Tabitha Berg

FREMONT, Calif. -- TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded security, today announced that V-IPSecure - its high-performance implementation of IPsec and IKE protocols for IPv4 and IPv6 - successfully passed all the Virtual Private Network Consortium's (VPNC) interoperability tests for IPsec VPN systems. This certification continues the company's long-standing commitment to provide the embedded market with lean and robust security software complying with stringent industry standards.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- The LJR Group today announced publication of a revised edition of the book "Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective" (ISBN: 1-4120-6498-8, www.ourunclesam.com). Written by Cooke's great-nephew Erik Greene, Our Uncle Sam not only emphasizes Cooke's accomplishments in music history, but gives the reader an inside look on the childhood influences that drove him to excel.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Buying and servicing a boat has become a much easier task for consumers around the country, thanks to Boating Industry magazine's second annual Top 100 Dealers, a ranking of an incredibly powerful group of marine dealers that generated more than $2.88 billion in retail sales, or nearly 8 percent of the entire $37 billion marine market.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The psychological thriller "TO THE BONE" (ISBN: 0-9769688-3-5) by Mark Vann is based on an astonishing medical case history and offers readers a villain like no other in the annals of crime fiction. The strands of the plot are darkly and deftly intertwined like the DNA helix of the killer. In addition, this groundbreaking novel brings to the forefront a subject that has always been considered taboo.

KOH KTEAH, Cambodia -- GoldenPalace.com, the Internet casino famous for their unusual and often outrageous advertising campaigns, has done it again by sponsoring Canadian director Matt Frame's record-breaking feat for the world's longest handcuffed swim. Matt made the brutal 5.8 kilometer (3.1 nautical miles) swim from Koh Kteah to Serendipity beach without the benefit of a wetsuit or any help. The Guinness people have officially confirmed this to be a record-breaking swim.

DALLAS, Texas -- The Texas Almanac has partnered with the William P. Clements School of Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University to reproduce their 1936 Centennial Edition.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A specialty government and economic development consulting firm is extending its reach further into the Midwest as it announced today the opening of an office in Minneapolis. GSP Consulting, based in Pittsburgh, Pa., has announced it will establish its 10th office in Minneapolis. Led by former legislator and leading bioscience advocate Lynne Osterman, the firm will bring to the marketplace its unique brand of government and economic development consulting.

ASHBURN, Va. -- Core Concepts, LLC, a corporate development organization located in Northern Virginia and South West Florida since 2002, announced today the launch of Core Concepts Publishing in conjunction with their first book publication, 4 Circles of Good Business, written by Christopher Novak of Marcellus, New York (ISBN 0-9788668-0-0).

DENVER, Colo. -- Fetter Logic, Inc., the premier full service provider of advanced data and information management solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the availability of Helio - a comprehensive data aggregation solution with unparalleled data quality. Helio is the first financial services solution that promptly and accurately integrates all forms of data including direct mutual funds, annuities, one or more clearing firms, proprietary firm assets and creates intelligent information for the user.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Deborah J. Copeland announced today the release of her first Young Adult Novel, "The Kids at Latimar High" (ISBN: 0-595-40381-6), published by iUniverse. School reporter, Lauren O'Neil, a.k.a. "news girl" and her best friend, drop dead gorgeous cheerleader, Rosalyn Brown, are breaking all the rules when they discover they're competing for the same guy at school - Kevin Johnson, Latimar High's star quarterback.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- In a city that still takes boastful pride in its beery connection to gangster Al Capone, author Bob Skilnik says Big Al's brewing legacy is more baloney than brewing history. In his recently released book, BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago ($24.95, Hardcover, 416 pages, Barricade Books, ISBN 1569803129), the beer historian argues that the real brains behind the beer that flowed through Chicago's streets was Capone's mentor, Johnny Torrio.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The schedule was released today for HDFEST's Los Angeles event which will be staged at Dolby Laboratories in Burbank. This December event is the final stop on the HDFEST 2006 World Tour, which also included HD Festival events this year in Seoul, New York, Finland, and London. HDFEST Los Angeles will include screenings of high-definition movies, panels on HD moviemaking and digital cinema, festival parties and the HDFEST 2006 Deffie Award Ceremony.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Washington area writer, Diana Mayer, has accomplished what few authors would attempt - a sequel to "A Tale of Two Cities." Inspired by that classic story, and the lack of works like it in today's "easy read" market, Mayer set out to bring a little of Dickens' literary style back to modern readers.

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- Bruce L. Roistacher, a prominent Long Island attorney announced today that the founder and leader of the China Democracy Party and the Party for Freedom and Democracy in China has been acquitted of all criminal charges after a jury verdict in Suffolk County, New York.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The co-author of the recently published "Get Fit In Bed" (ISBN: 1572244607), Dr. Genie Tartell, a nationally known Chiropractor who has appeared on ABC-TV, "The View," and the Fox morning program, "Fox & Friends," says you can get a better nights sleep by exercising in bed. Dr. Tartell wrote "Get Fit In Bed" with co-author Ted Kavanau, the founder of CNN Headline News.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus today unveiled its new, one of a kind, service line, the Vero Hire. The Vero Hire is an on-demand, Web-based software application designed to help background check and employment screening companies deliver new and advanced services to help HR hire and retain productive employees.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Universal Accounting Center (UAC), the leader in small business tax training has been approved by the California Tax Education Council (CTEC) to offer the Professional Tax Preparer Program (PTP) as a distance learning course in the state of California. UAC's recognition from CTEC authenticates the PTP course, showing it is within the "standards, guidelines and procedures" of instruction specific to California tax laws.