PRESS RELEASE Business and Entertainment Weekly Feature Summary for Week Ending Oct. 20 LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 20, 2006 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The weekly technology and entertainment news round-up of feature stories originating from the Send2Press(R) wire service includes topics like: Singer Dee Dee Phelps introduced at the Book Publicists of Southern California Awards Dinner; Florida Poet Kay B. Day to organize reading at Library of Congress; Fetter Logic and Advisors Clearing Network announce agreement for financial services industry solutions; Earthjet announces air taxi franchise service in Canada and Latin America; and New York Costumes scares up top ten costume choices for Halloween. Feature Stories for Week Ending October 20th, 2006: To read these and other stories of this week in detail: http://www.Send2Press.com/newswire/ * Before Kids...is Born - Offering Fun Gifts for Parents PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Oct. 20 -- Do you remember life before kids? Or, perhaps before your friends had kids? Enter that sweet bundle of joy and late night parties and gourmet meals are traded for sleepless nights and drive-thru dinners. * New Health Book: Check Your Pride at the Door ROANOKE, Va. - Oct. 19 -- The illness is real. The story is personal. The strategies work. There is life after receiving a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). That's the message of 'Check Your Pride at the Door' (ISBN 0-7414-3503-9), a newly published book by Virginia psychologist, Dr. Darryl D. Helems, who has lived with IBD for more than twenty years since his diagnosis at age 17. * ACell Wins Again in Federal Appeals Court JESSUP, Md. - Oct. 19 -- ACell, Inc., the owner of highly valued extracellular matrix (ECM) patents, along with co-defendants Dr. Stephen Badylak and Dr. Alan Spievack, today won another legal victory against Cook Biotech, Inc. (Cook) and Purdue Research Foundation (Purdue) when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Cook's and Purdue's Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc. * MyImmigrationStory.com Lets Immigrants Tell Their Own Stories DAYTON, Ohio - Oct. 19 -- A website launched by Cuban-born author and marketing executive, Raul Ramos y Sanchez, MyImmigrationStory.com, enables U.S. immigrants from all nations to share their immigration stories in their own words. 'The site's goal is to show the human side of immigration. I think the time is ripe,' says Ramos. * For Third Straight Year, The Active Network Named One of North America's Fastest Growing Companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Oct. 19 -- The Active Network, Inc., a leading provider of application services technology and marketing services to community service organizations, was named one of North America's fastest growing technology companies on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500. Ranked by percentage revenue growth over five years, The Active Network grew 940% from 2001 to 2005 and ranked 180th overall. * Signs by Gina's Interactive Website Provides Customers with Tools to Customize and Create Items Online OWENSBORO, Ky. - Oct. 18 -- A new, cutting-edge Web site - www.sbgsigns.com - recently launched by Signs by Gina, provides customers with design elements and tools to create items online such as T-shirts, magnets, signs, banners, decals, lettering, and more. * Author and Singer Dee Dee Phelps Introduced at the Book Publicists of Southern California Awards Dinner LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 18 -- Dee Dee Phelps, author of 'Vinyl Highway,' singing as Dick and Dee Dee in the Sixties was introduced to a sold out audience by Book Publicists of Southern California founder Irwin Zucker, with comedian Fred Travalena and game show host Wink Martindale, at the 12th Annual IRWIN Awards dinner and program for Book Publicists of Southern California on October 11th in Studio City, California. * Colligo Announces Interactive Workbooks, Tests and Lesson Plans for Students with Learning Disabilities SPOKANE, Wash. - Oct. 18 -- At all levels of education, students with learning disabilities are not only affected by the consequences of high-stakes testing, but also daily work book and lesson plan preparation. * Emission Control Technology Destroys 91-percent of Methyl Bromide in Commercial Demonstrations BRIDGEPORT, N.J. - Oct 18 -- Value Recovery Inc., an environmental technology company, announced the results of its most recent emissions control demonstration for instantaneously destroying Methyl Bromide. Value Recovery proved the destruction of 91% of methyl bromide emissions from fumigation operations using its new breakthrough technology that employs a non-hazardous, water-based scrubbing system. * Prime Companies, Inc. Successfully Obtains Relief from a Guarantor Position, Enhances Balance Sheet YUBA CITY, Calif. - Oct. 18 -- Prime Companies, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: PRMC / PRMC.pk) announces that it has entered into an agreement with The Rural Utilities Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to retire a certain loan obtained by its subsidiary LMDS Communications, Inc. and therefore relinquishing itself of its position of guarantor on said defaulted loan. * ComplianceEase Announces Release of TPO Manager SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Oct. 18 -- ComplianceEase(R), the mortgage industry's standard for automated compliance, has announced the upcoming release of TPO Manager, an innovative and cost-saving third-party originator (TPO) management solution that enables more efficient broker and correspondent lender relationships. TPO Manager automates the approval, licensing verification and relationship management of third party originators, making the previously cumbersome manual process of broker and correspondent lender approval and management faster, more accurate and highly cost-effective. * Florida Poet Tapped to Organize Reading at Library of Congress JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Oct. 17 -- When Jacksonville, Florida, poet Kay B. Day (www.kayday.com) read at the South Carolina Book Festival in February, she struck up a conversation with poet Patricia Gray. Ms. Gray is coordinator of Poetry at Noon, a regular reading series at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. 'We were just talking about poetry,' Day says. 'The idea of a Florida poetry reading came up.' * You Don't Have to Be a Vampire to Take a Bite Out of the Price of Celebrating Halloween NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oct. 17 -- It's Halloween time again! And whether you have kids, or are planning a festive Halloween Celebration of your own, you're probably considering endless Halloween costume ideas ranging from 'cheap tricks' to monstrously expensive treats. Of course, you can trek to your local Mall, fight the crowds for the hottest costumes and pay full price, or as many savvy shoppers have discovered, there is a more affordable and more convenient alternative, say the guys and ghouls at retailer Halloween Adventure and Masquerade LLC. * Fetter Logic and Advisors Clearing Network Announce Agreement - Combined Solution Fills Several Gaps DENVER, Colo. - Oct. 17 -- Fetter Logic, Inc., the premier full service provider of advanced data and information management solutions to the financial services industry announced today that it has entered into an agreement to assume all aspects of sales and operations for Advisors Clearing Network, Inc. (ACN). * Chicagoland Beer Author Returns to WGN Radio, Rolls Out More Book Signing Dates CHICAGO, Ill. - Oct. 17 -- After wrapping up a recent appearance at the Goose Island brew pub, book signings in suburban Riverside and Hinsdale, and a nod in the Chicago Tribune, Bob Skilnik, author of 'BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago' (ISBN 1569803129) readies for a second appearance on WGN Radio. * SDI Announces New Software that Manages Passwords and Minimizes Identify Theft Exposure SAN MATEO, Calif. - Oct. 17 -- Can't remember your password? Juggling more passwords than you can count on two hands? Password Magic, a newly-launched software designed by SDI USA, Inc., can help. Password Magic is a password manager that securely stores its users' passwords and other confidential information in an encrypted database. It retrieves information needed to fill out Web order forms and completes Web logins automatically. * Software Security Solutions launches distribution of Outpost Firewall Products LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Oct. 17 -- Software Security Solutions is making it easier for US computer resellers, office-supply retailers and computer users to get one of the world's best PC firewall programs. A specialist in providing computer and Internet security software, Software Security Solutions has added to its product line Outpost Firewall Pro (for individuals and small businesses) and Outpost Network Security (for networked installations), created by the computer security experts at Agnitum Ltd. * Earthjet Air Taxi Service Coming to Canada WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Oct. 17 -- Earthjet Incorporated is pleased to announce that it has sold the exclusive Master Franchise rights for Earthjet's Air Taxi Franchise service in Canada to Stephen Smith, former President and CEO of four airlines in Canada, including Air Ontario, WestJet and Air Canada's ZIP. * The Great News Network May Help Readers Live Longer and Healthier Lives VANCOUVER, BC, Canada - Oct. 17 -- Researchers in the Netherlands found that older men and women judged to have optimistic personalities were less likely to die over the nine-year study period than those with pessimistic dispositions; the Great News Network is tapping into that concept and providing positive news to people and generating hopeful outlooks. * Brother and Sister Writing Team Release New Novel in Time for Halloween MT. AIRY, N.C. - Oct. 17 -- Brother and sister writing duo, CJ and Tabitha Edwards, announce the release of a new sci-fi novel, 'StarKazar and the Mysterious Happenings' (ISBN: 978-1-4116-9314-2), in conjunction with Lulu.com, a provider of print-on-demand books. * SportsCarHomepage Has Porsche Sponsors Racing to the Finish Line CHICAGO, Ill. - Oct. 17 -- Auto Racing is an expensive endeavor and SportsCarHomepage.com has designed a way to lessen the cost while involving people with a passion for car racing through an exciting racing campaign. Sports Car Homepage is the brainchild of Jason Carter, a college-educated professional and information technology consultant during the week, and racecar driver most other times. * The Narconon Drug Detoxification in Sauna - is Narconon Safe? TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, Canada - Oct. 16 -- A Naturopath has recently gone through the Narconon Sauna Detoxification treatment in Quebec, as reported by Sylvain Fournier, C.C.D.C. (Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor) of Narconon Trois-Rivieres. * Top 10 Hottest Costume Trends for Halloween 2006 NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oct. 16 -- With Halloween rapidly approaching, and consumer demand for Halloween costumes, props and accessories forecasted to reach record levels, it's becoming apparent that Halloween 2006 is shaping up to be the year of the pirate, princess and super heroes! From silly to sublime to sexy, more people of all ages will be getting into the Halloween spirit and celebrating in costumes as the year's spookiest holiday approaches, say the folks at Masquerade LLC. * Online Casino Ban in U.S.A. - What Casinos Are Left Open for USA? JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Oct. 16 -- The casino ban that went through with the signature of President Bush shocked the gambling world. Stunned U.S. casino player accounts were closed and CompatiblePoker releases a guide of casinos still open to U.S. players after the gambling ban. * SK&I Receives Builder's Choice and AIA/DC Chapter Awards for Metro BETHESDA, Md. - Oct. 16 -- 2006: The Metro, designed by SK&I Architectural Design Group (www.skiarch.com), has been named the recipient of two awards this fall: the Builder's Choice Award of Merit and the AIA/DC Chapter Award of Merit. * Earthjet Sells Latin America Air Taxi Master Franchise Rights WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Oct. 16 -- Earthjet Incorporated (www.earthjet.com) announces today that it has entered into an agreement with World Aviation Holdings for the sale of the Master Franchise rights for the Earthjet Air Taxi operation in Latin America. * A Step Ahead of Resistance; Virco introduces an Improved Rapid Methodology to Establish New HIV-1 Resistance Profiles MECHELEN, Belgium - Oct. 16 -- Responding to the need to make timely evaluations and decisions when treating treatment experienced HIV patients, Virco, a leader in drug resistance testing recently introduced an improved virco(R)TYPE HIV-1 test that rapidly determines the complex phenotypic resistance profiles for darunavir, tipranavir and other antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. * Techlink Northwest Announces Name Change to Protingent Staffing BELLEVUE, Wash. - Oct. 16 -- Techlink Northwest, a leading technical staffing firm announced that effective immediately they will be doing business as Protingent Staffing. The name change will include all of the company's branch offices. * PCCW Global Deploys Atreus' IP Service Provisioning Solution for Global VoIP Service Launch PHOENIX, Ariz. - Oct. 16 -- BroadSoft Connections 2006 -- Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning software for VoIP, IMS and advanced IP service bundles, today announced that PCCW Global has launched Atreus' IP Service Provisioning Platform to activate a full range of IP Centrex applications for their reseller channels located in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and the EMEA region. * Bitflow VoIP Inc. Selects Atreus IP Service Provisioning Solution for Wireless and Residential VoIP Launch OTTAWA, ON, Canada - Oct. 16 -- Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning software for VoIP, IMS and advanced IP service bundles, today announced that Bitflow VoIP Inc., has selected Atreus' IP Service Provisioning Software to speed the deployment of its wireless and residential VoIP service offering. 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