Artprice Previews Artprice TV at the Contemporary Art Biennial

Artprice Previews Artprice TV at the Contemporary Art Biennial

PARIS, September 13/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Artprice's standardised marketplace is now handling as many as
17,000 classified ads in real time (and a total of 35,284 ads since its
launch in February 2005) with an average sale price of EUR 10,524.

These figures represent a veritable revolution in art market
history.

It is against this backdrop that Artprice is presenting a preview of
Artprice TV (R) at the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial (the world's third most
visited biennial art fair) between 12 September and 31 December 2005.

The screens at the Biennial, broadcasting Artprice TV
continuously (a selection of classified ads for art works and presentations
of future auctions re-formatted for TV and 3G), represent, according to art
critics and professionals "the finest auction catalogue ever" and for others,
the end of an era and the transition of the art market to the 21th century.

Artprice has chosen this important world-renowned exhibition
for art professionals and institutions to promote its standardised art market
and the opening of this market to a much broader public via digital
television, satellite and cable television, the internet and mobile phones.

Broadcast in five languages (English, German, French, Spanish
and Italian), Artprice TV offers advertisers (art dealers, galleries, auction
houses, collectors, etc) using the Artprice marketplace a unique advertising
space that displays selected Artprice ads on a continual basis.

This tried and tested (and relatively cheap) form of
advertising, originally developed by Gazette Drouot in France, allows
Artprice TV to fill 90% of its content with paying advertisers. Current art
market news is gathered and distributed by Artprice's press agency,
ArtMarketInsight, which provides almost 80% of the written and audiovisual
art news worldwide.

The pre-launch of Artprice TV is scheduled for 18 September
2005 under the code Artprice.tv or Artpricetv.com.

Source: (c) www.artprice.com 1987-2005 Thierry Ehrmann

About the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial:

The world's third largest biennial by number of entries
(170,000) with almost 40% of visitors coming from abroad, 1,200 international
journalists and assured visits from every kind of art professional.

Artprice, the world leader in art market information, lists
over 21 million auction prices and indices covering over 306,000 artists
collected from 2,900 international auction houses. Artprice daily serves the
main financial press titles and agencies with the art market trends. Artprice
Classifieds visible to 900,000 Artprice members for buying and selling art
works.

Artprice is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris: Euroclear:
7478 - Bloomberg: PRC - Reuters: ARTF

Contact :

Josette Mey
Telephonenumber: +33(0)478220000
E-mail :jmey@artprice.com

Source: Artprice.com

Contact : Josette Mey, Telephonenumber: +33(0)478220000, E-mail :jmey@artprice.com

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FABULOUS FLOORS Begins Posting Complete Back Issues to WEB

FABULOUS FLOORS Begins Posting Complete Back Issues to WEB

Summer '05 Magazine Available September 27, as Fall Edition Hits Newsstands Advertisers Get 'Triple Exposure' With Indefinite Archiving

GHENT, N.Y., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As far as FABULOUS FLOORS magazine and its advertisers are concerned, Summer 2005 will continue on indefinitely, as the publisher announces plans to begin posting past issues in their entirety to the magazine web site http://www.fabulousfloorsmagazine.com/.

According to Sonna Calandrino, publisher and founder of the first consumer magazine devoted solely to flooring fashion, "When the Fall issue of FABULOUS FLOORS hits newsstands in the US and markets worldwide on September 27, Internet-savvy consumers will be able to access the Summer issue, free, by logging on to http://www.fabulousfloorsmagazine.com/ and clicking on 'back issues' listed on the menu."

Subsequently, each complete quarterly issue will be posted to the web site as soon as the next issue hits the newsstands. Internet browsers can visit at will at no cost. Hard copy back issues remain available at nominal costs while supplies last. Complete CD versions also are available. Subscriptions remain available on line.

Calandrino said the move is part of the magazine's web site expansion and circulation plans to meet a changing reader-consumer market. "Both consumers and members of the industry, largely retailers, are looking for immediate resource material. Advertisers always are looking for more and better ways to get out their message, especially now with traditional distribution methods coming under tremendous competitive pressures. Significantly, not only will each magazine be posted in its entirety, we also will continue to list our advertisers as a resource service to consumers and link our site to those of our advertisers who wish to do so," Calandrino added. "And readers just being introduced to the magazine for the first time will be able to research back issues for additional information and ideas."

The Summer Issue, Number 7, features "Bring the Outside In!", 83 'Sunsational' Rugs, Laminates & Wood, Yummy Floors, Mother Nature's Coconut, Sisal and Seagrass, Treat Yourself! -- Luxe Baths and Smart Kitchens, 5 Design Pros Get You Started, Craving Color 'Green Is In -- Cork & Linoleum plus 125 Internet Sources.

FABULOUS FLOORS is published by Peachtree Communications, 226 Old Post Road, Ghent, NY. 518 828 3200.

Source: FABULOUS FLOORS MAGAZINE

CONTACT: Richard Howland, Vice President & Managing Editor of FABULOUS
FLOORS, +1-518-828-3200, Rhowlandjr@aol.com

Web site: http://www.fabulousfloorsmagazine.com/

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The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition Brings Traveling Photo Exhibit to the Charleroi Art & History Center

The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition Brings Traveling Photo Exhibit to the Charleroi Art & History Center

CHARLEROI, Pa., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) is bringing its traveling photo exhibit, "67 Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania," to Charleroi from October 6-16, 2005. The photo exhibit will be displayed at the Charleroi Art & History Center, 501 McKean Avenue.

An opening reception, sponsored by Charleroi Main Street and Tara Hospital, is scheduled for Thursday, October 6 at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. To RSVP for the reception, please call 1-800-377-8828 x303.

This educational work of art features women from each of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, along with a message about how breast cancer has touched their lives. The women reflect the diversity of Pennsylvania, and their stories reflect the impact of breast cancer on themselves, their families and their communities. The exhibit encourages women to learn about early detection and celebrates the life, courage, hope and dignity of women and families who have battled breast cancer.

Pat Halpin-Murphy, PBCC President & Founder, encourages everyone to visit the exhibit. "Breast cancer is not a rare event separate from the fabrics of our everyday lives. It impacts our mothers, daughters, friends and ourselves. We must educate ourselves about this insidious disease and fight to find a cure now...so our daughters won't have to."

In addition to the traveling photo exhibit, the Charleroi Art & History Center will also host other events in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Among these events is "Art for Life," an exhibit featuring artwork designed by breast cancer survivors from across Pennsylvania. The artwork will be on display throughout October.

"67 Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania" is sponsored by the PBCC and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The PBCC, founded in 1993, is a non-profit organization and the only statewide grassroots organization that speaks to and for breast cancer survivors. This year, more than 12,000 Pennsylvania women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 2,300 will lose their lives to the disease. The PBCC's mission is to find a cure for breast cancer and to improve the quality of breast cancer education, research and outreach in the state.

For more information please call 1-800-377-8828 or visit the website http://www.pabreastcancer.org/.

Source: Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition

CONTACT: Amy Collins, Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition,
+1-717-738-9567 x106 or +1-717-468-9215

Web site: http://www.pabreastcancer.org/

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Deloitte Named to Working Mother's '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers' List for Twelfth Consecutive Year

Deloitte Named to Working Mother's '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers' List for Twelfth Consecutive Year

Deloitte Earns High Marks for Women's Advancement, Flextime and Work/Life Culture

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, has been named one of Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" for the twelfth consecutive year. Deloitte emerged from a field of hundreds of companies that scored highest in key categories that are important to working mothers, including flexibility, advancement, family friendly resources, leave for new parents and work-life culture. Deloitte garnered its highest ratings for flexibility, work/life culture and women's advancement programs.

On the 20th anniversary of the Working Mother 100 Best Companies, an exclusive Working Mother magazine survey has found that despite the growing popularity of compressed work weeks, job-shares, telecommuting and other workplace flexibility options, two out of three working mothers believe there is still a stigma attached to using flextime options that their companies allow.

"Deloitte is one of the organizations working to eliminate this bias against flextime workers by offering its working mother employees not just flexibility, but advancement opportunities as well," said Carol Evans, CEO of Working Mother Media. "We salute Deloitte for its efforts on behalf of working mothers. It is my hope that other companies around the country learn from the best and experience first-hand the value of flexibility as a business imperative."

"The standards of excellence set by Working Mother get higher every year, so we are honored to be recognized once again among the best companies for working mothers," said James H. Quigley, CEO of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. "The only way we can attract and retain top talent is to provide the very best benefits and programs that enhance both the professional and personal lives of our people. We will continue to do all that we can to create an excellent working environment, and to make Deloitte a place where the best choose to be."

In surveying the companies that applied for this year's list, particular weight was given to questions in three areas: flexible scheduling, the most critical benefit for working mothers; child-care options, because without them parents can't work; and time off for new parents, because it's critical for mothers to bond with their newborns without suffering professionally.

To apply for the Working Mother 100 Best, Deloitte provided Working Mother magazine with detailed information on eight areas of work/life including: childcare, culture, flexibility, parental leave, women's advancement, total compensation, work/life culture, and family-friendly programs. Deloitte completed a 550-question application, the most rigorous of its kind, which checked the availability, tracking and usage of programs to support working mothers, the accountability of managers to implement programs and the successful advancement of women into top paying jobs, board positions and management ranks. It was also required to submit benefits handbooks and results of employee surveys.

The complete list of the Working Mother 100 Best Companies can be found at http://www.workingmother.com/ .

About Deloitte

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other's acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names "Deloitte," "Deloitte & Touche," "Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu" or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein. Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the US, services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.

Source: Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

CONTACT: Mai J. Browne, Senior Manager, National Public Relations,
+1-212-436-2553, +1-917-648-4718, maibrowne@deloitte.com, for Deloitte &
Touche USA LLP

Web site: http://www.deloitte.com/us
http://www.workingmother.com/

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Passionate Focus 2005 Celebrates Visually-Impaired Artists on September 15 in Michigan Avenue Art Exhibition

Passionate Focus 2005 Celebrates Visually-Impaired Artists on September 15 in Michigan Avenue Art Exhibition

CHICAGO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: Passionate Focus 2005 -- Juried exhibition of artwork of blind and
visually impaired artists from around the country. Sponsored by
Chicago's Guild for the Blind.

WHEN: Artists Reception and Silent Auction Thursday, September 15, 2005,
5 - 9 pm. The exhibition continues through November 13, 2005.

WHO: If people who are blind can be artists, what else can they do if
given the opportunity and support?

Passionate Focus is a reflection of the spirit embodied in all the
programs offered at the Guild for the Blind, including:

-- Career training to stem the 70% unemployment rate among the blind and
visually impaired, and
-- "New Visions," a program to help the one in six people over age 65 who
develop vision loss due to macular degeneration.

Representatives from the Guild for the Blind will be present, as well as
several local featured artists.

WHERE: The Gallery of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Michigan Avenue at
Delaware Place and Chestnut Avenue, Chicago.

COST: $100 per person. Tickets are available at the door.

Visit http://www.guildfortheblind.org/ for more information.

Source: Guild for the Blind

CONTACT: Cheryl Megurdichian, Director of Development of Guild for the
Blind, +1-312-236-8569

Web site: http://www.guildfortheblind.org/

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Honest New York Accountant Can't Fudge Numbers So Writes Fiction Instead

Honest New York Accountant Can't Fudge Numbers So Writes Fiction Instead

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ed Kingman is a crooked college advisor who takes kickbacks. He gets the academically unspectacular children of rich parents into Ivy League schools. He is also in trouble. His client, Victor Stein, is a porn king and mobster; and, if his kid doesn't make the Ivy, Kingman may be sprouting lilies. Carla Benton is Kingman's love interest. She's facing the loss of her mother and has the wrong kind of guy chasing after her.

Number crunching and murder and intrigue -- it's all in a day's work for New York accounting firm partner and fiction writer Jerry Eitel. Mr. Eitel's first novel "Trail of Light" debuts this month. Although his book is captioned in the synopsis above, underneath it is really about dealing with one's parents or lack thereof.

What could possibly drive an accountant to write fiction - where's the connection? "Well, they both require a compulsive personality," joked Mr. Eitel.

"Accounting, especially during tax season, is intense and that's when the book poured out -- as a way to offset the insanity. The advantage of being an accountant, at least in New York, is that you run into a lot of good material -- although they don't know they're good material - and just being crowded into a railroad car every day provides inspiration," said the author. He wrote the majority of the novel in six months during his morning commutes from Long Island to New York City.

Eitel added that the inspiration for his story also came from the culture around him in which people are used to buying pretty much anything -- and observing the lengths to which parents will go to get their children into good schools -- including writing a book. Yes, he has a teenage son, but he's not a writer.

"SAT tutors, essay writing coaches, and application-boosting summer travel/community service programs these days where kids build homes in Africa -- it's easy to get sucked in," Eitel acknowledged. "But I'm too honest. I can't fudge the numbers. Maybe that's why I write fiction..."

"Trail of Light" sells for $17.95 and may be purchased through Amazon and other online booksellers. Mr. Eitel earned his B.A. in creative writing at Brooklyn College and his M.B.A. in accounting at Long Island University.

Jerry Eitel, 631-897-0979

This release was issued through The Xpress Press News Service, merging e- mail and satellite distribution technologies to reach business analysts and media outlets worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.xpresspress.com/ .

Source: Jerry Eitel

CONTACT: Jerry Eitel, +1-631-897-0979, or work717@hotmail.com

EDITORS' ADVISORY: Review copies are available.

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Corland Publishing Launches Diesel Forecast Magazine

Corland Publishing Launches Diesel Forecast Magazine

Online publication will provide constant editorial coverage of the diesel vehicle market and related technologies

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Diesel vehicles, immensely popular in Europe, are gaining attention in the US as surging oil prices focus attention on more fuel-efficient powertrain technologies.

With this growing trend in mind, Corland Publishing has launched Diesel Forecast, an online publication dedicated to comprehensive reporting on diesel vehicle technology and business news to a qualified audience. Visitors can review the entire publication for free, on a trial basis at http://www.dieselforecast.com/ .

Each installment will review the state of the diesel market, vehicle technology developments and trends, new vehicle launches and diesel fuel developments. Coverage will include interviews and columns by respected figures at the major automakers and suppliers.

The publication also will focus on statistics and market trends, reporting on potential changes in the demand for diesel-related components and services. This editorial focus will help the primary readership in making educated decisions about their involvement in the diesel market and build their strategies in the months and years to come.

Diesel Forecast is led by Executive Editor John McCormick, a widely published automotive journalist and Publisher Rob Cleveland, president of ICON Creative Technologies Group, an interactive marketing and creative agency.

British-born McCormick joined Britain's renowned CAR magazine as deputy editor in 1982. After four years he crossed the Atlantic to join AutoWeek magazine and later Ward's Auto World. A leading independent automotive journalist since 1992, McCormick contributes to consumer and trade publications around the world.

Publisher Cleveland's experience in publishing and the automotive market, including experience as an editor at Ward's Auto World magazine, along with ICON's services in both creative and web-based publishing technology gives Corland Publishing the perfect skills, background and experience for the production of online magazines and newsletters.

Diesel Forecast's editorial focuses primarily on decision-makers at the automakers and major suppliers. The editorial is designed to provide an information platform that will quickly educate these key individuals, and help drive their decisions. Coverage will be designed to inform top managers both in the technical arena and in business operations.

Corland Publishing is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is dedicated to niche publishing projects in multiple media channels. Its online publication, Diesel Forecast, is available at http://www.dieselforecast.com/ and joins sister publication, Hydrogen Forecast, http://www.hydrogenforecast.com/ , the hydrogen economy's leading news source.

Source: Corland Publishing

CONTACT: Rob Cleveland of Diesel Forecast Magazine, +1-734-239-3586,
rob.cleveland@dieselforecast.com

Web site: http://www.dieselforecast.com/
http://www.hydrogenforecast.com/

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