IWS Announces Strategic Selection of Sonic Software's Enterprise Service Bus

UK Major Jazz and Funk Artists Pay Tribute to Paul 'Tubbs' Williams

With the sad passing of Paul 'Tubbs' Williams on the 10th January 2007, his friends Jean Paul 'Bluey' Maunick (Incognito), Kenny Wellington, Breeze Mckrieth, David Baptiste (Light of the World/Beggar and Co) and Camelle Hinds (Central Line/The Style Council), set up a benefit, not only to help Paul's family, but also Paul's dream, which is known as Liquid Spillers in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

There will be a Benefit Concert on April 9th 2007 at Dingwalls, London to remember Paul's contribution to music as well as bringing together of some of the most influential artists in UK Jazz Funk and Soul. Paul was founding member of Light of the World and Incognito.... (Continue reading)

The 5 Top Worst Mistakes Smokers Make When Trying to Stop … What to Avoid

Now that over 85%+ of all who tried to stop smoking for New Year's have either cheated on, abandoned or failed in their resolution, it's time now to confront the fatal flaws in nearly every Quit Smoking technique, advise or therapy. JPR-Assoc is now able to pinpoint why failure is nearly universal for most smokers trying to quit. And it's so simple to avoid these mistakes. The TOP 5 worst mistakes smokers make are:

1. Tapering-off usage of cigarettes to quit them is not only one of the worst things a smoker can do, it actually reinforces the smoking habit. This technique has many vocal backers, but failure is most rampant.... (Continue reading)

Cargill Meat Solutions Brings Innovation and Higher Margin Potential to the Meat Case with Newly Branded Beef "Value Cuts"

With its research suggesting that up to 30 percent of consumers may be reluctantly cutting back on beef usage due to economic pressures, Cargill Meat Solutions has introduced a line of newly branded, value-priced beef cuts, providing consumers an affordable way to continue enjoying beef, while offering higher margin opportunities for retailers.

The lesser-known cuts of beef have been repositioned, with their standard, unappetizing cut names replaced with fanciful names derived from the Romance languages as well as the qualities of the individual cuts, such as the Marbello™ steak, which gets its name from the amount of marbling that it contains. The new trademarked brand names, along with their traditional cut names, are:

Cabrosa™ Steak (ball tip)

Cordelico™ Sirloin (flap meat)

Delombre™ Petite Tender (teres major)

Maranada™ Steak (flank steak)

Marbello™ Steak (inside skirt)

Rigosa™ Roast (eye of round)

Savran™ Steak or Roast (top round)

Solenta™ Sirloin (tri-tip)

Cargill Meat Solutions is believed to be the first beef producer to brand these particular cuts and views the potential opportunity for the program as significant.... (Continue reading)

New Affiliate Promotion Tools Give Affiliates Ability to Effectively Promote Merchants’ Products and Daily Deals

LinkProfits, a leading outsource Affiliate Program Management company, is now offering it’s suite of proprietary promotion tools to merchants with affiliate programs.

“We’ve been managing our clients’ affiliate programs since 1999,” says Jim Gribble, Managing Director of LinkProfits http://www.linkprofits.com, “And we’ve long recognized the importance of ‘going beyond the banner’ when providing affiliates with effective promotions. That’s why we developed a number of proprietary promotion tools that give affiliates simple ways to promote merchants’ individual products and ever-changing deals and coupons.”... (Continue reading)

Family Travel at its Finest - European Villa Rentals Perfect for the Whole Family

When you imagine renting a villa in Tuscany, Provence or elsewhere in Europe, do you find yourself thinking, "Someday, when the kids grow up..."

If you assumed having children put your European vacation fantasies on hold -- we have one word for you: Wrong!

Rentvillas.com, in the business of renting villas in Europe for over twenty years, reports that 35% of their bookings include kids. It's clear that families are choosing to rent villas in Europe. Why? "Villas are the ultimate family vacation solution," says Rentvillas.com founder Suzanne Pidduck. "Not only is renting a villa in Italy or France cheaper than a hotel, it's a lot more fun. Kids have room to play outside while adults relax in the shade or cook dinner. Family travel in Europe is also a great way to expose children to a new culture."... (Continue reading)

Brazilian-Bikinis.net invites You to Design Your Own 'Exclusive' Bikini Collection

Brazilian-bikinis.net launches a compelling new service which gives aspiring entrepreneurs and designers the opportunity to design, private label and commercialize their own bikini brand. It's called "You as Designer." The opportunity surfaced after Thales Panagides, founder of Brazilian-bikinis.net, received several requests from all over the world asking if it would be possible to tap into their production facilities and know-how.

Mass customization has been around for years but has been mainly the exclusive domain of bigger players and megabrands since upfront costs were prohibitive and quantity purchases deemed inaccessible to smaller companies and individuals. According to Thales, You as Designer levels the playing field. He said, "It's the first time in the world a Brazilian bikini supplier is offering "customer-designed" bikinis to outsiders plus access to the same production facilities, support, prices and designers once enjoyed exclusively by established brands."... (Continue reading)

Executive Jet Charters Launches New Website

Executive Jet Charters, a new air charter services and corporate aircraft management company, has launched its new website, www.flyejc.com. The website has been enhanced through use of Internet-based technology developed by CharterMatrix.com and offers clients the ability to check empty-leg flights nationwide and also build a charter trip for quoting.

After receiving charter certification in mid-2007, Executive Jet Charters (EJC) has focused on business growth. EJC currently has three aircraft available for charter use, including a Hawker 800, Hawker 700, and Gulfstream IIB based at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FAA identifier FLL). With its successful initial growth, plans are in the works to add three additional aircraft to the organization, a Challenger 601, Hawker 700, and an Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ). EJC also currently manages 12 aircraft through its sister company, South Aviation who has over 10 years of experience providing aircraft management and aircraft sales support.... (Continue reading)

Innovations Itnernational Launches Its Online Fortune 500 Diversity Training Tool, Diversity - The Competitive Advantage

Innovations International developed Diversity- The Competitive Advantage for businesses that recognize the importance of Diversity as a business objective. Since 1996, Fortune 500 companies like Texas Instruments, Amgen, Genentech and Toyota Financial Services have benefited by boosting worker morale, increasing productivity and impacting the bottom line.

"Diversity is a fact of life--both in the United States and globally. The challenge is to leverage the competitive advantage it provides."- Dr. William A. Guillory... (Continue reading)

Before You Invest Unnecessary Time and Money Exploring the Possibilities of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Check With the Experts at RFID, Ltd

RFID, Ltd. has launched a new informational website (http://www.rfid.us) and would like to announce it, as well as new information about RFID technology.

Before you invest unnecessary time and money exploring the possibilities of radio frequency identification (RFID), check with the experts at RFID, Ltd. Whether you're in the air industry, consumer goods and retail, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, military, Smart cards/tickets or Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN), RFID, Ltd. is an independent systems integrator, specializing in radio frequency identification (RFID), focusing on compliance case studies, implementation and value-added scalability solutions for small-to-medium sized suppliers.... (Continue reading)

Singapore Offers World's First Integrated Neuroscience Center

Singapore's largest healthcare group, SingHealth, has brought the world's first integrated neuroscience center or "brain lab" to the region - a move that serves to anchor the tiny nation-state as one of the world's leading neurological centers for patient care, education and research.

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The cutting edge, digitally-integrated facility was designed by BrainLAB AG and is located at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), one of Asia's top teaching hospitals.

Driven by neuroscience expertise from the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), this facility helps set a new standard for medical treatments for a whole spectrum of neurological diseases including brain tumors and spinal problems.... (Continue reading)

Copacabana Resorts Enters into Phase I of the Barco Quebrada Tourism Project

Copacabana Resorts a Costa Rican Development Company has entered into phase I of the development project. The entire residential community will be gated, secure and very private. The development project will eventually include; an18-hole residential golf course community, private estates with views of the Pacific Ocean and the future golf course, Condos, townhouses, loft apartments, a private resort over looking the golf course.

Security and Privacy! To ensure everyone's safety and privacy the company will provide full time security in the fenced and gated community. Security personnel will ensure the safety of the neighborhoods, parks, golf course, and the resort as well as manning all the entrances to the community 24 hours a day. The resort will be built in an area over looking numerous beaches and the residential golf course. The residential community will surround the golf course and the golf course area will also contain residential homes. The project area is located between Samara and Nosara, on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.... (Continue reading)

Heritage Garage Builders, Inc. Launches New Website

Jerry Bullock, Executive Vice President, Heritage Garage Builders, Inc. (Heritage"), announced the completion of Heritages new website at www.heritagegarages.com. The new website provides detailed corporate and product information.

We were pleased to unveil our new website today. It will provide our customers and vendors with easy access to our company and its products," said Executive Vice President Jerry Bullock. Our top quality products are accessible to anyone over the web, and it will be critical in our planned growth of Heritage."... (Continue reading)

Reduce Pumping and Keep Septic Systems Running Efficiently with Chemical-Free Natural Enviro 2000 Septic Solution

Natural Environmental Systems L.L.C. announces the release of Natural Enviro 2000 Septic Solution. Natural Enviro 2000 (www.naturalenviro.com) is a live microbial product used in the treatment and maintenance of septic systems.

Natural Enviro 2000 is a 100% all-natural solution of billions of microorganisms that have been aged and fermented using a natural biological process. These beneficial bacteria break down and digest waste in drain lines and septic tanks, while restoring biological activity to the system, which is crucial for optimum performance. Natural Enviro 2000 is also effective at eliminating system back-ups and reducing the need for pumping.... (Continue reading)

Oxfam Criticizes US Government Over Mistreatment of Native Americans

As the U.S. State Department prepares its compliance report for the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Oxfam America is recommending that the report address human rights violations against Native Americans cited in a March, 2006 CERD decision.

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The U.S. has been attempting to deny us for the last 30 years our rights to do what we are here to do - to protect our environment and protect the most precious and sacred things - the land and water and the right to breathe clean air. What we want now, and what we have always wanted, is an opportunity to negotiate in good faith an agreement to resolve these issues

"Just as the US government urges governments around the world to protect the human rights of its citizens, the US needs to set the highest example in our own country. The rights of the Western Shoshone to their land, their livelihoods, and their culture, should not be compromised," said Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America.... (Continue reading)

Celebrity Make-Up Artist & Author Akua Auset Writes Inspiring Book Superwomen & Goddesses: Workin' Your Power & Magic

Celebrity make-up artist Akua Auset (formerly known as Nick Roques) presents her first book, "Superwomen & Goddesses: Workin' Your Power & Magic" (a-point-of-light Publishing). The 96-page book is as captivating, as it is intelligent, providing a step-by-step inspirational journey into how females can tap into and utilize their intrinsic power and brilliance, to create the things that they require and desire.

In Superwomen & Goddesses, Akua also shares her experiences as a make-up artist in the entertainment and advertising world, where she has had a first hand lesson in power. At the same time Akua's message is clear; young women today are in danger of being "pimped" in order to achieve material and social status. Superwomen & Goddesses enlightens women who are looking to reinvent themselves, girls who are looking for guidance, and men, who are looking for insight into the power of the sacred feminine.... (Continue reading)

BNI's Networking Sex Survey: Do Men and Women Approach Networking Differently?

Business networking is a practice that occurs every day, everywhere across the globe; but have you ever wondered whether men and women approach networking differently?

New York Times best-selling author Dr. Ivan Misner and Hazel Walker and Frank De Raffele are three people who did wonder whether the sexes approach networking differently. Together, they will be co-authoring a book on the subject, based on the findings from an online survey which is available now for the general public to participate in.... (Continue reading)

Doe Run Peru Reports Significant Reduction in Air Lead in La Oroya

Air quality monitoring in the Andean town of La Oroya confirms that average annual lead levels were down more than 60 percent in 2007 compared to previous years, officials with Doe Run Peru reported.

By the end of 2007 the average level of lead in the air in La Oroya, where Doe Run Peru operates a metals processing facility, had decreased 61.7 percent compared to 2006.

"These achievements are the result of the environmental projects we have launched to reduce metals emissions and thereby decrease their levels in the air in La Oroya," said Jose Mogrovejo, Doe Run Peru's vice president for environmental affairs.... (Continue reading)

Facility Maintenance Painting Company Launches New Website

Paint Platoon USA Coating Solutions, a painting company specializing in commercial, industrial, institutional, and government facility maintenance painting, has launched a new, more informative website.

"We found that our previous website wasn’t answering all of our clients’ questions," said Scott Kuperman, President of Paint Platoon USA Coating Solutions. "Our new website offers specific details on all of our facility maintenance painting services, as well as our certifications and training information. Now visitors to our website can find all the information they could possibly want about our facility maintenance painting before taking the next step to hiring a contract painter."... (Continue reading)

IWC Announces Contributions to 'Feeling The Heat: The Climate Challenge' Exhibit

Global warming is already impacting the world's climate, and the effects are expected to intensify in the decades ahead. Human activities have increased the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere more than 30% in the last 150 years, according to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, UC San Diego. Image Work Communications supported Bowman Design Group and Birch Aquarium's team to create video content for interactive and fully immersive experiences for a new exhibit entitled, "Feeling The Heat: The Climate Challenge," which opened to the general public late last month.... (Continue reading)

IWS Announces Strategic Selection of Sonic Software's Enterprise Service Bus

Integrated Warehousing Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of supply chain execution solutions, announced today that it has made a strategic selection of the Sonic Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) product from Sonic Software, a division of Progress Software of Bedford, MA.

Sonic is the author of Sonic ESB which is an enterprise service bus that enables companies to integrate applications across the enterprise using a standards-based, server-oriented architecture (SOA). Highly distributed, yet centrally manageable, the ESB overcomes limitations of monolithic integration brokers and application servers to create an event-driven enterprise SOA which can adapt to ever-changing business requirements.... (Continue reading)