The summer doldrums are over. Beginning with the week of September 10, NBC will launch five consecutive new matches of the popular show Poker After Dark as part of their second season, with the final two new matches to be aired in November. The star-studded lineups for all of the remaining matches are impressive indeed, and some of the winners will surprise even the most ardent of fans, making them "must see" television for casual viewers and poker aficionados alike.

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Here is the breakdown of the remaining matches and the dates they will be shown:

Wampus Multimedia (www.wampus.com) introduces 'Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon.' Featuring 13 Zevon classics interpreted by emerging artists from the U.S. and England, 'Hurry Home Early' focuses on Zevon's contribution to literate, modern songcraft, and tracks his 35-year journey as acerbic troubadour and cynical romantic.

'Hurry Home Early' traces Zevon's career from the late 1960s until his untimely death from mesothelioma, an inoperable lung cancer, in 2003. From Phil Cody's "Splendid Isolation" to Robb Johnson's "Suzie Lightning," the CD tells the story of an artist torn between hopeful and dark impulses, locked in a struggle between heart and mind. From Tom Flannery's "Boom Boom Mancini" to Neil Luckett's "Mutineer," it explores the emotional interior of a composer who has been called the Hunter S. Thompson of audio journalism.

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 2348 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.

The online ministry World's Last Chance just released a new video at YouTube and Google identifying the first 'beast' of Revelation 13 to be the papacy. This ministry believes this audacious message is crucial for the avoidance of receiving the mark of the beast.

World's Last Chance states that in the Bible God has given nine defining characteristics to be able to correctly ascertain who the 'beast' is and thus avoid receiving its 'mark'.

"To learn who the 'beast' is according to God's infallible word anyone may test an entity, such as Nero, Hitler, or Islam to see whether they fulfil God's nine requirements. Only one entity discretely fulfils all nine of these points, and surprisingly for most people, it is the papacy," said Dahlia Doss of World's Last Chance.

Clovis has been recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the Washington DC metropolitan area's "Great Places to Work" in 2007. Chosen from more than 225 candidate submissions, the search and staffing firm is delighted to be a first time recipient of this acknowledgment. The 9 year old award, bestowed biannually since 1999, honors organizations that are employee-driven and remarkably successful.

Clovis was one of five companies featured in the "Who Pays Very Well" category of the article and was selected based on its "good pay and benefits, interesting work, employee recognition, collegial staffs and flexibility." Founding Partner Rick Levine said "Clovis employees are extremely hard workers, and we believe in fairly compensating their efforts, as well as rewarding people in various ways. It's a very work hard/play hard type of environment here." In honor of this distinction and the daily contribution Clovis employees bring to the firm's success, the Partners celebrated by bringing in an omelet chef to cook up individual breakfast creations for all employees.

Executivesonthweb.com, the UK’s leading online recruitment website for senior executives is pleased to announce that it has signed a sponsorship agreement with EREC 2006, the largest UK & European event focussed exclusively on executive recruitment and associated services.

EREC 2006 is being held at the ExCeL Exhibition & Conference Centre, London between 21st and 22nd of June 2006 and we are bringing together 150 executive recruiters, 100’s of major UK companies and more than 5,000 individual executive job seekers.

Insurance agents who are thinking about purchasing insurance technology to speed up and simplify their sales now have an authoritative guide to help them navigate the minefield of complicated, unreliable and overpriced products.

Norvax, the leading developer of sales and marketing technology for the health insurance industry, has just released their latest whitepaper, "How To Avoid The Biggest Problems Agents Have With Insurance Technology In 7 Easy Steps" to help agents save time and money by making smarter purchasing d 5a8 ecisions.

iClub, the leader in wireless motion capture and golf training aid technology, and Body Balance for Performance, the nation's largest chain of centers offering complete golf fitness and training programs, have announced their joint partnership.

"Body Balance leads the nation in golf fitness and physical therapy related to golf. We're happy to be working with David and Body Balance to further help their clients achieve their potential," said Satayan Mahajan, CEO of iClub. "iClub technology truly represents the future of golf technology in its ability to quickly improve power, distance, and enjoyment of the game. The partnership with Body Balance is a tremendous step in this direction."

A Michigan company has announced its plans to help eliminate financial stress for 1,000,000 of the state's citizens. On November 1, 2008, Cashmap Systems, LLC, is launching Michigan Mission -- a high-concept plan to empower individuals to beat the state's long-running recession.

Cashmap CEO and co-founder of the new venture, Brad Semp, recognizes the current dismal economic situation in Michigan, but he sees a way out from under the oppressive conditions with Michigan Mission. "We're witnessing the slow death of our industrial core, a massive increase in home foreclosures, shocking unemployment statistics and there's absolutely no reason to believe government has an answer," notes Semp. "Michigan Mission is all about providing individuals with the tools they need to solve their financial issues on their own."

Venda for Small Business, part of Venda, the market leader for eCommerce solutions, has linked with Webjam, the UK's answer to branded and white-label social publishing and community networks, to offer a combined platform for e-commerce and website publishing tools for small business enterprises. Webjam & Venda will integrate their respective products to provide an even more compelling toolset for a small business to build their online presence. The cross-distribution of the respective services will launch by the end of Q1 2009.

MovaMail, a leading mobile email application for the mass consumer market, officially released an all-new build of MovaMail to consumers worldwide. MovaMail allows consumers to access their current email services including WebMail, POP, and IMAP from their convenience of their java-enabled mobile phone. Building on the success of Version 1.0, MovaMail V2 adds new features and performance enhancements that maximize the capabilities of today's MIDP 2.0 mobile phones while providing consumers the optimum mobile email experience. New features include:

Kevin Von Tungeln and Cheryl Von Tungeln know how to sell a house. They just sold their house in only four short days for more than their asking price. This despite the fact that the Lancaster, California area has been hit hard by the housing crisis; the market is crowded with bargain priced foreclosures and short sales. They credit following three basic steps to sell their house.

First, they set their asking price in consultation with their Realtor, Greg Eliopulos, of Troth/GMAC Real Estate in Lancaster, Calif. Kevin is an attorney who specializes in estates, trusts, and probate and has assisted hundreds of clients in selling homes after a parent or a loved one has died. Often, he sees sellers set their prices based on what their home was worth at the peak of the real estate and lending boom. They refuse to acknowledge that the market has dramatically changed.

Dr. Smoothie Brands announces exclusive 2009 sponsorship at The Ultimate Barista Challenge USA in the Frappe/Smoothie competition. Dr. Smoothie Brands has provided product that professional Baristas have used in previous National Barista Competitions.

Sherri Johns, a former Barista champion and coffee connoisseur created The Ultimate Barista Challenge. This highly competitive competition is action packed with Baristas flying in from all over the world seeking the opportunity to win each challenge and receive the coveted title of "The Ultimate Barista".

New research from Sainsbury's Finance indicates that 12% of people who own or have owned a cat during the past five years have suffered from them going missing, and the corresponding figure for dog owners is 4%. In total, this means 3.8 million GB residents have had to suffer this anguish. Alarmingly, 6% of these people were adamant that their animals were stolen and a further 14% said that it was quite likely that their animal had been a victim of theft.

Sainsbury's Pet Insurance provides up to £1,000 towards the advertising costs for a lost dog or cat and up to £750 compensation if the pet is lost or stolen and not returned(2).

Campus career counselors worried in a recent survey: "We've seen this before," said one Vanderbilt advisor. "More applicants. Fewer jobs. Scared seniors." The advisor said students should read the book "LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days," the author of whom performed the survey. LAUNCH! is a new career counseling book for college seniors. It includes a career assessment that ranks students' job skills against others nationwide.

The career counseling book is now available at Launch-Your-Career.com to help college seniors and recent graduates successfully begin their careers. It offers job-finding secrets that too few students know about - because no other career counseling books reveal them. LAUNCH! includes:

net-linx is pleased to announce that Folha de Londrina in Brazil, has signed an agreement for an nxAdvertising solution.

Folha de Londrina, a daily metro, is located in Londrina in the state of Parana, approximately 500km West of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Folha de Londrina is a privately owned publishing company. The nxAdvertising system will have 50 Java clients. The system will replace an old DOS-based CText system.

The Latin American region is one of the fastest growing newspaper markets in the world and many publishers are modernizing their operations to take advantage of the anticipated growth of the next few years. Folha de Londrina is no exception and preferred a single vendor to provide solutions for advertising, production, ad make-up and Internet. While the project will start with nxAdvertising, subsequent phases will see the implementation of a 5 seat nxAdsmart system to manage graphics and display ad make-up. ALPS will be used for classified pagination.

YouCastr, the Live Interactive Sports Network, announces programs to focus on high school sports broadcasting and college sports broadcasting. Since the launch of YouCastr earlier this year, hundreds of high schools and colleges have broadcast games with YouCastr and more schools are signing-up every week. "Schools that use our service have found that it creates a great opportunity for all students to get involved," Ariel Diaz, YouCastr CEO said. "YouCastr makes it easy for schools to broadcast online, and provides a way for family and friends to stay connected even if they cannot attend games."

John Hay High School, Cosby High School, Patrick Henry High School, Midpark High School, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Trevecca Nazarene University, and Eastern Michigan University are just a few of the high schools and colleges whose games will be broadcast live on the YouCastr network in the upcoming days.

One of the hottest names in denim, JOE's Jeans, is teaming with one of the hottest names in digital media and entertainment, FameCast, to create an online contest to find the next JOE's models for its upcoming renowned worldwide advertising campaign.

In conjunction with a relaunch of their website and online store, JOE's is hosting an international online model contest to find one male and one female model to be featured in a worldwide JOE's ad campaign.

The three-month competition, running from April 15 through July 15, encourages contestants to submit a short video around varying themes such as "Why I like my JOE's?", "Why I should be the next JOE's model", and "Why I am the Undiscovered Choice…."

Atrion International launches ACE™, the Company's new technology platform for product compliance that will now be at the core of its product and business development strategies. ACE™ will enable a wide spectrum of customers including Partners, Resellers and Clients to gain access to Atrion's 20 years of regulatory expertise in content development and achieve sustainable and scalable, corporate-wide product compliance across multiple ERP/PLM systems.

ACE™ bridges the industry gaps, 'white spaces' and disjointed silos of information traditionally associated with product compliance, making it a more mainstream and universal process regardless of the ERP/PLM environment. The technology platform enables external systems to tap into Atrion's vast libraries of Managed Regulatory Content by leveraging a secure conduit for processing requests, and returning responses that can be further consumed as part of the business process.

Elements Home Spa, Inc. today announced the release of its 2005 Spring and Summer Catalog. This years spring and summer catalog features exciting new premium facial products added to their existing line of home spa treatments and luxurious bath and body products.

New products for spring and summer 2005 include:

Vitamin C Facial Cleanser -- A gentle, non-abrasive cleanser rich in antioxidants

Aloe and Chamomile Facial Toner -- An all-natural, alcohol-free toner that adds balance to facial skin

Detox Facial Mask -- Featuring red Moroccan clay, this facial mask removes impurities from the skin while increasing circulation to the skins surface.

Anti-aging Eye Cream -- Skin firming formula that penetrates deep into skin to deliver age-defying balance to the skin, leaving smoother, younger-looking skin.

Citrus Room Mist -- Brighten any room or linens with this fresh citrus room mist as an added fragrance to our existing room mist line.