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B4Playing Announces Advanced Communication with Online Casino & Poker Players

The soon to be released B4Playing client introduces the first direct communication tool between properties and players. Special bonuses, tournaments and events can now be sent directly to the players' desktop without using the email system where the recipient attention is distracted by 100s of promotional messages.

"One of the benefits to B4Playing community and to the properties who are participating in the program is the ability to send real time messages," indicates Mr. Itay Paz, B4Playing VP marketing. "Emails become a less efficient tool as there are so many who are competing to get the recipient attention. Our system provides a perfect vehicle to promote new offers of online casinos and poker rooms and to drive increased traffic instantly."... (Continue reading)

Coastal Vacations Director Reveals His Number One Success Strategy - Relationships

Jay NaPier, former restaurant franchise owner and current Coastal Vacations Level 3 Director shared his number one success strategy with other Coastal Vacations Directors in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at last weekends Coastal Synergy Group Regional Training Event.

Finding homebased business success can be easy when you have everthing you need for success in one place.

All successful businesses have a system. Franchises have been successful because they offer entrepreneurs a system designed for success and a proven track record.... (Continue reading)

The Supermarket Guru's 'New Product Hits & Misses' Proclaims Crispy Green's Crispy Apples a 'Rising Star'

Crispy Green Inc., the maker of Crispy Green® Crispy Fruit high-quality freeze-dried fruits snacks with 40 or less calories per serving, today announced that Crispy Apples has been named a 'Rising Star' by the Supermarket Guru®, a popular online consumer resource that taste-tests and judges products based on a set of criteria in the 'New Product Hits & Misses' for the month of November.

The Supermarket Guru is Phil Lempert, noted television and radio news reporter and the food trends editor and correspondent for NBC News' Today Show. Lempert reviewed Crispy Apples based on seven criteria and Crispy Apples earned perfect scores for: Health (overall nutritional value), Ingredients (all-na 558 tural fruit), Appearance (delectable and appetizing) and Packaging (excellent product freshness and ease of storage). Crispy Apples earned a combined score of 96 points to earn acclaim as a 'Rising Star.' The Supermarket Guru's product review of Crispy Apples is available at: http://www.supermarketguru.com/page.cfm/30857.... (Continue reading)

"Syndication Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" Focus of Blue Ribbon Panel during New York's Advertising Week

A topic of keen interest to major marketers here and abroad, Internet content syndication was examined by a panel of leading industry executives on September 24 during New York's Advertising Week. The session, "Syndication Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," took place at 3 p.m. at the 21 Club. The panelists were:

Jeffrey Litvack, Global Director, New Media Marketing, Associated Press

Aaron Radin, Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales and Business Development, CBS TV Stations Digital Media Group

Gary Spangler, E-business Leader, DuPont Corporation

Herbert Schlosser, former President and CEO of NBC, co-founder of Arts and Entertainment Network and presently Senior Adviser, Communications Group, Global Investment Banking, Citigroup

David Verklin, CEO, Canoe Ventures LLC

The moderator of the panel was writer, editor and media consultant Bill Gloede. Mr. Gloede is the former editor of MediaWeek, Editor & Publisher and Cable World. He writes a monthly column for MediaWeek and contributes to other publications.... (Continue reading)

Open Source for your Mac. Fink binary distribution 0.7.1.

Vienna, 20. September 2004 - The Fink project is proud to announce the

availability of a new binary distribution, version 0.7.1

This release contains:

Over 1650 pre-compiled packages including:

Binaries for KDE 3.1.4

Binaries for GNOME 2.4

Improved documentation from the Fink website including translations

into French, Japanese and simplified Chinese.

Various speed and feature improvements to the package manager fink

including the addition of a versatile Variants system.... (Continue reading)

YesDirect Expands Dominant Domain Leadership Position through Acquisition of 32,000 ".com" Domains from Exclusive Domains, Inc.

BuyDomains (http://www.buydomains.com), a division of YesDirect, Inc., today announced the acquisition of 32,000 ".com" domain names, increasing the company's industry leading portfolio size to greater than 600,000 high performance domain names.

The acquired one and two word domains are concentrated in the lucrative advertising verticals of finance, travel, education, and recruitment. Additionally, the 32,000 domain addition consists exclusively of coveted one and two word ".com" domains.

"Expanding YesDirect' 00004000 s portfolio of domain names meaningfully increases YesDirect's small business and consumer product offerings", said Jeffrey S. Bennett, YesDirect's President and CEO. "We are pleased to combine Exclusive Domains' and YesDirect's portfolios and become the first business in the world to offer our customers more than 600,000 domain names from which to build their online presence." Edward LaHood, ThoughtSpeed LLC Managing Partner and President of Exclusive Domains commented, "Combining domain portfolios with YesDirect creates a small business marketing powerhouse. No other business is able to match the domain breadth of choice now available to the SME marketplace. Furthermore, this domain placement delivers a compelling return to ThoughtSpeed investors."... (Continue reading)

Screen Solutions Inc Releases Plissé Retractable Screens to National Market

After a thorough research and development phase, which began in 2004, Plissé retractable screens are now available in the United States. Screen Solutions Inc is the first to offer this popular European design of retractble screens for both doors and windows to American homeowners.

With cooling costs at an all time high, everyone would welcome savings to their energy bill. Screen Solutions Inc recently calculated the potential energy savings of using retractable screens in the spring and fall to let in cool nighttime air, then closing the windows during the day to trap that air in. The calculation, based on an actual homeowners experience in Sun City, Texas, demonstrated a potential annual savings in excess of $270 -- more than the cost of a single Plissé retractable screen. This report, Screen Use and Air-conditioning, can be viewed in detail on the Screen Solutions Inc website at http://www.usscreens.com. In addition, because the Plissé is designed to function properly even if left closed all of the time, unlike traditional retractable screens, it is a much more effective device for energy savings.... (Continue reading)

Marketo Pay Per Click and Landing Page Solutions Available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange

Marketo, which provides affordable, easy-to-use marketing automation software that helps B2B marketing professionals drive revenue and improve accountability, today announced the availability of Marketo Search Marketing for salesforce.com's AppExchange.

Marketo Search Marketing optimizes the entire process of generating business leads using PPC search engine marketing - from keyword management to bid optimization to landing page creating and testing. Integrated with salesforce.com's on-demand platform, Marketo's pay per click and landing page solutions are immediately available for demo and deployment on the AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?id=a03300000036R4JAAU.... (Continue reading)

Prime Time Boxing Franchise Announces New Agreement with Everlast Worldwide

(PRWEB) March 7, 2008 - Prime Time Boxing Franchise, Inc. has just reached an agreement with Everlast Worldwide. This agreement between Prime Time Boxing Franchise and Everlast will add an iconic brand to the franchises across the nation as well as to the Prime Time boxing certification program offered to large fitness chains. This comes at a great time when the fitness industry is welcoming true authentic boxing as a great means to get fit.

Founded by Cary Williams-Nunez and Angelo Nunez, Prime Time Boxing offers sport specific training for adults and children which is used for cross training and or fitness. They were the creators of the "boxing class" in traditional boxing gyms and have since created "boxing camps" which utilized a lot of the training that goes into a legitimate professional training camp for boxers. Prime Time Boxing also offers boxing equipment and athletic apparel.... (Continue reading)

IGLOO Software Wins Red Herring Top 50 Award

IGLOO Software, an emerging leader in corporate social networking (CSN), today announced it has been named by Red Herring as one of Canada's most innovative and promising companies. Placing on the Red Herring Top 50, IGLOO provides organizations big and small with the ability to share information and network in an easy-to-use Web 2.0 community environment. Leveraging an established suite of online tools, IGLOO is changing how organizations approach content management, collaboration and social networking while increasing employee visibility across the company.... (Continue reading)

Deltek Partners with mySBX to Enable Government Contractors to Connect and Collaborate in New and Innovative Ways

Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused organizations, today announced that it will be sponsoring two on-line communities within the mySBX destination portal to help Government contractors connect, collaborate and share information and opportunities to enable their businesses to grow.

Built to meet the varied demands and needs of small government contractors, mySBX is a destination portal that will enable users to grow their businesses, find new opportunities and access content specifically built for their industry. Enabled by a first-of-its-kind collaborative platform, government contractors are able to partner, share information, exchange billable opportunities and access valuable insight into best-of-breed vendors and services.... (Continue reading)

ePharmacySuperStore.com Adds 101 New Medicines to Their Discount Medicine Product Line

ePharmacySuperStore.com (www.ePharmacySuperStore.com) today has announced it has just added 101 new medicines to their discount medicine product line. These new medicines include top selling medicines such as the antibiotic Amoxicillin, as well as the anti-viral Tamiflu.

This marks the largest increase to the ePharmacySuperStore.com discount medicine product line to date. The new medicines will allow the company to provide discount medicines to more customers across the country.

"We have one of the most extensive sets of non-controlled products available online, and we are committed to adding more products all the time. Our approach is simple, keep and hold prices down on the most popular medicines, and ship them fast," said Vice President of Marketing Michael Martin.... (Continue reading)

GetSmart.com Provides Top 5 Tips to Make Sure You Choose the Right Mortgage

Getting ready to purchase a home? Now is the time to research all of your mortgage options. There are many products to choose from so it's important to research and make sure you find the right loan for you. Here are some tips, brought to you by GetSmart.com, to ensure you find the mortgage that is perfect for you:

1) Fixed Rate or Adjustable Rate Mortgage - A fixed rate mortgage is a loan that has a fixed interest rate that locks in for the life of the loan. By contrast, with an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), the interest rate can go up or down based on a pre-determined schedule. In order to determine which product may be best for you, you need to know how long you plan on being in the home and what your risk tolerance is for rising interest rates. Both will help you determine which product suits your lifestyle and fits your housing needs.... (Continue reading)

Global Beauty Survey Finds One Quarter of Americans Would Have Plastic or Cosmetic Surgery to Improve Their Looks

While 77% of Americans say that beauty is primarily about non-physical attributes, almost half would change something about their looks if they could, according to a recent survey by global market research firm Synovate.

Synovate recently tackled a range of beauty issues in a global survey of over 7,000 people in nine countries, included 500 people in the United States. The survey asked people to spill their beauty secrets ... how do people define beauty? Where do people from different cultures see themselves on the beauty scale? And would they want to do anything to change their looks?... (Continue reading)

Outskirts Press Announces a Small World, the Latest Highly-Anticipated Fiction/ Literary Book from West Palm Beach, FL author Walter Mann

Outskirts Press, Inc. has published A Small World by Walter Mann, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 5 x 8 Paperback in the Fiction/ Literary category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $16.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/asmallworld was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.



About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

This novel portrays a world of privilege with wit and poignant economy. At its center is a woman who rises from humble beginnings to lend glamor to that world when, despite misgivings, she marries into a newspaper dynasty dominated by a capricious magnate. Her destiny takes her to Manhattan, to a society in Long Island that illustrates her belief that the rich have never lived so riotously as during the Depression and to a bizarre castle in California. During World War II, she goes as a correspondent to London where she has her only rewarding relationship with a man who is younger than herself, and later to Paris when she abandons her husband. It is in this city that, after several disillusioning affairs, that her life ends with her recognition that the world, which had once seemed immense with promise, is no bigger than a hotel room.

Deftly constructed at 644 pages, A Small World is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Fiction/ Literary category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, A Small World meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $16.95.... (Continue reading)

Stevia Now Available Online at Efoodpantry.com to Help Consumers Sweeten their Diets Naturally While Cutting Calories

Efoodpantry.com is now offering a variety of Stevia products, a natural, no-calorie sweetening alternative that is 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. Stevia is ideal for consumers looking to decrease or eliminate sugar in the diet without skimping on taste.

Made from the leaves of a South American plant, Stevia has been used safely for centuries by the natives of Paraguay. Stevia products are now finding their way into the kitchens of millions of consumers worldwide, including the United States.... (Continue reading)

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise and FDA Module Selected By Genzyme

BlueCielo ECM Solutions, a leading global software company offering Engineering Content Management (ECM) solutions, announced today that Genzyme Corporation, one of the world's foremost biotechnology companies, has chosen BlueCielo to implement and validate its innovative ECM solution, InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise and the FDA Module, at four of the company's worldwide locations. These locations include Framingham, MA, USA; Suffolk, United Kingdom; Waterford, Ireland and Geel, Belgium. Genzyme continues to demonstrate its leadership by implementing sophisticated technology that will take it to new levels of efficiency and compliance. The FDA Module provides the technical controls related to compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 for their engineering drawings.... (Continue reading)

Zionsville Gains Another Fine Choice For Evening Dining: Brick Street Inn Cafe Adds Dinner Menu to Its Repertoire

The Brick Street Inn of Zionsville, Indiana, announced they are expanding the Brick Street Inn Café service to include a full dinner menu beginning November 6, 2005.The new addition of dinner will feature "The Innkeeper Specialties,” steak and seafood. A Prime Rib entrée will be featured on Sunday’s. The Menu also includes wine, beer and appetizer selections.

Along with the Brick Street Inn Café, the Inn has luxury guest rooms, meeting rooms with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, a fitness room and Dahlias Linens & Luxuries Boutique. Since reopening, the Café has been serving breakfast and lunch, along with gourmet desert and coffee beverages.

“Many people have asked us about serving dinner,” said General Manager Roxanne Blackwell. “So we are pleased to have put developed a menu we think will satisfy a wide range of tastes.” Ms. Blackwell added, “We also have put together a selection of appetizers, so it will make a nice place for dinner or just a destination place to relax with a glass of wine and appetizer.”... (Continue reading)

Hotelein.com Breaks the Deal with the Telenor Asset in Court

The agreement was signed by Everfield Capital UK - the owner of online hotel reservation websites, and Miratech UK - one of the software development leaders with the Ukrainian back office as a general contractor.

In November, 2007 Miratech engaged to develop software for the online travel agency (like Expedia, Orbitz, Opodo) - the first to the market in Ukraine and CIS countries. In October, 2008 after several months of disputes on functional biases and non-observance of contract terms dissatisfied customer shut the deal in the Court.

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The representative of EC UK, Ivan Kovpak indicates first of all reputational problem for European shareholders - since 2008 Miratech is acquired to Telenor and EDB Business Partner Corporation. As to Ivan, main shareholders could call for submissions their Ukrainian asset and settle down the conflict formed because of non-observance of the international commercial law.... (Continue reading)

Act Sooner Rather Than Later If You Want PPI to Pay Out Says Burgess

People dithering over whether to buy redundancy protection must act sooner rather than later or they may end up with cover that won't pay out should they lose their job, warns Payment Protection Insurance lobbyist Sara-Ann Burgess from specialist firm Burgesses.

Sara-Ann Burgess, MD Burgesses

She explains, "Although PPI, or redundancy cover as it's often referred to, is freely available to anyone who wants to buy it, claims will be rejected from people whose employer announces redundancies before the policy is taken out or up to four months after purchase. Even if specific job cuts aren't identified, insurers will rule that the employee was 'at risk' of redundancy and therefore ineligible to claim."... (Continue reading)