Aria Munro

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Natasha Martin, founder of Grassroots Alliance for Community Education, G.R.A.C.E. explains "where the money goes" for grant and microfinance projects to a group of philanthropists in Northern California. These donors learn the complexities in deciding which three Kenyan grassroots community-based NGO (non-governmental organization) projects should be the recipient of a five thousand dollar grant.

JAMAICA, N.Y. -- Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) will host their Fall Open House, at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, where families can sample for free its culturally and educationally enriching workshops offered year-round. On Saturday, September 22, 2007 from 11 am to 5pm, guests of all ages are invited to take advantage of free dance, music, theater and art workshops, speak to instructors and find out more about JCAL programs.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- ElderHomeSharing announced today its confidential matching program is available nationwide. Their exclusive "Elder Elves Preferences Questionnaire" of 50+ fun, yet selective, questions matches elder singles desiring homes to share with other elder singles having homes to share.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Noah's Arcade, a California-based clothing line for boys - newborn to 6T - announces a fun, hip line that caters to the edgy crowd. When co-owners of Noah's Arcade, Allyson Wagoner and Shannon Hanly, went shopping for their new baby boys, they discovered that the market for cool and happening boy's apparel was limited.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- CELEBRATE the first week of autumn on September 25, 2007 with an all (work) day long promotional event that will include exclusive online content, hourly giveaways and more from Rachel C. Weingarten aka Ms. Biz Manners, author of "Career and Corporate Cool(TM): How to Look, Dress and Act the Part - At Every Stage of Your Career" (ISBN 978-0-470-12034-7).

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- CheapoAir.com, a leading budget travel website catering to customers in cheap travel, has announced a sweeping overhaul to its customer service department, a spokesman from the company said yesterday. "Our customers spoke and we heard! We discovered that our customers were genuinely pleased with our products, but preferred reduced hold times."

MENIFEE, Calif. -- Habit Braker Enterprises Inc., a privately held California corporation, has developed a new and highly effective way to help everyone make it to their healthy goals! Using short, healthy issue specific messages, that last only between seconds and about a minute, that have been developed to be placed into portable audio devices.

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Sugar Lips is a collection of high-quality, long-lasting lip glosses that let you unleash both your nice and naughty sides. These moisture enriched glosses with deliciously flirty names like "Kiss My Cinnabuns" and "Ride 'em Raspberry" are the perfect accessory for a polished yet sexy look.

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii -- Virtually all chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, can be eliminated through diet and lifestyle changes. At least, that is what the management of the Walk of Faith health retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii claims.

MIAMI, Fla. -- As Florida continues to attract independent filmmakers to the state, Film Florida will be at the IFP Market in New York to tout filming in the state. To celebrate independent filmmakers at the IFP conference, Film Florida is also hosting its annual Florida Wasabi on Tuesday, September 18 at Jellado.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Lantana Oil & Gas Partners announced today that Ark-La-Tex Energy, LLC and its partners, including Pinkston Resources, have sold a package of oil and gas producing properties to Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc., an affiliate of Tokyo-based Sojitz Corporation, for approximately $79 Million US.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California Kidney Cancer Foundation Executive Director, Dr. David Minor will present a review of treatments for metastatic kidney cancer as presented at the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference. The presentation will be from 3 to 5 PM on September 15, 2007 at California Pacific Medical Center.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus, the leader in background screening technology, today announced that it is ready to launch the new must-have in the background screening industry: an integration tool kit. The new tool is part of the many valuable features of enterpriseMX, deverus' new software release.

"HYDERABAD, India and BELMONT, Calif. -- Today, Red Herring Magazine announced that Gameshastra, India's largest Game Services provider, has won the prestigious Red Herring 100 Asia 2007 awards. The Red Herring 100 Asia winners were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants based in 16 countries.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Consumer Raters, LLC, announces the launch of a new web site, ConsumerRaters.com, that allows consumers to share experiences about businesses throughout the state of Florida. It also provides businesses with the opportunity to collect and share testimonials with prospective clients.

BOSTON, Mass. -- ThePeeq.com has hired Boston-based alternative marketing agency Street Attack to run its September 2007 launch. ThePeeq.com is a witty "Sex-Centric" online magazine and community geared toward women and men in search of a positive place to talk and learn about sex and related topics. Street Attack will be running ongoing grassroots and viral marketing efforts for ThePeeq.com's September 2007 launch.

BETHESDA, Md. -- On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, Futron Corporation announced the award of the Strategic Planning and Business Management Support contract by NASA Johnson Space Center. This contract will support NASA's Space Shuttle transition and retirement efforts as the Agency moves to retire the space shuttle and develop the next generation vehicle.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- According to LegalizeFerrets.org, California ferret owners are upset that the head of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Honorable A.G. Kawamura has ignored a formal request and letter writing campaign to get the CDFA to reevaluate their position that ferrets pose a threat to the state's agricultural industries.

ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio-based specialty food manufacturer Milo's Whole World Gourmet has just been awarded one of only 7 prestigious national awards for businesses who support integrated employment for people with disabilities. Milo's won the national award in the Small Business category, following its win in the state category for Ohio. Two of Milo's five employees are persons with disabilities.

VENICE, Calif. -- The Abbot Kinney District Association (AKDA) announces the 23rd Annual Abbot Kinney Street Festival will take place on Sept. 30. The family-friendly festival, held between Main Street and Venice Boulevard on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, will feature over 300 arts and crafts vendors, a Youth and Family Court, three musical stages, a "Green Living Tent," three food courts and a beer garden.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- ROK Southwest, Inc. has recently launched two new web sites to provide free information and resources to business unit managers and business communicators. The first focuses on business unit management, project management, business unit IT issues, and the communication of business information.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- DITEC International, a paint preservation and protection company focused on providing cars, airplanes, motorcycles and boats with protection and preservation services, announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with RENNtech, one of the nation's foremost authorities on high-end performance cars, which certifies RENNtech as an authorized DITEC Service Provider.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Quarta Mobile Inc, is pleased to announce that its program mDigger(TM) Reader has successfully passed the "Designed for Palm Products" compatibility test and has permission to use the "Designed for Palm Products" logo.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Innovasic Semiconductor today announced that in recent lab tests conducted by Schneider Electric, its fido1100 real-time microcontroller achieved a worst-case Ethernet packet jitter of only 130 microseconds. In contrast, an ARM9-based RISC processor running at more than twice the clock rate achieved a worst-case jitter of 760 microseconds.