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Las Vegas-based Bates International Motor Home Rental Systems, Inc., a leading provider of recreational vehicle (RV) rentals and revenue sharing opportunities, has been ranked as one of the 500 top franchises in the United States by Entrepreneur Magazine for 2007, and the company has been published on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 list. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, the Franchise list is the 28th annual and “world’s first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking.”

“Bates is honored to be recognized as one of the top 500 U.S. franchises by Entrepreneur, one of the nation’s leading business monthly magazines,” says Sandra Bate, president and CEO of Bates International Motor Home Rental Systems, Inc.

The Bates brand is recognized internationally as the first RV franchise company in the world. Since 1973, Bates has extended quality service through its headquarters in Las Vegas and its network of franchise locations in selected cities in the United States and Canada. Read more:

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Johnathan Wendel, known by his moniker “Fatal1ty,” has been recently featured on CBS? 60 Minutes and in many major national publications, including TIME and Sports Illustrated. He has dominated the PC-gaming field since 1999, winning 12 championships and collecting more than $500,000 in prize money and well over $1 million beyond that in sponsor deals.

Wendel, the world?s first full-time and leading professional video gamer, will appear at Fashion Show from 1 to 5 p.m. on July 28. He will sign autographs, demonstrate his video gaming skills on the giant LED screens that hang over Fashion Show?s runway in The Great Hall and challenge audience members.

Additional appearances:

Aug. 11, 1- 5 p.m.

The Boulevard Mall: 3528 S. Maryland Pkway., Las Vegas              

Aug. 18, 1-5 p.m.

Meadows Mall: 4300 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – presented by Joseph Marcella, City of Las Vegas, CIO/Director of Information Technologies

Mr. Marcella is the first and current Director of the Department of Information Technologies at the City of Las Vegas. He has held this position since the Department was created by the Mayor and Council in 1997. Mr. Marcella’s prior experience is primarily from the private sector, most recently as Senior Vice President and Director of Information Systems at Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo). He has logged a total of 37 years in Information Systems; 28 in the management of business technologies.

Mr. Marcella has been credited in both the private and public sectors with numerous firsts. The City of Las Vegas is one of a few Government entities to earn an Oracle showcase designation; Las Vegas has been nationally recognized for its successful introduction and deployment of City wide ERP systems, Internet Mapping utilities; e-Payment processes, 4th generation interactive Web site (winner of the Center for Digital Government’s Best of the Web) and has been designated one of the most wired cities in the Untied States for Internet services.

For our non-student members the meeting, as always, will provide plenty of networking opportunities and our open bar, thanks to our sponsor.

Registration Required for this Meeting: SPACE IS LIMITED – EVENT EXPECTED TO BE SOLD OUT!!

PRE-REGISTER AND SAVE!! 

To register click on the “Register Now” button below. This will take you to our registration system where you can prepay using a credit card. Register in August and AITP/PMI Members pay $20, non-members and guests pay $40 and students are $15.  Price goes up to AITP/PMI Members pay $25, non-members and guests pay $45 and students are $15

Meeting Agenda:

6:00pm to 6:30pm – Networking and Open Bar*

6:30pm to 6:45pm – Take Seats – Introductions

6:45pm to 7:15pm – Dinner

6:45pm to 7:45pm – Presentation

7:45pm to 8:00pm – Closing. Networking and Open Bar*

Meeting Location:

Cili at Bali Hai Golf Club (http://www.cili.com/)

5160 Las Vegas Boulevard South (1 block south of Russell)

Date and Time:

Wednesday, September 26th 6:00PM to 8:00PM.

* This cost includes dinner and the open bar.

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Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. ALTI, a Reno-based leading manufacturer of safe, high-performance NanoSafe(TM) battery pack products and energy storage products, announced today that it has finalized a joint development and equipment purchase agreement related to Altairnano’s battery technology and energy storage products with global power leader AES Corporation (AES). AES is one of the world’s largest power companies, with operations in 28 countries on five continents. AES’s generation and distribution facilities have the capacity to serve 100 million people worldwide. Read more:

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PM Solutions? Center for Business Practices (CBP) invites IT practitioners who are actively engaged in improving their project management practices to attend its Fall 2007 Benchmarking Forum, IT Project Management Best Practices. The two-day knowledge-sharing event, which will be held at the Bellagio Las Vegas, September 18-19, is designed to provide IT project practitioners with new insights about what?s working in IT project management, what?s not, and how to move forward.   

The Forum involves a high degree of attendee participation that includes breakout group discussions, reporting best practices to the overall group, and providing feedback to case presenters. Key topics covered in the two-day forum include: Read more:

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