Inkubook--the fun, collaborative website where users of all abilities can turn digital photos and ideas into a professionally printed photo book--has launched its new "address scraper" to make it even easier to invite your friends to help make a free photo book.

"Nobody has memorized all of their friends' e-mail addresses--you've stored them in your online address book," said Dave McCauley, president of Inkubook. "The new address scraper can connect to Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL, MSN, and Windows Live to pull those addresses together and make the process of inviting your friends to help make a photo book much quicker and easier."

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New York, NY (PRWEB) May 23, 2006 – Download-Manual.com offers a new online service to help the owners of consumer electronics products find product manuals and documentation. If a manual is not available on their site, they will attempt to locate it within twenty-four hours.

Download-Manual provides instant downloads of any available user manual, workshop manual, user guide, or general documentation for popular consumer electronics products such as digital cameras and camcorders, DVD players, and motherboards.

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EcoNugenics, an integrative health and dietary supplement company, announced today that they have named David W. Guinther as President and CEO of the company. Mr. Guinther has established a reputation for designing effective business models and building high-performance sales, marketing and services operations. In addition to executive positions at billion dollar companies such as BEA Systems, Sybase and Harris, he has taken several early stage companies through periods of rapid growth, such as helping to take Poet Software through a $48 million IPO and then founding FastObjects which he took to a successful acquisition.

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Palladian International, LLC is introducing Palladian Career Resources, a career consulting service for professionals who want to gain insight into the hiring manager's perspective. Palladian, an executive search firm, specializes in finding, screening and attracting exceptional professionals within the manufacturing, distribution and defense industries.

As an executive search firm, Palladian decided to develop their Career Resources services in response to requests from candidates. Mark Henderson, President, explains "Our focus has been on our client's needs. If we are working with a candidate that is a fit for a client, we do whatever we can to help that candidate. Unfortunately, many great candidates that we meet are not necessarily the right fit for one of our clients. Up until now, there was little we could do to help. With Career Resources, we can provide anyone the one-on-one advice of a professional search consultant."

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A new book released by publisher Happy About is a "how to use Twitter" guide for businesses. "Twitter Means Business: How Microblogging can Help or Hurt your Company" taps the wisdom of Twitter expert and leading technology journalist Julio Ojeda-Zapata (@jojeda on Twitter).

See how Twitter -- the fastest-growing social network, according to Nielsen Online -- is used by corporations like Comcast, Dell and JetBlue. This book profiles dozens of businesses of all sizes on Twitter. These are tracking what is said about their brands in the "twitterverse," and are interacting with customers in Twitter's conversational style.

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Ecommerce solution provider UniteU Technologies today announced that its merchant clients can sell and ship globally through integration with the International Checkout solution. International Checkout Inc guarantees the merchants against fraud, ships worldwide, and provides multi-lingual customer service.

Polkadots and Moonbeams - Fashion hotspot to the stars - offers products globally through UniteU partnership with International Checkout

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"In today's retail environment our merchants are looking for strategies that drive sales and one way to do that is to expand their reach," reports Rebecca Ramme, VP of Business Development at UniteU. "International Checkout opens up new markets and removes barriers for our customers who are small and mid-sized retailers. We are very excited about the growth opportunities this partnership brings to our customers."

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Emerald Creek is A Luxury Condominium Resort in the Heart of all the Attractions of Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and The Greater Smoky Mountains. Just around the corner from some of the of Pigeon Forge's most famous attractions, including the famous Dollywood Theme Park, Five Oaks Mall, Nascar Speed Park and many other attractions, drawing 13,000,000 million visitors per year.

The Pigeon Forge resort will be built in several phases. Phase one will consist of sixty-four units. There will be five different floor plans in phase one. These will range in size from 1050 sq ft. up to 2100 sq ft. and will feature several amenities: Large adult pool with stone waterfall, 200 ft lazy river, kids water park, large hot tub, game room, fitness center with saunas, meeting/presentation room, catering kitchen, spacious patios, small lakes with water fountains, grilling and picnic areas, gorgeous landscaping. The rooms will be just as impressive. Ceramic and hardwood flooring, custom cabinets, solid surface counter tops, fireplaces, washer and dryer, range, microwave, dishwasher, large balcony, tile and glassed master bedroom showers.

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Sensor networks and smart sensors are being used widely in industries, including automotive, medical, industrial, entertainment, security, and defense due to increased usage of process controls and sensing elements in different sectors. Use of smart sensors in counter-terrorism applications including cargo tracking, biometrics among others is also increasing. Smart systems are being readily accepted by the auto industry as automakers explore ways to save lives, deflect safety concerns and preempt costly litigation. Smart systems can sense an impending crash, its nature, the presence of occupants, their position, and determine the type of airbags to be fired and the force and speed of their deployment. Motion-tracking sensors and inertial sensors based on micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) are widely being used in medical applications. Implantable devices that are small in size and yet possess high reliability, and handheld devices for use in diagnostics and home monitoring mainly drive the demand for such sensors.

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Whether you've become increasingly concerned about subtle changes that have made their lives unmanageable or they endured a sudden medical setback, you may need to discuss some tough but necessary decisions with elderly parents.

In his featured article published on Parent Care, eldercare communications expert David Solie shares insights on what for many is an almost impossible task. He advises that seniors' progeny may observe a variety of issues ranging from unsafe driving to near accidents at home to poor compliance with medical treatment. Progeny may know that intervention is needed but feel helpless in engaging parents. Solie provides communications strategies that can facilitate discussions and achieve desired outcomes while preserving parents' sense of control.

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Although fuel cell research has been utilized for decades, recent exposure show fuel cell technology to be a potential leader in the alternative energy revolution. And, ElectroChem, Inc.'s newly announced partnerships with K-PAS Instronic and Phadke Instruments of India will mean that ElectroChem's world class fuel cell test equipment and components will now be more readily available in India and South Asia.

President and CEO of ElectroChem, Inc., Dr. Radha Jalan, elaborates, "India is a growing research area that ElectroChem, Inc. has been observing for the past few years. The market is moving forward, and we are happy to have KPAS and Phadke as partners based on their excellent quality and expertise. They will get close to the researchers in the field, and we will be able to assist those researchers in moving the research and technology forward."

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Rebecca Roy, M.A, once helped athletes attain their Olympic dreams. She's now helping young Hollywood "Stay Sane in an Insane Industry."

Rebecca Roy, M.AWorking with young Hollywood takes a certain kind of understanding, she says. An All-American athlete who trained six hours a day by the age of 13 years old, she relates to them. "They are hard-driving, creative and live in a high-pressure world. I know that world intimately."

There are many issues that are unique to Industry people. They are often a direct result of the pressures of dealing with the erratic nature of the world in which they live. I see a lot of personality disorders, mood disorders, such as [depression and [anxiety, [substance abuse, [stressed relationships due to temptations and long absences, eating disorders and underlying [sexual abuse issues that have never been addressed.

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Organizations continue to squeeze all they can out of processes and technology, but according to research released today by Employee Hold'emâ„¢, they can significantly improve business results by focusing on the relationships they have with their employees. The 2008-09 Employee Hold'em National Workforce Engagement Benchmark found that fifty-seven percent of employees are reluctant to work hard at their jobs -- and worse yet, reluctant to leave -- or they are unengaged and actively doing things that will threaten the organization. Only forty-three percent of the U.S. workforce is fully engaged and willing to stay with their employer longer, work harder for customers, and recommend the organization as a great place to work.

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(PRWEB) October 3, 2008 - Those eager partygoers who are struggling to decide on a costume for Halloween might be able to relieve some of the stress by sending their RSVPs to a different kind of party. This year, hosts across the country will be holding offensive T-shirt parties, a new Halloween party idea that has come about in the wake of a new print T-shirt renaissance.

Roadkill T-Shirts

In recent years, young adult consumers have enthusiastically embraced a fashion subculture centered on offensive T-shirts. This niche industry caught on quickly due to a number of online stores like roadkilltshirts.com, which offers extensive catalogs of designs and allows customers to customize shirt styles, sizes and colors to their preferences. The popularity of these designs among the college set and other young, stylish communities eventually led to the proliferation of theme parties based on crazy T-shirts.

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An independent market research firm released third quarter statistics today of the top 10 computer vendors in the U.S. providing classroom technology.

The research ranks Premio ninth in shipments ahead of Sony and eighth in market share ahead of MPC and Sony. Premio is joined in the Top 10 by such companies as Dell, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Gateway and Acer. Rankings are based on shipments of desk-based PCs, mobile PCs and X86 32/64 servers.

Premio is consistently ranked as a top 10 computer vendor in the education market because of the persistent attention the company has given to the market over the last 16 years. Premio attends several education-related tradeshows and conferences each year to meet with a variety school representatives and introduce them to the affordable products and services Premio has to offer.

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The polls are closed and the results are in for the 2006 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards (http://www.linuxquestions.org/awards/). Among the winners are Ubuntu, Firefox, MySQL and OpenOffice.org. The Members Choice Awards allow members of the Linux community to choose their favorite products in a variety of categories including Linux Distribution of the Year, Office Suite of the Year and Web Browser of the Year. The total number of categories this year was 21.

"We've once again had a record number of votes cast this year," said LinuxQuestions.org Founder Jeremy Garcia. "Participation in this event has increased ever year we've done it and LQ is once again proud to recognize the large number of quality Open Source projects that exist. Congratulations to each and every project that was nominated," he continued.

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CFC Technology Corporation announced today that it is sponsoring in July and August a series of Webinars whose topics highlight solutions and practices that create enterprise-wide efficiencies and address concerns about assessing information security and maintaining high customer services levels.

"The integration of new solutions has the potential to deliver results in the form of improved efficiencies, saved time and money, and the elimination of outdated processes, as demonstrated by the recent successes realized by our SafetyVAULTâ„¢ Solution customers," said Bill Ristvedt, CFC Technology Corporation President. "The selection of technologies and the services that support them pose a possible impact on operations, affecting risk management procedures, productivity, and customer goodwill."

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Face Doctor is a line of skin cleansing products that was developed in China after 30 years of research. Face Doctor products include complexion soap, medicated surgeon's soap, beauty cream and shampoo. Cooke discovered these products at Pellow's Pharmacy in Walkerton while explaining her skin problem to the pharmacists there.

"Going through Pellow's Pharmacy . . . I was talking to them (pharmacists) about my face and they said to try this," Cooke explained.

Along with patchy red skin, Cooke also suffered from acne and very

sensitive skin. She couldn't use any perfumes or scented creams. She

purchased the Face Doctor beauty cream and complexion soap as a last

resort after many efforts to fix her skin. Although the soap alone cost $20, it was well worth every penny, Cooke said.

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House calls may be a practice of the past, but taking house calls is the new wave -- air wave -- that is. Dr. Daniel Secrest, D.C., owner and operator of Secrest Family Chiropractic, PC, will take to the Arizona air waves on KFNX, 1100 AM, starting Sunday, September 11, from 8:00-9:00 a.m.

"Listeners will be able to call with their health questions and learn the latest technical advances in holistic medicine," said Dr. Secrest. "If someone has an ache or pain from head to toe - and anywhere in between - I will provide answers from my personal experience and knowledge database, and hopefully direct them to their nearest practitioner."

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Wilshire Capital Group, Inc. and affiliate companies announced today that it has engaged with Hemi Energy Group, Inc. (www.hemienergy.com) to assist the company in the identification of a multiple of capitalization facilities requisite to pursue the acquisition of strategic oil and gas producing properties and/or E&P/ production management companies and to assist Hemi Energy Group, Inc. to develop/implement a developmental drilling program(s) in Woodson County, Kansas and Montgomery County, Kansas within the region of South Easter 5a8 n Kansas.

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Jennifer Hudson concert tour designer Butch Allen approached Rent What? Inc with a series of drape design concepts and a challenge: "This needs to look amazing, and we need to make this affordable for Jennifer's first US tour."

Silver Satin Stage Drapes from Rent What?

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Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American singer, songwriter and actress who came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of the FOX reality television series American Idol.

Rent What? partners Marce Forrester and Megan Duckett rose to the challenge, seeing this as a fantastic opportuntity to showcase their "tour ready" drape rentals, and the company's eagerness to "customize to suit" concert tour rentals.

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