The laundry industry recognizes that under loading washers is a common problem and surveys show that between 60-70% of wash loads are under loaded. This human error allows for wasted water and wasted laundry chemicals. While traditional systems work on the assumption the washer is always loaded to full capacity, with SmartDosing by Electrolux, the laundry chemical controller is smart enough to adjust the chemicals for the perfect ratio to water. If a washer is loaded to 50% capacity, the water and chemical savings could be up to 30% per load.

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At the core of all innovations, Electrolux constantly strives to anticipate your needs and to create solutions and services that generate a real edge in your business. With SmartDosing the benefits are tangible in efficiency, costs, and cleaning results. The proper dosing ratio allows for a finished product that has been thoroughly rinsed and is comfortably used by your customer.

Consumptions are reduced, while still providing high quality results, at a minimum cost. Controlling the chemicals and water also has a positive impact on the environment.

Its not just about machines, states Kim Shady, Senior Vice President of OPL at Laundrylux and 25-year industry veteran, Electrolux solutions create added value for your business. When Electrolux says they are thinking of you it means exactly that. Every innovation is designed by experts to best meet your needs and exceed your expectations and SmartDosing definitely exceeded my expectations. Its incredible.

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SmartDosing is simple to install and very easy to use. Operators do not need to select anything the process is automatic. An integrated USB port completes the system allowing programming data to be uploaded or reports to be downloaded. The controller is able to manage from 2 6 pumps. It works seamlessly with Electrolux Compass Control washers equipped with Automatic Water Savings (AWS).

Want to learn more about SmartDosing and other Electrolux Professional Laundry innovations? Call (800)645-2205 or visit http://www.laundrylux.com/electrolux

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London Executive Aviation (LEA, http://www.flylea.com/), one of Europes largest business jet charter (http://www.flylea.com/private-jet-charter/air-charter.html) operators, has further diversified its fleet with the addition of its first Falcon 2000LX from French manufacturer Dassault.

The brand new aircraft, tail number G-WWFC, will be based at London Luton Airport and takes the total number of aircraft on LEAs air operators certificate to 28.

The Dassault Falcon 2000LX is configured to carry up to 10 passengers and is fully available for charter. With a range of 4,000 nautical miles, it allows for non-stop connectivity from London to destinations such as New York and Dubai.

Thanks to its technologically advanced autobrake system, the twinjet aircraft is specially designed to deliver optimal performance from shorter runways. The cabin includes a state-of-the-art entertainment system featuring two DVD players with stored media and a 3D airshow feature, four personal widescreen units, a forward cabin monitor and a connection port for iPhones, iPads and iPods. Using the remote Apple app, passengers can use their Apple products to control the entertainment system as well as the cabin lighting.

George Galanopoulos, managing director, LEA says: We are extremely pleased to have expanded our fleet with this Dassault Falcon 2000LX, 20 years since the original Falcon 2000 took to the skies. As well as its long range and top cruising speed of 540mph, this aircraft is one of the most fuel-efficient, spacious and comfortable jets in its class.

LEA chief executive Patrick Margetson-Rushmore adds: This is the fourth business jet we have taken delivery of so far this year and our first Dassault Falcon 2000LX builds on the variety of aircraft types in the LEA fleet, ensuring we have an aircraft to suit every private aviation need.

For more information, visit http://www.flylea.com.

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Photos of the new Dassault Falcon 2000LX are available here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8020communications/sets/72157633394716030/). Additional photos are available upon request.

Notes to Editors:

Founded in 1996, London Executive Aviation (LEA) is one of Europes largest executive aircraft charter operators, with 17 successful years in the international business aviation market. LEA operates a 28-aircraft business jet fleet based around London, Paris, Nice and Moscow. The fleet ranges from the entry-level Citation Mustang to the Embraer Legacy 650, covering a spectrum of business aviation needs. The company is owned by founders Patrick JG Margetson-Rushmore (chief executive) and George C Galanopoulos (managing director). LEA has been named Best General Aviation Operator three times in the Baltic Air Charter Associations Excellence Awards. The company provides the full range of business aircraft services management, chartering, consultancy and sales. More information can be found by telephoning LEA on: +44 (0)1708 688420 or visiting: http://www.flylea.com.

Chicago real estate firm @properties is making another big bet on the north suburbs. The company, which has more than 1,100 brokers serving the city, North Shore and Southwest Michigan, has signed a lease for a 2,750-square-foot office at the corner of Waukegan Road and Glenview Road in downtown Glenview. It is the third new north-suburban office for @properties in less than a year.

@properties also announced that it has hired Glenview resident and veteran managing broker Natasha OConnor, 38, as vice president of brokerage services. Previously, OConnor was managing broker of Prudential Rubloff in Northbrook.

Glenview is @properties fifth location in the northern suburbs, where the company has become the second largest brokerage firm just three and a half years after planting its flag with an office in Evanston. @properties is also the No. 1 brokerage firm in the city of Chicago by both transactions and sales volume.

With its Glenview office, @properties looks to gain market share in the towns off the north-suburban lakefront including Glenview, Northbrook, Golf, Morton Grove and Niles.

The combined Glenview-Northbrook marketplace had residential sales volume of $ 570 million during the 12-month period ended March 31, a 28 percent increase over the previous 12 months. It is a market where the top two firms account for approximately half of all residential sales volume a condition @properties co-founders Thaddeus Wong and Michael Golden see as a huge opportunity.

Its a similar situation to what weve encountered throughout the North Shore, and we have been able to turn it to our advantage, said Golden. As an independent firm, we can be more responsive to our agents and clients. Its more of a boutique feelbetter service, and people obviously want that.

Our goal is to be the number one firm in this market, added Wong.

Ironically, @properties will be moving into the space formerly occupied by Koenig & Strey, a real estate company founded by Ed and Norma Koenig in Glenview in 1961. The Koenig family ran the firm for 38 years until they sold it to a division of GMAC in 1999. It has been sold two times since then.

We do feel like were filling that role of the independent, locally owned firm, which Glenview hasnt seen since the Koenigs exited the brokerage business more than a decade ago, said Wong. Were excited to follow in their footsteps in terms of the way they supported the community over the years.

Wong also believes now is a good time to be coming into downtown Glenview, citing a number of new development proposals.

The future is bright for downtown Glenview. The people of Glenview want to support their downtown. It just needs that critical mass, and were glad to be a part of it.

OConnor is confident that @properties will be well received in Glenview and surrounding towns. As an outside observer, I thought @properties did an excellent job of demonstrating its unique selling proposition to agents and clients on the North Shore. Theyve been able to make smart decisions based on local factors, and they managed a lot of growth during a tough time. Theyre going to be great for the area, and this area is going to be great for them, OConnor said.

@properties new office will open this summer.

About @properties

Established in 2000, @properties is the No. 1 Chicago real estate broker by market share, the fastest growing North Shore real estate brokerage firm and the third largest brokerage firm in Northern Illinois. In addition to its Glenview office, the company has offices in Evanston, Winnetka, Lake Forest, Highland Park, River North, Streeterville, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, Uptown, Lakeview and New Buffalo, Mich. For more information, visit http://www.atproperties.com.

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The company will keep the name ABC Services, Inc. and Thomas Kempster and Hal Schwartz, co-founders of ABC Services; as well as David Yarm, founder and CEO of PTG, will make up the executive team.

We have always respected PTG and have been partnering with them to leverage their platform and software expertise since we were founded in 1994, said Mr. Schwartz. Together, we will be able to offer our clients a broader and more diverse spectrum of products and services, not only for the IBM Power Systems market, but also for a wide range of other industry-leading platforms. With a focused effort to take our business to the next level, this merger will position us as the leading IBM Premier Business Partner in the region and enable us to expand our offerings and enhance our services for our clients.

Having worked closely with ABC Services almost as one company, this merger makes perfect sense, explained Mr. Yarm. As a result of the merger, we can now offer our clients more sales and technical certifications for IBM product offerings and will be able to simplify processes by providing our clients with one point of entry for their IT needs. PTG clients have been working with ABC technicians for years, so there will be no change from the customer standpoint other than more streamlined processes by having all IT services offered from one entity. We are very excited by this and look to continue to offer our clients the highest standards within the IT industry.

About ABC Services, Inc.

ABC Services, Inc. is a leading cloud-based server and network solutions provider specializing in IBM Power and other industry-leading environments. In business for almost two decades, the company offers managed, cloud and virtualizations services, helping organizations leverage new technologies to solve unique business challenges. Combined with its long-time partnerships with the industrys top hardware and software vendors, ABC Services team of certified IT professionals brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to customize and optimize its clients IT infrastructures to help them gain a competitive edge. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., ABC Services can be found online at: http://www.abcservices.com.

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Agile, a practice that is strongly associated with software development, is taking on a new role in business. Agile techniques and thinking are being applied to a wider range of projects where workers see the opportunity for increased performance. The benefits of program management for Agile are derived in part by placing a tremendous amount of responsibility and accountability on the individual team members, says Keith Kerr, a recognized thought leader in the project, program and portfolio management and one of the reports authors. There is an understanding that great teams build great software and those teams should be trusted and empowered to deliver beyond software development.

It has become apparent to the researchers and authors that more organizations are employing Agile, but the techniques and methods being implemented are unplanned making enterprise implementation difficult. The key learning objective from this report is how to make program management for Agile a success in organizations, programs and teams.

The research uncovered ways to better identify the role of and utilize program management and the program management office in an organizational environment adopting Agile development. The report provides insights on how to incorporate the Agile philosophy across all operating units helping employees find the realized value of Agile, making its adoption easier. Specific application of the research findings can lay the foundation for an organization to create an overarching vision of master planning and resource management that ties individual projects to organizational strategy and priorities.

For more findings from The Performance Institutes new research report, please visit our website at http://www.performanceinstitute.org.

About the Performance Institute: The Performance Institute is a private, non-partisan think tank seeking to improve government, corporate, and non-profit performance through the principles of performance, accountability, engagement, and transparency. Based in the Washington, D.C., area, the Institute serves as the nation’s leading authority and repository on performance-based management practices for government. To learn more about our organization, please visit http://www.performanceinstitute.org.

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ForexMinute.com, one of the leading forex news portals, is providing its visitors with economic indicators for better technical analysis of economic performance and predictions of future performances.

In this section, ForexMinute provides the latest financial news and trends from almost every major economy in a timely fashion. The section includes various earning reports, indices and economic summaries like unemployment rate, consumer price index, gross domestic products, stock market prices, etc. amongst others.

With its Economic Indicator section, the news portal focuses on providing its visitors and forex traders with the most genuine statistics of current financial trends. Traders can take advantage of these statistics and study business cycles acutely.

A spokesperson from the portal claims, ForexMinute experts help you understand the art of an effective trade forecast. Our specialists help traders predict price movements and future market trends by offering tools that study charts of past market action. Furthermore, our daily reports always inform traders with current updates of the economy and predict for the upcoming situations of the market by taking the price of instruments and the volume of trading into account.

Earlier, ForexMinute also introduced an economic calendar to help traders become are aware of the global economy. The Economic Calendar, as expected, now successfully helps traders get information on important events in the financial markets. It also brings the latest economic news for investors or traders to help them update on the current state of affairs of global economies that affect Forex market.

ForexMinute aims at developing a community of information based trading in all sectors of economy including forex, indices, commodities, amongst others, and strives to provide traders with enough tips and tool for making profitable investments.

About ForexMinute:

ForexMinute is the worlds leading forex news website, providing investors all the required tools to become a top class forex trader. The ForexMinute.com team offers global investors an array of resources, including financial news by the minute, forex brokers reviews, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, forex tools and much more. The aim of ForexMinute is to provide investors the leading forex education tools, so they can visit their leading forex portal whenever it suits them.

For more information, visit http://www.forexminute.com

Bacs approved Bureau, First Capital Cashflow, which provides bespoke, secure and flexible payments processing services is taking part in this year’s Big Break campaign run by Bacs – the industry body responsible for Direct Debit payments.

First Capital Cashflow hopes to raise thousands of pounds for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the leading charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people with sight loss via their involvement in the Big Break.

The campaign is designed to encourage consumers and businesses alike to settle their bills by direct debit, a payment method which benefits both the payer and beneficiary. Bacs are funding a prize draw for both consumers and businesses to be in with a chance of winning either ?12,000 towards household bills (for consumers) or ?2,000 towards commercial bills (for businesses). If a payer instates a new direct debit with a participating organisation/business during the qualifying period (1st February 2013 30th June 2013), then they will be automatically entered in to the respective consumer or business draw.

As an approved Bureau, processing direct debit transactions on behalf of hundreds of organisations/businesses, First Capital Cashflow will make a charitable donation on behalf of all its clients for each and every new direct debit.

Bacs themselves will also be giving away ?5,000 each month of the campaign to 100 charities and good causes which will be determined by a public vote to nominate a good these good causes. The good cause with the most votes each month will receive ?2,000, the runner up ?1,000 and the remaining ?2,000 will be divided equally amongst the runners up.

Simon Reynolds, marketing manager for First Capital Cashflow, commented:

The Big Break is a proven campaign that stands to benefit all parties involved. Direct debit ensures a business can manage its fixed or variable recurring collections efficiently and improve cash flow as well as streamline credit. At the same time the payer benefits by accessing what is a convenient and secure form of payment. Its great that Bacs are willing to put up a prize to incentive payers to settle their invoices by direct debit. As a Bureau we will also be donating a percentage of our processing fees to the RNIB as our nominated good cause.

For more information on the Big Break visit https://www.directdebit.co.uk/TheBigBreak/Pages/Home.aspx

To vote for a good cause visit https://www.directdebit.co.uk/TheBigBreak/100GoodCauses/Pages/vote.aspx

For more information on First Capital Cashflow and their direct debit services visit http://www.firstcapitalcashflow.com

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County Executive Thomas P. Gordon is introducing a comprehensive ethics reform package aimed at restoring public trust through enhanced public disclosure, tightened internal controls and increased oversight of our land use process.

Executive Gordon worked closely with County Chief Administrative Officer David Grimaldi, Councilman Bob Weiner (R) and Council President Chris Bullock (D) in drafting this bipartisan proposal that will offer unprecedented transparency through online public disclosure of all vendor agreements, employee salaries and FOIA requests. This information will be posted on our newly created webpage, http://www.nccde.org/open, which already contains 2013 contract data. I am pleased to collaborate in this bipartisan initiative to foster good government and transparency in County government said Councilman Weiner.

This proposal will promote fairness through our procurement process by requiring new vendors to disclose, on the bidding documents, campaign contributions made to County Officials within the previous 24 months. It will require legislators to disclose the authors, in whole or in part, of proposed legislation. The County Executive firmly believes that the public has a right to know which, if any, special interest group took part in the advancement of legislation.

The goal of this ethics reform package is to restore public confidence in certain aspects of County government, said Council President Bullock. The proposals in this reform package are ambitious and achievable through bipartisan cooperation and through cooperation between the Council and the Administration. I am also particularly interested in promoting fairness in our procurement process for minority vendors.

The annual Statements of Financial Interests (SFI) filing will be expanded, clarified and made publicly available, on the County website, for all who are required to file.

Similar to the banking sector, the Department of Land use will be placed under the oversight of a Compliance Manager, who will be tasked with monitoring the communications of Land Use employees while ensuring compliance with State and County code. Further, this proposal seeks to expand and reorganize the Office of the County Auditor by raising the number of auditors from one to three full time employees and changing its reporting structure to include both the Executive and Legislative branches of government. The new audit department will play a crucial role in creating and maintaining proper internal controls throughout the other operating departments.

This proposal requires a mandatory 4-hour ethics training class for all managers, prohibits employees from conducting County business through personal cell phones and email addresses, and explicitly disallows secret agreements between the government and private enterprises. An open and democratic form of government does not engage in secret agreements. It does not operate, from within the shadows, to advance the economic interests of the few at the peril of the many said Executive Gordon.

Proposal Highlights:

1.????Enhanced Disclosure:

????Disclosure of outside business interests held by the filer or immediate family(spouse & children)
????Disclosure of all private sources of income in excess of $ 1,000
????Disclose all fiduciary positions, or positions of trust, held whether compensated or uncompensated
????County Vendor Ethics Disclosure Statement New vendors will be required to disclose campaign contributions made to County Officials within the previous 24 months.
????Disclose the author, in whole or in part, of proposed legislation
????Disclosure of real property in which an interest was held in New Castle County by filer, their spouse and immediate family????
????Disclosure of family members employed by New Castle County

2.????Operational Changes

????Disallow secret agreements with private enterprises
????Prohibit the use of personal email while conducting County business
????Prohibit employee use of personal cell phones while conducting County business within the Department of Land Use
????Disallow free meals: Although it is a common business practice to take clients to lunch or dinner, or to allow them to take you, this is not acceptable for public employees.
????Impose fines for ethics violations and allow wage garnishments for those who fail to pay.
????Offer reward to those who report fraud, waste or abuse.
????Mandatory 4 hour ethics training for County Officials and department heads.

3.????Increased Oversight:

????Land Use Compliance Manager- This newly created position will be tasked with monitoring the communications of land use employees and ensuring compliance with State and County code.
????County Auditor – Expand from one to three full time auditors. Reorganize department to have dual reporting requirement (Both Executive & Legislative branches)
????Add County Attorney and legal aide positions to County Council to reduce the potential need to seek advice of outside council.

4.????Open Government:

????Make Statement of Financial Interest (SFI) publicly available online for all who are required to file
????Post all external contract info (vendor, amount, description of services) online
????Post position and salary info for all County employees online
????Post all FOIA requested documents online

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Pioneering cardiologist, Asher Kimchi, MD, Clinical Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Medical Director of the Preventive and Consultative Heart Center of Excellence at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, and Diane Brinson, an insurance entrepreneur who founded a brokerage to serve high net worth individuals and businesses, have been named as honorees of the second annual HeartView Global Foundation Gala to be held Feb. 16 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village.

Kimchi, clinical professor of medicine, will receive the Foundations award for Excellence in Early Detection and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. A native of Tel Aviv, Israel, Kimchi is an internationally recognized clinical cardiologist, former flight surgeon in the Israeli Air Force and the founder and chairman of the International Academy of Cardiology and the World Congress on Heart Disease. Author of numerous books and original manuscripts, Kimchi has been honored with the Passion of the Heart Award from the American Heart Association Los Angeles chapter, and was recently elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, an honor given to only 250 physicians and scientists worldwide.

Dianne Brinson, who will receive the organizations top philanthropic award, founded Momentous Insurance Brokerage in 2008. Brinson guided its growth to 140 employees and 2012 revenues of $ 27 million, making it the fourth-largest woman-owned business in the San Fernando Valley. Today, Momentous employees are encouraged to contribute a portion of their paychecks to charity, and the company provides a dollar-for-dollar match. Mrs. Brinson will receive the HeartView Global community honor for Excellence in Leadership and Dedication to Early Detection and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Kimchi and Diane Brinson epitomize what our mission is all about: Expert medical care coupled with compassionate and considerate support, said Jonathan Schwartz, founder and president of HeartView Global Foundation. Dr. Kimchis knowledge of cardiac medicine, along with his genuine, caring personality explain why his patients are so dedicated to him. And Diane Brinsons generosity is helping to ensure that patients will get the care they need, regardless of cost.

Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons, who hosts a daily program on Sirius satellite radio, will emcee the gala on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village. New country-pop artist Joel Crouse will open the entertainment portion of the evening, culminating with singer-songwriter-musician Richard Marx, whose hits include Endless Summer Nights, Right Here Waiting and Dont Mean Nothing is slated to perform.

HeartView Global Foundation is a non-profit organization created for the purpose of identifying patients with asymptomatic coronary artery disease for whom preventive measures can be taken to avoid heart attacks, strokes and sudden cardiac death. In addition to supporting research led by Daniel Berman, MD, at Cedars-Sinai in heart attack prevention, the Foundation funds are used to allow patients who need testing to get a coronary CT angiogram, the most accurate test for determining the risk of heart attack. While proven in a large, consistent body of evidence and covered in many states, this highly effective, noninvasive method for evaluation of these patients is not covered by most medical insurance in California. For many at-risk patients, the out-of-pocket payment for this test may be out of reach. The Foundation has generously established a fund at Cedars-Sinai that allows testing of selected patients who need the test but cannot afford it.

Schwartz is a partner in GSO Business Management, a Sherman Oaks-based financial practice that serves the entertainment industry, high net worth individuals and companies. He founded HeartView after his childhood friend died at age 42 from a sudden heart attack. The loss motivated Schwartz, who has a family history of heart disease, to see a doctor and undergo a coronary CT scan, which revealed a life-threatening blockage in a major artery into his heart.

My friend’s passing and a coronary CT scan saved my life, and now I want to help improve and possibly save the lives of thousands of people, Schwartz said.

For more information, or to make a donation, please visit http://www.heartviewglobalfoundation.org.

Contact: Jonathan Schwartz

(818) 462-5678

jschwartz(at)gsogroup.com

Mspark (formerly MailSouth), the largest, privately held, results-oriented marketing services provider of shared mail in the United States, announced that Shannon A. Johnston has joined the company as chief information officer, effective today.

With a strong track record of success in business and information technology (IT), Shannon is more than qualified to lead the overall operations of our continuously expanding IT function, said Albert Braunfisch, president and chief executive officer at Mspark. Her expertise in strategic decision-making and technology solution delivery will prove extremely important to our growth as we continue to meet and surpass the evolving, complex needs of todays consumers and advertisers.

Ms. Johnston commented, This is a wonderful opportunity, and I look forward to becoming an integral part of such an exciting, dynamic company.

Prior to joining Mspark, Ms. Johnston served as chief operating officer at ShopVisible, a Software as a Service (SaaS) commerce platform that helps retailers attract and retain the new, connected consumer. She also worked as chief technology officer at Points of Light Institute, a national nonprofit focusing on volunteerism and civic engagement, and as vice president, IT at CompuCredit, a global financial services company.

Ms. Johnston holds a bachelors degree from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga. She is a director and board member of the Women in Technology organization and winner of its 2009 Women of the Year in Technology Award for mid-sized companies. She is also a member of Mentor Net, an e-mentoring organization supporting diversity in engineering and science, as well as a former board member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Diversity Society.

About Mspark

Mspark is a leader in providing marketing services, having partnered with clients to deliver reliable advertising solutions since 1988. The company specializes in delivering value to consumers in smaller markets, reaching more than 23 million U.S. households in 27 states and 500+ markets with the ability to reach 98% of the households in each of its markets. Msparks portfolio of more than 3,000 clients ranges from some of the countrys largest advertisers to small local merchants and includes consumer packaged goods manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and service providers across the United States. For additional information, visit http://www.mspark.com.

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Contact:

Susan R. Knight

Manager, Corporate Communications

205.621.6798

sknight(at)mspark(dot)com

Goodwill Industries International is launching a new initiative, with the support of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, to help military veterans and their families connect with the education, training and support services they need to succeed on the home front. Vested in Veterans will built on existing Goodwill programs including Goodwill for Americas Heroes and Their Families and Community College/Career Collaboration (C4) to create a holistic support system that helps veterans and their families in four communities secure educational opportunities, find jobs and build their careers. These communities include Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and San Antonio.

Todays returning veterans face a unique array of challenges. More than a million military servicemen and women are expected to leave behind their uniforms and return to civilian life in the next five years, and a stubbornly bleak job market translates to high unemployment for veterans. In addition, veterans and their families are frequently relocated, making it difficult for them to build credentials and careers. These challenges are further amplified when veterans have service-related physical disabilities or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Take Edward, for example. He had years of teaching, marketing and management experience in addition to four years in the military and five years in the reserves when he was laid off from a teaching position in Los Angeles. Arlington was unemployed for eight months until he was contacted by the Metro North WorkSource Center through the Department of Labors Rapid Response program through Goodwill. After an interview, he was approved to receive case management, intensive services, training and supportive services.

As he worked on his Individual Employment Plan, Arlington noted hed like to gain another teaching credential that is in higher demand among employers. He enrolled in the math and science cohort with California State University of Los Angeles and completed the training in June 2012. He obtained his single subject science teaching credential in August 2012. LAUSD rehired Arlington into a full-time position. He still receives supportive services to ensure a successful transition back into the work force.

We owe it to every one of our veterans and their family members to provide them with the tools they need to advance beyond their military careers and connect them with employers who understand the value of their military experience, so they can succeed at work and at home, said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. Through Vested in Veterans, we will enable veterans and military family members to focus on their careers and financial goals, and create a roadmap for successful civilian careers.

Each participant in the Vested in Veterans program will receive an individualized career and financial plan designed to support a comprehensive set of personal goals related to employment, finances, assets, leadership and service. Participants will be connected to community college courses, job search and placement services, and career development tools designed to ensure long-term financial and professional success.

Bank of Americas investment in Goodwill is just one of the ways we are helping individuals, including returning military, access the education and training they need to access jobs and build better financial futures, said Kerry Sullivan, president, Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Were honored to recognize the sacrifice and leadership of our military members, veterans and their families through longstanding support and pleased to partner with Goodwill as part of our ongoing commitment to improve local economies.

Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, Goodwill Houston, Goodwill Southern California, and Goodwill of San Antonio were chosen based on their impact and their relationships with the community. Bank of America Corp. currently serves two million active and veteran military households across the U.S. and employs nearly 6,000 reservist and veteran service members.

About Goodwill Industries International

Goodwill Industries International is a network of 165 community-based agencies in the United States and Canada with 14 affiliates in 13 other countries. Goodwill is one of the top 25 most inspiring companies (Forbes, 2012). Goodwill agencies are innovative and sustainable social enterprises that fund job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs by selling donated clothing and household items in more than 2,700 stores and online at shopgoodwill.com. Local Goodwill agencies also build revenue and create jobs by contracting with businesses and government to provide a wide range of commercial services, including packaging and assembly, food service preparation, and document imaging and shredding. In 2011, more than 4 million people in the United States and Canada benefited from Goodwill’s career services. Goodwill channels 82 percent of its revenues directly into its programs and services. To find a Goodwill location near you, use the online locator at http://www.goodwill.org, or call (800) GOODWILL. Follow us on Twitter: @GoodwillIntl or find us on Facebook: GoodwillIntl.

Bank of America Corporate Social Responsibility

Bank of Americas commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a strategic part of doing business globally. Our CSR efforts guide how we operate in a socially, economically, financially and environmentally responsible way around the world, to deliver for shareholders, customers, clients and employees. Our goal is to help create economically vibrant regions and communities through lending, investing and giving. By partnering with our stakeholders, we create value that empowers individuals and communities to thrive and contributes to the long-term success of our business. We have several core areas of focus for our CSR, including responsible business practices; environmental sustainability; strengthening local communities with a focus on housing, hunger and jobs; investing in global leadership development; and engaging through arts and culture. As part of these efforts, employee volunteers across the company contribute their time, passion and expertise to address issues in communities where they live and work. Learn more at http://www.bankofamerica.com/about and follow us on Twitter at @BofA_Community.

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USimprints.com has released their top 10 best selling promotional products of 2012. Our customers from coast to coast are using these creative items to build their brand and increase awareness.

It was a record year, as more business, organizations, and schools used USimprints.com as their source for marketing and specialty items.

We had our best year ever, and there were 10 very popular items that customers bought time and time again, said President Wade Benz.

He added, These items are sure to be big hits going into 2013 as well, as the economy strengthens, marketing budgets increase, and clients look to improve their brand awareness.

Here is the list of the hottest selling items in 2012, ranked by total sales:

#1 Customized Neon Plastic Sunglasses

The best selling product by far was the Customized Neon Sunglasses #8240986. These retro plastic glasses are hugely popular with fraternities, sororities, weddings, and parties. It is a hit for people of all ages in all industries.

#2 Acrylic Pedometer

We sold thousands of The Acrylic Clearview Pedometer #8056550. It is a reliable and quality manufactured pedometer for health themed promotions.

#3 Large Non-Woven Laminated Tote

The Laminated Large Non Woven Shopper Tote #8213202 was another top seller. It is an inexpensive, yet durable tote that has become a popular shopping bag at retail stores. It has a large imprint area, making it a hit for trade shows and conventions.

#4 Acrylic Tumbler with Straw

The Double Wall Acrylic Tumbler with a Straw #9093136 made popular a few years back by coffee shops, is again on our list of top sellers. This tumbler keeps drinks cool, doesnt sweat, and is a giveaway with your logo that people are sure to keep.

#5 Hand Sanitizer Spray

Our Hand Sanitizer Spray Pump #10391693 with full color imprint is ranking in our top sellers. Keep germs and sickness away with this other favorite health themed item.

#6 Round Stress Reliever

The Basic Round Squeezable Stress Ball #8284953 is a hit with offices, call centers, and other customers who are looking for a fun personalized stress relieving item.

#7 Mood Changing Stadium Cup

Our 12 oz. Mood Stadium Cup #10513899 is a fun spin on the typical small plastic cup. It changes colors with ice cold liquids and is popular for all ages.

#8 Folding Camp Chair

The Folding Camp Chair #10576444 you see on the sidelines at soccer, football, baseball and just about every other outdoor sporting events are a hot high end corporate gift.

#9 Large Drawstring Backpack

Our Large Sports Drawstring Bag #10390764 was another big seller. It was a popular giveaway for schools, universities, and even music festivals.

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USimprints.com is the premier online provider of promotional products and custom imprinted merchandise since 2006. We offer creative marketing products designed to build your brand. Our experienced and friendly team partners with clients of all sizes, types, and industries all across the world to design and produce unique giveaways and imprinted items. Our site has over 140,000 products ready to be personalized with your imprint. We put your logo on anything!

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Lorel Marketing Group (Lorel), a full-service marketing agency, today announced the availability of its mobile website platform created for businesses that are seeking to leverage their company website content and offer their customers a seamless, intuitive mobile experience.

With a steady advancement of mobile technology and the rising demand of ‘on the go’ internet access, providing a mobile website has become an essential element within every marketing mix. Consumers continue to adopt the smartphone into their every day lives and expect businesses to keep up providing mobile access that’s quick, purposeful, and intuitive to user’s basic needs.

The market research shows that consumers are actively utilizing their mobile phones to access information across websites, and expect the content to be viewable within a mobile experience. Lorel’s mobile website platform enables brands to develop a fully scalable, customizable mobile site that meets the comprehensive needs of both the mobile user and the business.

We offer our clients a solution that streamlines the creation of a mobile site by leveraging the assets of its current website, while delivering a robust, user friendly, mobile experience to their customers.” Sebastian Pistritto, President. Lorel Marketing Group.

Innovative businesses are consistently seeking new outlets to better engage and understand their customers, while expanding their brand within a new, consumer saturated medium. The Lorel mobile platform helps meet these needs. Designed as an extension of a business’s current website, and equipped with a backend content management tool, businesses are able to update and manage their website and mobile site seamlessly. The mobile platform enables brands to connect with their existing databases and data feeds such as email. This provides an integrated platform that can promote the brand, and capture contact information and email addresses. The mobile site platform supplies businesses with the tools they need to segment and execute their outbound marketing communication programs.

To learn more about the new mobile website platform for businesses being offered, visit http://www.lorel.com/mobileplatform or contact Sebastian Pistritto at 610-337-2343 or email spistritto(at)lorel(dot)com

Lorel Marketing Group is a full-service, multichannel marketing agency in its twenty-fifth year of accelerating the measurable success of leading lifestyle and healthcare brands. We specialize in insight mining, strategy development, branded creative and measurable marketing promotions that embrace integrated online and offline tactics. Lorel has been directly involved in mapping and motivating consumers’ brand affinity and purchase activity across every marketing channel. By leveraging strategic, passionate problem solving, Lorel employs earnest collaboration. Lorel provides the critical mass warranted to think, solve, and execute quickly across every discipline. Lorel Marketing Group 590 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406

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Celtic Tours World Vacations is excited to announce new Ireland travel packages for The Gathering.

There’s something about Ireland that inspires worldwide wonder and affection, and that, global affinity will be celebrated next year. All year. It’s called Gathering Ireland 2013. And it poses a wonderfully rhetorical question about Ireland. “What’s not to love?”

The Gathering Ireland 2013 is a year-long opportunity for travelers to connect with this small majestic island, a nonstop series of events and festivals that will bring all aspects of Ireland – culture, music, the arts, sports and heritage – to glorious, indelible life.

One never needs an invitation to visit Ireland, but for those seeking the perfect moment, The Gathering offers a year’s worth of golden opportunities. Be part of it!

The Gathering Ireland 2013 offers travelers the perfect time to discover or rediscover this beloved and fabled island.

There are more than 70 million people worldwide who can claim Irish descent. But Irishness is not only defined through territorial limits – there are millions more who simply connect with its richness of Irish culture and heritage and who are Irish at heart. So whatever their connect may be, whether they are Irish by birth or just Irish in spirit, the land of One Hundred Thousand Welcomes can’t wait to welcome them to the place where it all began – Ireland.

Now is the time for a family reunion, conference or get-together, because 2013 is Ireland’s year-long party of a lifetime! This is a chance for them to connect not only with their own clan but also with a greater extended community to celebrate a shared love of all things Irish.

Whether their journey is to uncover their roots, renew a love for Ireland or discover it for the first time, 2013 is the year to make it happen.

Come take part in the year’s program of festivals and parades, from St. Patrick’s Festival in Dublin to the Galway Arts Festival in the West; discover the weathered wonders of an ancient land and take in the vast landscapes and natural beauty that have for centuries taken our breath away and inspired artistic and literary expression escape to Ireland’s golf courses with friends or business associates and learn why Ireland is truly the home of golf champions; and enjoy a pint and good times in the world’s friendliest pubs.

The Gathering 2013 is the ultimate celebration of all things Irish and what makes Ireland great. And with this line-up travelers won’t want to miss it.

Travel to Ireland for the Gathering 2013 with Celtic Tours World Vacations.

Digital Technology International (DTI) has signed an agreement with The Pueblo Chieftain, Colorados oldest daily, to install DTIs complete suite of digital media solutions through DTI Cloud, the companys award-winning cloud platform. The high performance software will replace The Chieftains outdated and disparate systems with a unified enterprise platform.

The Colorado publication selected DTI ContentPublisher, DTI Advertising, and DTI Circulation to optimize its news media operations. Integrated functionality, increasing audience engagement, and the ability to improve cost performance through cloud computing were at the top of their list of requirements.

We are very excited. DTI Cloud is a strategic move for us as well as a new business model we have wanted to adopt for a long time, said Ray M. Stafford, general manager, The Pueblo Chieftain. With the new solutions, we will have more reliable information to make betterproactive and strategicbusiness decisions. In the cloud environment we will always have the latest versions of the software.

Stafford continues, Content and relevance matter. Getting the news out immediately and then updating news instantly, matters. We would like to be a more audience-based publication and deliver the news the way our audience is obviously moving toward to receive itin a digital format. With this technology it allows us to provide information any time, any way for our customers.

Replacing our older systems with a new, unified system is a smart move, said Phil Ruegg, information technology director, The Pueblo Chieftain. The functionality and integration among the DTI systems; being able to create content once and have it publish in real-time to all media channels, phones, tablets, Web, and print was a decision-maker for us.

We are happy to partner with a news group that has such a deep interest in the future of news media and developing new ideas for audience engagement, said Dan Paulus, president, DTI. With DTI Cloudon the business side The Pueblo Chieftain knows that unifying their systems will instantly improve their digital workflows, operational efficiencies, and bottom line. The Pueblo Chieftain wanted a more collaborative environmentwith Digital Technology software, theyll get that in a strategic platform for digital revenue expansion.

Established in 1868, The Pueblo Chieftain is the print and online news source for Southern Colorado.

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Amerisleep recently released new information on both the manufacturing process and benefits of their memory foam material. The announcement focuses on the advantages of VPF (Variable Pressure Foaming) Technology, which utilizes unique manufacturing processes and natural materials to create an all around superior product compared to memory foam made with traditional manufacturing.

The VPF process yields unique polyurethane foam via highly-controlled manufacturing, utilizing sealed chambers as opposed to open tanks for stability and consistency. The pressurized system is also used to develop precise firmnesses and densities for customization. This degree of control and precision enhances the memory foams consistency and quality.

One of the biggest advantages of VPF polyurethane foams remains the clear environmental benefits over traditional manufacturing. This process emits no chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or auxiliary blowing agents (ABAs) as it requires less additives and all emissions are carbon filtered through vacuum chamber. Also absent are volatile organic compounds (VOCs), toxic chemicals responsible for the off-gassing in traditional foam products.

The advantages of VPF memory foam are not only environmental, however as it also offers comfort-enhancing features. This type of memory foam utilizes Surface Modification Technology (SMT) rather than visco properties to achieve conforming support. With advanced manufacturing techniques, SMT uses unique patterns to redistribute weight, provide zoned support and improve air circulation. The advanced cell formation doesnt suffer the temperature drawbacks of traditional foam, and also offers better support, density, and durability compared to traditional poly foams.

Amerisleeps line of natural memory foam mattresses utilize VPF technology, a clear decision based on several important factors. Aside from exceeding global environmental regulations and outperforming comfort of leading brands, the product is also manufactured by US workers in several states. The use of VPF technology and eco-friendly products is not just a trend for Amerisleep; the brand remains truly committed to the planet, American manufacturing, and customer satisfaction.

Amerisleep, owned by online retail collective OneMallGroup, retails highly-rated memory foam mattresses, adjustable beds and related accessories, in business since 2008. The company defines itself by exclusively offering American-made, environmentally sustainable products at competitive prices. Visit Amerisleep.com for more information.

Is there more to historys most abhorrent betrayal than meets the eye? Van R. Mayhall Jr., Baton Rouge attorney and lifelong reader of the Bible, explores this and more in his new thriller, Judas the Apostle. In the book, Mayhall explores the story, life and ultimate fate of one of historys most reviled men, Judas Iscariot, made infamous for his betrayal of Jesus Christ.

Mayhall provides his own extensive research in Judas backstory and couples it with a thrilling international adventure. The intent, Mayhall says, was to provide a biblical historical thriller with true intellectual heft.

Readers will be informed and entertained by what theyre reading, Mayhall says. This book is about much more than controversial claims about religion. Its about a thrilling story that will get people thinking about the importance of discovering the truth about history and the overall battle between good and evil.

In the book, ancient language expert Dr. Clotile Lejeunes quiet life is profoundly shaken when she learns that her estranged father has been murdered.

Cloe must travel back to her Louisiana hometown to unlock the mysteries of a two thousand year old jar that her father has left in her care– a jar inscribed with the name Judas Iscariot. Anxious to find her fathers killer and dispel her own personal demons, Cloe has no idea that what she is about to uncover has the potential to set the international religious community on fire.

For more information, visit Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iUniverse

Judas the Apostle by Van R. Mayhall, Jr.

ISBN: 978-1-47593-154-9

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Praise for Judas the Apostle, iUniverse Rising Star

This book is incredibly intriguing and weaves fact, fiction, and edge of your seat suspense with the genius one would expect only from best-selling authors- David Bondy, posted on Amazon.com

Mayhall has a clear and uncluttered writing style well-suited to the thriller genre. His plot is good. He does his homework on the history of his subject.- Greg Langley, The Advocate, Oct. 9, 2012

About the author

Van R. Mayhall Jr. is the senior partner of a Baton Rouge, Louisiana law firm. He practices corporate and business law and handles selected litigation. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, he attended Louisiana State University and Georgetown University. He and his wife, Lorri, have three grown children and enjoy boating on Lake Pontchartrain.

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Music can make or break a production. Pick the right song and you can say everything through it; pick the wrong one and that message will seem flatter than an un-tuned trombone. Announcing Stereobot.com a new online music library that puts simplicity first. Their bold take on music licensing will make any voyage towards the perfect track a pleasant one for music supervisors and the creative productions they so valiantly champion.

Lit up by a vivid color scheme, the calling cards of Stereobot.com are: a handpicked catalog of premium production music that encompasses all genres and all moods; and simple searches that lean on the magic of smart sliders (e.g. happy vs. sad), checkbox categorization filters (e.g. sounds like), and pre-built playlists (e.g. Dark & Spooky). Users can even tap the search skills of Stereobot.coms own music supervisors if they are the delegating type. Every option gets you to the same place: a pain-free licensing experience.

There is too much glut in the current production music market, said Tasos Frantzolas, Founder of Stereobot.com. We only stock the best and then make sure those songs are really easy to find. This way anyone working on a film, theater, television, advertising, app, and video game project can get in and out in no time at all.

Stereobot.com was born out of Frantzolas first venture, Soundsnap.com the worlds most popular site for production-grade sound effects. After sending out a customer survey, a prominent portion of their community alerted them to a simple need that wasnt being met by other companies: a place for high-quality, affordable production music. As sound effects and music naturally complement one another, Stereobot.com was designed to be a fresh take on an old formula; one that understands the needs of productions, but injects a little more life, and a lot less clutter into what should always be a smooth and intuitive process.

Stereobot.com is about as much fun as youll have searching for music, said R. Taylor, online content creator and Stereobot.com beta tester. Their search tools are a breath of fresh air and its easy to find something you like. Very creative, very cool.

We are new to this space, but thats also the reason we are coming in with new ideas, added Frantzolas. Weve been around the creative vision for years, and we know how much it demands. Stereobot.com is going to give it what it wants.

Pricing and Availability

Stereobot.coms song licenses are available in .wav format for use in any commercial or non-commercial application. They offer several levels of pricing options that range from $ 30 for a student/non-profit use to $ 1,200 for a national TV spot. Free watermarked mp3 versions are also available for trial purposes. To learn more about Stereobot.com, browse the music library, or become a member, please visit: http://www.stereobot.com.

About Stereobot.com

Stereobot.com is an ever-expanding collection of songs that can be licensed online for both commercial and non-commercial use in feature films, game and app development, broadcast, commercials, app, theater and more. With thousands of songs, sourced from some of the best catalogs and labels in the world, Stereobot.com provides users with a handpicked library that hits all genres and touches all moods; as well as some of the best search functionality in the business.

What is one of the biggest challenges facing business professionals today? Figuring out how to consistently http:/make money and turn a profit in this slow economy. The answer is often more elusive than either employers or employees in the marketplace care to admit.

According to the International Online Business Academy (IOBA), an online training organization based in Tampa, Florida, there are only 13 different methods of generating income online. They suggest that by simplifying the possibilities to only 13 options, a profitable business strategy becomes simple to plan, execute and master.

The IOBA offers certification courses to show professionals how to make money using the internet for themselves and others. Experienced coaches and trainers from around the world teach using plain language and practical application to help students excel in any business.

Previous education, expertise or specialized skills are not needed prior to enrolling for training in generating income-at-will, says the academy. Students are put on a fast track and should expect to earn their first dollar after approximately 30 days of following the hands-on training.

This is not an eBook, affiliate business opportunity, MLM, or get rich quick scheme. We train students to use proven business strategies for making money online the way they want. They can then use these methods for their employer, freelance for local businesses, or better yet, do it themselves and never need another job, says Maurice W. Evans, the Founder and Chancellor of the school and is certified as a coach, trainer and speaker in guerrilla marketing through Jay Conrad Levinson and leadership through John C. Maxwell.

We only use real world examples that are currently working. In 2011 during a 4 month period of time I made approximately $ 150,000 with one of my online offers. These are the exact same principles we are teaching students. We practice what we preach, said Mr. Evans who, as a business coach, has helped thousands of professionals globally since 1992.

Students who complete training will be empowered and equipped to earn a fulltime or part time income with the online business of their choosing. Students are not required to join anyone elses specific program as an affiliate. Instead, they are encouraged to create a business based off of their own existing business or a business they have always dreamed of starting.

Students receive and keep a laptop with all accessories and software needed to run their business. Depending on a students previous experience and aptitude, course training take between 1 and 6 months with an optional exam and certification available.

A free telephone and web seminar is held every Saturday at 11 AM EST to provide prospective students a preview of the Certified Online Money Manager course.

You can register for this Saturday’s seminar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2153705030401987072 and participate for free by telephone or internet.

For more information about the International Online Business Academy or future seminars visit their website at: http://www.IOBAcademy.com.

Their Facebook page is located at: http://www.facebook.com/BizAcademy

About IOBA

The International Online Business Academy (IOBA) is an independent training organization offering certification courses for coaches, speakers, authors, managers and trainers who use the internet to create profit in the marketplace. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and serving students throughout the world, IOBA is poised to become the premiere next-generation training system for current and future entrepreneurs. To learn more about IOBA, go to http://www.IOBAcademy.com

Maternity fashion has taken off in the last 10 years. Despite this revolution, the one area where women continue to struggle is finding maternity clothes for the office. In a day and age when woman balance their careers with motherhood and family, dressing for the office doesnt stop when she gets pregnant. For women who are in the media, professionals or executives, then its even more important that she have a few well designed separates, the little black maternity dress and a tailored maternity suit for business meetings and events.

Eva Alexanders maternity wear collection The Office is what every pregnant working woman has been looking for. With a style that blends modern chic with the classic sophistication of the professional world, the clothes are nothing short of stunning. They are renowned for their tailored maternity suits that were created for professional women who arent interested in compromising quality during their pregnancy. They want the best, they want an excellent fit, high-quality fabrics, and something that doesnt look like maternity wear, this is what Eva Alexander does best. Women from around the world order our maternity suits and office wear separates because they are designed for the professional woman, tailored for a figure flattering silhouette throughout pregnancy and made to the highest standard, comments Jane MacDougall the founder of Eva Alexander.

Dressing for work isnt always about the suit though, and for many women, wearing a suit to work just isnt necessary, but dressing well is. Therein lies the brilliance of Eva Alexanders Office collection. With a selection modern, sexy and stylish maternity dresses a woman is always able to find the perfect dress for herself. Ranging from the Eva Tailored Maternity Dress which effortlessly resonates the chic sophisticated style of Victoria Beckham to the recent addition of the Ponte Knit Maternity Dress, a stunning modern classic that has been designed for wear long after pregnancy. The must have favourite that every pregnant woman has at least one of in her wardrobe, is the Classic Wrap Maternity dress that can be dressed up or down for any occasion, and will soon be available in a new range of colours.

For a few key essentials, Eva Alexanders stylish maternity clothes are every womans dream. If she is looking for a beautiful silk maternity top, there are a few to choose from. Maybe just that one maternity shirt that can be worn to the office but looks just as good with jeans the ruched tops are ideal.????When it comes to maternity skirts and maternity pants, each style is well designed to provide a woman with that perfect fit throughout pregnancy and beyond. Of special note, is the gorgeous Ponte Knit Maternity Skirt soon to hit stores.even if a woman isnt expecting, shell be wanting one of these in her closet.

Eva Alexander launched its online maternity wear boutique at http://www.eva-alexander.com in January of 2011, and has quickly become one of the trendsetters in maternity wear fashion. The creation of stylish maternity designs that combine figure flattering silhouettes, modern lines and smart tailoring with luxury fabrics and quality workmanship has been received with rave reviews. With a clientele that ranges from professionals and executives to style savvy fashionistas and a celebrity following that includes the likes of Sienna Miller, Eva Alexander has been embraced internationally and continues to grow from strength to strength. With three iconic collections: Essentials, The Office and Twilight Beauty, a woman is always fashionably dressed for any occasion during her pregnancy.

Eleven attorneys from Steptoe & Johnson PLLC have been honored as Lawyers of the Year 2013 by The Best Lawyers in America? for their work in their areas of practice. The Best Lawyers list is compiled through an extensive peer-review study of thousands of the top lawyers across the country.

The attorneys selected represent the Metropolitan Statistical Areas in which they practice. Only one attorney per practice area was selected. The following Steptoe & Johnson attorneys have been selected as Lawyers of the Year:

Charleston

????Armando F. Benincasa Water Law
????L. Frederick Williams Jr. Trusts & Estates

Morgantown

????Rodney L. Bean Appellate Practice
????Susan S. Brewer Health Care Law
????Patrick D. Deem Natural Resources Law
????J. Greg Goodykoontz Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action Defendants
????Karen E. Kahle Products Liability Litigation
????W. Henry Lawrence Energy Law
????Randall C. Light Banking & Finance
????Robert M. Steptoe Jr. Employment Law
????Melissa S. Watkins Litigation & Controversy Tax

Eighty-eight Steptoe & Johnson attorneys have been included in the 2013 list of The Best Lawyers in America?, regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Once again, Steptoe & Johnson is a top-listed firm with 66 practice areas ranked by Best Lawyers.

Click here for the complete list of Steptoe & Johnson attorneys included among The Best Lawyers in America?.

About Steptoe & Johnson

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a business-focused energy firm with particular strengths in corporate, labor, employment, and litigation. It comprises more than 250 lawyers resident in eleven locations throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia. Visit http://www.steptoe-johnson.com.

For more information, contact Betsy Spellman, Chief Marketing Officer, at (304) 933-8000 or by email: betsy(dot)spellman(at)steptoe-johnson(dot)com.

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What: To stimulate discussion on the jobs crisis during this presidential election season, Wharton Digital Press and author Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are offering his ebook, “Why Good People Cant Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It” free for one week. In his book, Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work. Download at no cost the book that has been praised and featured in the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and on the Tavis Smiley Show.

When: “Why Good People Cant Get Jobs” is free to download September 10-17, 2012

How: Download the ebook for free from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Sony for one week only: September 10-17, 2012. For updates, visit Wharton Digital Press online.

Who: Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at the Wharton School and Director of Whartons Center for Human Resources. His recent research examines changes in employment relations in the U.S. and their implications. Cappelli writes a monthly column on workforce issues for Human Resource Executive Online and has contributed to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, and other news venues. His books include “Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order”; “The India Way: How Indias Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management”; and “Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in the Age of Uncertainty.”

To arrange interviews with Prof. Cappelli contact Peter Winicov, Senior Associate Director, Wharton Communications at +1-215-746-6471 or communications (at) wharton.upenn (dot) edu.

About the Wharton School:

Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. With a broad global community and one of the most published business school faculties, Wharton creates ongoing economic and social value around the world. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and a powerful alumni network of 91,000 graduates

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21 Century Smoking, a Chicago based electronic cigarette retailer, will have a booth at the Taste of Porter County. 21 Century Smoking will be a vendor at the event and will also be providing free trials of their ecigs.????

Taste of Porter County will take place on August 25th and 26th in Valparaiso, IN at the Porter County Expo and Fairgrounds. The 2 day event will be packed with amazing live entertainment, arts and crafts, kids activities, an auto show, a 5k race, and numerous dining options.

21 Century Smoking is based out of Chicago and has stores in 4 different states along with its Internet property. The company is the exclusive provider of the Blackjack, Big Slick, and iDrink ecigs. With such a unique range of product offerings, 21 Century Smoking is one of the most innovative companies in the industry. 21 Century Smoking ecigs come in 8 different colors, 5 strengths, and over 60 flavors.

We are so excited to be a part of this event. This is the perfect venue for us to allow attendees to try our product for free, said Brent Duke, President of 21 Century Smoking. A lot of people have heard of an electronic cigarette, but not many have tried a high quality ecig. We have the best and cant wait for smokers to come by our booth and give us a shot.

21 Century Smoking will have an inside booth at the event.

About 21 Century Smoking, Inc.

21 Century Smoking, Inc. is an electronic cigarette retailer and has been an industry leader since opening for business in 2009. 21 Century Smoking is the official retailer of the world famous Blackjack electronic cigarette. 21 Century Smoking sells its products through its website (http://www.21CenturySmoking.com) and in a number of stores and malls throughout the United States. The companys flagship location is in Chicago, IL in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

21 Century Smoking also have locations at Pacific View Mall in Ventura, CA, at 7. West Haley in Santa Barbara, CA, Westfield Gateway Mall in Lincoln, NE, at 1551 N. Plainfield Rd. in Joliet, IL, River Oaks Mall in Calumet City, IL, Lincolnwood Town Center in Lincolnwood, IL, Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, IL, Westfield Franklin Park in Toledo, OH, Summit Mall in Akron, OH, Beachwood Place Mall, in Beachwood, OH, Richmond Town Square in Richmond Heights, OH, Great Lakes Mall in Mentor, OH, and Parmatown Mall in Parma, OH.

Novogradac & Company LLP unveiled a new online mapping tool that allows users to search and browse low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties placed in service between 1987 and 2009. The tool features data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments LIHTC Database, which includes information on more than 33,000 LIHTC properties and almost 2,203,000 housing units.

“This new mapping tool makes it simple to access LIHTC property information by congressional district, ZIP code or even property name, all in a single place,” said Jim Kroger, a partner in Novogradac & Companys San Francisco, Calif. office. “Offering HUDs data in this searchable mapping tool presents a new way for the affordable housing community to leverage more than 20 years of data about low-income housing tax credit properties.

The tool, created by PolicyMap, allows users to view detailed information about each property, including address, number of units and low-income units, number of bedrooms, year the credit was allocated, year the project was placed in service, whether the project was new construction or rehab, type of credit provided, and other sources of project financing. The flexibility of this tool makes it a valuable addition to Novogradac & Companys set of online resources, said Michael Novogradac, managing partner in the San Francisco office of Novogradac & Company LLP. The LIHTC mapping tool was created with the housing tax credit professional in mind, and as a result the system is useful for everyone from developers to investors to researchers.

Novogradac & Company, a national certified public accounting and consulting firm, offers the LIHTC mapping tool at http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resources/maps_data.php. There are a number of possible uses for this new tool: developers in states with distance requirements for LIHTC properties could use it for planning purposes; not-for-profits looking for a for-profit developer could use the tool to find a developer with experience in a particular area; preservation advocates could use the tool to find properties approaching Year 15; and supporters of the tax credit program could use the mapping tool to identify LIHTC properties in congressional districts to help communicate the benefits of the program to lawmakers.

HUDs LIHTC database has been available to the public since 1997 and was last revised as of Sept. 22, 2011. The LIHTC database currently contains information on 33,777 projects and almost 2,203,000 housing units placed in service between 1987 and 2009.

Novogradac & Company LLP, a national certified public accounting and consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., has consistently been named by Accounting Today and Public Accounting Report as one of the top accounting firms in the country. Inside Public Accounting named it as one of the 25 best managed accounting firms and the San Francisco Business Times recognizes it as one of only five companies that for five consecutive years has made its list of the Fastest Growing Companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to its San Francisco headquarters, the firm has offices in metro Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.C., Detroit, Mich., Seattle, Wash. and Kansas City, Mo., as well as in Austin, Texas, Boston, Mass., Dover, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, Portland, Ore., New York, N.Y. and Long Beach, Calif.

For more information about Novogradac & Company LLPs LIHTC Mapping Tool, contact Jim Kroger at 415.356.8000, or email jim.kroger(at)novoco(dot)com.

Cyber M@rketing Services Inc./CRMXchange, the leader in online educational events for CRM and Contact Center professionals, unveiled its August lineup of webcasts featuring topical presentations both by and for leading solution providers.

With demand for multi-channel applications growing exponentially, the months first two presentations provide important guidelines and in-depth analysis of how contact centers are using these capabilities to gather, process and better use information.

The third presentation provides valuable non-technical skills training that will benefit both vendors and end users alike. While the accepted truth is that content is king, presentation skills are a critical element in determining not only how a webcast is perceived but its success as an educational vehicle. This presentation helps fills the gap in formal presentation training that is often prevalent even in major companies.

And the final session of the month is the latest in CRMXchanges popular series of roundtables, bringing together experts from three industry-leading customer experience management companies. They will exchange enlightening perspectives as they explore the varied and increasingly complex ways that their enterprise clients interact with customers.

Here is the August schedule:

Tuesday, August 7 – http:// Creating a Single Hub for the Multi-Channel Interactions in Your Contact Center Nexidia – Multi-channel analytics provides an all-inclusive view of what is taking place in your contact center. New text and media mining capabilities distill your raw, multi-channel interactions into the information you need to transform your business. Now email, chat, surveys, social media and voice are channels available for analysis and discovery of intelligence that you can use to improve business processes and agent performance.

Paul Stockford, President of Saddletree Research, explains the growing demand for multi-channel interactions and demonstrates how forming a hub of interactions across all channels, including social media, redefines the contact center analytics process, creating a holistic customer service center.

Thursday, August 9 – Transforming Your Customer Experience – Adapting Your Contact Center for Multichannel Customers- West Interactive – Changing consumer behavior is forcing organizations to redefine the experience they deliver to their customers. Over the past two years, telephone use has dropped as consumers have embraced other communications technologies, such as mobile apps and mobile Web, chat and social media. These types of communication give consumers more voice than ever before, and companies that want to succeed are discovering that they must respond in two ways: by offering their consumers more and seamless communication options, and by improving their contact centers to ensure that they can respond to customers promptly.

West Interactive and Genesys commissioned Forrester Research to conduct a Technology Adoption Profile (TAP) to understand how customers use various channels to communicate with the contact center. Join this webcast where you will hear how contact center transformation allows organizations to overcome such challenges as they modernize their contact centers.

Thursday, August 16 Getting Webcast Presence – Personal Communication Skills for Maximum Impact GettingPresence-Join this event for best practice tips and techniques that will help you prepare your personal communication skills for your next webcast! Youll get a checklist to help you practice, build and deliver your own personal brand of executive presence, right away, by learning how you can improve your image and sound on webcasts.

Tuesday, August 21 Roundtable Moderated by Vanguard Communications – Frontiers in Customer Experience Management- Aspect, Genesys, Siemens – How enterprises interact with their customers and support them are becoming much more varied and more complex. While voice, self-service, and email are still the dominant methods of customer interaction, new capabilities are emerging mobile applications, social media, text messages, customer portals, and more. Also, new techniques are emerging for identifying and connecting to the best people or information to respond rapidly to customer inquiries and requests. These new capabilities enable innovative approaches that reduce costs and build customer loyalty.

All presentations begin at 1:00pm EDT. Registration is free for all events and can be accessed on the Featured Webcast section of the home page at CRMXchange.com For more information, contact Sheri Greenhaus, Managing Partner, at 201-505-1743

In their continued commitment to sustainability by initiating and promoting beneficial eco-friendly business practices, San Diego plumbing service company, Bill Howe Plumbing, has added four new fuel-efficient vehicles to their fleet. The vehicles have been expertly wrapped in the companys signature Bill Howe Blue and red, and they are ready to make an appearance on the road.

With over 50 vehicles on the road every day, Bill Howe knows the importance of fuel efficiency. The newest addition to the Bill Howe fleet, endearingly referred to as the Tonka Trucks by the technicians, will save on fuel and emissions. The Tonka Trucks get up to an estimated 24 miles per gallon, compared to the average 14 miles per gallon from other common service vans.

Gas prices are still pretty high and with the number of trucks we have on the road, it can get expensive, said Tina Howe, Vice President of the Bill Howe Family of Companies. With our new fuel efficient vehicles, we can continue to service most areas of San Diego County and continue to offer our customers the lowest possible price.

Other ways that Bill Howe Plumbing keeps their fleet fuel efficient is through the use of a wireless GPS vehicle monitoring system. The GPS system allows the company to monitor and reduce idle times, monitor speed and gas usage, and the need for vehicle maintenance. It also allows the company to closely monitor where technicians are in San Diego. Technicians days are started with jobs assigned close to their homes and the companys dispatchers work hard to keep them within a ten mile radius to avoid the cost and negative environmental effect of wasted fuel.

Bill Howe Plumbing has been the leading San Diego plumbing service company since 1980 and has made a company-wide commitment to reduce their carbon footprint. The Bill Howe office has adopted eco-conscious practices incorporating energy and water reduction, as well as recycling. Bill Howe Plumbing has also teamed up with Give Something Back Office Supplies. This unique company donates 75 percent of their earnings to nonprofit organizations who share the mission to improve local communities and help the environment thrive, as well as offering over 6,000 green office supply products and complimentary recycling programs. Bill Howe Heating & Air is involved as well, participating with Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC), helping customers dispose of their mercury thermostats in an environmentally safe way and in compliance with California law. And now, Bill Howe Heating & Air offers anyone the opportunity to come in and dispose of their thermostats!

In 2011, Bill Howe Plumbing participated in Sams Club Environmental Sustainability Challenge. Teamed up with Students in Free Enterprise (SiFE), and in conjunction with Sams Club and San Diego City College, Bill Howe Plumbing added their expertise and know-how to SiFEs project helping empower the local restaurant, The Cine Cafe, to make necessary improvements increasing recycling and reducing waste and energy costs. Bill Howe Plumbing donated parts and labor to fix a hot water leak that was wasting approximately 24 gallons a day.

To learn more about Bill Howe Plumbing ‘s newest fleet addition and how it is just one part of their Go Green initiative to protect the future of the San Diego community, visit http://www.billhowe.com or contact Bill Howe Communications Director, Stefanie Hineman at Stefanie(at)billhowe.com.

Bruce Wilkerson, Mayor of Bowling Green will be the guest speaker at Daymar Colleges commencement ceremony at 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 13, at Hillvue Heights Church on Nashville Road in Bowling Green.

Melva Hale, Campus President will preside over the commencement ceremony. She will confer 140 graduates for the summer 2012 class. According to Melva Hale, the campus and Mayor Wilkerson have always had a long, supportive relationship and they are very excited that he will be speaking at graduation. Daymar College presented Bowling Green Mayor Bruce Wilkerson a hand crafted gavel to use as he was sworn in as mayor. Mayor Wilkerson while serving as chair of the Criminal Justice Advisory board brought his training and experience to the table during the development of the Criminal Justice Program for Daymar College. His contribution to the program has resulted in many graduates working in their field of study. I am very proud of our graduates, they have worked extremely hard, put in lots of hours studying and have been given the tools to have what it takes to make good things happen.

For further information, please contact Traci Henderson at thenderson(at)daymarcollege(dot)edu or call (270) 843-6750.

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About Daymar College

Daymar College campuses are located in Albany, Bellevue, Bowling Green, Clinton, Louisville, Owensboro, Paducah, Russellville and Scottsville in Kentucky; Chillicothe, Lancaster, New Boston and Jackson in Ohio, and Rockport in Indiana. The Owensboro campus offers Associate and Bachelor degrees in programs such as Accounting Technology, Billing and Coding Specialist, Business Management, Criminal Justice, Health Care Administration, Medical Assisting, Pharmacy Technology, Business Administration, Medical Massage Therapy, Paralegal Studies, Network Support Administration, RN to BSN, Website Design, and more. Program curricula are based on the needs and demands of Kentucky employers. Daymar College is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. Daymar cannot guarantee acceptance of its credits by other institutions. Acceptance of credit is determined by the receiving institution. Students who are planning to transfer credits should contact the receiving institution about its transfer credit policy. Programs vary by campus. For more useful consumer information about Daymar College, please visit us at http://www.daymarcollege.edu/disclosures.

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Health Record Corporation (HRC), creator of the patented MedKaz? Lifetime Medical Record System, announced it has launched a Project on the popular crowdfunding web site, RocketHub.com. Its purposes are to introduce the MedKaz at discounted prices to those who want to control their medical records and be sure they are available when they need them, and to fund completion of HRCs ongoing, highly successful pilot study involving more than 400 patients and doctors.

The Project, accessed at rkthb.co/8759, describes the MedKaz, a distinctive flash drive an individual carries on their keychain that contains all their records and the patented MedKaz application to manage them. It shows actual screen shots of patient records and explains how doctors or HRC update it for them. And it describes how doctors use it to coordinate their patient’s care with their other providers, improve the quality of care they give their patients, and reduce costs. It is unlike any other medical record system, and is simple, easy to use, and inexpensive.

A patient can buy the MedKaz on the site at introductory discounted prices for themselves, their family, or to give as a benefit to their employees. A physician can buy it for their patients. Corporations, non-profits and others can also support the MedKaz as a Strategic Partner.

Merle Bushkin, Founder and CEO of HRC, comments: The public desperately needs the MedKaz. Their peace of mind, quality of care and even their lives could depend upon it. And care providers need it to practice better medicine.

Notwithstanding all the talk, legislation, government funds flowing to improve healthcare information, and litigation, the MedKaz is the only system that assembles in one place all of a patient’s records from all their providers in all formats. They are immediately available in electronically manageable form when the patient gives their MedKaz to their doctor. And it’s the only system that gives the patient control of their records thereby insuring they are secure and private.

To make his point, he asks:

How many times have your doctors given you a clipboard and asked you to fill out the same forms and provide the same information over and over again?

How many times have you gone to your doctor and he or she has no information about your medical history or the care you have received – or are receiving – from doctors outside your network?

How many times have your doctors repeated a test you just had because they dont have the earlier test results?

For most, the answer to each is far too many! With the MedKaz, the answer is none.

At last, he says, theres a simple, inexpensive, easy-to-use solution to these aggravating experiences and other record-related problems. Its the MedKaz and its available now!

“Its the only system that insures your medical records and information will be available when and where you need them, and that they are secure and private at all times.

Its the only system that enables you to read and correct mistakes in your doctors actual progress notes which, regrettably, happen quite often and could have dire consequences!

And its the only system that empowers you to participate in decisions about your care.

Its able to do what other record-keeping systems cant do because it is designed around the patient, not providers; its compatible with whatever charting system your doctor uses; it doesnt require costly, elaborate networks; and its unique business model aligns the interests of both patients and care providers.”

Mr. Bushkin adds: “Don’t dismiss the MedKaz as just another tech-gadget. You dont need to be a computer geek to use it, and it could save your life!”

For additional information about the MedKaz System, its management, and its competitive position, visit HRC’s web site, medkaz.com.

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FiPath for Advisors, the first independent, total online marketing solution for financial advisors, today announced that the Company will host a four-part webinar series this month focused on creating a social media strategy within the financial services industry.

Each free session will help financial advisors gain a deeper understanding of how they can leverage Internet marketing and social media to gain access to new prospects. In addition to education, advisors will hear success stories from advisors who use social media, despite the challenges presented by company compliance policies and securities regulations.

FiPath for Advisors will host the following webinars this month:

????June 14 4 pm EST – Efficient Financial Practice Management: Using Workflows Efficiently
o????Guest Speaker: Dr. David L. Lawrence RFC, AIF

????June 21 – 4pm EST Financial Advisors and Social Media: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges
o????Guest Speaker: David Edwards, Heron Financial Group

????June 26 – 4pm EST Reach Affluent Investors and Strengthen Your Brand
o????Guest Speaker: Blane Warren, CEO, Arkovi Social Media Archiving

????June 28 – 4pm EST Financial Institutions and Social Media
o????Guest Speaker: Cindy Hill, Compliance Specialist

Digital marketing channels are still a fairly new phenomenon for many advisors, and it can be difficult to sort through the fine print to stay compliant with new regulations and determine best practices for your online brand, said Peter Velardi, President and COO, FiPath. We are launching this series to help meet the demand for more education on these topics, because no matter what your age or generation, advisors can no longer afford to ignore online outlets if they want to continue to grow their business.

For more information on each webinar or to register, please visit: http://www.fipath.com/advisors/home/content/advisor-webinars-june2012. FiPath will host additional webinars later this summer, some of which will count as continuing education (CE) credits for advisors.

About FiPath for Advisors

FiPath for Advisors, a service of FiPath, is the first independent, online marketing solution for financial advisors. FiPath for Advisors offers members access to a range of resources that help them easily connect with potential high quality clients, learn how to use social media to attract new clients, and how to navigate the changing regulatory requirements. The result is a complete lead generation solution for any advisor seeking to enhance their business. For more information or to join FiPath for Advisors visit http://www.fipath.com/advisors.

Attain Fertility? Centers, a division of IntegraMed? America, Inc., clarified today that it is in advanced discussions with Coastal Fertility Specialists of South Carolina regarding their joining the Attain Fertility Centers network as a partner practice, with Attain managing Coastals fertility clinic operations. A news release distributed yesterday by Attain erroneously characterized the agreement as having been completed, whereas the negotiations and due diligence are still progressing. Attain would plan to make a formal announcement if and when a final agreement is reached.

Both companies confirmed that their partnership discussions continue and that they expect to conclude an agreement in the near term, however there can be no guarantee that an agreement will be consummated.

Recently formed by Dr. John Schnorr and Dr. Michael Slowey, Coastal Fertility Specialists has 3 South Carolina fertility clinic locations in Mt. Pleasant, Columbia and Myrtle Beach. Drs. Schnoor and Slowey had worked with Attain in the past and enjoyed a solid relationship.

For over 25 years, Attain Fertility Centers has helped partner practices grow faster and more profitably than they would have on their own through their proven model for success, focused on:

????Alignment through strategic planning and capital investments;
????Operational Excellence by leveraging industry-leading standardized operations, administration, clinical tools, market research and shared services, and,
????Growth through world-class marketing and a patient-centric approach that ensures partner practices continue to gain market share within their region.

About IntegraMed America, Inc.

IntegraMed is a leader in developing, marketing and managing specialty outpatient healthcare facilities, with a current focus on the fertility and vein care markets. IntegraMed supports its provider networks with clinical and business information systems, marketing and sales, facilities and operations management, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, risk management, quality assurance, and fertility treatment financing programs.

Attain Fertility? Centers, an IntegraMed Specialty, offers the nations largest fertility center network, with 15 company-managed partner centers and 23 affiliate centers, comprising over 130 locations across 32 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly one of every four IVF procedures in the U.S. is performed in an Attain Fertility Centers network practice.

Contact: Marcia Clark

(845) 528-6647 marcia(at)shamelesspromotions(dot)com

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Mad Men brought it to the forefront and now we all want to dig deep into the exotic, fancy, cut-throat world of advertising. The popular AMC series not only spurred a new wave of interest in the industry but also reintroduced a lot of stereotypes. To some, Mad Men reminds them of a time when women were second-class citizens, belittled on a daily basis. To others, its a meticulous reconstruction of the precipice that was New York advertising circa 1960. Most importantly, viewers get a peek at how creatives brainstorm and what makes big companies like Sterling Copper tick. This is the theme that Tracy Tuten, a top authority in advertising and a leading contributor to industry views on branding goes after in her latest book Advertisers at Work (May 21, 2012, Apress). Is the advertising industry a different beast than it was in the days of Mad Men and if so, how different is it? How has the business changed over the years and what does it take to win in the ad game today?

Advertisers at Work features interviews with top notch advertising executives from agencies as Weiden+Kennedy, The Martin Agency, Mullen, Lucky Branded and many more. The interviews aim to probe deep into the subjects thinking, have them share insights, their favorite stories, debunk the myths of advertising and make predictions on the industrys future. The interviewees talk about their idols, pay homage to the lions of the past and offer advice to all those looking to break or move higher in the industry today.

Says Gerry Graf, Founder/Creative Director, Barton F. Graf 9000, The people in this book arent strangers to fancy accolades, but I dont think they would ever use the word genius to describe themselves. What they would say is they work harder than most, they are always learning, and they are always in search of the new. The book includes interviews with advertising greats such as Chris Raih (United Airlines and BMW), Kristen Cavallo (Volkswagen, NASCAR, Coca-Cola, Hanes, Kohler, Charles Schwab, and Miller Brewing) and Mike Hughes, one of the nine best creative directors in America according to Adweek.

With Advertisers at Work, readers will hear stories and gain insights from the most interesting people working in the field of advertising today, told in their own words. The book caters to a broad readership who is interested in learning more about the people making a difference in the field of advertisingwhat they are doing, thinking, and anticipating; what theyve experienced; and how those experiences are shaping the future of the industry.

*ISBN13: 978-1-4302-3828-7

*350 Pages

*User Level: Beginner to Advanced

*Publication Date: May 16, 2012

*Available eBook Formats: EPUB, MOBI, PDF

*Print Book Price: $ 24.99

*eBook Price: $ 17.49

About the Author

Dr. Tracy Tuten is an associate professor of marketing at East Carolina University, where she teaches advertising and social media marketing. Tuten is the author of Advertising 2.0: Social Media Marketing in a Web 2.0 World and coauthor of the textbook Social Media Marketing. Frequently quoted in the press, including in The New York Times, Brandweek, and the Washington Post, she is a leading contributor to industry views on branding. An award-winning scholar, her research has appeared in such journals as Psychology & Marketing, and the Journal of Business Research, among others.

About Apress Media

Apress Media LLC is a technical and business publisher devoted to meeting the needs of IT professionals, software developers, programmers, and business leaders with more than 1,000 books in print and electronic formats. Apress provides high-quality, no-fluff content that helps serious technology professionals build a comprehensive pathway to career success. For more information about the innovative approach Apress takes to publishing, please visit http://www.apress.com

The Acquisition Institute Inc., wants federal managers and industry business development specialist to do a better job at writing Performance Work Statements. Today, government contracting today is driven by inefficiencies at taxpayer expense. With looming budget cuts the best way for government to obtain its needs is through managers and contracting officers using well-written Performance Work Statements when executing Performance Based Acquisitions which can be accomplished by taking TAI’s course “Understanding Performance Work Statements & Statements of Objectives.” Find out more at PWS Workshop.

Industry business development specialists and procurement personnel need to understand why the government is using more Statements of Objectives and how they can set themselves apart of rest of the herd with business proposals that provide for well-written Performance Work Statements as part of their technical proposal packages.

On 20 June at 1501 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. from 8-4pm, a 1-day workshop entitled, Understanding Performance Work Statements (PWS) & Statements of Objectives (SOO) is being offered by the Acquisition Institute Inc. This PWS workshop can be used by COR Level II and III personnel for CLP credit towards their FAC-COR re-certification, and by FAC-C personnel. Cost of the workshop is $ 299 pp by credit card (purchase card).

This detailed PWS & SOO workshop is all about the development, use and application of Performance Work Statements and Statement of Objectives in government procurement. It will help industry better understand what government wants, and enable government to better understand how to fulfill its needs through performance based contracting. Industry can learn how to properly position itself to provide government with robust service performance while preserving tax dollars and still making a profit. This course is can be a real eye-opener for both industry and government employees. This course is mandatory for FAC-C and FAC-COR personnel. Government managers, contract specialists, COR and legal personnel will learn about the real application of performance based contracting and how to improve overall performance with little effort. Personnel who desire a greater understanding of how and why government is headed in this new direction will learn about the application creative practices that improve performance, contract administration and result in cost reduction. If you are interested in gaining a better understanding of how to improve the proposal process through the use of PWS development or want to use SOOs to expedite contract performance, attend this one day class in DC $ 299

Topics Covered:

Overview of Requirements Development and Acquisition Planning (1 hour)

FAR Part 37.602 and background about the PWS/SOO (1 hour)

Seven Steps to Performance Based Acquisition (2 hours)

The format and process used in PWS development with examples (2 hours)

Case Exercises

Attendees should include: business development managers, contracting officers (CO), COR, program managers, program analysts, management and industry officers. Students will learn how to understand why solicitations contain certain requirements and why they are written in a certain style. Each student will take back with them answers to their most pressing questions to better understand the PWS and SOO. This class is less expensive than most Webinars. All attendees that complete the outside class extracurricular homework will receive an extra 2 CLP credits for a total of 10 CLPs! All for just $ 299 pp

Attendees will be given a free copy of the PWS Handbook.

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SpaceBound, Inc. Parent Company of bargainstation.com, NothingButSoftware.com, priceplunge.com, SQRsolutions.com and XSDepot.com will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Wagners in Westlake, Ohio.

In 1987, SpaceBound was founded by CEO Patricia A. Miller and CIO Anthony N. Saliba in Lakewood, Ohio.

In 2011, SpaceBound was highlighted in Inc. Magazine as a recipient of their national Inc 500|5000 award. SpaceBound was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private businesses in America.

SpaceBounds rank moved up from its previous ranking of 3, 093 to its current ranking of 1,356.

ABOUT SPACEBOUND AND ITS DIVISIONS

SpaceBound, Inc. – Founded in 1987, SpaceBound is the Parent Company of bargainstation.com, NothingButSoftware.com, priceplunge.com, SQRsolutions.com and XSDepot.com. Since 1987, SpaceBound has established partnerships with manufacturers, publishers, distributors, and wholesalers by purchasing the latest releases and overstock products and selling those products through multiple channels such as: business, retail, schools, libraries and government agencies.

SpaceBounds 25th Anniversary Celebration (an Invitation Only event) will be held on May 5th. To mark their 25 years in business, the celebration will commence with hors doeuvres, a dinner, video presentations, a live comedy act, and continue with many other activities.

SOURCE: SpaceBound, Inc.

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Venture Aircraft, LLC, a leading supplier to the aerospace industry, has acquired certain assets of fellow manufacturer Swift-Cor Aerospace, Inc. Venture has acquired certain of Swift-Cors assets and manufacturing facilities in California and Kansas, and will now operate 4 plants (two in Gardena, CA, one in Compton, CA and one in Wichita KS) under its new name: Impresa Aerospace, LLC.

Jim Dauw, CEO of Impresa Aerospace describes the acquisition: The creation of Impresa was a golden opportunity. The companies were similar in many ways, including the production lines, work ethic, work statements, and the customer base. When you consider the state of the industry, with demanding delivery schedules and increasing pressure on costs, building Impresa based on the strongest aspects of Venture and Swift-Cor just made sense.

Impresas history as a supplier to the Tier 1 and Tier 2 aerospace industry dates back to 1973 (then operating as Venture). The company boasts major contracts with Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin and Gulfstream. Notable commercial programs include the Boeing 787, 777, 747, 737; Airbus A330 and A340; and Gulfstream G650. Impresa supports various defense-related programs, including Boeings Apache Helicopter, C-17 and F-18; Sikorkys Black Hawk helicopter, and the Lockheed Martin C130.

The company plans on consolidating the existing four facilities into two locations. The 100,000 square foot Gardena, CA plant, along with the 40,000 square foot Wichita, KS plant, will employ 350 machinists, engineers and support staff providing exceptional quality and delivery performance to its customers. This acquisition puts us in a unique position to successfully service an industry that is experiencing a rapid increase in aircraft build rates, states Rovalier Thompson, Director of Sales and Marketing for Impresa Aerospace.

Impresa, along with the companys financial partner Graycliff Partners, anticipates further acquisitions. Graycliff Partners is a New York based Private Equity firm with offices in New York and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Founded in, Southern California in 1973, Venture Aircraft, has operated as a privately-owned business primarily serving the aerospace industry. Swift-Cor Aerospace has served the same industry for over 50 years from its Gardena, California location. Both companies provide a comprehensive array of manufacturing, finishing, and assembly services and are noted for providing OEMs with high-quality, sheetmetal parts, precision CNC machined details, and assemblies.

For more information about Impresa Aerospace contact Rovalier Thompson.

From the company that transformed television viewing by bringing cinematic storytelling and unforgettable characters to life, HBO GO is one of the newest streaming TV apps in the market. HBO GO is an authenticated online video destination for RCN customers with an HBO subscription. And while it sounds rather complex, its actually quite simple. Through HBO GO, HBO has made it easy for RCNs customers to access HBOs online content from virtually any device connected to the Internet. HBO GO is the latest and greatest addition to HBOs digital offerings and a perfect complement to HBO On Demand? giving area cable service customers more viewing choices than ever before. With continuously updated content, HBO GO lets customers with a high-speed Internet connection watch the hottest HBO television programs from a PC or MAC computer through a browser-based application.

With RCN Chicago as cable provider and HBO GOs online service, customers get a number of additional features free. HBO GO gives viewers the capability to create a Watchlist to track and organize content for later viewing; they can even personalize their view in slideshow, grid, or list format. Plus, with RCN cable service and HBO GO, Chicago customers benefit from additional exclusive content including interviews, recaps, and behind the scene extras. Individual HBO GO experiences can be further customized with a Series Pass that will automatically alert customers to new episodes of favorite HBO programs as soon as they become available. Dont be the last to watch the latest episodes of Game of Thrones?, Boardwalk Empire? or Eastbound & Down?. Get the inside scoop with additional and exclusive bonus materials, soundtracks, and cast information – all included in HBO GO online service from RCN Chicago.

Offering more than 1,400 titles, HBO GO allows RCNs authenticated customers to instantly watch any episode of any season of the hottest HBO series online. Wherever they are, subscribers can connect with the Hollywood-happenings of Vincent, Eric, Johnny Drama and Turtle on HBOs Entourage?. Customers can get some friends together to go back to the American Wild West with the hit-HBO show Deadwood?, or find out why so many people have gotten vampire-fever watching the hottest HBO series True Blood?. And, with every episode of The Sopranos? at their fingertips, its easy to re-live the intense drama of the most notorious family on TV.

No matter what television genre is preferred, RCN cable service together with HBO GO has viewers covered. From full-length motion pictures to the hottest sports contests, plus documentaries, specials, and theatrical performances, HBO GO offers instant access to it all. Whats more? HBO GO also offers HBOs acclaimed series, HBO Films, HBO Miniseries, HBO Documentary Films, HBO Sports, plus comedies, late night programming, and the largest selection of recent blockbuster movies in both standard and high definition. Get all that HBO has to offer, online and on-the-go, with HBO GO and Chicago cable provider, RCN.

About RCN

RCN Telecom Services, LLC (http://www.rcn.com) is a privately-held competitive broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high-definition video, high-speed Internet and premium phone services to residential and small-medium business customers. RCN’s primary service areas include Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Boston and Chicago.

US Federal Contractor Registration is reporting a high number of contracting opportunities posted to the FedBizOpps website in California. There are currently over 519 listings posted by federal contracting officers looking for qualified vendors to submit their bids immediately.

Contracting officers in California have already awarded over $ 10.9 billion in contract awards in the state since the beginning of the 2012 fiscal year, over 9.58% of the amount awarded nationwide, according to the USASpending website. Of the 62,654 contracts awarded, over half were awarded to small businesses.

However, in order to meet federal mandates that at least 23% of all contracting dollars be awarded to small businesses, more companies capable of handling these federal contracts must complete their CCR registration and ORCA filing immediately. Every year, the federal government falls short of its procurement goal. In 2009, only 22% of the $ 442 billion set aside for small businesses was awarded, according to US Federal Contractor Registration. There are not enough qualified, properly registered businesses, said Dan Driscoll, treasurer at US Federal Contractor Registration. If there were, the government wouldnt have a problem meeting that goal.

In order to bid on and work government contracts, businesses must obtain a DUNS number and must complete CCR and ORCA registration. Successful contractors also develop aggressive government marketing plans which include the creation of a profile on government websites such as the SBAs Dynamic Small Business Search and automated bid notifications to their email. Information on how to win federal government contracts can be requested through the Contractor Helpline at (877) 252-2700 ext 1.

Unfortunately, many vendors who try to complete their CCR registration on their own run into problems. The Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center has reported that nearly 20% of all current CCR records contain errors or omissions. Judy Bradt has stated that in order to win their first contract, most businesses spend an average of 20 months and $ 100,000 marketing their business to contracting agencies. Problems with CCR and ORCA will cost those businesses even more time and money as even simple mistakes can disqualify a vendor from a contract award or even result in fines and punitive actions. Vendors whose CCR and ORCA are not completed correctly will run into problems down the road. Its unfortunate that they generally dont find out theres a problem until theyve lost out on a contract and there isnt time to fix the error, commented Eric Knellinger, President of US Federal Contractor Registration.

To help small businesses avoid costly errors, US Federal Contractor Registration is offering a free evaluation and review of vendors government registration, including their CCR registration and ORCA filing. During the evaluation, a Placement Specialist will review the companys government contractor registration to ensure it is complete, contains the correct information and is optimized to help them win government contracts. To receive this free evaluation, interested businesses should contact the toll free Contractor Helpline at (877) 252-2700 ext 1. Placement Specialists can also prepare a free government contracting profitability assessment to help business owners review government spending trends within their industry and identify current contracting opportunities.

US Federal Contractor Registration is a third party registration firm that has helped thousands of businesses complete their CCR registration and bid on contracts. US Federal Contractor Registration pairs businesses with a dedicated case manager who helps them every step of the way from initial registration to bidding on contracts. To request a free evaluation and assessment by a Placement Specialist for your business, call the Contractor Helpline at (877) 252-2700 ext 1 or visit our website at https://www.uscontractorregistration.com/.

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When Michael Taylor, M.D. of Connect with Spirit came out as a medical intuitive and energy healer and left his N.C. practice in 2006, he began a journey to explore alternative paths to wellness ones that did not involve taking medications, and ones that assumed personal responsibility for one’s health. Ultimately, it led him to Australia.

With a struggling global economy, skyrocketing healthcare and insurance costs, people need simple, cost-effective ways to be and stay healthy. Rediscovering non-medical techniques including meditation, assisted intuition and spiritual healing among others, “Dr. Michael” found benefits beyond improved physical and mental health, including proven business results, such as: increased productivity and profit, and a significant decrease in staff sick days and workplace injuries.

“He’s the real deal,” Dr. Wayne W. Dyer said to a Sydney audience about Dr. Michael and his medical intuition after he performed his didgeridoo-based spiritual healing on the inspirational author in 2010. Dr. Michael says, “Everyone has intuition and gut feelings only most ignore them with disastrous results. My life became extraordinary when I embraced my intuition and spirituality. I learned my “good guesses” about the very private lives of complete strangers were true. So, I began incorporating spirituality into my life and developing my intuition to help others and to help me understand myself. Because, quality of life is much more important than longevity.

Dr Michael’s psychic-medium wife, known to Australians as “K, the clairvoyant and channeler” believes, “Understanding ourselves is so important, especially with all of life’s rapidly changing technology, social and financial stressors. Also, everyone can live a happier life if they apply our simple but effective methods, not just the spiritualists, meditation teachers, psychics, and angel therapy practitioners. Ordinary people live extraordinary lives when they improve their intuition and natural psychic abilities.”

K and Dr Michael of Connect with Spirit are teaching for the first time in the USA the I Connect with Spirit Intuitive Workshop at the Sheraton Garden Grove Anaheim South Hotel, near Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. This psychic development and intuitive skills workshop runs daily from 9 AM-to-5 PM, April 20, 21 & 22, 2012, and is open to all adults over the age of 15. No experience is necessary. Tickets must be purchased from their website before the 1st of April 2012.

With this 3-day intuitive workshop, attendees have an opportunity to explore their intuitive gifts and intuition to discover their full potential. Using very unique techniques and exercises, attendees will learn a new and better way to read angel oracle cards, easy practical ways to achieve deep meditation, and methods of assisted intuition by working with angels and spirit guides to get accurate messages for yourself and others.

About Connect with Spirit

Connect with Spirit is an Australian company of psychic authors and speakers that teach meditation and spiritual development workshops worldwide. Their mission is to reduce conflict, inspire excellence, and promote wellness with a healthy spiritual awareness by exploring one’s spiritual truths, so that people can live a more rewarding life by the alignment or the realignment of mind, body and spirit. Their specialty is teaching I Connect with Spirit meditation and intuitive skills development, but they speak on a variety of topics and give live audience psychic readings and channeled messages from Spirit.

To learn more about K and Dr Michael, Brisbane’s husband and wife psychic duo, or their first novel, Dating the Messenger, which explores K’s true modern story of an extraordinary person looking for love, please visit the Connect with Spirit website at http://www.connectwithspirit.net.

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Extraprise, the leader in right time revenue optimization services for B2B and B2C enterprises, today announced Chris Baribeau, Extraprise Services Delivery Practice Director, will be a featured presenter and Aprimo expert at the Aprimo Marketing Summit 2012, in Las Vegas, February 28th- March 1st. Baribeau will share best practices and expert guidance in an Aprimo presentation on March 1st, highlighting how to effectively utilize SMS text messaging with Aprimo Marketing Studio On Demand to drive customer intelligence-based, multi-channel marketing campaigns to optimize value to buyers at the right time in the customer lifecycle.

Aprimo selected Extraprise to present at the Summit as a thought leader on integrating SMS text messaging into multi-channel marketing campaigns using Aprimo Marketing Studio On Demand. We have found that our clients are very eager to include SMS messaging into their overall marketing strategy, but struggle with how do this effectively. Our best practices address strategy and execution, explains Baribeau. Multi-channel marketing, powered by sophisticated segmentation and lead scoring, allows prospects and leads to be engaged through their preferred communication channels. SMS text messaging is a valuable channel to re-engage dormant leads and connect with targeted audiences. Baribeau will present a product training, with Aprimos Colleen Petitt, Director of Digital & Email Services, and Nick Tomasetti, Consulting Practice Leader of Interactive Marketing, on the SMS text messaging module in the Aprimo, followed by two business cases illustrating how Aprimo users have successfully launched SMS text messaging campaigns.

Baribeaus case study on an Extraprise client demonstrates how Extraprise has successfully incorporated SMS text messaging into Aprimo Marketing Studio On Demand as a campaign channel for segments that had fallen out of the sales funnel, and then re-engaging them and converting them into revenue generating contacts. Extraprise provides recommendations on integrating SMS messaging into Aprimo campaigns, helps clients customize reporting at a more granular and refined level, and reports appropriate analytics. Extraprise helps B2B and B2C clients everyday to leverage marketing technology to maximize campaign effectiveness and reach revenue goals. As a certified Aprimo partner and expert at realizing the full capability of the Aprimo Marketing Studio On Demand, Extraprise provides database marketing and demand generation services that enable Aprimo users to better understand customers and prospects, and communicate with them at the right time in the lifecycle.

Extraprise is the leader in right time revenue optimization services for B2B and B2C enterprises, creating customer intelligence and using it to drive multi-channel marketing campaigns at the right time and in the right places throughout the customer life cycle. Offering an expansive list of its i2i marketing services spanning data management, customer intelligence, marketing strategy, lead generation, lead nurturing and qualification and marketing operations, Extraprise services are scalable and seamlessly compatible with marketing automation and CRM solutions. Clients of all levels of marketing maturity have the flexibility to start and grow with the services they need.

About Extraprise Group Inc.

Extraprise is the leader in right time revenue optimization services for B2B and B2C enterprises, offering the only suite of demand generation services that combines customer intelligence with multi-channel marketing campaigns at the right time in the customer life cycle. Spanning a comprehensive suite of services from lead generation to nurturing/brand loyalty to closed sale, and up-sell and cross-sell, Extraprises i2i demand generation services are suitable for clients at all levels of marketing maturity. Delivered through its Guaranteed Success Program as a hosted or on premise service, Extraprise continually meets the evolving marketing needs of its customers by driving tens of millions of customer interactions resulting in hundreds of thousands of buying opportunities from every country and continent. For more information, visit http://www.extraprise.com or call +1(888)i2iMKTG.

Extraprise is a registered trademark of Extraprise Group Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright ? 2012 Extraprise Group Inc. All rights reserved.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Chris McCoin or Richard Smith

McCoin & Smith Communications LLC

508-429-5988 (Chris) or 978-433-3304 (Rick)

chris(at)mccoinsmith(dot)com or rick(at)mccoinsmith(dot)com

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In an effort to round out its value offering to insurance agents and financial services professionals across the country, today, Creative Marketing becomes the first Independent Marketing Organization (IMO) to develop and launch an innovative deferred compensation plan for producers. This key differentiator will serve as the fifth way Creative pays its agents and advisors for submitting business. These five ways to get paid constitute the newly available producers Maximum Compensation Plan.

Contracted producers who meet eligibility and qualification requirements are automatically enrolled in the deferred compensation program and earn additional basis points on their premium, which will grow tax deferred and be paid by Creative at a later scheduled date. The program is offered at zero cost to producers, and is a natural progression of competitive offerings for financial professionals and insurance agents who are consistently helping others plan for their retirement.

Creative Marketing was founded on an unparalleled commitment to providing agents and advisors with the kind of support, service and benefits they wont find elsewhere, said Creative Marketings President Mike Tripses. With the producers Maximum Compensation Plan, Creative is now the clear choice for producers looking for a true partner in the industry. We are excited for the opportunity to provide long-term benefits for producers who spend their careers improving the financial lives of others.

Creative Marketing is known throughout the industry for introducing a number of firsts to market, including annuity product development in partnership with carriers, monthly point-to-point indexing strategy, an elite services division for producers submitting $ 5 million of business or more, application scrubbing, and now deferred compensation for producers. After spending nearly a year developing the nuts and bolts of this program, including the payout factors and vesting schedule, Creative has packaged it in the producers Maximum Compensation Plan to offer producers five ways to get paid on their business.

In addition to traditional compensation, Creative provides quarterly marketing dollars producers can use to enhance their marketing efforts through the Accelerated Marketing Plan (AMP). Premium submitted also allows contracted producers to earn credits toward qualifying for some of the best agent incentive trips the industry offers. Now, Creatives new deferred compensation plan will be offered alongside the deferred compensation programs offered by carriers such as Aviva, National Western Life, Fidelity & Guaranty Life and ING to ensure that producers have more than one opportunity immediately available for preparing for retirement.

By pushing the envelope and looking for new ways to enhance the relationship with its producers, Creative Marketing enhances the overall value agents and advisors can expect from the premier IMO. Creative is pleased to help bring the insurance and financial services industry full circle, transforming the face of retirement for an increasing number of individuals and families.

Now, producers can earn as much as 20 basis points more in tax-deferred retirement money on annuity business and 400 basis points on life business conducted through Creative Marketing without sacrificing a dime from their current contracts. Producers should have every reason to continue providing solid retirement solutions while knowing their own retirement isnt being neglected, said Tripses.

ABOUT CREATIVE MARKETING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Creative Marketing, a leading national marketing organization for annuity and life insurance, has been assisting insurance and financial professionals with building a successful practice since 1984. Providing affiliated agents and advisors with hundreds of product options from a variety of carriers, the company delivers superior agent education, advanced marketing training, substantial back-office support, and considerable industry expertise by more than 150 talented and knowledgeable employees. Creative Marketing sets an industry standard for its commitment to excellence, ethics and integrity in business, and agent-client satisfaction. Located in Leawood, Kan., Creative Marketing is making a difference in the lives of its affiliated insurance agents and financial professionals, as well as the clients they serve. To learn more about Creative Marketing, visit us on the web at http://www.creativemarketing.net.

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Despite what readers may have heard, the Keystone pipeline will be built, says Money Mornings Dr. Kent Moors.

The Sandhills ecologically sensitive or not wont stand in the way. Neither will political posturing, Kent goes on to say.

And he would know

Kent is one of the worlds foremost experts on the global oil industry.

He has traveled the world for more than 30 years to gain a deep understanding and comprehensive knowledge of the transnational energy markets.

And his expertise and experience are regularly sought after by government policymakers including high-ranking officials in the U.S., UK and Russia – and major energy firms and finance companies in more than 25 countries.

With his insider intelligence, Dr. Moors is able to cut straight through the politics surrounding the Keystone oil pipeline project to show readers whats really going on behind the headlines.

And according to Kent, while the Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have turned the project into a political shoving match, all of the blather flying back and forth has hidden the only real roadblock to the Keystone pipelines construction.

Environmental concerns can easily be solved, says Kent. Thats what the U.S. Department of State is busy figuring out, right now. And impatient Canadian CEOs and government officials wont go anywhere when they remember how much revenue the Keystone XL pipeline will bring into their country.

Instead, the real roadblock to building the Keystone oil pipeline, is an obscure regulation in a 2007 energy statute. Technically, this statute is about greenhouse gas emissions. But according to Dr. Moors, it has less to do with protecting air quality and more to do with protecting Americas domestic oil production from OPEC encroachment.

Those on the outside might try to use this law to shut down the Keystone oil pipeline project before it starts. But even direct legal challenge wont be enough to stop construction in the end, says Kent.

Learn why in this new Money Morning report from Dr. Kent Moors.

Money Morning.com provides valuable investment research and analysis to its more than 550,000 readers every day. Dr. Kent Moors is one of many market and industry experts who offer unique insights on new investment trends and little-known companies and industries, while showing readers the truth behind todays biggest news stories.

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Noted American home security systems Company named Elite Security Services continue their impressive progress in the Canadian domestic security industry. The company has now launched their most advanced package of home protection in Canada. This new home security plan called the Elite Package has excellent features that made it the preferred choice for homeowners in the United States. It may be recalled that the basic and the premium package from Elite Security Services has already been able to impress the customers in Canada. They are now providing home security solutions to all parts of Canada and America including the smaller towns and rural areas.

The Elite Package of home security systems from the company makes life easy for homeowners with excellent features. All the latest technological advancements in this field have been made available for customers in this package. Mr. Paul Shakuri, a respected domestic security consultant and owner of the company, spoke in detail about the package during the official launch. He opined that, This package is the ultimate security solution for you in the present market. The sophisticated cellular back up system completely eliminates the requirement of a land line telephone.

This technology has helped millions of households without a basic telephone to secure their home. It is also a known fact that miscreants tend to deactivate security systems by cutting the telephone connections before breaking in. This package is miles ahead of ordinary security systems because it can not be deactivated by an outsider.

This package is now available all over Canada for a monthly fee of $ 44.99. Many homeowners in Canada have already installed this package. Samuel from Halifax expressed his excitement about this amazing package saying, I thank Elite Security for putting together such a brilliant home security package. Would love to do business again with them. The company sources have informed that the home security systems from them will have more technological enhancements very soon.

About the Company: The American security systems dealer Elite Security Services provides top class home security solutions in Canada and the United States. They are also an active associate of Protect Your Home.

Contact

Paul Shakuri

Phone: 800-599-452.

Website: http://www.YourAlarmNow.com

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Bay Area Massage Therapy School, The World School of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts announces a new partnership with You4ia!, a new breed of “law of attraction” training and “co-creation” community.

“We’re excited to give our students, alumni and the general public access to this revolutionary online training and social co-creation environment,” says Patricia Cramer, World School Founder. “Our faculty and students have worked closely with You4ia!’s founders, David and Jim Ross, for eight years to design a community that represents the leading edge of holistic law of attraction training and practice.”

“Law of attraction” and “co-creation” are terms used to describe a set of principles and practices held in common between the subjects known as the power of the mind, the placebo effect, faith, positive thinking, positive psychology, intention and prayer. Arguably the most influential book in the human potential movement in the 20th Century, “Think and Grow Rich,” by Napoleon Hill (over 60 million copies sold) addresses this subject by describing a universal theory of how these ancient human principles work. In more recent years, law of attraction has been the source of growing popular interest following the release of the movie, “The Secret,” produced by Rhonda Byrne and books such as “The Intention Experiment,” by Lynn McTaggart.

“We’re thrilled that entire bodies of scientific literature now exist, especially in the field of quantum physics and medicine, that have helped us better understand the mechanics of how the mind can actually affect it’s environment (not simply perception of reality),” says You4ia! co-founder, David Ross.

“We’re equally gratified that science is beginning to explore new theories of how the group mind can enhance attraction affects as well,” says Ross. “We’re hopeful that You4ia! will help us understand this exciting topic too.”

“With You4ia!, World School students and alumni will have a unique opportunity to explore the power of the group mind to speed attraction for the individual,” states Ms. Cramer of World School. Ross shares that without the World School, this project would not have been possible.

“The World School participated in an eight-year research project to explore how aspects of the law of attraction work and how best to teach the subject. Without the efforts of the faculty and students You4ia! simply would not exist today.”

Ms. Cramer reports that another advantage for World School students and alumni is that You4ia! has been designed to be the ideal practice and application environment for students who have attended any of our courses in our law of attraction/creation series including “The Creation Course,” “Your Power to Create,” “Emotions and Optimum Health,” “The Mindful and Stress-Free Lifestyle,” “Holistic Wealth Creation,” and more.

The World School of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts (with three schools in the San Francisco Bay Area), provides programs in massage therapy, energy massage, holistic health, personal development, entrepreneurship as well as health and life coaching. The World School produces an introductory public course in law of attraction, called The Creation Course. For a limited-time, the World School is providing this course to the public (794 tuition) at no charge.

For inquiries, please contact Katie Phillips at 415-221-2533.

http://www.worldschoolmassage.com.

You4ia!, and it’s sponsoring organization, The Creator Network, provide social co-creation and law of attraction tools and training to support exploration of the power of the mind to create and attract reality. You4ia! offers a free, law of attraction success video series for new members as well as teleconferencing training on a paid membership basis. For inquiries, please call 408-445-1983 or visit http://www.you4ia.com.

About World School of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts

The World School of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts, with three locations in the San Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco, Pleasanton, and Corte Madera (Marin) California, is one of the oldest and most respected holistic health, life coaching and massage schools in the world. For nearly 30 years, thousands of exceptional students from over 30 countries have chosen their massage therapy schools and holistic health and life coaching certification training because they recognize the enormous career advantages provided by a balanced holistic education: massage therapy, personal development, health and life coaching, yoga teacher training and personal business success.

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The Africa Initiative today announces a call for proposals as part of its research grant competition for 2012. Applications will be accepted until January 31, 2012, and application material can be found on the Africa Portal at http://www.africaportal.org/research.

African or Canadian researchers with a doctorate degree are eligible for the research grants, which will support field-based research to be conducted in Africa and include reimbursements for research costs of up to $ 10,000 (CAD) and a honorarium of $ 5,000 (CAD).

This competition gives early-to-mid career researchers a great opportunity to conduct policy-relevant work in Africa, said Thomas Kwasi Tieku, lead researcher for the Africa Initiative. Their findings will help to inform decision making on these critical issues and to shape important debates in Africas research circles.

Special consideration will be given to proposals that are amenable to cross-country comparison and develop benchmarks for measuring policy outcomes. Proposed research should be field-based and seek to address challenges facing African policy-makers in one or more of the Africa Initiatives thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and climate change. All proposals related to the thematic areas will be considered but particular attention will be given to those that deal with one or more of the following topics:

????Distribution of food and water as a public good; ????Financing for innovative solutions to challenges in the areas of climate change and energy; ????Emerging donors in Africa, such as India, China and Brazil; ????Implications of demographic change and urbanization; ????Policy implementation gaps in local health care delivery and treatment of infectious diseases; ????Sources of funding for rebel movements.

The Africa Initiative is a multi-year, donor-supported program, with three components: a research program, an exchange program, and an online portal. A joint undertaking by The Centre for International Governance Innovation, in cooperation with Makerere University, and the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA), the Africa Initiative incorporates field-based research, online collaboration, and strategic partnerships, to facilitating unique knowledge building and develop policy recommendations for decision makers in Africa.

For more details on the Africa Initiatives research grant competition, please visit http://www.africaportal.org/research or contact airesearch(at)cigionline(dot)org.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Kevin Dias, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: 519.885.2444, ext. 238, Email: kdias(at)cigionline(dot)org

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, nonpartisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGIs interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM (Research In Motion), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit http://www.cigionline.org.

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Targray Technology International announces that it has been appointed as the global distributor of Giga Solar Materials Corp.s new Back Surface Aluminum Paste. With the signing of this long-term agreementwhich spans across Europe, North America and IndiaTargray now offers a back side aluminum paste that provides a uniform, high quality back surface field (BSF) for mono and multi-crystalline silicon solar cells.

New low bowing aluminum pastes are necessary to enable cell manufacturers to save costs and move to thinner silicon wafers while maintaining low cell breakage rates, said Patrick Boutard, Product Manager at Targray. Cell manufacturers are under constant pressure for efficiency gains to drive down their cost per watt. We have seen repeatedly that Giga Solars new aluminum paste is the right material to enable these efficiencies and were very excited to bring this excellent product to market.

Giga Solars back side aluminum paste provides an excellent back surface field for mono and multi-crystalline silicon solar cells. The paste is designed for excellent efficiency, low bowing, high material compatibility, better adhesion strength and wide process window.

Targrays strong footprint across Europe, North America, and India makes them the ideal partner for Giga Solar, said Cafer Huang, President, Giga Solar Materials Corp. They have a world-renowned reputation for the cost-effective, best-in-class PV materials they supply to solar cell manufacturer markets, and consequently they were the natural choice for the launch of our new aluminum paste in these very important markets.

About Giga Solar Materials Corp.

GSMC is an R&D-focused, product quality, and image-oriented company. GSMC is the largest aluminum paste supplier in Taiwan, with more than 80% of its market share. In addition, GSMC holds 30% market share in China, as well as globally, and ranks within the top 3 aluminum paste suppliers worldwide. When it comes to business model innovation, GSMC, unlike any others, positions itself as a Design-in house of paste formulation and a Customer service-oriented supplier with integrated manufacturing processes. From the customized formulation of pastes, on-site customer service, to the investments of testing instruments and manufacturing equipment for downstream customers, GSMC differentiates itself with a unique offering that surpasses major international competitors. For more information about GSMC, contact the company at 1F, No.3, Kung Yeh First Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., tel::+886-3-5985510, fax:+886-3-5972591, email: sales(at)gigasolar(dot)com(dot)tw or visit the website at http://www.gigasolar.com.tw


About Targray Technology International, Inc.

Founded in 1989, Targray Technology is a leading worldwide supplier of solar silicon and advanced materials and consumables to the Solar Industry. Targray offers a full-line of Photovoltaic materials and focused solutions which enable solar cell and module manufacturers to maximize their cell and module quality and reliability, while significantly lowering their manufacturing cost per watt. The Company works with several global partners to bring to market materials including Polysilicon, Solar Wafers and Cells, Broken Solar Cells, Silver Paste, Sputtering Targets, Silicone Sealants, Adhesives and Potting Agents, Tabbing Ribbon, Encapsulant, Aluminum paste, Junction boxes and more. Targray is a global company with operations and customers in over 50 countries throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. For more information about Targray, contact the company at 18105 Trans-Canada, Kirkland, Qc, Canada, H9J 3Z4, tel: (514) 695-8095, fax: (514) 695-0593, email: info(at)targray(dot)com, or visit the company website at http://www.targray.com.

Targray Media Contact:????????????????

Derbhla Dunne

Marketing Communications Manager

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Vision Wireless, LLC (Vision), a leading provider of wireless mobility management (WMM) solutions including wireless telecom expense management (TEM), announced today that it has achieved the highest overall customer satisfaction score among all WMM and TEM suppliers as rated by enterprise clients in AOTMPs 2011 State of the Industry study. I am very pleased to share that Vision achieved an unprecedented 9.78 overall customer satisfaction score on a scale of 1-10, said Kevin Steffes, President and CEO of Vision. This underscores our commitment to deliver a flexible technology platform coupled with service and support that is characterized by responsiveness and professionalism.

Vision’s score represents the highest rating ever recorded by AOTMP, stated Timothy C. Colwell, Senior Vice President of Global Information Management for AOTMP. One hundred percent (100%) of Visions enterprise respondents rated their overall satisfaction level as a 9 or 10 — the highest scores possible — which illustrates that clients are extremely satisfied with the technology and services they receive from Vision.

Cyndi Listrom, Visions Vice President of Operations, said Visions continued focus on quality assurance and business process improvement has resulted in our unique supplier profile with all scores falling in the very highest range. This is a testament to Visions success in managing todays increasingly diverse and complex enterprise mobile environments while delivering a solid ROI for our clients.

AOTMPs State of the Industry Report
AOTMP launched its annual research study examining enterprise satisfaction with Telecom Expense Management (TEM) and Wireless Mobility Management (WMM) suppliers in January 2011. Input was received from over 1,066 top executives, finance professionals and telecom operations leaders at U.S. and Global enterprises. All Fortune 1000, Forbes Americas Largest Companies, 1000+ Mid-Market Enterprises, and Government/Public Sector organizations were included in the study.

Sources at AOTMP confirmed that more than 100 different WMM and TEM suppliers were identified throughout the analyzed and enterprises were asked to rate their overall satisfaction with the supplier(s) using a satisfaction scale of 1-10, with 1 being the lowest (Not At All Satisfied) and 10 being the highest (Highly Satisfied). Vision achieved the highest overall rating of 9.78 among all WMM and TEM suppliers including in the study, securing its position as the industrys number one WMM/TEM supplier.

Best-in-Class Attributes
Vision is known for its knowledgeable, proactive service and for significantly reducing the costs, as well as the time and effort, incurred by our clients, said Kevin Steffes, Visions President and CEO. Our industry-leading solution allows clients to save time and money by outsourcing the management and support of their mobile environments. We deliver significant financial and operational savings to a clients bottom line, leveraging our advanced technology platform and proven best practices to automate mobility management.

Visions success is fueled by its balanced approach in delivering a flexible technology platform coupled with professional, customer-focused service and support, said Jennifer Warren, Director of Sales for Vision. AOTMPs State of the Industry Report states Technology and automation are certainly critical components of any WMM or TEM program; however, a suppliers planned approach for servicing and supporting clients before, during and after the implementation are just as important.

AOTMP also identified the following Best-In-Class Attributes which are exhibited by many of the top rated WMM and TEM suppliers. Our top customer satisfaction rating illustrates that enterprises agree that Vision possess all of these Best-in-Class attributes, said Kevin Steffes, Visions President and CEO.

Responsive, Knowledgeable and Proactive Service Flexible Technology Platform and Reporting Features Professional, Customer-Focused Account Management and Support Teams Proven Ability to Significantly Reduce Costs, Time and Effort

About Vision
Vision is a leading provider of wireless mobility management (WMM) solutions, including wireless telecom expense management (TEM) and mobile device management (MDM), for enterprise and public sector clients of all sized. Vision leverages its have advanced technology and proven best practices to automate the business processes connected with nomadic device lifecycle management, delivering significant financial and operational benefits to its clients. Key features of Visions comprehensive WMM/TEM solution include: eProcurement, Asset/Inventory Management, Custom Kitting and Pre-configuration of Devices and Mobile Applications, Change Management, Wireless Help Desk Services, and Wireless Telecom Expense Management. Learn more about Vision at http://www.visionwirelessllc.com/.

About AOTMP
AOTMP, headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, is the leading provider of information solutions for managing fixed and wireless telecom environments. AOTMP’s proprietary certifications, benchmarks, standards and best practices deliver measurable improvement in efficiency and productivity for managing wireless, voice, and data services. From Fortune 50 companies to SMB, enterprises seeking the best return on telecom and IT services turn to AOTMP’s industry research, advisory services, educational programs and performance management systems to achieve operational and financial efficiency. For more information, visit http://www.aotmp.com.

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