National News Desk

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online resource established in 2004 for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list, for the fourth quarter of 2009. This list is a round-up of new and interesting books (and e-books) which are often missed due to not originating from major New York book publishing houses, or big name authors.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS Software, the innovative, dedicated data recovery software provider, offering professional data recovery solutions running from hard drive disk or portable storage device under Windows OS environments, today announces EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard 4.8 Beta. It is provided for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 users to test and use free before February 1st, 2010.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Kevin Glavin Publishing announced today the release of 'Rock Star's Rainbow' (ISBN: 978-0-9825466-0-4), a new novel chronicling a recent and mysterious scandal involving one of the nation's most cherished 'icons.' The far-fetched story begins in August 2009, when a renowned entertainment reporter is thrown out of a plane over Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ENow, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in high-end Exchange consulting and the development of software to simplify Exchange system management, announced today that its award-winning monitoring and reporting solution Mailscape was selected as the winner in the Exchange Server Administration category of the MSExchange.org Readers' Choice survey for the second year running.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor for closing documents, initial disclosures and reverse documents, expects state mandated high-cost audits to become a more time-consuming concern for mortgage lenders in 2010 and is advising lenders to test their ability to provide evidence that meets and satisfies state-specific requirements.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Inman Solar, an Atlanta-based, full service solar photovoltaic (PV) systems integrator, serving commercial and residential clients, has commenced installation of three commercial PV projects that will be completed over the next six months. The projects represent over 750 kW of installed capacity, and are the realization of federal stimulus initiatives at the local level.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Shuyokan Dojo in Costa Mesa, California is pleased to announce a new course offering: In Control - Practical Verbal Self-Defense. Participants will learn innovative strategies for verbal conflicts in a few short weeks through training in martial arts principles, character analysis, confrontation styles and role-playing for more effective conflict management. The course is being offered through Costa Mesa Parks and Recreation for 10 weeks, starting January, 2010.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Interactive Health Partner, developed by PCE Health and Fitness, recently expanded exercise logging and fitness tracking capabilities by integrating with Garmin (NASDAQ GS: GRMN) running and fitness devices. Now users can quickly upload workout data from Garmin Forerunner devices into their personal online health and fitness account. It's as easy as plugging in their Garmin fitness device and clicking a button to upload results to their exercise log.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- North American companies wishing to reach business and consumer markets in India now have easy access due to the continued expansion of the portfolio of Riverside Media / Global Media Network, a leading provider of global media services. Riverside has been appointed the U.S. advertising representative for the India Today Group.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor for closing docs, initial disclosures and reverse documents, in 2009 marked a record-setting year for document processing volume. The IDS flagship solution, idsDoc, is the doc prep solution of choice for mortgage lenders and attorneys requiring customized closing documents.

EUREKA, Mont. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In his latest novel titled, 'Saving Eden' (ISBN: 978-0-9791293-9-1, EnDeavours Publishing), set in the Tobacco Valley, Montana author David C. Deavours shares a message of environmental awareness through a story full of mystery, adventure, romance and tragedy. Deavours relocates his main character from his Southern Appalachian home and plunges him into the wilds of Montana's Kootenai National Forest, where Nate suddenly finds himself enveloped in an unsolved murder mystery dating in the early 1800's.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Del Mar DataTrac, Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable mortgage lending automation solutions, and an industry pioneer in business intelligence, document imaging and management, and loan process workflow tools, is reintroducing its DataTrac product suite with new names. DMD's flagship product, DataTrac, has been the mortgage lending workflow automation solution of choice for lenders since 1991, providing a platform that integrates with leading loan origination software.

DENVER, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp has been named a preferred provider by Flagstar Bank (NYSE:FBC) for its wholesale lending business's broker-to-banker initiatives. Flagstar Wholesale Lending offers those correspondent lenders who meet specific underwriting criteria a warehouse facility, and purchasing facility to support their adoption of electronic closings and notes.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- AMT Datasouth Corporation is pleased to introduce its new Accel 7350 serial-dot-matrix (SDM) printer. The Accel 7350 features the latest technology in motors, drivers and electronics. The Accel 7350 is the successor to the very successful Accel 6300 series printer. The Accel 7350 sets a new standard for best-in-class heavy-duty SDM printers.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, and WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Temperatures are rising at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen as negotiators scuffle to reach a consensus. Many African American environmental justice NGO representatives balance support for their own communities back home as the focus turns to President Obama's speech this coming Friday. 'We want to support our President, and certainly look forward to his speech,' said Felicia M. Davis, representing Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative and Black Women's Roundtable.

KIRKLAND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Almost for sure, you or a family member will need expensive long term care someday. How will you pay for it? What public or private insurance options are available to you? Now you can get those answers on Amazon.com's Kindle Wireless Reading Device and the Apple iPhone, through 'Dignity for Life: Five Things You Should Know Before Considering Long Term Care Insurance.' The new electronic publication is authored by LTC Financial Partners, LLC.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The new compact LifeSpan TR200 folding treadmill, made by PCE Health and Fitness, was highly praised by treadmill review groups in recent reviews of the best treadmills for 2010. The compact TR200 folding treadmill received awards for Best New Treadmill, Recommended Unique Design, and Best Treadmill under $1000.

SAN MARINO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation, an emerging leader in the field of targeted genetic medicine, gained international validation of the cutting-edge science behind its lead oncology product, Rexin-G, when scientists around the world rediscovered the Cyclin G1 gene to be a major locus of cancer pathogenesis and disease progression, and thus a prime target for anti-cancer therapies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Lessee Advocate, LLC, announced today that it has launched the first publication dedicated to helping corporate equipment lessees improve their financial performance and leasing operations. The first issue of The Lessee Advocate includes an in-depth video interview with Ingemar Lanevi, Treasurer of NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP), and a detailed article about 'How To Fix Poor End-of-term Performance.' There is no fee for subscribing to the monthly newsletter.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- AtPrime Media, Inc., the sponsor of the @Prime! Pension Inspector Suite, the leading online service for providing Qualified Retirement Plan performance results, announces a new economy priced addition, to join the free Standard Edition, and subscription Compare and Rank Edition, The Market Research Platinum Edition. The Pension Inspector Market Research Platinum Edition was developed by Retirement Plan experts.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The end of the recession may be in sight as foreclosure rates were down again in many states in November compared with October while foreclosure prices were up. Comparing rates and sale price figures from ForeclosureListings.com offers a positive economic snapshot of the current housing market. For buyers who have been waiting and watching the market, now is a good time to buy.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Denimology, The Purseblog and Hypebeast have been named as the three most influential fashion blogs. This is according to Konector's latest report, the Top 50 Fashion Blogs and Bloggers, which is designed for fashion companies who are using, or thinking of using, blogs and social networks to promote their brands.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Baxter Design Group (BDG) is celebrating 25 years as the premier San Antonio based interior design firm serving private and commercial clients throughout the Southwest and New York City area. BDG growth and vision has been guided by founder and president, Debbie Baxter, who believes that interior spaces should be comfortable and timeless. The soundness of this vision is evidenced by BDG's impressive body of portfolio quality work, which continues to be appreciated and enjoyed by many clients today.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On Dec. 19, 2009 Forever 21, Inc. is launching a charitable line of T-shirts personally designed by notable celebrities with 100 percent of the proceeds, or 2/3 of the purchase price of the T-shirts to benefit Starlight Children's Foundation - helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Rob Katz, president of 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, expects the number of independent mortgage bankers (IMBs) to continue to shrink in 2010 as credit line scarcity and risk aversion limit their liquidity.

BOONTON, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Analysis of most recent FCC data (Jan. 2008) reveals that about 45 million of the more than 117 million US households have no Internet service and when 'no Internet' households are added to those households using dial-up to reach the Internet, the number of non-broadband households approaches 58 million, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. These 58 million non-broadband households represent 49 percent of the households in the US.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Leader Chairman Michael T. McKibben today announced the release of a new and improved Leader Phone Audio Conferencing site at leaderphone.com. 'Traditional audio conferencing is expensive, old technology with few features,' McKibben said. 'Leader Phone's innovations offer easy-to-use features that improve a company's productivity instead of dragging it down.'

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the year, through year-long use for work and pleasure, your hard drive has been stuffed with all kinds of materials, both business and personal. Perhaps you are planning a comprehensive system partition optimization or hard drive management task, such as extending the fully crammed system partition for smooth and fast Windows performance, or resizing and moving partitions or partitioning the newly upgraded hard disk.

MOOREFIELD, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A look at the best-selling holiday items from stylish and innovative eco-retailer bambeco reveals that shoppers are looking for gifts that are not just fabulously chic but are also made with Mother Nature in mind. Bambeco's top sellers are made from recycled and re-purposed natural materials such as bike chains, recycled stainless steel and natural fibers hemp and organic cotton.

WARRINGTON, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Last year Special Equestrians was one of 10 nonprofits chosen from nearly 600 applicants to receive part of $25,000 in PR service grants. 'We've always taken corporate social responsibility very seriously, and it gives all of us here a warm and fuzzy feeling to do what little we can to give something back to worthwhile causes,' said Neotrope CEO and co-founder, Christopher Simmons.

LYNN, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- NevaSlip, a trusted and established anti-slip floor treatment company, recently introduced its clear non-slip acrylic coating with crystal clear polycarbonate aggregate to its professional floor treatment line. Paired with the company's microscopic etching surface process, NevaSlip can now make all types of floors slip-resistant without changing their appearance.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS, the security and storage management software producer, releases the newly updated Windows 7 compatible system backup and disaster recovery freeware: EASEUS Todo Backup 1.1. The new version is completely upgraded for Windows 7 system and hard drive backup. It can be used to back up system state, applications, and settings as well as the hard disk partition.

HENGELO, The Netherlands (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Computer users assume that the popular anti-virus programs will protect them against malware (viruses, spyware, trojans, etc.). But research by SurfRight shows this is not correct. Over 100,000 computers were scanned using their award-winning product, Hitman Pro 3, and almost 32 percent of the users that have an up-to-date anti-virus program installed were still infected with malware.

CHICAGO, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released a new benchmark research report analyzing employee competency rating patterns. The research utilized KnowledgeAdvisors Metrics that Matter analytics tool and its Talent and Performance Measurement Multi-Rater capability to easily create the rater network, distribute the competency instruments, and report the data.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Pastor Craig Rubin and his Temple 420 have existed for 40 days and are one of the most famous religious institutions in the world. The Temple operated for 38 days in 2006 before the pastor was arrested and told by an LAPD officer, 'The Judeo-Christian religion is not real and is not protected by the law.' He received permission from a judge to reopen and obtained a new license in 2009 from the City of Angels, and after 2 days of operation Rubin was arrested again.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Foreclosure Deals, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, has compiled important data for the second semester of 2009; it releases statistics on foreclosure information throughout the U.S. This is valuable information for people who want to invest in foreclosed homes for sale.

WESTERLY, R.I. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Every second counts in an emergency. Life-Prints child ID software prepares parents for child emergencies, by digitizing medical records, photos, contact information and more. Life-Prints is now available at Toys'R'Us. A special promotion will run from Dec 6 - 12th and Dec 20 - 26th, where all customers purchasing a netbook at Toys'R'Us will be eligible for a 20 percent discount off the regular price of Life-Prints.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Leading scholars concerned about today's men and boys will convene here April 7, 2010 to plan for a new academic discipline focusing on male studies at the university level. The event sponsored by The On Step Institute will be held at Wagner College and hosted by Professor Miles Groth, Ph.D. It will lay out the groundwork for the First International Conference on Male Studies scheduled for October 2010 and the launch of the Male Studies Journal.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that its Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 device drivers for SecuGen USB fingerprint readers, the Hamster IV, Hamster Plus, OptiMouse Plus and Keyboard Plus, have passed the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) testing. The WHQL certified drivers can be downloaded at no charge from SecuGen's Web site.

ORLANDO, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Few people like being alone. Sure, there are some men and women who truly like their single status, but most of us prefer having someone special in our respective lives. If you are single by choice, then you are not in need of advice, but if you are unattached and are open to suggestions to make it through the holiday season, dating expert Rochelle Peachey offers a plethora of advice.

ORLANDO, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Finding the gift for the person who seems to have everything can be a challenge. So can selecting the ideal present for important people in your life beyond family members and friends - such as your children's teacher, the mail carrier and your fitness instructor at the gym. For a unique gift, you can give them an item they need with an appearance that fits their respective personality. The Personalized Doormats Company is an online company that offers a wide variety of customized doormats for homes and businesses.

HEALDSBURG, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- New Website and social hub Nourish Network empowers people to maintain a healthy body, a comfortable weight and an eco-clean conscience while getting more pleasure from food, and the company is kicking off the launch with a chance for members to win a trip to California's Sonoma County, where founder Lia Huber hails from. On January 1, 2010, a member will be drawn at random to win a three day trip for two to Wine Country, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Lion Technology Inc., a nationally renowned regulatory compliance training firm, will present several two-day Hazardous Waste in California workshops during the month of January. These courses are designed for industry professionals that must assure compliance with California's hazardous waste regulations. Workshops will be held in Los Angeles on January 11-12; Santa Barbara on January 14-15; Fresno on January 18-19; and San Francisco on January 21-22.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Taycor Financial is a leading provider of equipment leasing and financing and has launched a nationwide drive to encourage small businesses to take advantage of the tax benefits available to them through Section 179. This IRS tax code is a provision specifically designed to bolster business investment in depreciable commercial properties and equipment.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Perillo Tours, the leading operator of escorted journeys to Italy, offers the best of Rome and the Amalfi coast in a nine-day adventure, with three nights in Rome and three nights on the sunny Amalfi coast. Perillo Tours provides first-class and deluxe hotels, and experienced, knowledgeable tour guides.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The famous engagement rings and loose diamonds retailer Jewelry Central has added 3D diamond movies to its Web site to provide a superior visual experience for online shoppers. While viewing a diamond, customers have the option of clicking a button to launch a beautiful video for their viewing pleasure. This brand new feature creates a unique customer experience in time for the holiday season.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- If you have to put your hands in it, or breathe it, or walk on carpets sprayed with it, shouldn't it be safe? National surveys show growing numbers of shoppers are asking that question when they choose household cleaners. The makers of Vivesan have an answer in the form of powerful, 100 percent plant-based, carcinogen-free cleaners that are safer for humans, animals, and the environment. Vivesan cleaning products are now available to retailers nationwide.

SEATTLE, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- This year the INDULGENCE New Year's Eve Bash is back at the EMP! Presented by Seattle Bash, 'Indulgence' brings together 5 parties in one. It is the largest New Year's Eve Party in Seattle with over 3,000 guests attending. This year, party in the cool surroundings of the EMP with 5 unique experiences located throughout the museum featuring music acts, comedy acts and DJ's.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Genesiz, a full service travel supplier based in New York City, has launched its Affiliate Program which offers a Private Label Website to its affiliates. This program offers a turnkey solution and is aimed primarily at improving the efficiency and scope of home based agents, independent contractors, aspiring travel agents and anyone who is looking to set up their own consumer Website or looking to venture into the travel business.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Passware Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. The new version of its flagship product - Passware Kit Forensic 9.5 - now recovers encryption keys for hard drives protected with BitLocker. BitLocker is an advanced, full-disk protection feature available in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The media is saturated with real-life accounts of financial scoundrels such as Madoff, Sanford, and Rothstein making people sadly aware of men who strive to cheat their clients through criminal schemes and outright theft. Such is the story line of husband and wife co-authors Ken and Tammy Brown's 'Falling Apart' (ISBN: 9781605943954, Llumina Press). However, the man in this book is innocent.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- This holiday season Children Awaiting Parents is offering several alternative gift ideas. Instead of sending the traditional fruitcake to clients and friends this year, consider a gift that will help Lift the Wait for children that wait in foster care for a family to adopt them.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Starlight Children's Foundation - which for 25 years has helped seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities - has named 10-year-old actress Bailee Madison spokesperson of its StarPower program. StarPower is an initiative that encourages youth to give back to other youngsters with the conviction that you're never too young to give back to your community.

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Multi-Flow Industries announced their intention to be the fastest-growing Juice Brand in on-premise dining today, as the company unveiled its new logo and brand identity for Harvest Squeeze Juices. Harvest Squeeze Juices, by Multi-Flow, are processed exclusively for fountain dispensing. The brand is being re-launched with the slogan, 'Farm to Fountain - Fresh.'

CANTON, Ohio (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A Step Beyond Publishing announces its first non-fiction, controversial book: 'I Apologize to All Women in the World - From Man' (ISBN: 978-0-9799724-0-9). The author, Billy Prowell, inspires women to accept their roles as dignified creations of God and to reject the assumed role, imposed by men, of indentured servant.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Engate Technology Corporation, leaders in next generation reputation network profiling technology and proactive botnet, phish, virus and email security solutions, today announced integration of Engate's security software suite with IBM Lotus Foundations Start line of software appliances for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB).

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Riverside Media / Global Media Network, Inc., a leading provider of global media services and advertising sales representative for major media companies throughout the world, today announced the addition of James E. (Jim) Paroline to its sales team as Director of Sales for the 17-state U.S. Eastern Region.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security is pleased to announce sponsorship of the 2010 EuroForensics Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, March 26-28, 2010. As a Silver Sponsor, Backbone will be offering their two-day Certified Steganography Examiner (CSE) course on March 24-25.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS, the leading hard disk management solution provider and 'PartitionMagic Successor,' who offers their software based on customers' needs, adds a new Technician Edition to their award-winning partition manager software: EASEUS Partition Master Technician Edition. The license is designed especially for users like the busy IT professional who offers independent services for third parties, with an intelligent tool to efficiently administer IT environments for PCs and servers.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Depth Public Relations, an Atlanta, Georgia, provider of public relations, Internet search visibility and marketing strategies for the mortgage lending and financial services industry has signed International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor for closing docs, initial disclosures and reverse documents.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Del Mar DataTrac, Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable mortgage lending automation solutions, and Loan-Score Decisioning Systems, an enterprise-class pricing and automated underwriting provider, announce the release of an enhanced Loan-Score product integration with DataTrac version 9.1. This extended seamless integration improves operational efficiency, process transparency and communication for lenders, banks and credit unions.

VINELAND, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- To hear the claims that wooden pallet producers have clear cut, raped and pillaged their way through America's old growth virgin forests, stripping them of trees, leaving them bald and naked. Sounds like a horror movie. Scary, but fictitious. According to Michael Smith, C.O.O. of PALNET, a nationwide supplier of wooden pallets, It's time to set the record straight because exactly the opposite is true.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Angara.com, the leading online retailer of fine gemstone jewelry, is going farther than ever before to give customers the perfect mix of high quality and unbeatable prices this holiday season.