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U.S. Sports Film Festival Features Baseball, Basketball and Racing Films at Inaugural Festival in Philadelphia, October 23-26
Movies following former major league manager Bobby Valentine’s season in the Japanese League, rising basketball stars Kevin Love and Michael Beasley’s experience playing in Rucker Park and a look inside the grueling 24 Hours of LeMans all join USSFF lineup. - September 26, 2008 - U.S. Sports Film Festival
Stonehenge: Geological Feature Indicates the Site Was Constructed at the End of the Last Ice Age, 14,000 Years Ago
As the spotlight turns once again on Stonehenge a British born amateur geologist, Dean Talboys, believes he has rediscovered a geological feature of the site which could give an indication of its true age. In dating the site archeologists have only ever considered radiocarbon determination of samples recovered during excavations. However, Talboys claims that these only indicate periods of activity at the site and not the original date of construction. - September 26, 2008 - Dean Talboys
AmericaMinute.com Launches Inspirational and Educational Video Series on the Web
New Patriotic website offers a series of educational and entertaining videos on the web to inspire Americans. Hosted by Madison Smith and Sidney Farley - a great source of interesting stories is being presented. - September 26, 2008 - America the Beautiful.com
Fashion Web Site Puts an Edge on Everyday Style with Its Fashion Expert
FocusOnStyle.com New Beta Web Design, Plus Blog Launched. - September 26, 2008 - FocusOnStyle.com
HeavyInk.com Introduces HeavyInk Podcast Portal
New Podcast Landing Page Integrates Top Comics and Entertainment Podcasts into HeavyInk.com’s User Community and Online Store. - September 26, 2008 - HeavyInk.com
New Book Shows Black Heroes But is Progress Really Made
James Gerdeman asks readers if blacks have made strides with Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action and years of trying. Society has seen change from slave to presidential candidate but has progress been made? The veneer of the story highlights black heroes. Heroes forge the highs and lows with Print-on-Demand Availability of White on Black Veneer at Lulu.com. - September 25, 2008 - JDGerdeman
Photographer/Musician Ananda Moorman and Professional Skateboarders Danny Way and Bob Burnquist's Band - Escalera - is on Tour Now
Photographer and musician Ananda Moorman, and Professional Skateboarders Danny Way and Bob Burnquist's Band Escalera is on Tour Now in Southern and Northern California - performing songs from self titled Album Escalera - now available on i-tunes. See escaleramusic.com Dannyway.com or A-nanda.com for more info. - September 25, 2008 - Ananda Photography
Mojave Drives 2008 Election Buzz with "Sport Your Support" Campaign for CafePress
People across the political spectrum are passionate about their beliefs, and the 2008 presidential race has driven that opinionated audience to the Internet. Mojave Interactive (http://www.mojaveinteractive.com), an agency that works with leading brands, has helped online customized merchandiser... - September 25, 2008 - Mojave Interactive
First-Ever Non-Stop, Cross-Country, Biodiesel-Fueled Road Trip Concludes Today in Santa Monica
Advertising copywriters Nik Bristow and Brian Pierce clock in with an official time of 38 hours, 37 minutes, 41.1 seconds for the 2,903.3-mile journey. - September 25, 2008 - Fitzgerald+CO
BrainSpark Media Wins 2008 WebAward
The Web Marketing Association has awarded BrainSpark Media, a Denver-based interactive agency, the Technology Standard of Excellence Award for the GeoEye, Inc. corporate Web site. The winners of the 2008 WebAwards competition recognize the individual achievement behind the creation of today's top... - September 25, 2008 - BrainSpark Media
How Web 2.0 Changes the Voice Over Market
New voice over portal www.bodalgo.com offers free automatic audition system saving voice seekers agency fees, time and hassle. - September 24, 2008 - bodalgo.com
London Veterinarian Secures Purrrfect End to Tale of Internet's Most Popular Cat
A popular feline who attracted thousands of fans when London's only cat only veterinary surgery posted pictures and videos of her on the Internet has been successfully re-homed, despite a tendency towards violence as reported in the local newspaper, the Richmond Informer. - September 24, 2008 - Kitten to Cat - Cat Only Veterinary Clinic in Richmond, London
Skin Care for Athletes Invited Into the Womens Sports Awards Gifting Suite at the Waldorf Astoria
Skin Care for Athletes, the only organic and natural skin care line designed specifically for athletes, will hydrate the skin of the worlds best female professional athletes at the 2008 Annual Salute to Women in Sports. - September 24, 2008 - Morning Indigo, LLC
Jay Lonewolf at the Mario Flores Gallery in North Miami, Sep 26, 2008
The work of artist Jay Lonewolf will open the Mario Flores Gallery, September 26, 2008. A brilliant artist - Jay Lonewolf's one-man show will showcase wide-ranging, vivid and imaginative display of dramatic colors and words. - September 24, 2008 - Jay Lonewolf
Love's Theme: A Tribute to Barry White Opens Oct 4th, 2008 in NYC
Wabi Sabi Productions Presents A Tribute Concert to music legend Barry White. Lanar sings Barry White and featuring the Unlimited Love Singers. Introducing the Unlimited Love Dancers. Two shows 3 PM and 7:30 PM to be performed at the Times Square Arts Center. - September 24, 2008 - Wabi Sabi Productions Inc
Xtra Pair of Hands Launches New Magazine for the Personal and Corporate Concierge Industry
Xtra Pair of Hands, The Magazine was launched in September as the First magazine published by a Personal Assistant and Corporate Concierge company. - September 24, 2008 - Xtra Pair of Hands, LLC
Halloween Adventure Announces Top Ten Costume List for 2008
Halloween costume and accessory retailing giant, Halloween Adventure Costume Super Stores, released its highly anticipated "Hottest Halloween Costumes of 2008" list on Wednesday morning. - September 23, 2008 - HalloweenAdventure.com
Forget Weight Loss - Low Carb Diets Are Essential to Life
Dr James E. Carlson's new book, Genocide: How Your Doctor's Dietary Ignorance Will Kill You, proves that when doctors promote low fat, low cholesterol diets, millions of Americans suffer often-fatal consequences. - September 23, 2008 - James E Carlson
Television Violence Contributing to Crimes in the Schoolyard? (Local Station Offers Family Friendly Programming, Bucking the Trend Towards Violence.)
Violent television programming is shown to increase aggressive and violent behaviour by youth. Is this the reason for all the violent behaviour in the school yards? Calgary TV Station offers Family-Friendly programming during prime time viewing hours bucking the trend towards blood and guts. - September 23, 2008 - CTS
A "Loud Silence" is Created, by Mustafa Mun
Loud Silence, is a Novel written by a UK based Indian student, Mustafa Mun. Mustafa has written this about a life of a friend who has come to the UK with high hopes and learns that the way to get through life is not easy. Its a short piece of work but truly makes you stop and ponder, about the fact... - September 23, 2008 - Mustafa Mun
Legendary All-Star Game Inaugurates Bradford High’s New TigerTurf
Big 30 Don Raabe Charities Classic held on TigerTurf, chosen for its quality, value, warranty. The new system was recently installed by Ohio-based Sports Construction Group. - September 23, 2008 - TigerTurf Americas
Celebrity Interior Designer Kelli Ellis, TV Host and Spokesperson, Now e-Expert
Award-Winning, Celebrity Interior Designer Kelli Ellis, TV Host and Spokesperson is now the online Celebrity Home Expert on Celebuzz.net and BeautyForever.org. - September 23, 2008 - Kelli Ellis Interiors, Inc.
PMSbuddy.com - The Free Online PMS Reminder - Launches PMSbuddy Application for Facebook
PMSbuddy.com - the world's first and only free online PMS reminder service, launches PMSbuddy Facebook application as well as new features to website. - September 23, 2008 - PMSBuddy.com
Indian Poet Now Has Five Poetry Records with Limca Book of Records
Ahmedabad based poet Nikhil Parekh registers his 4th & 5th National Records in Poetry with the Limca Book of Records. Has now a mind-boggling 5 National Poetry Records with the Limca book of Records, India. - September 23, 2008 - NikhilParekh.com
ACS Announces First Annual Strut for the Cure in Milwaukee
The American Cancer Society’s first annual Strut for the Cure will be held at the Intercontinental in Milwaukee on Friday February 20, 2009. The fundraising event will feature food from trendy local restaurants, fashion from area shops and music. - September 23, 2008 - American Cancer Society - Milwaukee
HuntOnly.com Announces New Hunting Widgets and Kinetic Energy Calculator Features
HuntOnly.com has developed 2 New Widgets for use on your website, myspace, camospace, or any other networking site. If you enjoy seeing monster bucks caught on trail camera’s you need to check these out. These are great tools with valuable features, your friends and visitors are sure to enjoy. HuntOnly.com has also developed a Kinetic Energy Calculator. This can be used to quickly and accurately calculate the kinetic energy of your archery or firearm equipment. - September 22, 2008 - HuntOnly.com
First-Ever Non-stop, Biodiesel-Fueled Cross-Country Trip Kicks Off Today (Monday, Sept. 22) in NYC
Nik Bristow and Brian Pierce with Fitzgerald+CO advertising raising nationalawareness for alternative fuels with the help of Willie Nelson’s BioWillie® Premium Biodiesel. - September 22, 2008 - Fitzgerald+CO
PAL 369th Harlem Armory
The Police Athletic League (PAL) 369th Harlem Armory and The Original Harlem Globetrotters will collaboratively host a fun-filled performance at 10:00 AM on Wednesday October 8, 2008 at 40 West 143rd Street. It promises to be a major public entertaining event that raises critically needed funds for... - September 22, 2008 - PAL 369th Harlem Armory
NewBirth Creative Announces Launch of New Website
NewBirth Creative announced today the launch of their new website and blog, located at http://newbirthcreative.com. Creative Director for the creative design agency, Micah Touchet, said this marks the fifth redesign in about seven years. Several issues were tackled, including usability, available... - September 21, 2008 - NewBirth Creative Design Agency
Deep Expressions of the Human Experience Featured Through Dance at Arcosanti
Human Nature Dance Theatre returns to Arcosanti. - September 21, 2008 - Cosanti Foundation
MeetGourmet Has Arrived. The Only Social Network Dedicated to Food.
MeetGourmet LTD announces the launch of its new social network, MeetGourmet.com. MeetGourmet combines food and cuisine with a world-wide community of users to create the only global, food and cuisine focused, social network. MeetGourmet offers its members everywhere a new way to dine, a new... - September 20, 2008 - MeetGourmet LTD
GiG Productions Artist Embarks on West Coast Speaking Tour
Actor & New Hip Hop Sensation Joseph Julian Soria (star of “Hamlet 2” and “Crank 2”) launches national speaking tour. - September 20, 2008 - GiG Productions
Marc Jacobs Keeps It "Green for Spring ‘09" with Power from on Site Energy Co., Inc. During Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the New York State Armory
On Site Energy Co., Inc. (OSEC) provided “green power” at the NYS Armory, while Marc Jacobs debuted his Spring 2009 collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. As model after model walked the runway like a parade of American Girl dolls, On Site Energy Co., Inc. kept the power running with 500 kW generator rentals, so that celebrities attending could enjoy the fashion show. - September 20, 2008 - On Site Energy
Christina DeRosa - Up and Coming Television Star, Will be Attending the 60th Primetime Emmys Awards
Christina DeRosa will be attending the 60th Primetime Emmys Awards, Sunday September 21, 2008 then the HBO after party, and numerous other ones. - September 19, 2008 - Christina DeRosa
IndieFlix “Bridge to Everywhere” Deal Delivers Much Needed Distribution Help to Indie Filmmakers
IndieFlix Inc. is proud to announce that they will be distributing their users content through several third party outlets. The third parties include ITunes, Joost, Hulu, Amazon VOD, Netflix and VUDU. - September 19, 2008 - IndieFlix Inc.
Announcing DeeDee Bigelow's Latest Casting in Upcoming Films
DeeDee Bigelow is an up and coming actress. DeeDee Bigelow has been in episodes of Shark, My Name is Earl and CSI:NY. She was interviewed on blogtalkradio.com on The Mortalvampire on Sunday evening and she had the chat room and the callers in stitches. She is an only child and when asked if she... - September 19, 2008 - DeeDee Bigelow
DeeDee Bigelow Announces Two New Scripts Currently Being Written
Actress DeeDee Bigelow Just Keeps on DeeDee continues to stay busy. It seems that she is very busy writing not one but two scripts; the first one is called The Perfect Serial Killer which will be filmed in 2009 for release in 2010; the second is called Montgomery Road which is to be filmed in 2010... - September 19, 2008 - DeeDee Bigelow
AskANinja.com Hosts a Live Chat to Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Which is a Parody Holiday)
The Ninja of AskANinja.com and The Ninja Handbook will take on swashbucklers and scurvy dogs worldwide on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Sept. 19. For a solid hour, he will answer questions live on his uStream.tv channel at 3pm PDT/ 6 pm EST at The Ninja will be chatting live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ask-a-ninja-live or http://fans.askaninja.com. - September 19, 2008 - AskANinja.com
The Search is on for Miss North Florida USA Contestants
Great Creation Events is currently looking for contestants to participate in this year’s Miss North Florida USA pageant, which is a preliminary to the Miss Florida USA Pageant. The Miss North Florida USA pageant will be held March 14, 2009 in Tallahassee, FL. Applicants must be between the... - September 19, 2008 - Great Creation Events
Slate NYC Receives 2008 Standard of Excellence Award
Eco-luxury laundry and dry cleaning service honored this year for outstanding achievement in web design. - September 19, 2008 - Slate NYC Inc.
Introducing Pit Bull Mom (tm) Lipstick Inspired by Sarah Palin, for Women Who Take a Bite Out of Life
The Pit Bull Mom product line consists of two shades of lipstick (Pale N’ Pink and Republican Red), as well as Pit Bull Mom logo wear t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs and water bottles. The brand idea was based on the now famous “Pit Bull/Lipstick” quip made by Palin while accepting her party’s nomination. - September 18, 2008 - Pit Bull Mom, LLC
Disney's Toy Story Mania with Physical Challenges: Riding with Health Issues
Toy Story Mania has just opened this summer to rave reviews, but should everyone ride it? A new article has just been released on www.Diz-Abled.com that goes into detail about the physical feel of the attraction, and describes who should consider avoiding this ride. It also shares tips for riding with greater comfort. The article was written by Stephen Ashley, author of Walt Disney World with Disabilities. - September 18, 2008 - Stephen Ashley
Jazz Vocalist Russ Lorenson Debuts at Rrazz Room with "Standard Time"
Jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson makes his debut at San Francisco’s swankiest venue with a brand-new show, "Standard Time," for one performance only, October 12 at 7:00pm, at The Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102. Tickets are $30 per person, plus 2-beverage minimum, available online at www.therrazzroom.com or by phone at (866) 468-3399. - September 18, 2008 - RL Productions
Poetry in the Naughties
Bookhabit.com and the New Zealand Poetry Society announced today that they will host an online international poetry competition celebrating written and performance poetry. The competition will showcase poets internationally, and aid the Renaissance of poetry, taking poetry to new audiences through the internet. - September 18, 2008 - Bookhabit Limited
Vox Lumiere - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Rocks Public TV This Fall
Vox Lumiere brings its unique brand of “rock concert meets silent film” to PBS this Fall with broadcast and national distribution of Vox Lumiere-The Hunchback of Notre Dame. - September 18, 2008 - Vox Lumiere
Janice Downes Finds Success with Voices.com as a Top Ranked Female Voice Talent
Marking the first anniversary of going full-time as a professional voice talent, Janice Downes has plenty to celebrate including her spectacular success at the online voice over marketplace, Voices.com, where she is currently ranked as the top female voice by clients who use the site to hire voice talent to record voice overs for their commercials, business presentations, documentaries, phone systems, cartoons and video games. - September 18, 2008 - Voices.com
Presidential Candidates Duke It Out at Halloween Adventure; Political Character Masks Are Hot This Year
Bruce Goldman, President and Founder of Halloween Adventure, one of the world's largest costume and accessory retailers, said on Wednesday, "With the presidential election lurking just around the corner, political character masks are big business for the costume industry. From Barack Obama to John McCain, President Bush to Vice President Cheney, and even Bill and Hillary Clinton, political character masks are becoming more popular as we near the November 4th election." - September 17, 2008 - HalloweenAdventure.com
Renasis Releases Outdoor SAP36g High Powered Access Point
The Outdoor SAP36g provides robust all-weather performance from its powerful SAP36g radio. - September 17, 2008 - Renasis, LLC
Click Consult Unveil ClickConsult.TV and ClickCast
Click Consult, a leading UK Search Marketing Agency, has launched ClickConsult.TV, its video podcast channel, and ClickCast, its audio podcast resource. The ClickConsult.TV video blogs can be viewed at http://www.clickconsult.com/Internet-Marketing-Blog/interactive-media/video-podcasts, while the... - September 17, 2008 - SEO.co.uk
Will’s Northwoods Inn to Crown 17th Musky Queen at Annual Musky Fest – September 20, 2008 "the Last Great Party of Summer"
Saturday, September 20 is Musky Fest, Jake Leinenkugel, of the Leinenkugel beer family fame, comes in from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to serve as Grand Marshal, accompanied by very special guest Lin Brehmer from WXRT radio, who will once again crown the Musky Queen. Entertainment includes 6 live bands: The Marty Drazak Trio, 3rd Sunday String Band, Mel Music, Blue Line Riders, Whiskey Hollow and Stuart Davis and band will be headlining. - September 16, 2008 - Will's Northwoods Inn