After dominating the last three rounds of his junior middleweight bout against a rapidly tiring Joel Julio, Ishe Smith was in high spirits in his corner as he refueled his muscle-bound body with a post-fight Supreme Protein® bar. Amazingly, Smith looked as fresh as he had in Rou 558 nd One, when his entry into the ring prompted a gasp from the crowd as they marveled at his newly ripped and densely muscled physique. Meanwhile, across the ring, Julio was clearly decimated as the fight drew to a close, fatigued by his own fruitless windmilling and Smith's relentless jabbing and counterpunching.

In the ten short months since JSSmith Mortgage opened for business in Arizona, the company has experienced dynamic growth, unlike what is happening in the rest of the mortgage industry hit by the softening of the real estate market. In a contrarian move, JSSmith Mortgage has not only opened three offices in Scottsdale, Mesa and Peoria, Arizona, it has established an important joint venture relationship with West USA Realty and forged a strategic marketing alliance with Valleywide Premier Properties.

Despite the poor economic climate, the online retailer Clothing4All.com is experiencing an unbelievable increase in sales which are up 140% from the same time last year. Clothing4All's sale success comes from custom embroidery and screen printing for businesses, schools, and teams. "In bad times people have sought us out to improve their bottom line which has lead to our phenomenal growth," President Gene Constant said. "Now that's an example of businesses helping businesses!"

Clothing4All.com is based in Eugene, Oregon and has America's lowest prices for embroidery and screen printing. It is also one of the few companies that don't have a minimum order for customization. Constant states that "other embroidery and screen printing businesses discriminate against small customers. We are just as happy to work with an order of one as we are an order of 1,000."

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. offers a mortgage for people who want to do major remodeling or renovation of a home they are purchasing or refinancing. The mortgage, called the One-Time Close Major Renovation Loan, can be used by qualified borrowers as a financial management tool to roll the cost of remodeling a new or existing home into a single loan transaction. Typically used when home improvement costs exceed $50,000, this mortgage tool requires a borrower to qualify and apply for financing only once, meaning one application, one set of loan documents and one loan settlement.

RSA Corp, a Houston-based business technology services and IT staffing firm, recently achieved Microsoft Certified Partner status by demonstrating proficiencies in advanced infrastructure and data management solutions. These competencies require proven expertise in database management and Microsoft specializations, such as Exchange server, Active Directory, storage solutions, systems management and Windows desktop deployment.

RSA Corp demonstrates competencies in Microsoft technologies to attain Certified Partner status

Being a mother is one of the most wonderful experiences a person can have on this earth. There is nothing like giving birth to a beautiful baby, and then seeing that baby grow, learn, and change. To celebrate this, BloggyMommy has been launched. BloggyMommy offers a collection of blogs geared toward mothers and the things that matter to them the most. The blogs incorporate many topics including being a first time mother, breastfeeding, working at home, cloth diapers, and current events.

The first time mother blog details the author's experience being a first time mother to a beautiful baby boy. Successes and drawbacks are chronicled as she tries to be the best mother that she can be. Joys are highlighted here as this is the best experience possible.

The human capital research firm Morehead will host a webinar titled “Location Matters: Geography's Role in Strengthening Referring Physician Relations.” The webinar will be broadcast on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. eastern time.

Research has shown that when hospitals are building a successful network of referring physicians, the geographic location of targeted physicians is an important factor. Morehead’s findings confirm that physicians located further away consider different factors as they form their satisfaction and loyalty with an organization.

For the 2007 tax year, a new high water mark: more than $24 billion--the highest capital gains tax shocker billed by the IRS in stock market history is expected to stun mutual fund holders. Some experts are predicting the taxable distributions will either equal or exceed top distributions of $31.3 billion in 2000.

Book Cover

Don Wilkinson, wealth manager out of Newport Beach, CA and author of the book entitled Stop Wasting Your Wealth in Mutual Funds: Separately Managed Accounts--The Smart Alternative. Wilkinson urged mutual fund investors to stop the bleeding in 2006 and again this year recommends putting their wealth in a better place.

Delera Systems has released version 2.4 of Str Library, a set of classes for C++ developers that provide high-performance string manipulation and related features. Str Library offers greater functionality that any alternative string class, while still delivering proven superior performance in the majority of scenarios. With over 5 years on the market, the code offers stability and maturity normally found only in proprietary or ANSI-standardized implementations.

New in this version is an enhanced "Add Library Support" wizard providing immediate application integration; improved support for recent versions of various popular compilers, including gcc 3.4, Borland C++ Builder, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 CTP. In the Windows-based embedded device and handheld space, Str Library continues to provide a compelling alternative to built-in string management. Windows COM developers will find special support for the most common string conversion and management operations in the Win32/ATL/MFC COM/COM+ world.

Treetop Tech, ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing IT consulting organizations in the country since 2004, today announced that is has appointed Charles Skamser as President and CEO. Mr. Skamser was previously the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Treetop Tech.

Mr. Skamser came to Treetop Tech in April of 2005 after serving as the President and CEO of BidQuote, a software startup that developed and marketed a new generation of onDemand Request for Proposal software for managing complex sourcing and procurement needs. Prior to BidQuote, Mr. Skamser held senior management positions at Inknowvations, a global management consulting firm committed to working with its clients to develop customer focused solutions that accelerate business; Telelogic, a global leader in software applications for decision making, business process management, enterprise architecture and requirements management; 3INetworks, an early market leader in the P2P software Infrastructure market; eBaseOne Corporation, one of first successful Application Service Providers (ASPs) to provide the infrastructure for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Fortune 500 companies to host software applications as a service (SaaS) and Dynasty Technologies, an early pioneer in the object oriented applications development tools market. Mr. Skamser began his career working as a business systems analyst the Data Systems Group for Texas Instruments. Mr. Skamser holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Macalaster College in St. Paul Minnesota.

More than 4.5 million travelers spent approximately $400 million in Niagara County in 2005, the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation (NTCC) announced today. Overall, the amount of revenue added to the local economy because of tourism likely exceeded $600 million in 2005.

NTCC President & CEO John Percy said that two independent analysis--one conducted by Oxford Economics and one conducted by the organization's strategic communications firm--came to similar conclusions regarding visitation trends and spending. The data is augmented by information from the State of New York and Smith Travel Research.

On May 13, 2008, at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center in Richmond, VA, Allen and Allen awarded fifteen deserving high school seniors with the Allen Law Firm Scholarship. The Firm's Scholarship Program is designed to recognize students who have overcome unusual obstacles or special challenges, in addition to achieving high standards of community service and academic performance. This year Allen and Allen received over 265 applications and from those, fifteen remarkably young men and women from fourteen high schools were chosen as recipients. From Emily Krause, co-chair of the 2008 Scholarship Committee, "It is amazing to meet these young adults who have achieved so much when the odds were against them. It has been an honor to be part of such a worthwhile program."

Abal Auction Real Estate (www.abalauction.com) announces the auction of a lakefront Florida panhandle home on October 16, 2008 according to Dr. Joe Abal, auctioneer and broker.

"What to do when your property is on its third traditional listing and hasn't sold in two years?" asked Abal. "We are finding that more and more homeowners are turning to the proven method of auction marketing." Abal explained, "We received a phone call from the homeowner who told us her daughter in California had checked us out on the Internet and liked what she saw."

Corporations and other organizations these days tend to work with dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of computers. During the life cycle of these computers, the data is on the hard drives is generally protected by computer security experts on staff. But what happens when these computers become obsolete (or broken) and have to be disposed of?

A new company, http://www.hddmachine.com is offering a solution to help corporations make sure that the existing data on their hard drives is rendered unusable at the time of disposal. The Guardian hard drive destroyer is a portable hard drive destruction kit weighing just 140 lbs which plugs into a standard 120v, 3 prong grounded outlet and can be located in the IT department of any corporation, business or organization.

Neighborhood America, a 2008 CODiE Award winner for "Best Social Networking Solution" for enterprises, announces a new strategic partnership with Solvis Consulting, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consulting company with significant experience working in the Latin American region as well as the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico.

In today's global market, knowing your customers is the key to keeping your customers. Neighborhood America's ELAvate solution allows companies to optimize their existing relationships with customers, employees, and partners - those who hold the power to help the company succeed - by creating online networks for the purpose of driving business value. The partnership with Solvis Consulting will provide those companies with the right CRM strategy to retain and continually grow these networks.

Salazar Packaging, Inc. (www.salazarpackaging.com) and Drink Links LLC (www.drink-links.net) have announced an agreement to jointly produce and promote the new Drink Link™ product line. Drink Links, invented with patent pending by Drink Links LLC president, Christopher Marszalek, reduces waste and prevents the spread of germs by color coding plastic water bottles. The agreement makes Salazar Packaging responsible for marketing, packaging, and distribution of the product.

Drink Links are specially designed plastic rings which easily snap on to the neck of a plastic water for easy identification. The product line features an extremely low price point and is targeted to the promotional products and retail markets. The standard retail and promo package contains ten differently colored rings. For promotional purposes, Drink Links can be custom packaged, and labeled in small and large quantities with a company's branding and marketing messages.

YourRxCard (www.YourRxCard.com) has issued its December claims report on member savings, prescription drug purchasing habits, and predictions of future drug benefits and reach. YourRxCard is a Web-activated, free prescription drug card available to all Americans with no deductibles, pre-existing exclusions, or waiting periods to help with the increasing costs of prescription drugs. The card acts as a free repeat cash coupon on prescriptions.

Users of the free prescription drug card used 72.42% generic drugs and 27.58% brand name drugs in November, as opposed to most employer-provided prescription PBM benefit cards typically used for 25% generic drugs and 75% brand name drugs by members, according to YourRxCard's Chief Risk Officer, Rex Bowden Jr.

Fantasy football provides the perfect venue to advance one's career through social networking, says author Michael Henby, who equates it to being a 21st century version of playing golf. In Henby’s newest e-book, “Fantasy Kick - Leverage the Networking Opportunities of Fantasy Football to Give Your Career the Kick it Needs,” he shows how this popular pastime can be utilized to improve one’s chances of getting promoted – or getting a new job.

"Golf is still the best place to close the deal but the best social opportunity, using a game, to build strong and a dynamic networking relationship at the office is fantasy football,” he says.

The Reefs Club, Bermuda's highly anticipated private residence club, is now open and has already welcomed several enthusiastic owners. The luxurious, shared ownership property is one of the few ways foreigners may purchase a Bermuda vacation home. Strict government regulations have limited the sale of whole ownership real estate to non-Bermudians, paving the way for the sensible, convenient ownership The Reefs Club offers.

Bermuda's newly opened Reefs Club overlooks turquoise colored waters and a private pink sand beach.

Brendan Conroy, America's second ranked 13-year-old snowboarder, took Silver in the Combined Overall Snowboarding Competition for his age group at the United States of America Snowboard Association 2008 National Championships, held at Cooper Mountain, Colorado.

The 13-year-old Long Island, New York eighth-grader finished second in the highly competitive "Breaker Boys" Division at the USASA Nationals, based on his top scores in Overall Alpine, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Bordercross, Half Pipe and Slope Style events.

After dominating the last three rounds of his junior middleweight bout against a rapidly tiring Joel Julio, Ishe Smith was in high spirits in his corner as he refueled his muscle-bound body with a post-fight Supreme Protein® bar. Amazingly, Smith looked as fresh as he had in Rou 558 nd One, when his entry into the ring prompted a gasp from the crowd as they marveled at his newly ripped and densely muscled physique. Meanwhile, across the ring, Julio was clearly decimated as the fight drew to a close, fatigued by his own fruitless windmilling and Smith's relentless jabbing and counterpunching.

In the ten short months since JSSmith Mortgage opened for business in Arizona, the company has experienced dynamic growth, unlike what is happening in the rest of the mortgage industry hit by the softening of the real estate market. In a contrarian move, JSSmith Mortgage has not only opened three offices in Scottsdale, Mesa and Peoria, Arizona, it has established an important joint venture relationship with West USA Realty and forged a strategic marketing alliance with Valleywide Premier Properties.

Despite the poor economic climate, the online retailer Clothing4All.com is experiencing an unbelievable increase in sales which are up 140% from the same time last year. Clothing4All's sale success comes from custom embroidery and screen printing for businesses, schools, and teams. "In bad times people have sought us out to improve their bottom line which has lead to our phenomenal growth," President Gene Constant said. "Now that's an example of businesses helping businesses!"

Clothing4All.com is based in Eugene, Oregon and has America's lowest prices for embroidery and screen printing. It is also one of the few companies that don't have a minimum order for customization. Constant states that "other embroidery and screen printing businesses discriminate against small customers. We are just as happy to work with an order of one as we are an order of 1,000."

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. offers a mortgage for people who want to do major remodeling or renovation of a home they are purchasing or refinancing. The mortgage, called the One-Time Close Major Renovation Loan, can be used by qualified borrowers as a financial management tool to roll the cost of remodeling a new or existing home into a single loan transaction. Typically used when home improvement costs exceed $50,000, this mortgage tool requires a borrower to qualify and apply for financing only once, meaning one application, one set of loan documents and one loan settlement.

RSA Corp, a Houston-based business technology services and IT staffing firm, recently achieved Microsoft Certified Partner status by demonstrating proficiencies in advanced infrastructure and data management solutions. These competencies require proven expertise in database management and Microsoft specializations, such as Exchange server, Active Directory, storage solutions, systems management and Windows desktop deployment.

RSA Corp demonstrates competencies in Microsoft technologies to attain Certified Partner status

Being a mother is one of the most wonderful experiences a person can have on this earth. There is nothing like giving birth to a beautiful baby, and then seeing that baby grow, learn, and change. To celebrate this, BloggyMommy has been launched. BloggyMommy offers a collection of blogs geared toward mothers and the things that matter to them the most. The blogs incorporate many topics including being a first time mother, breastfeeding, working at home, cloth diapers, and current events.

The first time mother blog details the author's experience being a first time mother to a beautiful baby boy. Successes and drawbacks are chronicled as she tries to be the best mother that she can be. Joys are highlighted here as this is the best experience possible.

The human capital research firm Morehead will host a webinar titled “Location Matters: Geography's Role in Strengthening Referring Physician Relations.” The webinar will be broadcast on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. eastern time.

Research has shown that when hospitals are building a successful network of referring physicians, the geographic location of targeted physicians is an important factor. Morehead’s findings confirm that physicians located further away consider different factors as they form their satisfaction and loyalty with an organization.

For the 2007 tax year, a new high water mark: more than $24 billion--the highest capital gains tax shocker billed by the IRS in stock market history is expected to stun mutual fund holders. Some experts are predicting the taxable distributions will either equal or exceed top distributions of $31.3 billion in 2000.

Book Cover

Don Wilkinson, wealth manager out of Newport Beach, CA and author of the book entitled Stop Wasting Your Wealth in Mutual Funds: Separately Managed Accounts--The Smart Alternative. Wilkinson urged mutual fund investors to stop the bleeding in 2006 and again this year recommends putting their wealth in a better place.

Delera Systems has released version 2.4 of Str Library, a set of classes for C++ developers that provide high-performance string manipulation and related features. Str Library offers greater functionality that any alternative string class, while still delivering proven superior performance in the majority of scenarios. With over 5 years on the market, the code offers stability and maturity normally found only in proprietary or ANSI-standardized implementations.

New in this version is an enhanced "Add Library Support" wizard providing immediate application integration; improved support for recent versions of various popular compilers, including gcc 3.4, Borland C++ Builder, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 CTP. In the Windows-based embedded device and handheld space, Str Library continues to provide a compelling alternative to built-in string management. Windows COM developers will find special support for the most common string conversion and management operations in the Win32/ATL/MFC COM/COM+ world.

Treetop Tech, ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing IT consulting organizations in the country since 2004, today announced that is has appointed Charles Skamser as President and CEO. Mr. Skamser was previously the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Treetop Tech.

Mr. Skamser came to Treetop Tech in April of 2005 after serving as the President and CEO of BidQuote, a software startup that developed and marketed a new generation of onDemand Request for Proposal software for managing complex sourcing and procurement needs. Prior to BidQuote, Mr. Skamser held senior management positions at Inknowvations, a global management consulting firm committed to working with its clients to develop customer focused solutions that accelerate business; Telelogic, a global leader in software applications for decision making, business process management, enterprise architecture and requirements management; 3INetworks, an early market leader in the P2P software Infrastructure market; eBaseOne Corporation, one of first successful Application Service Providers (ASPs) to provide the infrastructure for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Fortune 500 companies to host software applications as a service (SaaS) and Dynasty Technologies, an early pioneer in the object oriented applications development tools market. Mr. Skamser began his career working as a business systems analyst the Data Systems Group for Texas Instruments. Mr. Skamser holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Macalaster College in St. Paul Minnesota.

More than 4.5 million travelers spent approximately $400 million in Niagara County in 2005, the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation (NTCC) announced today. Overall, the amount of revenue added to the local economy because of tourism likely exceeded $600 million in 2005.

NTCC President & CEO John Percy said that two independent analysis--one conducted by Oxford Economics and one conducted by the organization's strategic communications firm--came to similar conclusions regarding visitation trends and spending. The data is augmented by information from the State of New York and Smith Travel Research.

On May 13, 2008, at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center in Richmond, VA, Allen and Allen awarded fifteen deserving high school seniors with the Allen Law Firm Scholarship. The Firm's Scholarship Program is designed to recognize students who have overcome unusual obstacles or special challenges, in addition to achieving high standards of community service and academic performance. This year Allen and Allen received over 265 applications and from those, fifteen remarkably young men and women from fourteen high schools were chosen as recipients. From Emily Krause, co-chair of the 2008 Scholarship Committee, "It is amazing to meet these young adults who have achieved so much when the odds were against them. It has been an honor to be part of such a worthwhile program."

Abal Auction Real Estate (www.abalauction.com) announces the auction of a lakefront Florida panhandle home on October 16, 2008 according to Dr. Joe Abal, auctioneer and broker.

"What to do when your property is on its third traditional listing and hasn't sold in two years?" asked Abal. "We are finding that more and more homeowners are turning to the proven method of auction marketing." Abal explained, "We received a phone call from the homeowner who told us her daughter in California had checked us out on the Internet and liked what she saw."

Corporations and other organizations these days tend to work with dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of computers. During the life cycle of these computers, the data is on the hard drives is generally protected by computer security experts on staff. But what happens when these computers become obsolete (or broken) and have to be disposed of?

A new company, http://www.hddmachine.com is offering a solution to help corporations make sure that the existing data on their hard drives is rendered unusable at the time of disposal. The Guardian hard drive destroyer is a portable hard drive destruction kit weighing just 140 lbs which plugs into a standard 120v, 3 prong grounded outlet and can be located in the IT department of any corporation, business or organization.

Neighborhood America, a 2008 CODiE Award winner for "Best Social Networking Solution" for enterprises, announces a new strategic partnership with Solvis Consulting, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consulting company with significant experience working in the Latin American region as well as the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico.

In today's global market, knowing your customers is the key to keeping your customers. Neighborhood America's ELAvate solution allows companies to optimize their existing relationships with customers, employees, and partners - those who hold the power to help the company succeed - by creating online networks for the purpose of driving business value. The partnership with Solvis Consulting will provide those companies with the right CRM strategy to retain and continually grow these networks.

Salazar Packaging, Inc. (www.salazarpackaging.com) and Drink Links LLC (www.drink-links.net) have announced an agreement to jointly produce and promote the new Drink Link™ product line. Drink Links, invented with patent pending by Drink Links LLC president, Christopher Marszalek, reduces waste and prevents the spread of germs by color coding plastic water bottles. The agreement makes Salazar Packaging responsible for marketing, packaging, and distribution of the product.

Drink Links are specially designed plastic rings which easily snap on to the neck of a plastic water for easy identification. The product line features an extremely low price point and is targeted to the promotional products and retail markets. The standard retail and promo package contains ten differently colored rings. For promotional purposes, Drink Links can be custom packaged, and labeled in small and large quantities with a company's branding and marketing messages.

YourRxCard (www.YourRxCard.com) has issued its December claims report on member savings, prescription drug purchasing habits, and predictions of future drug benefits and reach. YourRxCard is a Web-activated, free prescription drug card available to all Americans with no deductibles, pre-existing exclusions, or waiting periods to help with the increasing costs of prescription drugs. The card acts as a free repeat cash coupon on prescriptions.

Users of the free prescription drug card used 72.42% generic drugs and 27.58% brand name drugs in November, as opposed to most employer-provided prescription PBM benefit cards typically used for 25% generic drugs and 75% brand name drugs by members, according to YourRxCard's Chief Risk Officer, Rex Bowden Jr.

Fantasy football provides the perfect venue to advance one's career through social networking, says author Michael Henby, who equates it to being a 21st century version of playing golf. In Henby’s newest e-book, “Fantasy Kick - Leverage the Networking Opportunities of Fantasy Football to Give Your Career the Kick it Needs,” he shows how this popular pastime can be utilized to improve one’s chances of getting promoted – or getting a new job.

"Golf is still the best place to close the deal but the best social opportunity, using a game, to build strong and a dynamic networking relationship at the office is fantasy football,” he says.

The Reefs Club, Bermuda's highly anticipated private residence club, is now open and has already welcomed several enthusiastic owners. The luxurious, shared ownership property is one of the few ways foreigners may purchase a Bermuda vacation home. Strict government regulations have limited the sale of whole ownership real estate to non-Bermudians, paving the way for the sensible, convenient ownership The Reefs Club offers.

Bermuda's newly opened Reefs Club overlooks turquoise colored waters and a private pink sand beach.

Brendan Conroy, America's second ranked 13-year-old snowboarder, took Silver in the Combined Overall Snowboarding Competition for his age group at the United States of America Snowboard Association 2008 National Championships, held at Cooper Mountain, Colorado.

The 13-year-old Long Island, New York eighth-grader finished second in the highly competitive "Breaker Boys" Division at the USASA Nationals, based on his top scores in Overall Alpine, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Bordercross, Half Pipe and Slope Style events.