New Mexico Tourism's Float 'Hats Off To New Mexico - Beep Beep' Wins Coveted Bob Hope Humor Award in 2009 Tournament of Roses® Parade   On January 1, 2009, more than one million spectators lining Colorado Blvd. and millions more watching around the world were treated to the New Mexico Tourism Department's "Hats off to New Mexico - Beep Beep" float, winner of the coveted Bob Hope Humor Award in the 120th Tournament of Roses® Parade. 2009-01-02

The Easiest Way to Earn More in 2009   Surveys suggest that the most common New Year’s resolution for 2009 is getting out of debt or saving money, and improving one’s approach to sales may be the easiest way to earn more, according to Lenann McGookey Gardner, sales and marketing consultant and author of Got Sales? The Complete Guide to Today’s Proven Methods for Selling Services. Committing to these three simple actions may be the best financial resolutions to make for 2009. 2008-12-26

New Light Therapy Courses Available for Equine Health Professionals: Acupuncture with Light - Without Years of Expensive Study
OmniLight, Inc. - makers of BioScan Light Therapy Systems and Grand Adventures Ranch - Holistic Equine Wellness center have teamed up to provide advanced Photopuncture (Light Therapy) training programs to equine health professionals. 2008-12-10

Findanyfloor.Com Launches Major 'Green' Flooring Site   Green.Findanyfloor.Com Sets New Standard For Eco-Friendly Flooring Resources 2008-12-09

Family Holiday Traditions of Feeding Homeless Pets Can Mean the Gift of Life   The joy of giving to pets who are suffering in our economic crisis can be the most rewarding and memorable holiday tradition of the season. The article, Twelve Family Holiday Traditions That Help Homeless Pets from the website Animal Shelter Tips, outlines easy and low cost ways to share the joy of the season and even the gift of life with homeless pets. 2008-12-08

Jane Butel's Southwestern Cooking School Launches 'Cooking with Jane'
New Cooking Club on the Internet for Southwestern and Mexican Cooking 2008-12-08

Relios Jewelry Opens Must-See Online Holiday Shopping Destination   With the holiday shopping season about to kick into full gear, Relios Inc., New Mexico’s largest manufacturer of designer southwestern and beaded jewelry, has opened the Holiday Gift Center on their retail website. Understanding that it can be difficult to find the perfect southwestern gifts, Relios has organized their catalog to make holiday shopping simpler and more fun for visitors to the website. The Holiday Gift Center breaks Relios' selection down into three broad categories: Shop by Favorites, Shop by Type, and Shop by Price. 2008-12-03

Lumidigm Selects Analogics as Biometrics Distributor in India : India's Largest Handheld Terminal Manufacturer Adds Lumidigm's Biometric Sensors to Product Line   Analogics Tech India Ltd. is now Lumidigm’s sole distributor in India and Sri Lanka. Lumidigm’s top-performing and robust multispectral fingerprint technology is an ideal solution for the environmental and user challenges of the region. Analogics is the largest handheld terminal manufacturer in India and has an extensive local technical support team. “With robust Lumidigm sensors and first-rate technical support from Analogics, Indian companies and agencies will finally be able to deploy biometrics that work across the population,” said Matthew Ennis, Vice President of Business Development at Lumidigm. 2008-12-03

Economic Downturn = Salvation for Gospel Movie Producer
DESSELB Productions, The Gospel Movie Company, finds that while the economic downturn put a freeze on distribution deals, it created the opportunity to network with churches, bypass middlemen, and bring their movie to an audience hungry for christian-themed family entertainment. 2008-11-25

Use Holiday Greetings to Help Generate Sales in 2009   Think sending business holiday greeting cards is a chore? It's actually a great way to reconnect with past clients, make another connection with prospects, and help build sales after New Year's Day, according to Lenann McGookey Gardner, author of Got Sales? The Complete Guide to Today's Proven Methods for Selling Services. Gardner suggests these tips for holiday communications that will help reap rewards in 2009. 2008-11-25

Marvels of Technology Thrust Unique Newborn Product into Spotlight   Social media builds invaluable brand endorsement and sales for Miracle Blanket® by helping the infant swaddler eclipse all others in its product category. 2008-11-21

Lumidigm Biometric Sensor Included in Popular Science Best of What's New for 2008 : Venus Series Fingerprint Sensor Called a Breakthrough Product by the World's Largest Science and Technology Magazine   Lumidigm, Inc. is proud to announce that its Venus Series Fingerprint Sensor is one of 100 technologies and products recognized by Popular Science as the Best of What’s New™ for 2008. The Venus product is the first high-volume multispectral imaging biometric sensor available on the market. Designed for ease of integration, the Venus fingerprint sensor features exceptional real world biometric performance, liveness detection, and a user-friendly and intuitive interface. 2008-11-20

www.OurRaceCar.com Invites Fans to Buy a Share In a Race Car   www.OurRaceCar.com Launched on October 18, 2008 invites fans to become more than just spectators. 2008-11-19

Lumidigm / Innometriks Biometric Reader Passes TSA Evaluation for TWIC Pilot : Multispectral Fingerprint Sensor from Lumidigm Gives the Innometriks Rhino a Performance Edge in Demanding Maritime Environments   The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has evaluated and passed the Innometriks Rhino™ for deployment in critical pilot tests of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Program. The Rhino, a ruggedized smartcard-based access control device with integrated Lumidigm multispectral biometric technology, is now ready for deployment in the upcoming TWIC pilot sites in California, New York, Texas, and Maryland. The decision by the TSA adds the maritime industry’s first fully NEMA 4 weatherproof rated reader using multispectral imaging technology to the TWIC Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) list. 2008-11-18

Kids Can Help Homeless Pets This Holiday Season for Big Rewards and Little Cost   "Twenty Ways Kids Can Share the Holidays with Homeless Pets" offers ideas for parents and animal shelters to involve kids in helping animals. Kids can enjoy their best gift ever this holiday season even with the uncertain economy by helping homeless and needy pets. This article from the Animal Shelter Tips website outlines low cost ways to include homeless pets in kids' holiday activities. 2008-11-13

New Matrix PCIe Card by Great River Technology Enables Next-Generation ARINC 818 and HOTLink II Applications   Matrix PCIe card supports 500MB/s+ throughput and is perfect for high-performance ARINC 818 and HOTLink II I/O applications where uninterrupted throughput is needed. 2008-11-10

Tough Times Call for Disciplined Reactions   When times get tough, choose to react to bad news with discipline – a coping mechanism that can help you survive the bad times until the good times roll again, says Lenann McGookey Gardner, author of Got Sales? The Complete Guide to Today’s Proven Methods for Selling Services. Gardner, who works with companies and individuals who need to sell more of what they have to offer, suggests these three strategies to steel your resolve. 2008-11-07

America’s Leader in Southwestern Jewelry Opens Retail Store on the Home front!   Just in time for the holidays, Relios Jewelry, an Albuquerque-based designer and manufacturer of contemporary sterling silver jewelry, is opening a retail store right in its own hometown. The 33-year-old company, which has gained enormous recognition through its sales on the popular TV shopping network QVC, will now be putting down “retail roots” among the likes of stores such as Coldwater Creek, Pottery Barn, and J. Jill at the shops at ABQ Uptown in northeast Albuquerque. The store is opening for the Friday, November 14th at 10am. 2008-11-07

Relios Jewelry Honored With the “Emmy” of the QVC TV Shopping Network – the QStar   Relios Inc., designer and manufacturer of contemporary sterling silver jewelry is being honored with TV shopping giant QVC’s prestigious vendor award – the “QStar”. This is the third time Relios has won a QStar, and the first time the company has won in the category of “Merchandising Teamwork”. QVC guest and Lead Relios Jewelry Designer Carolyn Pollack won the “Broadcasting Teamwork” QStar three years ago in 2005. 2008-10-31

Aspen Avionics Launches "Grand Glass Giveaway"   Excitement Surrounds Drawing to Award 1,000th Evolution Flight Display at AOPA Expo 2008-10-21

Lumidigm, Methode to Develop Transportation Biometric Solution : Biometric Verification Technology Will Be Shown in Detroit at Sae's Transportation Electronics Expo Convergence 2008   Lumidigm, Inc. and Methode Electronics, Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop an automotive-grade biometric solution. Lumidigm, the biometrics company enabling applications for the real world, brings robust and field-proven multispectral technology to the joint project. Methode, a Tier 1 automotive supplier with a focus on technology-rich application-specific components and subsystem devices, has the engineering know-how and automotive OEM relationships needed to place this biometric solution into vehicles. 2008-10-17

Vintage Roadside Announces Route 66 Road Trip - Five Days, 2,300 Miles, Over 50 Great Stories of Preservation in Progress
On Tuesday, October 14th, Vintage Roadside will set off on a 5-day 2,300 mile road trip to explore over 50 great stories of historic preservation along Route 66. Beginning in their hometown of Portland, Oregon, Vintage Roadside will travel south to Topock, Arizona; then follow Route 66 east to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Blogging as they go, Vintage Roadside will highlight a fascinating group of Route 66 preservation success stories and the people and organizations that made them possible. At journey's end, Vintage Roadside will attend the 2008 National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Conference. 2008-10-15

Overcoming FEAR Spells Sales Success, Says Author   The business news may be scary these days, but facing FEAR – Fictional Evils Appearing Real – can help businesspeople overcome today’s challenges and thrive, according to Lenann McGookey Gardner, an international sales and marketing consultant. She offers these tips to move beyond fear to sales success. 2008-10-14

TransAmerica Training Management, Inc is the '2008 Oracle University Partner of the Year'
TransAmerica Training Managmeent has been awarded the 2008 Oracle University Partner of the Year award. This award is presented to the Oracle Partner that has displayed delivery, operational and sales excellence. 2008-10-12

Popular Greeting Card Artist Mike Scovel is Named 2008 Cartoonist of the Year
Mike Scovel, one of America's favorite greeting card artists, was named 2008 Cartoonist of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists at their annual awards ceremony on September 23rd at the Garland Theater in Garland, Texas. 2008-10-11

Survey Shows Majority Favor Drop in Drinking Age
An over-whelming majority surveyed say they favor a drop in the legal drinking age, according to a new opinion poll conducted by Headline Press. 2008-10-08

States to Tackle Domestic Energy Challenges at IOGCC Meeting: Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas Production Key to American Energy Supply   The 38-state Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), chaired by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, will engage in extensive dialogue with government and industry experts regarding unconventional oil and natural gas during a Governors' Roundtable at its Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM, Nov. 16 - 18, 2008. 2008-10-06

Americas Watchdog's Homeowner Consumer Center Announces a National Investigation Of Trex Decking Material Used in New Homes Built After 2004   Americas Watchdog's Homeowners Consumer Center is announcing a national investigation of Trex decks, or Trex decking material used in new homes built after 2004 in the United States. A national class action (#CV-00047)has been initiated related to Trex. Possible issues related to this building product include mold, warping, splitting, mildew, or deck deterioration. Trex was sold to U.S. consumers as "maintenance free". Homeowners who have purchased a new home with Trex decking, or a decking material called Trex, should call the Homeowners Consumer Center for a free consultation at 866-714-6466, or visit their web site at http://HomeownersConsumerCenter.com 2008-10-06

New Book -- Time to Sell? Guide to Selling a Physician Practice: Value, Options, Alternatives Helps Physicians Make the Best Deals
Is selling your practice to a hospital the best solution? 2008-10-03