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MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), a trusted source of management insights for over 18,000 loyal readers, today announced a strategic partnership with Pelcro, a next-generation subscription management platform. This collaboration aims to streamline subscription offerings, elevate reader experience, and unlock significant growth opportunities for MIT SMR.

MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), a trusted source of management insights for over 18,000 loyal readers, today announced a strategic partnership with Pelcro, a next-generation subscription management platform. This collaboration aims to streamline subscription offerings, elevate reader experience, and unlock significant growth opportunities for MIT SMR.

Growing up, Salvador Vasquez dreamed of working in the entertainment industry. With hopes of making epic films, Vasquez paved his way to the top by giving himself a name in the entertainment business by support of his solid work ethic. His efforts paid off and effective November 4, 2006, Vasquez will begin a new venture as Vice President of Finance for Great Ideas Entertainment based out of Los Angeles.

On December 1, 2006, A brand new start up company 'Sico Productions' will debut it's first DVD release, BEFORE KISS.

On December 1, 2006, A brand new start up company 'Sico Productions' will debut it's first DVD release, BEFORE KISS.

PaintAmerica, a national, non-profit organization to support artists and promote the visual arts, has announced that Deborah Chapin’s “Indian Summer” is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2006 PaintAmerica Top100 Art Competition. Chapin’s work, a 16” x 34” oil painting, depicts the Chesapeake wetlands and grasses in late summer. Chapin is a Chesapeake area resident, living in Seabrook, Maryland.

Having already sold 10,000 copies of the book “My Brother’s Keeper” and “Bishop,” authors, Alfred Adams, Jr. and Oh! hit the road for an East coast book tour that includes over 35 book signings, speaking engagements, and radio interviews.

Metalunderground.com is once again sponsoring Norway's Hammerslag Vinterblot festival for the second year in a row. The festival, which is to take place on December 15 and 16, 2006, is a two-day showcase of extreme black, death and grind metal bands. Sponsorship of the Hammerslag Vinterblot festival fits with Metalunderground.com's mission of promoting underground heavy metal.

Webbyshop launches on November 24, 2006 its online magazine store in grand fashion at http://www.magazinesubscriptions.ws/. Publishers and editors of popular magazines celebrated with the popular online shop’s owners and editors as distribution of their publications have been made easier and more accessible. The people from all over the world can just click and subscribe to their favorite magazines like FHM, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, Wired Magazine, and more. WebbyShop offers cover titles ranging from A to Z.

HandHeld Entertainmentä (NASDAQ: ZVUE, ZVUEW) today announced it has acquired FunMansion.com™ for $1.1 million ($350,000 in cash at closing, $150,000 in cash payable over 12 months and a five-year $600,000 note convertible into common stock).

Convinced that more than 300,000 different color combinations of silicone iPod cases simply weren’t enough, ifrogz™ has infinitely increased that number by launching the beta version of its Custom ifrogz Screen Creator at www.ifrogz.com.

Eric Whitacre is a 36-year old American composer, conductor, and lecturer, making him his generation’s bet. The Los Angeles Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer gave him excellent reviews for his music. His musical masterpieces has been well-received and earned for him critical acclaim as well as numerous awards and citations from prestigious musical competitions and associations.

Whether you’re a corporate manager, college student, entrepreneur, or salesperson, it takes a combination of skills to create success. Your ability to influence others, communicate and negotiate is as important as your job literacy, knowledge and education. Rarely do people get ahead and achieve greatness on job skills alone, it takes more.

This Saturday, November 25th, the band EleventySeven will be rocking on The Logan Show with their pop-punk debut hit song “More Than A Revolution” which has risen to number five on the Christian rock singles chart. In keeping with The Logan Show’s tradition of offering only the best talent in the Christian music industry, EleventySeven will also perform their new hit single “MySpace,” dedicated to the success and influence from all their fans on their famous website MySpace.com/EleventySeven.

LoM released their first issue of the FREE monthly newsletter The Mernac Muse October 26, 2006. Recent reviews of the Muse received 100% positive feedback. All users have reported finding the FREE newsletter highly entertaining, informative, says one user, “this newsletter really creates a great fun atmosphere!” And the overall look of the newsletter is a wonderful artistic medieval theme that wonderfully complements the LoM site. The newsletter was designed by One World Designs based in the United Kingdom.

Lynn JULIAN aKa Cookie Cutter Girl, Pop Superhero, was commissioned by the "Trouble With Turkey" coalition to compose the theme song for their latest campaign. Their spokesperson, Tommy, a ten year old turkey, is educating humans about alternatives to their typical holiday feast: which is HIM. The focal point of the awareness campaign: HAM, it's juicier for roasting, turkey is dry. Tommy hopes Julian's theme song, "Ham For The Holidays," will help folks remember this fact. Dr. Demento loves her song so much he brought international attention to the song when he played it on his syndicated radio show. This is a tremendous honor, as Julians' indie label song was played between big label artists Adam Sandler, Arlo Guthrie & Weird Al Yankovic. Julian made Tommy's theme song track #1 on her Holiday, Novelty CD, "Ham for the Holidays." Please give this song, and international issue oppressing all turkeys, the attention that it deserves by listening and sharing it with friends and family this holiday season. It's a catchy little number we just *know* you're going to love. Hear it now at: http://www.CookieCutterGirl.com/hamcd_text_iframe.htm

To celebrate the release of Sasha Baron Cohen’s new Borat film, CultClassticTs.com is proud to announce it’s new line of unofficial Kazakhstani T-shirts for the cult movie lover.

Just in time for the holidays, ifrogz is pleased to announce it has opened retail kiosks at 15 malls across the western United States and the Midwest. The customizable silicone iPod cases seen November 14, 2006 on NBC's "Today Show" let music lovers customize their iPods more securely and stylishly than ever before. They are now available for hands-on mixing and matching, in addition to being online at www.ifrogz.com.

Ten of thousands of families lost homes, personal property and much more during hurrican Katrina. Homes are being re-built and lives are being put back together again along the Gulf Coast. But homes aren't the only thing needing replaced for these families who have lost so much says Bruce Goldwell, author and success coach. Children need to have a way to escape the trials that they are surrounded with on a daily basis and a way to insure that their futures will be bright. Goldwell believes that one of the ways to do this is through the gift of books.

Released just in time for Christmas, “Vocal Warm-Up” guides singers through easy-to-follow techniques that get immediate results.

American Balloon, a hot air balloon company, has been providing the Champagne Voyages for the past the 35 years. The aerial adventure has been one of the most popular among the New Jersey area.

Visible Shops is pleased to announce the launch of GayGevalt.com! GayGevalt.com is a national community event calendar for GLBTQ Jewish related events.

Legends of Mernac, now in its third month of operation, is conducting its first "Write-In" group activity for both experienced writers and those who may never have written non-fiction before, but are interested in learning in a fun, exciting, and supportive atmosphere.

In a move that will prove to be colossal to the success of his music career, Mr. Grand has collaborated with DJ Smallz, of the infamous Southern Smoke mixtape series, on his finest project ever, “The Grand Opening” set for release November 14, 2006. The first single, “Show U What It Do,” has already garnered major support from DJ’s all over the country and overseas and has been receiving a great amount of radio play. The single is a cross-over hit with commercial success that will appeal to hip hop lovers all over. Two other singles, “Let It Rain” and “Long Time” have been a favorite among DJ’s due to Mr. Grand’s gritty rhyme flow and his ability to capture the true essence of story telling. “Long Time” takes on a personal tone using the Sam Cooke remake, “Change Gonna Come,” to express his journey in life. The mixtape also features a host of other tracks that proves his ability to deliver many different flows and sounds, a style that he’s learned from his all-time influencer, hip hop legend, Nas.

After the recent success of its website launching, WikiWebGuide LLC now picks independent or upcoming artist and music site to be featured on the WikiMusicGuide’s front page every week at http://www.wikimusicguide.com/. User nominations are welcome and votes will be tallied before posting.

Dr. Annie Thiel, author of The Playdate Kids book series will be kicking off Children’s Book Week by attending a special story time event at the Malibu Library. She will read her book to the children in attendance and offer a fun, optimistic and helpful discussion afterwards. The event’s topic will center on how a young child can cope with the end of a mother’s pregnancy and the arrival of a new baby. Parents and children of all ages are all welcome to attend.