Tabitha Berg

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Are you happy is a simple question but being blissful seems to elude nearly everyone. Even Oprah on a recent show admitted that she was not 100% happy. Dawn T. Clare seeks to fill this gap through counseling and corporate consulting. Dawn overcame many challenges on her path to bliss.

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- According to Travel Hawaii LLC, a leading Hawaii Internet booking service, over 16 of Hawaii's leading hotels - mainly high end resorts - charge mandatory "Resort Fees" of up to $26 per day that are automatically added to guests' bills upon checkout. These fees can cause "checkout sticker shock" if guests don't include them in their pre-trip cost calculations. And often the hotels' own web sites don't make such fees apparent.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "When I first read about America Libre, I knew this was an important book," said Veronica Jacuinde, producer/reporter of On The Up at SiTV. "As the debate over immigration becomes more inflammatory, people need to hear the message of this book. It's a warning sign of the consequences of overreaction and prejudice." America Libre (ISBN: 0-595-42606-9), is a novel by Raul Ramos y Sanchez.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus, inc., the leading provider of software, integration technology, and strategic services for the background screening industry, today announced the latest breakthrough in background technology with its new speed performance solution, called LightSpeed, geared towards dramatically improving end user web experiences while ordering background checks.

LONDON, UK -- Crescent Diagnostics Ltd ("Crescent"), today announced the publication of a recent study demonstrating the potential of the Bone Quality Test, BQT(TM) to diagnose osteoporosis. More women at risk can be screened with an accurate, simple to use test which does not require a hospital visit.

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Wholesale network infrastructure provider BandCon and Level 3 Communications have announced plans for the first annual Content Networking Forum at Cafe Pinot in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 13, 2007. The three-hour event will provide a platform for providers in the content networking space to interact directly with industry experts to address broad industry and regional issues.

IRVING, Texas -- Combined Development Oil Co. is pleased to announce the successful drilling and completion of the Louisiana State Trust #3 well located in southern Louisiana. Based on seismic analysis and drilling logs, the estimated barrels of oil in place are 1,200,000 MMcf) BO and the estimated natural gas in place is 1-3 Billion Cubic Feet of Gas (BCF). Initial measurements predict a flow rate of about 350 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) plus associated gas.

STILLWATER, Okla. -- HostBridge Technology, the provider of software for XML-enabling CICS, announced the availability of the HostBridge Pega Connector: proven integration software that runs on the mainframe and provides immediate access to CICS transactions as XML documents or Web services without the use of "screen scraping," changes to existing CICS applications, or middle tier servers.

BOONTON, N.J. -- With increased competition and lower-margin products cutting into their profitability, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending nearly $1.4 trillion over the next five years on outsourced services in order to reduce costs, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007 alone, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending more than $198 billion on outsourced services worldwide.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Rockwood Enterprises, Inc., a three-year-old Houston-based marketing and publishing company, announced today the launch of Equinomics 101 - a management and accounting system designed to teach horse owners and horse-related businesses how to efficiently manage their finances.