Ina-Alice Kopp by John Michael Ferrari

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2012

International star Ina-Alice Kopp teams up with Photographer John Michael Ferrari, Fashion Designer Boa Tranchi, and Make-Up Artist Nelly Recchia to create a new kind of pin-ups … edgy avant-garde geisha.

Ina-Alice Kopp is an accomplished actress with stage, film and TV credits from Europe and China. Ina-Alice was drawn to the High Fashion Kubuki Geisha Pin-Up theme of the shoot. Los Angeles-based, Austrian actress, Ina-Alice Kopp recently wrapped the 30-hour biopic, “Departed Heroes” (Mandarin title: “Yuan Qu de Fei Ying”). The exotic love affair between Ina-Alice Kopp and Zhu Yawen and the epic battle scenes have won the hearts of fans throughout China.

Photographer John Michael Ferrari specializes in painting photographs with light, including hot lights a la old black and white movie era in his Hollywood California studio and experimenting with new types of shoots. As a photographer and director of photography, John has worked with many of the top models and up and coming filmmakers of today. His photography graces CD covers (i.e., “Minor Matters,” for Peoples Republic) and movie posters (i.e. “Redemption,” for Agenda Pictures).

Make-Up Artist Nelly Recchia usually works for the music industry, for fashion editorials, and run-ways. Born and raised in France and multi award winner in International makeup and Body Art competitions, Nelly Recchia moved to Los Angeles where she is collaborating on music videos, editorials, commercials and fine art photography with Katy Perry, Dita Von teese, Kelis, Static X, Marilyn Manson Britney Spears, Vogue, Wired magazine… just to name of few. Nelly approaches every face as a canvas. Nelly also has a great understand of how make-up has to adapt to new technology.

Ina-Alice approached fashion costume designer Bao Tranchi to design something for her. for this High Fashion Kubuki Geisha Pin-Up shoot. Bao loved the idea and enjoyed putting together a costume to turn Ina-Alice into a Kubuki Geisha doll. The costume was personally designed and created by Bao Tranchi. Bao combined the original theme with edgy and avand-guarde.

Photographer by John Michael Ferrari http://ImagesByFerrari.com

Ina-Alice Kopp Clothing by BAO TRANCHI http://www.BAOTRANCHI.com

Ina-Alice Kopp Make-Up by Nelly Recchia. http://www.nellyrecchia.com/

Producer John Robert Palacio (And Now Media http://www.AndNow.com) dropped by during the shoot.

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Veteran Hollywood Producer/Director Ken Aguado is set to direct controversial new documentary

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

An accomplished author and prominent film maker have teamed up to explore the issue of being gay and gay marriage in conservative Utah. They hope to change the conversation about gay issues with OUTSIDE: GAY IN UTAH, an even-handed documentary that will examine the searing contradictions and controversies surrounding homosexuality in a state known for being the center of the LDS Mormon Church.

Hollywood Producer/Director Ken Aguado and author Dr. Stephen Seager have joined forces on the project, with a target premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2013. Production is set to begin this summer.

“The objective of our film is to turn down the volume on a very volatile, hot button issue,” says Dr. Seager, a native of Utah who brings a very personal connection to the documentary. “We’ll talk to those on both sides, from the openly supportive community in Salt Lake City to the hierarchy of the Mormon Church. The purpose of the film is to take an even handed look at this polarizing debate on what constitutes marriage and, just as importantly, how the two sides can find common ground.

“Utah is quite a dichotomy in that it’s conservative on the legalities of what constitutes a legal marriage and yet is also home to one of the country’s more accepting gay communities in Salt Lake City. Our film will talk to the man on the street, the students, parents of gay children, professors, clergy and others who have experienced this firsthand in the state.”

(OUTSIDE: GAY IN UTAH is raising funds through Kickstarter, an innovative funding platform for creative projects.)

Dr. Seager grew up in Utah and had relatives who were quite prominent in the community but spent their entire personal lives hiding the fact that they were gay.

Aguado is a veteran film and television producer and director. He produced THE SALTON SEA starring Val Kilmer, Vincent D’Onofrio and Debra Kara Unger for Castle Rock Entertainment/Warner Brothers; CRAZY AS HELL, starring Eriq La Salle and Michael Beach, distributed theatrically by Artistic License; SEXUAL LIFE, written and directed by Ken Kwapis, starring Anne Heche, Tom Everett Scott and Elizabeth Banks for Showtime.

Most recently Aguado completed the independent film THE GOATS, based on the famous novel by Brock Cole. The Goats is a topical drama about two kids who must grapple with the aftermath of a bullying incident.

When Dr. Seager learned that Aguado was developing a motion picture based on the anti-gay rights campaign of Anita Bryant, he suggested they team up to produce an even-handed examination of the strange plight of homosexuality in the predominantly Mormon state of Utah. Aguado expects to draw upon his substantial Hollywood relationships for both on and off camera celebrity interviews and input.

While a number of states have passed gay marriage laws in recent years (Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, plus Washington, D.C. and Oregon’s Coquille and Washington State’s Suquamish Indian tribes), the vast majority of the country still adheres to the constricts of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law passed during the Clinton Administration in September of 1996.

California passed a law in June 2008 affirming the legality of gay marriage but it was struck down by voters on November 4 of that same year under the controversial Proposition 8, which was heavily backed by the Mormon Church.

About Stephen Seager

Dr. Stephen Seager is a staff psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital in Napa California. He is the author of five books, including Breathe, Little Boy, Breathe (1981 Prentice/Hall); Emergency! A Novel (1983 GP Putnam’s Sons); Psychward: A year behind locked doors (GP Putnam’s Sons); Street Crazy, America’s Mental Health Tragedy (2008 Westcom Press); and, The God Gene, a novel (2010 Westcom Press)

‘Psychward’ was optioned to Paramount Pictures (film), ABC Television and the BBC. Dr. Seager has appeared on more than 300 shows to talk about his work, including Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show and National Public Radio. His books have also been translated into German and Japanese.

Related Material: The “conversations” have already begun. To see what some LGBT youth are thinking about being gay in Utah, please click here.

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(left-right) Sam Memmolo, Dave Bowman, hosts of “Motorhead Garage”

Overland Park, KS (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

The hosts of FOX Sports Network’s Motorhead Garage TV Series found the trucking innovation they were looking for at Inland Truck Parts, whose Kansas City store will be featured on the show’s upcoming “Big Rig” episode.

The episode will air during prime time on Sunday, May 20, at 11:30 a.m. and on Monday, May 21, at 4:30 p.m. (check local listings, as times may vary). Motorhead Garage’s Big Rig Series brings television audiences an inside look at trucking’s latest technology. The show, which is hosted by Sam Memmolo and Dave Bowman, has almost one million viewers — making it one of the most highly viewed weekend automotive block programs.

“We’re excited to give people across America a sneak peek at the specialized process Inland uses to get truckers back on the road quickly and safely,” said Dave Scheer, president, Inland Truck Parts. “Sam and Dave worked with our team here to show how our broad menu of services, combined with in-house component repair capabilities and our store network, helps deliver maximum uptime to each truck that comes through our shops.”

Viewers will see a demonstration of Inland’s shop and remanufacturing services, including driveline repair, flywheel resurfacing, transmission remanufacturing and dynamometer (dyno) testing. Also featured is Inland’s huge parts inventory, which surpasses most of the company’s competitors.

Memmolo and Bowman keep the show focused on the latest trucking technology by searching for the heart and soul innovators across America, giving their audience a bird’s-eye view of things that keep truckers safe and in style down the road.

About Inland Truck Parts Company:

Established in 1944, Inland Truck Parts Company is an employee-owned company specializing in the truck parts, remanufacturing and service business. Inland inventories a broad range of parts for all makes and models of trucks and trailers from the industry’s leading manufacturers, as well as providing component shop services and the region’s largest selection of remanufactured transmissions and differentials, at 27 locations in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. Full-service truck repair and maintenance, as well as Pro-Guardian® Breakdown Prevention, currently is offered at 20 Inland Truck Parts & Service locations. For more information, visit http://www.inlandtruck.com.

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Vermont Butter Cheese Creamery’s Crème Fraîche

Stowe, VT (PRWEB) May 14, 2012

Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery has tapped Crooked Brook, makers of the “World’s Highest Quality Chef Jackets™”, to create the custom chef coats that will match the look, feel and color of the packaging of their award winning Crème Fraîche that they will be heavily promoting in the upcoming months.

The Creamery’s Crème Fraîche won 1st place from the American Cheese Society in the Best Cultured Milk Product division in 2011.

New England Sales Director, Karen Daseke and the Crooked Brook design team settled on chef coat style #106, in Horizon Pink, 100% Organic Cotton Twill fabric with white piping on the collar, front and cuffs to complete the signature look that will closely match the Crème Faîche packaging.

The embroidery placement is as follows:

“Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery” logo embroidered on the left chest and “Crème Fraîche/ACS/1st Place 2011” on the right shoulder sleeve.

About Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery

Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery was started by two young visionaries devoted to new and non-traditional agriculture, Allison Hooper and Bob Reese. As a college student, Allison spent a summer traveling in France. She worked on a small family farm in Brittany, earning room and board while learning how to make all of the essentials of what was to become her life passion: cheesemaking. Bob always thought he would one day take over his grandparents’ dairy farm. Unfortunately by the time he finished his degree in Agriculture, they’d sold the farm. Appropriately enough, the improbable run as long term business partners began in 1984 during a dinner celebrating Vermont agricultural products. Bob was in charge of the dinner and desperately needed a locally made goat cheese for the French chef’s signature lamb dish. He reached out to Allison who was then working at a dairy lab and milking goats in Brookfield. Allison made the chèvre on the farm, Bob delivered it to the chef — the dinner was a success and Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery was born.

About Crème Fraîche or French-style Cultured Cream

After milking the cows, separate and set the fresh cream aside. Let the natural lactic bacteria take over, creating a thick, smooth, tart result known as crème fraîche. That was how they made it on the dairy farm in Brittany, France, where Allison Hooper worked more than thirty years ago as a farmhand.

When Bob Reese and Allison Hooper co-founded VBCC in 1984, their first product was Chèvre. Crème Fraîche, their first cows’ milk creation, followed close on its heels and gained instant acclaim from French chefs seeking cultured cream stateside. It is made with fresh, high quality Vermont cream from the local St. Albans Cooperative, a coop of 500 family farms in Northeast Vermont. Crème Fraîche is exquisitely rich, with a cultured, nutty flavor and creamy texture. A staple of French Cuisine, Crème Fraîche can be used as an ingredient for sauces, pastry, custard, or as a topping on pie, fruits and soups.

About Crooked Brook

Crooked Brook is part of the atelier division of an art studio that offers full service apparel design, pattern making, sample making, private-label small lot production and embroidery. Since 1989, they’ve built a strong reputation of providing top-notch apparel designs, patterns, fit and production samples for many brand name catalogs and retailers, as well as wardrobe and costumes for movies, television and theater.

All Crooked Brook branded garments and accessories are proudly made to order in the U.S.A. Because of their unparalleled attention to detail in tailoring, they were awarded a Supima® licensing agreement. These contracts are not awarded lightly. The applicants must meet requirements insuring the highest level of quality and integrity for any products bearing the Supima® brand. In addition, Crooked Brook designs and manufactures:

Uniforms: Men’s and women’s chef coats for the world’s most recognized chefs, hotels, casinos, spas and resorts as well as alumni chef jackets for the Culinary Institute of America. Each garment can be personalized with the customer’s choice of fabric, pockets, buttons, piping and embroidery. With a design studio in New York City, (the fashion and gastronomic capital of the world) and a production facility in Utica, New York, they’ve garnered international brand name recognition as the maker of the “World’s Highest Quality Chef Jackets™”.

Promotional products: Items, decorated apparel and accessories, such as jackets, hats, sweatshirts, hoodies, polo shirts, fleece blankets, sweatshirt blankets, button down shirts, fleece jackets, golf shirts, t-shirts, tote bags, and aprons that can be customized with the following apparel decorating methods:

Embroidery

Tackle Twill

Appliqué

Direct to Garment Printing (DTG)

Sublimation

Custom lab coats, uniforms and scrubs for nursing, medical, dental, scientific, engineering, technology & healthcare professionals.

Custom made apparel and accessories for men and women, including but not limited to: suits, shirts, Hawaiian shirts, pants, vests, dresses, skirts, gowns, jeans, boxer shorts, martial arts and yoga outfits.

Crooked Brook ships worldwide. Hours of operations are 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST, seven days a week. Reach them at (315) 733-1992 or visit http://www.crookedbrook.com/ to learn more.

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Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) May 12, 2012

On April 5, 2012 President Obama signed The American Jobs Act into law legalizing crowding funding. Crowd funding allows small businesses, nonprofits, and start-ups to get access to capital by receiving donations online from supporters around the world. Crowd funding is another option for small organizations, with low credit lines, to get needed funds to innovate, grow, and hire more employees. According to Senator Graves (R-MO), The Jobs Act is a way to address difficulty in obtaining capital and will pave the way for small scale business to go public and create jobs. The bill also makes crowd funding sites more accountable by requiring them to register with the SEC, and companies to provide tax returns to investors.

In the past, Crowd funding has had some success stories. One of the first major success stories was in 2006 when Nemesea, a music band, raised $ 50,000 on a crowd funding site. Another phenomenon happened in the UK when Ebbsfleet United Football Club was bought by 26,000 people on February 21, 2008. The football club is now controlled by the crowd, who are making major decisions for the team. Lastly, a market test product was made a reality on Kickstarter. The Glif is an iPhone stand, and a tripod mount that only needed $ 10,000 to launch. However, 5,273 donated around $ 20 a piece to raise $ 137,417.

Crowd funding sites are growing in numbers to support different types of organizations like small businesses and nonprofits, to new talent such as musicians, book writers, scientists and other creative projects. Kick starter, Rocket hub, Peer backers, Profounder and Quirky are some popular ones. The Small Business Network supports crowd funding. Capital C “the crowd liberates itself” is the latest project sponsored. Capital C. will be the first documentary on the effects of crowd funding around the world. The producers include some noted film makers, writers, and researchers around the world. Film maker Timo Vuorensola, from Finland, who produced “Iron Sky“ and director Gregor Schmidinger of homophobia, from Austria is among the few. Interviews will be headed by, researcher Dan Alan Grier an instructor at George Washington University from Washington D.C. He will be accompanied by Jimmy Wales founder of Wikipedia. The Small Business Network plans to sponsor more crowd funding projects in the future.

Crowd funding sites-http://larrybroughton.net/2011/10/8-crowdfunding-sites-for-raising-start-up-capital/

Capital C. -http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timonbirkhofer/capital-c-how-the-crowd-liberates-itself?ref=users

Success Stories-http://www.crowdcube.com/blog/2010/11/08/top-5-crowdfunding-success-stories/

Crowd funding -http://bcablog.com/tag/crowdfunding/

Sponsoring – http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/126368199

Senator Graves- http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/legal-hr/2012/04/05/obama-signs-jobs-act-crowdfunding-made-legal/#ixzz1tvGVogNF

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 05, 2012

Mike Esterman, the founder of celebrity booking agency Esterman.com which specializes in appearance placements of music artists, TV and film celebrities, magazine models and all star athletes is bringing his longtime client and good friend Mario Lopez to the nation’s capital, which is also the Esterman.com headquarters city.

The event is taking place Cinco De Mayo, May 5, 2012. Doors open at 9:30pm but get there early and beat the line. DJ Triple X will be joining Mario for the evening. Comedian Gilbert Godfrey and Dice Raw of The Roots will be in town and joining the party. MIA is described as, “a space that truly embraces the many phases of an evening out in Washington DC. M.I.A Lounge is a destination for guests from dinner to morning with the energy of the space evolving and amplifying through the night.”

This event is brought to you in association with and special thanks to; Celsius Energy Drink, MetRx, and Esterman.com– bringing the biggest names in TV, Film and Music Artists globally for over 12 years.

To reserve a table, visit MIAloungedc.com.

Esterman can be contacted via his website http://www.esterman.com.

More About Mike Esterman

Known as “The Agent to the Stars,” Mike Esterman virtually created the “celebrity appearance” market over a decade ago. Today, Esterman.com still leads the way in celebrity bookings. Esterman’s client list looks like a who’s who of entertainment including: Kim Kardashian, Mario Lopez, Carmen Electra, Kaya Jones of the Pussycat Dolls, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Sean Kingston, the casts from the hottest shows, including Dancing with the Stars, Jersey Shore, Twilight and True Blood, and many more. Esterman personally escorts the stars during appearances, to ensure each event is a success for the venue and his clients. For more information go to http://www.esterman.com.

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Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

Imagine is where merchants, partners, developers and Magento enthusiasts from around the world come together for three days in an engaging and exciting environment for collaboration, learning, networking, inspiration and, of course, Imagination! The inaugural 2011 Imagine Conference was sold out with 650 attendees and a 250-person waiting list, and the 2012 event more than doubled the participation.

Magento is a leading eCommerce platform and a division of X.commerce, Inc., itself an eBay Inc. company. Over the past year, the Magento community has doubled in size to 808,000 registered members, and with X.commerce there are a total of 1.1 million members in its developer community. Magento is sustaining growth through its continued investment across its full product suite, including its Enterprise Edition and its open-ecosystem solutions to its cloud-based Magento Go offering.

While at the Magento Imagine eCommerce conference, Clark and the Unleaded Group team met executives of Imagine Silver Sponsor aheadWorks Co., the world’s most extensive provider of extensions, templates and themes for the ecommerce solution Magento. CEO Artyom Rabzonov and Dmitri Koteshov, aheadWorks Co. Partner Channel Developer came all the way from their home base in Minsk, Belarus to participate in the event. Unleaded Software, the award-winning design and development arm of full-service media agency Unleaded Group, has been named a Professional Partner with aheadWorks, and the two firms first met two years ago in Majorca, Spain at the Magento Developers Paradise conference.

Unleaded Software, founded in 1996, was one of the first website design and development firms in the nation to become a senior-level partner with Magento, now holding a Gold Solutions Partner status. Two members of the Unleaded Group Team, programmer Brian Lee and Development Chief Ian Kullhem, have achieved the Magento Certified Developer designation after completing a rigorous examination process launched by Magento early this year.

During the 2012 Imagine conference, Magento unveiled its latest solution updates, the Magento Community Version 1.7 and Magento Enterprise Version 1.12, both software editions that include native HTML5 for Magento Mobile, more robust visitor segmentation, sophisticated rules-based relations, automated generation of coupon codes, support for multiple wish lists, as well as an expansion of the integration of PayPal Payments, to name a few. These technology updates give merchants and developers more tools to deliver customized and seamless shopping experiences.

Participants in the Imagine 2012 conference heard keynote addresses from three of Magento’s senior executives — Roy Rubin, GM-Magento and Chief Product and Customer Officer of X.commerce; Matthew Mengerik, VP & GM of X.commerce; and, Bob Schwartz, President Magento Inc. — as well as from four Guest Keynote Speakers — Tim Kring, Emmy-nominate screenwriter, producer and creator of the TV series HEROES; Alison Levine, Captain of the First American Woman’s Everest Expedition; and, Stephen Messer, co-founder and vice chairman of Collective[i], a software-as-service business intelligence solution; and, Jim FitzGibbon, former president of Worldwide Hotel Operations for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

In addition, a multitude of breakout sessions were held during the conference, covering such topics as “Doubling Your Revenues in 6 Months,” “Web Merchandising – We Are Merchants, Aren’t We?,” “Conversion Optimization – Hands On Methods for Improving Your Business Online,” “Selling Internationally – Going Global with Magento,” and “Social Media – Money Maker or Bank Breaker?”

About Magento

The Magento eCommerce platform serves more than 100,000 merchants worldwide and is supported by a global ecosystem of solution partners and third-party developers. Magento is a feature-rich, enterprise-class platform that offers merchants a high degree of flexibility and control over the user experience, catalog, content and functionality of their online store. In August 2011, Magento was acquired by eBay Inc., and is now a division of X.commerce, Inc. (an eBay Inc. company). For more information visit http://www.magento.com.

About X.commerce, Inc.

X.commerce brings together the technology assets and developer communities of eBay, PayPal, GSI Commerce and Magento to support eBay Inc.’s mission of enabling commerce. Through its ecosystem of developers, partners and tools, merchants now have a single point of access to the end-to-end commerce technology they need to engage connected consumers, and scale and grow their businesses. For more information visit http://www.x.com.

About aheadWorks

aheadWorks is among a select few Magento Enterprise partners and provides simple yet powerful Magento solutions to ensure that ecommerce business website are geared for success. Its products focus on attractive themes and feature-rich extensions for this platform, add-ons that boost the functionality and look of Magento stores to provide for an enhanced shopping experience for site visitors, and for specialized administration controls for store merchants. For more information visit http://www.aheadworks.com.

About Unleaded Group

Unleaded Group encompasses Unleaded Software, a premier website design and development agency, and is also a full-service media agency with such services as advertising creative and media buying, brand identity creation, video production, graphic design, public relations, and publishing. For more information visit http://www.unleadedgroup.com and call 720-221-7126.

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Saveology

Margate, FL (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

Saveology, an innovative e-commerce company which features national, regional, and local DEALs in 42 markets, is excited to announce Daniel Holmbeck from Spring, TX, as the winner of its Madness Sweepstakes. Daniel couldn’t be happier to walk away with a brand new Sony 60” LED TV and a Samsung Blu-ray Player.

“I am amazed at winning such an awesome prize package,” says Daniel Holmbeck. “This going to look great in my home and I can’t wait to get it hooked up and entertain. This is something you look at in the stores and only wish you had. Saveology made my wish come true.”

On February 15, 2012, Saveology launched the national sweepstakes allowing individuals to enter by either purchasing six dollars worth of Saveology dollars for only three dollars, or mailing in a free entry form. In addition, individuals earned an additional entry by simply “liking” Saveology’s Facebook fan page.

Saveology continues to produce fantastic sweepstakes. Its current promotion, “Mother’s Day Sweepstakes”, is one of its largest sweepstakes to date. For three dollars, individuals get $ 6 Saveology dollars and one entry into the sweepstakes for a chance to win a $ 5,000 Visa gift card. For additional entries, individuals can sign up for one or all four of Saveology’s additional offers on the “thank you” page after they purchase an entry into the sweepstakes.

The Mother’s Day Sweepstakes ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on May 13, 2012.

About Saveology

Saveology is a leading Internet-based, direct-to-consumer marketing platform, driving revenue through two primary channels. Through our performance-based Home Services division, Saveology markets and operates over 100 licensed websites providing video, Internet, phone and home security services to consumers for Fortune 200 companies. In addition, our owned and operated channel features two of the fastest growing brands in the tech support and e-commerce space, MyTechHelp and Saveology.com.

For more information and to enter Saveology’s Mother’s Day Sweepstakes, visit: https://www.saveology.com/deals/national/mothers-day-sweepstakes

To learn more about Saveology, please visit http://www.Saveology.com

Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Saveology

Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Saveology

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ESCORT Live

New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) May 07, 2012

ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), designer and manufacturer of the world’s best premium automotive accessories, is debuting its all-new ESCORT SmartRadar™ Bluetooth Enabled Radar/Laser Detector. A supercharged, out-of-sight radar/laser detector with built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology, the new SmartRadar™ unit is designed to connect easily with ESCORT Live™, ESCORT’s multi-award winning ticket protection network. Both products will be featured at the CTIA Mobile Wireless Show’s two press events this week in New Orleans.

“Prominent industry experts rate ESCORT as the leading provider of the most advanced radar and laser defense on the market,” said Tim Coomer, ESCORT Product Development Vice-president. “Our new SmartRadar™ gives drivers a best-in-class out-of-sight radar detector that comes ready-to-use seamlessly with our ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app for their smartphone.”

ESCORT will debut the completely new SmartRadar™ out-of-sight radar/laser detector with built-in Bluetooth® wireless communications and will be featuring its award-winning ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app at the two major CTIA press gatherings: ShowStoppers @ CTIA 2012 (6:00 to 9:00 pm, Monday, May 7th, Astor Crowne Plaza, Canal Street at Bourbon, downtown New Orleans) and the PEPCOM MobileFocus event (7:00 to 10:00 pm, Tuesday, May 8th, Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, downtown New Orleans). ESCORT invites press and media attendees to visit their booth for up-close live demonstrations at both press events.

The new SmartRadar™ detector, when connected with the award winning ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app, provides a complete ticket protection technology and road awareness that is unmatched in the industry. SmartRadar™ continues ESCORT’s dominance of the important “Drive Smarter” theme.

“ESCORT SmartRadar™ helps drivers to drive safer by giving them the most complete and the most advanced driving information and awareness protection available,” Coomer added. “With the ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app’s advanced notifications, drivers are prepared, not surprised.”

ESCORT’s new SmartRadar™ device is a complete, supercharged, quick-install radar/laser detector with built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology for connection to mobile phones and other Bluetooth® devices. Small and compact, SmartRadar™ is designed to quickly and easily mount on the driver’s windshield out-of-sight, directly behind the rearview mirror. SmartRadar™ has two display options. Drivers can use their smartphone and the connected ESCORT Live™ app to display SmartRadar™ performance and features, or, use a miniature display-controller for attaching to the rearview mirror which provides direct control and display of the SmartRadar™ unit.

SmartRadar™ includes full X, K, and SuperWide Ka radar capability, digital signal processing for superior range and reduced false alarms, ESCORT’s patented Mute and AutoMute functions, alert reporting using both audible and visual band alerts and much more.

But the real benefit of the new SmartRadar™ unit is its seamless connectivity to the award-winning ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app. Once connected, drivers have instant access to active radar and laser threats as well as all of the many alerts and benefits of the real-time shared alerts passed through the Live™ app network.

Repeatedly called out in prominent reviews as a leading new technology (Edmunds ‘top ten best new product’, Popular Mechanics Editor’s Choice and a Car and Driver ‘Top Ten Most Promising New Technology’ award winner), ESCORT Live™ continues receiving national market exposure. Added to the long list of accolades, ESCORT Live™ was recently named a CNET ‘must see’ new product.

ESCORT Live™ uses Bluetooth technology embedded in SmartCord Live™ cords and a unique app for the driver’s smartphone. When alerts are detected, they are transmitted to the ESCORT Live™ “cloud” and then broadcast across the ESCORT Live™ network, notifying drivers of potential ticket threats. In addition to network alerts, the new smartphone app technology provides ESCORT’s industry-leading Defender® database of red light and speed-ticketing camera locations and speed traps as well as ESCORT’s patented GPS features including posted speed limit information, over-speed limit alerts, live traffic for route optimization and more.

Unique to the radar detector ticket protection category is the ESCORT Live™ community’s real-time national reach and scale. Currently there are more than 1 million ESCORT and BELTRONICS ESCORT Live™ compatible radar detectors in use throughout North America. Multiply this data gathering and sharing process by millions of miles and millions of driving hours and the result is a nation of protected ESCORT Live™ drivers.

The ESCORT Live™ app features map and dashboard views with multiple alert settings based on user preference.

For more information on the new ESCORT SmartRadar™ radar/laser detector, ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app and ESCORT’s complete line of premium automotive products, visit ESCORTinc.com or call the company direct at 800.433.3487.

About ESCORT Inc.

ESCORT Inc. is the leading manufacturer of high-performance radar and laser detectors, the patented ESCORT Live™ real-time ticket protection network, commercial fleet ESCORT SmartOffice™ rugged mobile PC, ESCORT MobileTV™, Guardian Alert reverse obstacle detection systems, Entourage GPS-enabled navigation and tracking products, ESCORT QuickStart™ and other Drive Smarter products. ESCORT manufactures products under the ESCORT, PASSPORT, REDLINE, SOLO, Vector and BELTRONICS brands. The company is headquartered in West Chester, Ohio, with its principal manufacturing facility located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Facts on radar detectors and speeding tickets:

     Radar detectors are legal in 49 states (only Virginia prohibits their use)
    According to ESCORT, more than 50 million drivers receive a speeding ticket in the United States each year – about one in every four drivers
    According to trafficticketsecrets.com the average speeding ticket costs $ 150.00 and the average insurance premium increases $ 900 over the course of three years

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(PRWEB) May 05, 2012

Credit Canada, the nation’s top organization for credit counseling services, has recently launched a new television ad to promote their wide array of credit education and financial coaching offerings. This black and white television spot stars a couple, a young man, retired couple and a mother with her young daughter smiling and enjoying each other’s company in a relaxed atmosphere. The tagline and voiceover reads, “When you get out of debt, you may be surprised at what you get back,” indicating the greater peace of mind one achieves after getting on track towards paying back debt or eliminating it altogether.

Even in this tougher economy, rising affluence has paved the way for rising debt and lower rates of saving that put many Canadians in a vulnerable position if they lose their job or are unable to work for an extended period of time. Credit Canada aims to help Canadians with financial troubles by offering one-on-one credit counseling, debt management guidance and financial coaching, all with the goal of helping them get out of debt and back on financial track.

For those who feel ashamed of their financial difficulties, there is no need to worry, Credit Canada values privacy and respect for its customers. Says one satisfied customer; “I have talked to my counselors a few times since then, and never have I been judged, talked “down” to, or felt intimidated or stupid. I feel comfortable calling the centre and asking for further help or advise. I have never been treated with anything other than the out most respect from everyone I have talked to.”

To view the commercial or for more information, Canadians can visit Credit Canada.

About Credit Canada

Credit Canada helps people deal with immediate debt problems, as well as offering longer-term debt and credit solutions. Equipping people with the skills they need to manage their finances intelligently over time, Credit Canada’s aim is to provide Canadians with debt and credit education that will last a lifetime. Credit Canada is a member of the Canadian Association of Credit Counseling Services (CACCS), the national voice for not-for-profit credit counseling in Canada.

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