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Vermont Ski Hall of Fame Inducts Billy Kidd and Warren Witherell
STOWE, Vt. – Oct. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A blanket of snow turned Vermont’s Green Mountains white as Billy Kidd, the first American male to win an Olympic (silver) Medal in Alpine Ski Racing, was inducted into the Vermont Ski Hall of Fame at the Snowflake Lodge in his hometown of Stowe on Sunday. ‘Though not fully proven, it took the fearlessness of his Abenaki Indian and Pirate (Captain William Kidd) blood to break the glass ceiling,’ said fellow Olympian Suzy Chaffee, co-chair of Native Voices Foundation.
MyAdTV Free Service Helps Retailers to Convert Shoppers Into Customers
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Oct. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MyAdTV, Inc., a software service provider dedicated to bringing digital signage solutions to the masses, today re-announces the release of the MyAdTV digital signage platform free of charge to the public. MyAdTV provides a complete solution to in-store advertising and on-location ad sales and allows businesses to find and advertise on third party digital signage screens for the purpose of cross-promotion.
Dallas Infertility Center Celebrates First IVF Babies
DALLAS, Texas – Oct. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine(SM) in Dallas (SIRM(TM)-Dallas) celebrated a milestone earlier this month as the first babies conceived through In Vitro Fertilization in its office were born. On October 2rd, Dallas residents Ellen and Barry Ford welcomed Jake and Emma – twins conceived with the help of Dr. Walid Saleh at SIRM-Dallas.
U.S. Facilities, Inc. Awarded Contract to Manage New Unified Communications Center in District of Columbia
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Oct. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The District of Columbia Government awarded U.S. Facilities, Inc. (USF) a five-year contract to manage the Unified Communications Center. The UCC is one of the nation’s premier large, integrated call centers and public safety/emergency response facilities.
MediQuin Announces New Service that Increases Medical Practice Profitability and Productivity
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Oct. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MediQuin Credentialing Services, Inc. currently serves the medical community by providing credentialing and automated-application processing. By outsourcing, the company allows their clients to focus on successfully growing their practices.
Bag-A-Bullet(TM) Launches Product Line that Protects School Children from Guns
BOSTON, Mass. – Oct. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — There is no parent who wants to think about anything happening to their child. That is why the staff at Bag-A-Bullet(TM) has recently launched a product line that will provide parents peace of mind while arming children with life-saving accessories.
Brooklyn Writer Seeks to Expose Local Cult that Has Allegedly Destroyed His Life
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Oct. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This may be one for the X-Files; author Ellis Beyda, of the soon to be released book ‘Evil Eyes Evil Minds,’ challenges the commandment: ‘Love thy neighbor as you would yourself.’
HotGigs Inc. Launches ContractCentral, Contract Workforce Management Solution
DALLAS, Texas – Oct. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HotGigs Inc., an innovator in web-based staffing solutions, today announced ContractCentral(TM), a service that helps companies strategically manage their contingent workforce, reduce staffing costs and increase time-to-fill efficiency. ContractCentral automates the sourcing process and streamlines contract management and time invoicing across a company’s preferred staffing vendor network.
Prime Companies, Inc. Successfully Consummates the Purchase and Acquisition of Certain Computer Resource Technologies, Inc. Strategic Business Assets Including Its Customer Base
YUBA CITY, Calif. – Oct. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Prime Companies, Inc. (OTC: PRMC / PRMC.pk) announces that it has executed a binding agreement; and has consummated the purchase of certain strategic assets including the customer base from Computer Resource Technologies, Inc. (CRT). Computer Resource Technologies, Inc. (CRT) is a fast growing hardware and software company currently serving the Dental and Medical industries in Colorado and the Midwest.
CorrectNet Launches ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Reporting Solution for Hedge Fund and Investment Managers
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Oct. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CorrectNet, Inc., the leader in customized reporting solutions for the asset management industry, today announced the release of ASPire(TM) (ASP-Investor Reporting Extranet), a new product targeted specifically at solving the reporting challenges faced by the Hedge Fund and Investment Manager community.
CyberTouch Announces 19-inch Wide-Screen LCD Touch Screen Monitor
NEWBURY PARK, Calif. – Oct. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CyberTouch is pleased to announce the introduction of the Orion 19 – the latest addition to its line of touch LCD monitors. Available now, this 19-inch diagonal touch screen LCD monitor is ideal for banking, entertainment, hospitality, kiosk and point-of-purchase applications.
CheapBooks Retains Law Firm Dickinson Wright to Argue Domain Name Disputes
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Oct. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CheapBooks.com(TM), a Web site that creates competition among book sellers, recently retained the law firm Dickinson Wright, PLLC, to represent them in areas of domain name disputes and acquisitions.
New Product Developed in Effort to Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
LAWRENCE, N.Y. – Oct. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SIDS ALERT Infant Position Monitor, a breakthrough method of detecting if an infant has maneuvered itself into a SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) prone position, is now available to the public. The unique, patented technology eliminates the concern of new and prospective parents concerning the possibility of SIDS and the terrible aftermath of this horrifying malady.
Incredible Discoveries, Through Their Strategic Partnership with Interglobal, Secures Overseas TV Spots for the Didi Car
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Oct. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Incredible Discoveries today announced, they have secured overseas television distribution for one of their newest product discoveries, The Didi Car. Incredible Discoveries is a leading DRTV company with multi-channel distribution services, who partners with all types of manufacturers to bring products to market.
Hospice Cremation and Funerals Offers Hope to Families in Need
HARBOUR HEIGHTS, Fla. – Oct. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A new company brings hope to those who need it…at a time they need it most. Officials from Hospice Cremation & Funerals, Inc. have announced the company has received IRS approval of a non-profit 501(c)(3) status and is now fully engaged in service. The first organization of its kind, the company is poised to be a ‘God-send’ for end-of-life patients who cannot afford dignified cremation or funeral services, often due to a financial draining of resources due to an extended illness.
Apple Co-Founder, Microsoft Exec Judge Mac Software Contest
BOSTON, Mass. – Oct. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — An unlikely collection of Apple and Microsoft bigwigs has assembled to judge the final round of My Dream App today. My Dream App, a Mac contest in search of the next killer app, features as guest judges Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki, and Xbox and zune creator J. Allard.
Department of Labor Approves NBFAA National Apprenticeship Program
IRVING, Texas – Oct. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship (OA) has approved NBFAA’s National Guidelines for Apprenticeship Standards for the occupation of Protective Signal Installer (Fire/Life Safety & Electronic Security Installer).
Long Term Care Could Surpass Childcare as Challenge for American Business
KIRKLAND, Wash. – Oct. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Long term care is starting to rival childcare as a problem affecting the business focus of American employees, according to LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage. As the American workforce ages, more employees may be called away to tend to an incapacitated adult than a needy child.
Say ‘Boo’ to Diabetes with Halloween Adventure’s Expanded Fundraising Efforts to Support JDRF
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Oct. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE Costume Superstores has expanded its fundraising efforts for 2006 in support of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) with a chain-wide rollout of JDRF Sneaker Sales in 100 costume stores, and the launch of online fundraising efforts via the company’s 2 e-commerce websites.
Before Kids…is Born – Offering Fun Gifts for Parents
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Oct. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Do you remember life before kids? Or, perhaps before your friends had kids? Enter that sweet bundle of joy and late night parties and gourmet meals are traded for sleepless nights and drive-thru dinners.
ACell Wins Again in Federal Appeals Court
JESSUP, Md. – Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACell, Inc., the owner of highly valued extracellular matrix (ECM) patents, along with co-defendants Dr. Stephen Badylak and Dr. Alan Spievack, today won another legal victory against Cook Biotech, Inc. (Cook) and Purdue Research Foundation (Purdue) when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Cook’s and Purdue’s Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc.
MyImmigrationStory Lets Immigrants Tell Their Own Stories
DAYTON, Ohio – Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A website launched by Cuban-born author and marketing executive, Raul Ramos y Sanchez, MyImmigrationStory.com, enables U.S. immigrants from all nations to share their immigration stories in their own words. ‘The site’s goal is to show the human side of immigration. I think the time is ripe,’ says Ramos.
Check Your Pride at the Door
ROANOKE, Va. – Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The illness is real. The story is personal. The strategies work. There is life after receiving a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). That’s the message of ‘Check Your Pride at the Door’ (ISBN 0-7414-3503-9), a newly published book by Virginia psychologist, Dr. Darryl D. Helems, who has lived with IBD for more than twenty years since his diagnosis at age 17.
For Third Straight Year, The Active Network Named One of North America’s Fastest Growing Companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 500
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Active Network, Inc., a leading provider of application services technology and marketing services to community service organizations, was named one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies on Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500. Ranked by percentage revenue growth over five years, The Active Network grew 940% from 2001 to 2005 and ranked 180th overall.
Interactive Design Web Site Provides Customers with Tools to Customize and Create Items Online
OWENSBORO, Ky. – Oct. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A new, cutting-edge Web site – www.sbgsigns.com – recently launched by Signs by Gina, provides customers with design elements and tools to create items online such as t-shirts, magnets, signs, banners, decals, lettering, and more.
Author Dee Dee Phelps Introduced at the Book Publicists of Southern California Awards Dinner
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Oct. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dee Dee Phelps, author of ‘Vinyl Highway,’ singing as Dick and Dee Dee in the Sixties was introduced to a sold out audience by Book Publicists of Southern California founder Irwin Zucker, with comedian Fred Travalena and game show host Wink Martindale, at the 12th Annual IRWIN Awards dinner and program for Book Publicists of Southern California on October 11th in Studio City, California.
Emission Control Technology Destroys 91-percent of Methyl Bromide in Commercial Demonstrations
BRIDGEPORT, N.J. – Oct 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Value Recovery Inc., an environmental technology company, announced the results of its most recent emissions control demonstration for instantaneously destroying Methyl Bromide. Value Recovery proved the destruction of 91% of methyl bromide emissions from fumigation operations using its new breakthrough technology that employs a non-hazardous, water-based scrubbing system.
Colligo Announces Interactive Workbooks, Tests and Lesson Plans for Students with Learning Disabilities
SPOKANE, Wash. – Oct. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — At all levels of education, students with learning disabilities are not only affected by the consequences of high-stakes testing, but also daily work book and lesson plan preparation.
Prime Companies, Inc. Successfully Obtains Relief from a Guarantor Position, Enhances Balance Sheet
YUBA CITY, Calif. – Oct. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Prime Companies, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: PRMC / PRMC.pk) announces that it has entered into an agreement with The Rural Utilities Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to retire a certain loan obtained by its subsidiary LMDS Communications, Inc. and therefore relinquishing itself of its position of guarantor on said defaulted loan.
ComplianceEase Announces Release of TPO Manager
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Oct. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ComplianceEase(R), the mortgage industry’s standard for automated compliance, has announced the upcoming release of TPO Manager, an innovative and cost-saving third-party originator (TPO) management solution that enables more efficient broker and correspondent lender relationships. TPO Manager automates the approval, licensing verification and relationship management of third party originators, making the previously cumbersome manual process of broker and correspondent lender approval and management faster, more accurate and highly cost-effective.
Florida Poet Tapped to Organize Reading at Library of Congress
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — When Jacksonville, Florida, poet Kay B. Day (www.kayday.com) read at the South Carolina Book Festival in February, she struck up a conversation with poet Patricia Gray. Ms. Gray is coordinator of Poetry at Noon, a regular reading series at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. ‘We were just talking about poetry,’ Day says. ‘The idea of a Florida poetry reading came up.’
You Don’t Have to Be a Vampire to Take a Bite Out of the Price of Celebrating Halloween
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — It’s Halloween time again! And whether you have kids, or are planning a festive Halloween Celebration of your own, you’re probably considering endless Halloween costume ideas ranging from ‘cheap tricks’ to monstrously expensive treats. Of course, you can trek to your local Mall, fight the crowds for the hottest costumes and pay full price, or as many savvy shoppers have discovered, there is a more affordable and more convenient alternative, say the guys and ghouls at retailer Halloween Adventure and Masquerade LLC.
Fetter Logic and Advisors Clearing Network Announce Agreement – Combined Solution Fills Several Gaps
DENVER, Colo. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Fetter Logic, Inc., the premier full service provider of advanced data and information management solutions to the financial services industry announced today that it has entered into an agreement to assume all aspects of sales and operations for Advisors Clearing Network, Inc. (ACN).
Chicagoland Beer Author Returns to WGN Radio, Rolls Out More Book Signing Dates
CHICAGO, Ill. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — After wrapping up a recent appearance at the Goose Island brewpub, book signings in suburban Riverside and Hinsdale, and a nod in the Chicago Tribune, Bob Skilnik, author of ‘BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago’ (ISBN 1569803129) readies for a second appearance on WGN Radio.
SDI Announces New Software that Manages Passwords and Minimizes Identify Theft Exposure
SAN MATEO, Calif. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Can’t remember your password? Juggling more passwords than you can count on two hands? Password Magic, a newly-launched software designed by SDI USA, Inc., can help. Password Magic is a password manager that securely stores its users’ passwords and other confidential information in an encrypted database. It retrieves information needed to fill out Web order forms and completes Web logins automatically.
Software Security Solutions launches distribution of Outpost Firewall Products
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Software Security Solutions is making it easier for US computer resellers, office-supply retailers and computer users to get one of the world’s best PC firewall programs. A specialist in providing computer and Internet security software, Software Security Solutions has added to its product line Outpost Firewall Pro (for individuals and small businesses) and Outpost Network Security (for networked installations), created by the computer security experts at Agnitum Ltd.
Earthjet Air Taxi Service Coming to Canada
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Earthjet Incorporated is pleased to announce that it has sold the exclusive Master Franchise rights for Earthjet’s Air Taxi Franchise service in Canada to Stephen Smith, former President and CEO of four airlines in Canada, including Air Ontario, WestJet and Air Canada’s ZIP.
Brother and Sister Writing Team Release New Novel in Time for Halloween
MT. AIRY, N.C. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Brother and sister writing duo, CJ and Tabitha Edwards, announce the release of a new sci-fi novel, ‘StarKazar and the Mysterious Happenings’ (ISBN: 978-1-4116-9314-2), in conjunction with Lulu.com, a provider of print-on-demand books.
SK&I Receives Builder’s Choice and AIA/DC Chapter Awards for Metro
BETHESDA, Md. – Oct. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 2006: The Metro, designed by SK&I Architectural Design Group (www.skiarch.com), has been named the recipient of two awards this fall: the Builder’s Choice Award of Merit and the AIA/DC Chapter Award of Merit.