Texas Motivational Speaker, Chuck Gallagher received the NACE (National Association of Catering Executives) Program Content of the Year Award for 2006 at their Annual meeting on February 8th, 2007 for his presentation on Ethics and Consequences. Competing against all other 2006 programs for the Dallas area chapter, Gallagher, a Southlake, TX resident, walked away with top honors supported by the program organizer, Garrett Speakers International (www.garrettspeakers.com).

On a crisp October day in 1995, Chuck Gallagher took 23 physical steps… opened a door… and began a new experience that was life-changing. In a style that is far more vulnerable than most motivational keynote speakers, Chuck shares the painful lessons of his life with his audience and touches them forever.

For those looking to get ahead financially by becoming an entrepreneur and break free from the working world, there is an upcoming event in Tampa, Florida, that is not to be missed. Hosted by Drew Miles and featuring a powerful lineup of 14 wealth building experts, this workshop could catapult you to new financial heights faster than you ever thought possible.

The speakers at this event have risen to the top or their respective fields, featuring a diverse group of topics including: real estate and Wall Street investing, tax deductions, paid public speaking, hedge funds, tax filing tips, foreclosures, sales, tax liens, lead generation, writing, and government grants. This workshop outlines surefire systems that have been proven to work time and again. Each speaker has spent years developing the systems that they will be sharing with you. Spending four days involved in a dynamic hands-on workshop will allow you to experience literally hundreds of years of wealth building guidance and knowledge.

TungstenWorld.com, today announced the launch of their newly renovated web site, designed to improve the customer experience. This face lift lets shoppers quickly browse through the latest fashions and includes a laser engraving utility for customization. The new interface makes it more convenient than ever to find the perfect pair of tungsten rings.

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The site's easy-navigation lets couples browse through their vast selection of tungsten rings to find the perfect wedding rings; otherwise, users can use the site's "Most Popular" category to help choose from the latest fashions and styles of jewelry available on the site. The new laser engraving tool allows several different style fonts to be chosen as well as unique personal symbols. This laser engraving tool allows couples to customize and engrave their wedding bands before making a purchase. TungstenWorld.com is the only online tungsten jewelry provider that offers customized engraving on tungsten carbide rings.

Executive Gaming Monthly is proud to announce that it will be in attendance at the 2007 Casino Affiliate Conference from May 3rd to May 5th in Amsterdam. EGM will be working with CasinoCity.com and the GPWA to promote its new affiliate program.

Executive Gaming Monthly is one of the most unique new online monthly gift clubs. The company allows you to Bring The Casino Home with your favorite casino game each month. Customers can choose which game they want for a specific month, whether it be Blackjack, Craps, Texas Hold'em, Roulette, Poker Mania, or even Skill Stop Slots, and then change games each month.

Trulia.com, the residential real estate search engine, announced today the launch of the Trulia Connect program to offer real estate brokers and agents additional easy methods to get their listing onto Trulia and in front of serious home searchers doing research online. According to a Trulia user survey, 60 percent of Trulia's users are not yet working with an agent and 70 percent plan to buy or sell a home in the next 12 months.

Brokers and agents who have limited technical resources, or no Web site pages where they can post their listings, can now easily put their listings on Trulia via a network of Web providers and Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) who will help them tap into Trulia's consumer network with minimal effort on their part. The Trulia Connect program currently includes well-respected service providers such as a la Mode, Delta Media Group, iHouse, Threewide (ListHub.net) and the MLS Property Information Network, Inc. (MLS PIN), the largest MLS in New England and one of the top ten in the nation that includes 65,000 active listings in the Massachusetts area.

As gas prices hit record highs and the price of your favorite cup of coffee is up ten cents its good to know there are still US companies helping to fight inflation.



LifeStyle Marketing Inc. has been manufacturing and marketing the #1 hangover pill (Sob'r-K HangoverStopper)* for the last ten years.



"In 1995 we started out charging $19.95 for our 60 count bottle of Sob'r-K HangoverStopper. Now, a customer can purchase the same bottle for as little as $7.62 on our website, www.hangoverstopper.com. Even though our cost for our product and packaging has increased 20% in the last ten years we are committed to keep our product affordable for the average drinker. We have no plans on raising our prices and we are continuing to find new ways to lower our overhead to offset the increases from our suppliers", said Tom Russel, Business Agent for LifeStyle Marketing Inc.



LifeStyle Marketing also doing their part for the U.S. Economy. It is estimated that the U.S. Economy loses over 900 million dollars in productivity due to employees being less productive or missing work due to hangovers. Sob'r-K HangoverStoppers allows people to enjoy their favorite adult alcoholic beverage and wake up the next day feeling great. Their product been rated the best by the London Times, NY Post and countless of other publications. This company is also helping the trade deficit by exporting their product throughout the world. HangoverStopper is currently marketed as "HateHangovers" in Europe and in Asia the brand is "Sorbsin". In other territories such as Scandinavia and South America the name remains the same.

The works of Salvatore Principe, internationally known for both his "Heart" and modern art se 1963 ries, are now available to select gallery partners as originals or gallery wrap giclées. Salvatore's art can be found in the private collections of such diverse aficionados as Miles Davis, Nicole Miller, Doctor Phil, Cameron Diaz, Tony Bennet, Lisa de Kooning, Andy Roddick, Patti LaBelle, Gwen Stefani, Steffi Graf, and Andre Aggassi. Once only available from the artist's Delray Beach, Florida studio and gallery, there is a limited opportunity to become an exclusive distributor of these important works.

Due to an overwhelming response to the first "New Rules" Webinar with David Meerman Scott, HRmarketer.com has invited the thought-leadership strategist back one more time to highlight the best ways for HR suppliers to reach their buyers directly via online viral marketing strategies.

HR marketing and PR professionals are invited to attend the new Webinar on Tuesday, July 17, at 10:00 a.m. PST.

Titled The New Rules of Marketing and PR in the Human Resource Marketplace, Scott’s interactive presentation will again teach attendees how to use blogs, podcasts, news releases and online media to create viral marketing campaigns. The hour-long webinar is presented by HRmarketer.com, the #1 marketing and media 00004000 visibility service for human resources and employee benefits providers.

Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP), a global network of professionals committed to advancing work-life effectiveness, recently announced the recipients of the inaugural Work-Life Rising Star recognition program. Recipients are recognized for their emerging leadership and potential as major contributors to the work-life community.

For this inaugural year, five professionals have been selected as Work-Life Rising Stars:

Barbara Ashby, manager of Work-Life, Child Care & Family Services, University of California-Davis. Ashby is honored for her role in launching UC Davis’ award-winning Breastfeeding Support Program, three on-site child care centers and for her new role as staff leader of UC Davis’ Work-Life Program.

Teresa Hopke, director of Work-Li 00004000 fe Strategies at RSM McGladrey. Hopke’s company has been the recipient of Working Mother Media’s 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers, the Minnesota Work-Life Advocate award, and the Conference Board’s Moving Into the Future award.

John-Anthony Meza., associate director of National Community Involvement, KPMG. Meza contributes his time and energy to numerous boards, including the Board of Trustees for Corporate Voices for Working Families, the Board of Directors for Companies That Care and the Advisory Board for Universal Giving and My Good Deed. He serves on the Points of Light Foundation’s councils for National Workplace Volunteering and Connect America.

Jennifer Swanberg, Ph.D., executive director of Institute for Workplace Innovation, and associate professor, University of Kentucky. Swanberg is a nationally respected work-family expert who has appeared on television and radio media outlets that include MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and the BBC. She is a past nominee for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, is a recipient of funding from the Ford Foundation for research on responsive workplace cultures for hourly workers, and has published extensively in scholarly journals.

Cali Williams Yost, president and founder of Work+Life Fit, Inc., a corporate flexibility strategy consulting firm. Yost is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Work+Life: Finding the Fit That’s Right for You, and creator of the first blog in the work-life field, www.worklifefit.com/blog.

“Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP) is proud to honor these stellar, up-and-coming professionals who embody passion for change, for work and for life as a Work-Life Rising Star,” said Kathie Lingle, director of AWLP. “They are the future leaders to whom we will pass the torch to ensure work-life effectiveness values and principles live on.”

National Church Purchasing Group, Inc. (NCPG) has signed on as the Church Solutions Conference & Expo's exclusive corporate sponsor. The partnership with NCPG, the nation's largest ministry group-purchasing organization, creates numerous benefits for Church Solutions' vendors and attendees.

The NCPG also will be marketing the conference to its customer base of 20,000 churches, providing NCPG member churches with a 50 percent discount on Church Solutions' registration.

As part of the sponsorship, the NCPG is bringing some of its purchasing partners to the show as exhibitors. The group represents some of the nation's largest companies to the ministry market, including Ricoh Americas, Sherwin Williams, Office Depot, Sanyo, Virco, Shure, Draper, Sportsplay, Fender and many other companies.

DocuSign, the leading provider of eSignature and electronic contract execution services, today announced the latest release of DocuSign, now available at www.docusign.com, that introduces an extensive set of new features to help customers achieve the long-sought goal of replacing the expensive and slow use of paper in all contract execution processes.

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This latest release of DocuSign automates the entire contract execution process, further enhancing the most powerful solution available in the marketplace today. As a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering, DocuSign's automated contract execution services can be deployed very quickly into existing business processes such as sales contract execution, new account openings, HR forms processing and document transaction processing.

The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a professional association and think tank advancing the science of strategic talent management, has announced that Oracle Human Capital Management, a specialized service of the world's largest enterprise software company, will sponsor a live, eight-city HCI Innovation Tour titled, "IT & HR: Fulfilling the Prophecies" in seven U.S. states.

This broad-reaching Innovation Tour, featuring topics and real-world examples related to managing and analyzing talent-focused data for strategic talent management and other business applications, will take place from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. local time on these dates and at these locations, with featured presenters as noted:

Best-in-class fingerprint authentication hardware manufacturer and network security solution provider Zvetco Biometrics today announced the Verifi M5000 USB Fingerprint Reader. The Verifi M5000 is a sleek and powerful new design, expanding the capabilities of Zvetco's award-winning Verifi fingerprint readers. The M5000 is a heavy duty fingerprint readers, designed to be depoloyed in harsh environments. Like the P5000 on which it is based, the M5000 can handle the largest one-to-many (1:N) identification schemes, in government, enterprise or Web transactions. It features a high-resolution UPEK large area silicon sensor that captures larger and more detailed fingerprint images, making them suitable for large scale searches.

Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced the release of the latest version of Parature Customer Service™ software. Delivering new features, functionality and enhancements to improve the support experience for both its customers and end users; Parature enables organizations to excel in their customer service and support processes across multiple channels.

“Parature continues to set the standard for service organizations worldwide with our complete dedication to bringing the most innovative customer service and support software to market,” stated Duke Chung, Parature CEO and President. “Parature Customer Service software delivers on the promise of multi-channel service and support and gives our customers one integrated software suite to easily manage all their customer interactions. In addition to being easy-to-use and affordable, our new release leverages cutting-edge technologies that our tech-savvy market demands. Parature’s latest software release reflects the commitment we have to our customers’ success and to providing the smartest, most efficient way for diverse organizations to deliver great customer experiences.”

There’s a new player in town that’s empowering homeowners to forsake traditional home selling methods and “go it alone” with the assistance of On Target Homes. President and Co-Founder of On Target Homes, Sharron Ash, believes the time is right for sellers to become more involved in the sale of their most valuable asset and has made a career out of offering exactly what home owners need, professional service and personal touches that most people in the real estate field have long since forgotten.

Today, Gekko announced the launch of Gekko.com in Beta, the first online service that uses proprietary technology to find places or 'spots' suited to your tastes based on your unique profile and the preferences of likeminded people. Unlike most travel, review or lifestyle sites, Gekko.com gives people an easy way to find an ideal place without searching through the hundreds of thousands of hotels, restaurants, bars and clubs available online. Gekko's smart matching technology matches you to a much smaller selection of 20 highly targeted and relevant spots - hotels and restaurants for now - that you are most likely to like and shows recommendations from other Gekko community members who have similar profiles and tastes.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Imperial College London today announced their partnership in KAUST's Academic Excellence Alliance (AEA), designed to establish joint research, collaborate in the design of the academic curriculum, and identify and nominate the founding faculty in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering for the new University.

KAUST is a new international, graduate-level research university opening in Saudi Arabia in 2009. The innovative new approach to institutional partnership and faculty nomination will enable KAUST to build its academic foundation during the University's first several years of operation.

Cole & Parks known locally for their high quality gifts, cookies, coffee and other specialty food products, launches a new website at http://www.coleandparks.com. Now these great products are available to a wider audience. The e-commerce store features more than a hundred products from fresh baked cookies to custom logo’d business gifts and incredible Cole & Parks DoughEggs® — preformed ready-to-bake frozen gourmet cookie dough(see http://www.dougheggs.com). All items are available to ship anywhere in the United States.

Scott+Scott, LLC (http://www.scott-scott.com) represents investors in a securities class action filed on October 11, 2005 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Refco, Inc. ("Refco") and other defendants (Case No. 1:05-cv-08663-DC). Refco securities purchasers between August 11, 2005, and October 18, 2005, inclusive (the "Class Period") are putative class members.

On October 31, 2005, based on a motion filed by Scott+Scott on behalf of the investor Class, as well as discussions with counsel for plaintiff and Bennett, the Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") to freeze assets that suspended CEO Phillip R. Bennett ("Bennett") obtained from his Refco stock sales in the Company's August 2005 Initial Public Offering ("IPO"). The TRO is in effect pending an Order to Show Cause hearing scheduled for December 1, 2005, at which time the Court will determine whether or not a more permanent restraining order should be issued maintaining the asset-freeze injunction throughout the pendency of the litigation. Refco filed for bankruptcy protection on October 17, 2005.

The opening of Conrad Tokyo in the summer of 2005, the eighth Asia-Pacific hotel of the Conrad Hotels group, marked a milestone in the evolution of hotels in Japan.



The interior of Conrad Tokyo was designed and decorated to reflect the elegance and tranquility that was the hallmark of over 400 luxury-class Honkan (Hoan-kahn) inns that were in operation from the late 1630s to 1868 during Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate Edo era—a span of over 200 years.



The style and quality of service provided for Conrad Tokyo guests is also patterned after the standards set by the Honkan inns of the Edo period—when Edo was the largest city on earth and the lifestyle of affluent Japanese achieved new heights of sophistication.



This “back to the future” ambiance of Conrad Tokyo was overseen from its earliest planning stage by General Manager Jan Monkedieck, a veteran German-born hotelier whose previous Hilton hotel experience in Asia included assignments in China, Dubai, India, Korea, Myanmar, and two years at Hilton Tokyo Bay.



Says Monkedieck: “Conrad Tokyo’s philosophy is based on modern Japanese luxury that combines spacious rooms, superior service and spectacular views with the synergy arising from the tranquil and relaxing elements of traditional Japanese arts and crafts.”



The elegance of shogunate Japan’s elite Honkan is reflected in every area and feature of Conrad Tokyo, from its rooms and suites, its restaurants, banquet facilities, meeting rooms, 1,400-square-meter spa, and indoor swimming pool, to its wedding chapel.



These amenities, plus what General Manager Monkedieck calls Conrad Tokyo’s “silent symphony of service,” made the hotel an instant success from day one.



But there is more to it than just amenities and service, Monkedieck said. “For the experienced international travel the expectation of outstanding quality in both amenities and service is a given.



“These travelers also want the ambiance that reflects the cultural of the country and provides them with a feeling of symbiosis with that culture; of being able to absorb and enjoy it to the fullest. And that is what we strive to do,” he added.



International hotels in Tokyo have made use of traditional Japanese art and design concepts for decades, but Conrad Tokyo is the first one to have been conceived from the beginning to take advantage of the remarkable aesthetic and sensory appeal of classic Japanese concepts.



In another break with traditional hotels, Conrad Tokyo occupies the top floors of the Tokyo Shiodome Building, a 37-story multi-purpose tower that offers panoramic views of Hamarikyu Gardens (formerly the beach residence of Emperor Meiji), Rainbow Bridge (that connects to Odaiba Island) and Tokyo Bay.



The Shiodome area, which adjoins Tokyo’s famous Ginza entertainment and shopping district on the south, is a spectacular development of high-rise towers that are connected by a huge underground restaurant and shopping plaza that extends to the Shimbashi commuter train and subway station some six to eight minutes away.