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BONE FIRE Smokehouse Invites BBQ Fans to Cast their Votes on 'LIVE with Regis and Kelly'

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:56 GMT

KINGSPORT, Tenn., July 3 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- "LIVE with Regis and Kelly's" producers are kicking-off a nationwide search for the best grill recipe and they're asking their viewers for help with the "Ultimate Hometown Grill Off." One regional chef has a good chance, but needs your help. Erich Soll, Executive Chef at BONE FIRE Smokehouse in Downtown Kingsport, Tenn., has been selected as having one of the top 5 ribs recipes in the nation, with his succulent Smoked Ribs with Fightin' Irish Whiskey Sauce™.

Chef Soll describes the dish, "It combines items such as roasted red and green peppers, Jameson Irish whiskey, poblano peppers, brown sugar, garlic, onions, cumin, Worchester sauce, and more. I can't give this potentially prize-winning recipe away, but come taste it yourself or order it online."

Visit BONE FIRE Smokehouse at: www.BoneFireSmokeHouse.com for location, hours of operation, and online shopping.

This is a great opportunity for foodies and BBQ fans to put their favorite dish on the map. And, when people vote online, they're automatically entered to win a top-of-the-line Weber Genesis Gas Grill valued at $900.

So, how does it work? Online voters visit www.VoteBoneFire.com and follow the links.

Voting takes place Friday, July 3rd at 10 a.m. through Sunday, July 5th at 10 a.m. Each week, the chef with the greatest number of votes will be invited to appear on LIVE in New York City to demonstrate their recipe.

On August 17th, the top two grillers will be announced - one will be named the "Ultimate Hometown Grill Off" winner and he or she will have the opportunity to appear in an upcoming issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine.

About Erich Soll

Chef Soll originally hails from New Jersey, but has lived in the south for most of his life. He is self-trained and was taught by numerous chefs through "on-the-job" training which gave him the confidence to try new things. He often relates to people that he was "cooking before cooking was cool." Soll considers smoking foods an art and enjoys experimenting with different types of woods and flavors. He says that smoking foods is where his true passion lies and can often be found twirling his handlebar mustache while contemplating his next smoking challenge. (He only waxes for special occasions.)

As the Corporate Chef for Adapt Core, an umbrella organization that oversees an array of projects that include restaurant consulting, commercial general contracting, event promotions and business development, Chef Soll oversees all menu development, kitchen operations, value-added product development and special events for BONE FIRE Smokehouse and Kingsport Grocery Company.

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Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag Discuss The New World Order and How 9/11 Was a Government Inside Job on Nationally Syndicated Alex Jones Show

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:03:21 GMT

Reality show celebrities reappear on The Alex Jones Show for second discussion on the Sept. 11th "inside job."

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Reality TV celebs Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag spoke to broadcaster Alex Jones on his nationally syndicated radio/TV show, "The Alex Jones Show," about how Alex's video documentaries had awakened them to alleged government-sponsored terrorism, microchips, and the New World Order.

Pratt and Montag poured over Jones' prolific work, waking up to the charade of a two party system and other claimed deceptions being perpetrated on the American public. They were particularly impressed with Alex Jones' films "Endgame" and "TerrorStorm" that outline the global elitists' plan for total domination and a global police state.

Last week, a Twitter frenzy between Heidi Montag and Miley Cyrus erupted - the two discussed infowars in an attempt on Montag's part to wake Cyrus. Miley expressed her lack of knowledge on the subject but had genuine curiosity about Alex Jones and Infowars.com. The 'Tweet' instantly went viral, grabbing the attention of Alex Jones who immediately invited the couple onto his show.

On the The Alex Jones Show, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag acknowledged the vital information Jones circulates and admitted their new obsession with Infowars.com.

"I don't even listen to the mainstream media anymore. I go on Infowars.com almost every day now!" said Heidi Montag.

Alex Jones addressed the use of celebrity to convey his message by stating, "When it comes to waking up the media saturated public, we will use any tool available. Luckily the truth speaks for itself and celebrities infected by it have no choice but to join us."

After talking to the young couple, it became obvious that previous media attention they had garnered and slanderous campaigns directed their way were merely part of an agenda to keep America focused on trivial celebrity factoids instead of real stories about our government's tyrannical actions at home and abroad.

"How are we so famous when the Climate Bill [HR 2454] isn't even a trendy topic on Twitter?" asks the perplexed Pratt. "The only thing people should pay attention to is Infowars.com. We're sorry we distracted you America - these other issues are way more important."

In a final note at the end of the show, Pratt and Montag exclaimed "Death to the New World Order!" along with Alex. Pratt and Montag both promised to be good soldiers in the infowar.

Alex Jones is a nationally syndicated broadcaster and documentary filmmaker whose critically acclaimed documentaries include such titles as, "The Obama Deception," "Endgame," "TerrorStorm," and "Martial Law." An alternative media icon, he is frequently cited to be the leader of the September 11th Truth Movement.

For more information, visit: www.infowars.com and www.prisonplanet.com.

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New Art Book Combines Chaos, God and Sex with Digital Imaging: 'Fractopia' by Christopher Simmons

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:52:19 GMT

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Christopher Simmons' "Fractopia" (ISBN: 978-0-9710555-0-6, hardcover - limited edition, Neotrope Press), collects the best of Simmons' abstract images created by combining fractal imagery with photographic effects, textures and hand-applied layers. This special edition includes a video DVD with slide show of all images found in the book. Some of the art has been called sexual in nature, including the piece called "godheart."

"When these images appeared in art installations more than a decade ago, many thought I was intentionally trying to create impressions of the female womb with at least two of the illustrations," said Simmons. "This was not the goal; but the first such piece called 'godheart' does appear similar to a womb, but also an all-seeing eye, with both electric and metallic textures. This impression led me to the name of the piece. A later piece, 'spiralasm,' does convey an intentional sense of the organic and the orgasmic."

Simmons' "Fractopia" series images have been featured in such venues as the "Bytes of Art" gallery shows that were hosted throughout San Francisco in 1997; the Cosmic Cafe online art gallery in 1996-7; and the first image in the series, 'balls in sandtrap,' was used as the full color cover for the 1997 California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Science and Technology course catalog.

"My favorite images are actually first, 'fireonice,' which to me seemed to imply a ghostly figure caught between the realm of fire and energy, and the extreme cold that can freeze thought and movement. This is also the cover of the book. I also used this image for the cover of my 2000 music CD release 'Beserker.' And my second favorite is called 'prayer bubble,' which appears to be two hands moving through water, filled with fractal bubbles, holding a sphere. This was loosely inspired by my wedding photos showing hands touching, which is why it was dedicated to my then spouse, Paula."

Christopher Laird Simmons is an award-winning graphic designer, photographer, musician, and digital imaging professional. He has created original images for national magazine covers, product packaging, and managed diverse brand identity projects for more than 25 years. His first computer-based artwork was done for the Adventure International game "Stone of Sisyphus" in 1983, programmed by his younger brother, David.

Simmons is also a respected marketing guru and technologist, who has been interviewed by publications as diverse as Entrepreneur, PC World, Chicago Post-Tribune, and TrendWatch; and is one of the experts quoted in the book "Career and Corporate Cool" by Rachel C. Weingarten. He is the CEO of Neotrope®, and is a member of PRSA, and ASCAP.

"I created these images in a creative rush during the mid nineties," added Simmons, "and Adobe Photoshop was my palette for these visions, along with filters from Kai Krause and John Knoll. I tried to take the chaos theory behind fractal imagery then combine that with deep colors and organic sensibilities to create something unique; finding and massaging shapes and patterns within the fractal elements and color gradients."

FRACTOPIA™, the limited edition, ISBN-13: 978-0-9710555-0-6, is published in hardcover with slip cover; full color throughout, with video DVD. Size is approximately 9x11.5 inches. Price is $39.95 plus shipping.

More information: www.NeotropePress.com or www.FractopiaBook.com .

Neotrope is a trademark and service mark, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Fractopia has been used as the title for this art series since 1994 and has no relationship with any other brand, product, or service with a similar name.

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LegalizeFerrets.org's YouTube Video Contest - Voting Starts June 29th through July 4th

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:51:09 GMT

LA MESA, Calif., June 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LegalizeFerrets.org, an organization of people interested in legalizing ferrets in California, is conducting their second annual YouTube Video Contest. Nine videos have been entered and the only prize is $500 cash.

Entries range from the "I had to leave my ferrets behind when I moved to California" to creative ferret disguises. According to the organization: "But the pain is evident, we love our ferrets and we want to be able to move freely about with them."

LegalizeFerrets.org is conducting an Environmental Impact Report as required from the California Department of Fish and Game. Their mailing list and support continue to grow and the video contest is a great expression of the hope, pain and fear California ferret enthusiasts live with.

LegalizeFerrets.org is a grass roots organization working to legalize ferrets in California. Ferrets are illegal in only two states, California and Hawaii. The ban has caused a huge emotional toll on ferret owners in California and ferret owners who find themselves moving to the state.

According to PIJAC, the nation's leading pet trade organization, California has the nation's largest population of pet domestic ferrets - yet California has resisted efforts to legalize them.

Over the past three years Legalize Ferrets has continued to grow and is now working on an Environmental Impact Report. "We believe that scientific research combined with grass roots activism will get our little guys legalized."

To view the videos please go to www.ferretsanon.com/youtube.html.

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As Unemployment Continues to Climb, Many Parents Are Concerned About the Cost of Preschool Tuition

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:18 GMT

MESA, Ariz., June 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As the unemployment rate climbs to over 9 percent (according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Employment Situation: May 2009), many financially strained families may feel pressure to send their young children to preschool. Authors Renee and Mike Mosiman help those parents who choose not to send their young children to school in their new book, "The Smarter Preschooler: Unlocking Your Child's Intellectual Potential" (ISBN: 978-0-9816426-5-9).

The authors provide practical advice to parents, supported by the latest research, about boosting their child's intellect. Their user-friendly book demonstrates how parents can help their children build verbal skills, enhance analytical abilities, and develop early reading skills that set the stage for success in elementary school. The authors also address such topics as how and what to read to a youngster, how different types of play impact early development, and the best environment for preschoolers to develop social skills with their peers.

Even parents who choose to send their children to preschool can benefit from the findings presented in The Smarter Preschooler. The authors believe "Each child has special gifts, and it is the parent's job to cultivate a child's talents and strengthen his or her weakness." They offer many strategies for providing an enriched environment for the intellectual and social development of young children. And experts agree with their advice.

Shirley Wyver, PhD, said: "This is a fabulous book ... that will enhance the quality of parent-child interactions and ultimately provide the best opportunities for intellectual, social and emotional development."

Cathy Duffy Reviews: "Plenty of practical suggestions and resource recommendations show parents how to create an intellectually stimulating environment at home that promotes healthy academic, social, physical, and emotional development."

"The Smarter Preschooler" (ISBN-13: 978-0-9816426-5-9) will be available in book stores nationwide September 1, 2009 for $14.95 and can be purchased today at www.TheSmarterPreschooler.com. Media review copies will be provided upon request.

Co-author Renee Mosiman has a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She worked in a clinical setting with children before she began her own family. Mike Mosiman, an aerospace engineer, put his research and writing skills to good use in crafting "The Smarter Preschooler" for the benefit of other parents.

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The Vegan Monologues asks the Burning Question: Is that a Carrot in your Pocket?

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:59:13 GMT

Social commentator and vegan Ben Shaberman collects humorous essays in book about the meat-free lifestyle

BALTIMORE, Md., June 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Apprentice House announces publication of its latest book, "The Vegan Monologues" (ISBN 9781934074367), which guides readers through the world of being vegan, traveling life's path as an herbivore in a treacherous world of carnivores. Whether explaining how vegetarian guys get the girls, exploring an addiction to Chinese takeout, or being sequestered in the "garden salad zone," author Ben Shaberman's gentle sense of humor sheds light on what it means to go meatless. But Shaberman also reflects on his Jewish heritage, Pink Floyd concerts, fornicating grasshoppers, and being chased by wild dogs.

"The Vegan Monologues" collects Shaberman's essays in a first book that will put a smile on the faces of tofu-huggers and meat-eaters alike. From social absurdities to his own foibles, Shaberman balances reflections on life as a vegan with, well, just life.

Shaberman is a well-established essayist and commentator with articles in a number of prominent publications, including The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Des Moines Register, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. He also has been heard on National Public Radio.

"Smart, wry, and just a bit cynical, Shaberman parlays a unique sense of humor into a readable book that elucidates the joys-and tribulations-of the meat-free lifestyle," said Aurelia d'Andrea, editorial director at VegNews Magazine.

According to "Vegetarianism in America," a 2008 study conducted by Vegetarian Times, 3.2 percent of adults in the U.S., or 7.3 million people, are vegetarian. The study further indicated that 1 million of those vegetarians are vegans, people who consume no animal products at all.

"It's a growing community," said Shaberman, who lists Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor as influences. "My appreciation for animals and the environment are common themes. And though I write about vegan-related experiences, my observations are often universal."

"Ben's warm writing takes equal aim at social absurdities and his own vulnerabilities," said Aaron Henkin, a co-producer at WYPR (NPR in Baltimore). "This book is for all of us who find ourselves searching for meaning in the routine triumphs and disappointments of our everyday lives."

For more information, please visit www.veganmonologues.com.

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Lemonheads Co-Founder Comes Full Circle: Ben Deily's Varsity Drag Joins Evan Dando's The Lemonheads for NYC Show

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:18:14 GMT

NEW YORK, N.Y., June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly 20 years after leaving cult band The Lemonheads to return to college and "try to become a grown up," co-founder and certified grown up Ben Deily has come full circle: his new band Varsity Drag makes their New York City debut this Thursday at the Bowery Ballroom, sharing the bill with old friend Evan Dando and The Lemonheads.

"I'm really happy this is finally happening," said Deily. "Ever since stepping back a bit into music, I've been hoping that Evan and I would be able to get our paths to cross - or at least near-miss onstage. It's a great way to finally reach New York with Varsity Drag and even better that it's with Evan."

The Lemonheads are currently on tour in support of their new album "Varshons," an ambitious and eclectic album of covers selected by Dando and producer/indie music legend Gibby Haines (B*tthole Surfers) and featuring guest vocals from surprising luminaries as Dando friends Liv Tyler and Kate Moss.

"I'd have come down anyway to hear Evan do the stuff off Varshons, which is a fantastic record," adds Deily. "Getting to be a part of the onstage action, well, that's just gravy."

"More than anything else, I'm looking forward to playing my newest songs for Evan and finding out what he thinks. After 27 years, you can really get a sense of someone's musical taste and judgment...and Evan's is solidly in my top three." Deily laughs. "I mean, well, obviously." (And no, he's not revealing the other two.)

About Varsity Drag: Deily's new band performs music that has been described as "luscious, beautifully abrasive, powerful pop" and "pop-punk for grown-ups." The power-trio consists of Deily, long-time collaborator Joshua Pickering and self-taught bass player Lisa Marie (who just happens to be Deily's wife). They are promoting a live album recorded during their recent European tour, "Rock & Roll Is Such a Hassle: Varsity Drag Live in Europe" due for release on July 13th through the U.K.'s BossTuneage label. The album features, along with new songs, a generous smattering of Deily's old Lemonheads standbys.

"Most of those songs hadn't been heard or played in decades," explains Deily. "When we hit Europe, there was what you might call some real 'pent-up demand' for my old catalog...now they're an important part of our set."

"I'm looking forward to getting to play those tunes again for Evan, who helped bring them into existence in the first place."

Varsity Drag has an all-new studio album (a follow-up to their 2006 debut, "for crying out loud") scheduled for release in October, coinciding with a tour of the U.K. "All in all, this is a really exciting time for us," concludes Deily.

INFO:

Thursday June 25, 2009, 8 p.m.

VARSITY DRAG

with The LEMONHEADS

The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey St
New York, New York 10002.

For more information, images, interview or CD requests, please contact 8 Sparks Entertainment Marketing: Rachel Weingarten at 646.371.3054 or Rachel@8sparks.com.

Blurbs:

"File under no nonsense, luscious, beautifully abrasive, powerful pop with a capital P. 5 out of 5." -- Sean McGhee, Punk/Oi in the U.K.

"This is pop-punk for grown-ups, an album written and performed by one of the finest craftsmen of the genre...Ben Deily has been one of pop music's best-kept secrets for far too long. Start crying his name out loud." -- Hot Cuss.

"Ben Deily and his troupe have crafted...completely bulletproof tunes perfect for summertime driving, or summertime leaping around in your bedroom like a teenager." -- Hecklerspray.

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*(Photo Caption: Taken by Varsity Drag drummer and photog-to-the-stars Josh Pickering, Ben Deily and Evan Dando striking their poses from 1987's original Lemonheads "breakthrough" album, "Hate Your Friends." (Recently made MOJO Magazine's "Top 77 Punk Albums Ever" list.))

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Memorial Diamonds Deliver Eternal Life

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:12:14 GMT

HOUSTON, Texas, June 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- From ashes to diamonds: Algordanza, a Switzerland-based company, memorializes deceased loved ones through the creation of innovative memorial diamonds. Algordanza's memorial diamonds are the result of a finely-tuned process whereby the ashes or hair from a deceased loved one are turned into genuine human diamonds that will last forever. It's a unique way for the bereaved to remember those who meant so much to them when they were alive.

"Recently, a woman in Austin, Texas had a diamond made from her father's remains," Jared Parrish, director of sales and marketing for Algordanza, says. "The diamond was set in her engagement ring so her father could still walk with her down the aisle."

Algordanza's memorial diamonds are absolutely unique and are solely generated from cremation ashes or hair. Each production step is completely documented, and upon completion, the diamond is presented with a certificate of authenticity along with a chemical analysis of the ashes.

"What sets us apart from other companies that offer this service, is that our diamonds are genuine," Jared Parrish, director of sales and marketing for Algordanza, says. "We do not use any chemical additives which makes these natural, not synthetic diamonds."

While mined diamonds require hundreds of millions of years to age, Algordanza's lab-grown gems typically take only a few months to form. The largest one offered is a full carat and takes up to one year.

So, how does it work? Carbon, chemically drawn out from the ashes or hair, is compressed into graphite in a high pressure, high temperature-growth environment. The graphite undergoes the same process leading to rough crystallized diamonds which are then cut and polished.

The memorial diamond varies in color. Primarily, white, it may sometimes have a bluish tint, depending on the quantity of the element boron within the carbon. Just as no two human beings are alike, no two stones are identical.

About Algordanza

Founded in 2003, Algordanza is headquartered in Chur, Switzerland. Algordanza is a word derived from the ancient language Rhaeto-Romanic, meaning "remembrance." Currently, the company is represented in 17 countries with a goal of being present in all countries on all continents.

For more information visit: www.mymemorialdiamond.com, or call: 713-429-9164.

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Why Are Disney and Jonas Bros Fans Anticipating 2nd Season of Potty-Mouthed Comedy? Because They Shouldn't Be

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:15:43 GMT

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Tweens, teens and adults alike have been anxiously awaiting the sophomore season of the wacky politically-incorrect comedy with a heart, also known as Poor Paul, produced by Eye Scream Films. These same fans are also excited for the premiere of the Disney Channel's Princess Protection Program which happens to star Poor Paul's Kevin G. Schmidt (Young and the Restless, Cheaper by the Dozen) and Samantha Droke (Suite Life of Zack & Cody).

Why are fans of squeaky-clean Disney idols watching Poor Paul? Most likely because they're not supposed to be. Who didn't get a thrill out of sneaking into an R-Rated film as a kid? That, and the fact that Poor Paul is an intelligent, well-written and acted comedy that isn't afraid to take chances. According to Tubefilter's Lindsay Stidham: "Poor Paul's strengths undoubtedly fall in its willingness to be wacky. To that, I say wack-it-up."

YouTube user "BestFanOfMiley" said "Seriously... I can't stop laughing! I hope there will be a second season... Pleeeeease" Another, jobrosfan26 said, "Awesome videos... I've watched every single one... they are amazing... keep up the great work!" Finally, "disneychannelfan2332" posted "I love all of the characters and are you doing more episodes?"

Paul lives vicariously through his own video blog and creates hilarious fantasies to escape the stresses of real life. His roommates are the over-achieving "I'm better than everyone" Justin (Schmidt) and Clyde, the OCD womanizing alcoholic. A frequent visitor is Clyde's adopted sister Bonnie (Droke), who has a crush on Paul. Their quirky chemistry all contribute to the guilty pleasure of Poor Paul.

Poor Paul's second season has also attracted some high-profile guest stars including Guillermo Diaz (Half Baked, Chappelle Show, Weeds), Elaine Hendrix (The Parent Trap, Joan of Arcadia), Mandy Jiroux (Miley Cyrus' BFF, Miley-Mandy Show) and returning as the lovable and eccentric Grandpa Paul, character actor Richard Riehle (Office Space, Grounded for Life).

"I had so much fun doing it, I would love to do more..." said Diaz after wrapping production. On Twitter, Jiroux tweeted, "Great guys, great actors, great show!"

Poor Paul is a 2009 Webby Award Honoree and stars Kevin G. Schmidt, Samantha Droke, Wes Whitworth (who replaces Nicholas Braun in the role of Clyde) and Zack Bennett as Paul; with Palmer Scott (Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job) and Poor Paul director Sean Michael Beyer as Mr. Ted.

New episodes will be released Tuesdays at 1 p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT, beginning June 23, 2009 @ www.PoorPaul.com as well as YouTube.com and KoldCast.TV in HiDef.

Poor Paul is an Eye Scream Films production, written by Geoff Hoff and Steve Mancini, produced by Yousef Abu-Taleb (Lonely Girl 15) and directed by Sean Michael Beyer.

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*(Photo Caption: The Cast of Poor Paul (left to right) Zack Bennett, Samantha Droke, Wes Whitworth and Kevin G. Schmidt. Credit: Sean Michael Beyer, Copr. 2009 Eye Scream Films.)

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New Book Urges Colorado Law Enforcement to Reexamine JonBenet Ramsey and Other Cold Case Files

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:30:26 GMT

DENVER, Colo., June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Author and retired detective, Jim Benish, announces the release of a new book, "Closed Eyes: Who's Killing Our Children?" (ISBN: 978-0-982-4249-0-2). In the book, the author examines the murder cases of two Colorado children - Tracy Neef and Alie Berrelez - and discovers striking similarities to the JonBenet Ramsey murder. He discusses a possible suspect and explains the connections.

In 1993, Benish worked for the Thornton Police Department in Thornton, Colo. At this time, he reopened the Neef file; a murder that took place in 1984. After some investigation, he discovers that the initial suspect was cleared without due reason. However, Benish learns that the investigation was peppered with inexperience and error.

As the author digs deeper into files, he begins to draw connections. He learns that welding particles were on the victims' bodies and clothing; the suspect in the Neef and Berrelez cases was a welder. Benish also discovers that the suspect had been arrested or seen in close proximity to all of the crime scenes.

"Almost one year ago, the Ramsey family was eliminated as suspects," Benish says. "This suspect is still at large and the jurisdictions in charge need to combine their efforts to yield resolution."

Benish strongly believes that this suspect is a serial offender and is the key to solving these cold cases.

"The public has a right to know," Benish adds. "It's very possible that this suspect continues to prowl the neighborhoods. Since 2002, he's been arrested and convicted of another sexual crime; he's finally on the Colorado Sexual Offender list. To date, he has only been revealed to be a person of interest or suspect on the Neef case."

About the Author

Jim Benish has worked as a police officer and detective; he has what he calls a "cop's sense of criminal reality" and he believes that these murders have been committed by this suspect. Throughout his career, he has written or reviewed thousands of crime reports and is proficient at recognizing and combining the elements of a crime with witness statements that many times resulted in the arrest of the perpetrator.

To learn more, visit: www.CodeFore.com.

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Jimmy Jazz Continues to Expand in North Carolina Market

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:47 GMT

Urban fashion retailer will open 2 new stores in the Charlotte market on June 18th

BROOKLYN, N.Y. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Jimmy Jazz, a leading urban clothing and footwear retailer, will be adding 2 more stores in the state of North Carolina. The new locations will be opening on June 18th at Carolina Place Mall in Pineville and Charlotte's Northlake Mall. Since the start of 2009, Jimmy Jazz has added stores in Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem. Other locations in the North Carolina market include Fayetteville, Cary and Greensboro.

"Carolina Place Mall and Northlake Mall shoppers can expect nothing but the best of urban fashion from our new locations," stated Vice President of Stores for Jimmy Jazz, Amjid Shah. "Our organization is very excited to be opening a 6th and 7th location in the state of North Carolina."

Along with the Charlotte grand openings, Jimmy Jazz, along with premier hip-hop station, Power 98FM, will host a live radio broadcast at the Carolina Place Mall Jimmy Jazz location from 2-4 p.m. on June 27th, hosted by popular radio personality, No Limit Larry from the station's "The Morning Maddhouse" show.

Additionally, new Jimmy Jazz stores have been opened in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The fashion retailer also plans on entering the Florida market before the end of 2009.

Aside from its store expansions, Jimmy Jazz recently unveiled its Web store, JimmyJazz.com. The site promises to have popular urban fashion brands for men, women and kids, while providing an easy and convenient shopping experience. JimmyJazz.com will also be updated on a daily basis with the latest urban lifestyle content.

For more information on the new Winston-Salem, North Carolina opening and/or employment opportunities, please visit www.JimmyJazz.com.

About Jimmy Jazz

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Jimmy Jazz stores are well known throughout the eastern United States for over 20 years. They offer uniquely inspired original urban fashion, accessories and shoes with high energy and style.

Stores feature premier lifestyle brands including Ed Hardy, Rocawear, Timberland, Akademiks, Baby Phat, Coogi, Adidas Originals, Creative Recreation and Nike, to name a few. They receive merchandise daily from vendors who are creating the hottest styles and colors, providing an ever-changing showcase of the newest fashion available for men, women, and kids.

For more information and further details, please visit the Jimmy Jazz website at www.JimmyJazz.com.

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For some reason: 'She hated her family' - New Drug Rehab Video Trailer

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:28:08 GMT

TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, June 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Narconon drug rehab program has just put together a small trailer of a very compelling and emotional interview of a former addict, now 11 years clean, and her baby sister. With the full release of the video to come out within the coming days, this sixty-second trailer gives a glimpse of this powerful interview. Filmed in Montreal, Canada, Sabrina started using drugs at a very young age, and prior to her drug use she was also a runaway. Her baby sister, who was very young at the time, was left not knowing where her sister was, or when she was coming home.

"I didn't know where she was," comments Sam in the full interview, "where she went, all I knew was the cops were coming over and they needed an updated picture." With the shocking news her sister was on drugs, Sam was left in the dark, wondering what will happen next.

Sabrina was living homeless in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. Her family was making every attempt to help her; yet Sabrina kept pushing them away. Talking about her mom, Sabrina said in the interview: "She tried to help a lot, I could tell that she was very sad. She wanted me to come home - she was blaming herself, it wasn't her fault." The full-length video interview shows the progress of how an addiction can affect siblings and parents, and how - through the proper help - an addict can break the chains of addiction. It was an absolute pleasure for the Narconon drug rehab program to be able to interview these two ladies. The Narconon film crew was able to see a real life perspective, and get some true insight.

Sabrina was also able to show our film crew through some of the spots in Montreal where she spent her time while homeless and on drugs. Accompanied by her sister, the ladies took a look back at Sabrina's time as a drug user. It was difficult for Sabrina to face this; yet she stood strong, and was able to give details about what it was like. Look for the full-length video to be released in the coming days.

For more information about how you can save a person from drugs or alcohol addiction, call their toll free line at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit narconon.ca/.

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Trance Fury Releases Music CD to Promote Environmental Awareness

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:25:15 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C., June 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In an effort to raise environmental awareness, Trance Fury, a TFR Records artist, recently released "Mother Earth and Father Time." The CD has gained national attention and the Weather Channel is currently featuring the track, "Carolina Shore," on its "Local on the 8s" from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

In addition, dozens of colleges and universities around the country are playing this electronic and new age musical compilation with more planning to play in the future.

For the months of June and July, Fury will donate 20 percent of all sales of "Carolina Shore" to the North Carolina Coastal Federation (www.NCcoast.org), a group that works to safeguard the coastal rivers, creeks, sounds and beaches of North Carolina.

"Carolina Shore" reflects the sounds of the Carolina coast. They are lulling, contemplative and uplifting and encourage a renewed spirit and relaxed mind.

"I have been visiting North Carolina's beaches with my family for more than 25 years," Fury says. "And it's my hope that these beaches will be around for generations to come."

Other tracks on the CD include titles such as: Mother Earth; Sands of Time; Hurricane Florida; and New York City Winter.

All tracks evoke a sense of time and place. This new age-style music, often associated with environmentalism, is intended to create inspiration, encourage relaxation and to promote positive feelings.

About Trance Fury

Matt "Trance" Fury is a native of Hopewell Junction, NY and a SUNY New Paltz graduate; he currently lives in Raleigh, NC. He's been writing electronic music for 12 years and knows how to draw concepts from emotions. His first CD, "Around the World and Back" featured three top 10 songs on the mp3.com charts including "Armageddon" which reached number one on the Electronic/Techno charts. In 2000, he wrote and released "Another 1,000 Years," to honor the new millennium; it features songs for every month.

In 2006, he released "7 Steps to Resolution." This CD draws on the emotional steps it takes to resolve a problem or crisis and is rapidly becoming an underground favorite.

"Mother Earth and Father Time" is currently available on Amazon.com, iTunes and the Trance Fury Web site at: www.TranceFury.com.

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Snow White Contemplates Suicide - Filmmaker set to take Snow White to the Dark Side

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:57:42 GMT

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A dark and brooding adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Snow White, will go into production this October. Several horror/fantasy film blogs broke the news about the new independent film production from Goodnight Film (goodnightfilm.com) earlier this month. Connecticut filmmaker A.D. Calvo will introduce a much darker twist to the original Grimm fairytale, incorporating such controversial - but sadly topical and relevant - themes as drug abuse and teen suicide.

"Although a fantasy, this is hardly a fairytale," said Calvo. "It's much more about despair than anything else. I'm looking to explore dark romanticism as it relates to modern culture. I realize some might find my interpretation a bit disturbing," he says. "This is not your mother's Snow White."

A.D. Calvo is not new to controversy; several years ago he produced a short expose on celebrity shock sculptor Daniel Edwards, the same artist who sculpted the nude Britney Spears giving birth. Calvo's short films, including "The Several Severed Heads of Daniel Edwards," have received over one million views on YouTube and have been covered by major new sources including CNN and NPR. Edwards will be contributing some of his work to Calvo's film. One of his pieces, entitled Snow White's Meth Lab, is already in production.

"The announcement of Snow White is resonating much stronger than I expected. There's already a solid fan base growing within the Facebook community, specifically within the alternative, industrial, and Goth culture," said Calvo.

His first feature, "The Other Side of the Tracks" - starring Brendan Fehr (BONES, CSI:MIAMI), Tania Raymonde (COLD CASE, LOST), Chad Lindberg (THE FAST & THE FURIOUS), and Oscar-nominated Shirley Knight - was completed in 2008 and has already garnered a variety of film festival awards.

"Snow White" is scheduled to be released in 2010, shortly after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland."

More information is available at:
www.goodnightfilm.com/snowwhite

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Streaming Movies, TV, and Music Industry Will Generate $78 Billion Over Six Years, says Insight Research Corp.

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:47 GMT

BOONTON, N.J., June 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IP TV network, or a mobile handset will generate more than $78 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the U.S. markets over the next six years, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. Streaming media refers to the transmission of digital audio and video files over an IP network or wireless network in real time or on-demand, while prohibiting users from storing the files locally.

Insight's market analysis study, "Streaming Media, IPTV, and Broadband Transport: Telecommunications Carriers and Entertainment Services 2009-2014," describes the technology and market forces underpinning the network-derived revenues generated from distributing streamed content across the public Internet, content distribution networks, cellular networks, or telco IP networks.

The study also estimates the revenue from the various types of content-derived revenues, along with associated advertising revenue. The streaming market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 27 percent over the next five years, driven by on-demand audio, on-demand video, and the accompanying advertising revenue.

"Over the past seven years as we've tracked the developments in streaming it has evolved from an esoteric niche to a mainstream market," says Robert Rosenberg, Insight Research president. "What we predicted way back when is coming to fruition. The advertising revenue that long supported traditional TV is gravitating to this new medium, putting downward pressure on traditional TV distribution schemes," Rosenberg concluded.

Insight's report examines the following market drivers: licensing issues, broadband Internet access, mass-market demand, and enterprise usage. Forecasts include revenues for the U.S. market by network services, including digital rights management (DRM), encoding, and performance measurement; and by content services, including advertising, music on-demand, Internet radio and video on-demand.

An excerpt of this research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at:
www.insight-corp.com/reports/IPTV09.asp.

This 158-page report is available immediately for $3,995 (hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online.

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Brewer Petitions White House for 'Beer Nutrition Czar' Position

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:13:06 GMT

With Obama Administration About to Appoint as Many Czars as a 24-Pack of Beer, Author and Certified Brewer Will Petition Country's Chief Beer Drinker for a Much Needed Beer Nutrition Czar Slot

CHICAGO, Ill., June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Publisher Bob Skilnik, president of Gambrinus Media, announced his candidacy today for the role of United States "Beer Nutrition Czar." President Obama might soon be looking for another Czar who can help clarify the innumerable misconceptions about beer's historic role as a beverage of moderation, hopes Skilnik (although he has little faith that the President won't be able to resist saying "more taxes" and "beer" in the same sentence).

After personally fending off dozens of Internet critics, nutritionists, dieticians, and in one dramatic case, the incorrect information represented in the early version of "The South Beach Diet" that demonized all beers as beer belly makers (later retracted by the book's author) with the 2003 and 2004 publications of his "Drink Beer, Get Thin Diet" and "The Low-Carb Bartender," Skilnik thinks it's high time that the President appoints him as national "Beer Nutrition Czar" and allow him to spread the word of beer's nutritional benefits.

The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans cite several studies indicating that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is linked to lower mortality from coronary heart disease, especially among men ages 45 or older and women ages 55 or older. But because of this bureaucratic suppression of such information, Skilnik has also recently written "Does My BUTT Look BIG In This BEER? Nutritional Values Of 2,000 Worldwide Beers" (ISBN-13: 978-0982218204, $10), now available in book stores and Internet book sites. Tired of waiting for the federal alcohol regulatory agency, the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to implement new changes in proposed alcohol nutrition labeling requirements that would tell consumers the nutritional benefits of beer, author and brewer Skilnik has instead compiled an impressive array of brews with their nutritional values. The paperback book can be used by dieters counting calories or carbohydrates or by moderate beer drinkers who simply want to know the nutritional values of what he or she is drinking. Currently, this kind of information is only available on light or low-carbohydrate beers, another Washingtonian mistake.

"Look, I understand that one more Czar in Washington would only add to the notion that there would be more Czars in D.C. than you might have found at a turn-of-a-century Romanoff wedding. I'd therefore be willing instead to be a 'Roving Beer Nutrition Czar,' visiting bar after bar - something my wife would attest that I'm quite adroit at - to get the word out on the positive attributes of America's favorite adult beverage. I'm tired of reading nonsense websites of half-truths or picking up popular diet books that meekly admit that a little beer is good for your heart but then can't tell you how many calories, carbohydrates or even Weight Watchers POINTS® are in beer or read the further mindless dribble of web-based 'experts' who claim that beer contains nothing more than 'empty' calories. In reality, you can find fat soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, K and water soluble vitamins like C B1, B2, B6, B12, folic acid, biotin and niacin in beer. In addition, beer also contains 21 minerals, no fat, no cholesterol and less sodium per serving than all the honest politicians in all the bars in D.C. on a Friday night."

"This Friday, June 19, 2009, I will be sending my resume to the White House in consideration for this much-needed political appointment. At the rate that President Obama is appointing Czars, I figure if I get my hat into the ring early enough, I might have a strong chance of securing this spot. My son's high school jeweled Prom King crown fits me so that should help keep the federal budget somewhat in line with ceremonial accouterments, and if we concentrate on American beers only, we'll be able to keep jobs from going overseas and make America stronger."

Bob Skilnik is a certified brewer and freelance writer. He has been a contributor to the Good Eating Section of the Chicago Tribune and a former columnist for the LowCarb Energy magazine. The Chicago writer has appeared on ABC's "The View," ESPN2's "Cold Pizza," and Fox News Channel's "Fox News Live," preaching the moderate consumption and nutritional aspects of adult beverages. Skilnik is currently working on a similar nutritional research project with wine for fall publication.

"Does My BUTT Look BIG In This BEER? Nutritional Values Of 2,000 Worldwide Beers" is distributed by Ingram Book Group, the world's largest wholesale distributor of book products. With four distribution centers strategically located throughout the country and the largest inventory in the industry, Ingram provides the fastest delivery available.

More info on Skilnik's efforts to de-fang nutritional misnomers about adult beverages can be found at www.MyBeerButt.com.

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First time ever Andy Warhol and Steve Kaufman (teacher and his assistant - student) are having a Pop Art Show in Las Vegas July 4th

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:30:05 GMT

LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Centaur Art Galleries is pleased to present the art work of Andy Warhol, who passed away in 1987, and his former assistant, Steve Kaufman. The exhibition of the "Master" and his "student," reunited at last and exhibited together, is Centaur Art Galleries' most ambitious undertaking in more than 20 years.

Steve Kaufman has painted paintings of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, President Obama, Elvis, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, U2, Janet Jackson, Al Pacino, Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya, Cuban Cigars, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Dali, Van Gogh, Campbell soup, Red Bull, Coca Cola, Liz Taylor, Brad Pitt, Superman, Spiderman, John Gotti Godfather, Scarface, Sopranos, Las Vegas sign, Playboy girl next door, Donald Trump, Michael Jordan, Mickey Mantle, Madonna, and John Travolta.

Centaur Art Galleries is proud to present Steve Kaufman in person. The prince of pop art, former assistant to Andy Warhol.

Telephone (702) 737-1234
www.centaurgalleries.com/.

Fashion Show Mall main level, next door to Bebe store.
3200 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89109.

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*(Photo Caption: Steve Kaufman WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS painting. Copr. © Steve Kaufman.)

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Girls Write Now's Spring Reading to Feature Today's Amy Robach and Author Jean Thompson

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:33:30 GMT

NEW YORK, N.Y., June 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Girls Write Now (GWN), New York's premier creative writing and mentoring organization for high school girls, today announced its annual spring reading, the culmination of another year of developing New York's best young writers. On Sunday, June 14, please join us for an afternoon with participants in the program and the women who inspire them -- featuring Amy Robach, National Correspondent for NBC's Today and National Book Award Nominee Jean Thompson, whose new book is "Do Not Deny Me" (ISBN: 978-1416595632, Simon & Schuster, June 9) -- at the New School University's Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues).

The event will take place from 4-6 p.m., and admission is free and open to the public. This program is co-sponsored by The New School's Department of Media Studies and Film.

Girls Write Now mentees, who range in age from 14 to 21, will read from their new anthology, tackling themes of family, personal identity, independence, sexuality and hundreds of high school days. This year's anthology features an introduction by Judy Blundell, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for her novel, "What I Saw and How I Lied."

"This is a wonderful opportunity to see the Girls Write Now community in action," said Maya Nussbaum, Executive Director of Girls Write Now.

Amy Robach serves as the Saturday TODAY anchor and as a national correspondent for Nightly News and TODAY. Robach joined MSNBC in September of 2003 as a daytime anchor. Since then, she has anchored coverage of major news events including the War in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and the 2004 Presidential Election. Robach traveled to Washington, D.C. to cover both President Bush's second Inauguration and the Funeral of President Ronald Reagan. Robach began her career in broadcast journalism in Athens, Georgia, starting as an anchor at WUOG-FM, and later interning at WNGM-TV. Robach graduated from the University of Georgia with honors, and received a bachelor of arts in journalism. She lives in New York with her husband Tim and their two daughters.

Hailed as "one of our most astute diagnosticians of contemporary experience," (Boston Globe) who "rivals [Alice] Munro at her greatest" (Kirkus, starred review), Jean Thompson has emerged as "one of our most lucid and insightful writers" (San Francisco Chronicle). The unanimous critical acclaim for each of Thompson's works of fiction has been accompanied by a profusion of honors and awards: Who Do You Love was a National Book Award finalist, Throw Like a Girl made the New York Times' "100 Notable Books" list and topped the "Best of 2007 lists" in the San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune. With each succeeding collection, this gifted writer has garnered increasing attention from an ever-widening circle of admirers.

In "DO NOT DENY ME: Stories," her latest collection of short fiction (Simon & Schuster; June 9, 2009; paperback original; $14.00), Thompson excels at defining the unexamined lives that most of her characters have fashioned for themselves and the connections and compromises they make in attempting to assuage their dissatisfactions. Of her work, David Sedaris has said, "If there are 'Jean Thompson characters,' they're us, and never have we been so articulate and worthy of compassion." She lives in Illinois. More: http://www.jeanthompsononline.com/.

Girls Write Now Inc. (GWN) is New York's premier creative writing and mentoring non-profit organization, matching bright, creative teenage girls from the city's public high schools with professional women writers in the community since 1998. Through weekly one-to-one mentoring, monthly group genre-based workshops, and quarterly public readings, their mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment where low-income, at-risk girls can expand their natural writing talents, develop independent voices, and build confidence in making healthy choices in school, career and life. 100 percent of all seniors completing the program go on to college and GWN students have earned a total of 33 Scholastic Gold and Silver Writing Awards over the last three years. The organization was recently featured in both The New York Times and as part of the NBC Nightly News "Making a Difference Series."

In 2009, GWN was honored by The Union Square Awards for creating educational opportunities, building community, and promoting progressive social change; GWN was also chosen as a Coming Up Taller Semifinalist by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, distinguishing it as one of the top arts- and humanities-based programs in the country serving youth beyond the school hours. More: www.girlswritenow.org.

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Publishers Newswire Announced Today its Latest List of Books to Bookmark, for the First Half of 2009

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:49:25 GMT

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., June 8 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Publishers Newswire, an online resource for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has announced its latest semi-annual "Books to Bookmark" list, for the first half of 2009. This list is a round-up of new and interesting books which are often missed due to not originating from "big name" authors, or major New York book publishing houses.

The following list of books are provided as "worth a look" for media and booksellers, as well as avid readers of new and unique literary content. To learn more about these and other books, in detail, visit: www.publishersnewswire.com.

* Radical Challenges Set for Questing Spiritualists

A book aimed at helping individual students walk a path through metaphysics, to understand and read sacred energies, learn from spirits, including loved ones in the Afterlife and practice astral projection, is the latest work of Mystic Spiritualist Robert Egby. Entitled "The Quest of the Radical Spiritualist - The Journey Home" (ISBN: 978-0-615-29196-3), the book sets new challenges for the individual Spiritualist, creating new thoughts and offering new philosophies for the future.

* Written by Parents, Drawn by the Kids, VHL Family Alliance Announces the First Guide for Kids Dealing with Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

The VHL Family Alliance (VHLFA) announced the very first "VHL Handbook Kids' Edition" (ISBN: 978-1-929539-02-4). The book was written and reviewed by a team of parents and professionals and illustrated with charming drawings and photographs from children with VHL, their siblings and friends. "This colorful handbook brings to life an easy to understand lesson on managing health for kids, with a message that is upbeat and hopeful," says genetic counselor, Gayun Chan at Mass General hospital in Boston, MA. The handbook has already received rave reviews locally from doctors at Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA and on a national level from doctors and genetic counselors.

* Neotrope Press Announces Publication of 'Fractopia' Art Book by Christopher Simmons

Neotrope(R) Press announced the publication of the limited edition of "Fractopia" (ISBN: 978-0-9710555-0-6, hardcover), by digital artist Christopher Laird Simmons. The book collects the best of Simmons' abstract images created by combining fractal imagery with photographic effects, textures and hand-applied layers. This special edition includes a video DVD with slide show of all images found in the book.

* New Mystery Examines Women's Oppression in Saudi Arabia

Linbrook Press announces a new novel, "The Dawn of Saudi" (ISBN: 978-0977-978-014), authored by Homa Pourasgari, scheduled to be released June 22, 2009. Homa had a desire to write a novel that would depict what life is like for women in Saudi Arabia. The Dawn of Saudi combines real-life turmoil with a fictional tale. "Many Muslim countries look to Saudi Arabia for cultural and behavioral guidance," Homa says. "That's why it was important for me to have Saudi Arabia at the heart of this novel. We must start there to implement change."

* The Iron Dragon Book Series Returns

The second novel in the Iron Dragon Series by author Paul Genesse has been released by Five Star Books. The first novel, "The Golden Cord," became the best selling fantasy book that Five Star has ever had; and book two, "The Dragon Hunters" (ISBN: 978-1-59414-659-6), has received much advance praise from reviewers. Paul Genesse is the author of several short stories, six of which are featured in anthologies from DAW Books, such as Fellowship Fantastic and The Dimension Next Door.

* Massachusetts PI Releases Book to Guide Parents with Missing Children

Unfortunately, the term "AMBER Alert" is becoming more commonplace. That's why David Almeida, PI, has authored and released a new book called "Abducted Dreams" (ISBN: 978-1-606-96-261-9), in an effort to provide an insider's view on missing child cases. David Almeida is the president of Bay State Detective Agency, Inc.

* New Book Educates and Provides Historic Framework on Current Credit Crisis

The credit crisis is on everyone's minds. But, complicated media jargon is nothing more than mumbo jumbo to the average person on the street. That's why author Tony Pallante has written a book that clearly defines the current credit crisis, "From Your Wallets to Their Pockets" (ISBN: 978-1440108044, hardcover).

* New Book is a Refreshing Look at Boston's Charles River

2k Artisans published a new book by artist and author Michael F. Pasqua. "The Charles, A River For All Seasons" (ISBN 1440424039) is a collection of impressions of Boston's favorite place to play. The forty vivid color images, prepared in a distinctive style, show the changing face of the river as it flows through the seasons. The story that accompanies the images combines personal reflections of the author with the history of how the city has reshaped the river from colonial times to the present day.

* The Nuclear Attack They Didn't Tell Us About: The Truth About Our Vulnerability to Terrorism

In a new book from Createspace Publishing, "Under Nuclear Attack" (IBSN 978-1438253619, 338 pages, $9.95, currently available at Amazon.com), author AJ Cushner introduces us to retired CIA Agent Josh Parker and draws us into the dark world of nuclear terrorism. "The events, places and characters are very real and the line between fact and fiction is a blur to the reader," the author says. "The novel is a fast-paced global thriller that ignites the frightening truth about our vulnerability - nobody is safe in the world anymore."

* New Edition of Medicaid Planning Book Features Two New Chapters on Veterans Benefits

Phylius Press, publisher of the leading book on how to qualify for nursing home Medicaid coverage, has announced a new affiliation with author Thomas Day of the National Care Planning Council. Mr. Day has contributed two new chapters on veterans benefits for nursing home residents to the recently published third edition (2009) of Phylius Press's flagship book, "How to Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets," (Phylius Press, ISBN 9780979080142) by attorney K. Gabriel Heiser.

* Love Can be Better the Second Time Around: New Book Offers Encouragement and Hope for a Successful Second Marriage

"It is never too late for a second chance at love," says Patricia Bubash, Licensed Professional Counselor and author of a new book, "Successful Second Marriages" (ISBN 978-1-58909-563-2), published by Bookstand Publishing. "Having experienced a failed second marriage, I wondered why so few second marriages work," says Bubash, who has been an educator and counselor for over 30 years.

* Wham Bang Comics Debuts The Legend of Night Owl

Give Jake Tinsley five minutes and he'll sell you his latest comic book. It doesn't matter where you meet Jake: on an airplane; in a restaurant; in the halls of his middle school. At 14, Jake is one of the youngest comic book writers in the U.S. and has more than a year of sales experience under his belt. He has authored five comic books and 20 comic strips, launched art shows at three galleries, and served as an expert panelist during a comic book convention in Las Vegas. In January, Jake debuted his fifth comic book, "The Legend of Night Owl," a collection of comic strips he wrote since co-founding Wham Bang Comics last year with his father, journalist Ben Tinsley.

(The majority of the above are available at Amazon.com, among others.)

For more information on these and other books and entertainment publishing you likely have never heard of, visit: http://publishersnewswire.com/news/publishing-news/book-news .

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Running of The Bulls in New Orleans! Year Three!

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:42:33 GMT

NEW ORLEANS, La., June 4 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- From July 6-14th the town of Pamplona, Spain becomes a daredevil's paradise, when people gather for Sanfermines. Many may not know it by that name, but they are sure to know about its main attraction: the Running of the Bulls (encierro). New Orleans now hosts its own homage to this event from July 10-12th, called the San Fermin in Nueva Orleans festival (SFNO), brought to you by Nola Bulls, LLC.

On July 10th, 2009, the third annual SFNO will commence with El Txupinazo (pronounced choo-pee-NAHT-so) at Rio Mar Seafood Restaurant at 800 South Peters St., from 6-9 p.m. The guest list for this event has been expanded to 300 in order to accommodate the growing popularity of the event. Tickets are expected to sell out, so attendees are encouraged to reserve them early. Email info@nolabulls.com for more information.

Saturday's encierro begins precisely at 8 a.m. as in Pamplona and will once again feature the Big Easy Rollergirls as the bulls. This year also includes rollerbulls from leagues in Baton Rouge, Houma, Houston, TX and Jacksonville, FL. It will begin at the corner of Conti and Burgundy in the famous French Quarter. After gathering at the Three Legged Dog Bar at 6:30 a.m. for instructions, over 70 rollerbulls will be unleashed upon the runners (corredores). While death is highly unlikely, there's always the threat of being battered by a foam-core bat or spraining an ankle! Either way, it will be "run at your own risk." This year's attendance is expected to grow significantly from the nearly 1,000 participants at last year's encierro on July 12th, 2008.

After the encierro, the party continues at the Gazebo Cafe, located at 1018 Decatur Street. Tapas style food, sangria, Marques de Caceres and Dona Paula wines, Stella Artois beer, Old New Orleans Rum and Port of Barcelona Gin drinks, Obsello Spanish Absinthe, Cult Energy Drink and live music and DJ's will be on-hand for all to enjoy.

SFNO 2009 will also introduce two new events. Saturday night's Fiesta de Pantalones (Pants Party) at Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St.) features Los Po-boy-Citos and Dr Gumbo's Spanish Soundsystem, with doors opening at 8 p.m., and the show starting at 9 p.m. Sunday's Pobre de Mi (Poor Me) at 12 p.m. will close the festival at a soon-to-be disclosed venue. Revelers will have a chance to relive the glory of SFNO 2009 and watch or participate in a Hemingway Contest.

For more information on all events, visit www.nolabulls.com.

A part of the proceeds for SFNO 2009 will go to Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO), an organization created and dedicated to the rescue and aid of abandoned and homeless animals in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi, including responding to the immediate needs of those animals in need of medical care, or who have been neglected, abused and deprived of love. ARNO promotes the foster, adoption, and reunion of pets with caretakers, as well as spaying/neutering of all companion animals.

Nola Bulls, LLC was founded 2007 and is a provider and promoter of entertainment and cultural events in the New Orleans area.

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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Selects North Plains' Media Asset Management Solution to Access, Repurpose and Distribute its Digital Files

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:59:20 GMT

TORONTO, Ont., June 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- North Plains Systems, Inc. (www.northplains.com), the leading provider of digital asset management (DAM) and media asset management (MAM) software solutions, today announced that Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) has selected TeleScope(TM) for its centralized digital asset repository. The new system will enable TBS, Inc. to develop a standalone system that can seamlessly integrate with other digital asset management solutions already in place within its corporate family, also based on TeleScope. The combined platform will create a unified repository that will allow sales, marketing, public relations and other third party agencies across its entire family to quickly store, search on, share and push images between globally distributed departments.

Exciting new projects are building on the momentum of a thriving digital industry. A record number of new broadcast, media and entertainment customers are using TeleScope to access and share images across once disparate companies to help bring new content to market faster than ever before. The global adoption of TeleScope marks a significant step forward in a technological evolution that is helping companies reach their goal of becoming a dominant brand in their respective market.

The proliferation of digital content development in support of web, marketing or advertising initiatives has created the TeleScope demand for sophisticated asset management solutions that automate workflows and streamline complex, time-consuming manual tasks. "The volume of scanned images, video, documents, Web sites, collaborative workspaces, corporate records, blogs, statements, and other types of content continues to explode," said Stephen Powers, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research. "Enterprises don't just need to manage content to reduce risk, they must manage it to improve business processes, transform stale customer experiences, and enrich employee collaboration."

"We are pleased that Turner Broadcast System, Inc. chose TeleScope's robust and flexible capabilities to help them meet their specific business requirements," said Hassan Kotob, President and CEO, North Plains Systems, Inc. "The TBS, Inc. selection of North Plains further validates our media asset management strategy. They join a growing list of leading content and distribution customers like Sony Pictures, Viacom and Playboy leveraging TeleScope to develop custom content that capitalizes on revenue opportunities and delivers a measurable return on their investment."

North Plains' TeleScope(TM) Digital Asset Management (DAM) Platforms

TeleScope(TM) is an award-winning digital asset management platform that enables the secure access, management and distribution of all digital and rich media content across an entire organization. With its distributed and modular architecture, TeleScope is designed to meet the diverse range of rich media needs from small and mid-size businesses and design studios, to the complex business challenges of global enterprises. Whether you're a new creative 'shop' just starting out; growing so quickly that your asset inventory is getting out of control; or a globally distributed organization with millions of assets to manage, North Plains' TeleScope platform is ready to meet your unique business challenges.

About Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

About North Plains Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1994, North Plains Systems, Inc. is the world's leading provider of digital and video asset management solutions. With a portfolio of over 475 satisfied customers, North Plains' TeleScope platform streamlines the complexity of managing increasingly challenging digital asset environments. From centralized workflow optimization, asset creation, production and virtual collaboration, to delivery and distribution, North Plains provides end-to-end solutions that scale to meet your unique business requirements. Benefit from North Plains' proven deployment expertise and join its growing list of global customers, including: AOL, Boeing, Bowling Green State University, Gallaudet University, Harcourt, HarperCollins Publishers, Microsoft, Ogilvy and Mather, Playboy, Publicis Groupe, Publishers Clearing House, Rodale Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Utah Education Network, Viacom, and Warner Bros.

For further information please visit www.northplains.com.

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TAGS: Send2Press Newswire, digital content development, media and entertainment

Bookhouse Group Selected for BDO Seidman, LLP, Commemorative History

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:46:39 GMT

Leading U.S. professional services organization preparing for 2010 centennial

ATLANTA, Ga., June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Corporate and organizational custom publishing expert Bookhouse Group (bookhouse.net) has the privilege of being selected as publisher for the one-hundred-year commemorative book of BDO Seidman, LLP (bdo.com), one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. The firm evaluated a group of competitive bids before choosing the twenty-year provider of museum quality history books to begin its project in June for delivery by September 2010.

"We are honored by BDO Seidman's decision expressing its confidence in our qualifications," said Bookhouse Group founder and custom-publishing expert Rob Levin, "Our role is to deliver a corporate history that ensures its centennial corporate observance will resonate, and not be limited to an isolated date or geography. This book is destined to become a treasured individual possession, fulfilling the intent of its commemorative investment."

Organizations approaching watermark anniversaries, such as a 10-year, 25-year or 100-year increment often want to refresh their image, as well as recount their story and reinforce their vision. Creating a commemorative history book, complete with unique current photography and written content, not only creates a centerpiece for the observance, but supplies all the elements needed to update web site content, marketing collateral and other external communications.

The opportunity to integrate the history's elements into a variety of multi-media formats not only extends its reach, but also deepens its marketing value, according to Levin.

For the history of BDO Seidman, Bookhouse commissioned writer Alan Axelrod, Ph.D., whose many business and history books, including several bestsellers, made him uniquely qualified for this project.

About Bookhouse Group

For two decades, Bookhouse Group (www.bookhouse.net) has created showcase quality commemorative histories in classic art book format combining the highest-grade content elements, including skilled writing, professional photography, and creative design with pre-press production, printing, handling and distribution. Bookhouse Group works with businesses, organizations, institutions and communities that have chosen a custom publishing project as both a statement of their purpose and an investment in their image, helping to establish and strengthen their legacy by creating an enduring work of art that will resonate timelessly and meaningfully.

Experts in the creation and production of superior quality organizational histories and corporate history books developed on schedule, on budget and to the client's expectations, Bookhouse Group is obsessed with closely managing its clients' projects to ensure a high-quality result. The Atlanta-based firm ensures that its clients' books will elicit pride and be delivered on budget and on schedule. Other current and past clients include: The American Cancer Society, Emory University, Harry & David in Oregon, Simmons Mattress, Dallas Theater Center in Texas, Atlanta Athletic Club, and Absopure Water Company in Michigan, and Waitsfield Telecom in Vermont.

For more information contact Rob Levin at Rob@bookhouse.net or call Rob at 404-885-9515, ext. 2.

About BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO Seidman, LLP is a national professional services firm providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. Guided by core values including, competence, honesty and integrity, professionalism, dedication, responsibility and accountability for almost 100 years, BDO has provided quality service and leadership through the active involvement of its most experienced and committed professionals.

BDO Seidman serves clients through 38 offices and more than 400 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As a Member Firm of BDO International, BDO Seidman, LLP serves multi-national clients by leveraging a global network of 1,095 offices in 110 countries. BDO International is a worldwide network of public accounting firms, called BDO Member Firms. Each BDO Member Firm is an independent legal entity in its own country. The network is coordinated by BDO Global Coordination B.V., incorporated in The Netherlands, with its statutory seat in Eindhoven (trade register registration number 33205251) and with an office at Boulevard de la Woluwe 60, 1200 Brussels, Belgium, where the International Executive Office is located.

Media Contact:
Kerri S. Milam, DepthPR, 404.378.0850, Kerri@DepthPR.com.

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Radical Challenges Set for Questing Spiritualists

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:39:42 GMT

CHAUMONT, N.Y., June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A book aimed at helping individual students walk a path through metaphysics, to understand and read sacred energies, learn from spirits, including loved ones in the Afterlife and practice astral projection, is the latest work of Mystic Spiritualist Robert Egby. Entitled "The Quest of the Radical Spiritualist - The Journey Home" (ISBN: 978-0-615-29196-3), the book sets new challenges for the individual Spiritualist, creating new thoughts and offering new philosophies for the future.

The author weaves a kaleidoscopic path through the world of psychic energies and deep spiritualism that will entertain and nourish beginners and advanced questers alike.

This is not a book for passive spiritualists. It empowers the individual to tackle psychic challenges, mediumship and walking with Spirits and Angels. The best Spiritualist can be weighed down by the mechanical and negative ego, the False Self. Robert shows how to clean up the ego, live in the Here and Now, discover the Silence, and love yourself unconditionally - prime prerequisites for working with Spirits, and venturing into the higher realms of the Other Side and the Universal Mind.

The False Self is a major block to higher learning and communication with loved ones in Sprit and ascended beings. It limits our spiritual progress, including the way we see life and the Creator and being open to the unimaginable God Force. The book encourages the reader to create his or her own quest and find the truth on their own terms, not somebody else's, and certainly not that dictated by the churches.

The author says: "Most religions, including Spiritualism, teach the past, reworking past events and suffering religious stalemates. The only future is a vaporous afterlife - Heaven, the Spirit World - promised after death."

Mainline churches have deprived many of their flocks from ascending spiritual paths by barring them from spirit communications and higher learning. "This," says the author "is tantamount to 1,700 years of spiritual abuse. At least organized Spiritualists try, but stop doing any serious research after delivering a few trite messages. We are now in the age of the individual, radical Spiritualist, personal development."

Egby, a former journalist and award-winning news photographer, spent thirteen years covering Middle East turmoil. Years later, when studying metaphysics, he realized spirit voices had guided him, and several times had saved his life. A Quester is always open to good spirit voices, and the book shows the way how questers can listen, and even converse with spirit guides and loved ones. Egby includes many of his own dramatic and emotional experiences as a Quester.

The Quest is a workbook, a guide for the person who wishes to walk a metaphysical path to enlightenment and become attuned to the Universal Mind. It's filled with practical, effective exercises on meditation, developing psychic gifts, working with spirits, conducting spirit rescues, developing astral travel and teaches the benefits of an open and a judgment-free mind.

Spiritualism is noted for its ability to teach people how to communicate with the so-called dead. Getting messages from loved ones in Spirit is fine, perhaps uplifting, but it does not necessarily lead to spiritual maturity. The human ego, -- the False Self - found in many a Spiritualist and student of metaphsyics, can block avenues to spiritual consciousness, higher awareness and communication with God. Spiritual maturity will not be found in churches, Mainline or Spiritualist, it can only be achieved through the Quester's own study and search for the Truth. Everything else is some other person's theory.

When it comes to God, Spiritualists believe in "Infinite Intelligence." If Spiritualism is to attract followers and be a thriving, meaningful spiritual movement, it must recognize a warm, meaningful, loving Force. But how does one love something so indescribable, so infinite. That is the purpose of The Quest of the Radical Spiritualist.

About the Author

Robert Egby has studied and taught Mysticism and Metaphsyics for over thirty years. A former journalist and award-winning broadcaster in the Middle East and Canada, he trod the corridors of government public relations in British Columbia before settling in the United States. He is a Spiritualist-trained minister and now lives in northern New York State. He is also the author of "Cracking the Glass Darkly" which formed a background for his second book "The Quest of the Radical Spiritualist."

The Quest of the Radical Spiritualist ($16.95) ISBN-10: 0-615-29196-1 and ISBN-13: 978-0-615-29196-3, published June 1st 2009 by Three Mile Point Publishing, Chaumont, NY. Information: www.threemilepointpublishing.com or call 315-654-2060. Books are available from the publisher, most bookstores, and at Amazon.com.

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Written by Parents, Drawn by the Kids, VHL Family Alliance Announces the First Guide for Kids Dealing with Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: The VHL Handbook Kids' Edition

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:01:56 GMT

BOSTON, Mass., June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The VHL Family Alliance (VHLFA) announced today that the very first "VHL Handbook Kids' Edition" (ISBN: 978-1-929539-02-4) is now available at Amazon.com. The book was written and reviewed by a team of parents and professionals and illustrated with charming drawings and photographs from children with VHL, their siblings and friends. "This colorful handbook brings to life an easy to understand lesson on managing health for kids, with a message that is upbeat and hopeful," says genetic counselor, Gayun Chan at Mass General hospital in Boston, MA. The handbook has already received rave reviews locally from doctors at Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA and on a national level from doctors and genetic counselors.

The Kids' Edition team wrote the handbook to be a guide and a reference book for parents and children of all ages living with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL). VHL is a hereditary cancer syndrome that increases one's risk of having tumors of the eye, brain, spinal cord, kidneys, pancreas, and adrenal glands. The book is specifically designed for parents to read with their children to begin answering their questions about VHL. It is meant to be used as a starting point for discussions about how VHL has affected the family. The handbook gives children a basic understanding of VHL and information on how to live with it and manage their own health.

The book can also be a resource for families dealing with other hereditary cancer syndromes. It explains genetics in simple terms and is a tool to teach children about this topic. The book is available for $12.99 from Amazon.com or from the VHLFA at www.vhl.org. Members of the VHLFA are eligible to receive a copy of the book at a fifty percent discount from the association.

Also released this week is a video trailer about the book put together by VHLFA parent and child team, Renee and Noah Sissons, available for viewing on YouTube now at youtube.com/vhlfa. To find about more about VHL Handbook Kids' Edition, call 1-800-767-4VHL. Visit vhl.org/vhlsales/kidsbook.php for an inside look at the book and its illustrations.

About Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

VHL is a genetic risk factor for a number of tumors that is caused by a tiny misspelling in one copy of one gene, the VHL gene. People who carry this flaw are at increased risk for tumors of the retina, brain, spinal cord, kidneys, pancreas and adrenal glands.

About VHL Family Alliance

VHLFA is a non-profit organization. It provides information for families and physicians about this disorder and local and online self-help support groups for families affected with VHL. It is dedicated to improving diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for individuals and families affected by von Hippel-Lindau disease. It has been endorsed by the BBB and ICA as one of the Best Charities in America.

A VNR (video news release) for this story can be found here:
http://www.Send2Press.com/newswire/2009-06-0601-003.shtml

Media Contact:
Anita Kalathara
VHL Family Alliance
Telephone: 1-800-767-4845, Ext. 4
Fax: 1-858-712-9712
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North Plains' Next Generation TeleScope Video Manager Unleashes the Power of Video

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:59:27 GMT

TORONTO, Ont. and NEW YORK, N.Y., June 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- North Plains Systems, Inc., the leading provider of digital asset management (DAM) and media asset management (MAM) software solutions, today unveiled the latest version of its award-winning TeleScope Video Manager. The solution addresses the unrelenting demand for new content for both corporate marketing departments and broadcast, media, & entertainment (BM&E) companies. It provides needed support for video workflow and editing, secure digital video storage, simplified rights-managed access to the video archive, and seamless distribution capabilities across distributed organizations and third party agencies.

Organizations in every industry, including, BM&E, education, government, retail, pharma, manufacturing, publishing, etc, are using video as part of their core marketing activities to differentiate themselves from their competition. They need a sophisticated but simple-to-use solution for cost-effectively creating, editing, and distributing short and long form video across multiple platforms like YouTube, Cable/TV, etc. With this latest version of North Plains' TeleScope Video Manager, they now have an enterprise-class media asset management (MAM) system for simple, secure access to their digital assets through a fully customizable, branded and user-friendly interface. The award-winning solution gives them more control over the costs and processes normally associated with the creation, management, distribution and monetization of their organization's digital assets.

"The proliferation and adoption of video is everywhere, from digital distribution platforms to internet advertising and corporate training," said Hassan Kotob, President & CEO, North Plains Systems, Inc. "In the past, the complexity and costs associated with video production required companies to employ external production and editing resources. Today, North Plains' latest release of Video Manager enables organizations to become part of the creative process, thereby reducing the time and cost of production, all the while empowering corporations with more ownership, management, and involvement in the process."

Available in both fully installed and SaaS format, TeleScope Video Manager is ideally suited for organizations that create, ingest, distribute and sell all types of video assets. Widely used by creative professionals including video editors, marketing and advertising professionals and photographers, TeleScope Video Manager has quickly become the industry's most cost-effective way for creative professionals to introduce and manage video into their operations, business and service models.

New TeleScope Video Manager Features Include:
: Completely customizable, production-friendly user interface
: Customizable logging templates for video annotation
: Drag and drop assets to timelines, then cut, transcode and deliver
: Integration with NLE's, video servers and other file-based workflow systems
: Advanced audio scrubbing
: Multi-channel audio support.

Working closely with the industry's most recognized Fortune 500 companies, North Plains continues to raise the media asset management bar with innovative features and needed new functionality. North Plains TeleScope MAM solution has become mission-critical to organizations that require a single, centralized and secure platform for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of their video and rich media assets. TeleScope gives organizations the tools they need to streamline costly workflows and facilitates the migration from tape to file - giving organizations the ability to optimize their creative processes and capitalize on new revenue opportunities not previously considered possible with legacy systems.

North Plains' TeleScope™ Digital Asset Management (DAM) Platforms

TeleScope™ is an award-winning digital asset management platform that enables the secure access, management and distribution of all digital and rich media content across an entire organization. With its distributed and modular architecture, TeleScope is designed to meet the diverse range of rich media needs from small and mid-size businesses and design studios, to the complex business challenges of global enterprises. Whether you're a new creative 'shop' just starting out; growing so quickly that your asset inventory is getting out of control; or a globally distributed organization with millions of assets to manage, North Plains' TeleScope platform is ready to meet your unique business challenges.

About North Plains Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1994, North Plains Systems, Inc. is the world's leading provider of digital and video asset management solutions. With a portfolio of over 475 satisfied customers, North Plains' TeleScope platform streamlines the complexity of managing increasingly challenging digital asset environments. From centralized workflow optimization, asset creation, production and virtual collaboration, to delivery and distribution, North Plains provides end-to-end solutions that scale to meet your unique business requirements. Benefit from North Plains' proven deployment expertise and join its growing list of global customers, including: AOL, Boeing, Bowling Green State University, Gallaudet University, Harcourt, HarperCollins Publishers, Microsoft, Ogilvy and Mather, Playboy, Publicis Groupe, Publishers Clearing House, Rodale Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Utah Education Network, Viacom, and Warner Bros.

For further information please visit www.northplains.com.

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TAGS: Send2Press Newswire, video asset management, TeleScope Video Manager