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Aurora WDC Presents Next Generation Intelligence Analysis for SLA...

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Dr. Craig Fleisher, Chief Learning Officer at Aurora WDC and former Dean and Professor at U.S. and Canadian graduate schools of business, will lead a complimentary presentation on Tuesday 17 January 2012 for the monthly live webinar of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Competitive Intelligence Division (CID). The session is entitled “Next Generation Intelligence Analysis: Applications, Methods and Processes for Elevating Your Organization's Analytical Capabilities and Integrating with Key Intelligence Topics (KITs).”

The next generation of intelligence analysis looks very different from the analysis done in our organizations over the past several years. Driving forces, including the growing complexity of competitive and environmental factors, the global explosion of data available, and the need for alternative cognitive models have brought intelligence analysis to a tipping point. Dr. Fleisher - known by his peers as the "Dean of Intelligence Analysis" - will discuss how analysis practices and processes have been re-engineered to meet the rapidly changing needs of decision-makers based on more than 15 years of research conducted with hundreds of global organizations. Dr. Fleisher will illustrate the many next generation analysis elements, including the development of structured analytical methodologies that unite key intelligence topics (KITs) with analysis techniques in a framework known as KITs+1™. This session will also focus on collaborative insight mechanics driven by Web 2.0 applications such as wikis, and new models for training and development like Analytical Fitness™, developed by Aurora for use with its own analysts and clients.

As Dr. Fleisher explains, “A good analyst surfs along a continuum between tactical and strategic priorities but we find there are a limited number of techniques that most good analysts use - that number is somewhere between six and eight. However, seasoned analysts will use three dozen or more methods.”

Aurora's founder, Arik Johnson, added, “The problem with KITs is they are almost always misapplied by the intelligence practitioners that are only surface-familiar with them. KITs+1 allows us to dig into which analytic methods align best with each of the three KIT protocols, and have a good understanding where their application starts and ends.”

Dan Mulligan, a faculty member in the Department of Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst, the Pennsylvania college with a world-renowned reputation of developing intelligence professionals for government and business, had more to say about analysis and KITs. “A KIT is not a panacea to solve all of the organization’s issues. A KIT is a specific, focused tasking to accomplish a specific objective.” Mulligan adds, “If we come up with a generic, ambiguous KIT we will have problems applying the appropriate methodology. And we will get to the end of the project, regardless of the methodology used, and have trouble when asking ourselves ‘did this really answer the question?’ One KIT can lead to several projects… we know that intelligence is never 'done' and a good analytic project is going to be the birth of the next project.”

Aurora’s CEO, Derek Johnson, added, “To go from six or eight to as many as three dozen analytical methods takes a lot of training and practice. This is just one example of Craig’s expertise at elevating the analytical capacity of Aurora's clients, as well as our own. We are thrilled to be bringing KITs+1 to SLA's Competitive Intelligence Division to help them perfect the way in which their members align key intelligence topical protocols - Key Marketplace Players, Early Warning, and Strategic Decisions and Issues - with the best analytical methods to enable their businesses to overcome the real-world problems they confront.”

Registration is complimentary and available at:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/355714194

About Aurora WDC

Since 1995 Aurora WDC has provided clients in diverse industries with the intelligence that drives their business, including global research, competitive analysis, market monitoring, training and program consulting, as well as, intelligence systems and software support to elevate decision effectiveness. For more information visit http://www.AuroraWDC.com or call 800-924-4249 to arrange to speak with a reference client who can describe the intelligence results Aurora has produced for their organization.

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Posted in: Analysis,Aurora,Generation,Intelligence,Presents

Monday, February 27, 2012

Enterprise Management Associates adds full time ... as Tracy Corbo

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Enterprise Management Association (EMA), a leading it management research and consulting company today data Tracy Corbo network management principles in the practice area announced that a research analyst. In this role, Tracy is also a related network management topics across a broad range of WAN optimization, while contributing directly to application delivery and specializing in IP address management.

Dan Twing, President and COO EMA at "we EMA management powered by Research Director Jim Frey that network management practice area can see the tremendous growth". "Tracy is in addition to the EMA more breadth and depth in this space, the client is able to provide."

Prior to joining EMA in the two biggest Tracy worked it market research company Gartner and IDC. Both in her capacity as an analyst in the company, she was responsible for market sizing and various predictions markets. She has published numerous reports and has been quoted widely in the media. In terms of suppliers, and competitive research Tracy product marketing worked for digital equipment Corporation in the area of.

"Her decades of experience with the network management space, and EMA Tracy's comprehensive technical real coup for our clients," Frey said. "She has to offer, the value is truly outstanding and team look forward to adding her knowledge and expertise."

Tracy Corbo, view full bio.

About the EMA
Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Association (EMA) and data management technology across the full spectrum deep insights offers the best industry analyst firm. EMA analysts, practical experience, insight into industry best practices, and its unique combination of its customers to achieve their goals, the current and planned vendor solutions take advantage of in-depth knowledge. EMA research, analysis, and business users, IT professionals, and http://www.enterprisemanagement.com or blogs.enterprisemanagement.com in the IT vendor's Enterprise learn more about line consulting services on Twitter or Facebook, you can also follow the EMA.

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Posted in: Associates,Corbo,Enterprise,Management,Tracy

Introducing a line of railroad tie Grapples Rotobec

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Rotobec new rail tie handles attachments is pleased to announce the Rails.

Railway industrial attachment

Heavy duty tie bundles of wrestling
This is a big, heavy duty grapple opening narrower and the railroad tie straight Chin for handling bundle. It is equipped with a large, high-presser Cylinder bundles to create the pressure needed to hold securely

Heavy duty grapple with loose tie
Heavy duty grapple to process of this loose bundles. deigned It works along the wall of the jaw is thin and straight lines and relationships between, you can easily enter.

The rail bed dug in clamshell
This narrow clamshell buckets remove material from the relationship, between the railway bed designed specifically to achieve effective and efficient rail maintenance.

Elite XT loader

This loader to the class of all of the above, the competition itself. It is combined with high precision and smooth lift capacity. Rotation exercise continuous and loader is packed with additional features and accessories. Only thing missing is the excess weight. It was a tough but a very dry; It is almost 20% less than competitors weigh and easy to manage easy transportation for the railroad or truck mounted. In addition, you can use a grapple saw duty to support the clean-up a storm is blowdown.

All of the features, benefits and elite XT loader specifications, click here.

For more technical information about the phone or email, or other Rotobec products.

http://rotobec.com/

Mark Shukla
Sales and Marketing Director
Markshukla (at) gmail (dot) com
424.653. 9019

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Posted in: Grapples,Introducing,railroad,Rotobec

Sunday, February 26, 2012

RAFT Collaborates with NYSCi to Explore Potential in Making, Designing...

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Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), a non-profit organization that has been promoting hands-on interactive learning for 18 years, shared it’s expertise on hands-on teaching methods at the "Design, Make, Play: Growing the next generation of science innovators" workshop held at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCi) January 13-14.

NYSCi in collaboration with O’Reilly Media hosted a two-day workshop last weekend to discuss the potential for making, designing and engineering hands on activities in formal and informal learning environments and to build evidence that these alternative programs engage kids in learning.

The seminar brought together scientists, engineers, technologists, learning science researchers, makers, educators and representatives from federal agencies and educational philanthropies to consider how the do-it-yourself mindset can catalyze innovation in Science, technology, engineering and Math (STEM) education.

Mary Simon, Executive Director and Founder at RAFT, was one of the attendees who explored the connection of Making to education. RAFT, a pioneer in hands-on education since 1994, has always focused on transforming teaching through the use of engaging educational activities that inspire the joy and discovery of learning. Describing her experience at the workshop, Mary Simon says, “It was a great workshop. We want kids to get engaged and excited about the relevance of STEM in their everyday lives and to reduce the dropout rate. We need kids to be 'stoked' about STEM education. This is our focus at RAFT where we make educational concepts fun for kids to learn.”

During the event, participants engaged in project based activities, including design challenges, engineering activities, robotics and making. There was agreement that the culture of schooling is at odds with innovation and that kids need to be empowered with the 21st century skills – critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication.

The weekend ended with a thoughtful discussion on identifying the goals of STEM education and capturing the evidence that these goals are achieved. The workshop contributors also discussed ways to assess learning, looking for evidence of knowledge transfer from one situation to another, content knowledge and the ability to build on ideas.

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Posted in: Collaborates,Designing,Explore,Making,NYSCi,Potential

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Implementing Living Wages Webinar to Be Presented by International...

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In supply chains extending around the world, men and women labor in low-wage jobs, making insufficient income to cover the cost of living. What can responsible businesses do to ensure that workers throughout the supply chain receive living wages? A Webinar presented by the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) and featuring a speaker from Social Accountability International (SAI) will explore the implications of wage levels on the sustainability of communities around the world.

Join Matt Fischer-Daly, Senior Manager at Social Accountability International (SAI) for a discussion on Wednesday January 25 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time (GMT -8) about how businesses can implement living wages in their global supply chains, and the role of certification standards such as SAI's SA8000®. As Senior Manager at SAI, Fischer-Daly manages SAI's development of the SA8000® standard and guidance, complaints management, and impact assessment. He also contributes to national and regional capacity-building programs to create enabling environments for labor rights. As part of the Webinar, Fischer-Daly will feature two case studies from Thailand and Honduras.

The one-hour Webinar, presented by the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), is free to ISSP members and costs just $10 for non-members to participate.

SA8000® is an auditable certification standard based on international workplace norms of International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This standard is the benchmark against which companies and factories measure their performance. Those seeking to comply with SA8000® have adopted policies and procedures that protect the basic human rights of workers.

Fischer-Daly is an international economic policy and human rights specialist with six-years of experience working in international development programs. He has worked for over five years with SAI on capacity-building programs in CAFTA-DR countries, China and India. At SAI, he also manages SA8000® standard development and guidance, complaint management, and impact assessment and contributes to training and new program development. Prior to SAI, Fischer-Daly worked on development and international financial institutions with The Development Group for Alternative Policies (The Development GAP). He earned his BA from University of Michigan and his MA in International Economic Relations from the American University School of International Service. He is fluent in Spanish.

For more information about the Webinar and to register, please visit http://bit.ly/zOF53T.
If you are unable to attend live, please register for the event to receive the recording link to view/listen to later.

About SA International

SAI is one of the world's leading social compliance training organizations, having provided training to over 20,000 people, including factory and farm managers, workers, brand compliance officers, auditors, labor inspectors, trade union representatives and other worker rights advocates. SA8000® certification covers more than 2,600 facilities in 61 countries, across 65 industries, and over 1.5 million employees. Many more workplaces are involved in programs using SA8000®and SAI programs as guides for improvement. SAI's shared vision is of decent work everywhere—sustained by widespread understanding that decent work can secure basic human rights while benefiting business. SAI has promoted workers' right to a living wage since its founding and development of SA8000® in 1997.

About ISSP

The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) is the world's leading professional association for sustainability professionals. ISSP is a member driven association committed to moving the profession of sustainability forward through building strong networks and communities of practice. Formed in 2007, ISSP boasts hundreds of members from every continent in the world. Members share resources, best practices and professional development. Webinars, Webchats, on-line classes, special reports, resource directories, salary surveys, and a professional competency study are just a sampling of the rich content offered to members. For more information about ISSP and its offerings, please visit http://sustainabilityprofessionals.org.

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Posted in: Implementing,International,Living,Presented,Wages,Webinar

EarHero.com development and the world's most secure earphones for runners-for ...

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Users are separated and only their own music, allowing them to focus on sealing the ears, most of which are used to run the earphones. The environment creates a dangerous situation without the ability to hear the sound. EarHero, http://www.earhero.com, the world's most secure earphones. Earhero's exclusive, patent-pending, a product so they never use the ear canal is blocked, a small miniature speakers.

Clinical audiologist and inventor from Matt Murphy and they quarantine the wearer in standard earphones were not safe, because I knew that when their regular earphones ear seal users. sound pressure is likely to have a hearing loss will occur over time.

Murphy pointed out, "If your ear for a period of time after listening to your earphones have a hearing loss or ringing in the chances are good that started. temporary Repeated use can lead to permanent hearing loss ", also known as permanent threshold Shift.

To avoid this problem, while at the same time, the sound of music around them, Murphy, an awareness of the people to keep the product was created. "EarHero earphones do not seal the ear sound pressure release and allow the outside sound entered the ear, so" Murphy explained.

Audiologist, Murphy used product typically found in high end hearing aids and a few prototypes for testing.

After seven years of research and development Earhero. earphone market in recent This product is a small, comfortable, and has good sound quality.

In addition to the outdoor enthusiast market, various United States Government security earHero earphones are currently placed in the Department.

EarHero earphones can be purchased at http://www.earhero.com.

Matt Murphy is a private practice in clinical audiologist Boise Idaho. Matt and his wife Mali audiologists, speech-hearing members of the Association and the United States that was started in 1974, the family business, the owner of the House hearing Audiology clinic, http://www.houseofhearingclinic.com. Fitting a hearing aid specialist testing and the latest technology and matte all hearing needs and is committed to helping the elderly. Matt earHero sales, Inc., http://www.earhero.com is the founder and music to listen to the radio or in a complex environment to maintain a constant awareness that allows the user to a sound that is also the developer of the earHero line of earphones.
Matt is a Matt (at) earhero (dot) com and can be reached via email at.

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Posted in: development,EarHerocom,earphones,runnersfor,secure,worlds

Friday, February 24, 2012

IdentityForge records released the enterprise integration software sales ...

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IdentityForge increase in the fourth quarter of 2011 and our fiscal year, 96% of the sales records in a 76% increase. In addition, 10% by 2011, Identityforge that they increase the size of the global staff.

Chad Cromwell, a founding partner and CTO, says "we can increase the growth properties of this product line, and an amazing partner network and focused marketing approach". "We have more new products and introduced in the next few months as certified integrated solution with the growth and ongoing interest in 2012, expect to see."

Create and IdentityForge the private and public entities around the world, biometric identity management, governance, monitoring, and integrated enterprise modernization solutions and software for the cloud (Advanced adapter).

Advanced identity management and directory services, and rules, the adapter suite and access management software platform for seamless access, real-time data synchronization, bi-directional support. Realizing rapid ROI IdentityForge LDAPv3 gateway, and quickly amp; easy to deploy and to meet compliance, proven ways to help the customers, the industry standard for multiple data platform that provides access to. Our software is the system mainframe, midrange, ERP, cloud, a core component of Enterprise Server operating systems, and many more essential in providing access to the target system.

For more information about pricing or product roadmap, about the partnership contact:
Email: sales (at) identityforge (dot) com,
Visit: http://www.identityforge.com/company/contact
Phone: 678. 266. the inquiry 3399 x 308.

IdentityForge about:
IdentityForge (IdF), identity management, biometrics, and mainframe, midrange, ERP, cloud-based OS and many many more on the target system is a leading provider of solutions for the connector. IdentityForge solution directory services and identity and access management software platform provides support for bi-directional. IdentityForge host-based agent complements identity

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Posted in: enterprise,IdentityForge,integration,records,released,sales,Software

Future-leaning Libertarian, Scott Keller, Announces That He Will Be...

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Scott Keller officially announces that he is seeking the 2012 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination with a liberty and solution-oriented platform, which promises to turn the economy around in 6-12 months, while paring down the size of the Federal government and returning to the American people many of the liberties they have lost over the past eleven years.

He, like Ron Paul, has set forth a plan to end the Federal Reserve. Mr. Keller has promised to lead the effort to return to a sovereign currency, increase autonomy of States and local towns and cities, bring home all troops not in essential roles overseas, and get the Federal government out of the private lives of American Citizens. His positions on issues have consistently been in favor of solutions that minimize government involvement and help people from all sides of an issue. "I believe in innovation and the great potential in people. There's almost nothing we can't accomplish if we just focus on getting it done," says Keller.

Mr. Keller also stands out as the only candidate who openly supports such research and development efforts as The Venus Project, which aims to further shrink the role of government and increase peoples' freedoms. Also, he supports testing new economic models such as resource-based economies and open source economies. and various forms of local currencies and exchange systems.

He will face off against Gary Johnson, Bill Still, Roger Gary, R. J. Harris, James Ogle, Carl Person, Joy Waymire, and Lee Wrights at the Libertarian National Convention to be held in May in Las Vegas. The Libertarian Party expects to have ballot access in all 50 states for their chosen nominee.

Scott Keller for President 2012
Libertarian Candidate
http://www.keller2012.com
"Make It Change!"

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Posted in: Announces,Futureleaning,Keller,Libertarian,Scott

Thursday, February 23, 2012

New Cheapism Research Identifies Affordable Diet Plans and Treadmills...

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Cheapism.com, a review site dedicated to finding quality low-cost products, has rounded up the best cheap treadmills and diet plans to help consumers keep their New Year’s health and fitness resolutions.

The top cheap treadmills are the Horizon Fitness T101, ProForm Performance 400, Merit Fitness 725T, and Gold’s Gym GG480. Treadmill reviews indicate that, while these budget models are best for walking or jogging, almost all are sturdy enough to accommodate users up to 300 pounds. The Horizon Fitness T101 and ProForm Performance 400 both have 2.25 continuous horsepower motors for more rigorous workouts, while the Merit Fitness 725T and Gold’s Gym GG480 models are less expensive options for walkers, consumers going through rehab, and occasional joggers.

Topping the list of cheap diet plans are Weight Watchers and eDiets, both support-based programs (as opposed to food-delivery services). Weight Watchers offers online support or more expensive in-person meetings, while eDiets is online-only. Members have the option of a meal-delivery plan for an additional cost, but that program is far less highly regarded. The new iteration of the book-based South Beach Diet also makes the list, and users can opt for extra support through an online membership for a small fee.

Weight-loss program reviews from professionals in the medical field and dieters alike size up cheap diets based on a number of criteria: proven results, the level of support, the ability to keep the weight off, and the safety of the program. Cheapism’s top picks reflect these considerations. Weight Watchers and eDiets both offer well-balanced plans for steady weight loss with support along the way, as well as guidelines and tools to help consumers maintain their target weight. The South Beach Diet is a bit restrictive at the beginning but introduces banned foods back into the diet after the initial two weeks.

About Cheapism.com
Called by The New York Times “a Consumer Reports for the cheap,” Cheapism.com is a review site that serves consumers on a budget who want the best value for their money. Cheapism is the only review site that focuses exclusively on low-price products, a part of the market often overlooked by experts.

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Posted in: Affordable,Cheapism,Identifies,Plans,Research,Treadmills

Clopton Capital Announces Record Month for Commercial Mortgage Leads

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Clopton Capital, a Chicago-based business loan and commercial mortgage provider, is announcing that this previous month of December 2011 was their most successful month for commercial mortgage requests in their almost two year history. The credit this to their consistency publicity of their 4% interest commercial mortgage programs and a consistent effort to do right by their clients. “I really feel like we have tipped in the direction of immense success and have everything working in our favor at this point to become a nationally recognized name. I am extremely happy to see this and have high hopes for the future,” said Jake Clopton, the founder of Clopton Capital.

Clopton Capital's primary value proposition to their clientele is their conduit to a Wall Street lender that allows them to approve and issue commercial mortgages at rates within the 4% range in many cases. The firm believes that they will have another record setting month in February and intend to continue making the promotion of commercial mortgages their primary objective. “It's great being able to bring something to the table that your competitors likely can not. Our commercial mortgage program is definitely in a class of it's own”, said Matt Reed, an associate of Clopton Capital.

The firm's future plans are to create more record months by expanding their current efforts in a way that is nearly identical to their current strategy. For more information on their commercial mortgage program, visit CommercialMortgageSource.com

Any businesses or commercial real estate owners who are seeking business loans are urged to contact Clopton Capital at 866.647.1650 or via their website CloptonCapital.com.

For more information about Clopton Capital’s business loan services visit their website dedicated to them at CloptonCapital.com. To join their financial link exchange visit CloptonCapital.com/link.

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Posted in: Announces,Capital,Clopton,Commercial,Leads,Month,Mortgage,Record

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ItsHot.com Announces Availability of Jewelry Customization

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Customizing diamond and non diamond jewelry accessories is a great way to add personal touch to adornments; and make these a unique symbol of everlasting love when gifted to partners.ItsHot.com has slashed prices on custom diamond jewelry accessories so its valued customers can have personalized jewelry items at affordable prices.

Designing one’s own jewelry gives a unique look and adds glamour to one’s wardrobe. These unique pieces of jewelry can be crafted in various sizes and design motifs, in different metals with diamonds or other gems. There are a lot of customization options available: from customizing already done item with a simple engraving to submitting a drawing and getting a completely custom item done from ground up with exclusive and personal touch.

Announcing the discount on diamond custom jewelry, an elated ItsHot.com spokesperson remarked, “Custom jewelry is gaining popularity today. People want to gift their loved ones unique pieces of jewelry to make them feel ever more special. This discount will allow people to custom design diamond jewelry accessories according to one’s taste and needs.”

Accessories are a must have for people of every age group and gender. To get an elegant and stylish look for people self-designed jewelry is gaining popularity. They are regarded as unique items of jewelry which people love to flaunt. A variety of items like rings, neckpieces, bracelets, earrings can be designed as per one’s wish.

Custom jewelry items are best gifts which are apt for special occasions. They are exclusive and are more valuable than any other pieces of jewelry. Apart from uniqueness, it contains a person’s emotions and feelings which make it more valuable. One of the most popular items of jewelry which people like to design is their own wedding rings. Wedding is regarded as a special and memorable day of one’s life so many prefer to design their own wedding rings. They give a special touch to ordinary jewelry which people proudly vaunt.

ItsHot.com is a renowned jewelry manufacturer and retailer providing beautiful variety of jewelry for every occasion. To find more visit their showroom at NYC and get exclusive items of jewelry at affordable prices or log in online at http://www.itshot.com/

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Posted in: Announces,Availability,Customization,ItsHotcom,Jewelry

Efinancial Celebrates Monumental Year and Makes Plans for Continued...

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Efinancial, a leading online life insurance brokerage, is celebrating the end of the most successful year in the company’s already remarkable history.

Efinancial is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of online life insurance sales and service. One of the nation’s leading life insurance brokerages, Efinancial has established a reputation for providing unrivaled customer support and access to the highest quality life insurance policies on the market. The proprietary Efinancial life insurance search engine provides quotes from the nation’s leading life insurance carriers, giving consumers the flexibility to shop and compare policies from the comfort of home. Offering a variety of no exam life insurance policies, Efinancial has helped thousands of consumers secure coverage.

Leaders at Efinancial accredit their success in 2011 to a collaborative effort by the entire Efinancial family. Efforts have included the opening of two new offices, the launch of a successful social media initiative, the celebration of the company’s 10 year anniversary, and record year-end sales numbers. Together these milestones have translated into a monumental year for the Efinancial team.

After outgrowing their original office space, Efinancial opened a new home office in Bellevue, Washington in February of 2011. The state-of-the-art facility speaks to the great success Efinancial has enjoyed in the past 10 years. The Efinancial’s Chicago team also moved into a new office to account for the company’s growing staff of life insurance agents. The new facility enables Efinancial to more efficiently serve their rapidly expanding customer base. Located in downtown Chicago, the new facility opened in November of 2011. With room to house an expanding workforce, both spaces were designed to facilitate continued growth for many years to come.

In an effort to share insight and information with a larger audience, Efinancial launched a social media program which was met with great enthusiasm and interest. Since the campaign began in early 2011, Efinancial has reached over 25,000 fans and followers within Facebook and Twitter. Through their social media initiative, Efinancial is proudly engaging consumers and fostering conversation about the importance of life insurance protection.

Finally, company sales and growth have also set Efinancial apart as an industry leader. In 2011 the life insurance agents at Efinancial have helped more consumers secure life insurance coverage than ever before. Despite a troubled economic climate, Efinancial has exceeded yearend forecasts, setting high expectations for success in 2012.

“I can’t express how grateful I am to everyone here at Efinancial who has made our success in 2011 possible,” said Michael Rowell, Founder and CEO of Efinancial. “This is a wonderful way to commemorate our 10 year anniversary and to set the pace for our future success.”
As the Efinancial family celebrates the close of a monumental year, plans are already underway for continued website improvements and more exciting consumer outreach initiatives. Expect many exciting announcements from the innovators at Efinancial, in the coming months, as they kick off yet another record setting year.

ABOUT EFINANCIAL
Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Efinancial is a leading provider of online life insurance nationwide. Efinancial monitors top-rated insurance companies providing competitive rates, to give their customers the ability to shop and compare prices from the comfort of their home or office. To learn more about Efinancial, as well as the products and services they provide, visit http://www.efinancial.com or call 1-866-765-4296.

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Posted in: Celebrates,Continued,Efinancial,Makes,Monumental,Plans

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Big4.com Releases its 2011 Big Four Firms Performance Analysis

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Big4.com, the premier social networking forum for professionals and alumni of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, Capgemini, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC announced today the release of the 2011 Big Four Firms Financial Performance Analysis, providing a detailed financial and operating analysis of the performance of the four largest accounting firms in the world. The analysis shows the firms enjoyed outstanding revenue growth from 2010 to 2011 after a severe revenue decline in 2009, and stabilization in 2010, to solidify a rebound arising from the global economic slowdown. 2009 marked an abrupt reversal of five straight years of double-digit revenue growth.

After a moderate 2010, 2011 fiscal year saw large increase in revenues for Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, with revenues increasing between 7.6% and 10.1% from 2010, as firms got a strong boost from a general global recovery, enhanced equity markets, improved credit conditions, and better M&A and IPO activity, all of which spurred client demand, especially for Advisory Services and in Asia. Revenues increased in most developed regions, while growth continued at high levels in emerging markets of Asia and Latin America. Despite the limited data points that the firms report each year, our exclusive look at eight years of financial performance of these firms shows some very interesting trends and insights across firms, geographies and service lines.

In 2010, Deloitte had surpassed PricewaterhouseCoopers to become the largest Big Four firm, reporting revenues of $26.578 billion and growth of 1.8%, just ahead of PwC’s revenues of $26.569 billion and growth of 1.5%. Deloitte beat PwC by a small but significant margin of only $9 million. In 2011 however, PricewaterhouseCoopers regained its leadership position with revenues of $29.2 billion, up 10.0%, which exceeded Deloitte’s revenues of $28.2 billion, up by 8.4%, by more than $400 million. Ernst & Young placed third with 2011 revenues of $22.9 billion but its revenues rose the slowest among the Big Four with a 7.6% increase from 2010. KPMG remained the smallest firm with revenues of $22.7 billion, but had the highest growth at 10.1% and reduced the gap with Ernst & Young to only $170 million.

From 2010 to 2011, combined revenues for all the four firms in US dollar terms rose 9.0% to a historic record of $103 billion, a level which even surpassed the previous high of $101 billion in 2008. Audit revenue increased by 5.7% from 2010 to 2011, Tax revenue was also up by 7.1%, and Advisory revenues continued their strong streak, increasing by a solid 15.9%. The depreciating U.S. dollar over the reporting period helped firm post higher growth numbers in U.S. dollar terms. In local currency terms, revenues rose by somewhat lower percentage levels. Americas revenue increased solidly by 9.9% from 2010 to 2011, Europe revenue was also up by 5.4% despite volatility in the region, and Asia revenue growth continued with an outstanding performance of 17.4%. The analysis has further details on performance by global regions and by Audit, Tax and Advisory service lines, and outlook for 2012 and the future.

This analysis may be reproduced or distributed in parts or whole, but prominent and full attribution should be given at all times to “The 2011 Big Four Firms Performance Analysis by http://www.Big4.com.”

The full study can be downloaded as Adobe pdf at http://www.big4.com/analysis.

A summary video is available here.

About Big4.com
Big4.com is the accounting, tax, consulting and IT professions’ premier resource, and has been exclusively focused on Big Four firm professionals and alumni for 10 years, providing high quality content, connectivity and commerce. The Big Four Job Board offers fresh job opportunities – clients include the world’s leading companies. Big Four News covers key news, developments, events, survey results, press releases and appointments. The Big Four Blog provides opinion and insight on recent and key developments, news, happenings, management changes, regulations, acquisitions and capital market activities. Big4 Video is a professionally produced news covering key global developments in this space.

Big4.com has a strong presence on key social media platforms:

Youtube: Big4Video is a professionally produced weekly news magazine
Twitter: @Big4 has 8,500 followers. http://twitter.com/big4
LinkedIn: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group is one of the largest alumni groups with 84,000+ members. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1022
Facebook: The Big4 fan page has 5,500 fans at http://www.facebook.com/big4page
Xing: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group has 1,150+ members at http://www.xing.com/net/big4alumni

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Monday, February 20, 2012

2012 Payroll Check Printing Software from PayrollMate.com Updated to...

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Real Business Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of payroll check writing software, has released a new version of its 2012 Payroll Mate system. The updated payroll calculator shipping with the software reflects the latest changes in FICA, federal and state withholding calculations for tax year 2012.

A free payroll system trial can be downloaded from Payroll Mate's website by visiting http://www.payrollmate.com/.

The employee tax rate for social security payroll tax is 4.2 percent on wages paid and tips received before Thursday, March 1, 2012. The employee tax rate for social security increases to 6.2% on wages paid and tips received after Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The employer payroll tax rate for social security remains unchanged at 6.2 percent. The social security wage base limit is $110,100. The Medicare tax rate is 1.45 percent each for the employee and employer, unchanged from tax year 2011. There is no wage base limit for Medicare tax. US Employers should implement the 4.2% employee social security tax rate as soon as possible, but not later than January 31, 2012. After implementing the 4.2% rate, employers should make an offsetting adjustment in a subsequent pay period to correct any over-withholding of social security tax as soon as possible, but not later than March 31, 2012.Social security and Medicare taxes apply to the wages of household workers you pay $1,800 or more in cash or an equivalent form of compensation. Social security and Medicare taxes apply to election workers who are paid $1,500 or more in cash or an equivalent form of compensation.

Payroll Mate is state-of-the-art payroll preparation system, which offers fully-automated payroll processing functions. Below is a summary of the features offered by Payroll Mate:
Exports Payroll Data to QuickBooks software (can be used as QuickBooks Payroll Software).Exports Payroll checks to Quicken and accounting software like Microsoft Office accounting. Supports the following federal payroll forms: 941, 940, 944, W-2, W-3.Supports California DE 9 , DE 9C, Texas C-3 , Texas C-4, New York NYS-45, IL 941 and IL UI-3/40.Automatically calculates federal payroll tax and state payroll tax withholding. Supports different types of pay periods.Supports customizable income, tax and deductions categories. Supports income per mile and per piece. Supports fringe benefits.Generates comprehensive payroll reports.Handles payroll deductions.Exports payroll reports to Excel, CSV and PDF. FREE Payroll software demo helps businesses evaluate Payroll Mate before purchasing.Prints on Laser and Inkjet checks. Prints on preprinted red scannable W2 forms and W3 forms. Free updates during the tax year. One step backup and restore. Runs over a network. Supports payroll direct deposit.Ability to print MICR checks on blank check stock.

Give the payroll check writing software from PayrollMate.com a test drive and see for yourself how easy managing payroll can be. Visit payroll software page.

About Real Business Solutions:

Established in 2003, Real Business Solutions is an industry leader in providing small business payroll software, 1099 software and W2 tax software solutions for 2012, 2011, 2010 and before. Real Business Solutions products are used by thousands of businesses, tax professionals, non-profit organization, and government agencies all across America. Real Business Solutions was founded in Illinois in 2003. The Company's mission has been to provide powerful and great value software solutions coupled with high quality customer service. Through this website small businesses and accounting professionals can find and download software to manage payroll, report payroll taxes, print W2 Forms, Print 1099 Forms, eFile 1099, electronically file W2 forms, print checks and prepare payroll forms like 941, 940, 944, W-2, W-3, California DE-6 , California DE-7 , Texas C-3 , Texas C-4, New York NYS-45, Illinois 941 and Illinois UI-3/40.

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Posted in: Check,Payroll,PayrollMatecom,Printing,Software,Updated

Miami-Based Zilbert Realty Group Announces Name Change and a...

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Zilbert Realty Group, a Miami-based luxury real estate brokerage company, announced today that it has rebranded itself as Zilbert International Realty, a name and branding change that reflects the company's recent introduction of global real estate services. Globally, the firm's network of brokers enables it to offer its clients more than 49,000 properties in over 100 countries. Locally, the firm is adding staff and other resources that specialize in the sales and marketing of luxury homes and estates in Southern Florida. Up until recently, Zilbert Realty Group was focused mostly in the Miami and Miami Beach condo market.

Zilbert International Realty President and CEO, Mark Zilbert, declares that "We have an incredibly-high level of customer satisfaction. It is the loyalty of our customers that has enabled us to build and grow a luxury company in a crowded and competitive marketplace". He goes on to explain that "We mix traditional one-on-one customer service with intelligent salespeople and smart technology. That's the key to selling real estate today."

The company was heralded in December 2011 when it brought one of its clients to purchase a penthouse at The Setai condo in Miami Beach. This $21.5M sale became the highest price ever paid for a condo in Miami or Miami Beach. Zilbert is also well-known for its award-winning website (http://www.Zilbert.com), which serves over 55,000 visitors each month. Zilbert's next move is to set yet another set of real estate industry milestones with its soon-to-be-announced mobile computing and social media real estate platforms.

ABOUT ZILBERT INTERNATIONAL REALTY
Zilbert International Realty is full-service premium real estate brokerage that works with clients from around the world. It specializes in luxury estates, condos, homes and vacation properties in Southern Florida, including the greater Miami area and Miami Beach. It also offers luxury properties in over 100 countries through its worldwide network. Zilbert's real estate professionals are an elite team of specially-selected salespeople, each recruited through an invitation-only selection process.

The firm is a leader in the use of technology marketing and social media to help it engage with its clients, and offer them real-time collaboration tools. Its core business philosophy is to build personalized, one-on-one relationships with buyers and sellers of real estate, and to help them through every stage of a real estate transaction. Its personalized business model enables it to understand each customer's individual needs, and to work with them both as a peer and as an advisor.

Zilbert International Realty was founded in 2003 by Mark Zilbert, a Montreal-born real estate guru and technology innovator. Mr. Zilbert has appeared on numerous national news programs including ABC's 20/20, CNBC, CBS' Morning Show, ABC's Nightline. He has also been quoted in the Wall Street Journal.

The firm offers a number of ways for its customers to interact with it. Its traditional business operation offers buyers and sellers of real estate access to sales professionals via its offices, by telephone, on the web, and in person.

The Zilbert Realty Store (tm) is a retail-like shopping experience located in South Beach that enables buyers to browse property listings and meet with real estate professionals in a "no pressure" setting. Visitors to the store are offered free parking and free Wi-Fi.

The Zilbert Social Community (tm) is a managed, content-rich online community that lives in Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, FourSquare and other technologies. The community enables Zilbert staff to inform, educate, interact with and advise the general public in all areas of their local communities, as well as in real estate topics. The community is available across all desktop and mobile platforms.

Zilbert On Demand (tm) is a web-based video YouTube channel that is designed to offer the general public frequently-updated community and real estate news.

Zilbert.com is an interactive website and community that hosts over 10,000 Miami-area condos and homes, plus offers live chat and downloadable floor plans. The site operates both in desktop and mobile devices, including the iPad and iPhone.

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Posted in: Announces,Change,Group,MiamiBased,Realty,Zilbert

Sunday, February 19, 2012

B2B Marketing Agency, Televerde, Presents New Skills, Techniques and...

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Phoenix-based B2B marketing agency, Televerde, recently presented at the “Inside Sales 2012 Phoenix” event organized by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP). Held January 10th at The Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, this conference came to the Southwest for the first time.

The one-day event included a variety of general sessions, break-out sessions and panel discussions featuring some of the nation's leading inside sales experts. Topics focused on critical issues affecting today’s inside sales professionals, as well as offered tactics for improving sales performance. The conference also featured a Solution Provider Exhibit to allow attendees to meet with leading inside sales vendors.

As part of the conference program, Televerde’s Donna Kent, senior vice president of global sales, marketing and services, presented “Inside Sales 2.0: New Skills, Techniques and Opportunities.” This session addressed inside sales staffing issues and the skills necessary to optimize current marketing trends. Kent also discussed how to structure, organize and leverage new skills for account-based marketing, social media, late sales stage engagement, lead nurturing and more.

"Having AA-ISP bring such a focused and comprehensive event to Phoenix is a real bonus for inside sales reps, account managers, business development professionals and department managers,” says Televerde President and CEO James H. Hooker. “As a leading B2B marketing agency and provider of sales pipeline development solutions, we were thrilled to deliver an informative and thought-provoking presentation.”

About Televerde
Televerde is a leading B2B marketing agency and provider of sales pipeline development solutions that drive increased revenue for our clients by integrating contact data, marketing automation and world-class teleservices. The company identifies new customers for its clients, accelerates and converts sales opportunities, and discovers fresh, actionable market insight. The outcomes Televerde produces are improved performance of sales pipelines, net new top-line sales revenue growth, measurable return on marketing investments, and sales & marketing alignment. Visit http://www.televerde.com or call +1 888-787-2829.

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Posted in: Agency,Marketing,Presents,Skills,Techniques,Televerde

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Live Stream Today: Actor Liam Neeson and Director Joe Carnahan Talk...

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WHAT: Award-winning actor Liam Neeson and director/writer Joe Carnahan sit down with New York Times columnist David Carr in an exclusive TimesTalks interview to give a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming action thriller “The Grey,” opening January 27th. The live stream of the interview will be available tonight only on FORA.tv, and viewers will have the chance to submit real-time questions to Neeson and Carnahan.

WHEN: Today, Tuesday, January 17th, at 7:00 pm EST

WHERE: Online at FORA.tv. Viewers can purchase the live stream of the interview for $0.99. Purchasers will have the opportunity to submit a question for Neeson and Carnahan to be asked during the live interview. Purchasers will also be able to watch the video on-demand for 30 days following the interview.

Neeson and Carnahan first collaborated together on the 2010 action film “The A-Team.” The upcoming thriller “The Grey” finds the duo tackling extreme conditions as an Alaskan oil-drilling team struggles to survive weather and wolves following a plane crash.

TimesTalks is The New York Times's premier event program featuring intimate discussions with Times journalists and some of today's top talents and thinkers from the fields of film, theater, television, art, politics and more.

ABOUT FORA.TV
FORA.tv is the leading online destination for video programs from the world's best conferences and events. With more than 10,000 free and fee-based videos and its iPad "Conference Channel" app, FORA.tv has the web's largest collection of programs that feature the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. FORA.tv helps hundreds of organizations including the Aspen Institute, the Economist, the New York Public Library, and Wired expand the audience for their events. FORA.tv has been named a Top 50 Web Site by TIME, and a Top Education Site by The Telegraph. FORA.tv is funded by a select group of investors led by William R. Hearst III and is based in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://fora.tv or find us on Twitter.

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Help teachers deliver virtual nerd ™ launches School Edition more ...

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Virtual high school teacher in the mathematics of junior high school nerd today and to develop a tailored learning plans of the new school has announced the release of version. Virtual nerd School Edition teacher or a more personalized assignments, student performance and engagement, and offer a measured improvement in the education supplement that you can measure in real time.

"School Edition assigns the play list feature simplifies the process of creating a" merit Learning Center's Sarah Asma said. "It is my custom training available, and how, and to collect real-time feedback on my kids, and they are getting most of the class, so the tools that you can to take immediate action."

Virtual nerd educational online services provide 24/7 access, convenience and benefits of one-to-one tutoring at a fraction of the cost. More than 1400 students interactive video tutorials step-by-step approach so that you can drill down into the math problems by using a dynamic Whiteboard ® can be used in an educational platform. School Edition educational platform and content support for teachers and administrators tool for planning, evaluation and intervention.

Virtual nerd School Edition teacher to quickly create advanced supplementary individual students, or the entire class, you can configure for the assignment. Manager, student, classroom, school and district level, a comprehensive report that can be seen in the performance of a real-time access.

"Virtual nerd School Edition continue to focus on learning to help teachers," Leo Shmuylovich, co-founder of virtual nerd, he said. "Planning, evaluation and intervention for the all-in-one tool to work. Teachers can use to make it easier to create and assign, manage, and track how students. "

School Edition teacher's playlist feature allows you to assign the video and their lessons are appropriate for certain students, and educational needs, or class. Students then each video by clicking on the key concepts covered in them through the personalization of the learning process. In addition, teachers use a playlist video tutorials added to that of the problem, create a list of bookmarks and walkthrough provides instructions on creating a personal notes and add material from an external source, such as Youtube.

Smart reporting features teachers of each mission, as well as the last access, and if you are using to view performance data, and how many students to complete assignments, you can view the show. The teacher then each student must learn the necessary outstanding location and more involvement on performance data from individual-level.

Virtual nerd School Edition for more information about how to implement your school administrator (at) virtualnerd (dot) com you can email the school or call 877-677-nerd (13825).

For virtual nerd
Virtual nerd (http://www.virtualnerd.com) with its patent-pending dynamic Whiteboard more than 1400 in grades 6 – 12 covering ® is a math tutorial. Multimedia educational content provides an interactive and personalized learning experience that high and will be delivered online. Virtual nerd, the path set for the personal use of students and math concepts to achieve a basic understanding of them learn at their own pace. Teachers and administrators virtual nerd School Edition of the integrated planning, evaluation and intervention tool in benefits.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Melrose Jewelers Announces a New Exciting Range of Rolex Watches to...

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Melrose Jewelers has come up with a new exciting range of Rolex Watches which includes watches for both men and women. This new arrival includes the top selling Rolex watches such as Men's Champagne Dial Rolex Day Date President , Ladies Champagne Dial Rolex Super President , Men's Stainless Steel Oyster Black Roman Dial Smooth Bezel Rolex Datejust, Ladies Stainless Steel Pink Dial Channel Set Bezel Rolex Datejust.

Melrose Jewelers is USA’s leading online retailer of Rolex wristwatches, other luxury timepieces, and fine diamond jewelry. Founded in 2008, they operate retail websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, and ship thousands of watches per year to customers all over the world.

The latest collection of Melrose Jewelers has thousands of luxury watches in stock, ready to ship world-wide within 24 hours of purchase. They are providing their customers with low, no-haggle prices on luxury wristwatches that have been meticulously restored to original factory specifications both internally and externally. They have made the newly arrived watches available at wholesale prices by passing their volume-buying savings on to their valued customers.

The subtle design changes that Rolex makes every year merely nod in the direction of current trends. The new Submariner has a blue dial and bezel, but an updated model of the classic black version is its counterpoint, and few of the other new models feature much blue at all. The 2009 version of the Cosmograph Daytona is diamond studded, and its only homage to blue are the subtle, tasteful blue numbers around the dial.

Melrose Jewelers has brought in a fashion forward collection of Rolex Watches that truly reflects the present trend. The store ensures that customers will receive their watch as pictured and as described on their website. If, upon receipt, a watch is not as pictured and as described, customers can return it for a full refund or exchange.

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Canon Announces the C300 & C300PL Powerful Cinema Cameras and...

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B&H Photo Video is proud to announce that it has been chosen by Canon to be among the select authorized dealers for the Canon C300 and EOS C300 PL cinematography cameras. Designed specifically for digital cinematography, these HD cameras record 4:2:2 MPEG-2 video to CF cards, and feature Canon’s new Super 35mm-size CMOS sensor, a true cinematic 24.00 fps mode, and Canon’s Log gamma mode for expanded dynamic range.

B&H is excited to be accepting orders for both the Canon C300 PL mount and EF mount versions of the camera. Now available for pre-order, the cameras will begin shipping in February. B&H will be offering both models for $15,999, a significant discount compared to the estimated list price of $20,000. This is just the first entry in Canon’s new Cinema EOS line, and Cinema Zoom lenses 30-300mm and 14.5-60mm, both EF and PL mount will be available in February.

Canon sparked a revolution in digital cinematography when professionals started using its EOS 5D Mark II DLSR camera for filmmaking, using its surprisingly good 1080p video mode for projects like commercial and television production. Despite its superior imaging capabilities, Canon knew it had much more to offer the demanding world of digital cinematography. To devise the new EOS C300, Canon leveraged and developed cutting-edge technology from several of its areas of expertise: sensors, image processors, professional video cameras – and of course, optics. The EOS C300 camcorder represents a giant leap forward for cinematic HD video production.

B&H Photo had a chance to have a hands on experience with the Canon EOS C300

Canon raised the curtain on an all-new interchangeable-lens digital cinema camera that combines exceptional imaging performance with outstanding mobility and expandability to meet the demanding production needs of today's motion picture industry. The camera, which features a newly developed Super 35 mm-equivalent approximately 8.29-megapixel CMOS sensor, will be available in two models: the EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera, equipped with an EF lens mount for compatibility with Canon's current diverse lineup of interchangeable EF lenses for EOS single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras and new EF Cinema Lens lineup; and the EOS C300 PL Digital Cinema Camera, with a PL lens mount for use with industry-standard PL lenses.

About B&H Photo Video
As the world's largest source of photography, video and audio equipment, B&H Photo-Video is known worldwide for their attentive, knowledgeable sales force, and excellent customer service, including fast, reliable shipping. Visitors to the website can access a variety of enlightening articles and educational videos. B&H has been satisfying customers worldwide for over 35 years.

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Posted in: Announces,C300PL,Cameras,Canon,Cinema,Powerful

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Personal information, privacy, privacy; Next-generation social network FourNote.com ...

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Fournote to share your photos, videos, and a particular group is a new way of distributing documents. A group of individuals sharing a breeze with a very simple interface, service, Harvard students, Bani Alessandro site features developed by the founder. Featuring 30 seconds to sign up, Fournote the user to immediately flow Group Setup, and their friends invite, upload photos and videos in a matter of a few minutes and offers a wealth of options for a start.

FourNote.com (http://www.fournote.com) in the core of it to create a more efficient and more fun, more secure and more private stay in touch. How to cut down on clutter your Inbox, messaging and intelligent. Fournote.com users to share information, you can create a filter that. "No longer do you have a friend or send a message to all your friends, select either: Separate areas for different parts of your life "making Bani said.

"Fournote.com select personal, and the Internet to share their lives and want to keep your personal information for the group. It is easy to use, and friends, school, student, community, community organizations, family, and is designed for companies. "

New social networking Web site FourNote.com your personal information and your users with the custom of sharp eyes to look forward to useful features. Turning to intrusive personal savvy, bloated and FourNote.com turning towards the social network. FourNote.com, the user is still maintaing control provides a way to touch. Business, academic and private users as well, you can exchange photos, share videos, chat, FourNote.com, but file formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, Illustrator, Photoshop, PostScript, eps, TTF, zip, Rar) is also a huge range and much more.

This FourNote.com thing is that the revolution. Businesses can easily own another task group, talk, talk, one, or to talk to everyone in your organization can adopt Fournote.com know. Users can be in multiple groups. A group of friends and colleagues in Jerry Max group. Jerry's friend is bothered by his colleagues is not only the message and his colleagues more casual send his message to a friend, Jerry can be available. The name of the group to which the user is a user-defined and user-specific other users on the same network, you can give a unique name.

Site for mobile app development and due to the demands of the user's popularity is coming soon.

New network-wide control over how they share information broadly puts the user. FourNote.com Corporation is a new social networking for the benefit of users not.

Privacy continues to be a major concern of the social networkers. Fournote.com is still the most personal, powerful social networks.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Enter into a strategic partnership with the Collingwood group precious ...

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Collingwood Group (Collingwood) value has signed a strategic partnership with the veterans ™, a service disabled veteran owned small business specializing in residential and commercial real estate is pleased to announce that provide assessment services. Service disabled veteran owned business, such as women, ethnic minorities, a variety of vendors, the company maintains a long effort to promote the company's penetration with Collingwood, where today is limited to expanding the business in the federal sector to identify and close opportunities to work with precious veterans. In addition, Collingwood is a major financial services companies, including the commercial sector by expanding the footprint already works with the company to grow the business.

A wide variety of providers, especially in the current economic climate, many lack opportunities and expand their skills and capital, as a result, the disabled and their chances for success are limited. Collingwood is equipped with a group of qualified diverse suppliers will help you overcome these challenges.

Best-in-class is to provide you with the real estate assessment services as well as the assessment of precious veterans are actively developed through the program as a mentor to pursue a career in the industry the valuation service that supports veterans.

"Our precious veterans critical business relationships is pleased to set up, and we in the financial services industry as a valuable veteran's success of our nation's Veterans job growth to support the honor by chance," said Brian Montgomery, the Collingwood Group Chairman.

Brian Riley, President of the Collingwood group. "Since its founding, The Collingwood group is actively supported and a large financial services companies, and federal departments and agencies to meet the needs of ever-increasing counter party best-in-class diverse suppliers companies incubated. A wide variety of services for the disabled with barrier to the success of many small businesses, caused by a variety of non-boss, similar to "O'Reilly said.

Andrew belts, President and CEO of the precious veterans, mission, among other things, the Butler and the establishment of the Organization to promote public trust to provide exceptional quality mortgage-related products, and Veterans put operation. 2 light armored reconnaissance in the battle served as a belt, where he received a United States Marine Corps platoon Sergeant with the battle as a "V" for personal Valor.

"Collingwood has proven successful track record with companies of all sizes, in a meaningful way to support their business growth" belt said. "In particular, Collingwood and team faced by companies in a variety of service providers to understand the unique business challenges and opportunities, knowledge, capital and access to and success in industry that holds this dynamic industry required for small business to grow in. We are proud to join forces with Collingwood team, "continued the belt.

Collingwood for the Group
Collingwood Group (http://www.collingwoodllc.com) of the IBC to grow and promote your business revenue growth, with a focus on increasing return on investment, the Washington-based business. The company is Brian Montgomery, a former Assistant Secretary of housing and Federal Housing Commissioner and Joe Murin, former President and CEO is led by Ginnie Mae. Both of the nation's financial crisis resolution and financial market stability and liquidity to the Federal Government's efforts for restoring played a major role. The company's professional organizations, non-agency and F H A/VA home loan program; Ginnie Mae-backed activities across all aspects; Domestic and international secondary market activities and issues; Basic and special services; The entire asset lifecycle, companies, and talent management; And due diligence, acquisition, property management and asset disposition due to all the elements of the portfolio.

Precious for Veterans
-Overland Park, Kansas, as the precious veterans service disabled veteran owned small businesses. Dear veterans professional residential and commercial valuation services. The intense focus on personal service, tailored precious veterans to effectively manage all product order from beginning to end-of-the-art technology. Residential real estate appraiser 120 years of combined experience and former mortgage industry professionals of its experienced management team is done. Each service that provides guaranteed precious veterans are at the highest level of quality and regulatory compliance. President and CEO of the precious veterans, dedicated to the core values of honor and Andrew belt strong.

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Melrose Jewelers Rolex watch collection by the recipient in a friendly ...

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Melrose Jewelers Rolex watches a great collection to receive huge acclaims from CNBC. It is a "Melrose.com Rolex watches collection is especially geared towards those people to live every moment as much as possible," says. Melrose jewelers are America's # 1 luxury wrist watches, men's and ladies Rolex Datejusts President and other luxury watches, such as, well, diamond jewelry online retailers. Each of them in the showroom mint condition luxury watches.

"Melrose Jewelers from our master clock, on average, importing, restore, and luxury watches retail experience for more than 20 years. We sell all watch the excellent molding and mechanical condition and showroom mint condition, comes with a rich collection of it ", Rolex watches CNBC for being praised by Krishnan on the Exchange, the President says, Melrose.com LLC.

Melrose Jewelers and watch industry's respected Institute of America (GIA) and the membership and the jewelry jewelry boundary Committee (JVC) and is a member of the pride. Melrose Jewelers only use conflict-free diamonds in 2003 imported through the Kimberley process — as a sign the law.

Rolex watches are formal meetings, activities, business meetings, sports and other cases can be worn for. The status of these individuals within a society distinction of the clock. The company was founded in 1905. During this time, women are men's Pocket Watch, wrist watch, donning things. Since the beginning of its creation that symbolizes the high status of their Rolex watch. In fact, this brand is one of the most expensive watch so far. A total of $ 3 billion revenue company. Well known for its elegant and luxurious design, Rolex, it is also famous for its high quality materials and precision movement.

Melrose Jewelers online or over the phone, American Express, Visa, MasterCard and discover, including all major credit cards accepted through payments. They also have a cashier's cheque, bank transfer (wire transfer), Google Checkout, accepting payments through PayPal, and bank deposits. If you are using a wire transfer for payment in the order in which they are total deduction of 3.5%.

To read more, visit the following Web site: http://www.cnbc.com/id/42267862/End_of_the_World_in_2012_Here_s_How_to_Make_a_Profit

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Proximus Mobility CEO Ranks Top 5 Ways for Retailers to Leverage...

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Spring is right around the corner and is traditionally the time of year when temperatures warm up and consumers are eager to shed extra layers of winter clothing and reconnect with the outdoors. As seasonal customer fragmentation increases, how do brands effectively reach customers in the out-of-home environment? More importantly, as consumer confidence index continues to rise, how do retailers get a larger share of the customers’ wallet inside their brick and mortar locations? With the number of mobile devices outnumbering the US population, location based proximity marketing offers brands the opportunity to enhance the in-store customer experience and grow revenues.

“This past year has been interesting. During many meetings with C-level executives at premier retail businesses, we have determined the 5 most important strategic initiatives for the retailer once a customer is in or around the store,” said Michael Zeto, CEO of Proximus Mobility. “Although location based proximity marketing initiatives are still in a nascent stage, from our client conversations, retail brands recognize the major impact that connecting with consumers at the point of purchase, coupled with meaningful data, can have on profitability,” Zeto continued.

Based on these executive level briefings, below are the top 5 ways for various retailers to take advantage of location based proximity marketing this Spring and engage customers at the most hyper-local levels:
Promote Higher Margin Items: Retailers constantly leverage traditional forms of media to promote sale items and drive customer traffic. This year, executives are focused on increasing margins once those customers are inside the store. Retailers are utilizing proximity marketing to promote a mix of higher margin products and services that are already top of mind with consumers as they look to take advantage of Spring sale items. Deliver Relevant Content: Unless retailers cater specifically to subject matter experts, consumers can benefit from dynamic product information. Whether it is fashion show picture galleries or information on selecting plants, hair products or the latest gadgets, retailers are looking to provide customers with informative and interactive content, when they want it most, so that they can make more informed purchase decisions. Get Richer Customer Data: Retail executives are focused this year on capturing data. Retailers are looking to further build loyalty and capture deeper customer information by activating in-store proximity marketing campaigns and sweepstakes which will in turn allow them to capture email addresses, demographic info, brand and style preferences and other significant information. By leveraging a location based proximity marketing solution, retailers have the ability to secure valuable customer insights at the point of influence. Anonymously Track Dwell Times and Traffic Patterns: As customers navigate through a retail location, retailers will be setting up multiple access points inside their footprint to capture robust anonymous dwell time and traffic pattern information. Retailers can leverage this information to optimize store floor plans and engage customers with customized content on repeat visits. Add a New Revenue Stream: As Spring fashions hit the sales floor and summer movie blockbuster buzz builds, brands and movie studios alike are looking to connect with consumers. Retailer executives are open to monetizing a location based proximity marketing campaign by selling interactive ads on their own in-store network.

About Proximus Mobility
Based in Atlanta, Proximus Mobility is location based proximity marketing software company that provides a turnkey, end-to-end solution to retailers, hotels and casinos, venues, advertising agencies and small to medium sized businesses. This solution offers relevant, high value digital content to consumers’ mobile phones near the point of influence or point of sale regardless of the phone type or carrier, with no app needed on the phone. Proximus enables brands to effectively reach and capture consumer data and track their customers in the out-of home environment, providing executive level reports and in-depth analytics on dwell times, traffic patterns and behavior profiles. These insights facilitate the ability to make cost-effective and educated purchase decisions and to receive helpful and valuable location-based information and offers completing the value chain for advertiser and consumer. For more information, visit
http://www.proximusmobility.com.

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MessageSolution Showcasing at IBM Lotusphere 2012, with Expanded...

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MessageSolution, Inc., the global technology leader in providing award-winning enterprise information archiving and eDiscovery platforms, delivering both enterprise on-premise and cloud solutions to meet organizations’ needs in email, SharePoint/Quikr, file systems, and NSF database archiving, compliance, legal discovery, migration, and server storage management. MessageSolution will be showcasing its Enterprise eDiscovery Platform and Enterprise Email Cross-Platform Migration System at IBM Lotusphere 2012 Conference in Orlando, Florida.

“With a complete Enterprise Information Archiving and eDiscovery Platform, MessageSolution technologies have been implemented in large-scale enterprise environment, as well as in SME organizations to support regulatory compliance, legal discovery and storage management needs.” says Kevin McInerney, Global Marketing Strategist at MessageSolution. “Our record-breaking scalability reduced over 500% on hardware and storage costs when compared to competing solutions. Our cloud solution provides SME firms with enterprise-class client integration features that other cloud vendors are not able to deliver”.

MessageSolution Enterprise Archive & eDiscovery Platform 6.0 includes expanded features such as federated search capabilities and legal hold notifications. The federated search capabilities allow users to search through email, SharePoint/Quickr, and file archive repositories in global geographic locations through one user interface. Legal Hold Notifications serve as a preservation notice to alert legal counsels, administrators and relevant account custodians of new legal hold policies and the escalation of established ones.

With the MessageSolution eDiscovery Platform, administrators or authorized legal counsel can place either an entire mailbox on legal hold or select individual messages to prevent manual or automated deletion. Retention policies can be independently set for each policy and data disposition can be fully automated. The Case Management feature allows for the monitoring of multiple legal cases by the legal team. The MessageSolution Enterprise eDiscovery Platform enables administrators to enforce governance policies for retention, create and escalate legal holds, increase the legal review performance, instantly access and search data, and drastically reduce legal costs.

MessageSolution is to exhibit its leading edge new product developments at IBM Lotusphere 2012 in Orlando Florida, convention center #636 from January 15 – January 19, 2012, as well as at SharePoint Technology Conference 2012 from February 26 – February 29 in San Francisco, California.

The MessageSolution Difference

Customers continually emphasize MessageSolution products' excellent overall performance, support of all major email servers, as well as its ease of use. MessageSolution provides sub-second data retrieval, an intuitive interface with federated search capabilities, ease of deployment and maintenance. MessageSolution's intelligent back-end design significantly reduces installation requirements, backup time, and the need for technical support.

MessageSolution Enterprise Email Archive™ deftly manages petabytes of data on a daily basis. Legal eDiscovery and litigation support are empowered by the archive’s built-in search engine, which searches through millions of emails within seconds across global locations and data centers. Users can access their archive through their email client, browser, or IPhone and BlackBerry.

MessageSolution delivers the industry’s highest enterprise-level scalability and holds the industry record of archiving over 25,000 users on one single MessageSolution archiving server, and is able to archive hundred thousands of users on a clustered archiving system. This saves significant high-end hardware server and storage requirements when compared to the competitive solutions in the market place. Competitive vendors archive on average 3,000-5,000 users on a single archive server, 4-5 times less than MessageSolution archiving system’s scalability and flexibility. A high, in-process compression rate combined with single instance message and attachment archiving controls archive storage growth.

Enterprise Email Archive™ further reduces organizations' storage costs by using only 25-30% of the original mail server storage space for live content archiving. MessageSolution's products support all Latin-based languages, as well as all character-based languages, such as Japanese and Chinese.
About MessageSolution, Inc.

MessageSolution, Inc., is an industry leader in email, SharePoint & file systems content archiving, eDiscovery legal support and migration. With Cloud, Multi-Tenant and On-Premise solutions available, MessageSolution enables organizations of all sizes in all industries to mitigate risk, reduce storage costs and requirements, optimize server performance, and comply with industry and federal regulations. MessageSolution Enterprise Archiving and eDiscovery Platform supplies the organizational and governing backbone to manage the lifecycle of electronic stored data (ESI) by fully integrating with Lotus Notes Domino, Exchange, GroupWise and all Linux email platforms. It automatically archives all email, email attachments, files and all SharePoint/Quickr content types and permissions to the instantly-accessible, and archiving server to optimize the email server performance. These integrations also make federated searches of all repositories and data stored in all global locations available from one user-friendly interface.

Based in Silicon Valley, California, MessageSolution maintains operations in North America, Europe, and Mainland China, along with distribution channels in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia Pacific & the Middle East. For more information, visit http://www.MessageSolution.com or call (408) 383-0100.

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Posted in: Expanded,Lotusphere,MessageSolution,Showcasing

Monday, February 13, 2012

Expand the collection of cross ItsHot.com Diamond announcement

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A simple, yet classy pendant that looks simple and elegant accessories. They are not complete without one wardrobe essential accessories. This piece of jewelry is the perfect shape for the variety of cases. The latest design and much love today prefer diamond pendants cross. One of the religions and beliefs to wear Diamond crosses to symbolize not only today but in the world of today's fashion conscious as well as a symbol of faith, but they are also a great fashion accessories are also considered. They mean the faith and at the same time bold fashion statement.

Taking into account the increasing needs, expand its collection of cross ItsHot.com diamond. A spokesman for the announcement, "Diamond Cross Itshot.com one religion, just not too trendy accessories are considered signed. This trend of increasing popularity of cross, and we are studying our valued customers about our collection, we've decided to expand. Our collection of different styles with a full range of design and attended the one in any given their reporting about the functions that you can choose to add. There is a religious bent of mind to our collection, as well as their presence in the stylish is perfect for those who are. "

The Diamond Cross is designed in several ways. There are a lot of style is simple and is worn on a daily basis at work, including sufficient light and yet there are all the external reference and respect the cloth wear big hip hop Diamond crosses. The simple style or whether you are looking for a unique one, big or small, your budget, and style of ItsHot.com fits perfectly, you will find one has hundreds of available designs. These are special events to celebrate a loved one for a perfect and memorable gift. They tend to be for all occasions and can never go wrong. Diamond cross pendant can also mate, and wedding gowns. They are as simple as a single piece of diamond studded and yet it's wearer can turn attention.

Diamond cross pendant, many different designs and thickness are available to suit your personality and choice. Find a variety of these sparkling entry or a pair of diamond earrings and a diamond bracelet, which combines the amazing. A variety of design as well as other accessories ItsHot.com apart from the stand has been selected choose from metal. A fresh collection of pendants cross Itshot.com for more, visit their showroom in New York or http://www.itshot.com/?utm_source=vocuspr&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=vocus to find online login.

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Posted in: announcement,collection,cross,Diamond,Expand,ItsHotcom

New Education About the Certified Organic Farming and Food Production...

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Sharon Kleyne, host of the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water syndicated radio talk show, recently interviewed Fred Kirschemnann, PhD, of Iowa State University and President of Kirschenmann Family Farms in South Dakota; about certified organic farming, food production costs, soil health, food economics and the cost of a healthy diet. The interview may be heard on-demand on World Talk Radio, Voice America, Green Talk Network and Apple iTunes.

Dr. Kirschenmann has appeared previously on the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water, discussing his breakthrough research into dry land farming. He is able to grow crops with just a few inches of annual rainfall as productively as nearby irrigated farms. The key is the soil's organic content, which retains moisture better and also increases the crop's nutrient content.

Sharon Kleyne asked Dr. Kirschenmann about certified organic farming. He noted that this is a complex field and that a farm can be certified as "organic" as long as they don't use any disallowed substances. Large monoculture farms (that grow only one crop and do not rotate) can be certified as organic even though their agricultural practices may not attend to the needs of the soil. He is highly skeptical of imported "organic" products.

Dr. Kirschenmann believes it is cost effective to pay a little more for organic foods to support the health of the planet.

Sharon Kleyne and Dr. Kirschenmann had a lengthy discussion of food costs. Dr. Kirschenmann pointed out that if US consumers had to pay the full cost of food production, without subsidies on any level, it would increase shelf prices by about 40%. Currently, neither consumers nor farmers pay directly for the cost of environmental and soil damage from monoculture crops, chemical fertilizers and salt contamination of the soil from irrigation using water from deep aquifers.

It was pointed out that while foods costs in the United States seem fairly low, they are only low with respect to percentage of total income because total income is high. Measured in terms of "cost per calorie," food prices in the US are actually rather high, by world standards.

Also, the ready availability, and constant promotion of unhealthy foods and poor diet choices, increases the amount of illness (obesity, cardiovascular disease, tooth decay, etc) and adds significantly to the cost of health care. There is a complex interrelationship between food production practices, diet, health, economics and other social costs.

Sharon Kleyne and Dr. Kirschenmann concluded with a discussion of diet, food production and health. They encourage purchasing whole foods, organic produce and meats. Dr. Kirschenmann advocates dry land farming because the system relies on soil with a heavy organic content, which not only retains water better but makes food healthier with less need for artificial chemicals or indiscriminate water usage.

Mrs. Kleyne emphasized the importance of drinking enough water in your diet and the use of agricultural practices, such as dry land and organic farming that increase and improve the air's natural, clean humidity.

Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water is sponsored by Bio-Logic Aqua Research, whose Nature's Tears® EyeMist®, a hand-held personal all-natural water humidifying device. Nature's Tears® EyeMist® is available at http://www.BioLogicAqua.com, Amazon.com, drugstore.com and selected drugstores nationwide.

Listen to the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water Mondays, 10 a.m., PST/PDT. The syndicated radio talk show is heard on Voice America/World Talk Radio, Green Talk Network and Apple iTunes. Go to http://www.SharonKleyneHour.com for written summaries and on-demand replays. Also visit http://www.naturestears.com, http://whatistheeye.wordpress.com, "Nature's Tears EyeMist" on Facebook and "Bio-Logic Aqua" on Twitter.

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Posted in: about,Certified,Education,Farming,Organic,Production

Sunday, February 12, 2012

New Legal Website Connects Attorneys and Clients Through an Expertise...

10:52 AM

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While finding a lawyer online may be easy, finding the right lawyer, with the right expertise, and within a budget is hard. Today, RFPattorney.com launches a platform that proves it doesn’t have to be. Despite the emergence of do-it-yourself and crowdsourced advice sites, the vast majority of legal services will always be delivered by practicing lawyers to real clients. Yet, there is a disconnect in the current marketplace:

“The delivery of legal services involves two parties – the lawyer and the client. Lawyers struggle to get their expertise in front of the right clients. And clients struggle to find qualified lawyers with the right knowledge. These are real problems no site was solving,” according to RFPattorney’s founder, a practicing lawyer with experience at both large and small law firms who is very familiar with these struggles.

RFPattorney provides a new way of using the power of the web and social media to bridge the gap between attorney marketing and client search.

Results For Attorneys

On RFPattorney, individual lawyers can instantly generate a modern, professional, and free online presence, and use it to publish content (such as case studies and articles), integrate social web tools (such as LinkedIn and blogging), and showcase niche legal knowledge and experience. It helps lawyers use the web to take proven business development techniques – reputation building and relationship development – and accelerate them.

“I was speaking, writing, connecting on LinkedIn, even tweeting – but it seemed so fragmented. I wanted one place where I could bring all the tools, old and new, together,” said the founder. Further, “many of my colleagues have tremendous niche expertise, but are struggling to get it in front of the right clients. It should be easier.” The attorney Presence provides the solution.

Value For Clients

RFPattorney helps clients conduct a smarter search for the right lawyer based on their needs. The clean and simple interface requires only two inputs: Where do you need a lawyer? What are your legal needs?

A client’s search can go even further – the individual or business can also evaluate and compare a set of lawyers. RFPattorney has created a disruptive request for proposal (“RFP”) process, which is fully integrated with its network of attorneys.

“The RFP process is a powerful tool, but with convoluted RFPs and 100+ page responses, the system was broken. We fixed it and made it accessible to all,” according to the founder. While price and budget remain key considerations in the process, the initial metric used in selecting recipients is expertise.

“The streamlined process helps us locate the legal expertise we need, while saving us time and helping lower our search costs and ultimately, our legal costs,” according to one Detroit-area small business owner.

Flat-Fee Solutions

RFPattorney also helps meet the growing demand for alternatives to hourly fees. On their Presence, licensed practicing lawyers can choose to offer their own Flat-Fee Solutions (such as wills or incorporation documents). This gives a potential client more choices and the security of seeing the expertise behind those choices.

Creating a Presence is completely free. Attorneys pay only when they choose to respond to leads and RFPs generated by their Presence. Importantly, they can review the content of the lead or RFP first. As a launch promotion, each new attorney will receive 3 lead credits to get started. For clients, the first RFP is completely free. The company “wanted to create a platform that allowed access to all lawyers, regardless of resources.”

RFPattorney delivers a “win-win” for both attorneys and clients. Visit RFPattorney at https://www.RFPattorney.com to get started and create an attorney presence, search for legal services, or start a streamlined RFP.

About

RFPattorney.com is owned by Contrast Professional Services LLC, an Indianapolis, Indiana based start-up founded in 2011. Contrast brought together the expertise of practicing lawyers, in-house counsel, business owners, as well as leading experts in web design and software development to envision and build a smarter solution for all parties involved in the delivery of legal services. To contact Contrast for more information, please use the form at https://www.rfpattorney.com/contact.

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Posted in: Attorneys,Clients,Connects,Expertise,Legal,Through,Website

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Krede Ltd - Interim Management Provider - Launches Updated Digital...

10:15 PM

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Krede Ltd provider of interim management solutions today announced the launch of its updated digital platform signaling the latest phase of company development.

The interactive site kredeltd.com launched on 9th January 2012 with updated functionality to assist both clients and interim manager candidates alike.

Commenting on the launch James Conway, Krede Ltd director, said “This is an exciting time for our company. With high profile assignments continuing to be secured and more companies choosing interim solutions to address immediate company requirements and in addition “trying before hiring” potential permanent individuals via interim appointment the interim management sector is becoming more buoyant. With our digital initiative we are aiming to enable the first step for clients and candidates to become more smooth and simple.”

James Conway – Director Krede Ltd.
Phone: 07774 285482
E-mail: info(at)kredeltd(dot)com

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Posted in: Digital,Interim,Krede,Launches,Management,Provider,Updated

America’s Most Famous Box of Chocolates Celebrates its First 100 Years

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America’s most famous box of chocolates celebrates its first 100 years - 1912 to 2012. The yellow, cross-stitched Whitman’s® Sampler® may seem quiet and unassuming, but oh do Americans love to give it.

Since the Sampler’s introduction in 1912, it has never faltered as America’s best-selling box of chocolates. Today, a Sampler is sold every 2.5 seconds. It is estimated that over one billion Samplers have been enjoyed since 1912, and a large number of those empty boxes can still be found in desk drawers, cupboards, and attics filled with keepsakes, recipes, baseball cards, buttons, and the like. The Sampler is truly a part of American life.

Many clever ideas have helped pave the way for the Sampler’s historic 100-year success.
The yellow, cross-stitched design is one of the greatest packaging ideas in history. The original 1912 package had an aged yet ageless look suggesting the box had been around for 100 years giving first time buyers a sense of confidence in their gift choice. The Sampler was the first box of chocolates with an index showing each candy inside – now a boxed chocolate standard. The Sampler was the first packaged product in the U.S. to be wrapped in cellophane and the first to be nationally sold in the best drug stores across the country. By 1915, over 19,000 independent drug stores proudly offered the Whitman’s Sampler. An incredible achievement today, let alone nearly a hundred years ago.

The Sampler is the most advertised box of chocolates in history.
America’s love affair with the Whitman’s Sampler has been fueled by the elixir of advertising. Many of the ads produced over the decades are true works of art created by the best illustrators and photographers of the day. No one can forget the famous slogan A Woman Never Forgets the Man Who Remembers or Here’s How I Remember! Why Don’t You?. The latter became unforgettable in the 1950s when Hollywood’s biggest movie stars including John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor told America those very words while holding a Sampler. No million dollar endorsement checks for these stars. They were paid in Samplers and a mention of the actor’s upcoming motion picture. Today, the Sampler is a regular in popular culture, showing up in countless movies and television shows as a welcomed gift.

The Whitman’s Sampler is a national treasure.
For as long as anyone can remember, a Sampler has been a special gift from the President for important guests who visit the White House and those traveling on Air Force One. It’s even packaged in its very own Presidential tin. In 1991, the Sampler’s place in American history was further recognized when it was added to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. And to American servicemen, the Sampler has been a comforting gift from home. During World War II, handwritten notes of encouragement were packed into Sampler boxes and sent to the fighting troops. This tradition was continued in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Sampler boxes with hand written notes were delivered to American troops overseas.

What is it about the Sampler that makes it just as popular today as it was in 1912?
Is it the charming cross-stitched, yellow box virtually unchanged since its beginning? The delicious chocolate assortment - who can’t resist that mouth-watering chocolate caramel or the delicious milk chocolate Messenger Boy? Or is it the tradition of giving the Sampler, always the perfect gift for anyone and any occasion?

Whitman’s President, Tom Ward, says, “This yellow box is simply amazing. I don’t know exactly what it is, but Americans love to give it year after year after year. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the men and women who continue to make the Sampler day in and day out. I am proud that everything from the handcrafted chocolates to the beautiful paper box is proudly made in America with the same passion and excellence that began in 1842 when Stephen F. Whitman made his first chocolates in Philadelphia.”

Whatever the reason for its legendary success, it’s undeniable America still embraces the tradition of giving the Whitman’s Sampler. To lovers, to mothers, to neighbors, to friends, to the mailman, to the President, the Sampler remains the perfect gift. What will the next 100 years bring?

To celebrate this 100 year milestone, the Whitman’s Sampler wants to party with anyone born in 1912 in their Kiss Me, I’m 100 Giveaway. Winners will receive a Kiss Me, I’m 100 hat and a JUMBO Whitman’s Sampler—big enough to share with friends, but that is completely up to them! And don’t miss the Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic, the sweetest college lacrosse event of the season. The Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic will be played in primetime on Friday April 27th at Sports Authority Field, home of the Denver Broncos. The double-header event will feature four of the finest teams in the NCAA, Virginia v. Penn and Denver v. Duke. For details and more information about the Kiss Me, I’m 100 Giveaway and the Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic, please visit http://www.facebook.com/WhitmansSampler.

About Whitman’s Candies
Celebrating its 170th anniversary in 2012, Whitman's Candies is America's oldest continuous producer of boxed chocolates. Whitman’s began in 1842 when 19-year-old Stephen F. Whitman set up a small confectionery and fruit shop on the Philadelphia waterfront. The Whitman’s Sampler is among many boxed chocolate masterpieces produced by Whitman’s over the years. Today, Whitman’s chocolates and confections are manufactured at factories located in Abilene, Kansas, Iola, Kansas, Montrose, Colorado, and Corsicana, Texas. Whitman’s. Made in America since 1842.

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