Wisdom Creek Press released a new book to assist authors, poets, screen writers, and other writers in their search for insider knowledge of the writing and publishing industry. It'd be a perfect Christmas gift for that budding writer in your life. "When I got this book in the mail, I started reading it and could not put it down!!! As an author in progress, it has been a great inspiration to keep writing and also I love the fact that it is a collection of so many great writers. Cherie chose a format for this type of book that makes it an easy read. My copy of this book ...

Chesapeake Bay Cookie Company was founded in April 2009 in Tracy's Landing, MD by sisters Danielle and Nicole Zuralow. After 9 months of development the company will launch on Dec 1, 2010, with online orders available for the holiday season. Chesapeake Bay Cookie Company prides themselves on using only the finest, natural ingredients such as whole wheat flours, fresh fruits and nuts with brown sugar and granola. The two sisters, both recent college graduates began baking cookies 2 years ago for family and friends who encouraged them to sell the cookies to local merchants. Founder ...

Nominees from Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. earned votes via on-line voting, to determine one winner in each of the ten non-profit categories. The winners were announced live during the Hollywood-esque award ceremony, reminisce of the Academy Awards but philanthropy-inspired and was streamed live on NBC affiliates' websites in the participating cities. Featuring a host of celebrity presenters, top-tier entertainment, nonprofit & technology leaders, the CLASSY Awards deserve an award of their own ...

Researchers at Indiana University and Methodist Research Institute studied an innovative medicinal mushroom formula against breast cancer. The impressive results are found in the December issue of the International Journal of Oncology. Lead investigator Dr. Daniel Sliva says, "The formula inhibits growth of highly metastatic human breast cancer cells, and suppresses metastatic potential of these cells." The all-natural, doctor-designed formula is a blend of six potent varieties of medicinal mushrooms grown on immune enhancing and cancer fighting botanicals that work together ...

Plymouth Tube Company's West Monroe, Louisiana Tubing Mill is a proud recipient of a 2010 AME Manufacturing Excellence Award. To be selected, West Monroe demonstrated excellence in their operations with a focus on continuous improvement, best practices, creativity and innovation. Starting in 1967, Plymouth Tube was the first manufacturer to provide stainless steel tubing for feedwater heater applications, which became West Monroe's specialty product when it opened in 1975. West Monroe also offers both seamless and welded Stainless Steel tubing. On Thursday, November ...

FileMaker, Inc. today announced the Bento 3 Event Planner, a customized set of six new templates that make it easy and fun for Mac users to organize event details all in one place. The Bento 3 Event Planner includes a free 30-day trial of the popular Bento 3 for Mac personal database, plus six professionally designed, ready-to-use templates including Events, Tasks, Expenses & Invoices, Locations & Venues, Contacts, and Vendors. The Bento 3 Event Planner is available today by free download from the Bento Template Exchange (http://www.bentotrial.com/bep/?ovmkt=6C918AC50A1A462AAFF44534BD0EADAA). All ...

CollabNet , the leader in Agile application lifecycle management (Agile ALM) in the Cloud, announced today that Guy Martin, the company's community management and strategic consultant, and Aaron Lippold, a computer scientist and technical adviser for the Forge.mil project, the Chief Information Assurance Executive, and the Chief Technology Officer of the Defense Information Systems Agency on issues of security, information assurance, and open technology, will team up to present at the UP 2010 Cloud Computing Conference. The pair will deliver a presentation titled, "Forge.mil: ...

The EZ-ON Label Application Kit, a new labeling tool to facilitate clean and professional label application with DuraLabel supplies, is now available from safety labeling solutions provider Graphic Products, Inc. DuraLabel brand industrial printers and labeling supplies are known in the industrial world for their high-quality designing and printing capabilities. Now, with the introduction of the EZ-ON Label Application Kit, they have a product kit solely for the purpose of assisting customers with large label and sign application. "When applying labels with permanent, ...

La Boca Restaurant's team of Chef James Campbell Caruso and wine director Adam Johnson reached the United States finals of the prestigious Copa Jerez competition, sponsored by the United States Sherry Council. Among only five restaurants in the United States, La Boca competed to represent the country in January in the fourth year of one of Spain's leading culinary events. "We showcased what La Boca is known for, innovative, inspired Spanish cuisine in the tapas style for a live panel of judges in hopes of moving on to the final competition held in Spain," says Chef ...

Dina Eisenberg, Owner of PositivelyWed.com, a resource hub for entrepreneurs and vendors in the wedding industry, engaged Bye-Bye Boring Bio creator Nancy S. Juetten earlier this year to write a new bio to boldly showcase what goes on at Positively Wed. Through upgrading Dina's bio online, Positively Wed has experienced increased notoriety following a featured example of their new bio in Juetten's new book, "Bye-Bye Boring Bio." Juetten, an award-winning copywriter with ten years of success running her own profitable business, has been interviewed in connection with ...

Al Kamda unveiled this new high octane collaboration at a glittering launch party last night ahead of the finale of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi this weekend. The event was attended by a host of key F1 personnel including retired Williams & Red Bull driver David Coulthard, as well as Power Plate's founder Guus van der Meer and Formula One Driver Human Performance Expert for AT&T Williams, Nicholas Harris. The result of a partnership forged between two companies committed to performance through technology and design, this exclusive Power Plate pro6 machine is finished in ...

The UPS Store located at 153-01 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY can ease air travelers' burdens with three luggage shipping alternatives, including a new luggage box that takes the place of a suitcase, to help reduce hassles of long lines, security searches and increasing baggage fees. "Not having to carry a suitcase while traveling is a great convenience. Even better is luggage awaiting your arrival at a destination or hotel," said Cornell Dyce, The UPS Store owner. "You can ship your luggage as is; place it in a box for shipment, or purchase a luggage box, eliminating the ...

San Diego Self Storage (SDSS) is sponsoring its annual holiday toy drive benefiting Toys for Tots by collecting toys at each of their 19 locations throughout the greater San Diego region beginning November 20, 2010 at the Marine kickoff event aboard the USS Midway. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. and admission is free with a new, unwrapped toy. Festivities include raffles, prizes, refreshments and an appearance by The Charger Girls. The SDSS Toys for Tots booth will be open from 11:00 to 3:00 pm. Children are encouraged to participate in the SDSS "Toys for Tots Jack in the ...

Speedheat Floor Heating announced, today, the launch of their new ad campaign, "He's got Speedheat." The new campaign will feature local business owner and entrepreneur, Chris Lowe, of Chris Cleaners and Clothes Spa in north metro Atlanta, Georgia as the face of Speedheat . "We have been looking for the perfect person for this campaign for quite some time and are thankful to have finally found him! Chris Lowe is a prominent figure in the Atlanta business community and is well known for his business savvy, strong work ethic, dedication to customer service, and just being ...

Two New Year's Eve Parties are planned in Chicago to ring in 2011. Both parties will be held at prestigious hotels in downtown Chicago featuring music, pre-parties, post-parties, and cocktails. One of the featured events is the 8th annual New Year's Eve Soiree hosted by Trilogy Productions and CenterstageChicago.com at "The Wyn". This extravaganza includes multiple rooms of entertainment, a four-hour top shelf open bar, a buffet of hors d'oeuvres, bubbly (champagne) all night, live music by Chicago's hottest cover band, and overstaffed bartenders ready to pour 'em. ...

"Hospice care helps patients and families focus on living" is the message that NVNA and Hospice is sharing with the community during National Hospice/Palliative Care Month. However, this important message lasts beyond the month of November and is important all year round. "November is a valuable time to raise awareness throughout our community about care at the end of life," said Maureen Banks, RN, Hospice Director. "But the time a family might need us doesn't follow a calendar or occur only during this season, so our message must make an impression that stays with ...

S&A Cherokee, a full-service communications firm, has announced that Executive Vice President Chuck Norman, APR, will serve on the 2011 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Southeast District Board as chair-elect. "It is an honor to represent PRSA at the district level," said Norman. "I'm excited to take on this role and look forward to continuing to advance the profession through this leadership opportunity." As 2011's chair-elect, Norman will be responsible for exercising the powers and performing the duties of the Chair — in the event of his or her absence ...

Carol Daley, owner of at Ease boutiques in Raleigh and Cary, has announced that at Ease will provide clothing for a fashion show being held by the Cary Area Chapter of Hadassah on Thursday, Nov. 18 at Prestonwood Country Club, located at 300 Prestonwood Parkway. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a buffet dinner followed by the fashion show. Tickets cost $36, and at Ease will offer ticketholders a 20 percent, one-day discount at the boutique. "Models for Charity," a group of professional women and men who model for charitable organizations in the Triangle area, as well ...

EMS' campaign won a commendation for the best charity event and a bronze award for the most effective roadshow at the recent industry awards, which recognise success and innovation in experiential event marketing. EMS has managed BHF's Heart Health event roadshows since 2009, helping the charity to successfully target 'at risk' areas of the UK where heart disease is high. In the past two years the Heart Health roadshows have visited Newham & East London, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Glasgow and South Wales. Deborah Auty, Project Manager from the British Heart ...

November is National Adoption Awareness Month. In November of 2009 Governor Crist issued a press release supporting a statewide initiative encouraging child adoption. Florida's adoption initiatives center around children living in foster care, especially older hard to place teens and their siblings. We applaud the state's progress in finding families for so many of these children. This guide is for families -- grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles -- who are willing to step up and adopt their relative's children before foster care becomes necessary. Only the unfortunates ...

PilotGroup.NET team have been successfully developing, updating and supporting its own solutions e-business for almost 10 years. AllShareVideo software release has become the result of gathered ideas and experience. This is a fully-equipped video community software which helps to launch: - a video share website like YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo, Metacafe, etc; - a niche video portal focusing on a certain sphere of life, activity or type of audience; - a social networking website with elements of video hosting. Video sharing is one of the most dynamically evolving ...

Steady growth in the two largest biorenewable chemical market segments, in addition to key regulatory and research developments, will spur the industry to a high of $7 billion in 2015, more than twice the anticipated 2011 market value of almost $3 billion, according to SBI Energy's latest study "Biorenewable Chemicals World Market". "The ever increasing price of oil is not the only driver pushing sales in the biorenewable chemicals market. In the near term, more support within regulations and legislations for funding and research and development is key to keeping the ...

Intelagrid, LLC, the emerging leader in standards-based smart grid solutions, today announced that Tom Chewning, former executive vice president and CFO of Dominion Resources, has joined its board of directors. Chewning brings over 20 years of energy industry experience and actively advises Intelagrid on its various strategies and operations. Mr. Chewning joined Dominion Resources in 1987 and served in a variety of positions throughout his career. For 10 years prior to Dominion, Chewning served as the CEO of Van Lines Inc., a Seattle-based transportation company. Mr. ...

As the temperate drops, attention turns to those all-important winter fashion accessories - hats, scarves and boots - and it's Peacocks' range of stylish and affordable accessories that's grabbing the interest of the UK fashion press. On ITV's This Morning fashion expert Mica Paris reviewed the best of the high street's winter boots, highlighting Peacocks' gorgeous dark brown lace-up knee high boots as a top buy for the winter months. The boots are versatile enough to be worn with trousers or skirts and, at just GBP35, represent fantastic value for money. Knee high ...

One Thousand Ocean, the landmark Atlantic Ocean-to-Intracoastal condominium situated on the tip of a private peninsula surrounded by water on three sides in Boca Raton, has released its exclusive Penthouse Collection. The four penthouses range from approximately 5,600 to 8,700 square feet of air-conditioned living space, with expansive outdoor terraces that add approximately 3,600 to 4,500 square feet respectively. Providing stunning panoramas of sea, sky and city, these extraordinary residences are priced from $9.75 million to $15 million. Each penthouse features a ...