become the star of your own radio show? You can preach, promote, or even play music. Thanks to the Internet, it's now possible for almost anyone to produce and host their own "radio program." You can even make money doing it, without ever leaving home. - 2005-10-08

Alanna Zabel Opens the "The Seven Doors" of Independent Publishing with her Children’s Book Version of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak Chopra Alanna Zabel has maintained independent publishing rights regardless of uniting with 40 times published author and mind-body doctor, Deepak Chopra. Alanna has written "The Seven Doors", the children’s book version of Deepak’s "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success". She has published through Lulu Press (www.lulu.com), the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books. - 2005-10-08

BiotechIndustryStocks.com Features Biotech Stock Update: "Training Special Forces Units to Fight Cancer" at the Insiders Corner by Michael Brush BiotechIndustryStocks.com, a global investor website for the biotechnology sector, is pleased to offer an updated exclusive commentary on biotech stocks. The article, "Training Special Forces Units to Fight Cancer" featuring Oxigene, is part of the regular "Insiders Corner” column, by well-known financial writer and author Michael Brush. Mr. Brush also writes a weekly market column for CNBC on MSN Money. Mr. Brush has covered business and investing for the New York Times, Money magazine and the Economist Group. - 2005-10-08

Links for Learning, Online Learning and Tutoring Education Now Open Links for Learning, an online tutoring and homework help site, is working with the No Child Left Behind Law in granting quality educaiton online for students in K-12th grade. - 2005-10-08

Lake Havasu Boasts Exploding Real Estate Lake Havasu real estate is exploding. - 2005-10-08

10 Key Behaviors to Win and Keep Long-Term Customers The Trusted Seller business-to-business (B2B) relationship model was created to supplement the more popular selling techniques being taught today. Bishop focuses his expertise as a Senior Vice President of Purchasing on businesses selling to businesses and prolonged customer management. He has observed that “the best B2B salespeople utilize a predictable set of behaviors when building great business relationships.” - 2005-10-08

A Madman and His Army of Child Soldiers Who Kill in the Name of God are Focus of New Motion Picture A Madman and his army of child soldiers who kill in the name of God are focus of new motion picture called "Hearts of Darkness." - 2005-10-08

Florida Airboaters Recognized by Members of U.S. Congress The Florida Airboat Association was presented with a “Certificate of Recognition” issued through United States Representative Adam Putnam and Representative Mark Foley, of Florida for the Association’s involvement in the evacuation of flood victims in New Orleans, at the its quarterly meeting Saturday. - 2005-10-08

Protecting Office Workers from Acoustic Shock New legislation to protect office call centre staff is due for implementation in 2006. Many UK call centres will be affected and headset upgrades are required to meet new Health and Safety regulations. - 2005-10-08