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The Agony of Heroin Addiction

I became a statistic at the age of 20 when I started using heroin," explains Erica, a beautiful young woman who completed the Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation program. There is no way to describe the daily misery and agony I went through while addicted to heroin." By looking at her, one would never guess that she was a former drug addict. Unfortunately, her case is not unusual.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the proportion of new heroin users admitted to substance abuse treatment who were younger than 25 years old increased from 30 to 41 percent between 1992 and 2000. More than 80 percent of the total new heroin users are under the age of 20.... (Continue reading)

Refugee Tops Desperation and Camp Cupcake as Top Television Buzzword of the Year

'Refugee from the on-going coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina tops 'Desperation from Desperate Housewives and 'Camp Cupcake from the on-going Martha Stewart follies as the Top Television Buzzword (TeleWORD) for the 2004-05 season, according to the Global Language Monitor (www.LanguageMonitor.com), the media tracking and analysis company. Close behind were 'Reality TV from The Real World, etc., and 'Curmudgeon from House. Rounding out the Top Ten were Its what we do" from Stargate SG-1, Flip Flop from the 2004 U.S. Presidential Elections, 'Backstory from Lost, 'Tsunami from the South Asian earthquake, and 'mobisodes or one minute episodes for mobile devices.... (Continue reading)

An Ideal World Provides The Ideal Visual Effects Solution For Korbel Champagne's Latest Television Campaign

An Ideal World, Orange County's leading hybrid production studio, has collaborated with Director, Aaron Heck and Heckart Studios to deliver Korbel Champagne's latest national TV campaign. An Ideal World managed not just the VFX for the project, but the editorial and final coloring also.

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Founder, Robb Hart explains, "The best visual effects come from early involvement and total integration. The Korbel spot is a perfect example. Before shooting even began, we advised on the cameras and the lighting. We know the RED and the Phantom very well, having used them for our Nissan and Honda spots, respectively, earlier this year. We know what these cameras can do and we know how to get the most out of them."... (Continue reading)

JETERA Names Mahoney VP Strategic Alliances & Product Marketing--Data

JETERA™ One-to-One Media announced today that the company has hired Jim Mahoney as Vice President, Strategic Alliances & Product Marketing--Data.

Jeff McChesney, a managing director of JETERA said, "Jim has more than 20 years of sales and alliances experience working with the businesses, consumers and data management technologies that form the heart of our one-to-one media platform. His expertise in applying information technology to vast marketing databases on behalf of demanding advertisers increases the strength of our growing team."... (Continue reading)

Blogging Systems Group Empowers Real Estate Associations to Engage and Market Member Agents via Blogging

www.bloggingsystems.com - Blogging Systems Group, the leading blog technology pr 1963 ovider, helps real estate associations improve their communication and collaboration with members and provide their members with new marketing tools

"The Internet is fragmenting the delivery of media, marketing and communication making it more difficult for associations to get their message out to stakeholders," said Richard Nacht, Founder of Blogging Systems. "Blogs and social media are the newest and most effective communication medium allowing associations to connect to their target market in a new way."... (Continue reading)

The Mitchell Group Consulting Creates Campaign Theme for Central Texas Education Movement Graduates Are Made, Not Born™

The Mitchell Group Consulting joined with an education coalition led by the E3 Alliance and the Austin Area Research Organization to launch a regional campaign of awareness and engagement around the priority of education in Central Texas. The campaign entitled, Graduates Are Made. Not Born™., was launched on May 29 along with The Blueprint for Educational Change™ (The Blueprint), a comprehensive regional strategic plan for strengthening the education pipeline.



The campaign message development, led by The Mitchell Group Consulting, was the result of an extensive strategic planning and branding effort, which focused on the importance of education as a continuum, and the priority that all Central Texas students graduate college-and-career ready. José Marrero, strategic partner of The Mitchell Group Consulting and principal of JAM Latino Marketing Communications, was creative director for the project. Caver Public Relations also joined the effort supporting strategic communications initiatives including media support behind the launch.... (Continue reading)

Softrax to Speak on Complex Revenue Management at CPE 2007 Conference on Revenue Recognition

Softrax Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise revenue management and billing solutions, today announced that it will present an executive session -- Extreme Revenue Recognition: Beyond the Spreadsheets – at the upcoming CPE 2007 Conference on Revenue Recognition, to be held in San Francisco on December 6-7, 2007.

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The speaker, Dr. Richard Moore, Director of Revenue Solutions for Softrax Corporation, will discuss the challenges of complex revenue recognition processes and how to manage them best to meet corporate objectives. This will include a discussion of: the intersection between current trends in revenue management and the top priorities of the CFO; the uniqueness of the revenue process; the most high-risk areas in revenue management; and how revenue Key Performance Indicators may give a different view into a company’s business.... (Continue reading)

Fair Wind Sailing School Aquires Upper Bay Sailing School

Fair Wind Sailing School -- America's Best Sailing School -- announces the acquisition of Upper Bay Sailing School. With the acquisition, Fair Wind acquires the Chesapeake Bay and Caribbean assets of Upper Bay Sailing School, including office space and slips at Green Point Landing Marina in Worton, MD, and Nanny Cay Marina, BVI. "Upper Bay's award-winning instruction program is a natural fit with Fair Wind's high quality teaching approach," commented David Bello, President of Fair Wind Sailing Inc. "In addition, our teaching locations have grown to include two on the Chesapeake Bay and two in the Caribbean, allowing Fair Wind to offer a greatly expanded teaching program and charter fleet," Bello continued. Recognizing Upper Bay's excellent operations and outstanding brand name, Fair Wind will continue to operate the current locations under the Upper Bay Sailing School brand. Both Fair Wind and Upper Bay are affiliates of the American Sailing Association (ASA).... (Continue reading)

GetTheJob.com, the First Employer Only Pay-per-click Job Site, Helps Small and Mid Size Companies Compete for Top Talent

Companies can use GetTheJob.com's pay-per-click advertising program to gain maximim exposure for their job openings.

Are you a recruiter or an HR professional involved in the candidate sourcing and recruiting process?

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Has this scenario happened to you?

You just spent a lot of money to post a job on a major job board. After you post the job, you do a quick search on the website to see your ad. Great, there it is at or near the top of the search results page. A few hours go by and you perform the search again...where’s my ad? You scroll to page 2...still no ad. The ad doesn’t show up until page 3, buried behind ads that were posted after yours. 1 day later, your ad is on page 7, next day, page 20. By day 4, your 60 day job posting is pretty much useless.... (Continue reading)

InsureMe Launches Insurance Blog for Consumers

InsureMe, the leading consumer-agent link to finding insurance online, has announced the launch of the InsureMe Insurance Blog, targeted at consumers with insurance-related questions.

The blog, an online forum where authors post short articles and commentary, addresses the top news in health, life, home and auto insurance, as well as state-specific issues and related topics facing consumers. The blog is interactive, which allows readers to post their questions and comments on each entry.

“One great advantage of the blog is that consumers can browse the entries and post their comments and questions in real-time,” says James Omdahl, InsureMe affiliate manager. “It also allows us to interact with consumers and address their questions and concerns.”... (Continue reading)

1947 Verdict Against Global Business Leader Jan A. Bata, Accused of Nazi Collaboration, is Overturned by Prague Court

The City Court in Prague, Czech Republic has re-opened a 60-year-old case 12f [National Court 's verdict Ref. No. 12/47 on May 2, 1947 in which an international businessman and Czech nationalist was falsely accused of collaboration with the Nazis. Jan Antonín Bata, brother of the world famous shoemaker Tomáš Bata, was sentenced in absentia in 1e05 1947 for collaboration with the Nazis by the National Court in Prague.

Thomas J. Bata, 91, nephew of Jan Bat'a, testified on Monday in court to achieve the cancellation of the verdict against his uncle. He said that he believed that justice would win.... (Continue reading)

Wpromote Ranked as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in Los Angeles

Wpromote Inc., a leading search engine marketing firm, is proud to announce its inclusion in Los Angeles Business Journal's list of the fastest growing private companies in the Los Angeles area. Wpromote is ranked #34 on the list with a 129 percent growth in revenue from 2005-2007. The roots of Wpromote lie in PPC Management for businesses of all sizes and budgets. Over the years, Wpromote has prided itself on being at the forefront of all cutting edge online advertising services available. The company's suite of online marketing solutions now span eight unique services, including SEO, Viral Marketing, Landing Page Optimization and Website Development.... (Continue reading)

TBD Consulting Announces Quality Promotion

Heather Rodriguez has been promoted to Director of Quality. In her new position, Rodriguez will continue her focus on improving TBD's customer experience by driving the quality of all client-facing communication and programs. For 12 years, Rodriguez has promoted TBD's commitment to high quality standards through her management of the project editorial process, internal process improvements and customer satisfaction program. Her work has helped to make TBD's reputation for exemplary products and customer service stand above the competition.... (Continue reading)

Agri-Ethanol Products, LLC Announces Completion of Financing Agreement for Construction of Up to 20 New Ethanol Plants on East Coast

Dave Brady, Chief Executive Officer of Agri-Ethanol Products, LLC (“AEP”) today announced completion of a financing agreement with a substantial, international company of world wide acclaim. With this agreement, AEP now has financing in place for development of up to 20 renewable energy facilities within the East Coast Region, from the Gulf states to New York.

This agreement positions AEP to aggressively pursue fledgling projects in need of process design, construction, and financing combined with experienced development management expertise.... (Continue reading)

Visionary Hosts Unique Data in its Fiber Hotel

Visionary Communications hosts unique data servers in its fiber hotel in Gillette, Wyoming. Visionary's flexibility enables its customers to house highly-customized web and data storage devices with the company. As a result, Visionary finds itself host to data most people would not expect to originate from a rural community.

Customers that have placed servers in the Visionary data center include AgTerra Technologies, a company that allows farmers to track and monitor crop production, such as sugar beets. AgTerra combines GPS technology with extensive database functions to project crop yield while the farmer is in the field, and allow crop growers to plant with data at their fingertips. Growers can overlay production on AgTerra-provided maps and perform calculations that maximize crop yield and tailor seed requirements around the farmer's specific field.

eSkyWorld is another example, operating a server that provides virtual flight training and an air traffic control school, allowing members to train and carry out virtual flights on its servers. eSkyWorld matches experienced pilots with student pilots to grow its membership, who can then work with member air traffic controllers to operate virtual airlines that fly between gates at virtual airports. The server integrates with Microsoft's Flight Simulator, adding more depth to the computer game.

"A third customer of ours hosts their data here, even though they have an operation in New Mexico," states Brian Worthen, President of Visionary. "This customer tells us the infrastructure in our neck of the woods is better than Albuquerque, a town of 500,000 people. We're still not sure we should believe him."

Visionary's fiber hotel is located in the remote town of Gillette, connected to the internet via fiber and a redundant microwave radio connection. The data center is placed in what many would consider the least-used path to the internet, a north-south fiber route traversing Montana and Wyoming that is underutilized and primed for traffic.

"We'd like to say we planned our location around fiber availability and this great fiber path to the world," says Jeremy Malli, Network Engineer. "The truth is, we grew up here, and we built our network to serve businesses in our home state."

Visionary's slogan, 'we have geeks', holds true to the way it operates its business. Visionary often pursues a solution first, then places a dollar value on the service. The company's home-grown approach to customer service has attracted customers with unique needs, a perfect match for both parties. Most hosting companies would focus on a high-volume of customers with common needs. On the other hand, Visionary does not automate its hosting services, relying on a plain old telephone call to take care of the customer.

Alan Telck, President of AgTerra Technologies commented on Visionary's approach. "They wouldn't even let us put our server in their facility until they drove up and met us. It's nice to see old-fashioned customer service like that."... (Continue reading)

LAUSD Middle School Selects Smart Science

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HERMOSA BEACH, CA (July 3, 2002) - ParaComp, Inc., the creator of Smart Science, has announced that Emerson Middle School from the Los Angeles Unified School District will provide Smart Science to its grade 6, 7, and 8 science classes during the next school year.

Smart Science uses a new learning technology that involves recordings of actual experiments to provide quality laboratory experience to students anywhere. Real experiments engage students better than simulations and teach aspects of science rarely even touched by simulation-based software.... (Continue reading)

Ecom Celebrates 10th Anniversary

On May 18, 1998, Ecom PPO Advisors, Inc.SM, formerly known as, Ecom PPO.com, Inc., officially began its successful journey. Ten years later, they continue to lead the industry.

Over the past decade, Ecom has set out with a new strategic direction to deliver unprecedented primary PPO savings, selection, analysis and streamlined network administration workflow. In particular, this revolutionary focus substantially minimizes health insurance payers' out-of-network claims or "white space," navigates customers to the best-fit primary PPOs and shifts the paradigm for healthcare and its affordability for everyone.... (Continue reading)

John Krebs, MD, and William Stanfield, MD, Are the Only Northeast Ohio Orthopedic Surgeons Performing MAKOplasty Robotic Partial Knee Replacement

Northeast Ohioans with osteoarthritis in only part of the knee have a new treatment option -- a state-of-the-art surgical procedure that spares the healthy part of the knee and allows for faster recovery than knee replacement surgery.

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The Center for Orthopedics (CFO) in Sheffield Village, Ohio now offers minimally invasive MAKOplasty® partial knee resurfacing. A robotic arm gives orthopedic surgeons visual, tactile and sound feedback as they remove the damaged portion of the knee and precisely replace it with a partial knee implant. The procedure is FDA-approved and is normally covered by insurance.... (Continue reading)

No Changes to WNA Nuclear Energy Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

The WNA Nuclear Energy Index? (TICKER: WNAI) will have no constituent changes in its quarterly rebalancing, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Friday, June 19, 2009. The current count of 63 index constituents will be maintained.

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A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the WNA Nuclear Energy Index? web site, (http://wna.snetglobalindexes.com/about_the_indexes.php).

The WNA Nuclear Energy Index? is a capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index of the most prominent nuclear energy stocks in the world. To be included in the WNAI index, stocks must pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover.



Detailed information, including constituent data, rules and price information, on the WNA Nuclear Energy Index? is available at www.wnanuclearenergyindex.com. Data is also available through most vendors of financial data.

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AlwaysInStyle.in Launches Within iDiva as Personal Stylist for the Women of India

Always in Style brings Indian women the complete style and beauty solution as it launches in India with iDiva.com, Times Internet Ltd's exclusive women's portal.

iDiva is India's largest women's portal catering to nearly 3 million unique visitors monthly. Realising that their target audience, aged between 18 and 35, needed more information on personal style, iDiva partnered with Always in Style to give viewers a richer experience - one more reason to log on each day.

Always in Style (http://www.alwaysinstyle.in), an easy-to-use web application, captures users' physical attributes and lifestyle preferences and promptly makes personalised suggestions on clothes, accessories and shoes, make up, hair and skin care and fragrances that will suit each individual.

Always in Style caters to the independent, individualistic, modern Indian woman who maybe short on time, or looking for an easier way to discover products that are just right for her. Always in Style is her trusted personal style advisor offering expert advice absolutely free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so that every woman feels red carpet ready!

With thousands of members being added every week, Always in Style, keeps users updated with weekly emails on what's hot in fashion and beauty. Moreover, the weekly emails generate an open rate higher than 15%, an unprecedented figure in the fashion and beauty online scenario.

"The time is right. Women are ready to express and assert themselves. As they partner with their male counterparts to lead the world, they want to make the right impression in every sphere. Always in Style helps them make that first impression. When you look the part, the world stops to listen. Always in Style helps every woman find her best attributes to look good, feel great and shop smart. All she has to do is log in on iDiva.com. iDiva reached 3 million unique visitors, within 7 months of launch. It's now India's highest-rated website exclusively for women's content and the right platform for Always in Style in the Indian arena," says Suchita Ohri, CEO, Suchita Agarwal, Always in Style, India.

Sunil Rajshekhar, President & COO, iDiva, says, "It's unprecedented for a women's website; iDiva has had 3 million unique visitors in just seven months. iDiva was launched with the idea of being unique, and we have strived to live up to the bargain with some never-seen-before features. Our success is also because iDiva was an idea whose time has come. Women in 21st century India have proved that they are ready to break the shackles, take control of their lives, shape their own future. Which is why, in just six months, iDiva has converted over 2 million Indian women to the idea of limitless possibilities, to the idea that they can be a diva too."... (Continue reading)