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New SocialSecurity.gov Site Makes Finding Services Easier
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today unveiled the agency’s newly redesigned Social Security website at http://www.socialsecurity.gov that will help visitors more quickly and easily find the information and services they need. One of the key features of the redesigned home page is a service channeling guide, which appears in the left hand column of the page. The guide links users directly to the most popular pages on Social Security’s web site -- the services visitors are most likely to want to use...read more or go to the site now

The new site is the latest addition to a network of 65 free printable websites created by Kevin Savetz. Other FreePrintable.net sites offer free and low-cost printables such as: business cards, certificates, stationery, letters, business and medical forms, coloring pages, calendars, signs, labels, gift tags and even printable paper (such as lined and graph styles)...see the site now

BetUS.com Launches BetCenter Web Show Dedicated to Sports Betting
The excitement of online sports betting and the impact of web news are now in one spot. America's favorite sportsbook, BetUS.com, is launching an exclusive online video program entitled BetCenter. BetCenter is hosted by sports betting personality and senior sports wagering analyst Damon Durante...see the site now

WileyOnlineLibrary.com Now Live, Replaces Wiley InterScience
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has launched Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), which will connect the global scholarly community to one of the world's most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources. Wiley Online Library offers integrated access to more than 4 million articles from 1,500 journals, 9,000 books, and hundreds of reference works and databases. Built on the latest technology, Wiley Online Library is an entirely new service that enhances discoverability and fosters...see the site now

KnowYourOptions.com Launched By Fannie Mae To Help Homeowners
Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) today announced the launch of KnowYourOptions.com, a new consumer education Web site that outlines the choices available to homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage payments, and provides guidance on how they can contact and work with their mortgage company to find solutions...see the site now

IntoWine.com Offers Wine Enthusiasts Unique Content, Features
The world has literally millions of wine enthusiasts, each with a unique perspective and palate. At IntoWine.com they have made it their goal to aggregate the collective knowledge and experience of the wine community on one site, a site geared purely for those people who are into wine. They have contributors from nearly all walks of "wine life" including sommeliers, chefs, bartenders, waiters, wine industry professionals, wine producers, as well as a gaggle of super enthusiasts...see the site now

CostRefuge.com Provides Editorially Aggregated Personal Finance & Money News for Consumers
CostRefuge.com provides the cost-conscious consumer with the day's most topical news & opinion pieces affecting their economic landscape onto one easy-to-read page. Stories are selected based on merit and are compiled daily with updates throughout the day from the best of the blogosphere & mainstream financial publications. The site brands itself as “your local paper's Money Section produced for the web” and covers all of the issues impacting your financial life, from personal finance news & tips, to breaking economic news, to money-related stories in sports, entertainment & more...see the site now

As US Soccer Team Advances to Sweet 16, World Cup Betting in America Surges
With the 2010 FIFA World Cup entering the first elimination round this Saturday, matches are about to get all the more intense. Thanks to a thrilling last minute goal, the American team has advanced to the World Cup equivalent of the “sweet 16” round, where they will play Ghana. Though the average Joe isn’t bringing his Vuvuzela horn to the office just yet, American fans are more excited than ever about the tournament...see the site now

California Watch Launches PoliticsVerbatim.org
PoliticsVerbatim.org is a new site from California Watch and Chase Davis. The site will attempt to track every quote, promise and statement made by our two major candidates for governor in California – Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman...see the site now

99designs.com Passes 3.8 Million Logos - Becomes World’s Biggest Logo Design Shop
99designs.com, the #1 marketplace for small business graphic design, is now the world’s biggest logo design shop with over 3.8 million unique logos submitted and with over 25,000 satisfied logo design customers. The logo design marketplace at 99designs.com connects small businesses with designers from all over the globe providing a secure marketplace to transact business with the safety of a 100% money back guarantee...see the site now

SmallDogsRUs.com Offers Detailed Site Devoted To Small Dog Breeds
SmallDogsRUs.com is an informational based website focused on providing visitors content regarding the various types of small dog breeds. The site's goal is to provide information to people who currently own small dogs and to help future owners make the right decision when searching for a small dog as a pet. The site offers profiles of small dog breeds including pictures and videos allowing visitors to observe each dog visually...see the site now

CreditCardGuide.com Redesigns Web's Top Credit Card Comparison Site
CreditCardGuide.com, a Bankrate Inc. property, provides consumers with a free one-stop credit card resource center and links to instant online applications. The site also also presents side-by-side comparisons of the best credit cards on the Internet from the top banks and card companies. These cards have competitive rates and outstanding benefits and rewards. In addition, their powerful search tools and comparison guide can help you choose a credit card that best fits your needs...see the site now

Over 100 Remodeling Cost Guides Now Available at FIXR.com to Help
Homeowners Price Home Improvements
Every day, people turn to the internet to find pricing information. While shopping comparison sites for many products are plentiful, cost comparison resources for the home improvement & remodeling industry are more limited. Due to the lack of pricing resources, home owners are going into many projects blind which can lead to overspending or starting project with unrealistic budget expectations. FIXR.COM, a free online marketplace for home improvement, remodeling and construction, addressed the relative lack of valuable cost information for local home remodeling and construction services by creating a series of free, easy-to-use, comprehensive remodeling cost guides to help consumers find out how much it costs to complete many remodeling and construction projects. FIXR.COM's remodeling cost guides are available now free covering 100+ remodeling and construction projects, from building a patio to mold remediation...see the site now

ThankfulHome.tv Helps People Express Gratitude for Homes, Share Stories of Difficult Housing Experiences
As part of National NeighborWorks Week (June 5-12, 2010), St. Mary Development Corporation has launched ThankfulHome.tv, a Web site with the motto: “Be thankful for your home. Help others find a decent place to live.” ThankfulHome.tv allows people to share their stories about housing issues by submitting short videos. Visitors to the site can share why they are thankful for their homes or talk about a difficult housing situation they’ve faced (e.g., homelessness, unsafe conditions.) By connecting people who have decent housing with those who don’t, ThankfulHome.tv hopes new innovative solutions to housing issues will emerge...see the site now

WellsDrew.com Launches Web's Largest Dictionary of Printing Definitions
One of the most well known, and oldest printing companies, Wells & Drew has recently published a printing dictionary that will be the best source for printing related terms. The Wells & Drew printing dictionary contains over 1000 terms, and immediately becomes the most complete source for printing definitions and terms on the web today. Founded over 150 years ago Wells & Drew has been known for offering engraved stationery. Until now. Wells & Drew understands how important excellent customer service is. With this in mind, they are becoming an active leader in the community by updated their printing blog 5 days a week, along with 2 educational white papers per month. There is even a section called "28 marketing secrets of the Top Law firms" which allows lawyers to receive a free marketing C.D...see the site now

BoardingSchoolWizard.com Lists In-Depth Info on Hundreds of Boarding Schools In USA, Canada
As an online educational resource for parents and students considering boarding schools, www.BoardingSchoolWizard.com makes searching for boarding schools simple. Users simply complete a form to request information from the school of their choice. Visitors to the site can view schools by state, by type of school, such as co-ed, all-boys or girls schools, military boarding schools, junior, or college preparatory schools, by religious affiliation, sports offered, art and music programs available, as well as by summer boarding opportunities and schools with strong ESL programs or those teaching students with learning differences. Boarding schools provide elementary, middle - junior high school, college prep school and post graduate students with a range of educational, athletic, and cultural opportunities in a residential academic setting...Read more here or see the site now

BP has created several new sections on their web site at http://www.bp.com/gulfofmexico to keep people up to date with the current response activies to the Gulf Oil Spill. Below you will find a list of content sections specific to the response.

General Mills Announces Savings Event to Celebrate Upcoming Shrek Movie
In celebration of the upcoming Shrek Forever After™ film, General Mills, in partnership with DreamWorks Animation, announces the Shrek-tacular Savings event on Everydaysaver.com/events/shrek. Shrek® fans can find coupon savings, specially-marked packages and promotions on a variety of General Mills products featuring the upcoming movie. Instead of clipping coupons, Everydaysaver.com/events/shrek allows you to print coupons for your favorite General Mills brands, including Fruit Roll-Ups®, Yoplait®, Cheerios®, Golden Grahams®, and Green Giant®...Read more here or see the site now

2010 Kentucky Derby Odds and Betting Available at BetUS Racebook
The most exciting time in horse racing is here! The 2010 Kentucky Derby takes place this Saturday, May 1st, kicking off the Triple Crown of Horse Racing. The field and post positions were announced this week and horse betting enthusiasts have been racing to online racebook BetUS.com to read up on the horses, hoping to cash in on that one darkhorse. Last year, as many will recall, the Derby was won by a major long shot named Mine That Bird. Bettors who put their faith in that underdog were rewarded with a 50-1 payout. This year could be a similar circumstance, as Eskendereya, the largely favored horse, was scratched earlier this week with a leg injury. This means the Derby is anyone’s to win and the odds are reflecting that. ...Read more here or see the site now

FilmDirectorsSite.com Launches Celebratory Site Honoring the Most Significant Film Directors of all Time
Visible Ink Press, the publisher dedicated to popular culture, movies, television and more, announces the launch of www.filmdirectorssite.com a new website providing an insightful study of our greatest film directors. Selected from the worthiest careers from the motion picture industries of five continents, noted film historians, critics and scholars provide unique insights and offer a fresh perspective into the works of the greatest film directors ever. Film buffs and aspiring auteurs will find in-depth and hard-to-find biographical information on leading directors from Burton to Bergman, Sayles to Spielberg, Tarantino to Truffaut. Along with the detailed director profiles, FilmDirectorsSite.com includes information on career highlights, awards, filmography, education, family, and more.
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goHardTV.com Gives African Audiences a New Platform for Video
Designed specially for African and African-American users, goHardTV provides features ranging from African News to Hip Hop Video. The site premiered this month at http://goHardTV.com and gives African users everywhere their own portal for online video. From people living on the African continent, to emigrating professionals in Paris, Madrid to African-Americans in Chicago. goHardTV.com appeals to this vast audience as a central and highly attractive place for self-produced video....Read more here or see the site now

Web500.us Helps Consumers Research and Compare HDTVs and Cameras
Web500.us was founded on Oct 2007 by Norman Kong, Ph.D., a renowned researcher who was listed in Marquis Who is Who in America and has over two dozens of patents and papers to his credit. The goal of the site is to help average consumers make purchasing decisions about electronics in the most time efficient and cost effective way. The site helps consumers research, compare and select the best HDTVS and cameras based on features, quality, price, value and reliability. In addition, the HDTV and camera news, product cycle, brand comparisons and price comparisons will be analyzed so that readers can select the product which fits their needs with the best quality and value. For each product selected, links to the the best reviews and best prices are also listed for the convenience of readers interested in further research...Read more here or see the site now

March Madness, the most thrilling tournament in sports, begins this week. However, the real excitement has already begun – it’s bracket season! Before the start of the single-elimination NCAA championship series, sports fans everywhere are getting into the game by filling out March Madness brackets, predicting the outcomes of the 65 college basketball teams for bragging rights and the lure of cash and prizes. This year that lure is stronger than ever, as 2010 edition of the famous BetUS March Madness bracket contest has a $5,000,000 grand prize – bigger than ever.
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CouponSpace.net Updates Site, Adds Coupon Sharing Feature
CouponSpace.net has just launched new version of its website with several major updates. The coupon website now features over 1000 widely known US-based merchants. By using free coupon codes provided on the site, users can save up to 90% on their regular purchases while shopping online at their favorite stores. Coupon codes are added twice a day by the CouponSpace editorial team and at the moment, the site has over 17,000 active coupon codes.
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WellnessDaily.com Provides Wellness Content From Over 100 Sources
WellnessDaily.com serves as a convenient, one-stop shop for information on weight loss, healthy eating, exercise and balanced living. It delivers relevant articles and recipes collected from more than 100 leading fitness, cooking and wellness sites. Original posts and commentary, written by Tess the WellnessDaily blogger in addition to featured bloggers, support this aggregated content...Read more here or see the site now

TopSite.com from SimilarGroup Searches for Best of the Web
SimilarGroup.com, formerly SimilarWeb just launched a new product: A search engine designed to find top sites, named - TopSite.com. The search engine is based on a unique algorithm with the capabilities of finding top websites in every category in any language. The site is the latest addition to SimilarGroup’s family of websites and add-ons all based on their unique similarity/trends technology and algorithm...Read more here or see the site now

Olympic TV Schedule Finder Available at NBCOlympics.com
NBC is broadcasting the 2010 Winter Olympics, and has provided an online Olympic TV schedule finder at NBCOlympics.com, so no matter where you live, you can know what's going to be on NBC, when, and where.Visit NBC's Olympic TV Schedule Finder and enter your zip code. You'll be presented with an assortment of options allowing you to select your specific cable provider, then once your selections are complete, a full shcedule of events for the duration of the olympics will be created just for you.

VisionBedding.com Offers Custom Kids Bedding for Every Shape and Size
VisionBedding.com, the leader in innovative bedding, has literally thousands of themes and styles to choose from when it comes to kids bedding. From skateboard to ballet, turtle to trucks – this kids bedding isn't about to be seen anywhere else. Why? Well not only does VisionBedding.com custom make every bedding set, but your child can change the colors of a bedding design, add their own photo to it, or even create a custom bedding set from their photos....Read more here or see the site now

1-800-Bakery.com Launches Edible Photo Gifts as Clever Personal Branding Tool
What makes someone more recognizable from all the others who are fighting for the same job? One way to rise above the tide is to follow up an interview with not just a "Thank You" card but instead an edible photo cookie card. 1-800-Bakery.com has discovered that edible photo items such as photo cookies, photo cakes, and photo chocolates can be a valuable "Personal Branding" tool. A day or two after your appointment send a few photo cookies with your picture on them and a brief message of your choice. After interviewing potentially hundreds of applicants the decision maker will recognize the applicant as a person rather than a few sheets of facts and numbers. Now there is a face on your resume...Read more here or see the site now

GoldMail.com Now Offers Free Version of Email Messaging Tool
GoldMail, Inc., the leading provider of “Audio + Visual Messaging” for email and business communication, announced last week the launch of the free version of GoldMail, available for download at www.goldmail.com. Accompanying the launch of the free version, GoldMail Personal, is a restructuring of its service plans, which now include the Business and Enterprise packages.
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PBSKidsGo.org Launches Scientific Journey With Lifeboat to Mars
New Site Invites Kids to Progressively Master Different Levels of the Game and Then Create Their Own Version. Science education just got even more exciting with the launch of LIFEBOAT TO MARS, a fun, new, interactive educational game on PBSKIDSGO.org. Designed by Red Hill Studios and PBS KIDS GO! in close collaboration with leading educational researchers and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the game follows a unique “staircase” design that merges an educational sequence with more than 40 challenging game levels, eventually leading to the opportunity for kids to “mod,” or create, their own version of the game to share with others. As players work to rebuild a virtual ecosystem in outer space, they learn standards-based biology concepts. LIFEBOAT TO MARS is at PBSKIDSGO.org/lifeboat.

Super Bowl Odds Released by BetUS.com Sportsbook
Super Bowl 2010 is just around the corner, and the prospect of an exciting New Orleans Saints vs Indianapolis Colts matchup has football fans buzzing and speculating about the big game. Can the Colts hold back the top scoring offense in the NFL? On the other hand, The Saints’ Defense managed to eliminate Brett Favre, but how will they fare against Colts’ QB Peyton Manning?
Seeking answers, football fans and bettors are running to The Locker Room at BetUS Sportsbook. The NFL section offers readers a unique sports betting perspective on the game with in-depth analysis from professional handicappers and journalists, while The Super Bowl Odds section cuts right to the point - literally - showing the latest lines and point spread on the big game...Read more here or see the site now

82nd Academy Awards Nominations Now Online at Oscar.com
Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, February 2) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway. Sherak and Hathaway, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her lead performance in “Rachel Getting Married,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Lists of nominations in all categories were then distributed to the media in attendance and online via the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com...Read more here or see the site now

Northwest Georgia Bankruptcy Attorney Helps Educate Consumers Via Web
The Law Office of Jeffrey B. Kelly, P.C. has re-launched their website at www.kellycanhelp.com. The site is designed to be an information hub for people interested in learning more about Georgia consumer bankruptcy topics. The site contains many articles and videos that pertain to consumer bankruptcy. In addition, the site offers free reports on the foreclosure and garnishment process in Georgia. The comment sections of each blog post allows consumers to interact directly with attorney Jeffrey B. Kelly...Read more here or see the site now

The Gables School of Cookery Uses Expansive Web Site to Showcase School
Set 20 minutes outside Bristol in the rural Gloucestershire countryside, The Gables School of Cookery provides a great environment for inspiration-hungry cooks and aspiring chefs to learn new skills. Classes are run by chef Fran Winston, a passionate and enthusiastic teacher who has been passing on her expertise for 12 years, and a team of hard working professional staff. The website allows potential students to learn more about each of their cookery courses, sample menus, the working environment, and the follow up support once students have left the cookery school. The cookery school has successfully trained more than 1,000 cookery students from all over the world. Students keep in touch and on the web site you can read many of their case studies and real life experiences and find out where they are now and what they are doing...Read more here or see the site now

LocalTop.com Helps People in San Francisco Bay Area Find Local Service Businesses
LocalTop is a free new web service to help people in the San Francisco Bay Area find great local Bay Area service businesses. LocalTop currently provides references to businesses all over the Bay Area in approximately 50 home, auto and health services categories. All of the businesses listed are checked regularly for licenses, insurance and reputation for doing quality work and providing good customer service. After searching for one or more businesses on our site, people can view very detailed profiles for each business and then use Localtop.com to schedule phone calls with or send emails to the business...Read more here or see the site now

EarnMyDegree.com Reveals the Highest Paying Jobs Straight out of College
In today’s tough economy it’s important to know not only which industries are hiring, but which jobs pay well, when you get out of college. Some professions are more likely to pay top dollar to get qualified people in the door. To help you figure out which jobs pay more, EarnMyDegree.com has put together an easy-to-reference guide of the 11 highest paying jobs straight out of college. The list can be found at http://www.earnmydegree.com/online-education/learning-center/11-highest-paying-jobs.html. Topping the list is an investment banker. According to the Salary Finder on Indeed.com, an investment banker can expect to make about $112,000 a year...Read more here or see the site now

MyHealthManagement.com Combats Obesity With Health Foods and Diet Meal Planning
Using a combined experience of 60 years in the Food Industry, Nutrition and Nutritional Counseling, Mental Health and Internal Medicine, Gene Carbonell and Jan Steele-Chadwick founded Health Management and Nutrition (www.myhealthmanagement.com) to offer diet meal planning and combat obesity. Having conducted extensive research into the obesity epidemic, Gene and Jan decided used their knowledge not just to present healthy eating alternatives, but also to offer information and personal assistance to anyone looking to improve their quality of life and longevity. This also includes persons of all ages that suffer from digestive system related illnesses such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease and those that suffer from food allergies caused by Aspartame, Wheat Gluten, etc...Read more here or see the site now

SmileBooksOnline.com - Customized Photo Books Created Online
SmileBooksOnline enables you to create custom photo books on your computer without having to download any software. In minutes you can create a book of permanent memories using your favorite photographs chosen from your own digital photos or those from Flickr, Picasa or Facebook. Plus, you can post your photo book online for community viewing, or if you wish, invite friends and family to add their own pages to your online photo book...Read more here or see the site now

LegalInfo.com Re-Launches as In-Depth Legal Resource
The Legal Info team is pleased to announce the re-launch of their Web site, LegalInfo.com. Following months of legal research to bring each article up-to-date, along with a complete redesign of the site, LegalInfo.com is poised to become one of the largest and most sought-after legal resources on the Internet today. Covering nearly every legal topic imaginable, the Legal Info editorial team has brought together thousands of well-researched and written legal based articles to be accessed from one convenient location. The 25 major legal areas covered by Legal Info include concerns most common to the majority of those doing legal research...Read more here or see the site now

ifood.tv - Online Video Food Community Helps People Taste the Difference
ifood.tv is a rapidly growing online video food community that will have you licking your lips. The site, made for self confessed foodies, provides a wide variety of tasty features that puts both the novice user as well as the professional chef at complete ease. ifood.tv (http://www.ifood.tv) was started by a group of foodies who got tired of wasting time on the internet trying to find the right recipe. Other popular food websites provide content for the mass market, which, by its very nature, cannot cater to special interest groups and niche market segments. In addition, such sites do not provide video-based instructions, focussed community or interactive features. With a vision to alleviate this pain, the founders created ifood.tv...Read more here or see the site now

ShrinkTheWeb.com Partners with Technorati to Provide Website Previews
Technorati.com (http://www.technorati.com), named the 5th largest social media property by comScore, has chosen to partner with ShrinkTheWeb (http://www.shrinktheweb.com) for the launch of their new website design. ShrinkTheWeb's powerful platform allows large media sites, like Technorati, to enhance their user experience by displaying previews of the sites they feature. This type of visual cue encourages visitor interaction by creating a sense of trust and familiarity with the websites being referenced. Technorati was one of the early adopters of website screenshot technology, first integrating Alexa's Site Thumbnail service early on and then moving to Snap.com's SnapShots in July of 2007...Read more here or see the site now

InsuranceAgents.com Redesign Enhances Usability for Insurance Consumers
InsuranceAgents.com was launched in May of 2009. Five months later, the design team has upgraded the website, making it easier for consumers to navigate and use. "With easy to read forms, content and the improved load time, InsuranceAgents.com is becoming easier and faster, allowing for consumers nationwide to use our site more efficiently," states Chris Turowski, Creative Director at InsuranceAgents.com, "Enhancing the sites usability impacts our conversion rates, by making our website more attractive and easy to use, more consumers are relying on us to provide the insurance quotes they are shopping for."...Read more here or see the site now

TopFiveComputers.com Picks Top Five Computer Products by Category
TopFiveComputers.com is a user friendly computer product review and comparison site for computers and related items. The site was created by Lorenzo Loero, a CompTIA A+ certified IT technician based out of Orlando, FL. The main focus is to give novice computer shoppers the information they need to make purchasing decisions. Loero said about the site...“I got the idea for my site based on my own personal experiences shopping for a computer online, as well as the experiences of several of my friends and relatives who came to me for advice on what to buy after being confused by the different choices available...Read more here or see the site now

OnlinePokies.com.au Provides Latest News and Tips On Pokies
OnlinePokies.com.au is fast-becoming the best place on the Internet for all gambling news relating to online slot machines and 'pokies'. The term 'pokies' is what Australians call slot machines, and the website is usually first to break slot machine and pokie-related news. An example of this would be the most-recent winner of the huge progressive jackpot that OnlinePokies.com.au is partnered with. Radoslaw Maculewicz from Poland scooped the $1.2 million jackpot with a mere 25 cent bet, which comes in the same year that the slot machine Jackpot created the largest online win to date, with a win of over €6.37m in May 2009, notably paid out in one single cash payout...Read more here or see the site now

Weplay.com Launches Free Basketball Drills Library with Video from LeBron James Basketball Camp
Weplay.com, the ultimate online destination for the youth sports community, has launched its free Basketball Skills and Drills library featuring content from the LeBron James King James Academy summer basketball camp in San Diego. Weplay.com was granted access to film drills at LeBron’s camp where kids learned and practiced the fundamentals of basketball, team play, good sportsmanship and healthy habits. Weplay.com’s library of hundreds of free basketball drill videos, animations and basketball plays also includes footage of the NBA’s biggest stars including Tony Parker, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...Read more here or see the site now

Senior-Dating.org Helps Single Seniors Find Companionship
There are 40 million seniors in the U.S. alone and 16 million of them are single. What’s more, those numbers are set to double in the next 30 years. That’s a lot of lonely people looking for companionship and more. Senior Dating is a new website that aims to demystify the whole subject and offer practical advice and tips on the subject of dating in later life. It was founded by Kathy Damer, whose experience as the Marketing Director of a large retirement community near Toronto, Canada, gave her a wide knowledge and understanding of the personal challenges facing seniors today...Read more here or see the site now

Goodwill Industries Launches Redesigned Web Site at Goodwill.org
Goodwill Industries International this month launched its redesigned web site, www.goodwill.org, to better serve Goodwill shoppers, donors and job seekers. “Millions of people visit the Goodwill Industries International web site each year, and more than 80 percent are seeking information about the Goodwills in their communities — where to donate, shop and find job training programs and other support services,” said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. “With the site’s redesign, visitors will have an easier time connecting with the Goodwill agencies in their communities and accessing the information they need.” New navigation, colors and fonts will allow users to more easily access content on the site. Other components include...Read more here or see the site now

Asbestos.net Launches Extensive Mesothelioma and Asbestos Cancer Video Collection
Asbestos.net, one of the leading online resources for all things related to asbestos cancer and mesothelioma, is pleased to announce the publication and distribution of an extensive video collection, including over 250 individual videos, on the Asbestos.net site, YouTube.com, and throughout the internet. This collection of informative pieces represents one of the most in-depth sources for all things related to mesothelioma and asbestos cancer available online today...Read more here or see the site now

TheLunchBox.org Aims to Improve School Lunches in America
The Lunch Box is a web-based portal that enables all schools and school districts to make a healthy difference for all children in America by providing relevant information and the pragmatic tools necessary to make good food available for all kids. The Lunch Box is in beta mode. When fully functional, it will provide the multi-faceted approach necessary to transition any processed food based K-12 school meal program to a whole foods environment where food is procured regionally and prepared from scratch for the student population. As a free resource, The Lunch Box will provide the essential “tools” for examining, learning about, and implementing this type of healthy meal program. From the “why” to the “how to,” The Lunch Box will offer a complete menu of choices for those seeking to implement program change in their schools and districts...Read more here or see the site now

KeywordIndex.com Helps Search Marketers Find The Right Keywords
KeywordIndex is a new online keyword suggestion tool that helps businesses to find the best keywords. Available in English and in German, KeywordIndex uses a unique keyword database that is not used by any other keyword suggestion tool on the market. To succeed on the Web, it is extremely important that you choose the right keywords when optimizing your website. Choose the wrong keywords and you can waste time and money, and a number one listing on Google for the wrong keyword won't help your business. For that reason, it is very important to choose your keywords wisely before you start your search engine optimization work.
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blueskyscrubs.com Offers Designer Nursing Scrubs, Medical Scrubs, Hospital Uniforms
Shelby Marquardt, the creator of blue sky scrubs, LLC, was an anesthesiology resident at Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas when she introduced the scrub hats that were blue sky's first product. As a medical student spending much of her time in the operating room, she was dismayed at the prospect of wearing unattractive, ill-fitting scrub hats for long hours every day. Worse, her long hair didn't fit under the regular scrub hats, and she couldn't bring herself to don the "bouffant," the hairnet-style hat that reigned supreme...read more

Zakta.com Launches Personal and Social Web Search Engine
Sundar Kadayam, Cincinnati-based search expert and entrepreneur, has created Zakta.com, a personal and social Web search engine that allows users to edit their search results and build on the results of others. "One of my biggest frustrations has been that after spending hours searching on the Web, I had nothing to show, reuse or benefit anyone else, including myself in the future," Kadayam says. "Zakta helps the process of searching for information by letting you edit, save and share your results and then invite your community for feedback and insights." says Founder and CEO Kadayam, who specialized in search technologies, text-mining, social media analysis and networking at former companies that have included Intelliseek Inc. and The Nielsen Company...read more

WhalewatchingTV.com Offers Live Whale Watching on Web
Escape your office without leaving it, go out on the open ocean, and do a little Whale watching. See blue whales live online. See and hear the largest animals that ever lived, swimming right next to you, and huge herds of wild dolphins, in pods of over 5,000 dolphins in a single pod and more, aboard www.WhalewatchingTV.com. This is the first and only place in the world where you can actually go Whale Watching LIVE out on the open ocean from your computer. This is much more than a web cam - it is an Educational Reality Show. Whale Watching TV is produced by an award winning wildlife filmmaker, "Capt. Dave" Anderson, of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari, in Dana Point, California...read more

DailyMakeover.com Unveils Newest Virtual Makeover Technology – Makeover Studio
As the beauty and fashion community introduces new hair and makeup styles during Fashion Week, women can use Makeover Studio to try-on the newest season’s trends. DailyMakeover.com a leader in virtual reality try-on technology has integrated the next generation of its virtual makeover application - Makeover Studio - into its highly popular online beauty community, DailyMakeover.com. Makeover Studio offers women the most advanced virtual makeover technology in the industry; making the online makeover experience more like a beauty counter and salon experience than ever before.
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ToolzDo.com Helps Neighbors Help Each Other Via Cooperative Living
In this tough economy, nobody can afford to spend more than necessary for the things they need. Toolzdo.com, which recently launched its public beta, allows users to get the most out of what they have rather than buying new things, bringing a physical connection back in our communities and rekindling cooperative living in neighborhoods. Put simply, Toolzdo.com connects local people who "have stuff" with people who "want stuff". Goods, tools and equipment, skills or anything useful can be rented, swapped, shared or simply given away as neighbors can now join together to better each other’s lives...read more

Pennsylvania Plastic Surgeon Offers Virtual Consulting Via Web Site
Board certified plastic surgeon Eric A. Marchant, M.D., of Doylestown, Pennsylvania has used the web to market his practice since 2003, incorporating progressive features as part of his on-line marketing campaigns. His current website, located at www.marchantplasticsurgery.com introduces the “virtual consultation” for breast augmentation, tummy tuck, liposuction, and rhinoplasty. While the site's most popular pages continue to be the before and after photographs of cosmetic procedures, the virtual consultation has enhanced the consultation process...read more

AntivirusWare.com Provides Independent Antivirus Testing and Reviews
AntivirusWare.com is an independent Antivirus testing and reviews website offering reviews that are easy enough for novice computer users to understand, yet thorough enough for advanced users. AntivirusWare.com was created by computer security specialists that saw a need for a website to help dissect the many Antivirus programs offered – to help users avoid selecting poor performing Antivirus software.

In addition to testing and reviews, AntivirusWare.com offers secure program downloads, program screenshots & general program info, computer security articles, as well as several other features in development. Antivirus software is one of the most important programs you can install on your computer, and AntivirusWare gives you a reliable source to meet your computer’s security needs. AntivirusWare.com reviews several categories for each program – including the Installation process, Features and Ease of Use, performance of the Virus Scanning engine, the impact on System Performance, and the Antivirus program's Effectiveness at stopping Viruses and other Malware. AntivirusWare.com's independent Antivirus Performance testing compares each Antivirus program in several key areas to help...read more

430pm.com Offers Shoppers A Special Deal Every Day at 4:30pm
4:30 pm, on the web at 430pm.com is a unique online specialty store that unveils an exciting, hand-selected merchandise every business day at 4:30 pm Eastern time. Now office workers across America can stay productive all day, and bosses can reward them with a little bit shopping time at the end of each workday. To find the daily Sweet Spot, simply visit 430pm.com. Get ready for a chance encounter with a unique item available nowhere else. Or, find a familiar product, but at a phenomenal price.

4:30 pm features a limited selection of constantly changing and updated merchandise including purses, home electronics, laptops, and the occasional optical mouse encrusted with Swarovski crystals designed in Switzerland. Shoppers can expect to be surprised. Best of all, the shopping experience at 4:30 pm is worry-free. All of the payments are processed using PayPal. Shoppers may return anything that they purchase from 4:30 pm within the first 2 weeks of receipt. Detailed return instructions are included in each order on the packing slip.

So who's behind the e-commerce wizardry? 4:30 pm is the small and scrappy subsidiary of the much larger and powerful Sitoa Corporation that provides the merchandising and logistics for large on-line e-tailers like Home Depot, Target, Sears and Amazon...read more

DogStyleNetwork.com Launches Dog Education Website
Founded by Sherry Harris, DogStyleNetwork.com is a destination for Dogs and their parents, friends and family. Whether you need help with dog training and dog behavior, potty training, barking, chew problems or crying when you leave - you will find answers at Dog Style Network...read more
Posted on 7/21/09

FitnessFootwear.com Helps Consumers Understand Technical Footwear
Sports shoes are bursting with all manner of technical innovations which seem to require a Biology or Physics degree to comprehend. So how is the average joe supposed to make sense of thermo porous membranes or set compression foam? Or the difference between Gore-Tex and Gore-Tex XCR? These questions led FitnessFootwear.com to create their Tech Centre...read more
Posted on 7/15/09

FireProtectionOnline.co.uk Helps Consumers Select Best Fire Protection and Safety Equipment
The web has changed the way home owners and businesses purchase products, including fire extinguishers, fire protection and safety equipment. Until now, you had to buy your fire extinguishers at hugely inflated prices from your fire safety maintenance company or risk buying cheap imports online. FireProtectionOnline.co.uk's mission is to change that paradigm...read more
Posted on 7/13/09

MySavings.com Helps Consumers With Grocery Coupons, Free Samples
With the current economy, consumers are benefiting more than ever from online discounts and savings. The demand for free stuff, online giveaways, free samples (freebies), and coupons on the web has skyrocketed. There are hundreds of companies giving away free stuff, whether for promotional reasons, political, educational, or even religious incentives. Some of the offers include free product samples, or purely promotional items (pens, books, bumper stickers, posters, software, and DVDs). Printable grocery coupons are also quite popular...click to read more

Speech-Language Pathologists at Ravinia Reading Center Launch New Site About Dyslexia and Reading Development
Ravinia Reading Center, a local reading center in a suburb of Chicago, IL intends to help inform and encourage parents of struggling readers by publishing credible answers in a series of informative articles by Dr. Holly Shapiro. Dr Shapiro, Ravinia’s director, is a long-time phonics expert and speech language pathologist with a Ph.D. in Learning Disabilities. Headlining the new website, which launched in May, is a water-color flash experience, guiding concerned parents through “The Struggle to Read.” The interactive journey begins learning about the nature of dyslexia and reading difficulty...click to read more

Microsoft's Bing Starts With A Bang - Online Sportsbook BetUS.com Offers Odds On Search Engine Race
It's a classic sports story: the overpaid, underachieving team drafts a promising rookie and suddenly they start to look like a real threat to the long-time contenders. Software dynasty Microsoft has unveiled its promising rookie search engine. It's named "Bing", and it's touted as being more accurate and user-friendly than current opposition. Although Bing is still barely out of training camp, many search experts are speculating that it might just be enough to bring Microsoft out of third place in the US search standings- ahead of Yahoo, but still behind Google...click to read more

FormLogix WYSIWYG Form Builder Makes Online Form Creation Simple
FormLogix form builder provides businesses as well as individuals with an online solution for data collection, management and analysis. You can get a taste of this user friendly web tool at http://www.formlogix.com. “We believe that web forms constitute a powerful tool and should be available to all” says Benny Tsabba, Founder & CEO, FormLogix. "People who have no programming skills or have a small ..click to read more

JCEarrings.com Offers Web's First Matching Service for Jody Coyote Earrings
JCEarrings.com now offers the web's first matching service for popular handcrafted Jody Coyote earrings. More than 38 million pairs of Jody Coyote earrings have been produced in the last 30 years by the Jody Coyote company. In so doing, the company developed proprietary techniques to manufacture their distinctive and handcrafted designs, meaning a lost earring cannot be replaced with one from a different manufacturer. Jody Coyote has always classified...click to read more

CleanSolarLiving.com Launches New Solar Energy Information Site to Drive Growth in Solar Installations
CleanSolarLiving.com has launched a new web site which provides comprehensive information and unique content for people interested in moving forward with solar energy projects for their home or business. CleanSolarLiving.com is also the fastest and easiest way to get connected with solar installers in a specific geographical area. Site founder Mike Weimar commented “our solar installer finder allows users to submit some brief information on their solar energy needs and in return get connected with up to four solar professionals ready to serve their specific needs. It’s free and saves time and money for anyone looking to get started with a solar project...click to read more

South Africa Travel Site SA-Venues.com Unveils Major Redesign, New Content
South Africa is a favorite destination for North Americans looking for a completely different experience -- from families who want to see elephants in their natural habitat, to adventurous bird watchers, to globetrotting sports enthusiasts. South Africa travel site http://www.SA-Venues.com is one of South Africa's leading travel sites, and is greeting visitors with thousands of newly redesigned pages offering a large searchable database of tours, safaris, activities, and every kind of accommodation...click to read more

Building Materials Site BuildDirect.com Launches Top Ten Lists
Online building materials manufacturer-wholesaler BuildDirect.com is providing users with a real-time glimpse into the most popular products viewed, sampled, rated, and sold via new feature live now on the site at http://www.builddirect.com/MostPopular.aspx . "With thousands of people interacting with our site on a daily basis, we wanted to find a way to provide users with a method to see what other people liked, sampled, and purchased", said Jeff Booth, President & CEO, BuildDirect. "We've been gathering this data for years, and now, by giving our users a chance to see it live, play with it, and filter it, that same data becomes a useful tool for our users during their decision making process". The current Top Ten section allows users to view data from the current week, past month, past three months and all time. For example, this past week the top selling floor has been the Toklo 8 mm Collection Laminate Flooring, but all time, the most purchased product has been Yanchi Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring...click to read more

CDC Offers Swine Flu Information Center Web Site
The ongoing outbreak of novel influenza A (H1N1) continues to expand in the United States. CDC expects that more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths from this outbreak will occur over the coming days and weeks. CDC continues to take aggressive action to respond to the expanding outbreak. CDC’s response goals are to reduce spread and illness severity, and provide information to help health care providers, public health officials and the public address the challenges posed by this emergency. The CDC website will be updated regularly as information becomes available. The CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are also working together to provide consumers and partners with Swine Flu Social Media Tools that access information about the ongoing 2009 H1N1 Flu outbreak. Visit the CDC.gov 2009 H1N1 Flu and PandemicFlu.gov...click to read more

SqueakyFax.com Invoice Reminder Service Helps Businesses Collect Payments
Creative Entropy, Inc. has launched SqueakyFax.com, a web-based service that helps companies collect payments from past due business accounts by sending customers invoice reminders via fax. The service provides an affordable, innovative way for companies to collect past due payments, especially amounts that are too small to be handled by a collection agency, without the hassle, confrontation, time, or effort typically required by traditional methods. It is based on the notion, often proven in the collections business, that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." Creative Entropy, Inc., an Arkansas business that creates online applications, had their share of deadbeat clients over the last decade. Often, the only...click to read more

JumboKeyword.com Free Google Adwords App Improves Google AdWords Management
Google AdWords expert Michael Wong has launched JUMBO Keyword, a brand new web-based application offering 70+ 1-click Google AdWords, keyword & text editing functions to help Google AdWords advertisers create, edit and manage hundreds, even thousands, of keywords with a click of a button. Since 2002 Michael has used Google AdWords to drive over two million leads to dozens of internet marketing clients. To help him create keywords for his AdWords campaigns, Michael developed AdWords Wrapper, a free web application that converts keywords into the keyword matching format AdWords uses. "AdWords Wrapper helped but I would still spend hours creating and editing big keyword lists in a text editor. So I decided to add expand AdWords Wrapper with dozens of keyword editing functions that I use everyday," said Michael Wong, JUMBO Keyword producer. "The result is JUMBO Keyword .com, a web application offering 70+, 1-click Google AdWords keyword editing functions...click to read more

Weplay.com Launches Youth Sports Skills and Drills Library for Parents, Coaches and Kids
Youth sports community site Weplay.com has launched a youth sports Skills and Drills library. Initially launched with baseball, softball and soccer, the Skills and Drills library features instructional videos from pros such as baseball stars Derek Jeter and Ryan Howard, softball stars Jennie Finch and Monica Abbott, and soccer stars Jonathan Borstein and Brandi Chastain. The library also includes collections from leading online sports sites. Skills and Drills consists of several hundred videos, 3D simulations and diagrams organized by skill, such as base running, hitting or fielding for baseball and softball or goalkeeping, defense and passing for soccer. The comprehensive library is also organized by skill level so that parents, coaches and kids can find the right drills based on the age of their teams and leagues.

Baseball Skills and Drills includes online videos of Derek Jeter explaining how to hit an inside fastball, Ryan Howard teaching how to hit for power and Harold Reynolds and Ozzie Smith demonstrating infield fielding techniques among hundreds of other youth baseball drills.

Softball Skills and Drills includes online videos of Jennie Finch showing how to throw her famous "Rise Ball", Cat Osterman demonstrating how to throw a "Drop Ball" pitch and Monica Abbott explaining how to use your legs for power among hundreds of other youth softball drills.

Soccer Skills and Drills includes videos of world champion Brandi Chastain demonstrating how to make aggressive soccer decisions, Jonathan Bornstein teaching how to take a header and Heather O'Reilly explaining shooting drills among hundreds of other youth soccer drills...click to read more

WhosePhoneIsThis.com Plots Location of Phone Numbers Using Google Maps Mash-Up
WhosePhoneIsThis.com is the first website to dynamically plot the location of a phone number, using proprietary data sources and a unique, interactive Google Maps mash-up. WhosePhoneIsThis.com is built especially for people who are tired of not knowing WHO is calling. WhosePhoneIsThis.com allows users to file complaints against any unwanted, harrassing phone call. Plus, it provides convenient registration links to both the applicable state and national Telemarketer Do Not Call list. The site was designed...click to read more

Cyprus44.com Is Top Destination for Northern Cyprus Holidays
Cyprus44.com founder Izzet Zorlu had a simple goal when he launched his site: Become the top online destination for information about Northern Cyprus Holidays. Cyprus44.com is now a comprehensive North Cyprus travel guide with more than 500 pages of unique information on North Cyprus sights in Kyrenia, Nicosia, Famagusta and Karpas, hotels in North Cyprus, flights to Ercan Northern Cyprus, property buying and other topics from border crossings, Turkish-Cypriot cuisine and culture and more. Cyprus44 also offers online flight and hotel bookings in cooperation with one of the North Cyprus' leading travel agencies...click to read more

FuelOurFutureNow.com Launched by X PRIZE, DOE, Discovery Education
This past February at the Washington Auto Show, the X PRIZE Foundation, the United States Department of Energy, and Discovery Education launched the first phase of an online knowledge center designed to teach K-12 students and the public about advanced vehicle technologies, energy efficiency, climate change, alternative fuels, and the science, technology, engineering and math that underlie efficient vehicle development. FuelOurFutureNow.com features activities for grade levels K-12, as well as high-quality videos, virtual labs, and other interactive resources intended for use from the classroom to the living room. This online knowledge center is just one component of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Education Program, a national program designed to encourage young people to pursue careers in energy-efficient sciences and technology, made possible through a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy...click to read more

NoClaimsDiscount.co.uk Provides Unbiased UK Insurance Comparison
URL: http://NoClaimsDiscount.co.uk
It seems that every UK niche comparison site only stays that way for a short time before exploding into every other comparison product available. Electricity comparison sites start listing insurance products and insurance comparison sites start comparing mobile phones. NoClaimsDiscount.co.uk, as the name suggests, is a purist when it comes to comparing insurers in the UK...Click to read more

My Pediatrician Online Provides Personalized Pediatric Medical Advice
URL: http://mypediatricianonline.com
An innovative medical website at MyPediatricianOnline.com has launched. Unlike anything currently available on the Internet, the site has been developed to provide parents with personalized online pediatric advice and information directly from a board certified pediatrician...Click to read more

Site Follows Progress of Universal Studios Hollywood Rip Ride RockIT Roller Coaster
URL: http://hollywoodrockit.com
Universal Studios Florida launched a web site to showcase the new attraction Hollywood Rip Ride RockIT roller coaster. The site divulges tantalizing details about the new coaster as well as a construction blog where you can view the ongoing construction photos. Hollywood Rip Ride RockIT is expected to open at Universal Studios Orlando Resort in Spring 2009. Among the many unique features of the 17-story attraction, each rider will be able to select their own personal soundtrack as on-board cameras capture every moment of your ride. Once the ride is over, you can then further customize and personalize your own individual music video of your entire ride...Click to read more

Pew Internet & American Life Project Launches New Site
URL: http://pewinternet.org
The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a non-partisan, non-profit "fact tank" that produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the internet through surveys that examine how Americans use the internet and how their activities affect their lives. The Pew Internet Project studies the social impact of the internet.

TourOfCalifornia.org Cycling Blog Showcases California Long Distance Bike Rides
URL: http://www.tourofcalifornia.org
The Tour of California Cycling Blog, published by cyclist Bernd Straehle, is dedicated to long distance road bike rides in California and related topics. Rides start at about 100 miles in length and range from flat centuries to mountainous double centuries and multi-day tours. The site showcases the different regions of California, from the deserts to the mountains to the Ocean, each offering challenging rides and breathtaking views. Tour of California includes a unique bike ride map mashup application, integrating Google Maps technology with data recorded by leading-edge cycling computers...Click to read more

HeadandNeck.com Educates on TMJ Syndrome and Misdiagnosed Migraines
URL: http://www.headandneck.com
HeadAndNeck.com is designed to help guide severe headache sufferers who, misdiagnosed with migraine, get little relief and are forced to live a life of chronic pain, lost hope, depression and/or secondary effects of the drugs that they are given to control the pain. Many times these drugs have little positive effect. Most severe headaches are not migraine but are treated as such. The majority of headaches are caused by spasms in the muscles of the head and neck, a problem called Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, or TMJ syndrome, which, most often, can be successfully treated without drugs or surgery. Visitors to www.headandneck.com can download, at no cost, TMJ Syndrome - The Overlooked Diagnosis, a classic book written for the layman by Dr. A. Richard Goldman. Dr. Goldman is director of the Head and Neck Pain Center, in Chicago, owner of the website...Click to read more

Golden Globe Awards Photos and Video Available on New HFPA Gallery Site
URL: http://www.goldenglobes.org/videogallery/
Still photos and video of last night's Golden Globe Awards are now available via the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) web site located at http://www.goldenglobes.org. More than 50 Hollywood stars were presenters at "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" telecast live last night on NBC Sunday from at The Beverly Hilton. Presenters included Simon Baker, Elizabeth Banks, Drew Barrymore, Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock, Gerard Butler, Don Cheadle, Glenn Close, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sean Combs, Patrick Dempsey, Johnny L
...Click to read more

New Greenspace Site From NASA's Ames Showcases Green Initiatives
URL: http://green.arc.nasa.gov
NASA this month launched a new Greenspace Web site to showcase several environmentally friendly projects that are underway at NASA's Ames Research Center to improve life here on Earth.The Web site offers in-depth information about Ames' work on global prediction, monitoring and response of changing weather conditions to better understand why climate change is taking place, enhance our awareness and improve disaster response...Click to read more

iSuki.com - Professionals Social Networking
iSuki.comis part dating, part social networking, a dating community rather than a generic dating website. The site is aimed at 18-40 ABC1 professionals, the cash rich and time poor generation rather than generically targeted. Members can communicate like on other dating sites, but they can also view classifieds, jobs and events. Founder Sara Halman said about the site...Click to read more

American Express Brings Top Bloggers Together at "Gee Thanks" Gift Blog
"Gee Thanks" was created to create "buzz" and drive awareness of American Express Gift Cards as the "perfect holiday gift." American Express has invited 5 authors (The BoyGenius Report, The Bargainist, Uncrate, TrendHunter, NOTCOT) with large, passionate followers on the Web to lend their unique voices to a conversation on "interesting" gifting experiences. Unsure of what to give and don't want to make the same mistake as others? An American Express Gift Card is the perfect gift...Click to read more

YLighting.com Site Offers Free Technical Lighting Designs
Sophisticated low voltage lighting systems usually require professional layout and design. The number, type and voltage of transformers depends on both the number of lighting heads as well as distance that the rail covers. In addition, the rails themselves suspend from the ceilings and therefore structural supports must be calculated to insure safety and stability. Because of the inherent ...Click to read more

Textforfree.net Brings Web 2.0 to Online Text Messaging
Textforfree.net has gone web 2.0 with its popular text messaging service. Visitors are now offered a host of new features that allow them to easily manage their text messaging needs all from a single user-friendly control panel, available at www.Textforfree.net. The new site distinguishes itself with an emphasis on user experience that is incorporated into a host of new features related exclusively to ...Click to read more

Revamped Auto Parts Place Website Puts Customer Satisfaction First
Auto Parts Place, an industry-leading for auto parts supplier with a large online presence, has launched a retooled, redesigned website to make searching for and purchasing domestic and import auto parts completely effortless. “We have one of the largest auto parts catalog in the industry, so we needed a system in place to help our customers cut through the clutter and pinpoint exactly what they ...Click to read more

LifePsychic.com Offers Life Advice Anyone Can Use Online
LifePsychic.com is one of the most highly respected and reliable websites that offer psychic readings, tarot readings, astrology readings, numerology readings, and general life advice available on the Internet today. This website should be anyone’s one stop shop to getting the trusted advice needed to get through important life decisions. LifePyschic.com is so easy to use, it is absolutely free to ...Click to read more

Unite the Deeqs at Deeqs.com - The New Kids Site From Dairy Queen
Deeqs.com was created as a free, playful, safe, and non-violent place for kids to play online. Featuring fun art, original characters, and an ever-expanding story line and world, the site will appeal to wide range of children. There is something for everyone including a storybook, downloadable poster and sticker sheets, several interactive games, and a customizable house. Kids are able to have fun with ...Click to read more

The story behind the creation of the Deeqs
The Deeqs are fun-loving creatures created when the founders of DQ experimented with their newly invented soft serve. They made a batch that was too fun and too powerful, and the soft serve came to life, morphing into the Deeqs. The Deeqs, now living in DQ-topia, are scattered and need kids to unite them to face an evil storm that...Click to read more

Change.gov - President Elect Barack Obama Transition Website Is Live
Change.gov provides resources to better understand the transition process and the decisions being made as part of it. It also offers an opportunity to be heard about the challenges our country faces and your ideas for tackling them. The Obama Administration will reflect an essential lesson from the success of the Obama campaign: that people united around a common purpose can achieve great things...Click to read more

Not-for-Profit GoneTooSoon.com Relaunches Free Online Memorial Site
GoneTooSoon, the free online memorial website was first launched in November 2005. It’s a not-for-profit website, offering families and friends the chance to place a lasting, living tribute on the internet for their loved ones who have died. Creating an online memorial, ensures that your much loved family and friends will be remembered forever. In the 3 years since it launched, 10s of millions ...Click to read more

New Site Explains Scientific Brainwave CDs That Boost Mind Power
A brand new range of “brainwave CDs” has been publicly launched by Inspire3 Ltd, designed at seriously increasing your mental powers. The 6-CD program, known as the “Brain Evolution System,” helps increase thinking speed, boost creativity, raise energy levels, improve your memory, and release bad habits. A companion web site with further details is also available at http://www.brainev.com. ...Click to read more

PBS's FRONTLINE Offers Presidential Election Special The Choice 2008 Via YouTube
This election season, PBS's flagship documentary series FRONTLINE offers voters more options than ever to view its quadrennial award-winning election special The Choice 2008, which premiered Tuesday, Oct. 14, and broadcasts again Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. For the first time, FRONTLINE viewers will also be able to watch the complete two-hour dual biography of John McCain and Barack Obama ...Click to read more

FoodNetwork.com Food and Cooking Site Unveils New Design
FoodNetwork.com heads into the popular holiday season by unveiling a new chapter, an all-new FoodNetwork.com. The redesigned FoodNetwork.com is full of features asked for by its more than 9 million monthly visitors, such as easy-to-use navigation, a treasure trove of recipe ideas and meal planning inspiration, along with more ways to connect with Food Network's all-star roster of chefs and ...Click to read more

2008 Presidential Polls Receive a Sweet Twist at 1-800-Bakery.com
In a time of financial bailouts and political uncertainty 1-800-Bakery.com is joining 51 local bakeries in 23 states across America, from New York to California, in putting Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, John McCain and Sarah Palin in the cookie jar. With the hopes of adding some sugar, spice and things nice to a nasty and difficult election year 1-800-Bakery.com and the RBA members (Retail Bakers ...Click to read more

RomanticPrintables.com - Hundreds of Gifts You Can Print Now
RomanticPrintables.com provides instant access to more than 200 professionally designed printable products, such as love coupons, stationary, games and love notes. This site virtually eliminates the waiting period that accompanies most other online purchases and puts romance and gift giving at your fingertips! "The great thing about RomanticPrintables is that they are available 24 hours a day, ...Click to read more

Disability Secrets Helps Social Security Disability Applicants
Social Security Disability Secrets, a website that helps claimants navigate the federal disability system, is now offering free downloadable RFC forms via DisabilitySecrets.com. What is an RFC form? An RFC, or residual functional capacity form, is a document that addresses an individual’s physical or mental limitations; i.e., why they can no longer work, and why they should be awarded ...Click to read more

Singer Songwriter Tom Fox Offers Legal Free MP3 Downloads
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Tom Fox is one of a small but growing group of artists giving away music for free rather than charging or having fans fined for stealing it. On his Web site at foxtunes.com, Tom has made CDs of free music downloads available, including songs from "Midnight Rain" (which was nominated for two independent music awards) and "Slowly" (which ...Click to read more.

Web Site Helps Investors Discover Tomorrow’s Winning Stocks Today
Every year – whether markets are up, down or flat – there are always stocks that double, triple or more in market value. Owning one or more of these stocks can significantly increase the value of one’s investment portfolio. The challenge, of course, is to become an early discoverer of these growth stocks – to discover tomorrow’s winning stocks today. For the past two decades Paul Christiansen, founder of Big Bet Stocks (http://bigbetstocks.com), has been obsessed with trying to find a method that would help investors successfully solve that challenge. After ...Click to read more

Web 2.0 Online Coloring Site TheColor.com Is Perfect for Kids
With an ever growing selection of pictures to color online, TheColor.com is the first online coloring site that has integrated web 2.0 features such as community ratings of pictures, most popular pictures colored by members, and private/public galleries of the most recently colored pictures by members. Unlike crayons and paper, TheColor.com gives kids 190 different colors ...Click to read more.

New Service Lets Anyone Build Mobile Websites Using Their Mobile Phone
mobiSiteGalore.com creates history today by launching a revolutionary free service that for the first time in the history of the Internet enables anyone to build mobile websites using just their basic mobile phone. mobiSiteGalore has announced the launch of mobiSiteGalore ‘Build-with-Mobile’ - the world’s first mobile website builder that for the first time in the history of the Internet enables anyone to build a full-fledged mobile website using just their mobile ...Click to read more.

Personal Protection and Home Defense Site RKDefense.com is a Family Affair
The RKDefense.com website is a labor of love and a family affair as well, owned and operated by a family of Marine Corps veterans. The RKDefense.com website provides an array of self defense and personal protection products designed to help men and women of all ages protect themselves and their families in an increasingly dangerous world. This valuable site has been ...Click to read more

Kansas City Public Library Site Unveils Major Improvements
The new KCLibrary.org is the official website of the Kansas City Public Library. The massive overhaul of the library’s website is intended to make the site easier to navigate and more useful to library patrons. Features of the new website include: New user-friendly navigation. Users can now access more of the information they are looking for quickly and easily, directly from the ...Click to read more.

Water Calculator from H2OConserve.org Shows Your Water Foorprint
The H2O Conserve Water Calculator is a web based tool that can help you calculate how much water you use on a daily basis, and more importantly, provide tips for how to use less. The Calculator takes you through a series of questions about your daily life, from baths to tooth-brushing to lawn watering, and as you answer these questions gives you an estimate of the total amount of water you use, called your "water footprint". The Calculator takes into ...Click to read more

Online Dream Journal Site Records 100,000th Dream, Adds Features
DreamJournal.net, the free online dream journal service that allows anyone to create and customize an online dream journal, now has over 100,000 dreams recorded on the site. Site creator Kelly Matthews commented, "when I launched DreamJournal in 2001, it was mostly for my own enjoyment and fun. I had no idea the site would resonate with so many people. I'm ...Click to read more

SARshield.com Site Provides Cell Phone Radiation Charts, FAQs
With the recent news of a link between cell phone usage and cancer, you may be wondering how much radiation your specific cell phone brand/model emits. SARShield.com invites you to check out their Mobile Phone Radiation Chart, updated weekly. The site also has an in-depth cell phone radiation FAQ. Cell phones emit low levels of radio frequency energy (i.e., radio frequency radiation) in the microwave range during use. High levels of RF can produce biological damage through heating effects (in the same way a microwave ...Click to read more

FashionandEarth.com Launches Green Clothing Shopping Site Featuring Organic, Eco-Friendly Fashion
As green clothing retailer Fashion & Earth gears up its inventory of organic clothing for its September opening, shoppers can sign up to receive notifications and an early bird discount at FashionandEarth.com. Green clothing continues to rise in popularity, but still many shoppers are held back by a lack of variety in designs coupled with high prices. Fashion & Earth, a green clothing retailer, is about to change that with the launch of its new website www.FashionandEarth.com. The company is determined to make eco-friendly fashions ...Click to read more.

HawaiiGaga.com Launches Hawaii Vacation Rental Search Engine and
Vacation Guide
HawaiiGaga.com has launched the world’s first human reviewed search engine designed specifically for Hawaii vacation rentals. The site contains the internet’s most comprehensive directory of Hawaii’s rental listings. HawaiiGaga.com also serves as a community and resource center for vacationers - a place where users can share vacation ideas, and most importantly, write rental reviews. ...Click to read more\

June 28 through July 14, 2008 URLwire on Summer sabbatical

GreenerCars.org Helps Users Select Most Planet Friendly Green Cars
GreenerCars.org scores and ranks cars, trucks, minivans, and SUVs according to environmental friendliness. Learn which vehicles are this year's "greenest" and "meanest," as well as how to shop for a green vehicle. GreenerCars.org will help users select green cars that are the most friendly to the planet while meeting your transportation needs. Based on official emissions and fuel-economy tests, and ...Click to read more.

Greenopolis.com Offers Environmentally Focused Social Networking Site
Greenopolis is an environmentally focused social networking site that develops online relations between everyday people, communities, organizations, schools and businesses. Greenopolis was created to engage users on green issues so that they might learn, explore and participate in an open dialogue about the present and future of our environment. Greenopolis is free for anyone who wants to join, and ...Click to read more

New Site Provides Advice On North Carolina Family Law
The Raleigh, North Carolina law firm Gailor Wallis & Hunt (GWH) recently launched the North Carolina Family Law web site, located at northcarolinafamilylawnews.com. The content is delivered in familiar blog style, with an RSS feed option, and is designed to educate people on matters of North Carolina family law. Presented by the family law attorneys at Gailor, Wallis & Hunt the news website offers help on topics including Divorce From Bed and Board, Absolute Divorce, Equitable Distribution, Child Custody & Child Support, and ...Click to read more

MastersinNursing.com - Guide to Accredited Schools offering Master's
Degree in Nursing
Recently launched MastersinNursing.com is a guide to accredited programs offering a Master's Degree in Nursing. It was built because prospective students often have questions about the various Master's Degrees offered in Nursing. Existing lists on the Internet were not comprehensive, easy to find, and many sites had outdated information and links. MastersinNursing.com was created to serve as an aid to potential graduate nursing students. The site focuses on the nursing school topics that are most commonly asked about and ...Click to read more

ShrinkTheWeb.com Releases Full Featured Free Website Thumbnail Generator
ShrinkTheWeb (http://www.shrinktheweb.com), the premier offering from Imagion’s “Creativity Initiative” is moving out of its BETA period to provide unique design tools based on website thumbnails. With an exclusive PRO feature set backed by great support and coupled with the most extensive free basic service in the industry, ShrinkTheWeb is bound to be a favorite of webmasters world-wide. ShrinkTheWeb offers a powerful and full featured free service for which all other site thumbnail providers charge a varying and ...Click to read more

Consumers Go Online To Find Best Gas Credit Cards at CompareCards.com
Consumers, professionals and small business owners interested in finding the best credit card for their individual needs can now do it quickly and easily at CompareCards.com. Loaded with functionality and user-friendly features, CompareCards.com offers a side-by-side credit card compare option, editor reviews and end-user reviews. With the approaching summer travel season and the high price of gas, one of the site’s most popular research areas is the Gas Credit Card Comparison page, that lets consumers find and apply for a ...Click to read more

Soundboard.com Audio Sharing Site Is Live and Making Noise
Nicknamed ‘SoundTube’ by its users, after the massively popular video-sharing site, Soundboard.com made its official debut in April after 16 months in BETA. Yet despite its long trial status, Soundboard.com is already one of the Internet’s largest and most popular audio sharing sites and resources. “It didn’t take long to learn that great audio is sticky and viral,” said Soundboard.com Creative Director Mike Mitchell. “We give users all the tools they need to record, catalog, customize and share their audio worldwide. Before us, ...Click to read more

Major Publications' Product Reviews Summarized at ReviewRoundup.com
ReviewRoundup.com has gathered and summarized hundreds of professional reviews of consumer electronics and software. The goal is to help shoppers hone in on products' pros and cons and make quick-yet-informed purchasing decisions.
Review Roundup is subtitled "Product Reviews from Publications You Trust" because the product reviews are shortened versions of reviews by professionals at respected major publications such as VideoMaker Magazine, Smartphone & Pocket PC and Laptop Magazine. "The publications have partnered with ReviewRoundup.com to offer the reviews in summarized form," said Kevin Savetz, the site's...Click to read more.

DisabilitySecrets.com - Social Security Disability Claims Advice From Former Examiner
DisabilitySecrets.com provides information on the two disability benefit programs administered by the United States Social Security Administration under authority granted by the Social Security Act. Those two disability benefit programs are known as social security disability insurance (SSDI) and supplemental security income (SSI) and are established, respectively, under titles 2 and 16 of the social security act. Begun in 2003, the website offers detailed overviews of the disability evaluation process. It also provides answers to numerous questions regarding applications for disability, how to file appeals in the event of a denial, how to ...Click to read more

Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope for Space Exploration
WorldWide Telescope, is a rich Web application that brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories across the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through their computers. WorldWide Telescope has been eagerly anticipated by the astronomical and educational communities as a compelling astronomical resource for students and lifelong learners, and as a way to make science fun for children. “The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it ...Click to read more.

Evergreen Developments Group Launches Web Site for Northern Cyprus Properties
Evergreen Developments Group of Kyrenia, North Cyprus has launched a new site at evergreendevelopments.com to showcase North Cyprus real estate opportunities. On Evergreen’s web site, you can search properties by price, location, amenities, title deed types, and more. Once you find a property of interest, full details including floor plans, photos, and a list of availability in pricing can all be ...Click to read more

Music Sharing Mega-Site Ucombo.com Launches Download Store
Ucombo.com, the much-touted music sharing website for professional and budding artists has opened up another opportunity for musicians to market their original tracks, for free. A virtual download store powered by Ucombo.com can be accessed from a link posted on any website, including MySpace and Facebook. This will allow fans to purchase and download MP3's using Paypal technology. ...Click to read more

ScentToSleep.com Launches Website for People Who Suffer From Insomnia
Scent To Sleep recently launched www.scenttosleep.com, a website that offers sleep mist products to those who suffer from insomnia or mild sleep disorders. Do you find that you toss and turn, feel anxious or your mind skips from one negative thought to another whether it is concerns over money, relationships or health? You are not alone. Over 70 million people have many sleepless nights. ScentToSleep.com offers Luscious Lavender Sleeping Mist and Decadent Green Apple Vanilla Sleeping Mist. Lavender and other essential oils soothe and calm you so you can sleep better. Their products have a lulling effect to enhance sleep. Spray your bed pillows ...Click to read more

New Customer Review Directory BView.co.uk Highlights Best and Worst UK Companies
Rogue traders have nowhere to hide as new Customer Review Directory highlights best practice and exposes the worst UK companies via customer feedback and credit ratings. bview.co.uk is the first unbiased, online reviews directory that highlights the UK's best and worst practice companies - as ranked by their customers. Unlike opt-in business directories and review sites, BView lists the details of ...Click to read more.

JewelryDays.com Relaunches Diamond & Jewelry Site With New Features, Amazon Partnership
JewelryDays.com, the premier site on the web for purchasing loose diamonds and diamond jewelry today announced it has partnered with Amazon Web Services. The partnership will enable customers searching for jewelry a quicker, easier and safer way to shop online. The newly designed and updated website will be located at www.JewelryDays.com. The new site offers a fresh look that enables customers the ability to find exactly what they are looking for faster than ever. The site will also allow customers to explore the Jewelry ...Click to read more

Leaderpromos.com Announces Launch of New Promotional Products Site
Leaderpromos, one of the top promotional products distributors in the Midwest, recently relaunched leaderpromos.com, a state-of-the art, user-friendly website that has revolutionized the promotional products industry. "Leaderpromos.com is all about the customer. It is simple to use, and contains over 15,000 promotional products - one of the most comprehensive sites in the industry," said Stephanie ...Click to read more

ShortSqueeze.com Helps Investors Profit Via Short Selling
Short selling is gaining a huge following, but many investors know very little about this lucrative trading style. Short sellers identify a stock they believe is going to go down in price. When these traders target a stock it can cause a flood of selling. Short interest in stocks is at an all-time high this month. So, how do you know if your portfolio might fall victim to short selling? ShortSqueeze.com offers free, proprietary short interest stock reports, so you can see if your stocks are targeted. ShortSqueeze.com tracks short interest Click to read more

Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Launches New Site
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently launched a new web site to better provide information to the public and media about its national security efforts. The new web address is http://nnsa.energy.gov/. NNSA’s missions include maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, materials and technology, ...click to read more

SimonVolkov.com Helps Real Estate Investors Find Distressed Properties at Deep Discounts
With rapidly declining asking prices, skyrocketing foreclosures and mortgage rates on a downward trend, the real estate market is becoming a dream for investors. Now one noted real estate investor, Simon Volkov (http://www.simonvolkov.com), says it's time to start buying--and he's even giving investors access to real estate investment notes at just seventy cents on the dollar at current market prices. Volkov has launched a real estate investment group, http://www.simonvolkov.com/investors/, open to novice and serious ...click to read more

Layover.com Launches myLayover.com Truckers Social Network
Layover.com, the leading internet destination for the long-haul truck driver, expands its already large network of trucker-specific tools by giving those in the trucking industry their own personal space on the internet at www.myLayover.com. myLayover brings the full power of the latest internet-based social networking tools to bear and puts them at the fingertips of the driver. The new site's tagline, ...click to read more.

World's Oldest Sound Recording On Web at FirstSounds.org
A group of researchers has succeeded in playing the world's oldest sound recording of a human voice made in 1860 – 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Roughly ten seconds in length, the recording is of a person singing “Au clair de la lune, Pierrot répondit” – a snippet from a French folksong. It was made on April 9, 1860 by Parisian inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his “phonautograph” – a device that scratched sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. Scott never dreamed of playing back his recordings. But this morning, the dream Scott never had will come true. A cadre of audio ...click to read more

CemeterySpot.com Provides Online Memorial Resources and Community
CemeterySpot.com has created an online memorial community for people who want a high quality way to remember their loved ones. CemeterySpot provides each of its online memorials with a unique web address within a full featured, content rich, online memorial community with features that replicate a real world memorial experience. CemeterySpot.com has many features not available on other ...click to read more

Million Dollar College Basketball Bracket Contest Now Live at BetUS.com
The first round teams have been decided, and it's just days away from the start of the most exciting championship in sports: March Madness. As the 65 NCAA Basketball teams are preparing to compete in the single-elimination tournament, sports fans all over America are carefully making their picks for office pools and bracket contests. For 2008, the biggest, most lucrative bracket contest will be BetUS Sportsbook’s $1,000,000 March Madness Bracket Contest. How does it work? Contestants simply predict the outcome of the ...click to read more

Tribune Launches Jumble Word Puzzle Site at Jumble.com
Fans of the incredibly popular Jumble® puzzle in print now have a website where they can play eight different interactive daily Jumble games and download a Jumble puzzle pack to their mobile phones -- http://www.jumble.com. Jumble.com is the new flagship site for "everything Jumble." The site also offers a Jumble shopping experience where fans can buy books, board games and other puzzle and game products. Later this spring, Jumble.com will feature a Jumble "Player's Forum" and a blog where Jumble creators...click to read more

Presidential Video Biographies Lend Insight To 2008 Election at PBS American Experience Site
PBS’ American Experience has launched The Presidents Online at http://www.pbs.org/presidents/2008, as the online component of an unprecedented public television initiative that, for the first time, will make available more than 25 hours of presidential programming online, on TV, and on the go. The project comes at a critical moment in American politics: this year, American voters will take part in a landmark election, where for the first time in over a half-century, neither the sitting President nor vice president is a contender for ...click to read more

Colle+McVoy Helps Kids Heal Through Art With Launch of ArtIsAGift.com
Advertising Agency Colle+McVoy has launched a web site that allows users to create their own designs on a popular miniature Qee figurine, while also learning about programs that help abused and at-risk children heal through art. “We believe children and adults can benefit from the healing affects of art,” said Christine Fruechte, president of Colle+McVoy. “It is powerful to see how the creative imaginations of children come to life, build self esteem, and have a profound impact on our staff.” “When I worked with these...click to read more

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