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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Museum of Robots in Second Life will announce the winners of its first annual ‘Build-a-Robot’ Competition at an event on July 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. PDT. A Linden dollars prize will be awarded to 10 winners and all entrants receive a merchandise prize. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and by popular choice. Entry Classes include Standalone display, Wearable, and Homage to Classic Robots. (VIDEO – VNR)

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Finally, after several decades of secrecy, an unusual and compelling true story of deception and subterfuge is finally told. This book is an in-depth look at one man’s harrowing experience with the United States Government as a Psychic Spy. Now, 40 years later, Philip Chabot finally tells his story with his new book, OPERATION BLUE LIGHT: My Secret Life Among Psychic Spies (Cherubim Publishing / September 2008 / $26.95 / 294 pages).

LONDON UK, and TOKYO Japan, July 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With the ever-increasing pressure to ensure maximum return on investment, sales force effectiveness is becoming a high priority in the global pharmaceutical industry. Reports have shown that while sales forces represent the largest spend in pharma sales and marketing, return on this investment has declined sharply in recent years.

CHICAGO, Ill., July 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Chris Parrish, creator and owner of ShopLadyZone.com, knows what women want and need. As a result, he created a virtual mall to save them time and money while offering unique and practical products. ‘I created ShopLadyZone exclusively for women,’ Parrish says.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — July is here and 4th of July celebrations approach. Our thoughts turn to our furry family members. Each year at the beginning of July millions of animals are lost or injured resulting from their fear of booming fireworks. According to Angel Dog, Inc., many pets fear fireworks so much that they hurt themselves, others or property and run off while trying desperately to find a safe place.

DALLAS, Texas, July 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — QBOS, Inc., a leading developer and provider of innovative web based management solutions serving large and small businesses, today announced that Cbeyond Inc. has successfully launched its TradeSpace Management System to their nationwide Field Service Partner network.

KIRKLAND, Wash., July 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance agencies, and TWG Capital, the nation’s leading provider of financial solutions for the insurance industry, announced the creation of the Agency Acquisition Program.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Get a Life Childcare Foundation, the only non-profit foundation in the nation dedicated to caring for children whose parents or siblings are living with chronic or terminal illness, will be holding their first annual Jazz to Support Life event benefiting the foundation’s second child care facility in West Los Angeles.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Lloyd D. Martin, superintendent of Mansfield City Schools, announced today that the school district has chosen Leader(R) Alert, a health and safety alerting product, for use in its school district of 4700 students.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As global warming causes mega-fires to become the norm, as firefighting budgets are slashed, firefighting aircraft are grounded due to thick smoke, and firefighters are overwhelmed by the sheer number and size of wildfires, people are asking: Can technology be harnessed to produce a firefighting force capable of taking on such destructive phenomena before our forests are reduced to ash? A book from Firebomber Publications may provide the answer.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt., June 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc. will work with the women’s crisis center to donate an 8×10 Vermonter, one of their most popular designs, which the women will use for storage of donated goods outside their facility.

LONDON, UK and TOKYO Japan, June 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Eularis is announcing the release of an update to its report, Ensuring Profitable Return-on-Investment (ROI) in Pharmaceutical Marketing: Using Analytics and Metrics to Improve the Bottom Line. Originally offered in February 2007, the comprehensive report has been revised to provide pharmaceutical marketers with a competitive edge and the latest research information.

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘I think it is wonderful that ski areas have been inviting the tribes back to ski and snowboard, which inspired them this winter to share their earth-honoring prayers and snowdances for all U.S. Ski Areas. It would be wise to further explore and expand such cross-fertilization,’ said Stanford Climatologist Dr. Stephen Schneider, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner as part of the Intergovernmental Panel for Change Climate (IPCC) team, who has been working with the Native Voices Foundation.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sher Institutes for Reproductive Medicine(R) (SIRM) have announced the opening of an office in La Jolla, California, with Dr. Steven A. Brody accepting the position of Scientific Director and attending physician. Dr. Brody is a world renowned physician, author, and reproductive health expert with longstanding ties to San Diego.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ThinkBox Inc. today announces the release of ‘Showy Show! Preschool Show,’ the first in a new live action educational video series for 2-5 year olds. The Showy Show series is specifically designed to use music and participation to help kids and their parents get ready for the major challenges of childhood such as going to preschool, going to bed, and having a sleep over. (VIDEO – VNR)

MCLEAN, Va., June 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — iSquare, Inc. announces the launching of a public beta web site that promises to make apartment seeking and dwelling more fun and effective. The new web site, introin.com, provides existing renters with referral bonuses from their community management company while providing apartment seekers with the inside scoop and consolidated listings of referrals and sublets in a single click.

KIRKLAND, Wash., June 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Millions of Americans have a critical need for information on long term care insurance, but most hesitate to contact the very person, a long term care specialist, who can help them. People aren’t sure they can trust someone they’ve never met, says Denise Gott, Chairman of the Board of LTC Financial Partners LLC, one of the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance agencies. (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ecologic Leasing Solutions announced today that it completed the acquisition of Captara Corporation, a San Francisco, Calif.-based lease management software company, which had been Ecologic’s main competitor.

OMAHA, Neb., June 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Senior Market Sales, Inc. (SMS) announces the rollout of its newest self-help website for insurance agents, MedSuppforAgents.com. Modeled after the successful PartDForAgents.com and MAForAgents.com, the site provides Medicare supplement producers an organized set of reference materials needed to maintain a competitive product portfolio.

BOSTON, Mass., June 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Amidst the ever present and growing energy crisis, lurks an even bigger culprit than your father’s old gas guzzler. Steam. According to American Plant Maintenance, steam is still a living necessity in a vast majority of U.S. hospitals, power plants and manufacturing facilities, and in spite of its environmentally green disposition, is also single handedly responsible for billions of dollars in fuel consumption every year.

WARWICK, N.Y., June 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — J.T. Products’ Zip-Ez(TM) the revolutionary fastener for H.V.A.C. insulation has been GreenSpec Listed and will be featured in BuildingGreen Inc.’s GreenSpec Directory(R). The GreenSpec Directory lists environmentally preferable products with an objective to list only the top 5-10 percent environmentally preferable products.

GREENVILLE, S.C., June 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ice Rink Engineering is making it possible for kids to enjoy hands-on hockey play this summer at the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, N.C. The Marbles Kids Museum will be opening their Marbles Olympics summer exhibit, featuring the EZ Glide 350(TM) synthetic ice rink as Center Ice on July 12. The games will take place through August 24.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With the boating market facing some of the most difficult economic conditions in recent history, it is of vital importance that boating consumers are directed toward the most stable and professional dealers to buy and service their boats. Thanks to Boating Industry magazine and its soon-to-be-published list of the 2008 Top 100 Dealers, consumers will have access to the best of the best dealers at their fingertips in short order.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — While San Diego has long been popular for its great weather and beaches, it might be of interest to tourists that San Diego is also a hot spot for some of the best Mexican food that can be found above the border. According to taco shop finder MyBertos.com, San Diego houses hundreds of taco shops scattered throughout the county, where the popular dishes such as carne asada burritos, carne asada fries and California burritos can be found.

OMAHA, Neb., June 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Images of Nature(R) is proud to announce that Thomas D. Mangelsen’s latest book ‘The Natural World’ (ISBN 978-189031042-4) was a winner at the PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards. The book took top honors in the Coffee Table/Large format category.

BOONTON, N.J., June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Carriers and other providers in the global ICT (information and communications technology) industry can bring to bear an expansive array of technologies and services to substantially improve the environment while generating over $1 trillion in new industry revenue over the next five years, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.

HOUSTON, Texas, June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Momentum Transport announces the implementation of the Momentum Transport Affiliate Program, an initiative designed to enable affiliates to earn commissions through client referrals. From auto dealers to moving and storage companies, Momentum’s goal is to establish relationships with business and individuals whose everyday operations deal with customers in need of vehicle transport.

BOSTON, Mass., June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A North Kingstown, Rhode Island kitchen designed by Arclinea Boston has won a Chrysalis Award for Best Kitchen Remodel in the Northeastern United States. ‘To win an award in this highly competitive category is quite an achievement,’ says Ken Kanline, director of the Chrysalis Awards.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Charlie Allen Restorations, the Cambridge, MA – based full service design-build firm, has won a 2008 Chrysalis Award for the best residential interior renovation in the Northeast United States. The company previously won Chrysalis Awards for Best Historic Renovation Design-Build in 2006 and Best Commercial Historic Renovation in 2004.

KIRKLAND, Wash., June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today the National Education Association of the United States (NEA) announced the selection of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company to provide long term care education and insurance for NEA’s 3.2 million active and retired members, plus their families.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Following up on the success of their debut album Beat Hustlers, Barcelona Spain’s production trio – known as Pachecos – return with Fear Of A Green Planet, an album that pays tribute to the classic Public Enemy album (Fear Of A Black Planet), while also promoting the legalization of their favorite herb.

PROVO, Utah, June 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Lumos Inc. announces the launch of Light Shield(TM), the first, light-based mosquito abatement device that repels mosquitoes from illuminated areas without chemicals or other expensive equipment. Its low-energy consumption and chemical-free composition make it an environmentally-friendly product that really works.

SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Greg Conlon, recently elected in the June Primary Election as the Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress in California’s 12th District, believes Congress and the country’s fiscal policies need to change to strengthen the value of the dollar and significantly decrease oil and gasoline prices in the U. S. The 12th District includes most of San Mateo County and the Southwestern portion of the City of San Francisco.

ATLANTA, Ga., June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Georgia Secretary of State Karen C. Handel, the state’s first Republican to hold the office, will speak at the Tuesday, June 24, regular monthly meeting of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers, Inc. (GABB), a statewide group with almost 200 members.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Age of Awareness today announced two seminars; Free Your Intuition and Magic, Metaphysics or Just Plain Real? to be held at the University of San Diego on June 20 and 21, 2008. These workshops are designed for educators, business executives and self help individuals who are dedicated to using their intuitive skills.

BOSTON, Mass., June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Chrisicos Interiors – a leading interior design company serving discerning clients throughout New England – is pleased to announce that company President Kathie Chrisicos has been recently appointed to the LocalLeaders.com Advisory Board.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Marinello Schools of Beauty is pleased to announce the opening of the new Spa Academy on North Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. The Academy is an extended campus of Marinello’s campus location on Wilshire Boulevard. Join us at our grand opening ribbon cutting on Wednesday, June 25th at 10 a.m. Refreshments will be provided.

MISSOULA, Mont., June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — From June 27th to August 4th Liquid Planet in downtown Missoula will host the International ‘Birth of Coffee’ Exhibition. Based on the book of the same name by Daniel and Linda Lorenzetti (ISBN: 978-0609606780), the photography exhibit chronicles the life of coffee from seed to cup.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user and transaction authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for a private and secure financial transactions method.

BOSTON, Mass., June 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — At the NXTComm show in Las Vegas (booth SL5909I), CorEdge Networks will be demonstrating the industry’s first Freescale ColdFire AdvancedMC based Module Management Controller reference design. This design has already been selected and implemented by Freescale for a number of Freescale’s AMC reference designs for use in applications such as WiMAX base stations, IPTV and IP Video Conferencing.