M.J Reaves, president and publisher of White Cottage Publishing Company announced the release of their newest title, Cyber Love’s Illusions: Romance Scams… A Virtual Pandemic. Written by co-authors Anna Alden-Tirrill and Jonathan van Helsing, this book outlines how Romance Scam Artists, working for West African and Middle Eastern Crime Syndicates, bilk unsuspecting Westerners out of BILLIONS of dollars every year!

Reaves further explained that this is the first book to make a connection between the West African Scam Syndicates and the Islamic Terror Organizations operating in the Middle East. Reaves further explained that the Syndicates are carrying out an effective economic war against the West under the direction of their financiers in the Middle East.

The book covers how the scam artists develop a romantic relationship with their victims using various ploys to win their trust, setting them up for the scam. Once the love-trust connection is made, the scam artist tricks their victims into sending them money, cashing fraudulent checks and money orders, or receiving and reshipping stolen merchandise, along with other crimes. Reaves explained that some innocent victims have ended up in federal and state prisons because they followed their scammer’s bidding.

White Cottage Publishing Company is one of Minnesota’s leading publishers. They edit, typeset and publish books throughout the U. S., Canada & worldwide. Book’s website: http://www.cyberlovesillusions.com.

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Families With Faith, the BlogTalkRadio show of www.FamiliesWithFaith.org, soon to be www.FamilieswithFaith.com, posted their upcoming guests on their blog yesterday with heightened anticipation and excitement. The new show has experienced quick rising success with such guests as authors Gary and Mona Shriver, who have been featured many times on The 700 Club, Focus on the Family, and RBC’s Words to Live By, and International Speaker, Pastor Kim White.

This summer’s lineup appears to be just as promising.

This summer’s lineup includes authors, Dale and Jena Forehand from Stained Glass Ministries. The Forehands have been previously featured on the cover of LifeWay’s HomeLife Magazine and CBN’s The 700 Club, and are formerly recommended by Lifeway Christian Resources. Dale and Jena join the show on a two-part episode June 26 and July 10.

Dr. Laura Hendrickson who has appeared on ‘Joni and Friends’, the TV Ministry of the Joni and Friends International Disability Center, and is a contributing author for Women Counseling Women from Harvest House, will be live on July 24. Author and Executive Director of Family Time Training, Kirk Weaver will be live July 31.

Gospel Recording Artist and Senior Pastor of the Resurrection Life Kingdom Church in Richmond, Virginia, Nathan Mitchell, will be live August 7.

Chris Hogan, of the Dave Ramsey company, The Lampo Group, will be live August 28.

Author, Pastor and Co-Facilitator for the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries Healing from Abuse Ministries, Dr. Ron Clark, and his wife, Lori, will be live for a very special episode on human trafficking on Sept 11.

The Association of Marriage and Family Ministries’ other Co-Facilitator for the Healing from Abuse Ministries, and previous appointee for the state of Oregon’s Governor’s Council on Domestic Violence, the prolific Dr. Patricia Warford will be live on September 25.

Families With Faith has a growing audience made up of diverse groups within the Body of Christ. Their goal is to provide a firm foundation of biblical truth to families in order that families would seek Christ, develop a relationship with Him, and stand on faith in Him regarding their families. They feature programs, ministries, materials (such as books or videos) and individuals who have been given a Word or vision to bring healing, hope, deliverance, salvation and wholeness to the Church for her edification.

Author, Minister and Host, Letetia Mullenix is joined by First Lady Terri Flowers, of Zech 8 Ministries, and the anointed and called, Sister Angela Claiborne as they offer encouragement, hope, insight and biblical instruction to families regarding the modern issues addressing Christian families of today. The show airs every Saturday at 6pm in the form of a lively, informative, intuitive and biblical examination of each week’s ‘Real-Talk Discussion’ and ‘Hot Topic’.

About the Hosts:
Letetia Mullenix is the author of the newly released Promise Road: Walking Through the Process that Manifests the Promise and Promise Road: The Study Guide. As a community-minded entrepreneur, Letetia also owns Creative For God Designs, a web-design and web-hosting business aimed toward meeting the needs of small businesses and non-profits. In 2009, she began www.FamiliesWithFaith.org, a social network “ministry community” whose purpose is to “offer hope and support as we stand on faith for the promises of God regarding our families”. Minister Mullenix’s greatest passion is for the wholeness and healing of families. Visit her website at www.LetetiaMullenix.com or www.thePromiseRoad.com.

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Former Latin American government consultant, David Pereda, has released the second of his popular thriller series.Havana: Killing Castro, published by Eternal Press, continues captivating readers with the story begun in Havana: Top Secret published last year. In this sequel, when a fisherman is gunned down, prominent Miami surgeon Raymond Peters becomes the prime suspect. The dead fisherman is believed to be Fidel Castro whom Dr. Peters disguised through plastic surgery two years earlier. But is the body really Castro? In order to save his own life, Raymond must find the killers and retrieve Castro’s journal while outwitting a deadly female assassin sent by Castro’s brother Raul.

Havana: Killing Castro has earned rave reviews and several awards — including the Readers Favorite Award , the Indie Excellence Award and the Lighthouse Book Award .

“The work is indeed a masterpiece of entertainment…” — Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review

“The suspense grabs the reader from the beginning and holds it to the end…If you like a good mystery filled with espionage, you will enjoy this book.” — Readers Favorite

“David Pereda has done it again. In Havana: Killing Castro, he continues intriguing readers with the story begun in Havana: Top Secret.” — The Laurel of Asheville

David Pereda enjoys writing thrillers and mainstream novels. Before devoting his time solely to writing and teaching, David had a successful international career with Booz-Allen and Hamilton, where he worked with the governments of Mexico, Venezuela, Peru and Qatar.

“What I learned then,” says David, “has helped me enrich my novels with exotic places and distinctive characters.”

A member of MENSA, David is the regional director of Florida Writers Association’s Western North Carolina division and the founder of AWE (Asheville Writing Enthusiasts) . He lives with his family in Asheville, North Carolina, and teaches creative writing and ESL at the A-B Tech Community College. Havana: Twin Powers — the third novel in his mystery-thriller Havana series — is scheduled for publication next year.

Havana : Killing Castro is available through Eternal Press, www.eternalpress.com,www.amazon.com, www.fictionwise.com, and in selected Asheville bookstores.

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Lighthouse Catholic Media, a not-for-profit company achieved a milestone in sales growth of 21% over April, 2009 – significant in this continuing poor economy worldwide. As we move toward the end of Pope Benedict’s “Year for Priests” Lighthouse continues to support this theme with its release of its “Year for Priests” CD.

In this fantastic CD, Dr. Michael Barber, Professor of Theology and Scripture at John Paul The Great Catholic University, and Chase Hilgenbrinck, seminarian and former professional soccer player, share rich insights about this vocation to which select men are called by God to serve Christ and the Catholic Church.

Lighthouse Catholic Media’s CDs are distributed primarily in two ways: through their FAITHRAISER Kiosk Program displayed in over 3,000 parishes, Catholic schools and missions, and via their popular Lighthouse CD of the Month Club Program. The CD of the Month Club is a subscription-based service delivering faith-filled Catholic CDs to individuals at the amazingly low rate of $5/month including postage, with brand new titles being introduced monthly by inspiring speakers, both lay and clergy.

The June CD of the Month is “Why Be Catholic?” by Patrick Madrid. Best-selling author and veteran Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid shares why he is Catholic (when he could be anything else) by presenting the historical case for the Catholic Church. Discover the powerful biblical evidence for Catholic teaching that will inspire you to share your faith with others effectively and help you to grow in your love for Christ and His Church in the process! This compelling overview of the key historical, biblical, and common-sense reasons for being Catholic is perfect for Catholics and curious non-Catholics alike.

Many people in these economically challenging times are looking for sources of truth and guidance, a sense of hope, courage and faith, and a means to grow spiritually in their daily lives. Lighthouse Catholic Media is meeting that need, having distributed more than 975,000 CDs in 2009, and serving over 3,000 of the 18,000 US Catholic parishes.

More information may be obtained on the CD of the Month Club at:
http://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/cdclub/

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Every night, NCIS, Law and Order and Criminal Minds bring us stories of callous killers facing justice. But, what if the stories were real and the killers walked away?

A rare, 1981 interview with one of America’s most infamous murderers, Wilbert Rideau, makes that nightmare come true. And he did walk away. He left a Louisiana courtroom in 2005, a free man even after admitting in a 1981 video interview that he robbed a bank, took three hostages, emptied his gun at all of them and stabbed one to death after running out of bullets.

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His sentence for the cold-blooded murder? Twenty-years for manslaughter. Sound like justice was served?

On the videotape, Wilbert Rideau talks openly about his crime.

“Why did you cut that woman’s throat,” the reporter asks.

“I think I ran out of bullets,” he casually replies.

He talks of hating white people. He says he believes in the death penalty and that he should have been executed. He told the same story to reporters for 25 as he rose to fame editing The Angolite, said to be the only free prisoner generated magazine behind bars in America. Wilbert Rideau earned national writing awards and respect for his “honesty” about his crime and life in prison. He was virtually deified by The New York Times, National Public Radio (NPR) and other influential publications, local and regional, nationwide.

In 2005, Wilbert Rideau’s story abruptly changed. On the witness stand, in a packed Louisiana courtroom 44 years after his crime, Wilbert Rideau turns the tables, making himself a target of racism, not his victim. He said he was a panic-stricken 19-year old black kid, growing up in a viciously racist town so terrified of being caught that he tried to kill all his hostages in a panic.

The 1981 interview is the only easily available evidence of the story he told about his crime for almost three decades before he suddenly changed it for his last trial. Articles that quote Wilbert Rideau telling his original story are aging: brittle artifacts in newspaper and magazine archives, if they exist at all.

Wilbert Rideau was convicted of the 1961 murder three times. Each time, federal courts overturned the verdicts on grounds that he didn’t get a fair trial. His memoir “In The Place Of Justice,” published by Random House continues his new version of the crime. It should be named “In Place Of The Facts.”

About Wilbert Rideau The Real Story:
Wilbert Rideau’s book “In The Place of Justice” published by Random House was written as a catch back for years of festering resentment and calculated to burnish his image at the expense of others. Learn about Rideau’s real story at http://www.WilbertRideau-RealStory.com. Interview Billy Sinclair, the man who knows the real Wilbert Rideau, the one you won’t read about in Rideau’s book.

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Wired Magazine UK has published its inaugural who’s-who list of the key power brokers in the digital realm to celebrate its one-year anniversary. The new list covers who the people are who shape the world of technology? Which influencers can make or break a product launch or determine how people spend their leisure time?

The Wired list was compiled with the suggestions and insight of 120 anonymous experts across the digital spectrum, in order to arrive at this selection of the best of the best behind internet based companies, digital business strategies, communication, music and social networking.

Topping the list is Google UK CEO Matt Brittin, who led the British arm of the search behemoth through troubles such as monopoly allegations and the controversial launch of Google Buzz to company-wide profits of £15.9 billion. Other tech heavyweights in the fray of the top ten include Pascal Cagni, vice president of Apple EMEA, at number three; Ashley Highfield, managing director of Microsoft UK at number nine; and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek rounding out the top tier after revolutionising the way music is listened to online with the company’s ad-sponsored service.

A number of independent entries appear as well, with venture capitalists Saul Klein and Bernard Liautaud landing at numbers two and eight, with Klein propping up successful web ventures Skype and Lovefilm, and Liautaud netting £4.5 billion for the sale of his software company, Business Objects, in 2008. Partially due to his 1.2 million Twitter followers, actor and commentator Stephen Fry finishes at number seven on the list.

Newsmen James Murdoch and Erik Huggers go neck-and-neck at positions four and five, with Murdoch’s News Corporation challenging Huggers’ BBC site for market share in online news. Politicians also make a splash in the top rung, as the coordinator of the Conservative Party’s digital political machine Rishi Saha reaches number six.

However, the entire list of 100 is filled with movers and shakers in the digital realm. Notably making the number 20 spot is Alex Balfour, head of new media for the London 2012 Olympics. With preparations for the Summer 2012 games well underway, and construction on London’s Olympic Park in progress, Balfour, cofounder of cricinfo.com, has promised to deliver the most digitally-integrated Olympic games yet, harnessing mobile social engagement on a massive scale.

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Creators Bryan Randall and Ferdee Bambico have teamed up to bring readers a tale of lustful demonic curse upon an unsuspecting convent for their appointed protector. And its effects upon the convent are anything but holy in the nightmarish tale The Protector of the Damned, now available to read with the option to donate at www.resurrectandprotect.viviti.com.

In the novel, a bleak prophecy has been revealed to Lilith – “You will all be devoured! You’ve become sustenance in your master’s eyes!” These words come from Naxul - a fallen angel bound to chains of eternal darkness, but also a protector of his own kind. A protector of the damned. Lillith and her coven put up arms against their master, resurrecting the man who once protected them as their weapon of magic. Their fate lies in the outcome of this battle, for they are to pay homage to Naxul if their master is destroyed.

The Protector of the Damned is a story not only of a convent’s fall from grace, but also of occult, mysticism, necrophilia, demon worship and conjuration. There is also a psychological element that ponders the notion that consciousness is an element of the soul. Is consciousness a manifestation of the human spirit? And without it, would we be dead? The Protector of the Damned is a tale that plunges the reader directly into a world of utter darkness – a world in which only the damned can flourish.

The book is also available as a soft cover at Lulu as well as a download for those who prefer a digital reading experience.

While statistics show the 86 percent of the population wants to publish a book, Best-selling Author and Book Writing Coach Eddie Smith says the majority of those dreams get lost in translation from the head to paper.

Smith is offering individuals in the Austin area the help they need to move from writer’s block to a published, full-length book with his seminar, “How to Write a Book and Get It Published,” at the Keller Williams Lake Travis Market Center March 26–27.

Smith says people often have trouble beginning the writing process and get lost when it comes to producing an entire manuscript.

“As a best-selling Christian writer and writer’s coach, I constantly meet folks who want to write a book. People often confide, ‘I’m going to write a book someday;’ or‘I’ve been writing a book over the past several years;’ or ‘I tried writing a book once..,’” says Smith.

Smith says writing a book can boost an individual’s credibility in the market and in turn increase their business in whatever market in which they work.

“Writing a book on your specialty moves you to a new level of respect—after all—you wrote the book,” he says.

Smith says he offers people the tools they need in order to write and publish a full-length book.

“With my system I wrote four, full-length books in one year alone,” Smith says. “All were published by major publishers.”

Topics covered at the seminar include how to produce a manuscript, how to work with a traditional publishing company, how to self-publish a book traditionally, new ways to self-publish a book and creative marketing.

On recent student of Smith’s method had this to say: “Eddie is entertaining, enjoyable, and very knowledgeable. Thank you!” Co-host of the seminar and President of Royal Press International Publishing Kenn Renner is the author of the soon to be published “First Time Home Buying Secrets Revealed.”

“The overwhelming consensus is that people want to work with specialists – and what better way to establish yourself as the authority then to have your own nationally-published book. Whether you are in real estate, the mortgage industry, or any business where you want to go to the next level in your career – a book will further establish your credibility.” Renner says.

The seminar will be held Friday night from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. and Saturday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. at Keller Williams Lake Travis Market Center, 1921 Lohmans Crossing, Ste. 100 in Austin, Texas. Cost is $197 and an additional family member gets in free. Registration includes a personal critique of a manuscript, 90 days of personal e-mail coaching and many additional writing resources.

“At the end of the day Saturday, if this seminar isn’t everything I’ve said, and people aren’t absolutely pleased, I’ll refund their registration fee, no questions asked,” Smith says.

Call 512-423-5626 or go to www.buyaustin.com/writing-a-book.asp for more information or to register.

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.

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

About the Author:

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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