MILL VALLEY, Calif. — AutoHomeHealthLife.com, a third party insurance quote provider, has released results comparing 21 aspects of the nation’s top 18 insurance providers. For the most part, nationally-based insurance providers can be broken down into the following buckets.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Instant water temperature readings while running a boat at full speed or trolling for offshore game fish is now reality, as NorCross Marine Products, a leader in the development of innovative marine electronics, introduces its Infrared Marine Thermometer SP. The Infrared Marine Thermometer is one of three products introduced by the company, including its SkierAlert SP and Sonic Laser Scale.

BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder Natural Solutions LLC, a leader in bringing natural and organic products to market, introduces the Kentucky Natural Farms All Natural Black Forest Ham, a truly great all-natural choice for health conscience consumers. Until just recently this outstanding ham could only be found at a few select retail and club store outlets in Northern California.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Bolo Curry announces its grand opening scheduled for Thursday, April 5 at 5:00 p.m. Executive Chef Panna Lal Sharma will lead the way and has cooked for three presidents of India and also for the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Anxiety. Panic. Embarrassment. No more! Inventors Jodi and Jim Carr, of As We Grow LLC, both suffered from morning sickness. Jodi was getting sick from morning sickness, but they both suffered the consequences. They patented their solution to public nausea, a discreet durable bag with plastic disposable liners, an extra large opening and a zippered pocket for clean up supplies.

DETROIT, Mich. — Long Term Care Resources (LTCR), the national leader in marketing LTC insurance through affinity groups and employers, and Dick Carr and Associates have partnered to bring Long-Term Care insurance benefits to members of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.

ORLANDO. Fla. — Direct Hit Media, llc, headquartered in Florida, has created a unique form of targeted advertising; it delivers one of the best one-to-one marketing venues available – the Cart-Vertising(TM) program. How is it done? Advertisements are placed on golf carts within an established network of premium golf courses throughout the United States.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Golden Key International Honour Society has selected YFonGlobal, a leading-edge provider of turnkey social networking solutions, to build and host its new social network, entitled MyGK. With the new agreement, Golden Key will be able to provide a dynamic social network, specifically tailored to its 1.7 million members worldwide.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — TechGenii, Inc., an industry leader in digital media and interactivity, today announced that it will provide mobile alerts and mobile voting during the Eerie Horror Film Festival, October 10th through October 14th, 2007, at the Erie Playhouse in Erie, PA.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Power Arts Company, Inc. release a three album series for the Kindergarten and Pre-K crowd performed by a new cartoon band called The Blankies(TM). The songs not only overcome the “babyish” sound of most children’s music, they also address three important uses of music.

WOODBRIDGE, Conn. — The IRS, by court decree, owes American businesses over $10 Billion dollars (an equal amount is due to individuals). Refunds for Good Inc and Invoice Insight LLC, have created a free, online tool to help organizations, both for-profit and non-profit, get their money back in a timely manner.

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Group Travel Planet, LLC, the pioneer and leader of online group travel booking, today announced the launch of GroupAbout.com, a new community site for groups on the go that combines the power of the company’s advanced group-booking engine with new collaboration and social networking tools that make it easier for groups to plan and share information.

LONDON, U.K. — The car that drew international attention and broke eBay records with over 10 million visitors to its auction page in May 2005, is now going to be put back on the auction block by GoldenPalace.com, the winners of the now famous collectible.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Entertainment Industry Expo (EIE) was launched in New York today by Producers Zach Lezberg and Brian Blattman, and presented with Actress / Producer Anna Wilding, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film and Television, The Independent Feature Project (IFP).

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — California has always been a leader in the environmental movement, having pushed the development and sales of electric and hybrid cars, solar power and the use of recycled materials. Californians now want to take that green consciousness home. CA Boom 4 offers one venue where over 100+ exhibitors, many of whom will feature ecologically friendly products, will showcase their wares.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — 80 boys from the Link Community School, Newark, will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to mentor with members of the NY Giants at the 2007 YOUTH FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE, Tuesday, April 10, 2007. The event, sponsored by Athletes in Action, here, and Trinity Financial Sports and Entertainment Management Company, Manasquan, NJ, will take place in the “Giants Bubble” next to Giants Stadium.

LOVELAND, Colo. — According to the 2007 Call Center Best Practices Benchmarking Reports from leading contact center research firm Centerserve(R), key findings show that customers are the number-one driver of contact center changes. Featuring 250 companies from 51 countries, the reports show that “improving the customer experience” was listed by call center managers as the top priority.

HOUSTON, Texas — Paid in Full Entertainment, Inc. released on Tuesday the new CD from DJ / artist Mista Madd which is being distributed by Memphis based Select-o-Hits distribution. The new CD covers various topics and features Houston notables Paul Wall, Slim Thug, HAWK, Lil Flip, Chamillionaire, Shei Atkins and others.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Spanish Lead Services (SLS) announced today the launching of, Creditodeauto.com. “Demand for our Spanish auto leads has grown 245% since we’ve returned from the NADA industry show held in Las Vegas, this past February,” said Seth Schiller, President of SLS. “Our outbound Spanish call centers couldn’t keep up with the demand for our Spanish auto lead product. We had no choice but to figure out another way to generate those leads.”

BOUNTIFUL, Utah — FATPOT Technologies, Inc. has announced that Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected a FATPOT solution for a data interoperability pilot in the Silicon Valley region. Northrop Grumman, the prime systems integrator and contractor for the Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Project (SVRIP) will deliver an interoperable software solution .

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge unsealed a class action lawsuit (case #07cv00188) against Internet domain registrar RegisterFly along with the corporation charged with accreditation and oversight of registrars, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), among others.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Failed military backpacks, poor stitching, and plastic gun holsters are some of the few reasons that former Marine, Mike Bornfriend, is now the president of the Military Gear Division of Global Tactical Solutions (GTS), in Oceanside, CA. Bornfriend joined the Marines in 1994 and received his basic training at Paris Island, NC.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — PropertyNut LLC announced today that, after two years of development, PropertyNut.com launched in the Arizona market in February as “the Internet Real Estate Marketplace.” The design of PropertyNut.com is intuitive, un-intimidating and has generated an amazing return visitor rate (RVR) of over 50%.

AUSTIN, Texas — Perception Software today announced the general release of SymXpert, an EDA librarian application designed to accelerate the creation of high pin count device symbols for any EDA environment. Enabled by proprietary intelligent content extraction technology, SymXpert quickly and automatically imports graphical and text data.

KIRKLAND, Wash. — This month LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage, will pay its agents, support staff and investors over $1,000,000 in dividends. “This is a long term care industry first,” says Cameron Truesdell, CEO. “And it has two big implications.”

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Maveric Brands announces a new product – Rim Juice Instant Wheel Cleaner(TM) – that, according to company representatives, “may just be the best wheel cleaner on earth.” Rim Juice(TM) is the result of a safe and effective formula that, in two easy steps, quickly eliminates baked-on brake dust and road grime. It leaves behind no chalky finish and can be sprayed on and hosed off.

ASCUTNEY, Vt. — Following a billion praying to help heal our Earth Mother of the man-made part of the global warming starting on February 14 – U.S. Valentines Day and New Years for many cultures – “She” responded! “We were blessed in February with enough snow to turn spring into winter so our European ski areas could open. Thank you, thank you,” reported French Princess Caroline Murat, Native Voices Foundation’s (NVF) Euro leader “of the Napoleon Tribe.”

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — ReachMD, an innovative healthcare communications company, announced today that the ReachMD channel for medical professionals is now available on XM, the nation’s leading satellite radio service with more than 7.6 million subscribers; it is the healthcare industry’s first satellite radio channel to provide the latest information and news to medical professionals 24/7.

REDMOND, Wash. — Respondus Inc., a leading provider of assessment tools for learning management systems in higher education, and Desire2Learn Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise eLearning solutions today announced the integration of Respondus LockDown Browser with the Desire2Learn Learning Environment to offer increased security for online testing.

PORTLAND, Ore. — AirSense Technology, leading manufacturer of aspirating smoke detection systems, introduces to the North American market patented artificial intelligence (AI) technology for Aspirating Smoke Detectors. The unique technology employed in the AirSense Stratos Series Aspirating Smoke Detection System uses relative sensitivity to establish appropriate alarm thresholds.

INDIANA, Pa. — Gorell Windows & Doors has once again been recognized as the only window and door manufacturer in the country to receive the prestigious ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year “Sustained Excellence” Award. Gorell received the award for the second consecutive year – from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the EPA-for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through energy efficiency.

BALTIMORE, Md. — The Inn at Peralynna Manor of Rose Hill in Columbia, MD, was recently named the number one Inn in North America by Arrington’s Inn Traveler Magazine – a magazine for the sophisticated bed and breakfast and country Inn traveler. This honor has been bestowed not once, but twice, and local media recognized the accomplishment in a recent article that appeared in the Baltimore Sun.

HOUSTON, Texas — Some lucky author will win a dazzling 1 carat “A Cut Above” princess diamond engagement ring from online boutique Whiteflash.com in an ongoing promotion celebrating the new FOX series The Wedding Bells. “The Perfect Proposal Sweepstakes” is accepting romantic proposal ideas of 500 words or less through April 17.

COLUMN: We often hear it said that we should be grateful for the things that come into our lives. That an attitude of gratitude can move mountains and that it is important to thank the Universe for our daily bread, our clothes, our health and the other fine things that we are blessed with. Mostly we say the words in rote memorization for those things that we know we should remember to say thank you for and that is a good thing. As the old Jewish proverb says, “when we smile the heart follows.”

COLUMN: For some people, giving their pet a pill is an easy task. They are able to mix their pet’s supplement or medicine in food and the pet gobbles it right down. This is the exception NOT the rule. In most instances, giving pets supplements or medication does require some effort and the first step is to prepare yourself mentally that you will need to take control of the situation.

MEDIA, Pa. — Jerry ThompSon and Rashiid Coleman are co-authors of an intuitive new book: “The Believer’s Guide to The Law of Attraction” (ISBN: 978-1-4243-3947-1), which challenges the “Law of Attraction” and communicates that people of faith must re-examine how to achieve what they want in life.

WOODBRIDGE, Conn. — On the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq, two social entrepreneurs, Jon Gorham and Michael Swartz from Connecticut, have launched a web site to help foster peace in the world: refundsforgood.org. Swartz and Gorham created a company called Refunds for Good, Inc. and have launched an interactive web portal that shows individuals and organizations how to claim telephone tax refunds on their 2006 returns.

PORTLAND, Maine — Aurora Photos is excited to announce the launch of Select, a photographer representation division in New York City. Aurora Select works with editorial photographers of exceptional vision and story telling skills, representing them in magazine and commercial areas of photography.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Hong Video Technology (HVT), a leading outsource supplier of LCD panel repair and remanufacturing, today announced that is has surpassed 150,000 LCD panels repaired. The achievement is particularly noteworthy because more than one third of the 150,000 panels repaired were shipped in the prior six months. HVT began servicing LCD panels in 2001.

RESTON, Va. — nPulse Networks LLC, a leading integrator of hardware acceleration tools for open-source network security and monitoring applications, has announced a new security-hardened release of its nProbe appliance. nProbe is a highly-tuned, light-weight NetFlow probe, derived from the open-source ntop project managed by Luca Deri. nPulse is the commercial representative of ntop.org in North America.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Applied Business Software Inc. (ABS), developer of The Mortgage Office(TM), the leading loan servicing software solution for the lending industry, and Ellie Mae Inc., an award-winning provider of innovative software and services for the mortgage industry, announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership to provide full product integration between The Mortgage Office(TM) and Encompass(R) mortgage automation system.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The People History, an online social forum, focuses on preserving memories and interpreting history based on people’s memories and experiences; this year they celebrate their one-year anniversary. The People History was created to preserve the thoughts, memories and social history of the ordinary man and woman, similar to that of a celebrity autobiography or biography.

LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Today’s business world is fast paced and technology must keep up with the times; Virtual Computer Solutions, Inc. offers a new software solution – VirtualCompanyOnline – that allows peers and employees to immediately organize business communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Psychologist Judy E. Hall, Ph.D., Executive Officer of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (National Register) and content editor for findapsychologist.org, says returning members of the military and their families need immediate access to qualified psychologists to avoid treatment delays at military mental health centers and clinics.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — YFonGlobal, a leading-edge provider of turnkey social network marketing technology, reports raising its second angel round of funding for a total of $1.8 million with an opportunity to raise $2.1 million from one angel investor’s matching funds offer. YFonGlobal leaders say they plan to use these funds to expand sales and marketing of their wyndstorm(TM) social network software.

TRIPOLI, Libya — According to Phoenicia Group, the leading U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, tourism infrastructure development is being given national priority by the Libyan government, with the Libyan Economic Development Board, a policy result of the National Economic Strategy, tasked with steering the far ranging initiative.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Village Technology, an urban-solutions think-tank in Annapolis, Maryland, has been awarded a U.S. patent (7,082,879) – with a Canadian patent pending – for its unique SMRrTRAM People-Mover method that transforms affordable, zero-emission electric buses into high-convenience people-movers for congested urban corridors.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Lisa Price Stevens is hosting a book release party for her newest book, “What’s That? A Tale of Cholesterol” (ISBN-10: 1412085705). The event is being held on Thursday, March 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Kangaroo Jac’s Indoor Playground. Located at 830 Professional Place, Chesapeake, Virginia. Kids jump for free with a book purchase.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — AmeriChinaB2B, the importing and exporting Internet marketing platform to China has launched its newest service, a web portal exclusively for recruiting distributors. The recruiting portal is designed to provide U.S. businesses with assistance in locating distributors, middlemen or manufacturing sourcing sites in China’s vast industrial base.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Acclaimed jazz bassist Jay Leonhart will premiere his new one man-one bass show, Nukular Tulips(TM) on March 24 at Stage Left Studio in New York City. Leonhart has played with everyone from Tony Bennett and Marian McPartland to James Taylor and Queen Latifah.