National News Desk

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Should companies still undertake diversity training in tough economic times? According to Robin Parker, Executive Director of the Beyond Diversity Resource Center, the answer is 'Yes, and more so.' Parker says that layoffs and company downsizing create job stress and greater cultural conflicts. 'Diversity training is especially critical in tough economic times,' said Parker.

DENVER, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Author and retired detective, Jim Benish, announces the release of a new book, 'Closed Eyes: Who's Killing Our Children?' (ISBN: 978-0-982-4249-0-2). In the book, the author examines the murder cases of two Colorado children - Tracy Neef and Alie Berrelez - and discovers striking similarities to the JonBenet Ramsey murder. He discusses a possible suspect and explains the connections.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On June 1st CareerPerfect rolled out its new Web site as part of an ongoing commitment to providing best-of-class and highly accessible resume writing services, job search guidance, and quality career advice. For more than eight months, the company's product, development, and operations teams collaborated on design, content, and technical changes, which have improved the user experience.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ServiceFlags.com announced today its support of a measure introduced in Congress that would allow service flags to be flown by home owners without restriction. U.S. Representative, John Boccieri, recently introduced this bill that would ban neighborhood or homeowners' associations from restricting the flying of service flags.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. and CHARLOTTE, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Jimmy Jazz, a leading urban clothing and footwear retailer, will be adding 2 more stores in the state of North Carolina. The new locations will be opening on June 18th at Carolina Place Mall in Pineville and Charlotte's Northlake Mall. Since the start of 2009, Jimmy Jazz has added stores in Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem. Other locations in the North Carolina market include Fayetteville, Cary and Greensboro.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CA Boom Show Tickets went on sale last week on the show's Web site, $20/day in advance, compared with $25/day at the door. The show has grown exponentially in its complexity and 'hipness,' combining everything relating to contemporary and non-traditional design under one roof, including visits to never-before seen, stunning architectural home in the Los Angeles area.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Fisherman's Quarters II is stepping up to the plate with their new Web site launch. Customers can now view menus online, check in for customer promotions and listen to their infamous jingle that promises to get people hooked. The menu at Fisherman's Quarters II is diverse and in addition to seafood, landlubbers will find steaks, pasta dishes and delicious salads and sandwiches.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today, EASEUS released its upgraded version EASEUS Partition Master 4.0.1 to build on its success as a high quality, affordable, scalable partition management utility; now embedded with improved technology to resize and move both FAT and NTFS partitions without data loss; and new technology to extend a NTFS system partition without reboot, copy dynamic volume to basic disk and resize the basic disk.

SAN MARINO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Epeius Biotechnologies announced today that its lead product, Rexin-G, has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a second-line treatment for advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. The FDA Fast Track program, like Priority Review and Accelerated Approval, was implemented to facilitate the development and expedite the review of potentially important new drugs.

RALEIGH, N.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In an effort to raise environmental awareness, Trance Fury, a TFR Records artist, recently released, 'Mother Earth and Father Time.' The CD has gained national attention and the Weather Channel is currently featuring the track, 'Carolina Shore,' on its Local on the 8s from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. All tracks evoke a sense of time and place. This new age-style music, often associated with environmentalism, is intended to create inspiration, encourage relaxation and to promote positive feelings.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today, EASEUS released its upgraded version of EASEUS Partition Master 4.0.1 Server Edition, which provides innovative features to maximize server performance and minimize server downtime. EASEUS is a partition solution provider committed to delivering high quality and affordable partition management utilities. They have not disappointed Windows server users with their latest server partition manager, featuring new technology to extend the C drive which is NTFS without reboot.

SUZHOU, China (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PrettyMay Inc., the provider of Windows-based Skype PBX and Gateway products, today announced a new Skype PBX Gateway solution, powered by Sangoma(R) Technologies Corporation A200 and B600 series analog cards. Equipped with the Sangoma voice cards, the gateway now integrates seamlessly with existing PBX systems, as well as with external legacy networks.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A dark and brooding adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Snow White, will go into production this October. Several horror/fantasy film blogs broke the news about the new independent film production from Goodnight Film earlier this month. Connecticut filmmaker A.D. Calvo will introduce a much darker twist to the original Grimm fairytale, incorporating such controversial - but sadly topical and relevant - themes as drug abuse and teen suicide.

BOONTON, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IP TV network, or a mobile handset will generate more than $78 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the U.S. markets over the next six years, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. Streaming media refers to the transmission of digital audio and video files over an IP network or wireless network in real time or on-demand, while prohibiting users from storing the files locally.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- According to research by ForeclosureListings, during the last two years, the housing market has been suffering due to increasing numbers of foreclosure properties glutting the market. While this has been bad for homeowners who are losing their properties at unprecedented rates, investors have benefited from this trend. Housing values have gone down dramatically making many affordable for investors who can convert them into profitable rental properties and other investments.

CHICAGO, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Publisher Bob Skilnik, president of Gambrinus Media, announced his candidacy today for the role of United States 'Beer Nutrition Czar.' President Obama might soon be looking for another Czar who can help clarify the innumerable misconceptions about beer's historic role as a beverage of moderation, hopes Skilnik (although he has little faith that the President won't be able to resist saying 'more taxes' and 'beer' in the same sentence).

TAMPA, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Home foreclosures continue to rise and people continue to lose their jobs. That's why Campbell Law Firm, P.A., one of the nation's leading loss mitigation law firms, is making every effort to help people stay in their homes, primarily through loan modifications. These modifications reduce a homeowner's monthly mortgage payment and stop a pending foreclosure.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Centaur Art Galleries is pleased to present the art work of Andy Warhol, who passed away in 1987, and his former assistant, Steve Kaufman. The exhibition of the 'Master' and his 'student,' reunited at last and exhibited together, is Centaur Art Galleries' most ambitious undertaking in more than 20 years.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Bioenergy Life Project announces the first community event to document the benefits of Bioenergy therapy on Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. The event will last from July 13th to 16th 2009 at the Marina Del Rey Hotel, Marina Del Rey, Calif. The Bioenergy Life Project offers the public a free opportunity to experience a unique, safe and gentle alternative solution to long term, chronic illness.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ThirstMonger is a division of GTG Beverages, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based ABARTA. ABARTA operates multiple Coca-Cola(R) beverage companies which includes the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo and is ranked as the 8th largest bottler of Coca-Cola in the United States. CityMade will warehouse, inventory and store ThirstMonger products in its Buffalo-based warehouse and will process, pack and ship orders directly to customers.