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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Aug. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Radar Networks today announced the appointment of Lew Tucker, Ph.D. as its Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer. Radar Networks is building technology for enriching content that will catalyze the evolution of a new dimension of the Web. This new dimension is the next frontier in search, advertising, content distribution and commerce. The company is presently in stealth-mode and anticipates releasing its first commercial products in 2007.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Aug. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) – MAGIC WWD Las Vegas — A collector of vintage fabrics and beads from around the world, Selina Vaughan is launching her accessories brand, SelinaVaughan by Inspira Fashion LLC at the MAGIC WWD Las Vegas, August 28-31, 2006. This accessories line expresses her love for vintage styles and fabrics in four distinct lines.

HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. – Aug. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — New moms need all the help that they can get and at a new Web site: www.aNewMom.com, interested moms and their families will have access to multiple resources in one location.

SEATTLE, WA – Aug. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Inc. magazine today announced its 25th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country, and technical staffing firm, Techlink Northwest, ranks No. 68 on the list. With three-year growth of 1,052 percent, Techlink Northwest was the only staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest to make the list.

CORVALLIS, OR – Aug. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today a new service began which offers website creators a way to keep their sites online for generations. ‘Our website hosting service is designed for artists, musicians, writers and family historians who want to preserve their work online,’ says Dave Gore, founder of the website hosting company Arkhold, Inc. ‘With Arkhold hosting, a website can outlast its creator.’

KIRKLAND, WA – Aug. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today a first-place and four second-place winners were announced for the ‘Over 65, Into Over-Drive’ contest, sponsored by LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage. ‘Everybody had fun and the top entries certainly met our objective, to undermine the stereotype that over 65 means over the hill,’ says Jonas Roeser, Director of Marketing.

IDAHO FALLS, ID – Aug. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Brooks Internet Software has released a new line of its ExcelliPrint IPDS-to-Windows software: ExcelliPrint Standard. This low-cost version is designed for print environments where administrators only need to redirect IPDS print jobs to PCL printers, whereas the Premium line provides file archiving functionality (e.g. IPDS to PDF, TIF, and others) and browser-based iSeries device and spool file management.

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Aug. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The focus of the Family Hearing Aid Center is to rehabilitate patients using an evidence based practice that provides clinically-measured proof of hearing help.

BOSTON, MA – Aug. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A newly released study of the Massachusetts Wine at Food Stores Initiative concluded that updating state law to allow grocery stores to sell wine would save Massachusetts consumers an estimated $26 to $36 million dollars each year. The study noted that data from the 34 other states that already allow grocery stores to sell wine show that grocery stores are as good or better than package stores at enforcing minimum drinking age laws and that competition in wine sales from grocery stores does not drive package stores out of business.

SILER CITY, NC – Aug. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pegasus Web Services Inc. is pleased to announce it has received a Patent (Patent Number 7,096,360) from the Patent and Trademark Office today for its ‘Frequency-time based data compression method.’ The ‘Frequency-time based data compression method’ allows High Volume Transport of Digital Data over Serial Transports. It also has claims for High Volume Digital Data Storage and a Multi-Dimensional Encryption/Decryption algorithm providing unsurpassed data security.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Aug. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Bla-Bla Cafe was an early well-loved, highly-respected 1970s entertainment showcase. It was a nightclub in Studio City that had a major following, and 30-years later can claim that it was the training ground for a large roster of performers who have since become well-known, successful entertainers. Sandy Ross, one of the Bla-Bla’s original regular performers, and its entertainment coordinator for 8 years, has just written and compiled a book that chronicles the historic nightclub.

VANCOUVER, BC – Aug. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — GoldenPalace.com is proud to present Raging Boll. Uwe Boll, the German filmmaker best known for several video game based films like ‘Alone in the Dark,’ ‘House of the Dead,’ ‘BloodRayne,’ & ‘In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale,’ is considered by many critics to be one of the world’s worst filmmakers. His movies, however, have made him more money than his critics will earn in several lifetimes.

NEW YORK, NY – Aug. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The signs are there, no matter where you look. In fact, the signs have been there for six months as the rally in oil prices that is three years in the making, is running out of steam, says Oilintel.com. The logic that fuels the ‘fear’ premium may not be enough to overwhelm the weakening fundamentals that are prevalent now.

CHICAGO, IL – Aug. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — While libraries are filled with scores of books about Chicago’s colorful history, few acknowledge the political, social, and economic impact of the city’s once powerful brewing industry. When the Haas & Sulzer Brewery opened its doors in 1833, the town’s population of only 200 managed to guzzle down its first year’s output of 600 barrels in record time. Chicago was on its way to becoming the beer-drinking town that it is today, says Bob Skilnik, author of the just-released ‘BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago.’

BOSTON, MA – Aug. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — To Editors and Reporters: As you may know, Question 1 on the November ballot will update Massachusetts law to allow grocery stores to apply for a locally approved license to sell wine to their customers. Naturally, Question 1 is opposed by liquor stores, who would prefer not to have competition from grocery stores in wine sales.

JESSUP, MD – Aug. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACell, Inc., the owner of highly valued extracellular matrix (ECM) patents, today won a resounding legal victory against Cook Biotech, Inc. (Cook) and Purdue Research Foundation (Purdue). The victory frees ACell to broadly promote the development, licensing and commercialization of its remarkable tissue graft bio-technology.

ORLANDO, FL – Aug. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Need a getaway? Not sure of where to begin? All Star Luxury Coaches offer clients the chance to drive and travel in a luxury diesel RV, without the expense and responsibility of owning one.

BOSTON, MA – Aug. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Software entrepreneur Phill Ryu announced ‘My Dream App’ today, a new competition that invites participants to submit their best ideas for a killer app. Contestants will compete for a chance to have their idea realized as a Macintosh shareware application and earn royalties on software sales, as well as take home one of many Macs and iPods available as prizes for finalists.

NEW YORK, NY – Aug. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — September 11, 2006 marks the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; Police psychotherapist, Peter Killeen, Director of The Police Connection, continues to provide support through counseling and working with the Port Authority police unions.

NEW YORK, NY – Aug. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Officer James Greco, a law enforcement officer and founder of Long Island K-9 Service (www.lik-9.com), is reaching out to many major airlines and providing law enforcement explosive detection canine teams to all airlines to detect the new ‘Liquid Explosives’ that were utilized by terrorists in their recent attempt to blow up airplanes while in flight.

MANORVILLE, NY – Aug. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Officer James Greco, a law enforcement officer and founder of Long Island K-9 Service, is reaching out to many major airlines and providing law enforcement explosive detection canine teams to all airlines to detect the new (Liquid) scents of explosives that were utilized by terrorists in their recent attempt to blow up Airplanes while in Flight. Long Island K-9 is the first company to provide these specialized dogs to the private industry.

BOONTON, NJ – Aug. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The $2 trillion ecosystem of hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers will be spending nearly $43 billion on telecommunications services over the next five years, with wireless services used by hospitals and physicians showing the fastest growth, says a new market research study released by the Insight Research Corporation.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Aug. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dr. Joel L. Becker, Director of Cognitive Behavior Associates and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has announced the inauguration of a new interactive sleep program. Consumers and physicians are both concerned about the side effects of sleep medications and patient’s growing dependence on them. Aggressive marketing by the drug companies for sleep medications led to Dr. Becker’s decision to present an alternative to the patient that has better results and no side effects.

ATLANTA, GA – Aug. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — M2SYS Technology, a leading biometric technology research and development firm, today announced a new version release of Bio-Plugin(TM), a fully developed, server-based, enterprise fingerprint recognition system that can be rapidly deployed, in many cases with no additional development whatsoever. The patent-pending technology can utilize any vendor-independent fingerprint algorithm and supported hardware devices, offering unparalleled ease of adoption for software developers and end users.

CHENGDU, China (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — IObit is excited to release a second version of their flagship product – Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal – and are prepared to go head-to-head with Microsoft’s OneCare. The freeware, which is a new Beta version – Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal – is a comprehensive PC care tool that takes an integrated approach to help protect, repair and optimize computers.

AUSTIN, TX – Aug. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Not only is it on the same track but also on the same train …of thought. ‘Written forty years ago by Salvador SeBasco, at the age of six, The Boy The King, and The Chihuahua is now being compared to The Little Engine That Could because its design provides a progressive approach to teaching positive character traits,’ stated Grace Edison of the I Just Read Company.

SAN ANSELMO, CA – Aug. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The benefits of pomegranate juice have been getting a lot of press in recent years, and the extract of this juice has been finding its way into many new skin care products. Less well known, but perhaps even more significant, are the benefits of pomegranate seed oil, a key ingredient in Pomega5(TM) skin treatment products recently launched by Pomega, LLC.

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – Aug. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Government red tape is once again slowing down progress, delaying help to our soldiers in Iraq and forcing our soldiers at home to work twice as hard to complete a simple task. What is the problem? Government officials won’t listen about a faster, easier way to fill sandbags. Instead, our soldiers in Iraq are developing what has been coined, ‘Sandbag Palsy.’ And at home, every time a hurricane or flood looms, tens of thousands of sandbags must be filled in the old-fashioned, two-person, time consuming, back-straining way. The SackMaster is a shovel-like device which allows one person to fill sandbags quickly and efficiently, saving time and manpower.

WALNUT CREEK, CA – Aug. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI) today announced that the United States Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General has begun to implement their WinBill IT expense management software system at their Arlington, VA. Headquarters. The USPS-OIG serves to prevent and detect fraud, waste and employee misconduct, and promote efficiency in the operations of the Postal Service.

IRONTON, OH – Aug. 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Undiscovered Radio Network, Inc. has developed ‘Undiscovered,’ a new syndicated broadcast radio program to provide an innovative and long awaited mainstream vehicle for independent artists. The two hour show is set to debut the first weekend of September and features independent rock and alternative artists that have gained local or regional popularity but don’t have the resources to tap into mainstream broadcasting.

NEW YORK, NY – Aug. 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 20 Amps, one of New York / New Jersey’s hardest rocking bands, has recently signed with SoJo Artist Management. SoJo will be coordinating all efforts with record labels, radio, retail and publicity.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Aug. 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to CATRIPATI.com a ballot measure setting forth requirements for holding public agencies, public employees, and elected officials (including judges) accountable will be filed on August 31, 2006 with Bruce McPherson, California Secretary of State.

NEW YORK, NY – Aug. 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Implementation Solutions LLC (www.impsolu.com), a financial services technology consulting firm headquartered in Manhattan that services global investment management firms unveiled their new and expanded website today.

NEW YORK, NY – Aug. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘The Senior’s Tai Chi Workout Book,’ just published, is the first Tai Chi workout book designed especially for seniors with a simple, clear and easy to follow workout. Precise, clear directions and photos illustrate all Tai Chi exercises. Master Domingo Colon, director of the Tai Chi School of Westchester, est. 1978 has used his more than 40 years of Tai Chi experience and training in physical therapy to create a program that’s perfect for seniors practicing at home.

SPRING HILL, FL – Aug. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In a category that has seen virtually no innovation since its birth, a brand new company and product called Mommy Bib has reinvented the burp cloth. New parents have been dealing with baby spit-up and drool for ages, and burp cloths have been ineffective at providing adequate protection. Now there’s a better way! Introducing, Mommy Bib the ultimate protection from baby spit up drool.

PALO ALTO, CA – Aug. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Armor Legal Counsel is pleased to announce that Erika Eichler, Adam Levy and Jay Parkhill have joined the firm in Of Counsel positions. Mr. Levy joins Armor Legal after having served as Senior Corporate Counsel for Siebel Systems, responsible for technology licensing from 2003 until 2006. Mr. Levy brings strong experience to Armor Legal in venture capital, corporate securities, technology licensing and employment law.

MENLO PARK, CA – Aug. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — While Hurricane Katrina may have long since blown over, the need for emotional healing continues for those who survived this country’s largest natural disaster. With thousands of people forced to relocate into new environments within unfamiliar communities, and others returning to their homes only to find their friends and social structures long gone, many survivors continue to feel isolated, depressed, and alone in their struggle to rebuild their lives. August 29 marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Transitions Expert, Dr. Carol McClelland, cautions anyone who was directly involved in Hurricane Katrina – from the survivors, to their friends and relatives, to the rescue workers and the media – to be on the lookout for what psychologists call, ‘The Anniversary Reaction.’

PHOENIX AZ – Aug. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Peter VanWolvelaerd of VanDahl Associates, a service disabled veteran owned film and video company, has helped sponsor an ASU film intern program with the upcoming Universal Studios thriller ‘The Kingdom.’ The film is directed by Peter Berg and stars Jamie Foxx. The plot involves a team of US counterterrorism agents on a mission to track down ‘evil doers’ in an Arab country.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Aug. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Southern Bleacher Company, based in Graham, TX, recently completed upgrades and state-of-the-art renovations to the outdoor track stadium for the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. The stadium, named the John McDonnell Outdoor Track Stadium, has a seating capacity of 6,325 and a total project cost of $6 million.

STANFORD, CA – Aug. 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Southern Bleacher Company, based in Graham, TX, has constructed, in part, a brand new football stadium for the University of Stanford in California that is scheduled to open in September of 2006. In June of 2005, Stanford University’s Board of Trustees gave preliminary approval for a major re-building of Stanford Stadium; the 85,500-seat facility has been the home of Stanford Football since 1921.