Pearl Dental Insurance Announces New Website and Program Enhancements

790 Million Digital Music Sales Were Made in 2005 and Over 10 Million iPods Have Been Sold To Date; Three Day Internet Music Marketing Event Will Show Independent Record Labels and Artists How To Get a Piece of the Digital Music Pie

From December 2-4, 2005, Internet marketing experts will teach independent record labels and musicians how to maximize their time and minimize their efforts with a proven, step-by-step process that will allow them to leverage the power of the Internet to sell more cds, downloads, merchandise and more.

The three-day T.O.M.I. event will show musicians and record labels how to optimize their websites and online marketing efforts. The event will deliver tools and strategies to show artists through step by step methods on exactly how to build an online fan community and a flawless marketing funnel.... (Continue reading)

Multilingual Singer/Songwriter Rue Melo Debut Album Set for Release September 25, 2007

Cross-cultural Rue Melo is the latest gem to emerge from Katrina Sirdofsky's famed Rebel Management. Rue Melo's highly anticipated debut, self-titled album, will be released September 25, 2007 as the first artist signed to Fighter Records, which is distributed by Universal Music Group's premier independent company, Fontana Distribution.

Rue Melo, a multilingual ingénue, oozes raw talent in English, French and Spanish. Born and raised in Paris, France to an artistic, multicultural family - her mother a dancer of French descent, her father an accomplished singer and guitarist from Uruguay - Rue Melo is a natural artist who is fearless, bold and full of life. Joined by guitarist Martin Estrada, bassist Bryan Bush, and drummer Idris al-Mutazz Tate, her soulful voice and witty lyrics lend themselves well to this cross-genre 12 track debut that is a true reflection of their many musical influences. Together they produce a unique sound that touches popular, world and urban music.... (Continue reading)

Nielsen/NetRatings* Figures Reveal That Meetic is Leader of European Online Dating

How long before all European singles will be meeting thanks to Meetic?

Meetic, the European specialist site for online dating, is a frontrunner in the new social phenomenon of meeting people online. According to the latest data revealed by Nielsen NetRatings for the countries of Western Europe, Meetic is breaking all the quantative and qualitative records to date. Taking all countries into account, the evaluation institute reports more than 340 million pages visited on the meetic sites alone, thats 3 times more than the closest competitor site (ilove) in terms of the sheer quantity of pages visited.... (Continue reading)

JK Harris Offers Customers New IRS Payment Option to Help Shed Debt

An IRS payment option implemented in January of this year may be able to help American taxpayers alleviate past due tax debt and allow the IRS to enter into agreements that result in full or partial payment of a tax liability, according to JK Harris & Company, LLC.

Called the Partial Payment Installment Agreement, the PPIA is for taxpayers that have outstanding federal tax liabilities. The new option became possible with the passage of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Prior to enactment of this legislation, taxpayers that could not fully pay their outstanding tax liabilities did not qualify for an Installment Agreement. This left taxpayers unable to meet this criterion with limited payment options.... (Continue reading)

ConnectedCare Announces Carrier-Independent Platform for the Delivery of Consumer Directed Healthcare

ConnectedCare announces the first complete carrier-independent consumer directed healthcare (CDH) portal and administrative platform as it brings its initial customers into production. The centerpiece of ConnectedCares solution is the comprehensive administrative integration of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Healthcare Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).

State-of-the-art healthcare decision-support and comparison tools, coupled with healthcare information guides, are wrapped around Internet-based account administration to provide customers with a hosted ASP solution and call center support, which can be implemented within 30 days for most employers. The portal reflects the growing preference for HSAs among small and mid-size employers, and the rising perception of CDH as a competitive advantage in hiring. Initial customers include Baltimore-based Agora Publishing Group (Agora) and Oklahoma-based Mays Housecall Home Healthcare Services (Mays).... (Continue reading)

D2C Solutions Strengthens Executive Team to Support Growth

D2C Solutions, a leading vendor of risk and compliance management software for enterprise systems, today announced the addition of two new members to its executive team. Matt Miller has been hired as D2C's new vice president of sales, and Robin-Jan DeLange has been named chief technology officer.

Mr. Miller brings more than 15 y 5a8 ears of executive sales and sales management experience, including his most recent experience at Scalable Software, an IT risk and compliance management software vendor. Prior to Scalable, Mr. Miller was vice president of sales for the Americas at BindView when it was acquired by Symantec. While there, he led sales efforts across all of Bindview's product lines, including offerings in the areas of compliance and security configuration management.... (Continue reading)

Home for Emancipated Foster Youth Built Off Profits of Trump University Student's First Investment Property

A former foster youth, Esperanza Hansen realized a life-long dream to help other foster girls learn career and life skills by building the Daughters of Hope off real estate investments made with Trump University's guidance.

After completing Trump University's Real Estate Investment Courses, Hansen bought and sold her first investment property for a $54,000 profit. Using a 1031 exchange that she learned at Trump University, Hansen bought the home for the foster youth for $100,000 less than the appraised value.... (Continue reading)

Easter Gifts Provide Alternatives to Chocolate Bunnies

Few people know that jelly beans actually have a story to tell this Easter. The Easter Jelly Bean Story Jar is filled with 31oz. of jelly beans (almost 2lbs) that explains the hidden meaning behind all of the different jelly bean colors as they relate to Easter and Jesus. A grown-up alternative to an Easter basket, this gift will continually remind the recipient that someone loves them. http://www.pixiedustgifts.com/updates/06.php

For a gift that is sure to bring a smile to anyone's face, Pixie Dust Gifts recommends the Freshly Laid Egg Candles. Fun for Easter and all through the year, this set of four colored egg candles, all with unique faces, will make a fun gift for those with a sense of humor. Lightly vanilla scented candles are 2.25in tall and 1.5in wide, with a flat bottom, so they can be placed onto any glass or ceramic trivet, or sit easily in a votive or pedestal candle holder. An EGG-cellent gift to cheer someone up...guaranteed to bring a smile. The accompanying card reads, "Why are we smiling like we've "got it made"? Well, you'd smile too, if you'd just been laid!". http://www.pixiedustgifts.com/updates/07.php... (Continue reading)

Lansing Building Products Accepts Crystal Achievement Award for Marketing

Lansing Building Products has accepted a Crystal Achievement Award from Window and Door Magazine. This award signifies that Lansing has been recognized as the Marketing program of the year for the window and door industry.

Lansing Building Products celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2005 with a year long celebration including Founder's Day, Founder's Banquet, an associate cruise, US Open Corporate sponsorship, a customer drawing for a pickup truck and most importantly, a rebranding of the company and its branded products.... (Continue reading)

Marlborough Hospital and Single Digits Team to Provide Wireless Internet Access for Patients and Visitors

Marlborough Hospital and Single Digits, Inc., today announced a joint effort to provide state-of-the-art internet services through the deployment of a managed wireless service for patients and visitors of the hospital called the Marlborough Hospital Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Network.

The new Single Digits Internet service features a Marlborough Hospital welcome web page that automatically appears when patients first access the Internet via their Microsoft Explorer or Netscape browsers. Laptop or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) users may also access email, send instant messages to family and friends, play games, surf the web, and get school assignments all free-of-charge by clicking on various links or accessing the Internet directly.... (Continue reading)

MIT Club of Princeton Sponsors Hunterdon Central High School Teacher for Annual MIT Science and Engineering Program

The MIT Club of Princeton, serving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni of central New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce that it will sponsor Mr. Michael McFadden, a Hunterdon Central High School teacher, to attend this summer's MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT).

MIT, in conjunction with its respective alumni clubs across the world, select approximately 50 teachers each year to attend SEPT for one week during the summer. The program is designed to share MIT's perspective on how engineers apply the principles of science to meet the technological needs of society. The selected teachers attend presentations on the frontiers of science and math; sessions on the synthesis, processing, properties and performance of materials; and discussions on the design and manufacture of engineering systems that affect the quality of life on Earth (e.g. water treatment, healthcare, international commerce and energy conversion).... (Continue reading)

New Indestructible GunCruzer Gun Case Protects Rifles From Elements Inside and Out

The new armored Pelican gun case by GunCruzer assures safe passage for rifles even under extreme conditions including intense heat or cold, penetrating humidity, excessive turbulence, and rust.

The watertight GunCruzer gun case, made specifically for Remington 700 Series scoped rifles, is perfect for sportsmen hunting for a case as tough as the back country. This indestructible carrying case always comes home in one piece – no handles torn off or latches bashed or feet mangled. When the hunter is ready for action, so is his firearm.... (Continue reading)

Spa Favourites Introduces the 1st Line of Luxurious Bath and Body Products With a Positive Message on Each Label

Spa Favourites announced the introduction of its 1st line of luxurious bath and body products with a positive message on each label. Spa Favourites is a unique company devoted to providing exquisite cleansing and skin-hydrating products of the highest quality to its customers, leaving them wanting more.

CEO, Christin Peeples, explains, "These products are different because each is infused with natural and organic ingredients from around the globe and the fragrances offered are simply divine."

Each product is produced with the intention of healing "not just the skin, but the customer's overall well-being." To capture that mission, Spa Favourites is excited to be the first line in its class to deliver an inspiring message on every label to empower every Spa Favourites user. The overall Spa Favourites experience is sure to make you feel your absolute best.... (Continue reading)

Harvard Health Publications Launches New Consumer Website

Harvard Health Publications, a publishing division of Harvard Medical School, announces the launch of its redesigned and enhanced website to serve the needs of health-conscious consumers in search of trusted health care information. The new health.harvard.edu offers easy accessibility to the most current practical, authoritative health information, drawing on the expertise of the 8,000 faculty physicians at the Harvard Medical School and its world-famous affiliated hospitals.

"When I became a doctor,'' said Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Editor in Chief and a 35-year Harvard veteran, ''most patients wanted the doc to tell them what do. They didn't ask 'What are my options?' Today, there's an appetite for information and a desire to be partners with the doctor in decision making. That's why it's important that patients get their health information from credible, trusted sources."

"Our mission at Harvard Health Publications is to offer the consumers access to information that will help them make better health choices. Whether someone is suffering from a serious illness, has a chronic health condition, or just wants to know the best ways to stay healthy, we publish health newsletters, special health reports, books, and online health information that helps them find the answers they need," said Komaroff.... (Continue reading)

The Nordic Company Introduces the Immersive Travel Experience

The Nordic Company, specializing in custom-created travel and traditional tours of Norway, Scandinavia and Russia, announces its 2006 Customized Tours and Immersive Travel programs for individuals and special interest group tours showcased in an exciting new brochure. Brochures are available by calling The Nordic Company at 1.888.806.7226 or visiting its Web site at Information Update – Brochure

New programs for 2006 include the Immersive Travel program, which allows travelers to select their own degree of immersion into a culture. In its 10 years of designing travel experiences in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and Russia, The Nordic Company has developed an expertise in Foreign Independent Travel (FIT), where vacations are individually planned to immerse travelers in the culture, guided by their interests, timetables and abilities. “For the past 10 years, we’ve done an excellent job at providing people with planned, day-by-day travel experiences. Now we're responding to the growing sophistication of the American traveler, who thoroughly enjoys the safe atmosphere and varied cultural sights, sounds and tastes of the Scandinavian countries, by creating custom-fitted trips under the guidance of our travel specialists,” explains Jerry Norsman, president and founder of The Nordic Company.... (Continue reading)

The Making of One of America’s Finest

Paul Richardson’s new book, "Boys to Men: A Guide for Raising Boys," is based in part on a young man who went from the streets of Oklahoma City to the dangerous sands of the Middle East where he now serves in the Marines. It’s a journey that led a troubled young boy to becoming a man of honor and integrity who loves his family and his country.

This particular journey started as many do, with a young man who had very little guidance or direction. It was the usual journey, with paths leading in many directions. The world tugged at this young man from all sides. By the sixth grade, this boy was hardened to life and knew entirely too much about the streets. Richardson, however, saw something that many others had missed—a young man’s soul.... (Continue reading)

Global Institute of Logistics Honors Hellmann Worldwide Logistics as Leading Global Logistics Service Provider

Following a review of operating standards within global logistics service provision throughout 2006, the Global Institute of Logistics has unanimously agreed to bestow its inaugural "Best Global Logistics Service Provider (LSP) 2006-07" award on Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.

The announcement follows a rigorous programme of study undertaken by the Institute's research department. This programme was established in response to a motion set down at the annual general meeting of the Institute in April this year, which called for an in-depth analysis of logistics services providers with a view to identifying the organization, which would illustrate the Institute's classification of a 'best in class' provider.... (Continue reading)

Mobilizing for Post-9/11 GI Bill, Excelsior College Augments Longstanding Services to Meet Increased Education Demand

Excelsior College, a national leader in higher education for military members and veterans since the 1970s, has added specially-trained outreach staff and streamlined services to meet anticipated growth in demand for education benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI bill. The bill takes effect Aug. 1.

Thirty-three percent of Excelsior's 32,000 enrolled students are veterans and members of the military, and the College has established an unparalleled track record in meeting the academic and financial needs of this important group of adult learners. An accredited, nonprofit institution, Excelsior is a recipient of the prestigious Institutional Award from the Council of Colleges and Military Educators (CCME), and has twice been named among the top military-friendly Colleges by Military Advanced Education magazine.... (Continue reading)

Amsterdam Hotels Information Provider Celebrates First Decade

HollandHotels.com has become a leading online resource for travel planning Information and service for Amsterdam Hotels. A visit to the website reveals a multitude of user-friendly search options with information on: hotel ratings listed by city or area districts, city maps, special attractions, and dining and entertainment information. HollandHotels.com offers complete information for travelers staying at hotels in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague for individual and group travel.

"We have been offering Amsterdam Hotels and London hotels on the internet since 1995 - a staggering length of time for any Internet company," said owner Ian Ogden. "This alone speaks for our reputation, which encourages a loyal customer base. To date, we have successfully managed in excess of 150m GBP in client bookings."... (Continue reading)

Pearl Dental Insurance Announces New Website and Program Enhancements

Pearl Dental Insurance recently launched a new website, www.pearldentalinsurance.com, that provides an immediate, online quote rating engine for insurance brokers and dental plan prospects living in most states. Pearl also now offers an enhanced dental program, which includes the Traditional Dental Plan, as well as a new Scheduled Dental Plan, featuring a lower monthly premium with a higher out-of-pocket expense for those in need of an alternative to higher premiums. Both plans are guaranteed issue.... (Continue reading)