National News Desk

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- A new employee benefit is coming for millions of American employees: access to affordable long-term care insurance. So says Dan Cahn, an industry expert. LTCI provides funds for in-home or nursing-home care in case of longer-lasting illnesses or disabilities not covered by regular health insurance. Cahn is Senior Vice President of Business Development for LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP).

AUSTIN, Texas -- They're all the rage. They're used by musicians, newscasters, business professionals, home theatre lovers and more. They're large format multi-touchscreen controllers and they're everywhere! And, Music Computing is the first company to deliver this revolutionary technology for amazingly low prices.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI), a leading provider and innovator of telecom software products and solutions, completed their Annual WinBill National User Group Conference in San Francisco with much fanfare, awards and product development announcements.

AUSTIN, Texas -- As more and more wind turbines are erected across the open plains, farmlands, and mountain ridges of the United States, the need for ironworkers with specialized construction skills has naturally grown, says the Iron Workers Union. Ask anyone knowledgeable about wind energy, and you'll quickly learn that the latest 'green' technology is nothing new to union ironworkers.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, has been approved by Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) to provide mortgage documents via e-delivery to loan applicants. The approval covers e-delivery for all mortgage documents, but typically, initial and pre-disclosures are the primary documents submitted to loan applicants electronically.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Renowned financial consultant Toussaint Gaskins has announced the release of 'The Personal Finance Kit: The Practical Management Resource Guide' (ISBN: 9781562297572) a user-friendly road map which he says is designed to 'educate, enlighten and empower' readers and help them reach their financial goals.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- While many may argue that print is a dying breed, the staff at Write Away, Inc. begs to differ; you just need to work all the angles. And, that's just what they did. PRAWNC recently recognized Write Away as the winners of its Online Marketing-Social Media category at a recent award ceremony.

SEATTLE, Wash. -- The seventh annual Le Vin a Son Apogee (Wine at its Best) wine tasting and auction will be hosted by Overlake Service League on Saturday, November 13, at Fremont Studios in Seattle. In its 6th year, this event offers tasters hundreds of international and northwest wines, rated over 90 points, poured by a team of leading sommeliers from the Puget Sound area.

AMES, Iowa -- Extended online tests of a newly developed instrument grading system for pork carcasses demonstrate its ability to differentiate pork loins relative to marbling levels. Researchers have long shown that marbling in the pork loin adds significantly to juiciness and flavor of chops.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Windy City Woman of Color, NFP an exclusive network for professional multicultural women in the Chicagoland area will be hosting its 2nd Annual Diamond Awards, which pays tribute to women of color who have made a positive impact on the community through their corporate and philanthropic efforts.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Del Mar DataTrac, Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable end-to-end mortgage lending automation solutions has completed the integration of its rules-based workflow automation platform DataTrac with Fannie Mae's EarlyCheck(TM) service. This EarlyCheck integration is included in DataTrac release 9.3R3, available for mortgage lender implementation beginning October 28, 2010.

SUMMERLAND, Calif. -- Healthy skin radiates a beautiful, natural glow. Skincare expert Danny Neifert, owner of the Skin Sanctuary of Taos and two-time winner of 'the Best of Taos' brings her luxury, results-driven treatments to the west coast this fall by opening a private practice at LASH Day Spa, located in Summerland, California.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- In the wake of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) recent alert, lithium battery shippers are finding it more difficult to ship their products. To avoid potential transport incidents, Lion Technology offers a two-hour webinar to teach the hazmat rules for ground, air, and ocean shipping. These live web seminars will be held Nov. 18th and Dec. 9th, 2010.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, is taking consumer insight to the next level by offering NetBase social media understanding and analysis of online consumer opinion, emotion and behavior to its marketing research clients.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Depth Public Relations (DepthPR), an Atlanta provider of public relations and marketing strategies for the mortgage lending and financial services industries, has pledged its financial support in a fundraising challenge presented by document preparation vendor International Document Services at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 97th Annual Convention and Expo.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- James M. Beale, CEO of JMB Brewcraft, didn't know what he was getting into when he traded in his teaching position for a life as a brewing entrepreneur - or did he? His patent-pending product (U.S. serial 12/789,329) was created by experimenting with some simple tools in his garage - the Brewcrafter beer-layering spoon was born.

DALLAS, Texas -- JDP Enterprises Publishing announces release of the second book in the Surfing Payment Channels series, 'Mastering the Fraud Tsunami' (ISBN: 978-0978869816). The series is being produced by financial services executive and payments expert, James D. Pitts. The series focuses on changes in the payments system as it evolves from paper to paperless.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- With the last month's latest report of unemployment stagnant at 9.6 percent, many are coping with being unemployed. SET, a leader in personal marketing, developed a 10-point list of common pitfalls those seeking employment can avoid to stay in the game. 'When you're between jobs you have the extra time you need to run a truly aggressive search,' CEO Robert J. Gerberg Jr. said.

LARGO, Fla. -- Savory Restaurant and Pizzeria has been honored by Celebration Media, U.S. (CMUS) as one of its 2010 Talk of the Town Award Recipients in the category of top restaurants. This is the second year CMUS has honored companies with the prestigious Talk of the Town Awards.

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The Future Research Group of the World Mind Network, a think tank composed of scholars from the Silicon Valley, Oxford, Harvard, Rutgers, the Universities of Tokyo and Lausanne, and Kansas State University, says that popular Internet and Smart Phone phenomena which have emerged in the last five years represent a quantum leap in the evolution of Homo Sapiens.