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WOODLAND HILLS, CA – May 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Advertising industry veteran and consulting creative director Scott G of G-Man Marketing in Los Angeles, announced today that his new column, ‘Communication Nation,’ will appear exclusively on Advertising Industry Newswire (AdvertisingIndustryNewswire.com).

BOSTON, MA – May 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LocaModa, Inc., a technology company powering ‘The Web Outside,’ today releases the latest version of StreetSurfer, a location-based interactive marketing platform for retail, entertainment, real estate, travel and tourism industries.

DALLAS, TX – May 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — May 1st marked the final day of a unique online experiment created with the goal of reaching one million people through an emotion evoking, short movie designed by Texas writer and graphic designer Kate Nowak. It features a series of poignant blessings written to help people all over the world feel better about their lives.

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LaborLawCenter, Inc. is notifying Michigan employers of the changes affecting the mandatory posting requirements (29 CFR 1903.2 (a) (1)), since the new minimum wage increase has been passed. With Michigan’s new minimum wage going into effect, many employers will be out of compliance.

KANSAS CITY, KS – May 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pivotal View, Inc. today launched PodcastFusion.com, a new podcast directory service with more than 18,000 podcast listings. Podcast Fusion offers intuitive search features that allow users to easily find and preview some of the best audio and video podcasts on the Internet.

TORRANCE, CA – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Neotrope(R), an entertainment content and media company established in 1983, announced today the formal launch of Advertising Industry Newswire(TM), an online magazine with news, commentary, podcasts, articles and feature content covering the ad business from broadcast to Web.

CHICAGO, IL – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The industry honors just keep racking up for GameBeat Studios. The Chicago-based music production and sound design house recently received two Silver Addys in the 6th District Addy Awards competition for its work on the Wal-Mart Voices of Color(TM) Film Series campaign.

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Send2Press(R), a leading online news service since 1996, announced today the re-launch of support for the NewsML format to allow content portals and news aggregators to easily pull full-text news stories from its wire service. Send2Press is a unit of Neotrope(R), established 1983 in California.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Have you ever wondered about the origin of wigs, how they are designed, or how to care for them properly? CEO of Katour Line Designer Wig Collection, Kym Williams, is here to lay those questions, and more, to rest in the form of her newly-released book: ‘The Art of Wig Design: A Katour Line Presentation’ (ISBN: 1-59971-637-2).

SOLANA BEACH, CA – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Armor Electric Inc. (OTC BB: ARME) today announced the appointment of Mr. Sam Karp to the Board of Directors. Mr. Karp is a resident of and premier builder/developer in the exclusive community of Rancho Santa Fe, located in southern California. Mr. Karp has a great interest Armor and believes in the exceptional potential of Armor’s electric vehicle program sufficient to provide a substantial capital investment into the company in February 2005 and again in April 2006.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Apr. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Buying and servicing a boat is about to become a much easier task for consumers around the country when Boating Industry magazine announces its 2006 Top 100 Dealers, a ranking of those marine dealers that are unsurpassed in overall business operations, customer service, marketing and professionalism, later this fall.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Apr. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — US Autism & Asperger Association, Inc. (USAAA) announced today that Shannon Kenitz, Executive Director of the International Hyperbarics Association, will serve as the keynote speaker at USAAA’s upcoming Autism Spectrum Disorder Premier International Conference, August 9-12, in Park City, Utah.

SONOMA, CA – Apr. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The past few months have seen precious metals prices soar, and silver is no exception. As investment demand for silver skyrockets, silver’s price has risen over 20% this year. In support of the growing bull market in this valuable commodity, Streetwise Reports has compiled and published a growing, comprehensive listing of silver explorers miners and producers worldwide in The Silver Directory.

SANTA BARBARA, CA – Apr. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Trailblazer Gloria Molina, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, will be honored as the 2006 Hispanic Business Woman of the Year in a special ceremony along with 19 other Elite Women. The special ceremony will take place Thursday, May 4, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and some seating is still available. Maria Silva from KVBC News 3 in Las Vegas will preside as this year’s Mistress of Ceremonies.

ESTES PARK, CO – Apr. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rocky Mountain Patents, LLC (www.RockyBusiness.com) today announced that its innovative Not-A-Bottle(TM) container system is poised to revolutionize the personal hydration market. ‘The Revolution in personal hydration is here now! Instead of attempting to clean out permanent pouch systems, drinking bottles, or canteens, the Not-A-Bottle(TM) container system with a drinking tube or pop-up cap provides ‘Instant Refill’ by simply replacing the beverage bag,’ says Charles Schroeder, Manager.

REDMOND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Respondus received the highest customer satisfaction score among 44 higher education e-learning vendors that were included in a report by The Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness (A-HEC). The report is based on survey responses from leaders of Internet-supported learning initiatives in higher education.

IRVING, TX and WALTHAM, MA – Apr. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This year the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) honored one of their member companies for the life-saving efforts of a persistent salesman. John Dunton and Carol McKeen of Waltham, Mass. are alive today thanks to their decision to purchase a carbon monoxide (CO) detector from American Alarm and Communications, Inc., Arlington, Mass.

DALLAS, TX – Apr. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — StatesOnTheTake.com announced today that Kentucky State Government officials could withdraw from the Master Settlement Agreement (‘MSA’), despite fierce opposition from out-of-state, Big Tobacco lobbyists. The MSA was the original ‘Stealth Cartel,’ created under the guise of a “settlement” between Big Tobacco and the 46 state signatories.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Apr. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Do you know of a haunted house or a strange location that people would cross over to the other side of the street to avoid after dark? Somewhere most wouldn’t go to in a group, even in the daytime? Would you go alone and what about at midnight? There is one man that would: the chief paranormal investigator and founder of Chasingmidnight.com – one of the Web’s leading sites devoted to the mysterious and unexplained.

RIVIERA BEACH, FL – Apr. 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Riviera Beach Business Association announced the participation of an enthusiastic crowd of local dignitaries for the First Annual Riviera Beach Business Expo. Council Chairman Chip Armstrong said ‘This expo will grow a great deal over these next few years as we continue to attract the existing and new business that are the backbone of this city.’

KAHULUI, Hawaii (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The sounds of the ocean, the smell of plumeria in the air, and the chirping of exotic birds in the garden. These are the attractions touted by ‘The Road to Life,’ a new and unusual health and lifestyle modification retreat in the isolated Hawaiian community of Hana, on the island of Maui. Sponsored by Rational Christian Ministries, a non-denominational Christian ministry dedicated to health and wellness education,

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Apr. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — City Network, Inc. (Amex: CSN), a company that designs, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive line of broadband and wireless Internet access solutions and consumer electronic products, announced financial results for the year end December 31, 2005. Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2005 totaled $14,320,409, compared to $15,674,613 for ten months ended December 31, 2004. The decrease in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005 was due to a decline in the amount of sales of certain merchandise.

STAMFORD, Conn. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Desktop Guerrillas offers businesses expert advice for securing their networks. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in this country. Criminals are enticed with a precious bounty – your credit line. We’ve all gotten used to shredding our credit card statements, but what about the businesses that are cavalier with our personal information?

SOLANA BEACH, CA – Apr. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Armor Electric Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ARME) announces the company has completed financing in the form of a ‘convertible note’ with a substantial Investment Group in San Diego, California. This financing includes an initial payment to Armor of $215,000 USD and further payments up to a total of $600,000 USD to Armor based on the performance of agreed to ‘milestones’ between the parties.

ORLANDO, FL – Apr. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE)– The Meridian Hotel Orlando – Disney Maingate – has just been newly renovated. The entire property has been completely upgraded to better meet its Florida vacationers’ needs, it was announced today by Orlandoescape.com.

COLUMBIA, MD – Apr. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Inn at Peralynna Manor, a small Maryland Luxury Inn, is voted by guests and recognized by Arrington’s Inn Traveler Magazine, ‘Best Overall Bed and Breakfast/Inn in North America 2006.’ For the past two years, 2005 and 2006, Peralynna has taken top honors in competition with 33,000 Inns and B & B’s in the US and Canada. In 2004, Peralynna was recognized by Arrington’s as ‘Best Inn in the USA.’

BOONTON, NJ – Apr. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet or directly to a mobile handset is fast becoming a mainstream entertainment delivery vehicle that will generate more than $27 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the US markets by 2011, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.

AUSTIN, TX – Apr. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Munrab Entertainment plans to hold the world’s first ‘Canine Concert’ on May 9th, from noon to 1 pm, at Wooldridge Square (900 Guadalupe) in Austin, Texas, an event where live music is played at a sound level only dogs can hear.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Apr. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — NamesBeyond, the leader in sponsored top level domain names, today opened registrations in the dotMobi domain to trademark holders and mobile industry association members. The .mobi domain name is reserved for Web sites specifically designed to work with mobile handsets.

BOSTON, MA – Apr. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — South Street Media, producers of the Home Office Expo, announced today that they have partnered with The Telework Coalition – TelCoa, a Washington, D.C.-based group that brings together a diverse array of organizations, companies and individuals with the common interest of promoting awareness and adoption of telework and telecommuting in the workforce.

SPOKANE, WA – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — American Delphi Academy reports we are observing the creation of a super strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, so-called ‘bird flu,’ that has the potential to kill millions of animals and humans, as earth changes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HandHS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a recipe for disaster is in the genetic-mixing stage for manifestation worldwide.

ACTON, MA – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Embedded Toolsmiths today announced the JTAGFLASHpro Flash programmer/Bring-Up Tool. JTAGFLASHpro is a stand-alone device for high-speed FLASH memory/device programming via the JTAG interface. It combines the hardware from Toolsmith’s Guardian-SE family of high-speed JTAG Emulators with dedicated software, resulting in a JTAG device that can be used to program flash memory at very high speeds.

KANSAS CITY, MO – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Lumen Software, a leader in Portal technology, announced the release of their Lumenation v6.0 Portal with unlimited User Licensing. The Portal can be downloaded from the company’s Website. Organizations can immediately begin providing key information to users appropriately based upon who the user is and what role they play in the organization regardless of the underlying OS (Microsoft, Mac, Linux, Unix).

MONTREAL, QUEBEC and EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ILM Technologies, Inc. and Management Dynamics, Inc., a leading provider of global trade management solutions, today announced a strategic business and technological partnership to deliver top-quality, highly reliable e-Commerce and e-Trade Solutions to North America’s manufacturers and exporters.

MADRID, Spain – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Cimaware Software releases today the second generation of its Outlook repair software. This utility is designed for the recovery of corrupt PST Outlook files; the recovery of deleted Outlook emails, attachments, notes and the rest of Outlook components, and the reduction of PST file size, solving the common 2 Gb file size problem.

KIRKLAND, WA – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Starting this Spring, a series of public seminars will enlighten New Yorkers on affordable financing of long term care. Under the Empire State’s umbrella, residents will learn how to get private long term care insurance that is sweetened by tax breaks and relaxed Medicaid rules. The seminars will be held in convenient locations throughout the state.

SAN DIEGO, CA and VANCOUVER, B.C. – Apr. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Driving additional value for its clients in government, non-profit, golf and education markets, The Active Network, Inc., a leading provider of application services technology and marketing services to community service organizations, has acquired Vancouver, B.C.-based IronPoint Technology, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Apr. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Keith Thompson plays an organ program highlighting the popular culture of 1906 San Francisco and its Earthquake at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA on April 22 and 23, Eugene Dong, an independent music producer, announced today.

REDMOND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Respondus, Inc. announces the release of Respondus LockDown Browser, a custom browser that creates a secure testing environment within the WebCT and Blackboard e-learning platforms. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading.

UPPER DUBLIN, PA – Apr. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Marion Freedman, Realtor(R) is pleased to announce that she is now an associate with Keller Williams(R) Realty Blue Bell. Ms. Freedman, a licensed real estate broker has been successfully servicing the Montgomery county community for three years. Marion Freedman has recently acquired the Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR) designation is now even better equipped to handle a real estate customer’s needs.