National News Desk

MONTEREY, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Otter Project today announces that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be conducting public hearings regarding the failed 'No-Otter' Zone in Ventura, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz on September 27, October 4 and October 6, 2011 respectively.

VIENNA, Ohio, Sept. 23, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Litco International's (www.litco.com/litkit) One Kit Fit® alternative to bolting a frontload or top loading washing machine drum in place during transit is now available to moving professionals through a nationwide network of distributors.

LADY LAKE, Fla., Sept. 22, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Mother and daughter country legends Naomi and Wynonna Judd will make their final scheduled Central Florida stop on their Last Encore Tour, October 15, as headliners of The Grand Oaks Festival featuring The Judds, to benefit the Alliance Healthcare Foundation.

FAIRMONT, W.Va., Sept. 22, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security is pleased to announce availability of a new and improved version of their Steganography Analyzer Real-Time Scanner, StegAlyzerRTS, the world's only commercially available network security appliance for detecting digital steganography in real-time.

ROCKLEDGE, Fla., Sept. 22, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LRM Industries International, Inc., headquartered in Rockledge, Florida, is the Society of Plastics Engineers 2011 Parts Competition Winner in heavy gauge vacuum forming, as a Gold Medalist.

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services - a Managing General Agent specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries - today announced that Managing Principal Mike McMullen was named by Risk & Insurance magazine as a 2011 Risk Innovator.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- One of the oldest Muslim-American organizations in the USA, the Muslim Foundation of America, in conjunction with multi-cultural television channel Bridges TV, has announced details for the 26th annual United American Muslim Day Parade, taking place in New York City at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 25, 2011.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- What comes to mind when you think about comfortable shoes? Thick soles? Ugly styles? Chunky designs? Yes, 'comfortable shoes' have been given a bad rap and are habitually associated with a lack of style in exchange for comfort. Well, online shoes site, Most Comfortable Shoes, is giving this theory a run for its money.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EaseUS Software, a leading provider of storage management, data recovery, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions, today announces it is easy to fully protect network data with EaseUS Todo Backup, an advanced backup software with comprehensive and easy to use backup features to backup network data in several ways, such as schedule backup, full backup, incremental backup and differential backup.

BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The University of California at Berkeley, in partnership with the World Mind Network, is becoming the nexus of a new movement aiming to maximize the vast power embedded in commonly used Web and Smart phone technologies to effect useful change in the world.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ecologic Leasing Services announced today that its subsidiary, Ecologic Vendor Services, has signed a long-term agreement with Boart Longyear Financial Services (BLFS), a global vendor captive financing organization. BLFS will offer their customers competitive financing solutions for Boart Longyear mineral exploration drilling equipment.

CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Financial author Robert Stowe England will host a book discussion and signing event for his soon-to-be released tome 'Black Box Casino' (ISBN: 978-0313392894) at the Mortgage Bankers Association's 98th Annual Convention and Expo in Chicago. The signing will take place on Oct. 10 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the East Tower at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Wearing sagging pants has not only been outlawed in Florida public schools, but the Metropolitan Etiquette Authority recently launched a New York City-wide poster campaign to 'Pull up Your Pants.' Additionally, a San Francisco musician, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, was recently booted off Southwest Airlines because his pants were hanging too low. Well, there may now be a solution to these problems - DUKEXXX's 'No drag sagg.'

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Softway Solutions, a web design, web and mobile application development and multimedia company in Houston, Texas, has announced its plans to invest in and grow Blazing Forge Games (BFG), a leading developer of popular video games for multiple platforms, including Xbox Live and the Windows Phone 7.

MEXICO, Mo., Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, whose job-creation strategy has focused on investing in science, technology and innovation, and encouraging and incentivizing entrepreneurship, selected Soy Labs and the Missouri Plant Science Center on Friday, as the site to discuss the importance of the Missouri House passing the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA) as part of the Made in Missouri Jobs Package.

MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Southeast Computer Solutions (SCS), the largest authorized Sage Business Partner in Miami, announced today the availability of an interface between Sage Intergy Practice Management and Sage ERP MAS 500. It was developed and designed by SCS to allow system users to view and analyze financial data collected from both systems daily without duplicate data entry.

CHARDON, Ohio, Sept. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- e2b teknologies was named to Accounting Today's annual VAR 100 list ranked at 77. This is the first year that e2b teknologies has been included on the exclusive list and is just one of many accolades received this year following a second appearance on the national Inc. 500/5000 list of fastest growing companies.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 19, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- VLP Law Group LLP is very pleased to announce the expansion of its Intellectual Property practice with the addition of Dr. Kent H. Cheng as a partner. Dr. Cheng joins VLP from Cohen Pontani Lieberman and Pavane LLP where he was a partner representing clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and high tech industries.

KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 19, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- If one of your aging parents suddenly needs help with the tasks of daily living, who will provide it? You? 'If that's your default plan,' says Craig Smith, President of LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP), 'be prepared for sticker shock. Your services don't come free.' LTCFP is one of the nation's largest and most experienced long-term care insurance agencies.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dawn Westerberg, president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, will be speaking at the North Carolina Association of CPAs (NCACPA) 2011 Members in Business and Industry Conference September 22 - 23, 2011 in Asheville, N.C. One session, 'Putting Social Media to Work for Your Business' will focus on Social Media.