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PETERSBURG, Va., Oct. 3, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Social justice advocate, author, and inmate, Christopher Zoukis, recently met with Sangye Rinchen, a transgender federal prison inmate incarcerated for bank robbery at FCI Petersburg – a medium-security federal prison in Petersburg, Virginia. What he learned was frightening.

NORFOLK, Va., May 15, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Dr. Archie W. Earl, Sr., Associate Professor of Mathematics, in the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, at Norfolk State University, received a Service Award, recognizing him for 25 Years of Service Excellence to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

FAIRFAX, Va., March 21, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Preparations are underway for the third annual Run for the Children, hosted by Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Made possible through a generous partnership grant from the Verizon Foundation and other local corporations, the run takes place on May 4 in historic Fairfax City.

FAIRFAX, Va., June 29, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Brandon Witte, CEO, SightLine Systems Corp., is pleased to announce the launch of SightLine Systems Japan K.K. (‘SightLine Japan’) to expand the SightLine solution into the Japanese market. Sightline Japan will be headquartered in Tokyo, and will be represented by Yusuke Nakagawa, President of SightLine Japan.

CHANTILLY, Va., Nov. 1, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Four Points Technology, LLC has appointed Joel Lipkin to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Lipkin joins Four Points from Affigent LLC (formerly TKC Integration Services), where he was general manager.

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 25, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Remarks by ‘Black Box Casino’ author Robert Stowe England at this month’s Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) annual conference in Chicago detailing his exploration of how, in his words, ‘The story of the financial crisis is the story of mortgage banking,’ have been posted on YouTube.

CHESAPEAKE, Va., Oct. 10, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Chase’s Calendar of Events, 2011 Edition has designated the month of November as ‘Banana Pudding Lovers Month.’ Created by the Rodgers family of Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce, Banana Pudding Lovers Month is a time for families during the start of the holiday season to re-create the memories of their happy childhood or start creating memories for their own children.

ROANOKE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Out In Left Publishing announced this week its second novel, ‘Sand Pail City’ (ISBN-10: 098-3289212), authored by Daniel Printz.

CHANTILLY, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Four Points Technology, LLC is part of the 7 Delta Team that was recently awarded a 60-month, $12 billion contract by the VA’s TAC to conduct program management, strategy, and planning, and provide technical, systems engineering, and other solutions encompassing the entire range of IT requirements.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — nPulse Technologies today announced that Tim Sullivan has joined its leadership team as CEO. Most recently, Sullivan was CEO and then Chairman of Fidelis Security Systems, an early pioneer in DLP technologies which he founded in 2002.

GREAT FALLS, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ecologic Lessee Services, a global provider of outsourcing, software, and capital sourcing services to corporate and non-profit equipment lessees, today announced the publication of a unique whitepaper that addresses how lessees can prepare for the coming IFRS lease accounting changes.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — nPulse Technologies has announced that it is now shipping the latest release of its HammerHead Capture Replay product, the only solution on the market today providing both traffic capture and traffic replay at speeds up to 20Gbps. HammerHead is a standards-based system which manages traffic data in the familiar, widely-used pcap format.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — nPulse Technologies has announced the next step in its aggressive 2011 growth plans by adding experienced industry executives Bill Cantrell and Rick Truitt to its senior leadership team. Cantrell will take charge of growing the company’s established business in the Federal Government sector, and also be responsible for key technology and channel alliances. Truitt will lead nPulse’s rapidly growing sales program in financial and commercial markets.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — PLP Digital Systems is expanding its Blueprint for Change program to help reprographers meet today’s demands for Construction Information Management (CIM). This four-month marketing strategy program, which piloted in 2010, is now accepting applications for the 2011 session.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Tammy Gagnon announced this week the release of her new book, ‘No Longer Silent’ (ISBN: 978-0-578-06895-4), an autobiography that depicts years of emotional and sexual abuse, culminating in forgiveness and rebuilding.

ROANOKE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Out in Left Publishing announced this week the launch of a new science fiction novel, ‘Sextopia’ (ISBN: 978-098-328-9203). Authored by Daniel Printz, ‘Sextopia’ focuses on a future world, devastated by bloodshed that is transformed by two prominent and influential men who take the small, remaining population and devise a system where everyone is governed by the original sin.

RICHMOND, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Cold Blooded’ (ISBN-13: 978-1589097896), a chilling and shocking new book just released by Bookstand Publishing, tells the true story of the Richmond Virginia family that unwittingly harbored the infamous Harvey family murderers for six days in 2006.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — KPJ Productions, Inc. announced today that Virginia Commonwealth University Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering candidate Brittany Poteet was crowned 2011 Miss Virginia USA this week at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach, VA.

CHANTILLY, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Four Points Technology, LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), has recently relocated due to exponential growth within the company. As of November 1, the company’s corporate headquarters will be located at: 14900 Conference Center Drive, Suite 100, Chantilly, Va., 20151. The new space is double the size and will allow the company to grow and flourish.

NORFOLK, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The research article ‘Privatizing Enlightenment in the Re-Emergence of Religion’ and studies exploring similarities between writings of Eckhart Tolle (2005) and Belzebuub (2001, 2002) reveal new insights about contemporary spirituality. Author, Dr. Gabrielle Wood will release the research online starting today July 30.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ascoli Publishing LLC announces the release of ‘Go and See: A Journey About Getting To Lean’ (ISBN: 978-1-6109500-8-4) by Robert B. Camp, BSE, MBA. Go and See makes a strong case that once a company goes ‘Lean,’ it fireproofs itself from most of the chaos in today’s market – including competitors from countries with cheap labor. And the first step is to ‘Go and See.’

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — nPulse Technologies, LLC, a leading developer of Gig and 10 Gig network sensors for monitoring, forensics and security applications, today unveiled the new Dragonfly family of high-speed network sensors. The first model, called Dragonfly FlowMeter is a flow-based network traffic probe for monitoring large-scale IP network traffic and activity at wire-speed.

NORFOLK, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A research study addresses concerns about similarities between Eckhart Tolle’s ‘A New Earth’ (2005) and Belzebuub’s ‘Searching Within’ (2001) and ‘The Journey to Enlightenment’ (2002). Dr. Gabrielle Wood, who initiated the study, has published the results online today.

RICHMOND, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Linda Tsironis Caruthers (Caruthers), CSA, LTCP and founder/president of Long-Term Care Consultants based in Richmond, VA, has sued her former insurance broker (otherwise known as a field marketing organization or FMO), LTC Financial Partners, LLC (Partners) for an amount in excess of one million dollars.

DULLES, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — NetSecurity Corporation, a company positioned to be the brand of choice in digital forensics, cyber security, and training, announced today that it is giving away brand-new laptops loaded with forensic tools to students who attend its select Hands-On How-To(R) courses and register by the advertised registration deadline.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — nPulse Technologies, LLC, a leading developer of 10Gbps network sensors for monitoring, forensics and security applications, demonstrated the latest version of its HammerHead Capture and Replay appliance at FOSE last week. The Model 420 can capture traffic, record it to disk and replay it at up to 20Gbps, allowing for full duplex recording of a fully-loaded 10Gbps link.

DULLES, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — NetSecurity Corporation, a company positioned to be the brand of choice in computer forensics, security, and training, announced today that Jennifer Nickolas, Esq. has joined the company. This appointment will help NetSecurity to further develop and grow the company’s vendor-neutral digital forensics, electronic discovery (e-discovery), cyber security, expert witness, and training offerings.

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.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A current draft of healthcare reform legislation in the House of Representatives may inadvertently result in multi-million dollar reductions in federal support for Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters and children’s hospitals around the nation, forcing them to cut critical services in a segment of the industry that has already achieved near universal coverage.

MIDDLEBURG, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Visit Chrysalis Vineyards (Middleburg, Virginia) in the midst of harvest and experience their hottest festival of the year. Enjoy bluegrass pickings throughout the weekend with Jackass Flats (former Virginia State Bluegrass Champs), Hickory Ridge, and Lisa Kay Howard; meet artisans, craft and food vendors; take a hay ride vineyard tour; and enjoy a special 9-wine tasting with commemorative take home glasses – and more!

MCLEAN, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Banking Systems, Inc. (MBS), a leading mortgage closing software and technology company, is solving an industry-wide problem for lenders with the release of its most recent innovation to ProClose: Dynamic Signature Technology (DST). Until now, signature lines on mortgage closing documents have been fixed or static. The limitations were painful when signature requirements exceeded the space available, as in a Trust or Power of Attorney.

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.

RESTON, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Representatives from AssociationForce will be showcasing their product’s many newly enhanced features at the New York Fundraising Summit, June 3-4, 2009, in New York City. They will also be extending a special product offer for all qualifying non-profit organizations within and outside the summit.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Aurigma, Inc. releases Video Uploader, a solution that makes it possible to implement video content upload for websites in a matter of minutes. Video content becomes more popular on the Web and in corporate intranets. User-generated video has now become a must-have section for many web sites – not just social networking sites, but even traditional broadcasters like BBC. Yet, for the majority of web sites video content is more of an add-on, rather than a core expertise.

RESTON, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — AssociationForce announces a new software as a service (SaaS) – a hosted service – that is free to groups with fewer than 100 members; cost is minimal thereafter. AssociationForce Software 2.0, designed to offer advanced solutions to member-based associations, also integrates features that are typically only available in stand-alone products.

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The University of Richmond is bringing Spider sports back on campus. With Richmond City Council approval and the architecture designs complete, First Market Stadium will break ground spring 2009. The project will be a dream come true for the faculty and students of Richmond. Southern Bleacher Company of Graham, Texas was chosen by the general contractor, Hourigan Construction, along with the architectural firms BCWH and McMillian Smith & Partners to make the project a successful one.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Dec. 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 401k Advisors, one of the Mid Atlantic’s leading experts in the design, implementation and management of Retirement Plans, today launched a retirement plan hotline for employers and retirement plan fiduciaries. From the market and economic downturn to new regulations regarding fee disclosures, an increasing number of employers are finding that independent, unbiased reviews are required.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The newly released IRS 2009 contribution limits for qualified retirement plans means that individuals and their employers can contribute more than ever before to a 401(k) plan, announced Lamaute Capital (member FINRA, SIPC). In addition to the opportunity to shelter from taxes a big portion of income, many 401(k) plans have a loan feature that can give its owners access to cash in times of need.

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Between 60 and 70 million Americans experience some sort of digestive health issue. The issue may be that Americans haven’t digested the ways in which prebiotics and probiotics could benefit them. For this reason, MyHealthGate, Inc. is helping to raise awareness for prebiotics and probiotics by working with a truly innovative product – LiveActive Chewy Granola Bars from Kraft.

NORFOLK, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Surgeons at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) have successfully performed a groundbreaking, minimally invasive surgery on three patients with pectus carinatum, a chest-wall deformity that causes the chest to jut out like the breast of a bird.