Can any good come from hate? This is the question author Jason T. Berggren is repeatedly asked regarding his conflict-ridden book 10 Things I Hate About Christianity: Working Through the Frustrations of Faith.

10 Things I Hate About Christianity: Working Through the Frustrations of Faith

In interview after interview, Berggren defends the use of the word hate in his title and explains the purpose of the book.

Contrary to what the title suggests, the book is meant to channel the anger and frustration that many have with faith and use it to build a stronger connection with God. Berggren shared with the Christianpost.com, "I struggle with certain aspects of Christianity… I thought that since I was tapping into truth I would have all my questions answered, all my insecurities would go away, and I would get everything I wanted. This book is me sitting on the couch having it out with God. Telling Him how I feel and trying to find my way."

In the wake of L.A. school rioting, organizers for Festival Bajo el Sol unite three organizations: ActionHouse, Unidos Por Jesucristo (UPJ), and The Wealth of Nations Foundation to promote cross-cultural unity and peace in Los Angeles.

A non-denomination Peace March and Rally is scheduled for the morning of July 16th preceding Festival Bajo el Sol, an evangelistic outreach expecting to draw 60,000 -- 80,000 Hispanics to the L.A. Coliseum.

On July 9th, a week prior to the Peace March & Festival, Los Angeles County will be covered in prayer. More than 200 civic and church leaders will be organized in prayer routes throughout and over the city. Three airplanes will fly groups of 20 pastors sequentially over the city as they pray for the city of Los Angeles. Caravans of prayer teams will travel every surface street, freeway and byway blanketing every avenue and neighborhood with intercessory prayer.

Frame My Photos, LLC has scared up a hit with its new Halloween Frame Pack. Designed for use at home, the pack comes bundled with the company's acclaimed Framing Station software and includes over 250 themed frames for digital photos.

"The simple addition of a Framing Station frame transforms an ordinary digital photo into a personalized photo gift," said Frame My Photos co-founder Ron Fortier. "It's Halloween and holiday season, and Frame My Photos is ready with a complete line of holiday targeted products. The Halloween Frame Pack includes exciting graphics and text treatments, and its fun, fast and easy to use. From moms and party givers to digital camera users, there's something for everyone here."

Today Raceway Media announced four new weekly winners of RacingJunk.com®'s "Give Back to the Racers Tour." James Green of Madison, IN, Josh Ash of Bethalto, IL, Gene Hinders of Hudson, IA, and Richard Pugh of Deltona, FL have all been selected to receive $1,000 in sponsorship money and are qualified to enter the Grand Prize contest for $15,000.

Hinders, who was shocked to learn he was the seventh weekly winner, said "…being picked as one of the 30 weekly winners was a great morale booster! Things have been moving forward slowly for us this year, with the bad weather we had in late February and a good part of March. Receiving the phone call from RacingJunk.com has helped "light the fire" and I can't wait to get back on the track!"

New Book by Nevada Author. Local author John Silberman is announcing the publication of his memoir, The Life and Times of an Ordinary Joe Named John, which has just been released by PublishAmerica and is now available..

Silbermans first book takes us through his courageous struggle to escape his unhappy past and build a successful life and career. His story begins in mid-1930s New York City, where he describes his early memories of being shuttled between bitterly divorced parents. As he grew, Silberman and his family experienced times of absolute destitution, yet also times of great wealth. He recalls his feelings of abandonment as his socialite mother deposited him at a strict boarding school at the tender age of eleven, where he was to grow up. After college and a stint in the wartime military, he found his focus, and used all of those hard-earned experiences create a successful career. He built several companies from the ground up, soaring to the heights of his profession and earning a reputation as one of the best in his field. At the same time, he put up with crazy neighbors, oddball friends, and an assortment of characters and drinking buddies. From New York, to Sacramento, California, and finally Carson City, Nevada, Silberman learned the lessons that allowed him to become successful in his career and in life.

The Life and Times of an Ordinary Joe Named John should be read by anybody who enjoys a story of man overcoming personal difficulties to achieve success. It is a heart-warming tale, replete with anecdotes about work, friends, and family.

Free online promotion for small businesses is the goal of MyCubicleSpace.com founder Brian O'Grady of Watertown, Massachusetts. His new site at http://www.mycubiclespace.com introduces the next generation in business search engines by greatly expanding the scope of an online business community. Businesses that join MyCubicleSpace.com benefit from access to MySpace-community-style features including classifieds, website promotion, press release posting, and even blog promotion, all for free.

Of MyCubicleSpace.com, O'Grady said, "There are business communities out there, but we are a business community search engine on steroids."

"Look Mom, I really did publish a book!" says David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to use news releases, blogs, podcasts, viral marketing & online media to reach your buyers directly. To prove it, he's provided his mother with a link to a YouTube video of his recent appearance as a featured speaker at the Vocus user conference.

"My mother and her friends are a bit skeptical," says Scott, a viral marketing and thought leadership strategist. "If a book isn't prominently displayed on the shelves of the bookstore, many people are not sure it really exists. If an author isn't saturating the broadcast airwaves with appearances on Oprah and the Today Show, how good can the book be?"

ERC Dataplus, Inc., a leading provider of web-based human resource application solutions, announced today that Hersha Hospitality Management, LP, one of the country's most successful managers of hotel properties, has chosen ERC to provide an online guest satisfaction survey for its unbranded, upscale boutique hotels.

"With the growth of our boutique hotel division, it became apparent that we needed to develop a way to capture the guest experience of busy travelers. We turned to ERC Dataplus for help who already provides us its Selectech® Workforce Management and ARGOS® 360 feedback system for helping us attract, develop and retain the best talent. Implementing their survey technology to collect and report on the important area of guest satisfaction is a logical extension of our partnership in providing HR technology solutions to our properties," said Jeff Wade, Hersha Senior Vice President of Human Resources.

IF Development announces that Fite & Associates, a new boutique real estate brokerage firm based in Palm Beach, Florida has signed with the agency for brand development, website design and programming, as well as internet lead generation and marketing services. Fite & Associates is a new venture from some of South Florida's most experienced realtors, specializing in luxury homes, estates and condos throughout Palm Beach and its surrounding communities.

Fite & Associates offers its customers a unique approach to the business that combines the flexibility and traditional values of local leadership with the range of experience offered by large national corporations. The Fite management team enlisted IF Development to create a brand identity that would capture the company's unique position, and solidify their status as a premier real estate firm in South Florida.

Summer is quickly approaching. Soon warmer weather will reintroduce itself and bring with it a desire to travel. Over the winter, many exercise enthusiasts worked very hard to either maintain or achieve a "girlish" figure. And for those who are taking a much-needed vacation this summer, a few days away is no excuse to break the exercise habit. This is why AP9 TodaysEscapes, a premier travel and entertainment savings program offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC, has come up with a list of easy and convenient ways to keep in shape while taking a trip.

Cartridge SAVE, the leading online store for printer ink cartridges, is proud to introduce an exclusive buy one get one free offer on 5 selected packs of Inkrite ink cartridges for Epson printers. Ian Cowley, Managing Director, said: "We're thrilled to be the first and only company in the UK to have this fantastic offer on Inkrite cartridges. Here at Cartridge SAVE we are proud to offer customers the best service combined with industry leading prices."

This buy one get one free offer will run for as long as stocks last and with prices starting from only £13.16 you'll need to act quickly to avoid disappointment. Established since 1999, Inkrite cartridges have become renowned for their excellent value for money, reliability and brilliant print quality.

Atlanta, GA based IT company DynaSis has recently built a new state-of-the-art data center in downtown Atlanta. The facility guarantees a secure and resilient place to house mission-critical equipment, with 24x7x365 server and environmental monitoring systems plus around the clock management personnel, digital video surveillance cameras, electronic access cards, and biometric retina and fingerprint authentication scanners. The data center is served by 6 high speed optical connections from backbone providers AT&T, Sprint, Level 3, Time Warner Telecom and WorldCom. With generator backup support as well as a high capacity UPS and automatic transfer switch, clients can rest assured that their data is protected from disastrous failures.

Grease Reduction Systems, Inc announces the world's first commercially achieved F.O.G. (fats, oils, grease) wastewater treatment system, and the first installed at a luxury resort, Montage Laguna Beach. Presenting a truly green solution to the odor and maintenance problems afflicting most resorts and hotels, this in-situ bioremediation of restaurant grease interceptors finally enables compliance with EPA guidelines.

"'Going Green' and 'Sustainability' are buzz words businesses are trying to push, while the Montage is really walking the talk. Montage Hotels & Resorts commitment to sustainable development and operations is highly commendable," says Markus Lenger, founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Grease Reduction Systems, Inc. "We are proud to be pioneering greener ways to address the fats, oils, and grease reduction problem. The U.S. market is phenomenal. For what resorts and hotels are already paying to pump and move their grease, we're giving them competitive pricing, added value and doing the environment a whole lot of good at the same time, while finally enabling compliance with the EPA directive which forbids just moving the problem when there is an economically viable alternative."

Earlier this month, Smart Marketing Group (SMG), a leading automobile dealer marketing company headquartered in Orange, CA amended its $15 million lawsuit against Consumer Guide to include its parent company Publications International Ltd. (PIL), which is headquartered in Lincolnwood, IL. (Case#04 C 0146 / U.S. District Court, Northern District Illinois, Eastern Division)

PIL’s primary business is publishing books and periodicals that are sold at some of the nation’s largest retailers. Consumer Guide is a wholly owned subsidiary of PIL, which has annual sales of approximately $175 million and employs more than 650 people in the U.S. and abroad.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that its executive education program, Wharton Fellows: Mastering the Future, will start its four-day, multi-city Master Class on Sept. 22. The program will bring together some of the most creative minds in the world to discuss the meaning and implications of "good design" from multiple perspectives.

The Master Class, "Design, Innovation, and Strategy," will be held Sept. 22-27, 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the design capital of northern Europe, and several locations in northern Italy. The executive education program comprises plenary sessions, visits to several organization headquarters, panel discussions with top executives from such companies as Alessi, Bang & Olufsen, BasicNet, Georg Jensen, Giugiaro, Lego and Novozymes, and attendance at the prestigious Index 2005 design awards dinner as VIP guests.

Turan Petroleum, Inc. (OTC: TURP), an independent energy exploration and development company, today reported that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Turan EnerPetroleum, a Kazakhstan limited liability company that owns a license to explore for hydrocarbons in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Turan Petroleum, Inc. (the Company") will acquire 100% of Turan EnerPetroleum, which holds a license from the government of Kazakhstan to explore for hydrocarbons in the ARIS region. Upon closing, which is scheduled for April 30, 2005, Turan EnerPetroleum will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company plans to prospect and produce in the ARIS region under a concession license granted by the Ministry of Power and Minerals of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Turan EnerPetroleums concession license was granted for an extendable 25-year term (beginning in 2001). Following closing, the Companys ARIS territories concession license will cover approximately 22,000 square kilometers in the South Kazakhstan Kizilordinskoy regions.

Actor Richard Dreyfuss has chosen the San Diego-based architecture and design firm S.K.I.N. to renovate and environmentally upgrade his 1970s Encinitas residence and property in order to cut his water and power bill to near-zero. San Diego Gas & Electric has designated the Dreyfuss renovation as one of only three case studies in all of San Diego County because it offers an example of installing innovative energy-saving technologies in an existing house.

S.K.I.N. principals Deniece Duscheone and Christopher Maresca are leaders in the integration of intelligent energy efficient building systems and the lasting effects of sustainable design. Duscheone is most recognized for the $56 million redesign of the US Grant Hotel, for which she accepted the HotelWorld Award for Best Luxury Guestroom Design, the California Construction award for Best Architectural Renovation and the Alanzo Award for Best Design. She has LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Professional Accreditation through the U.S. Green Building Council. Maresca has received notable recognition for his low-energy high-tech lighting design on the exterior of the hotel, which set a precedent for the use of exterior LED lighting on a hotel.

On the heels of an article in Interior Design magazine entitled "Furniture Talent," Philip Nimmo has been commissioned by Saks Fifth Avenue to produce an artistic center table that the Los Angeles Times likened to "a sculptural piece that echoes Alexander Calder." Nimmo also recently completed eight Giacometti-style floor lamps for the newly remodeled Crowne Plaza in Manhattan.

Philip Nimmo is a tour de force in the world of iron, with highly sought after collections of fire screens, lighting, furniture, hardware and ornamental ironwork and a star-studded roster of clients for his interior design services that includes Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jim Carrey, Jaclyn Smith, Oscar award-winning musician Randy Newman and the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach.

The Polakoff Foundation announces that two new members, Alan L. Robin, M.D. and Brian T. Woolf. O.D., have been appointed to its Board of Directors. Dr. Alan L. Robin is a highly acclaimed ophthalmologist specializing in the treatment of glaucoma and Dr. Brian T. Woolf is a third generation optometrist specializing in disease management, complex diagnoses and emergency care.

In addition to maintaining a private practice in offices throughout the region, Dr. Robin also serves an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University as well as a Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine at The University of Maryland. Dr. Robin earned his B.A. degree from Yale University and underwent medical training at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, New York, The Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland and The Wilmer Institute at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Glaucoma. Dr. Robin volunteers his time to a multitude of activities, both locally and around the world. He is highly regarded in the international medical community and has published extensively. A complete CV for Dr. Robin is available upon request.

After many years of development, OLED lighting has now begun commercial production. This breakthrough is going to change the day-to-day business of every single lighting designer in the world

2009 marked the start of commercial production of OLED lighting panels, a technology that promises to revolutionize the lighting design industry over the next decade. OLED performance, unique physical characteristics, application and design concepts, pioneering case studies and market acceptance are all pointing towards a booming industry in 2010 and beyond. Off the back of this opportunity, and to address continued challenges in the industry, OLED Insider will be hosting the OLED Lighting Design Summit on December 2-3 in Boston. Full information is available at http://www.oledinsider.com