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Preventing Heart Disease in Women - Johns Hopkins Heart Health Alerts Presents Updated Guidelines In the latest Johns Hopkins Heart Health Alert, Roger S. Blumenthal, M.D., Director of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at Johns Hopkins, outlines the new features of the AHA's 2007 recommendations for women. - 2008-03-09

Soldiers' Angels "Serving" for the 100th Anniversary of the United States Army Reserve "Soldiers' Angels is proud to support the U.S. Army Reserve in this celebration. We appreciate the soldiers, veterans and their families and the services and sacrifices that have been made in this century of Army strong." - 2008-03-09

Academic Proficiency Soars at Otay Elementary School Otay Elementary School, previously one of California's lowest performing schools, recently received state recognition for strides made in academic achievement. - 2008-03-09

Ecommerce Candle Shop Forsakes Google Adwords for Web 2.0 Marketing For several years, pay per click advertising has been the best option for promoting ecommerce ventures to customers. However, as the Internet transforms into a more social environment, Web 2.0 marketing pioneers believe being a part of the online community is a lower cost and more effective way to reach potential customers. - 2008-03-09

RaceDeck® is named the 'Official Preferred Garage Flooring' Of IndyCar® Series RaceDeck®,the undisputed leader in modular garage flooring world-wide, joins up with IndyCar Series for the 2008 season as the Official Preferred Garage & Paddock Floor System. - 2008-03-09

Parc at Buckhead Hosts Atlanta Senior Living Seminar Series Free upcoming seminars focus on topics related to Atlanta active senior living - 2008-03-09

CNC Information Officially Launches - CNC Website Features CNC Forums and CNC Blog for its CNC Community Members CNC Community Website is now officially launched with CNC Forums, CNC Blog, and a wide variety of CNC Information. - 2008-03-09

Horses Most Popular Western Wallpaper Theme at Shop4Wallpaper.com Online wallpaper retailer Shop4Wallpaper.com releases surprising list of top-selling wallpaper - 2008-03-09

Markansas Enterprises Launches Safety and Self Defense Websites to Protect Your Home and Family We specialize in safety and self defense products to protect your home, family and businesses. - 2008-03-09

Hanley Wood Announces the Relaunch of Builderonline.com Hanley Wood, LLC, relaunches its flagship Web site www.BuilderOnline.com with new content management system. - 2008-03-09

Oxford Performance Materials to Offer Molding Services OXPEKK Biomaterials Supplier Expands Offering Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) has established production injection molding operation in its Enfield, CT plant. The new injection molding facility is in a new class 100,000 clean room. The firm has purchased new Boy Injection molding machines specified specifically to process high temperature materials for precision medical molding applications. OPM is also offering extensive part and mold development engineering as part of their services. - 2008-03-09

ClearFlite Air Purifier is Now Offering Free Filters Give yourself a "Spring Break" from allergies by taking advantage of ClearFlite Air Purifier's offer of free Blueair replacement filters through the end of April. Visit ClearFlite Air Purifier's site at www.airpurifiers.com for the coupon form on this Blueair-sponsored promotion. - 2008-03-09

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift Interviewed in Podcast on Kidney Cancer Association Website McLaughlin Group pundit and Newsweek contributing editor Eleanor Clift combines a journalist's account of the media circus attending Terri Schiavo's death with the touching story of the death of her husband, newspaper columnist Tom Brazaitis. She is interviewed by Kidney Cancer Association CEO Bill Bro. - 2008-03-09

Freight Factoring Company Promotes Factor Services With March Madness Freight Factoring Company, Phoenix Capital Group, announces March Madness, inviting NCAA Basketball Tournament fans to participate. - 2008-03-09

Free eBook Reveals Construction Loan Trade Secrets that Can Save New Home Owners-Builders Thousands A construction loan industry veteran with decades of experience has published a free e-book entitled "15 Things You Should Know before You Even Think about Applying for a Construction Loan." The insightful report reveals construction loan inside secrets that can help people save thousands of dollars. - 2008-03-09

CJP Announces 2nd Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme in India from July 14-18, 2008 Centre for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) is happy to announce the 2nd Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme (JTP) in India from July 14-18, 2008. CJP has the privilege to provide most authoritative Knowledge platform known as Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme for Development of Sustainable Non-Food Jatropha Oil Crop Projects, Programmes and Priorities to Feed Biodiesel Industry Worldwide. - 2008-03-09

Inktel Direct Annonces Leading Financial Services Firm as New Client Inktel will deliver direct mail business solutions for its new client - 2008-03-09

Atlanta Contractor to Appear on Home and Style TV Dan Weidmann of Weidmann & Associates has been selected to display a home remodeled by his firm on an upcoming edition of Home and Style TV. - 2008-03-09

Resco Explorer 2008 Can Browse Smartphones and Offers Flexible Secure Store Resco Explorer 2008 for Palm OS® offers Bluetooth browsing and secure document store. Palm OS devices get thus capabilities that do not exist even in the Windows Mobile world. - 2008-03-09

Rott Brings Bite with International Recording Contract Female fronted Idaho Gothic Rock band Rott has landed an International recording and distribution contract with USA label Renaissance Records. Their album Out of Time will be released in May in the United States and Canada with international release by one of the largest independents, Koch Distribution. - 2008-03-09

New Web Site Aims to Boost U.S. Economy by Driving Startups Los Angeles entrepreneurs pick a crazy time to encourage new startups. - 2008-03-09

Defense Dept. Environmental Program Awards $869,000 Grant to Regenesis-URS-Berkeley Lab Research Team Regenesis Bioremediation Products, a leading developer of advanced groundwater protection technologies, will administer an $869,000 grant awarded by the Defense Department's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) to Regenesis, URS Corporation, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to evaluate the utility of geophysical imaging tools for investigating the performance of bioremedial soil amendments. Regenesis will also manage transfer of the technology, if successful. - 2008-03-09

Great Lakes Song Contest Raises Grand Prize, Lowers Fee Now celebrating its fifth year of operations, the 2008 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest has lowered its entry fee and raised its Grand Prize. Enter by mail or on-line through Sonic Bids. Deadline April 25, 2008. - 2008-03-09

Orlando Indian Restaurant Receives Award from Local Newspaper Passage to India, an authentic North Indian restaurant located in Orlando, was recently featured in the Best Indian category of the Orlando Sentinel's Foodie Awards. - 2008-03-09

Robert Aycock, M.D. Adds VelaShape Treatment Offering San Francisco Plastic Surgeon Introduces VelaShape Technology as New Alternative to Traditional Liposuction - 2008-03-09

Dental Office in Spencer County, KY, Now Accepting New Patients With 20 years+ experience and advanced training, Dr. James "Randy" Ransdell and Dr. Andrei Moldoveanu provide the best in dental care for residents of Spencer County and the surrounding areas. Their office is located at 4819 Taylorsville Rd. in Elk Creek, KY, just off Taylorsville Lake Road/ Hwy. 155 in the plaza of Spencer County Physical Therapy and Elk Creek Internet. - 2008-03-09

Family Spends $1.6 million for Sport Court Backyard "Dream Court" Son wanted roller hockey, wife wanted to figure skate, daughter and dad wanted to play tennis. A Sport Court backyard game court was designed to accomodate all of them, but they had to buy and tear down the house next door to make the dream come true! - 2008-03-09

Cosmetic Surgery Makes Gains in Weak Economy According to the annual statistics of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of body contouring procedures performed has dramatically increased over the past five years. Abdominoplasty, Lower Body Lift, Buttock lift experienced a 200% gain while Thigh and Upper Arm Lift experienced a 400% rise. Dr.Edward Domanskis, president of the American Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgeons(ASBPS) said, "This parallels the increased number of patients that have undergone bariatric weight loss surgery." According to Allergan, 350,000 LAP-BAND® bariatric procedures have been performed worldwide. - 2008-03-09

Are You Looking To Feel Secure While Traveling? Global Security Associates Provides Security Programs For Executives Traveling Domestically And Internationally Whether traveling domestically or internationally there are many hidden dangers executives face when doing business in an uncertain political and business climate. - 2008-03-09

New Jersey Landscaping Company Utilizes New Techniques to Create Bolder Rock Gardens for New Jersey Clients Large rockeries not only are a desirable landscaping feature, they're a more natural-looking landscaping facet and aesthetically pleasing alternative to landscaping retaining walls. - 2008-03-09

SherWeb's Hosted Exchange Will Fully Support Wireless Synchronization With the iPhone 2.0 SherWeb, a leading hosting provider of Microsoft Exchange Server, proudly announces its ability to fully support the iPhone 2.0 wireless synchronization with its Hosted Microsoft Exchange Service. - 2008-03-09

Perfect Partners Eligible Bachelor Auction On Thursday, March 27, 2008, Perfect Partners presents The Eligible Bachelor Auction. This evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and fun is to raise money for Habitat for Humanity Toronto as part of The Verity Women Build: A Verity Members/Habitat for Humanity Toronto initiative. - 2008-03-09

Los Angeles Black Book Expo 2008 Los Angeles Black Book Expo to be held June 14, 2008. Fourth annual event to feature authors, exhibitors from across U.S. Special programs for the youth, expo after party. - 2008-03-09

Market Directions Publishes BMA Marketing Study Market Directions, Inc., a brand performance consultancy, recently performed and analyzed a probing market study to establish a baseline of brand awareness and brand value for the Business Marketing Association (BMA). - 2008-03-09

Evergreen Direct Fights Global Warming With Carbon Offset Marketing Evergreen Direct, a 25-year-old nationally reknown marketing agency specializing in online and offline direct marketing, is extending its gardening/environmental expertise into the international world of carbon offsets to help fight global warming. - 2008-03-09

Dedicated PACS Community is Launched for Radiology Professionals Medicexchange.com has launched a dedicated Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) online community. - 2008-03-09

Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Launches bistro Cordon Bleu Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa announces the opening on April 3, 2008 of its new application restaurant bistro Cordon Bleu. This full-service fine dining restaurant, run and staffed by students and supervised by a Le Cordon Bleu chef, will cater to the cost-conscious gourmand by offering inexpensive three course lunch menus. - 2008-03-09

Countdown To PartyPoker European Challenge II and East Versus West Team Cup in Vienna The countdown is on to the PartyPoker European Challenge II, which starts Tuesday 11th and concludes on Friday 14th March at the Concord Card Casino in Vienna during the heart of the Spring Poker Festival. The action, however, gets underway on Monday 10th with the PartyPoker East versus West Team Cup II. Coverage of both events will be first broadcast on ITV4 in the UK and then distributed internationally. - 2008-03-09

Online Paintball Vendor Expands: Hustle Paintball Buys H4O Sports Since being so successful Hustle Paintball (http://www.hustlepaintball.com) has decided to expand their web site with the purchase of H4O Sports. H4O Sports (http://www.h4osports.com) is an online paintball store that offers more than 7,000 different items. - 2008-03-09

Colorado Springs Marriott Welcomes Democrats for the 2008 Democratic National Convention As partisan commercials pepper the television non-stop, radio waves cover daily debates and newspapers are deciding who to endorse, it appears that the Presidential hopefuls are already campaigning at full force to ensure their spots as the 2008 nominees. - 2008-03-09

20th Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest Looking for Ugly Dogs for 2008 The World's Ugliest Dog Contest, now in its 20th year, is looking for contestants for the 2008 competition. The contest occurs on Friday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. during the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Entry forms can be downloaded at www.sonoma-marinfair.org or requested by calling 707-283-3247 (FAIR). The 2008 World Champion will take home $1,000 in prize money along with a trophy and bragging rights which has led to considerable fame for past winners. Contestants will be available for viewing this month in the World's Ugliest Dog Voting Gallery at www.sonoma-marinfair.org. - 2008-03-09

Birdhouse Pins Donated to Benefit South Shore Habitat for Humanity Annual Fundraiser Since donating filigrees for "Gilded Gingerbread", a birdhouse designed and donated by a local Realtor in 2007, to be sold at the 14th Annual Birdhouse show and auction, Stephen Guyot, President of Guyot Brothers Company, Inc., has had it in his mind to benefit the fundraising effort with a few small gifts of their own -- 500 of them, in fact. - 2008-03-09

The Art Institute of Phoenix Gives Their Graduating Students a Leg Up in Business Thanks to Author and Design Business Expert, Jeremy Tuber Graphic design students learn everything necessary about aesthetics, eye-catching layouts and art appreciation in school. Students graduate with faces beaming and the energy to take on the world, but those who choose to become freelance designers quickly find out how cutthroat and competitive real life business really is - no matter how gifted their creative skills were in school. According to "Being a Starving Artist Sucks" author, Jeremy Tuber, these new freelance designers often end up confused on how to attract clients, frustrated they have to compete on price and desperate to keep their dream of being their own boss shattered unless they take steps to learn how to effectively run a business, manage clients and market their talents. - 2008-03-09

Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld Receives Florida's Green Lodging Certification With the average traveler becoming more and more environmentally conscious when making lodging choices, it is no surprise that many hotels are attempting to increase their green initiatives that impact the earth. - 2008-03-09

Water Tight Basements By The Ocean Made Possible Using Penetron Penetron proves again that conventional wisdom of not building below sea level structures in seaside locations can be overcome by using the Penetron system of waterproofing for concrete. - 2008-03-09

Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel Names Melanie Koscelnak New Director of Sales & Marketing It's a good day when you get to rub elbows with mega stars Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Dennis Miller and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. It's all in a day's work for Melanie Koscelnak, the new Director of Sales and Marketing at the prestigious Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. - 2008-03-09

JK Harris Helps Florida Woman Through Audit Representation JK Harris and Company helps Florida woman through her IRS audit. - 2008-03-09

Begin your Getaway with the Stress-Free Park Here, Fly There Package Offered by the Atlanta Airport Marriott The Atlanta Airport Marriott has created a special Park Here, Fly There hotel package, perfect for guests wanting complimentary airport parking a restful night of sleep prior to flying out of the Hartsfield-Jackson International ATL Airport. Eliminate the hassle of airport traffic and the high cost of parking while traveling this spring with this unbeatable hotel package offered by the sophisticated Atlanta Airport Marriott. - 2008-03-09

Standard Vehicle Engines Can Now be Powered by Water and Gas to Improve Overall Engine Efficiency and Performance While Saving the Environment Water 4 Gas by Internet Shopping Today is a technology that provides a great entry-level solution to allow a gasoline or diesel fueled vehicle to be converted to burn water as well as its standard fuel. Apart from the many advantages that this technology has on the environment, it also has many widespread advantages to the consumer around the world. - 2008-03-09

Seminar Reveals Secrets to Improving Distribution Problems Top Expert Shows Step-by-Step Approach to Raising Distribution Services to World-Class Level - 2008-03-09

Documation LLC Adds Horauf 3-Knife Trimmer to Its Production Lineup Machine is Market's Only On Demand Model Capable of Multi-Book Trimming - 2008-03-09

Tampa Bay Gets Its Own Biggest Music Business Conference and Award Show The Biggest Music Biz Conference and Music Award Show hits the Tampa Bay Area in November. Top Industry Professionals will teach at the conference and celebrity's will walk the red carpet at the televised awards. Tampa Bay, FL is Arbitron ranked market number 19 and has a thriving independent music scene. - 2008-03-09

Bigmouthmedia Boss Recognised at IOD Scotland Awards Bigmouthmedia CEO Steve Leach has scooped the prize for Regional Director of the Year in his first year as a nominee at a prestigious event organised by the Institute of Directors in Scotland. - 2008-03-09

Debenhams Given Best One-Stop-Shop Award at Cosmopolitan Online Fashion Awards Debenhams celebrate being presented with the 'Best one-stop-shop' award at Cosmopolitan Online Fashion Awards 2008. - 2008-03-09

Spark Brings Home Best in Show at Greater Lehigh Valley ADDY Awards Spark ( www.sparkcreatives.com ) and the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley ( www.unitedwayglv.org ) received a Best in Show ADDY for the public service poster campaign entitled "Change that Now" at the 2008 Greater Lehigh Valley Ad Club Awards, Feb. 29, 2008. The campaign, designed to support for the United Way's annual drive, used a series of posters that focused on homelessness, education, and senior citizens in the Lehigh Valley. - 2008-03-09

Hasty Joins DORMA Product Market Team Bob Hasty has joined the Product Marketing team as Product Manager for Exit Devices for DORMA Architectural Hardware, DORMA Group North America. - 2008-03-09

Mortgage and Housing Markets Now Hinge on Jobs Mike Larson takes a closer look at the housing and mortgage market crunch and how it is continuing to negatively affect the U.S. economy. In this issue of Money and Markets, Mr. Larson examines the U.S. economy and the problems that it's continually facing. - 2008-03-09

Delia Associates Provides Life Lessons in Corporate Communications Polytech Career Academy gives students a competitive edge. - 2008-03-09

The U.S. Dollar Slumps More Jack Crooks takes a closer look at the U.S. dollar and the U.S. debt ratio. In this issue of Money and Markets, Mr. Crooks examines what the Federal Reserve is not doing to help out the U.S. economy. - 2008-03-09

California Greenworks, Inc. Presents the 3rd Annual South Los Angeles Earth Day Festival California Greenworks, Inc. gives south Los Angeles residents a green way to get rid of old TV sets, phones and computers, and other ways to improve the environmental health of the community at the 3rd Annual South Los Angeles Earth Day on April 19, 2008. - 2008-03-09

Calling All T-Shirt Design Submissions for the Launch of Springleap.com Launched in February 2008, Springleap.com is South Africa's newest addition to groundbreaking Internet companies taking the global online community by storm. Loosely categorized as a social media come online retail outlet, Springleap invites visitors to the site to submit their T-shirt designs and win if their design is voted for by the burgeoning Springleap community. - 2008-03-09