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SONKAJARVI, Finland – June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As an NBA legend, notorious party animal, headline-grabbing celebrity, wrestler, poker player, and talk-show host, Dennis Rodman has done it all. Except lend his unique brand of shock value to the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships that is. Now ‘The Worm’ proves there’s a first time for everything.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Full Performance Fitness Inc. has signed a deal with baseball legend, ‘The Hit King,’ Pete Rose to promote their product, 1st Step for Energy, a liquid vitamin and mineral supplement. Pete Rose believes in this product as a safe, effective product for everyday people as well as athletes training for peak performance. He was first introduced to the product by a friend of his son’s that played basketball with him.

BUFFALO GROVE, IL – June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Greater Northwest Medical Group, including 12 Internal Medicine and Family Practice physicians, 2 physician assistants, 3 physical therapists, and 2 registered dieticians, announces the addition of Dr. Christian Daniels, a Family Practice physician, who will be treating pediatric through adult aged patients at the practice’s new Glenview, IL office.

BEAVERTON, Ore. – June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Forefront Economics Inc. (www.forecon.com) announced today the launch of national coverage for their Housing Construction Trends Report (HCTR). The monthly report presents trends in single and multi-family housing units permitted for construction at the state, county, and metropolitan area levels. Permit history and analysis can also be downloaded from the HCTR website (housingtrends.forecon.com).

DENVER, Colo. – June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dutch Communications, Inc. today announced the addition of Kedrick W. Robinson as the company’s Vice President of Business Development effective June 1, 2005.

ORLANDO, Fla. – May 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Cygnus eTransactions Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CYGT) today announced that major theme parks, water parks and attractions have signed up to provide eTicket sales through AOL(R) CityGuide, a leading provider of local entertainment information online, available free on the Web at aolcityguide.com.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – May 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — People who thought LeBron James or Tiger Woods were too young for their enormous company sponsorships are in for a shock. Internet casino-turned-household name GoldenPalace.com has won an eBay auction to sponsor a newborn baby boy. The boy’s parents scored $999 for the unique sponsorship opportunity.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – May 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The idea for college online instructor, James Musgrave’s new service, Contemporary Instructional Concepts (www.contempinstruct.com), came after many semesters of teaching online through a variety of San Diego colleges.

SPOKANE, WA – May 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The August Corporation (www.AugustReview.com) today announced the launch of ‘The August Review,’ a world affairs journal edited by bestselling author and former SEC investment advisor Patrick M. Wood. ‘The August Review,’ an Internet-exclusive, subscription-only publication, focuses on the global elite in politics and business.

WASHINGTON, DC – May 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) has scheduled a ceremony to honor and remember heroes who lost their lives in the service of our country or during terrorist attacks. About 100 youth that have lost loved ones will attend the ceremony with their TAPS Mentors (members of the Old Guard) and will release live butterflies prior to the official Memorial Day ceremony, just before President Bush’s speech, the IBBA announced today.

NEW YORK, NY – May 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — To celebrate his 30th year in the American Theatre, Bruce L. Roistacher, a veteran Long Island criminal defense attorney, will star in a production of Neil Simon’s ‘Biloxi Blues,’ directed by Ed Murray, and produced by Long Islands well-respected repertory company, The Gray Wig.

ASPEN, Colo. – May 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — June 4, 2005 marks the 13th National Trails Day, an annual celebration coordinated by American Hiking Society, with more than 1000 events across the U.S. ‘American Hiking Society warmly invites members of the American Indian Nations to join in the fun and healing of Mother Earth on National Trails Day at our magnificent National and Urban Parks,’ said Ivan Levin, Trail Programs Manager of the Society.

JACKSON, Miss. – May 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Natchez Pilgrimage Tours announces that as of June 1, 2005 it will be located at the Natchez Visitor Reception Center at 640 S. Canal Street, Natchez, Mississippi. The Natchez Visitor Reception Center is a state-of-the-art Visitor Center that attracts, educates and orients visitors to the city of Natchez and is conveniently located adjacent to the Historic District. The visitor will now have literally one-stop shopping to plan for all of their activities during their stay in Natchez.

EAST ORANGE, NJ – May 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Clear Your Record! (A Document Preparation Service), established in 1994, and a unit of Speller Enterprises announced today the launching of a new ‘revamped’ low-cost expungement by mail service for people who cannot afford to retain an expensive attorney to clear their records of criminal charges.

NEW YORK, NY and BEIJING, China – May 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Beijing, China will experience a dramatic transformation this summer when, twenty-two years after Arthur Miller, American theater director Elena Araoz will reclaim Beijing’s stage with the English play ‘The Power,’ it was announced today by Noble Theater Bridge Co. LLC.

BROOKLYN, NY – May 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Schnack Restaurant (www.schnackdog.com) is proud to announce its 1st Annual Stahl-Meyer Hot Dog Eating Contest, sponsored by Ferris Stahl-Meyer. The contest will start at 1pm at Schnack, 122 Union St., Brooklyn, NY 11231. Additional sponsors include: NY Water Taxi, American Stevedoring, Jever Pilsener Beer & Caputo’s Bakery.

TRENTON, NJ – May 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With their latest eBay purchase, Internet casino GoldenPalace.com is well on their way to overtaking the name ‘Smith’ in the telephone book. The headline-grabbing casino spent $15,000 to name another child GoldenPalace.com

DENVER, Colo. – May 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Hill Gold, Inc. (OTC BB: CHGI) announces a stock dividend on its common stock for shareholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 2005. Each holder of one share of Capital Hill Gold on the record date shall be entitled to receive three (3) additional shares of common stock. For example, if a holder owns a round lot of 100 shares he or she shall receive 300 additional shares. The payment date for the common stock dividend is set for June 7, 2005.

FLORENCE, SC – May 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Trivo Wireless service (www.trivowireless.com) announces the re-launch of its nationwide wireless services. The company’s service, formerly available in five states, is now available across the United States.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – May 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Tibersoft, the expert in supply chain cost control systems, announced that Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and foodservice, will utilize the Tibersoft IQ cost control solution for ‘next generation’ supply chain monitoring and analytics.

BOSTON, Mass. – May 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MEDIA ALERT: Alison A. Deans, Lehman Brothers’ chief investment officer and managing director of Private Investment Management — a prominent Wall Street executive who is a regular panelist on Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street, and was previously among Institutional Investor’s and The Wall Street Journal’s top-ranked securities analysts — will Speak at New England-Canada Business Council’s May Luncheon Meeting

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Buying and servicing a boat is about to become a much easier task for consumers around the country when Boating Industry magazine announces its inaugural Top 100 Dealers, a ranking of those marine dealers that are unsurpassed in overall business operations, customer service, marketing and professionalism, later this fall.

NEW YORK, NY – May 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TriviaShootout.com LLC, a leading producer of interactive trivia games, are offering something very different. The free opportunity for first time players to play free and win cash prizes based on their sports knowledge. Thousands of players have already signed up at www.triviashootout.com to play this new fast-moving beat the clock sports trivia game. TriviaShootout believes that the 30-day free trial will show sports enthusiasts across the country how much fun it is to play this sports trivia game on espn.com and how easy it is to win.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – PalmSource Mobile Summit & DevCon – May 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Abidia, the leading provider of mobile phone and wireless handheld device solutions for online auctions, today announced the availability of Abidia’s third generation wireless application for eBay on the Palm OS(R) platform, enabling effortless real-time access to eBay accounts and listings for mobile devices worldwide.

BOSTON, Mass. – May 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Each new trend has its symbols and bloggers now have Og the Blog Trog, from Baby Bird Productions. Og is a bearded caveman, or troglodyte, who appears on such items as T-shirts, sweatshirts, mousepads, mugs, and bumper stickers, bearing his humorous words of wisdom about blogs.

MIAMI, Fla. – May 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Miami Children’s Museum, in collaboration with The Husky Gang School (Sdoia-Satz Music Institute of Miami) is hosting ‘A Magical Day With the Husky Gang’ on Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 980 MacArthur Causeway, Miami, FL There will be two one and one half hour performances, suitable for children, one from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM and another from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – May 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Stan Oleynik, the creator of the highly successful Mystery Toilet Paper auction, today announced that he will attempt to set the world’s record for the longest TV-watching marathon in history. And in a unique twist, Oleynik will auction off the right to change his name to the name or company name of the highest bidder, assuring their place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

POSEN, Ill. – May 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Corporate Safe Specialists (CSS – www.corporatesafe.com), one of the largest suppliers of cash control systems and safes to the U.S. retail and restaurant communities, announced the U.S. Patent Office issue of Patent No. 6,885,281 B2 on April 26th of 2005.

LIMA, OH – May 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CyberAngel Security Solutions, Inc. (CSS, Inc.) is fighting crime in a big way in Lima Ohio. On April 29th, an insurance office was broken into and several items, including a sales laptop, were stolen. Fortunately, the company uses The CyberAngel Software (www.thecyberangel.com) as a comprehensive information security and compliance solution for all of their computers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – May 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Keith Thompson will play music including popular composers, Eric Coates, George M Cohan and John Philip Sousa on the Skinner Symphonic Pipe Organ at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA on Memorial Day weekend, Eugene Dong, an independent music producer, (www.echoesofheaven.com) announced today.

FREMONT, Calif.- May 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamF1, Inc. (www.TeamF1.com), the high-performance embedded networking and security software company, today introduced Air Secure Access Point (ASAP), the industry’s first middleware product specifically designed to add secure wireless access-point functionality to embedded devices. A comprehensive, secure, managed access point solution, ASAP sets a new standard by providing the ability to concurrently support many different generations of 802.11 security technology found in today’s wireless networks — from WEP through WPA, up to WPA2/ 802.11i, in either Personal (Pre-shared Key) or Enterprise (802.1X) modes.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The DAT Collaborative held its second successful DAPL Plug Fest in March 2005. The DAT Collaborative is on course to enable applications to take advantage of RDMA by delivering a universal set of APIs supporting RDMA capable devices.

NEW YORK, NY – May 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Faced with the challenge of replacing incomes or lost savings due to company bankruptcy, corporate scandal, job migration, or simply career disillusionment, more and more Americans are opting out of traditional career paths and seeking to profit from their passions. According to Passion Profit Company founder Walt Goodridge in his latest book, ‘Turn Your Passion Into Profit’ (ISBN 0974531324; $24.95), there’s a wealth of research, success stories, and step-by-step guidance available to those seeking to use their hobbies, talents and interests as the basis of a business, to become what he calls ‘passionpreneurs.’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – May 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dynamics Direct, Inc., a leading provider of email marketing software and ASP solutions for the enterprise market, announced today that New York based interactive agency True North Inc. has began using the company’s Dynamic Messenger(TM) email marketing solution. The DMA Echo Award winning agency had previously been using an email system provided by BoldFish, which was acquired and integrated into Siebel(R) Systems.

BURLINGTON, MA – May 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — RulesPower, Inc. (www.rulespower.com), a leading innovator of Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS), announces general availability of their 2.0 release, designed to set a new standard in business rule software performance while enhancing the ease of business rule development.

HONOLULU, HI – May 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Just in time for the busy summer travel season, the results of the annual Travel-Hawaii.com Hawaii Family Vacation Cost Index are released. The Travel-Hawaii.com Hawaii Family Vacation Cost Index is projected to increase by nearly 2.5 percent in 2005.

ASPEN, Colo. – May 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Why, then, make so great ado about the Roman and the Greek, and neglect the Indian?,’ wrote Henry David Thoreau in his Journal in 1857. A missing piece of what shaped this icon and American consciousness will be revealed at a weekend seminar in Aspen, Colorado June 3-5, 2005, entitled ‘Thoreau and the Evolution of the American Mind: The Next Step.’ Thoreau scholar, Bradley P. Dean, Ph.D., will introduce highlights of Henry’s 12 ‘Indian Notebooks,’ which he said, ‘includes just under 4,000 manuscript pages, probably to write a book he did not live to publish.’ They reveal how Thoreau was intrigued by American Indians since his boyhood, and how this involvement influenced his philosophy, according to Native Voices Foundation (NVF).

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – May 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Hangman Products is pleased to announce two new products, The Safety Rail and the Universal Hanger. The Hangman Products Safety Rail prevents items on shelves from rolling or sliding off. Protect household items or store stock from damage or loss due to earthquakes or carelessness. You can use it in the pantry, on pull out shelves or as a shoe retainer.

NICE, France – May 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Leading software solution providers, IBM, Pantero, Ceon, and telecom I.T. services firm, Patni, today announced the successful demonstration of the use of the TMF’s Shared Information/Data Model (SID) to radically simplify the integration of OSS/BSS components in a Catalyst project presented at the Telemanagement World conference in Nice, France from May 16 to 19.

LOS ANGELES Calif. – May 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — If You Can’t Beat It, Buy It: Bringing The Michael Jackson Trial Home. Live the drama of the Michael Jackson trial in the comfort of your own home without locking up your children. GoldenPalace.com has won the auction for the Keith Olbermann ‘Michael Jackson Puppet Theatre’ for $15,099.