Valerie Gotten

LOVELAND, Colo., June 4, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Increasing wildfire danger, persistent drought and cuts to Federal fire-fighting resources are making Linda Masterson's newly released book, 'Surviving Wildfire' (ISBN: 978-1-936555-15-4; PixyJack Press), a practical prescription for homeowners living with wildfire risk who want to know how to be better prepared, stay alive when wildfire threatens and have what they'll really need to start over if disaster strikes.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., May 31, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EaseUS Software, a leading provider of data backup and disaster recovery and storage management solutions for the Windows environment, continues to provide PC and Server users the most complete and reliable products since its inception. The newly updated data recovery software EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 6.0 brings a big enhancement for making data recovery much more effective from large hard drives than any other data recovery software in the market.

TROY, Mich., May 31, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- United Shore Financial Services (USFS), one of the nation's leading independent mortgage lenders, announced that Mat Ishbia will be appointed to the position of chief executive officer for the company. Ishbia currently serves as both president of USFS and also its successful wholesale operation, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), which under his leadership has now become the fourth largest wholesale mortgage lender in the country.

BETHESDA, Md. /California Newswire/ -- The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO) is pleased to announce it is one of this year's recipients of the 2013 Neotrope JL Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. Neotrope will provide public relations and cause-related-marketing support to CSO over the next year to raise awareness around its education programs, events, and accomplishments.

TORONTO, Ontario /California Newswire/ -- DAX Cloud ULC, the Canadian arm of DAX, the Los Angeles-based provider of cloud-based production and post-production services, has booked the hit historical drama 'VIKINGS' as its first major Canadian production. VIKINGS, created and written by Michael Hirst, is slotted by the History Channel for a 10-episode second season.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- EaseUS Software, as an innovative software developer for providing cost-effective solutions for storage management and data protection, today announced release of version 6.0 of Todo Backup - with much more advanced functions and easier user experience.

BOSTON, Mass. /California Newswire/ -- With only fourteen percent of women leading in executive positions in the United States today, WomenLEAD, Inc. has their work cut out for them. Seeking to advance women in their careers via a new website that will offer an online community or personal advisory board made up of professional women globally this innovative company is thrilled to have been chosen as a Mass Challenge Finalist.

SHENZHEN, China /California Newswire/ -- Leawo Software, a world-class video and audio related software developing company, officially lowers the serial key cost of upgraded Leawo Windows 8 Blu-ray Player to the lowest price, now only $19.95 per copy; to help movie lovers better enjoy Blu-ray, DVD, video (up to 1080P FHD movie included) and songs on Windows 8 OS PCs.

PENSACOLA, Fla. /California Newswire/ -- You want a Voice? You have a Choice! John Krause today has announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress, seeking the 2014 Republican Nomination for United States House of Representatives to represent Florida's First Congressional District.

COLUMBUS, Ohio /California Newswire/ -- Dispatch Digital, the digital media and marketing services division of The Dispatch Printing Co., today announced a pair of fast-paced, digital media seminars - 'Making Money with Digital Media' - designed to help local Ohio merchants make the best use of digital media opportunities to grow their business.

ISELIN, N.J. /California Newswire/ -- Dev Soft Technologies Inc. today announced the formal launch of DealsPricer(TM), a new price comparison website targeted at online shopping from the United States. Launched on March 6, 2013, DealsPricer's comparison tool empowers consumers to enjoy great savings by choosing from over 1 million deals on a wide range of products.

WIESBADEN, Germany /California Newswire/ -- The new iPhone app for happiness - 'lubbaa' - analyses relationship harmony and allows people to analyze their partners based on biorhythms. So, how does it work? It's easy to use. All the user needs is the person's date of birth and lubbaa estimates four areas: physical, emotional, intellect and sensitivity to determine how harmonious two people would be in a potential love relationship.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- Lease Accelerator announced today that it has published a new lease accounting whitepaper for lessees that explains the new 2013 FASB Exposure Draft, which the FASB is expected to release later this week. Lessees can download it for free from LeaseAccelerator's publishing arm. The official title is 'How to Prepare Now for the Coming Lease Accounting Changes.'

STILLWATER, Okla. /California Newswire/ -- HostBridge Technology, provider of high-precision Web services integration and optimization software for CICS and System z, has released HostBridge v6.62. Complementing recent enhancements in CICS TS V5.1, HostBridge v6.62 helps organizations increase efficiency and service agility when using CICS, CICS socket applications, and DB2(R) in enterprise integration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition) and convener of Black Women's Roundtable issued the following statement in response to a U.S. Census Bureau report released yesterday finding that about two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 presidential election, higher than the 64.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites who did so.

AUSTIN, Texas /California Newswire/ -- Greenleaf Press today announced the upcoming release of 'The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business' by Loren Weisman. 'The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business' (ISBN: 978-1608325788, 7x9 Paperback) will be available nationwide on August 13, 2013 and will be published simultaneously in an eBook edition (ISBN: 978-1608325795) and an audio book edition.

DAYTON, Ohio /California Newswire/ -- When the Dayton area's leading industrial flooring finisher, Summit Industrial Flooring, got wind of the plan for the Heidelberg Distributing Company's move of its Dayton operations to the former Cooper Tire and Rubber Company facility in Moraine, Summit knew their expertise would be needed.

ADDISON, Ill. /California Newswire/ -- Published at age 16, poet Aaron Ozee has written and self-published four poetry books through the self-publishing company, Lulu. 'Celestial Inferno: Poems of Another Realm,' initially released in hardcover, now will be available as an eBook and Kindle Edition through major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo Books, and more.

CLARKSVILLE, Md. /California Newswire/ -- iFOS (Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions) Managing Consultants, LLC recently announced it is has been awarded a 5-year ID/IQ to provide Onsite Secretarial Support Services for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters and Interim Locations.

DURANGO, Colo. /California Newswire/ -- While business spending on all telecom services is expected to grow in low single-digit percentages over the next five years, global spending on managed services is expected to grow at an annual compounded rate of 11.3 percent, according to the latest market study from Insight Research Corporation.

OWENSBORO, Ky. /California Newswire/ -- Kentucky's famous Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a good, old-fashioned get together in its parking lot on Sunday, April 28 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will be free sandwiches, soda, chips, ice cream, brownies and cotton candy in addition to live music, balloon twisters and inflatable areas where kids can play.

MADISON, N.J. /California Newswire/ -- Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company and Paragon BioTeck, Inc. today announced that the companies have entered into a license agreement for Bausch + Lomb to commercialize and distribute Paragon's phenylephrine in the United States on an exclusive basis beginning this month.

SOUTH LONDONDERRY, Vt. /California Newswire/ -- Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc. this week announced that it's not just about sheds and storage spaces anymore; its new line of eco-friendly, tiny houses is getting attention from around the country. Tiny houses are gaining steam and Jamaica Cottage Shop is offering original designs that are as green as can be.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- EaseUS Software, a provider of partition management, data recovery and backup solutions, today announced the release of EaseUS Partition Master 9.2.2. This new version introduces a highlight that when upgrading to any paid edition from the trial edition, you just need to purchase a license and input the serial number without downloading and installing twice to save time for other endeavors.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- According to Marriage Visa Help (MarriageVisaHelp), a global visa consultancy specializing in family immigration, two important changes have recently been made by the UK Border Agency which will affect those applying for a UK spouse visa, UK fiancee visa, UK unmarried partner visa and other family visas under the settlement category.

TORONTO, Ontario /California Newswire/ -- DAX, LLC (formerly Sample Digital), the Los Angeles-based provider of cloud workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content, has launched Canadian Operations and its first international office in Toronto.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- Eleanor Ettinger Gallery Chelsea announces 'Disguises and Disappearances,' the premier New York exhibition of paintings by Jennifer Balkan and John McCarthy which explore the idea of identity both discovered and hidden. In paintings of daydreams and remembrances, the artists entreat us to wander through imagery that is evocative, quirky and sometimes melancholy.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- EaseUS Software's newly released card recovery software - EaseUS Card Recovery Wizard - is the best memory card recovery software to recover all lost or deleted photos, videos and audio files from various memory cards, USB drives, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP4 and more.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- The Distributed Computing Industry Association today announced the first wave of speakers to participate in its CLOUD COMPUTING CONFERENCE at the 2013 NAB Show, the third annual DCIA event within the NAB Show, taking place on Monday and Tuesday, April 8-9, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

PHOENIX, Ariz. /California Newswire/ -- A world traveler, a U.S. citizen and Viet Nam veteran, citizen tax reform advocate, John C. Garrison, loves his country. Being a law-abiding citizen, Garrison files peacefully every year his federal income tax return and wants to pay his fair share of government support. Where Garrison sees that reform of income tax law is needed, he does not believe it should come through disrespect for existing law but through responsible legal and/or political action.

BETHESDA, Md. /California Newswire/ -- The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO), a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is now accepting applications for the I'm First Scholarship, a $2,000 four-year renewable scholarship for matriculating first-generation college students.

CLEVELAND, Ohio /California Newswire/ -- Adherents of the 'shop local' movement are becoming more discriminating. Cleveland's consumers are no exception, and they are driving demand for their local retailers to carry Vivesan(TM) and Vivebloom(TM) cleaning products. Waterstone Ventures LLP, the makers of the 100 percent carcinogen-free products, announced today that their cleaners will be sold in over 20 Ohio grocery stores.

CINCINNATI, Ohio /California Newswire/ -- ProSource, a leader in office technology and business solutions, today announced the acquisition of Infitech, a managed network services provider for small- and medium-sized businesses. The acquisition of Infitech expands ProSource's office technology solutions to include a full-range of IT offerings.

BOONTON, N.J. /California Newswire/ -- The $35 billion U.S. private line services market is expected to decline one percent annually over the next five years, as the shift to packet-based services offsets demand for higher bandwidth private lines, says a new 2013 market research analysis study from Insight Research Corporation.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- EaseUS Software, a leader software developer in data recovery, storage management and data backup, today announces the release of version 5.8 of EaseUS Todo Backup series. It features enhanced compatibility with other software, and some new advanced functions for business users like GPT boot supporting 32 bit Windows PE, and exploring backup images of email in Windows Explorer.

ASPEN, Colo. /California Newswire/ -- Cameron/Baxter Books announces the worldwide launch of the paradigm-shifting book 'THE TRUST FREQUENCY: 10 Assumptions for a New Paradigm' (ISBN: 978-098874713) at Explore Booksellers in Aspen, March 29 at 5:30 p.m. Sally A. Ranney, visionary environmental leader and author of the foreword to the book, will speak on the need for fundamental, whole-systems change to enable global-level collaboration for solving climate change.

CLEVELAND, Ohio /California Newswire/ -- According to the team at online school Lakewood College, 'We understand the importance of our students not only completing their program but then getting out into the real world and putting all their hard work into action. We want to bring to them the people that know how to help them get the career they want.'

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. /California Newswire/ -- HVS Capital Corp has been exclusively appointed to sell the Lodge and Spa at Breckenridge in Colorado, a 45-room Lodge that has been lauded by Conde Nast, Expedia and Fodor's. The Lodge features one of the best views in Breckenridge and has convenient access to the historic downtown and ski resort.

MARSHALL, Mo. /California Newswire/ -- Today, the Missouri Valley Community Action Agency (MVCAA) is pleased to announce the fourth MADE in Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition. The 2013 competition encourages new and aspiring business through a competitive, educational and technical business development process. Grants are awarded to competition winners for startup costs or operating capital.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /California Newswire/ -- Today, EaseUS Software, a leading software developer of data backup and disaster recovery and storage management solutions for the Windows environment, announced the release of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 5.8.5 with improved GUI and Japanese language supported.

CINCINNATI, Ohio /California Newswire/ -- ProSource, the tri-state leader in business solutions for copying, printing and document automation, announce the addition of Sean Sullins to its executive leadership team as VP of New Market Development.

WATERLOO, Ontario /California Newswire/ -- Today, RoweBots Research Inc., a leading supplier of tiny, embedded, Linux-compatible real-time operating system products, announced the availability of its Unison OS wireless components in the Embedded Software Store.

CINCINNATI, Ohio (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ProSource, the tri-state leader in business solutions for copying, printing, automation and improving mission critical business processes, is pleased to announce the addition of Kathryn Kendell to its executive team as Vice President of Marketing.

PLANTATION, Fla., /California Newswire/ -- Buying American is a trend that is here to stay and USA Coffee Company stands behind the sentiment one hundred percent. All of its coffee is 100 percent Hawaiian-grown and now it's excited to offer a new custom label program: Our coffee, your custom labels.

BOSTON, Mass. /California Newswire/ -- WomenLEAD, Inc today announced a partnership with Sheryl Sandberg's LeanIn to revolutionize mentorship with a powerful woman-to-women online network. Boston-based WomenLEAD is committed to disrupting and revolutionizing the career mentorship model with an online network and personal advisory board platform, for women by women.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. recognized arbor day with a poem by Gary Snyder, as part of...

MANILA, Philippines, March 6, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Only a few days have passed since the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, and already speculation is rampant about his replacement. In Asia, those who are devoted to one of the prime candidates, Archbishop of Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle, have mounted an Internet campaign to share their support of his potential selection, according to Batangas Varsitarian.

CARBONDALE, Ill., March 6, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Jury selection for the criminal trial of Melisa Vistain, of Jackson County, Illinois, is set to begin March 12, 2013. Vistain faces felony charges for falsely reporting sexual assault. She insists on her innocence of these charges. Rape Crisis Services of The Women's Center stands in support of Vistain.

CLARKSVILLE, Md., March 5, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions (iFOS(R)) Managing Consultants, LLC is seeking applicants to serve as field reviewers in evaluating grant applications submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) for the fiscal year (FY) 2013 funding rounds of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program), Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) and New Market Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program).

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee celebrated the completion of Phase One of the James R. Herman...