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Chaos, Comedy and Commitment Abound in this Contemporary Venezuelan “Duck Soup” Romantic Satire

Blue Margarita is a compilation of the romance and comedy of a gringo in love with a Venezuelan beauty amidst the “Marx Brothers” revolution as directed by the country’s dumpy dictator: Hugo Chavez. Will Russell is a new writer that used his recent experiences in the Venezuelan... - October 23, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

How the Internet Saved the Lunatic Express in 1898

The telegraph served as the first e-mail system and opened the first possibility of long-range, two-way messaging. This Internet of the Victorian age served well for emergency transmissions for over 150 years, especially down railway lines such as the Lunatic Express in Kenya. - October 11, 2006 - John Gaudet

Is the Railroad to Nowhere in a Race with the Lunatic Express?

The Railroad to Nowhere was a $700 million line item proposed by Mississippi's powerful Senate delegation in the emergency spending bill. It didn’t work, but it reminded us of the Victorian railway in Africa called the Lunatic Express. Justified as a way to combat emergencies, it even cost the same amount. A new novel by John Gaudet, The Iron Snake, due out this fall from Brandylane Publishers, Richmond VA, is based on the saga of this African railroad and the people affected by it. - October 06, 2006 - John Gaudet

Shared Spectrum Company Successfully Demonstrates Next Generation (XG) Wireless System

Shared Spectrum Company (SSC) conducted a successful demonstration of innovative technologies that enable dynamic access to the radio frequency spectrum. SSC’s technology uses advanced communications protocols and sensing capabilities to improve access to available spectrum resources without... - September 20, 2006 - Shared Spectrum Company

e-Business Profits Now Available to Businesses in the Metro Richmond Area

World’s Largest Internet Consultants Open Office in Midlothian, VA. - September 14, 2006 - WSI Internet

Outskirts Press Releases the New Thriller, "Tell Me That You Like It, " by Terry J. Sadler

Two out of every three American women has been or will be sexually molested in their lifetime. That’s a fact. But what such dry statistics don’t show is the very real horror of the experience and the difficult road to recovery faced by these women and girls. Author Terre J. Sadler weaves a suspenseful thriller of the experiences of one young victim, Maggie Harris, who disappears without a trace for five long years. - August 03, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

Unique eBay Auction - Gamer Selling Himself as Virtual Slave in an On-line Game

Unique auction on eBay. A player in the game 'World of Warcraft', an on-line role-playing game played by millions of people, is auctioning himself as a virtual slave. - August 03, 2006 - MakeWowGold.com

Victory Junction Gang Camp Chosen as the Beneficiary of School Portrait Fundraising Effort

School portrait photography company operating in Virginia and North Carolina to donate proceeds from their fundraising effort to the Victory Junction Gang Camp. - July 25, 2006 - Expressive Portraits, Inc.

Inexpensive Advertising Used to Raise Money to Build a Theater

Youare1inamillion.com has opened its web pages up to inexpensive advertising. - May 04, 2006 - youare1inamillion.com

Two Brothers Begin Fundraising for Virginia Theater Project

To help build a theater in Mechanicsville, VA, Tony and Scott Sager have allocated 100,000 “virtual bonds” that will be for sale at $100 each and have a maturity value of a minimum of $200 each. The bonds don’t have to be purchased right now. The brothers are just asking individuals that are interested in investing to send them an email to let them know how many bonds they’d like to purchase. They are also taking donations of any amount through a Paypal link on their site. - April 18, 2006 - youare1inamillion.com

PR.com Interviews Marvel Comics Icon Stan Lee

PR.com Interviews Marvel Comics Icon Stan Lee

PR.com Senior Editor, Allison Kugel, interviews legendary comic book icon Stan Lee about his life, his career and his new company POW! Entertainment. - March 17, 2006 - PR.com

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