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IRVING, Texas, Dec. 30, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A current BioTE(R) Medical Combat Trauma Treatment Study (in conjunction with the Veterans Advocacy Center (VAC)) is showing promising results in helping veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 28, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SecuGen, a world leading optical fingerprint device and technology vendor, is pleased to announce the UN20 Serial(TM), a stand-alone high performance, low cost, optical fingerprint sensor.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Thintri, Inc. has announced a new market study that projects significant opportunities for new technologies in wear coatings. The report, ‘Wear Coatings: Hard Chrome and Its Alternatives, 2016,’ highlights the movement from traditional hard chrome and even common chrome replacements like thermal spray to an array of new technologies that care poised to capture significant markets in wear coating applications.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 14, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that it has been named a 2015 ‘Excellence in Achievement’ award winner by The BoardRoom magazine as the ‘Insurance Provider of the Year.’

TIPP CITY, Ohio, Dec. 9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On December 2, 2015 Bash Foo was acknowledged by the Tipp City Chamber of Commerce as the 2015 Small Business of the Year at their annual Holiday Gala. The awards program recognizes Tipp City-area companies and its leaders who have proven themselves in the business community.

CROFTON, Md., Dec. 9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rejuvatek Medical, Inc. officially launches a new Tatt2Away non laser tattoo removal system location in the state of Maryland. Tito Harris of Mystic Piercing and Tattoo in Crofton has come on board with the company to offer to all its clientele certified tattoo removal as the first Tatt2Away Center in the state.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), an independent lending cooperative serving small- to mid-sized mortgage lenders and community-based lending institutions, has formed a strategic alliance with NAHREP Consulting Services (NCS), announced TMC Vice Chairman David G. Kittle, CMB.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SecuGen, a world leading optical fingerprint device and technology vendor, is pleased to announce Unity(TM) BDP, a new platform for the development of a wide array of fingerprint enabled biometric products.

MORRISVILLE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Crystal Auto Mall has selected Sokal Media Group as their agency of record. Founded in 1990, Crystal is one of the leading Toyota, Scion and Mazda dealers in New Jersey. The decision was made based on Sokal Media Group’s creative strategy and extensive experience in the automotive industry.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., Dec. 3, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Filmmakers Dylan and Melanie Trivette of Trivette Images were recently recognized as bronze winners of the 36th Annual Telly Awards for their documentary ‘A Unified Presence’ in the non-profit organization category, Four Seasons Compassion For Life announced today.

READING, Mich., Dec. 3, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Summer Camp, it’s not just for kids anymore! Camp Forever Fun, the Midwest’s premier all-inclusive summer camp for young adults, will run two sessions, Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend, in 2016.

MACON, Ga. and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 1, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — OpenClose(R) an enterprise-class, multi-channel, end-to-end loan origination system (LOS) provider, and Lending and Banking Automation Software (LBA Ware), the leading provider of commission automation software, have formed a partnership to seamlessly pass loan information from OpenClose’s LenderAssist(TM) LOS into LBA Ware’s CompenSafe application to automate the entire commission process.

MORRISVILLE, N.C., Nov. 30, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Faulkner Organization has selected Sokal Media Group as their agency of record. Founded in 1932 Faulkner is the leading automotive retailer in Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania and one of the largest privately held and family run dealer groups in the nation with more than 1,300 employees. The decision was made based on Sokal Media Group’s creative strategy and extensive experience in the automotive industry.

VENICE, Calif., Nov. 24, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rejuvatek Medical Inc. officially launches a Tatt2Away non-laser tattoo removal system in the Venice California area. Bree Solomon in Venice, has come on board with the company to offer to all its clientele certified tattoo removal as the first Tatt2Away Center in the Southern California area. Bringing into their high quality of service and products, the all natural system.

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 24, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This holiday season will be much brighter for the 7.6 million pets that enter shelters across the United States every year. Only Natural Pet is partnering with BlogPaws Be the Change for Pets to donate 5 percent of all qualifying purchases to help pets in need through December 31, 2015.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 24, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that it has been ranked #5 among the 2015 ‘Best Places to Work in Insurance’ in the medium employer category (250-999 U.S. employees) by Business Insurance Magazine and Best Companies Group.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 23, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Klingenstein Fields Wealth Advisors has released a white paper discussing the role of alternative investments in a diversified portfolio. Many investors today are looking for new sources of diversification and uncorrelated sources of return. As a result, alternative investments have experienced significant growth, particularly among high-net-worth investors.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 20, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced that board member Jeffrey S. Taylor, Master CMB, has received the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Career Achievement Award. The award was presented to Taylor at NRMLA’s 2015 Annual Meeting and Expo held November 16-18 in San Francisco.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 19, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent mortgage lending cooperative, today announced the formal approval of 10 new preferred vendor partners to their national network, announced the Collaborative’s EVP of National Sales and Strategic Alliances, Rich Swerbinsky.

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 17, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamSnap, used by 9 million people worldwide for organizing and communicating every aspect of team life, today announced that it has been selected by Outside Magazine as No. 16 on its list of 100 Best Places to Work 2015. Each year, Outside Magazine honors the Top 100 companies in America that raise the standards for work-life balance, company culture and employee benefits. This is the first time TeamSnap has been recognized by Outside.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced their newest credit report partnership with MeridianLink, a leading web-based platform for ordering and delivery of credit reports. This integration within RV Exchange (RVX), ReverseVision’s flagship reverse loan origination system (RLOS) platform, increases RVX users’ choice of automated credit report services.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that it has been named a 2015 Elite Agency by Insurance Business America, a publication that reports on the latest achievements in insurance and also provides the latest in business best practices in a continually evolving industry.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Nov. 13, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) announced Grant Hier, Chair of Liberal Arts and Art History, has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Hier was nominated as an author and will choose which works he wishes to submit to Pushcart judges for consideration for inclusion in their revered annual anthology.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 13, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision today announced it ranked number 367 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500(TM), a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. ReverseVision grew 175.1 percent during this period.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best-execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced that it has acquired certain key assets of PLar Analytics, LLC, a provider of financial models for mortgage bankers, and of PB Pacific Partners, LLC, which offers consulting services on capital markets and mortgage servicing.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 10, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — More than 500 people are expected to attend the annual award luncheon Saturday, November 14, 2015, to recognize winners of the ‘Women of Excellence,’ ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘Business of the Year’ Awards presented by the Sacramento Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.

FLAT ROCK, N.C., Nov. 10, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Four Seasons Compassion for Life, an award winning hospice and palliative care industry leader, has been recognized as a Level 2 ‘We Honor Veterans’ partner for its organizational capacity to provide quality care for U.S. military veterans.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — VLP Law Group LLP is very pleased to announce that noted executive compensation lawyer Frank Daniele has joined the firm as a partner based in New York City. Prior to joining VLP, Mr. Daniele spent 23 years with Willkie Farr and Gallagher LLP, where he was a partner and served as co-head of the firm’s Executive Compensation and ERISA practice group.

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamSnap, the leading tool for organizing and communicating every aspect of team life, today announced that Jennifer Vescio, a business development and strategy executive with more than 20 years of experience leading top brands like eBay and ESPN, has joined the company’s board of directors.

HIGHLANDS, N.C., Nov. 5, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Three Four Seasons Compassion for Life volunteers were recently awarded for their exemplary service to hospice patients and families in the western region of North Carolina, including Jackson, Macon and Swain counties.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 5, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Daniel Garcia has joined as a property and casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Petaluma office. He will report locally to North Bay managing principal, Mike Ryan.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best-execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced that its COO, Phil Rasori, was named to San Diego Metro (SD Metro) magazine’s prestigious Top 40 Under 40 list for 2015.

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamSnap, used by over 9 million people worldwide for organizing and communicating every aspect of team life, was recently ranked on Entrepreneur’s Top Company Cultures list, a comprehensive ranking of U.S.-based businesses exhibiting high-performance cultures created in partnership with culture management software and service provider CultureIQ(R).

GREAT FALLS, Va., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LeaseAccelerator announced today that sales leader and enterprise leasing expert Tim Shockley has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. Tim brings more than 20 years of experience leading top performing teams to provide IT and Financial solutions into Fortune 500 companies.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Nov. 2, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Spodak Dental Group and Marlins All-Star fielder Giancarlo Stanton provided free dental care to nearly 100 children this past Friday, October 30. The children are students of Marlins Ayudan Partner School Lenora B. Smith Elementary School in Liberty City, Fla.

ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 2, 2015 (SEND2PRESSS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Cloe Guidry has joined the firm’s consulting team in Atlanta.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 29, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Charles ‘Chuck’ Simpson, CSP has joined EPIC’s Birmingham-based National Energy Construction Practice as a Senior Risk Control Consultant. This specialty practice group serves large, complex construction, energy and distribution companies across the country.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 28, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Dana Liedel, Managing Principal of EPIC’s Employer Services Platform, has been recognized among ‘The Most Influential Women in Benefits Advising’ by Employee Benefits Advisor Magazine.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today it has been ranked 66th on San Francisco Business Times’ 2015 list of 100 fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area.

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 23, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Neotrope, a 32-year-old brand marketing, PR, and content development firm, today announced the launch of its 2016 annual PR Grants program for U.S.-based 501(c)3 charities. Launched in 2000, the Non-Profit PR Grant was designed to help raise awareness of selected charities to traditional media, to the public, as well as to potential ‘halo’ sponsors and donors.