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Campfire Caf Saddles Up with American Cowboy Magazine
American Cowboy is the number one source for outstanding content that captures the spirit of the West.
The alliance with American Cowboy Magazine is a natural", says executive producer, Pamela Alford. Theres a little cowboy spirit in all of us and open fire cooking fits right in with the lifestyle American Cowboy represents." Nix has inspired viewers to give this traditional cowboy way of cooking a try by introducing gourmet recipes and step-by-step instruction in weekly television programming for almost three years. His weekly demonstrations of this method of cooking as a recreational, family-oriented activity is catching the eye of organizations that promote healthy, outdoor pursuits. Wed like to remind folks that are too busy to spend quality time with their kids that we all have to eat", says Nix. Might as well stoke up a campfire and cook some good food -- never met a kid that didnt like to poke in the fire."
Filmmaker Takes on 'No Child Left Behind'
Filmmaker Lerone Wilson, 23, never envisioned himself producing a politically charged hour-long television documentary on the federal education program. Nevertheless two-and-a-half years later, the resulting film 'No Child Left Behind' will air Aug. 28, on WTVS -- Detroit Public Television at 2 p.m.
During the course of his senior year at the New York University film school, Wilson spent a great deal of time tutoring students at PS217 as part of a work/study program. It was there that he became familiar with many educators' discontent with the new legislation. I remember one particular conversation where a teacher, knowing I was a film student, said 'Lerone you have to do something' ...and she was right," said Wilson.
New Pro Audio Training Video Released: Pro Tools LE-MP-Know It All!
The Digital Music Doctor today announced the release of a new interactive video course, Pro Tools LE-MP-Know It All! This course contains over 2 hours of interactive videos as well as sample sessions covering all aspects of audio and midi recording, editing, and mixing using Pro Tools LE 6.9 and M-Powered 6.8.
The course contains 22 modules and is organized into 5 sections: There is a Quick Start section which provides an overview of the features and functions in Pro Tools as well as brief explanations of their use. The next four sections contain detailed instruction on how to use the major functions in Pro Tools and are built on session examples. The Mixing & Mastering section includes an example of mixing using Sends, Inserts, Plug-ins, and Automation as well as a mastering session using iZotope Ozone. The Loops & Remix section explains the Beat Detective and also walks through creating a loop composition. The MIDI section demonstrates the use of the MIDI Studio Setup and MIDI Operations functions. The Tools & Techniques section covers Recording and Video, as well as Rewire and Software Synthesizers including the use of Propellerheads Reason and the VST-RTAS Adapter.
FLAVORx CFO to Speak on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 at US House of Representatives Hearing
This Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006, FLAVORx Chief Financial Officer, Woodie Neiss will speak on the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on small businesses at the United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business hearing. The full committee hearing entitled, “Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: What is the Proper Balance between Investor Protection and Capital Formation for Smaller Public Companies?” will be held at 2:00pm at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC. Neiss is slated to present to Chairman Donald Manzullo, Ranking Member Nydia Velazquez and other committee members on the tremendous cost of compliance to privately held businesses in relation to Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley. Having grown from one single innovative idea to a product and a business that has made its presence in over 37,000 pharmacies nationwide; FLAVORx is a company that has maintained high growth, positive net income, positive cash flow and a high-level of business ethics and procedure over its time. Surprisingly, as a result of the financial and procedural burden Sarbanes-Oxley legislation has placed on the company, it may no longer be in FLAVORx’s best interest or capabilities to enter the public market.
Click here to read more…Lavasoft Announces Launch of New Affiliate Program
Well-known anti-spyware pioneer Lavasoft today announced the launch of its all-new Affiliate Program, giving affiliates the opportunity to easi 558 ly partner with one of the world's most recognized anti-malware brands, and to earn affiliate commissions from the sale of Lavasoft's globally-respected range of security products.
"I believe our new affiliate program will build a stronger relationship between our affiliates and will serve both parties well in aiding our affiliates to reach higher conversions and commission rates," said Mark Knighton, International Channel Distributions Manager at Lavasoft.
The new program, powered by Cleverbridge's industry-leading affiliate tracking and management technology, makes it effortless for affiliates to recommend Lavasoft's top-rated line of security products on their own site, and to earn a percentage of revenues generated. Commission rates are based on sales volume, giving affiliates the opportunity to earn up to 50% revenue commission.
Indulgence Day Spa Announces Creation of Corporate Rewards/Incentives program in Houston, Texas
November 6, 2004 --- Indulgence Day Spa will provide your business with a full service incentive and reward program to meet specific, results-oriented objectives such as driving customer acquisition and retention, increasing sales, and motivating and retaining employees, among others.
"We are excited to offer this new program to our corporate customers, regardless of the size of their business", said Rachal Conner, CEO of Indulgence Day Spa. "The creation of our Corporate Gift Certificate Reward / Incentive Program offers corporations an unrivalled recipe of strategy development, to create customized, results-oriented incentive, highly successful rewards and recognition programs. Businesses can implement customer and employee incentive, loyalty, reward and retention programs.
Mortgage LO's & Brokers are Flocking to RealtorPartnershipSystem.com to Receive Purchase Referrals From Realtors Referring Their Purchase Clients to Them
With the refinance boom over mortgage LO's and brokers around the Country have been concerned about how their going to survive in the mortgage business with all the business gone.
There is one area of the mortgage business still untapped that is market proof and that's the purchase business. Purchase business is always and will always be in great demand. The only challenge has been how to generate it.
Realtors and Real Estate Agents are the ones that generate and have most of this market at their finger tips. Most people looking to purchase a new home or sell their current home contact realtor's and agents before ever calling the mortgage professionals.
Hawaiian Airlines Chooses ID90T for its Employees Online and Offline Interline E-ticketing Needs
Hawaiian Airlines' employees will soon be able to purchase e-tickets online when taking advantage of their online travel benefits within Hawaiian as well as Interline travel on other airlines with ID90 Technologies' (ID90T). Employees will have 24/7 online access and a multi-lingual call center support team, thus avoiding multiple back-up tickets and desperate last minute calls to the pass bureau.
Hawaiian Airlines is very supportive of IATA's 2008 100% e-ticketing deadline that is geared toward improving passenger convenience and cutting costs by using technology more effectively. ID90T, a provider of Interline e-ticket solutions for airline employee travel, has developed a customized solution for Hawaiian Airlines incorporating many of the functionalities of its' already developed Universal e-ticketing Platform, originally designed for Interline travel between different airlines.
FirstBest Systems Unveils '2-Minute Explainer' Elevator Pitch; Innovative Flash Presentation Created in Partnership with Business Information Graphics
FirstBest® Systems, Inc., provider of advanced Underwriting Management Systems™ (UMS) that enable commercial insurance carriers to profit from better underwriting, has developed an innovative "2-Minute Explainer," an elevator pitch in the form of a two-minute flash presentation, created in partnership with Business Information Graphics, Inc., a boutique firm that specializes in distilling company messages into two-minute animated presentations.
The "2-Minute Explainer" is a flash presentation that helps communicate complex messages in a highly engaging, visual form for use on Websites, at trade shows, and as links in email and advertising. FirstBest will leverage the 2-Minute Explainer to help deliver its message effectively and consistently to its target market.
Teefoley.com: Quirky Comedy Humour Website Portraying the Life of Single Mother and Her Escapades with Comedy Articles and Secrets
Aspiring to become a leading online comedy and humor website, it suddenly commands, thanks to this news release, a much higher visibility and exposure threshold, directly through the search engines.
The Website itself www.teefoley.com, a highly innovative and quality presentation, now has a high profile image on the World Wide Web to match its online offering as the funniest comedy Website.
Global players including www.yahoo.com (the leading Yahoo worldwide search engine), www.google.com/news and www.ask.com found themselves with the site ranked on their first page result listings directly through this news release for a whole series of specific phrases, with each entry being specific to comedy readers.
Tele-SalesForce Launches Full-Service, Outsourced Business Development and Lead Generation Service Designed to Help Companies Target and Reach Thousands of Prospects
Tele-SalesForce.com released a new service today designed to help marketing and advertising companies provide value-added business development expertise for their customers. By combining the power of professional telesales with targeted email marketing, Tele-SalesForce is helping companies build a target list of prospects, research the Executives and email addresses for those executives, and then follow-up with email marketing campaigns and telesales to generate qualified leads and appointments.
Click here to read more…Faraway Furniture Releases Exclusive Indoor Dining Furniture for 2008
Entertaining doesn't end when the warm months start to wind down. To acknowledge this, the UK-based garden and patio furniture specialists of Faraway Furniture have expanded their product line this summer to include indoor dining room furniture. The company has released an eight-setting solid oak indoor dining set for 2008, dubbed The Faraway Set.
The Faraway Set
"Consumers like the convenience of being able to shop for furniture online, and they like knowing that they can get their garden furn 00004000 iture from a company that cares about the environment," says Naomi Aharony of Faraway Furniture. "Our new dining furniture model lets them take those benefits off of the patio and indoors for year-round entertaining. Our goal is to let our customers be green consumers without sacrificing any conveniences, and now we're simply taking what they've come to expect from Faraway Furniture and going beyond the garden."
INetU Managed Hosting Gains EU Safe Harbor Certification
INetU Managed Hosting (http://www.inetu.net) is officially EU Safe Harbor Certified. Certification is external confirmation that INetU is protecting clients' personal information by monitoring all of its data-collection and retention processes. This move positions INetU to continue dealing with European companies, where Safe Harbor requirements were enacted. The United States and European Union have taken different approaches to privacy, though the ultimate goals are the same. The United States relies on a mix of legislation, regulation, and self-regulation. The European Union, however, enacted requirements that created government data protection agencies, registration of databases with those agencies, and in some instances prior approval before personal data processing may begin.
Click here to read more…Leading Online Marketing Company A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing Publishes Innovative Guide to Success on the Web
Award winning internet marketing firm A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing continues its mandate of educating business professionals on how to successfully market online with the publication of the first in a series of books titled "Online Marketing Revealed: A Couple of Chicks Guide to Optimizing Your Presence on the Web".
"The book is a unique, user-friendly guide to navigating through the new vocabulary and strategies that are necessary to understand to compete within this fast evolving new marketing medium," said Patricia Brusha, Co-Author of the internet marketing guide and Co-Founder of A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing. "There is no tech-talk here, just a fun and easy step by step guide to optimizing your web presence, which is now critical for any business."
Konica Minolta Opens Second Direct Selling Branch in Atlanta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced that it has established a second branch location in the Atlanta metropolitan area which will offer Konica Minolta’s complete line of award-winning bizhub™ and bizhub PRO™ products, as well as its extensive document management and workflow solutions.
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“We are continually seeking ways to better serve our customers and to enhance our sales, service and distribution capabilities in order to remain a world-class leader in the digital imaging industry,” said Jeff Fernandez, Executive Vice President, US Direct Sales, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Our newest branch office in Atlanta highlights our commitment to delivering the best quality products and services to our customers in the Metro Atlanta marketplace.”
Transportation Emission Solutions - American Filtration and Separations Society
The American Filtration & Separations Society is hosting its 4th Bi-Annual Emissions Solutions in Transportation Conference in Ann Arbor, MI, October 6-8, 2009. The Conference has two separate Tracks with Short Courses Monday, October 5th dealing with the Basics of Air and Liquid filtration as well as four additional courses.
This Conference is designed specifically for both the engineer and mangers that have a vested interest in current and new technologies and future needs in emission solutions. The program is created to cover most every aspect of the industry an engineer will encounter. It begins with idea creation and innovative concepts through final testing procedures and the updated status of governing and future regulations from CARB, EPA etc. The audience will consist of senior executives, business, technical and research managers from OEM's, industry suppliers, filtration and separations companies, all with the objective to understand current industry needs and identify future opportunities.
"Press Release Project" Helps Puget Sound Businesses Further Marketing Goals, Influence November Election
Business owners with marketing goals are too crunched for time to flex their political muscles, right? Wrong. The Press Release Project, founded by Bellingham-based freelance writer and editor Elizabeth Short, is making it easy for Puget Sound businesses to market themselves while channeling funds toward a Democratic win in the November presidential election.
For a $50 donation to the political action campaign MoveOn.org, Short is writing and distributing customized press releases for local businesses wishing to foster political change as well as garner media attention. A good press release can lead to magazine or newspaper articles, radio interviews, even television appearances," Short says. That means free, far-reaching advertising for any business."
Pilates and Yoga Classes in Kuala Lumpur From Top Teacher
Sophia Oh has just started teaching Pilates and yoga courses in Kuala Lumpur. She is one of Malaysia's most qualified instructors and is now offering 8-session introductory courses in KL.
Group courses are available as well as private one-to-one tuition. Sophia customises each course or lesson to suit the fitness levels and goals of the students.
Classes can be organised directly with Sophia and she can conduct courses within condominiums and businesses at convenient times. Sophia has already arranged 3 Pilates courses and 1 yoga course at condominiums within KL.
Specialist and Classic Car Insurance Demand Soars Despite The Recession
The interest in classic and expensive high performance cars shows no signs of slowing down despite the recession, according to online specialist car insurance provider http://www.car-insurance.tv.
The website which allows customers to compare car insurance quotes from over 100 bespoke specialist schemes, is reporting a sixty percent increase in enquiries for classic car insurance during the first quarter of 2009, as the baby boomer generation shift their assets away from stocks and shares into something more tangible.
Holiday Pedometer Buying Made Easy
It's never easy buying health and fitness related gifts for loved ones during the holidays.
You don't want to suggest to your loved ones that they need to lose weight or to get in better shape, but you also want to encourage them to live a longer, healthier life. A pedometer is a great gift because it doesn't require the recipient to make drastic lifestyle changes in order to reap the vast health benefits a pedometer can provide.
RYP Sports, who carries the largest selection of pedometers on the Internet, has just made selecting a pedometer easier and faster. They have organized their huge selection in such a way that visitors to http://www.rypsports.com can now browse pedometers by price range, by function, or by brand. This new navigation will be helpful for those who have experience with pedometers, as well as total newcomers.
