Self-proclaimed social anthropologists Jared Rosen and David Rippe have discovered two worlds that exist side by side. One is an upside-down world where people feel harried, fearful, and powerless to change their lives. No matter what they do, they’re headed toward a hopelessly polluted future where unaffordable health care, unethical corporations offering meaningless work, scarcity of natural resources, unhealthy food and entertainment choices, and war seem unavoidable. This upside-down world seems poised at the brink of Armageddon.

Arab American filmmaker Neal AbuNab recently completed his first major film project called The Arabian Dream- A tale of Arab Americans."

The film explores in depth the lives of Arab Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Tracing the life stories of a handful of them, the film boldly paints their anti-US foreign policy stand as American heroism.

Americans have grown suspicious of Arabs living amongst them, especially after the terrorist attacks on America. Recent polls show that an increasing number of Americans favor tighter security controls and surveillance of Arabs in America.

Toronto rockers Dearly Beloved are about to hit the road again in support of their debut album You Are The Jaguar (Kindling/Warner Music). Since the release this past summer, Dearly Beloved has been collecting critical acclaim from Canada's best magazines and newspapers. John Kendle of Uptown Magazine states that You Are The Jaguar is "a vital indie rock record" while Lorraine Carpenter of Exclaim! calls the music "hard-hitting, hook-heavy rock'n'roll."

Performing live is where the Dearly Beloved magic happens and is not to be missed. The band recently filmed its second video for "Butler Routine" and is eager to get back on the road in November and December. "Dearly Beloved were gathered in front of the crowd this night to rock and fucking roll, and nothing else," says Phil Villeneuve of Chartattack. "With the help of a female vocalist and a frontman with enough spark to light a fireworks show, this band put on a solid show."

Chuck the Eco Duck is available from today, exclusively on Passion for the Planet TV.

Chuck the Eco Duck is a new animated TV series designed to teach as well as entertain children between the ages of 5 and 11 about environmental issues and citizenship.

Chuck is the oldest son of Ductor Duck and lives on a farm outside a big town. Chuck is a defender of bird and animal rights. His best friend is Doodle the young cockerel. Chuck is supported in his good work by Bert the Albatross who flies with a camera and portable transmitter sending back photos and videos to TV channels and newspapers.

If the former describes your company, dont fret -- youre sitting pretty. But if you are one of the latter -- the majority of small, start-up businesses, individual entrepreneurs and non-profits unable to deliver 2da0 their message in a crowded global marketplace -- its time to talk with a communications specialist from Chaska Public Relations.

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One year after transitioning to a new name, new business model and new management team, BidBridge has attained unprecedented growth by providing procurement officials with ever-tightening budgets, a reverse-auction platform within which prices are driven down by supplier competition. Working primarily with municipalities, educational institutions and school districts, BidBridge has gone from managing online auction events for its clients in four states in January, 2007, to over 28 states in 2008 including Hawaii and Canada.

Sacramento CPA Firm, Murray & Young, now of b68 fers California Estate Tax Planning Services. Murray & Young is an experienced CPA Firm which has been providing California Tax Help to individuals and business entities for over 27 years. Murray & Young assists its clients with tax preparation, tax planning, tax representation, and now estate tax planning.

Proper Estate planning can ensure that an individual's or company's assets go where they should. Taxes play a large factor in developing an effective estate plan. Tax law demands that you take the right steps to preserve hard-earned wealth and ensure that all of your estate goes to intended beneficiaries. By properly planning, an individual can have a good estate plan in place. However, a good estate plan should only be created in recognition of one's personal circumstances, both family and financial. Now, the experienced California CPA Firm Murray & Young can help individuals and companies structure the perfect Estate Tax Plan.

With the growth and popularity of the internet as a private, confidential place to turn to for health and wellness information, a market has also grown for mental health related services like family & marriage counseling. Many individuals seeking therapy have problems that are too difficult for them to share with people they are close to, so they turn to the internet as a referral source. Google is the most popular search engine in the US, and searches like "counseling," "family counseling," and "marriage counseling" have become very popular.

AfterCollege Healthcare, the nations largest career network specializing in healthcare recruitment at the college and alumni level, and the Florida Nursing Students Association, serving Floridas largest audience of nursing students, have partnered to create a new online destination and job resource center for the association. The Florida Nursing Students Association (FNSA) website, located at http://www.fnsa.net, will act as the portal and communication tool for approximately 3,300 nursing students throughout the state of Florida. Members will be able to stay up to date on FNSA events with tools such as the FNSA Message Board, Announcements, and FNSA Calendar. Members will also receive relevant, targeted employment information from AfterColleges network of employers through the FNSA Job Resource Center, located on the FNSA web site.

What's in an interior door? Significant home improvement value and an incredible niche business opportunity in the $200 billion home improvement market, says research from the Interior Door Replacement Company (IDRC), which announced plans today to target Dallas and Fort Worth for immediate development of six franchise locations in the next three years.

"With 2 million households in Dallas and Fort Worth and an average of 10 interior doors per household, Dallas and Forth Worth are prime markets for IDRC development and the opportunity to renovate 20 million doors," said Dave Winter, president and CEO of IDRC.

RidgeLogic Development, a developer of digital signage software for single locations, announces the addition of an Emergency Alert feature in their SceneStudio application.

The Emergency Alert feature allows users to create up to eight unique messages for various types of emergency situations. These messages are accessible to authorized clients from a drop down menu in SceneStudio, and selecting one results in the immediate playback of the message on the attached output display.

"Providing our users the ability to instantly repurpose their digital signage messaging system under emergency conditions represents the most important capability we could ever add to our product," says Jack Boyczuk, President of RidgeLogic. "Government facilities, universities and schools will find our Emergency Alert feature a useful tool in their emergency preparedness plans."

The total reliance of today's businesses on technology, coupled with a climate of ever-growing regulation, has placed IT governance amongst the most pressing issues facing business leaders. Honouring this responsibility demands a clear grasp of IT governance principles and of the precise regulatory and legal requirements of the local jurisdiction. To help UK and US companies meet this challenge, IT Governance Limited has launched three new pocket guides that equip the reader with the essential facts required to take action. These books are the latest in the Practical IT Governance pocket guide series introduced by the leading infosecurity publisher earlier this year.

Skywire Software, a leading global provider of software and services for the insurance industry, today announced it has formed a partnership with insurance software vendor SISTRAN. The two companies will work together to offer improved capabilities across a range of key functions to insurers operating in multilingual environments.

SISTRAN offers core systems and services, including policy and claims administration, to the insurance industry worldwide. Skywire Software offers components, including rating, rules, underwriting, business intelligence, and customer communications management (CCM), that wrap around core systems. The two companies are working together to provide global insurers with a wider range of functionality and empower them to better manage the policy lifecycle in any language.

Sutherland Global Services, a leading multi-national Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider, announced that Dan McCue has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Head of Finance & Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) Services. Dan is responsible for growing and managing Sutherland’s multi–national FAO team. In addition, he will spearhead the design and delivery of expanded FAO solutions.

“Sutherland is a global leader in the BPO industry. One of my key priorities is to leverage our deep domain expertise, technical infrastructure and global presence to make Sutherland the premier choice for large and mid–market companies looking for outsourced FAO solutions,” commented McCue. “Sutherland’s client focus, growth history, management vision, global infrastructure and marquee client base are truly impressive and place it in a strong position to offer integrated FAO solutions which help clients streamline their operations and enhance profitability.”

Lakes Communication Services, a developer of e-Commerce solutions and marketer of prepaid debit products, has announced the launch of The Ultimate GiftCard™ Marketplace. Formed as the eventual online interface for The Ultimate GiftCard™ Network's consortium of merchants, today, this marketplace also presents the DynamicDebits™ Gift Card as the next level product of its kind.

And, The Ultimate GiftCard™ Marketplace announces its entry into the Gift Card Exchange arena; offering more compelling ways for consumers with "unwanted" gift cards to "swap" them or cash out. For example, instead of selling those cards for less than their value, card holders can trade for a DynamicDebits™ Gift Card of equal value.

No Magic, the leading global provider of integrated modeling software and services, today announced that it is actively working with OMG™ to develop the next iteration of the Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM).

The Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM) is an initiative led by OMG to develop a modeling standard that supports both the USA Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF).

No Magic has been working with OMG since 2005 to help create the initial submissions for UPDM 1.0. No Magic's flagship product - MagicDraw - was the core tool used to define the profile, and create the UPDM DMM (domain meta model). No Magic continues to release plug-ins that enhances the support for UPDM.

The S-Network Global Gaming Index (TICKER: WAGR) will add three new components and delete seven components, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Sunday, March 23. The three additions to the index resulted from stocks either passing eligibility tests for market capitalization since the last rebalancing or being added to the universe. The deletions were caused mainly by index rule changes, which raised certain eligibility standards. A new liquidity standard of USD 1 million per day in daily turnover was imposed.

San Francisco, CA and Westport, CT (PRWEB) June 17, 2005 - eVOC Insights, a customer experience consulting firm and, RelevantView, a leading technology provider of Web-based research solutions, announce the formation of a syndicated research partnership to address the need for industry-specific, head-to head competitive research. This new partnership combines RelevantViews online technology, ActiveSandbox®, with eVOCs strategic consulting and analytical expertise to help companies maximize the effectiveness of the online channel by providing a complete view of the customer decision process relative to the competition.

Jordan Kaplan of Petaholics was one of more than 250 professional pet sitters and industry supporters in attendance for Pet Sitters International’s 12th Annual Quest For Excellence Convention held September 28-October 1 in Phoenix, Arizona. Considered by many to be the professional pet-sitting industry’s premier convention, Quest welcomed PSI members from 39 states and Canada to the Radisson Fort Mcdowell Resort and Casino.

For the past 12 years the convention has attracted PSI members to its event for one reason above all -- education. This year‘s sessions included presentations from Thom Somes, president, Pet Tech Inc: Jill Morstad PhD, owner/president, Prairie Skies Incorporated, Colleeen Tomes, operations director, PETS 911, Jennifer Shyrock, vice president, U.S. Operations, Doggone Safe: Tracie Hotchner, author of the Dog Bible. Bill Foster, author and pet-sitting pioneer, Jeanne Hertzog, attorney and professional pet sitter: Beth Adelman, certified feline behavior consultant: Janet Marlow, creator of Relaxation Music for Pets and Jerry England, president Lone-Wuff defense.

lynda.com, the company specializing in self-paced career and computer training in digital media and design, announced today that it has been chosen as the exclusive producer of in-the-box video training for the new Adobe® Creative Suite® 3. More than 200 lynda.com-produced training videos will be included with all of the new Creative Suite 3 editions. Additional Creative Suite 3 training courses, created by lynda.com, will be on display during the NAB conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth number SL2028, April 16-19, 2007.