Arohan Inc announces the launch of Personal Dividends, a collaborative online magazine to help readers Live Rich, Live Well, Be Informed. The magazine focuses on key issues of earning, saving and growing wealth, lifestyle pursuits that improve and bring meaning to life and topics in arts and culture that enable appreciation of finer things in life. The site can be accessed at Personal Dividends.

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Personal Dividends targets a readership that is serious about building wealth and enjoying it in a way that adds joy and meaning to life. Money and Wealth is the key focus of the site. With the global economy in turmoil and personal assets declining, a renewed focus on ways to earn, save and manage money and grow wealth is needed. The site features timely articles from some of the best writers on the web about all aspects of money management and entrepreneurship.

Sparks Exhibits & Environments, a leading provider of custom environments, has recently been awarded the Themed Entertainment Association's (TEA) top award for achievement in 2004, the Thea Award. Winners were announced Friday, February 5th at the 11th Annual Thea Awards Gala at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif.

The annual Thea Awards are presented by the TEA, a worldwide nonprofit association representing the creators of compelling places and experiences. Internationally recognized as the equivalent of an Oscar in the themed entertainment industry, Thea Award winners represent the excellence found throughout the themed entertainment industry.

A Michigan State University student is the latest lucky $2,000 scholarship winner in online-degree-scholarships.com's ongoing effort to help ensure students have the financial backing it takes to realize their dreams. The site sponsors its own scholarship drawings with winners selected randomly from a pool of applicants. Online-Degree-Scholarships.com

The site, owned by New York-based VHMnetwork LLC, provides information about available scholarships, how to apply for them and what to look for in financial aid. It offers a variety of articles that provide information about the scholarship process and even sends its members e-mail alerts about topics and products of concern to them. Most importantly, it conducts its own random scholarship drawings to help give students a much-needed financial boost. These awards are available at no charge to college-age students throughout the United States.

Timelock Enterprise, LLC, a privately owned company based in Texas and started by two young entrepreneurs, is pleased to announce the launch of a new room divider Web store, MyShojiScreens.com

Shoji screens are clean and simple wooden frames that have panels that let light through while maintaining privacy. They are also known as room dividers. The center panel is given strength by the addition of fine lattice (kumiko), which is woven into a geometric pattern. This gives the shoji screen interest and beauty as the light filters through, highlighting the lattice pattern.

Shoji screens can add a great feel of Zen fullness and exotic elegance to any room. Functioning as great room dividers or themed focal points, Shoji screens are a "must have" for anybody thinking about adding Asian decor to their home.

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Studies have shown that a typical family will discharge enough material fibers, or lint, down the drain to carpet a living room floor every year and these fibers are a major source of clogged pipes. But when it comes to septic systems the damage is magnified because that lint does more than just plug drains, it also plugs the soil causing the system to fail and when a septic system fails it can be more than an inconvenience, it can also pollute the local water supplies.

To compound the problem, most clothing and carpeting is now manufactured with polyester and nylon and synthetic materials will never breakdown in a septic system. Today approximately 30% of the homes in the U. S. are on a septic system and the number is increasing by 500,000+ every year. At the same time the rate of system failure is increasing dramatically.

67% of the Russian-speaking Americans watched broadcast of the National Republican Convention, which took place in New York City in September, 2004, Press Release Group study shows.

This is the major news, and you need to watch it to know whats going on" -- says Alexander Kritchevsky, 41 year old resident of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, who came to the US from Kiev, Ukraine in 1995 and works as software engineer in New York. Many Russian-speakers share Mr. Kritchevskys opinion. There has been a noticeable increase in political activity in the Russian-speaking community in the last year.

FFSI is a financial services company whose financial wellness product is marketed throughout the world with over 100 benefits, allowing its users to literally change the quality of their lives, assisting them in becoming debt free in years, not decades. According to Dan Donihue, LUTCF, CEP, BCE, Im very proud to represent a company that provides services that change peoples lives for the better in many different ways. Having worked in the financial services industry for many years, I have seen firsthand how a familys quality of life will improve when their financial affairs are in order."

AuctionIndex, an online auction search index, is a powerful new tool to direct users to the exact web sites they want with the help of keywords.

"There are so many auction web sites out there today, and more coming up by the day," says Alan Lewis, the owner of AuctionIndex (available at http://www.auctionindex.net). "With AuctionIndex, buyers can search through this huge database to pinpoint exactly the sites they want to buy and sell from."

AuctionIndex was created with the needs of auction web site users in mind, in an effort to weed out dummy sites and maintain a comprehensive database of authentic auction sites. As a result, AuctionIndex is a popular resource for serious buyers as well as auction web site owners.

The Net-a-Porter.com sale has begun. Net-a-Porter.com has marked down a fantastic selection of must-have items from our end of season stock, with up to 70% off the most wanted designer labels. Sale ends July 18th so act fast.

The sale includes a number of amazing offers

-Up to 50% off Roland Mouret

-Up to 50% off Chloé Silverado bags

-Up to 60% off Marc by Marc Jacobs

-Up to 70% off Missoni

-Up to 30% off Jimmy Choo

…plus much more, with up to 70% off Chloé, Diane von Furstenberg, Juicy Couture, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Anna Sui and many, many more designers.

Employment Background Investigations, Inc. (EBI) has announced the acquisition of Pittsburgh-based Comprehensive Information Services, Inc. (CIS) to form one of the largest and most inclusive background screening firms in the industry, offering background checks, drug testing and occupational healthcare solutions worldwide.

CIS will change its name to operate under the EBI brand. CIS President and CEO Robert Capwell will join EBI’s Board of Directors and senior management team as Chief Knowledge Officer, responsible for marketing, communications, product development and information systems. The company will continue to operate out of Owings Mills and Pittsburgh, leveraging the two locations as part of its unique disaster recovery strategy.

During the Month of December, 2008, Nowell's asked it's customers to extend the season's spirit of giving and donate whatever they could to Interact, as part of that organizations' efforts to fund the building of their new facilities in Raleigh, scheduled to open this spring. As added incentive, Nowell's offered a $200 discount, good toward the purchase of an Ekornes Stressless recliner, to anyone who donated $50.00 or more. When asked why he chose Interact, Jerry Nowell said, "Interact does a phenomenal job serving those in our community who find themselves in violent domestic situations, but who would otherwise have no where to go for assistance. And the new facility that our customers help support with their donations is truly state-of-the-art. It is a model for similar facilities nationwide. We're honored to be a part of this."

The heat of summer is no friend to the frugal consumer. As the heat rises, so do the energy bills. Ron Manwaring of Blinds Chalet says, "We know consumers across the board are attempting to lower their average daily cost of living so we're offering consumers 7 items to consider in relation to lowering this summer's energy bills."

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1. R Value: The measurement for heat flow through a window. A standard single glazed window has an R Value of 1. In comparison, a double cell honeycomb shade paired with a blackout shade liner comes with an R Value up to 8. Any window covering will increase the R Value of your windows, but talk to an expert in the industry to discover just how helpful various products are in relation to reaching the maximum R Value.

MJT Net has released MacroScript WebRecorder 1.74, a companion product for Macro Scheduler 8.0, which simplifies the creation of scripts for automating web sites and web applications and allows easy integration of web application scripting with existing Macro Scheduler scripts.

Web 2.0 is bringing traditional desktop applications to the web, and more and more people are using web site applications in their day to day businesses. At the same time, many organizations are moving towards thin-client front-ends to their ERP systems, using web clients such as Internet Explorer as the interface to their applications. Automating and testing such environments requires a different approach to automating traditional Windows GUIs, due to their more dynamic nature and non-absolute positioning of GUI objects.

"Sink-Em" is a great new idea for an invention which would make it easier for kids to enjoy themselves in the pool or bath tub during playtime. The game incorporates plastic toy ships such as "aircraft carriers", "destroyers", "submarines", "tugboats" and seaplanes that float in the water. The ships have a series of plugs or plastic pins in their top sections so they can be pulled to let a controlled amount of water enter the ship by the children during the game. The kids throw sponge missiles or other "bomb-like" sponges at the ships and, when a ship is hit, a plastic pin or plug is them pulled from the top of the ship and this causes the ship to begin slowly sinking. The idea is to sink your opponents ships faster then yours are sunk. This is a great idea for kids who like to incorporate both tossing/ throwing games as well as imaginary "war-games' in the bathtub or pool. The tub toys are about 1/3 scale from the full size pool toys. "Sink-EM" presents a great new potential for the water/ pool game category.

Starting today, Centerfield Technology, Inc. (http://www.centerfieldtechnology.com) is celebrating the current economic stimulus program with promotional pricing of their performance suite HomeRun.

"The economy is driving business changes that tools can make possible." says Mark Holm, Centerfield's Chief Technology Officer. "Many times we've seen where we have made an immediate impact on system performance so orders, business processes and workloads can be executed faster and with more efficiency. To use a baseball analogy, we are in the fifth inning of an economic downturn. There are very few applications that are as efficient as they could be, and Centerfield can help those applications throw fast balls the rest of the game."

On the blog "Bo The First Puppy-In Bones We Trust," a fictional Bo barks his support to raise money and awareness for the National Canine Cancer Foundation. Bo's blog is at http://bothefirstpuppy.wordpress.com. The fictional First Pet also has a Twitter account.

"I know you people things get cancer," Bo The First Puppy barked, "And it is very devastating. But did you know one out of every three dogs gets cancer? My four-legged friends need help, too," he added.

The National Canine Cancer Foundation is a national non-profit corporation dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health issue for dogs. The organization funds grants to cancer researchers who are working to save lives, find cures, and devise better treatments and accurate, cost effective diagnostic methods in dealing with canine cancer.

As part of their ongoing mission to "make" a difference, a team of crafters/authors from YouCanMakeThis.com have come together to launch "Twirls for Girls." (www.TwirlsForGirls.com) This month-long drive is set up to encourage the creation and donation of handmade doll clothes to Toys for Tots during the holiday season.

The "Twirls for Girls" website provides free, downloadable patterns for making simple, yet adorable, doll clothes. The patterns, written in "eBook" format, include step-by-step instructions so that even those who are new to sewing will have success with these projects. The completed items can be taken to any of the 601 Toys for Tots donation centers nationwide, where they will be matched up with donated dolls and plush toys. The children who receive the little pieces of clothing will no doubt have hours of fun playing dress-up with their new friends.

Labelmaster, a U.S.-based manufacturer of regulatory compliance products, is releasing the 2008 A.I.R. Shipperâ„¢ Air International Regulations for Shippers of Dangerous Goods manual, which will be available October 2007. It is the first shipper-friendly regulations publication to be recognized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

A.I.R. Shipperâ„¢ will help your company stay in compliance with dangerous goods regulations and increase shipping safety, accuracy and efficiency. This publication combines international dangerous goods air regulations with related national requirements, so you have all the information you need to ship safely and in compliance with regulations in one resource.

Wine marketing researchers at VinterActive LLC today released the results of their annual research report on consumer preferences and purchasing plans for wine gifts in the upcoming holiday season. The VinterActive 2007 Consumer Wine Gift Preference Report summarizes response from over 1000 U.S. wine consumers and provides detailed analysis revealing the unique purchasing preferences of key customer segments.

"With fewer buyers planning to increase spending in 2007 and more remaining undecided, sales of wine gifts at U.S. wineries are expected to grow during the 2007 holiday season at a slower pace than 2006", according to VinterActive Founder and CEO, Bryan St. Amant. "While slower growth and consumer indecision may heighten competition, wineries offering attractive gift packages at popular price points will still be well positioned to maximize their share of the growing market for holiday wine gifts."

Nutritional Products International Inc is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Mike Myrthil as Director of International Business Development.

"NPI believes in promoting from within," says Mitch Gould Vice President of Nutritional Products International. "Mike shares the corporate vision and passion that has enabled NPI to become a leader in the International Nutraceutical world."

About NPI:

NPI is a world-class team of experts that can promote and sell your products into health food distributors, natural health outlets, grocery chains, drug chains, convenience stores, warehouse clubs, mass merchandisers, international distributors, beverage distributors, online retailers, and the military ( www.nutricompany.com).