Jay Piscopos Captn Eli Featured in New Reading With Pictures Anthology

Portland, ME (PRWEB) September 17, 2010

Deep off the coast of Tazmania, the distress call is sent: divers are trapped in a cave by a giant sea monster! Heeding the call in his mini-sub, the Dolphin, is Capt'n Eli, intrepid Sea Explorer and inventor. In the endless depths he discovers everything is not as it seems.

The Goblin of the Deep is a new 6-page Captn Eli story by Maine comic book author and illustrator Jay Piscopo. This story is featured in Reading With Pictures first anthology. Reading with Pictures Volume 1 is a full color, 192 page collection of works by more than 30 comic creators. A full list of contributors can be found at this link: http://readingwithpictures.org/Reading_With_Pictures/Anthology_Creators.html.

Reading With Pictures is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that advocates the use of comics in the classroom to promote literacy and improve educational outcomes for all students. There is a trend in education towards using graphic novels as a teaching tool to motivate and inspire students. Comic books and graphic novels are now being used in classrooms as tools for teaching everything from early reading to course texts for college. A collection of articles on this topic can be found at this link: http://bookshelf.diamondcomics.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=20&s=165&ai=37674.

Piscopo is the author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Captn Eli graphic novel series.

Dan Frakes featured in November AUGmentations from The Apple Groups Team (TAGteam)

Jupiter, FL (PRWEB) November 14, 2005

The Apple Groups Team (TAGteam), a not-for-profit user group community organization, is very pleased and proud to announce that our November edition of "AUGmentations: The Apple Groups Team Newsletter" is now available as a free download for its members. Membership is free.

This issue features an interview with author, editor and gadget guru, Dan Frakes, who's outstanding work appears in numerous publications including Macworld magazine, Playlist magazine, TidBits and more.

"I expect to see a lot more Mac users in the next couple years..." - Dan Frakes

Also in this issue:

Creating Realistic Wealth at Any Age: Wealth Virtues Author, James Ward, Featured on The Balancing Act

Port Republic, MD (PRWEB) March 2, 2011

Wealth Virtues author, James Ward, was featured on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television with host Danielle Knox to discuss how the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin can help us in these modern times to eliminate debt and create wealth.

In discussing the rationale behind the book, James Ward commented, "With my three girls, I want them to succeed like I feel we have with our financial future. We want to make sure that we are not a burden on them, and use the wisdom from Franklins virtues to help empower them to be debt-free, and to be successful in whatever they want to pursue." It is a goal that Ward wanted readers of Wealth Virtues to consider for themselves. James also discusses with Danielle how the creation of wealth is simplistic, and therefore, he wrote Wealth Virtues with simplicity in mind.

James Ward describes how many people mistakenly perceive 'wealth' as the amount of money required for one to live like a king. This perception may inhibit many from even perusing a realistic and easily attainable measure of wealth. In his book, Wealth Virtues, Ward redefines wealth as simply the goal of acquiring more money than you spend, and to save more money than you owe. To help readers understand why these virtues matter, James Ward provides knowledge and insight on the impact of health, creativity, non-linear thinking, and investing to allow anyone to achieve his or her goals, as well as to become wealthy as defined within Wealth Virtues.

Wealth Virtues is a book that will allow readers to define and achieve their own wealth regardless of their current age or income level. Whether a person measures wealth in monetary terms or as a measure of the quality and meaning of their life, Wealth Virtues will change the way people live if they are willing to follow the easy path set forth by James Ward, with help from one of Americas preeminent Founding Fathers.

About The Balancing Act:

The Balancing Act show airs on Lifetime Television at 7:00am (ET/PT) - and is Americas premier morning show that is about women, for women, and trusted by women. Celebrating life and all there is to accomplish, The Balancing Act inspires and empowers with entertaining and educational segments, placing women in the best position to achieve success in every area of their lives. For information or to view a show, visit http://www.TheBalancingAct.com. For more details about The Balancing Act, LLC please visit parent company O2 Media Inc. at http://www.o2mediainc.com.

Wealth Virtues by James Ward is available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online outlets including the Resource Store at WealthVirtues.com.

Embracing Benjamin Franklin's virtue of Humility, James Ward will donate ten percent of his earnings from Wealth Virtues to First Book, an organization that provides new books to children in need.

Wealth Virtues

Written by James Ward

ISBN-13: 978-1-60844-636-0

ISBN-10: 1-60844-636-0

Category: Personal Finance

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Paperback 160 pages

Retail Cost: $ 11.95

Visit http://WealthVirtues.com for more information on the book, links to online bookstores, useful tools, recommended reading, and to view the interview on The Balancing Act.

Wealth Virtues is also available for the Kindle at http://amzn.to/wealth-virtues-kindle

About the Author:

James Ward is wealthy. Not John D. Rockefeller wealthy, but rather, has more money flowing in than flowing out. He is or has been a successful computer scientist, Coast Guardsman, Army officer, analyst, musician, graphic designer, skier, manager for a defense contractor, business owner, and a writer. He is also a successful investor, but lives well within his means. As the owner of Poor Richard Web Press, he helps businesses, non-profits, and individuals succeed with their Internet marketing goals. He also helps other writers and authors with free online marketing tools at BiblioScribe.com, and is a contributor to First Book, an organization that provides new books to children in need. Although his savings and investments continue to grow from the continual practice of Dr. Benjamin Franklins Thirteen Virtues while following the Cycle of Positive Wealth

The Latest Health Articles Featured at Life-Sciences.net

(PRWEB) November 02, 2011

The Health Sciences category of the Life-Sciences Magazine covers the effects of disease and medical treatment on the overall condition of organisms. This section currently contains more than 243,000 articles. A great part of these contributions derive from nearly 3,000 international scientific journals covering this science topic.

One of the latest inclusions deals with the implications of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) for cardiovascular health. GDM is a pregnancy complication that is becoming more prevalent with increasing rates of obesity and advancing maternal age. GDM not only increases risk for maternal and fetal complications during pregnancy, but also significantly increases a womans risk of both type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. The authors argue that medical therapies such as metformin that prevent progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus may be primarily important to prevent cardiovascular disease among women with GDM.

A newly published article on the anti-inflammatory property of chlorophyll revisits the folklore use of green leaves to treat inflammation. Chlorophyll a from fresh leaves showed potent anti-inflammatory activity against carrageenan-induced paw edema in mice and formalin-induced paw edema in rats by inhibiting expression of a pro-inflammatory bacterial cytokine gene in cells. The authors conclude that chlorophyll a and its degradation products are promising anti-inflammatory agents for the development of phytomedicine or conventional medicine to treat inflammation and related diseases.

The social network Life-Sciences.net was established to discover and share scholarly and popular content in the basic and applied life and earth sciences including biology, agriculture, forestry, the environmental sciences, and the health sciences.

While the very latest Health Sciences content is rarely older than a few minutes, the front page of Live-Sciences.net usually presents stories submitted ca. 20-60 minutes ago. All categories including that of Health feature RSS Feeds. All categories and articles can be bookmarked and shared with the AddThis buttons which include the increasingly popular Google+1 button.

The website newly features a "Top Content" sidebar which includes the most actively read and shared articles available on the site and the Google Translate gadget which supports translating Life-Sciences.net's content into over 50 languages. The site's own search function enables users to search for keywords or phrases. For every story displayed, it also suggests up to 10 related articles which are displayed sorted by relevancy.

Life-Sciences.net maintains the Twitter account @Life_Sciences_ which currently features 76,761 tweets and 1,193 followers. The Health category is represented by Twitter's @MagazineHealth containing 80,547 tweets.

###

Related Google Press Releases

Eckhart Tolle, Silicon Valley Leaders to be Featured at Wisdom 2.0

Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) November 03, 2011

The Wisdom 2.0 Conference is a one-of-a-kind event in Silicon Valley which brings together people from a variety of disciplines, including technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics, to explore the merging of wisdom in modern life. Founded in 2009 by Soren Gordhamer, author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Secrets for the Creative and Constantly Connected, the Wisdom 2.0 Conference is rapidly becoming a staple of the Silicon Valley calendar; in 2011, the conference sold out a month early, and the livestream garnered 284,000 views.

"In our increasingly connected lives, are we going to live more distracted and overwhelmed," asks Gordhamer, "or can we live mindfully and wisely, and use technology for a greater purpose?" At the third annual Wisdom 2.0 Conference this February, wisdom teachers such as Eckhart Tolle and Jon Kabat-Zinn will join technology leaders, including the founders of Facebook, Paypal and Zynga, to explore this vital question.

The 2012 conference boasts more than 25 presenters, including Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook and Asana; Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Systems; Karen May, Vice President of Google; and Premal Shah, president of kiva.org. These technology gurus will share the stage with mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn; Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield; yoga activist Seane Corn; and for the first time, Eckhart Tolle, whom Oprah calls the father of the now. Tolle is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Power of Now and the highly acclaimed follow-up A New Earth, and is regarded as one of the most influential spiritual teachers of his generation.

Together, Wisdom 2.0 presenters and participants will explore ways for the constantly-connected modern person to evolve and thrive in a dramatically changing world. There is little question whether the external technologies of our age, from computers to cell phones, will continue to advance, says Gordhamer. The more vital question is whether our internal technologies of wisdom and compassion will advance along with them.

Wisdom 2.0 2012 will be held February 23rd - 26th at Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City, California and at Googles corporate headquarters in Mountain View. For more information, visit Wisdom 2.0 online at http://www.wisdom2conference.com.

Wisdom 2.0 is, quite possibly, the most important gathering of our times."

Rich Fernandez, Director of Executive Development, Google

"Wisdom 2.0 has catalyzed I think the next wave of what is actually happening in Silicon Valley, this wave of awareness.

Chris Sacca, Venture Investor; Strategic Adviser, Twitter

###

More Google Press Releases

AP Capital Partners Co-Founder & Sr. Managing Director featured in CNBCs I Am American Business campaign.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) October 04, 2011

Today CNBC will be launching an ad campaign profiling exceptional business leaders including the co-founder and Sr. Managing Director of AP Capital Partners, and Chairman of The RMP Group, Richard M. Powell. He was selected for being one the most dynamic, inspiring and successful executives who represent American business leadership and integrity. Mr. Powell will be featured in a 30 second commercial on the CNBC network, alongside a 60 second extended feature on the CNBC website.

CNBCs I Am American Business shares the personal stories, challenges and triumphs of individuals who are proven leaders, and have made their mark, in the American business world. As an avid viewer of CNBC, Richard is delighted to be recognized by the network. I am honored to be featured in this campaign. It is always humbling to be referenced in the same company as Jack Welch, Donald Trump, Bob Johnson, and many other outstanding business leaders. Their stories have motivated me, and constantly remind me to raise the bar, says Mr. Powell.

As he mentions above, Richard will be joining other innovative leaders of the business world that have been profiled on I Am American Business. Others not mentioned above include Kevin Plank, Chris Gardner, Sean Combs, Tommy Hilfiger, Tori Burch and Julie Aigner-Clark. Not only have these individuals built empires, but they have created jobs for Americans and are the driving force behind the countrys business sector. AP Capital Partners would like to thank CNBC and the production crew who worked tirelessly to capture and share his story. To view the 60 second feature on Richard Powell please visit http://www.cnbc.com/id/44706341.

About AP Capital Partners

APCP is a private equity firm that makes long-term investments in exceptional enterprises. The firm's goals are to dramatically improve financial performance, deliver best-in-class products and services, and create fulfilling environments for employees. APCP delivers strong relationships, a true partnership approach, and effective execution to create value in outstanding companies. The APCP team includes highly successful financiers, institutional investors, and entrepreneurs. For additional information, please visit http://www.apcpartners.com.

For more business news please visit http://www.cnbc.com

###

Find More Investment Capital Firms Press Releases