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Will the World End in 2012? Noted Chicago Pastor Challenges Mayan Calendar Prediction

CHICAGO, May 15, 2012 -- A new Reuters survey reveals one in seven people worldwide believe the world will end in their lifetime. But if you want to know how it's going to happen, don't look to Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar for answers. When it comes to predicting the future, the Bible is an unimpeachable source of information, says Dr. Erwin Lutzer, senior pastor of the venerable Moody Church in Chicago and author of The King Is Coming: Preparing to Meet Jesus (Moody Publishers). More...

BE SOMEONE's Orrin Checkmate Hudson Will Join Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo Hosted by Nationwide Designed to Encourage, Promote and Profit Minority Businesses, Chicago Hilton, May 23-25

CHICAGO, May 15, 2012 -- BLACK ENTERPRISE will kick off its 2012 Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo hosted by Nationwide Insurance on Wednesday, May 23, at the Chicago Hilton with a powerhouse line-up of some of the nation's most accomplished and celebrated entrepreneurs, including ABC's Shark Tank co-star Daymond John. The three-day power conference, which brings together more than 1,200 of the country's leading entrepreneurs and corporate executives, is designed to provide attendees with the newest and most innovative strategies from today's top business minds and provide high-powered networking opportunities critical to their efforts to take their businesses to the next level of profitability. More...

Looking for an Unusual Gift to Delight Mom?

CHICAGO, May 11, 2012 -- Yes, it's that time - time to think quickly and act even quicker to get your mother a gift that says how much you love and adore her and appreciate all the things she's done for you over the years. You could get flowers, but that's a bit blah. You could get chocolates, but she's getting older and complains it is hard to stay at a healthy weight. You want to get her something she will use, but obviously you know better than to get anything related to housework! More...

Montway Auto Transport Endorses Car Shipping Published Rates

HICAGO, May 9, 2012 -- Montway Auto Transport, the leading car shipping company, announces their participation in the new published rates program on uShip. At one point in time, if consumers wanted to receive a car shipping quote online, they had to offer up a plethora of personal information. A consumer would find a website, have to register with the given site and then enter personal information such as name, email address, mailing address and even their telephone number. Montway Auto Transport respects user privacy and has always utilized a car delivery quote (http://www.montway.com/auto-transport-quote.php) calculator platform that gives a real-time quote without requiring the input of personal information. More...

Say Hello to the New Face of Sustainable Travel Amble Resorts Sends Intern to Panama to Pave the Way for Ecotourists

CHICAGO, May 7, 2012 -- Amble Resorts announces their 2012 Island Intern, Mike Corey. The 26-year-old Toronto, Canada resident won the Island Intern video contest hosted by Amble Resorts and will spend his summer exploring the 400-acre Panama island where the eco-luxury Resort at Isla Palenque prepares to open its doors later this year. More...

UNDER THE RADAR Reports Brand Managers Agree 'Experiential Marketing' Creates True Emotional Connections

CHICAGO, May 2, 2012 -- Today's brand managers agree that the uniqueness of experiential marketing is its ability to create a true emotional connection to people through live experiences and then share them with large numbers of people through the power of social media. According to UNDER THE RADAR, an experiential marketing agency, brand managers believe that emotional connections to a brand need to start in the real world to create true connections. More...

Free SEO Scorecard Helps Small Businesses Avoid Costly Website Mistakes That Block Search Engine Traffic

CHICAGO, May 1, 2012 -- As Search Engine Optimization (SEO) continues to be the number one source of leads for both B2C and B2B marketers, without proper tools, small businesses find it increasingly difficult to beat out their competitors and get onto the all-important first page of Google's search results. More...

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar's Farm Bill Would Eliminate Food Stamps for 74,000 in Illinois; 15,000, Chicago U.S. House Agriculture Committee Holds Farm Bill Hearing in Illinois

CHICAGO, April 6, 2012 -- Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana reintroduced legislation last month to cut $40 billion from federal farming support and federal nutrition assistance funding, which could eliminate food stamps for 74,000 already hungry Illinois residents, including 15,000 in Chicago. More...

BetterWeekdays Aims to Help Top-Tier MBA Professionals Find the Right Fit

CHICAGO, April 5, 2012 -- BetterWeekdays (http://www.betterweekdays.com/), an exclusive online community for MBA alumni (and alumni-to-be) from top-tier business schools, today introduced its platform to the public. BetterWeekdays aims to build a community of MBA professionals for the purposes of leadership development, relevant connections, and career enhancement to encourage people to be better. BetterWeekdays is currently in its alpha product stage, and additional features and enhancements are on the horizon. More...

PCI-Associated Renal Complications Increase Significantly Among Medicare Patients Cardiac Data Solutions study warrants increased focus on contrast induced nephropathy protocols to reduce renal complications

CHICAGO, March 29, 2012 -- Incidences of renal complications, specifically acute renal failure (ARF) and new hemodialysis (HD), continue to increase significantly among Medicare beneficiaries (MB) admitted for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). While patients admitted with impaired renal function are at increased risk, approximately 10 percent of elective patients will suffer renal complications without prior indicators. These findings warrant more focus on implementation of a contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) protocol to reduce complications, according to a study by Cardiac Data Solutions, Inc., presented at the American College of Cardiology 61st Scientific Sessions in Chicago. More...

Social Impact Innovation Company Redefines Financial Education With Traveling Museum Exhibition

CHICAGO, April 2, 2012 -- April is Financial Literacy Month -- less a cause for celebration than an opportunity to spotlight the national commitment to financial education. The proliferation of books, seminars, websites, games, and apps on personal finance should give Americans all the information they need to increase their Money IQ. More...

Catylist Celebrates 10 Years of Empowering Commercial Real Estate Communities The Nation's Leading Provider of Commercial Information Exchange Technology

CHICAGO, March 6, 2012 -- 2012 marks Catylist's 10th year of providing Web-based technology for the commercial real estate industry. Their flagship product, the Commercial Information Exchange (CIE), analogous to the popular MLS used by residential real estate agents, is designed specifically for commercial professionals that represent office, retail and industrial properties. More...

Take Your Leadership Impact to the Next Level with the Second Edition of 'You Can't NOT Communicate' Features a new in-depth guide to strategic planning for CEOs, provides actionable steps that drive results

CHICAGO, March 6, 2012 -- Highly acclaimed business author and award-winning leadership communication expert David Grossman is back with a new version of the book that started it all - the second edition of "You Can't NOT Communicate: Proven Communication Solutions that Power the Fortune 100." For corporate communicators and leaders across all industries who value communication as a key driver of business results, the second edition of "You Can't NOT Communicate" is a proven resource. More...

TAF Instructional At-Home Plan (IAHP)™ Helps Chicago Students Transcend Remediation to Achieve Acceleration New research unveils program's dramatic success, quantifying the involvement of teachers and parents alike

CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2012 -- From the moment America's children step foot into a preschool, each young student is running an academic race. Yet students are struggling everywhere, putting teachers and schools in dire straits as they wrestle with closing the "achievement gap." Increasingly, teachers are relying on parents to help coach kids to the finish line, yet the extent to which this matters has been the subject of debate -- at least until now, according to Dr. Tanya Foster-DeMers, a Chicago-based, award-winning teacher and president of TAF Educational LLC (http://tafeducational.com). More...

Sciaky Teams Up With Penn State University and DARPA to Advance Direct Digital Manufacturing Technology

CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 2012 -- Sciaky, Inc., a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and leading provider of additive manufacturing (AM) solutions, is teaming up with the Applied Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University to advance Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) technology, via funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under terms of the agreement, a 6,000-square-foot Center for Innovative Metal Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) will be established within the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State to serve as a world-class Manufacturing Demonstration Facility under DARPA's Open Manufacturing initiative. More...

Island Internship in Panama Offers Life-Changing Opportunity For Those Seeking a Dream Job in Travel, Isla Palenque Is the Ultimate Destination

CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 2012 -- The Resort at Isla Palenque opened submissions today for their Island Intern Contest (http://www.amble.com/islapalenque/islandintern2012), an online video competition in which adventure-seekers nationwide vie for the opportunity to spend their summer living on a tropical island in Panama. More...

Two Lucky Interns Reveal a Panama We Haven't Seen Before Amble Resorts Announces Launch of "The Adventures of the Island Interns"

Today Amble Resorts released the first episode of their new online travel video series The Adventures of the Island Interns, an awe-inspiring journey through lesser-known destinations in Panama with Isla Palenque's Island Interns Luke Hansen and Ben Brown. This first video, entitled "The Opportunity of a Lifetime," conveys the excitement and life-changing outcome of the Island Intern Contest that sent winners Hansen and Brown to live on tropical Isla Palenque, Panama for six weeks last summer to document their experience. More...

Jenny McCarthy's Organization, Generation Rescue, Partners With Cellar Angels to Help Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Cellar Angels announces Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy's autism organization, as an exciting new addition to their list of charitable partners. More...

Lingerie Expert Jada Michaels Gives Women Tips on Being Sexy This Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is by far one of the most romantic days of the year. But what if you have just started dating and want to be sexy without sending the wrong message? What if you are a little conscious about your curves, but still want to be seducing? Can you be sexy for your Valentine without showing too much skin? More...

The Definitive Guide to Taming the Em@il Monster

CHICAGO, Jan. 17, 2012 -- With major corporations around the world limiting workplace email as a means of reducing wasted time and improving business results, David Grossman, internal communications and leadership expert and founder and CEO of The Grossman Group, has released his new state-of-the-art guide for organizations and bosses to communicate more effectively over email and make the workplace better. More...

Win a Flight Anywhere in the World with Amble Resorts' Travel Contest

CHICAGO, Dec. 29, 2011 -- Hopeful travelers are invited to share a personal, life-changing travel experience on Amble Resorts' travel blog, The Ambler, for the chance to win a flight anywhere in the world. The individual who posts the winning entry will be rewarded with a free trip to the destination of their dreams in the form of a $1,500 travel voucher, valid anytime in 2012, on the airline of the winner's choice. More...

Crooner Frank Lamphere's Original Songs to Be Featured in Movie

CHICAGO, Dec. 20, 2011 -- Just eight days after being digitally released, two songs on the new EP, Frank Swings (http://www.frankswings.com/frankswingscd.html), jazz retro-pop crooner Frank Lamphere's (LAM-fear) first release of original music, have been licensed for inclusion in an independent film. More...

A2Z Computing Services, Inc. Announces The Acceptance Of Press Releases From Chicago And Vicinity

Oakland, Maine - December 1, 2011 -- Matthew Hunt, President of A2Z Computing Services, Inc. the parent company of Hometown USA announced Thursday that they will begin accepting press releases from businesses, organizations and individuals for posting on HometownUSA.com. In an effort to populate their redesigned News and Events section with quality information of interest to local residents and visitors alike, the company will immediately start posting valid press releases for viewing by their visitors. More...


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