Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Composer's Next Symphonic Project

Help an entrepreneur bring a full-length original score to fans of the classical, orchestral, movie and game score genres

Irvine, CA  – March 1, 2015 – Kat Bella, web developer and composer, announces the campaign to fund her next symphonic project.

Kat's first full-scale project, Symphonic I, was created in a simple home recording studio setup, using a 10 year old Yamaha keyboard and a line out to an old computer. This album contained 10 tracks that shared a common melodic theme and attempted to tell a story through music. It was available on iTunes and Amazon for a number of years, and received rave reviews from listeners.

Kat is now seeking funding in order to support the composition, recording, and production of her next project, known as Symphonic II. Kat has greatly improved her studio setup since the initial recording of Symphonic I, and is hoping to use the funding to continue to update her studio, get some time with an actual engineer, put all of the effort necessary to bring her composition to fruition.

The crowd funding goal is to raise $7,000 in 30 days. This amount will cover the cost of recording the album in the highest quality possible as well as full digital distribution through CD Baby on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Beats, Rhapsody, XBox Music, I <3 Radio, and many, many other digital music providers. If the goal is reached or surpassed, Kat hopes to use the extra funding for full physical distribution, re-recording Symphonic I, and more.

About Kat Bella
Kat Bella is a full time web developer and part time composer from Southern California, USA. A self-taught musician, Kat has spent the last 17 years composing musical scores for independent PC, XBOX, iOS and Android games as well as a few short films and many Infinity Engine game mods.

In 2009 Kat released my first independent album on iTunes and Amazon called "Symphonic I". It was composed in a simple home recording studio on very basic equipment but received great reviews. Now Kat is looking to take the next step with a new project and a new opportunity to create an immersive musical experience to those that love the symphonic/classical genre.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information about Kat's music, please visit:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katbella/symphonic-ii

Contact:

Kat Bella

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katbella/symphonic-ii

http://twitter.com/realkatbella

http://linkedin.com/in/katbella

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Start Up Coffee Club Company

Help an entrepreneur kickstart a business providing gourmet coffee

Chaptico, MD  – February 28 , 2015 – Den Gross Powell, entrepreneur and seller of gourmet coffees, announces the campaign to kickstart her business into a full-time venture. Ms. Powell was born and raised in Calvert County. One of eleven children, Ms. Powell grew up in an environment that required perseverance, patience, and focus on her future.

As the only one in her family to complete college, Ms. Powell received an AA in Information Word Processing; a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Master of Science in Business Management; Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition; Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Natural Health and Healing and a Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Nutrition. She is also learning Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, German, and French.

While she has worked as an employee of the Federal Government for approximate 38 years, her goal with this crowd fund project is to retire fully and make her side business a full-time career.

DP Coffee Club was created to provide gourmet coffee to the coffee drinkers of the world. Ms. Powell works for her company part-time, providing samples of her coffee whenever possible. She currently employs one person, but hopes that this crowd fund project will result in being able to hire additional staff.

Ms. Powell would like to raise at least $100,000 to buy more supplies and pay part-time employees. Any amount will make an impact on their business, and would be greatly appreciated.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information, please visit:

http://www.gofundme.com/powell

Contact:

Den Gross Powell

http://www.gofundme.com/powell

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Start Up Coffee Club Company

Help an entrepreneur kickstart a business providing gourmet coffee

Fircrest, WA  – February 25 , 2015 – Tom Walker and Lois Eiler, co-creators and co-founders of Ample Gear, announce their “Charity Roulette” campaign. 

Ample Gear, a custom T-shirt design company, will be offering a supply of free T-shirts with any design to a randomly selected charity.  In order to participate, the selected charity must agree to be advertised on the Ample Gear website as a testimonial, success story, etc.

Ample Gear is a ‘mom and pop’ company owned and operated by Tom Walker and Lois Eiler. They are a small but productive company, utilizing the skills of family members and friends rather than an expansive number of employees.  Their products,  sold under the brand “Big Head Bob” are hugely popular and have received rave reviews from charities, promotional events, organizations and more.  You can find their shirts being sold on websites such as bigheadbob.com, Amazon, eBay and Etsy. They offer  a variety of pricing, including discounts for non-profit organizations.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information about their products, please visit:

http://amplegear.com/

Contact:

Tom Walker

tom@amplegear.com

1417 Estate Pl

Fircrest, Washington

(253) 448-3444

Luigi Wewege, Managing Director of Vivier Mortgages gives his opinion on Ireland’s current housing market

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 25 February 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Curbing price volatility in the housing market is an ongoing challenge for governments.  Clearly, in order to stabilise house prices, supply and demand must be brought into equilibrium. The difficulties inherent in achieving this goal are illustrated by Ireland’s economic travails over the past decade. 

During the heady days of the ‘Celtic Tiger’, property developers embarked on a building frenzy, their expansionary drive fuelled by three factors: the availability of almost limitless credit, the flow of cheap labour from Eastern Europe and an apparently buoyant property market. However, too many of these building schemes were not brought to fruition. The onset of the recession and the accompanying credit crunch which it triggered forced many developers to abandon their projects. The landscape of Ireland is now littered with ‘ghost estates’, abandoned, unoccupied or unfinished. They have been declared economically unviable and have consequently been flagged for demolition. Compounding the difficulties in the housing sector, the lax mortgage credit criteria have also led to a cascade of defaults amongst existing mortgage holders, thus creating an unprecedented wave of house repossessions.

A priority of paramount importance for governments in shaping social policy these days is, undeniably, the provision of quality housing for its citizens.  One legacy of the 2008 financial crisis, however, is an acute shortage of housing.  As a supply shortage inevitably drives an upward spiral in prices, this is reflected in the housing market. During 2014, house price inflation across Ireland has vacillated between 8% and 20%.  Galloping ahead of the rest of the country, house prices in Dublin increased by 20%, whilst nationally the rate averaged out at 13% to 14%.  These increases in prices show marked variations from county to county.  In the last quarter of 2014, the year-on-year changes recorded per county were: Donegal 0.1%; Cavan 1.5%; Monaghan 5.2%; Louth 11.4%; Longford 12.2%; Roscommon 9.7%; Wicklow 18.8%: Cork City 12.2%; Limerick City 2.8%; Dublin City Centre 27.1%; South County Dublin 17.9% and North County Dublin 15.9%.

According to analysts, the five factors impacting on house prices are credit, expectation, income, supply and demographics.  Of these variables, changes in credit and expectation are most likely to induce changes in house prices. Harnessing this recognition, the Central Bank has established new regulations that place quantitative ceilings on the proportion of mortgages at high loan-to-value ratio and on the proportion of mortgage lending at high loan-to-income ratio. According to the Central Bank, this change in macro-prudential policy in the real estate sector will have a dual effect: increasing the resilience of the banking and household sectors to financial shocks, and dampening the pro-cyclical dynamics between property lending and housing prices. 

In practical terms, the new regulations mean that first-time residential buyers can borrow as much as 80% of the property price or even 90%, up to a limit of €220,000, plus 80% of any amount beyond it.  The scope of these caps also extends to housing loans secured on residential property in the state, as well as to equity-release/top-up mortgages.  What it does not cover is the refinancing of a house loan or loans that have been negotiated for the purpose of addressing arrears of payments.

Although the regulations have been welcomed by property analysts, there has been a current of dissent. Opponents of the restrictions, whilst conceding that they may have the desired effect of moderating house inflation, argue that the measures may also foster a concomitant escalation of rental prices.  They predict that a rising demand curve for rented accommodation will have the inevitable consequence of luring speculators into the market thereby destabilising house prices and posing a threat to first-time buyers.

About the Author

Luigi Wewege is the founder of Vivier Group and the Managing Director of Vivier Mortgages (a Dublin, Ireland based home loan company), as well as CEO of its Auckland based financial services arm, Vivier & Co, a boutique Financial Service Provider in New Zealand, offering no-cost, above average returns for investors.

Vivier Mortgages

Vivier Mortgages is a Dublin, Ireland based home loan company that has specialised in secured property lending, principally for domestic mortgages and building projects, for nearly twenty years.  The company,   having recently become part of Vivier Group, is currently looking for new opportunities in Ireland, in the areas of property acquisition, redevelopment and regeneration.

Vivier Group

Vivier Group is the global umbrella organisation of the Auckland based Vivier & Co and Vivier Investments, the London based Vivier Developments & Vivier Home Loans, and the Dublin based Vivier Mortgages.

Media Contact

Company Name: Vivier Mortgages
Contact Person: Media Relations Manager
Email: press@viviergroup.com
Phone: +353 1 697 1353
Country: Ireland
Website: http://www.viviermortgages.com

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Better Way to Pay for College Textbooks

Help an entrepreneur kickstart a business providing discount college course textbooks and materials

Troy, New York  – February 21, 2015 – Brandon Kramer announces the campaign to provide discount college textbooks and materials to college students. There is a serious problem plaguing today's financially-strapped college students: namely, the cost of textbooks and materials. They are often not covered by financial aid, scholarships, or grant money, and often it can be difficult for students to find the appropriate edition, copy, or version that is requested by the instructor. On top of this, sometimes the student is unable sell back the books due to their age, length of use, or simply because they have become outdated since the last printing.

College textbook prices are 812 percent higher than they were a little more than three decades ago, the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank, reports. Textbook costs have well outpaced the 559 percent increase in tuition and fees over roughly the same period.

Brandon Kramer's goal is to change this situation for the millions of college-bound students struggling in the same situation. No family should have to make the tough decision, trying to determine where the funding for yet another college expense is going to come from. Brandon did not come from wealthy family himself, and they unfortunately were not able to spare the money for him to pursue a college degree. Because of this experience, Brandon wants to save other potential college students the trouble of making this sacrifice.

Brandon's campaign involves starting a website-based business where college students could find both the materials and the course textbooks required for their college courses, but offered at rock-bottom prices compared to what they would normally pay at the university. By donating to his project, you are helping college students everywhere save money on their books and materials, allowing them to spend more of their money towards tuition and all of the other aspects of college that are so expensive.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information, please visit:

http://www.gofundme.com/mis05g

Contact:

Brandon Kramer

http://www.gofundme.com/mis05g

Announcing the Campaign to Raise Money for ALS

Help raise money for treatment of ALS through Debra’s Journey for Life Foundation

Orlando, Florida  – February 19, 2015 – Debra Haugabrook-Briggs announces the campaign to raise money for the Debra’s Journey for Life Foundation. Debra was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, on September 10, 2012. Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a

neurodegenerative disease that weakens neurons in the brain and upper spinal cord which control

muscles. This disease eventually leaves the patient completely paralyzed, but the majority of people with ALS will maintain hearing, sight, touch, smell, and taste. Currently there is not a cure for ALS, it is a fatal disease with a devastating journey.

At any one time, there are about 30,000 people living with ALS, each year 5,000 people are diagnosed. The cause of ALS is unknown, it is such a rare disease and most people will never know anyone with ALS in their life time. Because it is so unknown, it does not get the attention, thus is lacking in research funding/focus from drug companies, nor does it get adequate support and awareness from others.

Debra's husband, Walter Briggs (former New York Jets quarterback), has been instrumental in helping to raise millions of dollars for many Charities throughout the Country with Golf Tournaments, and Bowling Tournaments. He of course is in the forefront of this fight against ALS with alongside his wife. They never thought we would be in this situation, stricken with such a horrific disease and in

a fight for life.

Your Gift donations to Debra’s Journey for Life Foundation will help The ALS Association and ALS Therapy Development Institute support research to find a cure for ALS. You will also be providing help to much-needed services for many ALS patients and their families affected by this disease. Join Debra’s Journey for Life Foundation in their efforts by making a difference with this cause.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or to help support their organization, please visit:

http://www.gofundme.com/savingdebra

Contact:

Debra Haugabrook-Briggs

Debra's Journey Foundation, Inc.

P.O. Box 616500, Orlando, FL 32861-6500

debrasjourneyforlife@gmail.com

Announcing the Friends of Emma Campaign for our Critical Care Rescue Dogs

YOUR love - can help build FOREVER for our deserving critical care rescue dogs!

Fort Worth, TX  – February 18, 2015 – Elizabeth Hart and her partner, Kyle, announce the campaign to expand their animal rescue organization, known as “Friends of Emma”. Elizabeth and Kyle have spent more than 5 years rescuing and finding good homes for a variety of lost animals. They aid shelters, animal clinics, rescue groups and private individuals from all across the country - who send the Hart family the most dire critical medical cases. Most of the medical cases the Hart family has come across has been paid from their own pockets, along with generous donations. Despite the fact that their daughter, Kylie, suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, they have spent most of their time improving the lives of the little creatures they have grown to love.

They are currently maintaining two storage units (which we access weekly) containing their stock of medical supplies, fundraiser inventory, packing & shipping supplies,care furnishings, therapy equipment, household necessities, food, supplements and all of the "essentials" of providing for special needs animals. These units cost nearly 600.00 each month - funds that could otherwise be put towards more productive expenses. The rescue is now bursting at the seams with new friends, and the Hart family simply has no more room for the animals they love to help.

Friends of Emma is seeking funding in the amount of $200,000 to cover the purchase of the new home. If they are not able to move forward with purchase of this home within the next 60 days, they stand to lose all that they have put into it thus far – approx. $40,000.00 of their personal savings - their entire "nest egg". Please consider donating to help them keep their rescue open!

To LEARN MORE about the project, or to help support their IndieGoGo campaign, please visit:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/friends-of-emma-the-house-that-love-built

Contact:

Elizabeth Hart

Friends of Emma

Fort Worth, Texas

friendsofemmacpc@aol.com

http://www.elizabethhart.com/donate.htm