$10 for $25 Worth of Custom Energy Bars from Element Bars, Inc.

In a few days, when Y2010K causes your skin’s solar chargers to burn out and you can no longer draw your energy from the sun’s delightful rays, you’re going to need a dependable back-up. Today’s Groupon will power your limbs without requiring you to install a battery pack where your appendix used to be. For $10, you get $25 worth of customizable organic energy bars from Element Bars, Inc. . As the winner of Best Natural Meal Replacement Energy Bar from Bestcovery, Element Bars are made from premium ingredients that steer clear of saturated fats, refined sugars, and difficult-to-spell additives that sound like they belong more in laundry detergent than in food. Inspired by the periodic table of elements, the elements of the five Planeteers, and the Elements of Style , Element Bars give you the creative thrill of building your own bar online atop a foundation of nut-buttery chewy oats and flax; oaty toasted oats with honey; crispy rice and soynuts; or datey fat-free date puree. With this groundwork laid, add dried fruits, such as apricots, cherries, and blueberries, before going nut-crazy with whatever cashew-almond-pumpkinseed-soynut combination sets your imagination afire. As you add sweet honey, chocolate chips, or agave syrup to omega-3, whey protein, and fiber boosts, the site’s progressive nutritional fact chart will break down exactly what fuel you’re using to power your chewable energy rocket. It’s fun to play around and mix and match, but if you’re just cramming any and/or everything into one bar, Element Bar may offer its own recommendations before you check out. You then get the privilege of naming your one-of-a-kind creation (up to $3 per bar when you buy a dozen). Your bars will be sporting that moniker when they arrive at your door in a hand-packaged box of 12. Get exactly what you want from your energy bar without the preservatives that make packaged bars such a stale, cementish bore. You can only get a single Groupon, so design your energy bar carefully. Using just the right amounts of walnuts and SunDrops should provide enough energy to extend your lifespan by centuries. And if movies have taught us anything, it’s that unnaturally long life has no conceivable downside. Groupon cannot be used toward shipping costs. Groupon Says Underappreciated Elements Was Einstein also a popular screenwriter? Read more…

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Greatest-Ever Cowboys In Town For CBS 'Glory Days' TV Special

Dallas Blog RSS Feed — Fri Jan 01 12:00:00 UTC 2010 The 2009 Dallas Cowboys are heading to the playoffs, hoping to create their own glory days. In the meantime, on Tuesday, January 5, CBS will be in Dallas to tape a TV pilot called “Glory Days'' that is scheduled to feature Roger Staubach… about: Bob Lilly Dallas Cowboys Drew Pearson Glory Days Mike Ditka NFL Randy White Rayfield Wright Roger staubach Roger Staubach sport the Cowboys news Tony Dorsett Winspear Opera House at: Winspear Opera House

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Brooks Helps Rockets Edge Mavs (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

Aaron Brooks logged 30 points thanks to six three-pointers, as Houston pulled out a 97-94 victory over Dallas at Toyota Center.

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Large Water Main Break Causes Waterfall in Downtown Dallas

A broken water main near downtown Dallas sent thousands of gallons onto downtown streets, causing a waterfall onto Woodall Rogers.

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Want to enhance the aesthetic appeal of your home? Consult a Pastel Artist

The pastel artist is one who imprints his innovative skill and years of experience through pastel art. He illustrates attractive paintings on differently colored bases; redefine textures and shapes of pastel strokes. The quality of these paintings is to show the art movement and it is largely depend upon on subjects including dancing and working women, racecourse painting etc.

However, before drawing the pastel paintings artists need to choose the materials. Pastels are available in the form of soft, hard or oil pastel to pastel pencils and crayons along with wide range of eye-catching colors.  Once the artists have chosen it, their works become very easy because it does not need to prepare the drawing surface and pastel can be used directly to support it. Additionally, in this sort of paintings no harmful chemicals have been used.

After the preparation of all these things pastel artist starts drawing the paintings by following simple steps i.e. by using different colors artist sketches, small regular strokes and then again sketches in cross direction that ultimately make texture and shading. The next work is scribbling, that is random drawing, it might be overlapping with another shades. Likewise, it gives mobile perception due to which the features have been shown in the paintings seem mobile such as dancing women really seem dancing and running horses really appear running.

Besides, there are several techniques that artists use while drawing paintings with pastels such as layering under which they build layers of colors. However, artists also use liquids including turpentine or mineral spirits as blending tool to generate a wash effect alike to watercolor paintings.

Definitely once painting gets created, it looks beautiful and attracts many eyes in painting exhibition but it needs special protection for its longer life. Therefore, it always better to fix it inside a frame.

Pistons Win Over Mavericks & Bryant Crushes the Wizards

Rasheed Wallace backed up Detroit Pistons in order to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 90 to 67 while Kobe Bryant excelled with 30 points guiding Los Angeles Lakers to a victory over the Washington Wizards 103-91.

Detroit, took advantage of a closed defense with Wallace leading with 21 points and nine repercussions backed by Tayshaun Prince with 16 shots for the fifth consecutive team win.

In the meantime, this was the first time the Texan team lost for less than 70 points in the season; last time it was back on February 26, 1999 against the Utah Jazz with only 65 points.

Dallas’ most complete offensive was the German winger Dirk Nowitzki who totalled 15 points while his teammate Josh Howard also achieved 15 points.

Earlier in Washington, the Spaniard Pau Gasol dressed for the first time the glamorous gold-blue Lakers undershirt and witnessed from the bench how his new teammate Bryant celebrated the 30 points win with a final score of 103-91 over the Wizards.

Lakers Coach Phil Jackson opted to have Gasol rest throughout the night after the long trip from Los Angeles to Washington. Afterwards, Gasol travelled to Los Angeles to take the medical tests that would validate the deal. As it announced, Gasol will be ready to play Tuesday in the game of the Lakers against the New Jersey Nets.

Bryant is currently second in the NBA’s top scorers list behind LeBron James (Cleveland). Kobe managed to score all the points, which allowed the Lakers to ensure an advantage of 30-15 in the first 12 minutes of the game.

With an effectiveness of 65.8% in their field shots in the first half of the game, the Lakers went to the break with a winning margin of 63-41 and in the thought they could make the gap larger. The Serbian winger Vladimir Radmanovich added 15 points for the Lakers, which also included Lamar Odom’s 14 points and 13 from the French Center Ronny Turiaf.

For next Monday the most interesting game will be Dallas (31-15) and the Orlando Magic (31-8), seconds in the Southwestern Division of the Western Conference and firsts of the South Eastern Division of the East Conference, respectively.

Motivational Speakers Bureau Speaker Spotlight 0808

FIVE STAR Speaker Spotlight Newsletter – Issue 10, July 2008
FIVE STAR Motivational Speakers, http://www.fivestarspeakers.com, is honored to be celebrating our 20th year in business in 2008. We could not have made it if not for our thousands of outstanding clients and for that; we can only say Thank You! By the end of this year, nearly 3.6 million people will have attended a meeting or event of a FIVE STAR motivational speaker or entertainer. We speak to your success bringing world-class resources to propel your people and the growth of your organization. We look forward to continuing our relationship with you! Next year we will celebrate our 20th year in business! We look forward to continuing our relationship with you!

FIVE STAR Speakers is your ticket to a meeting audiences will LOVE and a message they will LIVE!
We match your needs with world-class resources to ensure your group will BELIEVE in your message, INSPIRE your leaders, CONNECT with customers, GROW your business … and CELEBRATE!
Whatever the topic, the industry, the audience, the budget, or the timeline … we know the proven motivational speakers and more who will make you look great! We Speak to Your Success!

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Hot Speaker
Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D. The Ethics Guy® - Business and Leadership Speaker
Business, leadership, keynote speaker Bruce Weinstein is known as the Ethics Guy®. He appears every Friday on CNN’s “American Morning” and writes a column for BusinessWeek.com on ethics. His latest book, Life Principles: Feeling Good by Doing Good, shows why all of us benefit professionally and personally when we live according to ethical principles…more on Business Speaker, Bruce Weinstein
Fee Range: $25,000 +
Travels From: San Francisco, California, USA United States of America

Featured Business and Leadership Speaker’s Book Review
Dr. Joseph Michelli, Motivational Keynote Speaker and Author of The New Gold Standard
Motivational Speaker, Leadership Expert and author of best selling business books including “The Starbucks Experience,” Dr. Joseph A. Michelli uncovers the secrets of world-class leadership in his latest book, “The New Gold Standard: Five Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy Of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.” This is the first time the award-winning global hospitality and lifestyle company has shared such detailed information on its corporate culture and service philosophy. This includes discovering how to engage customer loyalty, measure results, and retain the best talent in a service economy…more on Motivational Speaker and Leadership Author Joseph Michelli
Fee Range: $10,000 +
Travels From: Denver, CO Colorado USA, United States of America

Musical Entertainment
The Water Coolers – Musical Comedy and Corporate Entertainers
The Water Coolers are a musical comedy troupe who portrays the Working Class in corporate America. Do you ever feel like you have all your eggs in one basket, six balls in the air, 2 kids waiting to be picked up from soccer practice, and 7000 emails to return? Well gather ’round. THE WATER COOLERS™ delivers a high-powered, laugh-out-loud combination of sketch comedy and music about what we go through just making each day happen – life, work, kids, husbands, wives, travel, technology – and trying to balance them all…more on Corporate Entertainers and Musical Comedy Group, The Water Coolers
Fee Range: $15,500 +
Travels From: New York, New York, USA, United States of America

FIVE STAR Sports Celebrity
Peter Vidmar – Olympic Gold Medalist, Motivational Speaker and Leadership Coach
Motivational Sports Speaker, Olympic Gold Medalist & Leadership Coach Peter Vidmar -is the highest scoring American gymnast in Olympic history. The winner of numerous national and international titles, Peter finished his successful career at the 1984 Olympic Games. Now as a keynote speaker Peter Vidmar, Peter speaks on risk, originality, and virtuosity…more on Olympic Hero and Motivational Speaker Peter Vidmar
Fee Range: $12,500 +
Travels From: Los Angeles, CA California, USA, United States of America

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John Rowley – Motivational Speaker and Best Selling Author
International Keynote and Motivational Speaker, and Bestselling Author, John Rowley, is on a personal crusade to Revitalize Your Greatest Asset…Human Potential! Called the Brooklyn Storyteller by many, John isn’t just another motivational speaker he’s an exhilarating event!…more on Motivational Speaker and Brooklyn Storyteller, John Rowley
Fee Range: $7,500 +
Travels From: Raleigh, NC North Carolina, USA, United States of America

CONNECT:
Joel Zeff – Business and Leadership Speaker
Motivational Speaker, Leadership Expert and Author Joel Zeff creates energy. His spontaneous humor and vital messages have thrilled audiences for years. As a national workplace expert, speaker, author and humorist, Joel captivates audiences with a unique blend of hilarious improvisational comedy and essential ideas on work and life. He has shared his experience and insight on creativity, communication, work/life balance, leadership, teamwork, passion, and fun with more than 1,200 companies and organizations. His new book, “Make the Right Choice: Creating a Positive, Innovative and Productive Work Life” is consistently listed as one of the top work/life balance books on Amazon. He has appeared on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, the Fox Network’s Fox and Friends Weekend and been featured in the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, The Kansas City Star, and many other media outlets…more on Motivational Speaker for Leadership Joel Zeff
Fee Range: $12,500 +
Travels From: Dallas, TX Texas, USA, United States of America

INSPIRE:
Sarano Kelley – Motivational Speaker, Performance Coach, Leadership Expert Speaker
Motivational Speaker, Sales Expert and Leadership Coach Sarano Kelley is the founder of the Game and author of the book, “The Game – Win Your Life in 90 Days”. Sarano Kelley grew up in a gang-infested neighborhood in Brownsville, New York, and became a Vassar College graduate who was earning $400K in commission as a stockbroker on Wall Street by the time he was 23 years old. When he was at the height of success as a stockbroker, he had a life-changing experience — he lost some of his beloved family members in a fire. This tragedy caused him to begin a spiritual and philosophical journey to understand the meaning and purpose of his life…more on Leadership and Motivational Speaker Sarano Kelley
Fee Range: $16,000 +
Travels From: Los Angeles, California, USA, United States of America

GROW:
Barbara Kellerman – Business and Leadership Speaker
Business and Leadership speaker Barbara Kellerman is an academic who focused on leadership at a time when that topic was very much outside of the mainstream. Kellerman is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She was the Founding Executive Director of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, from 2000 to 2003; and from 2003 to 2006, she served as the Center’s Research Director. Kellerman has held professorships at Fordham, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, and Uppsala Universities. She also served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Fairleigh Dickinson, and as Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland…more on Business and Leadership Speaker Barbara Kellerman
Fee Range: $15,000 +
Travels From: New York, New York, USA, United States of America

CELEBRATE:
Judson Laipply, Inspirational & Motivational Speaker, Inspirational Comedian and YouTube Phenomenon
Motivational Speaker, Inspirational Comedian and creator of “The Evolution of Dance” Judson Laipply – which is one of the top viewed YouTube videos of all time! Judson Laipply has been preparing his second version of “The Evolution of Dance” with new songs and new moves due out this Fall! Although Judson will only perform his first dance at shows, do not miss the chance to book this YouTube phenomenon!…more on Motivational Speaker and The Evolution on Dance Creator, Judson Laipply
Fee Range: $11,000 +
Travels From: Cleveland, Ohio USA, United States of America

 

Meet  FIVE STAR Business, Leadership and  Motivational Speaker Team Member: Brittanny Kreutzer
Meet Brittanny Kreutzer, an essential member of our vibrant sales team! Brittanny is one of our newest team members and has been with FIVE STAR since April…more on Motivational Speakers Bureau Account Executive Brittanny Kreutzer

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Houston, TX (Sports Network) – Aaron Brooks logged 30 points thanks to six three-pointers, as Houston pulled out a 97 … (TSN)

Carl Landry ended with 15 points, while fellow reserve Kyle Lowry chipped in 12 for the Rockets, who have won three of their last four. Luis Scola added 12 points and 13 rebounds in the win.

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How to Begin Organizing Legal Documents For Your Business

An enterprise is always within the scope of the laws of the society, and all business owners must ensure that their enterprise operates in adherence to all the policies, rules, and regulations mandated by the law, city-wide, county-wide, state-wide, and federal-wide. If your business is still a small hut waiting to become a grand empire, you must first familiarize yourself with various legal documents that enact the regulatory requirements of your town and state. Read below and let this short piece serve as your comprehensive guide in Organizing Legal Documents For Your Business.

On top of all the papers that you need to prepare for your enterprise are various business licenses. States, counties, cities, and municipalities have their own policies as to what type, size, and industry of business must be under their governance. In organizing legal documents, these licenses and proofs of business registration are very crucial in as much as they carry the very foundation and existence of the company. Among the business licenses that you will need to secure for your enterprise are sales tax licenses, which basically give you the authority to charge your clients sales taxes; state business licenses, which aim to recognize enterprises that follow state codes and standards on business operations; and of course, local business licenses, which allow business owners to run their enterprise within a municipality, city, and county, legally and with all the due rights and privileges.

Next to organizing legal documents that embody the existence of your enterprise is applying for business permits that recognize the ability of the company to regulate itself based on the standards and provisions commanded by the local and state governments. These legal documents must be renewed annually, and failing to acquire these business permits is tantamount to expensive fines or worse, closure. Some of the common legal documents you must obtain for your business are home occupation permit, which gives authority to run a business within a house; health permit, which ensures that business owners follow health specifically food-related, codes and standards; and seller’s permit, which authorize business owners to resell different merchandise products they bought from manufacturers or  wholesale distributors.

For your business to grow, you must guarantee that its people are happy, and with that, you should secure legal documents on recruitment and employment that are in compliance with tax and labor laws. Contracts on job offers must detailedly show legally-sound provisions, policies, and rules. Salaries to be offered must be within the U.S. Average for such kind of job level; taxes to be withheld must strictly follow IRS regulations, and working hours, privileges, and other benefits must be stated according to what labor laws enact.

When you’re already through with organizing legal documents on permits, operative licenses, and employment, then you can start securing several legal contracts on different financial transactions for your business operations. Some of the common legal documents that you will be signing every now and then are seller agreements, deeds of sale, job order contracts, property acquisition contracts,   supplier agreement, among many others.  In order to make sure that  organizing legal documents is done correctly and flawlessly, don’t just rely on downloadable forms and templates online. Consult a lawyer that can double check and correct the provisions written in every legal document template that you and your enterprise will participate in.

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