Music Choice, the leading, multi-platform music network, today announced that T.I., one of the most powerful forces in urban music today, would be the featured 'Artist of the Month' in July on Music Choice.

The multi-platform promotional program, which reaches millions of music fans through their TVs and Online, takes an unprecedented look at the life of one of today's most focused, creative artists and highly successful business executives. T.I. is a man of many talents - three of his four albums have gone Platinum; he was the leading man in the film, ATL; he owns and manages his own record label, Grand Hustle; he is a multi-million dollar real estate developer; and he designs his own clothing line, AKOO.

As the major record labels install ever more rigid copyright protections and scary embedded technology on their CD releases, Buck Howdy, the King of Kids’ Cowboy Music, is bucking all trends to offer his music – for free. What’s more, he’s actually encouraging his fans to “Pass the Buck,” to copy and share his music. Buck’s free download program just launched at www.buckhowdy.com.

Amazingly, Buck is ready to share his songs just a couple of months after Giddyup! was released on CD to national acclaim (it’s been charting on Billboard’s top 25 internet sales list since November, and has won a Dove Family Approved seal and acclaim from Common Sense Media, among others). Giddyup! was also selected this week by the American Library Association for its prestigious "Notable Recordings of 2006" list.

Mark Severance, Director of Sales and Marketing for Arxis Technology, has been recognized by the CPA Technology Advisor as a "40 Under 40" Honoree.

The 40 Under 40 program was developed by The CPA Technology Advisor to help the profession identify those young leaders who will serve as a bridge between a generation gap in the accounting space. The 40 Under 40 program also honors those in fields around tax and public accounting such as technology developers who have a significant impact on these professions by providing innovative products and services that help streamline workflow processes, aid in productivity or increase profitability.

Busy professionals agree: Time wasted means missed opportunities. They also agree that time spent waiting for a flight to depart is one of the biggest wastes of time. But not any more thanks to the launch of a business networking called CEOcial.com

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Airport administrators have come a long way towards accommodating travelers who find themselves stuck waiting. From food and beverage kiosks to shopping malls and hi-speed Internet connectivity, today’s airports offer a lot to help pass the time. So why not take advantage of these amenity-filled spaces to meet like-minded business travelers?

Travis Software Corp., market leader in Advanced Employee Benefits Software and provider of TravisFlex software, announced today they have modified their system to accommodate a new IRS regulation which reduces the risk of the "use it or lose it" rule for Section 125 plans by allowing an additional 2-1/2 months after the end of a cafeteria plan year in which an employee can submit claims against the prior year's contributions. The new regulation goes into effect as of the next plan anniversary date after June 30, 2005 for each benefit plan, once Plan Documents are amended to acknowledge the new rule.

Brulant, Inc., one of the nation's leading interactive marketing firms, announced that it has named noted search industry expert Chris Boggs as Manager of its Search Engine Optimization (SEO) team.

Boggs will assume strategic leadership and tactical responsibility for the team, helping to further integrate organic search into Brulant's other core service offerings. Boggs has recently relocated from the East Coast to be based at Brulant's headquarters in Cleveland. The SEO team is part of Brulant's search marketing practice, eMergent Marketing.

Boggs will play an instrumental role in guiding the future growth of Brulant's highly successful SEO team. Other key hires throughout the year have truly positioned Brulant as a dominant force in the industry. Current search engine optimization clients include Marriott, Moen, Citizens Bank, Nationwide Insurance and Helzberg Diamonds, among others.

"Chris was an early pioneer in the search engine optimization arena and has become one of the most sought-after experts in this industry," notes Paul Elliott, Principal of Brulant's eMergent Marketing practice. "We believe Chris' expertise will further strengthen our robust offerings in search and that our clients will greatly benefit from his addition to the practice."

Boggs brings over 8 years of search industry experience to his role. He was previously a Search Strategist for Avenue A | Razorfish in their Philadelphia office and was responsible for SEO strategy development across multiple teams. Prior to that, he was Director of Online marketing with the G3 Group in Maryland.

Boggs has had extensive experience in the Paid Search marketing specialty along with organic optimization, having been a certified Google™ AdWords™ Professional, a Yahoo! Search Ma 285 rketing Ambassador, and an early participant in the MSN AdCenter release in 2005.

He speaks regularly at the Search Engine Strategies and other industry Conferences, and acts as a Moderator for the Search Engine Watch Forums (http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/) in addition to penning columns there. Boggs has been a member of the Board of Directors of SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional's Organization, since 2006, and currently serves as Secretary. He is the Associate Editor of the Search Engine Roundtable B b50 log, and is also co-host of the weekly "Search Pulse" podcast at WebmasterRadio.FM.

About Brulant, Inc.

Brulant is one of the nation's leading interactive marketing firms, with deep technology roots and a management consulting business-focused approach. The company was recently ranked by Advertising Age Magazine as the 30th largest interactive firm in the country and the 3rd fastest growing. Brulant remains focused on delivering multi-channel solutions that grow clients' revenue and deepen customer relationships while reducing customer acquisition, retention and conversion costs.

NAVAN invited chicsters to chill out with charming restaurateurs Frederick Lesort & Derek Koch as they introduced the signature house cocktail of the Fredericks Group's new bar bistro, Jour et Nuit. Featuring NAVAN liqueur and Salontea chai tea, the Jour et Nuit Chai Tea Martini's smooth vanilla taste blended with exotic tea is a "dangerously delicious concoction", according to Olivia Palermo. Contrary to the commercial admonition "do not try this at home", attendees were encouraged to reproduce their new favorite drink at home. To their delight, NAVAN and Jour et Nuit gifted their guests with a kit comprised of a recipe card and all the ingredients to make their signature cocktail. Other happy guests such as Dabney Mercer, Nicole Hanley Tracy Stern and Chad Ritchie were pampered with vanilla scented hand massages and for the adventurous -- henna tattoos in the form of the NAVAN Vanilla Orchid. Now THAT may be something "not to try at home".

- Youth groups of all kinds have always struggled to find worthwhile methods of raising much-needed funds, and in this high-tech world used cell phones provide what may be the ideal opportunity to obtain money for worthy causes.

Now that "number portability" has been mandated nation wide, consumers are switching cell phone companies at a record pace expected to top 130 million this year alone. Although you can keep your number, you cannot keep your phone when you change providers giving youth groups an unprecedented opportunity.

Agnitum, a leading European developer of security software to protect individual and networked PCs, this week launch the latest update to the widely acclaimed Outpost Firewall Pro. With the release of Outpost Firewall Pro v2.7, Agnitum has once again raised the bar in sensitive user data protection by offering user-customizable program protection settings.

Protecting the integrity of personal information has never been easy. With the seemingly never-ending stream of electronic attacks on 5a8 personal assets and unstoppable proliferation of viruses and spyware, protecting user data is an ever-more pressing problem.

Celequest, the leading provider of on-demand business intelligence (BI), today announced its acceptance to the IBM SOA Specialty after successfully completing IBM's rigorous SOA technical and business requirements. With this achievement Celequest's LAVA™ integrates with the IBM SOA Foundation, a single, integrated platform that combines the industry's top application server and integration capabilities.

In March of this year, IBM announced an SOA Specialty in PartnerWorld for Industry Networks. The IBM SOA Specialty provides technical enablement and a skills-building roadmap for partners who want to access the growing SOA market opportunity. For those who achieve key milestones, the Specialty will also provide SOA-specific marketing and sales benefits such as SOA Connection Events to meet directly with IBM SOA Sales specialists and discounted print advertising and telemarketing. IBM Sales Connections, a consultative service in the PartnerWorld Industry Networks, helps business partners close SOA deals quickly by connecting them with the relevant IBM SOA and local field sales team.

Jim Christian of Smoke Dog, LLC is proud to announce that their new website, TeakWoodPatioFuniture.com, has already been awarded recognition from Yahoo.com for being an exceptional store after less than one month of being live online. Teakwood Patio Furniture is a socially conscious company that handcrafts their products with teakwood harvested from sustainable forests.

Not only was Teakwood Patio Furniture.com awarded an exceptional website by Yahoo!, it will be placed into Yahoo!'s "Spotlight Stores" starting in June, 2007. Yahoo! was started by two Stanford Ph.D. students in 1994 and is now the world's largest online global network of integrated services. In fact, Yahoo! is one of the leading search engines on the web and is the most trafficked Internet destination in the world. TeakWood Patio Furniture's recognition as a leading website and "Spotlight Store" by Yahoo! is clearly an honor showing the distinction and reliability of this new website.

LinkWorth, a premier internet search engine optimization and web marketing company, is attending the eComXpo virtual tradeshow October 9th through 11th. This tradeshow is the first of its kind, with individuals and companies from every facet of the online marketing and web-based business world coming together in a virtual forum to take advantage of educational and networking opportunities.

The eComXpo takes place online, allowing advertisers, partners, internet marketing agencies, webmasters and tech personnel from all over the world to exhibit their products and services without having to travel. Educational sessions are offered with influential keynote speakers from the world of eCommerce offering their expertise and insight on where the industry is headed and how to stay ahead of the game. The eComXpo also allows individuals and companies within the industry to make vital business connections.

With their new green business consultant the Bankcard Empire merchant account services introduces affiliate member Barbara Ott to their list of valued associates in the hopes of adding green spaced merchant services at the head of the pack in 2009. Through its allegiance to balanced merchant funds the company's newest affiliate www.bankcardempire.com/amsi609 is lead by Barbara Ott. Ott, a devoted green service promoter as well as redefined housing coordinator after the California quake of '89 where Ott personally lost her home to the destruction is poised to head the BCE green services sector. From Redding to San Diego and all points in between Ott is now perched to provide small business retailers with the cash and loans needed to stay afloat during these economic times- especially those in support of green living.

Inc. Magazine, one of the most widely read and respected business publications in the world, this month compared ZoomProspector.com ( http://www.ZoomProspector.com ) - the first national site selection search engine - to the pioneering efforts of the founders of McDonald's and Walmart. "Legendary retailers Sam Walton and Ray Kroc… used private planes to survey the country for prime spots in which to open new stores… ZoomProspector, attempts to provide business owners a similar bird's-eye view of the commercial landscape from their desk chairs."

FreedomVOICE Systems, a licensed telecommunications carrier specializing in virtual office and hosted telephone solutions to support small businesses, uses its own unique technology products to guarantee a high standard for its client service function.

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“Our tens of thousands of customers put a huge faith in our ability to help them maximize productivity using our systems,” said Eric Thomas, CEO and founder. “If a customer has a problem or needs help, it’s our job to take care of it effectively and completely. Two of our product features, Call Record and PodFone, tapping into the burgeoning podcast popularity, give us the ability to easily review calls coming into our Client Services department without taking up normal work time.”

CyberCity 3D (www.cybercity3d.com) today announced that the 3D City Model of Marina del Rey, California is now available for viewing on Google Earth.

Original Buildings Modeled for Google Earth

CyberCity 3D's use of Google Earth merges CyberCity's cutting edge 3D buildings and city models with Google Earth's ground-breaking ability to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

The Marina del Rey 3D city model, created with CyberCity's proprietary software, includes 1500 commercial and residential buildings covering an area of 5.02 km2. All buildings, which are non-textured, include roof detail and sub-structures.

In an effort to improve the financial literacy of its students, the School-to-Career Department of the Springfield, Massachusetts public school system announced today that it has teamed with Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp. to provide fundamental instruction on money management to pupils in grades 9-12.

Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp. will help to provide resources, lessons, and training to the School-to-Career Department in order to proactively facilitate students' understanding about credit, debt, money management, interest, loans, and the United States economy. High school students in Springfield will learn how to write a check, balance a budget, and differentiate between checking and savings accounts, among other activities and lessons.

A young and aspiring Chicago entrepreneur is exploding onto the high couture fashion world with his unique style, name and logo. Isaiah Israel, who designs under the name Marco Bellini, with the ubiquitous logo MB, has a strong feel for elegant, stylish and sophisticated apparel for men and women, and is soon adding the childrens line Teeny Bellini®. The Bellini Girl Contest and Model Search aims to discover the freshest faces to model their clothes and appear in the Bellini Girl Calendar of 2006. Contest details are available at http://www.belliniusa.com/639988.html.

Research shows that a surprising number of nurses separate from an organization with highly satisfactory views of the workplace and work experiences. Therefore, to create a successful retention strategy, organizations should shift their focus from traditional exit interviews to understanding why employees stay.

In a webinar focused on their new Turnover Vulnerability Analysis Model, Morehead will present their proactive method that leads to the prevention of nurse turnoverSB before it actually occurs. The webinar, "Preventing Nurse Turnover: A New Direction in Understanding Why Nurses Stay," will be broadcast on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

The Ashland Daily Tidings' Web site won first place in its division in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's 2009 Better Newspaper Contest.

Competing against other Oregon daily newspapers with a circulation of 10,000 or less, the Tidings won two first places, four second places and four third places.

In addition to winning in the Best Web Site category, the Tidings also took first place for Best Page One Design.

"I'm extremely proud of the Tidings staff," Tidings City Editor Myles Murphy said. "Each person here has worked extremely hard, and it's great to see that recognized. The award for best web site is particularly heartening, since that's an area we've all been focused on."