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iLinc Partnership with Evolment Expected to Foster Growth of Web Conferencing in Western Europe: Evolment to Showcase iLinc Web Conferencing at Expo eLearning Forum in Barcelona April 3-5   iLinc Communications, Inc. (AMEX:ILC), a leading provider of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing services, today announced that it has entered into a partner agreement with Evolment Soluciones Tecnologicas S.L, a Barcelona-based technology software and services provider, that will enable Evolment to sell iLinc's award-winning suite of Web conferencing products to potential clients in Western Europe. Evolment, which provides software and services to large enterprises, mid-to-small size businesses, government agencies and universities, will focus initial sales in Spain and Portugal. 2008-04-03

Macfarlan Capital Partners Announce Purchase of Select Centex Destination Properties Assets: Macfarlan Forms TerraMesa Resorts to Manage Exclusive Destinations and Second-Home Communities Located on Lakes, Ocean-front and Mountains
Macfarlan Capital Partners, L.P., a Dallas-based private real estate investment firm, announced today the purchase of five exclusive resort and second-home communities in three states. These newly acquired properties will become part of TerraMesa Resorts brand, a resort development and management company formed by Macfarlan. Please visit www.terramesaresorts.com 2008-04-03

BioTime, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent With International Stem Cell Corporation for Joint Production and Distribution of Stem Cell Products
BioTime, Inc. (OTCBB:BTIM) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Embryome Sciences, Inc., have signed a letter of intent with International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lifeline Cell Technology (Lifeline) to jointly produce and distribute a wide array of research products from human embryonic stem cell technology. 2008-04-03

Raven Moon's Licensee: YOUNG AMERICA MUSIC USA .COM Has Signed ``Radio Icon'' Casey Kasem to Record With GINA D(R) -- Company Thinks This Ground Breaking CD Could Make Them America's First "Spoken Word Recording Idols"   Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:RVEN) announced today that its licensee MADE IN AMERICA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC d.b.a. YOUNG AMERICA MUSIC USA .COM has signed "Radio Icon" CASEY KASEM to record a new spoken word music CD with GINA D(R) star of the worldwide hit television series 'GINA D'S KIDS CLUB(R).' The recording called "YOUNG AMERICA narrated by CASEY KASEM and featuring GINA D" was written and produced by executive producers Joey and Bernadette DiFrancesco with additional lyrics by Lorre Crimi and Frank Akrey, is part of a thirteen song collection. Plans are now underway for a June release that could make CASEY KASEM and GINA D America's first "Spoken Word Recording Idols." 2008-04-03

PsychoGenics Appoints Mark Day, Ph.D. as Senior Director, Cognitive Neuroscience: This New Appointment Reflects the Company's Commitment to Cognition   PsychoGenics Inc., announced the appointment of Mark Day, Ph.D., as Senior Director, Cognitive Neuroscience. This appointment reflects the company's expansion and commitment to the cognitive neurosciences. 2008-04-03

Mumboe Uses OpSource Billing to Streamline Software Purchase Process: New stand-alone billing solution helps on-demand application provider deliver affordable solutions to corporate consumers
OpSource(TM) today announced that Mumboe, a leading provider of document collaboration software, is the first company to implement OpSource Billing(TM) as a stand-alone service. OpSource Billing is an end-to-end subscription management, metering and payment solution available as a stand-alone service as well as an integrated component of OpSource On-Demand(TM). Mumboe uses OpSource Billing to process customer subscriptions and credit card payments for its Web-based application, which helps companies track and manage business agreements with customers, partners and employees. 2008-04-03

Skyscape Brings Johns Hopkins POC-IT Guides to Mobile Network: Popular ABX and HIV Guides, Continuing Medical Education Now Available on Mobile Platforms including Smart Phones   Skyscape(R), the worldwide leading service for trusted medical information by specialty for mobile devices announced today that it is the exclusive mobile service provider of the popular Antibiotic (ABX) and HIV Guides. Developed by the Johns Hopkins POC-IT (Point of Care Information Technology) Center, the Guides are electronic evidence-based, easily navigated clinical decision support tools to help health care professionals raise the standards of care and improve patient safety. The agreement enables Johns Hopkins to extend the reach of its highly regarded specialty-based medical content into Skyscape's rapidly expanding network of mobile professionals using wireless devices and smart phones to access information. 2008-04-03

TTES, Gas and Oil Well Control Company, Named Top Pick in New Special Report: Free Growth Report Covers "The Top 3 Small Cap Stocks Warren Buffett Wishes He Could Buy Today"
Ian Wyatt, Chief Investment Strategist for Growth Report, has just released his latest free special report for investors looking for cover in the looming recession. "The 3 Small Cap Value Stocks Warren Buffett Wishes He Could Buy Today" presents three small cap investment ideas based on the investing strategies used by the world's greatest investor. 2008-04-03

WorthPoint Corporation Names Founders of San Francisco-based Marks4Antiques.com as Worthologists
WorthPoint Corporation, the world's number one online community for information on pricing and preserving art, antiques and collectibles, has named Alex and Elizabeth Papalexis, founders of San Francisco-based Marks4Antiques.com, as Worthologists. 2008-04-03

AdMedia Partners Advises Interactive Marketing Agency Spunlogic in Acquisition by Engauge Marketing   Engauge Marketing, LLC, a marketing solutions agency owned by Halyard Capital and focused on brand and customer engagement, has acquired interactive marketing agency Spunlogic. AdMedia Partners (http://www.admediapartners.com), a New York financial advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions for digital and traditional media, marketing and information businesses, represented Spunlogic in the acquisition. 2008-04-03

Twofish, Inc. and VastPark Announce Twofish Elements(TM) License Agreement: VastPark Toolset to Integrate Twofish's Plug-and-Play Economic Engine   Twofish, Inc., the first-of-its-kind economic platform provider for online entertainment properties, today announced a licensing agreement with virtual world platform developer VastPark for the Twofish Elements(TM) economic engine. 2008-04-03

New Website Creates Community, Opportunity for Small Business: The free online site Briz.com provides exposure and networking opportunities. It also empowers small business to stay in contact with customers.   Small businesses now have a new powerful ally on the Internet with the launch of Briz.com, the first Web site that creates local communities and opportunities for small business owners. And it's free. 2008-04-03

Business Thank You Cards Increase Customer Loyalty, Drive Repeat Business: Survey Shows 66 Percent of Consumers Feel Business Thank You Cards Positively Influence Future Purchase Decisions and Customer Loyalty   April is International Customer Loyalty Month and a recent national consumer survey by Hallmark Business Expressions underscores how demonstrating appreciation for customers, such as sending business thank you cards, increases their loyalty. In fact, a total of 66 percent of consumers surveyed indicated that business greeting cards sent to show appreciation for a purchase or referral makes them more likely to do future business with a company. 2008-04-03

PyxWorld(TM)/2008 Kicks Off Year-Long Program with Competitions for Music, Documentary, Comedy, and Horror: PyxWorld(TM)/2008 is "Connecting Artist With Audience(SM)" Via Multi-Media, Multi-Genre, Multi-National Events   PyxWorld(TM)/2008, a year-long program of multi-media, multi-genre, multi-national events "Connecting Artist with Audience(SM)", was launched today by Pyxix(R) Corporation, a global diversified media company with a network of broadband entertainment channels. 2008-04-03

NovoPayment Clinches Two Major Payment Industry Awards: Company Wins Top General Purpose Spending Card Program and Best Corporate Card Program at Paybefore Awards
NovoPayment, Inc., Latin America's leading pre-paid card service provider and program manager, announced top honors at the Paybefore awards with wins for Category Best Winner Best General Purpose Spending Card Program and Best Corporate Card Program. The annual awards recognize achievement in prepaid products and services. 2008-04-03

Scripps Networks to Premiere on TidalTV: Available Content to Include Programs from HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network
TidalTV, Inc. (www.tidaltv.com) has signed a partnership agreement with Scripps Networks to showcase its content on the TidalTV platform. Programming from Scripps Networks' leading lifestyle brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network will be made available via TidalTV's programmed channel lineup as well as within its library of on-demand content. 2008-04-03

Weather Storm Season with a Storm Safety Kit: Oncor encourages Texans to make their own kits
Throughout the state, Texans are being hit with the high winds, rain, lightning and hail associated with storm season. As part of its Lifetime of Safety campaign, Oncor encourages all consumers to take safety precautions now to protect themselves during these extreme conditions. 2008-04-03

IBOAI Board of Directors Calls MonaVie Initiative a Publicity Stunt
The Board of Directors of the Independent Business Owners Association International (http://www.iboai.com), the primary advocacy organization representing hundreds of thousands of independent business owners (IBOs) powered by Quixtar/Amway Global (http://www.quixtar.com), today issued this statement in response to an initiative announced by MonaVie, a direct selling organization that competes with Quixtar/Amway Global. 2008-04-03

Tocquigny Launches Interactive Website for Austin-Based Film, The Sno Cone Stand, Inc.   Tocquigny (http://www.tocquigny.com), a forward-thinking interactive marketing firm that provides companies with effective, leading-edge innovation for the digital age, today announced a partnership with the producers of the Austin-based independent film, The Sno Cone Stand, Inc. Chosen for their digital marketing expertise and creativity, Tocquigny designed and launched a promotional website (http://www.thesnoconestand.com) for the film, which is expected to release this summer. 2008-04-03

SpiralFrog(TM) Partners with BFM Digital to Increase Music Collection: Free and Legal Music Destination to Make Available Nearly 80,000 Tracks   SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, and BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music, today announced a licensing agreement to make nearly 80,000 tracks available on the SpiralFrog Web site. BFM Digital's featured labels include Sounds True, Spirit Voyage, APM Music, Point Classics, Laughing Hyena, SoulFood, Sound Ideas and Chacra Music Licensing. 2008-04-03

Valet to be Key Component of Patient Satisfaction at Albert Einstein Medical Center   Warm smiles and orange jackets are now the norm for patients and visitors using valet service at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network's major facilities. Since being selected to take over operations from a previous provider at the beginning of March, Curbside, Inc.'s attendants have valet parked over 17,000 cars and welcomed even more patients and visitors. Curbside is also running the network's shuttle service and garages both at Einstein at Elkins Park and the medical center. 2008-04-03

Kaulkin Media Research Reports on Data Security Implications for Accounts Receivable Management Industry   The problem of identity theft is having a growing impact on debt recovery for creditors and collection agencies in the accounts receivable management industry, according to Kaulkin Media's latest executive brief, Data Security: Complexity, Cost, and Potential Legislation. 2008-04-03

AutumnWave's OnAir GT Mobile DTV Receiver & DVR for PC is Essential Equipment On Your Next RV Camping Adventure: RV Enthusiasts: HDTV Takes to the Outdoors   The OnAir GT, a mobile DTV Receiver & DVR (digital video recorder) for PC, was recognized by HGTV (Home and Garden Television) as one of the "Top 8 in '08" Ultimate Travel Accessories on a special presentation titled "RV 2008" which aired nationally on Sunday, March 30, 2008, on the HGTV network. 2008-04-03

Rocket XL Supports Successful Launch of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare   Los Angeles based word of mouth marketing agency Rocket XL, announced today the success of its interactive media player and online influencer campaign in support of Activision, Inc.'s blockbuster hit game, developed by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty(R) 4: Modern Warfare(TM), the #1 best selling title in units worldwide for 2007, according to the NPD Group, Chart Track and The GFK Group. 2008-04-03

Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Baxter for Near Fatal Adverse Reaction From Contaminated Heparin Drug   Plaintiff's counsel announced today that a personal injury lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare for a near fatal adverse reaction from its contaminated prescription drug Heparin was filed in federal court in New Jersey, where Baxter Healthcare, a division of Baxter International, manufactured and marketed Heparin. The claimant seeks damages for physical pain and medical expenses, as well as punitive damages to deter Baxter from similar wrongdoing in the future. 2008-04-03

Caesar Systems Appoints Jeff Nelson as Client Services Manager: Jeff Nelson brings extensive energy experience to Caesar Systems from Mobil Oil and ExxonMobil   Caesar Systems has appointed Jeff Nelson client services manager to further extend the company's capacity to serve global upstream oil and gas clients. 2008-04-03

Growth During Recession? Small Businesses Say ''Yes!'': Intuit Survey Reveals Small Businesses Bullish on Growth, Despite Economy   Small businesses are poised to weather the current economic downturn and plan to grow despite it, according to Intuit Inc.'s (Nasdaq:INTU) recent "Get Back to Business" survey conducted for QuickBooks, the nation's top-selling small business accounting software. 2008-04-03

New RadiSys Procelerant Z500 Module Drives Performance up and Cost Down for Small, Low-Power Devices: A smaller, pin-out compatible variation of COM Express(R) from RadiSys(R) delivers manufacturing and size efficiency with the energy-efficient performance of the tiny but mighty new Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor   RadiSys Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS), a leading global provider of advanced embedded solutions, announced today the introduction of the RadiSys Procelerant(R) Z500 module, a 85mm x 70mm module compatible with the Type 2 COM Express pin-out. Manufacturers of handheld and mobile equipment for industrial automation, gaming, test & measurement, and military applications now have an ultra low power module, based on the high-performance Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor Z500 series. This new module enables equipment manufacturers to shrink devices, stretch battery life, and increase processing performance while also cutting manufacturing costs. 2008-04-03