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Most Read Stories from June, 2008:

Neotrope Sponsors LAMN Jam, Brings PR Expertise to Live Music Competition
TeamF1's Managed Access Point Solution Software powers 802.11n Enterprise Access Point Reference Solution on AMCC's Makalu
SolarReserve CEO Terry Murphy to Speak at European Tech Conference
Diet, Nutritional Supplements and Early Detection Can Prolong Pets' Lives
Singer Jim Curry's Dream Tour Revives the Music of One of the World's First 'Think Green' Environmentalists, John Denver
Sucralose Manufacturer Confirms United States ITC Target Date Extension for Decision in Section 337 Patent Infringement
Hitt Music Group and Disc Makers Join Forces
American Financial Strategies Launches Investment Revolution to Match CEOs with Wealth-Qualified Investors
The New Dick and Dee Dee Review: Sunny, Sweet Rock and Roll from Simpler Times
LAMN Jam '08: Urban and Rock Artists Invited to Perform - Career Launch Package is Grand Prize
 

Leader Alert(R) Chosen by Mansfield City Schools for Safety Alerting - New System Can Alert Parents, Staff in Minutes

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:08:33 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lloyd D. Martin, superintendent of Mansfield City Schools, announced today that the school district has chosen Leader(R) Alert, a health and safety alerting product, for use in its school district of 4700 students. Leader Alert(R), the creation of Leader Technologies(R) of Columbus, Ohio, makes it possible for a school to quickly and [...]

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Firebombers Incorporated: The Future of Wildland Firefighting?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:53:21 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — As global warming causes mega-fires to become the norm, as firefighting budgets are slashed, firefighting aircraft are grounded due to thick smoke, and firefighters are overwhelmed by the sheer number and size of wildfires, people are asking: Can technology be harnessed to produce a firefighting force capable of taking on such [...]

Vermont’s Jamaica Cottage Shop Donates Shed to Women’s Crisis Center

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:34:16 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc. will work with the women’s crisis center to donate an 8×10 Vermonter, one of their most popular designs, which the women will use for storage of donated goods outside their facility. Jamaica Cottage Shop has been in the shed business since 1995. Twelve of their designs are now [...]

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Professionals Guild Announces Singles Dance Parties in Berkeley and Sacramento

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:56:47 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

BERKELEY, Calif. — Professionals Guild is hosting two huge singles dance parties and mixers in July: one on Sat. 7/19 at Golden Gate Fields (GGF) in Berkeley; the other, on Fri. 7/25 in Sacramento at the Hilton Hotel, Arden West. Both parties go from 8pm to midnight. The party at GGF also includes an optional [...]

Fertility Specialist, Steven A. Brody, M.D., Ph.D. to Anchor New San Diego Medical Institute

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:30:06 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Sher Institutes for Reproductive Medicine(R) (SIRM) have announced the opening of an office in La Jolla, California, with Dr. Steven A. Brody accepting the position of Scientific Director and attending physician. Dr. Brody is a world renowned physician, author, and reproductive health expert with longstanding ties to San Diego. Sher Institutes [...]

Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Stephen Schneider Hails Tribal Snow Contributions: ‘Whatever Works, Go For It!’

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:59:37 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

PALO ALTO, Calif. — “I think it is wonderful that ski areas have been inviting the tribes back to ski and snowboard, which inspired them this winter to share their earth-honoring prayers and snowdances for all U.S. Ski Areas. It would be wise to further explore and expand such cross-fertilization,” said Stanford Climatologist Dr. Stephen [...]

IntroIn.com Beta Release Invites Apartment Seekers and Renters to Exchange Info

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:20:03 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

MCLEAN, Va. — iSquare, Inc. announces the launching of a public beta web site that promises to make apartment seeking and dwelling more fun and effective. The new web site, www.introin.com, provides existing renters with referral bonuses from their community management company while providing apartment seekers with the “inside scoop” and consolidated listings of referrals [...]

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Breakthrough Children’s Video Series Prepares Kids Ages 2-5 for Childhood’s Big Milestones

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:17:31 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — ThinkBox Inc. today announces the release of “Showy Show! Preschool Show,” the first in a new live action educational video series for 2-5 year olds. The “Showy Show” series is specifically designed to use music and participation to help kids and their parents get ready for the major challenges of childhood [...]

Ecologic Leasing Solutions Acquires San Francisco’s Captara Corporation

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:03:48 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ecologic Leasing Solutions announced today that it completed the acquisition of Captara Corporation, a San Francisco, Calif.-based lease management software company, which had been Ecologic’s main competitor. “Captara software enables users to easily plan and manage their corporate equipment lease portfolio. We were most interested in their lessor [...]

LTC Videos Introduce Public to Long Term Care Advisors, Multimedia to Build Trust in Agents

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:48:33 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Millions of Americans have a critical need for information on long term care insurance, but most hesitate to contact the very person, a long term care specialist, who can help them. “People aren’t sure they can trust someone they’ve never met,” says Denise Gott, Chairman of the Board of LTC Financial Partners [...]

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Music and Social Networking Get Redefined in New Interactive Site from BETA Records

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:32:02 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Giving musicians and music lovers more power and flexibility than ever before, BETA Records (betarecords.com) has launched a newly expanded site combining search-and-match music selection, virtual commerce, and social interaction. Technology partners took part in a global 2-year effort to transform BETA Records into a music ecosystem to accommodate the way [...]

Omaha’s Senior Market Sales, Inc. Extends its Agent Self-Help Websites

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:47:03 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

OMAHA, Neb. — Senior Market Sales, Inc. (SMS) announces the rollout of its newest self-help website for insurance agents, MedSuppforAgents.com. Modeled after the successful PartDForAgents.com and MAForAgents.com, the site provides Medicare supplement producers an organized set of reference materials needed to maintain a competitive product portfolio. Information available includes downloadable carrier contracts, training, marketing materials, [...]

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Steam Leaks Cost U.S. Corporations Billions Annually, says American Plant Maintenance

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:48:48 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

BOSTON, Mass. — Amidst the ever present and growing energy crisis, lurks an even bigger culprit than your father’s old gas guzzler. Steam. According to American Plant Maintenance, steam is still a living necessity in a vast majority of U.S. hospitals, power plants and manufacturing facilities, and in spite of its environmentally “green” disposition, is [...]

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Thomas D. Mangelsen’s ‘The Natural World’ Book is the Benjamin Franklin Award Winner

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:46:19 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

OMAHA, Neb. — Images of Nature(R) is proud to announce that Thomas D. Mangelsen’s latest book “The Natural World” (ISBN 978-189031042-4) was a winner at the PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards. The book took top honors in the Coffee Table/Large format category. “The Natural World is one of the most [...]

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Boating Industry Magazine Launches 2008 Top 100 and Leadership Alliance

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:33:26 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. and VENTURA, Calif. — With the boating market facing some of the most difficult economic conditions in recent history, it is of vital importance that boating consumers are directed toward the most stable and professional dealers to buy and service their boats. Thanks to Boating Industry magazine and its soon-to-be-published list of the [...]

Synthetic Ice Rink Brings Olympic Experience to North Carolina Kids

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:28:47 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Ice Rink Engineering is making it possible for kids to enjoy hands-on hockey play this summer at the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, N.C. The Marbles Kids Museum will be opening their “Marbles Olympics” summer exhibit, featuring the EZ Glide 350(TM) synthetic ice rink as “Center Ice” on July 12. The games [...]

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Zip-Ez HVAC Fasteners to be Featured in GreenSpec Directory

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:21:21 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

WARWICK, N.Y. — J.T. Products’ Zip-Ez(TM) the revolutionary fastener for H.V.A.C. insulation has been GreenSpec Listed and will be featured in BuildingGreen Inc.’s GreenSpec Directory(R). The GreenSpec Directory lists environmentally preferable products with an objective to list only the top 5-10% environmentally preferable products.
“We’re proud to announce that BuildingGreen found Zip-Ez fasteners to be an [...]

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MyBertos Helps San Diego Locate the Best Mexican Food North of the Border

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:26:45 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — While San Diego has long been popular for its great weather and beaches, it might be of interest to tourists that San Diego is also a hot spot for some of the best Mexican food that can be found above the border. According to taco shop finder MyBertos.com, San Diego houses [...]

Telecom Industry Stands to Make $1 Trillion over Five Years Promoting Green Improvements, says Insight Research

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:12:32 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

BOONTON, N.J. — Carriers and other providers in the global ICT (information and communications technology) industry can bring to bear an expansive array of technologies and services to substantially improve the environment while generating over $1 trillion in new industry revenue over the next five years, according to a new market research study from The [...]

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Houston’s Momentum Transport Launches Affiliate Program

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:08:51 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

HOUSTON, Texas — Momentum Transport announces the implementation of the Momentum Transport Affiliate Program, an initiative designed to enable affiliates to earn commissions through client referrals. From auto dealers to moving and storage companies, Momentum’s goal is to establish relationships with business and individuals whose everyday operations deal with customers in need of vehicle transport.
The [...]

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Arclinea Boston Wins 2008 Chrysalis Award for Best Kitchen Remodel

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:07:43 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

BOSTON, Mass. — A North Kingstown, Rhode Island kitchen designed by Arclinea Boston has won a Chrysalis Award for Best Kitchen Remodel in the Northeastern United States. “To win an award in this highly competitive category is quite an achievement,” says Ken Kanline, director of the Chrysalis Awards, which were founded in 1994 to recognize [...]

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Massachusetts’ Charlie Allen Restorations Wins 2008 Chrysalis Award for Best Residential Inteior

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:12:54 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Charlie Allen Restorations, the Cambridge, MA - based full service design-build firm, has won a 2008 Chrysalis Award for the best residential interior renovation in the Northeast United States. The company previously won Chrysalis Awards for Best Historic Renovation Design-Build in 2006 and Best Commercial Historic Renovation in 2004. “Winning awards in [...]

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Colorado Shoppers Can Now Enjoy Huge Discounts on Groceries

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:11:08 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

DENVER, Colo. — Coupon Sense, based in Chandler, AZ, is celebrating their tenth anniversary. And to celebrate, they have decided to expand into Colorado where now even more people can take advantage of their savings program and enjoy from 50 to 70 percent off on their grocery bill. “People have fixed expenses for their car [...]

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LTC Financial Partners and John Hancock Selected by the National Education Association

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:09:17 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Today the National Education Association of the United States (NEA) announced the selection of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company to provide long term care education and insurance for NEA’s 3.2 million active and retired members, plus their families. The aim of the NEA Long Term Care [...]

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Environmentally Friendly Lumos Light Shield(TM) Safely Repels Summer Mosquitoes

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:05:45 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

PROVO, Utah — Lumos Inc. announces the launch of Light Shield(TM), the first, light-based mosquito abatement device that repels mosquitoes from illuminated areas without chemicals or other expensive equipment. Its low-energy consumption and chemical-free composition make it an environmentally-friendly product that really works. According to the Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease [...]

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Hip Hop from Spain: Pachecos - Fear Of A Green Planet

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:54:18 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — New album coming from Latin Thug Records: Following up on the success of their debut album “Beat Hustlers,” Barcelona Spain’s production trio - known as Pachecos - return with “Fear Of A Green Planet,” an album that pays tribute to the classic Public Enemy album (Fear Of A Black Planet), while [...]

Greg Conlon Believes U.S. Fiscal Policies Need to Change and Federal Government Expenses Need to be Cut

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:46 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Greg Conlon, recently elected in the June Primary Election as the Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress in California’s 12th District, believes Congress and the country’s fiscal policies need to change to strengthen the value of the dollar and significantly decrease oil and gasoline prices in the U. S. The 12th District [...]

Ga. Secretary of State Karen C. Handel to Address Georgia Association of Business Brokers

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:00:34 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Secretary of State Karen C. Handel, the state’s first Republican to hold the office, will speak at the Tuesday, June 24, regular monthly meeting of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers, Inc. (GABB), a statewide group with almost 200 members. As Secretary of State, Handel oversees elections, corporations, securities, and professional [...]

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Awareness Seminar in San Diego Advocates Free Intuition for Success

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:07:27 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Age of Awareness today announced two seminars; Free Your Intuition and Magic, Metaphysics or Just Plain Real? to be held at the University of San Diego on June 20 and 21, 2008. These workshops are designed for educators, business executives and self help individuals who are dedicated to using their intuitive [...]

Boston’s Kathie Chrisicos of Chrisicos Interiors Appointed to Local Leaders Advisory Board

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:41:30 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

BOSTON, Mass. — Chrisicos Interiors - a leading interior design company serving discerning clients throughout New England - is pleased to announce that company President Kathie Chrisicos has been recently appointed to the LocalLeaders.com Advisory Board. LocalLeaders is an innovative on-line comprehensive resource that offers homeowners quick and easy connection with New England’s most trusted [...]

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Authernative Granted U.S. Patent for Secure Financial Transactions Method

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:38:32 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user and transaction authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for a private and secure financial transactions method. The newly issued U.S. Patent No. 7,379,916, entitled “System and Method for Private [...]

Colorado’s AP Financial Inc. Contributes to Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:34:04 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

DENVER, Colo. — AP Financial is excited to have been a big contributor to the Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity on May 27th, 2008. Instead of heading into the office, employees from both the AP Financial Denver and Fort Collins offices were given permission to work on 3 different Habitat home sites, located at 2910 [...]

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Montana Coffee House Will Host International ‘Birth of Coffee’ Exhibition

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:31:52 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

MISSOULA, Mont. — From June 27th to August 4th Liquid Planet in downtown Missoula will host the International “Birth of Coffee” Exhibition. Based on the book of the same name by Daniel and Linda Lorenzetti (ISBN: 978-0609606780), the photography exhibit chronicles the life of coffee from seed to cup. David and Linda Lorenzetti travelled over [...]

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Narconon Success for Crystal Meth Drug Addict on YouTube

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:29:46 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, Canada — According to Narconon Trois-Rivieres, crystal methamphetamine (more commonly referred to as crystal meth) is a drug known to cause severe addiction problems. The side effects associated with crystal meth consumption are blatantly devastating: the shakiness, the paranoia, the agitation and insomnia lasting for days all weigh heavily on the drug user. [...]

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New Marinello Spa Academy Location Opens in Los Angeles

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:28:22 -0700 PDT
by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Marinello Schools of Beauty is pleased to announce the opening of the new Spa Academy on North Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. The Academy is an extended campus of Marinello’s campus location on Wilshire Boulevard. Join us at our grand opening ribbon cutting on Wednesday, June 25th at 10 a.m. Refreshments [...]

Boston’s CorEdge Networks Selected by Freescale for Multiple AMC Reference Designs

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:34:27 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

BOSTON, Mass. — At the NXTComm show in Las Vegas, NV from June 17-19, 2007 (booth # SL5909I), CorEdge Networks will be demonstrating the industry’s first Freescale ColdFire AdvancedMC (AMC) based Module Management Controller (MMC) reference design (CEN-MMC-F5212). This design has already been selected and implemented by Freescale for a number of Freescale’s AMC reference [...]

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New Jersey’s Ballantine Corporation Releases 2008 Direct Mail Control Report

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:31:36 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

WAYNE, N.J. — The Ballantine Corporation, a full service direct mail production company, announces the release of their 2008 direct mail control report that analyzes what’s working and what’s not for direct mail formats. In January of this year, Ballantine (www.ballantine.com) surveyed their clients and marketing contacts and compiled a list of direct mail formats [...]

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NAStek National’s Enhanced Trucking Management Software Works to Combat Soaring Fuel Prices

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:29:08 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NAStek National, LLC announces the launch of a load profitability module to its trucking management software - MYSTC - that helps trucking companies with rising fuel prices and reduced profit margins. This new software enhancement will help trucking companies to calculate their projected costs per load. “Load Profitability,” the latest enhancement to [...]

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Chicago’s Allegro Communications Launches FreshDM for Salesforce.com

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:27:07 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

CHICAGO, Ill. — Allegro Communications, Inc., direct marketing firm and developer of FreshDM, recently announced that FreshDM is now available for Salesforce.com(R). Putting FreshDM in the hands of a company’s sales team helps increase a company’s user adoption of Salesforce and helps salespeople close more sales. FreshDM is an online application that allows users, such [...]

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Expand-A-Lung Chosen as Top Choice for Respiratory Fitness Training by the L.A. Times

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:30:53 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

MIAMI, Fla. — The Expand-A-Lung(TM) Breathing Resistance Exerciser has been selected as the top choice for respiratory fitness training by the L.A. Times. Jorge Brouwer, inventor of the most compact (4-inches) breathing exerciser, manufactures and markets the easy to use “Expand-A-Lung.” When asked about how his product’s success, Mr. Brouwer said, “We’re finally creating [...]

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Florida Indies: Heavy Air Music is at Forefront of Miami’s New Music Scene

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:26:51 -0700 PDT
by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

MIAMI, Fla. — With the music industry desperately needing a new business model, and the gap between the major and indie labels getting smaller and smaller, a new breed of indie is making waves in a big way: Heavy Air Music, Inc. With such heavy hitters as Pharell Williams, Scott Storch, Tom Lord-Alge, Missy Elliot, [...]

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