WHITTIER, Calif. -- Marinello Schools of Beauty, the leading chain of beauty schools on the West Coast, recently had three of its brightest stars place in the 4th annual Junior Style Stars National Hair Competition. Marinello was the only beauty school with three students ranked in the top ten. The Junior Style Stars National Hair Competition is the largest cosmetology student competition in the world.

ELIZABETH, N.J. -- WAMFAC, a Jericho Road Ministries project, announced that Rutgers University-Newark, Office of Campus and Community Relations (OCCR), has joined the ranks of its impressive partners. Jericho Road Ministries and a diverse group of religious, nonprofit organizations, schools and municipalities throughout the state of New Jersey, are coordinating a multi-city, one-mile walk on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The Succession Planning Committee of the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) Board of Directors announced on Monday the selection of Heidrick and Struggles to lead the search for SEDA's next president and CEO. The process will begin immediately and is expected to take 90 to 120 days to name the selected candidate.

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Leading consulting and systems integration company Business and Decision has announced the global launch of its Mi-Case solution. This powerful web-based case management system, which enables offenders and service users to be tracked through interventions and treatments, is designed to facilitate more successful outcomes in multi-agency approaches covering drug and alcohol misuse, local government, and the justice system including police, courts and probation.

DALLAS, Texas -- What started out as therapy, ended up as a compilation of motivational writings in 'One Black Woman's Opinion' (ISBN: 978-0578-0412-09), by Valerie Stallworth Stephens. Written for all age groups, as well as men and women, the new book is designed to promote the power of positive thinking. Its mission is to motivate and to nurture the spirit.

LAFAYETTE, N.J. -- Lion Technology, the nation's leader in regulatory compliance training, is presenting a unique two-hour training program to address the latest domestic and international rules for shipping lithium batteries. A live Web seminar hosted through www.Lion.com will be held on June 8th, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST/EDT.

ORANGE, Calif. -- For mortgage professionals and lenders affected by the June 1 enforcement of regulations enacted to stem the spread of identity theft and reduce personal identity fraud, Comergence Compliance Monitoring, a leading provider of third-party originator (TPO) monitoring and due diligence solutions, is conducting a complimentary Red Flag Rules educational webinar on May 21, 2010 from 10 to 11 a.m. PDT.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- Village 1 Hour Cleaners has earned the prestigious Award of Excellence for Quality and Customer Service. This prestigious international award program is administered by the Clothing Care Council, a Washington D.C. based group. Dry cleaners must pass rigorous tests not only in the area of advanced dry cleaning but also in customer service. To date, approximately 140 companies around the world have attained the Award of Excellence.

MIAMI, Fla. -- Foreclosure Deals, a leader in providing listings of foreclosed homes for sale nationwide, reported today that foreclosure filings in April fell 9 percent from the previous month, and over 2 percent from April of 2009. The company also revealed that default notices, which mark the beginning of a new foreclosure, were down 12 percent from March and over 27 percent from the previous year, while bank repossessions of existing foreclosures hit a record high.

MANCHESTER, Vt. -- CONIX Systems, Inc., a leading international provider of payment processing solutions to the financial services industry and a pioneer in the creation of post-Check 21 exception management tools, will host the BAI webinar entitled, 'Acceleration of Exception Payment Processing: 'The Next Big Thing,'' on June 8 at 1:00 p.m. CST/CDT.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- CheapOair has been serving the student travel market for years, making it easy for student travelers to search and book low airfares online for domestic and international destinations. Graduating students eager to travel to Asia and explore this alluring and exotic destination can book cheap flights to Beijing through CheapOair.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- EASEUS Software, a provider of innovative and professional data recovery software, provides users one comprehensive data recovery freeware: EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition. Boasting all features of the licensed data recovery wizard, this free edition now allows users to recover 1GB of data for free; it is the first freeware data recovery application worldwide which provides more powerful data recovery solutions than any other free data recovery software.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- When Fireman Hospitality Group decided to open a new Bond 45 restaurant in Maryland, overlooking the marina on the banks of the Potomac River, their challenge was to take advantage of the view on the terrace all year long, not just the few months of seasonal weather. The solution: a conservatory, bringing the feeling and light of the outdoors into a room protected from the weather. To build the conservatories, Fireman's architects turned to Conservatory Craftsmen.

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Since 2007 the streets of New Orleans' French Quarter have seen a growing number of gorings from rolling bulls. San Fermin in Nueva Orleans 2010 (SFNO) promises to provide more of the same during the annual Running of the Bulls in New Orleans. Nola Bulls, LLC (Nola Bulls) presents its fourth homage to Pamplona's Sanfermines with events from July 9-11th, 2010.

DENVER, Colo. -- Mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp (TLC) signed six mortgage banker clients in the first quarter of 2010. TLC, a U.S.-based domestic mortgage fulfillment outsource operation, offers a parallel and variable cost alternative solution to lenders' maintaining back office and warehouse line management operations.

BOGOTA, Colombia -- In only two weeks, the Santos Presidential campaign has managed to slingshot the candidate across social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, hi5, Delicious and WordPress. Santos' Facebook fans were at 70,409 before the Web 2.0 campaign began, and now number 148,750 within 15 days.

SAINT-PETERSBURG, Russia -- Duality Software has released Calendarscope 5.0, a powerful Windows calendar application for business and home users. Calendarscope makes it simple to plan, schedule, and manage appointments, meetings, birthdays, anniversaries, and special events. Unlike other calendar programs that provide only token support for recurring events, Calendarscope lets you create single or recurring tasks and events, and manage them with ease.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released V12.0 of its proprietary analytics software, Metrics that Matter(R) Metrics that Matter(R) is an on-demand, SaaS (Software as a Service) Human Capital Analytics system that allows you to cost-effectively measure and increase the impact of your human capital processes from recruiting to leadership development.

DENVER, Colo. -- Mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp (TLC) has been chosen by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) to provide outsourced mortgage purchase review services. MassHousing is an independent, quasi-public agency that provides financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts. TLC is a U.S.-based domestic mortgage fulfillment outsource operation that offers back office and warehouse line management operations.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Del Mar DataTrac, Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable end-to-end mortgage lending automation solutions, and an industry pioneer in business intelligence, document imaging and management, and loan process workflow tools, is an exhibitor at the May 16-18 Texas MBA's 94th Annual Conference in San Antonio (Booth 26). DMD experts will demonstrate and discuss specific loan production improvements for mortgage bankers seeking growth in a slow market.