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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;SCHBSIF Selects Tropics for Policy &amp; Claims Administration&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will support SCHBSIF's ongoing success in providing workers' compensation insurance to the home builders industry.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarasota, FL (&lt;a href="http://www.prweb.com/"&gt;PRWEB&lt;/a&gt;) June 6, 2009 -- The South Carolina Home Builders Self Insurers Fund, a provider of workers' compensation insurance to the residential construction industry, and Tropics Software Technologies&amp;reg;, a national software company specializing in workers' compensation systems, announced today that SCHBSIF has selected Tropics to provide its new policy, claims and billing administration system. In addition to providing more robust workers' compensation software functionality to its internal employees, SCHBSIF will be utilizing the new system to extend on-line inquiry and processing to its agency force.
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Risk Services Selects Tropics Software for Workers' Compensation Software&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Sarasota, FL&amp;nbsp; March 26, 2009 -- Tropics Software Technologies, a national software company specializing in workers' compensation systems, announced today that it has been selected by Risk Services, LLC to support the rollout of a new Worker's Compensation program that will span a large number of states. The program, slated to begin in early Q2 of 2009, will include all underwriting, receivables management and policy administration to be performed by Risk Services, utilizing Tropics' Workers Compensation Policy and Billing Administration Systems, on A.M. Best rated &amp;quot;A VIII&amp;quot; paper. The program will be available to payroll processing companies, who will also be serving as the retail agents relative to new business generation.
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&lt;![endif]--&gt;Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) January 15, 2009 -- Tropics Software Technologies, a national software company specializing in worker's compensation systems, announced today that Trae Jones has joined the firm as Tropics' Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The addition of Mr. Jones to the Tropics management team illustrates the organization's continued growth and ongoing commitment to the worker's compensation software market.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=57"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="56" name="56"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;12/15/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Happy Holidays from Tropics Software&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;For several years, we have used the opportunity of the year end holidays to funnel the money that would otherwise be spent on holiday cards to a charity on behalf of our clients and, instead of a card, extend our holiday wishes to you through an email. We feel specially strong about this initiative this year when many are facing tough economic times.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=56"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="55" name="55"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;12/09/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics is proud to welcome Len Rodkey to the team!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics is happy to announce that Len Rodkey has accepted the position of Director of System Deployment at TST.&amp;nbsp; Len comes to TST with an impeccable set of credentials.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="54" name="54"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;09/24/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Welcome Our Newest TST Team Members!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ever focused on delivering excellence, Tropics is pleased to announce the newest TST team members!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Mark Petit, .NET Architect&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Richard Gange, Web Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Amy Dorathy, Product Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Shondi Allan, Product Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Michele Sedigh, Business Analyst/QA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Ed McAvoy, Business Analyst/QA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Josh Taylor, Programmer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="53" name="53"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;08/25/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;VMware Platform Enables Tropics Software to Implement Disaster-Recovery Plan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that Tropics Software Technologies (Tropics Software), a provider of workers compensation software, has deployed VMware&amp;rsquo;s industry-leading virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, as the foundation of a robust business-continuity solution.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=53"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="52" name="52"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;08/14/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Software Technologies Makes Major Investment in .NET Services Platform&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies, Inc. (TST), the premier provider of solutions to the Workers Comp insurance industry, today unveils its exciting future plans and long-term market directions for the next generation of SOA-based software leveraging the latest in .NET 3.5 technology platforms. While underway since August of 2007, TST is now releasing the details regarding this significant undertaking.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=52"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="49" name="49"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;04/01/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the IASA Annual Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show, &amp;ldquo;targeted for financial and technology professionals in the insurance and financial services industry.&amp;rdquo; The event is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on June 1st &amp;ndash; June 4th. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 646.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="50" name="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;03/07/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Proud Sponsor of NCCI Annual Issues Symposium&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software is a proud sponsor of the 2008 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, the industry&amp;rsquo;s premier event for workers&amp;rsquo; compensation executives.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=50"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="47" name="47"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;03/01/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMS 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 27th &amp;ndash; May 1st. This premier event for risk management professionals is being held in California at the San Diego Convention Center. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 947.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="44" name="44"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;01/09/2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come by and see&amp;nbsp;Tropics at the following events in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=44"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="43" name="43"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;11/28/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Announces New Director of Software Development&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce the new Director of Software Development, Robert Sillett. Bob is responsible for the technical direction for the Tropics software platform.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=43"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="42" name="42"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;11/02/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
															&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="images/IMG_2587.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Logo in the sand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;8th Annual Users' Conference a Success!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Tropics 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference was a great success with our highest attendance yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=42"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="40" name="40"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;07/06/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Is Proud To Announce New Promotions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce new promotions&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=40"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="39" name="39"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;07/03/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
															&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="images/UconBug.gif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;8th Annual User's Conference&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Users’ Conference Registration Now Open&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Registration for Tropics 8th Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference is Now Open.&amp;nbsp;This year promises to be a great conference at The Longboat Key Club in beautiful Sarasota, FL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The conference will be held October 24th - 26th.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="36" name="36"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;06/28/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Come by and see us at the following events.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="35" name="35"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;05/17/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA Educational Conference &amp; Business Show&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be visiting Minneapolis for the IASA 2007 Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show. The conference begins on June 3rd and continues through June 6th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop by and see us at booth #337.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="33" name="33"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;03/23/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMs Annual Conference &amp; Exhibition&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &amp;ndash; May 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The conference is being held in New Orleans and RIMs has arranged for activities in support of the city.&amp;nbsp;Stop by and see us at booth #1960.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="32" name="32"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;03/22/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Venue Has Been Selected for the 2007 Users’ Conference!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics is&amp;nbsp;going above and beyond this year! &amp;nbsp;We have selected The Resort at Longboat Key Club, chosen by Coastal Living Magazine as one of the &amp;ldquo;15 inns that we love&amp;rdquo;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=32"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="30" name="30"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;FHM Insurance Company Selects Tropics &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div&gt;FHM Insurance Company, Florida&amp;rsquo;s oldest and most experienced workers&amp;rsquo; compensation company, and Tropics Software Technologies the premier workers compensation software company today announced that FHM Insurance has chosen Tropics&amp;reg; Policy Administration and WebTropics&amp;reg; agency and insured products for their workers comp policy and claims system. &lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=30"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="31" name="31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;span class="datebold"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ReliaMax Insurance Goes Live With Tropics Software System&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;ReliaMax Insurance Company, a provider of workers compensation insurance in South Dakota, has finished the installation process and is now live with Tropics Policy &amp;amp; Claims Administration Software.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="56" name="56"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;12/15/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Happy Holidays from Tropics Software&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;For several years, we have used the opportunity of the year end holidays to funnel the money that would otherwise be spent on holiday cards to a charity on behalf of our clients and, instead of a card, extend our holiday wishes to you through an email. We feel specially strong about this initiative this year when many are facing tough economic times.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="55" name="55"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;12/09/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics is proud to welcome Len Rodkey to the team!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics is happy to announce that Len Rodkey has accepted the position of Director of System Deployment at TST.&amp;nbsp; Len comes to TST with an impeccable set of credentials.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="54" name="54"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;09/24/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Welcome Our Newest TST Team Members!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ever focused on delivering excellence, Tropics is pleased to announce the newest TST team members!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Mark Petit, .NET Architect&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Richard Gange, Web Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Amy Dorathy, Product Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Shondi Allan, Product Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Michele Sedigh, Business Analyst/QA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Ed McAvoy, Business Analyst/QA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Josh Taylor, Programmer&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="53" name="53"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;VMware Platform Enables Tropics Software to Implement Disaster-Recovery Plan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that Tropics Software Technologies (Tropics Software), a provider of workers compensation software, has deployed VMware&amp;rsquo;s industry-leading virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, as the foundation of a robust business-continuity solution.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=53"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="52" name="52"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/14/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Software Technologies Makes Major Investment in .NET Services Platform&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies, Inc. (TST), the premier provider of solutions to the Workers Comp insurance industry, today unveils its exciting future plans and long-term market directions for the next generation of SOA-based software leveraging the latest in .NET 3.5 technology platforms. While underway since August of 2007, TST is now releasing the details regarding this significant undertaking.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=52"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="51" name="51"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;New Employees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Welcomes new Team Members on Path to Growth&lt;br /&gt; &amp;bull; Stacy Streinz, Claims Analyst &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Melissa Sparks, Product Support Specialist &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Amanda Hynds, Marketing &amp;amp; Sales
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=51"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="49" name="49"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the IASA Annual Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show, &amp;ldquo;targeted for financial and technology professionals in the insurance and financial services industry.&amp;rdquo; The event is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on June 1st &amp;ndash; June 4th. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 646.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="50" name="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/07/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Proud Sponsor of NCCI Annual Issues Symposium&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software is a proud sponsor of the 2008 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, the industry&amp;rsquo;s premier event for workers&amp;rsquo; compensation executives.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=50"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="47" name="47"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMS 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 27th &amp;ndash; May 1st. This premier event for risk management professionals is being held in California at the San Diego Convention Center. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 947.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="44" name="44"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/09/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come by and see&amp;nbsp;Tropics at the following events in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=44"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="43" name="43"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Announces New Director of Software Development&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce the new Director of Software Development, Robert Sillett. Bob is responsible for the technical direction for the Tropics software platform.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=43"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="42" name="42"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/02/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
															&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="images/IMG_2587.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Logo in the sand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;8th Annual Users' Conference a Success!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Tropics 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference was a great success with our highest attendance yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="40" name="40"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/06/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Is Proud To Announce New Promotions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce new promotions&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=40"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="39" name="39"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/03/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;8th Annual User's Conference&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Users’ Conference Registration Now Open&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Registration for Tropics 8th Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference is Now Open.&amp;nbsp;This year promises to be a great conference at The Longboat Key Club in beautiful Sarasota, FL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The conference will be held October 24th - 26th.&lt;/p&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=39"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="36" name="36"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;06/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Come by and see us at the following events.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="35" name="35"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;05/17/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA Educational Conference &amp; Business Show&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be visiting Minneapolis for the IASA 2007 Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show. The conference begins on June 3rd and continues through June 6th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop by and see us at booth #337.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="33" name="33"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/23/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMs Annual Conference &amp; Exhibition&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &amp;ndash; May 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The conference is being held in New Orleans and RIMs has arranged for activities in support of the city.&amp;nbsp;Stop by and see us at booth #1960.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="32" name="32"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/22/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Venue Has Been Selected for the 2007 Users’ Conference!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics is&amp;nbsp;going above and beyond this year! &amp;nbsp;We have selected The Resort at Longboat Key Club, chosen by Coastal Living Magazine as one of the &amp;ldquo;15 inns that we love&amp;rdquo;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=32"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="30" name="30"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;FHM Insurance Company Selects Tropics &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div&gt;FHM Insurance Company, Florida&amp;rsquo;s oldest and most experienced workers&amp;rsquo; compensation company, and Tropics Software Technologies the premier workers compensation software company today announced that FHM Insurance has chosen Tropics&amp;reg; Policy Administration and WebTropics&amp;reg; agency and insured products for their workers comp policy and claims system. &lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=30"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="31" name="31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ReliaMax Insurance Goes Live With Tropics Software System&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;ReliaMax Insurance Company, a provider of workers compensation insurance in South Dakota, has finished the installation process and is now live with Tropics Policy &amp;amp; Claims Administration Software.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="55" name="55"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;12/09/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics is proud to welcome Len Rodkey to the team!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics is happy to announce that Len Rodkey has accepted the position of Director of System Deployment at TST.&amp;nbsp; Len comes to TST with an impeccable set of credentials.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="54" name="54"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;09/24/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Welcome Our Newest TST Team Members!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ever focused on delivering excellence, Tropics is pleased to announce the newest TST team members!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Mark Petit, .NET Architect&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Richard Gange, Web Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Amy Dorathy, Product Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Shondi Allan, Product Support Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Michele Sedigh, Business Analyst/QA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Ed McAvoy, Business Analyst/QA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Josh Taylor, Programmer&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="53" name="53"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;VMware Platform Enables Tropics Software to Implement Disaster-Recovery Plan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that Tropics Software Technologies (Tropics Software), a provider of workers compensation software, has deployed VMware&amp;rsquo;s industry-leading virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, as the foundation of a robust business-continuity solution.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=53"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="52" name="52"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/14/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Software Technologies Makes Major Investment in .NET Services Platform&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies, Inc. (TST), the premier provider of solutions to the Workers Comp insurance industry, today unveils its exciting future plans and long-term market directions for the next generation of SOA-based software leveraging the latest in .NET 3.5 technology platforms. While underway since August of 2007, TST is now releasing the details regarding this significant undertaking.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=52"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="51" name="51"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;New Employees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Welcomes new Team Members on Path to Growth&lt;br /&gt; &amp;bull; Stacy Streinz, Claims Analyst &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Melissa Sparks, Product Support Specialist &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Amanda Hynds, Marketing &amp;amp; Sales
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=51"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="49" name="49"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the IASA Annual Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show, &amp;ldquo;targeted for financial and technology professionals in the insurance and financial services industry.&amp;rdquo; The event is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on June 1st &amp;ndash; June 4th. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 646.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="50" name="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/07/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Proud Sponsor of NCCI Annual Issues Symposium&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software is a proud sponsor of the 2008 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, the industry&amp;rsquo;s premier event for workers&amp;rsquo; compensation executives.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=50"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="47" name="47"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMS 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 27th &amp;ndash; May 1st. This premier event for risk management professionals is being held in California at the San Diego Convention Center. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 947.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="44" name="44"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/09/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come by and see&amp;nbsp;Tropics at the following events in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=44"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="43" name="43"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Announces New Director of Software Development&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce the new Director of Software Development, Robert Sillett. Bob is responsible for the technical direction for the Tropics software platform.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=43"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="42" name="42"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/02/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Logo in the sand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;8th Annual Users' Conference a Success!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Tropics 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference was a great success with our highest attendance yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="40" name="40"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/06/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Is Proud To Announce New Promotions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce new promotions&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=40"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="39" name="39"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/03/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;8th Annual User's Conference&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Users’ Conference Registration Now Open&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Registration for Tropics 8th Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference is Now Open.&amp;nbsp;This year promises to be a great conference at The Longboat Key Club in beautiful Sarasota, FL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The conference will be held October 24th - 26th.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="36" name="36"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;06/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Come by and see us at the following events.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="35" name="35"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;05/17/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA Educational Conference &amp; Business Show&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be visiting Minneapolis for the IASA 2007 Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show. The conference begins on June 3rd and continues through June 6th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop by and see us at booth #337.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="33" name="33"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/23/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMs Annual Conference &amp; Exhibition&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &amp;ndash; May 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The conference is being held in New Orleans and RIMs has arranged for activities in support of the city.&amp;nbsp;Stop by and see us at booth #1960.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="32" name="32"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/22/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Venue Has Been Selected for the 2007 Users’ Conference!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics is&amp;nbsp;going above and beyond this year! &amp;nbsp;We have selected The Resort at Longboat Key Club, chosen by Coastal Living Magazine as one of the &amp;ldquo;15 inns that we love&amp;rdquo;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=32"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="30" name="30"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;FHM Insurance Company Selects Tropics &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div&gt;FHM Insurance Company, Florida&amp;rsquo;s oldest and most experienced workers&amp;rsquo; compensation company, and Tropics Software Technologies the premier workers compensation software company today announced that FHM Insurance has chosen Tropics&amp;reg; Policy Administration and WebTropics&amp;reg; agency and insured products for their workers comp policy and claims system. &lt;/div&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=30"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="31" name="31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ReliaMax Insurance Goes Live With Tropics Software System&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;ReliaMax Insurance Company, a provider of workers compensation insurance in South Dakota, has finished the installation process and is now live with Tropics Policy &amp;amp; Claims Administration Software.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="53" name="53"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;VMware Platform Enables Tropics Software to Implement Disaster-Recovery Plan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that Tropics Software Technologies (Tropics Software), a provider of workers compensation software, has deployed VMware&amp;rsquo;s industry-leading virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, as the foundation of a robust business-continuity solution.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=53"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="52" name="52"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/14/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Software Technologies Makes Major Investment in .NET Services Platform&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies, Inc. (TST), the premier provider of solutions to the Workers Comp insurance industry, today unveils its exciting future plans and long-term market directions for the next generation of SOA-based software leveraging the latest in .NET 3.5 technology platforms. While underway since August of 2007, TST is now releasing the details regarding this significant undertaking.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=52"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="51" name="51"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;New Employees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Welcomes new Team Members on Path to Growth&lt;br /&gt; &amp;bull; Stacy Streinz, Claims Analyst &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Melissa Sparks, Product Support Specialist &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Amanda Hynds, Marketing &amp;amp; Sales
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="49" name="49"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the IASA Annual Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show, &amp;ldquo;targeted for financial and technology professionals in the insurance and financial services industry.&amp;rdquo; The event is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on June 1st &amp;ndash; June 4th. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 646.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="50" name="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/07/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Proud Sponsor of NCCI Annual Issues Symposium&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software is a proud sponsor of the 2008 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, the industry&amp;rsquo;s premier event for workers&amp;rsquo; compensation executives.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=50"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="47" name="47"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMS 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 27th &amp;ndash; May 1st. This premier event for risk management professionals is being held in California at the San Diego Convention Center. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 947.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="44" name="44"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/09/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come by and see&amp;nbsp;Tropics at the following events in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=44"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="43" name="43"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Announces New Director of Software Development&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce the new Director of Software Development, Robert Sillett. Bob is responsible for the technical direction for the Tropics software platform.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=43"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="42" name="42"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/02/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Logo in the sand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;8th Annual Users' Conference a Success!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Tropics 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference was a great success with our highest attendance yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="40" name="40"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/06/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Is Proud To Announce New Promotions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce new promotions&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="39" name="39"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/03/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;8th Annual User's Conference&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Users’ Conference Registration Now Open&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Registration for Tropics 8th Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference is Now Open.&amp;nbsp;This year promises to be a great conference at The Longboat Key Club in beautiful Sarasota, FL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The conference will be held October 24th - 26th.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="36" name="36"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;06/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Come by and see us at the following events.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="35" name="35"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;05/17/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA Educational Conference &amp; Business Show&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be visiting Minneapolis for the IASA 2007 Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show. The conference begins on June 3rd and continues through June 6th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop by and see us at booth #337.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="33" name="33"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/23/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMs Annual Conference &amp; Exhibition&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &amp;ndash; May 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The conference is being held in New Orleans and RIMs has arranged for activities in support of the city.&amp;nbsp;Stop by and see us at booth #1960.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="32" name="32"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/22/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Venue Has Been Selected for the 2007 Users’ Conference!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics is&amp;nbsp;going above and beyond this year! &amp;nbsp;We have selected The Resort at Longboat Key Club, chosen by Coastal Living Magazine as one of the &amp;ldquo;15 inns that we love&amp;rdquo;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="30" name="30"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;FHM Insurance Company Selects Tropics &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div&gt;FHM Insurance Company, Florida&amp;rsquo;s oldest and most experienced workers&amp;rsquo; compensation company, and Tropics Software Technologies the premier workers compensation software company today announced that FHM Insurance has chosen Tropics&amp;reg; Policy Administration and WebTropics&amp;reg; agency and insured products for their workers comp policy and claims system. &lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="31" name="31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/26/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ReliaMax Insurance Goes Live With Tropics Software System&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;ReliaMax Insurance Company, a provider of workers compensation insurance in South Dakota, has finished the installation process and is now live with Tropics Policy &amp;amp; Claims Administration Software.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="52" name="52"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;08/14/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Software Technologies Makes Major Investment in .NET Services Technology Platform&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies, Inc. (TST), the premier provider of solutions to the Workers Comp insurance industry, today unveils its exciting future plans and long-term market directions for the next generation of SOA-based software leveraging the latest in .NET 3.5 technology platforms. While underway since August of 2007, TST is now releasing the details regarding this significant undertaking.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="51" name="51"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/25/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;New Employees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Welcomes new Team Members on Path to Growth&lt;br /&gt; &amp;bull; Stacy Streinz, Claims Analyst &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Melissa Sparks, Product Support Specialist &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Amanda Hynds, Marketing &amp;amp; Sales
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="49" name="49"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;04/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at IASA 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the IASA Annual Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show, &amp;ldquo;targeted for financial and technology professionals in the insurance and financial services industry.&amp;rdquo; The event is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on June 1st &amp;ndash; June 4th. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 646.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="50" name="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/07/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Proud Sponsor of NCCI Annual Issues Symposium&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software is a proud sponsor of the 2008 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, the industry&amp;rsquo;s premier event for workers&amp;rsquo; compensation executives.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="47" name="47"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;03/01/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Exhibiting at RIMS 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 27th &amp;ndash; May 1st. This premier event for risk management professionals is being held in California at the San Diego Convention Center. Stop by and see Tropics at booth 947.
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="44" name="44"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;01/09/2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Upcoming Events&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come by and see&amp;nbsp;Tropics at the following events in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=44"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="43" name="43"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/28/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Announces New Director of Software Development&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce the new Director of Software Development, Robert Sillett. Bob is responsible for the technical direction for the Tropics software platform.
																&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="NewsDetail.cfm?intNewsPK=43"&gt;more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="42" name="42"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;11/02/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Logo in the sand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;8th Annual Users' Conference a Success!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Tropics 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference was a great success with our highest attendance yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="40" name="40"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/06/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;div class="header"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tropics Is Proud To Announce New Promotions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies is proud to announce new promotions&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;td valign="top" width="170"&gt;&lt;a id="39" name="39"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="bigblack"&gt;&lt;font color="#006666"&gt;07/03/2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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															&lt;div class="copy"&gt;8th Annual User's Conference&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Registration for Tropics 8th Annual Users&amp;rsquo; Conference is Now Open.&amp;nbsp;This year promises to be a great conference at The Longboat Key Club in beautiful Sarasota, FL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The conference will be held October 24th - 26th.&lt;/p&gt;
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													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be visiting Minneapolis for the IASA 2007 Educational Conference &amp;amp; Business Show. The conference begins on June 3rd and continues through June 6th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop by and see us at booth #337.
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													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Tropics Software Technologies will be exhibiting at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.&amp;rsquo;s Annual Conference &amp;amp; Exhibition on April 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &amp;ndash; May 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The conference is being held in New Orleans and RIMs has arranged for activities in support of the city.&amp;nbsp;Stop by and see us at booth #1960.&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Tropics is&amp;nbsp;going above and beyond this year! &amp;nbsp;We have selected The Resort at Longboat Key Club, chosen by Coastal Living Magazine as one of the &amp;ldquo;15 inns that we love&amp;rdquo;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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													&lt;div class="copy"&gt;&lt;div&gt;FHM Insurance Company, Florida&amp;rsquo;s oldest and most experienced workers&amp;rsquo; compensation company, and Tropics Software Technologies the premier workers compensation software company today announced that FHM Insurance has chosen Tropics&amp;reg; Policy Administration and WebTropics&amp;reg; agency and insured products for their workers comp policy and claims system. &lt;/div&gt;
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