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Dark Psychological Horror Film, "Head Trauma" Came Out of a Near Death Experience - Now it's Being Released Theatrically in 15 Cities Starting this Friday

"Head Trauma" is the follow-up to Lance Weiler’s internationally successful award wining feature film, "The Last Broadcast." In 1994, Lance was in a head on collision with a garbage truck. Lance spent five days in intensive care and lost some of his memory. Over the next few months, Lance was plagued by vivid nightmares and waking visions. This living horror became the foundation for the story of "Head Trauma."

"Head Trauma" is the story of George Walker, a down and out transient, who travels back home after a 20-year absence only to find the house where he spent his summers condemned and slated for demolition. George initially wants to fix up the house and sell it quickly, but after he takes a header, he begins to experience a series of disturbing nightmares. The nightmares depict the murder of a girl by a strange hooded figure. Slowly, elements from the nightmares begin to cross over into George¹s reality until he comes face to face with the hooded figure and discovers the true identity of the dead girl. “Slowly, moments from the crash started to turn up in my dreams, but they were fragmented,” says Weiler. “I was re-living the traumatic experience and it was manifesting itself in some very strange and disturbing ways some of the nightmares make there way into the movie.” "Head Trauma" explores the subject of post-traumatic stress syndrome while at the same time, delivers solid chills and scares.

The house that George is trying to save becomes a character within the movie. In order to find the right location, over 60 abandoned houses were scouted. “You would not believe what we saw in some of the abandoned houses. Rotting food, blood stained walls, even rooms full of fecal matter. The most haunting aspects of any of the houses were all the items that were left behind -- piles of clothes, shoes, kid’s toys, papers, pills, bizarre photos, drawings, journals, records, bills, needles, and bullet casings. In most cases it looked like whoever was in the house had left in a hurry, running away from something,” comments Weiler. The Prescott house was chosen for its natural light and overall creepiness; not to mention it did not smell as bad as most of the other houses.... (Continue reading)

The Pigs' 'I'm Sick' Going to Radio, October 16

Disturbing Music band THE PIGS, whose CD OINK! has garnered rave reviews from both print and online media, will be releasing "I'm Sick," to college, indie and online radio October 16.

The PIGS project from the eclectic musical mind of Geoff Westen, captured some new fans in the past few months:

Aaron Kupferberg enthused in his Powerpopaholic blog, "There are no real weak tracks on the album and after a few listens this will become a favorite!"

Erik Price of Pittsburgh's City Paper, adds, "The polished, upbeat call-to-party songs, such as "Saturday Night" and "I'm Sick," are the album's strengths."... (Continue reading)

Avid Williams To Solo For Nadia Boulanger

New York City tenor Avid Williams will perform eight songs as a soloist at the Nadia Boulanger & American Music Memorial Symposium on October 8, at the American Music Research Center, which is located on the campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder, in Boulder, Colorado.

Williams will be performing eight songs on Friday, October 8 in Session 8 during a concert held at the St. Johns Episcopal Church of Boulder. The 8:00 p.m. program will also feature performances from the Elizabeth Farr, Frances Nobert, the St. Martins Chamber Choir, and the Collegiate Chorale from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The three-day conference, which will run from October 7 to October 9, will focus upon the life of Nadia Boulanger, a composer, conductor, and teacher who had a tremendous influence upon American music in the 20th century. She was the first woman to conduct major American symphony orchestras and was the principal teacher of numerous music luminaries, including Quincy Jones, Philip Glass, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, and Virgil Thomson. The symposium will commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death.

"I am overwhelmed with excitement by the ongoing support the American Music Memorial Symposium receives each year from fellow performers, national leaders and the music industry," Williams said. "It is gratifying to know that I am a part of something so special; that will touch the hearts of so many people."

Tenor Avid Williams, singer, coach, and conductor is a graduate of the Boys Choir of Harlem and Queens College (CUNY). He studied at Boston Universitys Tanglewood Institute and has participated in master classes and concerts at the National Association of Negro Musicians Annual Convention. He recorded the world premiere of Psalm" by John Magnussen, which was commissioned by the Jose Limon Dance Company for its performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2003, Williams debuted with the Regina Opera Company in productions of Verdis La Traviata" and Mozarts Le Nozze di Figaro." He has also conducted the Queens College Chorus and is the vocal coach/accompanist for the NAACP ACT-SO Competition.... (Continue reading)

Ford Motor Company Sponsors Annual NAACP Hollywood Symposium Featuring the Cast of Popular Television Show, "Heroes"

Ford Motor Company joins the 38th NAACP Image Awards program as a sponsor of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau (NHB) 3rd Annual Symposium, titled, "Who's Running the Show: Creating Heroes." The symposium, featuring some of the diverse cast of the popular television show, "Heroes," will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and is one of the key events leading up to the 38th Annual Image Awards presentation that will air live on Friday, March 2 on Fox Television Network.... (Continue reading)

New development: 'Translation Crystallization'

- A new trend called 'translation crystallization has stealthily been emerging in the translation industry. Instead of companies outsourcing their translation work to many different freelancers all over the world, corporations prefer to have all their work handled by a so-called 'translation partner. This partner in translation looks after the clients needs and demands from the beginning of the project until long after the final stage of the 'crystallization process has been completed.

For example, say that a corporation or government body has large amounts of translation work to outsource over the period of several years, what better way to have the work done than to 'umbrella the work within the premises of one full-service translation partner. This partner is equipped to meet any demands that the client may have regarding translation, editing, localization and DTP services.... (Continue reading)

Is Your Business Making These Dreadful Mistakes When Customers Contact You?

The phone rang at 8:27 am at M&J Manufacturing. Mike was having a coffee break and decided not to answer it. Even though sales were awful that month, Mike thought to himself, "If it is important the person will leave a message." Little did Mike know that the person calling his company was the purchasing agent of a Fortune 500 company. Little did Mike know that if he would have answered that call he would have made the largest sale of his life. But Mike did not answer the phone and the purchasing agent did not leave a message. Instead, the purchasing agent called a competitor of M&J Manufacturing and gave them the sale.... (Continue reading)

SEO Website Builder Launches New Service for B2B Companies and Trade Magazine Publishers

They are called 'search magnets,' websites built for maximum search engine rankings. The company building them is Community Builder Promotions (CBP), www.CommunityBuilderPromotions.com.

The brainchild of a former marketing and advertising executive, CBP builds online magazines, online brochures, single product and product category sites intended to rank high in search engines.

One of their sites, www.HDCameraGuide.com, ranks page 1 organic for important search terms including HD camera, and best HD camera, as well as many branded and camera model-specific searches.... (Continue reading)

Double Bladed Ice Scraper for Automotive Windshields Is Introduced

An Illinois company is marketing a tool to take much of the work out of clearing thick ice and snow from automotive windshields. The ergonomically designed ice scraper consists of two blades connected by a handle which is tilted at just the right angle, to allow the driver to exert tremendous force on the tool.

Users of the tool are surprised at how well it works, especially on that occasional quarter inch of ice, that winter storms can throw at us. Jim Johnstone, the President of Ergonomic Specialties and designer of the double bladed ice scraper, explained that the product is injection molded from polycarbonate so, its extremely strong. This is the same material they make airplane windows and automotive tail light lenses out of so, its very tough stuff," Johnstone said.... (Continue reading)

AvantLink Affiliate Network Launches v3.0 of the Datafeed Manager

The AvantLink Affiliate Network has rolled out powerful new versions of its Datafeed Manager that served as the catalyst for the network's creation. These advanced and multi-faceted Affiliate Marketing Tools offer efficient and custom raw datafeed access, as well as a dynamic option that outputs search engine friendly content.

One challenge Affiliates face is the management of datafeeds from a wide range of formats, column structures, merchants and networks. AvantLink now provides Affiliates standardized access to all datafeeds. Options for retrieving raw data include the ability to select format, categories, brands and columns. All raw feeds are available through a custom URL.... (Continue reading)

Connor Sport Court names Christa Bird Field Services Manager

Christa Bird will be the new Field Services Manager at Connor Sport Court International, headquartered in Salt Lake City.

Christa has been with CSCI since January 2001 and has developed extensive knowledge of the company and its products.

"Christa is well qualified for this newly formed position as she has an exceptional track record as the Warranty Manager and has built a strong relationship with our network," said Ron Cerny, President of Connor Sport Court.

In her new position Christa will continue to help the company develop and build a collaborative relationship within CSCI and with its dealer network on various technical and field service related areas.... (Continue reading)

Heelskinz Announces Heelskinz(TM) High Heel Shoe Protector, a functional yet fashionable shoe and heel protector for women.

The Dallas company, Heelskinz, LLP announced today that they have developed a unique product for the women's shoe industry; Heelskinz(TM) High Heel Shoe Protector. The shoe accessory will help to solve a costly problem where the backs and heels of women's shoes are damaged as they rub against carpet and floor mats while driving a vehicle. Because women invest a large amount of money on shoes, it is logical that women will want to protect them.

As stated in Globe Magazine (Nov. 2006), "Women alone spent $18.3 billion on fashion footwear over the past year, up from $15.6 billion two years ago, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm in Port Washington, N.Y. That amounts to roughly 884 million pairs of women's shoes, according to trade group American Apparel and Footwear Association."... (Continue reading)

GotVMail Communications To Host Networking Event At U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Access 2006: America's Small Business Summit

WASHINGTON, DC and WESTON, MA (PRWEB) May 10, 2006 -— GotVMail Communications (http://www.gotvmail.com), the Virtual Phone System for Today's Small Business, today announced that it will host a networking event at the United States Chamber of Commerce’s ACCESS 2006: America’s Small Business Summit on Thursday, May 11, at 10:45 a.m. on the Independence Level of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.

"GotVMail is honored to participate in the Chamber's ACCESS 2006 event and give small business owners and entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet with one another and discuss how to run their businesses more efficiently and profitably," said John Joyce, GotVMail Vice President of Business Development.... (Continue reading)

NSi Adds Canon MFD Support For AutoStore Using MEAP

Rockville, MD (PRWEB) June 19, 2006 –- Notable Solutions, Inc. (NSi), a leader in distributed document capture and workflow middleware technology, today announced its support for Canon embedded scanning through the use of MEAP embedded architecture. AutoStore’s support for MEAP will be available for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) through NSi’s value added distribution channel including IKON.

NSi's award-winning content capture middleware technology, AutoStore, is now integrated with Canon's MEAP enabled MFPs, providing customers with a proven, rules-based workflow solution for capturing, processing and routing content to a wide variety of business applications - significantly improving business process efficiency through embedded authentication, increased level of security, centralized device management tools and bi-directional data validation from the device. With Canon’s MEAP development architecture and AutoStore’s powerful capabilities, users can invoke many of AutoStore’s processing features easily from their Canon MFP touch screen interface.... (Continue reading)

RTcom USA Announces New Innovative High-Definition Converters

RTcom USA Inc., provider of digital connectivity solutions for professional and consumer audio-visual and personal computer systems, today announced the HDS-Series, an innovative and high-performance family of high-definition converters.

With models for converting HD SDI/SDI to DVI or SDI to HDMI, the HDS-Series converters support both upscaling and downscaling for PC and HDTV timing. The new HDS-Series will be on display at the RTcom USA booth, #SL14813, at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas, NV.... (Continue reading)

Version 6.6 of M1 by B&G™ ERP Software Released as User Base Tops 700

With its international user base now topping seven hundred installed sites the M1 by B & G™ ERP program for growing small to medium sized manufacturing businesses, the development company Bowen & Groves has released the latest version of the software featuring a range of valuable new enhancements.

Announcing the release of the latest Version 6.6 of M1 by B & G, Geoff Groves chief executive of Bowen & Groves notes that in addition to the vast array of business analysis and productivity tools M1 now has an enhanced interface with Microsoft Office and other industry standard and popular software programs.... (Continue reading)

Cvent CEO Reggie Aggarwal Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award Winner in Greater Washington

Cvent, the leading provider of online event management software, event sourcing (eRFP) and web survey solutions, today announced that Reggie Aggarwal, Cvent Founder and CEO received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Greater Washington area. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Reggie was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a gala event at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner on June 18th 2009.... (Continue reading)

Kershaw County School District Installs Crisis Management System

When Kershaw County schools open on August 20, one of the new features welcoming students and staff will be a state-of-the art crisis management system that allows instant computer access to key facility and resource information.

“We received a federal grant last year that allowed us to put all pertinent information about all our buildings into one system that can be easily accessed on laptop computers,” said Jeff Jordan, who oversees emergency preparedness operations for the Kershaw County School District. “Being able to easily access all of these critical data makes us much better prepared in the time of an emergency.”... (Continue reading)

Confused.com Comment on Ofgem's Four Possible Solutions for Tackling Unfair Energy Pricing

Gareth Kloet, energy comparison expert at Confused.com, has commented on Ofgem's recent proposals to tackle unfair energy prices:

"Ofgem has shown that it is serious about tackling unfair energy pricing in the UK. The consultation paper, published on the 8th January, follows Ofgem's 2008 findings that unfair energy pricing affects a significant number of UK consumers, many of whom are considered 'vulnerable'."

The Ofgem consultation paper includes four proposed measures which would force energy suppliers to tackle the issue of unfair pricing:... (Continue reading)

Estes Park Colorado Downtown Continues Growth -- RiversPointe Downtown Luxury Lofts Ready for Occupancy

Once considered a sleepy mountain town, Estes Park is becoming a thriving arts, entertainment and vacation community. Recent national attention on several of the luxury homes for sale in the community has drawn attention to Estes Park as a fashionable second home location for the world’s affluent.

“The downtown revitalization has been magnificent with the riverwalk and the new shops,” says Suzy Foy, a professional interior designer and owner of Estes Park Interiors.

This summer, TrendZ At The Park, a contemporary home décor and gift shop opened after an extensive remodel and rebuild of three shops located on a Main Street corner.

"The growth in downtown is very encouraging," states Kathy George, owner of Rustic Mountain Charm, a country décor shop. “Since our opening in 1993, there has been a higher demand for our more expensive items, and we’re seeing a more urbane shopper.”... (Continue reading)

Dr. Smoothie Introduces a New Flavor: Its Just What the Doctor Ordered!

Tangy, succulent and tasty is just one way to describe the fabulous new flavor Orange Tangerine; this irresistible new puree has been added to the Dr. Smoothie line of beverages. Using only quality, delicious ripened oranges and tangerines, this new smoothie flavor will tantalize your taste buds leaving you refreshed both body and soul.

Good health with the consumer in mind is first on the list when creating new products. Dr. Smoothie uses only the freshest ingredients that come from all over the world creating quality flavors that are 100% natural and best of all, good for you.... (Continue reading)