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Simons Center announces winners of public writing competition

Simons Center announces winners of public writing competition











Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (PRWEB) May 31, 2012

The Col. Arthur D. Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation announces the winners of its Interagency Writing Competition for 2012. The competition was open to the public and ran from September 2011 through March 2012. The top three papers that provided insight and fresh thinking in advancing the knowledge, understanding, and practice of interagency coordination, cooperation, and collaboration at the tactical or operational level of effort were:

First Place: The Genie in the Bottle: Opportunist and Antagonistic Responses to Whole of Government Approaches, by Erik A. Claessen, a Belgian Army officer who works in the Strategy Department of the Belgian Joint Staff in Brussels. Claessen’s entry earned him $ 2,000, an engraved plaque and certificate.

Second Place: Embassy in the Lead: Lessons on Interagency Unity of Effort for Today’s U.S. Mission to Iraq from the 1947–1949 U.S. Mission to Greece, by Evans A. Hanson, a U.S. Army officer currently enrolled in the School for Advanced Military Studies program at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Hanson’s entry earned him a $ 1,000 cash award and certificate.

Third Place: Rethinking the Interagency Role in Preventing Conflict in Dealing with Failing or Failed States, by Rumu Sarkar, a senior legal advisor to Millennium Partners, an international development consulting group based in Charlottesville, Va. Sarker’s entry earned her a $ 500 cash award and a certificate.

The Simons Center has published each of these winners in its “InterAgency Papers” series. They are available on the Simons Center website at http://thesimonscenter.org/2012-public-writing-competition-winners/.

This first-ever public writing competition for the Simons Center garnered interest and entries from around the world—from the U.S., Europe and Canada, from San Diego to Switzerland. Authors were from a variety of backgrounds including military officers, academicians, government leaders and non-governmental organization leaders. Even a U.S. Navy chaplain weighed in with an entry.

Each entry for the competition was required to focus on one of two special topics:


The interagency role in preventing conflict when dealing with failing or failed states; or
The validity of the “whole-of-government” approach in dealing with the full range of homeland and national security threats.

A panel of Simons Center judges evaluated each entry on originality, substance of argument, style and contribution to advancing the understanding and practice of interagency cooperation at the operational and tactical levels of effort.

For more information about the writing competition, contact the Simons Center at editor(at)TheSimonsCenter(dot)org or call 913-682-7244. The Simons Center is a major program of the CGSC Foundation, Inc. Information about the Simons Center’s mission, organization, and publications is available at http://www.TheSimonsCenter.org.











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Audies Competition Continues to Break Records with Over 1,100 Entries

Audies Competition Continues to Break Records with Over 1,100 Entries











Bestselling author Adriana Trigiani will emcee the Audies Gala on May 24, 2011 at The TimesCenter in New York City.

Princeton Junction, NJ (Vocus/PRWEB) February 28, 2011

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced nominations for its 2011 Audies® competition, the only awards program in the United States devoted entirely to honoring spoken word entertainment. Winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on May 24, 2011, at The TimesCenter in New York City. Bestselling author Adriana Trigiani will emcee the event.

Breaking last year’s record with over 1,100 titles entered, the competition thrived in 2011, a clear indicator of the strength of the audiobook industry. New to the competition in 2011 is the special Judges’ Award: Paranormal. Established to recognize excellence in the creation of an audiobook in the increasingly popular genre of paranormal (abridged or unabridged, single or multi-voiced), the award will be selected based on excellence in production, engineering and mix, compelling presentation and overall design.

“The audiobook industry ups the ante again this year with the most outstanding productions,” said Janet Benson, APA President. “Our competition continues to grow, and luckily our judges embrace the challenge of vetting the great range and quality of audiobooks made this year.”

Trigiani is beloved by millions of readers around the world for her bestselling novels including the Big Stone Gap series, Lucia, Lucia and Very Valentine, as well as the non-fiction Don’t Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers. She has written the big screen adaptation of Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct, and film versions of Very Valentine and Lucia, Lucia are in the works.

“I am thrilled to emcee the Audies, a dazzling evening that honors the actors, producers and authors who bring books to life through the spoken word. If we were lucky enough to be read to as children, audiobooks keep us engaged, enthralled and entertained our whole lives long. Expect a fun and fabulous evening,” said Trigiani.

Finalists for Distinguished Achievement in Production and Audiobook of the Year, the Audies’ most prestigious awards, will be announced in the spring. The Distinguished Achievement in Production award honors an audiobook that demonstrates excellence in all areas of production. The Audiobook of the Year award recognizes an audiobook that, through quality, innovation, marketing and sales, has had a significant impact on the industry. Other categories for the judges’ consideration included Audiobook Adaptation, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, and many more.

Finalists in this year’s competition include the following titles:

AUDIO DRAMA

Art, by Yasmina Reza, Narrated by Bob Balaban, Brian Cox, Jeff Perry, L.A. Theatre Works

Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw, Narrated by Amy Irving, Edward Herrmann, Kristoffer Tabori, and a distinguished cast, Blackstone Audio

Sunset Limited, by Cormac McCarthy, Narrated by Austin Pendleton, Ezra Knight, Tom Stechschulte, Recorded Books

The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Narrated by Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf, and Sarah Zimmerman, L.A. Theatre Works

Vengeance, by AJ Scudiere, Narrated by Kristoffer Tabori, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Don Leslie, Griffyn Ink Corp

AUDIOBOOK ADAPTATION

NPR: The First 40 Years, by NPR hosts and guests, HighBridge Company

No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy, Narrated by Sean Barrett, Naxos AudioBooks

Selected Shorts: American Classics, by Amy Tan, Donald Barthelme, Eudora Welty, Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Carol Oates, John Sayles, Alice Walker, and John Cheever, Narrated by Freda Foh Shen, David Strathairn, Stockard Channing, René Auberjonois, Christine Baranski, Jerry Stiller, Carmen de Lavallade, and Malachy McCourt, Symphony Space

Selected Shorts: Even More Laughs, by T. Coraghessan Boyle, Jonathan Lethem, Miranda July, Saki, Harry Mathews, Thomas Meehan, Julia Slavin, and Philip Roth, Narrated by Stephen Colbert, Robert Sean Leonard, Parker Posey, Marian Seldes, Isaiah Sheffer, Christine Baranski, Alec Baldwin, and Jerry Zaks, Symphony Space

Venetia, by Georgette Heyer, Narrated by Richard Armitage, Naxos AudioBooks

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

Abigail Adams, by Woody Holton, Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Tantor Audio

Life, by Keith Richards, Narrated by Johnny Depp with Joe Hurley (Featuring Keith Richards), Hachette Audio

Somewhere Inside, by Lisa Ling and Laura Ling, Narrated by Lisa Ling and Laura Ling, HarperAudio

The Slave Across the Street, by Theresa Flores, Narrated by Renee Raudman, Christianaudio

This Time Together, by Carol Burnett, Narrated by Carol Burnett, Random House Audio

BUSINESS/EDUCATIONAL

Buy-In, by John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead, Narrated by Tim Wheeler, Brilliance Audio

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, by Tony Hsieh, Narrated by Tony Hsieh, Hachette Audio

Lead Like Ike, by Geoff Loftus, Narrated by Mort Crim, Oasis Audio

The 4-Hour Workweek (Expanded and Updated), by Timothy Ferriss, Narrated by Ray Porter, Blackstone Audio

The Intelligent Entrepreneur, by Bill Murphy, Jr., Narrated by LJ Ganser and Fred Berman, Audible, Inc.

CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES 8-12

Alchemy and Meggy Swan, by Karen Cushman, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren, Random House Audio/Listening Library

Nanny McPhee Returns, by Emma Thompson, Narrated by Emma Thompson, Macmillan Audio

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia, Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson, Recorded Books

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly, Narrated by Natalie Ross, Brilliance Audio

The Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Brilliance Audio

CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES UP TO 8

Despicable Me: The Junior Novel, by Annie Auerbach, Narrated by Tim Curry, Hachette Audio

Epossumondas Plays Possum, by Coleen Salley, Narrated by Cynthia Darlow, Recorded Books

Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday, by Megan McDonald, Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat, Brilliance Audio

One Beastly Beast, by Garth Nix, Narrated by Stig Wemyss, Bolinda

This Jazz Man, by Karen Ehrhardt, Narrated by James “D Train” Williams, Live Oak Media

CLASSIC

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, Narrated by Charlton Griffin, Audio Connoisseur

Light in August, by William Faulkner, Narrated by Will Patton, Audible, Inc.

The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi, Narrated by Scott Brick, Tantor Audio

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, Narrated by Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, and Judy Geeson, Blackstone Audio

Watership Down, by Richard Adams, Narrated by Ralph Cosham, Blackstone Audio

FICTION

Every Last One, by Anna Quindlen, Narrated by Hope Davis, Simon & Schuster Audio

Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, Narrated by John Lee, Penguin Audio

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, by Steve Hockensmith, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren, Audible, Inc.

The Lonely Polygamist, by Brady Udall, Narrated by David Aaron Baker, Recorded Books

The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Blackstone Audio

Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell, Narrated by Emma Galvin, Hachette Audio

HISTORY

1959: The Year Everything Changed, by Fred Kaplan, Narrated by Joe Barrett, Audible, Inc.

A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, Narrated by Jeff Zinn, HarperAudio

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, by Gordon S. Wood, Narrated by Robert Fass, Audible, Inc.

The History of Rome, Volume 1, by Livy, Narrated by Charlton Griffin, Audio Connoisseur

Vikings of the Ice, by George Allan England, Narrated by Frank Holden, Rattling Books

HUMOR

Old Jews Telling Jokes, by Sam Hoffman and Eric Spiegelman, Narrated by Sam Hoffman with Eric Spiegelman and an ensemble cast, HighBridge Company

Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion, by Alan Goldsher, Narrated by Simon Vance, Blackstone Audio

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook), by Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, Narrated by Jon Stewart, with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, and John Oliver, featuring Sigourney Weaver, Hachette Audio

Sh*t My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern, Narrated by Sean Schemmel, HarperAudio

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, Narrated by David Sedaris, Elaine Stritch, Dylan Baker, and Siân Phillips, Hachette Audio

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED FICTION

Edge of Apocalypse, by Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Zondervan

Fireflies in December, by Jennifer Erin Valent, Narrated by Kate Forbes, Recorded Books

Missing Max, by Karen Young, Narrated by Laural Merlington, Oasis Audio

The Gathering Storm, by Bodie Thoene, Ph.D. and Brock Thoene, Ph.D., Narrated by Bodie Thoene, Ph.D., Oasis Audio

Unlocked, by Karen Kingsbury, Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez, Zondervan

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED NON-FICTION

God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours, by Regina Brett, Narrated by Regina Brett, Hachette Audio

In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, by Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy with Sally Jenkins, Narrated by Leigh Anne Tuohy, Sean Tuohy, Kathleen McInerney, and Rick Adamson, Macmillan Audio

Shattered: Struck Down But Not Destroyed, by Frank Pastore and Ellen Vaughn, Narrated by Frank Pastore, Oasis Audio

The Blueprint: A Plan for Overcoming Life’s Obstacles, by Kirk Franklin, Narrated by Dion Graham, Brilliance Audio

Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Narrated by Richard Gere, Random House Audio

JUDGES’ AWARD: PARANORMAL

Bayou Moon, by IIona Andrews, Narrated by Renée Raudman, Tantor Audio

Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Narrated by Kevin T. Collins, Hachette Audio

Skinwalker: Jane Yellowrock, Book 1, by Faith Hunter, Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Audible, Inc.

So Cold the River, by Michael Koryta, Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Hachette Audio

The Girl on Legare Street, by Karen White, Narrated by Aimee Bruneau, Listen & Live Audio

LITERARY FICTION

Beautiful Maria of My Soul, by Oscar Hijuelos, Narrated by Armando Duran, Blackstone Audio

Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, Narrated by David LeDoux, Macmillan Audio

My Life As a Man, by Philip Roth, Narrated by Dan John Miller, Brilliance Audio

Snakewoman of Little Egypt, by Robert Hellenga, Narrated by Coleen Marlo, Tantor Audio

Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell, Narrated by Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox, Recorded Books

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE

Great Classic Science Fiction, by H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber, James H. Schmitz, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert and Andre Norton, Narrated by Simon Vance, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren, Stephen R. Thorne, Greg Itzin, Scott Brick, and Barbara Rosenblat, AudioGO (formerly BBC Audiobooks America)

Jitters-A Quirky Little Audio Book, by Adele Park, Narrated by a full cast, Straight to Audio Productions

Room, by Emma Donoghue, Narrated by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren, Hachette Audio

The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Narrated by Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf, and Sarah Zimmerman, L.A. Theatre Works

The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self, by Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford and Marianne Williamson, Narrated by Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson, HarperAudio

MYSTERY

Dog Tags, by David Rosenfelt, Narrated by Grover Gardner, Listen & Live Audio

Her Royal Spyness: A Royal Spyness Mystery, by Rhys Bowen, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren, Audible, Inc.

Our Kind of Traitor, by John LeCarre, Narrated by Robin Sachs, Penguin Audio

The Dead Room, by Chris Mooney, Narrated by Regina Reagan, Isis Publishing Ltd

The Reversal, by Michael Connelly, Narrated by Peter Giles, Hachette Audio

This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George, Narrated by John Lee, HarperAudio

NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR or AUTHORS

Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart, HarperAudio

Garrison Keillor, A Christmas Blizzard, HighBridge Company

Emma Thompson, Nanny McPhee Returns, Macmillan Audio

Alice Walker, The Color Purple, Recorded Books

John Waters, Role Models, Tantor Audio

NON-FICTION

Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, by John Heilemann, Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris, HarperAudio

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, by Harry Markopolos, Narrated by Scott Brick, Harry Markopolos, Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, David Kotz, Gaytri Kachroo, and Michael Ocrant, Audible, Inc.

Obama’s Wars, by Bob Woodward, Narrated by Boyd Gaines, Simon & Schuster Audio

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Narrated by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin, Random House Audio

The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum, Narrated by Coleen Marlo, Tantor Audio

ORIGINAL WORK

Fashionably Undead, by Meg Cabot and the Twitterverse, Narrated by Sarah Drew, AudioGO (formerly BBC Audiobooks America)

Hearts, Keys and Puppetry, by Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren, AudioGO (formerly BBC Audiobooks America)

New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Vol. 2: The Little Death, by Max Allan Collins from a story by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, Narrated by Stacy Keach and a full cast, Blackstone Audio

The Alchemist and the Executioness, by Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobias S. Buckell, Narrated by Jonathan Davis and Katherine Kellgren, Audible, Inc.

William’s Leap for Freedom, Adapted by Renee Pringle with assistance by Sue Zizza, Narrated by Dion Graham and Mirron E. Willis and a full cast, SueMedia

PACKAGE DESIGN

Malcolm Gladwell: The Box Set, by Malcolm Gladwell, Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell, Hachette Audio

Martin Luther King, Junior: The Essential Box Set, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Edited by Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard, and Peter Holloran, Narrated by Keith David, Jay Gregory, and Martin Luther King, Hachette Audio

Peter & Max, by Bill Willingham, Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Brilliance Audio

Shakespeare the Essential Tragedies Volume 1, by William Shakespeare, Narrated by a full cast, AudioGO (formerly BBC Audiobooks America)

The Very Best of Bob and Ray: Legends of Comedy, by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, Narrated by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, HighBridge Company

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Good Discipline, Great Teens, by Dr. Ray Guarendi, Narrated by Dr. Ray Guarendi, St. Anthony Messenger Press

Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom, by Queen Latifah, Narrated by Queen Latifah, Hachette Audio

Spiritual Partnership, by Gary Zukav, Narrated by Gary Zukav, HarperAudio

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music, by Victor L. Wooten, Narrated by Victor L. Wooten, Tantor Audio

This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording, by David Foster Wallace, Narrated by David Foster Wallace, Hachette Audio

Zig Ziglar’s Leadership & Success Series, by Zig Ziglar, Narrated by Zig Ziglar, Blackstone Audio

ROMANCE

A Kiss at Midnight, by Eloisa James, Narrated by Susan Duerden, HarperAudio

By King’s Command, by Linda Lea Castle, Narrated by a full cast, Siren Audio Studios

Fantasy in Death, by J.D. Robb, Narrated by Susan Ericksen, Brilliance Audio

The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte, by Syrie James, Narrated by Bianca Amato, Recorded Books

The Elusive Bride, by Stephanie Laurens, Narrated by Simon Prebble, HarperAudio

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

Black Magic Sanction, by Kim Harrison, Narrated by Marguerite Gavin, Blackstone Audio

Feed, by Mira Grant, Narrated by Paula Christensen and Jesse Bernstein, Hachette Audio

Halo: Evolutions, by various authors including Tobias S. Bucknell, B.K. Evenson, and Jonathan Goff, Narrated by Steve Downes, Holter Graham, Frank O’Connor, and Jen Taylor, Macmillan Audio

The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham, Narrated by Graeme Malcolm, Audible, Inc.

The Stainless Steel Rat, by Harry Harrison, Narrated by Phil Gigante, Brilliance Audio

WWW: Watch, by Robert J. Sawyer, Narrated by Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Robert J. Sawyer, Audible, Inc.

SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS

And Thereby Hangs a Tale, by Jeffrey Archer, Narrated by Gerard Doyle, Macmillan Audio

A Matter of Matter, by L. Ron Hubbard, Narrated by Corey Burton, R.F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, Tait Ruppert, and Josh Thompson, Galaxy Audio

A Touch of Dead, by Charlaine Harris, Narrated by Johanna Parker, Recorded Books

Ford County: Stories, by John Grisham, Narrated by John Grisham, Random House Audio

How Did You Get This Number, by Sloane Crosley, Narrated by Sloane Crosley, Penguin Audio

Long After Midnight, by Ray Bradbury, Narrated by Michael Prichard, Tantor Audio

Stories, by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantino, Narrated by Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Peter Francis James, Katherine Kellgren, and Euan Morton, HarperAudio

SOLO NARRATION—FEMALE

Laura Bush, narrator of Spoken from the Heart, by Laura Bush, Simon & Schuster Audio

Katherine Kellgren, narrator of Rapture of the Deep, by L.A. Meyer, Listen & Live Audio

Katherine Kellgren, narrator of The Invisible Order: Rise of the Darklings, by Paul Crilley, Audible, Inc.

Juliet Stevenson, narrator of The Golden Notebook, by Doris Lessing, Naxos AudioBooks

Juliet Stevenson, narrator of The Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo, Brilliance Audio

Alfre Woodard, narrator of Glorious, by Bernice McFadden, Audible, Inc.

SOLO NARRATION—MALE

Alan Cumming, narrator of Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston, Penguin Audio

Jim Dale, narrator of The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, by Mathias Malzieu, Blackstone Audio

Charlton Griffin, narrator of The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Audio Connoisseur

George Guidall, narrator of Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada, Recorded Books

Edward Herrmann, narrator of Innocent, by Scott Turow, Hachette Audio

TEENS

Here in Harlem, by Walter Dean Myers, Narrated by a full cast, Live Oak Media

Rapture of the Deep, by L.A. Meyer, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren, Listen & Live Audio

The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon, Narrated by Dion Graham, Brilliance Audio

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan, Narrated by MacLeod Andrews and Nick Podehl, Brilliance Audio

Zora and Me, by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon, Narrated by Channie Waites, Brilliance Audio

THRILLER/SUSPENSE

Dead Aim, by Thomas Perry, Narrated by Michael Kramer, Tantor Audio

Interface, by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George, Narrated by Oliver Wyman, Audible, Inc.

The Book of Spies, by Gayle Lynds, Narrated by Kate Reading, Blackstone Audio

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, Narrated by Simon Vance, Random House Audio

Vengeance, by AJ Scudiere, Narrated by Kristoffer Tabori, Stephanie Zimbalist and Don Leslie, Griffyn Ink Corp

For more information about the Audies Gala, contact Kaitlin Friedmann at (609) 297-2215, or kfriedmann(at)audiopub(dot)org. To purchase tickets, visit http://www.audiopub.org or contact Lindsay Piccolella at (609) 297-2226.

About Audio Publishers Association (APA)

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is a not-for-profit trade organization whose primary goals are to promote awareness of the audiobook industry, gather and disseminate industry statistics, encourage high production standards and represent the interests of audiobook publishers. Since 1986, the APA has worked to bring audio publishers together to increase interest in audiobooks. Please visit http://www.audiopub.org for more information.

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SEOPartner Serves the SEO Competition

SEOPartner Serves the SEO Competition











James Schramko – SEO Expert


Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) November 11, 2011

Leading SEO company SEOPartner is operating in a spirit of bonhomie with companies that could ordinarily be considered its competition. In fact, web design firms, advertising agencies, and marketing companies, a.k.a. businesses that usually also offer SEO services, number among SEOPartner’s many clients. How was the company able to accomplish this unusual feat? Internet marketing whiz and SEOPartner owner James Schramko gave us the details.

SEOPartner has a successful record of providing excellent SEO services to various businesses. Its people have been trained so well that their work easily stands out from the rest. “We have our own team, not third party contractors. We have an intensive training program for even the newest members of our team. We do a lot of our SEO submissions by hand instead of using software,” explained Schramko. With the exemplary work ethic the company upholds and the exceptional people who work for it, output is consistently first rate, making growth and expansion a foregone conclusion. In SEOPartner’s case, growth led it to the creation of a reseller program.

SEOPartner’s reseller program has the company offering outsource SEO services not only to direct clients, but to clients of clients as well. It involves businesses, such as web development companies, advertising firms and marketing agencies, reselling SEOPartner’s services to their own clients, “white-labeled” so that these are offered under their own brand. SEOPartner technically functions as other companies’ SEO team, making it the ultimate outsource SEO company. “After all, we are the SEO supplier that many SEO companies call upon to do their heavy lifting,” Schramko revealed.

Companies that tap into the reseller program can be confident that they can’t do any better than the services provided by SEOPartner. “We have access to private assets online that other people do not have access to, we track our activity with a unique code ensuring that we get a faster and more measurable result than other companies, and it’s the mastermind of James Schramko and his team of SEO specialists who are pioneers in link profile mapping and speed of implementation,” pointed out Schramko.

Resellers emerge from the deal quite triumphant in this win-win situation. All parties essentially come out a winner, but the reseller, the most so. They are able to build a good name in SEO, earn a profit, provide top-notch SEO services without doing any grunt work, and endear themselves further to their own clients.

The idea behind the reseller program is pure genius. Its success has led SEOPartner to expand its coverage. It currently provides SEO services to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland, Los Angeles, New York, etc. True to its name, SEOPartner is the best partner any business can have when it comes to SEO matters.

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OnlineAdviser Competes in Business Plan Competition

(PRWEB) November 14, 2004

How can financial advisers deliver independent high quality service to middle income Americans? Few firms have tackled this question and even fewer have found successful answers. Freedom Benefits Association based in Philadelphia is trying to develop a better approach through a service called OnlineAdviser and recently submitted its ideas to the “New Profiteer – The Business of Change” sustainable business plan competition. The business plan was entered under the category “Best Community Enterprise”, emphasizing the overall benefit to the community when individuals are empowered to make better financial decisions.

The competition culminates in a presentation at the Sustainable Business Venture Fair, Thursday, November 18, 2004, 4:00-7:00pm, at the Philadelphia Sheraton Rittenhouse Hotel. Tony Novak, the principal of Freedom Benefits and the primary force behind OnlineAdviser, has no unrealistic hopes for immediate community support for the project. “Delivery systems for financial advice through employee benefits is a relatively obscure topic to most small business development experts”. Novak says “the primary purpose of entering the competition was to raise awareness that this viable option for providing financial support does exist”. While this business has operated at a profit each year since it inceprion, a range of challenges has slowed growth.

Tony Novak is a financial writer who began focusing on financial services for middle-income individuals in the 1980s. He was the author of an influential article for the financial services industry titled “The Other 95%” referring to the observation that traditional financial services firms tend to focus on serving only the top 5% of wealthiest Americans. After more than twenty years in traditional financial advisory firms, Novak now devotes himself to writing for consumer-focused publications and providing personal support for non-traditional financial services. Novak emphasizes that high-income individuals and established businesses have always received the best advice from experienced accountants, attorneys and financial advisers. These advisors help build and retain wealth, but at a cost not affordable by most people. There is a wide gap in quality and availability of advice received by the wealthiest clients vs. a person of average means.

Middle-income individuals and small businesses tend to receive advice from product salespeople. These may include stockbrokers, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, accountants who manage investments and insurance agents. While these perform specific valuable services, the quality and range of advice is not the same as received by those with independent advisers. The majority Americans have never met with a fee-based financial adviser. One result is that most Americans do not receive full information on a number of non-transactional financial issues, no cost options or no-load financial products. Advisers naturally recommend only those options for which they will receive compensation; seldom does a middle income client receive truly independent advice.

OnlineAdviser service was launched by Freedom Benefits Association in 1997 to provide low cost public access to an experienced financial adviser, especially at the point of critical financial decisions. The expansion of Internet-based financial services has increased the range of options available to many people but has not provided a way for individuals to get independent one-on-one financial advice. By using newly developed telephone and information technology, it might be possible to connect a person who has a question with a person who has a good answer precisely at the moment the information is needed. Novak admits that the current system is far from perfect, but notes that it is a step ahead of what is now available from event the most sophisticated financial firms. The main obstacles faced by OnlineAdviser include:

1) Compensation for Advisers – Advertising, commissions, asset-based fees or other financial support from traditional financial service companies is not available to support most areas of OnlineAdviser service. OnlineAdviser cannot tap the same revenue sources as banks, brokerages and other advisory firms. This means that employers, business associations, public sources or private donations must pay for the advice. Most advisers with years of experience can command much higher salaries in traditional financial firms that focus on more profitable transactions.

2) Adviser experience – It takes more than a decade for a financial adviser to develop the skills and knowledge base to be comfortable addressing a wide range of financial questions “on his feet”. An adviser must master a working knowledge of law, taxes, insurance, investments, health care system, federal and state entitlements. With so many of these areas in constant state of flux, continuing education alone is almost a full time job for an adviser. There are relatively few advisers who are qualified to provide this type of service.

3) Tax Treatment – The IRS designated retirement planning advice as a tax-free employee benefit but other areas of financial advice are not given the same generous tax treatment. A change in the tax law would encourage more businesses to offer this service to their employees.

4) Skepticism – Individuals are so accustomed to hearing sales pitches that they have a tough time adjusting to non-product based financial advice. Many people with limited financial experience are still more likely to be influenced by firms with the best advertising and most persuasive sales representatives.

OnlineAdviser has served more than 35,000 individuals since 1997 in every state across the country. The majority were free services including support for taxes, unemployment compensation, health insurance, COBRA conversions, retirement plan rollovers, and divorce issues. More information about OnlineAdviser service is available at www.FreedomBenefits.org or from Tony Novak at (610) 664-8669.

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Financial Freedom Academy Announces $2 Million Dollar Grand Prize for the “Chasing the American Dream” Competition

(PRWEB) February 27, 2007

Financial Freedom Academy announces $ 2 million dollar grand prize for the “Chasing the American Dream” competition.

America is known for being the land of opportunity, the place where all of your dreams can come true. But, for many Americans the “American Dream” has turned into a living nightmare. They work longer weeks, take fewer vacations, and due to circumstances they cannot control still lose ground financially.

According to researchers, bankruptcy is at all time highs. Many people spend more than they earn financing their lifestyles with credit cards or other loan type instruments. The small glimmer of hope for most people comes in the form of games of chance and luck.

The rise of popular game shows and reality like “American Idol”, “Survivor”, “Deal or No Deal”, “1 vs. 100”, or “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, show a sign of the times of people looking for any opportunity to change their life. Unfortunately, for most people that aspire to these shows, or look for equally tough ways to make it (such as winning the lottery, the odds are just to great for them to even make it to the main event let alone win).

For the first time ever, there is a competition that almost everyone can be guaranteed a spot in.

“The Chasing the American Dream” competition is unique for several reasons. First, there are no random cuts based on judge’s opinions. Everything is based on the numbers. Next, every participant will taught exactly how to excel on every module of the competition, and allowed to ask questions.

The modules of the competition are all based on elements of financial success that everyone should know to become financially successful. A few examples of the modules are “making money in real estate,” “how to control when you pay taxes,” “making money online,” etc.

“The reason I am so excited about this competition is because everyone wins, not just the people who claim the $ 2 Million Dollar prize. But, everyone who participates is almost guaranteed to change their life financially,” says James Sherrod, coordinator. “And also it targeted at the people who need the information the most.”

The competition will take place will start April 1st. The eligibility requirements are as follows:

1. You must be a US citizen 18 years or older

2. You must abide by all guidelines of the competition

3. You cannot own real estate holdings outside of your own home

4. You cannot have a stock portfolio outside of your current retirement accounts

5. You cannot currently have a $ 100,000 a year gross income

Interested participants should join the notification list by emailing chasingtheamericandream @ gmail.com, for complete registration details, free financial information, and more.

Disclaimer: Participation in the competition is completely at the risk of the participants. There is no income guarantees other than that of grand prize of the competition. The Financial Freedom Academy, nor any of its affiliates, is not liable for the use of the information presented in anyway. If you have any questions about the information presented, solicit the advice of financial and legal professionals.

Media Contact:

James Sherrod

850-264-9410

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