Aural Night is a composer, pianist, and a keyboard player hailing from Finland. His recent debut album, Voyage, is a masterful rollercoaster ride of melodies, evocative sounds, and peaceful soundscapes. The genre is film music – a blend of Classical and New Age. Film music without the movie? That’s right.

American indie label Peacework Music (http://www.peaceworkmusic.net) has found considerable talent in this artist and has signed a non-exclusive contract with Aural Night. Peacework Music is one of the new ‘Fair Deal’ labels offering non-exclusive contracts and 50/50 profits. Peacework Music manufactures CDs on-demand so artists don't have to send their albums in bulk. The label has worldwide distribution, covering US, Europe, and Asia, including China, with over 1 billion potential customers in China alone. Soon this album 'Voyage' by Aural Night will be available for purchase all over the world - a gigantic distribution effort by an independent label and a relatively unknown artist.

myGeek (www.mygeek.com), one of the largest keyword-targeted, site-specific advertising networks online, today introduced the launch of Cost-Per-View Text (CPV Text) advertising. Cost-Per-View (CPV) is keyword-based advertising that is purchased on a ‘per-view’ or impression basis. CPV Text is keyword-targeted, text-based advertising that can be displayed in a variety of existing ad locations and formats on a publisher’s website. CPV Text allows the advertiser to control where their ads appear, even down to the individual page if they choose, based on the keywords that they bid on.

Evantage Consulting (www.evantageconsulting.com) announced that Lori Baker has joined the company’s growing usability practice as a User Experience Analyst. Lori will be responsible for helping clients make their websites and software applications more intuitive and easier to use.

“We’re delighted to have Lori join our team. Her breadth of experience combined with her commitment to usability and client service make her a great fit for our clients,” said Robin Carpenter, Evantage Consulting’s Managing Partner.

Balgord Software Solutions, a software consulting firm specializing in implementing business management solutions for commercial and nonprofit organizations, has announced the addition of Sage MIP Fund Accounting to its portfolio of product offerings.

"Based on our past expertise in the nonprofit sector implementing Sage Accpac ERP, it was a natural choice to add Sage MIP Fund Accounting to our product offering," said Annette Balgord, principal of fully Canadian-owned and operated Balgord Software Solutions. "The addition of Sage MIP Fund Accounting allows nonprofits a choice in software applications to best meet the needs of their growing organizations, to comply with stiffening government reporting regulations and to accurately track and apply multiple funds across multiple budgets."

Melanie Benson Strick, founder of Success Connections, is used to getting BIG results - both for herself, and for her clients. She's known as the Million Dollar Lifestyle Business coach because she knows designing your business around your life is the only way to go. Now, she is sharing with entrepreneurs how they can delegate what they don't like, concentrate on their strengths and earn more by having a whole lot more fun. The free teleclass series entitled "The Four Secrets to a Real 6 and 7 Figure Lifestyle Business" is specifically designed to give small business owners the tools and strategies they need to create the ULTIMATE Lifestyle Business so they can spend more time doing what they love and less time doing what they hate.

Canaan Partners, a $2.3 billion global venture capital firm, today announced that Mickey Kim, MD has joined the firm as a Principal in its Westport, CT office. Dr. Kim will work with Canaan's global teams to identify healthcare trends and pursue investment opportunities, particularly in the biopharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare services, and diagnostic sectors in the U.S. and Asia.

"Mickey brings to Canaan a unique mix of investing, entrepreneurial, consulting, and technical experience in both the U.S. and Asia," said Stephen Bloch, venture partner at Canaan. "Our healthcare investment team has an outstanding track record with nine positive exits in the past three years. Mickey's unique background will help us to build an even stronger global investment portfolio, as we continue to invest in companies that are innovators in the healthcare field targeting unmet medical needs worldwide. We are very fortunate to have attracted him to our team."

Mockingbird Station, the original mixed-used, transit-oriented development in Texas, will host a mobile workshop May 7 (1 - 4 p.m.) in conjunction with the Urban Land Institute's 2008 Spring Council Forum. Participants from Alabama to New Mexico, representing private and public land use and real estate projects, will take a special Dallas Area Rapid Transit train to Mockingbird Station for a guided tour of the property's residential lofts by its developer Ken Hughes. Hughes will discuss the Station's development and results, including the intricacies of combining many uses and urban density on a suburban infill site.

DVR Learning, LLC, and the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) School of Continuing Education announces the Certificate in Sales and Service Excellence, an innovative new program to provide comprehensive sales skills development in a customized online format.

To ensure performance change in an online environment, the curriculum features a blended approach including assessment, e-learning, coaching, feedback, peer support, social networking and evaluation.

"This is an innovative approach incorporating all of the right elements of training. Now that it is in an online format, it is even more timely, enabling companies to do more with less without sacrificing exceptional training design and coaching," says Jan Allen, Executive Director of the Department of Business, Engineering and Technology for UWM.

Servane Cross, Inc. (www.servanecross.com), a leader in Healthcare Recruiting and Executive Search' has launched a new office in Redding, CA in response to the growing needs of the region.

Sung Kim, Managing Partner at Servane Cross, Inc. will oversee the client services aspect of the Redding office. "With the staggering shortage of qualified and available healthcare workers it is critical now more than ever for employers to partner with a competent and cost effective staffing provider. This is where Servane Cross can add value to an organization."

International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global leader in professional training in the areas of Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Office Project and Project Server, PRINCE2®, and Lean Six Sigma, today announced the launch of its newest course, Agile Development and Project Management, further expanding the company's broad portfolio of learning solutions.

As IIL's first offering to touch upon Agile development, the course will provide an introduction to the Agile approach and will explore how it can help project managers do more with less and enhance their traditional development and project management philosophies and practices.

NEW YORK. Sometimes it's the pursuit of life's simple pleasures that can be the most motivating and rewarding. Walt Goodridge knows that all too well. Walt was a frustrated employee who hated his job, liked his boss even less, and, above all else, yearned for the simple pleasure of having the freedom to go see movies in the middle of the day!

In the current issue of Entrepreneur's Be Your Own Boss Magazine (Winter 2002), Walt recounts: "By all accounts I should have been happy. I was an Ivy League graduate with an engineering degree, earning a decent salary and with a bright future. The truth was, however, I hated my life. I didn't like my job, didn't have the time to do the things I really enjoyed. And, with all the debt I was in, I was living from paycheck to paycheck.

How often do you go to the store and pass on new products because you always only buy one particular brand? Or, do you only drive one make of car because thats the only type of car your father ever drove? Chances are, this is not the case with you. Youre more likely to base your decisions on need or cost rather than brand. Realize that youre not alone. Todays consumers are becoming increasingly less loyal to brands.

So if your company has a particular product or service, how can you gain some of that customer loyalty back? Strategic marketing consultant Dennis Flynn helps business leaders identify the branding challenges of tomorrow and shows them how to leave a lasting impression and stay in the game. In his book, Brand Clout: Maintaining Relevance and Profitability Amidst Constant Change (Cameo Publications, $17.95, ISBN 0-9744149-5-6), Flynn offers the ten rules of continuous relevance," which will help business leaders make the necessary changes to move their brands to the top of the pile and gain customer loyalty.

The press and public are invited to the Brickbottom gallery on October 30th from 7-9pm for an opening reception of the Directory Exhibition Show.

The event will feature the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s presentation of the Gold Star Award to the Brickbottom Gallery for its innovative and creative programming. The award recognizes the work of the Somerville Arts Council, Brickbottom Artists Association and gallery curator Debra Olin.

On hand for the award ceremony will be representatives from the MCC, the Somerville Arts Council, the Mayor’s Office of the City of Somerville, as well as noted artists.

Online singles websites have been in decline in recent years. Much like the fate of network television following the onslaught of cable, broad-appeal services have lost ground to niche sites that target specific demographic groups. One niche-dating directory that is growing in popularity is Fitness Singles (www.fitness-singles.com). Here, Chris Mattioli of Fitness Singles answers questions related to the online dating game.

How did Fitness Singles get started?

We formed Fitness Singles because we are personally committed to the fitness lifestyle, and noticed that fitness was underrepresented in the online dating field. As single women or men would view fitness as a desirable characteristic in a prospective partner, they decided to launch a site tailored to the fitness lifestyle.

WebAssist has released version 3 of their best-selling eCommerce software, WA eCart and WA eCommerce Suite. These Dreamweaver extensions enable web professionals to build better online stores, faster. With real-time shipping quotes from FedEx and UPS and same-site checkout, WA eCart gives designers total control over the entire online store shopping experience. WA eCommerce Suite enables web professionals to create complete, powerful eCommerce websites quickly and easily.

WebAssist set out to solve some of the most complex ecommerce issues in the market today, while delivering a solution that can be completely customized and completed in a fraction of the time that it would take with other products. WA eCart 3.0 now includes an administrative backend example that demonstrates how easy it is to empower storeowners to manage their product catalog, orders and customers over the Web.

Pop-up windows are a constant inconvenience to normal usage of the Internet. Pop-up Killer Pro was designed to stop unwanted popup window ads, so customers can surf the Internet rapidly and without the annoying ads. Once the Pop-up Killer Pro software is downloaded, it provides the user control over what goes on their PC.

Antivirus Email is a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services. It is including pop-up blocker software as a component of its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Antivirus Email.

My name is Dr. Valda Crowder and I am a board certified Emergency Medicine physician that has a 46 year old aunt in Los Angeles, CA that was recently diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer called gliosarcoma. I spoke with my aunt's primary care physician, oncologist and neurosurgeion at Cedar Sinai Medical Center who all admitted that they had never seen a case of gliosarcoma, were unsure of the treatment, recurrence rate, or prognosis. I researched gliosarcoma and found that it had a 6 mos survival and no existing successful therapies. I found several clinical trials for my aunt to consider. That is when the problems with insurance company began to surface.

Rolly Pollies, Severna Park's premier children's gym and birthday party facility, went global for the first time connecting Jennifer Bonfigli, a Military Mom currently deployed to Iraq, with her daughter Halle in celebration of Halle's 4th Birthday. Jennifer, 7 hours ahead of EST, and her husband Travis arranged to "connect" via internet webcam during the Birthday Party to share in Halle's special day.

Weeks earlier, Travis contacted Rolly Pollies and asked if it was possible to use his text chat and webcam on his computer in the Rolly Pollies facility during the party. "We were proud to accommodate this request," said Alison Meagher, owner of Rolly Pollies. "We couldn't think of a better service to offer than bringing a mother who is serving our country in Iraq together with her family in America during this special occasion." Rolly Pollies created a make-shift network to connect to the Internet in their party room so the family could communicate in real time. "The party was fantastic as are the Rolly Pollies staff-members who were able to help make this happen. Halle had an awesome time and I know her friends did as well." Said Dad Travis Bonfigli.

ClinfoSource (www.clinfosource.com), provider of online Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training for clinical research professionals, has entered into a licensing agreement with Quintiles Transnational Corporation (Quintiles). Under the terms of the agreement, ClinfoSource will grant Quintiles licensing rights to use its GCP course content for the internal training of Quintiles employees worldwide.

"Quintiles is a global leader in pharmaceutical services and it is our privilege to offer a quality training program for its employees around the world", said Dr. Kay Ranganathan, President of ClinfoSource. "We are confident and delighted that our training courses will contribute solidly towards Quintiles' continued commitment to enhancing their regulatory and corporate compliance".

Crossroads Enterprise, Inc. today announced webinetry.com, its all-new online channel for fine custom cabinetry. Webinetry.com is a consumer focused online store; the first of its kind poised to create a new era for cabinetry purchasing experiences. Webinetry.com was created for US consumers who want it all: quality, savings and convenience; and is part of Crossroads' strategy in fulfilling its mission of making luxury affordable and widely available to American consumers.

The Euro inspired Beyond Collection integrates hundreds of possible combinations of exotic veneers, gloss and matte colors, metals and unique profiles that convey this popular style at remarkable prices.