Sally Fletcher, a professional harpist and author on the healing power of music, encourages those who begin to feel stressed during the holiday season to listen to soothing music whenever possible. Extensive research has shown that music affects mood and energy level because a person's heart beat, blood pressure and brain waves will gradually adjust to the tempo, rhythm and harmony of the music. The effects are very physical. A study by Elliott Salamon et al, published in 2003 in the Medical Science Monitor (http://www.MedSciMonit.com/pub/vol_9/no_5/3514.pdf), summarizes how music induces positive emotions and subsequent relaxation. Researchers have found that individuals who listen to music "…experience peripheral vasodilation, warming of the skin, a decrease in heart rate and an overwhelming sense of well-being."

Relevance Technology, Inc., a provider of email marketing solutions for businesses and consumers, today announced a new service from its Deliverent email marketing toolset. Using this new service, Deliverent customers have a way by which to gain new subscribers to their opt-in lists at no cost. This is accomplished through exercising the option to place their opt-in subscriptions on jkn.com, a process which Relevance Technology management believes to be a first for the internet as a whole.

The new service from Deliverent uses an information exchange site, jkn.com. Management at Relevance Technology, which owns both Deliverent.com and jkn.com, have been working this past year to move the sites closer together, and leverage each for the benefit of the other and their users.

New Jersey-based referral marketing distributor, World Access Marketing, announces the appointment of Marcin Paluch as its newest Assistant Manager. Since joining World Access Marketing less than a year ago, Marcin has received the Top Leadership Award for outstanding sales results within the company and has consistently ranked in the top ten for sales professionals nationally.

As the newest Assistant Manager for World Access Marketing, Marcin will now be responsible for developing local field teams, monitoring inventory and managing warehouse operations, running team meetings and seminars, and overseeing the development of daily, weekly and monthly sales and financial reports.

Corporate counselors, third-party administrators, employers and others who sponsor, maintain or administer employee benefit plans are invited to submit whitepapers and articles to BenefitsForward.com. This new website, dedicated to providing a cross-section of facts and thought leadership from experts in the business for experts on the business, is designed to stimulate a national conversation between active professionals working in the highly-regulated, fast-moving benefits area.

To submit your Whitepaper or article, send it to http://benefitsforward.com/how-to-post-your-own-article-or-paper/ which will provide details. By publishing your whitepaper or article on the website, you will be in an exchange with other legal pension specialists, which makes BenefitsForward.com an excellent link for your company's own website.

The James J. Hill Reference Library, the nations premier source for publicly accessible practical business information, and the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC), today announced a partnership to open a virtual Hill Library branch in 1,000 Small Business Development Centers. Through the "virtual Hill Library," the more than 4,000 SBDC counselors nationwide will be able to access Hill Library business information resources and Hill information experts to annually serve more than 500,000 businesses, and 1.5 million entrepreneurs.

As home sales flatten nationwide, an increasing number of homeowners are looking to remodel and renovate rather than purchase new homes. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, the nation's leading center for information and research on housing in the United States which analyzes the dynamic relationships between housing markets and economic, demographic and social trends:

About a third of owner-occupied homes are at least 45 years old and an additional third is between 25-45 years old meaning that a large majority of homes are in increasing need of remodeling and repair.

An aging housing stock, rising energy prices, strengthening rental demand, and the changing mix of homeowners will contribute significantly to future growth in the remodeling sector.

Between 2005 and 2015, the number of homeowners will increase by over 12 million and average per household spending will grow by 23 percent.

By 2015, members of generation x will represent the largest share of homeowner improvement spending of any generation, with 27 percent of all spending. Meanwhile, trailing baby boomers will hold strong at 23.6 percent of spending and lead baby boomers will contribute 21.3 percent of spending.

The amount homeowners spend on remodeling has been climbing in the United States since 1996, according to U.S. census figures. The popular home-repair referral service, Angie's List, just concluded its annual poll which indicates on average home owners responding to the survey say they plan to spend 2.9 percent of their home's value, roughly $11,250 on repairs and renovations this year up 13 percent from 2007.

All-Con, a 3-day fan organized convention in Dallas, Texas refuses to adhere to the stereotype mold of science fiction or comic book conventions. Envisioned as a signature convention for the Dallas area, All-Cons February 4-6, 2005 itinerary and venue are driven by individuals and organizations contributing unique content.

Celebrity guests sit at tables waiting to meet the public and sign autographs at most conventions. All-Con set their guests free to roam. The celebrities will host and attend discussion panels, interact with attendees in the halls and events, then at scheduled times will sit down to sign autographs.

Scribe Software Corporation, a provider of data migration and integration software technology for leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, today announced its release of templates to integrate Salesforce with mid-market ERP systems, such as JD Edwards, MAS 90, MAS 200, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, and more. These templates are built on Scribe Insight, the integration platform certified by salesforce.com, and implemented at thousands of customers by hundreds of Scribe Certified Resellers. The integration templates are immediately available on salesforce.com’s AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) August 8, 2006 –- Las Vegas has changed. Once the bastion of the tacky and absurd, Las Vegas has in recent years become much more stylish and cosmopolitan. This is particularly true in the world of Las Vegas real estate, where the trend is decidedly up-market.

To reflect the sophisticated new reality of the local housing market, leading Las Vegas real estate agents are upgrading their websites. Gone are the flashing ad banners and exclamation marks; in their place you’ll find elegant color palettes and understated design. Probably the best example is the website of Cindi Nelson & Associates, one of the hottest real estate teams in Las Vegas.

Nationally recognized tax lady Roni Deutch is hoping to further help taxpayers across the country by asking the U.S. Treasury and Congress to make 8 simple New Years resolutions in 2008 concerning the IRS.

"The beginning of the New Year is a great time to reflect and look for ways to improve," claims Tax Lady Roni Deutch. "I love making resolutions because it lets me focus on ways I can improve over the next year. But resolutions aren't just for people. I strongly encourage the Department of Treasury and Congress to take my suggestions to heart as they will greatly improve the IRS collection process for the thousands of taxpayers seeking help with IRS tax debt."

Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, today announced an expansion of its partnership with specialty software distributor Lifeboat Distribution. As a result of this expanded relationship, Raxco’s popular PerfectDisk® 2008 disk defragmentation utility is now available from new resellers in countries around the world. The expansion follows significant worldwide sales increases by Raxco in its first quarter of 2008.

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Adding to an existing worldwide network of solution providers and resellers in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, the expanded partnership with Lifeboat Distribution has already resulted in new resellers in over a dozen countries, including China, India, Taiwan, Russia, Malaysia and Panama. Both Lifeboat and Raxco believe the timing is right for this new international push for PerfectDisk.

Alpha Moving & Storage, best known for its "Our promises are set in Stone" slogan, has been awarded the coveted 'Super Service' Award by Angie's List - a renowned web referral service. The award was granted for "Achieving and Maintaining a Superior Service Rating on Angie's List Throughout 2007, as determined by Angie's List Members in the Category of Moving". Fewer than five percent of the companies on Angie's List meet the eligibility requirements to be considered for the award. "Our Super Service Award winners are the cream of the crop when it comes to customer service," said Angie Hicks, founder of Angie's List. "To help our members easily find these exceptional service companies, we've added Super Service Award logos to each of the winning company names on AngiesList.com. Our members tell us they love that additional bit of information". This prestigious award follows numerous other recognitions, which Alpha has received in recent years.

Reading Friends - Flower Mound, today announced open enrollment for its annual summer camp sessions. Reading Friends will offer two camp sessions for area preschoolers; a June session which will meet from June 3 - June 26, and a July session which will meet from July 8 - July 31. Campers will meet Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings; each session is from 9 am to noon. Participating in summer camp is a great opportunity for parents and children to experience what Reading Friends has to offer firsthand. The summer camp curriculum includes arts and crafts, storytime, creative art, nature study, gross motor instruction, Spanish, and indoor and outdoor play.

Many homeowners are treating their backyards as an extension of their living space and as such are undertaking major renovations to enjoy the great outdoors. Leisure Woods, premier manufacturer of gazebo kits provides their top five enhancements for backyard renos this year.

"Homeowners often consult me as to what they should do to enhance their backyard living space," comments Charles Scordato, President of the family owned business Leisure Woods. "It is thrilling to see so many homeowners treating their backyards as an extension of their indoor living space."

Belzona Inc., a manufacturer of industrial coatings and repair composites, recently launched its new image-rich Web site after several months of implementing both an easily navigated layout and additional content. The site, Belzona.com, now has a new look and an array of user-friendly features.

"The vibrancy of the company's previous Web site began to fade," said Javier Palenque, Executive Vice President for Belzona Inc. "A new fresh look along with additional features was needed, especially in today's hypercompetitive online market. Belzona's new Web site conveys its corporate identity, providing a professional appearance to new and returning customers while exuding a clean, focused, and easy-to-navigate destination."

One of the nation's fastest growing apartment management companies, Empirian Property Management, honors those working hard for our communities with the Service Appreciation Program – A program established to provide significant rent discounts (up to 30%) for teachers, nurses, police, postal employees, firefighters, EMT, military (active and retired) and members of the National Guard.

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The Service Appreciation Program is available in over 350 apartment communities across 17 states (For a complete list, visit www.empirianprogram.com). Empirian allots 5% of overall units for the program.

The U.S. economy experienced some subtle and – some might say – counterintuitive 00004000 shifts in October, with the stock market moving like a roller coaster and gas prices dropping to sub-$2.00 per-gallon prices. According to MedZilla.com, the leading employment and career website for biotech, pharmaceuticals, health care, science and medical device, it found that one thing unchanged is the trend in health care job creation; 26,000 new jobs were created in October, putting health care employment growth at over 348,000 for the past twelve months.

Swisslog, a leader in pharmacy automation technology, is proud to announce Middlesex Hospital of Middletown, CT will become the latest hospital to add Swisslog's BoxPicker automated storage and retrieval device, ATP High Speed Packager, and Inventory Management Software (IMS). The combination of the BoxPicker, ATP Packager and Inventory Management Software will provide a complete solution for pharmacy inventory management, packaging and storage.

BoxPicker is an alternative to vertical carousels offering faster picking rates and security for sensitive items. The eight-foot, dual temperature BoxPicker, storage and retrieval system, will serve as a clean pass-through between the clean room and the rest of the pharmacy in compliance with USP-797 clean room application. Middlesex Hospital will be the first in the United States to install a dual temperature BoxPicker as part of a USP-797 Clean Room. To learn more about how BoxPicker is used in the clean room application, you can read our White Paper.

Since the recent downturn in economic conditions in the manufacturing marketplace, manufacturing companies have not just been trimming payrolls, but also capital budgets, as a way of staying competitive. Despite the growing need for assembly with high torque accuracy, expenses associated with ISO 9000 or internal quality metric compliance have stayed constant for assembly firms. Poor product quality due to improper torque measurement has been costly for many firms. Recognizing the need for torque calibration and maintenance with its own clientele, Flexible Assembly Systems launched a Torque Calibration and Maintenance program for light assembly companies seeking to extend their capital budgets, without compromising on quality.

Airport-Accommodation.co.uk has partnered with activehotels.com to deliver additional European airport locations across Spain Germany Italy France Holland Belgium Hungary and the United Kingdom.

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