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iExplore Finds Top Ten Family Travel Vacations Worldwide

CHICAGO, Ill. -- iExplore announced today their list of Top Ten Family Travel Vacation Experiences Worldwide as determined by the iExplore team of world...

The Office Next Door: Busy Professionals Can Save Money with a Virtual Assistant

MT. VERNON, Ill. -- Time and Money - two resources busy professionals work hard to gain more of. The Office Next Door opened its...

iExplore Unveils Top Ten Wildlife Safaris Worldwide

CHICAGO, Ill. -- iExplore, Inc. announced this week their list of Top Ten World Safari Experiences as determined by the iExplore team of world...

Affinity Healthcare LLC Launches Travel Medicine Services in Illinois

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Affinity Healthcare LLC, a medical group practice with northwest Chicago suburban offices located in Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, and Arlington Heights,...

Shop Lady: Virtual Shopping Mall Knows What Women Want

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chris Parrish, creator and owner of ShopLadyZone.com, knows what women want and need. As a result, he created a virtual mall...

Salesforce.com Usage Increases with Allegro Communications FreshDM

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Allegro Communications, Inc., direct marketing firm and developer of FreshDM, recently announced that FreshDM is now available for Salesforce.com(R). Putting FreshDM...

Novel About an Awakening Sense of Social Responsibility Receives Editor's Choice, Reader's Choice Awards

CHICAGO, Ill. -- For a book that Midwest Book Review has highly recommended as "an involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility,"...

MPA's New GlobalPRIME Payment System Offers HealthCare Cost Savings

CHICAGO, Ill. -- MPA, a Chicago-based firm specializing in the analysis of healthcare data, announces their initial roll out of the GlobalPRIME(TM) Payment System...

GameBeat Studios to Produce Music for the Illinois State Lottery 2008 Summer Campaign

CHICAGO, Ill. -- GameBeat Studios is pleased to announce they have been awarded the contract to produce the music for the Illinois State Lottery's...

Affinity Healthcare Receives Accreditation for CT and Ultrasound

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Affinity Healthcare LLC's diagnostic imaging practice located at 1051 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights, IL was recently awarded accreditation for...

Illinois Based Affinity Healthcare, LLC Adds New Physicians

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Affinity Healthcare, LLC is pleased to announce the recent addition of two new physicians to its Internal Medicine clinical staff....

Chicago to Host Oprah Sarcophagus from the Same Artist Who Created Nude Britney Spears on Bear Skin Rug

CHICAGO, Ill. -- With her endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama, Oprah is making known her views on the need for healthcare reform. But controversial sculptor Daniel Edwards is urging talk show host Oprah Winfrey to do more by taking the time on her show to reach out to the recently retired baby boomers for whom healthcare reform will come too late. Edwards is offering his latest creation to Oprah, to assist the television icon in breaking the ice with baby boomers to encourage them to prepare for their own funerals.

Controversial Sculptor Daniel Edwards Debuts Golden OPRAH

CHICAGO, Ill. -- On the heels of last year's farewell tour of the King Tut exhibit starts this year's tour of the gilded likeness of talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey. "The Oprah Burial Mask" will debut in Chicago April 24th, near Oprah's Harpo Studios at GARDENfresh Gallery, courtesy of NYC's Leo Kesting Gallery.

SafeHVAC Air Quality Company Provides Free Furnace Testing and Inspection to Ensure Safe Air

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Having healthy air in a home or workplace should not be a luxury, but a necessity. That's why a new web site, SafeHVAC.com(TM), is offering free furnace tests and inspections to demonstrate not only how to improve air quality, but overall health. Home and business owners fill out a simple online form and are instantly registered for a free test; it's that simple.

iExplore Expands Adventure Travel Portal Into The U.K.

CHICAGO, Ill. and LONDON, England -- Chicago-based iExplore formally announced its global expansion plans, with today's launch of www.iExplore.co.uk, targeting adventure travelers in the U.K. It is the company's first formal effort outside of the U.S. since the company launched in 1999. iExplore is hoping to become the #1 ranked website for adventure and experiential travel in the U.K. within the next couple years, replicating the position it has held in the U.S. since 2000.

New Guidebook Helps Building Professionals Achieve Highest Level of Success in an Increasingly Challenging Market

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Pareto Building Improvement announces a new guidebook on commercial building development and construction that assists working professionals to manage in an increasingly challenging market - "Choosing Project Success: A Guide for Building Professionals" (ISBN: 978-0-9799969-0-0).

Glutenfreeonthego.com Answers Exploding Demand from Celiacs / Coeliacs, Gluten-Free Guests & Food Allergic Customers

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Based on the exploding demand for special diets supported by the gluten-free and food allergy communities, Glutenfreeonthego.com has more than doubled its North American listings within a 3-month timeframe. The world's largest on-line directory of gluten-free eating establishments now includes 1000-plus gluten-free pizzerias, bakeries, restaurants, hotels, spas and even breweries across the U.S. and Canada!

Thomas J Bradley & Associates to Acquire $30 Mil. in Restaurant Properties

CHICAGO, Ill. -- As Chicago's specialist for restaurant and tavern transactions, Tom Bradley, Broker, will be seeking a "multi-location transaction" or the purchase of a small restaurant chain. Thomas J Bradley & Associates owns and operates the BradleyBrokers.com website which generates Illinois' largest, most targeted, web traffic in this brokerage segment.

Top Ten Adventure World Travel Destinations in 2007

CHICAGO, Ill. -- iExplore announced today the list of Top Ten World Travel Destinations as determined by the vacation purchases of its adventure and experiential travelers. Egypt held on to its top position for the third straight year, and the rest of the top 10 was largely unchanged from 2006.

SwappWatch and Marey Carey Partner for Line of Swinger Watches

CHICAGO, Ill. -- SwappWatch.com has partnered with Mary Carey Productions to unveil an exclusive line of SwappWatch(TM). The contract creates the launch of the Mary Carey line of SwappWatch(TM) watches which will be available to the public in January 2008.

Illinois Medical Service Firms Merge to Form Affinity Healthcare

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- The internal medicine / family practice medical group practices formerly named Greater Northwest Medical Group, North Suburban Internists and Adult Care Specialists have merged to become Affinity Healthcare, LLC.

OpenNETCF Consulting Brings ASP.NET to Windows CE with Padarn Solution

CHICAGO, Ill. -- OpenNETCF Consulting announces the launch of a new product - Padarn - an ASP.NET web server for Windows CE. Designed primarily for embedded applications requiring remote network access for configuration of data access, Padarn is a lightweight ASP.NET web server designed to run under Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0.

Advantax Opens North East Regional Office in Pennsylvania

ST. CHARLES, Ill. -- Chicago-based property tax consulting firm Advantax(R) announced today the opening of their new northeast regional office in Macungie, Pennsylvania. The office will be headed by John Palvelko, Jr., Advantax's newly appointed Manager of Client Services.

Sher Institute Appoints New Medical Director to Illinois Fertility Center

PEORIA, Ill. -- The Sher Institutes for Reproductive Medicine (SIRM(TM)) have announced that Dr. Milton McNichol will assume the role of Medical Director of SIRM-Central Illinois, located in Peoria. Dr. McNichol is a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist who joins SIRM-Central Illinois from an infertility practice in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Chicago Chef Pens a Quintessential Classic Cookbook: Street Food Chicago

Street Food ChicagoCHICAGO, Ill. -- Chef Michael Baruch, author of "The New Polish Cuisine," creates another winner that touches the heartstrings of the city's ethnically varied soulful cooking style. "Street Food Chicago" (ISBN: 0-9715313-1-5) sizzles with 25 mouthwatering chapters, 375 original recipes, 300 vivid photos and kitchen-friendly instructions.

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