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Santa monica, CA (MMD Newswire) November 23, 2009 — Come celebrate the launch of HEAR-ARTS, a collective that brings the various worlds of art together. Starting with:

*For the first time, the paintings of Renowned Russian Painter Alexander Gore will be exhibited and for sale on the west coast! ** % of proceeds to Coeur D’Alene Elementary arts program.

AND:

*For the first time ever: SOLTAR, the 18 foot tall SOLAR guitar art installation created in tribute to Les Paul will be on display to the public!

*Hear the live Jazz Fusion Band “Jababa” hailing from Colorado.

*Enjoy light fare and drinks!

When: Saturday, November 21st

Time: 7:30-midnight. (Open house to public 1-4pm all ages) Eventing is RSVP’d – PRESS/MEDIA and Art Buyers, Music professionals welcome for both.

Band: Jababa from 8-10pm http://www.jababamusic.com/ more music and celebration until midnight.

Where: The Paint Lab, 2912 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405 http://www.paintlab.net/
Hosted By: Lori L. and HEAR-ARTS http://hear-arts.com/
RSVP: heararts@gmail.com

IF THE ARTS ‘SPEAK’ TO YOU, THEN PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE ARTS AT THIS FIRST OF MANY HEAR-ARTS COLLECTIVE EVENTS!

THANK YOU, ANY COVERAGE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
heararts@gmail.com cel: 310-621-6967

Highly anticipated online store poised to transform hospitality industry

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. (MMD Newswire) November 11, 2009 — EcoGreenHotel, Inc announced today the official launch of it’s new online store www.EcoGreenHotelStore.com. EcoGreenHotel Store is a one-stop marketplace of over 1000 products and services for the green hospitality industry.

For the first time, the hospitality industry now has a reliable marketplace for their green supply needs. Through EcoGreenHotel Store, properties can purchase everything from environmentally sensitive amenities, earth-friendly cleaning supplies and sustainable furniture to biodegradable key cards and marketing services designed specifically for the green hotel industry.

Scott Parisi, President of EcoGreenHotel, states, “Over and over again, environmentally conscious hotel professionals have told us they wished they could simplify things and purchase their green supplies from one location…and so we set out to create the most comprehensive online source for environmentally friendly hospitality goods and services in the industry.”

EcoGreenHotel Store is a green marketplace that:

- Provides one-stop shopping
- Enables easy access to quality green products and services from numerous vendors
- Offers comparable and competitive pricing
- Offers environmentally preferable products that are not “greenwashing”
- Allows hotels to minimize costs associated with labor and time-intensive effort required for researching, identifying, testing and acquiring
- Allows hotels to reach guests who are concerned about their environmental impact
- Offers additional product search support for hotels seeking “hard-to-find” green alternatives and product reviews
- Contributes to the goal of “People, Planet, and Profits”

For the past year, Parisi has collaborated with veteran specialty suppliers including Pineapple Hospitality, DeBlauw Purchasing, T2 Site Amenities, and Ecotek to assemble cost-effective eco hotel products available on the web. His vision for the store is simple:

“We want the EcoGreenHotel Store to be the go-to source for quality, affordable eco hotel products and services.”

A few benefits of Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP):

- Reduce waste and utility costs
- Attract environmentally conscious customers
- Possible new revenue streams
- Improve image: brand and goodwill
- Responsive to employee and guests health and wellness needs
- Economically responsible hospitality supply buying
- Increase stakeholder value
- Minimize environmental footprint

The EcoGreenHotel Store’s virtual shelves are stocked with products and services from dozens of companies, including:

- Azul Conservation Products, home of cool tools designed to preserve precious water resources.
- Hanger Network, creator of the EcoHanger, the ultimate sustainable multi-tasker.
- Swisssol-USA Creative Body Care, maker of incredible natural body care products and dispenser systems.
- Hospitality v-Marketing, the place to go for multi-media content, photography, videography and graphic design for eco hotels.
- Luxur-Eco, wholesaler of lavish environmentally-conscious items for the hotel bed and bath.

EcoGreenHotel has partnered with Ray Burgur, President of Pineapple Hospitality, which is a superior distribution and marketing company dedicated to providing innovative products and services to the lodging industry. Pineapple is currently the largest supplier of eco amenities, cleaning products, and other merchandise being offered on the site.

“Pineapple has played a major role in identifying relationships with additional suppliers that will be offering products on the site,” Parisi said. “And for advance planning and sourcing of FF&E (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) for renovations, PIP’s (product improvement plans) mandated by brands, and supplies for new-build hotels, services provided by DeBlauw will assist hotels of any size .So the EcoGreenHotel Store’s offerings cover the entire scope of the industry.”

EcoGreenHotelStore.com brings all of those products together in one place, making it easy for hotel owners and managers to make the right choices as we move toward a more sustainable AND more profitable future for the hospitality industry.

Parisi continues to seek sustainable products to add to the merchandise lineup at the EcoGreenHotel Store. Potential vendors are asked to contact him immediately at sparisi@EcoGreenHotel.com.

About EcoGreenHotel
A valuable resource for hoteliers, EcoGreenHotel is dedicated to helping lodging facilities address environmental issues and implement environmentally sound initiatives. The company’s online presence at www.EcoGreenHotel.com and www.EcoGreenHotelStore.com offers a marketplace for green products and services and provides a one-stop venue for green hospitality industry news, basic environmental overviews and other tools like green hotel checklists, project ideas, book lists, and valuable links designed to promote a more sustainable hospitality industry.

EcoGreenHotel’s consulting services guide owners, operators and developers through the journey of developing and/or maintaining a sustainable operation or project.

For more information about EcoGreenHotel, please visit www.EcoGreenHotel.com or send an email to info@EcoGreenHotel.com.

Media Contact:
Scott Parisi
EcoGreenHotel.com
sparisi@EcoGreenHotel.com
(888)229-0213 Ext.801

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November 11, 2009 (MMD Newswire) — Jet Luxury Resorts, the premiere national high-end Resort Management Company, has teamed again with the innovative production company Soup2Nuts to produce a second viral video campaign due to premiere worldwide on November 10th.

The duo’s newest video can be seen here: http://www.jetluxuryresorts.com/promo-video/index.cfm

The innovative young companies joined forces in mid October for a shoot that took place in Malibu, California to highlight a premiere rental property that will spearhead Jet Luxury’s new high end JLR Estates Division. With the added Estates Division, Jet Luxury Resorts will be able to provide all options to their guests, from High-end Luxury Hotel accommodation worldwide to estates where an entire family can stay together.

Soup2Nuts tapped cinematographer Brandon Mastrippolito to photograph the action using the latest in Red Camera technology. Also on hand, a helicopter and Tyler Mount Equipment to further increase not only production value, but to give unique birds’ eye views of the property. Forest Erickson portrayed the integral part of “Spokesman” for the Jet Luxury Company.

The property, located within the prestigious Pt. Dume Rivera section of Malibu, sits on over an acre of oceanfront land and has been featured in numerous media outlets (including the hit ABC show “The Bachelor” and “Fantasy Open House” on Home and Garden Television.) It has been described as one of the most desirable ocean front estates in the world.

“We are very excited about our growth into the Estates Market,” states Steve Aylsworth, COO of Jet Luxury Resorts. “Our purpose is to provide the best in affordable luxury to our guests and the implementation of the estate division will add to the variety of accommodations we can provide our guest – matching our properties with their specific needs.”

The previous collaboration between Jet Luxury Resorts and Soup2Nuts produced a hugely successful viral marketing campaign entitled “Are You Ready to Jet?” that has amassed over 420,000 Internet views worldwide and was featured on TBS’s Worlds Funniest Commercials 2009. The campaign revolved around a comedic, sexy concept that took place within one of Jet’s premiere properties, the Palms Place Penthouse in Las Vegas. See it here-(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQBj7DU2aw)

About Soup2Nuts:
Founded by one of the most successful commercial directing teams in the business, Soup2Nuts provides high end, original and innovative internet advertising at affordable rates. The company has created, produced and implemented campaigns for ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney, The World Poker Exchange, Jet Luxury Resorts, True Value and Yogamatic. Two of their commercials won AICP awards and have been placed in the permanent collection in the Museum of Modern Art. Dedicated to creating unique, viral and effective internet marketing, the duo behind Soup2Nuts cites passion, dedication and creativity as their greatest assets. Learn more at www.soup2nuts.us

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at eleven hotels in six destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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London (MMD Newswire) Novembre 6, 2009 — HostelBookers has launched 8 new languages on its website in an attempt to provide a better quality of service to its non-English speaking customers, after recent research revealed that it was attracting a large and ever growing audience from across Europe.

Users will now be able to view the site in Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish, taking the total number of languages available on the site up to 11.

Together with the launch of the new languages, HostelBookers has also launched multi-lingual blogs in Italian, French, Spanish and German providing useful tips and advice to travelers from great places to stay to dos and don’ts when traveling.

The company already has a multi-lingual customer services department and this latest announcement comes on the back of the successful launch of the Spanish and German languages back in July.

Further changes are expected in the near future as the company continues to look to embrace its growing international following.

David Smith, chief operating officer at HostelBookers, said: “This is great news and is yet another step in the right direction for the company. The launch of the new languages will make the site more user-friendly and accessible for our ever growing international market. I am delighted with the progress we’ve made in 2009. It’s been a successful year and we have every reason to be optimistic going into 2010.”

2009 has seen HostelBookers hold its first summer sale and in September be announced 5.1% cheaper on average than its nearest competitor, Hostelworld, after independent research carried out by Reed Business Insight.

The company currently features more than 16,000 hostels in over 3,000 destinations and is the only website in the industry not to charge a booking fee.

For further information please contact: Sonia on +44 (0)20 7406 1805 or email: sonia@Hostelbookers.com

NOTE TO EDITORS
About HostelBookers.com: Great Hostels. Free Booking. No Worries.
HostelBookers.com – launched in March 2004 – is a leading UK-based budget accommodation website. It offers a range of budget accommodation including youth hostels, hotels, B&Bs and apartments in over 3,000 destinations worldwide.

http://www.hostelbookers.com/

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(MMD Newswire) November 3, 2009 — High-end Resort Management Company to announce the addition of their newest property- the Trump International Hotel Waikiki in Hawaii.

Jet Luxury Resorts, a premiere provider of 4 and 5 star properties, is proud to announce the newest addition to the Jet Luxury Resorts family, the prestigious Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk in Oahu, Hawaii. Jet Luxury Resorts continues to provide the finest in affordable luxury to their clientele and with the addition of this ultra high-end condo-hotel, Jet Luxury Resorts expands their operations on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

The Trump Property, located just steps away from Waikiki’s famous white sand beaches, soars thirty-eight stories high, features 462 luxury guest rooms and suites, an infinity pool on the 6th floor deck, The Spa at Trump, a state of the art fitness center and residential-like accommodations that include floor to ceiling windows, gourmet style kitchens and luxurious marble baths.

Guest accommodations provide a keen sense of place – drawn from a rich palette of Hawaiian influences, from early history to the 20th Century. Accommodations encompass close to one dozen room and suite categories providing options for couples, families and multi-generational travelers to choose from based on whether they are staying for a few days or several weeks. Spacious studios are ideal for individuals and couples, while one-, two- and three-bedroom suites, available with or without dens, can connect to adjoining units for larger parties. Penthouse accommodations offer the piéce de resistance of elegance. All units are exquisitely designed for comfort, functionality and visual appeal, and many feature full kitchens complete with Bosch, Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances.

Jet Luxury Resorts’ mission is to provide the traveling community all forms of luxury and to do so at the most affordable prices possible. “This property will increase the Jet Luxury Resorts footprint in the Hawaiian market,” says Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts. “Our goal is to provide the highest luxury accommodations possible at the best price possible for our rental community and we feel we have achieved this with the Trump Waikiki property.”

The addition of the new Trump Waikiki property accompanies a well-established roster of 4 and 5 star resort accommodations such as the St. Regis NY, the Limelight Lodge Aspen and The Buena Vista Luxury Villas in Costa Rica. The notable addition of the Trump Waikiki brings not only more options of luxurious accommodations to the guest in Hawaii, but also peace of mind to Trump owners looking to solidify rental revenue.

Rates and Availability Can Be Found at www.jetluxuryresorts.com
Or by Calling (877) 538-7389

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at eleven hotels in six destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica, Malibu, CA and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com.

Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook

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MEDIA ADVISORY

From: Charlie Hartig
Office of the Mayor

Norfolk, VA (MMD Newswire) October 29, 2009 — For the first time since his dramatic rescue at sea, Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama will publicly thank the commanding officer and crew of the USS Bainbridge during a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia on November 19.

The ceremony will take place on the fantail of guided missile cruiser at 2 p.m. The USS Bainbridge will be moored on the downtown Norfolk waterfront.

The Maersk container ship was captured by rogue pirates off the coast of Somalia on April 8. Captain Phillips offered himself as a hostage in exchange for the safety of his crew. For four days, while the world watched, Phillips was held captive in a 25-foot lifeboat.

On Easter Sunday, April 12, Navy SEALs positioned on the fantail of the USS Bainbridge opened fire and killed three of the pirates who were holding Phillips hostage. Phillips was later rescued by the crew of the guided-missile destroyer.

On the evening of November 19, Captain Phillips will receive the inaugural National Maritime Valor Award from the Nauticus National Maritime Center.

Captain Phillips’ visit will correspond with the November 21 opening at Nauticus of the National Geographic exhibit, “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship,” and the adjunct exhibit created by Nauticus and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum entitled, “Piracy Today: Terror on the High Seas.” “Piracy Today” features the actual lifeboat from which Captain Phillips was rescued. The lifeboat is being loaned to Nauticus and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum from the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Florida.

Limited interviews with Captain Phillips and Commander Castellano may be available on the day of the event and must be prearranged.

Media inquiries should be directed to:

Charles Hartig
Office of the Mayor of Norfolk
757 664 4013
757 373 0996
Charles.hartig@norfolk.gov

Event Coordination:

Pam Catindig
Maverick Marketing
757.927.8257
www.maverickmarketingco.com
PamCatindig@MaverickMarketingCo.com

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(MMD Newswire) October 26, 2009 — High-End Premiere Resort Management Company to offer ultra luxurious, exclusive residential estates in addition to their established roster of 4 and 5 star resorts.

Jet Luxury Resorts, a premiere provider of 4 and 5 star properties, is proud to announce the launch of their new JLR Estates Division. Jet Luxury Resorts continues to provide the finest in affordable luxury to their clientele. With this added Estates Division, Jet Luxury Resorts will be able to provide all options to their guest, from High-end Luxury Hotel accommodation worldwide to estates where an entire family can stay together.

Jet Luxury Resorts’ mission is to provide the traveling community all forms of luxury and to do so at the most affordable prices possible. “We are very excited about our growth into this market,” states Steve Aylsworth, COO of Jet Luxury Resorts. “Our purpose is to provide the best in affordable luxury to our guests and the implementation of the estate division will add to the variety of accommodations we can provide our guest – matching our properties with their specific needs.”

Accompanying the launch of their new division, Jet Luxury Resorts recently produced an engaging viral commercial and a high-resolution 4k digital virtual tour of their inaugural property in Malibu, California.

The property, located within the prestigious Pt. Dume Rivera section of Malibu, sits on over an acre of oceanfront land and has been featured in numerous media outlets (including the hit ABC show “The Bachelor” and “Fantasy Open House” on Home and Garden Television.) It has been described as one of the most desirable ocean front estates in the world. The home, designed by renowned architect Carl Volante, features a tennis court, two guest homes, a wine cellar, a pool and spa with waterfalls overlooking the ocean and a private staircase to the sand.

The addition of the new JLR Estates division accompanies a well-established roster of 4 and 5 star resort accommodations such as the St. Regis NY, the Limelight Lodge Aspen and The Buena Vista Luxury Villas in Costa Rica. The notable addition of the new JLR Estates Division brings not only more options of luxurious accommodations to the guest, but also peace of mind to estate owners looking to solidify rental revenue.

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at nine hotels in five destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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JORDAN EAGLES: HEMOSAPIEN
A Major Exhibition of New Blood Works
October 23 – December 12, 2009
Aljira, a Center For Contemporary Art

Preview: Friday, October 23, 2009, 6-9pm

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 4-8pm

Newark, NJ (MMD Newswire) October 21, 2009 — Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art is pleased to debut a major solo exhibition of new monumental works by artist and emerging talent Jordan Eagles who will cover the entire 3000+ square-foot space with preserved blood in a site-specific installation titled HEMOSAPIEN.

This solo exhibition is the first public opportunity to view Eagles’ largest and most experimental blood works to date-a massive, 30-foot, multi-panel, abstract mural in which animal blood is suspended, encased and fully preserved in plexiglass and resin.

HEMOSAPIEN will also feature Eagles’ new forays into large-scale projections and color photography. Eagles utilizes overhead classroom projectors to set the entire space aglow in luminous, wall-to-wall projections of “blood light.” Life-size color photographs of nude models, onto whom he projected blood patterns, serve as documents of his photographic shoots and introduce new figurative elements that emphasize Eagles’ fascination with corporeality, mysticism, and physical and intangible spaces. The exhibition is lit to create multidimensional and translucent works that reveal the finite details and textures of the blood as well as the material’s uniquely reflective and refractive qualities.

“Eagles is at an exciting stage in his artistic career, especially with his innovative, self-invented process. He continues to push the spectrum of what can be achieved with the combination of blood and light, and by introducing new content that had not been explicit in his earlier works, ” says Director of Exhibitions and Programs Edwin Ramoran who curated this exhibition.

About the Artist
Born in 1977, Jordan Eagles received a BA from New York University. His works have been exhibited internationally in venues such as The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Real Art Ways, Center for Visual Arts of New Jersey, The Bronfman Center Gallery at New York University, Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, Krause Gallery, and Jacob | Karpio Galleria; and numerous art fairs including SCOPE, London Art Fair, Los Angeles Art Show, and Aqua Art Miami, Eagles’ works are included in The Bohlen Collection and The Prudential Center collection. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Village Voice, L’Uomo Vogue, Architectural Digest Italy, New York Magazine, MSNBC, NY Post’s Page 6, and FOX News. Recently, the producers of the upcoming Disney film “When in Rome” acquired Eagles’ work to use in their film. His images are also used in Richard Move’s film “Blood Works” on the life of Ana Mendieta, and a reproduction of his work is currently being used as a massive 50-foot stage curtain for Alice Cooper’s international rock concert. www.jordaneagles.com

About Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art fosters excellence in the visual arts through exhibitions and educational programs that serve as catalysts for inclusiveness and diversity, promote cross-cultural dialog, and enable us to better understand the time in which we live. Public understanding and support of the visual arts are strengthened through collaboration and community-based educational programming. Aljira seeks out the work of emerging and underrepresented artists and brings the work of more established artists to our community. Through the visual arts Aljira bridges racial, cultural and ethnic divides and enriches the lives of individuals.

Aljira is located at 591 Broad Street in downtown Newark. For directions visit our website at www.aljira.org. The Center is open Wednesday through Friday, 12-6 pm and Saturday, 11 am-4 pm. General admission is $3, $2 for seniors and students, free for children 12 years old or under accompanied by an adult. Phone 973 622-1600, fax 973 622-6526, www.aljira.org

Aljira’s operations and programs are made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; The Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation; Bank of America; JPMorgan Chase Foundation; The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Johnson & Johnson; National Endowment for the Arts; New Jersey Cultural Trust; The Prudential Foundation; PSEG Foundation; The Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation; The Turrell Fund; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and individual contributors to our Annual Fund.

Media Contact:
Edwin Ramoran
Director of Exhibitions and Programs
973 622-1600
eramoran@aljira.org
www.aljira.org

Aljira, a Center For Contemporary Art
591 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

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Friday Harbor, WA (MMD Newswire) October 21, 2009 — Project NatureConnect (PNC) at the Institute of Global Education now offers deals for low-cost nature-connected holistic degree trainIng. The program gives travelers the opportunity to green their plans for their vacations through exceptionally inexpensive online degree program books and activities. It enables nature loving vacationers to include, in their travel, natural area adventures that add an ecotourism component to their vacations. The activities can be done independently or as part of online training, job, or Ph.D. and Masters ecotourism degree programs. The programs credential a traveler to teach the art and science of education counseling and healing with nature at home, as part of their livelihood and in natural areas that they visit, backyard or back country.

The program director, Dr. Michael J. Cohen, author of “Reconnecting With Nature,” has published and teaches accredited Applied Ecopsychology activities and courses. The health and wellness outcomes from sensory contact with natural areas during “green” travel vacations or in local areas are described at the Project NatureConnect Website.

About Project NatureConnect
The pioneering mission of Project NatureConnect is to increase personal, social and environmental well-being by helping individuals genuinely connect their thinking and feeling with the sensitive intelligence of nature’s self-correcting ways, in and around them. The online program’s low-cost, UNESCO approved, training courses and degrees enables its participants to make conscious sensory contact with the life-wisdom of the eons that awaits discovery in natural areas, backyard or back country.

A field report from the journal of one of Dr. Cohen’s students notes, “From these nature connection activities I see that I am drawn to nature, to the stars, and moon, naturally and I gather strength and amazement from them. Now, whenever I feel sad or mad, I take a walk and ask nature to invite and accept my presence. When it does, I breath deeply. All is released from my nerves and I am able to go freely.

It does not matter if it is cold or wet outside, I find that I am drawn to nature during any time of need and I am able to leave my troubles there and gain power and strength from nature’s flow in and around me. It is a giving relationship that we both have. I give my time and awareness to correct things that damage the earth and she gives me her time, strength, and unconditional love.

When I matched myself with an attraction in nature I found love in the trees, leaves, ground, and sky. They are able to withstand all the elements of nature. They adapt to the changes and every year, they still offer fruits as gifts to be enjoyed. I discovered natural forgiveness and producing positive feelings can be used as energy for anyone who chooses to find it in a natural area. I discovered, too, that I am attracted to myself as part of nature. I love my soul because it is my natural source of light, direction, power, and comfort. I gather my knowledge and inspiration from God who leads my spirit. When I am connected to God’s voice, I am able to gather all that he has for me from nature and I use it for the good of myself, my human community and the environment.”

For Additional Information:
Michael J. Cohen, Ph.D.
www.ecopsych.com/
360-378-6313 nature@interisland.net

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Program Founder and Director:

Recipient of the 1994 Distinguished World Citizen Award, Ecopsychologist Michael J. Cohen, Ph.D. Michael J. Cohen, Ph.D. is a Program Director of the Institute of Global Education, where he coordinates its Integrated Ecology Department and Project NatureConnect. He also serves on the faculty of Portland State University and Akamai University. Dr. Cohen has founded sensory environmental education outdoor programs independently and for the National Audubon Society and Lesley University (AEI). He conceived the 1985 National Audubon Conference “Is the Earth a Living Organism,” and is an award winning author of “The Web of Life Imperative,” “Reconnecting With Nature,” and “Educating Counseling and Healing With Nature.” A video about his lifework may be viewed at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1357054/

CONTACT:
http://www.ecopsych.com/mjcohen.html
Email: nature@interisland.net
360-378-6313, Pacific Time Zone

Jet Luxury Resorts teams with Soup2Nuts to produce creative and unique video content to highlight Jet Luxury Resorts new Estates Division.

(MMD Newswire) October 20, 2009 — Jet Luxury Resorts, the premiere national high-end Resort Management Company, has teamed again with the innovative production company Soup2Nuts to produce a second viral video campaign. The companies joined forces in mid October for a shoot that took place in Malibu, California to highlight a premiere rental property that will spearhead Jet Luxury’s new high end JLR Estates Division. With the added Estates Division, Jet Luxury Resorts will be able to provide all options to their guest, from High-end Luxury Hotel accommodation worldwide to estates where an entire family can stay together.

The Estates Division production took place over two days and included not only the creation of a viral commercial for the inaugural property and the company, but also the production of a high-end virtual tour as well. Soup2Nuts tapped cinematographer Brandon Mastrippolito to photograph the action using the latest in Red Camera technology. Also on hand, a helicopter and Tyler Mount Equipment to further increase not only production value, but to give unique birds’ eye views of the property. Forest Erickson portrayed the integral part of “Spokesman” for the Jet Luxury Company. This latest campaign is set to launch worldwide at the end of October, 2009.

The property, located within the prestigious Pt. Dume Rivera section of Malibu, sits on over an acre of oceanfront land and has been featured in numerous media outlets (including the hit ABC show “The Bachelor” and “Fantasy
Open House” on Home and Garden Television.) It has been described as one of the most desirable ocean front estates in the world. The home, designed by renowned architect Carl Volante, features a tennis court, two guest homes, a wine cellar, a pool and spa with waterfalls overlooking the ocean and a private staircase to the sand.

“We are very excited about our growth into the Estates Market,” states Steve Aylsworth, COO of Jet Luxury Resorts. “Our purpose is to provide the best in affordable luxury to our guests and the implementation of the estate division will add to the variety of accommodations we can provide our guest – matching our properties with their specific needs.”

The previous collaboration between Jet Luxury Resorts and Soup2Nuts produced a hugely successful viral marketing campaign entitled “Are You Ready to Jet?” that has amassed over 420,000 Internet views worldwide and was featured on TBS’s Worlds Funniest Commercials 2009. The campaign revolved around a comedic, sexy concept that took place within one of Jet’s premiere properties, the Palms Place Penthouse in Las Vegas. See it here-(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQBj7DU2aw)

About Soup2Nuts:
Founded by one of the most successful commercial directing teams in the business, Soup2Nuts provides high end, original and innovative internet advertising at affordable rates. The company has created, produced and implemented campaigns for ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney, The World Poker Exchange, Jet Luxury Resorts, True Value and Yogamatic. Two of their commercials won AICP awards and have been placed in the permanent collection in the Museum of Modern Art. Dedicated to creating unique, viral and effective internet marketing, the duo behind Soup2Nuts cites passion, dedication and creativity as their greatest assets. Learn more at www.soup2nuts.us

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at nine hotels in five destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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International Artwork exhibition Organized by Peter Wilhelm in the famous Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest

(MMD Newswire) October 14, 2009 — The 137 years old Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary gives home for a very special the artwork exhibition which honors Anne Frank’s 80th birthday.

“Anne Frank became famous due to her diary, written in Dutch, in which despite her young age, she describes in a sensitive, acute and mature way, what she, her family and their friends went through in their hiding place from the Nazis. Anne Frank is the Shoah’s ‘most famous victim’ as well as ‘the most famous child of the twentieth century’, and her face, with the sad shy smile is one of the icons from this time” – says Peter Wilhelm initiator of the exhibition.

The photographs of Anne Frank are famous documents worldwide representing the Shoah and were adopted by many artists as a source of inspiration to express their feelings and ideas. There is wide use of Anne Frank’s image in artworks of many artists worldwide. Every artist refers to her image according to his/her cultural perception and artistic style.

Peter Wilhelm: “For the first time, in the exhibition Anne Frank in the Artists Eyes, a large collection of original artworks depicting Anne Frank has been shown. It expose the wide variety of subjects concerning Anne Frank’s image that occupies the artist’s thoughts, ideas and emotions.

Twenty artists from Austria, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Israel, UK and USA are participating in this exhibition with various artistic media and style.”

The exhibition is organized and sponsored by Peter Wilhelm, founder of Peter Wilhelm Art Center. The curator of the exhibition is Dr. Batya Brutin, Director of the Shoah Studies Program at Beit Berl Academic College in Israel.

On view: from 7th till 22nd October on workdays from 10 a.m. to 5,30 p.m.

For further information please contact by phone +36 20 324 73 53 or via mail: office@peterwilhelm-artcenter.com
website: www.peterwilhelm-artcenter.com

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Marbella hottest winter sun destination with beach hostels available

(MMD Newswire) October 12, 2009 — Travelers looking for a cheap but chic break this winter should head to Marbella, as the summer crowds and high prices drop, guaranteeing great holiday bargains.

The Costa del Sol is popular with British tourists for its endless sandy beaches and the warm waters of the Med. Numbers boom with holidaymakers during the summer months, with Marbella’s population alone increasing by 30%. But as winter approaches, falling crowds mean there is plenty of low cost accommodation available for a last minute beach break on HostelBookers.

Forget high rise hotels and packed out package resorts, Marbella is the most stylish spot on the Costa del Sol, renowned for its elegant marina packed with luxury yachts, and charming Spanish Old Quarter. Home to ten golf courses, chic shopping at Puerto Banus and the ‘Golden Mile’, a stretch of palatial beachfront villas, Marbella has long been the destination of choice for the well-heeled.

With 27km of coastline and 24 spotless beaches, Marbella is a year-round destination, and one of the warmest places in mainland Europe in winter, with temperatures reaching 25º c in December. But the crowds drop during the winter as sun-seekers flock to popular winter sun holidays such as the Caribbean, Turkey and Africa.

This is a boon for budget travelers, who can enjoy this luxury resort for less with HostelBookers. The budget accommodation booking site still has availability on a wide range of properties in Marbella, from boutique hostels to spacious apartments and hotels. If you’re looking for a beachfront hostel Marbella will not disappoint. For example, prices at the Aparthotel Puerto Azul, set on Marbella’s sea-front boulevard, and overlooking Fontanilla beach, start from just 19.67 per person per night. Boasting chic neutral decor, kitchens and cable television, and opening onto a furnished terrace with stunning sea views, these spacious suites are just some of the winter sun bargains available online now.

With these kinds of deals on luxury holiday destinations, the days of scrambling for sun loungers and overpriced cocktails are long gone.

About HostelBookers.com:

HostelBookers.com – launched in March 2004 – is a leading UK-based budget accommodation website. It offers a range of budget accommodation including youth hostels, hotels, guesthouses and apartments in over 2,500 destinations worldwide.

In November 2008 HostelBookers.com also received the UK’s Best Youth Product award at the British Youth Travel Awards (BYTA) run by BETA (British Educational Travel Association). The awards, are designed to provide a platform to celebrate and reward high achievers, gain recognition, and raise the profile of the work and individual successes of organisations engaged in youth, student and educational travel, to from and within the UK.

HostelBookers.com’s properties are reviewed and rated by customers and it remains the only major company in its sector to offer its services with no booking fees. HostelBookers.com also provides a range of free travel guides, plus travel news and information on worldwide events

If you would like to be a HostelBookers’ partner, you join our affiliate program directly by emailing HostelBookers or through the TradeDoubler and AffiliateFuture networks.

For further information please contact: Sonia on 02874061800 or email sonia@Hostelbookers.com

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(MMD Newswire) October 5, 2009 — Tuvalu Visualization Project is an art project visualizing information of Tuvalu on Google Earth. This project has been executed as a joint research of NPO Tuvalu Overview and Hidenori Watanave Laboratory @ Tokyo Metropolitan University from September 2008.

This project is composed of three elements.

- Build the Future with 10,000 Tuvaluans – The supporting system for the activity of Tuvalu Overview.
- Tuvalu Mapping – 3300 GPS photographs of Tuvalu on Google Earth.
- Tuvalu on Photosynth – Examples of artwork made by using GPS photographs.

The purpose of project is to disclose actual information about People and Scenery in Tuvalu to the world.

It is said that Tuvalu is exposed to danger of going under water by sea level rising because of global warming. However, we suppose that it is important to understand not only the problem of global warming, but also the real situation of Tuvalu. The Internet is an effective tool for collecting information, but it was difficult to obtain information of the real situation of Tuvalu from the Internet.

Therefore, we produced this project to present the real situation of Tuvalu, to improve the interest in Tuvalu, and to receive feedback from all over the world.

Credits:
NPO Tuvalu Overview
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Hidenori Watanave Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Makiko Suzuki, Yuichi Watanabe, and Hidenori Watanave)

Media Contact:
Hidenori Watanave
hwtnv@sd.tmu.ac.jp

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London (MMD Newswire) October 2, 2009 — An image speaks more than a thousand words, and travel photos can really capture the essence of a destination and inspire budding travelers to explore the world. So to create the ultimate travel inspiration, cheap accommodation site HostelBookers have teamed up with Rough Guides to launch an innovative travel photo contest . By contributing their photos to the HostelBookers blog and Flickr group, travelers can create their own photo ‘guides’ that will inspire others to explore the world.

Publishers of 300 travel guides covering 200 world-wide destinations, Rough Guides have compiled an extensive collection of travel images over the years. For the first time, more than 250 of these beautiful images are showcased in Earthbound: a Rough Guide to the World in Pictures. Capturing the essence of travel in all its guises, from Hindu prayer flags in Nepal to volcanoes in Costa Rica, this is the ideal gift for anyone who has ever caught the travel bug.

Now HostelBookers are giving travelers the chance to create their own photographic guide to the world, with an interactive travel photo competition. Using Flickr, Facebook and the HostelBookers Blog, travelers will have the chance to share their inspiring travel photos, and the best entries will win a copy of the book.

Taking a theme featured in Earthbound as their inspiration, wannabe photographers will be invited to submit their own images to the HostelBookers Flickr Group , or by emailing HostelBookers. The competition is entirely interactive – every two weeks the chosen topic will be announced on the HostelBookers Blog, and then members of the public will be able to vote for their favourite images online, with the six most popular posted on the blog.

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For further information please contact: Sonia Langevin on 020 7406 1805 or email sonia@Hostelbookers.com

NOTE TO EDITORS
About HostelBookers.com: Great Hostels. Free Booking. No Worries.
HostelBookers.com – launched in March 2004 – is a leading UK-based budget accommodation website. It offers a range of budget accommodation including youth hostels, hotels, guesthouses and apartments in over 2,500 destinations worldwide.

In November 2008 HostelBookers.com also received the UK’s Best Youth Product award at the British Youth Travel Awards (BYTA) run by BETA (British Educational Travel Association). The awards, are designed to provide a platform to celebrate and reward high achievers, gain recognition, and raise the profile of the work and individual successes of organisations engaged in youth, student and educational travel, to from and within the UK.

HostelBookers.com’s properties are reviewed and rated by customers and it remains the only major company in its sector to offer its services with no booking fees. HostelBookers.com also provides a range of free travel guides, plus travel news and information on worldwide events

If you would like to be a HostelBookers’ partner, you join our affiliate program directly by emailing HostelBookers or through the TradeDoubler and AffiliateFuture networks.

(MMD Newswire) October 1, 2009 — Famed Spanish artist, Royo, will be returning to Washington, DC for his exclusive gallery opening at P&C Art galleries. Opening receptions with the artist are, Saturday, October 10, 2009, 6:30 to 9pm at the Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia gallery and October 11, 2009, 1 to 4pm at the Washington, DC gallery. Further information can be found on at www.pcart.com.

Over the past 20 years Royo has had a hugely successful career as a fine artist, with a worldwide following of admirers and collectors. He has had major one-man exhibitions, sold-out shows, in his native Spain, throughout Europe, in the U.K., Japan and in the U.S. Among many other distinctions are his commissions from the Spanish Court to paint portraits of the King and Queen of Spain. More than 60 editions of his hand-pulled serigraph editions have sold out over the past 12 years, contributing to the Master’s wide appeal and legendary success.

Now, it appears, that his work is receiving, deservedly, the academic acclaim and acknowledgement along with these commercial successes. He has created throughout his career, along with the beautiful color-saturated paintings which have made him well-known and respected, thematic collections which highlight his depth as an artist, his versatility and his incredible technique. Royo has had museum shows previously, in such diverse venues as The Haggin Museum in California and the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain, with his “Sagittas” collection, a series of works which had a strong narrative content about a Utopian ideal, and a wonderful book and video about that series were created. Another of his thematic series, the boldly colored and sensual “Harem” series was featured in a major, and well-attended public exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.

Now, his newest creation is a stunning collection of atmospheric and ethereal paintings which he has entitled “Ingravidos”. The collection was unveiled in June, 2006 for the first time at the prestigious Museo Almudin in Valencia, Spain to enormous fanfare. The museum, which was built originally in the Fifteenth Century is a Spanish National Monument. Since the opening of the exhibition for Royo, attendance records have been set. The exhibition has created an explosion of interest in Royo in the museum/academic communities. One of the foremost art critics in Spain, Carlos Gonzales y Lopez, a long-time admirer of Royo, immediately endorsed and championed the collection as significant, and helped to arrange a second museum exhibition, which opened in January, 2007, at the esteemed Museo Diocesa in Barcelona, Spain. The show immediately preceding the “Ingravidos” at the Museo Diocesa featured Andy Warhol. The collection “INGRAVIDOS, has been featured at The Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida, from September 7th, 2007 ending January, 2008. Again, this collection received the highest esteem from art critics and set record numbers, both monetarily and for attendance, for the museum.

Museum Collections:

SAGITTAS

Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, USA, 1998
Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain, 1999
Palacio de los Serrano, Ávila, Spain, 2007

INGRÁVIDOS
Museo Almodí, Valencia, Spain, 2006
Museo Diocesà, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida, USA, 2007
Museo Edifici Miramar, Sitges, Spain, 2008

MUJER ES
Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain, 2008

HAREM SHOW SPONSORED BY THE UBS BANK CENTRAL OFFICE IN GENEVA , SWITZERLAND, “ARTRIUM”, IN 2004

Media Contact: P&C Art
2813 Dorr Ave.
Fairfax, VA 22031
Tel: 703-698-8452
www.pcart.com

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London, September 29, 2009 — The study, conducted by Reed Business Insight, compared over 900 hostels worldwide, with HostelBookers offering the lowest prices in 90 per cent of cases. On average HostelBookers were found to be 5.1 per cent cheaper than Hostelworld.

For example, customers will save £112.52 with HostelBookers on a two-night stay for two people in a double en suite room at the Welcome Inn Backpackers hostel in Singapore. On average hostels in Singapore are 17 per cent cheaper with HostelBookers than Hostelworld.

There are more savings to be made in other great destinations with HostelBookers. A New York hostel is on average 5.7% cheaper than HostelWorld, and travellers can save 12 per cent in Belgrade, 13 per cent in Bucharest, 14 per cent in Moscow and 15 per cent in Lima.

Individual hostels that offer the most significant savings included the Funnytime Hotel, Bucharest, at 62 per cent; the Peravel Beach Holiday Home, Goa, at 53 per cent; the City Center hostel in Belgrade at 53 per cent and Auckland’s Frienz.com Backpackers Accommodation at 53 per cent. Budget-conscious travellers can now book these properties through HostelBookers’ newly revamped website.

David Smith, chief operating officer at HostelBookers, said, “We are experiencing a phenomenal year in 2009, thanks to our cheap prices. The fact that HostelBookers works so closely with all our travel partners to negotiate the lowest price and doesn’t charge a booking fee, means that we’re able to pass these savings on to our ever-growing customer base.

“We’re delighted to be able to say with research-backed certainty that we are offering the best value in the budget sector of the travel industry, which is becoming more and more popular with consumers”, Smith added.

HostelBookers has now been confirmed as the leader of the pack when it comes to low cost accommodation, and to celebrate they are launching a 10 Day Free Holiday Giveaway. The prize draw will be open for participation from 1st to 10th October 2009 inclusive. Anyone booking a hostel, hotel or room will be entered into a prize draw, and one lucky person per day will get their entire accommodation costs refunded.

HostelBookers features 14,000 hostels in over 3,000 destinations and is the only website in the industry not to charge a booking fee.

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Miami, FL (MMD Newswire) September 23, 2009 — For the month of October 2009, Julia of Cruise Planners will join thousands of cruise-selling travel agents in World’s Largest Cruise Night, an exciting event designed to showcase the incredible choice, diversity and value of cruise vacations. Travel agencies across North America will team up with 24 member lines of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) to provide consumers with information on cruise vacations and exceptional offers.

If they choose, area residents can find out all they need to know about cruising and even take advantage of outstanding vacation offers without leaving the comfort of home because Cruise Planners is hosting a “Virtual” World’s Largest Cruise Night. By simply visiting the special Web page, http://wlcn.cruising.org.miamicruisediva consumers can explore the incredible world of cruising and plan a cruise! Cruise Planners has chosen several short videos showcasing the exciting offerings and destinations from participating CLIA member lines. For extra convenience, the Web page will be live until the end of the October.

In 2008, more than 4,000 travel agencies participated in WLCN, helping to generate over 43,000 in cruise bookings during the booking period.

World’s Largest Cruise Night (WLCN) is the highlight of October’s National Cruise Vacation Month, the once-a-year period during which travel agencies across North America sponsor exciting events and promotions all focused on cruising – the most enjoyable, satisfying and value-oriented vacation option available in today’s marketplace.

Cruise Planners is one of over 16,000 North American travel agency and agent members of CLIA, Whose 24 member lines represent 97% of the cruise berths marketed in North America. According to CLIA statistics, the wide majority of travelers – about 90% – book cruises through travel agencies, and for good reason: agents excel at finding the perfect cruise to match their clients’ vacation needs, lifestyle and budget. CLIA’s certified cruise counselors are the cruise industry’s premiere professionals, providing the best service and value for your vacation dollar.

For more information or to book your cruise vacation, contact Cruise Planners
Toll Free at 1-888-270-9945
Florida Residents 305-270-9945
julia@miamicruisediva.com or visit our website at http://www.miamicruisediva.com

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Press Contact:
Jennifer Rogers
Varnish Fine Art
415-222-6131
q@varnishfineart.com

Project Wrecking Ball
September 25, 2009 – ?
Launch Party Friday September 25, 7-11pm
Varnish Fine Art
77 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Project Wrecking Ball launches at Varnish Fine Art and continues until the wrecking ball swings

San Francisco, CA (MMD Newswire) September 11, 2009 — Witness a select group of over 25 artists as they transform Varnish Fine Art in the coming months, during Project Wrecking Ball. This long-term art project and exhibit is Varnish’s response to the pending eminent domain demolition of their current location at 77 Natoma Street in downtown San Francisco. By continually changing the eviction/demolition date short-notice, the government agency in charge of demo (Transbay Joint Powers Authority) has blocked Varnish’s ability to schedule further art shows as they have since opening 6 ½ years ago. Instead, a fabulous group of invited artists will leave their studios in the Bay Area and beyond to create artwork on-site throughout the main gallery for this ongoing art event. The varied artwork will be created in paint, encaustic and photo-emulsion directly on the brick walls and on panels in addition to metal sculpture and kinetic art installations. Project Wrecking Ball launches with a party on Friday September 25, 7-11pm, and PWB will continue until the wrecking ball swings on Varnish Fine Art—whenever that will be!

The Project Wrecking Ball artists include: Jennybird Alcantara, Beth Bojarski, Vance Cerley, Dave Correia, Kevin Evans, Albert DiCruttalo, Ezra Li Eizmont, Joshua Hagler, Kal Spelletich, Dan Romo, Annie Ownes, Chuck Sperry, Reuben Rude, Michael Page, Sri Zeno Whipple, Brad Isdrab, Stephanie Morgan, Sofia Sharpe, Zoe Ani, Karl Reichley, Pierre Merkl, Winston Smith, Sharon Leong, Rob Racine, Lucien Shapiro, Jon Wayshak, Rob Reger, and more.

A San Francisco agency, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA), is eliminating at least 33 small, local businesses, including Varnish Fine Art, and numerous residences in order to demolish all properties and later resell land to fund their project. The TJPA is forcing Varnish, among the first tenants and years before the end of the lease, to vacate its nearly 100 year old building for demolition. This gallery and wine bar will have to vacate 77 Natoma Street, but the business’ owners hope to re-establish Varnish Fine Art at a new location soon.

*High-resolution images available upon request
Gallery Directors Jennifer Rogers and Kerri Stephens opened Varnish Fine Art on April 19, 2003. Beginning with the remains of a brewery built just after the 1906 earthquake, Rogers and Stephens designed and rebuilt the space, including a main gallery, mezzanine gallery and wine bar, combining gallery with community. Varnish Fine Art is a 21+ only venue.

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Alaska (MMD Newswire) September 10, 2009 — The Tatshenshini-Alsek river system is one of the most spectacular places on Earth. Located in the southeastern part of Alaska and extending into Canada, it is home to ancient glaciers, blue icebergs, stunning waterfalls, deep canyons, beautiful flowers, wolves, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Together they make it a true wilderness experience for those lucky enough to travel into it. Dave Mackay fell in love with this river system in 1978 when he made his first trip down the Tatshenshini River. Mackay’s company Colorado River & Trail Expeditions has run 1-2 trips each year since that first trip and continually works to protect and preserve the Tatshenshini-Alsek through educating their guests about the importance of wilderness and continually improving equipment and techniques to minimize the impact rafting has on the area. The latest of these improvements has come in the form of designing grizzly bear resistant food containers suitable for the demands of a two- week long rafting trip.

The Tatshenshini-Alsek river system has become a more popular destination since 1978. This has led to more bear encounters each year. “In order to minimize the chance that bears associate food with people, steps had to be taken to build bear proof food containers suitable for our needs,” Mackay says. A. Grant Hutchinson, a wildlife biologist familiar with the area writes “The long term benefits of a proactive approach to minimizing the chance of bears becoming food conditioned can be significant, including ensuring human safety, enhancing bear conservation, and reducing the time and financial costs involved in dealing with food conditioned bears.”

The path to an approved grizzly bear proof container is not easy. The boxes had to be designed out of bear proof material, a 123 gallon cooler needed to fit inside them, and the boxes also needed to be able to stack inside one another for airplane transportation purposes. On a common Tatshenshini rafting trip there are four rafts, two with coolers and two with food boxes. At the conclusion of the trip the food boxes are empty. The bear proof boxes containing the coolers are loaded into the empty food boxes, conserving a lot of space, then the boxes are loaded into small planes for the flight back to Haines, Alaska.

Mackay designed his bear proof container out of 5052 H32 aluminum with a thickness of .12 in. The boxes dimensions are 22″ x 42″ x 19″. Waterman Welding in Kanab, Utah assisted with the project, fabricating a smaller prototype box to work out the kinks before building the real box. The prototype went back and forth between Mackay and Waterman multiple times before it was perfected. The hardest thing was getting the boxes to stack, but other problems that came up included making the hinges claw proof, having a drain for the cooler boxes, and making a box that was not too hard for river guides to get into.

The next step was to get the boxes approved as “bear proof.” In order to get this accomplished the boxes had to be sent to Dick Karsky of the US Forest Service in Missoula, Montana. Mr. Karsky is in charge of the approval of bear proof containers. Two tests must be passed for a box to be deemed “bear proof.” The first test is an impact test consisting of a force of 200 lb-ft applied to the top and side of the box. The second test is a live grizzly bear test in which bears attempt to get into the boxes that are baited with peanut butter and honey inside them and along the edges. Despite the bears throwing, jumping on, and clawing at the boxes, they passed the live bear test and the impact tests.

The final step was to field test the boxes. The boxes were shipped to Haines, Alaska, loaded with coolers, and put on the rafts. The only real problem that came up was undoing bolts to get into the boxes. This made the boxes harder for the guides to get to the food. This problem was remedied with the use of quick release stainless steel detent pins in the place of bolts. All of this time and work has been a small price to pay for conserving the wildness of such an incredible place. As MacHutchon writes, “short term costs to human users will be outweighed by the long-term benefits to human safety and bear conservation.” The boxes have been a great success and will help keep man’s impact on the wild to a minimum for years to come.

If you are interested in seeing the Tatshenshini-Alsek River, contact Colorado River & Trail Expeditions at 1-800-253-7328. Colorado River & Trail Expeditions has two trips planned for the summer of 2010. If you are interested in bear boxes, check out the Bear Box Webpage, David Mackay can be reached at crate@crateinc.com subject Grizzly Bear Box http://www.crateinc.com.

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High-end Resort Management Company increases its operations to include the most luxurious and coveted properties in Miami, Florida

(MMD Newswire) September 8, 2009 — Jet Luxury Resorts, the premiere Resort Management Company that is fast transforming the condo hotel marketplace through a unique business model and evolution of thought, is currently expanding their operations and properties to include Miami, Florida. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. The city of Miami, offering several 5 star condo-hotel and fractional resorts, is a natural fit for the burgeoning company.

Jet Luxury Resorts will soon be representing accommodations in multiple 5 Star properties in the Miami area. By providing a VIP stay within an already VIP property, Jet Luxury Resorts will continue to offer its innovative level of ultra luxurious, personalized service as well as providing the same high end, 4k digital resolution virtual tours for these new property additions.

Expanding on the Jet Luxury Resorts proven business model, Jet Luxury Resorts will also offer management services to owners of condo hotel inventory in the Setai, One Bal Harbour, Canyon Ranch, Fontainebleau and The W Hotel properties. Over the past eighteen months, Jet Luxury Resorts has energized the condo-hotel industry by bringing owners and renters together to work in the owner’s best interests by providing greater income to the owners to offset their investment while simultaneously bringing high quality, yet affordable product to the marketplace. With its depth of high-end, exclusive inventory, Miami is the next logical step in the expansion of the growing company.

Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts states, “We were very impressed by the level of quality that exists in South Florida. Not only are there several 5 star properties that will fit our brand, but this is also a highly transient market, much like Las Vegas, where we have already proven our ability to succeed with strong rental revenue to owners and great accommodations to renters.”

Locally, Jairo Fuentes, a talented Miami real estate professional will represent Jet Luxury Resorts. “We are very excited about the potential partnership with this great local contact,” says Mr. Brosal. “Mr. Fuentes and his wife will be fantastic contacts for us as they will be able to provide owner registration and unparalleled customer service for us there on the ground.”

Miami is the latest in a growing number of new markets that is a direct reflection of Jet Luxury’s meteoric growth and success. Other properties recently added to the Jet Luxury Resorts collection include The St. Regis Aspen, The St. Regis New York, The Buena Vista Luxury Villas in Costa Rica and The Aspen Square Hotel and the Limelight Lodge in Aspen, Colorado.

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at nine hotels in five destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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With tight budgets, many cities have turned to traffic tickets to generate a quick influx of cash.

The National Motorists Association (www.motorists.org), a motorists’ rights organization, has identified localities focused on ticket revenue that drivers may want to avoid over Labor Day weekend.

1) Chicago, Illinois

Chicago has an extensive red-light camera system. There are over 140 cameras positioned to ticket drivers everyday. Less well-known is that their yellow lights are timed to entrap motorists with short 3.0 second intervals, a tactic guaranteed to generate thousands of red light tickets. A single camera has been known to generate $700,000 to $800,000 per year.

These short yellow lights fail to meet legitimate traffic engineering standards and lead to unneccessary red-light violations, violations that could be easily prevented simply by increasing the yellow light duration to the correct levels.

The city also sold it’s parking meters to a private company which promptly doubled the fees and plans to quadruple them within three years.

2) Chillicothe & Heath, Ohio

Both of these cities started controversial ticket camera programs. Chillicothe started collecting money from drivers without bothering to set up any kind of an appeal system — instead they referred drivers with disputed tickets to the camera manufacturer.

Heath, a city of 8,800 people, issued more than 10,000 tickets in the first three weeks of operation. Before the city dismissed many of the tickets due to public pressure, the revenue at $100 per ticket would have been $830,000, even after paying the camera company their fee.

3) Los Angeles, California

The city of Los Angeles issued over 30,000 red-light camera tickets last year. At $159 apiece, these driver penalties netted the city almost $4.8 million. However, it was later discovered that over 80% of tickets were given for right turn on red violations, which have little to no impact on traffic safety.

4) Duncanville, Texas

This city, with a population of 38,500, issued over 43,000 red-light camera tickets last year. Much like Los Angeles, the city focused on right-turn on red violations, which accounted for 85% of the tickets given out. Because of the amount of money they bring in, the mayor even went as far as arresting an alderman who disagreed with the city’s tactics.

5) Phoenix & Scottsdale, Arizona

Despite widespread criticism from citizens, these two cities — and others in Arizona — continue to relentlessly expand their speed camera networks. In 2008, Scottsdale alone issued $17 million in automated tickets. Luckily for drivers visiting from out of state, the cities rarely bother to follow up on camera based tickets issued to non-residents.

6) Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. is overrun with ticket cameras. They even have ticket cameras installed on their street sweepers. The city has also been criticized for ticketing motorists in their own driveways. Over a six-year period, the District has issued more than 500,000 citations and $32 million in fines via automated tickets.

7) Entire State of Florida

When it comes to respecting drivers, the state of Florida is a disaster. The state is home to two of the most notorious speed trap cities in the country (Waldo and Lawtey) and — despite the Attorney General ruling them illegal — numerous Florida cities have jumped on to the red-light camera bandwagon. Avoid the entire state if you can.

Many of the places on this list use some form of automated enforcement, but it’s important to note that traditional enforcement techniques like speed traps (over 25,000 listed on www.speedtrap.org) are still extremely common.

For more information on how to fight back against excessive and unfair enforcement of traffic laws, motorists are encouraged to visit the National Motorists Association’s website at www.motorists.org.

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September 1, 2009
For Immediate Release

Contact for further information:

Gary Biller
608-849-6000
nma@motorists.org
National Motorists Association

Gold Beach, Oregon (MMD Newswire) September 1, 2009 – - This picturesque coastal village offers vacationers an opportunity to win a $10,000 gold prize for staying at fine hotels and vacation rentals. Building on Gold Beach’s recent string of good fortune, the town is presenting a golden sweepstakes.

“Gold Beach has been extremely lucky for some of our recent vacationers. One visitor won $12.2 million after buying a Megabucks lottery ticket in Gold Beach. Another won a vacation package at a local raffle. So we decided to extend even more luck to our visitors by offering a $10,000 gold prize. To my knowledge, it is the best ‘hotel rewards/incentive’ program for 2009-2010,” explains Elizabeth Kuljis, director of Gold Beach Promotions.

The year-long campaign officially begins September 1, 2009, when the gold arrives in Gold Beach. The official kickoff event takes place September 12th at the Gold Beach Brew and Art Festival, where a variety of state political figures and local personalities will attend. The sweepstakes runs from September 1, 2009 to September 1, 2010. Contestants obtain a sweepstakes entry by staying at one of Gold Beach’s hotels or vacation homes.

About Gold Beach:
Gold Beach is located on the breathtaking southern Oregon coast on Hwy 101 just 37 miles north of the California border. The Rogue River meets the majestic Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. This friendly community has approximately 2100 residents within the city limits. Gold Beach’s many amenities include: freshwater and ocean fishing, breathtaking scenery, jet boat tours up the “wild and scenic” Rogue River, rafting, recreational boating, windsurfing, clamming, tide pool explorations, beachcombing, whale watching, hiking, trail riding, golf, camping and museums.

For more information contact the Gold Beach Visitor Center at 800-525-2334 or www.GoldBeach.org .

Media Contact:
Elizabeth Kuljis, Director
Gold Beach Promotions & Visitor Center
Phone: 800-525-2334
Email: director@goldbeach.org
Website: www.GoldBeach.org

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(MMD Newswire) August 27, 2009 — We’ve got to face it.. There are men and women with power or not, from all walks of life who by principle and logic or simply by plain scheme to drive you crazy, would not and cannot take a “NO” for an answer.

To deliver quality Customer service, only a positive, willing to help, confident, go-getter who would not take a “NO” himself would be able to address difficult situations as narrated to this writer.

My flight from Muscat was delayed and connecting flight to London will be in 40 minutes. Prompted by an advise from London Etihad counter, Mr. J. Edwards, Austral-Asia Director for NordsVolks Holdings Pty Ltd had planned to request for upgrade by miles upon arrival in Abu dhabi. “The seeming shortage of time created great stress and pressure but I tried my luck anyway at the airline’s transfer counter”.

According to Mr. Edwards, he argued from one person at the counter to another -”the shortness of time of my request is not my fault, neither my delayed arrival in Abu Dhabi”. “Total of three people refused to help me ( I got their names for contingency)”. Feeling all prepared to be ballistic, “I approached this fourth person named Ms. Dina Andhrada, who listened to me with a comforting smile and actually did something without outright negativity unlike the previous ones I have sought help”. “I watched her talked to someone on the phone and talked to two of her co- workers”. While on the phone, she was graciously explaining to me that upgrade by miles is really easy if time is sufficient but that she was doing her best with the half an hour she has before my boarding time.

“What I have observed was a first hand demonstration of a “Can-Do attitude” I have always talked about to my own employees. All my disgust and annoyance were just washed away watching somebody working out something for me.”

“I was so elated when she put her thumb up to me”. “Done Jonathan”, she said. What a winner. Imagine having been refused three times and still had it done. What an impact the attitude had on me. The Can-do attitude displayed actually saved me the trouble of lodging a complaint or demanding to see the supervisor on duty with its accompanying tension which was what I have at the back of my mind once I get refused one more time.

As I handed her my calling card and tried to headhunt her for a lucrative job offer in UK , United States or Geneva ( my way of thanking her ), she instead gave me my business class boarding card and guess what.. .for a reward, she said, I have to promise her that I will fly with “her airline” again and from now on, “or else”. Can’t help but burst in laughter & gave her my promise to set aside my 400,000 mileage with another airline and patronize her airline as my reward to her for the fact that : I had a good laugh from her effectively unique sales talk and I lost my anger. Along with this, flight center received our office memo to preferably book all our company travels with this lady’s airline- Etihad. Your remarkably impressive personnel should know, her “or else” worked, and I kept my promise. Instead for an opportunity to demand self gain, I witnessed an indispensable “Can-Do” work loyalty attitude, a valuable secret behind the success of any organization.

Media Contact:
MR. J. EDWARDS
Edwards_J1TA@yahoo.co.uk

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Forward thinking Travel Agents receive big company perks with small company feel from innovative new high-end luxury resort Management Company.

(MMD Newswire) August 27, 2009 — Jet Luxury Resorts, the premiere national condo hotel and resort management company, has fast become an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for ambitious, talented and experienced travel agents who find themselves on the cutting edge of the ever-evolving hospitality industry.

Since Jet Luxury Resorts is able to provide 4 and 5 star properties that travel agents are accustomed to at a better price point than that of comparable luxury hotels, Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer the best of both worlds–high quality and luxurious accommodations at affordable prices. With rapid worldwide expansion, Jet Luxury Resorts has created international access to multiple properties while maintaining an intimate level of personalized service to travel agents providing the boutique experience to customers. Customers and travel agents alike benefit from this top of the line inventory offered at affordable prices with personalized service. In addition, Jet Luxury Resorts properties are larger; most of the rooms offered have kitchens, multiple baths and extra amenities that are not found in a standard luxury hotel room.

Jill Lisman of ProTravel, a travel agent who works regularly with Jet Luxury Resorts, adds, “The benefits of booking my clients through Jet Luxury brings me back again and again. The company has a full reservation staff dedicated to assisting not only me, but my clients as well. They are able to offer beyond the individual hotel’s perks, by assisting with services and benefits anywhere in the city being booked.”

Jet Luxury Resorts provides a ‘high touch’ service to travel agents, allowing them to book high end property for their clients at not only affordable price points, but with personalized service as well. Jet Luxury Resorts pays industry standard travel agent commissions and many times pays above the industry average for its higher end properties.

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at nine hotels in five destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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Canada (MMD Newswire) August 26, 2009 — With close to 3,000 spas across the country, the Canadian spa experience is as interesting and appealing as the beautiful and varied landscape that stretches coast to coast from British Columbia to Newfoundland.

As Canada’s national spa organization, Leading Spas of Canada has produced a beautiful, full-colour printed directory boasting colourful photographs, detailed descriptions of spa treatments and experiences, alongside listings of their proud spa members. The printed directory has been a huge success, with spa-goers requesting 125,000 copies through various channels including the Leading Spas of Canada website, member spas, Air Canada lounges and through distribution with EnRoute, Air Canada’s inflight magazine during the month of March.

With the increasing desire to improve sustainability and reduce one’s environmental footprint, Leading Spas of Canada has now made their popular directory available online. “The spa industry is embracing the trend to become more ‘green’ in everything we do. Offering our directory online is a wonderful opportunity for our association to be more environmentally conscious while still providing the exquisite photography which showcases our spas so beautifully. Now being published online also, it allows more people from all over the world to explore and appreciate the uniqueness of the Canadian spa experience”, notes Leading Spas of Canada CEO, Wanda Love.

Of particular interest in the directory are the various ‘signature services’ offered by spas, with many of them featuring ingredients indigenous to the area; treatments using locally-harvested seaweed, body wraps with wild rosehip oil from Alberta’s provincial flower, blackberry vinotherapy massage, Aboriginal healing traditions are incorporated into treatments in Manitoba, Maple Sugar body scrubs, Muskoka cranberry soaks and vinotherapy in Ontario, apple blossom facials in the Annapolis Valley and even an ice-berg dip at a spa in Newfoundland.

Explore the pages of the Leading Spas of Canada at http://www.leadingspasofcanada.com/web/directory and discover the extraordinary experiences the Canadian spa industry has to offer.

For more information:

Wanda Love
C.E.O., Leading Spas of Canada

wanda@leadingspasofcanada.com
604.662.3411

About Leading Spas of Canada
As Canada’s national spa organization, Leading Spas of Canada (LSC) provides support for the development of the Canadian spa industry and the promotion of Canada as the finest spa destination in the world. Led by a dedicated Board of Directors from across the country, LSC represents the broad spectrum of the spa experience, from resort and day spas, destination and mineral springs spas to medical spas, schools and suppliers. Over 175 Association members share a commitment to a stringent set of Standards of Practice and Codes of Ethics, which distinguish them for excellence in spa services and operations in North America and in the world.

For the latest news & spa trends, follow Leading Spas of Canada on Twitter – @LeadingSpas
and become a fan on Facebook – www.facebook.com/pages/Leading-Spas-of-Canada

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Karibuni Eco-Tours has branched out. We love to travel and have been sharing some of those travels with you through this website.

(MMD Newswire) August 10, 2009 — Now, I’m sure that you enjoy a tale from time to time, but wouldn’t going there yourself be so much better. In an effort to help others enjoy the places we have been, we have launched a new travel website, Unique Travel Bid . The website is a travel auction site with a twist. In a traditional auction, the price goes ever upward with each bid. Uniquetravelbid.com is just that; a unique way to bid on travel. The auction format we chose is the “Lowest Unique Bid” format. In this format the person with the lowest bid that no one else has placed wins the auction. Auctions start at $0.01 and are never more than $200 to $500.

Take a look at the website. These trips are not your run of the mill trips. Almost every trip we put up is a luxury trip with airfare and meals included. Add to that the “Lowest Unique Bid” factor and the trips are cheaper than staying at home. You will find trips to Africa where you will experience the abundance of wildlife and the beauty of the untouched landscapes. You will find trips to Europe where you can experience anything from the Eiffel Tower to the vineyards of Tuscany. If you want to stay a little closer to home, there are trips to Las Vegas where you will be staying in a lavish 1283 square foot suite or cruise the Inside Passage to Alaska or the islands of Hawaii in the comfort of your balcony suite. For the hunter, we are working on putting together packages that, until now, have only been experienced by the upper crust. We will only offer hunts with operators that have a proven track record of ethical hunting practices and follow the most stringent conservation guidelines. In keeping with our standards, all of the trips that we offer my follow strict eco-friendly practices and, especially in Africa, a portion of the monies received by the operators must benefit the indigenous people and/or wildlife.

So, check out the website. Before you know it, you may be traveling the world like a pro. If there are places you would like to travel that you don’t see, suggest them. If enough people want a trip to a certain destination, we will certainly try to find an operator in that area that lives up to our standards. Stop reading about travel and pack your bags. There’s a whole world out there for you to explore.

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” – Saint Augustine

Media Contact:
Karibuni Corporation
regina@karibuni-eco-tours.com

http://www.karibuni-eco-tours.com

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Jakobstad, Finland (MMD Newswire) August 5, 2009 — A fast growing number of Business Travelers worldwide have some kind of food restrictions due to ethical, religious, preferential and/or health related concerns and they all have a problem. How do they effectively communicate their dietary needs in a foreign language?

Communicating these can be very difficult and uncomfortable, and misunderstandings occur on a frequent basis. Misunderstandings that may lead to discomfort, illness and/or even life-threatening situations. We can only estimate how much this may cost businesses in lost productivity and sales as the Business Traveler isn’t at his/her best.

The renewed online service www.njoy-translations.com by nsolutions launched on the 1st of August, 2009 addresses this problem in a simple, but efficient way. It provides a way and a tool for Business travelers to stop worrying, be certain about their eating situation, feel good and keep on making the business more money, even if the kitchen isn´t speaking the same language.

What’s new:

* New action-oriented phrases – for more effective communication with the kitchen.
* More languages and multilingual solution – supporting translations from and into 55 different languages.
* Ready-made translations of the “10 big” food allergies, as peanut, fish, egg, milk, wheat etc..
* Ready-made translations of 14 different special diets, as halal, kosher, vegetarian, celiac disease, lactose intolerance etc..
* Online tool to customize and translate user specific food restrictions from + 200 of the most common food allergens.
* Unlimited print-outs and 24/7 online on-the-fly translation availability.
* Translations from 1$ per language. Free trial.

About nsolutions
nsolutions is a privately held company which have been providing food allergy and special diet online translations since April 2005 to more than 4.000 users. “With our renewed online service we are able to better provide Business Travelers all around the world with safer and more enjoyable culinary experiences and thereby perform better in business, says MD Mr. Niklas Nygard”.

For more information:
Company name nsolutions
Managing Director: Mr. Niklas Nygard
Email: management@njoy-translations.com
Phone: +358 45 110 8565

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High-end luxury resort Management Company teams with young video startup to produce inexpensive, but successful viral campaign.

(MMD Newswire) August 4, 2009 — Jet Luxury Resorts, the premiere national high end Resort Management Company recently tapped Soup2Nuts, a rising internet marketing company, to produce their first national branding campaign, entitled “Are You Ready to Jet?” Since the campaign’s viral launch on the internet in May, it has amassed over 300,000 views worldwide and has been featured on TBS’s Worlds Funniest Commercials 2009. The Jet Luxury campaign revolves around a comedic, sexy concept that unfolds within one of Jet’s premiere properties, the Palms Place Penthouse in Las Vegas. See it here-(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQBj7DU2aw)

Jet Luxury Resorts knew they needed a clever, comedic and memorable branding campaign, but they didn’t want to spend a lot of money producing it. The company’s Chief Operating Officer, Steve Aylsworth, remembers searching far and wide for just the right company that could pull it off. “After interviewing several different companies, we decided to go with one that was not only extremely competent in creating solid advertising and brand recognition, but one that was creative and risky enough to make it hugely viral in an effort to get international brand exposure. Soup2Nuts lived up to their name, from conception of the idea, all the way to successful optimization and distribution across emerging new media.”

Soup2Nuts co-founders Kevin Matthews and Michael Christopher not only conceive, direct, produce and distribute viral advertising; they have also been directing professional television commercials and music videos for over ten years. The directing duo have amassed a primetime Emmy nod, been shortlisted at Cannes, won best music video of year and two of their commercials have been placed in the permanent collection in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

“With the emergence of the internet becoming such a powerful new method of communication, we’re joining and pioneering a new method of internet advertising,” states Mr. Christopher. “No longer will companies have to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of different vendors to make their voice heard. Now, with modern technology and the internet, viral marketing is fast becoming the white horse in advertising.”

Traditional advertising, such as print and Television, is fast becoming too costly and ineffective for mid level companies to rely on. “Viral marketing can be immensely powerful, usually having 500-1000 times greater impact than what you get from regular advertisements,” cites Kevin Matthews. “Instead of spending an insane amount of money on newspapers ads, TV commercials or banner ads, companies can spend next to nothing – then let their fans do all the work for them. It is all in the creativity of the product which we have been able to successfully capture for our clients.”

Jet Luxury Resorts and Soup2Nuts are currently teaming up again to produce a second branding campaign set to launch in late September, 2009.

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at nine hotels in five destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

About Soup2Nuts:
Founded by one of the most successful commercial directing teams in the business, Soup2Nuts provides high end, original and innovative internet advertising at affordable rates. The company has created, produced and implemented campaigns for ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney, The World Poker Exchange, Jet Luxury Resorts, True Value and Yogamatic. Two of their commercials won AICP awards and have been placed in the permanent collection in the Museum of Modern Art. Infatuated with creating unique, viral and effective internet marketing, the duo behind Soup2Nuts cites passion, dedication and creativity as their greatest assets. www.soup2nuts.us/

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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3rd annual “Evening of Independence” musical celebration in Los Angeles to benefit Donate Life

(MMD Newswire) July 22, 2009 — Jet Luxury Resorts, the premiere luxury Resort and Hotel Management Company, is proud to announce their co-sponsorship of the 3rd annual “Evening of Independence: A Celebration of Singers, Songwriters & Music” to be held at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre on July 25, 2009 at 8:00pm in Los Angeles. The top singer/songwriters and bands will join special guests to showcase their original music on one of the Southland’s major stages to industry executives and music lovers. The Lineup of 10 artists include Kiefer Southerland and Jude Cole’s darling Rocco DeLuca & the Burden (Ironworks), Alex Band and Arms of the multi-platinum rock band The Calling, Memphis-based indie band Ingram Hill and 7 other of the most talented emerging artists. All proceeds from the show will benefit Donate Life America.

Donate life America assists in mobilizing the transplant community to educate the American public on the need for organ, eye and tissue donation and motivating the public to make an actionable donor designation.

Jet Luxury Resorts, a company that offers viable financial and travel solutions to both condo hotel/ fractional owners and the rental community alike, saw the opportunity to not only participate in an entertaining musical event, but to also help raise awareness about Donate Life along the way. “Donate Life is a great cause and Jet Luxury Resorts is proud to be a part of the music night to help spread awareness,” states Steve Aylsworth, COO of Jet Luxury Resorts. “Koffeehouse brings the music community together for an amazing night while at the same time donating to such a fantastic cause.”

This isn’t the first time Jet Luxury Resorts and the Koffeehouse Music Production Company have teamed up. In May of 2009, Jet Luxury opened the doors to one of their elite residential properties in Malibu to host a Koffeehouse Music Event. The show helped pave the way for some of LA’s premier grassroots music artists to share their innovative work. The upcoming “Evening of Independence” promises to deliver not only more original talent, but also awareness for a good cause along the way.

Tickets, priced at $30 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under, are available at www.FordTheaters.org or 323 461-3673. (Jet Luxury Subscribers receive 25% using discount code DONATELIFE.) VIP Tickets, priced at $100, are available through www.koffeehouse.com or by calling the Ford Box Office at 323-461-3673.

About Jet Luxury Resorts:
Jet Luxury Resorts is the premiere national 4 and 5 star condo-hotel management company that provides truly affordable luxury. Jet Luxury Resorts is able to offer exclusive, luxurious yet affordable inventory to the rental community through honest, lucrative and dedicated service to condo hotel and fractional owners. Jet Luxury is at nine hotels in five destinations worldwide including New York, NY, Aspen, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Tulemar Beach, Costa Rica and Honolulu, HI. Find out more at www.jetluxuryresorts.com.

About Koffeehouse Music Productions LLC
Koffeehouse Music Productions, LLC (www.koffeehouse.com) is Los Angeles’ premier, grassroots live music production company, best known for creating unique outdoor performance spaces for the most talented emerging singer-songwriters and bands. Koffeehouse supports these artists by providing them a platform to share their original music with industry executives and music lovers alike.

About Donate Life America
Donate Life America (www.donatelife.net) assists in mobilizing the transplant community to educate the American public on the need for organ, eye and tissue donation. The organization publishes brochures, program kits and other materials and provides technical assistance and referral services. It is comprised of national organizations and 47 local affiliates across the United States that coordinate donation related activities at the grassroots level.

If you’d like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Richard Brosal, President of Jet Luxury Resorts, please call Mercedes Shea at 877-538-7370 Ext. 132 or email Mercedes at mshea@jetluxuryresorts.com. Jet Luxury Resorts can be found on Twitter (Jetset9) and Facebook.

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Announces Scenes of Summer Photo Contest Judged By Pulitzer Winner Photographer and Prestigious Photo Editors

Palo Alto, Calif. (MMD Newswire) July 20, 2009 — WeArePhotographers.com LLC today announced its new online destination for digital photographers with its first photography competition, “Scenes of Summer.” The site uses a unique philosophy of “The Scene, The Shot and The Shop: A Holistic View of PhotographyTM” to evaluate and improve today’s digital photographers, from the advanced enthusiast to the entry-level professional. Through access to award-winning photography experts on our Council of Photographers, combined with a wide range of educational tools and social networking, our members can learn how to make compelling photographs, instead of simply taking pictures.

“Approximately every 12 seconds, a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) camera is sold in the U.S. with the dream of making outstanding, potentially sellable, photographs. We help people make that dream a reality,” said Stephen Terlizzi, CEO of WeArePhotographers.com. “Access to mentoring is key.”

Our professional Council of Photographers includes a Pulitzer Prize Photography judge, several Pulitzer Prize winners, a leading sports photographer whose pictures are in the Baseball and Football Halls of Fame, and a former photography editor of National Geographic magazine.

“As someone who believes passionately in photography’s power to communicate, I am excited to be part of this project. I hope we can encourage others to grow their skills and have fun creating visual images with impact,” said Tom Kennedy, founder of Kennedy Media and former managing editor of multimedia at Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive and former director of photography at National Geographic Society.

To help further improve our members’ photography, we offer our “Photo Gauntlet(tm)” where a professional photographer from our Council of Photographers will critique selected photographs on-line. This critique is complemented by our monthly contests that provide a venue for users to gauge their skills against their peers, win valuable prizes and gain exposure for their work. Sponsored by Keeble and Shuchat Photography – Northern California’s Premier Digital Imaging Store, the “Scenes of Summer” photography contest challenges our users to deliver not one, but three compelling photographs in a mini-portfolio that illustrates the themes of summer.

“We are delighted to partner with WeArePhotographers,” said Alain Brie, Sales Manager at Keeble and Shuchat Photography. “We are looking forward to lots of fun while helping the photography community.”

The Scenes of Summer Photography Contest starts on July 15th and runs through September 9th and has a $10 entry fee. For additional information on the company and our “Scenes of Summer” Photography contest, contact Gary Geschwind. The contact information is below.

ABOUT WeArePhotographers.com – Founded by photographers for photographers, WeArePhotographers.com is the recognized destination for online digital photography content for the advanced enthusiast and entry-level professional to help “Elevate Your Talent.” Highlighted by our professional Council of Photographers, which includes award-winning photographers and photo editors, we offer our customers a valuable experience through our monthly photo competitions, our “Photo Gauntlet” professional critiques and our unique holistic view of photography. For more information, please visit url = http://www.wearephotographers.com.

ABOUT Keeble and Shuchat Photography – Keeble & Shuchat is the premier photographic and digital imaging camera store in Northern California and beyond. KSP has been serving the needs of professional and amateur photographers alike for over 44 years, supplying them with the most complete inventory and most knowledgeable staff. Classes, seminars and field trips have become an essential way to better educate KSP’s customers. For more information, please visit url = http://www.ksphoto.com.

CONTACT:
Gary Geschwind

(650) 380-3049
pr@wearephotographers.com
url = http://www.wearephotographers.com
http://twitter.com/wearephotogs

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