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WATERTOWN, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Phoenix Construction Group, Inc. (PCGI), one of Boston's leading residential and commercial design/build firms, has been awarded two Gold PRISM Awards from the Builders Association of Greater Boston. The awards, which recognize housing industry professionals for excellence in building, design, sales and marketing, were presented to PCGI principals Dani Chedid and Karnig Ostayan at a gala ceremony on October 14, 2009.

NEWBURY PARK, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CyberTouch is pleased to announce its release of a complete line of touch screen monitors compatible with the Extron Annotator. Ranging in sizes from 6.4 to 52 inches, CyberTouch|AV's line of touch screen monitors are offered in desktop/wall-mount (Orion), panel-mount / flush-mount (Eclipse) and open-frame (Sola) styles. All of CyberTouch|AV touch screen monitors connect with the annotator via USB or serial connection.

ALBANY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sageous Press has announced the release of 'Party Line' (ISBN: 978-0-578-03593-2). a new novel by Peter A. Luber. This, Luber's second foray into the realm of dreams, establishes a unique vision which serves not only to entertain but to enlighten the reader as to the depths of his or her own consciousness. His first work, 'Oneironauticus,' was published in 2008 by Sageous.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI) the pioneer in Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions continues to improve on its WinBill application with the release of version 8.1. As an ongoing commitment to meeting client's needs and changes in the industry, several new functions have been added to the already robust and feature rich application.

WARRINGTON, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Special Equestrians is proud to announce our partnership with the Philadelphia Race Park. Special Equestrians will be providing stall rest to injured race horses. These horses will be part of our Youth Connections Program for At-Risk Youth. 'Our vulnerable youth will be introduced to the plight of these vulnerable horses with the goal of developing a greater empathy for these horses,' says Tammy Westney, Executive Director of Special Equestrians.

RESTON, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Namtra Business Solutions, a 2009 Deloitte 500 fastest growing company, today announced that its software division has completed the acquisition of eTaxPortal. Namtra's eTaxPortal is a Web based tax process automation for today's tax department. It provides a single gateway to commonly used tax tools.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CAVTEC announces the formal launch of CAV, Competitive Advantage Valuation software for maximizing returns on intellectual property (IP). Field tested in over 100 projects since 1997, CAV has helped universities, businesses, and entrepreneurs develop effective IP strategies and negotiate successful agreements.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company its patent for encryption key generation method. The newly issued US Patent No. 7,577,987 titled 'Key generation method for communication session encryption and authentication system' describes a new encryption key management system integrated with a two-factor authentication protocol.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine announced that the first baby conceived through IVF using Sildenafil (Viagra) on a woman to aid in embryo implantation will turn 10 next month. A technique developed and pioneered by Geoffrey Sher, MD, Sildenafil suppositories are administered during In Vitro Fertilization, prior to transferring embryos to the mother's uterus.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation (www.epeiusbiotech.com), an emerging leader in the field of targeted genetic medicine, announced today that Frederick L. Hall, President and CEO, and Dr. Erlinda M. Gordon, Medical Director, will be participating in the 8th Annual BIO Investor Forum being held October 28-29, 2009, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today Starlight Children's Foundation and New Gold Music Ltd. are excited to release the song 'Starlight,' sung by the legendary Dionne Warwick, and written by Dean Pitchford, prolific writer of Fame and creator of Footloose, and William Goldstein, whose versatile career includes the original music for NBC's Fame TV series. Ms. Warwick, Pitchford and Goldstein are donating 100 percent of their royalties to Starlight Children's Foundation.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that its USB fingerprint readers, the Hamster IV, Hamster Plus, OptiMouse Plus and Keyboard Plus, are now compatible with the Windows 7 operating system. SecuGen's family of USB fingerprint peripherals are now natively supported by Microsoft's Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) and will work with all versions of Windows 7.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor, a new multi-specialty outpatient surgery center committed to setting a new standard of care in South Orange County, has named Sid Kamali, M.D., as director of anesthesia. Dr. Kamali is a board certified anesthesiologist. In his role at Renaissance at Newport Harbor, Dr. Kamali will lead a team of anesthesiologists who are top in their field and can deliver care consistent with the center's patient-focused approach.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for operation modes in a user authentication system.

WARRINGTON, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Special Equestrians had been grappling with the effects of the economic downturn when they received a stroke of good luck; a local band offered to assist them by playing for no charge at a low-cost Beef and Beer Dinner. It was just what the agency needed to draw in a large audience and help to raise over $11,000.

AUBURN, Maine (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The new Dual Action Cleaning Pen, designed to remove stubborn adhesive build up from thermal print heads, is being released today by KICTeam. Using the same convenient marker-style design currently found with the EZ Thermal Printer Cleaning Pen, this new pen has two separate marker nibs to perform two very distinct functions. The first nib carries an adhesive remover to make it possible to easily remove adhesives caused during printing of label stock and linerless labels.

SAN MARINO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announced more stunning results of its pioneering clinical studies of Rexin-G, the world's first and, so far only, tumor-targeted genetic medicine to be validated in the clinic. Administered as stand-alone therapy in late-stage cases of chemotherapy-resistant cancer, Rexin-G has once again accomplished what standard cancer treatments and even much-touted biologics have failed to do: that is, to bring forth the benefits of remission in otherwise intractable metastatic cancers.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- No one is innocent ... not in this town. In this town, the apocalypse has come and gone, lifting the veil of innocence like a great velvet curtain in an old movie house, where the only victims that don't return for the sequel are the gods themselves, struck out long ago by the big blue pencil. In this town, every man, woman, and child takes the limits of his or her own field of vision to be the limits of the world. In his latest novel, 'The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch' (ISBN: 9781440158261), Konrad Ventana explodes the myths behind the Star Machine with a whole new level of intimate private investigation.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The recent news of 'Ardi,' the oldest and most complete hominid skeleton yet discovered, continues to generate worldwide interest. LifeModeler, Inc. has reason to pay close attention. The company's LifeMOD™ biomechanical simulation software helped researchers understand how the 4.4 million-year-old Ardipithecus ramidus female walked and moved.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Tsoi/Kobus & Associates received a Special Mention award at the American Institute of Architects New England Chapter's 2009 Design Awards on Saturday, October 3 for its design of the Center for Life Science | Boston, the first speculative, privately-owned, high-rise, multi-tenant laboratory building in the United States. Among 271 entries submitted, 18 received recognition.

SEVERN, Md. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Rosetta Classic, LLC is now offering commercially available, hand crafted replicas of the original Rosetta Stone to any interested entity or individual - considered by some to be 'the Rosetta Stone of replicas.' Anyone interested in the fields of archaeology, Egyptology, cryptology, publishing, geology, science, writing, mathematics, translation work and/or languages understands the significance of this famous artifact.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On the heels of its 25th anniversary, Starlight Children's Foundation has just unveiled the final piece of its 3-year rebranding initiative with the launch of an overhauled starlight.org and 11 related chapter and office Web sites. The strategic rebranding process also included a name change, logo change, development of a mission statement and tagline, and the creation of a new PSA campaign.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Publishers Newswire, an online resource for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list, for Q3 2009. This list is a round-up of new and interesting books which are often missed due to not originating from 'big name' authors, or major New York book publishing houses.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Last week, local business owner Ms. Wendy Olayvar stood up for the over 2,000 patients in San Diego County who on a yearly basis, use Interim HealthCare's home health care services. Ms. Olayvar, President/CEO of Interim HealthCare of San Diego County, visited Capitol Hill to meet with Senator Dianne Feinstein to demonstrate how home health care helps patients - particularly seniors over the age of 65 - by ensuring they can stay in their homes and still receive highly skilled, professional health care.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- RemodelorMove's U.S. Remodeling Activity Report™, a sampling of remodeling permits in the U.S., was issued for the second quarter 2009 today, revealing an increase in remodeling activity in certain regions of the U.S. for the first time in more than a year. According to RemodelorMove's Remodeling Activity Report, the value of remodeling projects in the U.S. increased in the second quarter over the first quarter of 2009.

SUZHOU, China (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PrettyMay, the Windows Skype PBX vendor, today announced its new Skype PBX v4.0 software for Windows, which includes an agent assistant utility that offers extension users an easy way to transfer calls, monitor other extension's presence, as well as the direct dial out function.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- When workers handle hazardous waste or ship hazardous materials, training is not just a good idea, it's the law. According to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, workers who handle hazardous waste must be trained annually, and the federal DOT requires that workers involved in the shipment of hazardous materials be trained at least every three years. Environmental Resource Center, the leading provider of environmental and safety training, will present the mandatory training in Los Angeles on October 13 - 15 at the Hilton Garden Inn.

BOONTON, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The enterprise market for unified communications (UC) is expected to generate nearly 87-billion in revenue worldwide over the next five years, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. UC provides a solution that knits together the various access options currently being used to reach an individual including the conventional telephone network, Voice over IP (VoIP) calling, email, fax, instant messaging (IM) and conferencing using wireless and wireline media.

PORTLAND, Ore. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Wine Swirl LLC announces release of the most effective patented method of wine aeration. Wine Swirl® provides breakthrough results to wine lovers through its innovative aeration method. Unlike wine aerators that use a single pour through a funnel, Wine Swirl's sustained aeration method is truly transformative and improves all red wine regardless of cost. More efficient than decanting, Wine Swirl aerates red wine in minutes.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Henry Armstrong Foundation announced this week that it has awarded its first round of college scholarships to five high school recipients who plan to pursue higher education in medicine or athletics. Each student was awarded $1,000 to aid in the cost of the initial application, tuition and book fees.

DANA POINT, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist is hosting a pet nutrition and holistic veterinary care seminar 'Natural Cures For Pets' to help save the lives of homeless pets. With the current economy, abandoned cats and dogs are entering shelters at an alarming rate and Ask Ariel is hoping the seminar will raise much needed funds to help save them. The pet nutrition and holistic veterinary care seminar will provide valuable tips to help pets live longer and healthier lives through holistic pet care.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- DAVIDESIGNED, Couture Designer, has decided to join in on the Emmy Awards festivities by offering up some 'gifting' himself! In celebration of their talents and the awards in recognition of them, David is offering an outfit to selected Emmy® category award winners (sorry, ladies only).

NEW ORLEANS, La. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- New Orleans Roast is pleased to announce that its entire line of gourmet coffees are now available for the first time in grocery stores. New Orleans Roast is proudly roasted by PJ's Coffee of New Orleans and is available exclusively at Rouses for a limited time. New Orleans Roast has been expanding its operations over the past 18 months with goals such as grocery store, office coffee and convenience store distribution.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Regal International, Inc., doing business as Beauty Beverly Hills, exclusive worldwide distributor of the EMK Placental anti-aging skin care product line, announces the launch of the Supra Night Cream(TM), a night time skin care recovery cream designed to combat aging skin while one sleeps. It is principally based on two new revolutionary ingredients that are on the scientific cutting edge of high performance skincare: Biotechnological Herbal Placental Extract and Carnosine.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Our eyes of flesh see only noir! Even before its official release, a new novel was making the rounds among the cognoscenti of the movie business. Not since The Day of the Locust and The Love of the Last Tycoon has Hollywood and the motion picture industry been shown in such a bold and perspicuous light, a light that producers and directors and screenwriters are clamoring to capture for themselves. Brimming with sex, romance, eye-widening spectacle, and a host of recognizable characters, this latest post-lux novella by Konrad Ventana sets a new standard of poignancy in postmodern literary fiction.

LAFAYETTE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Lion Technology, the nation's leader in regulatory compliance training, is presenting a unique two-hour training session to address the new domestic and international shipping regulations for lithium batteries. A live Web seminar hosted through www.lion.com will be held monthly, with the first seminar on September 15th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m EST/EDT.

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PigskinKids.com is an online meeting place for youth football fans, coaches and players. This new Web site sets a new standard for instructional youth football and raises the bar for quality online video content through its free, shared youth football highlight feature.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Just in time for the end of the recession, when homeowners are again planning home remodeling projects to take advantage of low prices and 'government stimulus home-remodeling incentives,' ABCD Publishing announces the release of the first book in their Remodeling Workbooks Series. This first book in the series addresses the most popular room of the house to remodel - 'The Bathroom Remodeling Workbook.'

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- At last! The trial we've all been waiting for. 'The Trial of George W Bush' is a wicked satire with music, produced, directed and written by composer / humorist Roger Rudenstein. An award-winning composer, Rudenstein announced that he created the Bush satire specifically to be downloaded to MP3 player or mobile phone. It can also be listened to online.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- nPulse Network Systems, LLC, a leading developer of 10Gbps network sensors for monitoring, forensics and security applications, has announced the 'Wireshark Edition' of its popular PCAP Express Box appliance. Wireshark is the world's most widely-used network protocol analyzer and a reference standard in companies and institutions worldwide.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Perillo Tours, the largest operator of escorted journeys to Italy, released its off-season travel brochure for November 2009 - mid-April 2010 - the optimal time for traveling in Italy if you prefer no summer crowds, cooler temperatures and lower travel costs. This year Perillo Tours offers unmatched value with more inclusions than ever including guided visits to Florence's Uffizi Gallery housing the world's top Italian Renaissance art.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor, a new multi- specialty outpatient surgery center committed to advancing surgical technologies and patient care available in South Orange County, has named Christine C. Joseph as clinical administrator.

TORRANCE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Neotrope®, a leading brand identity, content publisher, public relations, SEO, and entertainment technology company, today announced its first appearance on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the top 5,000 fastest-growing private U.S. companies. Between 2005 and 2008, Neotrope achieved a modest 22.5 percent growth rate with less than 5 full-time employees. Neotrope's 2009 Inc. 5000 ranking further enhances the company's long standing reputation for excellence and customer service.

BEDFORD, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Write and Remember (W & R), an innovative company dedicated to educating Americans about historical truths long removed from the public arena, today announced the availability of the first in a series of unique note cards with the following theme - 'The Founding Fathers and Limited Government.' W & R will be releasing note cards and other items demonstrating that America's history is different from what is taught in public schools and universities.

FRESNO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- New authorized biography chronicles how famed corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre turned adversity into a gift; becomes champion of self-managed healthcare. Even during Whitacre's darkest days in prison, he considered himself a fortunate man. He had the love of his wife and family and the support of friends. As he tells it now, it took hitting rock bottom and losing everything for him to learn the most valuable lessons in life: family and supportive friends are more important than power and materialism.

OREM, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Global Access, a worldwide technology provider, announced the launch of My Memories Cafe. This easy to use site allows people to choose from different themes and templates to create photo books, photo prints, posters, mugs, t-shirts, calendars, puzzles, mural tiles, and much more. The products are then produced by a network of quality suppliers across the country and shipped to the customer.

LAFAYETTE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Lion Technology Inc., a nationally renowned regulatory compliance training firm, will present several two-day Hazardous Waste in California Workshops during the month of September. This course is designed for industries that must assure compliance with California's hazardous waste regulations. Workshops will be held in San Diego on September 14-15; Los Angeles on September 17-18; Bakersfield on September 21-22; and Oakland on September 24-25, 2009.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Wade is an outlaw in the land of the free, a desperado of the great American Frontier - a post-Darwinian, post-Freudian, post-Jungian, post-Einsteinian, post-Walt Disneyan, post-beat, post-hip, post-war, post-graduate, post-perspicuous persona non grata who is reconciled to spending his remaining days post-mortem in the sublime twilight of the impalpable underground, wrapped in cloistered communion among the lingering remains of gratefully dying flower children.... In 'A Desperado's Daily Bread' (ISBN: 978-0595521548), Konrad Ventana throws open the curtain to a perennial drama.

VINELAND, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A recent letter of warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the potential dangers of plastic pallets was posted on the Refrigerated Frozen Food website. According to Michael Smith, President and C.O.O. of PALNET, a nationwide supplier of shipping pallets, 'Food producers thinking of switching from wooden pallets to plastic for environmental reasons should think again. Plastic pallets can contain the fire retardant deca-bromine. Is that a problem? The FDA thinks so.'

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With its rustic beauty and Old World charm, Sicily is a rare jewel, and Perillo Tours has a brand new nine-day escorted tour to this Mediterranean gem. The value-packed journey will unfold 25 centuries of treasures left by the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Normans, the Bourbons and other invaders. Two of the most enlightened capitals of the West, Greek Siracusa and Arab-Norman Palermo will be featured, as well as medieval Taormina back-dropped by Mount Etna's smoking volcano.