Send2Press Business and Entertainment Weekly News Summary: Oct. 19

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The weekly news feature summary from the Send2Press Wire Service includes this week: AMP Cosmetics mixes makeup with music for 'cosmetics that rock'; author Dee Dee Phelps receives Best Pop Campaign Award for book 'Vinyl Highway'; and Oceanside Rotary Charities launches national YouTube video talent competition.

Selected News Stories for Week Ending October 19th, 2007:
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* New Gorell Hurricane Window Named 'Most Innovative Window'

INDIANA, Pa. - Oct. 19 -- Gorell's new Armor Max Plus(TM) hurricane window was awarded a Crystal Achievement Award in the 'Most Innovative Window' category by Window & Door magazine. Armor Max Plus(TM) windows are designed to protect homeowners and their homes from airborne debris during hurricane-strength storms and other forms of violent weather.

* WonderWorks Introduces iPod Movies, Audio books on DVD-ROM

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 19 -- WonderWorks Entertainment announces this week the release of its Mobile Matinee collection of eight classic movies and 12 audio books on three DVD-ROMs for the rapidly growing iPod and iPhone market. The DVD-ROM titles are pre-formatted for iPod, import quickly to iTunes and can be viewed on iPod, iPod Nano, iPhone, a computer or directly on TV by use of a 3-pin connector.

* Neotrope Announces Launch of PRTrax Reader Tracking for PR Business Intelligence

TORRANCE, Calif. - Oct. 19 -- Neotrope(R), a leading California-based advertising, PR, and technology company established 1983, today announced the launch of its new PRTrax(TM) Reader Tracking solution, the first service of its kind in the industry. PRTrax allows marketing departments and public relations professionals to track press release readership data across multiple news sites in the Neotrope News Network, including Send2Press(R), and California Newswire(R).

* Epeius Biotechnologies Leads with Keynote Address on the Advent of Pathotropic Medicine for Cancer at the Global Pharma R&D Summit Conference in Boston

SAN MARINO, Calif. and BOSTON, Mass. - Oct. 18 -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announced that Dr. Frederick L. Hall, President and CEO of Epeius Biotechnologies Inc., has accepted an invitation to give the lead keynote address on 'The Advent of Pathotropic Medicine for Cancer' at the Global Pharma R&D Summit 2007 to be held in Boston.

* Interim HealthCare to be Featured in National Television Program - W, the women's show 'Home Care: Real Life Stories'

SUNRISE, Fla. - Oct. 18 -- Interim HealthCare is partnering with W, the woman's show in an upcoming 30 minute television special program that explores the challenges and choices people face when themselves or loved ones need special care at home due to medical problems or aging. With the focus on the most requested choice - remaining in their home - the special program takes a look at home health care, how it works, who provides it and the many services that are available.

* 'Cognos 8 BI for Consumers' - User-Friendly Software Guide Educates in BI Tools

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oct. 18 -- Technology Partners Books announces today the release of a new guide: 'Cognos 8 BI for Consumers: A Step-by-Step Introductory Guide to Cognos Connection' (ISBN 0979692008); it analyzes how the Business Intelligence (BI) tools work and teaches people how to use them

* CSA Travel Protection and Cheapoair.com to Deliver

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Oct. 17 -- CSA Travel Protection, a leading provider of travel insurance, has teamed up with Cheapoair.com, a top budget travel website to provide Cheapoair consumers with affordable travel insurance. This partnership gives travelers immediate access to purchase travel protection at time of booking flight arrangements with Cheapoair.

* Florida Media Advisory: Talent Contest Immediate Call for Entries

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Oct. 17 -- Entries for the Rotary Club of Jacksonville - Oceanside's TALENT EXPLOSION should be created and uploaded immediately. Voting ends December 15, 2007. Top 10 finalists perform live January 11, 2008 at Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts at Florida Community College in Jacksonville. First, second and third prizes of $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000 will be awarded.

* CorEdge Networks Introduces 2U 4-BAY PicoTCA System at ATCA SUMMIT 2007

BOSTON, Mass. - Oct. 17 -- At the ATCA Summit 2007 show in Santa Clara, CA from October 16-18, 2007 (booth 417), CorEdge Networks, Inc., will be demonstrating a 2U high 4-bay wide addition to its popular PicoTCA product family (CEN-PICO-2U4). The CEN-PICO-2U4(TM) is the latest addition to the CorEdge Networks popular PicoTCA product family.

* The Los Angeles Times Completes Sale of Recycler Classifieds to Target Media Partners

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 17 -- The Los Angeles Times Media Group today announced the sale of Recycler Classifieds, publisher of four editions of the pioneering Recycler free classified advertising paper and eleven weekly and bi-weekly photo ad and employment guides throughout Southern California, as well as operator of the popular Recycler.com website, to Target Media Partners.

* CorEdge Networks Introduces Redundant Half-Terabit Plus MicroTCA System at ATCA Summit 2007

BOSTON, Mass. - Oct. 16 -- At the ATCA Summit 2007 show in Santa Clara, CA from October 16-18, 2007 (booth #417), CorEdge Networks, Inc., will be demonstrating its newest high-bandwidth, high-availability MicroTCA system (CEN-MICRO-xU14). The CEN-MICRO-xU14(TM) is a high performance 19-inch rack mounted MicroTCA platform designed for high performance applications such as GPON.

* GSP Consulting Economic Architecture Experts to Present at National Economic Development Conference

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Oct. 16 -- Executives from Pittsburgh-based GSP Consulting will present to a gathering of economic development leaders from around the country at a national conference this week in Baltimore. Dr. Jerry Paytas, Director of Research in GSP's Economic Architecture practice, will lead a discussion titled 'Best TBED (Technology Based Economic Development) Practices...to Avoid,' on October 18 at the State Science and Technology Institute's (SSTI) 11th Annual Conference.

* Author Dee Dee Phelps to Receive Best Pop Campaign Award at Book Publicists Awards Dinner

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 16 -- Former TV anchor, author, and celebrity presenter Kelly Lange will give the Best Pop Campaign Award to Dee Dee Phelps for her 2007 promotion of 'Vinyl Highway, Singing as Dick and Dee Dee' (ISBN: 978-1-934321-75-1). The award will be presented at the 13th annual Book Publicists of Southern California Awards Dinner on Thursday, October 18th, 8 p.m. at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Calif.

* Iamota and AppLocation Team Up to Deliver Location Aware Mobile Content and Services

VANCOUVER, Canada - Oct. 16 -- Pete Smyth, President, CEO and Founder of Iamota Corporation and Gary Hartwig, President of AppLocation Systems Inc. announced today the availability of location aware mobile content and services. By combining Iamota's proprietary end-to-end mobile marketing, messaging and payment platform with AppLocation's carrier grade MOBILEFusion(TM) platform, brands can now deliver location sensitive services and features.

* New GAMO Air Rifle Will Change the Way You Think About Hunting and Shooting!

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Oct. 16 -- GAMO USA, introduces a truly unique air gun - The Whisper is one of the most innovative GAMO high powered air rifles designed for quieter shooting with special ND 52 Technology. The technically advanced ND 52 technology is an integral, non-removable noise dampener that reduces the noise up to 52-percent from a standard spring air rifle!

* Local Rotary Club Puts 'Fun' Back in Fund Raising

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Oct. 16 -- Got talent? Then the Rotary Club of Jacksonville - Oceanside is looking for you! Participate in the Club's first Talent Explosion, a competition featuring on-line voting for your favorite performance on YouTube.com. Oceanside Rotary Charities is a 501c (3) not for profit organization.

* Concierge Condo: The Residences at Biltmore Redefines Luxury Hotel Accommodations

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Oct. 16 -- While many Americans are receiving more vacation time, they are taking less time off. So, vacation planning and business travel is more important than ever. The Residences at Biltmore, located in the heart of Asheville, N.C., is re-inventing the importance of stress-free vacation days and efficient business stays.

* CrossLink Media and Fellowship of Christian Athletes Partner to Deliver Mobile Content and Services to Membership Base

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Oct. 16 -- CrossLink Media, an interactive mobile software provider, today announced an exclusive mobile partnership with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), America's largest sports ministry, impacting all levels of sports and sports enthusiasts everywhere. CrossLink Media's proprietary software platform will allow FCA to communicate with its membership anytime, anywhere via wireless phone.

* DaveCo Achieves AS9100 Certification

GARLAND, Texas - Oct. 16 -- DaveCo Industries recently demonstrated its commitment to quality and continuous improvement by achieving certification to AS9100, which has been adopted as the quality standard for the Aerospace Industry. Shortly after the recent certification audit of DaveCo's management system and processes, the company received an audit score of 98.3. DaveCo is now officially certified to AS9100 and ISO 9001:2000.

* HaleyBopTees Creates Limited Edition Shirt for Junko Yoshioka Fashion Show

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Oct. 15 -- 300 lucky guests of the Wedding Channel Couture Show will receive a special limited edition T-shirt designed for the show by HaleyBopTees. Taking place at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City on October 21st, the Wedding Channel Couture show is set to feature today's top wedding designers including famed wedding gown designer Junko Yoshioka.

* Anna Wilding, Actress, Producer and Director of Buddhist Film Takes Dangerous Fall in New York City

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. - Oct. 15 -- Prominent, former Hollywood based, international actress / director / producer, Anna Wilding, was injured while walking on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Wilding sustained a broken finger, torn left shoulder rotator cuff, sprained elbow and other associated injuries when she fell due to a pavement grating defect. A notice of claim has been filed by Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro against NYC Transit Authority and the City of New York as result of the injury.

* National Property Tax Consulting Firm Opens North East Regional Office

ST. CHARLES, Ill. - Oct. 15 -- Chicago-based property tax consulting firm Advantax(R) announced today the opening of their new northeast regional office in Macungie, Pennsylvania. The office will be headed by John Palvelko, Jr., Advantax's newly appointed Manager of Client Services.

* Atreus Systems Delivers Next Generation Enterprise VoIP Activation Solution for Service Providers

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Oct. 15 -- BROADSOFT CONNECTIONS -- Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning solutions for converged IP services, today announced the general availability of release 3.0 of their Enterprise VoIP provisioning solution. The new release is designed to help carriers achieve greater operational efficiencies with Hosted PBX, IP Centrex and Business Trunking applications.

* DCH Auto Group Dedicates Hospital Childcare Center

FREEHOLD, N.J. - Oct. 15 -- DCH Freehold Toyota and parent company, DCH Auto Group, dedicated the Childcare Center at CentraState's new Fitness and Wellness Center on Saturday. John T. Gribbin, President and CEO of CentraState Healthcare System, thanked DCH for its ongoing contribution, presenting a plaque in recognition of DCH's generosity.

* Atreus Helps Carriers Simplify Deployments and Manage Subscriber Growth with New Service Provisioning Release

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Oct. 15 -- BROADSOFT CONNECTIONS -- Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning solutions for converged IP services, today announced the general availability of xAuthority 4.0, the latest release of the company's award-winning provisioning platform. xAuthority 4.0 supports powerful new capabilities designed to meet the stringent performance and scalability requirements of the world's largest carriers.

* Cosmetics that Rock: AMP Cosmetics Mixes Makeup with Music

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oct. 15 -- AMP Cosmetics has launched a new line of cosmetics that rock. The products are dedicated to women who not only changed the sound, but the look of rock and roll. The team of experts at AMP Cosmetics has assembled a collection of high-quality products in some of the most vivid and bold colors available today.

* Service Providers Cut Application Connectivity CAPEX / OPEX Using Application Session Controllers, says Insight Research White Paper

BOONTON, N.J. - Oct. 15 -- Service Providers continue to look for new cost effective means for efficient and effective application-to-network connectivity. As a result, hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent by Service Providers to connect or migrate existing applications as well as build new applications to retain customers and enhance meaningful ARPU across their networks. According to a new white paper by Insight Research, Application Session Controllers (ASCs) are an important new approach to providing efficient and cost-effective application connectivity.

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