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Sonya Dakar Announces Her Annual Red Carpet Beauty Boot Camp At The Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic

Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic (www.sonyadakarskinclinic.com) announces the launch of her annual signature Beauty Boot Camp Series to get the skin and body in shape for red carpet moments and events. The signature Beauty Boot Camp Series consists of various treatments performed over a three-week period, which includes a skincare and lifestyle analysis, facials and body tightening treatments. Clients start booking weeks in advance for appointments. The Beauty Boot Camp Series launches February 9th through the first week of March. Celebrity loyals include Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Biel and Stacie "FERGIE" Ferguson.... (Continue reading)

The Self Imposed Exile of Electric Avant-Garde Guitarist Daryll Dobson Has Ended

Daryll Dobson, The Electric Avant-Garde Guitar Master of psychedelic rock and fusion technology, has returned with a CD/DVD Progressive Rock Set "REALITY CHECK" and he has now taken it to the next level. Three years in the making, Daryll's fourth release - REALITY CHECK - represents a major achievement in the merger of musical performance and audio-visual-internet technology. As a Producer, Daryll has created a total Musical and Visual Excursion into his unique world of Sights and Sounds. See the videos now at solarguitars.com & darylldobson.com... (Continue reading)

Recruiting.com Best Recruiting Blog Awards

Recruiting.com (www.recruiting.com),a group blog portal for staffing and employment issues, announces the first annual 2005 Recruiting.com Blog Awards to congratulate and celebrate the growth of the employment community online. Recruiting.com is a meeting place for job-seekers, staff, corporations, and vendors to gather and learn the latest ideas and best practices for recruitment online.

Jobster (www.jobster.com), a next generation job site and the leading provider of Talent Network solutions for employers, is the premier sponsor for the contest.

Jobster's CEO, Jason Goldberg says:

"Jobster is delighted to sponsor the 2005 Recruiting.com Blog Awards.

Leading employers and progressive recruiters around the globe are

increasingly turning to blogs to dialogue, build relationships with, and recruit top candidates. According to Technorati, there are now more than 14 million blogs, and each day more than 88,000 new blogs are created. Blog is the new resume. Blog is the new job board. Blog is the new newspaper. Blogs are a critical component of the future of recruiting." Jason Goldberg's own blog can be found at www.jobster.blogs.com... (Continue reading)

Single-Loan, 100% Investor Real Estate Financing Now Available with No Mortgage Insurance

Katz Mortgage Team, www.KatzMortgageTeam.net, of Amtrust Mortgage Corporation, has announced they are now offering 100% financing to real estate investors as a single mortgage with no mortgage insurance.

Traditionally, the only way to get 100% financing on a residential investment property was to do an 80% first mortgage and a high-rate 20% second. Now through Katz Mortgage Team, real estate investors can get one low rate loan with no mortgage insurance. This program is offered for borrowers who can fully document their income as well as borrowers who need "no-income verification."... (Continue reading)

Job Board Employees Unite on New Social Networking Site

Workers from the estimated 40,000 online job boards now have their own social networking site. It's called Job Boarders. The site is powered by Ning's new social network technology.

Started by veteran job board owner Chris Russell, President of AllCountyJobs.com LLC, the site aims to create a community among the vast array of employment web site professionals. Users can post press releases, create their own groups, upload videos or just meet other job board people.

"The job board community is such a diverse and dynamic group of professionals and entrepreneurs that I wanted to give them an online forum", says Russell. "We get to meet each other at industry events but nothing existed online for us to continue our relationships. Job Boarders solves that problem.... (Continue reading)

Sybari Survey Says: IT Managers Unaware of Potential Threats to Sharepoint

Sybari Software Inc., a leader in securing the information workplace, today released results from a survey of more than 160 IT managers and administrators on the usage and security of collaboration portals and servers. The results of this survey reflect the growing dependence on portals such as Microsoft SharePoint, though also a lack of awareness around protecting these resources against viruses, worms and malicious code.

Document collaboration systems are quickly becoming effective, user-friendly applications that form a central workplace for organizations and teams. Using collaboration systems provides companies with a single place to access multiple applications such as Word documents and spreadsheets, business intelligence and project management systems, and existing line-of-business applications, including third party and industry-specific programs.... (Continue reading)

Homeless Teen Shelter Receives a $135,000 Gift Photocharity awards fourth annual check to The Storefront Emergency Shelter

For the fourth straight year since its founding in 2000, Photocharity has raised much needed funds for The Storefront, San Diego's only emergency teen shelter, located in Hillcrest and operated by San Diego Youth and Community Services. Photocharity awarded the results of its 2004-2005 fundraising efforts to The Storefront in a ceremony held at the facility on July 5, with founder and president Jeffrey Sitcov presenting a giant check for $135,000 to Fern Steiner, Vice President, Board of Directors, San Diego Youth & Community Services. The funds will be used to pay for operational expenses and programs that help troubled teens regain control of their lives and feel good about themselves. To date, Photocharity has raised over half-a-million dollars in its efforts to support The Storefront, its sole beneficiary.... (Continue reading)

How Can You Simplify the 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange with a No-Management Investment

Investors make the decision every day to sell an investment property and to re-invest in another property. This may because the property they own is depreciated, or because they have a great offer they don't want to refuse, or perhaps they are tired of managing the property. Savvy investors know that they can defer the capital gains taxes by using the 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange (following the Internal Revenue Code IRC 1031). That decision is easy - but conducting the 1031 and following all of the rules and deadlines is not easy.

The first and most difficult part of the exchange is that the investor must 'identify' the property or properties he will buy within 45 days. (Investors use a Qualified Intermediary or Exchange Accomodator to help accomplish the 1031). Anyone who regularly purchases commercial real estate knows that 45 days is quite short. One must find appropriate property, make the offer, negotiate the contract, then conduct all the tests, studies and due diligence (survey, title, lease and tenant information, building inspections, etc.). Add to this the considerable time to secure bank financing. The appraisal alone could take more than 45 days to obtain.... (Continue reading)

CareerMetaSearch.com™ Named Dual Category Finalist for the 2006 Technology Awards

CareerMetaSearch.com (www.careermetasearch.com), first in the career services industry to reach passive job seekers throughout the Web with its proprietary patent-pending Push Posting™ technology, today announced it has been named a finalist in two categories of South Florida Business Journal’s 2006 Technology Awards, which serve to formally recognize “significant South Florida operations that have a proven track record of innovative business practices, demonstrated community involvement, been recognized for business excellence, implemented business plan/growth models and a unique company culture.” The two categories in which CareerMetaSearch.com has achieved finalist status are “Interactive Marketing” and “Pinnacle.”

“It’s quite an honor to be recognized for our achievements by this esteemed organization,” said Jason Gorham, founder and CEO of CareerMetaSearch.com. “To receive such approval for our efforts after just two-years of operation further validates our business model and overall approach. It’s also extremely gratifying in light of the formidable competition vying for the coveted award.”

CareerMetaSearch.com’s proprietary patent-pending Push Posting™ keyword tracking methodology sets the company light years apart from others in the space by maximizing an employer’s chance of realizing positive ROI with an online recruitment effort. Push Posting extracts keywords from job descriptions within the CareerMetaSearch.com network and dynamically inserts them into a variety of proven search engine keyword advertising methods such as Google AdWords™ and the like. This novel technology allows employers to leverage a single job posting to reach passive or semi-active job applicants throughout the entirety of World Wide Web, and convert them to interested candidates. In addition to increased productivity and operational efficiencies for the employer, this streamlined system facilitates a higher volume of qualified job applicants, all resulting in quicker, easier and more cost effective job placements.... (Continue reading)

National Survey: Workers at Large Companies Report Highest Level of Extreme Job Dissatisfaction

Job seekers: if you desire a personal life, don't want to be unhappy on the job or treated unfairly, you're more likely to find all these qualities at small-sized companies than at large firms, according to a new national survey. If all you care about is money, however, you're more likely to command a high salary at a large company.

A new national survey has found that only 28% of US workers at large companies (1001+ employees) (*1) are strongly satisfied with their job compared to 41% of workers at small companies. (1-100 employees). (*2)

The survey conducted by Harris Interactive® for The Marlin Company (www.themarlincompany.com), the workplace communications experts, also found that 46% of workers at large companies were likely to agree that the job often interferes with personal and family needs compared to 31% of employees at small companies. (*3)

When it comes to annual income, however, employees at larger companies were likely to be better off. While 17% of employees at large companies reported an annual personal income before taxes of $100,000 or more, only 5% of workers at small companies reported earning that much.

Base: All Respondents

% strongly disagree that not particularly satisfied with job:

Small company (1-100) -- 41%

Large (1001+) -- 28%

% Annual income before taxes of $100k or more:

Small company (1-100) -- 5%

Large (1001+) -- 17%

% agree job often interferes with personal and family needs:

Small company (1-100) -- 31%

Large (1001+) -- 46%

These are some of the results of The Marlin Company's 12th Annual "Attitudes in the American Workplace" survey of 751 U.S. workers 18 and older. The survey was conducted in May and June 2006 with a sampling error for the overall results of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

The survey also found that workers at small companies are least likely to think they are treated unfairly at work with 55% strongly disagreeing that they are treated unfairly compared to 44% at medium-size companies and 40% at large firms.

"While it is tempting to take a job offer from a large company which often can pay a higher salary and provide more resources than a smaller company, working for the little guy also has its plusses," said Frank Kenna III, president of The Marlin Company, which improves employee morale, performance and productivity through innovative communication programs that reach all employees. "Smaller companies often give employees more responsibility from the start, are less politicized and less bureaucratic."

Large and mid-size companies have advantages for employees when it comes to providing information or resources to help employees eat right, exercise and get regular medical care. While 64% of employees at mid-size firms and 75% at large companies say their employer provides a great deal or moderate amount of such information or resources, only 42% of workers at small companies say their employer does so.

However, the resources and information may not necessarily lead to employees taking care of their health. While 73% of employees at small companies said the average employee in his or her company takes care of his or her health, 65% of employees in medium-size companies said the average employee took care of his or her health and 70% of employees in large companies also indicated the same.

The survey also found that employees at small and mid-size companies are more likely to have most of their social support network at work. While 22% of employees at small firms and 20% of employees at mid size companies said that the majority of their social support network is at work, just 9% of employees at large firms said this was the case.

About the Survey

Harris Interactive® conducted the telephone survey in the U.S. on behalf of The Marlin Company between May 30 and June 15, 2006 among 751 U.S. adults ages 18 or older who are employed. Figures for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, and region were weighted, where necessary, to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. With a pure probability sample of 751, one could say with a ninety-five percent probability that the overall results have a sampling error of +/-3.6 percentage points. Sampling error for subsamples would be higher and would vary . However that does not take other sources of error into account. This survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

About The Marlin Company

For more than 90 years, The Marlin Company has been the Workplace Communication Experts helping companies improve employee morale, productivity and performance through the innovative use of original, visually engaging content that is displayed in Communication Stations that can be managed through print or Internet distribution. Its stations, which contain content customized by industry, are helping more than 8,000 companies of all sizes improve workplace attitudes and behavior.... (Continue reading)

Cinnabar Inc. Produces Major Exhibits For New California Academy of Sciences -- Sustainable, Kit-of-Parts Exhibit System Complements Renzo Piano "Green" Building

As executive producer, Cinnabar CEO Jonathan Katz helms a creative team that conceptualized, designed, fabricated and installed the new exhibits in six areas at the new California Academy of Sciences, a $488 million, 410,000 square foot facility, which is also home to the Steinhart Aquarium and the Morrison Planetarium.

"The new Academy building is a huge departure from the typical black box museum gallery," observes Katz. "The public floor is a big space - a giant football field - including the planetarium and rain forest domes and a piazza in the middle. Glass frames the full width of either end - all the way to the ceiling, at 34 feet. Our exhibits need to perform in this marvelous volume, without the crutches of regimented order or separated galleries."... (Continue reading)

Fiscal Crisis Will Cut $30 Billion From State & Local It Spending Over Next Five Years

The current fiscal crisis in the states and localities will trim $30 billion in cumulative IT spending over the next five years, according to a recent report by INPUT. This will come as states and localities try to come up with approximately $250 billion in new revenue and spending cuts to align their budgets to the levels that preceded the real estate boom of 2003-07. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the state and local IT market has been reduced to 4.3% from the 6.4% announced by INPUT in its June 2008 forecast.... (Continue reading)

Flop2River.com Extends Hold'em Poker Table Line With New Colors and Dye Sublimation

Flop2River.com extends poker table offering with more felt color options on their hold'em style tables and a new dye sublimation feature for the Ultimate Poker Table series.

Custom Poker Table Dye Sublimation

All Gen II, V4 and UPT series tables will now be available in red, blue, black and green. This will allow customers to add a unique flair to their tables that matches their own custom ideas or living spaces.

In addition to a fuller color line the company will be offering custom dye sublimation speed cloth tops. Dye sublimation is the premium process that allows full color graphics to be placed on top of poker tables. If a customer doesn't use dye sublimation they can use airbrush or screen printing techniques. These other techniques can work fine for simple graphics, but more complicated graphics that require crisp lines and dense full color require dye sublimation.... (Continue reading)

Software Testing to Survive the Credit Crunch

NMQA - "Software Testing Specialist" a testing consultancy from London has entered the software test tools market with the first of their releases from their Quality Management Suite.

Business Users can check their websites with Vienna. The first User Acceptance Testing Tool.

The whole suite is designed to be installed on a single user system. This approach is seen as a departure from the usual complex team based systems in response to the cut back in staffing brought about by the credit crunch.... (Continue reading)

The New York Public Library is at the Heart of John Fiske's First Novel about the Life of Beaux-Arts Architect John Carrère who Prospered in New York 100 Years Ago

Titled "The Library Book," Fiske’s book follows the tragic career of architect John Carrère as he designs and builds the New York Public Library.

Carrère was a Victorian gentleman architect tormented by the death of his friend Horace Avery, the possibility that his partner Thomas Hastings might lose control of his creative urges and bankrupt the company, and his secret love affair with Miss Bough.

The idea for "The Library Book" began in 1998 in West Rutland, Vermont at a quarry that is known for its challenging diving. According to author John Fiske, “A hundred feet deep in that old marble quarry in Vermont, I began to think about the secrets that forgotten place held. I felt I had to tell the story. I was driven to tell the whole world, especially since almost no one can ever see what I’ve seen. Fiske, 43, is a writer and a PADI Divemaster who lives in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts.... (Continue reading)

Christians Spread New Woomail Around The Globe

Spam emails now account for nearly 60% of all electronic messages received online -- and a large percentage of these contain pornography and other forms of illicit and inappropriate content. With Christians, church groups and entire parishes using the Internet and specifically email, to communicate and plan church functions, adults and kids are harmfully exposed to porn spam against their will. For these disturbed religious world citizens, Woomail has quickly become the preferred choice of online communication around the globe.... (Continue reading)

Balducci's Celebrates Italy with Bene Magazine

Anyone in the mood for a little spaghetti and meatballs? How about if it is being served up with a free cooking demo by the chefs of the famed Providence, R.I. restaurant, Al Forno, and co-hosted by Balducci's and Bene magazine- the hot new Italian lifestyle magazine?

Thought you might be interested. This month, Balducci's kicks off a five-month partnership with Bene magazine- the lifestyle magazine of all things Italian - to offer a series of free Italian cooking demonstrations in their landmark Chelsea store.... (Continue reading)

USATravelSpace Launches Social Networking Site - for USA Travel Industry Promotion

USATravelSpace.com (www.usatravelspace.com) today launched the first Social Networking site offering the travel industry a unique and exclusive opportunity to network with suppliers, buyers and users alike.

In contrast to other social networking sites USATravelSpace is dedicated exclusively to the travel industry, and has been designed, using custom industry specific algorithms to classify users in categories that will facilitate the distribution and marketing of travel.

The site has been designed to help sellers of travel promote their destination, product or service through a unique search and link criteria that will automatically link buyers and sellers through their user profiles. Sellers of travel will be given their own "TravelSpace" in which they can blog, video stream and showcase their product or services in a unique all encompassing location on the web.... (Continue reading)

ArrowStream and Arby's Cooperative Purchasing Group to Present at CSCMP Global Conference 2008

ArrowStream, a leading provider of supply chain management solutions for the foodservice industry, announced that it is conducting a speaker session at the CSCMP Global Conference in Denver. The session, titled "Foodservice Supply Chain Trading Partners Leverage Technology and Collaborate to Improve Results" will be co-presented with ArrowStream customer, ARCOP, Arby's Cooperative Purchasing Group, the nonprofit purchasing and distribution cooperative group of Arby's, a leading chain restaurant company.... (Continue reading)

SkyBelts! A New Fashion Trend for All Ages

SkyBelts, located near Seattle, Washington has created a "One-of-a-kind" fashion belt using an authentic airline seatbelt buckle and interchangeable color belts. The belts, which come in small/medium, medium/large, or larger custom sizes are made from seatbelt material and adjust to fit any size.

Another unique aspect of the company is their collectible SkyClips of travel destinations and states. SkyClips are fun to collect, trade, and personalize the belts. With a spectrum of interchangeable SkyBelt colors and coordinating SkyClips to choose from, you're sure to find a SkyBelt that fits your style.... (Continue reading)