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Building Your Businesses Brand Online

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:40:00 EDT

Taking advantage of the latest search engine-based marketing techniques can offer your business access to online consumers at exactly the moment when they are most attracted to your products or services.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Mar 19, 2007

Pawky.Com: A Chicago-based Short Film Distrubutor Starting to Make Waves

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:30:00 EDT

Today I get to bask in the pleasure of introducing you to Chicago's first, for profit, short film Distributor …Evanston newcomer Pawky dot com and they boast a staff that would do a United Colors of Benetton ad proud.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Oct 12, 2006

Laptop Post Production

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:22:00 EDT

Fighter pilots and post-production pros have something in common. Since the advent of the jet age, big thinkers have declared dogfights cool but pointless and ever since the first Avids appeared, thinkers have said the same about post production houses.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Aug 31, 2006

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About HIPAA

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:38:00 EDT

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA legislation will forever change many aspects of the ways that health care services can be administered.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Aug 18, 2006

Madagascar: The Pirate Republic

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:48:00 EDT

Madagascar offers a number of outstanding snorkeling and diving locales, whale-watching off the east coast and the opportunities for amateur photographers are virtually limitless

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Aug 15, 2006

Your Family and Health Insurance

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:19:00 EDT

Your health insurance needs skyrocket once you start a family and whether yours is a traditional one, a single parent one or one you're adopting, there are a few things that you'll need to know about the road ahead.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Aug 11, 2006

Lost Cities of the Desert

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:17:00 EDT

Everyone lucky enough to have marveled through Stephen Speilberg's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" or David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" will need little encouragement to hop the next flight to the land where those cinematic wonders were captured.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Aug 11, 2006

Personal Health Insurance Explained

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:08:00 EDT

You don't need to be told how much healthcare has changed since there were family doctors who made house calls; it's a part of your everyday life. Not so long ago, both you and I would have had relatively easy access to a wide open health insurance plan.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Aug 02, 2006

Pre-Existing Medical Conditions: Your Individual Health Insurance Options

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:43:00 EDT

For those with any pre-existing condition, too young for Medicare, doing too well for Medicaid, too broke to afford an out-of-pocket premium or too "self-employed" for a group medical program, today's health-insurance market can seem daunting.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Jul 29, 2006

Short Films/Shorts Are Selling Like Hotcakes

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:38:00 EDT

International television, web-film and cell cinema venues are buying shorts like hotcakes. If you're in the "Creative Class," and an "Urban Archipelago" resident besides, it's time to hop into the engineer's seat of this train before it passes you by.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Jul 24, 2006

Mystic Cities of the Gods

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:12:00 EDT

The Ecole d'Extreme Orient began a painstaking restoration of Angkor's magnificent temples that managed to survive the Khemer Rouge and attracts visitors to this day.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Jul 21, 2006

Minute by Minute in the Age of Hi Tech: Selling Short Films Now that the World is Flat

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:34:00 EDT

A perfect storm of rapid bandwidth improvements, media-friendly delivery venues and a globalized network of outlets has given birth to a market for shorts ranging from 60-seconds to 30-minutes in length.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Jul 20, 2006

College Students and Health Insurance: Thrill Seekers, Daredevils and Risk Takers

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dirk Lester) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:03:00 EDT

Unlike most of us, college students are in the enviable position to wonder whether or not they really need health insurance. To them, it seems to be a reasonable question- if you're young and healthy and consider yourself all but invincible why bother.

Contributor: Dirk Lester
Published: Jul 20, 2006