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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Feb. 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The View recently featured the award-winning LifeSpan TR2000 treadmill, from PCE Health and Fitness, for its unique downhill walking feature. Not only is downhill-walking excellent for cardiovascular fitness, it also provides health benefits that help reduce the risks and effects associated with diabetes.

MT. SHASTA, Calif. – Feb. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With Europe’s warmest winter in 1,250 years putting the Winter Olympics at risk, a group representing over a billion are inviting our Earth Family to join in prayer, dance, and celebration this month of our unified love of our Mother Earth, starting Valentine’s Day (Feb 14). ‘This expands on Americans celebrating our sweethearts on Valentine’s Day, and unites with this month’s Lunar New Year’s celebrations and prayers of Asian and global faith communities,’ according to Mary Ho, President of the China Millennium Council, and Olympic skier, Suzy Chaffee, Native Voices Foundation (NVF) co-chair.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Feb. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Lord Help Us’ is a new urban inspirational romantic comedy written, directed and edited by former child actor, Shavar Ross, who played ‘Dudley,’ Gary Coleman’s best friend for six seasons on the hit 1980’s show ‘Diff’rent Strokes,’ and produced by Tri-Seven Entertainment.

JAMAICA, Vt., Feb. 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc. announced today that it will be offering its wooden post and beam shed kits to retailers nationwide as part of a new wholesale program. The program is designed to make their New England style buildings more readily available to consumers outside the northeast.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Feb. 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Innovative Consulting Group, LLC (ICG) introduces a revitalized brand to represent significant milestones for the company in 2007. ICG will be celebrating its 5th anniversary in the spring and the company will reach the goal of 50 employees.

AUSTIN, Texas – Feb. 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — deverus today announced their newest product in the deverus Instant Advantage program — the deverus/NBD National RegistryCHECK Data Integration Service. This service allows consumers to place orders for national tenant screening – and receive results instantly.

BRUNSWICK, Md. – Feb. 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ArtisticPursuit.com offers its users plenty of social networking features, as well as original artistic content, that often cost hundreds of dollars per year to use or download elsewhere.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Feb. 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Electronic systems manufactured in China were the driving factor behind 90 percent of growth in worldwide semiconductor consumption in 2005, continuing a trend first observed beginning in 2003, according to a comprehensive analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers of Chinese and other published statistics on the subject.

STREETSBORO, Ohio – Feb. 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Tierce Enterprises, LLC is pleased to announce the introduction of a new website designed for the consumer AND the business. Computerstreet.net – ‘Your Source for Reliable Technology Business Reviews.’ Search the database of 150,000 nationwide technology related businesses to find a company by city, state, zip code, name or browse an entire city.

VENICE, Calif. – Feb. 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Originally, Java Juice(R) was created for, and embraced by, the outdoor-adventure industry. The success of the just-add-water, single-serving version of the product promoted awareness of a need to get the lightweight packets to American soldiers, say the folks at Java Juice, Inc.

BOONTON, N.J. – Feb. 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Telecommunications companies will be investing billions of dollars over the next five years on service delivery platforms (SDPs) in order to bring the benefits of on-demand services to their wireline and mobility enterprise customers, says a new report from Insight Research.

BOULDER, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Nursing home costs are skyrocketing to an average of $75,000 per year and a new book – ‘How to Protect Your Family’s Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets’ (Phylius Press, ISBN: 978-0-9790801-1-1) – teaches people how to qualify for Medicaid to get these expenses paid.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Feb. 6 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A new book from AuthorHouse, Inc., authored by Rico Thompson, is written to help college freshmen get off on the right foot and get a leg up in college; ’15 Easy and Fun Ways College Freshmen Can Improve Their Vocabulary’ (ISBN-13: 978-1403394477), reveals ways for college freshmen to improve word power.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As the camera lights fade and the media attention dies down in the coming weeks, those familiar insurance slogans of ‘Like a Good Neighbor,’ ‘You’re in Good Hands’ and others, may unfortunately give way to an industry whose past is shaky to say the least, especially in recent years. Central Florida resident attorney Alan Garfinkel, of Garfinkel Trial Group, is the nation’s leading expert in natural disaster law and is currently representing thousands of hurricane victims across the country.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the European Patent Office has granted the company its patent for a user authentication method (patent number EP1434408).

KNOXVILLE, Md. – Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Consumer concern about rising gas prices late last summer has brought increased attention to alternate fuel vehicles such as hydrogen and electric cars. Mike Harvey of Knoxville (and Harvey Coachworks), one such concerned consumer, took it upon himself and has recently completed a 4-month effort to convert a gas-powered car to an all-electric zero-emissions vehicle.

FREMONT, Calif. – Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamF1, Inc., a leader in embedded networking and security software solutions for wired and wireless applications, will unveil its latest innovation – the Secure Gateway Solution – in a demonstration at Cavium Networks Booth 1031 at RSA Conference 2007 to be held February 6-9 in the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

FREMONT, Calif. – Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded security, has launched a line of production-ready software solutions geared specifically to OEMs/ODMs serving the small-to-medium business (SMB) segment. The SMBware(TM) family of innovative prepackaged solutions gives OEMs the ability to bring to market differentiated, leading-edge devices for their SMB customers – and do so with much less risk and at lower cost than was previously possible.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Feb. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — For decades, prefab homes were supposed to be the next big thing – never mind that they were found primarily on the pages of design magazines or in architects’ sketchbooks. What a difference a year makes. ‘Modernist Prefab’ is no longer a concept but is now a reality.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Feb. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Gameshastra, a leading provider of Game Outsource Services, announced today the appointment of Jason Wong as Vice President – Quality Assurance. Prior to joining Gameshastra, Mr. Wong oversaw quality assurance operations for Activision, Inc.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Feb. 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — How is great music created and produced? What do top music producers look for in an artist? How do you find, develop and keep artist clients? And how do producers handle challenges such as creative control? The answers can be found at the PRODUCING HIT SONG 5-part series, sponsored by the National Association of Record Industry Professionals, to launch on February 16th in Hollywood with special guests Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas AKA The Underdogs.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — You’ve seen the news recaps of 2006, the most important stories that gripped the nation’s attention. But here’s one you may have missed: TIME Magazine Names Air ‘Gas of the Year.’ This exclusive from the New Jersey-based humor website Confusion Road was crowned the top satire news story of 2006 by an expert panel of journalists and humor writers in the second annual HumorFeed Satire News Awards.

AUSTIN, Texas – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SaberData, Ltd., the leader in one step PC Migration, announced the availability of its SaberWire USB data transfer cable that works with Microsoft’s Vista operating system. The cable is ideal for transferring data between computers without the need for a network.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — AtPrime Media, Inc., the sponsor of AtPrime.com, one of the top age 50+ web services announced today an addition to its highly valued consumer service YOUR PENSION HELPER, whereby consumers will be able to dial up their maximum employee and employer contribution limits for all types of qualified plans, as well as, their insurance pension payouts payable from defunct Defined Benefit Plans insured by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.

LITTLETON, N.H. – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Coinciding with iClip’s 4th birthday (give or take a day or two), Inventive announced the release of iClip 4, a major update of its award-winning multiple clipboard and scrapbook software. Version 4 has been completely redesigned with a completely new and stylish UI.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HotGigs Inc., an innovator in web-based staffing solutions, has upgraded its online staffing exchange HotGigs.com, adding new tools and capabilities, such as the ability to compare billable hourly rates for a large variety of consulting professions.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Jan. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Shop4Humanity is a new and unique online directory that promotes businesses that give to charity. Whether the consumer is interested in a cure for cancer, better education, or world peace, Shop4Humanity.com offers a broad range of cause-related categories that are sure to encompass every interest.

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jan. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Telesoft Corporation, the leading provider of Expense Management Solutions for enterprise, has announced a new release with TeleSOX features specifically designed to aid companies in meeting Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements.

DALLAS, Texas – Jan. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Techway Services, Inc. received the 2007 Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Rising Star Award from the Women’s Business Council – Southwest (WBCS). The award was presented Jan. 23 at the WBCS’ 11th Annual Parade of Stars Awards Gala.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Jan. 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Botox is one of the most common cosmetic procedures being performed today – but, too many patients have no idea who is at the other end of that needle, says Dr. Mark Berkowitz, of Accents Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Spa, one of the nation’s most experienced injectors, with more than 10 years of experience with Botox(R).

KIRKLAND, Wash. – Jan. 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As April 15 nears, tax-time frowns may be accompanied by smiles for many aging Americans. Deductible amounts for long term care insurance premiums are going up. For the 2006 tax year they’re higher than in 2005; and for 2007, they’ll be even higher. ‘Be sure to claim your deduction if you qualify,’ says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jan. 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Orlando, Florida-based ID Solutions (IDS) today reported receipt of a purchase order from the Transportation Security Agency (DHS-TSA) for IDS biometric matching licenses for use in the Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) program. The IDS AFIS technology supports key security functionality within the TWIC program and has been recognized for its combination of top-rated accuracy and value-for-money by governments around the world.

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. – Jan. 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Simply Sapphires will auction off a 18 kt gold and sapphire jewelry suite (necklace, bracelet and earrings) to benefit Doberman Rescue Unlimited (DRU), announced John Tolliver, President and CEO of Simply Sapphires LLC. The auction will be held on the eBay Auction website January 29 – February 7, 2007.

BALTIMORE, Md. – Jan. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Super Bowl is right around the corner and that means big parties, funny commercials and delicious appetizers. A Super Bowl party isn’t complete without finger foods and tasty treats, something the cooking enthusiasts at ChefClub (www.chefclub.net) will surely have covered.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Jan. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — For the past three years, the annual CA Boom Design Show has been a must-attend event for both the design trade and savvy consumers of good design. This year, CA Boom 4 will showcase an impressive line-up of fine furniture designers, architects and furniture manufacturers, many of whom will be bringing products that are World, North American or West Coast debuts.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Jan. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Author Dee Dee Phelps signs and talks about her memoir ‘Vinyl Highway’ (ISBN-10: 1412073839) singing as Dick and Dee Dee, at Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Avenue, Pacific Palisades 90272 on Thursday evening, February 8th at 7:30 pm.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Jan. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — GSP Consulting, a fast-growing government affairs and economic architecture consulting firm today announced the expansion of their Federal Government Affairs practice in Washington D.C. and Pittsburgh.

IRVINE, Calif. – Jan. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Former Tustin High School football star Ricky Miller, announced Wednesday that he has accepted an invitation to play in the upcoming college all star game ‘Texas vs. The Nation.’ Bert Briones, Miller’s agent and president of Hip Athletics, reports that the selection committee was pleased to add Miller to the roster.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Jan. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — If John Abdo has his way 10,000 elementary school children are going to have a day they will never forget! The renowned fitness expert will be providing fun-filled lessons on physical play, that he hopes these kids will take to heart. The Fitness Hall of Fame inductee will be emceeing the Kids Fitness Challenge at the illustrious Rose Bowl, Saturday, January 27th. For Abdo, the opportunity to directly motivate youth on the importance of a healthy lifestyle is something he’s passionate about.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Jan. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Fitness Challenge Foundation has taken the initial step towards getting our nation’s children in better shape. The not-for-profit organization has partnered with the California State University system to implement a first of its kind initiative that will provide physical activities programs for elementary schools. This innovative model is already being considered by numerous other states who want to replicate the program.