Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott Wins Own Bounty Tournament -- Again! DevilfishPoker.com Doubles This Week's Bounty & Prizepool

AudioForBooks.com, Which Provides Visitors with Largest Online Audio Book Selection, Adds New Resources to Website

It may still be in its infancy on the Net, but AudioForBooks.com is setting the pace by which other like sites follow, providing an arsenal of new tools and resources that, when added with the large selection of audio books and membership and download options, provides site visitors with a full experience.

Saving time, money and frustration by helping users quickly and easily tap into affordable used books on eBay, and linking directly to Apple.com where the Apple iPod and iPhone can be purchased with just a quick click of a mouse and used to listen to audio books on-the-go, AudioForBooks.com provides users with options that simply don't exist elsewhere on a single site.... (Continue reading)

Polished Social Image Consultants Featured in TLC's "A Makeover Story"

Samantha von Sperling, Director of Polished Social Image Consultants has been asked to take part in TLC's A Makeover Story. The show airing September 23rd, 2004 at 3:30 pm, will help transform twin sisters, who are "Police officers learning the law of fashion". Mrs. von Sperling has been brought in as an etiquette consultant to teach the women how to be more feminine when they are not on the job. Mrs. von Sperling is proud of her work and of the acclaim that has begun to come her way.

Mrs. von Sperling believes Polished is an idea whose time has come. "America's passion for makeovers is evident in the wealth of new reality TV shows devoted to the subject. At Polished I am a firm believer in enhancing the attributes each client has within themselves. This creates lasting changes as opposed to quick fixes. Polished prides itself on offering a more holistic approach than purveyors of any one service can offer -- and our client's accolades are a testament to our success."... (Continue reading)

CyberDefenderFREE 2.0 All-free Internet Security Suite Launches

Security developer CyberDefender Corporation today launched CyberDefenderFREE(tm) 2.0, an upgrade to the popular first version, a free anti-spyware program. CyberDefenderFREE adds virus, spam and phishing support, making it an all-free Internet security suite that provides rapid detection and protection against the latest fast-moving online security threats. CyberDefenderFREE takes advantage of the company's patent-pending earlyNETWORK(tm), the world's first client-to-client distributed system for security updates, which achieves significantly earlier detection and immunization on PCs, while also working in conjunction with other security software.... (Continue reading)

InsureMe Offers Tips for Avoiding Identity Fraud

Identity theft, one of the fastest-growing and most invasive crimes in our country, now touches the lives of one in five consumers. It rips away its victims' security, shakes their confidence and, worst of all, leaves them psychologically and financially paralyzed.

InsureMe, the leading online insurance source connecting shoppers and providers, wants to help consumers protect their "personally identifiable information" (PII) and avoid this senseless crime.

The company recommends keeping personal information safe by:... (Continue reading)

3FN.marketing Addresses Needs of the Work-from-Home Affiliates

3FN.marketing conducted a research and discovered that the majority of its affiliates work from home full time and are able to have a decent living by generating sufficient revenues from the affiliate activities. The research also helped to find out that the tendency of working home gives a significant impulse that changes the attitude to work bringing more satisfaction and happiness in the process. The work-from-home model is widely accepted as a good alternative to a traditional workplace.

"All affiliates participated in the research were very pleased with the quality of services provided by 3FN.marketing. Therefore, we strongly believe if you want to succeed in this business, it is very sensible to listen to your affiliates' needs," says Dean McToner, the 3FN.marketing spokesman. "We are not only giving our affiliate the opportunity to have extra money, we also target at helping them to improve their personal achievements and the level of confidence."... (Continue reading)

Eduventures Adds Senior Staff to its Education Services and Student Affairs Practices: Jane Smalec and Lisa Famularo Bring Significant Experience and Knowledge to Eduventures

To meet the needs of Eduventures' ever-growing service offerings for the higher education community, Eduventures is pleased to announce the addition of Jane Smalec, former Chief Financial Officer at Kaplan University, and Lisa Famularo, former Manager of the Social and Government Research Group at TNS, to Eduventures' consulting and research staff.

Jane brings 20-plus years of domestic and international experience to Eduventures. She served in finance, financial and accounting operations, and strategy development roles at such organizations as MedVance Institute, Kaplan University and McKinsey & Co. As Senior Consultant for Eduventures Education Services, Jane will help colleges and universities solve complex global problems including evaluating new and existing on-campus and online programs, improving marketing effectiveness and guiding institutions to organize for and launch online higher education programs.... (Continue reading)

Nintendo Of Canada Launches GetUpAndPlay.ca - An Online Resource for Parents

Nintendo of Canada Ltd, today launched GetUpandPlay.ca - a site designed to provide parents with fun and healthy ways to encourage active family game-time. Complete with monthly game challenges, online invites, Wii™ party planning tips and customized game information for parents, the site offers support and information for the entire family.

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Nintendo has redefined video-gaming to make it accessible and enjoyable for every Canadian with the innovative Wii and Nintendo DS™ systems. "Gaming together at multi-generational family gatherings is one of the strongest trends we are seeing in Canada," said Ron Bertram, vice president and general manager, Nintendo of Canada. "From first graders to grandma, Wii not only increases activity levels it also works out skills like hand-eye coordination and agility. With the introduction of GetupandPlay.ca, Nintendo of Canada has created a site that encourages this healthy trend and family interaction - something that can benefit every member of the household."... (Continue reading)

Ohio Children 'Read for the Record' and Raise Awareness About Early Education Crisis

The beloved children's classic - the story of the teddy bear Corduroy - took center stage as Ohio children and volunteers from Pearson, the world's leading education publisher, joined readers of all ages to make history in Jumpstart's third annual Read for the Record® on Oct. 2nd. The campaig 317 n created the world's largest shared reading experience, while breaking the record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day all across America. With entries still being tabulated today from all 50 states, Ohio has helped create a new world reading record.... (Continue reading)

Q3 2008 Nevada Foreclosure Report Released by RealtyStore.com Default notices in Nevada up 109% over Q3 2007

RealtyStore (www.realtystore.com), the nation's leading provider of foreclosure listings, released its quarterly Nevada Foreclosure Report.

RealtyStore.com recorded 20,190 notices of default (NODs) and 14,361 auction notices statewide for Q3 2008. This was a 109% and 187% increase respectively from those recorded in Q3 2007. An NOD is filed by the lending institution, when a homeowner falls behind on mortgage payments. NODs provide important information about which homeowners have home loans they cannot afford. An auction notice, also known as a Notice of Trustee Sale (NTS), is filed by the lending institution when a homeowner fails to cure their default. This is the second stage of foreclosure where the lender formally records its intent to sell the property through a public auction.... (Continue reading)

Up to 60 Percent Savings in Accor's New Asia Pacific City Super Sale

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Hotel rates in 27 cities across 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region are being reduced in Accor Hotels' new City Super Sale - running between Tuesday, 23 June and Monday, 29 June 2009.

Travellers will be able to take advantage of savings of up to 60% when they book online between 23 and 29 June 2009, for stays between 10 July and 30 September 2009.

Over 250,000 room nights will be on sale, with rates starting as low as US$25 per night.... (Continue reading)

Alliant Energy Corporation Signs ELA with ESRI

Redlands, California-- Alliant Energy Corporation has signed a three-year enterprise license agreement (ELA) with ESRI that will provide unlimited deployments of current ESRI geographic information system (GIS) software. Alliant is an investor-owned public utility company that provides regulated electric and natural gas service to approximately 1 million electric and 400,000 natural gas customers in the states of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The agreement will simplify GIS software procurement and administration, make budget management more efficient, and facilitate software distribution to staff throughout the utility.... (Continue reading)

iSnare's New Publisher Service, Allowing Publishers to Earn Even While They Sleep

iSnare.com, being one of the leaders in providing free content articles to thousands of publishers worldwide, has finally launched its new Publisher Service to enable publishers to accept articles automatically via HTTP Post method.

The key in iSnare's new Publisher Service is that publishers can finally receive the content in raw, both in html and text formats. Allowing the publishers to stream those content into their own in-house scripts to process it straight to their sites and ezines more, for profits day and night.... (Continue reading)

Leverage the Psychological Effects of Color to Improve Your Advertising and Promotional Efforts

Color is light and light is energy. According to Pantone, an internationally recognized color authority, scientists have found that actual physiological changes take place in human beings when they are exposed to certain colors. Colors can stimulate, excite, depress, tranquilize, increase appetite and create a feeling of warmth or coolness.

Although red, yellow and orange are in general considered high-arousal colors, and blue, green and most violets are low-arousal hues, the brilliance, darkness or lightness of a color can alter the psychological message. While a light blue-green evokes tranquility, a brilliant turquoise—often associated with a lush tropical ocean setting—has a more stimulating effect. The psychological association of a color is often more meaningful than the actual visual experience.... (Continue reading)

Supply Chain Collaboration Essential for Eco-Friendly Logistics Operations SCALA Consulting Annual Logistics Debate

More environmentally logistics strategies and operations will come -- but this will be as a result of consumer pressure and will require collaboration between supply chain partners and a culture of trust. This was the key message which emerged from the SCALA Consulting Annual Logistics Debate. The debate, "Will environmental issues force logisticians to think the unthinkable?" was held on July 12th in association with the West midlands CILT (UK).

The speakers from a retailer, food manufacturer, logistics service provider and Friends of the Earth, were:... (Continue reading)

Shamoon College of Engineering in Israel Opens American Office -- College Helps Fill Engineering Shortage in South Israel

The American Friends of Sami Shamoon College of Engineering in Beer Sheva and Ashdod, Israel , has opened its first American office, at 5 West 36th Street in New York City. Douglas Stern, President of AFSSCE remarked, "With the leadership of our new Executive Vice President, veteran fundraiser Joshua Karlin, we are creating a high profile Executive Committee in the Northeast United States to raise $12 million by 2012." This will finance Shamoon's 130% planned increase in student enrollment from 3,000 to 7,000, Stern explained.... (Continue reading)

MicroFour, Inc. Announces PracticeStudio® Mailroom. Designed for Faxing and Email management of EMR Documents and Prescriptions

MicroFour, Inc., a leader in practice management systems and electronic medical record (EMR) design, announced recently a new add-on feature, called Mailroom, for its PracticeStudio® ChartPower® EMR system. The new add-on provides a stand-alone solution for faxing and e-mailing EMR documents and prescriptions from within PracticeStudio® without requiring any third-party products.

Mailroom consists of two integrated components that are installed on the PracticeStudio user desktop PCs throughout the network. The first component is a Fax" printer driver that is automatically installed on every PC. From within PracticeStudio® (or any other Windows application), any report (including EMR documents) or specialized forms, like prescriptions, may be directed to the Fax" printer. This component takes the contents of the report or document and produces a fax" image.... (Continue reading)

Insightra Medical, Inc. Gains FDA clearance for the Most Complete Range of 7Fr Intra Aortic Balloon (IAB) Catheters

Insightra Medical Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Irvine, California, markets the most complete range of 7Fr IAB catheters in sizes including: 40cc, 35cc, 30cc, 25cc and 20cc, all in a true 7Fr diameter.

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"We want to offer customers product flexibility and a very high level of quality," says Brad Sharp, CEO of Insightra. "The market seems to agree that 7Fr is a big improvement in terms of distal flow, comfort and safety. The key is to deliver that 7Fr benefit to the entire population, and not just those who fit the most popular sizes. That is why we have brought such a complete offering to market."... (Continue reading)

CoVirt Expands MGA Support with Dream Team Experts

CoVirt Inc. (Canada) announced today that two high profile industry experts, Colin Baldwin and Karen Noseworthy, have joined the CoVirt support team and have committed to working exclusively with MGAs using CoVirt’s Internet based agency management system called VirtGate.

Tim Fitzpatrick, President of CoVirt said “Colin Baldwin has a unique expertise and body of knowledge related to Seg Funds and MGAs. Karen Noseworthy has unique expertise in MGA life insurance business operations, broker compensation, and data conversions. Both are former heads of operations for a national account MGA -- Colin was in the wealth management division and Karen in the insurance division. Since then Colin has set up many large MGAs on the FundSERV platform and Karen has worked with many large MGAs to move to the VirtGate platform.”... (Continue reading)

Court Grants Scott+Scott, LLC's Motion to Restrain Refco, Inc. CEO Phillip R. Bennett From Dissipating Personal IPO Proceeds

Scott+Scott, LLC (http://www.scott-scott.com) represents investors in a securities class action filed on October 11, 2005 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Refco, Inc. ("Refco") and other defendants (Case No. 1:05-cv-08663-DC). Refco securities purchasers between August 11, 2005, and October 18, 2005, inclusive (the "Class Period") are putative class members.

On October 31, 2005, based on a motion filed by Scott+Scott on behalf of the investor Class, as well as discussions with counsel for plaintiff and Bennett, the Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") to freeze assets that suspended CEO Phillip R. Bennett ("Bennett") obtained from his Refco stock sales in the Company's August 2005 Initial Public Offering ("IPO"). The TRO is in effect pending an Order to Show Cause hearing scheduled for December 1, 2005, at which time the Court will determine whether or not a more permanent restraining order should be issued maintaining the asset-freeze injunction throughout the pendency of the litigation. Refco filed for bankruptcy protection on October 17, 2005.... (Continue reading)

Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott Wins Own Bounty Tournament -- Again! DevilfishPoker.com Doubles This Week's Bounty & Prizepool

Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott's winning streak continued last week when he won the DevilfishPoker.com weekly bounty tournament. As a result the €250 bounty wasn't claimed and DevilfishPoker.com has added the cash to this week's bounty tournament on Thursday February 19 at 8 p.m. GMT bringing the new bounty on Ulliott's head to €500. In addition, the online poker room has doubled the added money making for a bumper €500 added prize pool.

Devilfish beat 89 players to win the tournament last time and is looking forward to defending his title against all comers this week.... (Continue reading)