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Power of Peace Publishes List of Products That Are Not Made in China: Intends to Lobby Congress to Mandate Country of Origin Be Added to E-Commerce Sites and Printed Catalogs The Power of Peace (www.powerofpeace.com) today published a comprehensive list of products Not Made in China to help consumers make informed decisions about their purchases this holiday season. The Not Made in China list (NMIC) was developed and validated through a rigorous process of research and direct contact with manufacturers and suppliers. - 2007-11-28

Critical Mass Combines Media and Marketing Division Under SVP Scott Shamberg Critical Mass (www.criticalmass.com), an interactive services firm, part of the Omnicom Group, has appointed Scott Shamberg as senior vice president of its recently consolidated marketing and media division. He will be based in Critical Mass' Chicago office. - 2007-11-27

Durtbagz: Your Bags Will Never Be The Same -- Quirky Street Sign Designs Created by the Public at Durtbagz.com Adorn Affordable Limited-Edition Satchels and Messenger Bags www.durtbagz.com Is Now Open for Business Durtbagz (http://www.durtbagz.com), an interactive and social media-driven online fashion retailer focused on hilarious user-generated street sign designs for satchels and messenger bags, officially opened today. The signs are created and voted on by Durtbagz.com visitors in an ongoing competition to see which designs will appear on future Durtbagz products. - 2007-11-21

2 Attachment Circuit City Lets Online Shoppers Get Social This Holiday Season with Technology from Pluck Just in time for one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, Pluck(TM) Corporation today announced that Circuit City Stores, Inc. is using technology from Pluck to power its new CityCenter Community, a bustling social-shopping destination on CircuitCity.com filled with people sharing their questions, photos, ideas and preferences on the best in home entertainment, computers and electronics. - 2007-11-20

Moosejaw Launches Brickfish(TM) Campaign Seeking Winter's Coolest Snowboard: Outdoor Sports Retailer Turns to Customers for Branded Snowboard Designs Brickfish(TM), the online content marketing platform, and outdoor sports retailer, Moosejaw, today announced the "Design a Snowboard for Moosejaw" campaign located at www.brickfish.com/Sports/MoosejawSnowboardDesign?=m_moosejawpr. The campaign invites outdoor enthusiasts to design a Moosejaw branded snowboard for the opportunity for one winner to hit the slopes with a new Arbor snowboard and bindings. - 2007-11-20

BigString Corporation Introduces 'Private Label' Partnership Program BigString Corporation (OTCBB: BSGC) announced today that it is introducing a "private label" partnership program that allows websites in the social networking, online dating, search and video-content markets to offer BigString's recallable, erasable, self-destructing and video email system to its user base. - 2007-11-19

Pethealth Announces Series of User-Generated Content Campaigns Powered by Brickfish(TM) to Promote PawsConnect, a New Social Network for Pets: Cat and Dog Lovers Show Off Their Pets to Celebrate Launch of Fur-Inspired Forum =Pethealth Inc. (TSX:PTZ) is pleased to announce a partnership with online content marketing company, Brickfish(TM), to power a series of user-generated content (UGC) campaigns through 2008. The campaigns will promote the launch of PawsConnect.com, a new social networking site for dog and cat owners. - 2007-11-19

DyeStat Launches Brickfish(TM) Campaign to Showcase Track and Cross Country Champions: Popular High School Sports Site Seeks the Best Photo Finish Brickfish(TM), the online content marketing platform, and DyeStat, the Internet home of high school track and field, announced today the launch of the "Photo Finish" campaign located at www.brickfish.com/Sports/DyeStat?=M_Dyestat. The campaign invites athletes, parents and fans to submit videos, audio, blogs or images that illustrate memorable finish line moments. DyeStat representatives will select the winning entry and reward the entrant with running spikes autographed by track superstar, Alan Webb and other Nike athletes attending the Nike Team Nationals. - 2007-11-19

1 Attachment Citizen Astronomers Come Out of the Closet With Slooh.com's 21st Century Telescope There's an epidemic of telescopes trapped in closets from holidays past. It's human to want to connect to the Universe with our own eyes. But rampant light pollution has ruined the sky of the past and telescopes are not always so easy to use. Enter Slooh.com, the world's first LIVE online observatory. With 21st century remote control telescopes, Slooh delivers dark skies to any computer, allowing all to watch the cosmos as it unfolds in real time. - 2007-11-15

1 Attachment Business Wire Unveils 2008 Feature Topic Series Media Schedule Business Wire today announced its Feature Topic Series media schedule for 2008. - 2007-11-14

1 Attachment Incentive Solutions Provider GiftCertificates.com(TM) Now Offering Corporate Rewards MasterCard(R) Card: New Customized Rewards Cards Will Be Available for 2007 Holiday Season GiftCertificates.com(TM), a leading provider of incentive based and e-commerce gift card solutions, is now offering a prepaid rewards card. The GiftCertificates.com(TM) Rewards MasterCard(R) is issued by BankFirst, Sioux Falls, SD, pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated. BankFirst; Member FDIC. The GiftCertificates.com Rewards MasterCard will offer employers the ability to give employees and business partners a reward card that can be used wherever Debit MasterCard is accepted. The newly created rewards card will be sold through the Web site www.giftcertificates.com/business or by calling 1-800-PRESENT. - 2007-11-14

BlackBook2 Now Offers Its Members and the 43 Million Uninsured Americans Access to Affordable Healthcare Solutions and Services in All 50 States by Accessing the Leading Healthcare Providers via Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc. Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc., an emerging leader in the benefit solution market, and National Merchant Services of Irvine, California, today announced a partnership with www.BlackBook2.com, LLC, a privately held company that specializes in delivering an array of mixed media content to its members via its cutting-edge proprietary Video technology. Poised to deliver a leading social networking site targeted to the over-25 age group, www.BlackBook2.com will actively promote its free social networking portal to this 78 million demographic that controls 70% of America's purchasing decisions. - 2007-11-13

Innercircle.cc Makes It Easier to Connect and Share Things With Personal Groups via Email: Free Utility Enables Users to Email Entire Groups Using a Single Email Address Innercircle.cc today announced the launch of their free email utility that makes it easier for users to connect and share things with groups of friends, family members, coworkers, etc., using a single email address such as family@johndoe.innercircle.cc. - 2007-11-06

Snap.com's Snap Shares Helps Web Site, Blog Operators Earn Extra Money through Using Snap Shots: Just-Launched Service Creates New Advertising Inventory Channel. Offering New Revenue Opportunities In conjunction with the Snap Ad Network, a new program that allows advertisers to deliver content with associated context-based ads to millions of Snap Shots(TM) users, Snap.com today announced Snap Shares, a new way for Web site operators and bloggers to make money using Snap Shots, the most popular Web site enhancement in the world. - 2007-11-05

Going.com CEO, Evan Schumacher, Joins Former President, Bill Clinton, ADI CEO, John Hart and Gene Nichol at the 2007 Empower Change Summit: Going.com CEO Joins Local Leaders in Empowering Youth at the American Democracy Institute's Los Angeles Summit Evan Schumacher, CEO of Going.com, the destination site and community for 20-somethings who want to know what's happening in their cities, will be joining a group of well-respected leaders to educate, engage and empower emerging young leaders at the American Democracy Institute's Empower Change Summit this Saturday November 3rd. The conference, which will take place in UCLA's Royce Hall from 9:30 to 3:30 PM, promises to inspire and educate its young participants to empower individuals, communities and change. - 2007-11-03

Google Launches OpenSocial to Spread Social Applications Across the Web Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced the release of OpenSocial -- a set of common APIs for building social applications across the web -- for developers of social applications and for websites that want to add social features. OpenSocial will unleash more powerful and pervasive social capabilities for the web, empowering developers to build far-reaching applications that users can enjoy regardless of the websites, web applications, or social networks they use. The release of OpenSocial marks the first time that multiple social networks have been made accessible under a common API to make development and distribution easier and more efficient for developers. - 2007-11-02

Finally, some straight talk about hormones from Dr. Vliet: Women's health physician takes to cyber airwaves with talk show to clear up myths and misinformation Elizabeth Lee Vliet M.D. continues her national campaign for "Straight Truth About Hormones" with a weekly interactive program on Blog Talk Radio beginning Nov. 12. - 2007-11-01

Atlanta Pet-Owners Leash on to ajcpets.com: New Atlanta Pets Social Networking Site to Post and Share Pet Profiles, Comments, Photos and Find Pets for Sale The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Southeast's largest newspaper company, launched ajcpets.com, a new Atlanta pets social networking site for pet-owners to post and share pet profiles, photos and comments. - 2007-10-31

AOL Launches Indian Language Portals, International Truveo Sites, Continuing Its Global Expansion Effort: AOL.in Content Available in Hindi and Tamil Languages; Truveo's Video Search Engine Opens in Eight Countries in Europe and Asia AOL today announced the next steps in its ambitious global expansion effort with the launch of new local language versions of the AOL India portal, http://www.aol.in, and the launch of Truveo's popular video search engine serving eight countries, including India. - 2007-10-30

Trackbacks Available Gossip Tops Biggest Workplace Pet Peeves, According to Randstad Survey Employees want colleagues to clean up their act in the workplace, including cutting down on idle chitchat, washing their own dirty dishes and be better at managing their time. In a pet peeves-themed survey released today by Randstad USA, a leading staffing firm and workforce solutions provider, employees revealed their biggest annoyances in their places of work. The top three pet peeves found in the workplace (among those who have a biggest pet peeve) are gossip (60 percent), others' poor time management skills (54 percent) and messiness in communal spaces (45 percent). - 2007-10-29

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