Paris Hilton Sexy iPhone Wallpapers Free Download

United States of America (Press Release) December 31, 2008 -- Paris Hilton, so sexy girl and I know a little about her. She is an American celebutante, socialite, heiress, television personality, actress, author, singer and model.
She is known for her appearance on the television series The Simple Life, her several minor film roles (most notably her role in the horror film House of Wax in 2005), her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography, her 2006 album Paris, her work in modeling, and her appearance in a sex tape in 2003. As a result of several legal incidents, Hilton also served a widely publicized sentence in a Los Angeles County jail in 2007.
There are some sexy pictures of her that I find. I just get Paris Hilton's pictures at www.SOIPHONE.com with out pay. I think you want to get them too and I wish you get like.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1230714952.html

New Zealand win toss, bat first against West Indies

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening one-day cricket international against the West Indies here on Wednesday. "If you know the reputation of this wicket, it's got a bit of pace in it," Vettori said. History also favours New Zealand, who have won five of the six completed one-day internationals previously played on the Queenstown wicket. New Zealand have bolstered their pace bowling line-up for this match with the inclusion of Mark Gillespie in the side ahead of off-spinner Jeetan Patel. The West Indies, however, will be without one of their star players with Shivnarine Chanderpaul out with a hand injury. The match, the first in a five-game series, is due to start in fine weather at noon (2300 GMT) but with the possibility of showers later. Teams: New Zealand: Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum, Jamie How, Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Jacob Oram, Grant Elliot, Daniel Vettori (captain), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Mark Gillespie. Jeetan Patel (12th man). West Indies: Chris Gayle (captain), Sewnarine Chattergoon, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Xavier Marshall, Brendan Nash, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor, Nikita Miller, Fidel Edwards, Lionel Baker. Shawn Findlay (12th man). Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG), Tony Hill (NZL) Television umpire: Evan Watkin (NZL) Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081230230900.dbyplq9n&show_article=1

Time runs out for the parking meter

Time runs out for the parking meter - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Tuesday 30 December 2008 | Features feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics News Video You are here: Home News Features Time runs out for the parking meter The council that introduced parking meters to the UK has sounded their death knell - but however much we hate them, we'll miss them when they're gone, says the creator of a new Radio 4 documentary   By Josie Barnard Last Updated: 10:47AM GMT 30 Dec 2008 Hated by the public, targeted by criminals - and now for the chop Photo: DANIEL JONES Fifty years ago this year, as the first parking meter was unveiled in Grosvenor Square in London, George Nugent, the then parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Transport, chose to quote Milton to honour its installation. He declaimed with absolute solemnity: "They also serve who only stand and wait." Such reverence is hard to imagine now for one of the most reviled symbols of modern life. Like most people, I've long harboured a dislike of these pieces of street furniture, which silently, relentlessly take my cash. (It is not surprising that Ken Grange, who designed the first British parking meter, says he never mentions his achievement at parties.) So news of its forthcoming extinction in parts of London should be greeted with joy. But having made a programme about the history of the meter for Radio 4, I'm now not so sure. The parking meter was born in July 1935 in Oklahoma. Conceived by Carl Magee, a local newspaper editor who sat on the chamber of commerce, it was intended to solve the problem of oil workers' cars clogging up the city centre. The simple wind-up, coin-operated device that Magee proposed stayed in use for more than 40 years, even though the shell was reportedly cobbled together by a plumber over a weekend. There was ambivalence towards the device from the outset. While Magee was happy to pose for photographs with his invention, the then mayor of Oklahoma City refused, vehemently denying any responsibility for the new beast. Then, the day after the meters were installed, a local lawyer, Ed Butterfield, took out an injunction against the first 130, forcing their use to be suspended for a week. Clive Baker, now a senior lecturer in business strategy at Southampton University, recalls that when parking meters were introduced in Britain, they were welcomed – but not for long. As a local government traffic engineer, he recalls that coins wrapped in paper or bits of folded matchboxes were commonly used to jam them. Then, in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman's character goes to prison for the crime of knocking the heads off parking meters, and Baker recalls that it caused a wave of copycat meter decapitations. This wasn't the only attempt to disable the machines. The Sussex town of Lewes is known for its tradition of burning a public hate figure on its November 5 bonfire. By the 1990s, residents were giving similar treatment to parking meters, blowing them up with fireworks. To date, vandals have caused £300,000 of damage. Meanwhile in central London, as the 21st century began, turf wars developed during which rival Albanian gangs fought for the control of keys to sets of meters. Oliver Finegold of Westminster Council says that by 2007, Westminster was losing up to £120,000 per week to these thieves. Since then, the councils have struck back. In Lewes, the answer was '"intelligent" meters, which use technology similar to that found in home burglar alarms to trigger an alert to let the base know if a machine is under attack. However, Alasdair Gilchrist of Westminster council has come up with a more radical solution: taking out all the meters. So the very council that introduced the parking meter to this country is striking its death knell. Approximately 3,500 meters have been uprooted from central London. Of the 800 left, all will be gone by early next year, replaced by chip and pin and mobile phone technology instead. Groups of parking bays now feature a sign with a code that drivers must text in, along with their credit card details. There are advantages, says Gilchrist. You no longer have to load your pockets with change, and if a meeting runs over it's easy to text in an extra payment to extend the time. But Lancaster University's digital culture academic, Charlie Gere, fears that these changes represent a sinister shift – one first identified by the late French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Seen through Deleuzian spectacles, the parking meter is symptomatic of a "disciplinary society", in which we are required to pay for a particular space that we can actually see. Yet, once we have to text in our payments instead, we are in a Deleuzian "society of control", where an act of parking on the ground has implications in cyberspace. Councils can pass information about us to other councils – for example, we could be stopped from parking in Glasgow if we default on a payment in Penzance. Added to that, not everyone has a mobile phone; Gere claims the new scheme creates an underclass, the process by which the world splits between digital haves and have-nots. More practically, in most parking meters, at least there are two minutes' leeway built in before the red penalty flag goes up. Perhaps we have been too hasty to smash up this disliked piece of machinery. Compared with the future, parking meters are starting to look benign. •'Meter Mad' is on BBC Radio 4, at 11.30pm on December 30

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/4029123/Time-runs-out-for-the-parking-meter.html

Web-Tools Co., marketing in Egypt ... #1 The world's professional company for internet solutions

Egypt, Arab Republic of (Press Release) December 29, 2008 -- Web-Tools provide emarketing in egypt and in all other countries around the world as a whole new element to the marketing mix. Many businesses are producing great results with e-marketing and its flexible and cost-effective nature makes it particularly suitable for small businesses as it utilizes electronic medium to perform marketing activities and achieve desired marketing objectives for them.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1230592451.html

Homeless people flocking to support facilities after losing jobs+

TOKYO, Dec. 29 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A total of 2,523 people were living at the 30 support facilities for the homeless in Tokyo and eight major cities as of the end of November, up 15 percent from the same time last year, a Kyodo News tally showed Monday. The number of people taking refuge at these shelters and rehabilitation facilities has increased as many temporary and day workers are losing their jobs amid the economic downturn. Among these locations, 994 homeless people were at facilities in Osaka, up 9 percent from 908 last year, 701 in Tokyo, up 33 percent from 527, and 268 in Nagoya, up 86 percent from 144. Local governments are having a hard time handling the situation as occupancy rates at these facilities have grown to 71 percent from last year's 62 percent. Many people working on loan from temp staff agencies have lost their jobs and places to live after being kicked out of their dormitories. Some homeless people have moved to these major cities from municipalities without such support facilities. The number of homeless people taking shelter has particularly surged in Nagoya since the fall. Meanwhile in Tokyo, the downward trend in the homeless population that had continued for two years until the fall of last year has now turned into an increase, with the figure growing rapidly since the spring. An official of a support facility in Tokyo expressed concern that the facility may not be able to accept applicants anymore if the number of users continues to surge at the current pace. In Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, where the number of facility users has remained at the same level as last year at about 200, the proportion of younger people in their 30s and 40s at the facilities has increased.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95CATFG0&show_article=1

Man moves into family's attic and helps himself to their things

Stanley Carter surrendered on Friday after police took a dog to search the home in Plains Township, about 100 miles north of Philadelphia. He was charged with several counts of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal trespassing."When he came down from the attic, he was wearing my daughter's pants and my sweat shirt and sneakers," Stacy Ferrance said. "From what I gather, he was helping himself to my home, eating my food and stealing my clothes."The 21-year-old had been staying with friends, who are neighbours of the Ferrance family, police said. He apparently entered the shared attic through a trap door in a bedroom ceiling.Mr Carter went missing on Dec 19 and his friends filed a missing person report a few days before Christmas.Mrs Ferrance said she had heard noises but thought they were caused by her children. She notified police on Christmas Day when cash, a laptop computer and an iPod disappeared, then called police again the next day when she found footprints in her bedroom closet, where the attic trap door is located.Mr Carter kept a list of everything he took, said Plains Township police officer Michael Smith."When we were going through the inventory of what he did take, we found a note labelled 'Stanley's Christmas List', of all the items he had removed from the residence and donated to himself," Mr Smith said.Mr Carter was in jail Sunday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with a preliminary hearing set for Jan 5.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4000922/Man-moves-into-familys-attic-and-helps-himself-to-their-things.html

Save your sensitive data into password protected CDs

United States of America (Press Release) December 28, 2008 -- Sensitive personal information, valuable R&D material, government and corporate secrets and other confidential data is often the subject of abuse by unauthorized persons due to its sensitivity.

Data backup of such sensitive information to hard disk is vulnerable to electronic tampering, hacking or hijacking.

CDR is the best choice for offline digital backup as one can physically keep CDRs in a safe place. KernSafe SecureCD Creator(http://www.kernsafe.com) comes with security program modules embedded into the CD-R which encryption,and write data back onto Security CDs.

Whilst a Security CDs can be duplicated, it will not run when copied onto other media. The encrypted data is un-extractable by any means without the password.

The SecureCD Creator use AES 256 and SHA256 bit algorithm, running at high security level.

SecureCD Creator will give quadruple security for valuable data protection.

Generally, SecureCD Creator can use for the following four ways:

Create and archive sensitive data files into a encrypted iso file, mount to a CD-ROM by SecureCD Creator CD-ROM emulator for using.
Burn sensitive data files in to CDR/DVDR for keeping, giving-away or distributing.
Using SecureCD Creator as a normal iso file editor for creating, editing an iso file.
using SecureCD Creator as a normal virtual CD-ROM emulator in computer.

Benefits:
Support for Creating, editing an iso9660 files.
Support for burning iso and encrypted iso files.
Using 256 bit AES arithmetic, support high security level.
Encrypted CDR or iso file support auto-running.
The encrypted data in CDR is un-accessble by any means without the password.
Support for the newest windows system------VISTA.
Support for AMD64 and intel EM64T computer.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1230461231.html

Christian Debt sets believers back. Christians need to be Debt Free In order to Give.

United States of America (Press Release) December 27, 2008 -- A person's faith has a huge influence on their lifestyle. Most faiths provide guidelines and rules by which followers of that faith, model their behavior and actions. Following these set rules regarding money and debt are not always easy or even practical in this day and age. One approach to the question of money and faith is that we all need money like it or loathe it; it is part and parcel of our daily lives. But money should be our servant for good and not our god.

It is a lot more common today that, globally, responsible questions about money, such as how much do I really need or how much is enough for a given purpose , are disappearing from view. We simply strive to get more money. We are forever looking at ways to make more for things that we, very often, do not need. It does not help that we have such easy access to credit. We can buy what we do not need now! We have fallen completely into the materialistic trap. The variety of sayings and warnings about money in the Gospel provides a mirror for the variety of ways in which money can prove a distraction or an insidious trap.

Think about it; we spend less than one hour a week in religious or spiritual time and more than five hours shopping. American children now spend more than 40 hours a week engaged in media, while meaningful conversations with parents total less than 40 minutes.

Driving debt deeper are financial institutions, leading people into borrowing more money than they can afford to repay. Household savings rates drop below zero, and more than 60 percent of people fall into long-term debt on credit cards.

We also recommend that you download our free ebook. Go to www.BelieversDebtRelief.org and click on the downloadable book at the bottom of the page.

This behavior has a global impact; us funding our lifestyles with debt have become the example for people in many other countries including developing third world countries. Debt in America has become a global trend, making inequalities worse, undermining the world's environmental resources, and generally making the world a poorer, more polluted place. Do you want to contribute to this ever-increasing spiral of debt and plunder

The first practical step that we can take to free ourselves from debt and easy money is, not to turn away from it, but to take it more seriously, to ask for help from fellow believers to lift the debt burden. Just as there are support groups and services for vices such as gambling, alcoholism and drugs, there are debt advice and support services and agencies. More to the point, Christians can get help from Christian debt services and agencies.

Contact BelieversDebtRelief.org by entering in your information on the website
or calling 1-800-710-2340.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1230387916.html

Sports schedule for Sunday, Dec. 28+

TOKYO, Dec. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Major sports events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, Dec. 28: HORSE RACING Arima Kinen. Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. 3:25 p.m.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95ARM6G1&show_article=1

CIA give Afghan warlords Viagra in exchange for information on Taliban

Viagra: the blue pills to boost libidos are the latest in a long line of inducements including tooth extractions and visas Photo: AFP/GETTY "Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people – whether it's building a school or handing out Viagra," one veteran CIA officer told The Washington Post.According to the newspaper, pills to boost the libidos of Afghan tribal patriarchs are the latest in a long line of inducements including medicine or operations for family, toys and school equipment, tooth extractions and visas.In one case, a warlord aged 60 who was struggling to satisfy his four younger wives was also holding back information that could be crucial to American interests.A clandestine CIA operatives who was visiting sensed an opportunity and reached into his bag for a small gift of four blue pills. "Take one of these," he said. "You'll love it."Four days later, the CIA man returned to a beaming warlord – whether there were any smiles form his wives was not reported. The warlord furnished the CIA with invaluable details of Taliban supply routes and movements before requesting more pills.More traditional CIA bribes involved money and guns. But they can be problematic because the weapons might be used against American forces and money can compromise an informant who is not careful about how visibly it is spent."If you give an asset $1,000, he'll go out and buy the shiniest junk he can find, and it will be apparent that he has suddenly come into a lot of money from someone," Jamie Smith, a former CIA officer, told The Washington Post."Even if he doesn't get killed, he becomes ineffective as an informant because everyone knows where he got it."The trick was to identify a means of pleasing the CIA source enough to guarantee his loyalty without making it obvious to others that he's being rewarded."You're trying to bridge a gap between people living in the 18th century and people coming in from the 21st century so you look for those common things in the form of material aid that motivate people everywhere."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3965138/CIA-give-Afghan-warlords-Viagra-in-exchange-for-information-on-Taliban.html

Albemarle Plantation in Hertford, North Carolina - NC Real Estate Information

United States of America (Press Release) December 25, 2008 -- Albemarle Plantation in Hertford, North Carolina is a beautiful and exquisite waterfront community. This luxurious community will include large estate style lots and houses built by some of the area s leading custom home builders. Home architectural guidelines are in place to ensure that proper homes will meet the overall theme of the neighborhood. Precautions have been taken to keep the land in its pristine state. And to further protect the value of this community, certain subdivision deed restrictions apply, designed to assure the quality of the natural environment for years to come. Each individual property is unique and must be visited in person to truly appreciate.

To view available NC Lake Properties, visit http://www.NClakefront.com.

Three types of properties here include: Lake front or water front, lake view or water view, and lake access or water access property. Lakefront or waterfront property is defined as having the lake out your back door. Your property borders the lake and you live on the lake. Lakeview or waterview property is defined where you have a view of the lake, but your property doesn t border the lake. Lake access or water access property is defined as having access to the lake (your property doesn t border the lake, and you don t see the lake). With lake access or water access property, you are just a short walk or drive away from enjoying the lake. Whatever type of lifestyle you desire, we ll be able to help!

What s the first rule of Real Estate Location, Location, Location. Albemarle Plantation in Hertford, North Carolina is conveniently located minutes from cultural attractions, local events, entertainment establishments, shopping, hospitals, and fine dining. This area has become famous for its quality lifestyle and family friendly activities fit for all ages. From museums to shopping, there's something for everyone to enjoy and explore. North Carolina has many major metropolitan areas throughout the state. The largest cities include the Charlotte Area (Cornelius, Mooresville, Huntersville, Davidson, Denver), Raleigh Area (Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, and Apex), Asheville, Wilmington, Hickory, Burlington, Salisbury, Greensboro, Winston Salem, and High Point. Wherever you live, you re a short distance to a major metropolitan area. Why is NC #1 on many people s short list to live All of the reasons above plus a Better Climate, Lower Taxes, Lower Cost of Living, and Southern Hospitality.

What to do on the lake today How about:
~ Awake with coffee and watch the morning fog rise off the lake
~ Spend the morning bass fishing on the glistening water.
~ Take family and friends water skiing around noon.
~ Lazy afternoons relaxing in a hammock.
~ Complete the day with a sunset wine cruise.

NC Lake Property is not just a financial investment but also an investment in your family, your future, your enjoyment, and your peace of mind.

There s nothing better than living along the lake - The water draws us in with its promise of peaceful times and recreational family fun. To own property beside it is a dream for many. And the Southeastern part of the United States has the waterfront property in the highest demand. To help you investigate North Carolina and make a sound waterfront investment, we founded NClakefront.com Realty.

About NClakefront.com Realty - If you re looking for property in a lakefront community in North Carolina, you ve come to the right place: NClakefront.com Realty. We work with many developers throughout the state to help families, like yours, find just the right property. We are committed to creating places where the wonders of nature combine with everyday life. Our professional staff will provide a pressure-free experience and guide you through the process of purchasing property. Our reputation for service and attention to detail are clearly evident both during and after the sale.

You could spend a lifetime exploring all that North Carolina has to offer. Some of the types of properties and communities in North Carolina Include: 55 Communities, 55 Community, 55+ Community, Active Adult 55+ Community, Aviation Communities, Aviation Community, Boating and Marina Real Estate, Coastal Real Estate, Equestrian / Horse Property, Equestrian Private Communities, Equestrian Private Community, Fractional Ownership, Gated Community, Golf - Nicklaus Lifestyle Communities, Golf - Nicklaus Lifestyle Community, Golf Course Homes, Golf Course Real Estate, Green Homes, Real Estate & Property, Investment Property, Real Estate & Homes, Island Real Estate, Lake Community, Lakefront Homes Communities, Lakefront Homes Community, Lakefront Property & Homes For Sale, Lakeview Community, Land Conservation Communities, Land Conservation Community, Luxury Condominiums, Luxury Homes For Sale, Million Dollar Homes, Mountain Communities, Mountain Community, Mountain Homes and Property, Mountain View Real Estate, Neo-Traditional Communities, Neo-Traditional Community, New Homes For Sale, Ocean Front Real Estate, Ocean Real Estate, Oceanfront Communities, Oceanfront Community, Oceanfront Homes For Sale, Oceanfront Real Estate, Planned Community, Private Active Adult Communities, Private Active Adult Community, Private Communities by Lifestyle, Private Communities with Boating, Private Communities with Fishing, Private Communities with Fitness Centers, Private Communities with Marinas, Private Communities with Tennis Facilities, Private Community by Lifestyle, Private Community with Boating, Private Community with Fishing, Private Community with Fitness Centers, Private Community with Marinas, Private Community with Tennis Facilities, Private Golf Communities, Private Golf Community, Property and Land for Sale, Real Estate For Sale, Recreation Communities, Recreation Community, Resort Homes and Property, Retirement Communities, Retirement Community, Retirement Homes For Sale, Ski Property, Skiing Communities, Skiing Community, Southern Living Community, Vacation Home Rentals, Vacation Homes and Property, Waterfront Homes & Property, Coastal Communities, and Coastal Community.

For more information on lakefront Properties in North Carolina, contact NClakefront.com Realty at www.NClakefront.com, email at matt@nclakefront.com and we ll help you find that ideal lake house or lot. Information provided by Matt Lahtela - Director of Sales and Marketing at NClakefront.com Realty.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1230266974.html

Some travelers spend night at O'Hare, roads slick

CHICAGO (AP) - Christmas Day was the second morning Tom and Kristina Waltz and their two daughters awoke at O'Hare International Airport, after days of flight delays and cancellations that marred their holiday travel plans. The family from Vancouver, Wash., tried to fly out of Portland, Ore., on Sunday, but a blast of snow and ice kept them from getting a flight for two days. They finally reached Chicago, but then were stuck spending two nights at a hotel inside O'Hare, unlike others who had to sleep on floors and cots in the terminal. They were eager for Thursday evening flight to Miami, where they planned to catch a Caribbean cruise on Saturday. "We are checked in" for the flight, Kristina Waltz, a teacher, said Thursday morning. "We'll go into the airport, have some lunch and play cards some more." No new delays or cancellations were reported Thursday at either O'Hare or Chicago's Midway International Airport, said Department of Aviation spokesman Gregg Cunningham. On Wednesday, more than 100 flights were canceled at O'Hare, the nation's second busiest airport, as airports across the country recovered from winter storms. One American Airlines plane left a gate at O'Hare but hit an icy patch while turning onto a runway and slid sideways into the grass. There were no injuries, but the 54 passengers had to be put on other Christmas Eve flights. Though cancellations dropped off from more than 500 a day earlier and delays were shortened to about 30 minutes, airlines at O'Hare still requested 75 cots for passengers Wednesday night, said Greg Cunningham, a Chicago aviation department spokesman. Some people slept on the floor. The temperature outside the terminal fell to zero, with a wind chill of 9 below, the National Weather Service said. Nationwide, at least 30 people were killed Tuesday and Wednesday in crashes on rain- and ice-slickened roads, many in the country's midsection. The National Weather Service posted winter storm warnings and advisories for large parts of the West on Christmas Day. A blizzard warning for the San Juan mountains in southwest Colorado warned that as much as 3 feet of snow was possible. In California's Sierra Nevada, heavy snow shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 80 on Christmas Day, with westbound traffic halted at the Nevada line and eastbound travelers stopped at Applegate, Calif. Lake Tahoe ski resorts reported more than 2 feet of snow overnight. In northern Nevada, travel restrictions were in effect on I-80 mountain grades. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire declared a winter storm emergency Wednesday as city and county officials struggled to keep up with record or near-record snowfall amounts in 30 of the state's 39 counties. Temperatures rose and light rain fell across the western part of the state Wednesday night, melting some of the ice on roads, but forecasters said 2 more inches of snow was likely in the Seattle area on Thursday. Up to 18 inches of snow was possible in the Cascades; in the eastern half of the state Spokane, expected 5 to 7 inches of new snow atop a heavy layer that accumulated during weeks of storms. In Portland, Ore., a snowstorm forecasters called the worst since 1980 turned to rain on Wednesday, after bringing a foot or more of snow to the northern end of the Willamette Valley. Amtrak also reported improvement Wednesday. Trains out of Chicago and elsewhere were leaving on time—or relatively close to it—unlike Tuesday when several trains were canceled and some 600 furious travelers waited for up to 22 hours for delayed trains at Chicago's Union Station, spokesman Marc Magliari said. On Wednesday, an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains killed two snowmobilers in northern Utah. The Utah Avalanche Center warned people not to venture into the backcountry. Slick roads Tuesday and Wednesday were blamed for seven deaths in Wisconsin; five in Ohio; four each in Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri; two in Kansas and one apiece in Oklahoma, Iowa, Massachusetts and West Virginia. ___ Associated Press writers Rupa Shenoy in Chicago, Tim Klass in Seattle and Tim Fought in Portland, Ore., contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D959RQ1O0&show_article=1

Coldplay fans given early Christmas present with free download

An exclusive remix of "Viva La Vida" has been made available by the band on their official website.The Thin White Duke remix of 'Viva La Vida' will be available on the band's website until the 'Twelfth Night' on January 5th.Thin White Duke, is also known as Stuart Price, who has produced the Killers and Madonna.A short message from the group read: "Happy Christmas Folks."The group have also uploaded a special video of 'Jingle Bells' being performed with Simon Pegg at London's O2 arena last week.Heralding the cameo, Chris Martin joked: "In homage to Robbie Williams rejoining Take That, we're going to form our own supergroup. Ladies and gentlemen it's Simon Pegg!"Fans can download the remix until January 5.The track is the title song to their album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, which has sold nearly 2 million copies in the US alone. It was nominated this month for seven Grammys, including album of the year and record of the year for the title track. It jumped to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 singles after a surge in downloads when it was released in June.The track, which featured on an iTunes advertisement, was downloaded 246,000 times in its first week.Controversy surrounds it however, after rock guitarist Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement lawsuit this month in federal court in Los Angeles. He claimed 'Viva La Vida' incorporates "substantial original portions" of his 2004 instrumental 'If I Could Fly'. "The second I heard, I knew... I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much," he said.The band said any similarity was "entirely coincidental"."With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations," read a statement from the group."If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. "Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write the song Viva La Vida. "We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours." Coldplay concluded their 2008 UK and Ireland tour with a show in Belfast on December 23rd.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3935161/Coldplay-fans-given-early-Christmas-present-with-free-download.html

Mortgage Market Guide

United States of America (Press Release) December 24, 2008 -- Find mortgage rates and commentary at www.mikerogers.realestateloans.com daily. Mike is a 20 year veteran of the mortgage industry. Mike uses his years of experience to help consumers understand what the complicated mortgage rate market is doing on any given day.

Mortgage rates are determined by many economic factors such as; mortgage backed security sale volumes, inflation, deflation, the stock market, competiting investment tools such as TBills and many other market components. Mike looks at what the market is doing as a whole and interprets it for you in an easily digestable manner

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1230133617.html

Police: Dallas shooting suspect is ex-Utah trooper

DALLAS (AP) - A man suspected in a series of rush-hour shootings near Dallas is a former Utah state trooper wanted on burglary and robbery warrants who apparently shot himself after a standoff with police, authorities said Tuesday. Brian Smith, 37, killed at least one of the victims of Monday's shootings, police Lt. Craig Miller said. Investigators linked Smith to a killing in Dallas by matching the bullets found at the standoff, he said. "We feel safe in saying (Smith) ... was the shooter," Miller said. Dallas police declined to comment on a second death in neighboring Garland, where the standoff took place, because it was out of their jurisdiction. Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said his department has not been able to make a definitive connection between Smith and the killing there, but he acknowledged that Smith fit the description of the highway shooter: a balding, 40ish white man. "We certainly hope it is him," Harn said. "But we are going to have to see more concrete evidence." Two people were shot and killed and another was injured by broken glass in four shootings along or near a Dallas-area highway Monday evening. Police believe the victims were selected at random. Smith was in critical condition Tuesday night at a Dallas hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said he shot himself in the head early Tuesday morning after a brief standoff more than six hours after the shooting spree ended. Smith had been a Utah state trooper since 1996 but retired in May because of "personal issues," said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, a spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety. The crime spree appears to have begun in Garland, where a man police identified as Smith jumped over a pharmacy counter at a grocery store and stole OxyContin pills. Minutes later, the first shooting happened in Garland when a driver pulled up alongside a small Nissan stopped at a red light and began shooting, Harn said. The Nissan's driver, 20-year-old Jorge "George" Lopez of Rowlett, was killed. Minutes later on the same highway, a gunman shot and killed 42-year-old William Scott Miller, the driver of a United Van Lines rig, Miller said. Police said the driver, who was about to fly home to his wife and two young daughters in Frankfort, Ky., for the holidays, was able to bring his truck safely to a stop before he died. "The act he did in and of itself I consider to be heroic," Miller said. "Despite being mortally wounded, he was able to control his rig to the point where other drivers weren't injured." After the shooting of Miller, another semitrailer was fired upon a half-mile away on the same interstate. The driver, 46-year-old Gary Roberts, was injured by debris and glass but not struck by any bullets. His right eye was hit by shattered glass and he needed several stitches in his fingers, said Bedford Wilhite, who works with Roberts at Dugan Truck Line. Roberts is home recuperating after being treated at a hospital, Wilhite said. Roberts, who has worked for Dugan for about a year, told Wilhite he is "much blessed and thankful to be alive." ___ Associated Press writers Regina L. Burns, Andre Coe and Anabelle Garay contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D958S1NO0&show_article=1

Army captain launches coup in Guinea after president's death

An army captain seized on the death of Guinea's strongarm president Lansana Conte to launch a coup attempt Tuesday and suspend the West African nation's constitution. Conte , who ruled the impoverished but mineral-rich country with an iron fist for 24 years after also taking power in a coup, died late Monday after "a long illness" aged 74, state television announced. In the hours after his death, army officers summoned government ministers and other senior officials to a military base "to guarantee their security," according to a statement read out on state radio. The officers ordered the population to "stay at home and refrain from all acts of vandalism and looting" and said a military-civilian council has "taken effective power" after Conte's death. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who was head of the military's fuel supplies unit, said on state radio that the constitution has been suspended and all state institutions dissolved to be replaced by a "consultative council". "The institutions of the republic have shown themselves to be incapable of resolving the crises which have been confronting the country," Camara said on Radio Conakry only hours after Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare had appealed for "calm and restraint" and for the army to help keep the peace. Camara said the country was in a state of "deep despair" and it was vital that there was an upturn in the economy and more was done to combat corruption. "Guinea celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence on October 2 classified as one of the poorest countries on the planet," he said. "With our vast natural resources, Guinea should be much more prosperous." Camara said rampant corruption, a culture of impunity and "unparalleled anarchy in the state apparatus" had triggered an "economic catastrophe which has been particularly harsh for the vast majority of Guineans." It was not immediately clear whether Camara was speaking on behalf of the army's high command or a merely one of its factions. The African Union said it was "keenly monitoring" developments in Guinea. "We pay homage to the memory of the departed head of state, but we are preoccupied and keenly following this development and the succession of president Conte," the AU's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra told AFP. "We urge all the political and other state institutions in Guinea, especially the armed forces, to ensure a constitutional, peaceful and consensual transition that respects democratic order." The national assembly speaker had earlier asked the president of the supreme court to declare the presidency vacant and to apply the constitution, which stipulates that the speaker of the assembly takes over temporarily and has to organize a presidential election within 60 days. In power since 1984, Conte was a chain smoker who suffered from chronic diabetes and was at one time diagnosed with leukemia. A career soldier, he had relied on the army along with his clan to bolster his political and economic authority since he took power in a coup in April 1984 a week after the death of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Tidiane Souare . In recent years social tension and criticism of his regime had become increasingly open but the self-styled man of the people was more than willing to use the army to put down discontent. "I am the boss, others are my subordinates," he told AFP in an interview last year. Asked who might one day replace him, Conte replied: "There is no question of transition." In early 2007 big demonstrations hostile to the regime and the "predators of the national economy" were brutally suppressed: at least 186 people were killed. This November at least four people died when demonstrations shook the suburbs of Conakry, with security forces firing live ammunition, according to Human Rights Watch. Non-governmental organisations have frequently hit out at the "calamitous" management of Guinea, a country of nine million people which is riddled with corruption and rated as one of the world's poorest countries despite potential riches including bauxite, iron, gold and diamonds.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081223105151.c5qhzdm4&show_article=1

Turkish company 'inundated with orders for Bush shoe'

Reshade Announces Limited-Time, Holiday Discount On its Photo-Enlargement Software

Romania (Press Release) December 22, 2008 -- Maramures, Romania, December 22, 2008 - Reshade today announced a limited-time discount of 50% on the company's award-winning products and offerings. This offer is valid till January 9, 2009 according to information released by the company.

The Reshade Image Enlarger is a useful tool for professional photographers wanting to create gallery prints from their digital photos; as well as for amateur photographers who wish to enlarge their photos to poster size. The RESHADE software is used by web designers for resizing online graphic images such as logos, banners, drawings and the like. Traditional art connoisseurs can enlarge old photos, paintings etc using the software, and store them digitally for high resolution printing later. At the same time, scientists have deployed RESHADE in applications as diverse as forensics, medical research, security and space photograph study.

According to the release, the product has features that compete with the best-of-breed softwares in the image resizing domain. Features that are available at huge premium in rival offerings are available at a fraction of the cost in RESHADE. For instance, blur-removal and refocus of image edges, image contrasting, removal of photo defects, selective edge transformation capability, best color estimation, and photo-realistic enlargements at almost any zoom factor are some properties of the software that are either not available elsewhere, or are available at high cost, a spokesperson of the company mentioned in a telephonic interview. Images can be resized and stored through the software in all standard file formats such as jpeg, tiff, png, bmp, etc; and it supports the industry-standard color models of CMYK, RGB and grayscale.

The software runs on Windows platform and has standard hardware configuration expectations.

The company's website offers a video tutorial to walk-through the software. An evaluation version of the product may be downloaded free of cost.

According to Mr. Vlad, Managing Director of Reshade, "besides the stand-alone product which the company is offering at a discounted price for the Christmas and New Year festive season, customers can also buy credits at very affordable prices for individual image resizing. The credits can work out to a cost per resize of as low as fifty US cents. Many customers have already availed of this fantastic opportunity, especially people with bulk requirements."

About Reshade

In its second year of operation, Reshade provides software solutions in the domain of photography. Also has a web-based image resizing service and a stand-alone software which may be downloaded from their website, reshade.com.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229943561.html

Chicago sheriff baits fugitives with holiday ruse

CHICAGO (AP) - The sheriff's office in Chicago has arrested more than 60 fugitives with a net of holiday cheer. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Sunday that the suspects were invited to take a retailers' survey for holiday shoppers at a hotel earlier this month. Participants who brought along a scratch-off card that was included with the survey were promised at least $500. Those who showed up were taken into custody. One man who arrived with marijuana in his pocket was charged with possession on top of his previous charges. The fugitives had warrants for crimes including forgery and aggravated battery.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D957CG800&show_article=1

Christmas food language is 'pointless waffle'

The Plain English Campaign (PEC) says too much food is dressed up with "pointless and meaningless waffle".Campaign officials criticised food advertising after examining descriptions of supermarket chickens and eggs - plus a selection of other foods."The language used to describe food has become comical and the consumer pays for it," said a spokeswoman."Much of it is gobbledegook - the appropriate term is probably 'gobble-gobbledegook' given the season."We're not asking which came first, the chicken gobbledegook or the egg gobbledegook, but we'd like it to stop."The PEC, which regularly highlights the use of gobbledegook and in April criticised police chiefs for talking 'ploddledegook', says many descriptions give shoppers no help in deciding what to buy."We've found 'all butter mince pies', chickens which lived in 'small mobile arks' or 'spacious barns with windows to allow ample daylight and straw bales to perch on'," said the spokeswoman."What does any of it mean and how does it help people make decisions about which food to buy for Christmas What on earth is a 'small mobile ark' and how can a mince pie be 'all butter' "She added: "Food can't be just food anymore. We have to be given the impression it's 'more than just food'. It's not an egg - it's an egg laid by a hen which had 'freedom to roam in barns and a cereal-based diet'."We doubt that any shopper actually reads it. It's gloss dreamed up by advertising agencies who are writing to entertain each other. It's another pointless kind of packaging."Chicken is a description of a chicken. Mince pie is a description of a mince pie. Let's get back to keeping things simple and not waste money covering packaging with pointless and meaningless waffle."Some examples of "gobble-gobbledegook" highlighted by the Plain English Campaign are::: Free Range Chicken: "Chickens that have the freedom to range the farms, pastures and hedgerows.":: Organic Fresh British Chicken: "(Farmer Albert) cares about his chickens" and "(Farmer Tom) is particularly welfare conscious".:: Fresh British Chicken: "Birds live in small mobile arks. Freedom to range the farm's organic pastures and hedgerows.":: Free Range Fresh: "Access to range on the pastures and grassland.":: Fresh British Chicken: "Slow-growing. Fed on a unique vegetarian diet.":: "(Chickens) housed in spacious barns with windows to allow ample daylight and straw bales to perch on.":: Fresh British Whole Duck: "Ducks have access to water in order to preen themselves.":: British free-range chickens: "These free roaming chickens are reared in small spacious farms where they grow at a natural rate and develop rich flavour.":: Barn Eggs: "Hens that have freedom to roam in barns and have a cereal-based diet.":: Organic eggs: "Free-range hens fed on an organic diet."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/3883110/Christmas-food-language-is-pointless-waffle.html

IDetect Inc. ID Scanner System unique wireless connectivity protects Multiple Points of Entry

United States of America (Press Release) December 20, 2008 -- IDetect, Inc. demonstrates its unique Handheld ID Scanner wireless network capability that connects with the IDetect Wallmount Drivers License scanner to other Handheld Identification scanners. This unique IDetect id scanner capability has many innovative uses and is in service all over North America and Canada. It eliminates the method of shared or pass back Id s entering through a separate entry. This is due to our id scanners real time pass thru capability, which sends the patron information via wifi to all other id scanners on the network. If the same ID is used at another entrance, our id scanner automatically displays the ID information and the patron s picture which was taken from the first entry at a different entrance. This function has shown to be very useful for bars, nightclubs, liquor stores, convenience stores, casinos, colleges, universities, festivals, and special events that require an id verification system.

With this latest technology in id scanning systems, IDetect id scanners are utilized to institute a Bar Watch function where numerous establishments are connected via the internet with use of the IDetect Age Verification system. Any establishment can have numerous IDetect ID verification handheld scanners working through the IDetect XP Manager System or just via each other as well as the server. IDetect Handheld or IDetect XP Manager is connected to the internet which communicates with all other establishments that are connected to the internet. This latest id scanning technology gives each establishment connected to the internet the option and capability of sharing patron id information with other establishments in real-time. With IDetect id scanners, you can determine if the patron is banned of entry from another establishment. This type of id scanning system effectively secures all facilities simultaneously in real-time.

The IDetect id scanners wifi technology can be found in the IDetect Wall Mount Drivers License Scanner and the IDetect Handheld ID Scanner. Our IDetect Age Verification systems have been successfully utilized for more than 15 years in liquor stores, night clubs, universities, casinos, military bases, office buildings, rental car agencies, festivals, banks, and import/export ports throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

IDetect ID Age Verification scanners come ready to use out of the box. They come with all necessary accompanying hardware and the IDetect XP System Manager System which is used on a desktop PC to synchronize all IDetect scanners. They are easy to use, possess rapid operation and effective in stopping underage drinking, tampered with IDs, shared ID s, fake id s and entrants who are banned for any reason from other establishments. They alert the staff members within ¼ of a second whether an entrant is a threat in any way and suggests to your staff member the appropriate action to take. IDetect ID Scanners keep an automated list of all pertinent records collected at the entrance which can be used to assist law enforcement in case of altercation or id investigation.

IDetect ID Scanners functionality have assisted in apprehending numerous perpetrators of various crimes throughout North America by utilizing IDetect s exclusive entrant picture and new Drivers License picture box feature. Automatically upon an identification scan, the entrant s picture is automatically taken and saved with entry information and then in one step the actual ID picture is taken and also saved. The picture is clear, exact, and can be used to locate any individual in seconds. It is fast, accurate, and protects the establishment from fines, liquor license and/or tobacco license revocation. This feature, coupled with the automatic picture of the entrant, and the IDetect ID scanners time and date stamp entry history feature, is a strong defense and proof of due diligence against fines and state authority investigations.

Product information is available at www.IDetect.net, or by calling 877.443.3832

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229814021.html

Illinois governor vows to stay in office, fight

CHICAGO (AP) - Facing federal corruption charges that threaten to end his political career, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has made clear to the world what those close to him know well: He's not one to be easily fazed. "I have done nothing wrong. And I'm not going to quit a job that people hired me to do because of false accusations and a political lynch mob," a composed yet combative Blagojevich said Friday, addressing the public for the first time since his arrest 10 days earlier. "I will fight. I will fight. I will fight until I take my last breath," Blagojevich said. He took no questions from reporters and immediately left the room after wishing his listeners, "Merry Christmas, happy holidays." The 52-year-old Democrat's uncompromising pledge comes as little surprise to those who know him, but doesn't necessarily resonate. "I just think that he is living in an alternate reality right now," state Sen. Christine Radogno, a suburban Chicago Republican said earlier Friday. "I don't think he's being realistic, probably even with himself, with respect to how much trouble he's in so he's just carrying on with what's worked for him before." Blagojevich is charged with scheming to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for big campaign contributions or a lucrative job for himself. Prosecutors built their case on Blagojevich's wiretapped conversations. "I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, that I intend to stay on the job, and I will fight this thing every step of the way," Blagojevich said. Acknowledging his political isolation, he recited the opening lines of the stirring poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling: "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you ..." What he hopes to accomplish by staying in office appears unclear. Blagojevich appears to have no political support, the Illinois House having voted 113-0 last week to assemble an impeachment committee, and his ability to govern has been crippled. Still, following his appearance, Blagojevich issued 22 pardons. Aides wouldn't provide any information about why he granted the pardons, or what crimes the people were accused of committing, but the move served as reminder of the governor's authority. Republican state Sen. Dale Righter said that if Blagojevich manages to escape impeachment, his governing will be limited to signing legislation, directing his agencies and other "housekeeping stuff." Blagojevich will not be able to work with lawmakers or energize the public to support his ideas, Righter said. "Is this governor finished as a leader I don't think there's any question about that," he said. "I don't think the instrument has yet been invented that can measure how little credibility he has." After the speech, disappointed Republicans argued that if Blagojevich cannot be dislodged right away, he should at least be disarmed. They called on the Democrats in the Legislature to hold a special election to fill the Senate seat, stripping Blagojevich of the power to make the appointment. "Anything short of resignation today from the governor was unacceptable," said Illinois GOP chairman Andy McKenna. Democratic Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn pleaded with Blagojevich to step aside under a constitutional provision that allows him to keep his title but give his duties to an acting governor—which, under the rules of succession, would be Quinn. "Our state cannot wait while the chief executive battles in the court of law while we have so many issues affecting safety and welfare of the state of Illinois," Quinn said. Even before the speech, Blagojevich's lawyer, Ed Genson, a hard-charging Chicago criminal defense attorney, had made it plain the governor would not go down without a fight. Genson challenged the Illinois House impeachment committee at every turn this week, arguing that the wiretaps were illegal, accusing some of the panel members of having already made up their mind, and complaining that Illinois law does not spell out the grounds for impeachment or what evidence should be considered. "He'll worry about the criminal part, the governor will continue to govern," said another Blagojevich attorney, Sam Adam Jr. The impeachment panel wants federal prosecutors to release details of their probe of Blagojevich, including copies of the taped conversations, and give the Legislature some guidance on who can be called as a witness without compromising the federal case. Blagojevich, a former boxer, has for years cultivated an image as a fighter—dating back to his youth, when he trained for the Chicago Golden Gloves. During his first campaign for governor in 2002, Blagojevich and his aides would sum up each day's success in boxing terms: 10-10 for a draw, 10-9 a win, 10-8 a decisive win, a knockdown, and so on. Once in office, he earned a reputation for publicly sparring with everyone from his Chicago alderman father-in-law to the powerful Democratic House speaker. "Now I know there are some powerful forces arrayed against me," Blagojevich said Friday. "It's kind of lonely right now. But I have on my side the most powerful ally there is, and it's the truth. And besides, I have the personal knowledge that I have not done anything wrong."

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D956CP3G0&show_article=1

President George Bush portrait unveiled

President George Bush portrait unveiled - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Friday 19 December 2008 | USA feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics News Video You are here: Home News World News North America USA President George Bush portrait unveiled President George W Bush's two terms in office have been marked by wars, a global financial crisis, and a steady stream of political opposition.   Last Updated: 11:08PM GMT 19 Dec 2008 But his portrait at the National Portrait Gallery, unveiled on Friday, shows him at ease and smiling, seemingly unfazed by eight years of tumult.Mr Bush's portrait, along with one of first Lady Laura Bush, will be displayed with all the other presidential portraits at the gallery.Mr Bush wanted painter Robert Anderson, a Yale classmate of the president's, to give him a more informal look for his likeness at the National Portrait Gallery. Anderson painted the portrait to engage viewers with the president in a "personal and conversational manner," according to an event program."I needed to find a person who would do the painting that would be a good and forgiving friend," Mr Bush said of Anderson. "It actually looks like me, which is a good sign. You did a fabulous job."Mr Bush and G Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, pulled a blue cloth off the portrait. The relaxed image of Mr Bush, with his hands gently folded and a vase of flowers behind him, will stay at the Portrait Gallery, which holds the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House."That means this exhibit now has an interesting symmetry. It starts with George W – and ends with George W," Mr Bush joked.This was the first time the gallery presented the official likenesses of a sitting president and first lady. Mr Bush has about a month left in office."It's a humbling experience to be included here among so many extraordinary leaders," the president said. "One of the great things about this collection is that visitors can examine the faces of the men who have shaped our nation's history – and study how history has shaped them."The president's portrait was based on photographs of President Bush at Camp David in April and September this year.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3853844/President-George-Bush-portrait-unveiled.html

Freelance Off Page Optimization Services - SEO India

India, Republic of (Press Release) December 19, 2008 -- The art of SEO Search Engine Optimization is really get your website to the top rankings in the search engines. There are 2 major SEO techniques - On page optimization and Off page optimization.

OFF page optimization plays a vital role in getting a higher rankings over major search engines. Off page optimization essentially refers to one very important factor and that is which other websites are linking to your website. Off page Optimization handle number of things off page to improve your search engine ranking and drive targeted visitor traffic to your website. Off page optimization is the continuous process in web site promotion. It's like making online marketing of your web site. In off page optimization you don't require to change anything in web site design or layout.
Some Important parts in off page optimization -

1.) Link Building - Link building is probably the most important part of off-page optimization.The primary means through which off page optimization is accomplished is through a link building effort.

2.) Directory Submissions - The most important, the most obvious and usually the only one people choose to submit their website to a directory is search engine ranking.

3.) Article - Article can be used to catapult your website into a top 10 listing on the first page of the natural rankings in the search engines.4.) Press Release - Press release in simple word means an announcement about specific happenings of a company and about the launch of a new product.

4.) Press Release - Press release in simple word means an announcement about specific happenings of a company and about the launch of a new product.

5) Social Bookmarking - Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of meta data.

6) Forum Posting - Forum posting is a way for you to interact with other users who are interested in a similar domain as yours. For example, if your company is into providing software solutions then you can choose to perform forum posting on discussion groups which deal with various kinds of software, Maybe you could compile a list of the top 10 software online in your forum posting. Then at the end you could list your site's URL as a signature. Thus tactic of forum posting enables you to effectively place a link back to your site. If the users like what you have mentioned in your forum posting they will want to come to visit your site and see what you have to say. Thus, through forum posting you achieve plenty of one way links back to your site. This way forum posting facilitates bulk traffic to visit your site online!

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229684569.html

Hornets guard Paul sets NBA steal record

New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul made National Basketball Association history by setting the record for consecutive games with a steal. Paul established the new mark by recording a steal in his 106th straight game on Wednesday to snap the previous record set by Alvin Robertson in 1986. The record fell against Robertson's old team, the San Antonio Spurs. With 3:05 on the clock in the second quarter of a 90-83 Hornets' win, Spurs forward Tim Duncan lost control of the ball under the Hornets' basket. Paul immediately picked up the loose ball, claiming the record as the local crowd honored Paul with a loud ovation. "It's an unbelievable accomplishment, to make a mark in history and especially a record like that. It's tough to do," Paul said. "I'd like to thank my teammates and the fans and I hope we can keep it going." For comparison's sake, the next-longest streak after Paul and Robertson is Michael Jordan's 77-game stretch, which he completed in 1989. The second-longest active streak is held by Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, who has at least one swipe in 22 straight games.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081218225523.o6zzqgt0&show_article=1

Rwandan genocide 'mastermind' sentenced to life in prison

Rwandan genocide 'mastermind' sentenced to life in prison - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Thursday 18 December 2008 | Rwanda feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics News Video Rwandan genocide 'mastermind' sentenced to life in prison A key architect of Rwanda's 1994 genocide was today sentenced to life in prison after judges convicted him on eleven separate charges including war crimes and crimes against humanity.   By Mike Pflanz in Nairobi Last Updated: 11:00AM GMT 18 Dec 2008 Bagosora was the first to have been charged with plotting genocide by the tribunal Theoneste Bagosora, a former army colonel, is easily the highest profile member of Rwanda's former ruling elite so far to be convicted by the international tribunal set up to prosecute the masterminds of the killings. Prosecutors had said that he and three other senior military allies had conspired together to "work out a plan with intent to exterminate the civilian Tutsi population and eliminate members of the opposition". Bagasora denied all the charges, and at one point during his five year trial said, "I do not believe in the genocide theory". However, judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which sits in the Tanzanian town of Arusha, yesterday convicted him of "genocide crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity". The 67-year-old will serve a life sentence, the judges said. He is the first of 34 people who have appeared before the tribunal to be charged with actually plotting the genocide, rather than simply carrying out orders once the killings had started. Prosecutors said that he led Rwandan army soldiers and their allied civilian Interahamwe militia who launched the genocide and encouraged others to help carry out the massacres. He supplied many of them with weapons and machetes, prosecutors said. According to court papers, Bagosora stormed out of peace talks held four years before the genocide started, shouting that he was returning to Rwanda to "prepare the apocalypse". He was described by the former UN military chief in Rwanda, Gen Romeo Dallaire, as the "kingpin" of the genocide. Bagosora's lawyers had tried to argue that prosecutors had not adequately proven that the killings were well planned, and so had not met the legal definition of genocide. His three other military allies, Lt-Col Anatole Nsegiyumva, Brig Gratien Kabiligi and Maj Alloys Ntabakuze, are all awaiting verdicts in their cases later on Thursday. More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were butchered, mostly with machetes and clubs, in less than 100 days by hardline Hutus following directions from a clique close to the former president, Juvenal Habyiramana.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/rwanda/3831394/Rwandan-genocide-mastermind-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.html

Onlyfactorydirect.com releases Theater Solutions new home theater HD inceiling angled speakers

United States of America (Press Release) December 17, 2008 -- www.Onlyfactorydirect.com releases Theater Solutions new TSS6A Symphony Series In-ceiling Angled Speaker, designed for consumers who demand the very best quality sound. The 15 degree angle is designed for directing the sound towards your listening area in a home theater 5.1 or 7.1 system. An ideal alternative to an in-wall speaker, while still maintaining an authentic surround sound effect in a home theater. This speaker is the perfect solution when in wall speakers are not an option. The innovative new TSS6A speaker can be used as your front, rear or center channel. Made with only the highest quality, moisture resistant materials to deliver unsurpassed sound in any listening environment. Sophisticated design and measurement equipment, including computer assisted design software were used to design this speaker to achieve an optimized balance and interface between components to give the very best quality performance and longer life. The easy in-ceiling installation and ultra wide sound dispersion design make them ideal for discreet, single or multi-room installations.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229555867.html

OPEC agrees output cut of 2mln barrels per day: Saudi minister

OPEC agreed on Wednesday to a record cut in oil output of two million barrels a day, Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Nuaimi said. "There is a consensus on a cut of two million barrels a day," Nuaimi told reporters as a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries got underway here.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081217105907.w2e410vv&show_article=1

Baby beaver handreared for the first time in the UK

The beaver is the son of Twiggy and Woody, which appeared on night vision camera as the stars of BBC's Autumnwatch. The nocturnal creatures live in an enclosure in Lancashire as part of a programme to re-create the natural habitat of the species once native to Britain. However this summer the baby beaver, known as a kit, was found badly injured at just a few weeks old. Despite the fact that a beaver had never been hand-reared in Britain, wardens at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Martin Mere took the kit out of the enclosure for intensive daily veterinary care. A specially-designed enclosure was built by a pond to mimic the conditions of a beaver's lodge, complete with straw and cuddly toys. The kit was fed on sweetcorn and sweet potato. He has now finished a five-month course of antibiotics. In fact, the kit has recovered so well he is the star of his own show via a live camera link to his enclosure and will be named soon as part of a public competition. Eventually he will be released into a larger enclosure with other beavers. Centre Manager, Andy Wooldridge, said it was the first time a baby beaver has been hand-reared in the UK. He said: "Finding baby beaver was a real surprise for us and it is a credit to our aviculture staff that they have nursed him back to health with such limited knowledge of beaver treatment available to us. "We are delighted with his progress and it is a joy to see his character develop. "The fact that he appears to be making a good recovery is a real Christmas treat for all the staff that have looked after him and we are looking forward to sharing this experience with our visitors." Beavers have been extinct from the UK for 400 years. Re-introduction programmes are currently running in England and Scotland.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/3796382/Baby-beaver-hand-reared-for-the-first-time-in-the-UK.html

The Counterflow Effect

United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland (Press Release) December 16, 2008 -- With the end of the year approaching, company owners are busy studying their balance sheet and analysing their business financial performance for 2008. Of course, the bigger economic picture must be taken into account: the recession has been one of the hottest topics on newspaper pages and political debates this whole year. Unfortunately, the UK situation seems worse than some analysts predicted. According to an estimate calculated by think tank NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Social Research), gross domestic product dropped by 1% in three months to November, following a 0.8% fall in three months to October.

Even if the Government puts in place its £20bn bail out to try and rescue the country from a sharp and prolonged recession, it seems likely that the situation will worsen during 2009. Kate Barker, one of the Bank of England s most experienced interest ratesetters, believes that the situation will not stabilize until the end of next year, even though the BoE s Monetary Policy Committee has cut interest rates by a total of 3% in the space of two months.

On Tuesday, the Office for National Statistics reported that industrial output dropped by 1.4% in October: one of the worst performances since the Second World War. The ONS registered a downward trend that has now been going on for eight successive months, with an annual rate of decline at 5.2%, which is expected to deteriorate further. If the current prediction turns out to be correct, in 2009 the rate of decline will reach its worst figure since 1945: more than 7%. As a consequence, analysts are revising the scale of the recession currently facing the country and the entire world. A suffering industry means pessimism, joblessness and home repossessions.

However, company owners are not a passive element in the equation. Instead of sitting and waiting for the Government to fix the recession, they are working hard to find a way to face and eventually overcome the current circumstances. One of the most significant trends that has emerged as a consequence of the credit crunch is the trade of industrial equipment on the used market. Buying used trucks, diesel engines and rollers allows businesses to perform a full asset upgrade whilst keeping costs down. At the other end of the deal, the sale of an underused loader, shredder or tractor can save companies a sizeable amount of money in storage and depreciating costs. With top manufacturers putting up the prices of new items, mainly due to the rising cost of steel, the practice of trading used machinery online is attracting more and more start-ups and SMEs. Spending limited budgets in a smart way is always a winning strategy for struggling companies.

The end-of-the-year calculations done by virtual marketplace AssetTrader, which connects traders from all over the world, are everything but gloomy: 318,000 buyers for Q3 2008, approximately 22,811 item views per day since October, with a database of over 60,000 (and growing) industrial machines and vehicles. Paul Holladay, CEO of AssetTrader, explains: We are very satisfied with our current results. A few years ago, buying and selling industrial equipment online was more difficult and less safe: some internet procedures were time-consuming, plus you could encounter scammers and dodgy sellers. Ever since we started our business, we committed ourself to make the B2B online trade an easy, safe and user-friendly experience. At the moment, we have 45,000 potential buyers visiting our global network of websites every week. AssetTrader s independent trading platform is helping buyers and sellers with their equipment wishlist and marketing needs. Consequently, our customers are already seeing better results at the end of this year. In 2009, we intend to improve on our services by refashioning our website and launching a few new multilingual domains. AssetTrader is happy to be hedging forward despite the difficult economic circumstances, and we are working hard to make sure that our registered users benefit from the same counterflow effect.


* * *

About AssetTrader

With over 5000 registered users, AssetTrader is a leading online trading hub for used and new business equipment. It holds a regularly updated inventory of agricultural, manufacturing and construction machinery available for sale from major dealers and private sellers through to original equipment manufacturers. Headquartered in London, UK, AssetTrader brings together traders from the USA, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

For more information on AssetTrader, please visit http://www.assettrader.co.uk

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229420360.html

Iraqi minister hails Japan's airlift mission, seeks investment+

BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Iraqi national security affairs minister Shirwan al-Waili on Monday expressed Iraq's appreciation for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's airlift mission over the last four years and nine months. At the same time, he called on Japanese companies to invest in Iraq. He made the remarks in reaction to the start of the pullout of the ASDF's transport unit from Kuwait following the completion of its Iraqi airlift mission late last week. The minister of state for national security affairs said the Iraqi air force has begun monitoring and other activities in the area of law and order. "Iraq has entered the stage of development and investment," he said. "Iraq needs investment by Japanese companies."

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D953EB2G0&show_article=1

'Shoethrowing Iraqi journalist' in custody

Previous  of  Images Next In this series of images made from APTN video, Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadiya television, center, throws a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush, background left, during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, bac Photo: AP Shoes thrown at George Bush during surprise farewell visit to Iraq Photo: REUTERS An Iraqi journalist throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a news conference Photo: AP Shoes thrown at George Bush during surprise farewell visit to Iraq Photo: REUTERS Muntadar al-Zeidi was being interrogated over whether anybody paid him to throw his shoes at Mr Bush during a press conference Sunday in Baghdad and was being tested for alcohol and drugs, said the official.Al-Zeidi's colleagues said the journalist was kidnapped last year by Shiite militias and released after his TV station, Al-Baghdadia, intervened.The Shiite journalist, who is in his late 20s, was being held at the headquarters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said the official. His shoes were being held as evidence, he added.Al-Baghdadia repeatedly aired pleas to release al-Zeidi on Monday, while showing footage of explosions and playing background music that denounced the US in Iraq."We have all been mobilised to work on releasing him, and all the organisations around the world are with us," said Abdel-Hameed al-Sayeh, the manager of Al-Baghdadia in Cairo, where the station is based. "This whole thing is putting the Iraqis and the Americans to a test. Are they going to release him or try him "Al-Jazeera television interviewed Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi, who offered to defend al-Zeidi, calling him a "hero".Al-Jazeera and many other Arab satellite TV stations repeatedly aired the incident on Monday. Al-Zeidi leapt from his chair as Mr Bush and Mr al-Maliki were about to shake hands and hurled his shoes at the president, who was about 20 feet away."This is a farewell kiss, you dog," he yelled in Arabic. "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."Al-Zeidi was immediately wrestled to the ground by Iraqi security guards.Many other Arab journalists and commentators, fed up with US policy in the Middle East and Mr Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam, echoed al-Zeidi's sentiments Monday.Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the influential London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, wrote on the newspaper's website that the incident was "a proper goodbye for a war criminal".Showing the sole of your shoe to someone in the Arab world is a sign of extreme disrespect, and throwing your shoes is even worse."This great Arab shoe sums up the history of the criminal Bush, who is responsible for the loss of lives of hundreds of thousands of Islamic sons and who remained arrogant, spiteful and mean-spirited until the last moment of his term," wrote Abdel-Sattar Qassem, a political-science professor at An Najah University in the West Bank town of Nablus, on a Palestinian website.Thousands took to the streets Monday in Baghdad's Shiite slum of Sadr City, where supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burned American flags to protest against Bush and called for the release of al-Zeidi."Bush, Bush, listen well: Two shoes on your head," the protesters chanted in unison.Ghufran al-Saidi, a Shiite lawmaker from al-Sadr's bloc, told AP that she was demanding the immediate release of al-Zeidi.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3774730/Shoe-throwing-Iraqi-journalist-in-custody.html

TD Gift Solutions, LLC Announces Winter Hugs - Giving Back To The Community

United States of America (Press Release) December 14, 2008 -- December 14, 2008

TD Gift Solutions, LLC pays it forward to Salt Lake area rescue missions with Winter Hugs and Summer Soles.

Tina Fermin of TD Gift Solutions, LLC announced today that the launch of their Winter Hugs and Summer Soles programs have begun. For every $10.00 Winter Hugs purchase on the A Unique Find Gift Baskets.com site a winter hat and glove set will be purchased to be donated to one of the two Salt Lake area rescue missions. The Winter Hugs program will run through out the winter with the first delivery of gloves and hats to be on December 22, 2008.

The purchaser will have the opportunity to write a gift card sentiment or remain anonymous. The $10.00 Winter Hugs gift purchase will also include a 10% off coupon valid on any of the family of sites owned by TD Gift Solutions, LLC.

June will start the Summer Soles donation program in which a pair of summer sandals will be donated in the purchaser's name and given to one of the two Salt Lake area missions. Both programs provide a way to have a new pair of gloves a hat or a pair of sandals gift wrapped, signed and delivered all in your name.


About TD Gift Solutions, LLC
Located in Riverton Utah, owned and operated by Tina Fermin. The company started in 2003 through a desire to create usable and diabetic friendly gifts. Specialties have grown to include custom gifts for CSI show fans, corporate gifts as well center pieces themed to your occasion. Locate the family of sites owned by TD Gift Solutions at http://www.tdgiftsolutions.com

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229291459.html

Woman accused of biting man at NY basketball game

ROSLYN, N.Y. (AP) - A woman has been charged with biting a security officer who was trying to break up a crowd at a Long Island high school basketball game. Nassau County police say the 20-year-old Roslyn Heights resident bit the man on his arm and leg at the Roslyn High School game on Thursday night. They say another person punched the man in the head. The man's beating caused bruising and swelling. But the man refused medical attention at the scene. The woman accused of biting him was arrested and arraigned Saturday. She's charged with assault. The person who punched him in the head is being sought.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D952EAQO3&show_article=1

Barack Obama warned staff over corruption scandal weeks ago

Barack Obama warned staff over corruption scandal weeks ago - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Saturday 13 December 2008 | Barack Obama feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics News Video You are here: Home News World News North America USA Barack Obama Barack Obama warned staff over corruption scandal weeks ago President-Elect Barack Obama warned his staff that he would fire anyone who dragged his presidency into a corruption controversy weeks before the Illinois scandal broke.   By Tim Shipman in Washington Last Updated: 11:04PM GMT 13 Dec 2008 President-Elect Barack Obama has promised to come down hard on any sign of corruption Photo: AP The threat of the sack is hanging over the heads of senior members of his White House team embroiled in the case of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who is under investigation for allegedly trying to sell Mr Obama's vacated senate seat to the highest bidder. A senior Democratic source, who is close to members of Mr Obama's team, told The Sunday Telegraph that the President-Elect made clear early in his presidential "transition" following victory on Nov 4 that he would remove anyone, no matter how senior, if they fail to live up to his promise to change "the old politics". Insiders believe that the pledge - which suggested Mr Obama is sensitive about his and his senior advisers' long association with cut-throat Chicago politics - may now be put to the test. Pressure is growing on Mr Obama to come clean about links between his staff and Mr Blagojevich, who was caught on tape by the FBI plotting to swap campaign cash and jobs for himself and his wife for political favours. The Democratic strategist told The Sunday Telegraph: "Obama made it clear straight after the election that he is not frightened to throw people under the bus if they drag his brand name down. "It doesn't matter how big you are, if you mess up, you're out. But it's easier to say than to stick to. There are grey areas here. This could be a test of his ruthlessness." On Thursday Mr Obama made clear that he would regard any breach of his ethics by staff as "a violation of everything that this campaign has been about." He added: That's not how we do business." Attention is now focused on Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama's incoming White House chief of staff, who took over Mr Blagojevich's congressional seat when he became governor in 2003. It is understood that Mr Emanuel spoke to Mr Blagojevich on several occasions about his plans for appointing a successor to Mr Obama in the Senate, shortly before Mr Obama's preferred successor Valerie Jarrett dropped out of the running and took a senior White House post instead. Mr Obama has said he is confident that none of his staff were involved in any "deal" with the Illinois governor, but that does not mean that Mr Emanuel was unaware of Mr Blagojevich's desire for rewards. He could be in hot water if he did not report those conversations to the police. The scandal has gripped the political elite as Washington searched for clues about whether the Texas swagger of the Bush administration will be replaced with an equally aggressive Chicago culture when Mr Obama is sworn in next month. It has also reopened scrutiny of Mr Obama's own, at times murky, links with the Democratic machine politics in a city where a B-movie cast of shake down artists, with their "pay to play" backhanders, have sustained the city's reputation as a political cesspool since the says of Al Capone and prohibition. Mr Obama entered what he confessed was a "boneheaded" property deal with Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a close associate of Mr Blagojevich, and a donor to both men, who is still awaiting sentence after being convicted of fraud and bribery earlier this year. The Blagojevich scandal raised three key issues for Mr Obama: were he and his staff involved Are they and he tainted by the system in which they earned their spurs And would they safely navigate his first political crisis The President-Elect has not fully convinced on any one of those three questions. Mr Obama's personal integrity got a boost since on the FBI tapes Mr Blagojevich is heard complaining that Obama's people "are not willing to give me anything, except appreciation." But his political judgement came in for criticism with his tentative, defensive and secretive response to the scandal. Mr Obama initially issued a vague and tepid response expressing sadness at the events, a contribution wildly out of step with public outrage. It took him a day to call for Mr Blagojevich to resign. It was not until Thursday afternoon that he pledged to make public any links between his aides and Mr Blagojevich. The same approach - tepid statements of regret that only became decisive action after overwhelming public disgust - was evident in the way Mr Obama dealt with the hot headed outbursts of his former pastor Jeremiah Wright earlier this year. Stephen Hayes, of the Weekly Standard magazine, said: "As president you often don't have the time to recalibrate. You have to come out with the right response first time." American commentators compared Mr Obama's pledge to clean up politics with Tony Blair's promise his administration would be "whiter than white", a pledge soon undermined when New Labour did favours for the Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone after accepting a £1 million donation. Jim Nuzzo, a former political adviser to the first President Bush, told The Sunday Telegraph the Blagojevich affair would change public perceptions of Democrats after a decade of Republican sex and corruption scandals. He said: "It got into peoples' psyches that Republicans were drowning in sleaze, that they had lost their moral bearings. But this gives the media the green light to go after Democrat sleaze which they were reluctant to do during the election. "There is an obvious parallel with Britainwhere voters grew tired of sleaze under John Major's administration and turned the page to Blair. Then the sleaze allegations against New Labour helped David Cameron." Mr Obama will struggle to escape the taint of Illinois, where he served his political apprenticeship, and was not above playing hardball with rivals. When he ran for the Senate, both his major Democratic and Republican rivals dropped out after leaked revelations about their private lives, which many believe had the fingerprints of David Axelrod, Mr Obama's chief strategist, on them. Mr Blagojevich is the sixth Illinois governor to be arrested or indicted for corruption. Three of the last eight have served jail time. His predecessor, George Ryan, is still serving a six year sentence for 18 counts of racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, tax fraud and lying to the FBI. Cindy Canary, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, told The Sunday Telegraph: "That was good old fashioned kind of corruption, spreading the perks of office, helping your friends get contracts and line their pockets. This is a completely different order. It's unbridled greed." But she insisted Mr Obama was clean. "I've known Barack Obama since before he went into the Illinois Senate," she said. "In Illinois politics, you have two groups; the good ole boys network, who play fast and loose with the rules and the goodie-goodies who can never pass any legislation because they don't play the game. "Obama is one of the few politicians I have ever met who could walk a path down the middle and be cordial to both groups without ever letting go of his integrity." But whatever the outcome of the Blagojevich affair, there is already a sense that its proximity to Mr Obama and his unsure response to it has made him vulnerable to future scandals. David Gergen, who has advised four presidents, said: "I think it removes one of the coats of armour that Barack Obama was bringing into the presidency." ENDS

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3741826/Barack-Obama-warned-staff-over-corruption-scandal-weeks-ago.html

Earning extra money online from home-Residual cash gifting-Cash delivered daily

United States of America (Press Release) December 13, 2008 -- Working from home...this the American dream to work full time from home.Making more than double what they currently made at a 40 hour week job.World wide persons are searching for new ways online to earn a extra stream of income.Many of these persons are are willing to invest in any system or program that will work for them.

Making a passive income online with a system that is worth investing is possible with the Abundant Living System.You may ask what is Abundant living system ALS is a member base leveraging activity that aim to building wealth and financial freedom through cash gifting.Members are from all walks of life from countries world wide.These exclusive members are receiving cash gifts up to $12,000 in cash daily at there door steps.

The amazing feature to the Abundant living system is that just by beginning a member you can receive up to $2,000 over night via FEDEX,UPS,or DHL.This is a feature to ensure everyone see results in this activity,and the great thing is that this is on going as long as your a member.

ALS has design where by its near impossible to not be successful with this system.You get all the support you'll ever need to generate cash gifts ranging from a few hundreds to a few thousand dollars on a on going bases.Even the persons totally new to marketing online can take advantage of this system.You get not only support from the system it self but also your personal mentor.Your mentor will help you to generate cash gifts and see success because when your successful they to are successful by helping and it goes on and on.

WHO CAN JOIN

Anyone can become a member from anywhere in the world.

HOW MUCH IS IT TO JOIN

You can join for as low as $75-$12,000.The majority of ALS members are coming in at the $500-$3500.The more you invest the more you will get in return.

HOW CAN YOU BECOME A MEMBER AND START RECEIVING CASH

If your interested in becoming a member you can visit this site and take a free tour first http://benjaminfranklinz24seven.com

You can also personally email or call me at:
ahundredmillion_charlton@hotmail.com
PHONE:242-436-0154
NAME:Kareem Charlton

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229165621.html

Yankees, pitcher A.J. Burnett reach 5-year deal

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Yankees reeled in another pitcher with a rich offer, reaching agreement with free agent A.J. Burnett on a five-year contract Friday. CC Sabathia and the Yankees made a deal for $161 million over seven years on Wednesday during the winter meetings. But after missing the playoffs following a 13-year run, the Yankees again showed they were more than willing to shell out big bucks for pitching. FoxSports.com and ESPN.com reported Burnett's deal was worth $82.5 million. Burnett's agreement was confirmed by the office of his agent, Darek Braunecker. Burnett won 10 of his last 12 decisions and finished 18-10 with a 4.07 ERA for Toronto. He set career highs in wins, strikeouts (231) and innings (221 1-3). The 31-year-old righty was especially sharp against the Yankees, going 3-1 with a 1.64 ERA in five starts. Burnett, however, has been plagued by injuries over the years. Atlanta was among the teams that also pursued Burnett. With the Yankees and their $1 billion-plus new ballpark, he would join a rotation that includes Sabathia, Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain. Wang was hurt for most of this season and Mike Mussina retired after winning 20 games. Andy Pettitte remains in the mix, if he and the Yankees want to work out a deal for him to return.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D951ERFG0&show_article=1

Germany backs Gordon Brown borrowing billions to fight recession says Miliband

Germany backs Gordon Brown borrowing billions to fight recession, says Miliband - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Friday 12 December 2008 | Labour feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics You are here: Home News News Topics Politics Labour Germany backs Gordon Brown borrowing billions to fight recession, says Miliband David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, has insisted Germany supports Gordon Brown's decision to borrow billions in response to the global economic downturn.   By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Last Updated: 10:51AM GMT 12 Dec 2008 Foreign Secretary David Miliband says there is no rift with Germany Photo: PA The Foreign Secretary denied a rift with the Germans over Britain's actions to fund a stimulus package of investment and tax cuts such as the recent reduction in VAT.His attempt to play down the diplomatic spat came after a second German politician, Steffan Kampeter, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, described the measures as a "failure of Labour policy."Earlier in the week, Peer Steinbruck, the German fiancé minister, said Gordon Brown had turned to "crass Keynesianism" which would saddle future generations with debt.But Mr Miliband dismissed the criticisms as a "spat" between the German government's coalition partners, saying that Mrs Merkel herself, who is meeting with the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister at a Brussels summit, had been working positively with them over Europe's own stimulus package.He told Radio 4's Today programme: "What you will see is from Mrs Merkel as well as from Gordon Brown a very clear statement at the end of this council setting out their support for a European recovery package which includes a strong fiscal stimulus which is being supported right across Europe. "She is not cross at all, she is very engaged with the debate about the economic future of Europe. "What you have got is clearly internal politics in Germany. You have got a grand coalition there, and you have got elections next year."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3722953/Germany-backs-Gordon-Brown-borrowing-billions-to-fight-recession-says-Miliband.html

Article, Video Illustrate Stark Truth of How Electricity is Really Made and Why Bank of America Ph

United States of America (Press Release) December 11, 2008 -- In a recent post entitled Clean Coal ! WTH !, green living expert Antoinette Nue, professionally known as The Green Living Goddess, uses short excerpts from the award- winning documentary Kilowatt Ours to illustrate the devastation caused by thoughtless coal mining companies who reduce entire mountains to piles of dust to extract the coal beneath them.

The article defines clean coal and summarizes the overwhelming cost of coal mining to the millions of people in communities across America adversely affected by the process and asks the question do we dare call coal clean The post is punctuated by the story of West Virginia community being leveled even as the documentary was being shot, as told to us by one of its inconsolable residents. Further in, there s a video excerpt that drives home in easy terms how much electricity a single household uses, sometimes needlessly.

The post closes with suggestions for how to move from dependency on coal-generated electricity to an alternative-energy based economy - which President-elect Obama is now touting as part of the foundation for resuscitating our comatose economy and why we should press forward quickly in doing so.

To access full text of post, visit http://littlurl.com/o31oy

Author and green living expert Antoinette Nue is The Green Living Goddess. She offers a variety of group presentations, teleseminars, educational videos and articles that help busy executives, armchair activists and action-oriented individuals go green in a way that reflects their personal values and spending habits.

She counsels companies and organizations on sustainability issues, develops environmental management systems, sustainable workplace training programs and executive Lunch-n-Learn teleseminars.

For additional information, visist www.greenlivinggoddess.com

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1229035411.html

Soccer: Kobe set to hire Caio Junior as new coach+

KOBE, Dec. 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Vissel Kobe have signed a provisional contract with Brazilian Caio Junior as their new coach to replace Hiroshi Matsuda, the J-League first-division club said Thursday. Caio Junior was fired by Brazilian club Flamengo earlier in the week after the club missed out on a place in South America's Libertadores Cup. The 43-year-old is expected to sign a multiyear contract with Kobe, who had set their sights on a top-five finish this year but ended in 10th spot in the 18-team table.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D950F1AG0&show_article=1

Barack Obama's energy and environment advisers 'revealed'

Mr Obama is expected to make the announcements in the coming weeks. It is still unclear who Mr Obama will choose for interior secretary.On Thursday, Mr Obama will introduce former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services. Mr Daschle was widely anticipated to be presented as the nominee for health and human services secretary, after the former South Dakota senator was confirmed last month by Democratic officials to be Mr Obama's pick for the job.Mr Daschle, 61, will be tasked with shepherding health care reform legislation through Congress in line with Mr Obama's campaign vow to revamp the US medical system to help 45 million Americans who now lack health insurance.The last major health care reform attempt by a Democratic president, piloted by Hillary Clinton during her husband Bill's administration, ended in a notorious failure.Mr Obama, who takes office on January 20, is also likely to face questions on Thursday about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich after the politician's arrest on an array of corruption charges.The president-elect called on Wednesday for Blagojevich to resign after the governor was accused, among other counts, of conspiring to sell off Obama's vacated Senate seat to the highest bidder.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3704699/Barack-Obamas-energy-and-environment-advisers-revealed.html

Monitor User Activity and Stop Unwanted Software Easily With Watchman 8.0

United States of America (Press Release) December 10, 2008 -- Monitor User Activity and Stop Unwanted Software Easily With Watchman 8.0

Anfibia Software announces the release of Watchman 8.0, an advanced monitoring tool for all kinds of users.

December 10, 2008 -- Watchman 8.0 is now available. An advanced monitoring tool for all kinds of users.

We're glad to present you with a new version of Watchman, an advanced monitoring tool for all kinds of users. Watchman monitors user activity, restricts access to programs, keeps an eye on your files and more. Version 8 of this award-winning program introduces two major new features: advanced user monitoring and reporting tools.

Watchman Features:

* Password protection of applications and resources
* Stops unwanted applications
* Stops software installation, chat clients, p2p, torrent, emule...
* Protects system and program settings
* Protects documents from tampering
* Monitors application usage
* Monitors entered keys
* Create full reports of user activity for printing, exporting
* Sends reports by e-mail

Install and forget about it! Watchman runs silently in the background, keeping your system safe from unauthorized eyes at all times. Watchman provides you with infinite possibilities but is very easy to use.

Available for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista
For additional information (or sample, copy or demo), contact: info @ anfibia-soft.com.

Download the full-working evaluation version from
http://www.anfibia-soft.com/download/watchmansetup.exe

Product sheet:
http://www.anfibia-soft.com/products/watchman/watchman8_brochure.pdf

Standard license costs 49.00 (USD) / 38.00 (EUR). Volume discounts available. Contact us for quotations.

About Anfibia Software

Our company develops security software for individuals, businesses and institutions worldwide since 2000. We sell our products directly to customers in USA, Europe and other parts of the world.
We provide good tech support, and solutions that are easy to use yet powerful enough for most demanding needs. Thank you for using our software!

Contact:
Juan Rodriguez
Anfibia Software
juan.rodriguez @ anfibia-soft.com
http://www.anfibia-soft.com

###

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1228906838.html

Obama works to distance himself from Ill. governor

WASHINGTON (AP) - Though Barack Obama isn't accused of anything, the charges against his home-state governor—concerning Obama's own Senate seat no less—are an unwelcome distraction. And the ultimate fallout is unclear. As Obama works to set up his new administration and deal with a national economic crisis, suddenly he also is spending time and attention trying to distance himself from Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and charges that the governor was trying to sell the now-vacant Senate post. The president-elect was blunt and brief in addressing the case on Tuesday: "I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so I was not aware of what was happening" concerning any possible dealing about Blagojevich's appointment of a successor. It's Obama's first big headache since his election last month, and Republicans were anything but eager to let it go away. Said Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the new GOP House whip: "The serious nature of the crimes listed by federal prosecutors raises questions about the interaction with Gov. Blagojevich, President-elect Obama and other high ranking officials who will be working for the future president." Added Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, chairman of the Republican National Committee: "Americans expect strong leadership, but President-elect Barack Obama's comments on the matter are insufficient at best." In Chicago, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said prosecutors were making "no allegations" that Obama was aware of any scheming. And Blagojevich himself, in taped conversations cited by prosecutors, suggested that Obama wouldn't be helpful to him. Even if the governor was to appoint a candidate favored by the Obama team, Blagojevich said, "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation." The two Illinois politicians have never been especially close and have largely operated in different Democratic Party camps in the state. Blagojevich's disdain for Obama was clear in court documents; he is quoted as calling the president-elect a vulgar term in one phone conversation recorded by the FBI. Still, at the very least, the episode amounts to a distraction for Obama at an inopportune time just six weeks before he's sworn into office. It also raises the specter of notorious Chicago politics, an image Obama has tried to distance himself from during his career. There were signs the continuing investigation could still involve him. His statement that he didn't have contact with Blagojevich about the Senate seat seems to conflict with that of top adviser David Axelrod, who told Fox News Chicago on Nov. 23: "I know he's talked to the governor, and there are a whole range of names, many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them." Obama transition officials say Axelrod misspoke. It also appears that Obama friend Valerie Jarrett, an incoming senior White House adviser, is the person referred to repeatedly in court documents as "Candidate 1." That individual is described as a female who is "an adviser to the president-elect" and as the person Obama wanted appointed to the Senate seat. Court papers say that "Candidate 1" eventually removed "herself" from consideration for the Senate seat. In a Nov. 11 phone conversation with an aide, Blagojevich talked at length about "Candidate 1" and said he knew that Obama wanted her for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. (Expletive) them." One day later, Jarrett, a Chicago businesswoman who is one of three co-chairmen of Obama's transition team and was a high-level adviser to his presidential campaign, made it known that she was not interested in the seat. And, on Nov. 15, Obama announced that Jarrett would be a senior White House adviser and assistant for intergovernmental relations. Obama has maintained a cordial but distant relationship with Blagojevich during the governor's tenure. He supported his fellow Democrat for re-election in 2006, even though the governor backed someone else over Obama in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race in 2004. Obama has said little about the many misconduct allegations that have piled up against Blagojevich, and he has complimented Blagojevich for running "a sound administration" with "the right priorities." Obama's circle of major Illinois political allies and supporters is largely separate from Blagojevich's, with two major exceptions. Both Obama and Blagojevich got extensive money and support from Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who is now under federal indictment. And Obama is close to Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, who has been the governor's staunchest legislative ally. At least one top aide to Obama, Michael Strautmanis, previously worked for Blagojevich. Obama has appointed Strautmanis to serve as White House chief of staff to the presidential assistant for intergovernmental relations and public liaison. The Chicago native was legislative director and counsel to Blagojevich when the governor was a member of Congress and then helped Blagojevich win the governorship in 2002. There is no indication that Strautmanis is involved in the case. More details on the case could be forthcoming. Court documents say they don't include all calls dealing with the governor's efforts regarding the Senate seat appointment. And many people in the documents are referred to by aliases; there's little doubt their identities will eventually surface. In Chicago, Obama largely kept a low profile as word of Blagojevich's arrest spread. He went to a gym to work out as he does most mornings but canceled a previously scheduled FBI briefing and, instead, headed to his transition office next door to the federal courthouse. He stayed there and mostly out of sight until a midday meeting with former Vice President Al Gore on environmental and energy issues. That was supposed to be the news of the day out of the Obama office but the president-elect found himself peppered with questions about Blagojevich when reporters entered the Gore meeting for a photo op. "Like the rest of the people of Illinois I am saddened and sobered by the news that came out of the U.S. attorney's office today. But as this is an ongoing investigation involving the governor, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to comment on the issue at this time," Obama said—and then he said he wasn't aware of Blagojevich's maneuvering. Robert Gibbs, an Obama spokesman, said: "We did not know about this recent part of the investigation until today." In court documents, FBI Special Agent Daniel Cain detailed several phone calls between Blagojevich and his aides that were intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the past month. Blagojevich is accused of conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti. Among his alleged desires: a Cabinet post, placement at a private foundation in a significant position, campaign contributions or an ambassadorship. ___ Associated Press Writers Jennifer Loven and Jim Kuhnhenn in Washington, Philip Elliott in Chicago, Christopher Wills in Springfield, Ill., and Rita Beamish in San Mateo, Calif., contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94VFLNG0&show_article=1

San Diego crash: victims 'were South Korean'

San Diego crash: victims 'were South Korean' - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Tuesday 09 December 2008 | USA feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics You are here: Home News World News North America USA San Diego crash: victims 'were South Korean' The family killed when an airforce jet hurtled into their suburban house in San Diego, California, are thought to have been of South Korean origin.   Last Updated: 10:32AM GMT 09 Dec 2008 A firefighter walks past the remains of a military jet that crashed into homes in the University City neighborhood of San Diego Photo: REUTERS The bodies of three victims - believed to be a grandmother, a mother and a child - have already been pried from the shattered remains of the San Diego home. Another child is still missing. A South Korean news agency has reported that the two adults were both South Korean nationals and the country's consulate general in Los Angeles said it had been informed of the incident.A postman said he had delivered a Korean-language newspaper to the house shortly before it was struck by the plane.The pilot, who was preparing to land at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, managed to eject just before the crash and landed in a tree.A former military instructor who saw the incident said the pilot appeared shaken but unharmed, and had told him the plane suffered a mechanical failure.When he first noticed the plane, there was little to suggest it was about to meet disaster."There was no overt indication of any kind of catastrophic failure," he said. Referring to the pilot, he said: "Turns out that after he extracted himself from the tree, he was OK. He was in good shape.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3688532/San-Diego-crash-victims-were-South-Korean.html

MoreHotels4Less.com Announces Online Hotel Reservation Service

United States of America (Press Release) December 8, 2008 -- MoreHotels4Less.com is pleased to announce the launch of its new online hotel reservation service available 24 hours a day. We welcome you to our site where you can save time and money reserving hotels at hundreds of popular destinations. In addition to hotels, MoreHotels4Less.com provides vacation rentals, vacation packages, flights, and rental cars so you can plan your entire vacation in an easy and convenient manner.

Travelers can select from over 60,000 hotels worldwide. From brand names to independent hotels, MoreHotels4Less.com will help you find exactly what you re looking for in just a few clicks.

MoreHotels4Less.com is designed with the customer in mind by providing ease-of-use navigation and useful information such as hotel guest reviews and virtual tours. A unique feature enables guest to compare several hotels at once right from your computer screen. You can compare amenities, pricing, room types and map the location of each hotel. Another exciting mapping feature provides the hotel location and shows area attractions that are close to the property.

Make sure to check the hotel deals section regularly. This section is constantly updated and you can find great deals at up to 50% off regular published rates.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1228778001.html

LEAD: Japanese Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony+

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) Japanese laureates gave lectures at the Nobel Lectures 2008 event held at Stockholm University on Monday, prior to an award ceremony scheduled for Wednesday. Makoto Kobayashi, 64, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, delivered a lecture titled "CP Violation and Flavor Mixing." He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics along with Toshihide Masukawa, 68, professor emeritus at Kyoto University, and Yoichiro Nambu, 87, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. Kobayashi and Masukawa won acclaim "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature." Masukawa gave his lecture -- "What Did CP Violation Tell Us " -- in Japanese, which is rarely done at the Nobel Lectures. While introducing his childhood to the 700-member audience, Masukawa said, "My parents were not education-minded at all, but my father, who was a sugar wholesaler while aiming to become an electrical engineer, taught me the knowledge and appeal of science." As for Nambu, who is not attending the award ceremony, Giovanni Jona- Lasinio, professor at the University of Rome, gave a lecture on "Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Particle Physics: a Case of Cross Fertilization" on his behalf ahead of the two Japanese lecturers. Osamu Shimomura, an 80-year-old professor emeritus at Boston University who will receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry, will speak on "Discovery of Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP" later at the event. Among the audience was a 16-year-old high school student from Stockholm who said it is not so surprising that as many as four Japan- related scientists had won the Nobel Prize this year as Japan has advanced science and technology.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94UFLUG0&show_article=1

Australians taunt British with viral Olympic advert

Australians taunt British with viral Olympic advert - Telegraph

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/london2012/3661505/Australians-taunt-British-with-viral-Olympic-advert.html

In the Bleak Midwinter voted greatest carol of all time

In second place is In Dulci Jubilo, also known as Good Christian Men, Rejoice.A Spotless Rose by Herbert Howells is in third place followed by Bethlehem Down, Lully Lulla, Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day and There is No Rose. O Come, All Ye Faithful, another perennial favourite, only makes eighth place on the list. Richard Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford: "It's a pretty highbrow list but I'm not all that surprised as the choices are by choirmasters." He said it was easy to understand why In the Bleak Midwinter, from Christina Rossetti's poem, holds first place: "It's a really good start to any carol service and of course it gets an airing each year with the broadcast of the King's College service." Other little known carols in the upper half of the list include the Sussex Carol (12), O Magnum Mysterium (13) and Hodie Christus Natus Est (17). The list, which is published in the December issue of Music, a BBC magazine, will disappoint many for notable omissions like While Shepherds Watched, The 12 Days of Christmas, The Holly and the Ivy and I Saw Three Ships. Several other well known and much sung carols also take lower spots in the survey. These include Once in Royal David's City (11), Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (14), God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (22), Silent Night (25), O Little Town of Bethlehem (27), Good King Wenceslas (42) and Away in a Manger (50).

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3631068/In-the-Bleak-Midwinter-voted-greatest-carol-of-all-time.html

Contractors Sought To Help With Defective CertainTeed Shingles

United States of America (Press Release) December 6, 2008 -- CertainTeed Help was developed as a resource for consumers with defective shingles from CertainTeed Corporation. What has happened since is that the website is getting so many requests for contractor assistance that there are not nearly enough contractors to service all of the requests.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against CertainTeed in seventeen states. The suit is seeking material and labor costs to replace these roofs. The complaints allege that CertainTeed knowingly and intentionally concealed and failed to disclose that they actually had no intention of providing the services set forth in their warranties. Similarly, CertainTeed has failed to implement any changes to their shingle procedures or warranty procedures to remedy the defects.

The shingles in question were manufactured from 1987 until 2003. There are many thousands of those roofs yet to be replaced. Consumers are seeking help from contractors because it's either too difficult to take the required samples or they are discouraged by what is perceived to be a complicated process.

The states in which contractors are being sought are Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

If you might be interested please visit our website.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1228583453.html

Death toll from Pakistan car bombing rises to 29

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from an overnight car bombing rose to 29 in northwest Pakistan, unnerving a region already dangerously on edge following the attacks on India's commercial capital, police and doctors said Saturday. About 100 people were also wounded Friday when the bomb went off near Peshawar's famed Storytellers Bazaar, wrecking a Shiite Muslim mosque and a hotel and setting a string of vehicles and shops ablaze, said Mohammed Khan, a local police official. Television footage showed survivors frantically carrying bloodied victims through the rubble to private cars and ambulances as fire crews sought to douse the flames. Neither the motive nor the culprits behind the blast were clear. But provincial government chief Haider Khan Hoti said "external forces" could be to blame—a comment understood in Pakistan to mean India. Sahib Khan, a doctor at a main hospital said Saturday that they received 20 bodies after the blast, while another nine injured died overnight. He said some of the injured were still in critical condition. Further adding to the tension, a suspected U.S. missile strike reportedly killed three people in a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaida near the border with Afghanistan. Escalating violence is destabilizing Pakistan's northwest just as the country faces accusations from archrival India that the gunmen behind the carnage in Mumbai last week were trained in Pakistan and steered by militants based there. The provincial police chief, Malik Naveed Khan, said the bomb seemed to contain chemicals designed to spread fire. Pakistan and the United States have stepped up operations against Taliban and al-Qaida strongholds in the northwest to curb mounting attacks launched from there on targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There have been more than 30 suspected U.S. missile strikes since August, including one on Friday in the North Waziristan region, part of Pakistan's wild tribal belt viewed as possible hiding place for Osama bin Laden. Three Pakistani intelligence officials told The Associated Press that one missile hit a house in the village of Khushali Turikhel and another landed in a field. The officials, who cited reports from agents and informants in the area, said three people were killed and two others injured, however the identity of the victims was not known. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on the record to media. The missiles are apparently fired from drone aircraft that take off from Afghanistan. U.S. officials rarely confirm or deny responsibility though American leaders have said the attacks have killed several militant leaders this year. Insurgents have responded with an onslaught of gun and bomb attacks that have sparked concern about the possible disruption of a key supply line for NATO and U.S. troops that cuts through Peshawar and the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan. ___ Associated Press writers Bashirullah Khan in Miran Shah and Zarar Khan in Islamabad contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94T0AKG0&show_article=1

Fiat heiress accuses advisers of inheritance coverup

Margherita Agnelli is suing three of her father's advisers claiming she has been denied money that is rightfully hers. Italians' obsession with the Agnelli family has been likened to the Americans' fascination with the Kennedy political dynasty.The ups and downs in the family's personal lives have been avidly followed for decades.The only surviving child of Fiat grandee Gianni Agnelli has accused her father's advisers of concealing the real value of the will he drew up before his death in 2003.Margherita Agnelli is suing three of the advisers, claiming that she has been denied money that is rightfully hers.One of them, Gianluigi Gabetti, 84, has broken years of silence on the matter to go on the offensive, accusing Ms Agnelli of pursuing a vendetta against him."Since May 2007 I've been the object of unpleasant and unfounded insinuations by Margherita and her lawyers," he told the Corriere della Serra daily newspaper.He said that four years ago Ms Agnelli said she was happy with the money she had received in the will, declaring it a full and final settlement.Since then the fortunes of Fiat, which had been struggling financially, had revived under new management.It was only then, he alleged, that Ms Agnelli challenged the amount she had received in her father's will. Her lawsuit had come "like a thunderbolt", Mr Gabetti said.He said he now welcomed a decision made by an Italian court in October that the case should be heard in Italy, rather than Switzerland. He said he was looking forward to the court case bringing "clarity" to the saga."Margherita says Gabetti and the other advisers hid assets from her and her lawyers, but she has never managed to say what those assets were or what they might be worth," said a source close to the family."The family's position is clear – Margherita, her lawyers and her bankers saw everything there was to see."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/3567918/Fiat-heiress-accuses-advisers-of-inheritance-cover-up.html

Twitter Gives Consumers Special Tweets On Personalized Printed Holiday Cards from ImpressInPrint.com

United States of America (Press Release) December 4, 2008 -- Who couldn t use an extra-special tweet this holiday season Online stationery store ImpressInPrint.com, with the use of their Twitter account, is spreading the holiday cheer by sending out frequent specials and sales notifications to shoppers looking for high quality holiday cards and invitations.

Don t have a Twitter account It s easy to join. In order to get ImpressInPrint.com s special announcements on Twitter, you have to follow ImpressInPrint.com. You do that by simply going to their Twitter account on http://www.Twitter.com/impressinprint and clicking Follow under their picture avatar, which is also their company logo. Of course, you ll have to sign up for your own Twitter account, but that takes about 1 minute to do.

After you have some fun with Twitter and get the latest quick sales information on ImpressInPrint.com s account, head over to their new blog at http://www.impressinprint.com/blog. It is fresh, exciting and not your run-of-the-mill blog. Kim Morales has a rich past in design with her feet firmly planted in cutting-edge developments within the stationery, paper and invitations industry. She is great at bringing in interesting topics for readers covering etiquette, nostalgia, wording ideas, and a new product line, just to name a few. If you are planning a wedding party, Christmas party, open house, shower or other event and have questions, you can go to the ImpressInPrint.com blog and ask the expert!

About ImpressInPrint.com

Impressions In Print, Inc was established in 1998 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. ImpressInPrint.com provides premium quality stationery, invitations, and paper products to customers and businesses with exceptional focus on customer service at a reasonable price. The company showcases some of the most popular and widely sought after custom and preprinted invitations and cards available through mail, phone and Internet ordering. The company also provides online services designed to enhance ImpressInPrint.com's clients' Web experience, including live online help and state-of-the-art shopping cart systems.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1228451607.html

Come on! Horoscope Fans

United States of America (Press Release) December 4, 2008 -- I'm crazy for the horoscope. It's a amazing armomancy and deeply attract me to trust. Now I want to tell you some thing about the horoscope.
In astrology, a horoscope is a chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, the astrological aspects, and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such as the moment of a person's birth. The word horoscope is derived from Greek words meaning "a look at the hours" (horoskopos, pl. horoskopoi, or "marker(s) of the hour.") Other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel, or simply chart. It is used as a method of divination regarding events relating to the point in time it represents and forms the basis of the horoscopic traditions of astrology.
Very funny Do you want to know more about it to visit www.soiphone.com now! You will find more about horoscope and download horoscope sign for your iPhone! Let's go!

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1228380808.html

American College of Surgeons Comments on Institute of Medicine Report on Resident Duty Hours

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today recognized the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for its committee report on resident duty hours that was released on December 2, 2008, by the IOM Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety. ACS agrees with the IOM in its conclusion that further reductions in the mandated 80-hour work week (averaged over four weeks) are not advisable. The ACS firmly believes that these work hours are important to provide surgical residents with the depth and variety of educational experiences that are essential for physicians to become competent surgeons. However, the College is concerned that the IOM recommendation regarding 16-hour shifts could compromise the education of the residents and possibly affect the continuity of patient care that is essential to ensuring that all surgical patients receive safe, effective, and high-quality care before, during, and after surgical procedures. Thoughtful consideration must be given to all of the factors that have an impact on the surgical patient throughout the surgical experience. In addition, the ACS is concerned that moving to a 16-hour shift structure and lessening each resident's work load could exacerbate an already looming and serious surgeon shortage in the United States. While the ACS concurs with the IOM recommendation that additional staff be hired in order to ensure patient safety, serious attention should be paid to current workforce challenges in addition to those possibly created by the IOM recommendations. About the American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 74,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. For more information, visit www.facs.org. SOURCE American College of Surgeons

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20081203.DC49796&show_article=1

Britney Spears comeback: Review of reviews

After an onslaught of criticism of her mimed performance on the X Factor last week, she appeared on Good Morning America (GMA) in the US following the release of her album Circus. She delivered one of her ranchiest ever performances, but it was not enough to stop her being slated on the internet. She was branded "talentless" and told she was "better off in porn" in comments left on the GMA website. Internet reviews of "Britney: The Comeback II" elsewhere have been mixed. Here are a selection: LA Times "But the fire in her eyes And Britney's once consistent ability to turn it on when the curtain rises That appears to be absent, at least at the moment. In its place we've got the former pop princess on autopilot, and it's as devastating to watch as her 2007 MTV VMA performance of 'Gimme More.'" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/12/britney-spear-1.html Newsday.com "'Comeback' doesn't even come close to describing what Britney Spears has done on her new album, arriving in stores Tuesday, her 27th birthday. Not only is "Circus" (Jive) the best album of her career, but it could return her to the kind of massive, multiplatinum sales that she hadn't seen since the turn of the century." http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-ffmus5943128nov30,0,7286182.story Chicago Tribune "'Circus is both an album by a pop icon and a commentary on being a pop icon. The producers and songwriters did most of the detail work, but Spears is their muse and meal ticket. Without her, the circus just wouldn't be the same." http://news.google.co.uk/news hl=en&tab=wn&ned=uk&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1276690235 MTV "The embattled pop star was the subject of media ridicule following her performance at the 2007 Video Music Awards, and her personal travails were splashed across the pages of the nation's tabloids on an almost weekly basis. Fast-forward 10 months, and it's a whole new ball game. Spears is still in the spotlight, but rather than attack her, the media has been more sympathetic." USA Today "Considering the daggers that come out whenever she rears her head, her ability to laugh at her foibles – and other people's reaction to them – is one of her more endearing qualities. Of course, you can't always tell whether she's doing it with tongue in cheek or smiling through gritted teeth." http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2008-11-25-britney-spears-circus_N.htm Lumino Magazine "Surely, there are those who will dare claim that Circus is the album that solidifies Britney Spears' place as the Queen of Pop. But what Circus really says about Britney is that her truest credentials were of being the empress of illusion at a time when it was chic to package fantasy with a wink and a smile. Nowadays it seems you can't get by on illusion anymore. Too bad no one told Britney Spears that."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3544476/Britney-Spears-comeback-Review-of-reviews.html

What is internet marketing ...And Why do I need internet marketing for my offline business

United States of America (Press Release) December 2, 2008 -- No matter if you are a contractor or tradesman facing skyrocketing building costs / a small retailer wanting to stay competitive / a service business wanting to decrease advertising costs / a real estate agent striving to stand out in the crowd / or a home based business trying to reach more customers The name of the game is finding new ways to increase profits to stay in business.

What is Internet marketing for small business

Let s first describe what it is NOT it is not putting up a website and hoping someone will stumble upon it. Perhaps you ve even had a business associate share his experience with Well I had a website and it never made me a cent
Unfortunately for your business associate, no one explained to him the difference between an internet marketing strategy ( a website is only one component of your strategy) versus building a static website that is nothing more than an online brochure.
Internet marketing for small business integrates a finely tuned website with marketing methods both online and offline to reach your targeted potential clients and grow your business. Methods and strategies you will want to become familiar with include: SEO (search engine optimization) to assist your clients in finding you as they search the internet / List Building and email marketing to build relationships and convert buyers into return customers / and Niche Marketing online allows you to locate untapped markets in your area to grow your business.

If all this jargon sounds confusing and expensive, don t panic we have website marketing solutions that are both easy and affordable (and work with all budgets).

Why do I need internet marketing for my offline small business

#1 Survival web marketing is a "secret weapon" survival tool -- Simply put, your website makes a small business BIG. It is the secret weapon of marketing in today s economy. With optimized internet web site marketing even small businesses that have something to offer can compete with large companies. Web site marketing helps to level the playing field. The success or failure of your business can be simply the way in which you market your product or service. Every type of entrepreneurial enterprise requires marketing there are no exceptions.

#2 Growth through online business marketing strategies -- There are loads of small businesses throughout the United States. Many of them offer superb products and highly desirable services. But fewer than 1/10th (one-tenth) of one percent of those businesses will make it to the point of phenomenal financial success. The elusive variable that makes the difference between merely being listed in the Yellow Pages and being listed on the New York Stock Exchange is the marketing of the product or service Jay Conrad Levinson. - "Guerilla Marketing"
Perhaps growing to the point of being listed on the New York Stock Exchange is bigger than you want to get, however every business needs to make money to survive and even more money to prosper. Our Max-Marketing Website Package is the secret weapon in your arsenal of marketing tools.

#3 Compete in today s market with an online presence that works for you 24/7
Did you know .
87% of buyers looking for your products research online before visiting a store.
78% of buying public will do comparative shopping online before they purchase.
Less than 50% of all small business owners have a business website and only about half of those business owners know how to leverage a marketing website to increase their competitive edge.
Is your current business marketing using these figures to strengthen your marketing plan

#4 Stand out above your competitors -- Every small business and smallest of businesses will spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on:
* Telephone
* Yellowpage ad
* Avertising
* Letterhead
* Business cards
* And location
Because anyone who has ever started a business know how important these elements are to having a mere chance of success.) However, today is the era of internet the most powerful, accessible, dynamic communication system ever.

Most of us will utilize the internet daily for one or multiple reasons to:
* Do research
* Find answers
* Get directions
* Locate products and services
* Compare prices to finalize our purchasing decision
* And make online purchases.

Your website best provides answers of who, what, why, how, and when to potential buyers . They evaluate the quality of your business, and the value of your service. Bottom line, after all the searching, calling, querying, and asking other people, the final piece in the buying process is your website. It s your website that seals the deal clinches the sale and reels in the business.

** Most important reason:**

#5 The internet is where your customers are looking for you -- Whether you're online or not ONLINE IS WHERE YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE. Your website lets your customers know who you are, what you offer, and what you stand for. Customers need to know where to find you and how to reach you and if they are interested in your services and products. A web site gives your business visibility, presence, and credibility. This is just as important for your local business as it is for cultivating potential out-of-area business. (Be sure to get a copy of our INTERNET WEB SITE MARKETING GETTING STARTED GUIDE.

To learn more about AdvanceTrack Marketing... the creators of "Max-Marketing"... and how they can best serve the marketing needs of your company, please visit our company website at www.advancetrackmarketing.com . and additional information at www.bizwebs4u.com .

J. Becker
Team Leader
email: jb@advancetrackmarketing.com

AdvanceTrack Marketing
P.O. Box 7472
Goodyear, AZ 85338
623-337-5618
Fax: 866-719-2431
email contacts:
general: team@advancetrackmarketing.com

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200812/1228259224.html

Yen's effective rate sets new high in Nov.+

TOKYO, Dec. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The yen's effective exchange rate rose 22.5 points on a nominal basis in November over the previous month to an all-time high of 364.8, testifying that the Japanese currency appreciated against other major currencies in the month, according to data released by the Bank of Japan on Tuesday. The effective rate shows the yen's trade-weighted value against 15 major currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, the euro and the Chinese yuan, and is said to represent its value more accurately than its foreign exchange rate vis-a-vis each of the currencies. In November, interest rates were lowered in the United States and Europe amid the global financial crisis, stimulating purchases of the yen against other currencies, analysts said. The previous record high of the yen's effective rate was 360.4 set in April 1995 when the yen appreciated to an all-time high of 79.75 against the dollar. The yen mostly moved in the 95 yen to 100 yen range during November. The BOJ also said the real-term effective exchange rate of the yen, adjusted for price changes, stood at 117.2 in November, much lower that its record high of 165.5 in April 1995. The finding reflects persistent price rises in major countries during long-lasting deflation in Japan, the analysts said.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94QH9I80&show_article=1

France calls on EU to suspend state aid rules during financial crisis

Mumbai attacks: India says all militants were from Pakistan

Mumbai attacks: Bombay: India says all militants were from Pakistan - Telegraph Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation Monday 01 December 2008 | India feed | All feeds Advertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Comment Travel Lifestyle Culture Video A to Z Jobs Dating Puzzles  Offers UK World Politics Celebrities Obituaries Weird Earth Science Health Education Topics You are here: Home News World News Asia India Mumbai attacks: India says all militants were from Pakistan The Mumbai attackers were all from Pakistan, India's deputy interior minister has said, stopping short of blaming the government in Islamabad for last week's carnage which left more than 170 dead.   Last Updated: 4:33AM GMT 01 Dec 2008 Previous  of  Images Next The body of a suspected militant is taken away at Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel Photo: GETTY IMAGES A member of a rescue team covers a room of the Taj Mahal hotel Photo: GETTY Security services survey a destroyed room inside Photo: GETTY Indian officials have declared the siege at the hotel over Photo: GETTY A National Security Guard commando shows victory sign Photo: AP Many of the rooms in the hotel are burnt out Photo: AP Debris from the attack can also be seen in the lobby of the Trident-Oberoi hotel Photo: REUTERS The comments from Deputy Home Minister Shakeel Ahmad were the strongest move yet by the government to blame its neighbour. India and Pakistan, both armed with nuclear weapons, have fought three wars and nearly came to a fourth over a previous attack on Indian soil, and there have been fears the latest bloodshed could deepen tensions between them. "We are not saying that it is sponsored by the Pakistan government," Shakeel Ahmad told the BBC, adding that Pakistani soil was nevertheless being used for "anti-India" activities. "The terrorists who have been killed in these encounters in Mumbai in the last few days were of Pakistani origin," he said. Earlier, India announced it would increase security in the country and on its borders to a "war level". In response to a string of public accusations from Delhi, officials in Islamabad said troops could be moved to the Indian border if relations continue to deteriorate. "Our intelligence will be increased to a war level, we are asking the state governments to increase security to a war level," Sriprakash Jaiswal, India's minister for state for home affairs, told Reuters. "They can say what they want, but we have no doubt that the terrorists had come from Pakistan," Mr Jaiswal said. Amid accusations that a series of failings allowed the attackers Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil submitted his resignation, India's ruling Congress party coalition said on Sunday. Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was appointed to take over Patil's job and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will take over the finance portfolio for now, the government said. Indian TV reported that National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan had also resigned. India has already boosted coastal security with the Indian Navy and the coast guard carrying out coordination patrols. The Mumbai attackers are said to have come to the city by sea from the Pakistani port of Karachi, according to security officials. The Lashkar-e-Taiba a Pakistan-based group that has been blamed for previous attacks in India has been identified by the Indian authorities as responsible for the massacres which left at least 174 people dead. Indian commandos said the attackers had demonstrated professional techniques, firing in short bursts, setting traps and even stocking up with almonds and dried fruit to keep their energy up during the fighting. Commandos brought 300 survivors out of the five-star Taj Mahal Palace hotel, where the siege ended early yesterday. Some 250 others were rescued from the Oberoi-Trident hotel and 60 people were brought out of the Jewish centre. Those rescued included a British couple who were among a group of six people who hid for six hours in a toilet cubicle at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. At one stage, the terrorists searched the darkened area with a torch but did not see or hear them huddled together. The Pakistani Government yesterday denied involvement in the terror plot and has promised to help in the investigation. Asif Ali Zardari, the President, pledged to act swiftly if given any evidence of involvement by Pakistani nationals. "As president of Pakistan, if any evidence comes of any individual or group in any part of my country, I shall take the swiftest of action in the light of evidence and in front of the world," he said. A team of British police and security officers is also in Mumbai to help with the inquiry, along with American FBI agents. Gordon Brown said yesterday that the attack had raised "huge questions" about how the world should address violent extremism. Speaking in London, the Prime Minister said: "A great multi-faithed democracy has been laid low by terrorists. It raises huge questions about how the world addresses violent extremism." Fires, explosions and gun battles during the siege devastated the 105-year-old Taj Mahal Palace hotel. At the height of fighting, hundreds of people, many of them Westerners, were trapped or taken hostage. Television pictures of a satellite telephone captured from a terrorist appeared to show a constant stream of calls to Pakistan during the operation. Officials also said they had traced the group's route from recorded GPS co-ordinates on the devices. The group sent eight operatives on a reconnaissance mission to Mumbai earlier this year, Indian officials have claimed. Security officials, Scotland Yard and diplomats in Britain played down reports yesterday of a British link to the terror plot. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We have been speaking to the Indian authorities at a high level and they say there is no evidence that any of the attackers are British."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3537795/Mumbai-attacks-Bombay-India-says-all-militants-were-from-Pakistan.html

SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IMPROVED WITH DENTAL APNEA DEVICE

United States of America (Press Release) November 30, 2008 -- It is well known that there is increased sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity as measures by blood levels of catecholamine or heart rate variability. Another study in the same Volume of Sleep "EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH MANDIBULAR DEVICE (MAD) ON AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY AS MEASURED BY HEART RATE VARIABILITY." that was done under an NIH NICDR grant number DE016772 showed that oral appliances had the same positive effects on heart rate variability as CPAP. Mandibular advancement devices have the same positive effects as CPAP on the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system, this fact supports the continued use of oral appliances as an important alternative to CPAP. This study was done by Popovic D, Johnson R, Morgan T, Westbrook P, and Levendowski D, Berka C at Advanced Brain Monitoring Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital.

This is an extremely important study as it proves again that oral appliances have effects similar to CPAP. CPAP is still considered the Gold Standard for sleep apnea treatment but far fewer than half of patients prescribed CPAP actually use it. Other studies have shown that even among users of CPAP most wear it only4-5 hours/day not the recommended 7 1/2 -8 hours /day

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has a report CARDIOVASCULAR AND SLEEP-RELATED CONSEQUENCES OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS that discuss many of these issues which can be found at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/tmj_wksp.pdf

Another recent study shows 48% found not to have Sleep Apnea on first sleep study have sleep apnea on repeat study. The study from Kingston, On, Canada was published in SLEEP, Volume 31, Abstract supplement, 2008


Patients complaining of excessive daytime sleepiness should not rule out sleep apnea as a cause after a single sleep study with and AHI under 5. This study by Carlile J and Carlile N is important if widely overlooked. They found that 48% of patients who had complaints of daytime sleepiness and original sleep studies that showed the absence of sleep apnea actually had sleep apnea when retested.

They concluded that patients should not be told they do not have sleep apnea after a single study if they have daytime sleepiness. The false negative rate of the first study based solely on second study information is enormous.

This is startling news when one considers the dangers of sleep apnea. There is a six-fold increase in heart attacks and strokes and many conditions like diabetes worsen with untreated apnea. MVA also have a 600% increase with patients with untreated apnea having slower reaction times than patients who are legally drunk. The authors found no criteria that allowed them to discriminate between the patients who had AHI>=5 and those that did not.


Patients wishing to learn more about the dangers of sleep apnea or the use of oral appliances to treat apnea should go to www.ihatecpap.com This site was established by Dental Sleep Medicine pioneer Dr Ira L Shapira as a patient resource for information and to find dentists who treat sleep apnea with oral appliances.

Dr Shapira is a Lake County, Illinois dentist who focuses on treatment of sleep apnea and snoring as well as TMJ disorders. He has recently formed Chicagoland Dental Sleep Medicine Associates with offices in Skokie, Schaumburg and Bannockburn with several additional Chicago offices planned in 2009. Dr Shapira's dental practice is in Gurnee where he practices with his partner Dr Mark Amidei.

Dr Shapira can be reached at his Gurnee office 847-623-5530 or toll free at 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK

HIS WEBSITES WWW.IHATECPAP.COM , WWW.IHATEHEADACHES.ORG OR DELANYDENTALCARE.COM

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200811/1228061996.html