Shortage of Cosmetologists generates high enrollment rates for Black Hills Beauty College

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 04, 2011 - According to Black Hills Beauty College owner Tom Poloncic, cosmetology is one of the best recession-proof careers.  “People might be downsizing their budgets, but personal beauty is still important—for professional reasons as well as to boost one’s self-esteem.”

Black Hills Beauty College begins classes for the fall session on Tuesday, September 13th in Rapid City and fall classes beginning September 20th in Sioux Falls.  Class sizes are limited, so it is important to begin the enrollment process early.

Black Hills Beauty College is committed to providing students the fundamental elements of a strong Cosmetology training, along with the latest techniques and products.  BHBC is and has been a member school of world-renowned Pivot Point International for over 25 years.  Pivot Point is the only education that empowers and inspires the hair designer to go wherever they want to through lifelong learning, plus it is the only hair and beauty education with a network of millions of Pivot Point educated hair designers around the world.

“Due to the unique classroom structure, along with the individual attention I received from my instructors, I am determined to become an expert stylist,” explains student Marta Fink.

The training and methodology for Cosmetologists varies among states and schools.  Black Hills Beauty College excels at producing highly-skilled, quality graduates, exactly the caliber of employee desired by salon owners.

“The difference between our program and other programs is that we establish higher standards for our students to graduate and challenge them to go beyond just the basic curriculum,” notes Poloncic.  

For more information about BHBC’s graduate success rates or how to enroll for classes, please visit http://www.bhbeautycollege.com.

About Black Hills Beauty College
BHBC is licensed by the South Dakota Commission of Cosmetology, and the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences (NACCAS). Black Hills Beauty College offers its comprehensive cosmetology training in both Rapid City and Sioux Falls, S.D. For more information, visit http://www.bhbeautycollege.com or call 1-800-371-0697.

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Best-Selling Author Sophia A. Nelson Says Image Of Black Women Needs Redefining

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 18, 2011 – Best-selling author Sophia A. Nelson will discuss the redefining of black women in the Age of Michelle Obama and sign books at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19th at The Westin Philadelphia, 99 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA

Registration for the “Evening with Sophia Nelson”, hosted by the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources Philadelphia, costs $20. To RSVP, contact Markedia Johnson at markedia_johnson@cable.comcast.com.  Each registrant will be entered into a raffle to win great prizes, including $100.00 Waterworks gift card, weekend Stay for two at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village, dinner for two at Fork Restaurant or a Complimentary Weekend Night Stay at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, VA.

During the evening, Nelson will define what “the Age of Michelle Obama” means to a new generation of black women, their employers, friends, family, and love interests. She also will offer solutions to minority professionals to help them to rethink what they have learned about success, and she will share insight into the landmark national research that sheds light on the unique challenges black women face. Throughout the evening, she will offer strategies to help black women successfully navigate the 21st-century workplace.

Last month, Nelson’s 1st non-fiction book release, "Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling the Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michele Obama” (http://blackwomanredefined.com) became an instant Amazon.com & Barnes and Noble best-seller.  In her groundbreaking book, she uses proprietary national research and real-life stories to reveal what drives and perpetuates common myths and misconceptions of black women, and how the current economy is playing havoc on the relations and the black family emotionally.

Nelson uses proprietary national research (conducted with expert women’s pollster Kellyanne Conway of The Polling Company, Inc./Woman Trend and Dr. Silas Lee, of Dr. Silas Lee and Associates and the Ernest N. Morial Endowed assistant professor of sociology at Xavier University of Louisiana and real-life stories to reveal what drives and perpetuates common myths and misconceptions of black women.

Celebrity guest contributors to the book include CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, Tom Joyner Morning Show’s Roland S. Martin and Jeff Johnson, Academy award nominated actress Taraji Henson, and For Colored Girls’ Kimberly Elise along with 1916338565  Dr. Lamont Hill, ABC’s The View Co-host Sherri Shepherd, Congressmen Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and Terri Sewell (D-AL), and many more.

Black Woman Redefined is available online, at bookstores nationwide, and through Perseus Distribution. Orders only, please call toll-free 1-800-343-4499 or email orderentry@perseusbooks.com.

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Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Circumstances Featured in 'Notorious Casolini' and 'Terror in Black'

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 19, 2011 – The vicious vendettas of turn-of-the-century Sicily form the basis of Notorious Casolini, a novel based on true events. This exciting book will take you back to a time when a man fighting for his family had to break all the rules.

The story begins in Barrafranca, Sicily, in the early 1900s. A simple farmer named Peppino Casolini is dedicated to his family, but his honor is compromised when the son of the mayor makes advances to Casolini’s younger sister. After she spurns her rich and powerful suitor, the trouble begins.

Instead of pursuing his life as a farmer, fate has other plans in store for Casolini. The ruling class of the city has turned all its power against Casolini’s family, with deadly results. From their position of privilege, the mighty never imagined that a lowly, gentle man would rise up against them in furious vengeance.

Author Angelo Crapanzano builds on the historic facts known of Peppino Casolini to weave a compelling tale of passion, honor, and dishonor. The shocking conclusion will explain the “notorious” in Notorious Casolini.

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A Suspense-Filled Novel about an Ordinary Man Thrown Into Extraordinary Circumstances

Angelo Crapanzano’s Terror in Black and White is a heart pounding thrill-ride of a suspense novel.

Andrew Anderson is an ordinary guy with a pretty lucrative job as an electronics engineer. Life is good but, for the most part, uneventful for Andrew -- that is until the day he meets her.

Andrew is driving home from an exhausting meeting one day and witnesses an accident.  This isn’t just any ordinary accident, but one that looks as if it’s intentional and meant to kill. As he watches in disbelief, a truck forces a car off the road and it plunges over the cliff.  After the truck leaves, Andrew stops and finds a young African American woman, who obviously jumped from the car, hanging on for dear life.  Andrew pulls the woman to safety and, in that moment, his ordinary life becomes quite chaotic.

The woman tells Andrew she witnessed a brutal crime. Her pursuers are city officials who want to make sure she doesn’t let anyone know about what she witnessed. Too many power brokers would have blood on their hands.

Andrew agrees to help the woman and the two find themselves being ruthlessly tracked by private police who seem to be able to figure out their every move, despite their best efforts.  Who is letting the authorities know their movements -- how are they able to track them and what exactly did the woman witness?

Crapanzano’s fast paced novel has all the elements of a first rate suspense -- an admirable protagonist, a heroine with secrets she can’t reveal and chase scenes that leave the reader on edge.  With riveting twists and turns, Terror in Black and White has a surprise ending you won’t see coming!

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NOTORIOUS CASOLINI  (ISBN: 978-1-61204-761-4) is available at:
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Notorious-Casolini-ebook/dp/B0057Y ...
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and in multi-formats for other e-Readers through numerous vendors online.

TERROR IN BLACK AND WHITE (ISBN: 978-1-61204-762-1) is available at:
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Black-White-ebook/dp/B0057ZJ8DS/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310158224&sr=1-3
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About the Author – Angelo Crapanzano is a full-time writer who retired as manager of the electronics research and development department of an aerospace corporation. Notorious Casolini is his third novel. His next novel is in editing. He is currently writing a fifth, Fiction or Prophecy, which explores the future of a nuclear-infested world. He lives with his wife of 58 years near Akron, Ohio.

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Black Water: Lake of Secrets

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 19, 2011 – Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water, along comes the new thriller Black Water: Lake of Secrets.

Public Safety Diver Ethan Grey is haunted by the violent death of his wife, which changed the once affable man into a dark shell of his former self. He is reluctantly teamed with Dana Allen, who previously was an officer with the LAPD. Looking for a new life, she finds it with the Jensen County Dive Unit based in Black Falls, Wisconsin. Assigned to interview witnesses who claim there’s a “monster” in Lake Clearwater, the two partners embark on what seems to be a nonsensical investigation.

After diving in the lake, the pair finds the “monster” as well as a murdered diver. Just what is happening deep in the Black Water of this peaceful Wisconsin community?

BLACK WATER: LAKE OF SECRETS (ISBN: 978-1-60976-856-0) is available for $18.95 and can be ordered through the publisher’s website:
http://sbpra.com/JamesErwin or at www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

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WHOLESALERS: This book is distributed by Ingram Books and other wholesale distributors. Contact your representative with the ISBN for purchase. Wholesale purchase for retailers, universities, libraries, and other organizations is also available through the publisher; please email bookorder@aeg-online-store.com.

Author Bio: James Erwin is a former Public Safety Diver and Emergency Medical Technician, previously serving in Wisconsin. He carries numerous diving certifications including Rescue Diver and Master Scuba Diver and has held certifications as Dive Master, Public Safety Diver, Dive Rescue Specialist and Ice Rescue Specialist. A member of The Wisconsin Regional Writer’s Association, Erwin currently resides in Texas with his wife and daughter. Black Water is his first novel. He is working on his next Black Water adventure.

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ABOUT: Strategic Book Group provides book publishing, book marketing, and e-book services to over 10,000 writers around the world, employing 150 people who live throughout the US and work virtually through telecommunication. Strategic Book Group is experiencing over 30% growth per year, having published approximately 3,000 authors with almost 100 new releases per month. Our books are available through Ingram, the largest book distributor 1916338565  in the world, as well as in bookstores, through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all online channels. Strategic Book Group attends and exhibits at the major book expositions in London, New York, China, and Germany each year.

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While Stocks Last, Save up to 35% Off on Bluci’s Black Granite Kitchen Sinks

While stocks last, save up to 35% off on Bluci's black granite sinksPRLog (Press Release) – Jul 19, 2011 – Bluci, which is exclusive to sinks-taps.com, is offering customers the opportunity to purchase fashionable black granite kitchen sinks as well as saving up to 35% off.  

During the month of July and while stocks last, Bluci is offering great savings on a selection of their black granite kitchen sinks.  Bluci’s black granite kitchen sinks are stylish and durable, and customers can save up to 35% off.  

Bluci is exclusive to sinks-taps.com, the UK’s largest online retailer of sinks, taps, and accessories, and is renowned for their innovative and stylish kitchen sinks and taps.  Bluci’s kitchen sinks and taps are available in a variety of designs and finishes including high quality 18/10 stainless steel and granite.

Bluci’s black granite kitchen sinks are made up of approximately 80% quartz which is combined with a high grade acrylic to produce a hardened composite material.  Bluci’s black granite kitchen sink collection features a speckled finish and benefits from a very high resistance to burns, dents, chips and stains.  Bluci’s black granite kitchen sinks are long lasting and come with a lifetime guarantee.

Managing Director, Richard Broadbent said, “This is an excellent opportunity for customers to purchase a top quality kitchen sink while making huge savings.”  He continues, “Bluci is exclusive to sinks-taps.com and is manufactured using high quality materials to produce stylish and durable products.  Customers will not be disappointed with their purchase.”    

This fantastic offer from Bluci is available while stocks last, so hurry to ensure that you take full advantage.  

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Rep. Michele Bachmann Right on the Facts, Wrong Messenger for Black America

Sophia A. Nelson, author, women’s advocate, political pundit and a longtime moderate Republican weighs in on Michele Bachmann/GOP controversial comments about state of black family

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PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 15, 2011 – Best-selling Author, Women’s Advocate & Political Pundit Sophia A. Nelson, a longtime moderate Republican weighed in on the Michele Bachmann controversy that has been the focus of media attention, The View (http://www.businessinsider.com/michele-bachmann-petition ...), and the 2012 Presidential Race.

Nelson’s reaction comes at a time when The Family Leader, an Iowa-based Christian conservative organization, asked the GOP presidential candidates to sign a pledge, “The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence Upon Marriage and Family”, which originally stated the following:“sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American President.” The organization later retracted this statement from the original pledge, but Nelson agrees with the factual context of the pledge, and devotes Chapter 2 in her new book, which is titled, “Our Context from Slavery to the White House: Why It Still Matters,” to addressing some of the very issues raised in the pledge and about the current economic plight of black Americans.

Here’s an excerpt from Nelson’s statement responding to Rep. Bachmann and this “marriage’ pledge, which can be read in full via her blog at
http://www.iaskinc.org/blog/sophiaanelson/?p=660.

Ms. Bachmann and her GOP cohorts were no doubt misguided with how they expressed this marriage pledge and their tacit referral to blacks being better off in 1860 was ridiculous at best taken out of context. But put into its proper context, the black family unit (defining that unit is a discussion in and of itself) ironically (and sadly) was in many ways more intact during the horrific and ugly institution of slavery and post-reconstruction than it is today. That is a very different discussion for us to have than the one that is being bandied about now about whether or not blacks were better off during slavery or in 1860.

Last month, Nelson’s 1st non-fiction book release, "Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling the Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michele Obama” became an instant Amazon & Barnes and Noble best-seller.  In her groundbreaking book she uses proprietary national research and real-life stories to reveal what drives and perpetuates common myths and misconceptions of black women, and how the current economy is playing havoc on the black family emotionally, relationally and otherwise.

Nelson, recognized for the past decade for her passionate, but “common sense approach” to politics and issues as an On-Air analyst for MSNBC, CNN, FOX, BET and other cable networks is available for interviews and commentary to set the record straight on this very important issue to the longevity of the black family. Nelson who was a GOP Congressional candidate in 1996 at the age of 29, is founder and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of “I Am My Sister’s Keeper, Inc.”, a 7-year-old professional -1241339415  black women’s advocacy organization that provides life skills support to more than 3,000-women around the world (see www.iaskinc.org ). Nelson is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. sorority, the oldest Greek lettered organization for African-American women in America.

Contact Neil Foote, Foote Communications, 214.448.3765 neil@neilfoote.com  for bookings, interviews and additional articles and links.  For a Media Kit, go to http://www.box.net/shared/ub6a05j8e0

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Rep. Michelle Bachmann Right on the Facts, Wrong Messenger for Black America

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 14, 2011 – (Washington, DC – July 14)  Best-selling Author, Women’s Advocate & Political Pundit Sophia A. Nelson, a longtime moderate Republican weighed in on the Michelle Bachmann controversy that has been the focus of media attention, The View (http://www.businessinsider.com/michele-bachmann-petition ...), and the 2012 Presidential Race.

Nelson’s reaction comes at a time when The Family Leader, an Iowa-based Christian conservative organization, asked the GOP presidential candidates to sign a pledge, “The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence Upon Marriage and Family”, which originally stated the following: “sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American President.” The organization later retracted this statement from the original pledge, but Nelson agrees with the factual context of the pledge, and devotes Chapter 2 in her new book, which is titled, “Our Context from Slavery to the White House: Why It Still Matters,” to addressing some of the very issues raised in the pledge and about the current economic plight of black Americans.

Here’s an excerpt from Nelson’s statement responding to Rep. Bachmann and this “marriage’ pledge, which can be read in full via her blog at http://www.iaskinc.org/blog/sophiaanelson/?p=660. Ms. Bachmann and her GOP cohorts were no doubt misguided with how they expressed this marriage pledge and their tacit referral to blacks being better off in 1860 was ridiculous at best taken out of context. But put into its proper context, the black family unit (defining that unit is a discussion in and of itself) ironically (and sadly) was in many ways more intact during the horrific and ugly institution of slavery and post-reconstruction than it is today. That is a very different discussion for us to have than the one that is being bandied about now about whether or not blacks were better off during slavery or in 1860.

Last month, Nelson’s 1st non-fiction book release, "Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling the Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama” became an instant Amazon & Barnes and Noble best-seller.  In her groundbreaking book she uses proprietary national research and real-life stories to reveal what drives and perpetuates common myths and misconceptions of black women, and how the current economy is playing havoc on the black family emotionally, relationally and otherwise.

Nelson, recognized for the past decade for her passionate, but “common sense approach” to politics and issues as an On-Air analyst for MSNBC, CNN, FOX, BET and other cable networks is available for interviews and commentary to set the record straight on this very important issue to the longevity -1241047062  of the black family. Nelson who was a GOP Congressional candidate in 1996 at the age of 29, is founder and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of “I Am My Sister’s Keeper, Inc.”, a 7-year-old professional black women’s advocacy organization that provides life skills support to more than 3,000-women around the world (see www.iaskinc.org ). Nelson is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. sorority, the oldest Greek lettered organization for African-American women in America.

Contact Neil Foote, Foote Communications, 214.448.3765 neil@neilfoote.com  for bookings, interviews and additional articles and links.  For a Media Kit, go to http://www.box.net/shared/ub6a05j8e0

Foote Communications LLC is a Dallas, TX multi-media company, specializing in public relations, website solutions, multicultural marketing and political strategy and messaging.

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