CARY, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- When workers handle hazardous waste or ship hazardous materials, training is not just a good idea, it's the law. According to the EPA, workers who handle hazardous waste must be trained annually, and the federal DOT requires that workers involved in the shipment of hazardous materials be trained at least every three years. Environmental Resource Center will present the mandatory training in Williamsburg November 17-19.

CHICAGO, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released a methodology and toolset to measure human capital effectiveness known as the Performance Optimization Framework. The Performance Optimization Framework is grounded in Six Sigma and is designed to help organizations improve the effectiveness of their talent development process.

VINELAND, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- While others, including the Federal Government, are talking about the need for a national treatment requirement for solid wood packaging, PALNET has sprung into action. As the only pallet company with the national capacity to handle large scale ISPM-15 heat treatment, PALNET has seen the coming of this important international safety measure and moved aggressively to be ready for its implementation.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company its patent for encryption key generation method. The newly issued US Patent No. 7,577,987 titled 'Key generation method for communication session encryption and authentication system' describes a new encryption key management system integrated with a two-factor authentication protocol.

CHICAGO, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released V11.2 of its proprietary analytics software, Metrics that Matter(R). Metrics that Matter 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.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Global Legal, a leading risk consulting and discovery management company, announced today that Robert J. Draper, formerly Managing Director of LEX On Demand, has joined the firm as National Director of Business Development. Draper will supervise a wide variety of assignments throughout the Southeast, Midwest and New York including data preservation, corporate investigations, fraud and detection, due diligence and regulatory issues.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A current draft of healthcare reform legislation in the House of Representatives may inadvertently result in multi-million dollar reductions in federal support for Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and children's hospitals around the nation, forcing them to cut critical services in a segment of the industry that has already achieved near universal coverage.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The fast paced world of real estate is about to move even faster thanks to new tools for the web that have just been released by industry leader ForeclosureListings.com. The Internet based foreclosure listing service has just released the first ever foreclosure API on the market. This tool joins the company's current offering of successful real estate widgets already in widespread use on the Internet.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine announced that the first baby conceived through IVF using Sildenafil (Viagra) on a woman to aid in embryo implantation will turn 10 next month. A technique developed and pioneered by Geoffrey Sher, MD, Sildenafil suppositories are administered during In Vitro Fertilization, prior to transferring embryos to the mother's uterus.

LAFAYETTE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Lion Technology, the nation's leader in regulatory compliance training, is presenting a unique four-day training series on the DOT, IATA, and IMDG regulations. On day one and two, Lion will cover the DOT rules during the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Certification" workshop. Students may attend one, two, or all three workshops. The training will be held in: Kansas City on Nov. 9-12; Detroit on Nov. 9-12; Cincinnati on Nov. 16-19; Pittsburgh on Dec. 7-10; and Chicago on Dec. 14-17.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia's small businesses are a critical part of the state's economy, and Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel will speak about the outlook for those businesses at a monthly meeting of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) Tuesday, October 27, 2009. GABB is the state's only professional organization and Multiple Listing Service dedicated to buying and selling businesses and franchises.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Markets Cooperative has added IDS, Inc., to its list of preferred service providers. This relationship will bring the cooperative membership greater benefits when contracting with IDS for its state-of-the-art document preparation technology. Similarly, CMC will provide best-in-class secondary marketing solutions to those banks, credit unions, and independent mortgage companies operating on the IDS platform.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A new booklet by author and business expert Marty Niedelman, 'Rx For Success,' is a clear concise manuscript to help anyone achieve their goals and aspirations. Many people work hard and struggle to survive. Others do things in a certain way and have all the wealth and fame. The author has combined the knowledge of many motivational books, tapes, courses, and lectures.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Depth Public Relations, an Atlanta, Georgia, provider of public relations, Internet search visibility and marketing strategies for the mortgage lending and financial services industry has signed Del Mar DataTrac, the leading provider of affordable loan automation solutions for mortgage lenders, banks, and credit unions.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- What's a widget? Foreclosure Deals announces some new features - its new widgets - created for easy and up-to-date foreclosure database access and mortgage rate information. 'Widgets are a great way to build a user's knowledge of the material on your Web site,' James Foxx, real estate expert with Foreclosure Deals, explains.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation (www.epeiusbiotech.com), an emerging leader in the field of targeted genetic medicine, announced today that Frederick L. Hall, President and CEO, and Dr. Erlinda M. Gordon, Medical Director, will be participating in the 8th Annual BIO Investor Forum being held October 28-29, 2009, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

FREMONT and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded networking and security software, and Cavium Networks (NASDAQ:CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications, today announced that TeamF1's customized Secure Gateway Solution (SGS) running on Cavium Networks' ECONA processor drives NETGEAR's FVS318G Gigabit VPN Firewall with DMZ, recently launched for the SMB market.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today Starlight Children's Foundation and New Gold Music Ltd. are excited to release the song 'Starlight,' sung by the legendary Dionne Warwick, and written by Dean Pitchford, prolific writer of Fame and creator of Footloose, and William Goldstein, whose versatile career includes the original music for NBC's Fame TV series. Ms. Warwick, Pitchford and Goldstein are donating 100 percent of their royalties to Starlight Children's Foundation.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- People in healthcare and energy might not be interested in considering other industries, since so many good jobs are being created there. But are they missing something? 'And for everyone else, why would you want to limit yourself to just one industry,' asks Robert Gerberg Jr., CEO of ITS. 'With so many industries in trouble or not hiring, many people searching for a job want or need to find one in a new industry. But even for those who don't, why not uncover all the opportunities out there for you?'

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that its USB fingerprint readers, the Hamster IV, Hamster Plus, OptiMouse Plus and Keyboard Plus, are now compatible with the Windows 7 operating system. SecuGen's family of USB fingerprint peripherals are now natively supported by Microsoft's Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) and will work with all versions of Windows 7.