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Students Can Decide If Pollution Will Cloud the 2008 Olympics With ABC-CLIO's Free "History and the Headlines" Collection

Tom Cruise graces the cover of the June Issue of Melroze Web Magazine

Tom Cruise graces the cover of the June issue of Melroze Web Magazine. Tom tears himself away from the media hoopla long enough to save the planet in Steven Spielbergs War of the Worlds this summer. Cruise was also handed a lifetime achievement award recently at the MTV Movie Awards - by new girlfriend Katie Holmes.

Also featured is Heath Ledger who has an impressive slate of films coming out in 2005. First up, there is Lords of Dogtown, which tells the epic story of the birth of skateboard culture. He plays a surf-shop owner, a role obviously close to his heart. Later this year, he s 1aef tars in the title role as Casanova; The Brothers Grimm, opposite Matt Damon; and Ang Lees Brokeback Mountain, in which Ledger rides again, this time alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.... (Continue reading)

Fuller Craft Presents Only East Coast Exhibition of "Craft in America - Expanding Traditions" Feb. 26 - May 25, 2009

Fuller Craft Museum presents the only east coast exhibition of Craft in America-Expanding Traditions, a multi-faceted journey into the origin and continuation of American craft traditions. This traveling exhibition is associated with the three-part Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated PBS television series of the same name, which first aired nationally in 2007. The exhibition opens on Feb. 26, 2009 and runs through May 25, 2009 (press opening TBA). This will be the final stop on the two-year national tour of Craft in America.... (Continue reading)

Backbase Unveils its Strategy on Rich Internet Application Software: New Generation Web Applications"

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) utilize client-side resources to provide the user with responsive and application-like behavior in the web browser. Until recently, developing RIAs required significant bandwidth capacity and installation of proprietary plug-ins.

Backbase is the first-to-market company offering RIA development software that is based entirely on web and internet standards and that does not require users to install plug-ins.

The Backbase technology embraces and extends web standards like XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and XML. Additionally it increases developer productivity as developers can leverage their current skills to create RIAs with Backbase technology.... (Continue reading)

clickbooq, inc. Announces Partnership with Proofpoint to Deliver Spam and Virus Protection

clickbooq, inc. (http://www.clickbooq.com), a leading provider of interactive marketing solutions for professional photographers, today announced a partnership with Proofpoint, Inc. to deploy Proofpoint on Demand(TM) Enterprise Edition for spam and virus filtering services across clickbooq's client base. The unrivalled anti-spam accuracy of the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway is delivered by Proofpoint MLX(TM), a patent-pending machine learning technology that examines more than 100,000 structural and content attributes in each email message to decisively identify and eliminate unsolicited email. With the Proofpoint on Demand hosted service, clickbooq's clients benefit from highly accurate spam detection, preventing unwanted email and leading to increased productivity and better security.... (Continue reading)

Americans Easily Investing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

By closing the first US-style mortgage in San Miguel de Allende, Finance North America has expanded Americans’ ability to use US funding sources for Mexican property investments.

“Up until now, American investment in Mexico has been stunted by regulations guiding funds from Mexican lenders. We’ve effectively eliminated those cross-border barriers,” says company president Russ Schreier. Since 2005, FNA has been the single largest source of cross-border mortgage loans for Americans.

“Every procedure was executed in a very accurate and professional way. Finance North America is the best home loan option in San Miguel de Allende,” reports José Urbina of Villa de San Miguel Realty.... (Continue reading)

Luxury Latin America Adds Panama Hotel Reviews

Luxury Latin America, the premier web site for upscale tourists traveling to the Americas, now includes first-person information on the best hotels in Panama. With detailed reviews of the top hotels in Panama City, in the rainforest, and on the beach, these listings present a filtered view of the best choices for luxury travelers.

"Panama has been behind the curve in terms of facilities for luxury tourists, despite all the money flowing through the capital," says Timothy Scott, editor of Luxury Latin America. "We're starting to see some serious renovations and upgrades to existing hotels though in response to increased awareness about Panama's attractions."... (Continue reading)

Tamils for Obama: Sri Lanka Launches Gas Attacks on Tamil Civilians, and Tamils Prepare for More

War Without Witness and many other credible sources have given descriptions and evidence of attacks with chemical weapons by the Sri Lankan military. These attacks have been against Tamil civilians in the "safe zone" as well as combatants.

War Without Witness made the report on April 5, 2009 on its website. War Without Witness reports that the chemical substances found in the wounds are Triethanolamine (C6H15NO3) and Phosgene (CCl2O) . A link to the website is available below.

The Sri Lankan army delivers the poison gas by artillery shells and rockets, according to the report from War Without Witness. The gases it uses are "blistering agents" similar to mustard gas rather than nerve gases like those used by Saddam Hussein against the Kurds or used in the Tokyo subway attacks.... (Continue reading)

Know More Media Announces the Ten Millionth Visitor to its Niche Business Blog Network

Know More Media, an online publisher of business information and news, and one of the world's leading business blog networks, has announced that it welcomed its ten millionth visitor to its network of niche business blogs on July 20, 2007. Know More Media launched its business blog network in December 2005, and has reached the ten million-visitor mark five months after welcoming its five millionth visitor to its network.

"Our focus then and now is to deliver timely, accurate and original niche business content and to also gather worthy business news and information that is produced by others," said Hal Halladay, CEO of Know More Media. "We realize 10 million visits in 19 months of our existence is only a start relative to traffic experienced by the online business giants. Still, we are grateful for the growth we've experienced and thankful to those readers that do find us and keep coming back. Niche business information has its place among the larger mainstream publishers. We look forward to the next ten million visits."... (Continue reading)

$1000 in Contest Prizes for the Best Essays on American Life

After many years on the web and with a worldwide following, lifeintheusa.com is now offering $1000 in contest prizes for the best new essays on American life.

Topic areas on the lifeintheusa.com site include the American people, culture, law, organizations, food and cooking, government, history, religion, business, finance, employment, immigration, medical care, aging, education, transportation, community, shopping, restaurants, and everyday American life.

The site is looking for new sections on matters as diverse as gay marriage, bureaucracy, public health, sports, teen fads and fashions, school violence, reality television, celebrities, body piercing, outlet malls: any area of American life that could use some explaining to someone coming from another country or culture.... (Continue reading)

Award Winning Film Director Kevin Booth "American Drug War" to be Featured on Deadline Live w/ Jack Blood -- April 28 2008

After winning just about every film festival award the film was entered in, American Drug War spent some time on Showtime via cable TV.

Now the film is finally released to the public in its new DVD release at www.sacredcow.com

Kevin Booth is well known for his work with America's most prolific comedian, Bill Hicks.

Booth has also worked with many of today's cutting edge comedians such as Doug Stanhope, and Joe Rogan, while helping to produce powerful documentary films with the controversial Alex Jones.... (Continue reading)

Zyrion Provides Business Service Monitoring and Management Solution To Combat Current Economic Conditions

In the Company's continuous commitment to provide affordable BSM and IT infrastructure management solutions, Zyrion Inc. today highlighted how its Traverse system helps enterprises prioritize the specific parts of the IT infrastructure that need to be addressed or improved to ensure continuous business operations. Traverse assists the IT and business teams in determining where specifically to focus limited resources to guarantee the business functions as effectively and efficiently as possible. This is a critical imperative as businesses must continue to drive competitive differentiation and revenue growth in the face of tight budgets and organizational cutbacks.... (Continue reading)

Guinness World Records™ Skinny Dip Attempt and White Tail Resort Open House with Cool Car Show

Cool down this summer at White Tail Resort's Open House and Cool Car Show while setting a hot new record at "The AANR Largest Skinny-Dip Across North America." The Guinness World Records™ Organization has just created a new category for the largest number of people simultaneously skinny-dipping, and White Tail Resort is participating.

DATE: Saturday & Sunday 11 & 12 July, 2009

TIME: !0:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time

SKINNY DIP ATTEMPT: 3:00 p.m. Saturday 11 July, 2009

LOCATION: 39033 White Tail Drive, Ivor Virginia, 23866

TELEPHONE: (757) 859-6123... (Continue reading)

Modulo Participating in IPv6 Conference

Modulo, a market leader in information security and risk assessment software and services, announces its participation in The New New Internet: IPv6, a conference on global Internet changes, to be held today in Washington, DC. The event theme, 'Success in Building and Securing the Next-Generation IPv6-enabled Internet,' will focus on the benefits of the new IPv6 protocol and will provide guidance on building and securing an IPv6 infrastructure.

IPv6, which is emerging internationally, as well as in U.S. government and private sectors, is being inserted via technology into public sector and commercial enterprises. Modulo is one of a small group of companies being led by Washington Technology Resources (WTR) to develop a combined solution of software and services to address the risks associated with IPv6 migration.

"As a risk assessment and compliance solution provider, we need to educate ourselves on the benefits and risks inherent in the new IPv6 protocol," said Charlie Warhaftig, Director of Modulo N.A. "We look forward to utilizing the information we gain at this conference as we work with customers who are making the transition from IPv4 to IPv6."... (Continue reading)

Charles F. Knight, Chairman Emeritus, Reveals Insights Into Emerson’s Acclaimed Management Process at The Annual ASQ St. Louis Quality Conference April 5-7, 2006

ASQ St. Louis Section 1304, one of the largest ASQ sections in the United States, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year at its’ annual quality conference April 5-7, 2006. This year the topic is “Working Smarter, Not Harder.” Guest speakers from manufacturing, health care, services, and consulting industries will be on hand.

“I’m very excited about the conference, it will be our biggest and best quality conference yet” said Rob Herhold, ASQ 1304 chair. “Quality is really the primary means of building an effective, efficient organization and our section is working hard to get the message out.”... (Continue reading)

College Access Denied 2006

According to Dr. Stephen Jones, just when global competition for jobs has heated up the United States Department of Education has found a way to eliminate college access for thousands of students. The federal government Department of Education has received approval to alter the formula they use to determine financial eligibility.

This policy change is creating a new higher education crisis. Who stands to loss the middle class and poor parents who are already strapped for money. Some families do not have a $1000 to pay for college books. Yet colleges continue to raise tuition by 6 percent. After World War II federal financial aid was originally instituted to help more Americans to enjoy the opportunity to improve their long term chances of raising their economic status. It’s startling to witness how easy it is for the Department of Education to change a policy that’s benefited many students. This policy change seems to reflect an attitude that college should only be for the wealthy.... (Continue reading)

Embanet Joins as Sakai Project Affiliate to Offer Hosting at 24/7 Support for Open Source Environment

Embanet Corporation joins as a Sakai Project Affiliate in which the open source Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment platform will be hosted and supported by Embanet Corporation. The Sakai collaboration and learning environment is launching July 15, 2004 and already has 43 institutions using the system.

Embanets decade of experience in providing hosting and supporting for institutions to enable them to achieve high retention rates and completion rates for online courses rounds out the Sakai Project," said Jeffrey E. Feldberg, Chairman of Embanet Corporation. In many ways Embanet is an open source solution itself with its support of multiple learning platforms. The ability for institutions utilizing the Sakai collaboration and learning environment to have access to Embanets high quality hosting and support is an important aspect of the Sakai offering and helps to extend our reach and mission."... (Continue reading)

Exosect Secure Grant From The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture

Exosect, a leading provider of environmentally conscious insect pest control, has announced that it is supported by the Genoeg Breed project and as part of that support, Genoeg-breed will provide up to €100,000 as 50 percent co-financing for additional research and/or registration costs. The grant has been awarded to Exosect to support a two-year programme of regulatory trials on Exosex CM, Exosect’s auto-confusion mating disruption product designed to control the population of Codling moth in apple and pear orchards. Exosex CM uses only 25 dispensers per hectare, releasing the equivalent of 1,000 times less pheromone into the atmosphere than competing mating disruption systems.... (Continue reading)

Autocomm Provides Visual Information And Alert System For Wisconsin School For The Deaf In Delavan, Wisconsin

Deaf and hard of hearing students at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WSD) will soon be served by a visual information system (VIS), similar in scope to the familiar intercom system known to hearing students throughout the country. Until now, routine information has been shared over the school's LAN system, and fire or tornado emergencies via warning lights. There is currently no means to warn staff of other emergencies, such as lock-down situations, except to send runners. AutoComm's installation and networking of nearly 150 electronic signs throughout the WSD campus will dramatically improve communication between faculty and students.... (Continue reading)

Students Can Decide If Pollution Will Cloud the 2008 Olympics With ABC-CLIO's Free "History and the Headlines" Collection

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing are already garnering lots of headlines on human rights issues as the Olympic torch makes its tumultuous journey around the world. Another issue that is likely to come under increasing scrutiny as the games draw near is the condition of the city's environment. History educators and students can learn more about the impact of holding the Olympics in one of the world's most polluted cities with "History and the Headlines: China's Environment: Cloud Over the Olympics," a free online resource collection from ABC-CLIO and leading history organizations.... (Continue reading)