News Releases

Innovative Company Opens New Category in Alcohol Industry, Offering Capitalization Opportunities to Anheuser-Busch, Miller and Coors Greenville, SC-based company SAB Enterprises, LLC is gaining national attention with their innovative beverage containers - 2007-11-01

A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour Featured on NBC’s Today Show Fresh on the heels of celebrating its two year anniversary, A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show in a segment entitled “Brooklyn’s Best Pizza Joints”. - 2007-11-01

Partners Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. Merges with Maxx Financial Partners, LLC The combined companies form one of the largest, most comprehensive insurance marketing organizations. - 2007-11-01

Domain Industry Magnates Back SharedReviews Syndicated user-generated content will power the next generation of domain parking platforms. - 2007-11-01

Bioiberica: Supporting Role of Dietary Supplements as Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drugs Bioiberica supports the growing body of evidence that clinically proves the effect of chondroitin sulfate (CS) and glucosamine (GLU) in slowing the progression of osteoarthritis (OA). - 2007-11-01

Sendouts Unveils Sendouts Pro 6.0 Recruitment Management Software at NAPS Conference New Version Adds Timesheet Management Features, Candidate Sourcing Tools and Training Resources - 2007-11-01

New GPS Superstore, GPSCenter.com, Launches – Guiding the Way & Getting You There GPSCenter, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of their new ultimate online GPS store -www.GPSCenter.com. - 2007-11-01

Infohrm Presents Current and Future Trends in Workforce Planning at the HR Southwest Conference HR practitioners discuss the results of Infohrm’s international survey on workforce planning during a presentation on "The Future of Workforce Planning." - 2007-11-01

Two Years into the HB 2137 Reforms, Has the Business Climate in Illinois Improved? Two years into the implementation of the HB 2137 workers’ compensation reforms, there are continuing challenges confronting employers and other stakeholders in Illinois. They have not seen the changes promised and are in search of solutions for improving the business climate in Illinois. Many are asking: -What is the measurable impact of the workers' comp reforms to date? -Will the medical fee schedule bring the much-needed reduction in costs? -How are this year's appellate court decisions interpreting the provisions of HB 2137? -What can be done about the backlog of disputed claims? -Is the fraud statute making a difference? -What does the future hold for workers' comp insurance in Illinois? -What are other Illinois businesses doing to prevent injuries, get injured employees back to work, and reduce costs? - 2007-11-01

Dominion Resources and Steelcase Receive TEDS Awards Dominion Resources and Steelcase honored at the 2007 TEDS User Conference. Two world-class companies win Gold Standard Award. - 2007-11-01

Sendouts Partners with Barb Bruno to Open Sendouts University Sendouts Adds Leading Industry Training Resources to Its Full Service Recruitment Management Solution - 2007-11-01

A Unique Wine Toasts “Animal Shelter Appreciation Week” November Wine Label Features a Rescued Shelter Dog Who is Giving an Autistic Boy a New Lease on Life - 2007-11-01

Electric Pocket Teams with Last.fm, World’s Largest Social Music Network, to Add Auto-scrobbling to LobsterTunes Last.fm, the world’s largest social music platform with over 20 million active users, is now accessible through Electric Pocket’s award winning LobsterTunes MP3 player for Windows Mobile. The company has just added auto-scrobbling support to LobsterTunes, which means that when a tune is listened to, the name of the song is sent to Last.fm and added to the listener’s profile. - 2007-11-01

Leaders Learn How To Create Long-Lasting Networks and Strong Relationships Award-Winning Executive Coach Sylva Leduc Teaches Women How to REALLY Network at the 2007 Arizona Women’s Leadership Forum - 2007-11-01

Hot Tomali Launches EMR Comparison Website CanadianEMR.ca Web portal prescribed as aid to Canadian healthcare technology woes. - 2007-11-01

Classy Custom Launches Online Store “For People Who Love Their Pets & Their Homes” Introduces new category of pet doors combining state-of-the-art utility for the comfort and safety of your pet with exceptional design for the home - 2007-11-01

Contrarian Promotions Release New Moneysaving Certificate Books for The Holidays Contrarian Promotions, a California-based full-service direct mail marketing company operated by James T. Larkin & Associates, released three new moneysaving certificate products for the upcoming holiday season. First, the new 2007-2008 Food, Travel & Hotel Moneysaving Certificate book features over $15,000.00 worth of coupon savings from popular restaurants, hotels, airlines and more. - 2007-11-01

Syncopa – Raising the Bar on Spa Services in Port Moody Syncopa Wellness Spa has a small footprint but a big presence in Port Moody British Columbia. Incorporating results-oriented wellness techniques into esthetic and spa treatments, Syncopa goes the extra mile offering life balance consultation, life coaching and education. Grounded in registered massage therapy and chiropractic, Syncopa’s service delivery model aims to exceed client expectations and raise the bar in the day-spa industry. - 2007-11-01

Leading C-Store Operator Holiday Stationstores Chooses Category One to Provide Online Sourcing Services Pilot Leads to Expanded Application of Technology and Services - 2007-11-01

The Hermione Effect: Fantasy Fiction's Leading Ladies Author Jayel Gibson promotes female friendly fantasy fiction in award winning new Ancient Mirrors Tale. Damselflies Spanning two generations, Damselflies sweeps you into a tangled web of twisted legends and broken promises, desire and deception, fear and fallacy, and the endless struggle to control the minds of humankind. - 2007-11-01

Life Insurance Opportunities in Qualified Plans to be Focus of Nineteenth Annual Henry A. Deppe Lecture Five financial experts will participate in Life Insurance Opportunities in Qualified Plans as part of The American College's nineteenth annual Henry A. Deppe Lecture. The event will be held at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's headquarters in New York City on Friday, November 9th. The event is free and open to the public. - 2007-11-01

New Technology Recognized as a Panacea For Bed Bug, Flea, and Lice Infestations in Hotels, Motels, Dwellings, and for Animal Health Related Issues A chemical-free biological formula now replaces ineffective treatments and services currently provided by Exterminators and sold by Animal Health professionals. BEST YET, a proprietary blend of Cedar Oil and Silica, has been proven a successful treatment for in-home, hotel and motel use, and on domestic pets and livestock. - 2007-11-01

CDIABU Announces Success of 2007 Prague Filmmaking and Photography Workshops The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University (CDIABU) Film Program Director Federico Muchnik and Photography Instructor Bob Caputo led a group of nine students through month-long filmmaking and photography workshops in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Because of the success of the 2007 workshops, CDIA has announced that the program will be offered again next summer. - 2007-11-01

Console Classix Celebrates 30 Years of Console Gaming with the Largest Selection of Legal, Classic Console Games Online Anywhere Console Classix's online classic game library features more than 3,000 unique games, including more than 600 Sega Genesis games, 500 NES games, 600 Super Nintendo games, 200 Sega Game Gear games and hundreds of other classic console games, including hits such as Final Fantasy, Lufia, and Chrono Trigger, which are available online only at Console Classix. - 2007-11-01

Fine Irish Art Sale - A Rare Find Leading auction house, Pro Auction, are delighted to be exhibiting a collection of art works on behalf of a private corporate collector, at the eighth Art Ireland art fair which takes place in the Main Hall RDS, Dublin from the 16th to the 18th of November 2007. The event is open to the public to view and purchase from a selection of paintings, sculptures and furniture. The collection will be displayed on stand Q32 in the main hall gallery. The exhibition is a precursor to a full auction to be held on the 24 / 25th November at The Burlington Hotel. Dublin - 2007-11-01

I Am Smart Technologies, Inc. Unveils New Device to Reduce Household Fires and Save Lives A new device created by I AM smart technologies™ disrupts electricity to selected appliances at the sound of a smoke or carbon monoxide detector. Known as Smart Switch, this new technology will reduce the likelihood of household fires or carbon monoxide poisoning. - 2007-11-01

NATS Inc. of Middletown, Connecticut, USA Wins Contract For Radiation Plume Tracking System NATS Incorporated (North American Technical Services Inc.) of Middletown, Connecticut, USA was awarded a second contract from the government of Kuwait for an Advanced Early Warning System. The second phase of the contract involves development of an advanced software modeling system coupled with radiation sensors and meteorological sensors in the area to track and model radioactive plume. NATS is represented in over 20 countries around the world and continues to provide world class solution in all radiation and toxic gas sensing systems around the world. For further information contacts NATS Incorporated at www.nats-usa.com. - 2007-11-01

New York Times Hot Pepper Headache Remedy Is Nothing New A recent article in the science section of the New York Times featured the headache relieving powers of Capsaicin, the natural chemical that dictates the heat of hot peppers. The article noted several clinical trials rightfully backing up the claim that hot peppers can stop headaches, but according to a small company in upstate New York, the concept is nothing new. - 2007-11-01

Controversial Award-Winning Indie Movie Screens Online for Free HEART of the BEHOLDER, the movie that Reverend Donald Wildmon's National Federation for Decency doesn't want anyone to see, is the first feature film to be completely serialized into short easy-to-watch episodes for free on Metacafe.com. - 2007-11-01

Introducing a Board Game People Play with Their Dogs Funagle™ is a new board game for people and their dogs to enjoy together. With Funagle, people match wits with friends and family to see who is best at getting their dog to complete fun activities. - 2007-11-01

LOMBOZ 3.3 Released, Eteration and OW2 Announce the Availability of OW2 Lomboz 3.3 Providing New Features for SOA, Enterprise Portals and Web Development Istanbul, Turkey, and Grenoble, France (PRWEB) November 1, 2007 -- Eteration, an innovative company specialized in Java Enterprise Technology (Java EE), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Object-Oriented Modeling and Analysis, and OW2 (formerly ObjectWeb), an international nonprofit consortium of companies and research organizations, today announced the availability of OW2 Lomboz™ 3.3 with features addressing SOA, BPEL and Enterprise Portals. - 2007-11-01

Platinum Funding Group Provides $7.2 Million in Financing to a Manufacturing Company Platinum Funding Group has completed a $7.2 million accounts receivable finance facility for U.S. Miniature Lamps, Inc., an Indianapolis-based manufacturer of lighting products for the appliance industry. - 2007-11-01

Internet Video Sensation Gummibär To Release Debut CD 'I Am Your Gummy Bear' With over 30 million plays and counting, the video for "I Am A Gummy Bear" (The Gummy Bear Song) by Gummibär, has captured the hearts and minds of Internet users world-wide. Viewers of videos on YouTube, MySpace, and a host of other video websites have made this animated short one of the most watched, most discussed, and most favorited videos on the Internet. In response to this popularity, Gummybear International announces the US release of the debut CD album by Gummibär entitled "I Am Your Gummy Bear". "I Am Your Gummy Bear" will be available in stores and on-line on November 13th, 2007. This value added package includes 15 songs as well as bonus tracks and video extras. - 2007-11-01

'Portable Empire' author gives away $10,000,000+, and so Can You Best selling author gives away over $10,000,000 in bonuses, while showing how anyone can create an online business they can run from anywhere. - 2007-11-01

Classified Flyer Ads BlackBerry Curve Mobile Phone Giveaway ClassifiedFlyerAds.com, a leading company in online classified ad creation and distribution, announced today a "Giveaway" promoting their recent addition of several new services focusing on the emerging mobile market. - 2007-11-01

Live Webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama During Toronto Visit Dalai Lama's Blessing of the New Tibetan Cultural Center to be broadcast live on the Internet for Public Viewing - 2007-11-01

International 450 Association Endorses Dual Band IMT-MC 450/2100 Networks Advantages of network operations in CDMA450 & 2100 MHz band presented at 450 MHz digitalization conference. - 2007-11-01

Popular Logi Report Software Surpasses 25,000 Free Downloads Milestone in First Ten Months of 2007 Powerful, high value, easy-to-implement and Web-based reporting software available for free download at www.freereporting.com. - 2007-11-01

Javier Escobedo Joins Public Radio International Board of Directors Advertising executive brings unique sensibilities, perspectives to PRI governance. - 2007-11-01

StaphAseptic Kills Germs to Prevent MRSA Infection Public concern about Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA staph infections, is at an all-time high after several deaths were recently linked to the disease. StaphAseptic first aid gel, a wound care treatment that kills over 99.9% of MRSA germs, joins the skin care product lineup distributed by Grabber to the sporting goods industry. - 2007-11-01

Learn How to Be a Travel Writer at Seminar Taught by Top Travel Editors and Guidebook Authors Traveling the world writing travel stories and taking travel photos might sound glamorous, but doing the job right, getting stories and photos published and making money from it takes skill, knowledge and work. The nation's top group of travel writers, The Society of American Travel Writers, hosts the Institute for Travel Writing & Photography. The course in Orlando, Fl., January 25-27, 2008, provides insight into the career of travel writing and photography and the skills needed to launch a career in the field...and make money doing it. - 2007-11-01

ActiveForever Continues to Benefit Non-Profit Organizations with Interactive Gift Donation Drive ActiveForever develops gift campaign great for seniors and those with ailments. The impressive drive also gives back to non-profits such as ALS, Muhammad Ali Parkinson's Research Center, Arthritis Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association and Foundation for Senior Living. - 2007-11-01

Unitus Convenes Microfinance, Business and Philanthropic Leaders to Scale the Effort to Reduce Global Poverty Global leaders in microfinance, business and philanthropy concluded a three-day Summit focused on charting the next chapter of poverty alleviation through social entrepreneurship. Unitus, Inc., a worldwide leader in scaling innovative solutions to global poverty, invited Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and co-founder and founding partner of Omidyar Network, and Matt Bannick, managing partner of Omidyar Network and former president of eBay International, to provide their insights, leadership and vision to the Summit. - 2007-11-01

Listrak Joins the E-mail Sender and Provider Coalition Leading e-mail marketing solution provider combats spam and deliverability issues. - 2007-11-01

Lighthouse1 Announces CDH Event of the Year Leader in consumer driven healthcare plans Revolution '08. - 2007-11-01

7000+ Chemical Plants to Spend Hundreds of Millions on Regulatory Compliance Department of Homeland Security's new Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS) demand widespread hardening of US chemical facilities. - 2007-11-01

The End of Real Estate Buying and Selling As We Know It Discount online real estate brokerage delivers service and perks that are anything but discounted. - 2007-11-01

Tickanchay.com Launches Web Site with Goal of Supporting Peruvian Artists The owners of Tikanchay.com say they specialize in Peruvian jewelry for two reasons: their appreciation of the beauty and artistry that goes into each piece of jewelry, and because of their commitment to helping the Peruvian artists who create it. - 2007-11-01

Australia's Mollydooker Wines Score Big & Sell Out -- Reserves Available Winery-Direct on Their US Website Australia's Mollydooker Wines received 90 points or higher from Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate for 10 of its 11 wines. Nearly sold-out through traditional retail channels, a reserve supply of Mollydooker wines is available on their Napa-based website. Holiday packages such as "Party in a Box" and "All You Need is Love" are available with a one-cent per bottle shipping special (details/restrictions below). - 2007-11-01

It's Not Too Late to Purchase a Priceless Piece of Vancouver Island Real Estate With one week until the bid deadline, prospective buyers are gearing up to bid on a portion of the 14,000 acres of land that TimberWest Forest Corporation is selling on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. In conjunction with Canada-based commercial real estate brokers Avison Young and Colliers International, LFC Online is offering six separate parcels of forest land, most with merchantable timber value, in an accelerated online auction marketing campaign. - 2007-11-01

Internet Television Network for Nurses Channels the Perfect Info for Current and Aspiring Healthcare Professionals The newly launched www.NurseTV.com website has taken the healthcare industry by storm as the only Internet television network solely dedicated to the nursing profession. - 2007-11-01

Inspiring Physicians Worldwide Announces Launch of IPW Aesthetic ToolBox® Inspiring Physicians Worldwide, an international leader in aesthetic training, cosmetic lasers and practice development for physicians and aesthetic professionals, today announced the launch of the exclusive "IPW Aesthetic ToolBox®" Program - 2007-11-01

War on Terror Veterans honored with Free Golf Schools All returning Iraqi and Afghanistan War Veterans will be offered a free Natural Golf One-Day School as Natural Golf launches its first ever effort honoring our war heroes. Additionally, to honor every service man or woman who has served in the armed forces, beginning Veterans Day - November 11th, Natural Golf will also offer a blanket 20% discount to all veterans on all schools purchased until January 31, 2008. - 2007-11-01

Seattle-Based Men's Yoga Calendar Takes On Female-Dominated Yoga Industry Asking Others to Find the GURU in Them The GURU 2008 Calendar is a controversial teaching tool to some in the yoga industry, and an inspirational one for others. All types of people do yoga, including men with muscles like calendar producer Matt Meko (July). Partial proceeds benefit The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors because we all need help to feel comfortable in our skin. - 2007-11-01

Mobile Event Marketing Firm The Borden Agency Wins a Small Business Excellence Award from the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Citing recognition of both extreme growth and future promise, this award further solidifies The Borden Agency's position as one of the country's top mobile event marketing agencies. - 2007-11-01

MagpieRadio Corp. Prepares Beta Launch of Music & Merchandise Portal Services MagpieRadio is pleased to announce an upcoming beta launch of their new all-in-one music & merchandise portal services that combines a digital music store with the manufacturing and distribution of print on demand apparel, discs and promotional items. - 2007-11-01

Now You Can Make Pizzeria Style Pizza at Home Pizza industry expert reveals the ingredients, techniques and tips to make pizzeria style pizza in your own home oven. - 2007-11-01

Nashville Business Woman and Oasis Center Board Member Recognized For Leadership in Supporting Nashville Youth Genma Stringer Holmes receives prestigious non-profit award from the Southeastern Network of Youth and Family Services. - 2007-11-01

Revealing Gift Calendar Exposes Trailblazer Greg Oden, Coach Jerry Glanville, Singer Storm Large, Mayor Tom Potter and Other Icons Just in time for the holiday gift giving season, 'The 2008 Portland Icons: Predictably Unpredictable' calendar raises smiles and funds for arts and music education. City leaders and national icons strike some unexpected poses to 'reveal' their support for arts education. - 2007-11-01

How to Choose the Right Decorative Concrete Style for Your Home Concrete, and all it's decorative options and styles, has become the material of choice for homeowners and builders wanting to accentuate a particular home style. From a coastal home style to a classic ranch or colonial style home, The Concrete Network outlines design ideas and tips for using concrete to complement your unique home style. - 2007-11-01

Peter Minotti Becomes Newest Tenant at the eXubrio Group Business Incubator in Kenmore, New York Peter Minotti will provide accounting and tax consulting services to eXubrio Group Incubator tenants, and to businesses and individuals in the Western New York area. The eXubrio Group Incubator is located at 1517 Kenmore Avenue, Kenmore, New York. - 2007-11-01

Secrets to Achieving Higher Career Position Revealed in New E-Book, Upshift Now Upshift Now lays out the secrets behind the process and secrets that determine who rises and doesn't in a fiercely competitive process. - 2007-11-01

From BodyHealth.com and The Designers of Lance Armstrong's Bikes, Win a Trek Equinox TTX 9.9 And A Case of BioBuilde, the Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) BioBuilde, the Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP), the unique supplement for power, recovery, strength, and endurance, and Trek Bicycles, the designers who helped put Lance Armstrong on the Tour de France's winner's podium a record seven times, jointly announce a drawing where one winner will receive a case of BioBuilde (MAP) and a Trek Equinox TTX 9.9. The drawing starts November 1 and runs through February 29 2008. Details about the Trek Equinox TTX 9.9 and BioBuilde, the Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) can be found at www.BodyHealth.com. - 2007-11-01

U.S. Drinks Conference 2007 a 'Resounding Success' The central theme emerging from the conference was how the changing US distribution landscape has had a fundamental impact not only on how new brands should approach the market, but also on how established players in the industry are adapting. The US represents one of the largest markets in the world for beer, wine and spirits. - 2007-11-01

Expert Online Marketer Alex Mandossian Details How to Create Fast and Easy Teleseminars that can Lead to 6- and 7-Figure Income for Entrepreneurs Alex Mandossian, one of the top Internet direct marketers in America, has just released a new article on his web site. The article, Teleseminar Secrets: How to Create Fast and Easy Content for Teleseminars That Sell, is available for immediate download at www.AlexMandossian.com. - 2007-11-01

Cosmetic Dermatologist James Fairfield Explains How Sun Damage Can Result in Premature Aging of the Skin, and How to be Sure You Have the Right Skin Protection Leading Cosmetic Dermatologist James Fairfield, MD has just released another in a series of free articles on his web site. "Wear Sunscreen!" True Advice from a Fake Speech, and Tips to Protect Your Skin from Sun Damage is available for immediate download at www.CMDerm.com. - 2007-11-01

MailTank Partners with Trust Commerce: Alliance Provides Greater Security and Functionality for MailTank Subscribers MailTank, the nation's leader in customer email management solutions, announced today that the Venice Beach-based company has selected Trust Commerce to provide additional security and flexibility for online transactions. Through the new arrangement, subscribers will now be able to quickly add new users to their customized MailTank program to meet the demands of high customer traffic around new product releases, or scale back users after easily handling spikes in customer service during the holiday season. - 2007-11-01

Jewelry Crossings Celebrates New Web Site Design with 10 Percent Off Sale on All Silver and Gold Jewelry Responding to the need for a more interactive experience for buying jewelry online, JewelryCrossings.Com, an internet silver and gold jewelry retailer, has re-designed the company's popular shopping web site. To encourage customers to visit and try the site's many new features, the company has announced a 10 percent sale on all silver and gold jewelry on the site (coupon code: holiday2007)--which currently features more than 1,200 gold, silver, pearl and gemstone pieces of jewelry. - 2007-11-01

Website Exposes Dirty Little Secret of Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) Northeast Florida real estate news and information website takes the covers off Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI), exposing facts unknown to few borrowers and many real estate professionals. What you don't know about PMI can hurt you. - 2007-11-01

Re-Opening of La Coquina Brunch & Chef's Table at Hyatt Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida New menu items featured at award-winning lake Buena Vista Hotel Restaurant at Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. - 2007-11-01

Silanis Sets the Record Straight on Electronic Contracting Myths A recent Silanis Webcast exposed common e-contracting myths, asserting that laws and regulations are clear on the topic, and that e-contracting requires more than a contract management system. - 2007-11-01

AppGate Now Supports Mac OS X "Leopard" for Unified Secure Access The Macintosh user community is constantly growing, and in the security market space, OS X from Apple is considered among the best. AppGate's Secure Access Platform is in constant evolvement to comply with market demands, and as of today, AppGate's Unified Access System supports the new operating system from Apple. - 2007-11-01

BabyPlays Toy Rental Program Revolutionizes Family Playtime BabyPlays is pleased to announce the launch of its Online Toy Rental Program. BabyPlays offers Toy Rental packages and hundreds of quality, lead-free toys. - 2007-11-01

Employers Tackling Health Care Challenges with 21st Century Benefit Design; New Issue Brief from HealthFitness Charts New Course for Better Employee Health Gregg O. Lehman, PhD, past president of the National Business Coalition on Health, speaks about major challenges employers face....and the strategies they are using to combat ever-rising health costs through personal accountability. - 2007-11-01

Hocking Stuart Score 6 out of 6 at The REIV Awards Hocking Stuart, a Melbourne based real estate agent, entered six submissions into this year's Real Estate Institute of Victoria awards, called REIV - The Age Awards for Excellence. The awards recognise excellence in real estate across a number of specific areas, and all six of Hocking Stuart's entries have been shortlisted. - 2007-11-01

Moi-Meme Launches Inaugural Collection of Custom Suits for Professional Women Autumn/Winter 2007 collection features chic suiting basics with a made-to-measure fit. - 2007-11-01

Brides-to-be are Turning to Bride Magazine in Growing Numbers Bride has announced that sales of Bride magazine have soared during the past year. This coincides with the fact that saying "I do'' appears to be fashionable again with Australia's marriage rate hitting a seven-year high in 2006. - 2007-11-01

New Paper Helps Marketers Turn Competitive Intelligence into a Competitive Edge Media Logic's new paper is a must-read for marketing professionals who want to turn competitive intelligence into a competitive edge. "Intelligent Marketing: Competitive Intelligence Can Help You Find Your Marketing Opportunity," is now available for download at www.mlinc.com/intel. - 2007-11-01

Family Ties Utah family with a knotty Sunday morning situation creates a website all about neckties and how to tie a tie. - 2007-11-01

Web Based Start-Up "YourDiscountBookStore.com" Enjoys Early Success in the Online Retail Industry Head-to-head with Amazon.com et al, YourDiscountBookStore.com provides discount books, gifts, CDs, DVDs, electronics, apparel and much more over the web. A California-based company, YourDiscountBookStore.com announced that November 2007 marks their first 10 months in business and a landmark break-even point. With over 20 years of transportation and logistics experience combined with another 10 years in retail and catalog sales, YourDiscountBookStore has an E-tail business plan that will prove successful for many years to come. - 2007-11-01

Financing Survey Results Show Certain Groups More Likely to Finance Home Improvement Projects While the majority of homeowners still choose to pay for home improvements with funds from checking and savings accounts, financing is still a prevalent option. - 2007-11-01

eWayDirect Inc. Announces BlueLens Franchise Group, its New Franchise Division, Now Open The BlueLens Franchise Group is now accepting applications for an opportunity to own one's own business in the rapidly growing online emarketing and search marketing arena. - 2007-11-01

Calliope Designs Personalizes Christmas Ornaments at Gump's San Francisco Christmas ornament designers and manufacturers, Calliope Designs, will be appearing at Gump's department store in San Francisco to continue their 25 year tradition of personalizing Christmas ornaments. Owner Stephanie Eddy will appear every weekend from Thanksgiving through Christmas. - 2007-11-01

Purple Lounge Poker Tour Final Storms Stockholm On a crisp October morning, Purple Lounge poker arrived in Stockholm for the culmination of eight online qualifiers, eight live tournaments, many wins but many more losses, and a summer of poker excitement to finish it all off in the great city of Stockholm. - 2007-11-01

MySpecial Photos Provides Advice on Selecting a Scanning Service for Converting Slides, Photos and Negatives to Digital Converting collections of slides, negatives and photos to digital is of critical interest to organizations, businesses, and consumers alike. With a variety of firms offering scanning services, it is often difficult to know which one to select. MySpecial Photos provides advice on the factors to consider in making this choice. - 2007-11-01

Aslan Sales Training and Carlton-Bates Company Sign Training Partnership Agreement Aslan to provide sales leadership training to leading electronic component distributor. - 2007-11-01

FHA Mortgage Center Launches Blog The FHA Mortgage Center has brought in two mortgage experts to launch the company's new blog. The blog will focus on FHA loans and government housing issues but it will also touch on the housing market as a whole. - 2007-11-01

Don't Waste Your Time with Strategic Planning Structured 30-day program delivers strategic plan ready for implementation. - 2007-11-01

2 out of 3 California Third Graders Struggle to Read, but Preschool Efforts Could Close the Gap As reading scores suffer, educators are looking to offer high-quality preschool in their communities as a solution to the problem. An innovative new website, Plan4Preschool, provides the tools to help them succeed. - 2007-11-01

The First Ever CD Dedicated to Helping Women Take Authority in Their Lives Using the Principle Practice of Faith which is Believing and Speaking Say It & See It Productions, LLC, a multifaceted production company focused on producing tools and innovative materials that empower Christian "Believers" around the world to maximize their Faith, Family & Finances announced today the release of "Prayer and Faith Confessions for Women." - 2007-11-01

Capella University Faculty Member Named President-elect of the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Dr. AnnaLynn Schooley teaches in the online university's School of Human Services. - 2007-11-01

Network Solutions® and Constant Contact® Announce Joint Online Seminars Explaining the Benefits of Combining SEO and Email Marketing Industry leaders come together to present search engine optimization and email marketing seminar. - 2007-11-01

Darren Waddell Joins MerchantCircle Executive Team as Senior Director of Marketing MerchantCircle, the largest and fastest growing online network of local business owners in the nation, today announced that Darren Waddell has joined the company as Senior Director of Marketing. - 2007-11-01

A New Site for Scottish Bingo Players -- Scot Bingo Scotland's bingo players are celebrating after a brand new online bingo site was launched specially for them - Scot Bingo (www.scotbingo.com). Scot Bingo (www.scotbingo.com) is offering a £92,000 jackpot to any player who hits a full house in under 34 calls. For as little as 5 pence, any player could walk away with a life changing sum. - 2007-11-01

Discovery Sea Kayaks Added to List of "Best Outfitters on Earth" by National Geographic Adventure Magazine The San Juan Island based sea kayak tour company has been recognized as one of the world's best adventure travel outfitters. - 2007-11-01

Primus Launches Green Broadband A new green broadband product has been launched in Australia by Primus. - 2007-11-01

Prime Furniture Source Featured On KillerStartups.com Prime Furniture Source named a "killer startup" for its usability, selection of modern furniture, as well as site design. - 2007-11-01

iSchNkd.com Launches Its Free Classifieds and Forum, the Naked Community iSrchNkd.com announces the launch of its new forum, free job postings, personals and more, The Naked Community. - 2007-11-01

Gentle Ears Launches Corporate Training Programs which Reduce Employee Turnover Costs Gentle Ears announces customized training programs in soft skills for corporations and organizations. The training programs provide self-awareness to employees and provide proven improvement through better listening, communications and other change management strategies. Gentle Ears uses a proprietary blend of assessments, mentoring and development plans to help managers and employees improve performance and job satisfaction. One client experienced a 16% reduction in employee turnover within 18 months as a part Gentle Ears' change management strategy. - 2007-11-01

Directline-skiing.co.uk Re-Launched with Help from Google Optimiser directline-holidays.co.uk has updated its skiing site with upgraded functionality, an enlarged product range and discounts for all bookings made online. The improvements derive from a 6 month study of user interaction with their holiday website (directline-holidays.co.uk) using Google's optimiser tool. In using their beach holiday site as a test-ground, it enabled the directline-skiing team to conduct real time 'scenario testing' during the skiing 'off season'. - 2007-11-01

Seisma Oil Research, LLC Now Listed with Dun and Bradstreet Seisma Oil Research, LLC is listed with Dun and Bradstreet, D & B number 80 811 1210. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA, a leading provider of business information. - 2007-11-01

Wholesale Loose Diamonds Available to the Public -- A&W Diamonds Grand Opening A&W Diamonds is celebrating their Grand Opening to the public. A&W Diamonds is an established loose diamond dealer that is now opening up a website to directly sell loose diamonds to consumers without them having to buy the diamonds from a middle-man or a jeweler. - 2007-11-01

E.ON UK Supports Government's Carbon Capture and Storage Project E.ON UK, one of the country's leading energy generators, and business energy supplier, has today confirmed its support for the Government's CCS project and its intention to take part in the competition. - 2007-11-01

How to Make a Greater Impact with Your Holiday Business Greeting Cards Playing it safe with business holiday greeting cards won't get anyone noticed this holiday season, according to Heartfelt Charity Cards, a leading provider of business greeting cards. - 2007-11-01

Top Tips for College Graduate Job Search HonorRollOnline.com announced the publication of a new blog: Best Graduates. Best Companies. Best Jobs. The site, collegegraduatejobsearch.com, is dedicated to providing job-seeking college students with ideas, insights and tips that will assist them in their career search and connecting them to top corporate recruiters. - 2007-11-01

Integrated Software Solutions from 3M Support Medical Necessity Compliance New software enhancements from 3M Health Information Systems promote medical necessity compliance across the outpatient revenue cycle. - 2007-11-01

DROdio Real Estate, Inc. Launches New Technology Tools To Enhance Online Home Searching DROdio Real Estate is changing the way technology and real estate interact with their new, powerful web tools that are free for the public to use. Designed to help consumers with the home buying experience, "The Best Home Search Ever," and "Birds Eye Search," provide previously unavailble means of finding a new home. - 2007-11-01

Forget Pumpkin Carving - Ellen' s Science Guy Prefers Pumpkin Explosions Steve Spangler returns to the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, Nov. 1 with table tricks and exploding pumpkins. - 2007-11-01

Feel Safer Now Group Announces the Release of Their Newest Personal Defense Kit 'Stay Safe for the Holidays' . Safety products for yourself and your home to prevent crime and burglary. While shopping, going to parties, or traveling out of town you need to have a safety plan or a strategy in place to protect yourself and your family. Criminals love this time of year as much as you do. Burglary, assault, and theft increases dramatically during the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah Season. - 2007-11-01

Dermitàge Debuts New Eye Renewal Collection Featuring Anti-Wrinkle and Dark Circle Eye Treatments New line builds upon success of Dermitàge's anti-aging products. - 2007-11-01

Grambling State Editor Receives College Press Freedom Award A college newspaper editor who successfully fought the efforts of administrators to impose prior review on the paper has received the 2007 College Press Freedom Award. - 2007-11-01

Fort Pitt Hotel Furniture Liquidators to Sell Furnishings from Five-Star Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago, IL Now is your opportunity to experience the refined comfort of classic furnishings from a 5-star hotel in your own home. Fort Pitt Hotel Furniture Liquidators, the premier used hotel furniture retailer in the country, is now selling the beautiful furnishings from the landmark Palmer House Hilton's (Chicago) suites and lobbies. The Palmer House pieces are in great shape and of higher quality than most home furnishings. Fort Pitt is selling sofas, cocktail tables, dining room tables and chairs, Robert Abbey Lamps, Thomasville breakfronts and buffets with marble tops, complete bedroom sets, artwork and much, much more, all for pennies on the dollar. Fort Pitt's Used Hotel Furniture showroom is located at 1400 W. 37th street, 2 blocks east of Ashland Avenue. - 2007-11-01

NeoMed Software Launches Upgrade to Seizure Diary Software, EpiTrax EpiTrax 1.5 offers more in-depth reporting functionality and overall improvements to its seizure tracking capabilities. - 2007-11-01

Australia's First Weight Loss Camp for Children to Open This Summer Wellspring Camps, the leading organization of treatment programs for overweight and obese youth, today announced the opening of Wellspring Australia, the first summer weight loss camp in Australia. Wellspring Australia will serve teens ages 12-18 for 2-week and 4-week courses starting 30 December. Students will benefit from decades of scientific research and the unprecedented weight loss outcomes demonstrated by thousands of young people at Wellspring's 10 other programmes in America and England. - 2007-11-01

New Integrated Content Enhances Coverage of 2007 Builder's Choice Design & Planning Awards Hanley Wood is extending its editorial coverage of events like the 2007 Builder's Choice Awards by including slideshows of the winners, supplemental articles and dedicated e-newsletters. - 2007-11-01

November is National Adoption Month: Free Tips for Adoptive Families Do you know what your mother looks like? Or where you were born? Most people do. Not adopted children. They often lack basic pieces of their story. How can adoptive parents help their children understand their history? Adoption expert and adoptee, Beth O'Malley, offers parents a unique tool--adoption lifebooks. - 2007-11-01

Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights to Celebrate its 25th Anniversary Starting Nov. 3, 2007 Canada's Foremost Illumination Festival Sets Niagara Falls, Ontario Aglow with Three Million Sparkling Lights from November 3, 2007-January 7, 2008. - 2007-11-01

Alley Cat Allies Launches Feral Cat Anti-Cruelty Resource Center Alley Cat Allies, the national advocate for stray and feral cats, announced the launch of the online Alley Cat Allies Anti-Cruelty Resource Center (www.alleycat.org/anticruelty). The site will provide analyses of U.S. laws, public policy, and current events involving cat cruelty--such as the upcoming Galveston cat-killing trial. - 2007-11-01

Timeshare Webinar Unveils Consumer Exchange Options Holiday Resales, a division of Holiday Group, today announced it's fifth timeshare webinar, this one featuring timeshare exchange company Dial An Exchange. - 2007-11-01

Online Poker Provider UltimateBet.com Premieres New Features in Latest Online Poker Software Update Online poker site UltimateBet.com released its latest poker software update, with exciting new features for the online poker fans. - 2007-11-01

Plan A Green Wedding! Eco-Friendly Favors Now Available From Beau-Coup.com Environmentally-conscious brides and grooms can now plan for a wedding that is not only stylish and memorable but also environmentally friendly. Beaucoup Wedding Favors, Inc., has recently made a company-wide decision to develop and introduce a new line of environmentally-friendly offerings. - 2007-11-01

SC07 Selects AFS to Facilitate Conference's High Bandwidth, High Performance Network New AFS-deployed private optical networking infrastructures will provide long-term benefits to the city of Reno, Nevada - 2007-11-01

Bunnybot Launches: Introducing the First 'Buddy-Shopping' Experience Now you never have to shop online alone. Bunnybot blends an engaging shopping experience with cross-platform instant messaging. - 2007-11-01

Casual - Now You're Talking The number of employers utilising flexible staffing approaches has risen from 65 per cent in 2004 to 80 per cent in 2007, according to a survey by specialist recruiter Hays. - 2007-11-01

Steve Case and Music Luminaries Join to Create Online Music Service Qloud Qloud debuts free, on-demand streaming music service -- iTunes playlists now accessible anytime, anywhere, to anyone from any computer. Company's My Music application built on Facebook® Platform reaches 1 million registered users -- making it more popular on Facebook than Last.fm, Pandora and Imeem combined. "Supergroup" of investors and board members includes Case and former Yahoo!, Island Records, Warner Music Group, EMI Music and AOL executives. - 2007-11-01

Beyond Wonderful To License Culinary Content Through Online Media Marketplace Mochila BeyondWonderful.com, a premium site for culinary content and innovation, is now available through Mochila, one of the Web's largest content syndicators. - 2007-11-01

Objectivity, Inc. Named to Manufacturing Business Technology's Emerging 40 List Objectivity recognized by industry publication for managing large volumes of complex data. - 2007-11-01

Job-Jumpers Might Lose Out Skills may be in demand, but employers have become wary of a candidate unable to demonstrate reasonable job stability. - 2007-11-01

Green Building Industry's Growth is Revolutionary Says New Book by Green Building Consultant Jerry Yudelson, engineer, author, and leading green building consultant is releasing a new book, "The Green Building Revolution" at the Greenbuild Conference in Chicago - 2007-11-01

Hays Identifies Job Hotspots Over one in two employers report a rise in their permanent staff levels, according to a survey conducted as part of the annual Hays Salary Survey. - 2007-11-01

Introducing a New Vampire Novel -- With a Twist British author, Peter Allchin, has signed a three-book publishing deal with new Australian Publishing Company, Cheriton House Publishing Pty Ltd. - 2007-11-01

100% Recycled Paper Bags Go Nationwide. Amid growing concern over the environmental impact of plastic bags, Whole Foods Market becomes the largest national retailer to commit to using 100% Recycled Paper Bags in their stores. - 2007-11-01

CasaQ Limited Edition Christmas Ornaments Featured in Official Celebrity Gift Basket for 8th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards on Nov. 8 in Las Vegas Pancho Claus and Sancho Snowman are headed to Vegas to meet world-famous artists at the "8th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards. - 2007-11-01

MacScan 2.5 Anti-Spyware for Mac OS X Released SecureMac has released MacScan 2.5 for Mac OS X offering spyware and privacy security protection. Mac OS X Leopard support has been added as well as the latest in spyware definitions and now scheduled scanning for auditing. - 2007-11-01

Narconon Arrowhead Sees Increase In Methadone Addicted Clients in 2007 Methadone addicted clients seek out alternative methods to dangerous Substitute Medications - 2007-11-01

Transparent Government: How Releasing Data and Web 2.0 Applications Can Improve Government Services, Build Public Support and Involvement "Transparent government," which combines Web 2.0 applications such as Google mashups with government data -- preferably released by agencies on a real time basis -- transforms citizens from mere recipients of government services into effective partners in their creation, improvement and evaluation. While some citizens have launched these programs on their own (without official blessing), agency participation will result in new insights, improved operations, and greater public support for government. - 2007-11-01

Lexnet Consulting Group Brews Effective Solution for Mighty Leaf Tea Specialty tea producer selects Sage Software Business Partner Lexnet, and SageCRM to provide its powerful CRM solution. - 2007-11-01

Gourmet Coffee Health Benefits Perk Up Coffee Production and Sales Coffee sales have increased year over year for international farmers, roasters and producers of gourmet coffee beans. Part of the increase comes from a raft of studies released over the past 3 years which claim health benefits for coffee. - 2007-11-01

T Lex Releases "Boomer on Board" Car Window Decals "Boomer on Board" car window decals now available for all makes and models of car. Baby Boomers take back the early evening! Be proud and let your geezer flags fly. Put one of these on your car and see your life change before your bifocals. - 2007-11-01

Get Ready to Rock, Chill, Listen and Dosey Doe The official merger between "The Mix Radio Network" (K Mitchell LLC) and "Solomon Radio Partners, Inc." has been finalized. - 2007-11-01

In the Wake of Ahmadinejad's Visit, Author Calls for Interfaith Cooperation Author Riva Sepia's novel, The Secret of Jesus, Peter, and Jacob, fights the growing tide of religious strife around the world. In this simple story, two boys from different religious backgrounds are implicated when a statue of Jesus disappears. The resulting tension ends when the innocent wisdom of children teaches adults about true spirituality. - 2007-11-01

PubMatic Publisher Challenge Launches with Thousands of Dollars in Free Advertising for Publishers Publishers using PubMatic can grow their businesses with free advertising from PubMatic on leading Web 2.0 web sites - 2007-11-01

Surviving the Credit Crunch: Financial Advisor Tells Everything Consumers Need to Know about the Sea of Change in Consumer Credit We keep hearing that getting credit is much harder now that lenders are tightening their belts. But what kind of affect does this credit crunch really have on the ordinary man or woman? Cedar Rapids-based financial professional Monte Marti explains everything consumers need to know to survive the credit crunch. - 2007-11-01

The Ultimate Gift: Financial Advisor Shares Ways to Impart Values, as well as Valuables, to Your Heirs Americans spend most of their lives saving for retirement in the hope that they can provide for themselves in their golden years and leave some of their assets behind for their heirs. The majority are good providers who give everything they can to their children. But by giving so much to our children, do we deprive them of the need to earn money - and the opportunity to overcome obstacles to make good financial decisions? Often times, the answer is "yes." Lakewood, CO-based financial advisor Matt Carpinelli provides tips and advice to help Boomers leave a rich legacy - one based on both values and valuables. - 2007-11-01

Oops Mat, Building a Strong Moral Foundation with their Innovative Child Craft Mats Oops Mat, a small start-up company from Michigan, strives to make this world a better place with the success of their innovative child craft mats. - 2007-11-01

Author Explains History, Current State and Future of Liberal-Conservative Divide Just in time for the 2008 election, Professor Ron Lipsman's new book, Liberal Hearts and Conservative Brains: The Correlation between Age and Political Philosophy, peers into the political chasm that separates liberals and conservatives at the outset of the twenty-first century. The author argues forcefully for the validity of a correlation between age and political philosophy. Through an analysis of specific political touchstone issues as well as broad philosophical world views, the author demonstrates why people's political preferences often gravitate from liberal to conservative as they age. He also examines the most interesting violators of this trend---premature conservatives and aging liberals. - 2007-11-01

All Romance eBooks Gives Readers all the Romance They Need with Online Payments through PayPal All Romance eBook (ARe), an on-line bookstore that sells the content of over 100 different publishers is now accepting PayPal for purchases of eBook downloads. - 2007-11-01

National Chemical Engineering Conference to be Held in Utah, Highlighting Energy, Medical Advances And Sustainability AIChE's Annual Meeting provides an open forum for professionals from around the world and U.S. college students. An emphasis of the meeting will be globalization, sustainability and the growing diversity of industries the chemical engineering profession serves. The national Chem-E-Car Competition will feature college teams from across the country racing small cars powered by alternative fuels the students create. - 2007-11-01

2007 Gold's Gym of the Year Winner Reveals Programming Secret The 2007 Gold's Gym of the Year knows one of the best-kept secrets in the fitness industry. For just $99 the Long Island franchise was able to invest in a nutritional program specifically designed to improve member results while increasing profits. The company they trust their members' nutritional education to is the recently launched Prograde Nutrition. - 2007-11-01

National Library of Medicine Partners with VisualDxHealth to Assist Consumers in Finding Quality Health Information The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will partner with VisualDxHealth, a unique online consumer health resource developed by the doctors and health care professionals at Logical Images. The NLM Web site, http://www.MedlinePlus.gov], will expand to provide visitors access to the trusted health source http://www.VisualDxHealth.com], which features over 2,000 medical-quality images and information on over 150 diseases. - 2007-11-01

Medical Mutual of Ohio Buys Health Plan Administrator Medical Mutual of Ohio, one of the oldest health insurance companies in the country, has acquired Benefit Services, a premier third-party administrator servicing self-funded claims, managed care, and fully insured claims - 2007-11-01

Katie Michaelson Goes "Straight to the Top" With 2Fabiola Australian singer/songwriter Katie Michaelson is the featured guest vocalist on the latest single by former #1 charting Belgium pop act 2Fabiola. - 2007-11-01

P.R.'z Fynest to Participate in 8th Annual Latin Grammy Gift Bag ANNUAL LATIN GRAMMY® Gift Bag P.R.'z Fynest, Inc. is grabbing the East Coast by storm! Despite the odds, they have set out to be the first successful Latin Clothing line and their following speaks for itself. - 2007-11-01

The Cure For The Music Industry's Blues - New Wireless Technology Increases Bottom Line For Record Labels & Artists SONGboost, a provider of software solutions to the music industry, is pleased to announce it's forthcoming Fan-Artist Trading Decks (FAT Decks), which enable musicians, record labels, and media companies to quickly create and syndicate digital music assets that can be shared by fans across any Internet-enabled device including mobile phones, desktop computers and set-top boxes. Based on combination of SONGboost technology, and technology licensed from SQGO, a technology firm also based in Boston, FAT Decks provide consumers with a mechanism to legally consume and share "decks" of digital music assets, while at the same time ensuring that the integrity of the digital assets remains intact. - 2007-11-01

Advanced Learning Technologies Summit to Feature New Industry Insight from Ben Sawyer, John Kemp, Karl Kapp and Many Others in Research Triangle Park, NC The Advanced Learning Technologies Summit will address not only the learning advantages of serious games, but also other technologies that are available now to improve learning technologies like social networking, robotics, and haptics. The conference will feature discussions from industry leaders on practical methods for learning professionals to engage their organizations in Advanced Learning Technologies. - 2007-11-01

ivantage Supports New Google Analytics Functionality With Enhanced Services Following Google's announcement at the eMetrics Summit Washington of new functionality for Google Analytics, UK GAAC ivantage releases enhanced installation, configuration and support services. - 2007-11-01

Eastern Mountain Sports Welcomes Travel Guru for New Adventures, Treks, and Trails Department Trusted retailer, Eastern Mountain Sports, has created a unique travel department under the direction of Travel Guru Becky Harrison. - 2007-11-01

Consumers Utilizing Their own Unique Power of Personalization with Customer-Designed Skins for all Their Personal Portable Consumer Electronics Mytego.com ranks the 10 most popular worldwide consumer electronic devices on a monthly basis that are being used for customer-designed, individually manufactured skins. - 2007-11-01

Entone Hydra HD Selected By HickoryTech For Advanced IPTV Services Deployment Entone, Inc., an innovator of IPTV home connectivity solutions, announced today that its award-winning Hydra™ IP video gateway is being deployed by HickoryTech for its IPTV rollout in Minnesota. - 2007-11-01

Actonomy to Launch 'Resume DNA Extractor' as add on to Fuzzy Matching and Searching Platforms to find Better Candidates Faster Resume DNA Extractor allows to extract the visible and latent information from resumes and to create a knowledge base that can be used by staffing companies, jobboards and e-recruitment service providers to enhance the jobsearch and matching process. - 2007-11-01

Selkie Quick File Transfer & OrganizeMy™ Electronic Filing Cabinet for Dummies®! Create Preferred Partnership Leading data transfer and data recovery company Tugboat Enterprises enters partnership with renowned software solution provider Org-Matters - Selkie Quick File Transfer data transfer software featured in Dummies-brand OrganizeMy Electronic Filing Cabinet. - 2007-11-01

Man to Run New York Marathon Carrying Backpack with 30 lbs of Textbooks as Protest Against Textbook Costs To protest the high cost of college textbooks, Andre Ditto, a 47-year-old vegan personal trainer, plans to complete the ING New York City Marathon on November 4 carrying a backpack loaded with textbooks equivalent in weight to 16 bricks. In return, CaféScribe (http://www.cafescribe.com), a web site that promotes electronic textbooks, will pay for a year's worth of textbooks for Ditto's daughter, a biology major at Howard University. - 2007-11-01

IT Skills Most Lacking Amongst Voluntary Healthcare Employees Claims New Skills for Health Sponsored Research New research commissioned by the UK Workforce Hub and sponsored by Skills for Health (SfH) - the sector skills council for the NHS, independent and voluntary healthcare sectors - has identified the main skills gaps and skills shortages faced by employers in the voluntary healthcare sector. - 2007-11-01

Doclopedia.com and HSAeducator.com Announce Partnership to Help Promote Consumer Driven Healthcare Doclopedia and HSAeducator.com, both advocates of Consumer Directed Health are working together to raise the awareness of the opportunities and tools available to consumers for them to be smarter and more efficient managers of their health care dollars. Doclopedia, the original online medical organizer featuring a medical marketplace, and personal electronic health record, is also known for its HSA Tracker which gives consumers the ability to track their Healthcare expenses. HSAeducator.com is an emerging content site dedicated to promoting information regarding consumer based health care. Doclopedia and HSAeducator are free to the public. - 2007-11-01

Help Protect Lives and Support the 'Amber May Law' The parents of a young girl killed in a parasailing accident are trying to pass legislation that would regulate the parasailing industry for the first time. - 2007-11-01

'Wall Street Warriors' TV Star Timothy Sykes Sets Up New & Transparent Challenge The star of the TV Show "Wall Street Warriors", Timothy Sykes, is unveiling a new challenge for himself--to repeat the original feat of turning his $12,415 in Bar Mitzvah Gift Money into $1.65 million. Sykes originally accomplished this from 1999-2002 while still in college, but this time around, he'll be posting all his thoughts, stock trades and commentary on http://www.timothysykes.com to help everyone, no matter their experience, learn about the risks and rewards associated with financial speculation. - 2007-11-01

Souvia® Tea Receives Accolades Souvia Tea has been recognized by two groups for its excellent service to the community and its customers. The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce nominated Souvia® Tea for its annual Sterling Awards and Wavelength Magazine awarded Souvia Tea its "Top Shop" designation. - 2007-11-01

Every-Day Adventurers Take the Wheel to Get Off the Beaten Path in New Zealand Escape the tourist rut with adventurous packages in New Zealand. Taking advantage of expert local knowledge, Fresh Tracks New Zealand has created three vacations - a cycling vacation, a driving package, and a privately guided tour - for travelers keen to get off the beaten path and experience the best of New Zealand. - 2007-11-01

Director Jennifer Sharp's "I'm Through With White Girls" Wins Blockbuster Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature at 11th Annual American Black Film Festival Helmed by first time feature director Jennifer Sharp, "I'm Through With White Girls (The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks)," has won eight awards in the last six months. - 2007-11-01

CIQ Adds ARSgroup to its Growing Portfolio of Corporate Venture Programs Category leaders in Retail, CPG and Online adopt ARSgroup knowledge and technologies - 2007-11-01

New Comprehensive Guide Reveals the Ins and Outs of Health Savings Accounts Vimo Research Group partners with nation's leading HSA expert to publish ultimate guide to HSAs. - 2007-11-01

Smooth Jazz/Pop Singer Slim Man Nominated for International Vocalist of the Year Pop/jazz singer Slim Man has been nominated for International Vocalist of the Year by the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. Past winners have included Diana Krall and Al Jarreau. The Smooth Jazz Awards will be held on March 7, 2008, in Ontario, Canada. - 2007-11-01

Signature Announcements, Inc.™ Acquires Licensing and Climbs Further Up the Industry Ladder Continuing their rise of being the leader in providing graduation announcements to high schools, colleges, and universities, Signature Announcements just acquired licensing for more schools to provide students and their families with more memories. - 2007-11-01

Von Dutch Watch and Apples of Gold Jewelry, Exclusive Online Retailer In an exclusive deal with Von Dutch Watches, Apples of Gold Jewelry is currently the only authorized online retailer of the Von Dutch Watch. Offering the Von Dutch Watch on their website, including The Angel Collection, The Kobra, Dutchman, the Spiral Collection, and the Bangle Collection, shoppers can purchase directly online from the only authorized online retailer, backed by Von Dutch's official approval, name, and warranty. - 2007-11-01

Get The Most From Adwords When Marketing Your House Fizber.com Launches Google's AdWords API Service - 2007-11-01

HELIOS Software Adds Real-Time Web-Based ICC Remote Proofing to its UB+ Server Suite HELIOS Software enhances its next generation UB+ Unbreakable Server Solutions Suite with sophisticated remote proofing capabilities. The new WebShare ICC proofing support accurately previews the final output color and content of images and PDFs, on any remote Mac or Windows client. Color matched composite, spot color, and separation previews allow for high quality easy to use remote approval. - 2007-11-01

Fred Thompson Campaign Heats Up With Buttons Fit For a President "The response at Everyone Loves Buttons, Inc., has been overwhelming with 9,000 visits the first weekend," said President Maura L. Statman, ELBusa Creations, Phoenix, Arizona. - 2007-11-01

Entrepreneurs Meet Early-Stage Investors in New York FundingPost hosts breakfast for local Early-Stage Investors and start-up companies. - 2007-11-01

NBAI Will Reach their $Million Dollar Investment Target at their Last Investor Forum for 2007 - One Lucky Company will Win an Opportunity to be Considered for Private Equity Investment Before Year End The Network of Business Angels & Investors (NBAI) will hold their last Private Equity Investor Forum for 2007 on November 7th. One Worthy Company will be given the Opportunity to present to this group of accredited investors. Final Applications must by in by Friday Nov 2nd by 6:00 pm. This is best time to get in front of the most active Angel Investor Group in the Southeast. - 2007-11-01

The e-Learning Lingo Podcast #23: Color Coding SyberWorks, Inc., a leader in custom e-Learning Solutions and the Learning Management System industry, today announces the next episode of the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series about a term used in e-Learning development and instructional design, color coding. - 2007-11-01

Mobile Moms Announces Their New Line Of Environmentally Friendly and Organic Baby Products Parents want the very best for their babies. Mobile Moms, an innovative online retailer offers parents and others the very best selection of environmentally friendly and organic baby related products. - 2007-11-01

Patients and the Medical Community Support BioBands as a Drug Free Way to Treat Chemotherapy Nausea Chemotherapy is often a necessary treatment for individuals with cancer. As effective as this treatment is for fighting the disease, the side effects of nausea and vomiting are often debilitating. Cancer patients and those in the medical community have discovered that BioBands acupressure wristbands are an effective, drug free way to treat chemotherapy nausea. - 2007-11-01

User Driven Nikon Group Reaches 100,000 Members -- Celebration Under Way International photography community celebrates 100,000 member milestone with week-long celebration. - 2007-11-01

200 Parcels to be Sold at Multi-Property Auction in Fort Lauderdale November 3 Over 200 Florida building lots will be offered individually at auction on Saturday, November 3, according to Harry Stampler, President of Stampler Auctions. - 2007-11-01

Graphic Designer Shows Entreprenuers and Small Business Owners How Page Layout Can Sell More Books Karen Saunders, award-winning graphic designer and owner of MacGraphics Services, has just posted the latest in a series of free articles on her website. Readers will often pass on a great book because it's hard to read - not because of the content, but because the page layout simply makes it difficult on the eyes. So how do you make it easy on the eyes? Saunders shows you in her latest article, entitled Turn Page Turners Into Buyers With Great Page Layouts. Without getting too technical, Saunders gives a little insight in to what makes people buy a book or put it back on the shelf. She offers marketing and design tips on a variety of topics on her website at http://buyappealmarketing.blogspot.com. - 2007-11-01

Rural Training Company Gives Free Office Christmas Tree to December Delegates Nottinghamshire training company, The Writing Stable, is offering a free, locally grown office Christmas tree to companies who send two or more delegates on a copywriting training course in December. Located in the grounds of Newton House Farm, which also grows trees for sale during the lead up to the festive season, The Writing Stable team have joined forces with their landlord, James Fisher, to create this unusual Christmas offer. - 2007-11-01

Luxury Latin America Adds Panama Hotel Reviews Upscale travel site focused on Latin America adds detailed reviews of the best hotels in Panama - 2007-11-01

Scientific Vision Systems Announces Free Mounts and Price Reductions on Tatung LCD Monitors Scientific Vision Systems, a leading distributor of medical and professional video equipment, announced two significant savings for customers purchasing specific Tatung monitors: Our customers can choose one free pole, rack, or wall mount previously priced between $70 to $80 or more each. And Tatung has reduced monitor prices as well. Total savings per monitor amounts to between 12 and 17 percent. - 2007-11-01

Popular Aesthetic Medicine Symposium Incorporates DVD Training With over 2,000 medical spas opened in the US, physicians entering this competetive field need an edge. The IAPAM has expanded the Aesthetic Medicine Symposium to now include a 16 DVD cosmetic practice training program. - 2007-11-01

Online CPAP Community CPAPtalk.com Launches the Product Challenge CPAPtalk.com announces the Product Challenge, an industry first opportunity for CPAP manufacturers with similar products to challenge each other publicly in patient satisfaction trials. - 2007-11-01

ClubsGalore.com Offers a Unique Solution to the Holiday Gift-Giving Dilemma This Innovative Monthly Gift Club web site features the Variety Club, Gift Card Club and Dinner Club, exciting new twists on "of the month clubs." - 2007-11-01

AKCP Introduces the securityProbe for Environmental and Security Monitoring AKCP Inc. introduces the securityProbe, a new and improved intelligent monitoring device. - 2007-11-01

The BetterCalf Coat for Jersey Calves is Now Available From BetterMilk Inc. BetterMilk Inc. announces the addition of a Jersey calf coat , calf blanket, calf jacket to their line of dairy calf coats, microfiber towels and apparel. The BetterCalf coat is now available in a size ideal for Jersey calves. It is 25 percent smaller than our Holstein calf jacket, but has the same excellent quality and rugged construction. Buy a BetterCalf coat in the Fall of 2007 and get 10 microfiber dairy towels free. - 2007-11-01

Visiondecor Reaches 25,000 Orders Fulfilled as a Featured Merchant on Amazon.com Visiondecor, a major furniture and home decor internet retailer, has reached a 25,000 order milestone. To further enhance the buying experience for customers, Visiondecor is teaming up with HomeDirect USA for delivery of large furniture products. - 2007-11-01

Globalcom Satellite Communications Announces the SPOT Satellite Messenger as a Tool for All Outdoor Enthusiasts or Everyday People Globalcom Satellite Communications Announces the SPOT Satellite Messenger as a Tool for All Outdoor Enthusiasts or Everyday People. - 2007-11-01

Universal Packaging, Inc. Becomes Supplier for Wine America - The National Association of American Wineries Universal Packaging, Inc. is pleased to announce that they are now a supplier of polystyrene wine shippers for Wine America. - 2007-11-01

No Need to Go Topless, USB Accessory Exec Says There are over a billion USB connection devices on the market. Many of them are topless. RooKaps, a Cleveland, Ohio firm, produces a line of replacement caps to fit any USB connector device. - 2007-11-01

nParallel Named as One of the Fastest-growing Private Companies in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Region Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal recognizes brand communication, merchandising strategy and display agency for 62.6 percent growth from 2004-2006. - 2007-11-01

Outstanding Surgical Skill Paired with a Unique Patient Experience - Kraff Eye Institute Continues to be a Pioneer in Ophthalmology and Laser Vision Correction Leading eye surgeons at Kraff Eye Institute continue to deliver surgical excellence and a unique patient experience using high-tech and high-touch. Patient portal technology allows patients to do things online and to spend less time on paperwork while specialty teas and concierge-trained staff make the visit a pleasure. - 2007-11-01

People Escape Holiday Stress with the Right Kind of Music Professional harpist and author on the healing power of music, Sally Fletcher, advises people who feel stressed during the holiday season to listen to soothing music at every opportunity. Research has shown that music physically affects a person's heart beat, blood pressure and brain waves, enabling controlled effects on mood and energy level. - 2007-11-01

Give Your Children a Gift They Will Use for a Lifetime: Manners, Respect, Acceptance and Teamwork Tot-a-Doodle-Do! Award Winning Children's DVDs and the Newly Released "Crafty Kids" Craft Kits are designed to assist parents and caregivers in stimulating important developmental and life skills. - 2007-11-01

Boost Up Smartphone and BlackBerry with Newly Released MemoryUp V2.0 eMobiStudio Inc. announces the release of MemoryUp Standard Edition v2.0, an extension over its award-winning MemoryUp v1.8. MemoryUp is a powerful Java virtual machine (JVM) management and RAM boosting tool specially designed for high-end smartphone and BlackBerry. Through analyzing running J2ME programs, MemoryUp recovers and re-allocates occupied RAM, hence substantially enhance the performance of mobile devices. In the new version, a refined optimization algorithm is employed to minimize its process load and RAM usage. Multi-language support is also provided for international users. - 2007-11-01

Sean Cancelliere Named Healthcare Consultant at USC Consulting Group Focus is on business development in healthcare practice. - 2007-11-01

CRM Software company Avidian Technologies Enhances its Search Engine Visibility Company Forecasts Higher Sales of its Prophet CRM Software for Small Business - 2007-11-01

Snapshot Keepsakes Personalized Children's Books Teach Life's Lessons Snapshot Keepsakes launches their family business creating unique and personalized photo storybooks where the child's stuffed toy is the star and parents and grandparents teach the child life lessons through selected or written themes that may include education, health, hygiene, manners, faith and more. - 2007-11-01

JewelryWonder.com Kicks Off Customer Appreciation Month with "50-85% Off Sale" Biggest sale on hand-picked fashion jewelry to celebrate customer appreciation month. - 2007-11-01

INM Announces Fall and Winter Webinar Schedule Web seminar topics include creation of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), best practices for building an eLibrary, and tips for maximizing investments in print-quality documents by bringing them online. - 2007-11-01

Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center to Honor Peace Builder Award Recipients The Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (WDRC) will honor 10 community members and programs for their contributions to peaceful conflict resolution throughout Whatcom County as part of the fifth annual Peace Builder Awards on Nov. 10. - 2007-11-01

Simply Retail Begins Construction on Two New Stores for Presbyterian of Allen in Allen, Texas Simply Retail, Inc. is in full construction mode with their client Texas Health Resources in Allen, Texas. These two new stores will bring the total number of stores that Simply Retail has rolled out across the country to 34, with 18 currently open and running. The new stores include a Women's Shoppe and a Gift & Floral Shoppe. - 2007-11-01

Ghost's Book Shows How to Become an Author, Even if You're Not a Writer Release of updated book "You Can Be An Author, Even If You're Not a Writer" shows how and why to work with a ghostwriter to produce a quality book that will gain non-writers the status and authority of an author. - 2007-11-01

Clear Asset Management Portfolios Outperform Benchmarks at Three-Year Milestone Clear Asset Management Inc. (ClearAM), www.clearam.com , a money management and equity research firm, celebrated its third year of live management of two of its four portfolios, both of which significantly outperformed their benchmarks. - 2007-11-01

JumpBox Expands Reach With Support for Microsoft Virtualization Software JumpBox virtual appliances are now available for Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. The time required to deploy popular Open Source server based applications has now been reduced from hours or days to just minutes - all without the need to replace a users existing Windows installation. - 2007-11-01

New Website Allows Chicago Cubs Fans to Get Therapy Cubstherapy.com is a new website that allows Chicago Cubs' fans to share memories about the team, specially those related to the losing history of the 'lovable losers'. - 2007-11-01

WebInvent Announces Availability of OrderManager Service for Online Take-Out Order Processing WebInvent, a developer of software solutions for the food services industry, today announced OrderManager, a service that enables restaurants and catering services to accept online take-out orders via the World Wide Web. - 2007-11-01

TripWiser launches "Road Tripper 2.0", the First Social Trip Planner to Personalize Road Trip Itineraries and Share Trip Routes with Friends TripWiser is the ultimate online community for sharing and planning personalized travels. Its support for road trips enables travelers to collaborate and share trip ideas, detailed road trip routes, itineraries and pictures. - 2007-11-01

New Fair Trade Certification Available in the US by The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) Exciting news - growing demand for fairly traded products and those produced with socially responsible practice is increasing. IMO, one of the most prominent certifiers for organic products has developed anew standard for Fair Trade certification called Fair for Life. - 2007-11-01

LPA Announces VisiRule Update LPA today announced an update to VisiRule, its graphical design and development tool which lets you draw, test and generate business-rules applications and/or components through a simple yet powerful interface. - 2007-11-01

Attorney Hosts "Pursuing Justice" Radio Program he Law Offices of Jermaine A. Wyrick P.L.L.C. is pleased to announce that on Monday October 22, 2007, that Attorney Jermaine A. Wyrick will hosts a new radio program called, "Pursuing Justice," on 88.1 FM, in Detroit/Highland Park, Michigan every Monday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. - 2007-11-01

Doctors Foster and Smith Debuts 'Backyard Kids,' First in a Series of Online Educational Resources for Children Stimulate kids' learning with wild bird interactive Webpages offered by pet products company run by leading vets. - 2007-11-01

Get ImPrinted Introduces New Company Name and Website The Brick Shirt House & The Copy Shop merge to create an Imprinted Products Superstore. - 2007-11-01

JK Harris Lends Illinois Man Helping Hand With Student Loan Troubles JK Harris helps Illinois man consolidate student loans, reduce monthly payments and prevent wage garnishment. - 2007-11-01

Free Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) Webinar Unveils Unlimited Earning Opportunity Now you can keep that hard-earned money for yourself, instead of making it for others, thanks to Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA), the world's largest Cost Management Consultancy franchise company in the world. Learn all about this unique franchising opportunity in a free teleseminar for business professionals interested in achieving financial independence. This highly anticipated one-hour online event, charting the exciting route to increased earning power, will convene on (November 15, 2007 at 6:00 pm Pacific Time). - 2007-11-01

Universe Point Announces Backup Software Partnership Program Universe Point, the first monitored backup software company, announces a partnership program featuring ION Monitored Backup. This program will focus on helping IT service providers generate new business through appointment setting, qualified leads and sales training. Universe Point believes that the success of their backup solution is dependent on the success of their partners. - 2007-11-01

NAMP Responds to Extension by HUD: AmeriDream and Nehemiah Continue to Provide Assistance to Homebuyers With recent changes in HUD's rules for DPA programs, the National Association of Mortgage Processors (NAMP) outlines the remaining number of possibilities for low- to moderate-income homebuyers to receive assistance in obtaining an FHA loan. Previously, HUD ruled to abolish the loophole, which allowed for charitable gifts to be provided to homebuyers who needed assistance meeting down payment on a home. DPAs such as AmeriDream and Nehemiah have spoken out against the issue, and have gained extension on the date HUD's rule will go into effect. NAMP urges mortgage professionals to take advantage of opportunities to learn about what they can do to maximize the current FHA mortgage market. - 2007-11-01

Kaiser Permanente Offers Groups Chance to be Proactive About Rising Health Care Costs Projected rise for 2008 health care costs leads Kaiser Permanente to offer businesses an opportunity to lock in to this year's lower rates. - 2007-11-01

Rhino Marketing Plays Another Round to Aid Charity Missions in Mexico Ever community-minded, the e-marketing specialists at Rhino Marketing have dedicated themselves to local charity once again - this time by sponsoring the Coquitlam Alliance Church's golf tournament to aid missions in Mexico. - 2007-11-01

Bunty LLC Recognized as MBE Supplier of the Year by CMSDC Bunty LLC is a US-based supplier of custom-made, built-to-print Precision Machined Components, Fabricated Equipment and Custom Machinery. Recently, Bunty LLC was recognized as Supplier of the Year by CMSDC. - 2007-11-01

Rapid Resources Now Offers High School Exit Exam Remediation -- a Quick Way to Assess Readiness for High School Exit Exams and Reteach Required Skills Rapid Resources -- a web-based library of activities, tutorials and quick assessments used to create individualized learning plans -- now includes over 500 tutorials with practice activities that have been specifically aligned to high school exit exams across the country. - 2007-11-01

New PD-LD Patent Delivers Smaller, Cheaper Volume Bragg Grating Technology Latest innovation could bring VBG to wider array of industries. - 2007-11-01

Provider Advantage and Cincom Systems Introduce Solution to Enhance Healthcare Providers' Revenue Performance Provider Advantage and Cincom Systems are pleased to introduce Revenue360™ Eligibility Verification, a 270/271 real-time module which is an integral part of the Revenue360 solution, and a crucial component of a high-performance revenue cycle. - 2007-11-01

Opfuse Changes The Landscape Of Service Request Management With The Release Of Fusion SRM At BMC UserWorld. Opfuse, a leading software solutions developer and ITSM implementation services provider based in Dallas, today announced the release of Fusion Service Request Management™ v. 1.0--a SRM solution that helps companies quickly and accurately track, route, control, complete and verify even the most complex project, IMAC, or service request. - 2007-11-01

iFrogz Introduces New Custom 3rd Generation Nano Case iFrogz is adding new customization options to the 3rd Generation iPod nano with their new case design which gives music lovers complete customization when dressing their nano. - 2007-11-01

MF Digital partners with WebEx, a Cisco Systems Company, to Offer Real-time Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Technical Support for Their Full Line of CD DVD Duplicators MF Digital, an industry leader in Optical Disc Solutions, enhances technical support by partnering with WebEx to offer on-line, real-time technical support to remote CD DVD Duplicators ultimately reducing equipment down time and increases customer satisfaction. - 2007-11-01

Get Closer to God's Word With SwordSearcher Bible Software SwordSearcher makes study easier and faster for Christians seeking a deeper understanding of the Bible, with an efficient interface for both devotional and in-depth Bible study. - 2007-11-01

eNeighborhoods Announces Addition of 250 Local Contacts to PowerSuite Software Free Trial Offer for REALTORS® Agents can now claim 250 local contacts with real estate marketing suite trial offer. - 2007-11-01

Music Makes a Great Holiday Gift for Kids Award-Winning 2007 CDs for Every Child on Your List Music makes a great holiday gift for kids, a choice that will provide enjoyment throughout the year. Several new 2007 releases make great stocking stuffers and special gifts. All are winning national awards and are available from specialty e-tailer The Pokey Pup - www.pokeypup.com], where you can also hear song samples and find out more. - 2007-11-01

Latest GMI Poll Reveals Cost is the Largest Deterrent to Purchasing an iPhone Consumers choose web access as the most important iPhone feature. - 2007-11-01

Palm Springs Business, Sans Soucie Art Glass, Has Won the Jurgen Industries Annual "Glass Painting" Contest We're pleased to announce this month that a local Palm Springs business, Sans Soucie Art Glass, has won the Jurgen Industries Annual "Glass Painting" contest. - 2007-11-01

Lawyer's Weekly Names Workers' Compensation Case One of Top 100 Opinions Lawyer's Weekly recently published the case of Lassister v. Glover Printing, Inc., represented by Ben Cochran, Partner, of Hardison & Associates, as one of its Top 100 Opinions in North Carolina law for 2007. - 2007-11-01

Doctor Sound Moves to Spacious New Location - Grand Opening Set for Nov. 10 Doctor Sound, Inc., one of North Texas's premier providers of home theater and sound systems, has moved to a new, bigger location to accommodate continued growth. The new location features a real home interior, with media room, kitchen and hallway to showcase an increasing variety of home e