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LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Empire Post Media Inc. (OTCQB:EMPM.PK - News) is pleased to announce that six-time Emmy nominee Stuart Schwartz will join the "Journey Beyond" production team as executive producer and showrunner. Schwartz, a former top executive with reality show giant Cosgrove/Meurer, has produced 174 episodes of perennial TV hit "Unsolved Mysteries."During Schwartz's time at Cosgrove/Meurer he was also involved in several other successful series, including "Proof Positive: Evidence of the Paranormal," "Secret Lives" and "Auction Packed."

"Journey Beyond," which was created by Ellen Fontana and Richard Mann, principals of Empire's wholly owned subsidiary Hybrid-Reality Entertainment, deals with paranormal and psychic events, based on the real stories of real people. The show is being produced in 3D for delivery in 2D HD and 3D.

Empire previously announced a $1,500,000 finance facility, in place, to support production of "Journey Beyond."

For further information about Empire, please go to the company's website: http://www.empirepostmedia.com.

http://www.hybridrealityentertainment.com.

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MISSION, KS--(Marketwire -03/22/12)- (Family Features) Investor optimism has steadily climbed since 2006, and more investors are managing their own investment portfolios, according to a recent study from investing firm Scottrade, Inc.

"Investors and traders are seeing the opportunities in the market, and they are able to take action," said Kim Wells, Scottrade's executive director of product development and chief marketing officer. "More resources and online trading tools are available to help them find openings to build their portfolios and reach financial success."

For the growing number of self-directed investors entering the market, here are three steps to take to manage a portfolio.

Gauge Accessibility NeedsThose who self-direct their investments tend to check their portfolio and log into their accounts more frequently. According to a survey commissioned by investing firm Scottrade, Inc., most investors (59 percent) check their investments at least once a week and a quarter of them log in on a monthly basis.

Every investor and trader has different needs, and it's important to identify how to interact with the investment company.

By prioritizing needs and comparing the various offerings at investment firms, self-directed investors will be better equipped to find the right firm with which to partner.

Research Your ResourcesExplore an investment firm's online resources. Whether pre- or post-log in, most online research tools, such as those at Scottrade, are available free of charge. More than one-third of investors say they taught themselves how to invest by using online investment education tools.

Set ExpectationsMany find investing fun with general optimism among investors reaching a three-year high, according to the Scottrade study. Self-directed investors' confidence has strengthened as the Internet has made information about the markets, rules and guidelines more accessible.

Yet while online trading saves investors and traders time and money, it does not take the homework out of making investment decisions. Before making a trade, investors need to understand the risks of each investment and the goals of their portfolios.

With the right tools at hand and by partnering with a reputable investment firm that meets individual needs, self-directed investors can take charge of their investments with confidence. To learn more about self-directed investing, visit http://www.scottrade.com and find more information on the Scottrade 2011 American Investor Study.

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Theres a big cloud gathering, just beyond the horizon. It started a few weeks ago over Sanford, Fla. Now its everywhere, darkening with anger and outrage. You might even call it a storm cloud.

Im referring to the burst of Tweeting, Facebooking, and other social networking to protest the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, captain of an informal neighborhood watch group, in Sanford on Feb. 26. Without the cloud, most of us wouldnt know that Martin was African American, and Zimmerman isnt. And far fewer people would be up in arms about it.

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But I also fear that it might be clouding the real arms issue that is, the problem of firearms. This tragedy is about race, of course, but its also about guns. And by focusing so heavily on the former, I fear, were blinding ourselves to the latter.

Yes, weve heard criticism of the Florida Stand Your Ground law, which allows citizens to use deadly force if they have reasonable fear of harm or death. And were sure to hear more debate over the next few weeks about whether Mr. Zimmerman, who says he acted in self defense, had any real reason to fear Trayvon Martin, who was carrying nothing more dangerous than iced tea and Skittles.

But if you look at the social-media protests about the event, almost none of them target Floridas gun law itself. Signed by nearly 1.5 million people, the most popular online petition simply calls for charges to be filed against George Zimmerman.

Ditto for the loud public demonstrations unleashed by the furor on the Net. In New York, a Million Hoodie March echoed the petitions demand for Zimmermans arrest. And in Florida, a protest urged state officials to withdraw his concealed weapons permit.

Got that? The problem isnt that Florida lets people carry concealed weapons, or that it allows them to kill on questionable pretexts. Instead, it just let the wrong guy have a gun.

But we need to ask whether any private citizen should be carrying a concealed weapon, and whether Stand Your Ground measures make people trigger-happy. And most of all, we need to think about the most common victims of our lax gun laws: African Americans.

EDITOR'S BLOG: Guns and freedom, the American paradox

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So youre sitting there playing the PC version of Skyrim, enjoying the game and its incredibly-active modding community, and all of a sudden, you notice a massive slowdown because of system resource allocation issues. What do you do? Well if you have an iPhone with the Power-Grid application installed, you can monitor and take control of your PC.

With an Apple product.

I know, I know. Whats next? In the words of Peter Venkman, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together mass hysteria? Considering were now living in a world where an Apple device can take control of a PC, mass hysteria may be the next logical step. Developed by Roccat, the Power-Grid appyes, its freeaccording to its description, allows users to do the following:

Power-Grid is a free app that lets you connect, monitor and control your games and PC without having to leave the action and all with your smartphone. It comes preloaded with four control displays or grids. Three feature essential gaming tools. The fourth is completely customizable.

One of the main aspects of control Power-Grid promises is in relation to social media. For instance, the application allows you to respond to Skype requests without leaving the comfort of the game youre playing. Granted, if you have the Skype application installed on your iPhone, or any other social media app for that matter, you wouldnt have to leave your PC game in the first place, but I digress.

Thankfully, the Power-Grid app is more than just a social media response tool, something the screenshot reveals quite clearly:

As clearly indicated, the Power-Grid app is currently available for the iPhone environment, and the site indicates the application is being developed for the both the Android and the Windows Phone operating systems. Until then, however, revel in the fact that your PC is being controlled by an Apple device. Hopefully, the cosmos wont reject such an idea.

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Control Your PC, While Gaming, With Your iPhone

San FranciscoAlthough many companies are increasing their use of social media as a marketing channel, too many are allowing untrained employees with few guidelines to represent their brands, according to Jeremiah Owyang, industry analyst partner at technology analyst company Altimeter Group, delivering the keynote address here at today's BtoB Digital Edge Live conference.

Because adoption of social media is still in an early phase74% of companies polled by Altimeter have had a social media program in place for three years or lessmuch of it is in disarray, Owyang said.

It's an uncontrollable mess, Owyang said, largely because customer communications has shifted to all parts of the corporation. He said the average number of official corporate-owned accounts is 178, augmented by employees' own ad hoc social outreach, which is largely uncontrolled and uncontrollable.

Marketers' scope of work is much larger than it has ever been, he said. In fact, it's bigger than marketing.

The solution, he said, is to first build a foundation of social objectives, company policies and employee education. Companies ideally should build dedicated social teams and centers of social excellence; attend and adjust to social ROI; and ultimately seek out real-time intelligence for future action.

The term "social' ultimately will go away; it will be integrated in the way we work every day, Owyang said. I call this the "sentient world.'

Owyang's analysis of social integration was echoed by a panel of CMOs, who recognized the challenges they face with the new social channel.

Life is becoming complicated, and the great challenge is how to bring all this together as an integrated outbound program to generate business, said Chris Boorman, senior VP-education and enablement and CMO at data technology company Informatica Corp.

He said Informatica, like many companies, has had to adjust to the cultural change from a severely restricted corporate communications method to one of openness via social networks. Traditional spokespersons and thought leaders don't always adjust well to being social participants, he said.

Further, social media itself may not always be the answer for all companies, said Janet Roberts, CMO of telecommunications technology company Syniverse Technologies.

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