National News Desk

TUSTIN, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- All Green Electronics Recycling announces its new national headquarters' grand opening on January 13, 2011 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - a Green Carpet Event - followed by a free, three-day electronics recycling event aimed at giving back to the local community in Orange County. Both are open to the public and are located at: 15561 Del Amo Ave. in Tustin.

BOYTON BEACH, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts & Social Justice (TLHS) announced today that Major Joseph Bernadel, US Army (Ret.), and the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association are pleased to invite you to remember with the Palm Beach County Haitian community the loss of lives and the great disaster caused by the Earthquake on January 12, 2010 in Haiti.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, and Del Mar DataTrac®, Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable mortgage lending automation solutions, and an industry pioneer in business intelligence, paperless lending, and loan process workflow tools, have rebuilt their partner interface to improve mortgage lenders' experience with the idsDoc platform and the DataTrac loan origination system of record.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Neotrope, a brand identity, PR, and marketing firm established Jan. 1983, is donating $36,000 in free public relations and newswire services to worthy non-profit and charitable organizations to celebrate its 28th anniversary. Neotrope previously donated $25K worth of services in 2009, 2005 and 2000. Organizations may apply for this program starting today.

LODI, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- West Auctions, a commercial and industrial auction company, announces the bankruptcy auction of Excel Storage Products to take place on January 19, 2011. Interested bidders may register to bid from now until 9:00 a.m. PST that same day.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Southeast Computer Solutions (SCS), a Sage Select Business Partner, has announced that Fernando Lollini, CPA, has joined the SCS team as Senior Implementer of MAS 500 to serve SCS customers in Latin America.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- This January, as part of its ongoing Charity of the Month program, the Gingrich Foundation honors Catholic Charities USA for its outstanding legacy of service to those in need.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Virtual Law Partners LLP is very pleased to announce that Denise Zack has joined the firm's Commercial Lending practice. Ms. Zack joins VLP from the Virginia office of Cooley LLP, where she served as special counsel in the Credit Finance and Leasing Finance practice groups and represented both institutional lenders and company borrowers in debt financings.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- People don't remember numbers or excessive facts, but they do remember a good story. So it makes sense that if you're telling and using stories in your job search and interviews, people are going to remember you too. Pioneered by Robert J. Gerberg, senior consultant at SET, a personal marketing firm working with executives, professionals and managers seeking $100,000 or more, the technique is something SET teaches clients to use.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Lift361, LLC, a leading marketing analytics firm dedicated to empowering retailers' strategies and tactics with data, today announced its intent to develop Retail Decision Analytics solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. These solutions will enable retailers to leverage their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) investment to drive sales lift and maximize customer lifetime value, using its advanced algorithms, predictive modeling and reporting.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, has added two new professionals to its team: Laurie Gaby, project manager, and Juan Hernandez, network administrator. As one of the fastest growing marketing research firms in the nation, CMI continues to expand its client services and technology support staff in order to satisfy CMI's growing client base.

DALLAS, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Cogent Technology Group announced today that they are now offering a Data Distribution Service (DDS) of ERCOT Nodal data to market-participants in the ERCOT service region of the Texas electricity market. The service utilizes Cogent's Data Flow Manager (DFM) software to manage the extract data made available to market-participants on the ERCOT MIS portal. Cogent will maintain databases containing extract data for each market-participant client.

TORRANCE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Neotrope today announced it has, as part of the company's 28th anniversary this year, expanded its discount program for U.S.-based non-profit organizations 'doing good,' and also pre-announced the 2011 Neotrope PR Grants program. California-based Neotrope will provide discounts of 28% off to those charitable organizations needing assistance with public relations and online marketing.

PHOENIX, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As a part of Business & Decision's ongoing focus in the Life Science market, we are delighted to announce a partnership with New Strategies, the creators of 'AX for Pharma' an industry leading Enterprise Resource Planning solution for the Pharmaceutical industry. This solution, which is based on Microsoft Dynamics AX, has been designed to address the primary business process needs of a Life Science / Pharmaceutical organization.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- For the fourth quarter of 2010, Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online resource established in 2004 for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has today announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list. This is a round-up of 12 new and recent books which may have been missed due to not originating from major New York book publishing houses, reality television 'stars,' or other 'big name' authors.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- 'This New Year's Dawn, 7-8 a.m., January 1st, Mexico's renowned Aztecas, Mayans and Huichols, on behalf of the United Nations, will dance humanity back into our ancient earth-honoring way of being in 2011, at Puerto Vallarta's Los Muertos Pier,' said Olympic skier Suzy 'Chapstick Chaffee, co-chair of Native American Olympic Team Foundation (NAOTF).

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS Software, a leading provider of storage management and data backup and disaster recovery solutions for Windows-based environments, today announces the availability of EASEUS Todo Backup Home 2.0. With more powerful and advanced features added, EASEUS Todo Backup Home 2.0 is an all-in-one backup and recovery solution that makes it easy to protect your PCs from disasters.

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- When the closet holds more things you don't use than things you do, when the garage is so full of stuff that you can't put a car in it or the basement is too full to hold another box, a new web site: EGIVA.com launched by three people to promote local generosity and giving (Company Name: GIV-N-GET LLC) offers a way to give your things away directly to others for FREE.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- MBD Consulting announced this week the release of 'A Patzer's Story' (ISBN: 978-1-4560-3797-0), authored by its managing director, Timothy A. Sawyer, and published by PublishAmerica. In the book, Sawyer outlines his battle with depression and draws parallels between that and his passion for chess.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Ring Collective, an Atlanta based interactive development company, today announced the launch of its new Fliptease app for the Android. The app celebrates pin-up girls with beautiful photography and adds a modern twist. The app encourages fans to suggest what they want to see in future updated versions and also invites women to model for the app by simply submitting photos via email.

BEULAH, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Barrie Watson is the owner and operator of the website PuroGold.com, as well as a devoted bookseller and gold investor. For those seeking advice and insight on gold collecting, gold investing, book collecting, or great literatures, his site provides all that and more.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SMARTSTOPS.net announced today that Cortal Consors S.A., a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, has incorporated SmartStops equity risk indicators into their website delivering powerful new risk management capabilities to their clients.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Record numbers of foreclosures hit the market in 2010, as well as record numbers of people looking to buy them, reports Foreclosure Deals, a leading online provider of foreclosure news and information, in a year-end Foreclosure Filings 2010 review. The record-breaking trend of 2009 continued throughout the year, as foreclosures have remained high and many experts are expecting them to climb even higher in 2011.

KIRKLAND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- According to the 3in4 Association, when it comes to long-term care insurance (LTCi), there's a big gap between what Baby Boomers (46 to 64 years old) believe and what they do. The association points to a recent survey by Mathew Greenwald & Associates showing that most Boomers highly value long-term care insurance, but that fewer than 10 in 100 have gotten around to buying it.

CALGARY, Alberta (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Net Safety Monitoring has extended its advanced flame and gas detection product portfolio with the release of our Banshee343 Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector. The product is designed to provide reliable, wide-area gas detection (toxic and/or combustible) coverage in any hazardous-area application where pressurized gas is present.

MANCHESTER, Vt. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- After hunkering down throughout 2010 recovering from a sobering 2009, banks will resume technology investments in 2011, in part with an eye toward meeting new demands on their payments operations, according to CONIX Systems, Inc.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- William Wegman collectors will be pleased to know that the affordable art website 20x200 released not one but two editions of William Wegman prints on Thursday, Dec. 16. Avid collectors of the William Wegman Weimaraners will have a chance to purchase 'Game Board' and 'Blizzard,' available in three limited edition sizes.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Plenty it turns out, according to Drs. Richard Peterson and Frank Murtha, whose behavioral finance consulting firm, MarketPsych LLC, has been analyzing data on the investor personalities of thousands of professional and retail stock pickers.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security is pleased to announce the availability of a 1Gbps version of their network security appliance for detecting insider use of digital steganography to steal sensitive information.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA) has awarded local restaurant Uncle Sal's Italian Restaurant and Bar with its prestigious Achievement of Distinction in Dining in the Legendary Landmark category. Uncle Sal's is only the second restaurant in DiRoNA history to be recognized in this category.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With the addition of Dr. Jennifer Rouke, ASE Optics increases its capabilities in systems analysis and modeling for imaging systems. ASE Optics provides contract optical engineering and custom lens assembly manufacturing for companies worldwide.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, was recognized as a 2010 Client Advisor Awards winner in the Small Client category during a ceremony on December 8, 2010. The Client Advisor Awards is the country's only award program honoring the economic impact of professional services firms, advisor professionalism and 'clients of choice.'

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Though the $36 billion private line services market is expected to show little growth in 2011, demand for new private lines is expected to rebound in the years ahead as new 4G wireless applications increase demand, says a market analysis study from Insight Research.

LOVES PARK, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A new t shirt by Slamtees, an online t shirt design company, has found the humor in the Wikileaks news story. Slamtees today announced the availability of the Wikileaks T-Shirt. The Wikileaks story has recently dominated headlines. There lots of people on both sides of the issue regarding Wikileaks. Some are in favor and some are against.

BETHESDA, Md. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Coleman Financial Group launches 'Taking Care of Business Today,' a conference call series for business owners. Taking Care of Business Today is an educational conference call series for business owners - covering business management, protection and succession issues.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A perfect ending to a years' worth of hard work, CalUniversity celebrated the graduation of its inaugural class of students on November 19th, 2010. With the majority of students receiving their Doctorate degrees and others earning their Master's and Bachelor degrees, the class of 2010 is now prepared to enter, or in some cases continue to thrive in, today's work force.

WAYNE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Ballantine Corporation remains on the cutting-edge of direct marketing trends. Its latest addition to its growing collection of direct marketing reports is, 'Direct Marketing Trends for 2011 - Marketing with a Technological Upgrade.'

SEATTLE, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Seattle Bash announces the 9th annual INDULGENCE New Year's Eve Bash - the largest New Year's Eve party in the Northwest, being held at the EMP (Experience Music Project) in downtown Seattle.

DECORAH, Iowa (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Gingrich Foundation has presented its annual gift to the Newt L. and Callista L. Gingrich Scholarship Fund at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Since 2005, the endowment has provided annual scholarships for instrumental music majors studying piano, organ, and wind instruments.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In honor of the first ever National Entrepreneur's Day, the United States Global Enterprise Association (USGEA) held a event called Entrepreneur's Conference 2010 (ECON2010) to honor and celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurism.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent Office has granted the company a patent for a user authentication method.

VAIL, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, December 4, 2010, renowned Southern Ute/Navajo Elders, Eddie and Betty Box Jr. and their dancer/skiers launched UN's International Mother Earth Day Ceremonies to open Vail's Super G at Beaver Creek, and were blessed with a beautiful day so the races could resume, Native American Olympic Team Foundation announced.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Supreme Lending, a full service mortgage banker, has selected International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage doc prep vendor, as its vendor of record for closing documents. As a full service mortgage banker with multi-state licenses, Supreme is able to provide customers with a wide variety of loan products, lower interest rates and closing costs and faster turnaround time.

TORONTO, Ontario (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- If you're the photographer in the family the best photo of yourself is likely on your driver's license. With the Quik Pod® from Fromm Works, Inc., the patented and world's first handheld extendable tripod, the days of holding out your arm only to get poor picture results are over. No more asking strangers for help. A person simply holds the extended Quik Pod® with camera attached and properly framed photos and videos are captured without the help of strangers.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that Virtual Case Management® has selected SecuGen's line of Hamster fingerprint readers for integration with their Virtual Case Management (VCM) software. VCM is a paperless database case management solution for investigators, process servers, intelligence analysts and the security industry.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Curt Doman, president of International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, says lenders who have not adopted the Model Privacy Form are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk. Lenders are not required to adopt the Model Form and may, in fact, develop their own form to use.

TACOMA, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- All Port Jobs announced this week the launch of a new job board that covers the spectrum of transportation from aviation and aerospace to maritime, rail, trucking, passenger transit, construction, supply chain logistics and pipelines.

BRIDGEPORT, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Value Recovery, Inc. announced today that Guadalupe Cooling of Nipomo, CA has obtained a license to use Value Recovery's methyl bromide emissions control technology for its new Quarantine and Pre-shipment fumigation operation. The facility will be constructed by Controlled Environments Construction of Tustin, CA.

BALTIMORE, Md. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LMXMEDIA, a California-based video production, advertising and PR company, announced the official release of 'Raymond Berry's Receiving Fundamentals' DVD (a 2 disc set). This is the first DVD of its kind in the sports instructional and entertainment industry. Raymond Berry's Receiving Fundamentals DVDs provide Baltimore Colts and general football fans with a look into the specifics of the legendary combination of Johnny Unitas to Raymond Berry.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ohio Laser LLC has opened a new dedicated laser tube cutting and laser pipe cutting facility on their ISO-9001:2008 manufacturing campus. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM's) can now streamline their production of tubes and pipes efficiently at one location.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Enviromax has done it again. Five years ago, it introduced the world's first external prostate massager - the patented Prostate Cradle. Thousands of customers later, it's introducing a new patented version - the 'Extra Soft' - designed for men with tender prostates. So, men now have two options.

CHICAGO, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today proudly announced Sprint and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers as recipients in their premier Best Performance awards. Sprint and New Horizons were recognized by KnowledgeAdvisors for top Corporate University and top Customer Education provider respectively.

COLUMBUS, Ohio and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- MBA Focus, the leader in top MBA recruiting management systems and Alumwire, the leading provider of interactive talent community solutions announced their technology partnership today. MBA Focus will add Alumwire's real-time video interviewing technology to its recruiting management systems and Alumwire will strengthen its professional network services by expanding its talent network reach.

SOMERSET, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- From the blogosphere to mainstream media, there's been a recent-and disturbing-buzz on a connection between hormone replacement therapy and a higher risk for advanced-stage breast cancer in post-menopausal women. The recent media focus stems from a study published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Practitioners from Belvidere Pharmacy and Balancing Health, both experts in women's health, examine the issue.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- An exciting new, free Smartphone App called Venuing™ is being formally introduced this Friday at Z100's Jingle Ball in New York's Madison Square Garden. Venuing adds an exhilarating new dimension of audience engagement to the experience of live concerts and sporting events.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The World Mind Network and Friends Beyond Borders have announced WikiGeeks, a coordinated effort among teams of university students to utilize commonly available Web 2.0 and social networking tools to create online Flash Mobs which will promote sustainability, environmental protection, and cultural preservation in selected Third World villages.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Virtual Law Partners LLP is very pleased to announce that Melody Torbati has joined the firm as a partner in the Technology Transactions practice. Ms. Torbati was formerly with Morrison Foerster, LLP where she represented leading and cutting-edge technology companies on a wide variety of transactions involving technology and intellectual property matters.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Four of CMI's marketing research experts were featured speakers at industry and university educational events in November. CMI is a full-service marketing research company dedicated to industry thought leadership, education and professional development in its field.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sixth grade science students at the Alameda Community Learning Center will take on the roles of real-life environmental scientists this school year, thanks to a collaboration with Save the Bay and grant support from Bio-Rad. Using the Pasco SPARK system of dataloggers to enable remote collection of pH, salinity, and ORP data, learners will conduct a geochemical and microbiological survey of two native plant restoration areas in the SF Bay.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS Software, a leading provider of data recovery, partition manager and backup utilities, launches its annual Christmas special offer today. This Christmas special sale will be a month-long promotion, from December 1st 2010 to January 10th 2011. Every customer can enjoy a 30 perent discount to purchase EASEUS Christmas Day Bundles during this period.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Indigenous plaintiffs from the Peruvian Amazon won their appeal today in the landmark human rights and environmental contamination lawsuit against U.S. oil giant Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the case should be heard in Los Angeles, Oxy's hometown, EarthRights International announced today.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CheapOair, a top 10 online travel booking site, announces the launch of its first ever television campaign today. The 30-second ads feature the tag-line 'Get There for Less,' an expression of the company's commitment and brand promise to put quality and value first for smart shoppers who continue to demand the best of both even in the post recessionary market.

BOSTON, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Technology Insight Corporation (TIC) was recently acknowledged by Wabash National Corporation, a leading manufacturer of semi-trailers in North America, as a key supplier at its recent annual supplier conference.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, announced it has begun to phase out the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) in response to an October 15 directive from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stating that the HVCC will no longer be the standard bearer for the protection of the home appraisal process beginning in 2011.