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KIRKLAND, Wash. /New York Netwire/ -- A new guide describes a form of insurance designed to protect against financial catastrophe on the heels of catastrophic illness. Titled 'Surviving Critical Illness Financially,' the guide is being offered free of charge by LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), under a non-exclusive distribution agreement with business partners American Independent Marketing (AIM) and GoldenCare USA, the publishers.

BETHESDA, Md. /New York Netwire/ -- The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO) is pleased to announce it is one of this year's recipients of the 2013 Neotrope JL Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. Neotrope will provide public relations and cause-related-marketing support to CSO over the next year to raise awareness around its education programs, events, and accomplishments.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /New York Netwire/ -- If helping a grieving child makes one's heart sing, then tune into this opportunity to help children and teens. Join the Heart Songs program of Four Seasons Compassion for Life as its Asheville Checkpoint kicks off its first Bear Buddy drive to benefit Buncombe families June 1-30, 2013.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. /New York Netwire/ -- The National Inclusion Project and Co-founders Clay Aiken and Diane Bubel are proud to announce the 10th Anniversary Champions Gala celebrating the Power of Inclusion on October 12. Along with a performance by entertainer Clay Aiken, the attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a live auction and learn how the Power of Inclusion can help kids with and without disabilities experience lifelong benefits.

BOSTON, Mass. /New York Netwire/ -- With only fourteen percent of women leading in executive positions in the United States today, WomenLEAD, Inc. has their work cut out for them. Seeking to advance women in their careers via a new website that will offer an online community or personal advisory board made up of professional women globally this innovative company is thrilled to have been chosen as a Mass Challenge Finalist.

CHICAGO, Ill. /New York Netwire/ -- New to fest-goers at the Jeff Fest Arts & Music Festival, July 26-28, 2013, is a much-anticipated Juried Fine Art Photography Show presented by the Chicago Creative Coalition (C3) entitled 'C3 PhotoArt Fest.' The show will be limited to no more than 50 selected images and is open to original works. C3 invites you to submit images online by June 7, 2013. The entry fee is $35, and covers up to four images.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- A nude pregnant sculpture of Kim Kardashian with her belly fully accessible for gallery-goers to rub for 'good luck' is set for L.A. exhibit. The statue joins the celebrity baby sculptures created recently by artist Daniel Edwards; celebrating the beauty of celebrity pregnancy. The work, part of the artist's 'Celebrity Baby Boomer' series that began with the 2006 controversial sculpture 'Monument to Pro-Life,' which depicted a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, will be revealed at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 23, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- idsDoc, the flagship solution of mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), has created significant savings for New England-based lender Mortgage Network, which reports added benefits from efficiency improvements and data integrity preservation since implementing the system.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of default management mortgage technology solutions, today announced that Bankers Asset Management (BAM), an established outsourcer of REO asset management valuation services, is successfully utilizing its valuation system to streamline the company's entire broker price opinion (BPO) process within BAM's valuations division.

CHICAGO, Ill. /New York Netwire/ -- Jeff Fest Arts and Music Festival is pleased to announce its three-day musical lineup and headliners including Dot Dot Dot, Magic Box and the Michael McDermott Band. Jefferson Memorial Park's lush green lawn and ball fields transform into a giant backyard for all to enjoy over the course of the three-day festival from July 26 - 28, 2013.

BOSTON, Mass., May 22, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Truebridge Financial Marketing, which provides banks and credit unions with a financial education marketing system, announces the addition of 28 new clients in just six months. More and more banks and credit unions are discovering that financial education, properly delivered, is a cost effective way to generate sales for all business lines, from deposits and loans to investments, insurance and trust.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- SecuGen Corporation is pleased to announce the establishment of SecuGen India. The market for fingerprint biometrics is growing rapidly in India and the surrounding region. The opening of SecuGen India's offices will enable SecuGen to better support the Indian market and its many customers, resellers and partners in that region.

PALMDALE, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Want to know what Snow Dogs do in the summer? They go to Hermosa Beach, of course. Husky Haven of LA today announced that huskies will be coming to the Fiesta Hermosa annual event in Hermosa Beach this Saturday May 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The huskies will be located in front of the Comedy Store. Husky Haven of LA is dedicated to saving the lives of homeless, abandoned Siberian Huskies.

PENSACOLA, Fla. /New York Netwire/ -- You want a Voice? You have a Choice! John Krause today has announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress, seeking the 2014 Republican Nomination for United States House of Representatives to represent Florida's First Congressional District.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultancy, announced today their release of the first in a series of Healthcare Engagement Videos. EPIC is providing the videos with production support from GuideSpark, a digital employee communications provider, and health insurance carrier UnitedHealthcare.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced today that brokers Kathleen Felderman and Jonathan Griffiths have joined the firm. Felderman, who has received national recognition as a Real Estate industry Power Broker in 2008, 2010, and 2011 joins EPIC as national real estate practice leader and managing principal.

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 20, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Following a recent announcement, LTC Partners and Insurance Services, LLC, will be providing long-term care education to member banks of the California Bankers Association (CBA), one of America's largest state banking trade organizations.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 17, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- FirstClose, a recognized aggregator in mortgage settlement services, announced that it hired Chip Caldwell to manage the company's Southeast territory. The addition of Mr. Caldwell helps satisfy a growing demand for FirstClose's end-to-end settlement services offering and supporting technology solutions for use by mortgage lenders.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Remo Software announced today that it has released a free data recovery tool which is available for Windows 8 users. Now, there is no need to spend dollars to recover files, photos and other important data; as users can get back their data without even spending a penny. Remo Recover Windows Free Edition is a powerful recovery utility built on the award-winning Remo Recover Engine.

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 16, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LendingQB, an end-to-end provider of loan origination software, announced that it has implemented the mortgage insurance (MI) companies' full set of underwriting guidelines into its automated underwriting system (AUS). As a result, MI eligibility and pricing is automatically calculated and paired with the investor's underwriting decision for a complete and accurate decision that is rendered instantly at the point-of-sale (POS).