ROCHESTER, N.Y. — ASE Optics, an optical engineering services firm that provides high tech companies with outsourced optical design expertise and short-run lens assemblies, is expanding their unique Discovery Service to reach companies worldwide. ASE’s Discovery Service includes 20 hours of focused optical engineering for a discounted cost of $1750.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — DITEC Research and Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of DITEC International Corporation focused on development of environmental chemicals and technologies, announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with Presentwater AS, an innovative Norwegian company with a strong maritime network and strategic alliances towards world-leading original equipment manufacturers (OEM).

AMHERST, N.H. — High school basketball took hold of one small town – Peerless, Montana – and author, Joe Puckett, recounts the story in ‘The Dream: The Story of the 1978 and 1979 Peerless Panthers’ (ISBN: 978-0-9845494-0-5), a new book published by Aubade Publishing.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio — Ohio Laser LLC announced today that it has received ISO 9001:2008 certification and installed a new advanced 3D laser scanning system, two crucial steps toward achieving world-class quality control of laser cut parts and fabricated metal parts in production. Companies that require quality control (QC) inspection, first article inspection and high quality repetitive processing will benefit from the new certification and technology at Ohio Laser.

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — Affinity Healthcare LLC, a multi-specialty medical group practice with northwest Chicago suburban offices located in Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove announces the addition of a Neurology specialist to its cadre of 34 physicians. Dr. Daniel B. Cacioppo, MD will treat patients by appointment at the Affinity Healthcare LLC office located at 1450 Busch Parkway, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089.

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — Nelson Tree Service, Inc., Dayton, Ohio announces the appointment of Terry L. Jobson as Corporate Safety Director. He has been an employee of Nelson Tree Service since 2006. Nelson offers a full range of vegetation management including customary line clearance trimming, complete storm restoration services, herbicide application and specialty off-road trimming programs.

PLANO, Texas — June 10 will be a day of activities on Capitol Hill organized by the Food Action Research Center and other partner organizations such as Share Our Strength. The goal is to highlight the importance of fighting childhood hunger in America. Chef Ash Sengson of Please Enjoy Personal Chef and Catering Services from Plano, TX will lobby members of Congress to discuss the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill.

BETHESDA, Md. — ADF Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of forensic triage tools for computers and peripherals, is pleased to announce that it has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pertaining to methods of searching forensic data. The patent has critical applications for forensic triage, cyber-security, cyber-intelligence, digital forensics, and e-discovery.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Eleventh Percentile Entertainment is proud to announce the addition of Kyle Gass and Friends to the entertainment portion of The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock ‘N’ Roll Reception to be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The event is a celebration of the union between Buck ‘F’ Naked, renowned drunkabilly chanteur, and his life long love, beer.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Data loss is a common scenario for most of the users who need free data recovery software. Until recently there was not one fully functional and free data recovery software solution available to recover lost files due to format, partition loss or damage without any limitation. Fortunately, addressing customer requirements, EASEUS Software released its fully functional – yet free – data recovery software solution: EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition.

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Today Reverse Mortgage Direct, LLC (RMD), announces an online assessment tool that helps senior Americans determine whether a reverse mortgage can help with their financial challenges. The tool, ‘Reverse Mortgage eGuide,’ also lets seniors know if they qualify, and whether the financial instrument might be right for their situation.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — While most artists want you to think about their music, Paula Franceschi wants you to think about images when playing her new EP, ‘Songs for Singles’ (Valjean Music). ‘The songs are meant to make you see movies in your mind,’ says Franceschi.

BOSTON, Mass. — Recently, the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued the most significant policy change concerning the air charter brokerage industry since 2004. The Air Charter Association of North America (ACANA), in keeping with its mission to protect the business interests of members and to foster a compliance disposition relative to the various regulatory agencies, played a pivotal role in shaping this recent policy shift.

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The CLASS Act, part of the new health reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), will offer a type of long term care insurance for working people and others who may become disabled. But confusion and doubt are widespread. ‘Many wonder how the CLASS Act will affect them personally,’ says Jonas Roeser, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations for LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP), one of the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance agencies.

MANCHESTER, Vt. — Banks that focus on reducing the impact of exception items in their payment processing operations by moving Day 2 processes to Day 1 can achieve decreased costs, more effective risk management, and improvements in auditory compliance, according to CONIX Systems, Inc., which developed content for the upcoming June 8 BAI webinar entitled, Acceleration of Exception Payment Processing: ‘The Next Big Thing.’

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Election Mall and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) today announced a strategic partnership to provide the one-stop technology shop for running and winning political and issue advocacy campaigns. As part of the relationship, the companies introduced Campaign Cloud, an integrated set of customizable technologies, from online collaboration to robust Web presence. The two companies announced the relationship today at Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2010.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Bookbinder Specialties, a PA Preferred Company, will introduce two new all natural and gluten-free clam chowders at the 5th Annual PA Preferred Giant Buyer Vendor Show at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex & Exposition Center on June 10, 2010.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — What: Press Availability with Microsoft and ElectionMall. Who: Stan Freck, Director of U.S. Public Sector Cloud Services at Microsoft and Ravi Singh, CEO and Founder of ElectionMall.com. 10am EDT, Friday June 4, at the Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2010, The Graduate Center – B. Altman Building – Breakout C, The City University of New York.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor for closing documents, initial disclosures and reverse documents, now offers its mortgage lender customers e-signature options through its flagship idsDoc platform.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Del Mar DataTrac, Inc., the leading provider of affordable end-to-end mortgage lending automation solutions, and an industry pioneer in business intelligence, document imaging and management, now offers a seamless integration developed by its document preparation partner Document Express enabling DataTrac users to order their initial disclosures, loan closing documents, and analysis without leaving the DataTrac screen.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Lion Technology Inc., a nationally recognized regulatory compliance training firm, will present its two-day Hazardous/Toxic Waste Management workshop series during the month of July and August. The course is designed for compliance professionals who must be trained annually under the RCRA hazardous waste regulations. Workshops will be held in South Eastern US states during July and August, 2010.

CLAREMONT, Calif. — Edward Professional Advisors announces that in a close, but historic vote late last night, the Compton City Council voted 3-2 to establish a new Compton Community Police Department. After 10 years of receiving police services from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Compton City Council voted last night to establish a new Compton Community Police Department and end its contractual relationship with the sheriff’s department.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have stepped up enforcement to reduce undeclared and illegal hazmat shipments via airline, truck, rail, and ship. Undeclared shipments of hazardous materials are predominately aerosols and flammable liquids (e.g., paint and paint-related materials), as well as batteries, fireworks, dry ice, perfume products, and cigarette lighters.

BOONTON, N.J. — US enterprises and consumers are expected to spend more than $37 billion over the next five years on Ethernet services provided by carriers, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. With metro-area and wide-area Ethernet services readily available from virtually all major data service providers, the market is expected to grow at a compounded rate of almost 25 percent.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — EASEUS Software, the provider of innovative and professional data recovery software, has been receiving widespread acclaim from almost all editors and users worldwide for the latest release of its free data recovery software, EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition. All the reviewers and users come to evaluate this freeware’s ability to recover lost files from different storage media and give their thumbs-up after a test drive.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — PETAP, LLC presents its distance learning and online schools directory for higher education. The online schools and colleges directory provides students with information about where and how to obtain certificates, diplomas, degrees, and other educational resources.

SAN MARINO, Calif. — Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announces the results of the clinical trial entitled ‘Advanced Phase I/II Evaluation of Tumor-Targeted Gene Delivery: Intravenous Rexin-G as Stand Alone Therapy for Chemotherapy-resistant Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma’ at the ASCO Annual Meeting on June 8, 2010. The presentation will be discussed by Dr. Kristen N. Ganjoo, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto CA.

CANTON, Ohio — Ohio Gratings, Inc. has expanded its popular Wheels n’ Heels line of heavy duty steel grating to include the Metro and InVent styles. The new styles offer all of the advantages of the original Wheels n’ Heels with some recent additional features.