Thousands of Southern California business people will take control of their own economy, Thursday, July 24, 2008 from 5 to 9 p.m., as the 10th annual
L.A.’s Largest Mixer takes center stage at
The Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, 700 W. 32nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90007.
Now in its 10th successful year, the Mixer has grown to represent a powerful meeting of Los Angeles area chambers of commerce and local businesses representing hundreds of industries and companies in Southern California. Last year, over 2800 business people came together for this ultimate business networking event.
Show Highlights Include:
1. Over 3000 Attendees: Mix and mingle with hundreds and hundreds of business professionals from around Southern California.
2. Visit Over 250 Exhibitor Booths: From small to large companies and almost every industry in between, visit the exhibitors of the L.A. Mixer on both levels of The Shrine Auditorium Expo Center.
3. TalkRadio 790 KABC Live Broadcast: KABC Radio’s Al Rantel will broadcast live starting at 7 p.m.
4. Mix & Mingle in the Diamonds & Cream Lounge: Network in the “Official Networking Lounge of the L.A. Mixer” — sponsored by Diamonds & Cream Events. A jazz bar-type lounge, grab a cocktail while mixing and mingling with potential clients.
5. Learn About the Benefits of Being a Chamber Member: Visit the booths of the participating 30 chambers and business organizations located throughout the event to learn how becoming a member can increase business.
Attendee tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased online at
http://www.largestmixer.com/lamixer/tickets.php. For a complete list of exhibitors and sponsors, please visit
www.lamixer.com or call 323-230-5656 for further information.
L.A.’s Largest Mixer is produced by The Dave Linden Group, Inc.
My photographic journey began in earnest over a decade ago when I took a three week trip to Japan. Having been a traveler ever since I was a baby I had finally reached a point photographically as an adult where I was fed up with how my photographs of places like the Grand Canyon, Belize, Australia, Tahiti, Hawaii, Mexico, and every other place I’d ever traveled too were not as good as the photographs I was seeing in travel magazine. Even more so since I was photographing the same rocks I was seeing in the magazines. So before leaving Los Angeles for Japan I bought myself a professional 35mm Canon EOS3 with a Tamron 28-200mm lens. From that moment on I noticed a remarkable improvement in quality from the point and shoot 35mm camera’s I had been using.
Sometime in 2004, after spending a few years using my Canon EOS3 35mm and still not completely satisfied with my image results, a light bulb went off inside my head and I decided it was time for me to start learning more about photography. And luckily I didn’t have to go far.
My photography education began with a color photography class at an adult annex of Santa Monica College. After that one class I realized how much I not only love, but at times, am addicted to photography. From a single college annex class I enrolled into the photography program and progressed through all the evening photo classes available (BW, color printing, commercial, portrait, flash, and photoshop). And though my enrollment at SMC does not continue today my education within the photographic world does and I’m always seeking some new piece of information to aid me in becoming better and more creative.
Today I’m a freelance photographer with over 190 publishing credits. My subject matter is solely based upon my many interest and for this reason I do not concentrate or limit myself to any one area of photography. My subject matter includes music, landscapes, travel, people, sports, still movie productions, and nudes.
My clients include All Access Magazine, Music Connection, Strutter Magazine, San Gabriel Press, Pasadena Star News, Whittier Daily News, the state of Alaska’s official tourist website (www.travelalaska.com), Arizona Office of Tourism, Faith and Form Magazine, Sfarzo guitar strings, Peerless Guitars, Mills Acoustic, and the feature film “Sin-Jin Smyth”.
In addition to my growing client list my images have been exhibited in three Los Angeles gallery’s (”View of the Sound” - Kopeikin Gallery on Wilshire; “Fiddle” - LaFoto in Santa Monica; “What’s Her Name” - Santa Monica College photo gallery). And in 2007 two of my images (”Malibu Pier at Midnight” and “Great White Shark feeding”) achieved finalist awards and were published in the 2007 Photographer’s Forum Magazine Annual.
Today my camera medium is as varied as my subject matter as I often choose to use a particular camera based on how I want the final print to look. My primary camera is my digital Canon 20D. However I also use: 35mm - Canon EOS3 and Canon AE1; medium format (6×6) - Hasselblad 500 c/m; large format - Shin Hao large format; and Polaroid Land 330.
Current projects include: “Catholic symbols” - a photo project involving the 21 California missions; “Lines” - nature’s paintings; “Inspiration” - project encompassing both my landscape and catholic symbols photography; a currently unnamed artistic environmental nude project; and a currently unnamed long range Polaroid project.
And in addition to my photography I am also writing a book entitled “A Childless Man’s Adventures in Parenting”. Release date undetermined at this time. To Veiw and read more visit his website at: www.mikecavanaughphotography.smugmug.com be sure to see his exhibition at: Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Spring Arts Tower - Mezzanine, 453 South Spring Street, (btwn 4th & 5th), Los Angeles, CA - 90013 on July 10th!! 
(Costa Mesa, CA) June 18, 2008, StandUp For Kids, Orange County announces today that they have teamed up with A Charity Affaire to create the first ever Orange County “Dancing with Our Stars.” This event was created by A Charity Affaire in 2006 to provide a multi-charity fundraising venue. Since that time, it has raised approximately $250,000 for 42 different charities.
Our event will feature couples raising thousands of dollars for their organizations all by tapping their toes, shaking their hips and swirling across the dance floor to the delight of 350 to 400 guests. Each “Star Dancer” is paired with a professional dancer and performs to earn dollar-value votes for their favorite non-profit. Proxy votes are encouraged so they don’t even have to see the performance in order to vote for their favorite charity or dancer. Can you imagine - no more auctions or raffles - just let your guests sit back and enjoy a fabulous dinner and the entertainment of the competition while you are raising thousands of dollars for your charity. Join us for this night of enchantment!
Your votes help Eric & Yanina support StandUp For Kids in our goal to win first place in this innovative fundraiser. Support your “Stars” by submitting your vote(s) priced at $20 each - no maximum! The “stars” with the most votes win 1st place.
If you would like to attend the competition on July 26 at 6:00 PM at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA. Tickets are $100; includes dinner & one vote. Please note: the dinner event itself is not a fundraising event, only the voting donations are tax deductible & $20 of the dinner ticket.
Both dinner tickets & votes may also be purchased via Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Discover online at http://www.oc.dancingwithourstars.net/dinner.html. Don’t forget to indicate STANDUP FOR KIDS as your Charity! For more information contact: justines@standupforkids.org or call (949)357-4298 or visit StandUp For Kids http://www.standupforkids.org/local/california/Orange%20County/
About “Dancing with Our Stars” - This event was created by A Charity Affaire in 2006 to provide a multi-charity fundraising venue. Since that time, it has raised approximately $250,000 for 42 different charities. Some charities participate multiple times. It is such a popular event that we have a Fall and Spring production in the Palm Springs area.
About STANDUP FOR KIDS - StandUp for Kids was founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth. StandUp for Kids is run almost entirely by volunteers, and has established more than thirty-seven outreach programs in twenty states. The mission of StandUp for Kids is to help homeless and street kids. The mission is carried out by a national volunteer force whose on-the-streets outreach efforts will find, stabilize and assist homeless and street kids in their efforts to improve their lives. In addition to helping homeless and at-risk youth with immediate necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and personal hygiene, StandUp for Kids offers a wide array of services, including: assistance in finding housing; education assistance; vocational development; counseling; health services; transportation to self-help meetings; and legal assistance.
Dreamcatcher Travelogue and YTB brings you the perfect opportunity to transform your life by combining the powerful information handling capability of the Internet with the world’s most dynamic product – travel - and the personal touch of independent, home based business people. YTB has joined these three trends together in a flawless combination. By utilizing our simple strategies and proven techniques we can show you how to leverage your time to generate a residual income 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The elements of honesty, morality, and “being in the right place at the right time” are all in place today at YTB - and we plan to revolutionize the travel industry. Come join us as we change the way the world travels!
Your Business
The YTB companies offer two unique and powerful opportunities, that of referring travel agent or “RTA” and that of independent marketing representative or “REP”. The travel agent opportunity has an initial fee under $500 and a monthly license fee of $49.95. There is no fee or travel agency purchase required to be a REP. You may choose to participate in one or both opportunities.
What is a YTB Independent Marketing Representative?
A person who has signed an Independent Marketing Representative agreement with YourTravelBiz.com is called a Representative.
(We will use the term “Rep” from now on). Reps may sell online Travel Agencies, enroll RTAs, and sponsor other Reps. Reps earn commission on personal online Travel Agency sales. Reps do not receive travel credentials and cannot sell travel.
What is a YTB Travel Network Referring Travel Agent?
A Referring Travel Agent (RTA) is a person who has purchased an online Travel Agency in an agreement with YTB Travel Network of Illinois and pays the $49.95 monthly license fee for a personalized online travel website and its “Back Office”. (We will use the term “RTA” from now on). RTAs refer people to their website (online Travel Agency) to book travel and earn commissions on travel booked through their personalized site.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT http://www.ytb.com/dctravelogue NOW!
Information about YTB International, Inc
Current Operations
YTB International, Inc. provides Internet-based travel booking services for travel agencies and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. It operates through three subsidiaries: YourTravelBiz.com, Inc., YTB Travel Network, Inc., and REZconnect Technologies, Inc.
The three distinct, wholly-owned subsidiary divisions operate as follows:
YourTravelBiz.com, Inc. (and subsidiaries)
YourTravelBiz.com, Inc. (“YTB Marketing”) conducts business through recruitment, enrollment, training, and support of its sales force. There are currently approximately 341,305 (as of 3/31/08) independent contractors, known as Independent Marketing Representatives (each, an “IMR”), who are responsible for selling on-line travel agencies to RTAs, most of whom work from their homes. IMRs are compensated via a multilevel marketing commission structure. An IMR might utilize a number of methods for attracting new RTAs, including the use of informational meetings and events, newspaper advertising, and one-on-one meetings with individuals seeking a home-based business enterprise.
YTB Marketing was created to market travel agency websites to RTAs in a referral marketing program that incentivizes IMRs to sell on-line travel agencies. RTAs are also independent contractors and are provided with training materials and onsite training at various locations throughout the United States. YTB Marketing charges an initial license fee of $449.95 plus $49.95 per month, on a month-to-month basis, for RTAs to own and operate an online travel site, and YTB Travel (as defined below) can also earn additional transactional compensation from travel purchased off each website.
YTB Travel Network, Inc. (and its subsidiaries)
YTB Travel Network, Inc. (together with its subsidiary YTB Travel Network of Illinois, Inc., collectively, “YTB Travel”) business is comprised of arrangements to sell airline tickets, cruise packages and other services, plus travel sales, from the approximately 138,814 (as of 3/31/08) RTAs’ web sites which it hosts. YTB Travel handles travel processing, document distribution and travel commission payments, including tracking transactions for each of the sites. RTAs are schooled through travel training courses. This training is accomplished through a combination of company conference calls, e-training modules and hands-on certification seminars.
REZconnect Technologies, Inc.
REZconnect Technologies, Inc. (“Technologies”) includes a “brick and mortar” travel franchise system and provides YTB technology software and services to the travel industry. Technologies builds reservation systems using proprietary applications for suppliers within the travel industry. Technologies sells and services travel stores within the travel industry and includes RezCity.com, an online city guide and travel store. Technologies operates under the following brands: Travel Network, Global Travel Network and Travel Network/Vacation Central. The Technologies’ consumer driven websites provide strong content and booking ability, with over 60 booking engines incorporated into any one site, covering all aspects of the travel industry.
