On Saturday March 25th The Beverly Hills Playboy Mansion hosted a Celebrity Poker Tournament for the Urban Health Institute. It was a $500. buy-in for the Celebrity guests at the $50,000. poker purse . Approx. 600 guests enjoyed the food and drinks at the event. The guests could also play roulette, craps and other casino games in the big tent set up for the benefit.
Many celebrities from the sports world attended including Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers Basketball team.
Jerry may have showed up to see where team saleries are being spent.
Bunnys were in attendance to pose with all the guests.... (Continue reading)
When author Steven Oliverez first started posting his short stories in his personal profile on the popular MySpace.com (www.myspace.com/oliverez), the response was little more than an occasional friend popping in to offer words of encouragement. Now that same web log has grown into an outlet with readership numbering in the thousands, and a vocal fan base that grows daily.
Until now, most promotion on MySpace, which has a membership approaching 80 million users, has been limited to musicians and bands trying to hit it big – MySpace has even started their own music label – but Oliverez is seen as the first author to attract such attention through the site. By offering his short stories for free to the internet community, he has made a name for himself and created widespread interest in his fantasy novel, 'The Elder Staves.' Every short story is met with almost instant feedback and discussion, something which Oliverez himself participates in.... (Continue reading)
Answering the call of the future and the needs of their clients, J.R. Jewelers decided to bring their personalized 'boutique-style services' home by creating a website that would inform, educate and provide a safe jewelry shopping experience from the convenience of your home. They needed a reputable and dependable web designer who would help them meet their goals and found that in ke Solutions. With acute attention to detail, ke Solutions assisted J.R. Jewelers in creating the ultimate jewelry shopping experience that offers customers a wonderful sampling of jewels, while confidently being able to shop with secure transactions.... (Continue reading)
The Web Marketing Association declared Webability Trends the Best Consulting Online Newsletter Campaign of 2008. Creative design and hard-hitting content collide on the pages of Azavar Technologies Corporation's now-award-winning newsletter that discusses online marketing trends and dispenses advice for harvesting bottom-line results through the Internet.
"In Webability Trends, we deliver insights into the world of online marketing and advertising," said Patrick D'helf, Director of Client Services at Azavar Technologies. "So it's thrilling to see our newsletter receive such an honor for Internet advertising."... (Continue reading)
Something that has been aged 20 years brings to mind excellent wines and whiskey…the very things that most compliment a fine meal – before, during and after. It speaks of patience, expertise, quality and something to savor.
Something that costs the same as it did 20 years ago is phenomenal.
Dean Small, co-founder and managing partner of Synergy Restaurant Consultants
In the business of fine meals, few new restaurant startups reach age seven before being consumed by problems far beyond the great cuisine they served. Finances, marketing, supply chains, competition, operations and many other facets cause everything from fast food joints and hot dog carts to boutique bistros and elegant establishments to vanish from the culinary landscape. 9d3... (Continue reading)
NDX Forecast, LLC announces that, according to its forecast model, the broad market indices will turn down in the third quarter of 2004 and continue trending downward for a minimum of twelve months. The companys model has accurately forecast major market reversals since 1995. Forecast charts are available for viewing on http://www.ndxforecast.com.
NDX Forecast, LLC is unique in the market forecasting arena because it projects broad market direction and major turning points two years in advance. Developer and founder Gary Geddie believes his companys accurate two-year forecast model is the only one in existence, and will provide business planners with a highly useful tool. We are opening up our next reversal signal to the financial and business community to provide greater awareness of this prediction resource," said Mr. Geddie.
According to Mr. Geddie, the NDX Forecast has two components, the major market reversal signal, which is particularly useful for individual and institutional long-term investors, and the two-year forecast, which is particularly useful for business planners. Investors are signaled with e-mail alerts when forecasted major market reversals begin. A major market reversal is identified in the NDX model when two conditions exist: (1) a minimum percentage movement of 20 percent and (2) a minimum time span of twelve months.... (Continue reading)
Mortgage lenders can now instantly filter the good" from the bad" loans, at the point-of-application with minimized cost. Verification Bureau, an industry leader in mortgage fraud prevention solutions, has integrated 1003AppScan into their growing product line.
1003AppScan will validate all the information on the 1003 residential loan application from a data integrity and fraud prevention point of view. Additionally, It scans the loan officer, broker, and any other third parties involved in the transaction, such as: realtors, closing agents, developers, and gift donors. The solution performs over 150 different fraud tests powered by a myriad of up-to-the-minute databases. Within 15 seconds, it pinpoints any data inconsistencies and potential fraud such as property flips, identity fraud, employment misrepresentation, false income, occupancy fraud, and immigration status misrepresentation, among many others, in a comprehensive fraud report.... (Continue reading)
Poker Chip Mania is now offering a new clay poker chip style to their already large product line. The new chip style is the "15g Las Vegas Casino".
Poker Chip Mania is a premiere online retailer of gaming products for casino, card room and the home-use markets. Poker Chip Mania specializes in clay poker chips, poker accessories, chip cases, playing cards, poker tables, materials and accessories for poker tables, slot machines and game room decor.
The 15 gram "Las Vegas Casino" clay poker chip is the heaviest chip currently available in the marketplace. The weight and feel of these chips make them distinctly different from all other chips found in the market today. "Once you use clay chips there is no going back to the regular plastic chips," states John Butler, Poker Chip Mania's Director of Marketing and Product Development. The chip edge is the traditional 8 stripe and the face features a laser etched color inlay with the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign and a denomination. The chips are available in 9 colors; White $1, Red $5, Green $25, Black $100, Purple $500, Yellow $1,000, Orange $5,000, Blue $10,000, Pink $25,000. This is the only chip style that offers a high stakes denomination of $25,000.... (Continue reading)
Atlanta-based earlyCASE, an innovator in advanced early case assessment for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) and eDiscovery, today announced the launch of its free software available for download from www.earlycase.com. earlyCASE is a web-based application which runs on your local PC and analyzes the ESI that your computer can access without the data ever leaving your computer or network.
earlyCASE allows you to see and understand all of your data before it is processed for discovery. It supports multiple languages, extracts metadata, generates hash values, detects duplicates and creates a local inventory database of documents and emails. earlyCASE allows users to make informed discovery decisions and easily cut down the size of data sets through filter and culling rules before going into the discovery process and review.... (Continue reading)
Today, more than 150 million active users are on Facebook, the world's most popular social networking site. And 46% of those users are in the 18- to 34-year-old group, which includes the biggest-spending demographic for travel. (reference first footnote). The power of the media is clear, but the best way to manage it is not yet so clear. Hotels must face issues related to resources, target demographics, online booking strategy, and more. First, a hotel must understand the social networking landscape, how it works, and where their hotel fits in. Social media is more about conversation, dialogue, networking, and information sharing. Marketers must be patient, honest, and non-manipulative in their approach and work to create strong relationships in these media.... (Continue reading)
Vocus, Inc (NASDAQ: VOCS), a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management, announced today that it has signed a deal with The Associated Press to distribute press releases directly to leading media outlets within the AP network via the AP Datafeatures service. Through the agreement, Vocus' PRWeb Online Newswire will extend its online distribution network to include major media outlets in the top 100 markets.
"Organizations of all sizes already rely on our direct-to-consumer distribution network to create online visibility for their press releases in Google News, Yahoo! News and thousands of other high traffic internet sites," said Matthew Siegal, Vice President of Business Development of Vocus, Inc. "By adding direct-to-media distribution, we significantly extend the visibility of PRWeb press releases and create a complete consumer and media distribution service."... (Continue reading)
John Muntean, rider and Vice President of Motorcycle Dreamshop, won 3rd overall at Cable Creek near Toronto, Ohio on Sunday September 5th. The event was sanctioned by the CRA (Competition Riders of America). There were about 100 riders total in the event.
"It was a long race but I felt good all day and everything just came together. I couldn't have done it without my sponsors help," said John. John Muntean is sponsored by Motorcycle Dreamshop, which offers high quality ATV and motorcycle accessories, parts, tires, discount street tires, and helmets as well as apparel and other gear.... (Continue reading)
Chef Scott Fetty, alumnus and instructor at the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute (PCI), brought the coveted gold medal for Hot Foods home from the 2004 Culinary Olympics in Europe. This is the first time in 16 years that the US has accomplished this impressive position as the leading culinary competitor in the world. For over two decades, this cooking school has been a provider of fine culinary education preparing the chefs of tomorrow. www.pci.edu/index.asp
The Culinary Olympics, held every four years in Germany, was founded in 1896 as an international cooking event that could not only break language barriers between chefs of many countries, but could also formulate new cooking trends. The creators of the contest hoped to improve tourism to their homeland. Later, it was rightfully given the name Culinary Olympics" due to the growth and success of the competition.... (Continue reading)
American Education Services (AES) today announced that both aesSuccess.org and YouCanDealWithIt.com have won Standard of Excellence awards from the Web Marketing Association’s international WebAwards competition. The 2007 WebAwards recognize websites of merit in 96 industry categories with entries submitted from more than 33 countries from around the world.
“These websites are among the world’s best resources for students, parents, college graduates, counselors and postsecondary schools,” notes Dick Willey, AES President and CEO. “We offer a vast amount of helpful and money-saving information in a user-friendly, feature-packed format - - allowing visitors easy access to a 00004000 ll the information they want and need.”... (Continue reading)
Dallas, TX; August 27, 2007 - As bidwarslive.com's first summer comes to close it is safe to say that no other website has auctioned off as many great items for as low of a price as they have. Iphones, Nintendo Wii's, Ipods and a dream vacation have all been won for less than $35 this summer at bidwarslive.com.
Bidwarslive.com is a Lowest Unique Bid Auction site where the lowest bid "unique" bid wins as opposed to the item going to the highest bidder. The idea is simple, bid lower than everyone else and as long as no one makes the same bid you win.... (Continue reading)
What has more protein, less fat and fewer calories than turkey, chicken, beef, pork, buffalo or salmon?
No, its not tofu. This meat has much more protein -- and taste -- than tofu. And its leaner than deer meat or beefalo, according to the U.S. Department of Agricultures Nutrient Database. Farmer Linda Karber wants you to know that elk meat is an ideal protein source for todays fat-avoiding, calorie- and carb-counting eaters.
Ive been raising elk for almost 30 years," Karber said, and its amazing how todays health-conscious eaters are becoming aware of elk meat. Its not only healthy, but it tastes great and is environmentally friendly, because elk farming has a minimal impact on the land."... (Continue reading)
The HomeAire division of Spruce Environmental Technologies, Inc. recently exhibited a variety of indoor air quality products at the 2008 Vacuum Dealers Trade Association (VDTA) Convention in Las Vegas. HomeAire, an ENERGY STAR® Partner, manufactures and distributes products that create a healthier indoor environment.
HomeAire/Spruce's David Hill, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Patricia Everett, Manager of Marketing Services, report that a steady stream of show attendees expressed interest in the HomeAire products on display, including central vacuum systems from Duo Vac. In the company's double-sized exhibit booth, HomeAire introduced several new products to VDTA members:... (Continue reading)
www.chiefmfg.com - Chief's new FUSION universal mounting system provides the most progressive collection of features available today, focusing on usability and speed of installation. The new low-profile design, available in fixed or tilt models for 26"-75" TVs, was engineered to solve the most common installation problems for the professional installer and free up valuable time.
Chief's New FUSION Fix & Tilt Mounts
To develop the FUSION Series, Chief began by conducting valuable field research. The Chief product development team joined professional installers onsite, to observe specific challenges they are faced with when mounting flat panel TVs. These challenges, ranging from inconvenient stud location to perfect leveling of the flat panel, directly influenced the design of FUSION.
Represented by the 4 C's, features of the FUSION Series work to perfect flat panel wall mount installations. The 4 C's of FUSION include:... (Continue reading)
BEAU, a fresh and sophisticated womans clothing and accessories boutique, announced it will open its doors June 24th in an elegant space on Sacramento Street in San Francisco. Featuring a unique mix of both up-and-coming and established designers, BEAU will exclusively carry the only Ashley Dearborn boutique in the nation, showcasing the popular new designers entire line of feminine and sexy shoes.
Having helped launch new designers such as Annie C handbags and Ashley Dearborn, I have been exposed to amazing and talented designers that arent available in San Francisco," said BEAU founder Brooke Read. I wanted to bring these unique and stylish collections to the Bay Area, while mixing in local talent and essential staples. Growing up in the area, Ive watched Sacramento Street evolve into a destination for the sophisticated shopper, so it is the ideal setting to open BEAU."... (Continue reading)
Becky Rolland, a paralegal at Frilot, L.L.C. was named as one of the experts in Carole A. Bruno's book Lessons From The Top Paralegal Experts: The 15 Most Successful Paralegals In America and What You Can Learn From Them (2008 Cengage Learning).
The criteria for the selection of the expert paralegals included individual achievements that contributed to expansion of the paralegal profession and improved the efficiency of performing paralegal duties. The panel of professionals who selected the final contestants included: William P. Statsky, paralegal educator and author; Therese Cannon, paralegal educator, author, dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Law, and member of the ABA Standing Committee on Paralegals; James Wilber, law office management consultant and principal of Altman Weil, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI); and Gary Melhuish, paralegal administrator, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson, LLP, Washington, D.C.... (Continue reading)