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Online Guest Book Created for Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. by Legacy.com

To mark the passing of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Legacy.com has created a Guest Book where friends, family members and admirers can offer their condolences.

The Guest Book for Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy insider who helped define mainstream liberalism during the Cold War, is available at http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?ID=GB86658349, and through the obituary sections of Legacy.com’s 350 newspaper affiliates.

Legacy.com (www.legacy.com) posted Guest Books for almost 1 million Americans last year, including well known figures such as Rosa Parks, whose Guest Book drew notes from more than 45,000 admirers.... (Continue reading)

Mediabids.com Featured in Larry Chase's Web Digest for Marketers

Mediabids.com was included in the August 18, 2005, issue of Larry Chase's Web Digest for Marketers (WDFM) as a top internet marketing tool. The listing for Mediabids.com can be found on the WDFM Website under the Media Buying Resources section http://www.wdfm.com/publish/media_buying/media_buying3.htm

Mediabids facilitates the buying and selling of display ads in print publications online from your website or www.mediabids.com - Over 2,200 newspapers and magazines have registered for the service thus far. They reach more than 6,000 registered advertisers from across the country. Registration and membership are free.... (Continue reading)

Monitoring Your Employees Computer Activity Saves Money and Increases Profits

Computer Monitoring Software (http://www.computer-monitoring.com) is proud to announce the latest release of its award winning employee monitoring software, NetVizor, allowing businesses to secretly monitor all computer and Internet activities of every employee on their network.

With NetVizor installed, businesses now have the power to record and log all keystrokes, websites visited, emails sent/received, windows opened, applications ran, chat/instant message conversations, Internet connections made, software installed, print jobs executed, and even capture actual screenshots of any computer in use on the network. All of this is available remotely, in real-time, from one central location. Sit at your desk and view the activities of any computer or employee for the entire company from the convenience of your own desk!... (Continue reading)

New Website to Vent, Post and Exchange Auction Experiences

e-Powersellers of Oregon has opened a new 100% free website www.baytard.com. The purpose of Baytard is simple it is a website dedicated to share your baytarded experience with online auctions, auction sellers and auction bidders in an open blog style website.

Registration take less than 10-seconds and users can post immediately. Baytard allows people to post images & graphics, links and websites, text and tomes, posting is open to everything web related except personal data.

“We want a place where people can post, vent, preach, and make fun of the internet and more importantly poke fun at online auctions.” Say e-Powersellers Founder Craig Solomon, “We deal with Baytards day in and day out and sadly sometimes we are a little Baytarded ourselves. How often we hear excuses from bidders who say they can’t pay or did not bid on the item, blame their kids, or a virus that bidded on the auction, we even heard from a seller who told us a bidder could not pay due to an emergency leg transplant. That bidder is a real Baytard!”... (Continue reading)

New Industry Measure Report Looks at the Present and Future of New Media Marketing

The Industry Measure today released its special report, "The Multichannel Mix--Creatives: The Role of Print, Web, Wireless, and Other Platforms in Today's New Media Environment" which provides a detailed overview of the new media landscape as it applies to ad agencies, graphic designers, corporate design departments, and commercial photographers. The 147-page report examines the vast proliferation of new (and newer) media technologies and platforms and provides a critical analysis of where graphic design and production professionals have been focusing their energies, where they have not, and where they will likely need to in the next 12 to 18 months.... (Continue reading)

Royal Caribbean International Names New Senior Vice President, Marketing

Royal Caribbean International has named Betsy O'Rourke senior vice president of Marketing. O'Rourke will be responsible for all aspects of the cruise line's marketing program, including brand strategy and positioning, consumer and trade advertising, web and loyalty marketing, research, brand development and communications. She will report directly to Adam Goldstein, Royal Caribbean International President and CEO.

"We are delighted to have Betsy join our team," said Goldstein. "With the upcoming launch of Oasis of the Seas and so many other exciting initiatives on the immediate horizon, we feel that Betsy's impressive history of creativity and proven results will continue the momentum of innovation the brand has created," said Goldstein.... (Continue reading)

SaveDaily Names New Marketing Executive to Expand Reach

SaveDaily Incorporated today announced the appointment of James Nickles to a newly created position, Chief Marketing Officer, designed to lead and expand SaveDaily’s reach into the qualified investment arena, health savings accounts, and other non-qualified record keeping verticals. The new position, which reports to Jeff Mahony, President and Chief Executive Officer, is the latest addition to the SaveDaily management team as the company restructures key personnel to better position itself in its established lines of business.... (Continue reading)

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Leverages ID90.COM to Fill Distressed Inventory, Increase RevPAR

Although occupancy around the world is on the rise, most hotels still have room for growth and Inter-Continental Hotels Group is taking advantage of niche markets like airline employees to fill this gap.

Recognized by over 140 airlines around the world, ID90.COM is helping InterContinental Hotels Group reach the millions of airline employees who travel frequently and normally at the last minute.

"Often overlooked by hoteliers, airline employees and their eligible family members are the world's most flexible frequent flyers traveling on a moments notice, and in many cases yielding a higher average daily rate (ADR) than other distribution channels", Tristan Schukraft, Managing Director of ID90.COM explains. "As a result, the individual hotels, as well as all the international hotel brands are refocusing their marketing efforts to take advantage of this lucrative market".... (Continue reading)

6 Things to Know About Credit Insurance Scores

Insurance companies use certain credit-related criteria to evaluate which drivers are most likely to have accidents -- and Bills.com president Ethan Ewing explains to consumers how insurance credit scores work.

Three major credit reporting agencies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion - each report consumer credit scores, generally based on a formula designed by the Fair Isaac Corporation. Credit scores, which range between 300 and 850, are calculated using mathematical methods that incorporate credit history, amount of credit used and available, number of late and on-time payments, whether any payments due are in default, and other variables.... (Continue reading)

Webcast: Merchandising Your Hotel Online

Online Hotel Merchandising - including visual presentations, providing easy-to-use and portable formats, and creating positive tangential relations with social networking sites--can have an incredible impact on bookings.

VFM Leonardo is the Official Sponsor of this Webcast on Merchandising Your Hotel Online

Click here to register for this event.

In today's market, it's important for hoteliers to:

Learn more about the fickle and ever-evolving online travel shopper, especially their needs and expectations, before merchandising your products.

Learn how to best play in the online marketplace with offerings that reflect value to consumers as well as the unique selling features of your properties.

Learn how using various forms of rich media to develop an engaging story can serve to differentiate any hotel from its competition--both on your own Web sites as well as social networks and those of third-party intermediaries.

This is the first of a three-part series of complimentary Webcasts, in which hoteliers can learn more about how enhanced Web sites with quality images and virtual tours improve the research experience and generate bookings. Also, learn how to best promote yourself properly on social sites as well as partners operating third-party booking sites.... (Continue reading)

AP9 Business Max Arms Small Business Owners With Strategies to Improve Employee Retention

Broad-stroked perception amongst workers and employers these days is the employees are not as loyal as they used to be, reports AP9 Business Max. Some studies indicate that up to 75 percent of all employees would, with the right inducement, leave their current employer. The Department of Labor reported that voluntary employee turnover increased to 20.2 percent last year.

So how’s a small business owner with limited resources able to compete against major corporations for employee loyalty during a competitive landscape? AP9 BusinessMax, a savings program designed especially for small business owners, reminds entrepreneurs that smaller companies are inherently more flexible than process-burdened corporate entities -- and it’s often the “soft” employee benefits that will turn your staff into loyal (and happy) employees.... (Continue reading)

Greenplum Closes $27M Series C Financing, Appoints Two Top Execs

Greenplum, a leading provider of database software for business intelligence, today announced that it has closed a $27 million round of financing led by Meritech Capital Partners, a leading provider of late-stage venture capital to premier information technology companies that has previously backed market leaders such as 2Wire, BigBand Networks, Facebook, Riverbed, Salesforce.com, TeleAtlas and NetSuite. This current round of funding also includes strategic investments from Sun Microsystems and SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG. The new funds will be used to continue development of Greenplum's groundbreaking database, as well as to expand the company's sales and marketing efforts and grow its global market share in the $20 billion database market.... (Continue reading)

Rechler Equity Partners Signs Over 261,000 SF in New Transactions - Long Island's Industrial Market Shows Resiliency in First Quarter 2009

In contrast to Long Island's office market, the region's industrial and flex-space sector remained fairly strong during the first quarter of 2009. Indicative of this sector's continued strength, Rechler Equity Partners, the largest owner and operator of industrial real estate on Long Island, signed more then 261,000 square feet in lease transactions during the first three months of the year. The announcement was made by Mitchell Rechler of Rechler Equity Partners.

During the first part of 2009 the company signed 14 new lease and renewal deals, bringing total occupancy within its six million-square-foot portfolio to 94 percent. Highlighting this robust activity are a number of high profile deals, including:... (Continue reading)

Unpredictable Markets, High Food Price Volatility to Feature at IFAD Governing Council

Against a backdrop of volatile food prices and deepening global recession, 164 Member States of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will meet in Rome next week for the Governing Council (GC).

The annual meeting will feature keynote statements by the Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, Giulio Tremonti, and the Brazilian Minister of Planning, Budget and Management, Paulo Bernardo Silva. A highlight of the Governing Council will be Round Tables addressing issues of food price volatility, climate change, and access to land. The Governing Council will also elect a new IFAD President.... (Continue reading)

Hot Italian Sports Cars, Hot Italian Sausage Meet in Dallas West End

The Italian Club of Dallas has partnered with the Dallas West End Association to host the second annual Italian festival in the historic Dallas West End from noon till 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13. Details:

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008

Time: Noon - 9 p.m.

Location: Dallas West End, extending on Market Street from the West End DART rail station to Munger

Official Name: Lamborghini Dallas & Boardwalk Maserati Present Syracuse Sausage Italian Festival in the West End

Entertainment: Two stages with continuous entertainment; live music by local bands, including King Creole; traditional Italian dance and cultural entertainment, Spaghetti Warehouse spaghetti eating contest, Italian fashion show

Car Shows: Lamborghini Dallas & Boardwalk Maserati Car Show, Italian Car Club of the Southwest Vintage Car Show

Family Friendly: Plenty of activities for kids of all ages, including bounce castles, face painters, puppeteers, crafts, Segway tours, carriage rides, and more surprises to comeGreyhound Rescue: Petropolitan's Pooch & Pet Parade benefiting the Italian Greyhound Rescue (adoption center at festival)

Food & Beverage: West End restaurants, along with other DFW Italian eateries, will offer ethnic and Italian favorites including sausage sandwiches, pizza, pasta, Italian ice and other Italian specialties

Parking: Multiple lots on Houston (one block West of the event); several on Lamar (one street East), as well as a large and secure parking garage at the corner of Lamar and McKinney (1½ blocks northeast of the event). Valet parking is available at the corner of Market and Ross for $3.00.

The Italian festival is the third in a year-long series of block party celebrations in the West End this year. Previous festivals for St. Patrick's Day in March and Cinco de Mayo in May drew good crowds. The West End also hosted the 2008 Trinity River Fiesta 4th of July Festival, followed by A Taste of Dallas.... (Continue reading)

Forensic Commission Certifies LeadAmerica Youth Leadership Conference

High school students attending the Congressional Student Leadership Conference on Forensic Science will receive certification by The Commission on Forensic Education. The students receiving certification by the Commission on Forensic Education are recognized as having a core set of skills necessary to be successful as future academicians and professionals in the forensic community.

Certification of students completing the CSLC on Forensic Science recognizes that students have attained a general understanding of forensic science and crime scene investigation, developed higher level critical thinking skills and established an awareness of important leadership aspects including team building, communication, decision making, and conflict negotiation.... (Continue reading)

This America Recycles Day Help Law Enforcement by Donating Your Old Cell Phone

- Hundreds of law enforcement and victim services agencies nationwide operate emergency cell phone programs which provide emergency mobile communications to senior citizens and victims of abuse.

Through their partnership with the 911 Cell Phone Bank these agencies receive emergency cell phones as needed, along with cash which assists them in funding community based programs aimed at helping seniors and victims of abuse.

Agencies collect cell phones from their community and send them to the 911 Cell Phone Bank where they are processed and valued. The cash value of the donated cell phones is then paid to the agency and emergency cell phones are made available on an as needed basis.... (Continue reading)

NodorO™ Goes Global -- Synerfied Healthcare Forms Partnership To End Male Genital Odors Worldwide

Synerfied Healthcare reached an agreement on Thursday with a private investment firm to bring NodorO™ to the international market, after sales spiked soon after its launch a week ago. NodorO™'s brand was specifically created to remove and prevent MGO (Male Genital Odors) and can be obtained immediately without a prescription exclusively on ismellperfect.com. NodorO™ is a safe and effective OTC (Over The Counter) medicated cream developed in accordance with an FDA approved monograph.

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Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Issues Annual Report

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, the leading nonprofit aimed at finding a cure for the 1.4 million Americans living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, chronic and painful digestive diseases, today announced that its 2008 Annual Report, Voices of Progress is available at http://www.ccfa.org/about/annual_report.

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America logo

The 2008 fiscal year was a watershed year for the Foundation as it reached new fundraising and research milestones. Over $15.5 million was invested in research this year, roughly two and a half times what the Foundation allocated only a couple of years ago. This allowed the Foundation to fund 53 research projects, an excellent accomplishment in what continues to be a financially challenging environment. The report 00004000 shows how donated funds are being well spent in support of the organization's research and other key initiatives.... (Continue reading)

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Goes Higher, Farther and Faster with the New Premier II

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today launched the newest member of its legendary family of capable, comfortable, reliable and efficient jets—the new Beechcraft Premier II light business jet. Evolving from the highly successful Premier IA, the Premier II will feature higher cruise speeds, a 20 percent longer range with four passengers and an increased payload while still offering the largest cabin and most technologically advanced single-pilot business jet in the world.

“For 75 years, our company has been on the forefront of private and business jet aviation,” said Jim Schuster, Hawker Beechcraft chairman and CEO. “The Beechcraft Premier II will redefine the light jet market and take it to a new level in meeting customer expectations. With its unmatched performance and efficiency, impressively spacious cabin and advanced technology, the Premier II is a natural choice for business and private travelers who want to travel in comfort and get to their destination quickly.”... (Continue reading)