For the first time in history, an extraordinary lineup of musical artists will unite together on one stage in Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem Rocks! is a non-profit international music festival which will be set against the backdrop of the Teddy Kollek Stadium in Jerusalem on September 9, 2007. Much more then a concert, Jerusalem Rocks! is a cultural extravaganza celebrating the freedom of expression inherent in music and is committed to shedding light on Jerusalem as a beacon of peace.

According to Jacob Ner-David, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Jerusalem Rocks!, "While there have been festivals for peace and unity in the past, there has never been an event like Jerusalem Rocks! that brings this caliber of artists together in the Holy City. Our goal is for Jerusalem Rocks! to draw concertgoers from all parts of Israel, as we plan to demonstrate the city's ability to host major performances annually."

Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau (Tempe CVB) unveiled its new and improved, integrated Web site this month, following a meticulous development process with full-service interactive advertising agency Sitewire.

Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau

The new Web site puts power into the hands of its users and contains a wealth of information on all things Tempe. Visitors can plan a night out using the interactive Google maps page to customize their Tempe experience or even write in the blog. A tag cloud of popular searches gives visitors a glimpse of what's hot in Tempe.

Window Canvas, the recognized leader in Exterior Applied See-Thru Window Graphics for cars, trucks, and SUVs continues to set the pace for this fast growing industry. The company recently signed an exclusive contract with MHS Licensing to become the only Window Graphics manufacturer licensed to represent Americas foremost wildlife artists, the Hautman Brothers.

The Hautman Brothers Collection features over 300 wildlife images, including birds, butterflies, ducks, bears, tigers, equestrian scenes and more, all from original art created by the three talented brothers. In fact, Ducks Unlimited Magazine refers to James Hautman as the Tiger Woods of wildlife artists.

3 Advertising, a full-service, two-year old Albuquerque ad agency/design firm that has quickly gained a reputation for its local, regional and national client work, has added media director Sue K. Lewis as a fourth partner.

Lewis joined the agency in February of 2007. She has 20 years of media planning and buying experience, including previous roles as associate media director for Nike while at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, media director for Walt Disney Attractions in Orlando, senior vice president at Yesawich, Pepperdine & Brown, and most recently as media director for Young & Laramore/EchoPoint Media in Indianapolis.

MaxBounty.com, a leading Cost-Per-Action (CPA) based internet affiliate network, has launched a new Application Programming Interface (API). This new API allows affiliates to get detailed information on their network earnings and active campaigns programmatically, instead of having to access this information manually through MaxBounty's web interface.

"We realize that the unique challenges faced by affiliates require unique solutions", says Steven Sauve, Chief Technical Officer for MaxBounty. "We also realize that some affiliates want to put together these unique solutions themselves. From Facebook applications, to iPhone applications, to custom programs that compare marketing spend vs. earnings, to rewards program monitoring, the scope of utilities built by affiliates is extremely broad. The solid set of functions provided by the MaxBounty API gives these affiliates the ability to easily integrate their wide-ranging utilities with their network account information."

DULUTH, Minn. (PRWEB) November 18, 2005 -shirt slogans by a group of Pennsylvania girls, we now know that not every girl is satisfied with the offerings at the local mall.

But what’s the alternative? Recently, a wave of companies has begun offering products that carry positive, empowering messages for tween girls, such as:

Beacon Street Girls

G9 Girl

Miss O & Friends

Ever Girl

Pretty Tough

These companies are following in the footsteps of New Moon Publishing, which has successfully published a magazine by and for girls since 1993 and sold girl-affirming products since 1997.

Steelman Software Solutions Inc. (STEELMAN) today announced it has signed SMS Demag AG to it VAR Partner Program for value added resellers, solutions and consulting providers. As a new channel partner, SMS Demag AG (SMS) will significantly enhance its value proposition to customers by offering SSSI’s Steel Enterprise Management Systems (SEMS) software solutions.

SMS is STEELMAN first European VAR; currently STEELMAN is negotiating with other companies in India and the Middle East to join its partnership worldwide. STEELMAN has established a robust partner program that is committed to building and nurturing win-win relationships with channel partners and their end customers. STEELMAN’s VAR Partners focus on selling and implementing SEMS solutions to medium and large metal mills, processors and service center businesses that can benefit from better insight into corporate data, customer service, production and purchasing management .

Cytiva Software Inc. (CRX - TSX.V), a leading provider of on-demand talent management software solutions, announced today that the company has underwritten an important study by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). The goal of the report is to determine how companies are adopting and adapting employee performance management strategies in order to increase retention, maximize talent and gain insight into their organizational strengths and weaknesses.

The study, titled "Managing Employee Performance," will be available for a limited time beginning June 3rd at http://www.sonicrecruit.com or at http://www.aberdeen.com.

JumpTap, the leading mobile search and advertising company, today announced that it has closed a Series D round of funding in excess of $26 million. The investment was led by AllianceBernstein L.P. (NYSE: AB), one of the largest publicly traded global asset management firms in the world with approximately $694 billion in assets under management.

Jumptap

All existing investors also participated in the round including General Catalyst Partners, Summerhill Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Valhalla Partners, and WPP. This round reflects an increase to shareholder value and supports the ongoing growth of the organization and its significant position within the mobile advertising ecosystem.

Oridion Systems Ltd. (SIX Swiss Exchange: ORIDN) today announced that it signed an OEM agreement with a leading global manufacturer of resuscitation devices. With this agreement, Oridion Microstream® capnography solutions will be incorporated into a defibrillator monitoring system at a future date.

The patented Microstream® end tidal carbon dioxide (etCO2) measurement technologies and proprietary breath sampling (FilterLine®) products improve patient safety by providing the earliest assessment of a patient's ventilatory status in both intubated and non intubated patients.

Young parents often struggle with how much to teach their children and when to start. Are little ones truly ready to learn the alphabet at eighteen months of age? If you teach your child a few sight words at age three, are you pushing" or are you doing your job as a good parent? What does a child need to know before heading off to kindergarten? There is a confusing array of opinions about exactly what parents should and should not be trying to teach their children.

Instead of latching onto a specific skill or area, it is important for children to come to school ready to learn. Many kindergarten programs expect to teach the alphabet and other basic skills to the youngsters, but they hope students will come equipped with a love for learning, an understanding of books as communication tools, and a solid base of language skills. Educators talk of a group of skills called readiness skills" that will help ensure a childs school success.

With the overpopulation of dogs, cats and other animals in rescue shelters it may feel like an act of charity to adopt at pet during the Christmas holidays. But parents should proceed with caution.

Whether you are buying from a pet store, breeder or shelter, the decision to take home an animal should be well thought out and researched. Have you asked yourself; who will take care of the dog? Who will train it? What are the costs? Where will it live? What kind of dog would best suit my family?

Not asking these questions causes many parents to make the heartbreaking decision to give away the dog they thought was such a wonderful gift to their children.

The revolutionary online Forex trading platform eToro announced today that more than 50,000 customers have opened a trading account with it since its launce just four months ago. Learn forex. Practice forex trading.

“We were expecting lots of individuals to register with eToro, but the numbers took even us by surprise,” said Johnathan Assia, CEO of eToro. “I suppose eToro really is able to give people trading conditions they cannot get on any other platform.”

Priding itself on offering the first online forex trading platform that is simple and user-friendly, eToro can now boldly say that it was able to hold up to its premise. Innovative and unique, reliable and secure, eToro has become a symbol of excellence. In an era when electronic and technical cleverness rule and where bars are constantly being raised, eToro has become a leader of the industry. Not only does it continually challenge common conceptions and improve its services, it also perpetually redefines traders, trading, and the market.

Lucas Systems, Inc., the leading provider of voice-directed warehouse applications for open, mobile computers, today announced that Cornerstone Brands has completed a successful implementation of Jennifer™, the Lucas voice directed warehouse application, at its Tradeport fulfillment center in West Chester, Ohio. Picking accuracy with Jennifer has improved from 99.62 to 99.98 percent. Based on the immediate success of this initial voice picking project, and an expected return on investment of 1.2 years, Cornerstone is now expanding the use of Jennifer to its Fairfield facility.

Feedster, Inc., the pioneer of RSS search with the largest index of searchable feeds, today announced that Workbench (http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench) has placed first in its Feed of the Year competition for 2005. Since 2003, Feedster has selected a Feed of the Day to acknowledge an undiscovered blog or topical feed. The new Feed of the Year award was created to honor writers who have displayed continued excellence in blogging. Each 2005 Feed of the Day was reviewed by a panel of judges for uniqueness, freshness, presentation, usability, and community.

“An insider’s blog on blogging and the blogging business. Real news, well reported and written. Tons of comments, despite a complete feed,” said the Feedster judges in their praise of Workbench. “Every single item was news. A big winner, despite infrequent updates. Hey, good stories take time, kids.”

Raymond E. Lumsden's first book, "Stronger by the Day" has reached a milestone: selling more than 100,000 copies. The self-published memoir is not for the faint of heart. The 88,000-word, 292-page book is about abuse, neglect, courage and redemption.

Raymond's childhood is one that most kids could not even imagine:

o I could feel the steam warm my face as I stood on a chair beside the stove looking into the pot of boiling water. "Go ahead, stick your hands in there," my stepfather Kevin would order us individually. "This will teach you not to steal," he would scream. Sometimes I would cause a distraction to take his attention away from my siblings to stop their screams of pain. "Hurt me Kevin, hurt me instead!" I would cry out.

MEMS software provider, Coventor Inc., along with the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF), will award four 1 year licenses of Coventor's CoventorWare Designer/ Analyzer package to students during the COMS2008 conference. The scholarships are granted based on proposals submitted by students working in micro systems research around the world.

COMS08

To qualify for a scholarship, you must be a full-time student at a college, university, or vocational-technical institute and have a desire to research and develop novel micro system technology structures or processes. In addition, the faculty professor mentoring you must be a current MANCEF member. Membership forms are available at http://www.mancef.org/members.htm

The Diamond Ground Products Model DGP-3-V2 grinding system provides precision ground arc welding electrodes cut to length with high quality, consistent tip geometry for automatic arc welding. Available optional vacuum system provides the user with dust evacuation and storage.

Welding benefits include improved weld quality, reduced arc wander, superior arc starting, consistent of arc shape, longer electrode life and elimination of tungsten inclusions through reduction of electrode spitting/shedding. Free samples of system output are available to your specifications.

Montchanin, DE, USA - Impact Systems Inc., (www.impactinfosys.com), a leading provider of enterprise content management migration tools and services, today announced their Q-Config™ configuration management and migration software has received the "Designed for EMC® Documentum®" accreditation, a mark of quality and value that customers can depend on in enterprise applications. The "Designed for EMC Documentum" accreditation demonstrates that Q-Config™ has successfully met a comprehensive set of criteria for good design and quality integration.

Landover, MD (PRWEB) January 28, 2008 –- The Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation has announced that Dr. C. Everett Koop, 13th U.S. Surgeon General will attend the February 1st Anchor and Caduceus Dinner in Washington, DC and offer brief remarks.

Dr. Julie L. Gerberding, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will deliver the 2008 Dr. C. Everett Koop Honorary Lecture at the dinner. The Anchor and Caduceus Dinner celebrates the establishment of the PHS Commissioned Corps in 1889. Dr. Gerberding will be introduced by Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, USPHS, Acting Surgeon General and Commander of the PHS Commissioned Corps.