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The Human Capital Institute and SCU's Leavey School of Business Offer "Talent Practices" Networking Event The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, and the Executive Development Center, a division of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, announced today that David Forman, HCI's Chief Learning Officer and President of Sage Learning Systems, will speak at the second program in a series of Human Capital Leadership events for Silicon Valley's business community. - 2006-02-25

Accurate Background, Inc. Launches New Brand & Website Accurate Background, Inc., a leading provider of global employment screening services, announced today the re-branding of the company with a new logo, tagline and website. - 2006-02-25

Multi-Health Systems Will Underwrite Human Capital Institute's "Emotional Intelligence and Human Capital" Learning Initiatives Multi-Health Systems will underwrite Human Capital Institute's "Emotional Intelligence and Human Capital" learning initiatives. - 2006-02-25

4Q2005: ARINSO Has 10th Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Sales Growth and Clear Increase in EBITA Margin; 2005 Excellent Year in Net Sales and Profitability ARINSO International (Euronext Brussels: ARIN), a global HR Services partner offering innovative HR business solutions, is proud to close 2005 with excellent financial results, proving the performance of the balanced business model by solid topline growth and profitability. The group’s 4Q05 results underpin this statement: ahead of expectations, ARINSO reaches 9% EBITA with 12% net sales growth. The company is confident that 2006 will show double-digit sales growth at steadily increasing margins. - 2006-02-25

One-universe Deterministic Quantum Model Proposed Negative-time information quanta, "backyons," provide the hidden variable necessary to establish a deterministic model of quantum physics. Backyons provide information about the future to systems, thereby determining which of multiple possible outcomes must arise. - 2006-02-25

VIZION Interactive Adds Shana Barkley as VP of Sales and Marketing Shana Barkley comes to VIZION Interactive from Cox Target Media to take on the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing, bringing 17 years of business development experience in the advertising industry to the growing Dallas-based search engine optimization company. - 2006-02-25

Miami Dance Off Contest Begins Today - Grand Prize is a Trip to Vegas The Miami Dance Off, starting today, is the first of a six week contest. This is the largest dance contest to ever hit South Beach. It is open to female dancers over the age of 21. The Grand Prize is a trip to Vegas for two valued at $5,500.00. - 2006-02-25

Covenant Eyes Provides Effective Monitoring and Filtering for Sites Like Myspace and Google Images Covenant Eyes Internet Accountability is the only Accountability Program to effectively monitor and score sites like Myspace.com or Google Images. - 2006-02-25

BizOpo Offers Way to Practical Customer Relations Customer relations can now be maintained with help of a website called BizOpo. “Absolutely zero technical knowledge is needed and you can take care of almost everything related to customers,” says director, Ashish Patel. - 2006-02-25

Minding Our Elders: Non-fiction Book Provides a Portable Support Group for Caregivers For over 20 years, Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members. Her experience inspired her to write "Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories." "Minding Our Elders" contains six stories of Bursack's experiences and interviews with 20 other caregivers. The stories are self-contained, intimate, powerful and brief - for maximum impact and support. - 2006-02-25

Martin Luther King March Podcasts for Peace When the largest Martin Luther King March in the world added a military jet flyover, San Antonio, Texas peace activists roared, chanted, waved banners and sang. We were there with our microphones. Songsofpeace.org uses the Jan. 16th recordings to podcast peace CDs and interviews. - 2006-02-25

Business Travel to Soar by 2015, Announces Barclaycard Changes in the global economy will have the biggest impact on business travellers in the next decade according to new research out today from Barclaycard Business. - 2006-02-25

Fasthosts Warn That Old Fashioned Computing Practices Cost Small Businesses £18 Billion Annually In-house servers are risky and cost ineffective but still number one choice for SMEs. - 2006-02-25

Learn Top Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Skills at Las Vegas SEO Mastery Workshop, March 20-24,2006 Two of the leading search engine marketing industry educators, Robin Nobles and John Alexander will conduct the Ultimate SEO Mastery Workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 20 thru 24. This 5-Day workshop offers personalized, step by step, hands-on SEO instruction, direct from the experts in person. Participants study exact skills they need to bring high exposure to their Web sites from major search engines. - 2006-02-25

Two Auction Houses Join Forces Perkins and Ranft have over 50 years combined experience in the Auction business. - 2006-02-25

Starpals Launches New Photo Software Fully Integrated With Personal Homepage A revolutionary photo management software introduces complete integration between digital photos and social network for easy, direct sharing on web. - 2006-02-25

World Poker Tour Record Prize of $2.4 Million U.S. Won by Allan Goehring at Commerce Casino in L.A. World Poker Tour stop at Commerce Casino in L.A. wields a record first place prize of a wopping $2.4 Million U.S. Dollars.This is the biggest first place prize to date for any regular event on the World Poker Tour. - 2006-02-25

Cordoba Dove Hunting Company Website Goes Live - Makes Booking Dove and Duck Hunting Trips Easier Cordoba Dove Hunting announces the birth of its web site. - 2006-02-25

Atlanta Web Design Firm Helps Technology Appliances Create Fresh Brand and New Web Presence AK Brothers played a pivotal role in allowing Technology Appliances to reap the benefits of a solid web presence in a highly competitive landscape. - 2006-02-25

Advanced Telecom Services "Mo-Bill" Program Offers New Method to Pay Bills Paying bills has never been easier. With direct billing from Advanced Telecom Services consumers can have all bills paid using their cell phones. - 2006-02-25

Memory Foam University is Offering Free Enrollment and a Ton of Information Memory Foam University has come to explain the myths, the confusion, and answer all questions regarding foam bedding products. - 2006-02-25

Hot Air Balloon Flights: The Best Way To Celebrate This Spring “A hot air balloon flight is the perfect gift for those who want to avoid buying another present that gathers dust in the back of the cupboard”, says Huw Thomas of Best Price Balloons, Richmond, UK. “No-one ever forgets the day they went up in a balloon.” - 2006-02-25

Artist Pays Tribute to Big Easy with Inspirational Mardi Gras 2006 Poster--"Resurrection of New Orleans" Tess Nottebohm's whole life is about art, so it was natural that she would respond to the tragedy of New Orleans with a giant collage celebrating Mardi Gras 2006. The collage - a romantic swirl of Gustav Dore images, dominated by a large, winged angel - has become a poster for sale locally, online and in New Orleans, with 10 percent of the proceeds earmarked for the American Red Cross's flood relief efforts. - 2006-02-25

Bookie Alerts Relaunches Sports Betting Portal Gaming Alerts has announced the relaunch of their sportsbetting portal, Bookie Alerts which delivers up to the minute odds, bonuses and offers direct to the punter's desktop using a unique alerts technology provided by SKinkers. - 2006-02-25

Rise in Rate of Residents Learning Spanish in Major US States Spanish software company reports an increase in demand to learn Spanish in Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Ohio for 2005 reflecting a possible increase of Spanish speaking residents in these states. - 2006-02-25

Online Bingo Players Are Not What They Seem A recent study by one of the largest bingo sites on the Internet, Bingohall.com, has found that offline and online demographics of bingo players do not always match up. The study, which was completed by a random sampling of thousands of real money online bingo players at the site, have concluded that offline and online bingo players are not the same. - 2006-02-25

OnX Enterprise Solutions Inc. and WCG Limited Extend Agreement to Provide Financial Infrastructure Managment Solutions for the Canadian Marketplace OnX’s Technology Cost Management (TCM) practice is underpinned by WCG’s powerful software which addresses the challenges of Asset Management, IT Governance, Investment Justification and Cost Management in one comprehensive solution. WCG’s FIM Business Applications do for Cost Accounting what ERP systems have done for Financial Accounting. For the first time, CFOs and CIO’s alike have the ability to rapidly implement complete solutions around cost management in IT infrastructures while creating a process for adherence to strict new compliance standards. - 2006-02-25

Clayton Utz in Australia’s Largest Digital Dictation Roll-Out Clayton Utz has become the first of Australia’s ‘big six’ law firms to roll out a digital dictation workflow system firm-wide in what is the largest ever implementation of dictation technology in the country. Clayton Utz has now provided BigHand Digital Dictation software to over 1200 users across the firm's 7 offices throughout Australia. - 2006-02-25

Eduventures Announces First Annual Transforming The University Conference Eduventures, the leading consulting and information services firm for the education market, announced today it will host its first annual Transforming the University Conference at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin in Orlando, Florida, April 5 – 7. Presidents, CFOs, and CIOs, as well as education industry thought-leaders and strategists from the business world, will gather to address the revolutions in college financing, administration, and information technologies. - 2006-02-25

For Business Owners, Tax Season Not As Scary As It Seems Free tax review service finds significant overpayment of taxes for small business owners. By applying newly released tax laws and code changes to previous three years of taxes, Expense Recovery Advisors and their accredited tax review specialists secure thousands in refunds for small business owners and independent contractors. - 2006-02-25

What's Next? Boomer Business Summit Reveals Surprising New Research About How Boomers Shop, Use the Internet and What They Worry About Most Brand loyalty among Baby Boomers and older consumers is up for grabs, but the majority of marketers in Fortune 500 companies still believe this market is reluctant to switch or experiment with new brands. This is just one of the findings in a survey by Focalyst, a new research and advisory firm focused on the baby-boomer and older market. Focalyst's president, Mike Irwin, will be discussing the survey next month at the 2006 What’s Next? Boomer Business Summit in Anaheim, California. - 2006-02-25

Communications Coach Has One Word of Advice for Oscar Nominees A national-award winning speaker, author and commentator on communication lays out what Academy Award nominees need to do to make their Oscar acceptance speech a winner. - 2006-02-25

Study Reveals That 12% of Women May Be At Risk; PBS Offers New Documentary on Interstitial Cystitis A little known but devastating disease will be the focus of an upcoming PBS Healthy Body, Healthy Mind episode. As recently as ten years ago, interstitial cystitis (IC) was considered a relatively rare condition of post-menopausal women. New research by Matt Rosenberg MD now suggests that up to 12% of women have typical warning signs of IC, including urinating six or more times a day, pelvic pain and nighttime frequency. - 2006-02-25

World's Leading Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Community Exceeds 10,000 Members The world's leading online ADHD and Disorder Support Community acheived another milestone this week by welcoming its 10,000th member, more than doubling its membership in less than six months. - 2006-02-25

AOL Music and INgrooves Continue Digital Album Series with AOL Music DJ Sessions: Mixed by Thievery Corporation; Available for Sale Exclusively Online AOL Music and INgrooves have teamed up again to announce the release of a new album featuring an exclusive mix from Thievery Corporation. Recorded in January of 2006, AOL Music DJ Sessions: Mixed by Thievery Corporation is comprised entirely of Thievery’s hand-picked selections. Currently available for sale exclusively via Apple’s iTunes Music Store, Fans can check out AOL Music’s full Listening Party to hear the album online. - 2006-02-25

NiteLites of Jacksonville -- The Landscape Lighting Professionals 'Lites' Up the Jacksonville Home and Patio Show Outdoor Lighting Company -- NiteLites of Jacksonville will be at the Jacksonville Home and Patio Show March 2nd – March 5th, 2006 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. - 2006-02-25

Avian Virus Invades Washington, D.C. In the real-life world of psychic spies, paranormal goat killers, and Skinwalkers haunting remote regions of Utah, all roads lead to Ron, a high ranking former CIA analyst, and the "core story" of a shadowy group of government insiders popularly known as "The Aviary." - 2006-02-25

Beyond Peak Announces Peak Oil Scenario Competition BeyondPeak.com, a guide to living sustainably with Peak Oil and economic collapse, calls for submissions for a Peak Oil Future Scenario contest. - 2006-02-25

Global Gap Year Opportunities Showcase A pixel site that is aimed at the person who is seeking an overseas experience between school and College or University and contains only providers of volunteer, work-study, language, internships or other similar oportunities. - 2006-02-25

iLink Systems Acquires Cubelink Systems to Expand Its Real Estate Solutions Practice iLink Systems Inc., an end to end software solutions company acquires Cubelink Systems Inc., the industry leading technology provider delivering creative and interactive solutions for the real estate vendors. - 2006-02-25

Flash Networks Announces NettGain Allegro Flash Networks, the expert in Quality of Experience for mobile data announces the launch of its new product, Allegro. Allegro allows mobile operators to dramatically enhance the delivery of mobile data over their network and improve the customer experience of mobile data. - 2006-02-25

Sane Solutions, Developers of NetTracker, Named Among KMWorld's List of "100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management" Sane Solutions, the developers of the NetTracker® line of Web analytics solutions, is pleased to announce their inclusion in KMWorld Magazine's 2006 list of "100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management" as of Thursday, February 23, 2006. Compilation of KMWorld's list is a year-long, collaborative process. This is the second year in a row Sane Solutions has been included on this list. - 2006-02-25

Celebrating The Great Olympic Brand The 20th Winter Olympics are here which means for 16 days, the world witnesses great feats of endurance, speed, agility, and the latest acrobatics on ice and snow. We count the days to the opening ceremonies and the chance to once again cheer for Team USA. We celebrate the imagery and pageantry, as the best of the best compete for Olympic gold. - 2006-02-25

Emerge Capital Corp. Sells Aim American Mortgage Subsidiary Emerge Capital Corp. (OTCBB:EMGC) announced today that the company has sold its interest in its residential mortgage lending subsidiary, Aim American Mortgage, Inc. - 2006-02-25

Equity Concepts, Inc. Introduces WhyFile.net, a Sound Alternative to Filing for Bankruptcy The Alternative Lending Division, WhyFile.net, has created new partnerships with over 30 of the most prominent names in mortgage lending to include J.P. Morgan Chase, Option One, and National City just to name a few. Having done so, we have available to us in excess of seven hundred separate programs, thirty five percent of which are geared towards individuals with distressed credit. We have provided billions of dollars in financing to those consumers who thought all hope was lost. With doing so, we have saved consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars while helping them remain in their homes and improve their credit standing. - 2006-02-25

New York Orthopaedic Surgeon Performs Innovative Microfracture Procedure On Arthritic Knees Avoiding Knee Replacement Surgery Kevin Plancher, M.D. a leading New York Orthopaedic Surgeon, has a national reputation for his expertise in performing the Microfracture procedure on patients with arthritic knees with worn away cartilage. The Microfracture procedure is spurred to generate its own new cartilage like surface, (the white fibrous cushion that keeps bone from rubbing against bone in joints), and it is far less invasive, simpler and easier on the patient than other treatments for bad knees. - 2006-02-25

GAMEFIT® Sponsors The Legends of Basketball Golf Tournament During the 2006 NBA Allstar Weekend On February 17, 2006, Gamefit sponsored the NBA Retired Players 1st Annual Legends of Basketball Golf Tournament during NBA All Star 2006 weekend. - 2006-02-25

Amerimax Building Products, Inc. Offers New Screen Room Extrusion Products Amerimax Building Products, Inc. has added new screen room extrusions to the established and extensive line of Alumawood™ Shade Structures. - 2006-02-25

New eBook Exposes How to Entertain a Newsletter Audience with Fresh Ideas All Year Long Learn how easy it is to come up with new ideas, keep news, and customer opinions coming to your e-mail inbox while you sleep. New process shows how to keep up on what your customers think, and what's going on in the industry automatically. - 2006-02-25

Internet Pressrooms Displace News Distribution as Most In-Demand Services by Public Relations Industry iPressroom, which offers public relations professionals tools and services for integrating the web into their publicity campaigns, reports a sharp rise in the number of inquiries for “Internet Pressroom Solutions” over the last three months, outpacing the number of incoming requests for “News Wire Distribution” for the first time in the company’s history. - 2006-02-25

New Radio Program at Global Talk Radio, "Insightful Astrology" Maria Vaiano, professional astrologer, has launched a new Internet radio program at Global Talk Radio called "Insightful Astrology". You can listen to Maria at www.GlobalTalkRadio.com as she counsels guests about their most pressing life concerns and demonstrates to listeners how they can better understand their life and potential utilizing astrology. Each week, you can hear Maria's unique forecasts, listen to lively discussions about a variety of topics in astrology, and learn how easy it is to grow into your soul using this ancient and powerful tool. - 2006-02-25

Power Technology, Inc. Reaches Milestone; Delivers Test and Evaluation; Current Collectors to Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co., Ltd. of Taiwan Power Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: PWTC) announced today that it has delivered current collectors committed for testing in the recently signed memorandum of understanding with Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co., Ltd. of Taiwan (Taiwan Stock Exchange – Code 1537). - 2006-02-25

How Can Anyone Have on His Smart Phone Surveillance Functions, Broadcast Audio/Video from a Server, A Remote Control and The TV Channels all Together? The purpose of the software is to bring all the multimedia that is available on one's computer, home cinema entertainment system or even the surveillance cameras on his mobile phone anytime he desires by using simply the Gprs internet connection from his smart device. - 2006-02-25

Ch'i Announces Opening of New Site Specific Installation - March 17th Artist Joe Mangrum, Straight from Success at 49 Geary St Creates New Work at Ch'i Ch'i is delighted to announce the first NYC solo exhibition by San Francisco artist, Joe Mangrum. Straight from his successful installation at 49 Geary St, Mr. Mangrum will create a new site specific installation at Ch'i located at 293 Grand St. in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, NY beginning March 12th. The exhibition will open to the public with a reception on March 17th, 6-9pm and then run until April 17, 2006. Gallery hours for the exhibition are Mondays 9am-4pm, and Thurs. - Sun. 11:30am-8pm. - 2006-02-25

Barbara Payne to Facilitate NODMA Panel on Blogging: Northeast Ohio Direct Marketing Association Features Experts on Using Blogs for Business Cleveland, OH. February 23, 2006. Barbara Payne, managing principal of a ReallyGoodFreelanceWriter.com, LLC, will facilitate a panel of blogging experts at NODMA’s monthly meeting. Panel members will present unique information about how to use blogs as an important part of a solid direct marketing strategy. The presentation will take place at 11:30 on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at Windows on the River. - 2006-02-25

Reliks Announces Limited Edition GI Joe Swords Reliks Swords and Collectibles are proud to announce the Pre Order release of two of the most anticipated swords in GI Joe history. - 2006-02-25

Malaysian Media Slur Gays as Police Crackdown Hampers AIDS/HIV Education Efforts Sensationalized media reporting and recent police crackdowns targeting businesses popular with gay men in Kuala Lumpur is hampering Malaysia's national AIDS/HIV educational efforts. - 2006-02-25

Real Estate Marketing Online: New E-book Teaches Agents How to Publish Articles for a Stronger Web Presence New guide shows real estate professionals how to publish articles online as a path to higher search engine ranking and website traffic. - 2006-02-25

Sterling-Hoffman Announces Angel Mehta to Speak at National Business & Technology Conference CEO of high tech executive search firm to lecture about startup basics, venture capital. - 2006-02-25

New Website for Beginner R/C Airplane Pilots This new web site created by an RC airplane enthusiast is just what beginner pilots need, and can teach experts something new too. - 2006-02-25

Music for Benjamin Franklin - New Concert by Ensemble Chaconne Boston's Ensemble Chaconne, with mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, announces a new concert celebrating the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The concert presents vocal and instrumental music that he knew and enjoyed from London, Paris and Philadelphia, including works by Handel, John Stanley, Gluck, Rameau, Francis Hopkinson,and Madame Brillon, Franklin's close confidant in Paris. - 2006-02-25

Artist Invents New Methods to Survive Pace of Digital Age Artist/designer Jennifer Lownie has been perfecting her lacquered jewelry for twenty years. As she developed an online presence, however, Lownie discovered a truth that both merchants and artists have had to face: the “I want it now” world of the Internet demands new methods. Her breathrough technique will make this possible. - 2006-02-25

Self-Help and Mentoring Expert’s New Book Has Message for Mid-Life Women A self-help and mentoring expert who is also an "Inc." Top Ten Entrepreneur says, “it’s not too late for mid-life women to make a 180-degree difference in their lives.” - 2006-02-25

Computer School Climbs Google "Mountain", Offers Veterans Huge Training Grants South Florida Computer school makes it into Google's top ten after announcing a grant program for GI Bill eligible veterans. - 2006-02-25