Life sure has a lot of lessons to teach. An abundance of knowledge is acquired during the short but pivotal developmental years of early childhood. As daunting as it can be, who wouldnt appreciate having fun and supportive friends close by to help? Maybe as close as...your pocket!

Meet Gordon, Dale and Buttons, a.k.a. the Pocket Snails, a trio of playful characters featured in the Pocket Snails® Letter Adventure, a delightful VHS program that is one of the most honored childrens videos of 2004, created by Soaring Star Productions LLC of Sunrise.

1800LostDog.com, lnc. - the newest concept in pet recovery - is achieving national recognition with a 98% recovery rate for their member's tag-wearing pets that become lost. The company will exhibit its life saving pet tags and services at the HH Backer Christmas Show October 6-8 in Chicago, Illinois. To date, their amazing Pet Tag with the 24-hour Nation Wide Toll Free Hotline has been sold primarily through their web site at www.1800LostDog.com. Now, with a new line of tags and contemporary retail packaging, the company is making its debut to the retail market as a new exhibitor in trade shows and pet events everywhere.

Following a February post campaign performance evaluation of search engine marketing services rendered to TeenSource.org, a non profit sex education site for teens operated by the California Family Health Council, Infuse Creative was thrilled to deliver SEM and search engine optimization performance stats in a search marketing case study to TeenSource which illustrated a sharp increase in site traffic from search engines and referrer sites, including:

-178% increase in overall site traffic compared to the year before

-22% overall site traffic increase in first three months

-33% increase in organic search engine, or natural search engine traffic in first three months

I2i Media Inc., in cooperation with Deutsche Messe AG, is pleased to announce that Mr. Craig Conway, President and CEO of PeopleSoft Inc., will keynote at the 2004 ICT World Forum @ CeBIT, at 10:00 on March 18, 2004.

Craig Conway joined PeopleSoft in 1999 and has lead the company to become the world's second largest enterprise software provider. In the summer of 2003, Conway completed the acquisition of J.D. Edwards, making PeopleSoft a $2.9 billion company with 12,000 customers in 150 countries. Early in his tenure at PeopleSoft, Conway began one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the technology industry. His vision to develop PeopleSoft's Pure Internet Architecture TM became the foundation of the industry's only suite of pure internet enterprise applications.

AdCracker.com has released its annual Action Report featuring 10 ways marketers are boosting sales, using both simple and creative practices to improve return on investment.

The Action Report is based on a survey of AdCracker.coms 18,000 subscribers and CD users, chiefly marketing and advertising professionals worldwide.

We look for insights, whispered themes in the responses," said Steve McNamara, AdCrackers Creative Director. Then we blend those themes with our own experiences. This years Report, for instance, includes examples from small retailers, regional manufacturers, and multinationals such as Citibank."

A manufacturer of architectural millwork based in China leased industrial space on Long Island for its first U.S. distribution center in a deal arranged by the commercial real estate services firm Sutton & Edwards Inc./TCN Worldwide.

The company, Genesis Millwork, which manufactures polyurethane architectural moldings and architectural elements, leased 17,000 square feet at 7E Terminal Dr., West Hempstead, NY.

Sutton & Edwards Director Tommy Tsiolis represented both Genesis and the landlord, Jordan Krown, along with Sutton Senior Executive Director Ted Trias and Sutton & Edwards Director John Orrico.

Due to longevity and socio-economic factors, women face much greater risks of declining living standards in retirement. To help women better prepare for retirement, Walpole & Co., LLP is offering a free class entitled Get Rich Slow at the Goleta Library on November 15th, 6:30pm. Advanced reservation is required at (805) 569-9864.

Women in general spend fewer years in the workforce and earn less than men do. Consequently, women enter retirement with much lower retirement savings and income. Women also live longer. Consequently, they have less income than men to stretch over a greater number of years. So, women face much greater risks of facing lower living standards or poverty in retirement.

Atlas Announces International Film & TV Finance Summit - East Coast Edition

September 23 & 24, 2008 - The Regency Hotel - New York City

Gas up your tank, put your helmet on and rev your engine! The Film & TV finance market is jolting turbo speed ahead - are you prepared to keep up the pace? Here's the opportunity to accelerate your speed at Atlas' 2008 New York International Film & TV Finance Summit on September 23rd & 24th at the Regency Hotel in New York City. Opportunities and more financing options are opening up to meet the needs of independent film makers, independent mini-majors, TV and Cable networks as well as major production studios.

Today there are nearly 500,000 children and youth in America's foster care system. As the economy has worsened, reports of abuse and neglect have increased in some areas of the country and are expected to rise. Of the 26,000 young people who age out of foster care each year, many end up facing life's challenges alone without the support and education they need to compete in the workplace. In this economy, they are more likely than ever to endure homelessness, poverty, compromised health, unemployment, incarceration and other adversities.

Kinaxis™ Inc., a provider of an on-demand Response Managementservice that drives operations performance management by enabling both brand owners and manufacturers to rapidly respond to change, has introduced the RapidResponse Glass Pipeline™ as a part of its on-demand RapidResponse™ service, announced last week.

While outsourcing manufacturing operations is a growing trend that offers compelling cost and other advantages to brand owners, the trade-off is that it also increases complexity by creating virtual enterprises where data and operations reside with third parties, usually using disparate systems. Further challenging brand owners, customer demand has become increasingly volatile and the resulting need for supply chain agility and responsiveness has never been more critical to success. Brand owners remain accountable for their brand, quality and customer satisfaction and have mounting compliance requirements. To meet these objectives, brand owners must be able to coordinate the activities of their partners and respond to change with speed and confidence. In order to achieve this, they must have multi-enterprise visibility across their internal and external supply chains.

With autism at epidemic proportions and the new apparent linking of Lyme disease to autism, parents need answers and ways to help their children. The LIA Foundation is holding a conference on April 12 to educate families and physician's on the proper treatment for children with Lyme disease and autism.

Data indicates that 20-30 percent of children with autism are infected with the borrelia bacteria which is in fact the bacteria which causes Lyme disease. With autism numbers increasing to a staggering 1 out of 150 children, this represents over 150,000 children nationwide who could be affected.

BeddingForU.com, an online retailer of various bedding supplies, was launched on October 1, 2008 by Crystal Koger and Chasity Wiseman. Expanding the bedding options available through the site, the newest products are 400 thread count white cotton sateen sheets.

"We know people have different bedding needs, which is why we're always looking to add new products," said Koger. "We want the site to have traditional and nontraditional colors, and now this includes the newly added white sheet set. We had moss, navy, blush, and ivory sheets, but we wanted to make sure we didn't leave out the most common color."

Cali Find It has launched a dynamic website that serves as a comprehensive local business directory, social networking platform and guide to local events and attractions in Los Angeles County. The site, www.CaliFindIt.com, offers advertisers a unique and cost effective solution to their marketing needs.

Business owners who become advertising partners are given a plethora of valuable business tools as well as exclusive positioning within the directory. The business directory showcases only sixteen businesses within any given category, offering these businesses increased exposure. A talented graphics team beautifully designs the ads and businesses have the option of uploading coupons and linking directly to their own website if they have one. Cali Find It offers various advertising co-ops that allows small business owners to compete with big budget businesses in radio, TV and newspaper campaigns.

Thailand in Style launches a collection of diverse options available for its clients to get from A to B in Thailand and Indochina. Forming a chapter of a journey or an entire itinerary their collection is designed to offer a personal and intimate perspective of Thailand, her people and scenery. From romantic to nostalgic, adventurous to bespoke, Thailand in Style's imaginative overland transfer options bring their clients well below cloud level on a series of authentic and memorable journeys.

Thailand InStyle

DataCore Technology, a specialist in implementing electronic document management systems, announced the selection of its FDA Module for Cyco AutoManager® Meridian by a global, tier-one pharmaceutical company for use in their numerous facilities world wide. DataCore's popular FDA module enables organizations to quickly achieve FDA compliance with 21 CFR Part 11. Since the product's inception in 2002, DataCore has built a distinct portfolio of life sciences manufacturers that have successfully implemented the module to drastically improve compliance effectiveness and reduce residual compliance risk. This has proven to lead to significant cost-savings in the engineering operations of various life sciences companies both in the U.S. and abroad.

Earning a profit advertising on radio is more than writing radio ads , creating commercials for radio, and buying radio advertising time. A new report released by Strategic Media, Inc. , details the five most crucial mistakes most often made in radio advertising. Based on a review of over a decade of direct response radio advertising experience, this report brings to light the surprising and avoidable miscues in a succinct report that provides marketers with a clear roadmap for achieving more profitable radio advertising.

SunCapsuleBeauty.com announces that they are now offering their customers the top brand dead sea skin care line Seacret. "We are excited that we have reached an online partnership with Seacret to sell their fabulous products to our customers" a SunCapsuleBeauty.com spokesperson states. "This will give our customers an even greater selection when choosing a luxurious skin care line fortified with Dead Sea Minerals".

SunCapsuleBeauty.com is an Authorized Dead Sea Products ResellerSeacret Spa's complete line of Dead Sea Mineral Skin Care includes products such as Body Scrubs, Body Butters & Lotions, Nail Care Products, Mineral & Mud Soaps, Mens After Shave Balm as well as an entire Anti Aging line up including Facial Creams, Serums and Masks. The products are fortified with Dead Sea Minerals, Vitamins and Exotic Oils to produce exceptional results not seen in standard skin care products.

Cadopolis.com launches its new Apple development site, www.addsoftwarecorp.com and unveils addDecor as it inaugural application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

AddDecor Software

AddDecor is the result of close collaboration between interior designers, architects, home builders, and home owners. It is a simple and elegant solution to any decorating project. AddDecor is about conveying thoughts through pictures and about communicating your ideas in full detail.

As a design professional addDecor is a master sample board and color pallet, where fabrics and furnishing, flooring and fixtures can be categorize and used to assemble dynamic spaces across any number of projects. The compositions are easily presented and all the particulars are seamlessly conveyed by email. A picture is worth a thousand words and when pictures are not enough you can list the specifics of a particular item.

SBI-AXA Life Insurance introduces Japan's first automated underwriting engine for life insurance

Japans SBI-AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd. today announced the launch of a new processing system for life insurance applications. This will allow faster applications and lead to a higher acceptance rate. The new system is based on Allfinanz's Underwriting Rules Engine (URE) and Munich Re's Japanese underwriting rules set. It is the first of its kind in the Japanese life insurance industry.

SBI-AXA is Japan's first direct-to-consumer life insurer to use the internet to collect data from applicants. It is also the first life insurer in Japan to use Allfinanz's URE to support the new business process. The company had been seeking ways to improve the acceptance rate of its application process, and opted for the Allfinanz system in January 2009, after a rigorous selection process. The implementation project began in February 2009, taking just eight months from decision to launch.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) July 22, 2009 –- My Stone Company, creators of The Friendship Stone will mark Friendship Week starting August 2nd. Founder, Cathy Raff, will dedicate the week to her friends and family for helping her recover from numerous complications from Crohn’s Disease and for being the inspiration behind The Friendship Stone (www.thefriendshipstone.com). In addition, during Friendship Week, My Stone Company aims to reduce the number of lo 00004000 nely people across America through reminding people of the importance and benefits of friendships and remaining positive.