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ATLANTA. Ga. /eNewsChannels/ -- Laura Winn, qualitative research manager and ethnographer for CMI, a full-service marketing research company, will discuss how bank marketers can gain a much deeper understanding of their customers through the use of traditional and online ethnographic methods.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Sunday, August 21, 2011 marked the sixth anniversary of Bob Moog's passing and the fifth anniversary of the Bob Moog Foundation's formal launch. In celebration of that milestone, the Foundation is making daily announcements of new projects, branding and fundraising opportunities. Monday, August 22 saw the launch of the Moogstress blog, written by Michelle Moog-Koussa.

MANCHESTER, Vt. /eNewsChannels/ -- CONIX Systems has created a white paper to educate banks and payment processors about how to safeguard themselves and their customers using a duplicate payment detection strategy that eliminates false positives. Most false positives result from duplicate payment detection protocols that mistake return item representments for duplicate payments.

DULUTH, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ -- Third Law Sourcing, a strategic sourcing and procurement consulting company, was recognized by Inc. magazine on its 30th annual list of America's fastest-growing private companies. Third Law Sourcing's revenues grew by 963 percent between 2007 and 2010. The company placed #10 in Atlanta and #24 in its industry category.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Images of the allegorical tribute to teen idol Justin Bieber, created by controversial New York artist Daniel Edwards, are being released by Cory Allen Contemporary Art this week.

KIRKLAND, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ -- The economy has not been doing great, but LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP) has. This month Inc. Magazine ranks LTCFP No. 2,483 among all companies, and No. 25 among companies in the insurance industry, in its annual ranking of the nation's 5000 fastest-growing companies. LTCFP also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

PETALUMA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announces the addition of employee benefits consultant Victor (Vic) McKnight as a principal in the company's Petaluma, Calif. office. McKnight brings 16 years of insurance and employee benefits program management experience to EPIC.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Rugged and relentless stuntman and Award Winning Italian-born actor, and martial arts expert Zak Lee Guarnaccia will next appear on September 7, 2011 as the lead role, Pancho Villa on 'Deadliest Warrior season 3' on Spike TV.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Santa Clarita Valley Constitution Day Foundation has been diligently working to plan and execute its first big constitution day celebration. It will be held on September 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at West Creek Community Park. Admission is free.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Author Everette O. Lemons has taken the hit television series 'I Dream of Jeannie' and resurrected it, giving it fresh literary life. 'Jeannie-Centristasis' (ISBN: 978-0557191406; Lulu Press) is just as much fun as the Jeannie who once frolicked across America's television screens, says Randall R. Radic, The US Review of Books.

FORT WORTH, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Four years may not be that much time for many grown-ups in the comic book industry. But for teenage writer Jake Tinsley, it has been literally one-fourth of his life. Jake was 12 when he first started writing comic book and comic strip scripts for Wham Bang Comics, a company he started with his father.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- San Bernardino County has created a central online tool that brings together job seekers, employers and training programs that support the fastest-growing industries in the region. The site was launched by the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board in partnership with the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and Alliance for Education.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Active Empty Nesters, a website aimed directly at helping baby-boomers lead an active and productive life, is proud to announce the appointment of Patti Stevens-Lovell as the new Director of Member Services for our rapidly expanding social networking website.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- EaseUS Software, a leading provider of easy-to-use storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions, announced today EaseUS Todo Backup Advanced Server to safeguard Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server and Microsoft Exchange and SQL Servers against data loss as well as system crash, maximizing up-time of servers.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The growing popularity of Sky Ball has prompted the formation of a new pro league - the Sky Ball League. As semi-finals begin to gain the attention of sports fans across the country, Fox Sports Arizona is set to air the semi-final playoffs, which were shot in L.A., August 20 and 27 (check local listings for times) between the Tampa Dragons and the Los Angeles 405s.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today Ligeti Artists LLC introduced updates to TheShowStore, a new, online, live entertainment booking platform. Now consumers seeking premium artists and attractions for local, regional, national and international events can easily search and book live talent.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- According to Dr. William Griffith, a recently published article in the Journal of Applied Physics announces the discovery of a new electromagnetic wave technology - tentatively referred to as '3D TAP,' created by Dr. Griffith - that could dramatically change the way we understand the world around us.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Tampa Dragons, a new team in the up-and-coming national Sky Ball League, can be seen battling the Los Angeles 405's in the Sky Ball League semi-finals (previously taped in L.A.) airing August 20 and 27 in Florida on the Fox Sports Network, on WTVT-13 in Tampa and on DIRECTV nationwide (check local listings for times).

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Starlight Children's Foundation has named Roger Shiffman its new global board chairman. A well-known figure in the toy industry, Shiffman built in separate phases of his career, two highly successful companies - Tiger Electronic Toys, makers of Furby, and more recently, Zizzle.

CHICAGO, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- KnowledgeAdvisors, which provides learning measurement software that improves the effectiveness and business impact of learning, today announced that it has designed three performance measurement solutions specifically targeting leadership, sales and on-boarding training programs to provide clients with the reporting and analytics required to accelerate performance improvement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In honor of those Americans whose loved ones serve in the United States Military, the Gingrich Foundation has recognized the National Military Family Association as its August Charity of the Month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- 'Nine Days that Changed the World,' hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich, and produced by Citizens United Productions in association with Gingrich Productions and Peace River Company, will be screened at World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain on August 17, 2011.

FARMINGTON, N.M. /eNewsChannels/ -- Each Labor Day Weekend Native American craftsmen meet near the confluence of the Animas, La Plata and San Juan Rivers in Farmington, N.M. for the Totah Festival. 'We gather for friendship,' says George Francis, Totah Festival Foundation Board President, 'and we come to sell arts and crafts before the winter comes to the Four Corners.'

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, has added three new professionals to its growing team: Janice Harllee, Pamela Vaughn, and Sarah Bromley.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. /eNewsChannels/ -- nPulse Technologies today announced that Tim Sullivan has joined its leadership team as CEO. Most recently, Sullivan was CEO and then Chairman of Fidelis Security Systems, an early pioneer in DLP technologies which he founded in 2002.