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National newswire stories from across the U.S., sourced from the Neotrope® News Network

Eco-friendly Floor Products Restore Concrete, Flagstone, Saltillo, Brick Patio and Garage Floors

TUCSON, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Southwest Design Flooring LLC, a full service flooring contractor, continues to develop innovative floor-restoration services and techniques. Most recently, the company has added a new service that restores old floors - Arizona Clean Tile. During the 1940s and 1950s, many homes were built with colored concrete floors - colors of timeless browns and reds. The colors they used were neutral and continue to be used today, especially in the southwest

Mortgage Banking Systems Releases ProClose Loan Closing Documents with Dynamic Signature Lines

MCLEAN, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Mortgage Banking Systems, Inc. (MBS), a leading mortgage closing software and technology company, is solving an industry-wide problem for lenders with the release of its most recent innovation to ProClose: Dynamic Signature Technology (DST). Until now, signature lines on mortgage closing documents have been fixed or static. The limitations were painful when signature requirements exceeded the space available, as in a Trust or Power of Attorney.

Grab Your Free Copy of Windows Backup Software to Protect Windows System

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS, security and storage management software producer, launches its free backup software for Windows users - EASEUS Todo Backup - to back up an entire PC and Server for free, including the operating system plus your data, applications, settings and everything! The newly developed free Windows backup software is especially designed for system state backup and system disaster restore by bootable CD, which means users no longer have to worry about a system crash.

The Utah Education Network and Respondus Partner to Reduce Cheating in Online Exams

REDMOND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Utah Education Network (UEN) has selected Respondus LockDown Browser to reduce common methods of cheating and copying during online assessments. The UEN consortium, which includes the 10 public universities from the Utah System of Higher Education, uses the Blackboard Vista course management system to deliver its online assessments.

CA$H-First LTCi Provides First-Day Cash Benefits at Affordable Rates

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- GoldenCare USA and American Independent Marketing are pleased to bring you a new portfolio of long-term care products from United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, a Mutual of Omaha company, which features a 'first day' cash benefit at affordable rates. Cash benefit policies have long provided maximum flexibility and peace of mind, but often were viewed as too expensive.

Griffin Pest Solutions to Demonstrate 130 Degree Bed Bug Heat Treatment at Bed Bug Seminar

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Griffin Pest Solutions will be performing a live demonstration of its thermal remediation process at 3 p.m. during the Bed Bug Invasion Seminar. Thermal remediation is used to kill bed bugs and other insects by heating rooms to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. The process kills all stages in the insect life cycle. The seminar will be held at the Grand Rapids Airport Hilton on August 25, 2009 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

‘Wireshark Edition’ Delivers 10Gbps Traffic Record and Replay – nPulse Networks extends PCAP Express Box Product Line

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- nPulse Network Systems, LLC, a leading developer of 10Gbps network sensors for monitoring, forensics and security applications, has announced the 'Wireshark Edition' of its popular PCAP Express Box appliance. Wireshark is the world's most widely-used network protocol analyzer and a reference standard in companies and institutions worldwide.

Perillo Tours Publishes New Off-Season Italy Bargains

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Perillo Tours, the largest operator of escorted journeys to Italy, released its off-season travel brochure for November 2009 - mid-April 2010 - the optimal time for traveling in Italy if you prefer no summer crowds, cooler temperatures and lower travel costs. This year Perillo Tours offers unmatched value with more inclusions than ever including guided visits to Florence's Uffizi Gallery housing the world's top Italian Renaissance art.

Statistics Suggest a Less than Stable Real Estate Market

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ForeclosureListings.com provides statistics regarding the most recent foreclosure and real estate prices throughout the United States. Just as the signals about the state of the economy seem to be mixed, the fluctuations in the real estate market do not seem to follow a set pattern either.

Spend More Time Gardening and Less Time Composting with Compost Bags

BALTIMORE, Md. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Are you concerned about the environment, but tired of traditional composting methods? Fear not. Less Work Gardening Inc. announces a new product that allows residential gardeners to speed up the composting process while actually spending less time doing it. Made in the U.S., these Compost Comfort(R) Compost Bags promote quicker composting through air and moisture - the keys to composting - and makes aeration as easy as 1-2-3.

BankForeclosuresSale.com Closely Analyzes Foreclosure Filings in 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- More than midway through 2009, BankForeclosuresSale reports that foreclosure filings are in the millions. When July 2008 foreclosure numbers are compared to July 2009, there is an increase of nearly 32 percent in foreclosure filings. And to date, Bank Foreclosures Sale reports that more than half of that activity has been reported in Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida.

TIC Interests, L.P. announces Nutty News for iPhone

HOUSTON, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TIC Interests, L.P. announces a new application: Nutty News for iPhone. The cost of the new application is 99 cents. With the new iPhone application readers will be able to read all of the bizarre and wacky news on their iPhone wherever they are. Nutty News for iPhone is updated all day everyday with new weird news stories from all over the world. When someone goes to Nutty News for iPhone, they will see all of the recent news story titles listed and a picture relating to the news story.

MortgageBoard.com Selects mXpo.net 2009 Trade Show for Mortgage Professionals’ Virtual Job Fair Venue

AVENTURA, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- MortgageBoard.com, the mortgage professionals' career website and Internet employment information resource for job seekers, employers and recruiters will conduct a virtual job fair on October 7 - 8 at mXpo.net 2009, the mortgage industry-sponsored virtual trade show, conference and educational content platform flagship event.

Highest Performing Metal Pipes for the Oil Patch with New DuraSeal Product says Ken Sachs

HOUSTON, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ask anyone who works on the production side of the oil business and they will tell you the key to success in the oil industry is extracting, producing and transporting, says Ken Sachs. The quicker and more cost effective it is the better. They will also tell you that while production costs can be controlled, well flow rates are often at the mercy of corrosion and pipe wear. A new product called DuralSil, made by DuraSeal.

Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor Names Christine Joseph, RN, as Clinical Administrator

COSTA MESA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor, a new multi- specialty outpatient surgery center committed to advancing surgical technologies and patient care available in South Orange County, has named Christine C. Joseph as clinical administrator.

James Allen to Reveal Ground-Breaking Technology That Will Revolutionize E-Commerce!

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- This fall, online jewelry retailer JamesAllen.com is making an unprecedented leap forward with innovations that promise to leave a lasting impression on the diamond industry and on e-commerce as a whole. These state-of-the-art technologies will make it easier than ever to buy diamond engagement rings online by providing a near-tangible presentation.

World’s Largest Construction Company Selects ENow’s Mailscape for Exchange Management

ORANGE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With over a century of experience, and 7 divisions spanning 80 countries, VINCI Construction's unrivaled level of expertise in building, specialized civil and hydraulic engineering, and facilities and project management, has allowed the French company to become the worldwide leader in the construction industry. VINCI Construction is the parent company of VINCI Construction France, whose dynamic growth, particularly in the area of job creation, is aiding in the expansion of VINCI's global presence.

mXpo.net Selects DepthPR to Promote Virtual Mortgage Trade Show to Mortgage Professionals, Mortgage Technology Vendors and Service Providers

AVENTURA, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- mXpo, the mortgage industry-sponsored virtual trade show, conference, job fair and educational content platform, has partnered with Depth Public Relations as the exclusive public relations provider for its 2009 industry-wide summit and expo for mortgage professionals on October 7 - 8.

Partition Administration and Optimization: Change Partition Size as You Desire

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Having a bad experience of low disk space of your system partition or other partitions? Seeking a way to change the partition size of the hard disk to optimize the partition to its full capacity, say, increase / extend / decrease / resize / move the partition of this kind, and so on? Apart from formatting, how does one change partition size as desired? No more worries: EASEUS Partition Master is a partition solution delivering high quality and affordable partition management.

mXpo.net Hosts Mortgage Lending 2009 Virtual Trade Show

AVENTURA, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- mXpo.net, the mortgage industry-sponsored virtual trade show, conference, job fair and educational content platform, will host its flagship industry-wide summit and expo for mortgage professionals on October 7 - 8. mXpo invites mortgage professionals from wholesale and retail originators and loan officers, loan processors and back office personnel, executives and owners, to mortgage technology and services vendors.