BookSurge announces the publication of College Tips from a College Advisor, by Barbara DiAlberto.

Who knows more about the tools for getting into college…and staying there…than a college advisor? Highly trained advisor Barbara DiAlberto was so committed to sharing what she has learned that she dedicated her off-hours free time to this important guide.

College Tips from a College Advisor is no lightweight description. DiAlberto gets down to basics and outlines not only how to select a college and then get accepted, but all those important preparatory steps that a student can take in their Junior year, before the application process begins. The sections describing the intricacies of applications, placement tests, transcripts, letters of recommendation and interviews will become the starting place for all college-bound students and their parents. The practical information offered in the sections outlining how a family pays for college, the truth about scholarships and scams, financial aid and what to look for during a campus visit are more than helpful; they are indispensable.

Getting tattooed used to be the exclusive domain for bikers, rock stars, military types, and other rough ones. Nowadays tattoos have gone mainstream. A study done last year by the Pew Research Center shows that 40 per cent of 26-to 40-year-olds have at least one tattoo. Perceived as a symbol of rebellion, a firm statement about ones personality it attracts many. At the same time traditional disadvantages are fading away. Removal is possible thanks to the latest laser technologies and new ink sorts. The hurdles left, the time it takes and the expected pain during the tattoo process, have also been lowered lately. Distraction from this focus on pain and time with video glasses that deliver a true audiovisual cinema experience, now opens the door of the tattoo shop also for less tough guys.

PokerListings.com (http://www.pokerlistings.com/bodog-poker), the world's best online poker resource, and Bodog.com (http://www.bodog.com/promotions/poker/pokerlistings) are excited to remind their valued players of two big freerolls fast approaching.

The big one: A $30,000 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic freeroll on Jan. 28, with two $12,500 packages on the table. Both WPT prize packages include the $10,000 buy-in for the main event and spending money.

First and second place will receive a well-earned winter respite at the "Poker Capital of the World," the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, home of the largest poker room on earth. Next door to Hollywood, it's a star-studded place to play cards, and an undeniable favorite on the World Poker Tour.

Not only does CondoLux process thousands of Myrtle Beach beach home, condo, and golf package reservations a year, but they also stay one step ahead of technology. With the ever-changing shape of the internet and the high demand of quick information from consumers, CondoLux has tailored their new website to give their users as much information as possible before they make their reservation.

The new website presents users with a new layout and fresh "vacation-like" color scheme, with convenient site navigation and a plethora of added features. Getting around the website is easier than ever before, and more information on each page makes every click worthwhile.

New Spirituality Communications (www.newspiritualitycommunications.com), the nations first public relations and marketing firm focusing on the swiftly emerging spiritual marketplace," has signed the worldwide Hoffman Institute (www.hoffmaninstitute.org) as its second major charter client.

The institute -- creator of the world-famous Hoffman Process, which empowers you to forgive your past, heal your present, and transform your future -- joins the well-known writer Neale Donald Walsch (www.cwg.org/neale/nealesstory.html), author of the best-selling Conversations With God" series of books, as part of New Spirituality Communications growing roster of blue-chip, spiritually focused clients. Walsch recently engaged the firm to promote his new book, Tomorrows God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge," and his spring 2005 title, What God Wants," both published by Atria Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.

ChianMing.com announces the launch of its service allowing online petition submission of issues, conce 234b rns, suggestions, and personal wishes, to solicit supporting signatures. Unlike other existing petition websites, chianming.com allows the signers of a petition to actually use computer mice or other hand-held devices to literally sign the petition. The petition author can then download an electronic copy of all hand-written signatures, with accompanying names.

This new service, according to the website founder, Alex Tung, resembles closely the traditional process of petition endorsement. The value added by signers' real signatures is tremendous, comparing with other online petition sites where signers only need to type their names. "The action of hand signing adds another layer of seriousness from the signers, as well as giving the petition author extra confidence in the petition", Mr. Tung explained.

This spring, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) challenges small businesses to make cyber security a top priority. While the public is fixated on high-profile corporate and government database breaches, hackers and identity thieves are increasingly targeting millions of small businesses. According to a 2005 FBI Cyber Crime Study, 90 percent of small businesses had at least one cyber security incident within the past year. Not taking the correct cyber security precautions and approach makes small businesses’ computer networks easy targets. Hackers can easily steal from and use these networks as launching pads to attack others, send phishing emails, and even steal from home users.

EZ Lube is pleased to announce the opening of its newest store in the city of Escondido. With the addition of this location, EZ Lube has 79 stores from San Diego to Bakersfield. EZ Lube is the largest privately owned oil change company in California, priding itself on its commitment to exceptional service.

"EZ Lube was established in 1988 on the principles of providing first-class service in a clean, family friendly environment," said Rick Teasta, Chief Executive Officer. The number one factor that separates EZ Lube from the other local and national oil change service stations is the quality employees that are hired. In addition to hiring quality employees, EZ Lube is the first and only fast lube company in the industry to offer a 12-Month/12,000 Mile Warranty to cover preventative maintenance for one year from the date of service, or 12,000 miles, whichever comes first. This is just one step in EZ Lube's many efforts to ensure 100% customer satisfaction.

Terrecom, L.L.C., (dba www.terrecom.com), a global business and government e-marketplace and advertising network, is offering exclusive, category-specific banner advertising space for auction, on www.proxibid.com, in fifteen (15) advertising-related service categories. Only one banner ad space is available in each category.

The ad space is located on the following fifteen (15) category pages: "Advertising", "Aerial Advertising", "Aerial Banner Advertising", "Skywriting", "Print Advertising", "Billboard Advertising", "Magazine Advertising", "Poster Advertising", "Transit Advertising", "Handbill/Coupon Advertising", "Newspaper Advertising", "Broadcast Advertising", "Internet Advertising", "Television Advertising", and last, "Radio Advertising."

Carl David is the third generation of a four-generation family art business in Philadelphia. He is the author of Collecting & Care of Fine Art published by Crown in 1981. His article about Martha Walter, an American Impressionist painter (1875-1976), was published in the American Art Review in May 1978

Mr. David's new book, "Bader Field", embodies the emotional story of a son's loving relationship with his father--a legendary art dealer whose life is suddenly taken by a massive coronary at the young age of fifty-eight years. His death plunges the twenty-four-year-old man onto the front lines of the family art business, which he had entered a mere three years prior. Battling with his own grief while trying to help his adoring but fragile mother survive, David forges forward with all of the elemental tools his father imparted to him. His journey proves a difficult one, not having yet recovered from the horrific loss of his brother to suicide just eight years earlier when he was found dead on the fourth floor of the Rittenhouse Square townhouse, which was home to the prestigious David David Gallery.

The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in Nashville on Thursday, January 29. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. RecruitMilitary urges all job seekers who have military backgrounds to attend--veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, and military spouses.

Skyward, the industry leading K-12 administrative software provider, announced today the availability of Skyport, a new web portal that provides secure access to all Skyward applications through a centralized portal that begins with a district calendar.

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Skyport works as a dashboard view for all users within the district. Administrators, principals, teachers, support staff, parents and students can access Skyport from the district's calendar by using their own secure login and password. Once logged on, users can customize and arrange the dashboard to meet their specific needs.

PRINCETON, NJ July 15, 2004 The Oxford Princeton Programme, worlds leading provider of training solutions to the energy, commodity and derivatives industries, announced that it has again extended its long-term relationship with Dominion, one of the largest energy producers in the United States. The Oxford Princeton Program, was awarded a contract with Dominion to provide four one-day workshops, two two-day workshops and 25 web-based sessions for up to 120 Dominion employees.

Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with a diversified and integrated energy portfolio consisting of more than 24,000 megawatts of generation, 6.4 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved natural gas reserves, 7,900 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and more than 960 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. Dominion serves 5 million retail energy customers in nine states.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) March 30, 2006 -– Radiient Technologies, a Silicon Valley based startup company, has launched its new line of HDMI switching and signal distribution products. The product line incorporates advanced design and user interface features, and also demonstrates the company’s philosophy of bringing a unique approach for ease-of-use to the living room.

The first HDMI product from the company is called the Radiient Select-4 HDMI Switch. The product is a four input one output HDMI switch, packaged in a one-half-width one-rackmount high design. The Select-4 features full HDMI and HDCP compatibility, while offering 1080p input/output resolution capability. The Select-4 also offers full HDMI performance up to the 165MHz HDMI specification limit. In addition, the product is also capable of functioning as a true HDMI signal repeater, delivering a total transmission distance of up to 100 feet (30 meters).

When commercials depicting family time air on television, it's usually families getting together at fast food restaurants or bonding while playing video games. Yet, the reality of this is that no one is as happy in real life as their television counterparts portray them to be - particularly while trying to hawk fried chicken or burgers. Real family time is boiled down to ability of interacting with each other, which is where Carol Wright comes in.

With an infinitely creative mind, Wright is showing people who want to learn to quilt and more through her web endeavor, www.WECProducts.com.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted summary judgment to ERetailing’s CustomizedGirl.com on June 13, rejecting all seven of E’Stephenie Inc.’s trademark infringement claims (E’Stephenie Inc. v. E Retailing Associates, LLC, et al. 1:04-cv-01235-LJM-WTL.) E’Stephenie Inc.’s claims ranged from unfair competition and copyright infringement to interference with prospective economic advantage and unjust enrichment, and were all rejected by the court as baseless.

The lawsuit arose from E’Stephenie Inc.’s assertion that its personalized female online clothing store, CustomGlamGirl.com was entitled to federal trademark protection laws, even though it failed to show any evidence of a registered trademark in the state of Indiana, nor in the federal system. E’Stephenie sued ERetailing for various trademark violations it falsely accused the company’s competing online store, CustomizedGirl.com of committing.

In a joint development effort, Control Solutions, Inc. and Delta Technical Systems announce the release of a Machine Monitoring and Control (MM&C) unit designed with Eaton Cutler-Hammer components to address the increasing need for real-time machine data collection and display that network with production management systems. This is an especially useful device for facilities managers that want to track machine maintenance data that is not available from their proprietary or closed control systems.

On the heels of Christmas 2007, On-Line Distribution Inc. and Santa's Helper (www.santashelper.ca) are pleased to announce the launch of its latest website addition entitled Mrs. Claus Christmas Kitchen.

Mrs. Claus Christmas Kitchen is completely free to register and enables you to keep track of recipes for the holidays in a variety of categories. Registered users are able to maintain their own on-line collection and can choose to keep recipes private or make them available to the general public. Registered users can use the website to email recipes in their personal collection to family, friends or other contacts and print recipes on a predefined recipe card suitable for most recipe boxes. Individuals (registered and non-registered) can search Mrs. Claus Christmas Kitchen when they are looking for the perfect recipe to match their occasion.

Accessible through the main site or by using its own web address www.mrsclauschristmaskitchen.com, the new addition at this time of the year provides a great opportunity for household cooks to record those recipes that worked this year and share them easily with anyone that may have asked them for the recipe.

Santa's Helper (www.santashelper.ca) is positioning itself to be one of the preferred Christmas websites to satisfy the needs of children, parents, charitable organizations and holiday shoppers by offering a number of tools to help make the Christmas celebration more enjoyable and hopefully a little less stressful.

In today's economy, the trucking and shipping industry faces unique and specific issues in regard to critical areas such as assets, equipment and personnel. In this industry, employers must protect expensive inventory and equipment from misuse, theft and environmental dangers as well as maintain employee well-being. In order to reduce these risks, employers must ensure the use of technology to protect their assets and employees.

Frost & Sullivan recently partnered with Protection One, Inc. (Nasdaq: PONE), one of the nation's largest providers of monitored security services, to look at the physical security needs in the shipping and trucking industry. The study focused on ways the industry can look to technology and physical security solutions to help prevent or reduce damage from fire, natural disasters, theft, vandalism, harassment and workplace violence.

Rocky Point Reservations, Inc. of Phoenix, AZ today signed a strategic alliance with its vacation software provider, RealTimeRental of Ocean City, NJ, who provides electronic online distribution of vacation rental properties.

This alliance will significantly increase online traffic for more than 400 vacation properties located in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora Mexico, also known as "Rocky Point". RealTimeRental provides this service for The Wall Street Journal's Real Estate Vacation Rental Website at http://wsj.realtimerental.com/, which boasts more than 50,000 unique users each month.

"We are offering this service to our property owner/clients for free. We believe it will significantly increase their revenues," said Jason Sprinkle, Business Manger of Rocky Point Reservations.