Gavin Jerome, professional comedian and track announcer for PINKS, the Speed Channel's hit TV show, has signed on as the official spokesperson for RacingJunk.com, the world's leading online classifieds for the performance racing industry. A seasoned veteran of both the entertainment and motorsports industries, Jerome will bring his singular brand of humor to the RacingJunk.com website and appear on behalf of RacingJunk.com at major track events throughout the 2008 racing season.

Gabbin' with Gavin

Database Systems Corp. (DSC) has just released its new call center predictive dialer and softphone application software. The Wizard system starts at under $10K and is a complete, inbound / outbound phone system for small call centers. Systems can be expanded easily for growth into larger call centers that support hundreds of phone agents.

Features included in this system are FTC compliant DNC (Do Not Call) phone list verification and automatic opt out features not available with most predictive dialers. The Wizard system also includes a comprehensive list management system. Additional options include inbound functions such as ACD (automatic call distribution) and IVR (interactive voice response) which can operate concurrently with predictive dialing campaigns. Call recording is also available for quality assurance and call monitoring. Voice broadcasting capability can also be added to this comprehensive phone system.

Oversight Systems Inc., the leading provider of independent, continuous monitoring solutions for real-time transaction inspection, will host a webcast entitled Optimize Controls for Business Process Improvement." The webcast will be held 2 p.m. (EDT) Oct. 12 and will feature Forrester Research analyst Paul Hamerman and Oversight CEO Patrick Taylor. Anne M. Marchetti, Parson Consultings practice leader for corporate governance and risk management, will moderate the discussion.

In this one-hour webcast, Hamerman will discuss best practices and insights from his industry research in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance as companies seek to optimize their controls to improve business process, such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, capital projects, and financial accounting and reporting. Attendees will learn about:

JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading employee relationship marketing agencies, took top honor in the 8th Annual International iNOVA Award Competition for their recruitment Web site, Microsoft View. The iNOVA awards - honoring the world’s best corporate Web sites -- represent world-class achievement, competing with over 200 entries from 10 countries around the world.

JWT INSIDE won a total of eight awards, showcasing their creativity and innovation in the areas of recruitment and internal communications; including two awards for college careers sites and two intranet wins!

Woodstock, CT (PRWEB) February 14, 2006 –– A hefty 30-to-1 "scam ratio" in online work-at-home job ads is bilking moms and other would-be work-at-home Americans out of millions of dollars annually, reports home-based career experts Staffcentrix. Further, federal and state consumer watchdogs lack the manpower to stem the tide unleashed by the Internet and the immunity of scammers offshore.

The bleak ratio of "scams" to legitimate job opportunities emerged through Staffcentrix' ongoing research into Internet work-at-home job listings, conducted as part of the weekly publication of its popular work-at-home jobs bulletin, the "Rat Race Rebellion" ( http://www.staffcentrix.com ).

Implementing a customer relationship management (CRM) system can help businesses improve profitability and retain customers. "Selling to Win" by Richard Denny is one of many books available at business to business online resource CRMToday.com that can help companies develop a successful CRM strategy (http://www.crm2day.com/store/books/1050.php).

"Selling to Win" highlights the changes necessary to sell and win more business in an increasingly competitive environment. The book, written by a U.K. management expert, offers tips to help create a CRM strategy that will turn customers into ambassadors, beat the competition, and close a sale. Denny's book also suggests ways to get sales even if your service costs more than what competitors offer.

If you're applying for a mortgage, don't max out your credit card accounts during the process. It may sound like obvious advice, but the majority of home buyers overlook how certain activities can impact their credit score, according to Lawrence Montani, Team Montani leader at First Interstate Financial Corporation.

"Overcharging is the fastest way to bring down your credit score as much as 50 to 100 points," says Montani, a NJ mortgage professional for more than 20 years. Along with over-charging, Montani offers potential homebuyers four useful tips for getting their credit in shape:

Synamatix today announced its partnership with GeneWorks for the provision of sequencing and bioinformatics research support to key customers within Asia and Australia. The collaborative partnership was formalised soon after the launch of Synamatix's SynaWorks bioinformatics programme on 19 July 2008 at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference in Toronto, Canada.

The two companies will provide genome institutes in Asia with an extensive and comprehensive range of sequencing and bioinformatics solutions to support and enhance research. The first project to be generated by the partnership is an initiative covering the de novo sequencing of microbial organisms.

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In response to the growing trend of short-term global assignments, HRToolbox, Inc., has unveiled a newly-enhanced version of its namesake solution that streamlines the entry of common information tracked for short-term assignments.

The leading provider of web-based global workforce and international assignment management solutions, HRToolbox has augmented its product line to address the emerging trend of short-term global mobility. Recent research conducted by Cendant Mobility (Emerging Trends in Global Mobility: Policy and Practices," Cendant Mobility, April 2004) has shown that the instances of short-term assignments are expected to grow at 63%, significantly higher than the corresponding growth in traditional long-term assignments.

MARKETRI LLC, a full-service B2B marketing company, has been hired by Paoli-based Haverford Capital Advisors, Inc., a middle-market financial services advisory and investment banking firm, to provide marketing support. MARKETRI will redesign the corporate identity for Haverford Capital Advisors and its two divisions, Haverford Healthcare Advisors and Haverford Valuation Associates. The financial marketing specialist will also be developing a new corporate Web site and brochure for Haverford Healthcare Advisors.

As one of Europe's most promising emerging property markets, Turkey is attracting attention from overseas property investors for a host of reasons, from its growing economy, fast-growing population, and positive outlook for tourism. Within this exciting climate, Obelisk International has identified the Bodrum Peninsula as having particularly strong potential as an investment choice this year.

Of all the visitors to Turkey, around 70% go to Bodrum, so its popularity as a tourist destination is already established. The town's exciting nightlife ensures its popularity with young people, both Turkish and foreign visitors, which supports the strong demand for property in the town. Bodrum has already established a reputation as one of Turkey's more upmarket destinations, and development is on-going. Recently, a new airport and two new marinas have been added to the list of amenities Bodrum already offers.

welovelocal.com is set to change the way people find local shops and services by taking word of mouth online.

welovelocal.com is a social local search website which helps people find the best businesses in their area, be it a florist, plumber or restaurant, by reading reviews and recommendations from people they can trust.

welovelocal.com makes it easier to find the best of local with its personal activity monitor to keep track of your friends' latest reviews, and a 'Locals' tool which helps connect you directly with people reviewing in your area. In addition, welovelocal.com also has a Facebook application so that no matter where your friends are you can keep track of the places they love.

J.H. Cohn LLP consultants David Rubin, principal, and John Macrae, director, will present the morning session, "Streamlining Corporate Finance with Lean Accounting and Business Intelligence" at a program sponsored by the New York chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI).

At the session, which will be held on March 18 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at The Union League Club (38 East 37th St. at Park Ave.), David and John will share with attendees their expertise and understanding of how work actually gets done in an organization using Lean business concepts to improve organizational performance. The topics to be covered include understanding and measuring value from the external and internal customer's perspective; improving your bottom line and cash flow through streamlining and automating critical processes; and eliminating non-value-added activities that drive down customer satisfaction and drive up costs. Attendees will also gain an understanding of how to provide more useful, accurate and timely information to improve decision-making and drive the type of behavior that will help their organization achieve breakthrough performance improvement.

If he had to name his one biggest IT frustration in his 13 years as manager of Gerrish Honda in Lebanon, NH, Steve Perlowski would have no hesitation: he simply could not find an anti-virus product that kept his computers protected and didn't get in the way of doing business.

Like many small business managers, Perlowski acted as Gerrish's IT manager as well as running sales, accounting, and purchasing. So the time he had to deal with any problems that might arise on any of his 30 workstations was limited. He tried many brands of anti-virus software, but every time he was disappointed with the results.

Stephen Hawley Martin, author of the widely discussed new book on the Salem witch hysteria, “A Witch in the Family,” said today that the similarities between Muslim extremists and the Puritans of seventeenth century New England are striking.

“For Muslims, putting God or Allah ahead of all else is paramount, and they are reminded of this five times a day when they bow toward Mecca on hands and knees, touching their foreheads to the ground in prayer,” he said. “Westerners, whether Christians, Jews, or atheists, don’t do this. Because of our wealth and the emphasis we put on commerce, it isn’t hard then to see why some Muslims view us in the West, particularly in America, as bowing to the almighty dollar. For them, the World Trade Center was a symbol of this, a temple we had raised up with twin spires. In their view, the emphasis we put on money and power puts us in Satan’s camp.”

InventHelp announces that one of its clients, an inventor from Bloomington, Calif., has designed a portable device that would facilitate lifting mobile or modular structures. The inventor has created a prototype.

The MODU-LIFT would improve safety for workers who install or move such buildings, and would help to ensure that a job is done correctly. The device would make this type of work faster, easier and less labor intensive. Also, the MODU-LIFT would be easy to transport to sites.

A job-related need inspired the development of the MODU-LIFT. "The idea came to me because I was tired of wasting so much valuable time each work day," he said. "Time and again, I'd show up to sites to pick up mt modular units, only to find that the workers still weren't finished lifting them."

Ummah Foods today announced the launch of the Ummah Orange chocolate bar. The Halal milk chocolate bar with an orange creme centre is the second of Ummah Foods’ products and will hit the stores after Ramadan 2005. Following on from the original Caramel bar it will similarly be available in Islamic Book Shops, Newsagents, Grocers, Mosques, Hospitals and Universities reaching the ever increasing number of Muslim consumers in the UK.

The launch of Ummah Orange is encapsulated by Ummah Foods’ new brand ethos "THE UMMAH IS CHANGING" – the theme of all future branding and marketing exercises. The Managing Director of Ummah Foods, Mr K Sharif, perceives the brand as an articulation of the “changing Muslim world and its culture” moving forward in an exciting and wholesome manner. Sharif reiterates, “Like all our products the Ummah Orange will be halal and ten percent of all net profits will go to Muslim and non-Muslim charities as well as community projects.”

Julia Smith, RN, Nurse Administrator at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, today announced company plans to address the impact of the economic downturn on healthcare costs. Plans include a significant reduction in surgical fees over the next two months to allow couples to move forward with surgical procedures with less financial and emotional stress.

Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is dedicated exclusively to the practice of tubal ligation reversal surgery. Patients travel from across the United States and around the world for surgery with Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith and the specialized procedure can carry a considerable price tag. However, with the reduced price structure, patients will be offered three fee options, Ms. Smith explained.

On November 12th, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) held the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2008 Awards Ceremony at Taipei International Convention Center in Taiwan, inviting Dr. Johnsee Lee, the president of Industrial Technology Research Institute and chairman of the Organizing Committee ESNC, Lin Chia-Yu, the deputy director of Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Mr. Thorsten Rudolph, the ESNC's chairman to award 12 prizes for the ITRI special topic prize and the Taiwan regional prize to many winners and groups from countries such as Germany, Israel and Taiwan. For the first time, ESNC invited non-EU partners to participate in the Galileo project for ESNC's champion prize and offered opportunities for Taiwan's ITRI & Quanta Research Institute, which outstandingly won out of 293 projects around the world, leaping upward to the global stage.