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Persona Affairs Maximizes Job Changes for Executives

In spite of the flooded job market and unemployment at record highs, this may be the best time for executives to seize opportunities they may have not recognized before. - June 24, 2011 - Persona Affairs, LLC

Texas Student Wins NWTF’s National FFA Scholarship

The NWTF has awarded David Underwood, of Dimmitt, Texas, a $5,000 National FFA Collegiate Scholarship. - June 24, 2011 - National Wild Turkey Federation

Green Planet Building an Eco Design Build Company to Exhibit at Dwell on Design Event at LA Convention Center

"When it comes to design, making it green should be as natural as making it beautiful," says Harvey Stern, President of Green Planet Building. "The use of sustainable materials, energy saving devises, and systems designed to provide comfort and reduce pollutants is no longer an... - June 24, 2011 - Green Planet Building

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Jonathan Heap Guests on Eye on Entertainment

Heap and Lowell Cauffiel Are the Co-Founders of the Non-Profit Media Company Primary Purpose Productions. - June 24, 2011 - Eye on Entertainment

Translation Cloud Application for Facebook Releases Version 2.0

Translation Cloud application for Facebook releases its new and improved version 2.0 to the approval of freelance translators everywhere. - June 24, 2011 - Translation Services USA

Room 214 Launches Twitter Growth Strategies Presentation

Social media agency, Room 214, launches a free Twitter growth strategies presentation to help businesses and individuals accelerate growth on their Twitter communities. The presentation can be found on the social media blog Capture The Conversation. It covers social media management best practice... - June 24, 2011 - Room 214

Lt. Col. Vernon Jakoby Takes Command of Kansas City Recruiting Battalion During Ceremony at Liberty Memorial

Lt. Col. Ronald Tucker passed his two-year command of the U.S. Army’s Kansas City Recruiting Battalion and its seven subordinate recruiting companies to Lt. Col. Vernon Jakoby during a change of command ceremony at the Liberty Memorial June 7. - June 24, 2011 - U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion, Kansas City

New MEDIC First Aid Program Released - G2010 BasicPlus

Health & Safety Institute (HSI) is pleased to announce the new BasicPlus training program from MEDIC First Aid, a member of the HSI family of brands. - June 24, 2011 - Health & Safety Institute (HSI)

North Carolina Cat Rescue Wins Second Round of $300,000 Shelter+ Challenge

In 2011, GreaterGood Network and The Animal Rescue Site will give away $300,000 in grants during Shelter+ Challenge. Halfway through the year, $150,000 already has been awarded to groups of all sizes in all 50 states, Canada, Costa Rica, and the Bahamas, with the latest grand prize going to Blind Cat Rescue in North Carolina. - June 24, 2011 - GreaterGood

AzCa Embroidery Increases Production 60%

Tempe-based contract embroidery small business AzCa Embroidery, Inc. has increased its production capabilities by expanding its resources by 60% more embroidery heads. More info: http://azcaemb.com. - June 24, 2011 - AzCa Embroidery, Inc.

Project Navigator, Ltd. (Pnl) Has Entered Into an Option Agreement with the County of San Bernardino to Evaluate and Explore the Development of a Solar Facility

Project Navigator, Ltd.’s (PNL) PV solar development operating group, PVNavigator, has entered into an option agreement with the County of San Bernardino to evaluate and explore the development of a photovoltaic (PV) solar facility at the Barstow Sanitary Landfill. - June 24, 2011 - PVNavigator, LLC

GolfClubs.com Receives Callaway Golf Endorsement

Leading online retailer GolfClubs.com announces their approval onto Callaway Golf’s Authorized Online Retailers list. The company has been meticulously overseeing their website and adhering to Callaway’s guidelines. - June 24, 2011 - GolfClubs.com

TrackResults Software Unveiled Version 6.0

TrackResults Software announced today that as the industry leading Business Intelligence solution, they have unveiled version 6.0 at the Amdetur convention in Cancun. TrackResults Software specialists and its development team worked tirelessly to analyze the business rules of the vacation... - June 24, 2011 - TrackResults Software

Local Agent, Yolanda Graham, Provides Free Government Program Eligibility Surveys to Cobb County Homeowners Facing Financial Hardships

Website presents information and answers questions on homeowner eligibility with new foreclosure avoidance resource. - June 24, 2011 - Gramm and Associates, Inc.

In-Home Personal Trainers in Essex County, NJ Help Women Lose Fat, Tone Muscles, Feel and Look Great

Top New Jersey in-home personal trainer team offers fitness training, lifestyle and nutrition coaching services to serve clients in the greater Essex County area. - June 24, 2011 - Carey for Fitness Personal Training

Helping Kids Explore the World with an iPhone/iPad App

DigiGlyph announced the release of its first educational app for kids, Explore Your World. The app is a library of educational picture books complete with fun and interesting facts, available on the iPhone and iPad. Available for free, Explore Your World comes with picture books of different... - June 24, 2011 - DigiGlyph, Inc.

Singer, Songwriter Risks All to be Home with Fans

Rivera opts out of National Tour launch in favor of releasing his long awaited first album from his home town, Rockford Illinois. - June 23, 2011 - Solaris Entertainment, LLC

MyReviewsNow Announces NBA Fan Gear for 2011 Champion Dallas Mavericks

MyReviewsNow in affiliation with the NBA Store is pleased to announce a special Championship Pack for Dallas Mavericks fans and NBA team wear is now available for purchase. The entire 2011 team catalog of official NBA fan gear is only found at the NBA Store. - June 23, 2011 - Retail Solutions Advisors

ALPCO Appoints CST China as Their Exclusive Distributor in China

ALPCO Diagnostics, a leading manufacturer and distributor of high quality immunoassay kits, is pleased to announce that they have appointed CST (Shanghai) Biological Reagents Company Ltd. (CST China) as their new distributor in China. With CST China as their new distribution channel in China,... - June 23, 2011 - ALPCO

American College of Addiction Medicine Faculty Testifies in Support of Proposed Model Program to Provide Vivitrol® to Jailed Addicts

Testimony before Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse touts value of long-lasting opiate blocker. - June 23, 2011 - Preventive Medicine Associates Inc.

Status Solutions and ICON Voice Networks Integrate to Improve Situational Awareness and Communication

Status Solutions announces strategic partnership with ICON Voice Networks. - June 23, 2011 - Status Solutions

Worldblu Founder, Traci Fenton, in Twin Cities to Share Inside Secrets That Power Zappos, Groupon, Hulu and All 2011 Worldblu-Certified Organizations

On June 23rd at 6 pm at frankfest (612 W. 27th St, Minneapolis, MN 55408) Ms. Fenton will present success stories in creating freedom, democracy and business results at work – in organizations from 5 - 80,000 employees - June 23, 2011 - areyoufrank.com

Affordable Payroll Software Now Available for Small Business Owners Without Accounting Background

New features and help buttons included in the May update to ezPaycheck payroll software increase user-friendliness and ease of use. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.halfpricesoft.com - June 23, 2011 - Halfpricesoft

Pet Hotels of America Releases Summer Travel Deals

Pet Hotels of America, the one-stop travel planning website for people with pets, is offering huge discounts on pet-friendly hotels. Those planning summer vacations can reserve their hotel, car and flight from the website and also get travel tips and information on places to visit, pet-friendly beaches and parks throughout America. - June 23, 2011 - Pet Hotels of America

Midwest Gaming & Travel Magazine's 10th Annual Readers' Choice Award Winners Announced

Midwest Gaming & Travel, the No. 1 source for information about casino gaming in America's Heartland since 1995, today announced that the winners of the 10th Annual Readers' Choice Awards for Midwest commercial casinos will be published in the July issue of the magazine. - June 23, 2011 - Midwest Gaming & Travel

Deacom’s Rapid Ascent: Get to Know the Newest Industry Specialists

To keep up with its rising demand, Deacom, Inc., producer of the DEACOM Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system for mid-to-large sized batch process manufacturing companies, hires several people and promotes others. In order to accommodate these and future hires, Deacom has also expanded... - June 23, 2011 - Deacom

SuperBandz, Inc. is Proud to Announce a Distribution Partnership with Gold's Gym

Dave Gurnsey, owner of Gold’s Gym purchased a SuperBandz bracelet at a Coral Springs Gymnastics Event in April of this year where his daughter was competing. Dave said he was "blown away at the products positive effects, and searched the owners of the SuperBandz product out to negotiate a distribution partnership." - June 23, 2011 - SuperBandz

Friend of Pertria, Takigawa Design Wins 2011 Gold Summit Creative Award

Takigawa Design, a brand strategy and design firm based in Monterey, California, was awarded the 2011 Gold Summit Creative Award for their poster titled: “Act Accordingly.” - June 23, 2011 - Pertria

FinancialForce.com Named Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Company

About FinancialForce.com - FinancialForce.com is the cloud applications company. They focus 100% on building business applications for Force.com, the world’s leading cloud computing platform from salesforce.com. Their applications include Accounting, Billing, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and Services Resource Planning (SRP). FinancialForce serves fast-growing organizations and dynamic enterprises, helping them to align Finance, Sales and Service in a way that enables profitable growth. - June 23, 2011 - FinancialForce.com

FinancialForce.com Drives Finance Department Productivity with Spring ‘11 Release

FinancialForce.com is a cloud applications company. They focus 100% on building business applications for Force.com, the world’s leading cloud computing platform from salesforce.com. Their applications include Accounting, Billing, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and Services Resource Planning (SRP). FinancialForce serves fast-growing organizations and dynamic enterprises, helping them to align Finance, Sales and Service in a way that enables profitable growth. - June 23, 2011 - FinancialForce.com

Noise Duo Gate Release Their New Album on Fluttery Records

Noise meets jazz one more time in Gate's latest release Deconstructed - June 23, 2011 - Fluttery Records

Dawna Lee Heising of Eye on Entertainment Interviews Producer Matthew William Dean About Blood Trail – Part Two

Blood Trail - Part Two Is Produced by Anthony De Longis, Matthew William Dean and Mary De Longis and Continues the Story of the Award-winning Blood Trail Film - June 23, 2011 - Eye on Entertainment

hackNY Announces 2011 Class, Triples the hackNY Fellows Program

hackNY is proud to announce the class of 2011 hackNY Fellows, a select group of students from across the US and Canada who will spend 10 weeks this summer developing and applying their computational, quantitative, and design expertise while working with some of NYC’s best startup... - June 23, 2011 - hackNY

"Made in the Shade"- NTI Shadow 5 for Windows is Now Available

The award-winning “set it and forget it” data backup solution makes protecting digital lifestyle even easier. - June 23, 2011 - NTI Corporation

McDonald Volkswagen In Littleton, Colorado Launches Loner Bike Program

McDonald Volkswagen recently embarked on an innovative new way to get around while you wait for your car to get serviced. - June 23, 2011 - McDonald Automotive

Auction Sniper eSnipe Gets Coveted "Green Bar" Technology

Like eBay and PayPal, leading auction sniper firm eSnipe has invested heavily in the “green bar” technology (technical term: extended validation SSL) that uniquely identifies a site for anti-phishing purposes and encrypts all communications between user and site. - June 23, 2011 - eSnipe, Inc.

Youlayaway Reports a 17% Increase in Online Layaway Transactions as Inflation and Unemployment Rise

Youlayaway, a New York City startup that offers online shopping comparison for products available on layaway at major retailers, is seeing a rapid increase in online layaway transactions as the US economy continues to stagger. - June 23, 2011 - Youlayaway

NAPNAP Submits Comments to FDA Regarding Dosing of Nonprescription Medications for Children

Today the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ (NAPNAP) submitted comments to the FDA’s Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Pediatric Advisory Committee regarding dosing of nonprescription medications for children. Inaccurate dosing of over-the-counter... - June 23, 2011 - National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

Teens Profit at Missouri Business Week Corporate Camp

Missouri students run companies, market products at Missouri Business Week. - June 23, 2011 - The CENTER For Education and Enterprise

NYVS Announces Online Courses in Final Cut Pro

NYVS.com recently launched a new design on their website promoting easier navigation of video and editing courses, including Final Cut Pro. - June 23, 2011 - New York Video School

Attitash Mountain Resort Celebrates 35 Years of Summer Fun on Friday, July 1. Discount Tickets, Classic Car Event, and More Will Mark Date Alpine Slide Opened in 1976.

Attitash Mountain Resort will celebrate 35 years of summer fun on Friday, July 1, with scheduled events including discount $35 day tickets and the first summer “Cruise Attitash” classic and vintage car showing hosted by the Mount Washington Valley Old Car Club. Local radio stations WMWV 93.5FM & Magic 104/98.1FM will be broadcasting live from 12-4p.m. The day will also include a BBQ special free cake cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. - June 23, 2011 - Attitash Mountain Resort

Tin Mountain Conservation Center & Appalachian Mountain Club Offer Free Guided Tours at Wildcat Mountain. Weekly & Monthly Educational Outdoor Tours Make Learning Fun.

Wildcat Mountain and the Tin Mountain Conservation Center will once again offer “Wednesdays at Wildcat” naturalist led programs and new this summer “Tin Mountain Tuesdays” to a schedule of summer events. Also new this summer, Wildcat Mountain has partnered with the nearby... - June 23, 2011 - Wildcat Mountain

It Would be Great to be the Primary Contact for All Listings in the Local MLS - RE/Advantage Has a Simple Solution for Realtors All Over the Country

RE/Advantage provides IDX solutions for agents and offices in New Jersey, Florida, California and everywhere in between. John Melnikoff of Icon Realty NJ recently integrated this comprehensive listings solution into his office website and now displays thousands of listings on his website. John also... - June 23, 2011 - RE/Advantage

Wednesday is the New Friday at the Bridge Hotel in Boca Raton with the "Jazz, Bossa & Blues Live at the Top of the Bridge" Series

The Bridge Hotel continues to “jazz up” summer nights with the popular Jazz, Bossa & Blues Series Live at the Top of the Bridge. Now a few weeks into the series, the top names in South Florida Jazz are coming together every Wednesday and fans are filling the penthouse level of the hotel to soak in the great music and the incredible views. - June 23, 2011 - Boca Raton Bridge Hotel

Unicoi Systems Unveils New VoIP Hardware Module: InstaVoIP Module Brings VoIP to the Masses

Unicoi Systems, Inc. (Unicoi), a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions to the embedded device market, announces the arrival of InstaVoIP™ Module, the latest addition to Unicoi’s InstaVoIP product line. InstaVoIP Module is a standalone hardware module ready to be embedded... - June 23, 2011 - Unicoi Systems, Inc.

Southern Tier Catholic School & Archbishop Walsh Academy Launch New Site

Southern Tier Catholic School (STCS) & Archbishop Walsh Academy launched their new website www.stcswalsh.org with 360 Professional Services Group. Southern Tier Catholic School, originally founded in 1923 as St. Mary's Academic, is a Roman Catholic institution serving all of the Catholic... - June 23, 2011 - 360 Professional Services Group

Formic Media Makes Donation to Help Local Charities

Formic Media, Inc. announced that it would be making a $500 donation to Dining to Give, a local company helping enable small acts of philanthropy through bi-monthly dinners held at the Oregon Culinary Institute. Formic Media has always had a commitment to the local community it serves. When... - June 23, 2011 - Formic Media, Inc.