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Latin Billboard Honors Wisin & Yandel with 5 Nominations

The most prestigious publication in the music industry has honored Wisin and Yandel with five nominations for the Latin Billboard Awards. The Duo were nominated to the categories of Hot Latin Song of the Year - Vocal Duet for "Noche de Sexo" featuring Aventura; Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year; Reggaeton Song of the Year for "Pam Pam"; Latin Ringtone of the Year for "Rakata"; and Compilation of the Year for "Los Vaqueros." The awards will be presented on April 26 in the city of Miami.

"We are very happy and satisfied with the nominations received from Latin Billboard. These nominations reaffirm that our efforts and hard work have not been in vain and it motivates us to continue striving to offer the best of ourselves," stated Wisin & Yandel upon hearing the good news.

Celebrate Mabon, the Fall Equinox, by Registering for The Oestara Seminary of Magick

The Oestara Seminary of Magick (www.seminaryofmagick.com), an on-line Pagan seminary of mystery and magick for adults 18 and older, will open its virtual doors on October 31st at midnight EST. Pre-opening registration of $20.00 (USD) starts on Mabon, the fall equinox $20.00 (USD).

The mystery taught at the Seminary is of self-realization and spiritual improvement. The magick is the practices, the Workings, that enable you to achieve the mystery. Magickal practices include three types of Workings: those of Seership, Communion, Need, and Beauty. Workings of Seership allow you to sense past-lives, the future, and current events through psychic ability.

Best Microsites and Landing Pages of 2008 to Be Named by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association judges will select the best online newsletters of 2008 in 86 industries as part of their sixth annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards. The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising. Companies or agencies wishing to nominate their work for consideration may do so at IACAward.org before the deadline of January 31, 2008.

"Micro sites and landing pages are a critical marketing tool for any company trying to effectively advertise on the Internet," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association. "Banner ads and online newsletters are effective driving traffic, but it is the landing pages that convert the visitor into a customer. Each micro site and landing will be judged on creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting, and use of the medium as an advertisement. The IAC Awards provides an opportunity to find out who is doing an outstanding job creating microsites and landing pages. It's also a great marketing opportunity for the winners to promote to senior management, customers and prospects".

Global 360 and Corticon Technologies to Host Regional Event Featuring Colin Teubner of Forrester Research

Global 360, Inc., a leading provider of business process management (BPM) and optimization solutions, today announced the company, along with Corticon Technologies will host an executive breakfast on March 6, in Boston, Mass. Colin Teubner of Forrester Research will unveil new, unpublished research on the relationship between BPM, Business Rules Management and Business Intelligence.

What:

Best Practices for Optimizing Business Processes to Achieve Operational Efficiency

When:

Thursday, March 6, 2008

8:45 - 11:45 a.m. EST

Dr. L. Todd Thomas Hosts New Workshop "Leading in Turbulent Times"

Dr. L. Todd Thomas, premier coach in global leadership development and president of IMPACT Consulting and Development, LLC., recently seen on Fox Business News, CNBC and as a regular contributor to The Street.Com is offering a dynamic, one-day, interactive workshop Leading in Turbulent Times. Offered twice to accommodate demand - April 16th and 17th, 2009 - these sessions will provide concrete information on how to lead effectively during this time of quickly changing, provocative events.

"The format of the workshop is designed to allow leaders to work through interactive discussions and sessions to develop an action plan for their specific situation." Dr. L. Todd Thomas said. "They will have an opportunity to share ideas with others, discuss their own challenges, and create a structured plan that they can begin to put in place the day after they leave the program."

Online Training Designed to Prevent Smoking Gun E-mails Wins Award

Rules adopted by the US Supreme Court will make it common practice for an organization’s e-mails to be examined during litigation. Countless employers will have to defend “smoking gun” e-mails written by their employees. How can organizations manage this looming disaster?

“Training is the answer,” says Allison Plesur, CEO of Interactive Employment Training, Inc. “Employees need to know that e-mails are permanent and not confidential. They need to understand how e-mails may come back to haunt them and the organization.” Interactive Employment Training’s online course, Think Before You Send: A Practical Guide to E-Mail in the Workplace was recently recognized by Human Resource Executive magazine as one of its Top Training Products of 2006. “It’s an important issue and we’re glad that th 5a8 e business community has recognized the need to train employees in important e-mail best practices. We’re proud that Human Resource Executive has recognized the value of presenting that training in an engaging, creative, practical manner,” said Plesur.

New SEC Executive Compensation Regulations Go Into Effect, Improving Corporate Transparency

New rules went into effect last Friday requiring public companies to provide more detailed information about executive pay packages and perks to investors in their filings with the SEC. These changes are aimed at increasing corporate transparency and come amidst widespread option backdating probes and the well-publicized, widening wage gap between executives and employees.

The SEC's new filing requirements will add to existing disclosure tables found in SEC filings and require companies to adopt a "principles based" approach to compensation disclosure - essentially requiring them to disclose and explain all material executive compensation in plain English. These changes will affect all SEC filings that require compensation disclosures, beginning this week.

Globalisation Management Strategies Conference Announces Spring Event

The upcoming Globalisation Management Strategies Conference (GMSC), to be held March 29-30, 2007, in Monterey, California has gathered the leading authorities on topics that address Global Business in a Localising Economy, and managing globalisation in the Internet age. It will focus on six key areas with an emphasis on innovative practices that position companies for global expansion: Executive Management, Strategy & Planning, Global Marketing & Service, Distributed Operations & Technology Integration, Research & Development, and Cross-cultural Organisation & Human Resources Management.

ConsumerBase Introduces Multi-Channel Responders

ConsumerBase announced its new Multi-Channel Responder file today. Multi-Channel Responders are individuals who have responded to mail order programs in addition to online offers. The company predicts that the product will lift response rates substantially over those of traditional mailing lists. Response is expected to be even higher for offers targeted by category.

ConsumerBase has long been a pioneer in capturing online response data and overlaying it onto postal records. The Multi-Channel Responder product goes a step further and overlays mail order responders onto the data records of those online responders.

LA Times Features La Jolla's Newly Constructed 'Home of the Future'

A glass and concrete towered home (www.lajollacontemporary.com) featured in a two-page article published by the LA Times was the vision of La Jolla resident Dr. Stefan Lemperle.

In 2002, San Diego-based architect Jonathan Segal FAIA, who is heavily inspired by his peers Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Tadao Ando, was hired to design the 4,800 sq. ft., 62 ft. wide oceanfront masterpiece, which now stands on an oceanfront bluff top in La Jolla.

The four-level glass tower home was built 13 feet deep into the ground, providing 2,000 sq. ft. of subterranean living to maximize precious living space on the lot. In beach cities, building down is the best way to get the most out of limited lots without violating any strict restrictions on the height and footprint of the home, and also draw less attention from the street giving the homeowner more privacy.

NuMatrix and Tech 2000 Partner to Deliver Authorized Cisco® Training in Detroit MI and Colombo Sri Lanka

NuMatrix, a Detroit based provider of information technology services and solutions, announced Monday that it now delivers Authorized Cisco® training as a sponsored organization of Tech2000, a Cisco® Learning Solutions Partner and a leading provider of e-learning solutions for business and technology skills. This sponsorship allows NuMatrix to offer its customers up-to-date, authorized Cisco® training and Cisco® Authorized Curriculum and provide its students with the highest quality training in the industry.

Gridborg Host Media Processing Software Now Supports Envox 6

'This is probably one of the most important milestones in Gridborg 1.0 development so far. It makes Gridborg viable telephony cards replacement for developers of thousands of applications that are written with Envox toolkit.' said Boris Pavacic, CTO of Uniqall, Inc. 'For the most of them, switching costs are almost non-existent.'

Switching underlying telephony cards with cards from another vendor, or with host media processing based solution is not without costs attached to it. On other hand, the carrot is huge. Long-term savings associated with switching to VoIP & host media processing solution like Gridborg are tremendous. Costs of development, deployment and maintenance as well as those of inventory, sparing, and startup go through the floor once when specialized hardware is finally taken out of the equation.

The lowest switching costs are for developers using rapid application development toolkits such as Envox that do support both old and new platform. By supporting the latest version of industry leading toolkit Uniqall made significant move toward those developers who are best positioned to make quick, painless transition.

MoneyandMarkets.com: Surviving Soaring Retirement Costs

The Social Security Administration just announced that benefit recipients will get a 3.3 percent "raise" in 2007. But this cost-of-living adjustment just isn't going to cut it ... not in today's world, according to Weiss Research Analyst and Money and Markets Contributor, Nilus Mattive.

In Mr. Mattive's October 24th report, he highlights the details: "the average Social Security recipient is getting just $238.25 a week in payments. Can you enjoy life on that amount? I don't think so. And that 3.3% increase? It translates into a lousy $7.86 a week ... or about $31 a month. That's barely enough to cover the co-payments on some prescriptions!"

News for Players of the Lottery

For the first time for many years, at last someone has done some original thinking with regard to lottery systems. This in itself is remarkable when people consider that lotteries are a worldwide phenomenon with millions of minds trying to exploit the systems, so far to no avail.

Bernard Fellerman has just written a book, "Winning the Lottery," published by LULU (www.lulu.com) at a print price of approximately $9.35. The book gives lots of lottery information and history, as well as original ideas on a system for betting on the lottery in such a way that odds are reduced sometimes as much as 8,000 percent, or maybe even more, and strategy is improved to help a person's chances of winning. His 'systems' are applicable in any country worldwide that has lotteries for public use.

KennyConsultingInc.com Launches New Website

Raymond Aboulafia, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kenny Consulting Inc. announced today the re-launch of the new website KennyConsultingInc.com, dedicated to the Small to Medium Sized Business Owner. Kenny Consulting Inc. acts as a marketing company to provide loans to Small to Medium Sized Businesses. The main objective of Kenny Consulting Inc. is educating Small Business Owners as to creative solutions which may be available to them in order to survive in the business world with regards to obtaining small business loans.

GlobalFun Acquires the Wireless Entertainment Division of Italian Distributor Bryo srl

GlobalFun, a leader in wireless entertainment publishing and development, has acquired the mobile game division of Italian distributor Bryo srl, www.bryo.it in a move to strengthen GlobalFun's Italian market presence.

Bryo, situated in Milano, Italy, is working as a mobile games distributor with Business to Consumer channels and carriers for the Italian wireless entertainment market.

Through this deal, GlobalFun takes over the current mobile games offerings, catalogue and distribution channels from Bryo, to be incorporated under the GlobalFun brand of wireless entertainment.

Raster-to-Vector Conversion Service Made Available to Reprographics Industry

CAD/CAM Services, Inc., an experienced leader in raster to vector conversion and drafting and conversion services, is offering special rates and conditions to the reprographics industry. This will enable businesses like copy shops, blue printers, and scanning centers to offer AutoCAD conversion services to their clients at fair, competitive prices.

We have been around long enough and have enough experience to handle most any project," said Scott Shuppert, President of CAD/CAM Services, Inc. To put things in perspective, one of our aircraft projects this year included taking the 767 wing that had several hundred drawings over 20 feet long then converting and assembling them into a single Catia 3-D model--all good to within .005 inches. CAD / CAM SERVICES is one of only two firms in the entire United States with the technology to do this." CAD/CAM Services, Inc. is also one of the few authorized raster to vector conversion companies certified for Department of Defense CAD conversion work.

World of Accor 2006 Starts This Week

Asia Pacific’s largest hotel expo, World of Accor, expands to 11 destinations this year, reflecting the spectacular growth the group’s regional hotel network and the rising economic clout of Asian outbound travel (http://www.accorhotels-asia.com).

In 2006, the World of Accor Expo will be staged in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney. It is the first time that World of Accor in Indonesia and Melbourne

Representatives from Accor’s worldwide network of over 4,000 hotels will participate in the trade expos to showcase new hotel product, and to discuss with clients their domestic, inbound and outbound hotel needs.

New Book Reveals the Original Octo-Mom

Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has become notorious for giving birth to eight children at the same time, but Daniel King's new book, "The Secret of Obed-Edom," reveals she may not be the first Octo-mom.

In biblical times, there was a woman who may have borne eight sons in one pregnancy. She was the wife of Obed-Edom, an obscure Bible character. The Bible says, "God blessed his house and everything he had." Later in the Bible, there is a list of all of Obed-Edom's sons, eight of them, and according to one ancient Jewish commentator, the reason that everyone knew Obed-Edom was blessed was because his wife conceived and gave birth to all eight sons at the same time.

SV40 Cancer Foundation is Launched

The SV40 Cancer Foundation has just been established by Raphaele and Michael Horwin in memory of their son, Alexander Horwin who passed away in 1999 from an SV40 positive cancer at the age of 2 ½.

SV40 was the 40th virus found in rhesus monkey kidney cells when these cells were used to make the polio vaccine. This virus contaminated both the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) created by Dr. Jonas Salk and the Oral or "Live" Polio Vaccine (OPV) created by Dr. Albert Sabin.

The Horwins lost their child, Alexander, http//www.ouralexander.org to a SV40 positive brain tumor in January 1999. Leading SV40 scientists in the United States performed five tests at five different laboratories on tissue removed from Alexander’s brain tumor. DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology was used along with other sophisticated techniques such as laser micro-dissection. These tests demonstrated that SV40 was in Alexander’s brain tumor cells and that the virus was active in creating the cancer.