Cindy Holden

LA MESA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- According to LegalizeFerrets.org, the Department of Fish and Game has put impossible restrictions on the ferret legalization process. 'We're going by the book - but they're ripping pages out from under us. Would California tolerate that behavior from any other Department?' says Pat Wright, of LegalizeFerrets.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he has signed the following bills: AB 140 by Assemblymember Felipe...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SmartStops announced today the launch of the SmartStops Risk Barometer Index or SRBI. The SRBI is an easy to use metric that helps investors quickly gauge the relative level and direction of risk posed by a specific group of equities such as a particular market or sector.

MARSHALL, Mo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Missouri Alliance for the Development of Entrepreneurship announced today that seven regional winners will be moving forward as finalists in the 2011 MADE In Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition, an event that will highlight new and aspiring businesses through a competitive and educational business development process.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security is pleased to announce the release of Version 3.10 of the Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) which now contains 960 steganography applications.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- An exhibition presenting the iconic images and portraits of Judy Garland in her major roles as film and Broadway star can be viewed online at Big Eye Gallery. Running in conjunction with the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Judy Garland film series, 'Judy Garland: 75 Years of Magic' honors the brilliantly rich body of work this astoundingly short life contributed to cinema, acting, and music.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Wandering Study, a documentary film production company dedicated to adding a unique perspective to the common perceptions of global issues, looks to explore another side of Africa.

ORLANDO, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CCMC, Inc., the financial industry's leading technology interface provider, has added a new key member to their sales support team. Jason Lowe has been named the new Vice President of Sales for CCMC Inc. and brings a breadth of experience to the company. Jason's primary objectives will be in supporting CCMC's vendor partner sales forces, providing customer and partner education of CCMC capabilities, and developing new sales processes to bring additional value to both the company and their partners.

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- L2 Integrated Solutions, LLC and Protium Technologies, Inc. announced today that the companies have formed a new business relationship. L2 will provide sales and marketing services, product development consulting, and strategic planning support to Protium. L2 will serve as the sales and marketing representative firm for Protium's complete product line throughout the U.S., with primary focus in the Mid-Atlantic region.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Neotrope is helping to ensure small businesses can manage their budgets and not cross their own debt ceiling when doing PR and promotion, by rolling back service pricing on Send2Press Newswire press release writing and targeted news distribution packages to 2008 levels.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: First, Trevor Albertson, 31, of Folsom, has been appointed to serve as deputy secretary of veterans services at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Albertson is a captain with over nine years of commissioned service in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of optical fingerprint technology based in Silicon Valley, announced that it has filed counterclaims against Korean biometric company Suprema Inc. for fraud, breach of contract, and negligent misrepresentation. These claims were filed along with an answer to a complaint by Suprema in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California regarding SecuGen's termination of an OEM Agreement between the two companies.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In a workshop held at the California Latino Superintendent's Association, Summer Institute, Business Management Consultant, and Publisher of Family Literacy Journal, Cyndi Fischer, addressed school administrators on the impact of the digital divide on California's Latino students.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Recruitment for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth program, with funding administered by the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board, is under way through September 30, 2011. Approximately 500 positions are currently open and applicants should visit www.SBCountyJobOps.com to find the right service provider in their community.

PALO ALTO, Calif., and BEVERLY, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- RenderX, the leader in XML formatting solutions, and Altova, the creator of XMLSpy and other leading XML, database, and UML tools, entered a partnership agreement to provide integrated reporting and rendering solutions.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EaseUS Software, a leading provider of storage management and data backup and disaster recovery solutions for Windows environment, today announces EaseUS Todo Backup 3.0 Beta. With a more user-friendly interface and many new advanced functions like SQL and Exchange backup, and differential backup, EaseUS Todo Backup 3.0 will certainly become a multi-functional backup software.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EaseUS Software, a leading provider of storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions for Windows, announces today that its beta program of the latest version of EaseUS Partition Master 9.0.0 is ready for testers.

GREAT FALLS, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ecologic Lessee Services, a global provider of outsourcing, software, and capital sourcing services to corporate and non-profit equipment lessees, today announced the publication of a unique whitepaper that addresses how lessees can prepare for the coming IFRS lease accounting changes.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of optical fingerprint technology, announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California against Korean biometric company Suprema Inc. for patent infringement.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- nPulse Technologies has announced that it is now shipping the latest release of its HammerHead Capture Replay product, the only solution on the market today providing both traffic capture and traffic replay at speeds up to 20Gbps. HammerHead is a standards-based system which manages traffic data in the familiar, widely-used pcap format.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- AMT Datasouth Corp. a leading supplier of value added printing solutions, announced today that, the Fastmark PT-1 battery powered portable thermal bar code printer is now available. The Fastmark PT-1 is supplied with AMT Datasouth's proven proprietary PAL programming language.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- To celebrate the launch of its new website, Fare Buzz - a leading travel company based out of New York City - is giving away several pre-paid rewards cards through their social communities.

ELKHART, Ind. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TCL picks DEHCO Commercial to distribute its line of LCD TVs to the health care industry. Dehco Commercial has combined their HC20 technology with LCD TV's made by TCL. The result is a pillow-speaker-ready (Intertek listed) TV system priced 30 to 40 percent below what is typically spent on health care TVs.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that California has dispatched a team of experts to assist in the Yellowstone River oil spill response. The deployment of California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) staff was approved after the State of California received a request from the State of Montana for mutual aid assistance following a pipeline break on July 1, 2011.

SCHWENKSVILLE, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Millennium Administrators, Inc., a benefits administrator, has signed a contract with the City of Scranton to provide benefit administration services for over 500 city employees. Millennium is providing administrative oversight for the city benefit program, including cost containment initiatives, claim audits and administrative services to enhance cost saving initiatives at the City of Scranton.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Active Empty Nesters, the free social networking site aimed at helping baby boomers maintain an active lifestyle, is proud to announce that Pamela D. Wilson, host of the weekly radio show The Caring Generation, will be joining us an ongoing contributor.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Investor advocate and public finance watchdog Kevin Olson has launched DoNotBuyMarylandBonds to warn Maryland bond buyers about the dangers of investing in Maryland bonds.

LANCASTER, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In White is proud to announce the opening of its new couture bridal gown salon at 661 Harrisburg Avenue in Lancaster's College Row Shoppes. An open house is scheduled July 15 and 16 between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. to allow brides-to-be to see the new gown collection.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ --The State Senate Committee on Environmental Quality yesterday passed the Toxin-Free Infants and Toddlers Act, AB 1319, by Assemblymember Betsy Butler (D-Marina del Rey), which seeks to ban the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby products.

IRVINE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services - a Managing General Agent and Lloyds cover holder specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries - today announced the availability of PowerGuard's latest insurance solution for the solar industry: the PowerWrap Solar Project Performance Guarantee Policy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In honor of Independence Day and Thomas Jefferson, the author of our Declaration of Independence, the Gingrich Foundation has recognized the Thomas Jefferson Foundation as its Charity of the Month for July.

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Prestige Imports, LLC is excited to announce the upcoming launch of Penthouse branded libido and sexual wellness shots: Per4mance Shots by Penthouse for men and Pleasure Shots by Penthouse for women. The launch is a result of Prestige Imports' licensing deal with General Media Communications, Inc., the publisher of Penthouse Magazine.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- It happened so quickly. SimplyHome, a company that provides wireless technologies so physically and intellectually disabled people may live independently and that seniors may age in place, got called to help for an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project to air during the ninth season of this Emmy award-winning reality program.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- It's been a dream ever since his son was diagnosed with a rare developmental disorder; today it's a reality - Camp Blue Skies - a camp for adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- While 'mantra-rock' may not yet be a recognized music genre, it springs to life with the delightful onslaught of sound from Larisa Stow and Shakti Tribe on their new album, 'Rock on Sat Nam!' (Prema Shakti Music). The vocals are impassioned and the music soothes one minute and urges you into aural ecstasy the next.

CONCORD, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, is full of suction dredge gold miners celebrating a line-item veto that Governor Brown made in the final State Budget today. 'This is the vindication we've been waiting for,' says owner Mike Dunn.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Councilmember Janice Hahn, Los Angeles Harbor Commission President Cindy Miscikowski and labor leaders...

PEABODY, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Massachusetts MINI dealer MINI of Peabody will soon have the sportiest MINI yet, the MINI Cooper Coupe, or "Couper," as it has already been lovingly dubbed on the internet. Available in three guises, the Cooper Coupe won't arrive at MINI dealerships until October, but the much-anticipated vehicle recently made an early New England appearance at the June 18th MINIsOnTop meet.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III (D- Los Angeles) today welcomed members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. to the State...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS Software, a leading provider of storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions for Windows, launches an EASEUS logo design campaign, where all participants can get a specified EASEUS product as the gift as soon as taking part in the event. Also, $50 Amazon gift cards are up for grabs for the most creative participating designers.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As soon as SimplyHome was asked by the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team to provide some unique technology applications to support independent living for a home makeover, they loaded some trailers and vehicles and hit the road ready for action. The home is for the Keefer family of York, PA.

GREAT FALLS, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ecologic Leasing Services, a global provider of outsourcing, software, and capital sourcing services to both equipment lessees and vendor captive lessors, today announced the launch of two subsidiaries, Ecologic Lessee Services and Ecologic Vendor Services.

CONCORD, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, just got a boost from Washington, D.C. to help fend off erroneous Legislation which is now tangled in the ongoing California budget negotiations.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Active Empty Nesters, a social networking website which launched earlier this year and aims to help baby-boomers and seniors lead an active and productive life, is pleased to announce its rapidly growing website with new groups.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- nPulse Technologies has announced the next step in its aggressive 2011 growth plans by adding experienced industry executives Bill Cantrell and Rick Truitt to its senior leadership team. Cantrell will take charge of growing the company's established business in the Federal Government sector, and also be responsible for key technology and channel alliances. Truitt will lead nPulse's rapidly growing sales program in financial and commercial markets.

CONCORD, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop and headquarters for California suction dredge miners, recently got a boost from Washington DC: Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) is mad as hell and wants Governor Brown's assistance to squash 2 paragraphs of impending legislation which, if enacted, will kill the California suction gold mining industry.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- You should not buy a residential / commercial property without first obtaining a professional opinion from an engineer/surveyor. 'In recent years, I have seen many tragic situations resulting from property line assumptions that could be caught in minutes by a professional doing a simple review,' says Peter Martin of Martin Engineering. Los Angeles County Department of Public Works has recently completed a document scan of their entire survey records; placing them on-line and available at no cost to the public.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security is pleased to announce the Defense Cyber Crime Institute (DCCI), an element of the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center (DC3), has published a Validation Report for Backbone's Steganography Analyzer Real-Time Scanner (StegAlyzerRTS), a network security appliance for monitoring inbound and outbound network traffic in real-time for the presence of digital steganography applications and signatures.

WALL, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Peter Grandich, founder of Trinity Financial Sports and Entertainment Co, is speaking out in support of former NY Giant David Tyree who has been under intense media scrutiny for some gutsy statements he made about gay marriage. Posted in an online video on June 15, Tyree says he recorded the video because he opposes the notion of gay marriage and says he's simply voicing his opinion.

STANWOOD, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- To commemorate 235 years of U.S. independence, EduServe, Inc. today announced the release of its new Spirit of '76 application for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This exciting new app introduces the founding fathers to the digital age.