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Silanis Presents on Electronic Leasing at 2005 Equipment Leasing Associations Legal Forum

Auctions Are the Best Free Theater in Town

Many people have seen movies that feature dramatic and suspenseful auction scenes, where interested parties are bidding on something priceless, driving the price up bit by bit until the auctioneer shouts &# 5a8 8220;Sold!” But few people know that auctions aren’t closed to the public – they’re open and there are lots of them throughout the year. And according to novelist and art world expert Robert J. Hughes, you don’t have to spend any money at all to be up close to some of the most exciting drama anywhere.... (Continue reading)

A Lifetime of Words Becomes A Series With the Release of A Lifetime of Words~Spirit for the Soul

A Lifetime of Words~Spirit for the Soul is scheduled to be released on February 27, 2006!

Author and Poetic Writer Robin Gorley is set to release her second book of poetry. Robin has once again created an inpsiring, u 5a8 plifting, and spiritual book of poetry, that is sure to be a lasting presence in any poetry library. Robin taps into her inner soul and brings to life her spirituality and her true belief in her Lord and Savior. This collection of poetry is so deeply written, that after reading it, you will truly feel the presence of the Lord.... (Continue reading)

2006 Unsigned Artist Search - #1 Rated Talent Showcase

On The Edge Entertainment and Play Hard Records is sponsoring the “2006 Unsigned Talent Search” with the auditions beginning on March 4th, 2006 in Los Angeles. This national competition is available for everyone from singers, rappers, groups, bands and duo's from across the country. The entire show will be recorded and mailed to various A&R sources in the music industry. This event will also be filmed for a “Reality TV” series and released on DVD worldwide.

Thousands of talented performers will compete for a chance to win recording contract(s), cash prizes, studio time & equipment, chance to be on our film soundtrack, chance to perform in the independent film (Mind Games), and a free trip to New York. This event will feature live entertainers and special surprise celebrity performances. Music talents of all genres are invited to participate - including hip-hop, rap, neo-soul, rock, R&B, reggae, gospel, country and even Latin. $1,000.00 in cash & prizes will be awarded to the first place semi-finalist each state. Door prizes in the form of certificates and donations from local businesses will be given to audience members.... (Continue reading)

Witches Organizing Major Spell for Peace

The World's leading magickal educator, WitchSchool.com, is organizing an experiment in Global Spell Casting. On May 5th, hundreds of participants around the world will focus their energy to manifest 2000 love, peace, prosperity and hope for the world. With this unified act of will, they anticipate that magic energy will fill people with personal power and create events that will lead to a better world.

"We need no longer wait to see if magic is real or not", according to Ed Hubbard, CEO of Witch School, "We can test it through such global experiments, but instead of looking for data, I am looking forward to hearing the experiences people will have through this day of divine manifestation. I believe it will move the way we think about the world and how it works."... (Continue reading)

Spur Digital Wins Two AMA Crystal Awards - Online Agency Generates Compelling Results For The Houston Museum of Natural Science

Spur Digital, www.spurdigital.com, Houston's leading interactive marketing agency, won two prestigious Crystal Awards from the Houston chapter of the American Marketing Association. Recognized as one of the highest honors among marketing professionals, the Crystal Awards are presented to companies who create the most innovative and effective marketing campaigns.

For the second consecutive year, Spur Digital won awards for Best Internet Marketing Campaign and Best Internet Advertisement. The Best Internet Marketing Campaign award recognized Spur Digital’s work for The Houston Museum of Natural Science’s The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition. With the objective of building awareness and driving ticket sales for the Exhibit, Spur Digital delivered more than 10 million impressions over three months using a variety of online media including search engines, email advertisements and display banner ads. Visitors that clicked on ads were directed to a landing page where they were invited to register and invite friends to participate in the LOTR sweepstakes.... (Continue reading)

Think Like a Genius - ThoughtOffice Creativity Software Taps Innovation Database, Finds Answers in 13,000+ Tough Questions

Thinking faster and with more innovation has become one of the top success elements in business. Thinking like a genius, while handling the pressure and duties of the modern corporation has become a huge challenge. But new software tools like ThoughtOffice help to inspire and organize ideas and turn them into revenue in the form of products, services, advertising and processes.

"Think fast: what's the core strength of 21st century companies?" asks Mark Alan Effinger, CEO of ThoughtOffice Corporation, the innovators of the ThoughtOffice Innovation Software suite. "The core strength of leading firms in this century is the ability to innovate, and then turn those innovations into something end-users will pay money for. Fast-turn of ideas, and then just as quickly converting them to valuable end products separates leaders from losers".... (Continue reading)

Liveclicker to Host Industry's First Video Commerce Summit

Liveclicker, Inc., an early-stage startup providing innovative video commerce solutions for the web's top e-commerce brands, today announced it will host the e-commerce industry's first annual video commerce summit in Seattle on June 1 and 2. The summit will gather top online retailers and video commerce industry leaders for a day of intense learning, networking 5a8 , and knowledge-sharing.

Confirmed participants include REI, BeautyChoice.com, MotoSport.com, drugstore.com, eBags, OnlineShoes.com, and many others. Interested parties can learn more about the summit and register online at videocommercesummit.com. Available space is extremely limited and expected to sell out quickly.... (Continue reading)

Avatar Financial Group Helps Montgomery Church to Complete Community Center

Pastor David Montgomery, Sr of Restoration Temple Church of Houston, Texas announced the completion of the final round of funding for the development of the Churchs new community center. By leveraging the equity of the 19,000+ sq ft church and 7,500 sq ft office/conference center already completed on the property, Pastor Montgomery was able to arrange for a $900,000 bridge loan. Avatar Financial Group, a Seattle based commercial lender provided funding for the project. The funds will be used to complete a 200,000 sq ft Community Center.... (Continue reading)

Small Business Funding Available

President of IFG, Mr. David T. Banfield, stated that IFG has established additional funding facilities to support the growing demand from small businesses. Interface Financial is a "boutique" funder specializing in a dedicated financing approach specifically geared to the needs of small and growing companies in their formative years. Banfield also commented Fortune 500 companies will probably experience no problem in accessing growth-funding, however, if you are a one- or two-year old business that is growing rapidly, the options are very limited.... (Continue reading)

Bruce Clay, Inc. to Provide Enquisite's Search M 5a8 onetization, PPC Auditing Solutions to Clients

Enquisite, Inc., a provider of search marketing automation and monetization solutions, announced today the signing of an agency partnership agreement with search engine optimization and Internet marketing company Bruce Clay, Inc.

BRUCE CLAY TO OFFER CO-BRANDED ENQUISITE SOLUTIONS TO CLIENTS

Through their alliance, Bruce Clay, Inc. will offer its clients both of Enquisite's current solutions, including Enquisite Pro, a search analytics platform that visually demonstrates the "long tail" of sear 5a8 ch referrals, and PPC Assurance, a scientific click auditing solution that ensures advertisers only pay for valid clicks.... (Continue reading)

Change Wave Research Presents: "The 25% Cash Machine--Strategic High Income Investing"

Baby boomers and retirees can now enjoy a better quality of life by choosing securities that create higher monthly income and steady capital appreciation. The 25% Cash Machine: Strategic High Income Investing, written by Bryan Perry, analyst for ChangeWave Research and editor of ChangeWave Strategic High Income Investor, introduces a methodical approach to provide growth and income investors with increased returns with less volatility than common stocks.

"After 20 years of trying just about every approach to enhance the value of long-term portfolios, I've found a strategy that consistently beats the market's historical returns year after year," says Bryan Perry, who is also co-founder of Alexander Perry Corporation, a money management firm. "These high-yield securities not only pay a whopping yield, but they also exhibit less volatility than blue chip stocks."... (Continue reading)

Austin Professional Organizers Achieve Distinguished Industry Certifications

Two Professional Organizers from Central Texas' leading organizing services company, LivingOrder, were among the first in the organizing industry and in the state of Texas to receive the Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) designation. Lorie Marrero, Chief Executive Organizer, and Yvette Clay both achieved the certification, which required a minimum number of paid working hours and experience and a written examination which was administered at the NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers) annual conference in April in Minneapolis.... (Continue reading)

UNIS LUMIN Re-certifies as a Cisco GOLD Certified Partner in Canada

UNIS LUMIN has again met all the requirements to achieve GOLD certification, including personnel, support, specialization and customer satisfaction. This is the sixth year that UNIS LUMIN has achieved this prestigious certification and demonstrates the company's extensive time and resource commitment to maintaining the expertise to sell, design, implement,support and manage solutions featuring Cisco's Advanced technologies.

By achieving Gold Partner recertification, UNIS LUMIN has met or surpassed Cisco's stringent program requirements for competencies and capabilities in these key areas:

Design, implementation and support expertise in advanced Cisco technologies including routing & switching, security, wireless LAN, and unified communications

Mature support processes, methodologies and infrastructure to ensure timely and effective resolution of customer issues 24x7, 365 days a year

Ongoing technology training and maintaining a deep bench of certified engineers and support specialists qualified to design, implement and support mission critical communications systems

Exceeding Cisco's rigid customer satisfaction benchmarks

Investments in lab infrastructure to expose System Consultants and customers to new technologies being introduced

"We are very pleased with our Cisco Gold Partner re-certification, and proud of our System Consultants, Support Specialists and Account Managers who were integral to our Gold renewal" said John Breakey, Chairman and CEO, UNIS LUMIN. "This year we also recertified in 4 Advanced Certifications including Security, Wireless, Unified Communications, Routing and Switching. We were also awarded the Top Services Partner in Canada designation at Cisco's Partner Conference last spring. The Gold Partner status highlights the strength of UNIS LUMIN 's expertise and its commitment to providing our customers with the highest quality of service and support and managed services."... (Continue reading)

OnPoint Digital Wins "Best Mobile Learning Program" at eLearning Guild's DemoFest

OnPoint Digital, Inc., a leading provider of eLearning and Mobile learning solutions, is pleased to announce its win for "Best Mobile Learning Program" at the eLearning Guild's DemoFest, part of the DevLearn 2007 Conference in San Jose, California.

DemoFest is a "people's choice" style competition where participants vote for the courses or applications they consider the most innovative. Participants see a wide variety of eLearning demos and have a chance to talk to the designers and developers about the goals and objectives, tools, technologies, processes, and challenges they faced.... (Continue reading)

Author Rhonda Findling Offers Free 'Don't Text That Man on Valentine's Day' Teleseminar

Author and psychotherapist Rhonda Findling announced today a free, upcoming teleconference offering professional relationship advice, support, and coaching for women to increase their self esteem for Valentine's Day.

"Don't text your ex-boyfriend; a guy who's running hot and cold; a guy who's sending you double messages or worse a guy who's broken up with you... on Valentine's Day! Don't weaken on this day and gratify or feed a man's ego who's been in any way hurtful and/or rejecting towards you!" says Rhonda Findling M.A., C.R.C., author of "Don't Call That Man! A Survival Guide To Letting Go".... (Continue reading)

Strategic Alliance Group, LLC Acquires Lift-out Team from Miles Parker Associates, LLC

As part of its burgeoning expansion efforts, Strategic Alliance Group, LLC (SAG) recently acquired the core retainer search team from Miles Parker Associates, LLC. This acquisition will further augment the scope of SAG’s services. Mark Young, Managing Director of Miles Parker Associates, joined Strategic Alliance Group as Director, effective April 24, 2006, and is based in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office. His primary focus will be leading SAG’s new Senior-Level Placements Division. Bailey Pacheco has also joined SAG as an Associate, with primary focus in research & development, strategy & implementation, and strategic sourcing.... (Continue reading)

Savvy PR Pros Utilize Google Relations" Combining Online and Traditional Media in Campaigns

Savvy travel public relations (www.abelowpr.com) campaigns today now cover both online and traditional media. While any travel public relations campaign (http://www.abelowpr.com/travelprcampaigns.html) today should incorporate the priceless credibility that is gained by securing editorial exposure in such prominent publications as Conde Nast Traveler, theres a new discipline emerging which should be utilized: Google Relations."

Through a number of online wire services as well as creating an RSS Feed linked to your website, a select few PR agencies in the U.S. are capable of rapidly moving your hotel, resort or destination up the rankings of Google to the top half of the first page. In this way, knowledgeable PR agencies are able to leverage the power of visibility on the web along with mainstream press exposure. Abelow PR (www.abelowpr.com), which has been conducting PR campaigns for hotels and travel entities for 25 years, is one of those agencies that are utilizing Google Relations".... (Continue reading)

Lenox Instrument High Temperature CCTV Diagnostic System Provides Portability & Video Clarity to Combustion Inspection & Diagnostics

Lenox Instrument Company, a manufacturer of high temperature cameras for combustion inspections, today announced a new portable high temperature camera designed to provide users with an economical and simple method for using color digital video in the diagnostics and monitoring of the combustion and process efficiency of furnaces, boilers and kilns used in the steel mill, power generation, glass and other high temperature manufacturing processes.

Portable High Temperature CCTV Diagnostic System... (Continue reading)

Visitors Stay & Celebrate in Lehigh Valley, PA with Spirit of the Season Travel Packages

Staying close to home for the holidays doesn't just make good fiscal sense this year, it's also a great way to discover the holiday attractions and events in your own backyard. With that in mind, Lehigh Valley is bringing back its popular Spirit of the Season travel promotion that allows families and couples to take in the sights and sounds of the centrally-located eastern Pennsylvania region.

Christkindlmarkt, a German-style holiday marketplace in Bethlehem

Available November 1, 2008 through January 2, 2009, Spirit of the Season is a holiday getaway promotion that features special rates and packages at participating area hotels that can be combined with shopping, dining, historical tours and holiday-related attractions.... (Continue reading)

Silanis Presents on Electronic Leasing at 2005 Equipment Leasing Associations Legal Forum

Silanis, the leading provider of solutions that automate the business approval process, announced today that Michael Laurie will present at the upcoming Equipment Leasing Associations Legal Forum in Miami, Florida on May 15-17, 2005. The session entitled Electronic Leasing in the Real World" will take place Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 9:45AM as part of the conferences focus on legal issues that could impact a company as well as current trends in the industry.

Approvals are a critical part of every organization's operating procedures. They help mitigate risk by providing an auditable record of decisions and control the delegation of authority. Business Approval Process Automation has the power to bridge disparate islands of automation throughout an organization and deliver significant risk, efficiency and cost-savings benefits.... (Continue reading)