Brulant and University Hospitals Health System Recognized for Outstanding Achievement with Interactive Media Awards

Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) August 18, 2006

Brulant, Inc., one of the leading online business partners in the nation, announced today that it was awarded with the IMA Outstanding Achievement Award, in the ?Community? category, for the University Hospitals Health System - In Our Words website.

University Hospitals Health System is celebrating 140 years of caring in Cleveland. To promote this milestone, it is leveraging video interviews of its staff, patients and partners. These heartfelt and candid interviews depict firsthand the values and culture of UHHS and the impact it has had in the Greater Cleveland community. This site is reminding everyone of the positive things that UHHS offers while also promoting to potential employees. It educates, inspires and celebrates the people of University Hospitals. To view the site, visit http://www.uhhs.com/inourwords/index.html.

Each award entry has to successfully pass through IMA?s comprehensive judging system. Judges utilize a points-based scoring system which allows each entry to receive a maximum of 500 points. The UHHS-In Our Words project was scored using five specific criteria, with a total score of 478 points, hence having won the Outstanding Achievement Award. For more information on the awards, please visit http://www.interactivemediaawards.com.

?This was an important site for Brulant, that we are very proud of,? said Len Pagon, CEO of Brulant. ?We strongly believe in Cleveland and our institutions, and to work on a celebration of one of our finest healthcare systems, University Hospitals, was a true honor.?

About Brulant, Inc.

Brulant is one of the nation?s preeminent online solutions experts, fusing leading-edge technology with break-through interactive marketing and creative design. The company was recently ranked by Advertising Age Magazine as the 36th largest interactive agency in the country and the 4th largest in the Midwest. Ultimately, Brulant is focused on delivering multi-channel solutions that increase client?s marketshare by improving customer service, brand loyalty and market reach while reducing customer acquisition, retention and conversion costs.

Brulant is a true multi-channel integration partner focused on ensuring one compelling customer experience across all channels, from web initiatives to call centers, stores, kiosks, etc. Brulant celebrates a proven track record throughout its core competencies, including interactive marketing and strategy, creative design and usability, technology services, website and portal development, and business intelligence.

Brulant?s clients are middle-market to Fortune 2000 companies within the consumer products, financial services, healthcare and retail sectors. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the company works with clients on a national basis including: Bass Pro Shops, Carhartt, Charter One Bank, Citizens Bank, The Cleveland Clinic, Hallmark, ICI Paints, JoAnn Stores, Key Bank, Linens-n-Things, Luxottica, MTD Products, Macrovision, National City Bank, Nationwide, Pearle Vision, RentWay, Sears Portrait Studios, Steris, Things Remembered and University Hospitals.

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Become A Better Musician Faster - The New Revolutionary RiffBANDZ Training System Provides Ground Breaking Rapid Advancement for Practicing Musicians.

Palatine, Illinois (PRWEB) August 26, 2011

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RIFFTEK, Inc. is a New Company Dedicated to Making Better Musicians Faster.

RiffBANDZ and RiffGRIPS are two new innovative products that will be available to the public August 23, 2011.

ABOUT RIFFTEK

Rifftek, Inc. is a corporation dedicated to helping musicians develop the required physical strength and dexterity required to play an instrument, but within a much shorter amount of time than traditional methods have provided in the past.

The Research and Development Team at Rifftek, Inc. is comprised of multiple musicians that have implemented techniques and developed devices that have enhanced their own ability to play. The products and techniques have been strategically combined to create cutting edge programs that are now available to the general public.

While the principles and concepts offered by Rifftek, Inc. can benefit any musician, there is a focus on string instrument players, and even more specifically on guitar players. Playing the guitar requires a significant amount of physical dexterity, as well as some music theory knowledge. It is not necessary to know how to read music to play the guitar at any level, however, development of physical ability and dexterity is completely required. The concepts taught by Rifftek, Inc. are designed to rapidly teach and build the required physical strength and dexterity to play an instrument.

ABOUT RIFFBANDZ

The RiffBANDZ resistance device is a custom developed, specially designed, resistance band, intended to be worn by a musical instrument player while playing their instrument. This is a conditioning device that builds hand strength and dexterity, at a significantly faster rate than offered through traditional scale training exercises. The band is worn and utilized while practicing scale exercises, but the custom developed exercises offered with the RiffBANDZ program, are also designed to promote hand strength, dexterity, and agility, at rates not previously possible to achieve without utilizing resistance training. Not only does the resistance band assist with building strength and dexterity, but it also helps train the hand to the proper formation on the instrument, for a precision performance. This device is also proven to work well for piano and horn players.

ABOUT RIFFGRIP

The RiffGRIP was designed to convert any manufactured guitar pick into a slip resistant guitar pick. The RiffGRIPS are simply leather stickers, shaped to the corporate ?Fist? logo, and embossed to create a surface that will prevent the pick from falling or slipping out of a guitar player?s hand. This device also makes the pick more comfortable to hold and play.

For Further Information Please Contact Tony Lombardo (847) 890-9071

http://www.rifftek.com will be activated on August 20, 2011

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New Book Cheerleads Miracles in Foster Care System

Mount Vernon, OH (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

In the 1970s Paula Ann Kyle lived in seven different foster homes. It is this experience that she mines in her new book?????On the Edge of Unthinkable? (published by iUniverse). ?This is my gift of hope to today?s foster children,? she says.

This three-generation memoir describes Kyle?s journey in the foster care system, starting in 1974 when she and her two sisters were abruptly taken from their family and unceremoniously deposited in three separate foster homes. ?On the Edge of Unthinkable? ultimately describes the ramifications Kyle?s childhood had on many relationships throughout her life.

Readers will read about the heroes of Kyle?s childhood, including her dedicated case manager and her final foster parents, all of whom she credits in great part with her success.

Despite the many negative reviews of foster care, Kyle maintains that it can and does work miracles. ?As a former foster child I could never find a story with a positive outcome,? she says. ?It has been almost two years since this story was launched into production in a previous issue; it has become obvious to me that, especially foster children, read this story in different code of hope and inspiration.?

In addition, Kyle has been pleased with the book?s early reception. ?It has been used,? she notes, ?by both high school classes and university-level social work classes.?

About the Author

Born in Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California in 1961, Paula Ann Kyle could have never imagined the winding road life had in store for her. From her turbulent beginnings as a Marine and, eventually, Army brat, being shuttled from one military base to another along with her siblings, to the trauma and heartache of losing her mother at the age of 11, the horrors that were to follow were all parts of the path toward becoming the confident and charismatic women she is now. Kyle became a wife and mother of two children. Now residing in small town in Ohio, Kyle enjoys the serenity of her cabin in the woods. Kyle?s newest and most joyful role is being a grandmother to three beautiful grandchildren.

iUniverse, an Author Solutions, Inc. self-publishing imprint, is the leading book marketing, editorial services, and supported self-publishing provider. iUniverse has a strategic alliance with Indigo Books & Music, Inc. in Canada, and titles accepted into the iUniverse Rising Star program are featured in a special collection on BarnesandNoble.com. iUniverse recognizes excellence in book publishing through the Star, Reader?s Choice, Rising Star and Editor?s Choice designations?self-publishing?s only such awards program. Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, iUniverse also operates offices in Indianapolis. For more information or to publish a book, please visit iuniverse.com or call 1-800-AUTHORS. For the latest, follow @iuniversebooks on Twitter.

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