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Studio Lilica Selected for Design Biennial 2007 at The Pasadena Museum of California Art

Studio Lilica, a design studio specializing in architectural lighting and fabric sculpture, has been selected for the Pasadena Museum of California Art's California Design Biennial 2007. The juried exhibition is a survey of the most innovative design produced in California over the past two years and will include Studio Lilica's Astro and Ganesha mobile sculptures as well as the innovative Petals Ceiling Treatment.

The California Design Biennial, which debuted in 2003, showcases excellence and innovation in the field of design and raises awareness of California's role as an international design center. The exhibit features new directions in design and explores the way design impacts and inspires everyday life. Some of the selections from previous shows include products and designs from Apple, Mitsubishi, Samsung and Frank Gehry.... (Continue reading)

Growthink Research Breathes New Life into Venture Capital Research | Online Tools Give Instant Access to Key Contacts

Venture capitalists are working harder than ever to identify high-growth companies and new technologies to invest in, says C 317 orey Lavinsky, CEO of Growthink Research, Inc., a leading venture capital research firm. Growthink Research analyzes venture capital activity and has tracked nearly 12,000 venture capital transactions over the past five years. The company’s new ven-ture capital research portal offers instant access to thousands of active investors and their portfolio companies, and provides dynamic, web-based research tools for precise and accurate searches.... (Continue reading)

Gay Novel is Now a Collectors Item

Virgin Gloves is the groundbreaking story of a professional prizefighter who uses his homosexuality to obtain nationwide attention. Boxing has always been a sport dominated by macho ring warriors until Chad Dragyn came around. Over the years he built up his record against questionable fighters until the time was right to come out of the closet, a scene that explodes out of the book with stunning future references. Not only is Virgin Gloves a story that breaks the stereotype of the angry, prejudiced fighter but it also sets a precedent that is bound to play out in real life.... (Continue reading)

The Essential Christmas Web-Store Makeover

Ten great tips to turn online holiday shoppers into eager buyers - and satisfied customers.

Internet shoppers look for clues (consciously or not) that suggest you are credible and professional -- and they make that judgment call inside of a minute or two. That means a online stores have a small window of time to impress would-be 2da3 buyers and gain their trust. Unlike in person, however (where you can apologize for tardiness or charm customers with funny tales about how that mustard landed on your lapel) web sites have zero opportunity to redeem themselves online. One click and the customer is gone for good. The problem is only getting worse according to a recent study by DoubleClick that found more online shoppers are abandoning their shopping carts this year than during the same period last year.... (Continue reading)

Startup Advice: Advice from Experts to Start your own Business

Startup-Advice (http://www.startup-advice.com) is publishing our first article for entrepreneurs interested in learning about starting up a new business.

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Most entrepreneurs get paranoid over the idea of starting a business. With so many federal, state, and, local laws governing any business, it becomes crucial to make an informed decision about the venture. Here are a few steps worth considering before your business takes off in full swing.... (Continue reading)

Bharosa Announces Online Authentication Solution to Counter Check 21-Based Fraud

Bharosa, a provider of secure multifactor online authentication solutions, today announced a solution to authenticate users at the point at which they access highly sensitive digital check images online. The new product, Bharosa CheckPad™ expands Bharosa’s bundled suite of Virtual Authentication Devices™, answering demand from financial institutions for Bharosa patent-pending technology applied to digital check image encryption.

Digital check images are becoming widely implemented in place of paper checks following the enactment of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, commonly known as the “Check 21” legislation, in October 2004. While digitization creates check handling efficiencies for banks, since images lend themselves to rapid retrieval, transmittal and storage, these same advantages can also increase fraud risks. The highly sensitive contents of checks, including account numbers, check numbers and customer signatures, can more easily be obtained by fraudsters. And once revealed, information on an account’s recent check activity and balances may be all a fraudster needs to begin writing counterfeit checks undetected by the financial institution.... (Continue reading)

ManhattanGMAT to Open GMAT Test Preparation Center in Boston's Back Bay, Thursday, October 26

ManhattanGMAT, the world's only GMAT-exclusive test preparation, opens its doors this week to its first permanent location in the Back Bay area of Boston. Thursday, October 25th marks the grand opening celebration and the date of a free GMAT Workshop, taught by Zeke Vanderhoek, the founder and CEO of Manhattan GMAT.

ManhattanGMAT has worked with students in the Boston area for more than four years, on-site at major corporations, at various classroom locations throughout the city, and with students one-on-one. However, with this move, the company can offer more courses, practice GMAT testing, and other services. Vanderhoek notes that the move marks a departure from the boutique preparation provider's traditional strategy. "Our model has been to primarily work with students in our state of the art live, virtual environment. Recognizing that Boston young professionals are now more eager than ever to achieve top scores on the GMAT, we decided to expand our business in the local market to serve our students better."... (Continue reading)

Small Business Owners Have More Choices for Working Capital

The Interface Financial Group, an international organization providing short-term cash flow assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses, announced the opening of new U. S. Interface offices in the Chicago and San Diego areas, Los Angeles, Akron, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Portland, ME; in addition to new offices in Toronto, Canada and Hamilton, New Zealand.

Interface President, David Banfield, indicated that these offices are in addition to existing IFG offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and are needed to sustain the ongoing growth of Interface, and the demand for the specialty working capital financing that Interface brings to the small business marketplace.... (Continue reading)

Boots.com Reveals Brand New Look

Boots.com, UK health and beauty website and the online presence of Boots UK, has undergone a complete revamp. The new site is being launched to users with Boots.com's biggest ever Beauty Event.

The new look site for Boots (http://www.boots.com/ ) boasts a host of new features and functionalities to improve the customer's shopping experience. These include improved navigation and one page checkout, as well as a 'wish list' facility and product ratings and reviews.

Tim Stacey, Director of Boots.com, explained, "Boots.com was initially launched more than six years ago. In this time, e-commerce has grown beyond all expectations and technology has come on at pace. In addition, our customers have told us that they would like to see more information and advice alongside our thousands of health and beauty products (http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10052&categoryId=4718&langId=-1&catalogId=11051)."... (Continue reading)

New On-line Guide, "Executive Jobs, A Guide to Managing Your Career," Released

In response to overwhelming demand, Executive Blueprints Inc has published Executive Jobs, a free on-line Guide to Managing Your Career.

“Executive Jobs, A Guide to Managing Your Career” is available for download at http://www.executiveblueprints.com/executive_jobs.htm You may distribute the publication freely, print it, sell it, or include it as part of a package as long as it remains completely intact, unchanged and delivered in the original format.

It’s that time of year when executives measure milestones from the past and begin plotting professional performance enhancement for the future. For those individuals who are complacent with their current situation, the guide offers a safety net approach with the thoughtful warning to “Be Prepared”. For many others the guide offers a glimmer of hope in an otherwise negative environment, a chance to test the market, move up the corporate ladder, increase pay, or enthusiastically embrace a time for change.... (Continue reading)

Get Smart About Web Analytics with the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA)

The Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (www.mima.org) has announced its next monthly educational event, “Making Your Web Analytics Work. Hard.” The event will describe five different segments of web analytics usage within organizations and detail how companies at each distinct phase can push themselves to "do more" with their investment in analytics.

Based on research and hundreds of conversations with companies actively engaged in a variety of web analytics projects, this presentation is designed to help the audience form a clear plan of action they can use to improve their own use of web analytics organizationally.... (Continue reading)

22Moo Video Glasses System for non-Video iPods

22Moo is currently completing testing of the VG-SD+USB Video Glasses System. This system will enable the millions of owners of 4th generation iPods to add video playback capabilities without upgrading to the new 5th generation iPod Video.

The VG-SD+USB Video Glasses System is a combination of the UHMP-001 USB Host Media Player, a battery pack and the VG-SD The World's Most Affordable Video Glasses.

The UHMP-001 USB Host Meda Player allows direct playback of MPEG1, MPEG4 (Divx 3.x-5.x), WMA, MP3 and JPEG files. There is no need to transcode files. Just simply drag and drop any of the support files to the iPod when mounted on your PC/Mac and there will be ready to use. Output can be directed to the VG-SD Video Glasses or to a connected TV.... (Continue reading)

AgencyVendors.Com Launches to De-Mystify Interactive Vendors for Advertising Agencies; Site to Host Contacts and Sales Demos for Hundreds of Internet Vendors

AgencyVendors.com launched today as a one-stop shop for advertising agencies to find the right vendors needed to design today’s complex web marketing campaigns.

Created by agency account manager Shig Odani, the site allows users to navigate through several categories to find the right vendor match. Once a vendor is selected, users can download sales presentations and contact information.

Vendor categories will include advertising networks, analytics, lead generation media, e-mail marketing and much more.... (Continue reading)

SEO Training Class to Follow Search Engine Strategies Chicago

SEO-PR and Searching for Profit today announced that they will offer an SEO training class focused on "Getting found in all the right places" following the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2007 in Chicago (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/training.html). Greg Jarboe of SEO-PR and Amanda Watlington of Searching for Profit will teach the half-day search engine optimization training class at the Chicago Hilton on Friday, December 7, 2007, following the SES Chicago event.

According to Jarboe, "Universal search changes everything! The advent of Google's Universal Search has been called the most radical change to its search results ever."... (Continue reading)

Blitzproperties.com Debuts in DFW with an Overwhelming Success Among Real Estate Agents and New Home Buyers

Blitzproperties.com (A Licensed Texas Brokerage) debuted in DFW this week with an overwhelming positive response. With the support of local DFW media companies, Blitz Properties will enter the market with a very aggressive marketing campaign for both agents and home buyers.

They feel that many real estate agents are being micro-managed by the established big brokerages. Many agents MUST attend Monday morning meetings as well as make hours of phone calls to friends and family asking for leads. Well the real estate industry is changing. This is why Blitz feels their business model will be ideal for the agent that is looking for a company presence in the industry along with a non-corporate feel.... (Continue reading)

TreeTop Development Opens Office in Newark, N.J. to Strengthen Presence in the Essex County City

Armed with an aggressive approach to strengthen its presence in the Newark, N.J. housing market, TreeTop Development has expanded into the Essex County City's downtown district and opened a new office facility at 550 Broad Street.

The Manhattan-based real estate developer made its initial foray into Newark early this year with the $22 million purchase of Parkwood Place -- a 293-unit rental apartment complex located on Mt. Prospect Ave. in the Forest Hills section -- and is expected to build upon its portfolio with the acquisition of two additional portfolios in the City later this year. Once the acquisitions are complete, TreeTop will own more than 800 rental apartments within the City of Newark.... (Continue reading)

Peanut Allergies - When Halloween Treats are a Halloween Fright

At this moment millions of pre-schoolers and kindergartners across the nation are looking

forward to celebrating Halloween, dressing up and filling their trick-or-treat bags with candy. For most of them, the worst they will suffer if they over-indulge is a tummy ache.

For others, however, the contents of their bags may turn out to be hazardous and, in some cases, even deadly. The culprit? The common peanut. Foods with peanuts, or even foods produced in facilities where peanuts are simply present, may be life-threatening for many children who have peanut allergies. The worry their parents face is constant, as they try to keep their young ones away from this extremely common ingredient.... (Continue reading)

Plantskydd Offers New Money-Back Plant Protection Guarantee

Plantskydd ® Deer and Rabbit Repellent now comes with a 'Plant Protection Guarantee'. If for any reason the customer is not 100% satisfied with the purchase of any Plantskydd repellent product, the manufacturer, Tree World Plant Care Products, will refund the full Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price.

100% organic, and not harmful to pets or the environment, Plantskydd is formulated to ensure hungry herbivores, like deer and rabbits, will dine in your neighbor's garden, not yours. It's proven efficacy--making it the most effective and long lasting repellent you can buy-- has made it the #1 choice of professional growers, landscapers, and foresters.

Plantskydd is now made in the United States. It was originally developed in Sweden in 1991 to protect its vast tree plantations from depredation by deer, rabbits, elk and moose, while at the same time meeting Sweden's strict environmental protection standards. Plantskydd literally means "plant protection" in Swedish. It proved so successful it was brought to North America in 1993, where it is now used to protect home gardens, landscapes, farmers' crops, orchards and commercial forest plantings in the United States and Canada.... (Continue reading)

Valetstand.com Offers Wide Range of Leather Passport Holders, Ideal for Upcoming Passport Regulation Changes

Recent and approaching regulations have resulted in a record number of U.S. passport applications. Now, travelers can protect these important documents thanks to a line of leather passport holders newly available from Valetstand.com. The company offers a wide selection of customizable leather cases to ensure passport safety and security.

As of January 2007, U.S. citizens traveling by air from Mexico, Bermuda, Canada and the Caribbean must produce a passport or other valid documents that establish identity and nationality before reentering the country. By summer 2008, full passport requirements of the land and sea phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will be implemented.... (Continue reading)

Ceja Vineyards Offers 'Latin Nights' in Downtown Napa

Ceja Vineyards, an ultra premium Latino family owned winery founded by Amelia, Pedro and Armando Ceja - first generation Mexican-American winegrowers in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, presents Live Music Fridays and Salsa Saturdays at their new wine tasting salon, lounge, art gallery and retail outlet located at 1248 First Street in Downtown Napa.

Ceja Vineyards Wine Tasting Salon and Lounge

Ariel Ceja, General Manager of Ceja Vineyards, recognized an opportunity to take part in the renaissance of downtown Napa. "By connecting wine, food and now music and dance into our repertoire we aim to create a cultural center that embraces everyone interested in the Napa lifestyle." The Ceja's intend to share the hospitality for which they're widely known with locals and visitors alike in casual comfort in the heart of Napa's restaurant district.... (Continue reading)