With the world full of uncertainty and enough bad news to propel even devout scientologists to contemplate prescription drugs, online retailer, Giftgasms (www.cafepress.com/giftgasms), aims at providing something people are truly desperate for -- a good laugh!

The store, which combines tongue 'n cheek humor with bold designs, offers an eclectic mix of topics from flirty to attitude, from wine to religion, from astrology to blogology and regularly parodies popular movies and television programs.

11 December 2003, London, UK

Web analytics firm WebtraffIQ wins one year Sony UK contract

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Sony UK have awarded web analytics firm WebtraffIQ http://www.webtraffiq.com an initial one year contract to manage its website measurement and analysis.

The contract has been awarded to WebtraffIQ after Sony UK searched for a measurement, reporting and analysis service after reviewing a number of products. The new vendor search was to identify a product that would unify their existing systems to increase the efficiency of the Sony UK website, and use the information to make key business development decisions. This information will be applied to increase customer loyalty with a superior level of customer service.

PristinePlanet.com has recently made available a Web site that allows people to freely explore a wealth of ecologically and socially responsible organizations, products, and services. In addition, it is the first Web site to welcome user reviews of those offerings. Visitors to http://www.pristineplanet.com/ can, free of charge, learn more about how easy it can be to make a positive impact on the environment simply by choosing environmentally sound products and services.

PristinePlanet.com has created this interactive focal point on the Web, where any Internet user can read other people's reviews and write their own. Also, visitors to the Web site can nominate organizations that they feel would be worthy additions to those already found there. The primary goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to make a difference on the planet, by educating themselves with facts and figures before they make their next purchase. In effect, they can make their everyday shopping dollars truly "green".

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) commends the House of Representatives for passing the Senior Independence Act (H.R. 5293) without dissent. The legislation would reauthorize and strengthen services offered under the Older Americans Act, the chief federal law governing the organization and delivery of a number of social services for older Americans.

Passage of the bill represents important progress toward achieving the number one priority of the once-per-decade White House Conference on Aging - reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. The final report from the conference is expected in July.

TRA (www.industrysafe.com) is pleased to announce the release of Incident and Hazard Public Web Forms for IndustrySafe Safety Management Software. IndustrySafe Safety Management Software provides organizations with web-based safety data management tools including incident tracking, OSHA recordkeeping, and OSHA logs, inspections, training tracking, hazards, behavioral based safety, claims, corrective actions and more.

The Incident and Hazard Public Web Forms allow various stakeholders (employees, contractors, visitors, guests etc.) from an organization to report an incident or hazard via a simple web form. Stakeholders simply go to the web to report the incident or hazard. No login, username or password is required. The incident and/or hazard data is automatically transferred to IndustrySafe Safety Management Software, and IndustrySafe users are automatically notified by email of the incident or hazard.

Whether moving across the country or just across town, MovingGuru's new online moving guide ensures the entire relocation process goes smoothly. MovingGuru, a leading online resource for finding local moving assistance, announced its new online moving guide Friday. The guide's comprehensive moving tips help plan an entire move from beginning to end with general information on the moving process, as well as specific solutions including how to locate the most cost-competitive local movers, insure the move, and move specialty items. Complete with sound advice and free quotes, MovingGuru helps movers find the best deals possible.

Window Book is pleased to announce Monica Lundquist as the Postal Affairs Manager. Monica is responsible for managing postal affairs and leading Window Book's new Postal Concierge Service. The Postal Concierge Service is designed to help mailing and shipping companies by providing them with postal expertise, up-to-date information on new regulations, and help implement changes cost effectively.

The downturn of the economy has left many companies with fewer resources, especially when it comes to Postal expertise. This Postal Concierge Service will help bridge the gap the mailers may have in understanding the new Postal requirements and how they can be prepared for upcoming changes. Mailers can expect to benefit from answers to their mailing design, processing, acceptance, and payment questions. They will also receive monthly e-newsletters, informational webinars on postal regulations, and tips on how to thrive in this challenging economy.

The Golden-based Adventures in Color Technology was featured on a recent episode of the Stripped series on the national Style(tm) cable television network. The announcement is made by Maggie Chamberlin Holben, owner of Absolutely Public Relations, who says she was contacted last October by the program's production company to arrange taping for the show that aired in February.

The verbatim of the broadcast follows:

STYLE VOICE OVER: "When it comes to your peepers, you may have been born with light blue, but you can make a change in the blink of an eye. Colored contacts can alter your eye color in an instant, and take you from everyday to exotic. In the city of Golden, Colorado, lenses come to life at Adventures In Color Technology. The company was started in 1987 by Elizabeth and Stan Harper, a husband and wife team."

Itellix today announced that the Wisiba PowerPlus proxy server, its Web services management product, successfully delivers a throughput volume of over one million requests per hour. Web services management products are often implemented as gateways and raise scalability concerns. Wisiba underwent extensive performance benchmarking tests using the Intel® Remote Access Service program. The objective was to allay scalability concerns, while establishing the number of simultaneous client connections that the Wisiba PowerPlus proxy server can handle and the throughput volume it can support without performance deterioration.



The test results indicated that the Wisiba PowerPlus proxy server running on a dual-CPU platform with a Linux operating system powered by Intel® architecture was capable of processing over one million requests per hour. All connections were accepted and the latency added by Wisiba PowerPlus proxy server remained extremely small (about 15 milliseconds) even with 300 simultaneous client connections. The Wisiba PowerPlus proxy server enabled high-availability, and the response time experienced by the clients was only constrained by the Web service end-points.

CityTownInfo.com has released PlaceMatch™, a free, Internet-accessible tool that lets people easily find places that are similar to almost any selected US city or town, without any prior knowledge of statistics or any technical skills.

To use PlaceMatch, a visitor browses to the city or town in which they are interested, and the web page lists similar places, according to pre-defined place-matching criteria. Visitors can also choose to modify the place-matching criteria using simple browser controls, to produce a customized list of cities and towns that are similar based on desired characteristics. This lets people construct various kinds of comparisons, e.g. emphasizing population demographics, property and real estate data, sprawl and commuting statistics, wealth, crime, and educational levels, among others.

Oracle database customers find migration to encrypted data easy and secure with the Encryption Wizard for Oracle.

Encrypting data at rest is becoming the new standard for protecting sensitive information like social security and credit cards numbers against the current rash of data theft. "Before the Encryption Wizard," Don Parret of RDC says, "customers had to depend on third-party tools that significantly slowed down basic database operations. With the Encryption Wizard, Oracle customers can avoid the business costs of slower performance while protecting their data."

Prominent Canadian relationship counsellor and educator Norm Quantz, MA, a pioneer in the use of video technology for individual counselling online, has launched his new video blog about therapy and mental health at http://www.NormQuantz.com.

Norm Quantz is a relationship specialist who has been in private practice for over 25 years. Together with his wife of 39 years, Neva, he has established and managed four counselling centers in Western Canada. They currently operate a private practice along with providing retreats, seminars and consulting on counselling and abuse issues.

Third Brigade (www.thirdbrigade.com), a security software company that specializes in host-based intrusion prevention systems, announced that Third Brigade Deep Security supports the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

Microsoft Windows Vista is the latest operating system version from Microsoft and will be followed in 2007 with Microsoft Windows Server “Longhorn”. Significant security enhancements have been added to Windows Vista and complement the protection provided by Third Brigade Deep Security. Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn” 64-bit versions include PatchGuard, a kernel protection mechanism that is problematic for some security vendor implementations (see Gartner research note G00144225, “Microsoft’s Windows PatchGuard Changes Will Take Years”). PatchGuard has no impact on Third Brigade Deep Security, which uses published APIs as the method to provide additional protection for Microsoft platforms.

Nomis Solutions, the leader in Profit-based Pricing for banking and finance, announced today the hiring of three key positions within its Global Services organization. Hired directly from banks such as National City, Lloyds, and GMAC, these financial services industry experts bring a wealth of experience in consumer lending, mortgages and deposits. In their new roles, they are helping Nomis Solutions' customers successfully adopt pricing optimization technology, pricing process best practices, and advanced analytics to drive increased profits and volume.

A new book by renowned investment innovator Preston Ely is teaching investors how to profit in an otherwise slow year. "Flip Your Way To Financial Freedom" shows both veteran and aspiring investors how to earn big returns when most other investment strategies are stagnant.

"There's no question about it, 2007 has been a terrible year for most real estate professionals. My methods have repeatedly proven themselves to be winners even in this lackluster environment. The demand for this information has been staggering," Ely said.

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation recently presented ocean conservation group Oceana with a grant in the amount of $100,000 in support of its efforts to protect increasingly threatened deep-sea corals that thrive off the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts.

With this grant, Oceana will work with the federal fishery management council in New England to gain protections for these areas. As part of the effort, Oceana will prepare reports to inform decision-makers and the general public about the value of deep-sea coral and sponge habitat in the north Atlantic.

In a tribute to National Pancake Week (Feb. 18-24), Menuism.com launches the first monthly "Food Fight" contest to find the best pancakes in the Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York areas.

During the month of February, diners in each area will have the chance to partake in this sampling soirée and post their opinions at Menuism.com. At the end of the month, Menuism.com will honor the restaurants with the best flapjacks as well as the top pancake connoisseurs.

"With this Food Fight, we're tapping into public pancake passion and giving any pancake-serving restaurant a chance for recognition," said Menuism.com co-founder John Li, "and most importantly, we're giving diners a voice for their choice."

In the upcoming weeks, Solamatrix, Inc. will begin an upgrade of its manufacturing facility by installing a new regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO). This new equipment will replace the aging and less efficient system and will offer immediate benefits to the company and its customers.

At a cost in excess of USD $1 million, the new system will allow Solamatrix to increase its manufacturing capacity, better control production temperature fluctuation and improve manufacturing efficiencies by reducing the consumption of natural gas and catalysts.

Gleen Clean Inc, (www.gleenclean.com) a Huntington Beach, CA. manufacturer of "Green" cleaning products has partnered up with the RainCatcher organization (www.raincatcher.org) and Tribal Praise Ministries a 501(c)(3) non profit organization to provide thousands of people in Uganda, Africa with clean, purified water. Gleen Clean Inc. is dedicated to making the world cleaner, healthier more socially responsible. They donate a portion of all the companies proceeds to non profit organizations and charities to bring much needed resources to third world countries. They have chosen to work with the RainCatcher and Tribal Praise Ministries organizations to launch their Inaugural Humanitarian Project.

The Rimington Award recognizes the most outstanding centers from each of the smaller NCAA divisions and the NAIA. This year's winners are listed below.

NCAA Div. 1 (FCS)

Brennen Carvalho

Portland State University

Senior

6'1" 310 lbs.

A three-time All-Big Sky Conference selection, Carvalho leaves Portland State as quite possibly their finest offensive lineman ever. Much to the surprise of many, Carvalho earned the starting job during his freshman year and never relinquished it. In all, he started 39 games for the Vikings and was named a 1st Team All-American in his junior and senior years. After the conclusion of his senior season, Carvalho competed in the 2008 Hula Bowl.