Yearly Archives: 2007

COLUMN: Like Humpty Dumpty, the morality of Western World seems always about to drop off the wall and shatter into a million pieces. Scott G gathers some information about a fiction-based museum and asks an eyebrow-raising question about religious tax exemptions.

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Wholesale network infrastructure provider BandCon announced today that it has expanded its service offerings by deploying backbone routers into the majority of Equinix Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX) centers in North America. The Investment boosts content provider peering options.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Specialty food executives and marketing leaders attended "How to Efficiently Build Your Brand: 5 Ways to Grow BIG, While Spending Small" hosted by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade's (NASFT) International Fancy Food Show, July 6th in New York. Food and beverage brand marketing expert, Tammy Katz, of Katz Marketing Solutions, led the brand building session.

SHREWSBURY, N.J. -- The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine(SM)-New Jersey (SIRM(TM)-NJ), part of one of the largest and fastest growing infertility networks in the United States, has announced that Douglas Rabin, MD, has joined SIRM's Monmouth/Ocean County office (located in Shrewsbury) as its Medical Director.

SEDONA, Ariz. -- On 7.7.07, Vice President Al Gore and LIVE EARTH musicians, whom some call "Modern Day Shaman," may be playing the biggest roles of their lives, along with traditional Shaman (Indigenous Elders). Together they may be inspiring half of our Earth Family - 3 billion - to lift the vibration of Earth through joyous song, prayer and ceremonies. Shaman help unite heaven and earth for society, according to Olympic skier Suzy "Chapstick" Chaffee, co-chairman of Native Voices Foundation (NVF), which orchestrates Elders-led World Prayers.

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Most American companies provide health and other benefits including retirement savings programs. But many employees may not enjoy their retirement for long. "When they or a family member encounter a long term care need, it can eat into their 401K's fast," says Mario Sestito, MultiLife Specialist for LTC Financial Partners LLC.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- M2SYS, an award-winning biometric technology research and development firm announced today that LunchByte Systems, Inc., home of the NUTRIKIDS brand of foodservice management solutions, has integrated M2SYS' unique Bio-SnapON(TM) solution into their lunchline POS system; instantly increasing the security and efficiency of their application.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- JSM Music owner and executive producer Joel Simon and his studio will have their own cause to celebrate at this week's BET Awards. Tuesday night's awards will include the world premiere of a new TV commercial featuring Mary J Blige - part of a campaign for Chevy Tahoe - for which Simon and JSM Music played a key role.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- National Adhesives, a business unit of National Starch and Chemical Company, has formed a partnership with SigmaFlow to provide Lean Six Sigma consulting services and integrated software to National Adhesives customers.

BASIL, Switzerland -- "At the first World Clean Energy Awards in Basel's Congress Center, Intertribal COUP's NativeEnergy, a partnership of 12 Great Plains Tribes, was honored as 'one of the world's premier projects promoting large-scale use of renewable energies,'" according to Native Voices Foundation's Tex Hall, former President of the National Congress of American Indians.

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Online design firm, Victory Design Technologies, has launched an eCommerce site that gives new meaning to the term "dog lover." 4LeggedFashion.com - that launched on Wednesday, June 27 - allows dog lovers to personalize matching apparel for both owner and dog.

COLUMN: There are magical moments in our lives, you know the times, when everything flows easily and effortlessly and the world is in perfect harmony. We are full of life, at peace, and know all is well. Everywhere we look there is beauty. We catch a glimpse a world in which anything is possible.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- PhotoSpin, a leading royalty free stock subscription service in the United Sates, has added Newstock images to their collection of royalty free images. PhotoSpin's unique subscription model offers thousands of photos, illustrations, fonts, film and sound as an annual service; now with thousands of new images uploaded monthly. Annual subscribers pay one fee, and can then download whatever they need.

CHICAGO, Ill. and LONDON, England -- Alterian, the leading global enterprise marketing platform provider, announced today it has been positioned in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Marketing Management, (EMM) 2Q07 report. This announcement occurs on the heels of Alterian's inclusion in the Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Campaign Management, 1Q07 and Magic Quadrant for Marketing Resource Management, 1Q07.

FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine - New Jersey (SIRM-NJ), part of one of the largest and fastest growing infertility networks in the United States, announces the opening of a new office in Bergen County. Located in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, the office will have exclusive access in the area to various SIRM breakthrough technologies in the field of In Vitro Fertilization.

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- In a slow real estate market, people get creative to sell their property. So Honolulu real estate brokerage firm Elite Pacific Properties is bringing to Hawaii a technique that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the US: real estate auctions. Elite, which specializes in upscale real estate, has organized Hawaii's biggest ever multi-property auction, to be held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Waikiki on July 14th from 10am-3pm.

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Improving one's golf game has a lot in common with improving one's life, especially in the senior years, according to golf legend Billy Casper. The pro has teamed with the nation's most experienced long term care insurance brokerage, LTC Financial Partners LLC, to spread his views. And he's offering a free online golf lesson to drive the point home.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- This new book from Bob Miller, "Kill Me If You Can, You SOB" (ISBN: 978-1-58736-846-2), is the compelling story of Lt. Col. Manuel A. Alves (Black Hawk), at LZ Betty in Phan Thiet, Vietnam. It has been embraced by the men of the 3-506th and they have endorsed it by recommending it on their websites.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Market Simplified Inc. announces the launch of www.marketsimplified.com, a simple and easy to use free access financial web & mobile tool that helps investors make informed investment decisions. Market Simplified is built on an advanced technology platform and is designed to offer a one stop solution towards global financial information exchange.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- A&R Select, a full service artist development and marketing firm for independent artists and bands announces that IDASAS from Redlands, California, has won the 2007 Battle of the Bands competition at BB King's, located at Universal's Citywalk.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- InflightPower.com announced today the introduction of a new product for those travelers interested in recharging the new Apple(R) iPhone(R) while on the fly. The InFlight Power(TM) iPhone recharging cable has just been released for market sales.

BOSTON, Mass. -- At the NXTComm show in Chicago, CorEdge Networks demonstrated its CEN-ATCA-1US server platform that for the first time offers the possibility of employing COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) AdvancedTCA (ATCA) and AdvancedMC (AMC) blades in traditional enterprise data center environments. Many enterprise data centers are dominated by 30" deep 1U servers.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- With his novel, "Gates of Hades" (ISBN-13: 978-0843958942), Atlanta author Gregg Loomis sends his character, with assassins and law enforcement on his trail, from Washington D.C., to the Dominican Republic and ultimately to the volcanoes of Sicily in a desperate race to uncover the ancient secret that lies at the heart of an unimaginable and very deadly plot.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Innovation Framework Technologies (IFT) announced today that its New Product Development and Portfolio Management software solution has been officially certified by Stage-Gate Inc, a recognized market leader in product innovation methods and best practices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- YFonGlobal, a leading social networking enabler, added a high value benefit to their wyndstorm(TM) social network suite by providing the first click-to-call feature to its latest hosted social network, entitled MyGK, the private online member community tailored for The Golden Key Society.