MagazineLine, an online magazine subscription retailer, has now added DevConnections, System iNews, and Better Software magazines to its selection of over 900 titles. All three titles cover computer programming for professionals.

According to the publisher, Penton Technology Media, DevConnections Magazine is a“one-stop resource for planning, writing, building, and testing code for all applications and web services. DevConnections delivers how-to articles on building enterprise ASP.NET web applications, plus broader coverage of the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and beyond.” A one year subscription to the magazine is $34.99.

System iNews is also published by Penton Technology Media, who describes the magazine as “the ultimate source for System i information, news, and education.” System iNews also allows one to “Find the solutions you need f r o m systems management best practices and programming tips.” A one year subscription, which is 12 issues, costs $149.00.

The publisher of Better Software, Software Quality Engineering, describes the magazine as relevant and timely. It contains “in-depth articles on testing, tools, defect tracking, measurement, requirements, design, development, process improvement, security and management.” It also covers emerging technologies and“expert analysis and real-world case studies in the areas of project management and people, process improvement, requirements, design and development, and test and evaluation.” $32.00 will provide a subscriber 6 issues across the span of a year.

When Greg Holmes, a programmer for MagazineLine, heard the news, he commented, “I’m excited to see us expanding our selection of magazine subscriptions for IT professionals.” MagazineLine expects to continue to add even more titles to this category, as it looks to expand its selection of professional and trade magazines.

MagazineLine.com visitors will be able to find the titles in the Computers category, under “Programming,” as well as the Professional and Trade category, under“Information Technology.” Customers may also order the magazines through the mail or the company’s order hotline: 1-800-959-1676.

For further information, call Lesley Parks, Publisher Relations Director, at (517) 336-1650 or email her at lesley@magazineline.com. Visit MagazineLine’s website at www.magazineline.com.

The biggest selling glossy women’s monthly and its digital site will be working with Kellogg’s on a fully integrated long term promotional campaign, bringing the Special K girl to life, and positioning Special K as the cereal of choice to manage readers’ shapes.

Launched in the March issue of Glamour and running as a 3 page promotion in every issue this year, the magazine will publish the diary of the Special K girl; what she’s has been up to, how she is staying in shape, what she is looking forward to, all the time inspiring readers to look and feel great all year long. There will be a live interactive diary running simultaneously on Glamour.com for 10 months, timed to launch with the March issue hitting newsstands, enabling users to keep abreast of Special K girl’s busy life by flipping through the electronic entries. Users will also have the opportunity to enter a competition every month online. The campaign creative across both mediums will reflect the changing seasonal activity in the life of the Special K girl, highlighting the variants on offer in the Special K range and its year-round role in positive eating.

Simon Kippin, Publishing Director for Glamour, added, “This long-term campaign recognises the strong reader relationship our magazine and website can offer a client, communicating with a large group of hard-to-reach consumers who see Glamour as a trusted source of advice. The commitment from Special K through the year allows a strong evolving message to develop and grow for maximum impact.”

Laura Bryant, Brand Manager for Kellogg’s Special K, commented, “This deal with Glamour is a fantastic opportunity for us to bring the Special K girl to life throughout the year and reach our target audience of shape watching women every month. We feel the Glamour readership will relate to the Special K girl’s life as a shape manager, and it allows us the opportunity to develop a much more personable and interactive relationship with our consumers.”

Maria Donaldson, Sponsorship Manager, Carat Sponsorship, said, “We’ve designed this fully integrated partnership with Glamour for Special K to create a credible platform in which to engage with women who want to look good, giving us leverage to communicate the benefits of Special K in this arena. Glamour is the ideal partner with which to achieve our objectives here.”

Glamour.com currently supplies advice on this season’s fashion must-haves to make the most of its readers’ shapes to the Special K website, and this year long print and digital campaign further reaffirms the synergy between the brands.

GQ has announced an exclusive new collaboration with the luxury shoe retailer, Kurt Geiger. The collaboration means that every copy of the March issue of GQ will carry a Kurt Geiger gift card. These cards will come ready-loaded with £15 to spend in any Kurt Geiger boutique around the country. In addition, ten randomly selected cards have been pre-loaded with £1000.

GQ is currently the only menswear title to produce an annual shoe guide, The Ultimate GQ Guide to Shoes, in association with Kurt Geiger. Rounding up the best footwear, f r o m the big designers to the High Street, GQ selects the must-have investments, picks socks with real appeal, and interviews today’s most influential designers. The supplement also highlights some of the most significant designer collaborations, where Britain’s traditional shoemakers have joined forces with cool fashion houses to come up with interesting projects.

Dylan Jones, Editor of GQ, commented on the partnership with Kurt Geiger, “Whether you top up the card and gift it on, or spend it on yourself, there’s no excuse not to indulge in some serious shoe shopping. GQ has long eschewed covermounts, maintaining a policy of only offering our discerning readers genuine added value, whether in the form of editorial supplements or retail offers the stylish GQ man will really respond to, and our March issue will provide both.”

About GQ:
GQ is the UK’s biggest selling quality men’s magazine. Part of the Condé Nast stable - who also publish titles Vogue, Wired, Glamour and Vanity Fair - GQ regularly features original journalism f r o m writers including AA Gill, Will Self, Tony Parsons, Rod Liddle, Alexis Petridis, Piers Morgan, Matthew d’Ancona and Tom Parker-Bowles.

Happy Hour is a life in the day of Will and Sara. They are having guests over for a dinner party disguised as a Happy Hour. One of the guests, Jack, is on the verge of rock stardom if only if lifestyle will allow such success. Josh and Katherine are dealing with a past of children, a stressed marriage, and prison time.

The story begins with preparation then takes us to Jack and his guest as they enjoy pre-dinner cocktails while trolling for women in all of the wrong places. After a dinner (that entails more drinking than eating) tragedy finds some of the guests and the answer to the underlying question “How many people are needed to be considered an orgy?” is answered.

Happy Hour is a story of scary conversation and remembering a past that maybe better forgotten. The only constants are surprise announcements and the flow of vodka in this tale of an evening in Manhattan.

“Stuck somewhere between J.D. Salinger, Chuck Palahniuk and Bret Easton Ellis, author David S. Grant delves into the life of a modern misanthrope whose drug usage would make Hunter S. Thompson envious. David S. Grant is an author to watch. He could easily become the next Chuck Palahniuk with his fragmented style and stream of consciousness writing. ” -Stefan Halley, Pop Syndicate.

Author Joanne Wannan, writing at www.InspiringRescueStories.com, announces contest to inspire and encourage animal lovers everywhere.

It would be very difficult to find many people who have not felt the affects of the current global recession. The financial woes of big business and government typically dominate the headlines. However, they are not the only ones having to struggle through this new economy.

Wannan is the author of NEW LIVES: Stories of Rescued Dogs Helping, Healing and Giving Hope. “During the process of writing New Lives I became aware of numerous animal shelters and other organizations who are really struggling right now due to the slow economy. It’s really the small shelters and organizations that are have been affected the most,” says Wannan.

Unfortunately, not only are many shelters facing budget cuts, but they are also seeing an increase in the number of animals they are required to care for.

“We’re also seeing more animals dumped on our properties. People have been leaving dogs in runs, walking through the doors and just leaving animals in the lobby, leaving cats in bags outside our doors — that’s something that’s happening a lot at all our adoption centers. It was happening before, but not at the rate it’s happening now,” says Brian Adams spokesperson for Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

“I want to help raise awareness for pet adoption and rescue,” says Wannan. “I want to encourage others to get involved and share their adoption stories. Hearing peoples’ adoption stories will inspire and encourage others to learn more about animal adoption and rescue.”

Wannan launched a simple contest on her blog www.InspiringRescueStories.com on February 3, 2010. The contest offers huge incentives for people to create a short video explaining their pet adoption or rescue story. There are over $1,000 worth of prizes for a lucky pet owner and their special canine. These include a custom pet portrait by renowned artist Deborah Burdin of www.LuckyOtto.com, a Kuranda pet bed from www.Kuranda.com, a sterling silver charm from www.bellatoccatags.com, and much more.

TimeOut family magazines were looking to implement tailored web content management solutions for their business. The project required the integration of TimeOut’s powerful K4 Publishing System used for the print versions of their magazines with the power and versatility of Drupal content management systems for web publishing.

Content management is an important part of publishing and there are oftentimes difficulties transferring information efficiently among systems designed for paper publication and systems designed for printing to the Web. Many companies resolve data transfer problems by employing designated personnel whose sole responsibility is to copy and paste the content to the Web.

Drupal content management systems are well known for their ability to streamline web publishing practices. They provide web content management solutions for organizations in an open-source format that is easy-to-use, which makes web content management processes accessible to non-technical personnel.

TimeOut family magazines, which include TimeOut New York, TimeOut Kids, TimeOut Chicago, and TimeOut Worldwide, have been using the K4 Publishing System to produce the print versions of the magazines for several years. TimeOut wanted to redesign its website using the Drupal content management systems. The company also wanted to directly connect the K4 Publishing System to the Drupal CMS in order to arrive at a sustainable and more effectual web content management solution.

There was a clear opportunity for TimeOut to gain additional efficiency if it could leverage the power of both systems. Both K4 and Drupal CMS are excellent tools; however, a more efficient integrated solution would require a K4-to-Drupal module to act as a bridge between the two.

TimeOut hired DPCI to implement the K4-to-Drupal module that DPCI had created. DPCI is a content management system consulting business that implements web content management solutions for a wide range of organizations.

By integrating K4 with Drupal CMS the editors at TimeOut were able to publish semantically enriched editorial content directly to designated sections within Drupal. The K4-to-Drupal module leveraged the strength of K4 for content development and allowed for rapid release of articles and images from K4 to Drupal CMS.

The K4-to-Drupal Integration Module permits users to tag articles with keywords and key phrases in order to improve search engine efficiency and effectiveness. The website’s value is increased by having the actual content experts enriching and managing the metadata. In addition, the K4-to-Drupal module supports multiple concurrent work flows, reduces keystroke errors, and saves time.

The strength of the K4 Publishing System and the versatility of Drupal content management systems have been brought together into an integrated solution to improve TimeOut’s print-to-web work flow.

The K4-to-Drupal module, designed by DPCI is incredibly versatile allowing users to generate titles, URLs, meta-data, keywords, category, body copy, images and sub headings while in the K4 environment and it seamlessly generates into Drupal. In addition to the module capabilities implemented for TimeOut’s requirements, the K4-to-Drupal module may be customized further using a programming language (XSLT) to fit particular publisher needs. In short, the K4-to-Drupal module makes the Drupal CMS a seamless extension of the K4 Publishing System.

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This new release from Pickett Publishing shows readers how to get right now results that put more than $200 in right now money into their pocket. Each chapter in the book, 12 Ways To Put Money In Your Pocket Every Month Without A Part Time Job: The Skinny Book That Makes Your Wallet Fat ($19.95, ISBN 978-0-615-33825-5), shows step-by-step realistic and practical ways to immediately create more than $200 in cash from existing income. Many chapters are only 3 – 4 pages in length because of the simplistic explanations and examples of how to manage money better.

“The economy has made making ends meet a challenge for many families, including many families that have never experienced any financial stress in the past,” states the author Jennifer Matthews, who is a trained financial coach with an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and more than eight years experience. “Many people are struggling financially because they are not sure what they should or could do differently with their money, so they don’t do anything.”

The book, 12 Ways To Put Money In Your Pocket Every Month Without A Part Time Job: The Skinny Book That Makes Your Wallet Fat, shows readers how to look differently at 12 everyday expenses, and then convert each one into a Money Opportunity that creates immediate cash for them. When these steps are repeated each month, more than $200 in cash is created each month. The money created with the first Money Opportunity pays for the book!

In a society that thrives on instant gratification, the immediate cash results received from each book chapter creates an incentive to keep reading and also to repeat the steps in future months. The money created can be used to pay off holiday bills, pay down household debt, catch up on mortgage payments, add to retirement and other savings, and more. The goal of the book, 12 Ways To Put Money In Your Pocket Every Month Without A Part Time Job: The Skinny Book That Makes Your Wallet Fat , is to show people simple ways to take control over their money.

12 Ways To Put Money In Your Pocket Every Month Without A Part Time Job: The Skinny Book That Makes Your Wallet Fat can be purchased for $19.95 online at www.12WaysBook.com and at major book stores. Through Sunday, January 31, 2010, customers who buy 3 copies online will get 1 free, including free shipping. The author, Jennifer Matthews, is a trained financial coach and motivational speaker with an MBA from Johns Hopkins University . She has more than eight years experience in personal finance, including numerous television appearances as a guest financial expert. For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Ms. Matthews at 410-918-0086.

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In one of the most economically challenging years in memory, Lighthouse Catholic Media, a Not-for-Profit Corporation achieved a milestone in distributing over 975,000 audio CDs in 2009 for a growth rate of 29% over 2008. Since its’ founding in December, 2005 Lighthouse has distributed nearly three million inspiring Catholic CDs worldwide. Media for evangelization?

The Vatican on Saturday, Jan. 23rd issued a positive affirmation of media in the Church: (Zenit.org) Benedict XVI is encouraging Catholics, especially priests, to use media technologies to reach new audiences with the message of God’s love. The Pope affirmed this in a message, released Saturday, for the 44th World Communications Day, which will be celebrated May 16. The theme of the day, “The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word,” reflects the Year for Priests currently underway in the Church. The Pontiff affirmed that in digital communications, “priests can discover new possibilities for carrying out their ministry to and for the Word of God. The recent, explosive growth and greater social impact of these media make them all the more important for a fruitful priestly ministry.”

Lighthouse Catholic Media’s CDs are distributed three ways: through their FAITHRAISER Kiosk Program displayed in over 2,400 parishes, Catholic schools and missions, the popular Lighthouse CD of the Month Club Program, and a new portable 16-CD display. The CD of the Month Club is a subscription-based service delivering CDs to individuals at an amazingly low rate of $5/month including postage with brand new titles being introduced monthly by inspiring speakers, both lay and clergy.

In January, 2010 the featured CD of the Month Club title is Building Better Families by Matthew Kelly. In addition, another CD released explains St. Louis De Montfort’s book True Devotion to Mary and how the intercession of our Blessed Mother is especially important for our troubled times. “AWESOME CD! As a convert I did not understand the beauty of our Blessed Mother. WOW! She is such a treasure and gift from God.” says Denise in Avonmore, PA.

The organization has lofty goals. This week, the not-for-profit announced its’ third offering in a handsome wall-mount or table-top portable display that holds sixteen CD titles. Priced at less than $200 for 80 CDs, Lighthouse Catholic Media expects to grow from the 2,400 parishes now served to over 6,000 of the approximately 18,000 US Catholic parishes. Catholic schools and missions across the Upper Midwest utilize tools such as http://www.lighthouseideas.org that enable volunteers to assist in the evangelical ministry.

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The Beer Connoisseur, a self-described high end, sophisticated quarterly magazine about the cutting-edge beer industry, will soon become the 962nd magazine in MagazineLine’s list of magazine subscriptions offerings. A one year subscription will cost $21.00 and a two year will cost $38.00.

According to the publisher, On Tap Publishing, The Beer Connoisseur is not just for connoisseurs – it is for novices as well. It contains articles on fine beer, of course, as well as fine food, travel, events, education, and more.

MagazineLine.com visitors will be able to find the title in the Cooking and Food category, under “Specialty.” Customers may also order the title through the mail or the company’s order hotline: 1-800-959-1676.

For further information, call Lesley Parks, Publisher Relations Director, at (517) 336-1650 or email her at lesley@magazineline.com. Visit MagazineLine’s website at www.magazineline.com.

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As a team of American control remote viewers was deployed in China to spy on the DPRK’S weapons of mass destruction programs to include the tracking of high-ranking North Korean personnel dealing with the Iranian government, it became clear that both the Iranian President and the North Korean President were being targeted for a possible U.S. – sponsored assassination while Mosques, and Muslim owned businesses and assets were under suspicion too. Operation Caution Dream was a top tier covert operation that was active f r o m 2006-2009. What originally started out as Project Caution Dream which involved a series of double blind tests to screen personnel for C.R.V. skills, became a full blown operation that left an American dead in China. The deceased operative had u p d a t e d information on a missing former F.B.I. special agent known as Robert Levinson that was last seen alive in Iran on or about March 9th 2007 after leaving the FBI some ten years earlier to work for a private investigation firm.

Operation Caution Dream is a book that takes the reader behind the scenes of daily life in China while being involved with U.S. government contractor scenarios whereby the U.S. government lead a team of C.R.V. experts to believe that they were being used for a specific set of circumstances while in fact, they were being used for an entirely different objective which in the end, violated American civil rights, international laws, got people killed, and despite smoking gun evidence, allowed terrorists to escape unscathed. What exactly is the agenda of the U.S. government and the war on terror? This book is a real wake up call for Americans and the Nation of Islam as they are being
targeted daily by the U.S. government.

“We were all initially told that we were being hired to deal with the ongoing problems in the DPRK and that part of our mission objective would involve spying on Iran since the DPRK and Iran were working together with nuclear materials. Everyone on the team was fully on board in that the DPRK was thought to be the boogie man. In short order the Nation of Islam and Muslim people became the boogie man. It became clear to all of us that the likely intent of the U.S. government with regard to Operation Caution Dream was a bait and switch tactic in order for the U.S. government to identify, test, acquire, and utilize our unique and highly specialized talents, in order to target Muslims and to destroy the Nation of Islam. It should be no surprise that U.S. personnel allowed Chinese Communist Party members access to the Ulgers being held at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq and again at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba knowing full well that they could be tortured because China and the USA both want to get rid of Muslims in as much as possible and when Communists and Capitalists start working together to destroy a segment of society based on religious beliefs, that constitutes one whale of a problem for mankind. I will also remind you that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi completely changed their attitudes, opinions, and tones toward China after President Obama took office. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for example went so far as to blatantly ignore human rights while she visited China and was begging the Communist Party for money.” – Jordan Sage

“The amateurs of the Iranian diplomatic corps apparently have nothing better to do lately and I am quite certain that their antics and ongoing harassment fall well outside of the scope of their diplomatic purview. If those clowns read my book at all they would know that I was not involved with the anti-Muslim functions that were later associated with Operation Caution Dream.” – Jordan Sage

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Operation Caution Dream is available at Amazon.com and through Amazon.com Digital Media Platform called Kindle.

Book Statistics
ISBN: 1449983502
Suggested Retail Price
US $20.00
Size and Format: 10 x 8 x 0.5 inches Paperback
Page Count: 228
Genre: Memoirs / Supernatural

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As an embalmer and funeral director Jordan Sage was among the walking dead. Divorced after 12-years, Jordan met Cyndie James, a professional actress and casting agent in LA. As Jordan’s death care business started to flourish and the two lovers enjoyed intense passion, Cyndie James told Jordan that she was still married, and that she was divorced once before with two older children and that she had two additional younger children with her second husband. Cyndie James told this to Jordan seven months after they met. Surrounded by devastating loss daily and after finding what he believed to be true love, undaunted, Jordan stayed with Cyndie James for more than three years while waiting for her divorce that she never filed. Approaching the age of 50 Jordan realized that he was dying as life passed him by. Approaching his emotional breaking point Jordan boarded a plane bound for China to escape depression, pain, guilt, and the deep regret of his participation in an extramarital affair that nearly killed him.

Pushing 50 in the Death Car, Emotionally Bleeding Life’s Blood is a brutally honest look behind the scenes of funeral home embalming rooms, extramarital affairs, the death care profession as a whole, and what it takes to survive emotionally after hitting rock bottom. After converting to Judaism, getting married to a Chinese national, and having a mixed blood baby, Jordan started to feel better. This book is an invaluable portrait of love, marriage, and family values. Jordan’s book is a call for self realization, and self motivation while revealing some life lessons that can help anyone to live life to their fullest.

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Pushing 50 in the Death Car, Emotionally Bleeding Life’s Blood is available at Amazon.com and through Amazon.com Digital Media Platform called Kindle.

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ISBN: 1449581587
Suggested Retail Price
US $20.00
Size and Format: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches Paperback
Page Count: 196
Genre: Autobiography

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Jordan Sage is 46 and lives with his wife and son. He spent many years working in and around the death care profession.

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The London Book Festival chose an unlikely book for its 2009 Grand Prize Award, Stan Goldberg’s memoir, LESSONS FOR THE LIVING: STORIES OF FORGIVENESS, GRATITUDE AND COURAGE AT THE END OF LIFE (Shambhala Publications-Trumpeter imprint). What made it unlikely is that it focuses on end-of-life issues while most other entries dealt with lighter more entertaining topics. Why was it chosen? The judges said they were “overwhelmed” by the impact the book had on them. Their views mirrored those of one reviewer who wrote that the book “will change the way you live the rest of your life.”

When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to face his fear by helping others who were already in the process of dying: Stan signed up as a hospice volunteer and spent seven years at the bedsides of the terminally ill. In this book, Stan shares the remarkable stories of people he met who were facing the end of life. Their stories shine a light on the human capacity for beauty, insight, forgiveness, and gratitude, as we see how people like us deal with anxiety and sadness with bravery and love.

But what’s especially remarkable is that the bravery and love aren’t as much expressed in grand, dramatic gestures as they are in ordinary acts and small accomplishments: in simple efforts at kindness, in asking for and receiving forgiveness, in the abandonment of anger, and in learning to speak directly from the heart-and to listen in the same way. What Stan ultimately discovers-and shares here-are not lessons in dying, but rather, lessons in learning how to live.

LESSONS FOR THE LIVING became the basis for Stan’s highly acclaimed video series HELPING LOVED ONES TO DIE, which besides being lauded by people preparing to help their loved ones die, is being used in conjunction with his book by hospice training programs around the world.

He will accept the 2009 London Book Festival Grand Prize Award at a gala dinner event in London on January 21.

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Successfully published book authors have donated their time and knowledge to launch BookProposalWriting.com (http://www.bookproposalwriting.com), a new website to help aspiring authors sell their non-fiction book ideas to book publishers for a six-figure advance.

The book publishing industry holds a closely-guarded secret to getting published by a major book publisher — the secret is writing a persuasive book proposal. Writing a successful book proposal allows book authors to earn a five or six-figure advance before they even start writing their manuscripts.

According to Brian Scott, the site’s creator and publishing director of Payday Publishing, “Many aspiring authors have never heard about a book proposal or how to use one to land a book publishing contract. Instead, these aspiring authors spend several months writing their books, and then grow old shopping their entire manuscripts around to busy book publishers and literary agents. It’s no wonder why many aspiring authors become frustrated and give up. This way does not work today.”

To educate aspiring authors about using a book proposal, BookProposalWriting.com offers a free online “Book Proposal Writing Workshop,” which teaches writers and book authors how to write a book proposal in seven days or less. The Workshop covers important topics such as: “Why write a book proposal first?,” “How to generate ideas to write your book proposal,” “How to write your book’s blurb for your book proposal,” and”How to write your book proposal query letter.” At the end of the Workshop, aspiring book authors can download a free sample book proposal and use it as a working template for their own work-in-progress proposals.

Besides offering a free book proposal workshop, BookProposalWriting.com offers many free how-to articles and audio articles on writing, designing and selling a book, as well as many instructional videos showing step-by-step how to write different components of a book proposal.

BookProposalWriting.com also offers several free downloadable products covering book writing, book marketing, and self-publishing. A few of the website’s products include: “Hot Topics in Book Writing,” “How to Get a Literary Agent,” “Sit Down and Write that Bestselling Novel,” and”Copyright Protection for Book Authors.”

BookProposalWriting.com is not just for authors who want to publish their books the traditional way, but also for self-publishers and independent e-book authors. “Even if you decide to self-publish or write a book as an e-book or a mobile digital book, you should know how to write a book proposal,” said Scott. “If your self-published book becomes a big success, you may want to pitch your book (or book ideas) to a major book publisher or film agent to reap in the financial rewards.”

Visit www.BookProposalWriting.com and let professionals teach you how to write a book proposal and sell your book ideas for a six-figure advance.

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The Newsletter on Newsletters, a national publication founded in 1964, has announced its annual awards for journalistic acumen. Providence Publications, which includes the industry newsletter Workers’ Comp Executive (WCE), came away with 5 of the awards. The most prestigious of awards, the Award for Public Service, was awarded to Workers’ Comp Executive for its three years of extensive coverage regarding the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF); notably in 2008 as the state agency was facing increased scrutiny from the public and legislature. The Newsletter on Newsletter concluded in its most recent edition, “the Award for Public Service goes to Workers’ Comp Executive, for its reporting of the issues and challenges as a bill opening the agency to the public neared legislative enactment in 2008.

In eight articles, beginning last April and running through September, WCE detailed SCIF’s attempts to gut the measure. By quoting industry executives and attorneys, WCE was able to show how those efforts would make the bill pretty meaningless.” Bess Shapiro is the capitol correspondent credited with coverage along with publisher of WCE, Dale Debber. This is the second year in a row Providence Publications has won the Top Journalism Award for Public Service, having saved insurance consumers last year nearly $6 hundred million.

Upon hearing the news, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stated, “Good Journalism is essential for good government and I’m proud to have these California journalists recognized in the national community. We stand with all Californians in recognizing Providence Publications for its great journalism and many awards this year. Dale, Bess, and Brad are familiar faces around the Capitol and I join the whole Capitol community in recognizing not only the efforts of the whole Providence Publications team, but in thanking them for the kind of accurate and fair reporting they do. I am delighted that they brought so many prestigious awards back to California.”

Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner also comments on the awards. “Workers Comp Executive and its excellent team of writers and editors work tirelessly to pursue the latest developments in the workers’ compensation market,” said California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. “Congratulations to Dale Debber, Brad Cain and Bess Shapiro for winning these awards and brining their readers their special brand of determined and detailed reporting.”

The award for Best Deadline Reporting also went to Workers’ Comp Executive for its story “SCIF Hides President’s Performance Bonus”. The Newsletter on Newsletters notes, “With California considering an open public records act, editor, Brad Cain and publisher Dale Debber began asking questions about the employment contract of Janet Frank, President, State Compensation Insurance Fund. State Fund refused to release details but Workers’ Comp Executive obtained them anyway. What made the contract particularly interesting was the fact that Frank was in California only four days a week, returning to her home in Denver, Colo., for the remaining three.” The story made public her pay, bonus arrangements and expenses.

Debber commented on the pattern of journalistic integrity utilized in this and all Providence Publications, “Workers’ Comp Executive is the journal of record for California workers’ comp professionals in all facets of the system. While we reflect the views of our audience, we never function as a mouthpiece and hold these same professionals accountable”.

Additionally Workers’ Comp Executive won the award from The Newsletter on Newsletters for Best Feature Article, “The Journalist in the Jury Pool”, by Capitol Correspondent Bess Shapiro. The Newsletter on Newsletters noted in the upcoming December 21st article that “Bess Shapiro’s adherence to professional journalistic ethics was enough to get her booted off a jury. The reason: She honestly told the court that while the Constitution assures a person has the right to remain silent, exercising that right would lead her to assume that the defendant had something to hide and probably was guilty”.

Another award, this one for Best Government Coverage went to Workers’ Comp Executive for its article “Governor Schwarzenegger Puts SCIF on the Block”. The coverage centered on Schwarzenegger’s plan to shore up $1 billion of the state budget deficit by selling the assets of State Fund, also known as SCIF. Publisher Dale Debber learned of the sale before it would be publicly announced, he pursued the issues and wrote a 2400 word piece that would later win the award.

Workers’ Comp Executive’s final award from The Newsletter on Newsletters was in the “Best Newswriting” category. Brad Cain followed the government meetings of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California and learned that the bureau was recommending a 27% increase in workers’ compensation rates. The article, “27% Rate Hike Coming”, immediately sounded alarms in the insurance and business community. The Schwarzenegger administration took notice of the article and on the same day wrote a letter to the Insurance Commissioner urging a rejection to the bureau’s recommended increase. The Insurance Commissioner would reject the increase and as noted in The Newsletter on Newsletters, “Workers’ Comp Executive’s early reporting alerted the entire workers’ comp community including the commissioner and the governor that workers’ compensation rates were starting to creep up.”

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Is the current president truly the person to bring real change to America or is there another? Is all the animosity against him truly a derivative of racism or can some of it be a response to his performance? Can the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize truly bring peace to America? Is Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin the one who is being called to bring divine integrity into the White House?

It is politics as usual as America is being deprived of the bright future that was once promised. The leadership of America is continuously being plagued with scandalous and controversial associations. As the leaders of America continue to point fingers, the real issues are not being addressed or resolved.

Self-proclaimed as Colorado’s one and only Christian reggae rapper, ‘Prince Trog’ announces the release of a new book focusing on the spiritual side of those occupying the White House.

Tyrone Short’s It Is Time to Bring Divine Integrity to the White House dares to speak the truth and test those who claim to be Christians.

“(My book) is newsworthy because this is a perspective that has not been explored in regards to understanding the holder of the most powerful position in the world,” the author says. “(Readers will gain) biblical discernment regarding the spiritual condition of those who are leading our country.”

Written from a Christian perspective, author hopes that his message of truth will rescue readers from bad teaching and false confessions that lead to a false picture of who God is, what the Bible teaches, and what a picture of a true born-again Christian looks like. This book will resonate with readers who are seeking solid foundations–ones based on true Christianity.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world’s largest Christian publisher, with more than 7,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order It Is Time to Bring Divine Integrity to the White House through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. It Is Time to Bring Divine Integrity to the White House is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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We are pleased to announce the release of new book “SUB PRIME RESOLVED” in USA. It offers total solution to all the problems that caused the worst ever recession since 1930.

The book offers comprehensive solution for each troubling issue – step by step, point by point, in verifiable details, in plain English without using technical jargons.

The solutions offered do not involve any expenses. It shows US Administration, the avenues for income first and then proceeds to cut down the taxes to spur the growth. No more paper money need be printed that could be inflationary.

Salient features:

1. Solutions : Each of 16 chapters deals with specific issue, analyzed to nut & bolt and the targeted solutions offered, in 296 pages, full color.
2. Mortgages : Many aspects are revealed here for the first time. Why do some people default on mortgages willingly in USA ? Full analysis and solutions offered.
3. Business Immigration : key to recovery. Over $ 1.8 trillions could come to USA without any repayment liability. This chapter sets the tone of sustainable recovery.
4. State Financing : P 22-24 shows how the States could raise $ 1 trillion without repayment liability?
5. Euro dollar : Is Euro dollar a legal currency? The book shows how US could earn $ 1.2 trillions.
6. Fixing Banks, Brokers and Insurers : Step by step. Setting up US Asset Management Corporation, called USAMCORP, a special purpose vehicle to resolve the complex problem.
7. Fixing Auto industry : Chrysler and General Motor would not have opted for bankruptcy if this book were read earlier. The book claims that these auto makers need “Sales”, not charity dollars. It proceeds thereafter to lay down methodical plan to restore lost sales and even increase it.
8. Fixing Airline industry : They lose money all the time – recession or no recession. Quick fixes.
9. Dynamic theory of Taxation : After showing US administration how to earn over US$ 3 trillions from Business Immigration and Euro dollar, ways are shown how to cut the taxes for everyone – from individuals to corporate sector. 32 pages of taxation schedule are appended. This reform can be applied to any country – just replace the dollar with the desired national currency.
10. FED : Everything about FED, Interest rates, inflation, deflation, stagflation, recession and depression. Where did it fail and how could it revamp the economy?
11. Oil Prices : Why do they rise and fall violently? Who manipulates? An investigative exposé.  .
12. Gold : Another investigative exposé. The book claims US lost its title to almost all of its gold without Americans knowing it and that there is a shortage of almost 6297 tons of gold – even more. The gold may be available physically, but its true ownership lies somewhere else.
13. Islam : This chapter shows how to cause Islam to abandon the violence and return to peace.
14. Defense technology for peace : It shows how the “Cluster Bomb technology” could be used for civilian purposes; resolve problems relating to natural disasters and convert devastating war industry into $ 300 billions a year export industry. It shows how weapons could bring peace.

About the Author
Anil Selarka, Hong Kong based British author, is a well qualified finance professional and freelance journalist. He has 40 years of combined experience as a banker, stock broker, fixed income & convertible bond trader specializing in US, Hong Kong , European and Indian markets.

He is also a keen observer of FED and other central banks since 1987. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Banking and Cost Accountancy. He is renowned for his problem solving capabilities.

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Announcing Dressage News Network (DNN) - an innovative online video news channel dedicated to covering the world of international dressage. The first episode aired on November 19, 2009 and featured such reports as the Global Dressage Forum, and the Dressage Task Force including exclusive video interviews with Robert Dover, Steffen Peters, Hubertus Schmidt and Ashley Holzer, to name a few. A new episode of the magazine-styled show will air monthly and remain online until the release of the next segment. In conjunction with each episode, a realtime stream of breaking news headlines, FEI rider standings, and upcoming events will be available 24/7 on the front page.

DNN has positioned professional equine journalists around the world to contribute to this exciting venture. Although there is a definitive international flair to the coverage, both local and regional events will be included.

“Our goal is to provide a centralized source for accurate, first-hand reports on the pressing topics facing the dressage world,” says News Editor, CeCe Maddlone. “DNN aims to provide riders and enthusiasts with an unbiased, trusted and balanced perspective on all things dressage.”

DNN will be offering commercial airtime to selected advertisers. The ads will reach an established network while benefitting f r o m ongoing online exposure.

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Video Copy Services (VCS), an Atlanta-based CD and DVD duplication company, is pleased to announce and celebrate their 25th anniversary. From modest beginnings as a simple VHS and Betamax dub house, VCS has evolved into Atlanta’s leading provider of CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc duplication, as well as digital video encoding and transcoding services. VCS is also proud to support the broadest range of high definition video formats in the Southeast.

“Over the years, constantly evolving technology has mandated that we stay on the cutting edge,” says VCS President George Helms. “We’ve become early adopters in order to better serve our client’s needs and goals. The best example of this is our extensive HD video capabilities.”

About VCS
Founded in October 1984, VCS began as a local provider of short-run videotape duplication. After growing and expanding its focus in 1997, VCS has been providing videotape, CD and DVD duplication services to the broadcast industry, film and music industries, religious groups, government agencies and corporate clients. In 1999, they further expanded their range of offerings from traditional duplication and transfers to include digital encoding and transcoding, plus a wide array of other high definition video services. Their latest addition, a new Final Cut Pro system, will add video editing capabilities to the VCS menu. After 25 years, VCS has grown into a true full-service audio and video duplication company, able to service their growing national client base out of two facilities in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.

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In her newly published book, New Lives: Stories of Rescued Dogs Helping, Healing and Giving Hope, Joanne Wannan tells the stories of abused, abandoned and discarded dogs who are now playing the roles of heroes in animal therapy, and as service dogs. From a Dalmatian who was scheduled to be euthanized to one of Michael Vick’s fighting bit pulls, the dogs in Wannan’s book have overcome tremendous obstacles, yet have gone on to work with humans, creating NEW LIVES for them both.

Lottie Dot was instead abandoned by her breeder in the middle of a ferocious Oklahoma winter storm. The little pup was rescued by her son, and Patricia Belt quickly claimed Lottie Dot as her own. When it was discovered that Lottie was deaf, Patricia taught her dog sign language and enrolled her in classes to become a “therapy dog.” Today Lottie volunteers at hospitals, gives demonstrations at a school for deaf children, and participates in a reading program, which promotes literacy by having children read aloud to a dog. “Lottie can’t hear these precious kids read a single word,” Patricia says. “She listens in a different way; with her heart.”

As a part of Michael Vick’s dogfight operation, Dr. Leo, as he is now affectionately called, was doomed. When authorities stepped in, they disbanded the operation and ordered that each pit bull be evaluated and placed with rescue organizations if possible. Dr. Leo was found to be non-aggressive, but filled with anxiety and lacking in socialization skills. “It’s not that he wasn’t friendly; he just didn’t understand about love, or what he was here for,” his new owner Marthina McClay comments. Dr. Leo is now w wonderful “therapy” dog, visiting patients in a chemotherapy ward, and acting as an ambassador for abused dogs everywhere when he visits a juvenile detention home.

Dropped from a four story building ,and landing on his backside, Dobie, a tiny black Labrador retriever puppy, was left for dead. Thanks to the love of Richard Bartel anddonations of over $90,000 to the University of Minnesota Foundation, Dobie is now alive, well and an active participant in Therapy Dogs International that provides well-trained dogs who visit hospitals, schools and senior homes.

Wannan’s stories are filled with the reality of animal abuse, but also with love, hope and information on the many organizations around the world that help with rescue, housing and adoption of discarded dogs. As Wannan puts it, “These are truly inspiring stories of dogs that were once ‘throwaways,’ and of the lives they have changed.”

Dr. Marty Becker, the resident veterinarian on Good Morning America says, “This book will appeal to animal lovers of all ages, to those interested in learning about animal therapy and to those who advocate for shelter dogs. But mostly, it will appeal to anyone who loves a heart-warming story, where the underdog triumphs in the end.”

For more information: Joanne Wannan, 705-444-6386; joanne.wannan@gmail.com; www.3BlackDogs.org.

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