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Indie Filmmakers Team Up with Breakthrough Distribution to Release Award-Winning Films

Breakthrough Distribution, an innovative new provider of self- and retail-distribution services for independent filmmakers, announced today its latest roster of films from filmmakers such as Academy Award® nominee and Sundance winner Steve Ascher.

A complete line of feature and documentary films utilizing Breakthrough's filmmaker platform are now available for sale directly to audiences online, including:

"So Much So Fast," a darkly humorous, deeply touching documentary chronicling what happens to a young man and his family when he discovers he had ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease); directed by Steve Ascher, Sundance Film Festival winner and Academy Award® nominee

"Four Eyed Monsters," the underground hit based on the burgeoning relationship of the filmmakers, Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, and how they built a relationship without speaking; nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards and winner of the Sundance Channel Audience Award

"Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey," an engrossing documentary about Bill Lee, a former Major League Baseball pitcher with an independent streak, who travels to Cuba for a chance to play the game in a country that loves baseball as much as he does; a Silverdocs & AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival official selection, directed by Brett Rapkin

Other films that have utilized Breakthrough Distribution’s filmmaker platform include "Special Thanks to Roy London," "The Shape of Water," "Trudell," and "Sir! No Sir!"

New Cashapilla Slot Worms Its Way Into Oggs' Top 10 Online Slots Chart

Microgaming launches new 100 win pay line Cashapilla Slot and makes the Top 10 Online Slots chart at leading online casino reviews website Oggs.com. This well known Australian pokie slots variant has debuted online for the first time and offers the largest number of pay lines of all online slots.

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A spokesperson for Oggs.com said of Cashapilla "It's definately a streaky slot, some of the rewards can be big, free spins fans will probably find this very entertaining with the stacked wilds adding an extra dimension". Several of the best online casinos including those that take American players like Intertops Casino and the more normal 'limited' US player range like Lucky Nugget and River Belle Casino have included the new game within their offerings, with more to follow. This allows in some cases US players to play the new slot which in the past has not been the case for some Microgaming releases.

Free Enterprise Action Fund Calls on Citigroup to Diversify the Banks 'Environment Partners Program

Action Fund Management LLC (AFM), investment advisor to the Free Enterprise Action Fund, called on Citigroup Inc. to diversify the banks Environment Partners" program by including pro-free enterprise/free market think tanks and organizations.

We believe that Citigroups current Environment Partners program is philosophically imbalanced and appears to be restricted to policy organizations with anti-business social and political agendas, said Steve Milloy of AFM.

One of Citigroups partners is the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), an organization that has personally attacked Citigroup officers," Milloy pointed out. In an August 2002 attack on Citigroup Chairman Sanford Weill, for example, RAN purchased a full-page ad in the International Herald Tribune featuring Weills photo while he was visiting his grandchildren in Europe.(1) The ads headline blared: Put a Face on Global Warming and Forest Destruction."

ReachForce CEO to Present at Lead Generation 2.0 Event

ReachForce Inc., provider of OnDemand software (SaaS) and data services for targeted lead generation announced today that its CEO, Suaad Sait, will be speaking at the Lead Generation 2.0 Event on September 9, 2008 in New York City.

The panel discussion will focus on emerging technologies in Lead Generation and will be moderated by Brian Hirsch, Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP. Sait will be participating in the discussion alongside executives from AppNexus, Pontiflex and Kayak. These four leading industry experts will discuss:

How the process of lead generation is changing in the enterprise and SMB sectors

What areas entrepreneurs can still address that are not being developed internally or by large marketing services vendors

Why this area is so compelling in an economic slowdown

What lead technologies larger media companies are using

Sait has been the CEO of ReachForce since its inception, October 2005. Sait brings to ReachForce years of experience in B2B Marketing. Sait's insight and direction have been key to ReachForce's consistent triple digit growth and customer satisfaction. Prior to ReachForce, has held multiple executive marketing positions at both public and private emerging companies.

Author Says Tsunami Ahead for Rural U.S.

The largest tidal wave of retirees in history -- 77 million strong -- is about to wash up on our shores. This tsunami is surging beyond the cities into outlying areas and eroding all manner of containment by local Planners," says a multi-millionaire Virginia author and real estate broker, with 40 years experience in country properties.

B.K. Haynes, a former president of the Virginia chapter of the Realtors Land Institute (RLI) and a lifetime member of the CEO Clubs of New York, says this monster wave will soon cast ashore a huge transfer of wealth, along with massive Social Security and Medicare obligations, to a younger generation. Haynes says it is inevitable that this tsunami will act to inflate the economy and water down the value of the dollar.

Granite Solutions Groupe to Guarantee Retained Searches

Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc. (Granite), a San Francisco based recruiting firm, announced today a new feature to its retained search service offering for global employers: Guaranteed Retained Search Services (GRSS).

Going forward, Granite’s clients will pay reduced fees of only 25% of the candidate’s total first year compensation, no administrative expenses and a graduated payment structure payable in thirds -- upon engagement, initial candidate presentation and candidate offer. Here’s where Granite’s offering differs from competitors: At each stage of the recruiting process, the hiring manager or committee can decide to end the search with a full refund of the current stage recruiting fees.

Software Planner Improves The Software Development Lifecycle With Configurable Workflow And Robust Project Reporting

Pragmatic Software Company (http://www.pragmaticsw.com) announced major enhancements to Software Planner (http://www.SoftwarePlanner.com), its configurable software development lifecycle (SDLC) tool. Software Planner release 7.6 offers configurable workflow, feature linkages, and enhanced project management reporting.

Chief among the updates, according to Steve Miller, President/CEO of Pragmatic Software, are the workflow features. “From a single interface, clients now have the ability to define enforceable processes or workflows from requirements all the way through to defect management. For example, when defining requirements for a software project, the IT department may want to implement rules that define the various states of each requirement. Imagine a scenario where a requirement must move from a status of New to Estimating, then to Costing and finally to Approval or Rejection. This is now possible and a resource can automatically be assigned when a specific status is embarked upon,” says Miller.

Consumer Electronics Guru Spots Hottest Back-to-School Technology Trends

Robin Liss, consumer electronics expert and publisher of trusted online camcorder and digital camera review guides DigitalCameraInfo.com, CamcorderInfo.com, and EasyCamcorders.com, has spotted the hottest trends in technology available just in time for the back-to-school season. The latest products make starting a new school year easier, study breaks more enjoyable, and fall more fashionable than ever before.

Digital cameras are becoming smaller and more travel-friendly, according to the product testers at DigitalCameraInfo.com, which is good news for the thousands of students who will take them on field trips to zoos, historical sites and museums. Budding photographers will appreciate performance enhancements including near-instantaneous start-up, longer battery life, faster writing to memory cards, quicker exporting speed with USB 2.0, and reduced shot to shutter lag.

First Horizon MSaver to Initiate 24/7/365 Customer Care Center for Health Savings Accounts

First Horizon Msaver, a leading administrator of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)(http://www.firsthorizonmsaver.com) announced today at the 2007 Prepaid Card & CDHC Expo in Las Vegas that it would be expanding its HSA customer care center to a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-days-a week, 365 days-a-year operation effective July 1, of this year.

Billy Mitchell, COO of First Horizon Msaver said that the expanded call center hours will give customers a third way to access account information around the clock. "With this service enhancement customers will be able reach a live operator, go online, or use the telephone IVR system," said Mitchell. "In addition to balance inquires, the call center staff will be able to respond to questions the account holder may have about health savings accounts."

Nature Bridges Set to Complete Boardwalk Construction at EcoPark in Cape Coral, Florida

Nature Bridges (naturebridges.com), specialists in top-down bridge and boardwalk construction in environmentally sensitive areas, announced today that they are set to complete the second phase of the Lost Pond Loop boardwalk at EcoPark in Cape Coral, Florida.

The completed project will include a 1,000-foot pedestrian boardwalk and two adjacent observation decks. The boardwalk ends with a 10-foot by 10-foot observation deck at the edge of a large mangrove stand near the Caloosahatchee River.

EcoPark opened with the first loop in 1981, but after falling into disrepair, the park was closed to the public in 1992. The park reopened in 1997 with a grant from the Lee County Tourist Development Council (LCTDC). Subsequent grants from LCTDC provided funding in 2001 for the first phase of the Lost Pond Loop as well as the current phase. A third phase is still in the planning stages. The City of Cape Coral leases the park from the state of Florida and manages it as a nature preserve for wildlife habitat, education and viewing.

Community Nations Launches a New Pet Lovers Community, "PetLoversnation.com"

Community Nations LLC, the leader in Online Niche Communities, announces today the launch of its 4th Community, a website dedicated to all the animal lovers on the World Wide Web. "Pet Lovers Nation (http://www.petloversnation.com) was a natural addition to our portfolio of communities," observes Community Nations' representative Jean-Francois Laverdiere. "Given the number of people with pets and an access to Internet, including myself, we saw that there was a need for such an online community and, so far, with the outstanding success of the Pet Lovers Nation launch, we anticipate reaching our goal of 1 million members within the first quarter or 2008."

Sterna Technologies Helps Business Leaders Navigate to Profit with its Business Positioning System™

Amir Chodorov, Cofounder & CEO and Jason Wolf, Americas President of Sterna Technologies, recently participated in an exclusive interview with Claudia Imhoff and the Business Intelligence Network (www.BeyeNETWORK.com). In this interview, Jason Wolf and Amir Chodorov describe the benefits of Sterna's revolutionary business analytics engine -- Business Positioning System™ (BPS) -- and explain how it gives managers central and real-time visibility into deviations from target performance.

"Effectively managing an enterprise requires a high degree of business coordination and alignment across the organization. At Sterna, our team has leveraged its vast experience and hundreds of man-years in delivering real-time Command & Control defense systems, artificial intelligence, and human factors design for aircraft cockpits, to bring business leaders the type of business navigation system they so need to steer their businesses to optimum financial performance," says Amir Chodorov, Cofounder and CEO of Sterna Technologies. "Sterna BPS is a business analytics platform that uniquely merges capabilities of strategic BI, operational BI, and predictive analytics, together with a System Dynamics approach to modeling the behavior of a dynamic business. The result being an intuitive solution -- implemented in just weeks -- which focuses the entire organization on the company's targets, aligning managers to proactive action that is profit-driven."

Vinpower Digital Introduces Series of Standalone 8X Blu-ray Disc Duplicators with LightScribe Printing Capability

Vinpower Digital announces the availability of its latest Blu-ray Disc duplicator lines offering true 8X BD-R duplication speed combined with standalone LightScribe printing capability. The BH08LS 8X Blu-ray Disc writer drives, from LG Electronics, combined with the exceptional performance of the Vinpower Digital controller, provide reliable high quality copies of Blu-ray master discs as well as convenient laser label printing using LightScribe technology.

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"Vinpower Digital promotes both the expansion and adoption of LightScribe printing technology and Blu-ray Disc duplication as the most viable applications for growth within the duplication industry. The fact that the LG BH08LS Blu-ray Disc drive offers both options in a single drive directly correlates with our current business model and future growth," declares Calvin Chang, C.E.O Vinpower Digital.

Saint Leo University Sponsors the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Terrorism Prevention Conference Hosted by the Sarasota Sheriffs Office

Saint Leo University has been involved in educating criminal justice professionals for more than 30 years. Saint Leo's programs are built on a strong foundation and Saint Leo's reputation of offering a high quality education that addresses the needs of working professionals through flexible and convenient schedules at an affordable cost.

"After attending last years inaugural conference we felt compelled to get involved this year. Saint Leo's participation in the conference goes hand in hand with our commitment to educate law enforcement and security professionals from across the country," said Associate Professor Barry Glover.

First All-Natural Product for Pools Introduced at International Pool & Spa Expo Nov 28-30 in Orlando; PoolNaturally™ Cuts Chemical Use and Maintenance Time by More than Half

What if pool owners could reduce the amount of expensive and harmful chemicals they use -- and their maintenance time -- by more than half? Now it's possible, using an all-natural green product comprised of sphagnum moss, which is one of the key elements of a new water conditioning system from Creative Water Solutions, LLC called PoolNaturally™ (www.poolnaturally.com). The PoolNaturally system will be introduced at the International Pool & Spa Expo in Orlando November 28-30, 2007.

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Shenoa & Company Conquers an Industry Downturn by Quadrupling their 2007 Sales Over 2006

Shenoa & Company, has brought in the New Year with a record setting 4th quarter. Besides popping the champagne to celebrate the New Year and quadrupling their 2007 sales over 2006, what will Shenoa & Company do for an encore?

What is the secret to their success? "We face the same challenges as our competitors; our advantage, we are constantly striving to push scalable growth in all facets of our company," states Blane Perun, VP of Online Marketing.

Shenoa & Company will use their 4th quarter success as a launching point for some potentially industry changing initiatives in 2008!

GreatBearOutdoors.com Sponsors Iowa Geocachers 5th Annual HIKE-N-SEEK for 2008

GreatBearOutdoors.com, a niche online retailer specializing in camping tents, sleeping bags and other outdoor gear announces their recent support for the HIKE-N-SEEK 2008 event.

This year's event coordinator (The NVG) plans on having nearly 100 permanent caches for the weekend long event. The geocaching competition this year will commence at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and run through 10:00 a.m. Sunday with both individual and team categories (but you may only compete in one or the other). Both competitions will cover the same caches and be run simultaneously.

Hooray for High Gas Prices!!!

The skyrocketing price of gasoline is the best thing thats happened to America. It may hurt consumers pocketbooks. But the issue can be used to force politicians to come clean -- once and for all -- on the issue of alternative energy resources.

While it's not the politically correct thing to question politicians, it's patriotically correct. It's the American way and its one of the best things citizens can do to get their senators, reps and other elected officials to finally "fess up about their connections to big oil and greedy corporate fat cats.

Memory Lane Becomes National Corporate Sponsor of Alzheimer's Association

The Memory Lane Company today announced that they have become a National Corporate Sponsor of the Alzheimer's Association. The new relationship will provide the opportunity for both organizations to work together to help preserve the connections families and friends have with loved ones with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss. According to the Alzheimer's Association, there are currently 4.5 million American's with Alzheimer's disease, the most prevalent form of dementia. This number is predicted to grow to 16 million by 2050.