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COLUMBIA, Tenn. – June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to reports in the national press, the NAACP is suffering financial problems and is closing some operations, including all regional offices, and is making staff reductions of 40-percent. SCV Commander-in-Chief Christopher M. Sullivan issued the following statement (continued).

PASADENA, Calif. – June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Osmetech plc (LSE, AIM; OMH) today announced that it has granted a non-exclusive research license to Waltham, Massachusetts, US-based Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (‘Minerva’) for use of Osmetech’s self-assembling monolayer (SAM) technology in conjunction with Minerva’s proprietary nanoparticle technology.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Over 150 students from 80 Missouri High Schools will prepare for a future in business at the 22nd Annual Missouri Business Week (MBW), to be held in Columbia, June 24-28 on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. The CENTER for Education & Private Enterprise(R), the not-for-profit foundation of the Missouri Association of REALTORS(R), sponsors the event.

BOONTON, N.J. – June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Carrier Ethernet market is expected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2007 to nearly $6 billion in 2012, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. With metro-area Ethernet services now available from virtually all major data service providers and wide-area Ethernet about to get a shot in the arm from the dominant carriers, the market is poised to take off.

SYRACUSE, N.Y., June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rich Natole, a voice talent for CheapBooks.com, made an appearance on America’s Got Talent on the Tuesday, June 12, 2007 episode. Natole, a master impressionist, showed off his skills while doing a John Travolta impression. Natole began lending his voice to CheapBooks in 2005 with the start of a national radio campaign.

AUSTIN, Texas – June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — One of the first things you notice about Jonathan and Yvette Boatwright is how genuinely cool they are. Owners of the fast-emerging luxury residential marketing organization Realty Austin, the Boatwrights are quintessential Austin A-listers, affable, intelligent, entrepreneurial and passionate about the business they run.

TAKOMA PARK, Md. – June 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Think Energy, a renewable energy consulting firm, congratulates the State of Wisconsin on the release of a request for proposals for a long-term renewable energy purchase. Through a joint effort with the Responsible Purchasing Network at the Center for a New American Dream, Think Energy helped the State of Wisconsin draft a request for proposals.

CORNELIUS, N.C. – June 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Communication is the foundation for an incredible life at work, with friends, and especially at home. That’s why so many baby boomers are turning to HearPod 32X to power up their hearing. Baby boomers have a reputation for expecting the best and many will not settle for less. However, cost can sometimes interfere when purchasing a quality hearing aid.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – June 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In conjunction with the Carl Van Vechten Trust, Mondial is set to republish the late author’s long-unprinted novel, ‘Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel’ (ISBN: 978-1-59569-068-5). In what must be considered a milestone, the book will be published after being out of print for over eighty years; thereby poising to become a lost find for readers and literary scholars alike.

BRADFORD, U.K. – June 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Visionsoft, a U.K.-based software company, offers customers a professional, affordable and effective option for auditing PCs through its industry standard audit tool – Visual Audit X3 software. According to global software studies, twenty-seven percent of all software used in U.K. businesses is pirated or illegal and in the U.S. – 21 percent.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LuraTech, Inc., a leading provider of open, ISO- compliant JPEG2000 and PDF/A technology, today announced that they have enabled LexisNexis to create and publish the new LexisNexis(R) U.S. Serial Set Maps Digital Collection, using the LuraWave(R) JP2 Image Content Server, Enterprise Edition.

BOSTON, Mass. – June 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Buildium, LLC announced today the introduction of two new check printing options designed to help streamline accounts payable for landlords and property managers; customers can now independently print MICR-encoded checks on blank check stock or they can outsource check printing and mailing using Buildium’s online EZ Mailer(TM) service.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Network executives from ABC, NBC and CBS seem to have lost their sense of humor when it came to broadcasting what’s affectionately been dubbed the ‘alli… Poopy In Your Pants’ ad from rival diet pill distributor Generix Labs, makers of Leptopril(TM).

HSINCHU, Taiwan – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The ZyAura ZG106 is a new and low-cost carbon dioxide monitor implementing IR-SoC technology. Its many features include a data logger that can record up to 24 hours of data, a CO2 level alarm, and an extreme level indicator.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Brooks Internet Software has released ExcelliPrint(R) Standard and Premium version 3.2. With updates and enhancements, ExcelliPrint continues to be an essential tool for IPDS printing in mixed IBM and Windows(R) print environments. ExcelliPrint supports any Windows printer, or any PCL printer (for much faster printing), and saves to PDF as well.

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The California Student Aid Commission offers a platter of state-sponsored loan assumption programs to pay education loans for those seeking professional training and employment in specific areas of need in California. By providing education loan relief, the state through the California Student Aid Commission encourages individuals to seek careers as teachers, nursing faculty, and nurses in state facilities.

KIRKLAND, Wash. – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — When people start shopping for long term care insurance, they invariably ask, how much does it cost? ‘It’s an excellent question,’ says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage, ‘but it’s off-target and could lead you astray.’

FRESNO, Calif. – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Cypress Systems, Inc, a Fresno CA based biotechnology company, announced that it has hired Mark Whitacre, Ph.D. Dr. Whitacre joined the executive management team effective January 1, 2007 as COO & President, Technology and Business Development, following the opening of a new office in Pensacola, Florida in December, 2006.

BOONTON, N.J. – June 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The market for residential video telephony services is expected to break the billion dollar barrier for the first time this year, as an increasing number of households as well as individual cell phone users around the world start making video phone calls. According to the study, nearly $1.1 billion will be spent on residential video telephony services worldwide in 2007, says The Insight Research Corporation.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. – June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Children and adults all over the country are fighting over the right to purchase what otherwise would be called trash. While some might imagine a backyard brawl over yesterday’s meatloaf, the real attraction around all the fuss is for TrashE-Fashions one of a kind handbags. TrashE-Fashions is a new product line featured on TheFRAP.com.

KENILWORTH, N.J. – June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 3C Company, Inc., a leading provider of Business Performance Optimization (BPO) solutions to the Life Sciences Industry, announces today the release of a new module to its highly successful Clintelligence(R) Business Intelligence Solution.

RESTON, Va. – June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — nPulse Networks LLC, a leading integrator of hardware acceleration and open-source tools for network security and monitoring applications, is contributing a new Linux distribution to the public domain. nPulse announces Catapulta Distribution at ISS World 2007.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HotGigs Inc., an innovator in web-based contract workforce solutions, appointed Ken Holec as its new chief executive officer. Holec has spent his entire career in the software industry, including 17 years in President and CEO roles. He also has significant background in the Human Capital Management solutions industry.

SEATTLE, Wash. – June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Hop Productions proudly announces the release of Fodakis, the new album by Das Vibenbass on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007. The Seattle quartet that is, ‘crushing the borders of Jazz,’ presents Fodakis – a collection of songs that consciously challenge cultural assumptions about the jazz medium

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – June 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Are you happy?’ is a simple question, but being blissful seems to elude nearly everyone. Even Oprah on a recent show admitted that she was not 100-percent happy. Dawn T. Clare seeks to fill this gap through counseling and corporate consulting. Dawn overcame many challenges on her path to bliss. She had a difficult childhood that resulted in she and her family living for months in a homeless shelter in the South Bronx.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – June 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania (CFA/PA) announced today the results of the economic impact of the nonprofit arts industry in Pennsylvania. These statewide results were compiled as part of the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States. Entitled ‘Arts & Economic Prosperity III,’ the study was conducted in 156 communities and regions.

HONOLULU, Hawaii – June 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to Travel Hawaii LLC, a leading Hawaii Internet booking service, over 16 of Hawaii’s leading hotels – mainly high end resorts – charge mandatory ‘Resort Fees’ of up to $26 per day that are automatically added to guests’ bills upon checkout. These fees can cause ‘checkout sticker shock’ if guests don’t include them in their pre-trip cost calculations.

BRONX, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bronx based SmartServ Solutions announced today that it has been ranked ninth overall for financial service firms in Citysearch.com’s annual ‘Best of’ reader’s poll 2007. The list included 4,946 companies within the entire New York area, and also included nationwide firms and agencies such as Washington Mutual, Citibank, Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – June 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Fitness tests may evoke images of sweaty gym shorts and shouting coaches, but the Oxford Program promises to change all that. The Oxford Program has created the Oxford Career FITness Test – a painless test designed to create happier and healthier people and may even save lives.

AUSTIN, Texas – June 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — deverus, inc., the leading provider of software, integration technology, and strategic services for the background screening industry, today announced the latest breakthrough in background technology with its new speed performance solution, called LightSpeed, geared towards dramatically improving end user web experiences while ordering background checks.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – June 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘When I first read about America Libre, I knew this was an important book,’ said Veronica Jacuinde, producer/reporter of On The Up at SiTV. ‘As the debate over immigration becomes more inflammatory, people need to hear the message of this book. It’s a warning sign of the consequences of overreaction and prejudice.’ America Libre (ISBN: 0-595-42606-9), is a novel by Raul Ramos y Sanchez.

LONDON, UK – June 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Crescent Diagnostics Ltd (‘Crescent’), today announced the publication of a recent study demonstrating the potential of the Bone Quality Test, BQT(TM) to diagnose osteoporosis. More women at risk can be screened with an accurate, simple to use test which does not require a hospital visit.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On August 16th 2005 Reverend Rubin announced that he’d be seeking the Republican Nomination for the office of President of the United States of America, with the publishing of his book ‘9021GROW’ (ISBN: 0974711004). The opening line of the book prophetically stated that by the time you hear of the Rev. Craig Rubin, he’d either be in the White House or in jail. At the moment it is not hard to guess which scenario is most likely to happen: going to jail.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – June 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Two years ago while designing a new bedroom for her soon to be toddler son, Misti Norusis struggled with finding just the right furniture pieces to compliment her son’s personality. Out of this experience, Misti founded Wishrooms.com to offer unique children’s bedroom and playroom furniture at affordable prices.

STILLWATER, Okla. – June 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HostBridge Technology, the provider of software for XML-enabling CICS, announced the availability of the HostBridge Pega Connector: proven integration software that runs on the mainframe and provides immediate access to CICS transactions as XML documents or Web services without the use of ‘screen scraping,’ changes to existing CICS applications, or middle tier servers.

TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. – June 6 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — While most 7 year old girls are just learning to put on their own t-shirts, one special girl is busy creating them. Haley Schmidt at just 7 years old might be the youngest t-shirt designer in the country with her new line of fashionable children’s t-shirts titled HaleyBopTees.

BOONTON, N.J. – June 6 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With increased competition and lower-margin products cutting into their profitability, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending nearly $1.4 trillion over the next five years on outsourced services in order to reduce costs, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007 alone, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending more than $198 billion on outsourced services worldwide.

PASADENA, Calif. – June 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Osmetech plc (AIM; LSE: OMH) today announced that it has been granted a non-exclusive worldwide diagnostics license from Swiss-based F. Hoffman LaRoche Ltd and its US affiliate Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (collectively ‘Roche’) to use Hot Start(R) polymerase technology in Osmetech nucleic acid diagnostic assays.

HOUSTON, Texas – June 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rockwood Enterprises, Inc., a three-year-old Houston-based marketing and publishing company, announced today the launch of Equinomics 101 – a management and accounting system designed to teach horse owners and horse-related businesses how to efficiently manage their finances.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – June 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In an open letter to Secretary of Agriculture A.G. Kawamura, dated June 2nd, 2007, the non-profit organization, LegalizeFerrets.org, part of the San Diego chapter of Ferrets Anonymous, requested a formal re-evaluation of the statewide ban on domestic ferrets (Musteo putorius furo).