The 3rd Annual Desert Cities Charity Bachelor Auction which benefitted Shelter from the Storm was a huge success generating $65,000 for the cause. On March 28, under the big white tent on El Paseo, over 350 men and women showed up to bid on 12 of the desert's most eligible bachelors. The fun-filled evening brought out the desert's most prominent social crowd to enjoy a wonderful night all for a good cause. In addition to the live bachelor auction, the event included a reception where guests were greeted with tasty 'Man-tinis' provided by Crater Lake Vodka and delectable ...

Sunnking, Inc., (www.sunnking.com) an electronics recycling company with facilities in Brockport & Rochester, NY, is proud to announce that they are the first and only R2 (Responsible Recycling) Certified recycling facility in New York State. R2 Certification can be compared to the more widely publicized ISO standards, but is specific to the electronics recycling industry, setting requirements relating to environmental, health, safety, and security aspects of recycling electronics and equipment. The certification is a voluntary practice and includes general principles ...

After more than a decade as a member of the hip-hop duo Dead Prez, multi-dimensional revolutionary emcee and producer stic.man is releasing his newest solo project, The Workout on April 12, 2011. The Workout is an all ages, health & fitness-themed, hip-hop album celebrating the drive and dedication one undertakes to achieve a health and fitness lifestyle. In an era of rising childhood obesity, high levels of diabetes, and growing interest in keeping fit, "The Workout" accompanies stic.man's new website RBGFitClub.com to provide a soundtrack and online platform to promote ...

Fanatix Agency is proud to announce their April Artist of the Month, JIB MACHINE RECORDS from Cleveland, OH. JIB Machine Records recently signed a distribution deal with Fanatix Agency, who has a partnership with the official online distributor for UMG, Metal Blade, VIP Records and various others. JIB Machine Records has been in business since 2004. Bands currently on JIB's roster include: Hot Ham & Cheese, Hostile Omish, Johnny Mohawk and the Assassins, 7th Day Creeps, Drug Fux and "Slowhand" Jack Labgold. JIB's distribution deal with Fanatix Agency will allow ...

Justopenthebook.com is an online Christian ministry whose mission is to encourage others to develop a closer relationship with God by opening and studying His word. For the month of April, justopenthebook.com is offering a free copy of the latest book "Leaving" by best-selling Christian fiction writer Karen Kingsbury. The book will be awarded to one of the new subscribers to justopenthebook.com' s weekly newsletter. Anyone can enter the contest. Simply sign up to subscribe to the newsletter at http://justopenthebook.com/newsletter/. Contest is open for all newly ...

Gift giving experts carefully select only the finest made-in Wisconsin items to be included in the online store which ships gourmet food and gifts nationwide. "We are excited to include Pasture Pride cheese in our Cheese Department," said Linda Remeschatis, owner of Wisconsinmade.com, "The baked cheese gift box is a deliciously different idea for a host or thank you gift." About Pasture Pride Cheese: Pasture Pride specializes in a Finnish baked cheese called Juusto, which is made with only all-natural, BGH free milk produced by Amish farmers. Cheesemakers bake the ...

This performance marks Osorio's Detroit debut -Artists/Date/Concert Location- Jorge Federico Osorio, Piano Saturday, April 16, 2011, 8:00 PM Seligman Performing Arts Center Located on the campus of Detroit Country Day School 22305 West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills -Artist Bio- Please see: http://www.jorgefedericoosorio.com/info.asp?pgs=biography -Repertoire- Beethoven: Variations in F major, Op. 34 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue Granados: Spanish Dances, Nos. 1, 2 & 5 Mussorgsky: Pictures at ...

The CIO Healthcare Summit team announced today details about two CIO Thought Leadership presentations that are taking place at the technology event to be held April 3-6, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The CIO Healthcare Summit brings together CIOs, technology analysts and solution providers to network, attend educational sessions and have in-depth discussions in a relaxed, yet focused setting. The event's agenda features panel discussions, analyst Q&A sessions, and CIO Think Tanks as well as formal and informal networking opportunities. The CIO Thought-leadership ...

Worldwide-based accounting firm, RGL Forensics, an international forensic accounting, investigation and consulting firm, today announced that it was named one of the fastest growing firms in the nation by Accounting Today. From 2009 to 2010, as the economic downturn was taking its toll on businesses across the country, RGL achieved more than a 10 percent increase in revenue and was listed as the eleventh fastest growing accounting firm in the U.S by national publication, Accounting Today. "Growth in accounting is dependent on changing with the market," said RGL Forensics ...

Unemployment in America has reached its lowest in two years at 8.8 percent. FindAChristianJob.com has aided in that process by connecting the unemployed with jobs in the Christian industry. Employers need to take this opportunity to get their ministry openings known to the public on a much larger scale by utilizing this Christian job search engine. With more than 21,000 Twitter followers and 45,000 email newsletters sent out weekly, FindAChristianJob.com ensures every employment listing the exposure needed to connect employers with the right kind of people they need. ...

Unemployment in America has reached its lowest in two years at 8.8 percent, while health care jobs rank among the top employment fields. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, health care has produced an average of 24,000 jobs per month in the past year. FindAHealthcareJob.com has aided in that process by connecting the unemployed with openings in the health care industry. Employers need to take this opportunity to get their hospital jobs known to the public on a much larger scale by utilizing this website. With more than 4,500 Twitter followers and 30,000 email ...

Bistro One West (1 W. Illinois St., St. Charles, Ill.; (630) 444-0600) is hosting Duckhorn Vineyards at a four-course wine dinner with pairings 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28 with spokesperson Judi Britt. The cost is $95 per person (inclusive of tax and gratuity). Chef Doug D' Avico is preparing an amazing menu starting with Smoked Rushing Waters Trout with razor clams and pickled onions paired with 2007 Decoy Sauvignon Blanc followed by Wagyu Carpaccio with avocados and toasted pistachios paired with 2008 Duckhorn Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The main course is Venison ...

Foreign markets are frequently referred to as rising markets if anything at all, but the European industry is incorporated. Foreign stock markets are already providing more substantial returns than the U.S. stock market for most of this decade, partly mainly because they start off out at a reduce base. Traders exposed to foreign marketplace development potential of the emerging nations, can hop to the high-return gravy train, as long as they keep away from the experience off the cliff which has occurred generally with rising market place stocks. William Campbell Company ...

Global Information Inc. (GII), a worldwide leader in market intelligence distribution, is pleased to announce the launch of our brand new website http://www.bizreportshop.com/. BizReportShop is online portal providing business analysis and market information. BizReportShop currently features more than 26,000 business information files priced between $250 and $900. GII President and CEO, Satoru Ono expects the number of BizReportShop business information files will increase to 40,000 early next week. Business information files feature market and company reports published ...

Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA and PROTECTA brands of fall protection equipment, today announces the release of a new DBI-SALA brand catalog highlighting the line's breadth and depth of premium fall protection solutions. DBI-SALA offers unmatched first-class comfort, safety and quality in fall protection equipment. The new catalog features more than one thousand items, twice the amount included in previous catalogs. The full-line catalog is truly the first all-encompassing DBI-SALA brand catalog, with larger, higher-quality photographs and more than 150 pages ...

June 2011 will see the release of a new series of self study IELTS books from HarperCollins. Each of the four books targets one of the four IELTS papers, listening, reading, writing and speaking, and provides a variety of exercises and exam practice designed specifically to improve students' scores. The great thing about the series is that students can target their weak areas in the test because each book focuses on one skill. The Collins Listening for IELTS book of the series has been written by Fiona Aish and Jo Tomlinson from Target English. The book is topic based ...

Thousands of dental professionals from around the world gathered in Atlanta last week at the 99th Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting. The Raven Maria Blanco Foundation (RMBF) was among the attendees and grateful to take this opportunity to donate an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to Christina's Smile in honor of David Liddell, a 5 year-old Atlanta resident who passed away July 9th of 2010. Danielle Brandon-Stewart, David's mother, was present for the awarding that occurred out front of the 48 foot trailer that Christina's Smile uses to travel the country, providing ...

Homes for Sale in Farmington Hills MI owner Darrick Scruggs called a meeting with his staff this week to find ways to improve customer service. Scruggs knows a lot about Farmington Hills. He has lived in the city for many years. His daughter attends Farmington Public Schools. He owned a couple of businesses in town. So he knows plenty about the local Detroit Area suburb, and he knows how great it is. However, he recognized that he needs to find ways to help his staff see the value for people to buy homes for sale in Farmington Hills MI. The town has a lot to offer, ...

Before he was an "American Idol" hopeful, Scotty McCreery was a typical Garner teen who loved baseball, music and hanging out with his "Blue Crew" buddies while rooting for the Garner Trojans. Although Scotty's star is rising in the music field, he hasn't forgotten the Blue Crew and they certainly haven't forgotten him. Earlier this season, he gave a shout out to them on "American Idol" and the Crew - which includes James Booth, Kyle Wiggins, Kyle Tobin and Colin Perry - subsequently flew out to Hollywood and cheered on Scotty from the audience. Proud of the exposure ...

The templated, or out-of-the-box, website is the mad lib of e-commerce web design: just insert logo, photos, and text, and you've got a fully functional web site for a few thousand dollars. Sounds great doesn't it? Polar Design (www.PolarDesign.com) is an experienced e-commerce design and marketing agency that has untangled a number of puzzling e-commerce situations. As documented in its recent case study (http://doiop.com/MarbleCaseStudy), e-commerce strategies that depend on out of the box answers may be attractive in cost but are unlikely to provide results. The ...

Sometimes you will see a grand, beautiful landscape, rich in color and detail. You want to capture the moment so you pull out your digital camera and take a shot. However, once you are home and look at that photo on your computer's monitor, you are very disappointed. What happened to the lively, bright colors, the details in the shadows and the expressive sky? No digital camera, no matter the quality, can reproduce what the human eye can see. In fact, the human eye can perceive 100 million colors and shades at a time, while a camera can distinguish only between 16,8 million ...

For the second straight year, NAFA's Institute & Expo features three Keynote Speakers who have all figured prominently in the news recently, adding to the already high excitement for the event. The annual conference of fleet managers and fleet professionals, which is flying high with record registrations, will likely be standing room only when these three Keynote Speakers take to the podium in Charlotte April 9-12. Sunday, April 10 -- Shane Terblanche, Vice President & General Manager, Navistar Electric Vehicles Within President Obama's call for a one-third cut in oil ...

The Seattle, Washington band Edison Orange named their band as such in honor of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph and basically responsible on how we record music today. Mr. Edison also had a penchant for crafted noise pop. And that's what Edison Orange is all about: a group of eclectic, collaborative individuals who love to create noise pop that they prolifetate through the streets of post-grunge-identity-crisis Seattle. Edison Orange caters to the 'hipstnerds' (like themselves) who loves melding guitars, organs, megaphones, and tambourines! The band is: ...

While other comics are busy knocking on doors asking for work, award-winning comedian Don Barnhart is making his own opportunities and creating work for himself and fellow comedians large and small. From producing and performing comedy shows for the troops around the world to headlining the top comedy clubs across the country, Barnhart is now starring in his own show nightly in Las Vegas, NV. The Don Barnhart Comedy Show opens at The Star Theater (Formerly The Debbie Reynolds Theater) at The Clarion Hotel (Formerly Greek Isles) April 12, 2011 providing laughter every ...

Studio Pepwuper (pronounced Pep-Wu-Per) releases "Three Trees", an environmental puzzle game for the whole family, today on the Apple App Store for $0.99. In "Three Trees", players need to balance the three forces of nature, Water, Air, and the Sun, by swiping them across the screen. The elements counter each other out, so the goal is to keep them in equilibrium! How it Works: - Water (rain) helps the trees to grow and gets rid of dry land. But let it rain too much and the player will have excess water on the land. - Sun reduces this excess water on the land, but ...