News Releases

Michigan Marketing Firm, Clarity Quest, Expands Local Client Base Ann Arbor firms join Clarity Quest’s roster; companies see value in outsourcing marketing services. - 2007-06-13

Ultrawellness Introduces Groundbreaking Weight Loss Program: Eat Carbs to Lose Weight and Boost Health The UltraSimple Diet plan - a medical detox program to lose weight and improve chronic illness. - 2007-06-13

SmartServ Solutions Ranked in Top Ten for Financial Services in Citysearch.com Poll Annual “Best of CitySearch.com” readers’ poll ranks financial services; SmartServ Solution makes top ten. - 2007-06-13

JWT Employment Communications Releases "Health Care HR Best Practice Brief -- Exit Interview Surveys" JWT Employment Communications, one of the world’s largest recruitment marketing and internal communications companies, has released the Health Care HR Best Practice Brief: Exit Interview Surveys(EIS), detailing the strategy and benefit behind exit interview surveys in the health care field, written by Senior Partner Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, FACHE. - 2007-06-13

Metrics Online™ Survey Results for 2006 Continue to Highlight the Shortage of Health Care Professionals JWT Employment Communications, one of the world’s leading recruitment marketing and internal communications agencies, partnering with the National Association for Health Care Recruitment (NAHCR), has released the Metrics Online™ 2006 Year-End Report. Metrics Online™ is a national database, developed by JWT Employment Communications and hosted on NAHCR.com, which aggregates the data submitted by human resources professionals to provide national benchmarks for vacancy, turnover, cost-per-hire, days-to-fill and days-to-start. These benchmarks show national trends for the health care workforce and are used as guidelines to determine staffing, budgetary, and workforce retention plans at health care facilities. The Metrics Online™ 2006 Year-End Report includes data from over 850 surveys taken nationwide, and represents the first full year of data studied. - 2007-06-13

Human Capital Institute Launches Annual Talent Market Research Study The Human Capital Institute (HCI), the only professional association for strategic talent management, is launching studies today to develop comparative data in 25 American cities, analyzing both the new generation of educated mobile workers as well as the demand for skilled employees facing regional and national employers. HCI's data will be unveiled this fall in conjunction with their City Talent Summits in Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston, each keynoted by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. - 2007-06-13

SonicRecruit’s New Advanced Candidate Search Suite Addresses Major Recruiting Problem According to Kevin Martin, Research Director, Human Capital Management at Aberdeen Group, "the top challenge that companies face when it comes to employees is "finding the right talent when needed." SonicRecruit’s new conceptual, proximity and inflectional suite of search tools help mine these vast talent pools to uncover instant candidates. - 2007-06-13

"Sweet" Success in Hershey -- Enwisen's AnswerSource Knowledge Center Goes Live in Just Three Months to Create 24/7 Portal for 7,400 Employees AnswerSource provides foundation for My PATH (Personal Access to Hershey) Portal -- goal to affect a cultural shift in way Hershey Entertainment & Resorts communicates to workforce. - 2007-06-13

Talent Technology’s HireDesk Solution Sets New Industry Benchmark Newest release includes industry leading reporting capability and advanced recruiter productivity tools - 2007-06-13

WorldatWork Guides HR Professionals through Modern Compensation, Benefits & Total Rewards HR is changing fast with the birth of new industries and emerging markets, mergers and acquisitions, downsizing, globalization, multi-generational workforces, corporate restructuring, and technological advances. Today, a modern approach is necessary to reshape and reward workforces. John Wiley & Sons has published a book authored by WorldatWork titled "The WorldatWork Handbook of Compensation, Benefits & Total Rewards," a comprehensive tool for recruiting, rewarding and retaining talent in the 21st century. - 2007-06-13

Periodik Labs Release Elektron 2.0 The new release adds significant features to the award-winning RADIUS server. - 2007-06-13

Trialstat Boosts New Innovative Features for Electronic Data Capture Reporting that Optimize and Simplify the Management of Study Data New features further accelerate EDC deployment and study close. - 2007-06-13

Edinburgh Prepares for Free DebianDay Software Conference The Debian project hosts a one-day event on free and open-source software. The event is open to the general public and attendance is free. Experts will be on hand to answer visitors’ open-source software questions. Advance registration is requested. - 2007-06-13

American Elements Combines Nanoparticle, Rare Earths and Bulk Chemical Capabilities in Launch of New AE Water Treatment Group American Elements announced today the launch of a new product group created through the merger of several technological and manufacturing capabilities under a single sales and technical support team. The new group will operate under the trade name AE Water Treatment™. - 2007-06-13

'We're off and Hopping' Showcasing Giant Emerges from 'Down Under' Let the race begin - EarthHoppers.com intriguing website will go live to an enthusiastic world wide audience with the beginning of "Our Earth's Great Race." - 2007-06-13

SkaDate - Major Release from Leading Vendor of Independent Community Business Software Meet SkaDate Unity -- seismic move ahead in Online Dating and Social Networking web site software. - 2007-06-13

PreVisor Opens Sales and Support Office in the United Kingdom Assessment firm strengthens presence in global markets. - 2007-06-13

Securities Arbitration: Improve the Investment Dispute Resolution System Now Theodore G. Eppenstein of the firm Eppenstein and Eppenstein, securities arbitration attorneys in New York, has proposed the following remedies for investors following the announcement of the merger of the enforcement and arbitration divisions of the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange. Visit the portal to the firm's website at www.securitieslawarbitration.com for more information. - 2007-06-13

Zubin Mehta and PercaDu Bring Avner Dorman's 'Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!' to Europe On the heels of its success in Tel-Aviv, Zubin Mehta and PercaDu will present the European Premiere of Avner Dorman's percussion concerto 'Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!' at a special concert on August 1, 2007 for the Swiss National Holiday with the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra in Verbier, Switzerland. The piece, composed in 2006 for Zubin Mehta, PercaDu and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra received its world premiere in April 2006. Since, it has been broadcast on over a dozen American radio stations. - 2007-06-13

David Meerman Scott Proves to His Mother that He Really Did Publish a Book Author "The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to use news releases, blogs, podcasts, viral marketing & online media to reach your buyers directly" laments that Mom hasn't encountered his popular new business book next to Harry Potter at bookstores or on national TV programs like Oprah and The Today Show. David Meerman Scott, online thought leadership strategist and viral marketing expert uses YouTube to "prove" to his mother that he really did write and publish a book! - 2007-06-13

Car Insurance Megastore Nominated for 2007 Insurance Awards for the Most Comprehensive Car Insurance Quotes Comparison Site The Wolverhampton-based online car insurance quotes specialist 'The Car Insurance Megastore' has been nominated for the '2007 Insurance awards' by Open GI, the largest insurance software company in Europe. The Car Insurance Megastore have been used to pioneer their revolutionary software 'Oasys Motowriter' which searches over 300 UK insurance policies and schemes for the cheapest online car insurance quotes. With new policies and schemes added regularly allowing The Car Insurance Megastore to stay ahead of the competition. - 2007-06-13

Mirassou Winery® Announces $50,000 Award to Help Start a "Dream" Business "Make Your Dreams Come True with Mirassou" provides female entrepreneur with $50,000, professional consultants to start dream business. -- Includes mentoring from a National Association of Women Business Owners® (NAWBO®) entrepreneur. -- Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin, author of "How To Run Your Business Like a Girl," as one of contest judges. - 2007-06-13

What Motivates Overseas Property Investors Today? IPIN Investor Trends Page Tells All The International Property Investment Network (IPIN) is pleased to announce the introduction of a brand new Property Investor Trends page to be found within the IPIN section of the Propertyshowrooms.com website. Updated daily, this valuable and pioneering page focuses on the very latest statistics relating to overseas property investment trends, displayed in easy to interpret graph format. - 2007-06-13

Lowering The Cost of Global Conflict -- New Demo, More Features, Lower Price for "Making History" World Strategy Game Muzzy Lane Software, maker of smart video games, introduces new pricing and an updated playable demo that includes important new features for its "Making History" world strategy game. This unique 'what if' game hones leadership and diplomacy as players run real countries during periods of global turmoil. - 2007-06-13

Background Investigation On-Line Training High Demand Pushes E-QIP Training On-line. Since 2003, Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (E-QIP) system has been helping Federal agencies and contractor companies save time and money by streamlining their background investigations process. - 2007-06-13

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation (CCCF) Hosts a Petition to Support Legislation to Strengthen Life-saving Drugs A petition circulated by the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation (CCCF) has been signed by 2,485 people supporting H.R. 1956, legislation which will encourage drug innovation and create a pathway for "follow-on biologics." - 2007-06-13

Stay At Home Dad Gives Away Free Software to Limit Children's Computer Usage Stay-At-Home-Dad, Homeschooling Entrepreneur had software developed to limit the amount of time children spend on the computer. He is distributing it free to promote his new social networking website for people who hunt and fish. - 2007-06-13

PeopleStreme Secures GAPbuster Worldwide with Performance and Talent Management Offering PeopleStreme Human Capital, Employee Performance and Talent Management specialists, have secured GAPbuster, the world's largest customer experience management agency, with a 200,000 strong workforce, as a user of its ground breaking Employee Performance and Talent Management Software and Strategy Mapping consultancy. - 2007-06-13

CardOffers.com - Helping You Find the Right Credit Card Deciding on which credit card offers are good or bad can be a difficult task these days. With all of the offers floating around, where can one turn for help? Thanks to a website called CardOffers.com, you can now get the answers to all of your questions and find the credit card that will benefit you the most. - 2007-06-13

Canibus Makes A Modern-Day Classic 101 Distribution and Mic Club Music will release Canibus' new album, For Whom The Beat Tolls. - 2007-06-13

Why Social Networking Sites Aren't for Every Social Network Don't have a MySpace page? Cringe at the thought of posting your vacation photos on Facebook or Photobucket for the whole world to see? You are not alone. While video-sharing and social networking sites may be the latest craze, they're not for every social network. - 2007-06-13

Take Your Golf Game To A New Level With A Free Fitness Tune-up in Jacksonville, FL HIT Center, Golf Pro, Heartland Physical Therapists offer free golf swing analysis June 23. - 2007-06-13

Bluestream Releases XDocs 1.1 DITA-enabled XML Content Management System Bluestream Corp., the world leader in XML content solutions, today announced the release of XDocs 1.1, DITA-enabled XML-based, single-source content management system that enables organizations to publish content to multiple channels. - 2007-06-13

PC Pandora Recognizes National Internet Safety Month Congress has recognized June as National Internet Safety Month; PC Pandora is reminding parents to educate themselves, talk with their kids and protect their families from online predators. - 2007-06-13

Indigogear.com -- Plasma TV's Laptops, Electronics -- Goes Live Online High ticket consumer electronics such as Plasma TV's and Laptop computers just got easier to purchase. Indigogear.com provides interest free payment terms and has just launched its online store. - 2007-06-13

Architecture Firm Selected as One of Oklahoma's Best Places to Work Rees Associates, Inc. ranks #14 out of 250 companies as one of Oklahoma's Best Places to Work. - 2007-06-13

Leading Internet Marketing Company Augments Latest Technology With Fresh Faces MyWebLink is the nation's leading e-solutions for consumer product goods companies. As the company has grown to service over 80 major grocery chains from coast to coast, three new faces have joined the company. - 2007-06-13

Summer Training Camp Gets Soccer Teens into Soccer Trials EduKick, a professional soccer and structured language instruction training program, sends its most talented students to professional soccer trials in Europe. - 2007-06-13

'Fast Friends' Rising Toward Top in Popularity Contest Among New Facebook Add-On Applications "Fast Friends" rising toward top in popularity contest among new Facebook add-on applications. - 2007-06-13

GreatPricedFurniture.com Makes the Internet Retailer Top 500 List Wilmington, NC-based Great Priced Furniture has been ranked among the 500 Top U.S. e-retailers in a study recently published by Internet Retailer magazine. - 2007-06-13

PDF Metamorphosis .Net 2.0.4: New Program Means Converting to PDF is Not a Problem Now SautinSoft has announced update of the server-component PDF Metamorphosis .Net 2.0.4. This is a .Net component for C# and VB.Net developers to convert between formats: RTF to PDF, TXT to PDF, DOC to HTML, DOCX to HTML, DOC to RTF, HTML to PDF, XLS to HTML, XLS to TXT, RTF to HMTL, RTF to DOC, XLS to CSV. June 12, 2007. - 2007-06-13

SPAMfighter Celebrates Nomination from the Shareware Industry Awards SPAMfighter has been nominated by the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation for Best Web Enhancement. - 2007-06-13

The United States Gypsum Corporation Establishes Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust The US Gypsum Corporation Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust began accepting claims in February 2007 for individuals who have been injured or who have the potential to become injured from exposure to asbestos in US Gypsum products. - 2007-06-13

BidClerk Reports Construction Projects Up for Bid in the Washington, D.C. Area BidClerk's report on commercial building projects planned for the D.C. metro area to go out for bid or start construction in the next 90 days. - 2007-06-13

All Allied Health Schools Launches "How to Become a Phlebotomist" Online Training Guide Trained phlebotomy technicians are in high demand. - 2007-06-13

MarketStance Adds Application Developer to Expand Web-based Product Offerings Aaron W. Mayfield has joined MarketStance, a leading business information and analytical services firm specializing in the US insurance industry, as application developer to assist the company in expanding its web-based product offerings. - 2007-06-13

Technology Bridges the Gap Between Idaho & Minnesota as Mentees Become Mentors & Fierce RED HOT Copywriting Competition Breeds Collaboration Although states away, Manyon resides in Idaho, and Viertel calls Minnesota home, the power of technology and the spirit of competition ignited a fierce battle to lead their respective teams to victory. In the end, Minnesota led her team to victory by 2% in the Bootcamp competition but it was a close race. Plus, the Power Planning Expert and Time Management Guru created a collaborative product of their own. - 2007-06-13

Juan C. Acosta, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MTV Latin America, Named a Lifetime Member of Cambridge Who's Who Cambridge Who's Who selects Juan C. Acosta, CPA, vice president and chief financial officer of MTV Latin America as an honored lifetime member. - 2007-06-13

CarSeek.com Re-Launched Carseek.com is very excited to announce the re-launch of their very fast growing and newly redesigned website. Carseek.com is a fully functional news and dealer-relationship based auto information website specializing but not limited to encompassing auto related buying, leasing and selling information. - 2007-06-13

Independence Day Celebration on Sanibel Island ResortQuest on Captiva and Sanibel Island offers accommodations for out-of-town visitors, conveniently located near the Independence Day Celebration on Sanibel Island. - 2007-06-13

Checkbox Mobile® Gives SalesTrac's Social Network a Portable Way to Collect Feedback SalesTrac, Inc. software is used by consumer products companies to gather business intelligence about their companies and brands. SalesTrac selected Prezza Technologies' Checkbox Mobile® module to integrate real-time field feedback into their PromoSpace social network system. - 2007-06-13

On The Road Travel (OTR) Launches Coverage of Peru OTR's new travel guide, with a focus on cultural travelers, unveils the Land of the Incas and so much more - 2007-06-13

Questions to Ask Before You Agree to a Mortgage -- Countrywide Shares Tips to Help Consumers Understand Mortgage and Home Loan Options To help home buyers and homeowners better understand their home loan options, Countrywide is suggesting 10 Questions to Ask Before You Agree to a Mortgage. - 2007-06-13

Ninth House Announces Release of "Realize and It's Gone" Ninth House, New York City's signature "cemetery western" band, announces the release of new CD, "Realize and It's Gone," available on SINister Records. - 2007-06-13

Scientific Publication on GenoTrim Explains Gene Link to "Sweet Tooth" as a Cause of Weight Problems Researchers from Salugen, Inc. Wake Forest University and Chang Jung University in Taiwan describe the genetic basis of how the "sweet tooth" sugar craving contributes to weight gain. - 2007-06-13

LegalView Continues Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Portal with Dynamic Blog LegalView.com, your resource on the Web for everything legal, is pleased to continue expansion of its comprehensive portal of information on traumatic brain injuries (TBI) with a regularly updated blog. The blog focuses on recent TBI cases as well as settlements and neuroscience news related to traumatic brain injuries. - 2007-06-13

Online Slots Guide Recommends Top Casinos For USA Players Leading online slots guide, www.new-online-slots.com, reviews five highly recommended online casinos for slots players based in the USA. - 2007-06-13

Hamilton Victory Means Fast Payout For PartyBets Users Bookmakers Crown Lewis BBC Sports Personality Now Following on from Lewis Hamilton's maiden Formula One victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, internet bookmaker www.PartyBets.com have decided that the McLaren driver is so certain to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, they have today paid out on him; five months before the result is announced. - 2007-06-13

WhiteFence Goes Green With Launch of GreenEnergyChoice.com New Site Gives Consumers a Broad Range of Environmentally-Conscious Energy Choices - 2007-06-13

MayoClinic.com Looks at the Numbers Behind Falling Breast Cancer Rates A new feature on MayoClinic.com provides context and answers questions about the connection between HRT and breast cancer rates raised by a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, which reported a 9 percent drop in breast cancer rates from 2001 to 2004 among women age 50 and older. - 2007-06-13

Number of Organized Stag and Hen Weekends Hits All Time High The end of May bank holiday weekend (25th-27th May 2007) saw numbers of organised stag and hen groups hit an all time high for Last Night of Freedom, a North-East based stag and hen travel agent who broke through the 100 group weekend barrier for the first time in their history. See the full story here. - 2007-06-13

Phil Hellmuth Shatters World Record With 11th WSOP Bracelet Win Phil Hellmuth enters history books with 11th World Series of Poker bracelet win, breaking the 10-bracelet record shared by Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson. - 2007-06-13

Maestro Strengthens Internet Integration; Provides Clients Free Online 'Web Connection' Training to Boost Revenue, Productivity New Web training program teaches operators the most effective online strategies, how to use Maestro Internet tools to increase profitability - 2007-06-13

ADVOCATE Radiology Billing and Reimbursement Specialists terminates its Affiliation with Comprehensive Medical Data Management ("CMDM") ADVOCATE Radiology Billing and Reimbursement Specialists terminates its affiliation with Comprehensive Medical Data Management ("CMDM"). - 2007-06-13

National Initiative to Deliver Fiber-Speed Internet Connectivity to Every U.S. Library Underway Inaugural workshop to develop implementation strategies to connect every library in the U.S. with fiber-speed Internet by 2010 to commence on July 2, 2007 in Sausalito, CA. - 2007-06-13

Santa Clara Valley Water District Calls for 10% Voluntary Water Conservation The Santa Clara Valley Water District is urging county residents and businesses to voluntarily cut back their water use by 10 percent. - 2007-06-13

EquipNet Opens Singapore Office Asia Pacific location builds on already strong global presence. - 2007-06-13

AP9 Connections Helps Add Cool Fun to Hot Summer Nights AP9 Connections, Offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC, Gives Members Tips on How to Spice up Their Summer Nights - 2007-06-13

The Life Channel to be Exclusively 'Powered by Scala,' Worldwide The Life Channel, Europe's largest health & wellbeing private television network and Scala, Inc., the world's largest provider of software for digital signage, are delighted to announce an exclusive global strategic partnership. - 2007-06-13

AP9 HomeWorks Plus Offers Advice on Protecting Your Family Against Severe Weather Events AP9 HomeWorks Plus Members Receive Notable Discounts on Family and Home Needs - 2007-06-13

AP9 Privacy Matters 1-2-3 Alerts College Students to the High Risks of Identity Theft AP9 Privacy Matters 123 Offers Members a Variety of Services Designed to Help Detect and Prevent Identify Theft - 2007-06-13

Collier Construction Enlists Coptix to Build Online Differentiation Collier Construction is on a mission to let Chattanooga know what differentiates its services from those of other residential and commercial builders in the city. So Collier enlisted Chattanooga's leading integrated design firm, Coptix, Inc. to spread the good news. - 2007-06-13

New York Times Radio Newscaster Steve Powers Retires After 45 Years in Broadcasting New York Times Radio newscaster, Emmy award winner, author and educator, Steve Powers, Ph.D., retires this month after 45 years in broadcasting. - 2007-06-13

Discover Historic Transylvania and Dracula Tours of Romania with a Specialist Tour Guide When referring to Romania the first thing that comes to mind is Transylvania. Transylvania is home to some of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe, most relating to the legend of Dracula. Take a trip to the past to discover this enchanting Region. - 2007-06-13

AP9 24 Protect Plus Offers Fuel Efficiency Tips as Gas Prices Continue to Rise AP9 24ProtectPlus Members Enjoy Significant Savings on Home and Family Safety Measures - 2007-06-13

Nomis Solutions Delivers Benefits of Profit-Based Pricing in Secure and High Performance Hosted Environment Nomis Solutions announced the ability for customers to access its award-winning Nomis Price Optimizer in a reliable, secure and high performance hosted environment. Customers also gain the dedication and expertise of Nomis Solutions' team who manage the hosting, configuration, maintenance and administration of the solution. - 2007-06-13

Nomis Solutions Enables Banks and Finance Companies to Evolve Towards More Targeted Customer-Centric Pricing Built in response to customers' evolving needs, Nomis Price Optimizer Suite 3.2 Includes the New Efficient Frontier, Offers Enhanced Reporting Capabilities, and Facilitates More Refined Segmentation. Nomis Price Optimizer 3.2 gives banks and finance companies a competitive advantage and empowers them to be more strategic and effective pricing organizations. - 2007-06-13

Home Equity Web Sites Fall Behind Top Performers The Experience of Shopping for a Home Equity Loan Online is Significantly Better on Some Lender Sites - 2007-06-13

Borden Elliott & Pierce Announce New Partnership with Online Recruiter Borden Elliott and Pierce say complaints that recruiters cannot respond to every job seeker have prompted two companies to come together to provide a full range of services. - 2007-06-13

Partner Fusion Sponsors Latin American Travel Conference Partner Fusion Inc., announces sponsorship of the Eye for Travel Latin American Travel conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Executives from over 100 companies have already confirmed their attendance at this important event including, AeroMexico, British Airways, Hyatt International, Grupo Posadas, Expedia, Copa Airlines, Mexicana, TACA and Worldspan. - 2007-06-13

QuoteWerks Becomes First Quoting Solution to be Recognized as a Sage Software Small Business Division Add-on Partner for Peachtree Partnership reinforces benefits of integrating quoting and accounting systems for small businesses. - 2007-06-13

All Touch of Class Transportation Chauffeur Driven Vehicles Will be Equipped with Wireless Internet Access Touch of Class Transportation has ordered wireless internet access equipment for immediate installation into its entire fleet of vehicles. - 2007-06-13

Little Girl "Yaya" Inspires Fashionable Personalization at LuckYaya.com Unique new website LuckYaya.com introduces the LuckYaya Photo Crystal and an innovative process that lets customers design one-of-a-kind hand-crafted jewelry. - 2007-06-13

TDG Expects Entertainment Expenses in Digital Home to Peak in 2008 Report argues that intense price competition and commoditization will result in a leveling of digital home entertainment expenses in 2007, begin rapid decline after 2012. - 2007-06-13

directline-holidays.co.uk Expects Balkans Tourism Boost in 2007 The inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Union in 2007 is expected to result in a major boost to tourism for Eastern Europe. Figures from leading online holiday company directline-holidays.co.uk indicate that the Balkans region in particular will benefit. - 2007-06-13

Global Business Barter Exchange BizXchange Opens International Headquarters in Dubai Since 2004 BizX has managed US$150 million in barter transactions; WTO estimates that US$8.43 billion in international trade is conducted on barter. - 2007-06-13

Comedian's New Book Is a Big Hit -- Relatable Laugh Out Loud High School Stories of Mischief Tales From My High School Locker: Diary of a Class Clown by Keegan Garner provides an in-depth look at Keegan's high school experiences through a series of short stories that are as equally funny as they are charming. With chapters like The Bathroom, Sex Education, and The Parking Lot, one can only imagine the funny stories that are included in this book. While reading the book it is not uncommon to laugh out loud, and more then just a few times. - 2007-06-13

The American College Announces Agreement with Financial Planning Association® to Provide Discounts to Members on Innovative CASL™ Retirement Coaching Program FPA members who have earned their CFP® certification will be eligible to receive up to $210 in savings toward a CASL™ designation from The American College. Other FPA members interested in enrolling in the CASL program can save up to $90. For more information, visit www.TheAmericanCollege.edu - 2007-06-13

Wedding Chaos Poll: Brides Want Victoria Beckham to Plan Their Wedding The consensus is that Tony Blair is an unpopular Prime Minister but now he has also been voted the most unwanted wedding planner, with less than 1% of the 1,250 voters in the latest http://www.WeddingChaos.co.uk [Wedding Chaos] poll trusting him to organise their wedding. Victoria Beckham on the other hand came out with over a third of the votes.. - 2007-06-13

Former Showtime at the Apollo Winner Releases CD despite Tragedy Former "Showtime at the Apollo" winner, Urban R&B Artist Siraaj, Releases CD with Destined Muzik despite personal Tragedies. - 2007-06-13

Largest Consumer Wine Tasting and Benefit is to Take Place in Los Angeles: 2nd Annual LA Wine Fest on the Queen Mary Joel M. Fisher, a.k.a. The Wine Educator, and Adam Leemon, co-organizers, are grateful that the LA Wine Fest is becoming the friendly, smart alternative to LA's yearly harvest of predictable wine festivals. This year fest in the Port of Long Beach on Board the Queen Mary calls attention to our diverse city and it's global wine selection. With more than 110 wineries participating, LA Wine Fest offers a simple, demystifying education on the world of wine. Tickets ($40) available for June 30th & July 1st at www.lawinefest.com (1126 Queen's Hwy, Long Beach, Ca. 90802). - 2007-06-13

Award Winning Travel Company Exceeds All Expectations in It's Third Year of Business as it Pioneers a New Aid Program Relief Riders International (RRI) is pleased to announce the 4th year of its acclaimed VolunTourism trips to Rajasthan, India. During its first three years, RRI was featured in "Outside Magazine," "Forbes," "Adventure," "O - the Oprah Magazine," and the Washington Post for its innovative combination of adventure travel and humanitarian aid. - 2007-06-13

KestrelMeters.com gets New Look, More Informational Resources and Kestrel's Latest Weather Meters and Air Flow Trackers KestrelMeters.com, retailer of Kestrel Wind & Weather Meters, has a new look and feel, more user resources and the latest Kestrel meter models, the Kestrel 4200 and Kestrel 4500. - 2007-06-13

Internet Marketing Agency Pepperjam Named to List of "Best Companies to Work for" by Happenings Magazine Pepperjam (www.pepperjamsearch.com), an Inc. 500 Company and industry leading full-service internet marketing agency, announced today that they have been named one of the "Best Companies to Work for" by Happenings Magazine. - 2007-06-13

Invitation to Press and Media -- Poker Dealers to Your Home Ever thought about getting a poker dealer to your front door? - 2007-06-13

GM Voices Inc. Selected for Membership in Avaya DeveloperConnection Program Network of companies creates innovative, IP-enabled Intelligent Communications applications that extend the value of multivendor networks. - 2007-06-13

Online Auction of New Homes in Old Colorado Mining Town Auction of new homes in Frederick, CO present buyers with an incredible opportunity to purchase a home at a competitive market price. - 2007-06-13

Personalize Your Mobile with Your Own Custom Ringtone -- AnMing Announces Newest Version of Ringtone Maker AnMing has announced MP3 To Ringtone Gold 5.23, the newest version of a ringtone maker that will let users convert audio in .mp3, .wma, .wav, and even .ogg to one of the following ringtone formats: .mmf, .amr, .mp3, .wav, qcp. - 2007-06-13

Contactify Launches Free Service to Reduce Spam and Guard Privacy A simple and free service, Contactify creates a unique link to a personal contact form, allowing visitors to send messages straight to your inbox, whilst never revealing your email address. - 2007-06-13

Lasting Lingerie Unveils it's New Unique Ambassador Program Lasting Lingerie has sought to be the difference among lingerie companies and in doing so have created a Lasting Ambassador Program allowing energetic, motivated individuals the ability to earn a nice income. - 2007-06-13

RecruitMilitary Career Fair for Military Veterans and Military Spouses Coming to Tacoma (Greater Seattle area) on June 21 The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds on Thursday, June 21, in Tacoma, Washington. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. The career fair will be open to veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, and military spouses. More than 30 veteran-friendly organizations will conduct one-on-one interviews with the job seekers--organizations that will include corporate employers, law-enforcement agencies and other government employers, educational institutions, veterans service agencies, and veterans associations. - 2007-06-13

This Week on TelecomWeb's "The Next Generation Contact Center Report": News Briefs and Feature Articles TelecomWeb's "The Next Generation Contact Center Report" (www.telecomweb.com/ccr) features free weekly news briefs and articles geared toward helping companies migrate effectively to an IP Contact Center environment. - 2007-06-13

World's First Paranormal News Web-cast Returns Ghost Hunter reports on the supernatural and bizarre. - 2007-06-13

Search Engine Marketing Industry Leader High Rankings® Conducting SEM Seminar June 28-29th in Denver, Colorado High Rankings®, a pioneer in the Search Engine Marketing industry is holding their popular High Rankings seminar on June 28-29 outside of Denver, CO featuring SEO expert Jill Whalen and five additional experienced and compelling search marketing consultants. - 2007-06-13

InfoTrack Report Shows $2.4B Global Call-Center Manufacturer Revenue Contact-center shipments for 2006 shows worldwide manufacturer revenues hit $2.4 billion, with Avaya at the top in all three vendor categories. - 2007-06-13

Everest Poker Announces Sponsorship of Italian Poker Championship The online poker room is sponsoring the Italian Poker Championship live events in San Remo from 13 June to 16 June, 2007. - 2007-06-13

Poker Creations Launches Third Online Promotion With Milwaukee's Best Light The Beer that's "Brewed for a Man's Taste" Extends its World Series of Poker Sponsorship with Online Promotion That Gives 7 Seats to 2008 WSOP as Prizes - 2007-06-13

Continuous Child Tracking System Launches into Ireland June 2007 - Blue Tree Services accelerates its international expansion with a launch into Ireland. A unique and affordable system to continuously track a child's exact location has this week been launched by Blue Tree Services into the Irish market place. - 2007-06-13

Continuous People Tracking System Launches Into Ireland June 2007 - Blue Tree Services accelerates its international expansion with a launch into Ireland. A unique and affordable system to continuously track a person's exact location has this week been launched by Blue Tree Services into Ireland. - 2007-06-13

LuminOre® Flushes Out Big Sales in Metal Bathroom Fixtures Today's interior designers are transforming hardworking, hygienic bathrooms into extraordinary metallic masterpieces. Vanities, sinks, faucets, tubs and toilets coated with LuminOre antique bronze, copper and highly polished stainless steel are giving bathrooms an unbelievable 'Wow-Factor.' - 2007-06-13

Vinegar Lovers Celebrate Vinegar Day: Folks Enjoy the Healing Powers of Vinegar 365 Days a Year "The Vinegar Man" Lawrence Diggs heads the eighth annual International Vinegar Festival (an activity started by the "Community for the Advancement of Roslyn and Eden" in 2000) in Roslyn, a place that welcomes people worldwide to appreciate the vast virtues of vinegar. - 2007-06-13

Strollometer® and StrollerFit® Team Up to Sponsor the 2007 Million Mile Moms Challenge to Combat Childhood Obesity From June 15 - July 15, Moms across America will stroll a million miles to demonstrate the importance of exercise and fitness to the children of today. - 2007-06-13

Rachael Leigh Cook Plans to Investigate the Virtual World of HABBO Star of the Upcoming Nancy Drew Film to Stop by a Leading Virtual Community for Teens. - 2007-06-13

Student Entrepreneur, Author and eBay Top Seller to Speak at eBay Live 23 year-old eBay selling expert shares profit strategies in his book eBay Millionaire or Bust and his eBay software tool ProfitBuilderSoftware.com. - 2007-06-13

Web Analytics Demystified Announces Collaborative Partnership with Stratigent Stratigent and Web Analytics Demystified announced today that they are partnering to offer a comprehensive solution to help businesses gain a competitive advantage through their collective experience with web analytics best practices and extensive industry research. - 2007-06-13

Enhance Your Game of Cornhole and Play Late into the Night Gentech Products, LLC. introduces The Bag-O-Lantern. - 2007-06-13

Press Conference And Book Signing Featuring Eddie Levert And Lyah Beth Leflore Wednesday June, 13 Legendary R&B Singer Eddie Levert will hold a press conference, reception, and sign copies of his newly released book "I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family and Friendship" written with his late son Gerald Levert and Lyah Beth LeFlore and published by Harlem Moon (A division of Random House and Double Day books). - 2007-06-13

New Probiotics Sales Partnership for the Nutrition Industry Nebraska Cultures Inc., a pioneer and leader in the natural food and nutritional supplement industry, announced today the selection of Wilke Resources Inc. of Lenexa, Kansas as exclusive U.S. sales agent for their Dr. Shahani's® brand of probiotic raw materials. - 2007-06-13

Conill Wins Gold Effie -- Highly Regarded Work for Toyota Earns Industry Honors Conillhas won a gold Effie award in the Hispanic category for its integrated "Mundo Yaris" campaign for Toyota. The award was presented during the 39th annual Effie gala. - 2007-06-13

Coke Tunes In to Consumers' Online Side of Life Coca-Cola Great Britain recently hired 1st2c, a hot name in Online Consumer Media research & Strategy, to run a first-of-a-kind project analyzing online "beat of the street". 1st2c performed the most comprehensive analysis of the entire range of UK online mind-sharing platforms, producing a uniquely detailed roadmap of consumer mindsets and behaviors along consumer lifecycle phases. - 2007-06-13

No More Grills, No More Drills - This Father's Day Let Floris London Help Reveal His Hidden Celebrity How many new grills or power tools does he need? This year, show your deepest appreciation for him with a special men's fragrance gift or wet shaving kit from Floris London. - 2007-06-13

Booster Juice Continues Expansion to Northern California's Greater Sacramento Area First Nor Cal store opened in Rocklin's Blue Oaks Town Center June 2nd, 2007. It didn't have to wait too long for customers, as they were knocking at the door early Saturday morning. - 2007-06-13

Chart-Topping Gay Novel Wins 1st Place in ForeWord Magazine Book Awards Nick Nolan's popular crossover novel, Strings Attached, continues to garner industry and reader recognition with a page-turning story about one hopeless boy's struggle to become a 'real man.' - 2007-06-13

Former Attorney Teaches American Legal System to Russian Law Students John Ritter has recently written and released the 4th book in his "You Be the Judge" series of court case summaries. This book is in both Russian and English because Ritter plans to use the book when he teaches The American Legal System to Russian law students in the fall of 2007. The book consists of shortened versions of American appeals court cases, which, in the Anglo-American common law system, serves as the source of law for future cases on similar issues. Ritter will lecture to Russians on the differences between common law and civil law which is the system Russians borrowed from Europe and are now using. - 2007-06-13

Baxa Corporation Recognized By Medical Device & Design Industry Magazine For World-Class Quality Team Baxa Corporation is profiled as one of eight world-class quality and regulatory teams in the June 2007 issue of Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine. The June article was the first time MD&DI recognized the accomplishments of the quality and regulatory teams that ensure medical products are safe and ready for market. - 2007-06-13

Team Florida Wins First Ever "Top Tech" Competition at NFSA's 2007 Annual Seminar & Exhibition Competition Crowns Top Fire Sprinkler System Layout Technicians - 2007-06-13

The Hampshire Generational Fund Sells 130,000-Square-Foot Retail Building in Anderson, S.C. The Hampshire Companies recently announced the disposition of a 130,000-square-foot retail building located in Anderson, S.C. The sale was made to Cole Realty Investments of Phoenix, Ariz. on behalf of The Hampshire Generational Fund, one of the firm's private equity real estate investment funds tailored to high net worth investors. - 2007-06-13

Littleton Advertising & Marketing Adds Employees to Raleigh Location Littleton Advertising & Marketing (LA&M), a full-service, national award-winning agency with offices in New Bern and Raleigh, North Carolina, announced today it has hired Kathleen Henzel as Media Director and Holly Ware as Account Executive. - 2007-06-13

The Oaks at Fallon Park Announces Builder Team First Inside-the-Beltline Neighborhood to Feature Pool and Clubhouse in More Than 50 Years The Oaks at Fallon Park, the first new home neighborhood with a pool and clubhouse inside the beltline in over 50 years, announced today its partnership with four well-respected Raleigh builders to construct 88 ENERGY STAR© certified homes. The builder team includes Dixon/Kirby & Company, Legacy Custom Homes, Poythress Construction Company and Timberline Builders. - 2007-06-13

Boutique Hotels and Resorts International® Adds International Talent to its Advisory Board Boutique Hotels and Resorts International® - the global alliance of genuine boutique hotels and resorts - has appointed renowned South African author and publisher Lannice Snyman and Schiller International University Professor Emeritus Max Friedli to their Advisory Board. - 2007-06-13

Fashionably Neutral Carbon Program™ to be released at WWDMAGIC As "Carbon Neutral" gains popularity with savvy green consumers, fashion designers take the reigns. - 2007-06-13

Ariadne Opens a European Sales and Support Office Ariadne today announced that it has opened an office in Europe to manage all sales and marketing activities, and to provide training and technical support to its European customers. Olivier Brun, previously CEO of Integromics, will be responsible for Ariadne operations in Europe, bringing 10 years of experience in the biosoftware industry. - 2007-06-13

Social Entrepreneurs Ring the Bell for Students in Technology Skills this Summer Digit All Systems, Inc. (DAS) introduces the Tech-Ed Summer Camp Baltimore's for boys and girls ages 10-17. Four computer technology camps with morning and afternoon sessions will be offered Monday July 2, 2007 through Saturday August 25, 2007. The camp sessions include Microsoft Office® 2007 Xtreme, Lego MindStorm® Robotics, The Urban Video Game Academy ™ for Video Game Design and Programming, and Computer Repair Essentials. - 2007-06-13

Orlando Airport Marriott Announces Completion of Renovations The Orlando Airport Marriott is almost complete with its $13 million renovation. The monumental makeover of the Orlando airport hotel is catered towards both the leisure and business traveler. - 2007-06-13

Sizzling Careers to Launch This Summer CollegeSurfing.com offers access to today's hottest professions. - 2007-06-13

Web 2.0 Cooperation: imageloop Grants Moving Pictures to German Service Portal blauarbeit.de Service providers can perfectly present their profiles at blauarbeit.de Germany´s leading reverse service auction portal. First full-service integration of imageloop technology into a 3rd party portal thanks to new API. - 2007-06-13

Usability Sciences Launches Hispanic User Experience Solutions Solutions help clients address unique needs of online Hispanic users for Spanish language sites. - 2007-06-13

FitzVogt's Personal Touch After 30 Years Now in its 30th year, FitzVogt's commitment to individualized food service is making new friends and keeping old ones. - 2007-06-13

Training Developer Adds Blended Learning Portal to Mix The Source Training, Inc. announced it has added a Blended Learning Portal to complement its lineup of custom training components. As a multi-format developer, the product helps create a central access point for any of the eight training formats The Source Training develops for its clients. - 2007-06-13

Consumers Find Local Contractors with Repair-Home.com's Free Directory Listing With recent growth in the home and industrial construction markets, contractors are needed in increasingly greater demand. Repair-Home.com offers a free contractor listing to help businesses take advantage of the need for skilled labor by increasing their visibility among homeowners and other companies. - 2007-06-13

RecordForAll Wins an Industry Nomination for the Best Sound Program for the Year 2007 The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation has announced that RecordForAll is nominated for Best Sound Program or Utility for the year 2007. - 2007-06-13

On Father's Day, Give the Gift of Financial Education Fathers can set a good financial example with six tips, suggests Bills.com CEO. - 2007-06-13

Choosing the Right Business Phone System Simplified with VendorGuru.com Webinar Business owners know that using the best phone system for their business is critical to their success--but the many choices can be confusing. VendorGuru.com has partnered with TelephonyWorld.com to clarify the business phone selection process in a free Webinar featuring business owners who discuss their experiences with both traditional and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone systems. To take the confusion out of finding the right phone system, VendorGuru.com links business owners with top business phone system providers who best meet their needs. - 2007-06-13

The Internet Retailer Top 500 Releases 2007 Guide, Features Blinds.com Houston-based internet retailer Blinds.com is honored by being selected as an addition to The Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide for the second year in a row. Blinds.com is ranked and profiled at 194 in The Guide. - 2007-06-13

Fortune 500 Companies Network with Native American Businesses at 7th Annual NABA Fund National Procurement Conference 7th Annual Native American Business Alliance's National Business/Procurement Conference; Apprentice 2 Winner and First Native American Astronaut Joined Business Leaders. - 2007-06-13

IOTA Publishing 2007 Novel Contest Winner Announced Iota Publishing announced the winner of its 2007 Novel Writing Contest today: Lorelei Armstrong of Los Angeles, California. The winning manuscript, In The Face, was a unanimous decision by the judges. Ms. Armstrong will receive a cash prize of $1000 and an offer to publish her novel. - 2007-06-13

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Aviation Weather: Faster and Easier with ForeFlight 2.0 SilverCurve, LLC announces the second major release of its aviation weather software package, ForeFlight. - 2007-06-13

'AUTO Aficionado' Expands Board of Directors to include William F. Masucci William F. Masucci appointed to Board of Directors of high-end luxury magazine, AUTO Aficionado. - 2007-06-13

Ward/Kraft, Inc. Mourns Loss Mr. Harold Kraft, co-founder of Ward/Kraft, Inc., passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 after a courageous seven year fight with ALS. - 2007-06-13

OptimalResume.com Introduces Career Services Suite 2007 OptimalResume.com, a leading provider of online services to the higher education marketplace releases Career Services Suite 2007. This includes six product modules and Corporate-Connect, the next generation of online job board. - 2007-06-13

SSI President to Present at Skynarc ( International Narcotics Interdiction Association ) In an atmosphere of heightened concern over the threat of terror incidents following thwarted plots in New Jersey and New York, Henry Morgenstern, the president of SSI, the leading Homeland Security company will be presenting a keynote speech on American Jihad - the threat from Radical Islam in the USA. - 2007-06-13

Study Ranks Texas' Most Productive Universities Academic Analytics announces Texas' most productive research universities as measured by faculty scholarly productivity. Rice University is the most productive large research university, while Texas' small research universities underperform the national average. - 2007-06-13

Notes Etc. introduces Custom Stamps by Three Designing Women, the leader in custom stamp design. NotesEtc.net--a leading retailer of personalized stationery, invitations and so much more--now sells Three Designing Women's customized stamp products. - 2007-06-13

Free Step-By-Step Business Opportunity and Web Design Videos Makes Home Based Business Dreams Achievable for Anybody The world of online money making programs and eBooks has engulfed the cyber small business world now for many years. As time progresses, competition has grown stronger and the online get-rich-quick-schemes have become few and far between. Understanding the fundamentals of online marketing and design is the key to any online success. Through the use of step-by-step video tutorials and in-depth documentation, even the computer layman can build an internet empire. - 2007-06-13

National Resume Writers' Association Seeks 2008 Conference Speaker Proposal Submissions Unique opportunity for professional speakers to present resume writing, business, and career-related topics to more than 100 attendees and gain exposure to 400+ members. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2007. - 2007-06-13

Investor's Business Daily® Selects Opt-Intelligence to Power Opt-In Ad Serving on its Website Investor's Business Daily® has selected Opt-Intelligence's proprietary ad serving platform to display opt-in advertising on its Investors.com website. - 2007-06-13

Multi-Link Offers Secure Remote Backup Services Using Industry-leading Online Backup Software Leading provider of technology and telecom services selects RBackup Online Backup software. - 2007-06-13

Allure Las Vegas Leads Way for North Strip Development With the flurry of recent announcements regarding property acquisitions and real estate transactions, the north end of the Strip has quickly become the focus of redevelopment activity. More than three years ago, developer Steven Fifield had the foresight to put down stakes on this prime real estate. As a result, residents of Allure Las Vegas, one of the very few true high-rise condominium projects, are expected to move in this fall thus pioneering a new era of North Strip living. - 2007-06-13

NBS Technologies launches SmartSys™ - the new machine control software SmartSys™ is NBS Technologies' newest advance in machine control technology designed by our own software design team, UbiQ®, to run our Horizon card personalization equipment. - 2007-06-13

SSI Announces the Expansion of its Homeland Security Training to Canada SSI's Canadian office has organized an October training through Strategic Risk Protection Inc that will be held in Mississauga Convention Center from the 3rd to the 5th of October. Recent thwarted plots in Canada -- especially the quantities of explosives -- suggest that Canada takes the terror threat seriously. Strategic Risk Protection will organize a three day conference near Toronto and has asked SSI to provide two days of specialized training on the threat of Suicide Terror. - 2007-06-13

Digital Audio Editor Shootout Digital Music Doctor announces the release of a new analysis which compares two popular Digital Audio Editors, Adobe Audition 2 and Sony Sound Forge 9. Both products are fairly evenly matched as far as traditional audio recording, editing, and processing functions. Audition comes out on top in the analysis primarily because of its multitrack mixing capability. Sound Forge, on the other hand, offers superior CD creation capabilities with CD Architect which is included with the product. - 2007-06-13

IRIS Distribution and MusicIP Deliver Music on New Line of Memorex MP3 Players IRIS Distribution continues to advance independent music discovery by placing over 250 tracks by independent artists on a new line of Memorex MP3 players. The players will be sold at Target stores nationwide this summer. - 2007-06-13

Lessno.com Announces Partnership with Kelkoo Lessno.com, a new discount airfare website, today announced a distribution partnership with Kelkoo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yahoo! and a part of the Yahoo! Travel network. The partnership will enable Kelkoo users in the United Kingdom to access the lowest airfares to Eastern Europe, Japan and other destinations in Asia through Lessno.com. - 2007-06-13

Homepage is Where the Heart is: New Web Site Provides Straight Talk on Cardiovascular Surgery Options A Web services firm and a Salt Lake City medical practice have joined forces to create a new Web site that provides a wealth of easy-to-understand information on heart ailments and treatment options. - 2007-06-13

Talsico International Offers Error Reduction Seminar Series Talsico International is offering a series of seminars from June - August designed to help companies save money by eliminating human errors. - 2007-06-13

US Department of Commerce Deploys the Learn.com LearnCenter Platform to Almost 40,000 Employees in 12 Bureaus in Just 12 Weeks Learn.com®, a leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, today announced that just 12 weeks after signing a new partnership with Learn.com, the United States Department of Commerce has deployed the LearnCenter platform to its almost 40,000 global employees in 12 bureaus. The contract was awarded by the US Department of Commerce through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM/GoLearn). This is one of the fastest launches of a talent management / learning management suite in federal government history. - 2007-06-13

Kids and Parents Get 'Fired Up' for Creative Development at the New Kids 'N' Clay Pottery Studio in Lynnwood, WA The Lynnwood studio will hold a GALA Grand Opening on Saturday, June 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - 2007-06-13

New Research Reveals that Proper Sleepwear can Help Menopausal Women Overcome Night Sweats Naturally, Without Hormones Cool Sets® sleepwear thermo-regulates body temperature and wicks away moisture for women with sleep problems associated with menopause. - 2007-06-13

Long Blooming Shrubs For The Home Gardener As Americans are enjoying life outdoors more than ever before and wanting to develop a low-maintenance landscape, shrubs that flower over a long period of time can be the answer. - 2007-06-13

New Virtual Fashion Heaven E-Tailor - Tobi.com Launches This September 2007 Tobi.com (Tobi), is an online boutique set to launch in early September 2007. Tobi will offer all the convenience of online shopping with the personalized service you expect from the finest luxury boutiques and your favorite neighborhood shops. - 2007-06-13

Fries Film Group, Insight Film Studios, and Capstone Entertainment Group LLC Announce Summer Production of 'The Persistence of Memory' A sweeping drama that follows a young actor into the surreal world of Salvador and Gala Dalí. - 2007-06-13

CalChamber Helps Employers Prevent Heat Illness New CalChamber Preventing Heat Illness mini-book contains CalOSHA-mandated training information in English and Spanish. - 2007-06-13

HaiVision Incorporates RADVISION SIP for Videoconference System Interoperability HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the leader in high performance network video technology, today announces Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inter-operability for its hai1000 product based on the RADVISION SIP Protocol Toolkit. - 2007-06-13

New Computer Security White Paper Aimed at Service Contractors Addresses Data Integrity Concerns Service contractors with a growing reliance on technology can use new white paper to benchmark against current IT infrastructure. - 2007-06-13

Detroit Attorney Receives "Excellence" Award Detroit urban Lutheran school "Striving for Excellence Award" to alumni attorney. - 2007-06-13

Candy Bouquet Expands Operations to New Retail Store in Hanford Mrs. Yen's Candy Bouquet franchise is rapidly becoming the most popular gift choice in the San Francisco Valley. Mrs. Yen's, Inc. has just announced the opening of a new store in Hanford as part of an aggressive expansion plan. This store will be the base for much of the creative work of designing and arranging Candy Bouquets. - 2007-06-13

CME Outfitters Announces Live CE Audioconference Series: 'Translating the Role of Neurotransmitter Systems into Clinical Outcomes in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder' CME Outfitters announces the 2007 series premiere of neuroscienceCME VOICE, titled "Translating the Role of Neurotransmitter Systems into Clinical Outcomes in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder." Offered as a series of 10 live and interactive audioconferences premiering Monday, June 11, 2007, the series features faculty experts Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD, and Peter Buckley, MD, and focuses on recognizing the relationship between neurotransmitter systems and clinical outcomes in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. - 2007-06-13

Geosoft Inc Signs Agreement for Integrating PDF3D by Visual Technology Services within its Exploration and Geoscience Software and Solutions Geosoft™ Adopts PDF3D® from Visual Technology Services to improve the ability for its users to publish 3D representations of data to Adobe® PDF Reader. - 2007-06-13

Atlantamustang.com Adds Pre-painted CDC Chin Spoilers To Their Line Of Mustang Accessories AtlantaMustang.com, an online vendor that specializes in Ford Mustang accessories and parts for 2005, 2006 and 2007 models, has recently announced the addition of pre-painted Classic Design Concepts chin spoilers to their lineup of Mustang-related products. - 2007-06-13

Memoir Tackles Love Relationship Issues with Grit and Humor A gritty, sometimes heart wrenching and always entertaining memoir from Carmin Wharton, Lessons Learned: While Looking for Love in All the Wrong Faces, exemplifies a woman who shares painful life experiences to spare others pain. - 2007-06-13

Vendavo and Hitachi Consulting Announce Alliance to Deliver Price Management and Optimization Solutions to Enterprise Customers Worldwide Vendavo and Hitachi Consulting to deliver price management and optimization solutions to customers worldwide. - 2007-06-13

Treasures Found 'On the Road' Offered at No Reserve? EstateRoadShow.com Launches Maiden Live Auction in Charleston SC and On AuctionFloor.com An original Aston Knight oil painting "The Mill Stream" and a rare signed Jefferson reverse lamp offered at no reserve? Just a few of hundreds of valuable pieces of art, antiques, glass and pottery selling on June 16-17th, most starting at $5. - 2007-06-13

Sunday's Best - Park's Black Shoes, Bucket Hat and Skort Make Her Best-Dressed in LPGA Championship Final Round Angela Park picked a distinctive, feminine yet athletic black outfit that included a matching bucket hat and the only pair of black shoes among the contenders in the final round of Sunday's MacDonald's LPGA Championship. - 2007-06-13

Intuicom Expands into Broadband Market with its EB-58 ™ Transceiver- Providing Long-Range Industrial Ethernet Connectivity at 54 Mbps Intuicom announced entry into the Broadband market place with the release of its EB-58 transceiver. Designed for broadband industrial applications, the EB-58 is a full-featured enterprise class transceiver with data rates up to 54 Mbps.Intuicom EB-58 is the latest solution for fixed and mobile industrial applications, providing mission critical connectivity between remote assets, corporate networks, as well as fleet vehicles and other mobile assets. Security, video surveillance, mobile/remote asset management, and high-speed backbones have all been addressed with the EB-58 transceiver. - 2007-06-13

DotNetNuke® Strengthens Open Source Leadership Position with OpenForce '07 Conference Conference represents a major milestone for Open Source projects based on Microsoft .NET technology. - 2007-06-13

A Clear Answer To Confusing Questions About Florida Deeds And Transfer Taxes Florida law has confused property owners for years, leaving them subject to outrageous taxes when property owners transfer property ownership to a business. This clear and concise explanation of the law also reveals how the tax works. - 2007-06-13

SonicMountain Joins The Amergence Group; Company Takes Strategic Investment to Quickly Enhance and Grow Odeo SonicMountain, Inc. announced today that it has signed a binding Engagement Agreement with Phoenix-based Amergence Group (OTC: AMGG). Under the terms of the agreement, SonicMountain, home of Odeo.com, one of the most popular podcast environments on the Internet today, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of The Amergence Group Inc. - 2007-06-13

Online Instant Messaging Hurts English, According to Company WhiteSmoke writing software offers fix for broken English. - 2007-06-13

Realtor Uses Blog and Feeds to Inform Customers Hood River Oregon Real Estate agent uses blogs and property feed to inform customers. - 2007-06-13

Parity Announces that Improving Services for the Online Citizen is Not Just About Implementing Technology Parity declares that the implementation of technology is only a small factor in the overall solution to improve public sector services. - 2007-06-13

Destination Resorts Hawaii Offers Fifth Night Free Luxury Condo Vacation Packages in Wailea, Maui Destination Resorts Hawaii has a new vacation special offering discounted rates for their luxury condo and villa vacation rentals in Maui, Hawaii. The package features a fifth night of stay for free. - 2007-06-13

Barclays Research Reveals Time-Poor Brits are Turning to Domestic Help Barclays research shows almost one in 10 households currently employ at least one person. - 2007-06-13

Embassy Suites Hotels Launch the Third Annual Snap Happy Photo Contest Embassy Suites Hotels have announced the launch of its popular Snap Happy family vacation photo contest, this year with a Happiness in Motion theme. - 2007-06-13

Initial Launches New Medical Services Website Initial have progressed their online strategy further, launching a new medical services website for the UK market. - 2007-06-13

Barclays Goes Carbon Neutral in the UK Barclays seek to reduce environmental impact by going carbon neutral in the UK. - 2007-06-13

MadZ Software Releases Universal Video Converter 1.0: A Comprehensive Video File Format Converter If you have an ever growing collection of video files on your computer, you may want to convert those videos into another format or view them on your Apple iPod Video, Sony PSP, or Microsoft Zune. Universal Video Converter from MadZ Software is the solution. - 2007-06-13

Learn About New Technology That's More Powerful Than Email Dynamic company unveils breakthrough technology that could replace email for your business and personal communication needs. This powerful new technology will be investigated by every major marketer on the net. It's that powerful. The Internet is constantly evolving, and new ideas create incredible business opportunities. Pay attention and you could retire by this time next year. - 2007-06-13

Autodesk® Inventor 2008 Tutorial Series Certified by Autodesk CADLearning by 4D Technologies is pleased to announce we have received Autodesk® certification for our Inventor 2008 Tutorial Series. All tutorial products are available on DVD or streaming online. - 2007-06-13

eBooks About Love Bookstore -- G-Rated Insights Into Modern Love Romance, Love and Marriage are all showcased in eBooks About Love. This store specializes in G-rated romance titles for juveniles and adults. Spend hours discovering how to find love in this sometimes cold world. If more understanding about love is needed; just go to eBooks about love and find the answer. - 2007-06-13

Matt Bodeman and Scott A. Rozanski Launch Their Millionaire Real Estate Pros Website Today, Real Estate Investors will have the opportunity to discover how to make big money in real estate the "No-Nonsense" way. The Millionaire Real Estate Pros, Matt Bodeman and Scott A. Rozanski are launching their new website and offering free information that will reveal secrets about real estate investing that the "gurus" would charge thousands of dollars for. - 2007-06-13

Houston's O.C. Aluminum Inc., Provides Customized Solutions and Expanded Product Line Expanded product line and partnership with scrap dealer keeps projects cost-effective for customers and spurs company growth - 2007-06-13

New Bamboo Rugs Website Launched The newly launched Bamboo Rugs information site aims to offer a complete introductory guide to the world of bamboo and the intrinsic qualities that make it ideal for bespoke natural rug designs. - 2007-06-13

Money Casino Magazine Publishes Strategies Online magazine by Money-Casino.com now offers new sections featuring betting systems, humor and fortune telling. - 2007-06-13

RealBird® Announces Three Novel Luxury Real Estate Portals for the San Francisco Bay Area RealBird announces the opening of three luxury real estate map-based search portals in the San Francisco Bay Area featuring MLS listed homes with prices of 2.9 million dollars and above. - 2007-06-13

Children with Learning, Attention and Sensory Challenges Sing Their Way to Staying Alert at School and Home Prepare yourself for the latest Alert Program™ tool to hit the pavement called Test Drive: Introducing the Alert Program™ Through Song. This unique book/CD combo may be the tool parents, teachers and therapists have been dreaming of to help children change how alert they feel. - 2007-06-13

Jessica Vale Hires WeRoqq Publicity and Promotion Groundbreaking Artist Signs with PR Firm to Launch Latest CD. - 2007-06-13

MicroVacuum Ltd. and Nanjing Sunshine Biotechnology Ltd. Announces Distribution Agreement for the Chinese Market MicroVacuum Ltd. -- a manufacturer of real-time, label-free biosensor chips and OWLS analytical instrumentation -- and Nanjing Sunshine Biotechnology Ltd. announced today a distribution agreement for the Chinese market. - 2007-06-13

The Black 411™ Announces Plans to Launch Nationwide The Black 411™...Time is Now...We Can't Afford to Wait. The Black 411™ announces its plans to launch its service nationwide in the 2nd half of 2007. - 2007-06-13

Discover How to Spider Articles on the Internet Writing articles to promote your site can be time consuming. Do it right the first time. Brand yourself and advertise at the same time. - 2007-06-13

Symmetricom Announces Carrier Class PackeTime Module for Next Generation Networks: New SSU-2000 Server Card Provides NTP Support for International Next Generation Applications Including IPTV and VoIP Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced its second carrier class PackeTime(TM) server card that provides NTP capability for next generation service provider applications such as IPTV, Billing Record Management, QoS Measurement Systems and IP Service Level Agreement (SLA) Monitoring. This latest carrier class NTP server card is fully integrated into Symmetricom's SSU-2000 Synchronization Supply Unit. In February, the company announced its new carrier class PackeTime server card for its TimeHub(TM) Building Integrated Timing Supply (BITS) system. - 2007-06-13

CARE Act Would Protect 500,000 Child Farmworkers Child labor advocates call for long overdue updates to laws meant to protect youngest workers. - 2007-06-13

Howard Dean Says NH Primary is Important & Florida "Won't Count" In a video taped exchange with Victory NH's Primary Defenders, DNC Chairman, Howard Dean defended the Democratic National Committee's Primary Calendar while conceding that while New Hampshire's First in the Nation Primary is still critical to the presidential race, Florida's unilateral decision to move their primary up to January 29th, has "essentially converted their Primary to a straw poll." - 2007-06-13

Ohio Boosts Innovation In National Security Technology State’s aerospace infrastructure leads to advanced sensor technology research, business development and product commercialization. - 2007-06-13

Ford Shelby GT Drops Its Top For 2008 Model Year The 2008 Ford Shelby GT convertible will be formally introduced to Shelby and Ford enthusiasts at the Mid-America Ford Performance and Shelby Meet, which opens today in Tulsa, Oklahoma. - 2007-06-13

AmbironTrustWave Endorses New Extended Validation SSL Certificate Guidelines AmbironTrustWave, a leading provider of data security and compliance management solutions - including Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates - has endorsed Version 1.0 of the guidelines for issuing Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates announced by the CA/Browser forum. - 2007-06-13

ON Networks Introduces ON Dating: A New Video Guide-to-Success for Online Courtship -- Internet Series, Produced by NBC Universal Digital Studios, Offers Viewers Expert Advice on Finding That Special Someone Online Online dating is the fastest growing social phenomenon on the Internet. With 40 million people using online services and more than 1,400 websites to choose from, dating sites have grown into a $700 million venture. But with such a dizzying array of options, where do you start? How do real people find their ideal mate in a virtual world? ON Dating (www.ondating.tv), a new Internet dating advice program, provides the answers to these and other perplexing questions. - 2007-06-13

Pure .NET 2.0 Data Visualization Component for Professional Developers With the release of the Instrumentation ModelKit 3.0 the creation of digital dashboards, KPI, scorecards, and other data visualization applications becomes much easier. - 2007-06-13

AEHA: "Give a Heart Attack Prevention Test for Father's Day" The Association for Eradication of Heart Attack (AEHA) is urging American families to use Father's Day as an opportunity to help their Dad avoid a heart attack. AEHA suggests giving a heart scan or a scan of the carotid artery as a gift. The organization also is calling on hospitals, clinics and physicians to offer Father's Day specials with discounted rates. - 2007-06-13

Successful Internet Businesses Find a Home at the New WebBizIdeas.com With the launch of their new website and expanded Internet business service offerings, WebBizIdeas.com aims to make the new generation of Internet Entrepreneurs more successful than ever before. - 2007-06-13

New Uniwall® Counter System From Eagle Improves Lead Times and Simplifies Foodservice Installations The new UniWall® counter system from the SpecFAB Division of Eagle Foodservice Equipment is a revolutionary step forward in simplifying kitchen and other foodservice installations. The unique, powerful turnkey design of the UniWall® system integrates retaining wall elements with counters, thereby eliminating many of the problems and installation delays that foodservice projects typically face in their final stages. - 2007-06-13

U.S. Navy Awards Pedigree Technologies $8.4 Million Contract to Implement Intelligent Wireless Operating Network Pedigree Technologies was recently awarded an $8.4 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). - 2007-06-13

USIS and Position Manager Announce New Alliance to Streamline HR Processes for Healthcare Organizations A Seamless Interface for Healthcare Client - 2007-06-13

Author Dr. Jagdish Sheth Will Appear on 'Corporate Strategies With Tim Connolly' Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 10:30 am ET. Dr. Jagdish Sheth will appear on "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly", Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 10:30 am ET. Dr. Sheth will discuss his new book, "The Self Destructive Habits of Good Companies." The interview will discuss success stories of companies that met their bad habits head on, and emerged as stronger companies, including American Express, McDonald's, Avon, and Air France. - 2007-06-13

Exceptional Risk Advisors, LLC Announces the Launch of a New Entertainment & Sports Division Exceptional Risk Advisors new Entertainment & Sports division to offer unique insurance solutions for exceptional disability and accident exposures. - 2007-06-13

IndustryNext Releases enScramble™ Enterprise Edition, a Breakthrough Solution for Flash® Video Protection enScramble Enterprise Edition prevents unauthorized distribution of Flash video, enabling publishers to control when and where consumers view their content. - 2007-06-13

Jackson Health System to Implement Compliance 360’s Compliance and Risk Management Solution One of South Florida’s Largest Health Systems chooses solution to reduce manual processes, improve regulatory awareness, and provide greater visibility to overall compliance status. - 2007-06-13

Veoh's Traffic Increases by 184% Since February, Attracting More than 12.5 Million Unique Users in May Substantial growth continues to attract major content providers. - 2007-06-13

Phoenix Data Systems Contractual Backlog Exceeds $22 Million Phoenix Data Systems (PDS) announces that its contractual backlog has exceeded the $20 million milestone in its steady growth as a key electronic clinical data services provider. As of today, the PDS business backlog figure surpassed $22.11 million. This backlog is composed of contractual commitments spanning the entire clinical trial life cycle. PDS is currently supporting 15 new pivotal Phase III studies for 9 clients among the 74 projects that it has started in this calendar year. - 2007-06-13

Premier Wealth Management Successfully Relists on the OTC Bulletin Board Tally-Ho Ventures, Inc., d/b/a Premier Wealth Management, Inc., (OTCBB:TLYH) today announced that it has resumed trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under symbol "TLYH" effective at market open this morning. - 2007-06-13

Phillip Roy Financial Services and Octagon Announce Initial Results of New Groundbreaking Academic Fundraising Program Phillip Roy Financial Services and Octagon, since announcing their agreement for a new groundbreaking academic fundraising program, have been overwhelmed by the response from major universities and colleges nationwide. "The response from leading educational institutions has been unbelievable," according to Phillip Wasserman, president of Phillip Roy Financial Services. "The demand to raise money for our nation's educational institutions needs to be met and this exciting new program is a strong way to help." - 2007-06-13

American National Bank to Acquire Tarrant County-based Bryant-Irvin Bancshares and Subsidiary, Citizens National Bank American National Bank of Texas (ANB), one of the oldest and largest independently owned banks in the state, and Bryant-Irvin Bancshares, Inc., (BIB) today announced that they have signed a Definitive Agreement for ANB to acquire BIB and its subsidiary, Citizens National Bank (CNB), a Fort Worth-based financial institution with more than $140 million in assets and four locations in Tarrant County. - 2007-06-13

U.S. is a Global Leader in Retail Bank Performance, Finds New Booz Allen Hamilton Consumer Study: North American customers have strong preference for purchasing financial services products online over branches Majority of banks in the U.S. and worldwide fail to provide differentiated service for mass affluent market, missing sales opportunities The U.S. ranks as one of the top three countries in overall retail banking performance, according to a new, global study by management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton; Hong Kong and Switzerland are the other leaders. However, banks in all regions have room for improvement. - 2007-06-13

Family Values Tour Fans Invited to Create Original 2007 Tour Poster: The Family Values Tour Partners with Brickfish to Select Fan-Designed 2007 Tour Poster One of the greatest brands in summer rock festivals, The Family Values Tour, has announced an online contest open to all fans to design a 2007 promotional tour poster. - 2007-06-13

Sparter Announces Gamer2Gamer(TM) Trading Platform for Virtual Currencies: Global Exchange Saves Gamers Money and Protects Publishers' Rights Sparter, Inc. today announced the public beta release of its exchange platform designed to enable global Gamer2Gamer(TM) (G2G(TM)) trading of virtual currencies. The platform provides an open, transparent and secure environment for players of massively multi-player online games to trade with other gamers. Games currently supported include DOFUS, EVE Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Lineage II, The Lord of the Rings Online, MapleStory, Silkroad Online, Star Wars Galaxies and World of Warcraft. - 2007-06-13

FAST ESP Continues to Gain Rapid Market Acceptance for Superior Integration and Management: As Organizations Rapidly Embrace the Need for Search, FAST ESP 5.1 Builds on Proven Performance and Scalability as Only Search Platform to Offer SOA-based Integration Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST(TM)), the leading global provider of search technologies, today announced that more than 500 organizations globally have implemented the FAST Enterprise Search Platform(TM) (FAST ESP(TM)) as their information access layer of choice. This rapid adoption since the product's inception last year validates FAST's vision that search delivers exponential business value by intuitively connecting people to the information they need to make better business decisions, find new sources of revenue and transform the way they solve business problems. In short, forward-thinking companies that realize the value of using search technologies to effectively manage information access are choosing FAST. - 2007-06-13

VistaPrint Named to Boston Globe 100 VistaPrint Limited the leading online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers, today announced that is has been named to the "Globe 100" list of top performing public companies in Massachusetts. - 2007-06-13

The PayPerPost Revolution Accelerates, Sponsored Blogging Marketplace Secures $7 Million Series B Draper Fisher Jurvetson Leads Round and Joins Board of Directors PayPerPost, the leading marketplace for advertisers to reach bloggers and other consumer content creators, today announced it has completed a $7 million second round investment led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, an investor in the companies Series A and one of the world's leading high-technology venture capital firms. - 2007-06-13

As School Year Ends, the Candy Bouquet® Gift Alternative is Hot Mrs. Yen's, Inc. Candy Bouquet franchise offers the hottest gift alternative of the season -- a bouquet made of delicious international gourmet candies. Whether shopping for a graduate or for a thank-you gift for a teacher, a Candy Bouquet is the gift that will bring sweetness to every life. And, Mrs. Yen's is suggesting beautiful Candy Bouquet leis as a colorful and tasty alternative to flowers. - 2007-06-13

Thompson Studios Helps Struggling Teenagers Fight Drug Addiction Bob Thompson, award winning photographer and owner of Thompson Studios, has stepped up to the plate once again by providing his talent and expertise to help The Pink Star Foundation meet its goal with their online Pink Star Shoppe (www.pinkstarfoundation.com). By raising funds online, the Foundation is helping adolescents in this community, who are struggling with drug or alcohol addictions, to become clean with the help of scholarships to drug treatment facilities. - 2007-06-13

Texas Instruments New Acoustic Echo Cancellation Software Boosts Speakerphone Performance in Grandstream SIP Phone Portfolio Grandstream Networks, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of next-generation IP voice and video products for broadband networks and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) [NYSE:TXN] announced today that Grandstream has selected Texas Instruments' new advanced acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) software to dramatically improve the speakerphone quality for its GXP2020, GXP2000, and BT200 IP phones, all of which are based on TI's TMS320C5000™ digital signal processor (DSP) platform. A speakerphone enhancement firmware release based on the TI's new advanced AEC software will be available at the end of this month. - 2007-06-13

Mosaic Technology Partners With Cisco Company IronPort -- Addition of Anti-spam, Anti-virus and Anti-spyware Appliances Boosts Security Offerings Mosaic Technology expands security offerings with new partnership with leading security appliance vendor IronPort. Mosaic will market email security, web security, and security management appliances to SMB and Enterprise customers. - 2007-06-13

IntraLearn Software's LearningServer Helping Insights Train 5,000+ Trainers IntraLearn Software Corporation, a leading supplier of Microsoft technology-based turnkey eLearning software applications, announced today that Insights Learning and Development Ltd. has implemented its LearningServer for .NET eLearning system. A leader in the field of people and organizational development, Insights will use LearningServer to provide their partners with training for implementing their best-of-breed learning solutions. - 2007-06-13

Retailers Can Save Millions with new Checkout Scale Recent advances in weighing technology have created new ways for retailers to save millions of dollars. Behind every by-weight transaction is an antiquated technology that, if replaced, could greatly reduce the amount of money retailers needlessly give away in produce bag tares. Consumers and retailers alike can largely benefit from the new METTLER TOLEDO Diva scale -- a dual-interval scale, which increases weighing resolution. - 2007-06-13

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Terrorism Prevention Conference Hosted By Sarasota Sheriffs Office scheduled for September 17th through the 21st, 2007 In an atmosphere of heightened concern over the threat of terror incidents following thwarted plots in New Jersey and New York, the nation's leading Homeland Security company will provide 5 different speakers in a full week's program hosted by the Sarasota Sheriffs Office. - 2007-06-13

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lineup Hugh Masekela, Kevin Mahogany, Red Holloway, Cyrus Chestnut, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Romero Lubambo, Leny Adrade, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra added to lineup for Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 31-September 2, Lenox, Massachusetts. Full lineup includes Kurt Elling, Randy Crawford and Joe Sample, Marian