More American soldiers kill themselves than are killed by the enemy, and many others suffer the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. As many as eighteen soldiers a day are committing suicide and most of those soldiers kill themselves after they return home. Their divorce rate has tripled since the beginning of the war and substance abuse among veterans is 4 times the national average. But that?s just the tip of the iceberg according to ?Who Will Stand? producer/director Phil Valentine, http://www.whowillstand4us.com

The two hour documentary covers, in detail, the plights of more than a dozen soldiers who have returned either physically or psychologically wounded, including hard-to-measure effects of post traumatic stress disorder.

?Nobody is surprised that war creates amputees, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, divorce, but very few people are aware of the enormous rates of these issues,? said Valentine. ?And almost no one is aware of the psychological issues that nearly 100% of combat soldiers suffer with, namely Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.?

Now most films cover the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and take sides on whether we should have gone in there, whether we should still be there, when we should leave. ?Who Will Stand? covers none of these issues. Instead it focuses on the plight of returning disabled American veterans.

?Going back and forth on whether or not we should be in this war is like arguing over whether the Giants should have won the last Superbowl. What?s done is done. We?re there,? explains Valentine. Then he adds, ?What we can and should do something about is how we take care of these disabled American veterans after they return.?

Phil Valentine and Director of Photography Michael Bedik began in September, 2007 travelling anywhere they could to find soldiers who were in trouble and were willing to talk. ?We were first hired to do a documentary on amputees returning from the war. But shortly into our research we found that the problem was much bigger than even we thought,? Bedik said. ?The funny thing is that everyone in the military thinks that everyone knows what they?re going through but the truth is we don?t.?

A few months into filming Valentine and Bedik went back to Executive Producer Gerald Gillock, a Las Vegas Attorney, and told him that the only way we could do this story justice was to only interview soldiers, disabled American veterans, families of soldiers and the doctors who take care of them. Gillock told them to do whatever they had to do to find the truth.

Valentine notes, ?We discovered that the biggest problem was a soldier?s willingness to seek help for psychological issues. Amputations can be fixed with prosthetics but mental problems lead to a myriad of other, more severe, issues like unemployment, homelessness, divorce, substance abuse, child and spousal abuse and suicide.?

The film also addresses why the military and the VA is not doing enough to combat these problems. ?Look, we?re not out to bash the military or the VA,? Bedik says, ?We ourselves are patriotic individuals. But being patriotic doesn?t mean turning your back on an issue because you don?t want anyone to know that the U.S. military is hurting. It means just the opposite. It means we care about those who risk their lives to protect us and we will do what we have to in order to protect them.?

?Who Will Stand? not only addresses the problem of our disabled American veterans and post traumatic stress disorder but also uncovered solutions to the problem.

?We found organizations that will help these guys at no cost and without the red tape and bureaucracy they often experience with the VA,? explained Valentine. ?We also found out that the VA thinks they can?t afford to help 100% of soldiers suffering from PTSD but we proved that treating them is actually cheaper than not treating them! Treatment would pay for itself in two years.?

The Dish Network has shown interest in the film for its new Documentary Channel but Executive Producer, Gerald Gillock and the filmmakers Phil Valentine and Michael Bedik may go the traditional Film Festival route. As attorney Gerald Gillock stated, ?The jury is still out on that one!?

Contact Phil Valentine is a film maker and screenwriter. His credits are listed on IMDB.com

Contact:

Phil Valentine, Producer

Red Live Productions

702-349-0301

http://www.whowillstand4us.com

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Within the pages of Mary L. Beal?s new book, Luella Campbell Beal: A Force to Reckon With ($ 54.99, paperback, 978-1-60957-032-3; $ 9.99, eBook, 978-1-61904-857-7), readers will find the life of a strong, warm, giving and inspiring woman of God. Luella Campbell Beal, in her time on earth, has urged many to seek out the Lord and reap the blessings of His grace. Beal has successfully put together a compilation of a family; its history, its strength and its matriarch, which will inspire individuals to push through difficulties they might encounter during their lifetime and put their faith in the Lord just as Luella Beal has done in her own life.

?Luella is still alive at one hundred and one years of age and she is still sharing her wisdom,? Mary Beal states. ?This book is an important biographical archive that manifests enduring love and family unity as personified in Luella Beal. Heartwarming and compelling, this is an intimate, true story about the sacrifices, wisdom, innate persuasion and authority of a black matriarchal icon in the South. It speaks of one born within five decades after the Emancipation Proclamation who could cast her vote in favor of America?s first African-American President.?

Luella Campbell Beal: A Force to Reckon With speaks of a wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and most importantly, a Christian sojourner. This book reveals a story of tremendous affection, respect and friendship that has blossomed between a mother and daughter as well as an entire family. This book will inspire every family to live a life of love and respect, which will carry through generations to come.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world?s largest Christian publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order Luella Campbell Beal: A Force to Reckon With through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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Seven homes were built in seven days when ABC?s Emmy-award winning reality TV show ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? headed to Joplin, Missouri to help rebuild the tornado stricken town in the largest project in the show?s history. Ply Gem, a leading manufacturer of exterior building products for the residential construction market, supplied complete exteriors for each of the seven homes through application of The Designed Exterior by Ply Gem. The Joplin episode aired on Friday, January 13 on ABC, marking the show?s 200th episode and its series finale. ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? will continue on ABC with specials after this season.

The seven homes are for seven families who were affected by the tornado that tore through Joplin in May 2011, killing approximately 160 people and destroying nearly 8,000 homes. Some of the Joplin families lost friends, some lost children, and all lost their homes.

The ?EM:HE? design team, including Ty Pennington, Paige Hemmis, Paul DiMeo, Tracy Hutson and Michael Moloney, plus a volunteer ?army? of 13,000 people, joined in to build seven unique homes in just seven days. In addition, the show refurbished a local park, created a new playground and a poignant memorial site to those volunteers who came to the aid of others during and after the tornado.

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Does everyone know about soul music? Every generation believes that their music is superior, especially for the baby boomers. From Credence Clearwater to Charlie Wilson, the unique and dynamic artists of that era have stood the test of time. With this fact, a new test book that actually reads like the history of soul and R&B was written by Anthony C. Davis in The BBSAT?s ?Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test.

This book offers readers a challenging and fun collection of trivia questions and quizzes, guaranteed to knock even the cockiest R&B expert down a few pegs. From the fabulous falsettos of the 60s through the funk-fortified 70s, this book has it all. From James Brown, The Temptations, Jimi Hendrix, The O?Jays, The Isley Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, Santana, and Parliament Funkadelic, to ?I?m Still Here? by The Notations, ?Day by Day (Every Minute of the Hour)? by The Continental Four, ?Love Jones? by Brighter Side of Darkness, or ?Sunshine? by Enchantment, everyone could feel like being transported to basement parties, fraternity and sorority events, get-togethers, block parties, cabarets and Stone Soul Picnics.

This activity book has a main test of 250 questions that bring back baby boomers? memories of soul. Then there are over twenty smaller, one-paged quizzes, that are broken into categories like; male / female duets, songs about destinations, songs about dances, songs about the rain, songs about the sun, songs with the word shake in the title, songs about mothers, songs about fathers, and more.

This book will have readers and their friends reminiscing and singing along with it just like the old days. Likewise, it is not only informative, educational and very well researched; it also provides readers with a sense of history about soul and R&B.

For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to http://www.Xlibris.com.

About the Author

Anthony C. Davis is a retired English teacher, with over thirty years experience in the Philadelphia School District. His extensive freelance writing has appeared in many magazines and newspapers; he has served as the Lifestyles Editor, and television writer for the Philadelphia Tribune. This is book number four for Mr. Davis. His most recent book was ?I Ain?t Lying ? Short Stories from West Philly to West Africa.? He is also co author (along with Jeffery W. Jackson) of ?Yo Little Brother ? Basic Rules of Survival for Young African Males,? Parts I and II. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife Denys, co-author of ?The Spirit of African Design.?

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The Sinclair Institute announced today $ 5,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to amateur erotic fiction writers. This will be the fifth Better Sex Erotic Fiction Contest held by the company. The company awarded more than $ 15,000 to almost 100 writers in previous contests held at the company’s web site BetterSex.com. ?Our summer 2008 erotic fiction contest received over five hundred stories from amateur writers in 9 countries including New Zealand, Canada and France,? said Martin Smith a Director for the company. B. B. Giddens, a New Zealand writer, was awarded the top prize by a three judge panel in the summer contest. A companion book is planned. ?Most contest writers are amateurs writing erotic fiction as a hobby,? explained Mr. Smith, ?so being published is a thrill.?

Submission deadline for the 5th Erotic Fiction contest is midnight Sunday November 1st and the contest ends on Valentine?s Day 2009. Adult writers, those 18 years of age or older at time of story submission, will submit steamy stories that explore a variety of fantasies. ?We see common themes, but our writers? creativity is always amazing.? Mr. Smith said. ?Snow White and the Vampire was one of our summer finalists just by way of example,? Mr. Smith chuckled.

?Romance? fiction is now the largest single book sales category with an estimated 13.3% share according to Simba Research. Romance fiction is playing an increasingly important role in The New York Times and USA Today Best Sellers Lists. Publishers are aware of this trend creating more romance titles last year than ever and using new technologies such as Real Simple Syndication (RSS) to reach busy readers. Erotic Stories from BetterSex.com, the book created after each erotic fiction contest, may never appear on the New York Times Best Sellers list, but 2008 sales exceeded a 1,000 copies. ?Our wholesale customers love the book, writers tell their friends and writers for next year?s contest purchase the book to study winning stories,? explained Director Smith.

Mr. Smith created the contest in 2003. ?Writers ask why we organize this yearly round up of great erotic fiction,? said Mr. Smith. ?At first, in 2003, it seemed like a fun, creative idea, and something different,? Mr. Smith explained. BetterSex.com realized it had, almost by chance, tapped into something when they received so many well written stories from around the world. ?Women writers outnumbered men in our first contest 3 to 1, but our summer contest only had a slight edge for stories by women writers,? Mr. Smith shared. Mr. Smith, a dedicated blogger and amateur writer, continued, ?I know what it is like to write for long hours, for a handful of readers. For many writers the joy of writing is the only compensation, so it was important to create a contest to support writers with money, recognition and encouragement.?

Profits from Better Sex Erotic Stories book and companion CD are paid to authors as ongoing licensing revenue. The first licensing payments for 2007?s winning authors should be in the mail in time for 2008?s holidays. The company has a history of giving to important causes. DKT International, a four star rated global family planning and aids prevention charity, received more than $ 10,000,000 in support over a period of years from the company. ?Profits from our customers? purchases help DKT save lives around the world,? said Mr. Smith. ?Our annual Erotic Fiction Contest helps amateur writers create art and what is life without art,? Mr. Smith concluded.

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Life is full of struggle. Everyone has their mountains to climb over, their dark clouds lingering overhead and painful trials they simply cannot face alone. Cheryl Ann?s new book, God?s Story (10.99, paperback, 978-1-61904-254-4), shares a powerful and timely message of hope, which is inspired by God. The main focus of this book is to provide single moms a road map, which comes through God, when they have reached the bottom. Cheryl Ann lets her readers know that with God there is always an answer accompanied with every personal struggle. Discover how to rest in God?s love and move from underneath the dark clouds.

?After reading the book I want readers to take with them the relief of worry. I also want them to know that there is peace and rest with God,? states the author. ?This story is about when burdens hit, which they do to all of us, and how God helps us overcome the problems. It is also about how God?s victory reigns throughout the whole process. The love of God and how God wants us to live in the Promised Land is the single most important message inside this book.?

Cheryl Ann is the blessed mother of three grown children. She gives God all the glory and honor for her new life in Him. In her free time she enjoys going to church, writing and spending time with her children. Most importantly, her desire lies in sharing with others how the Lord has been able to bless her life and what it takes to gain the same blessings. She is currently working on her next God inspired book.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world?s largest Christian publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order God?s Story through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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Sendmail, Inc., the leading provider of reliable and secure email and messaging infrastructures, today published a “Special Report on Modernizing Messaging Infrastructures,” featuring a Gartner Note titled “Signs Indicate a Train Wreck Is Coming, Unless You Modernize IT” (Scott. D. Nelson, Valentin T. Sribar, and Andy Kyte, August 27, 2008) and success stories about how Sendmail customers have avoided potential IT messaging infrastructure train wrecks.

“We believe that the title of the Gartner Note resonates with the IT departments at many of our customer and prospect sites,” said Kort van Bronkhorst, vice president of corporate marketing at Sendmail, Inc. “Our messaging architects have witnessed many messaging infrastructure train wrecks first-hand and have aided our customers in their recovery. Sendmail has also helped prevent these train wrecks from happening in the first place in countless more businesses and government entities over the past several years.”

In this research note, Gartner outlines the top indicators of a potential IT train wreck in its response to the central question, “What should a company do to avoid this so-called train wreck?” In the Special Report, Sendmail helps translate those indicators into recognizable terms for IT messaging teams by using examples from the experience of its experts.

A link to “Special Report on Modernizing Messaging Infrastructures,” can found at http://www.sendmail.com/sm/resources/white_papers/

About Sendmail, Inc.

Sendmail provides appliance-based products, applications and services that enable enterprises and government agencies to modernize their messaging infrastructures. Since 1982, thousands of commercial and open source customers around the globe have relied on Sendmail for a unified approach to the complex problems of policy-based message handling and routing. The company’s comprehensive suite of applications addresses the challenges of gateway management, inbound threat protection, data leak prevention, email authentication and intra-company message management. These applications run on Sendmail’s family of Sentrion

In May of 1853, Johannes Brahms met a rising violinist by the name of Joseph Joachim. The two became fast friends, bonding over music and inspiring each other with their unique gifts. As Brahms’ talent grew, he proposed writing a concerto for his violinist companion, with Joachim’s input requested on the feasibility of the score. As the concerto developed, however, Brahms rejected many of Joachim’s edits. Following a trend at the time, Brahms wrote in the key of D Major, but breaking tradition he initially planned a four movement concerto. First drafts only included the standard three movements and it wasn’t until several years later when Brahms debuted his second piano concerto that he actually implemented the four movement scheme. The tumultuous violin concerto was premiered on New Years Day, 1879, in Leipzig, Germany. The reviews were lukewarm, but one of Brahms’ greatest supporters Clara Schumann, was quoted as saying that the orchestra and violinist were “thoroughly blended.”

On November 23, EMC Artists presents violin virtuoso Andrew Sords performing Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto Op. 77 in D major with the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Christopher Hill. The concert will be held at the Portsmouth Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 at 3:00 P.M. Tickets are priced as follows: $ 18 Gen Admission; $ 15 Seniors 65 and over; $ 12 Students 18 and under.

Sords finds this concerto to be intriguing and engaging, expanding upon the concept by pointing to violinists of old and their interpretations. Shortly after the concertos debut, violinist Bronislaw Huberman elaborated, “It is a concerto for violin against the orchestra–and the violin wins.” It is precisely this intense dialogue between violin and orchestra that is especially riveting to audiences and performers alike.

Sords is quick to point out that this 175th Anniversary of Brahms’ birth was the impetus for revisiting such a charismatic concerto. “After performing this for the first time in 2007, it was time to revisit this summit of the violin repertoire. Brahms has everything for the violinist; flights of virtuosity, intense lyricism, and unwavering drama. It is a very taxing work but one the performer takes much away from. I am very privileged to play this concerto with the Portsmouth Symphony.”

Brahms was a notoriously picky composer: as it is with musicians he was his own worst critic. Many of his works never saw the light of day, having been burned upon his review. However, his profoundly judgmental views saw this concerto as one of his crowning achievements. This endorsement from Brahms was seen as even more influential considering he, and the reviewing public, were comparing his concerto to the sublime Beethoven concerto in the same key and three movement scheme. At the time, Beethoven was the model for the romantic era and with this concerto Brahms would join Beethoven in the pantheon of concerto greats.

“Brahms was an easy choice,” states Sords “this year I have performed the complete Sonata Cycle as well as various trios and now the concerto. These works are incredibly influential to all musicians, but especially violinists. In my formative years, I always held the Brahms concerto in the highest regard, and waited to perform until I felt I could do it justice. While performing this I often find myself completely lost within the music and the dialogue with the orchestra, I sometimes forget there is an audience”!

At the age of 23, violinist Andrew Sords is already a veteran of the concert stage. He is the winner of the 2005 National Shirley Valentin Violin Award, the 2004 and 2005 National Federation of Music Clubs Competition, the Fortnightly Music Club of Cleveland and the Festival de la Orquesta Sinfonica de las Americas Competition of the Casals Festival among others. In 2008, Sords received international exposure as the top Google Classical News story as well as topping the Top-40 Charts in Classical. Sords has recently toured with the Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky violin concerti to critical acclaim, and has quickly emerged as one of the foremost solo violinists of his generation. In addition to an extensive solo calendar, Sords will also fulfill the duties of Concertmaster for the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra in Northeast Ohio. Sords has been appointed for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons and will commence his second season with concerto performances on a regional tour with the symphony.

Sords completed his undergraduate education at the Cleveland Institute of Music with violin pedagogues Linda Cerone and David Russell, and performed for the legendary Midori in masterclasses in New York and at the University of Southern California. He continues to meet the demands of a burgeoning solo career which has taken him from American concert halls to venues in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. Most recently, Sords studied under internationally acclaimed violinist Chee-Yun at The Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas.

Sords explains each movements in an almost reverential manner, “The expansive first movement opens with an extensive orchestra tutti building up to the explosive entrance of the violin. The gorgeous first theme is paradoxically contrasted by the volatile development and I perform the obscure Fritz Kreizler cadenza. The second movement, commencing with the memorable oboe solo, features an almost chamber music reverie between violin and orchestra. And the third movement features Hungarian themes, something Brahms was known for exploiting, most notably in his aptly named Hungarian Dances. The concerto takes the audience through a emotional journey that will certainly leave them moved.”

Sords will present educational outreach to school children, masterclasses for fellow violinists, and a benefit recital with pianist Michelle Alexander for the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra. For further details on all events during the week leading up to the concert, please contact the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra at 603-436-2400.

For more information on Violin Virtuoso Andrew Sords, please visit http://www.andrewsords.com or contact EMC Artists at emcartists @ gmail.com. For more information on the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra and related concerts, please visit http://www.themusichall.org.

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Today the “Fall in Love with Food” website was launched. The site will provide food lovers and fans with recipes, tips and tricks, and articles on topics such as vegetarian cooking, international cuisine, kitchen gadgets and unusual food facts.

It will also include articles and stories that explore the role of food in other aspects of life. The aim is to give visitors to the site an opportunity to read and think about the importance of food in people’s lives beyond simply sustaining them.

The goal is to provide visitors with both practical and inspirational information and food ideas.

“There is more to food than the collection of ingredients and the judicious application of heat. If you think food in only about sustenance let’s talk about chocolate and Valentine’s Day.” Says the site’s creator, Neil Lee. ” I love food, I think it can be exciting, intriguing, mysterious and fun and I wanted to create a place where people could go and experience that too.”

To learn more about this new site for food and food ideas please visit http://www.FallinLoveWithFood.net

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