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Experts Advise Considering Handmade Oil Paintings for Offices

More handmade oil paintings are being sold in the United States than ever before. Business owners and office managers are discovering the tremendous advantages of having high quality art on their walls. “Decorating with handmade paintings shows you care for your employees, provide a soothing and motivating environment, and increases creativity,” says Amitai Sasson, Vice President of OverstockArt.com.

“An inexpensive way to show you really care about your employees is by investing in their work area. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through wall décor. It has been proven that office art boosts morale, improves productivity, and is a source of inspiration for creativity and collaboration,” Sasson says. Purchasing wall decor can be a fun, interactive and rewarding task. However, you will probably find yourself staring at a painting for quite some time, so it would be beneficial to consider what fits your company before you dive in. These are the key factors.... (Continue reading)

An Artist Sells Words to Produce a Film

A Bulgarian artist and a filmmaker hopes to direct his first feature film, by selling interactive advertising words.

Nikola Raykov has a few awarded and published stories ranging from fantasy to drama. He has also directed some commercials and documentaries and besides all that he runs a small web design company with his wife. But his big dream is yet to produce his first feature film.

His award-winning screenplay "ENTER" tells the strange story of a desperate young man, who awakens trapped in a bizarre labyrinth, with amnesia - sets out to solve the puzzle and find a way out, but has to play by the illogical rules of this nightmarish world and its quirky inhabitants.... (Continue reading)

"If You Can Afford It, Flaunt It" TM Alex Max Beverly Hills is the Ellegantly Featured Parfum at 2004 Billboard Awards Retreat for Celebrities

Stars - Paris Hilton, Sheryl Crowe, Beyonce, Destiny’s Child, Diana Ross, Nicole Richie, Alicia Keys, Tara Reid, Ashlee Simpson, Fantasia, and Gwen Stefani,Renee Russo recieved the Parfum which contains a tiny Chrystal Angel Heart to Wish on and Make their Dreams Come true!

Parfumeur Alex Max at www.alexmax.com said she was very impressed with the List and would love to know what Ashlee Simpson wishes for! "Isn't she the Beautiful Princess who has Everything? Maybe she'll turn one of her old boy friends into a Frog.."... (Continue reading)

Online Shopping to the Rescue this Holiday Season

and its as simple as firing up your computer. If you know where to look, you can shop wisely, saving time, money, and possibly a headache or two:

Watch for specials -- Just as you watch for sales flyers for your favorite retail stores, online malls" also offer specials such as free shipping, end of season sales, free gift wrap, coupons, sweepstakes and more. Almost all online department stores offer to send emails that will alert you to upcoming web only" specials. While nobody wants bombarded with marketing emails, you can sign up in the fall, watch for discounts or special offers until your shopping is done, then request removal.... (Continue reading)

Higher Response Rates and More Leads Fool-proof Advertising “Do’s” with Vanity Numbers

Vanity phone numbers, like 1-800-NEW-CARS, are proven to pull more responses and generate more leads when used in advertising. In fact, many business owners experience at least a thirty percent increase in ad response, and some are doubling, even tripling their responses. They attribute success like this to using a vanity phone number in all forms of advertising, like broadcast, print and outdoor.



Just ask Ron Henson, General Manager of an auto dealership in Utah. Ron increased his call volume 650%, which enabled his sales team to move more units off the lot. He compares the number of units sold in November 2005 to previous years and attributes the up tick to more phone-ups coming into his dealership. Ron says, “We are shattering previous sales records by 50% and I attribute this success to our new advertising, which prominently features a vanity 800 number.”... (Continue reading)

Vacation Renters to Benefit from Professional Concierge Services

Would you like a dinner recommendation and a reservation? What would you like to have your limousine stocked with? Do you need a great boat trip for your family reunion? How about groceries stocked in your refrigerator before you arrive? TeCroney Concierge Services is pleased to announce its vacation rental concierge program. The program has been designed to provide vacation renters in Southwest Florida access to a professional concierge.

We have found that vacation renters in condominiums and houses do not have access to a professional concierge during their experience." states Paul TeCroney the owner yet they are often paying the same amount if not more in rent that they would pay in our areas resorts. Why should they be denied the service?" TeCroney asks, then answers, Because it has never been available"... (Continue reading)

Christian James, Inc. Announces New Payment Plan PayGo SpotMe Provides Retailers With an Alternative to Financing Their Technology Needs

Christian James, Inc. has announced PayGo SpotMe, a new program aimed at small to medium-sized retailers with technology financing needs.

"We have a unique position where we work closely with small business owners," said Chris Peterson, CEO of Christian James, Inc. "We realize that smaller retailers need alternative financing options so we developed the SpotMe program."

PayGo SpotMe will allow PayGo customers the ability to purchase PayGo Point of Sale software, hardware and services and pay for them over time. The program does not require credit checks or any personal guarantees from the customer.... (Continue reading)

Announcing a Foolproof Way to Avoid an Empty Oil Tank

Living without heat because the oil ran dry is a miserable and embarrassing experience. However, homeowners no longer need to worry about spending another night, holiday or winter weekend huddled under warm blankets, because now there is a simple, safe and foolproof way to monitor the amount of oil in your home's heating tank. The experts at www.oilalert.com have invented a device called OilAlert that will automatically check the oil in your tank and warn you when the level is low.

OilAlert is easy to install by any homeowner. One simply attaches a transmitter to the plastic dome of the oil gauge on the tank at the ¼ level. After installing batteries in both the transmitter and receiver, the owner can then mount the receiver in a commonly trafficked area of the house, such as the kitchen or near the phone. When the level in the tank starts to get low, the receiver will either flash a red warning light or emit a beeping sound, alerting the owner to call the oil company.... (Continue reading)

BMD-Certificates.co.uk Celebrates the Birthday of Anna Massey With her Birth Certificate

BMD-Certificates (www.BMD-Certificates.co.uk), a website which offers a specialized service to search for and supply copy certified and official U.K. birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates, celebrates the birthday of Anna Massey by making her birth certificate available as part of their services, which can be purchased by visiting http://www.bmd-certificates.co.uk/anna_massey.html

This birth certificate is one of a ongoing series commemorating some of the great people who have been born in the UK and gone on to world prominence in their field, and offers an unique glimpse into their life, and are the perfect item for collectors, fans, historians and researchers alike.... (Continue reading)

Satuit Technologies Releases SatuitCRM v.10.5; Built For Investment Professionals, By Investment Professionals

Satuit Technologies, Inc., the fastest growing provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for investment professionals, today announced the commercial availability of SatuitCRM v.10.5. 243

SatuitCRM v. 10.5 offers over 50 new features that will make it even easier for Investment Professionals to see key data with one click. Managers can turn their Home Page into a command and control center to see what is going on in every part of their organization. Each user can define and configure his multiple Home Pages to display all the key summary or detail data he needs to do his job -- a sales page to see what the sales team is doing; a client page to see what is going on with client accounts; or a compliance page to look at documents that need approval. 227... (Continue reading)

Limca Book of Records 2007 publishes Nikhil Parekh's record entry

Year 2006 brings more glory to Internationally acclaimed poet Nikhil Parekh. The latest edition of Limca Book of Records India 2007 released recently, has now published the most recent record entry of the poet. His entry of 'Being India's 1st and only Winner of the EPPIE award for best poetry e-book in history of the EPPIE Awards' finds a mention with his photograph, in the book's 'Literature' section. Earlier Parekh had been honored with a National Certificate of Merit from Limca Book to this effect. The past year's (2006) edition of the book also holds another record of the poet for 'Writing most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations'.... (Continue reading)

Online Trade Show for Short-Dated Pharmaceuticals

Recently, ShortMeds (shortmeds.com) revamped its service and turned it into an online trade show and interactive community for the entire pharmaceutical industry. Allowing US manufacturers and healthcare distributors to post inventories in their "booths" at no charge, ShortMeds is guaranteed to see an even wider variety of companies and products posted on its web site.

Since 2004, ShortMeds has provided an online marketplace for short-dated inventories from US manufacturers and healthcare distributors. The companies that post products on ShortMeds must be members of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) and must comply with the Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA). In the past, companies had to pay an up front administration fee based on the value of their posting or pay a commission on what was sold. This limited the number of companies that were willing to post their inventories. But now, ShortMeds is allowing these companies to post inventories to their booths at no charge.... (Continue reading)

Collaboration is Key in Automotive Lighting

The sector is huge. Every year, the automotive lighting industry supplies billions of dollars' worth of lamps, lights, bulbs, reflectors and related devices to the world's vehicle makers and a bustling aftermarket.

However, the lighting sector is unique in the degree of cooperation among its major and minor participants and its degree of global integration, according to the research.

This is due, in part, to the industry's vibrant and vigorous programme of symposia, congresses and conferences at which the latest research and technology is showcased and discussed in great detail among the industry's community of researchers, marketers, regulators, scientists, and principal consumers.

These research and development expositions form a framework within which working groups, particularly in Europe, can develop and commercialise new technology in a rapid and coordinated fashion.

Such working groups defined the parameters and sped the adoption of the world's first halogen headlamps in the early 1960s, the first H4 dual-beam halogen headlamps in the early 1970s, Xenon HID headlight systems in the early 1990s, and advanced AFS front-lighting systems in the early 2000s.

As a result of this type of research openness, life in the world's automotive lighting industry is rather like life in a small town: almost everyone knows what almost everyone else is doing, most of the time.

Everyone is working on advanced front-lighting systems and light-emitting diode (LED) headlamps and tail-lamps. Everyone offers BiXenon headlamps. Everyone can do a combination rear lamp that looks all red, but lights up in the three required colours.

Another report finding is that the automotive lighting industry has lately been undergoing rapid and significant change, under the combined influences of multiple forces.

Lighting regulations, once many in number and significantly different in technical prescriptions in the world's many markets, are now greatly reduced in number and substantially harmonised in content.

Aspects of lighting performance long left unregulated, such as pedestrian compatibility in crashes, are now being fast-tracked for regulation that will significantly affect the way lamps are designed and built. Markets have consolidated, as have vehicle makers and lighting suppliers, giving rise to regionally- rather than nationally-based players round the world.

Lighting technology has advanced at a staggering pace since the beginning of the 21st century, presenting an array of engineering and design options of unprecedented width.

At the same time, vehicle stylists and buyers have grown considerably more daring and demanding, so the wide range of options, considered a mere luxury until recently, is now a necessity. The emergence and stratospheric growth of both supply and demand for vehicles (and, therefore, for vehicular lighting systems) in developing nations has significantly pushed and pulled at the world's automotive lighting makers.

As a result, international and inter-company cooperation is at an all-time high in the industry, the just-auto report concludes.

More details of the just-auto report 'Global market review of automotive lighting - forecasts to 2013' are available by following this link:

http://www.just-auto.com/lighting.... (Continue reading)

CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods Donates Funds from Raffle to Cancer Charities

CANIDAE Pet Foods conducted its first Amgen Road Bike Raffle to benefit cancer research in people and pets at the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. The race brought together a world-class field of cyclists and teams from multiple nations including Lance Armstrong in his return to U.S. professional cycling after a three-year hiatus. While Armstrong placed seventh, Levi Leipheimer won the Amgen Tour of California for the third consecutive year.

CANIDAE chose to conduct the raffle to support the race's mission of promoting cancer awareness and research. Half of the proceeds went to the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation to fund canine cancer research, and the other half to Armstrong's Livestrong Cancer Awareness Foundation.... (Continue reading)

DBx GEOMATICS inc. Releases CartoVista Publisher Trial Version to Create Rich Content for Display in CartoVista 2.0

DBx GEOMATICS inc. today announced the availability of a trial version of the new CartoVista Publisher. The publisher trial version is now available for download at http://www.cartovista.com/trialregister.aspx. With the trial version, end users can load their own maps and create rich flash-based maps for display within CartoVista 2.0.

The new CartoVista Publisher is a state-of-the-art desktop application designed to support every aspect of a CartoVista 2.0 deployment. The CartoVista Publisher features advanced management tools to create and maintain any maps or data used by the application. It centralizes the management of the users' map files and style settings so that they can rapidly create maps without having to find map files each time, or reapply style settings. CartoVista Publisher provides tremendous cartographic freedom to create very high quality maps from existing GIS data.... (Continue reading)

Capella University Awards Ten $10,000 Project Management Scholarships

Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited, fully online university with more than 20,000 students, has awarded $10,000 scholarships to ten students enrolled in Capella's project management specializations.

The scholarships were awarded to: Joel Frey, employed by the Clark County School District; Mike Deiman, employed by United Health Group; Brydee White, employed by Target Corporation; Kathleen Wren, employed by Wellpoint, Inc.; Margaret Lee, employed by State Farm Insurance; Amy Krug, employed by MoneyGram International, Inc.; Dustin Fennell, employed by Scottsdale Community College - Maricopa County Community College; Dawn Stoyanoff, employed by The University of Texas System Administration; John Sledgianowski, employed by ARINC Engineering Services, LLC; and Kathryn Brenny, employed by BestBuy.com.... (Continue reading)

Immigration to Canada Guide Provides Instructions for Permanent Visa Application

Those wishing to immigrate to Canada without paying high attorneys' fees can now start the permanent resident visa application process themselves with Step-by-Step Immigration to Canada, a company providing a downloadable guide that includes paperwork and information for people considering immigration to Canada. The guide offers background information about Canada and their permanent residence program so that users of the guide can make informed choices about the immigration process.

Step-by-Step Immigration to Canada is an easy way for potential immigrants to get detailed information and paperwork all in one place. By using the guide, immigrants can save costly attorney's fees usually associated with immigration to Canada and they can start the process themselves for the permanent resident visa application. Step-by-Step Immigration to Canada saves time and also reduces stress because users of the guide are more aware of the paperwork needed and of the application process itself.... (Continue reading)

Give Children a Financial Education for Christmas

Money Mama the Smarter Piggy Bank shows children the road to financial freedom. Children get excited about money and love what money provides, but learning only how to spend will set children on a path to financial failure. When children spend as much as they receive, they are learning the habits of living paycheck to paycheck.

Old piggy banks teach children how to save and spend; the new Money Mama the Smarter Piggy Bank teaches children how to set aside a portion of their income for charity, investments and savings and to spend the balance wisely. If children practice the habits of dividing money before they spend, they are learning a secure financial lesson that will help immensely through out their lives.... (Continue reading)

3D Motion VR - The World's First 3D Modeling Program Intended for Virtual Tours Released Today

VR4 Technology released their 3D Motion VR software for sale to the public on their website today. With the 3D Motion VR software package, virtual tour companies are now able to model an entire space into a single virtual tour. The software creates a 3D world based on multiple standard panoramic photographs, and then allows visitors to a website to navigate freely through the 3D world virtual tour.

The intent of the software is to vastly improve the quality of virtual tours available to consumers who browse websites seeking to experience remote locations. Such uses include virtual tours for real-estate, hotels, and universities.... (Continue reading)

Ottawa Marriott Hotel Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation

The Ottawa Marriott Hotel recently completed a 4.5 million dollar renovation to revitalize their guest rooms, fitness facilities and unique Kids' Zone. The renovations have enhanced the functionality and style of the hotel's guest rooms, which feature a variety of convenient amenities for the business and leisure traveler.

King Guestroom

The freshly renovated guest rooms include luxurious Marriott Revive bedding, large 37" LCD TV's, DVD players with complimentary movies, functional swivel desks, ergonomic desk chairs and contemporary décor featuring local artwork.... (Continue reading)