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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Writer Suspicious of Special Business Week Magazine
I'M INHERENTLY SUSPICIOUS OF any magazine issue (not to mention any sale, sauce or sitcom episode) that bills itself as "special." Take the April 3 BusinessWeek: if it's truly special, does that mean that the issues preceding it, which lacked comparable cover braggadocio, were ordinary? Is it so darn special that the issues following it will cower in its imposing shadow, relegated to treading water in its furious wake? I can only imagine the pressure that the mag's staffers must be feeling today as they rush to close the April 10 edition--which, absent the front-page designation of "special," will be perceived as decent at best. Labels can be so hurtful.
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Friday, March 24, 2006
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
70-Year-Old Awarded $659,000 in St. Paul Defamation Suit
Jury Awards 70-Year-Old Tuan Pham $659,000 in Defamation Suit Closely Watched Nationally; Former South Vietnamese War Prisoner and St. Paul Community Leader Lost His Business and Honor over Baseless Charges
According to the Plaintiff's Statement of the Case's Claims and Defenses in Ramsey County Second Judicial District Court, the lawsuit arose from events that were triggered by a visit to St. Paul by a Catholic Bishop from Vietnam on December 17, 2003. During his visit to Minnesota, the Bishop was escorted by Pham, a devout Catholic, who served as the Bishop's driver as he visited various members of the Catholic and Vietnamese communities in St. Paul.
Falsehoods spread over South Vietnam Flag incident with visiting Vietnam Catholic Bishop
En route to a meeting of Vietnamese community members at the Vietnam Center in St. Paul, the Bishop noted the presence of the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam flag flying over the center. The Bishop told Pham that he wanted to be taken to a private residence because he was under orders from the Catholic Church to avoid political situations during his visit to the United States that could lead to trouble for the Catholic Church with the Communist government in Vietnam. Pham entered the Vietnam Center and informed the Executive Director of the Bishop's concern about the flag. A decision was made to lower the flag momentarily for the Bishop's visit. After the meeting, the flag was again momentarily lowered while the Bishop exited the building and raised it again after his departure.
Defendants and others begin labeling South Vietnamese patriot a Communist
Subsequently a number of the defendants in this matter learned of the fact that the flag had been lowered to permit the Bishop to enter the Vietnam Center. Beginning in December 2003, a number of people in the Vietnamese community raised concerns about the Republic flag being lowered for the Bishop and called for the removal of the leadership of the organization that controls the Vietnam Center. They also claimed "moral turpitude" on the part of Pham and called for his removal from the Vietnamese Educational Foundation. Defendants, including Dean Do, who had at one time married one of Pham's daughters and used the marriage and the daughter's mental illness, allegedly to extort money from Pham and Capital Market, began labeling Pham a communist and mounted a slanderous personal campaign against him.
"I feel relieved this matter is resolved after two years of suffering for me and my family. As an American, I have always believed in the laws of this country, and I had faith that the court would protect our rights," says Pham. "It is wrong to hurt people or ruin their business with false claims. My family has suffered severely because of these baseless attacks. We brought this case for our children and their children to help the Vietnamese community work within the American system. Our young people must know that you must respect other's right and that you can fight for your dignity and honor and the law will back you." Pham says if he collects the awarded damages he hopes to build two Buddhist schools and one Catholic school in his native land.
Immigrant communities put on notice
"Tuan Pham's landmark case will change the way the Vietnamese and other immigrant communities operate as they gain full access an acceptance in the general community. The public debate must be free and robust, however, this verdict sends the message that slander and character assassination will not be tolerated under our laws," says Pham's attorney Darrin Rosha of Scherzo and Trio Legal Advisors, PLLC in St. Paul. "Mr. Pham, his family, and his business clearly suffered at the hands of the defendants in this case. They not only spread false and malicious statements about him, including false claims of criminal acts, but also forced a community boycott of his grocery business and brought it to ruin. The jury wisely and unanimously upheld his rights as an American citizen to redress those wrongs."
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Hydrogen Expo Has Energy, Not Hot Air
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Timeshare Industry Gets Web-Based Sales Presentation
New Online / Web-Based Sales Presentation for the Timeshare Industry
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(openPR) - Jointly, Nouiss-Air and IT-Consultings.com Inc. announced today the launch of FlexPresentation Sales Solution, a new Web-Based Interactive Sales Presentation platform.
FlexPresentation allow consumers to view an Online Timeshare Sales Presentation from the comfort of their home or office, in place of attending an onsite traditional Timeshare Sales Presentation.
FlexPresentation established the first Online Vacation Ownership Sales Presentation in 2004 with a resort in North America and the Mediterranean. Prospects could go and view a web-based Online Timeshare Sales Presentation without the fear of being pressured during their decision making and/or buying process. FlexPresentation lets consumers participate in a full interactive Online Timeshare Sales Presentation very similar to a traditional one (in-person Sales Presentation). They can do anything, from choosing a vacation plan, to signing an agreement of ownership online and pay for it without ever meeting face-to-face with a Timeshare Sales Person.
While the traditional in-person Timeshare Sales Presentation is still popular, the focus of the FlexPresentation will be to appeal to those consumers who research Timeshare opportunities online, potential clients who may not be comfortable meeting with Sales Professionals in person at a resort or Sales Center; and to recapture the audience that may have been lost as a result of internet research done before or after the presentation with a Sales Professional at the resort or sales center."
FlexPresentation is intended to turn Information into Sales. Thanks to the internet and changing consumer trends, traditional Timeshare Sales Centers are simply becoming "Timeshare Information Centers" with potential sales being lost.
According to Mr. Compton VanSluytman Director of Operation of FlexPresentation - Division, the Internet is the number one source to assist in the buyer's decision making process and FlexPresentation Sales Solution is a means of expanding the industry to accommodate this trend.
Since industry professionals cannot change consumers' behavior, the industry must adapt to accommodate consumer trends. Nowadays, the in-person (traditional) Timeshare Sales Presentation is really conducted at the end of the sales process, not the beginning. By the time prospects visit the Sales Center or the resort, they have, in general, already researched the company, its reputation, the resale market, consumer reviews, the vacation products and more, online
Quoting Paul Chiu, partner in Accenture's Transportation & Travel Services practice "Consumers today go online to arrange travel the same way they do to bank, shop and chat with friends. The smartest companies in the travel industry will make meeting their customers' demands for online services a top priority not only to satisfy their guests but to help cut operating costs and improve efficiency."
The challenge facing Timeshare Developers today is to make sure that they continue to rebuild the trust in the industry's credibility that has been growing since the 1980's and sustain it online with the new internet savvy consumer.
Timeshare industry professionals are always looking for ways to improve results, provide a more positive overall image, lower sales and marketing costs, produce higher VPG (volume per guest) and enhance Developer profits. FlexPresentation Sales Solutions are very successful; and by using them, Developers will be able to lower their operating costs substantially, which will result in lower prices and more convenience for the consumer thereby creating a higher profit margin and increased sales.
Flex Presentation is ideal for any business in the Shared Ownership industry such as Resort/Hotel Developers, Sales Centers, Fractional, Timeshare, Aircraft Fractional, Condo Hotels, Vacation Clubs, Vacation Ownership, Golf Fractional, Cruise Shares, Private Residence Clubs, and Points Based Programs, wishing to increase their market share.
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Sunday, March 19, 2006
Mesothelioma Associated With Exposure to Volcanic Mineral
Exposure to volcanic mineral associated with increased mesothelioma incidence in Turkey
High exposure to a fibrous volcanic mineral called erionite was associated with a high incidence of a type of cancer called mesothelioma, according to a study in the March 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Public release date: 14-Mar-2006 - Many cases of environment-related mesothelioma have been reported in the Cappadocia region or Anatolian plateau of Turkey. Blocks of erionite from volcanic tuff have been used in construction, and storage rooms for produce have been cut in the tuff. Past reports have suggested that erionite exposure may increase the risk of mesothelioma, and studies have shown that erionite is associated with a higher risk of cancer development in animals than any other fiber previously tested.
Y. Izzettin Baris, M.D., of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, and colleagues followed 891 men and women age 20 years and older in three villages in Turkey two exposed to erionite, one control for 23 years. During this period, 372 deaths occurred, and 119 of these deaths occurred from mesothelioma. This form of cancer mainly affects the lining of the lung and was the cause of 44.5% of all deaths in the two villages with erionite exposure. Only two cases of mesothelioma occurred in the control village, both in people born outside of the control village.
The mortality data were analyzed jointly with Philippe Grandjean, M.D., Ph.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health. When standardized to the world population, the annual incidence of pleural mesothelioma in the two exposed villages was 200 and 700 cases per 100,000 people annually, compared to a rate of 10 cases per 100,000 people each year in the control village. The authors conclude that the long-term exposure to erionite is the cause of the exceedingly high risk of developing mesothelioma.
"Our results emphasize the severity of the mesothelioma endemic in erionite-exposed areas of Turkey," the authors write. They add, "In the rural part of central Anatolia, Turkey, millions of inhibitants are likely exposed to hazardous amounts of mineral fibers from the environment. Resources should therefore be directed to preventing these environmental exposures and additional study of the association between environmental exposure to nonasbestos fibers and the risk of cancer."
Contact: Christina Roache, Office of Communications, Harvard School of Public Health, 617-432-6052, croache@hsph.harvard.edu
Citation: Baris YI and Grandjean P. Prospective Study of Mesothelioma Mortality in Turkish Villages With Exposure to Fibrous Zeolite. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006; 98: 414-417.
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Friday, March 17, 2006
SEO Works, Is Fairly Easy, And Does Not Have To Be Expensive
ALTHOUGH PAID INCLUSION PROGRAMS AND paid search campaigns provide the most immediate marketing results, SEO strategies generally provide the most cost-efficient and the most consistent traffic. So, when you have only a modest marketing budget to work with, start by optimizing your site through smart SEO strategies. And, to maximize the visibility of your site in all search results--paid and natural--it's smart to implement both paid and natural search strategies.
Increase the number of first page rankings across the major search engines relative to target keywords/phrases
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
E-Commerce Transactions Captured By Email Marketing Platform
Email Marketing Platform Captures E-Commerce Transactions
Gives Online Retailers Immediate ROI Analysis and Makes it Easy to Leverage Purchase History to Improve Email Marketing Programs
LOS ANGELES, CA - March 16, 2006 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dynamics Direct, Inc., a global provider of email marketing software and ASP solutions for the enterprise market announced today that the company's Dynamic Messenger(TM) email marketing platform is now capable of capturing retail purchase data such as items purchased including dollar amounts by customer from existing e-commerce systems at point of sale.
The new feature appends detailed purchase information to individual customer records in the email platform's relational database management system (RDBMS) in real-time. Marketers can easily view, query and report on the purchase data through Dynamic Messenger's interface. Dynamic Messenger combines purchase data with email event history giving marketers unprecedented visibility and knowledge of their customer. Marketers can use this capability to perform list hygiene, create "golden lists" based on purchases, deploy loyalty campaigns, and market related products based on specific items purchased. The email marketing platform also generates metadata such as total purchase revenue, average purchase, minimum purchase, and maximum purchase. This gives marketers real-time ROI analytics by campaign, by item purchased, by time frame, by domain, or by customer.
"Every online retailer could immediately benefit from this," says David Scifres, Vice President of Internet Services at Affinity Group, Inc. "This new feature of Dynamic Messenger provides two important benefits to AGI; First, it immediately tells us exactly how much revenue an email campaign generated. Secondly, it provides our marketing team with visibility to customer purchase history which helps us identify our best customers and communicate to them appropriately."
"This new capability simply makes companies more effective marketers," says Jason McNamara, CEO at Dynamics Direct. "Everyone agrees on the value of leveraging online analytics with email marketing, however, very few companies are practicing it. Unfortunately, marketers are having a hard time getting their hands on usable analytical data. Existing tools are hard to use plus customer data isn't stored in one spot that is accessible. Dynamic Messenger adds purchase information to the customer's email history which makes it practical for marketers to leverage analytics to improve their email marketing programs."
About Affinity Group, Inc.
The Affinity Group, Inc. (AGI), http://www.affinitygroup.com, and its affiliated companies serve the safety, security, comfort and convenience needs of the North American outdoor and recreational vehicle market. With various companies, brands, products and services, AGI targets almost every aspect of this diverse and dynamic niche market. Affiliated companies include the Good Sam Club, Camping World, Coast to Coast Resorts, Golf Card International, TL Enterprises, Ehlert Publishing, RVtoday, rv.net, and Woodall's.
About Dynamics Direct, Inc.
Email marketing software and ASP solution provider, Dynamics Direct, helps companies realize the benefits and ROI of email messaging across the enterprise by providing the most powerful, yet easy to use email marketing solutions available. Princess Cruises, Countrywide Financial Services, Euro RSCG Worldwide, Starz!, and other leading companies rely on Dynamics Direct, for more information visit http://www.dynamicsdirect.com.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Viral Marketing Campaign Sickens Thousands, CDC Baffled
MarketingSherpa 2006 Viral Advertising Survey Seeks Viral Marketing Campaign SubmissionsMarketingSherpas 2006 Viral Marketing and Advertising survey and Hall of Fame seeks entries for a survey of viral marketing techniques, plus submissions for best viral, word-of-mouth advertising campaigns for our updated review of viral marketing techniques and Viral Advertising Hall of Fame. Deadline for campaign submissions is March 22, 2006 at 06ViralMarketingSurvey.MarketinSherpa.com.
Warren RI (PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- MarketingSherpa needs agencies and companies using viral marketing and advertising to participate in this years survey on Viral Marketing, and to submit their best viral marketing and advertising campaigns for the 2006 Viral Advertising Hall of Fame, at http://06ViralMarketingSurvey.MarketingSherpa.com. "Last year, we conducted the first survey, gathering practical information and data about Viral Advertising. We were blown away by participation from more than 2,400 survey participants," explains MarketingSherpa's Publisher Anne Holland. Were interested in seeing year-over-year data, as well as this years most successful viral marketing campaigns. The survey results will be available for free at MarketingSherpa.com and will be sent to everyone who participates in the survey: http://06ViralMarketingSurvey.MarketingSherpa.com. The survey deadline is March 17th; for campaign submissions, March 22nd.
The 2005 Viral Advertising Showcase highlighted 12 viral marketing campaigns from BBC Learning, Mazda Motors UK, BMG/RCA, Jewelry.com, QuickyMart, Switch Interactive, Brawny Towels, Virgin Records, Big Blue Squid, Dr. Comenge, World 66.com and the British Governments Adult Sexual Health Campaign. Last years report helped make clear what Viral Marketing is and separated its impact from buzz, evangelism and influencer marketing. Viral Marketing techniques are promotional campaigns that spread 'like a virus' because of the interesting nature of the content, which might include games, video, audio, quizzes, polls, humor, sweepstakes, contests, etc. The campaign usually draws people to a specific page or microsite built especially for that purpose.
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Foreclosure Listings: Their Loss, Your Gain
HomeSaleDirectory Inc. Adds Thousands of Foreclosure Listings to Its Web SitePartnership with Foreclosure.com to provide even more real estate opportunities for visitors.
Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- Foreclosure.com today announced a partnership to provide foreclosure data to HomeSaleDirectory Inc., a rapidly growing Web-based company that brings buyers and sellers in the real estate market together.
Real estate investors and homebuyers are constantly searching for great deals. As a result, we needed to partner with a leader in the industry that could provide us with an accurate and comprehensive selection of foreclosure listings, said Alex Schult, president, HomeSaleDirectory, Inc. We carefully researched the marketplace and found Foreclosure.com to be the best."
Under the agreement, HomeSaleDirectory Inc. will obtain data from Foreclosure.com and provide their site visitors with access to Americas most comprehensive database of foreclosure listings. This data includes property information and in-depth details such as exclusive tax roll information, property photos, as well as seller/listing contact information.
"Consumers are now able to search our national database of listings without ever leaving HomeSaleDirectory.com," said Zack Preble, partner relations manager, Foreclosure.com. This partnership will remind visitors that a large inventory of foreclosed properties exists across the county. And, it will showcase the potential value that these properties often represent.
"HomeSaleDirectory prides itself on strategic partnerships that provide our visitors with award-winning content and resources, said Schult. We are excited to offer the comprehensive listings that Foreclosure.com provides, and we look forward to a long and rewarding partnership.
About HomeSaleDirectory Inc.
HomeSaleDirectory Inc. is a privately held California corporation that is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing tools on the Web, specializing in bringing buyers and sellers in the real estate market together. For more information regarding HomeSaleDirectory Inc., feel free to visit www.homesaledirectory.com or call 888-237-2507 for more information.
About Foreclosure.com
With more than 1.2 million foreclosure, preforeclosure, bankruptcy, FSBO and tax lien listings in one place, Foreclosure.com delivers America's largest and most accurate searchable database of foreclosed homes and investment property information to its customers and business partners. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Foreclosure.com works with hundreds of top lending institutions and government agencies to list diverse property types on its Web site, including Real Estate Owned (REO); Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); Fannie Mae; and other government agency and financial institution properties; as well as listings from an extensive network of corporate sellers. On the Web: www.foreclosure.com.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Lawyers Work Overtime To Force IBM To Pay Worker Overtime
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Domain Names to Sell for $300?
One and Two-Word Dot-Com Domain Names to Sell for $300Domain name liquidator BRANDomains announces new sale
Sacramento, Calif. (PRWEB) March 14, 2006 Domain name liquidator BRANDomains.com announces a special domain name liquidation sale. The portfolio includes 129 dot-com domain names and five other domain name extensions, including several one-word dot-com domain names. All domain names are offered for $300 each via BRANDomains.com using an escrow service.
The rich portfolio includes many popular domain name and search keyword categories, including IPO, stock, investment, movie, photo, book, auto, weather, music, search, ticket, job, sports, fitness, poker, New York and employment domain names.
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Monday, March 13, 2006
Bankruptcy Code Can Help Slumlords
Landlords Rejoice! The Bankruptcy Code Loves YouCertain changes in the bankruptcy laws, which were enacted 'under the radar screen' afford dramatic improvements in the rights of commercial landlords, at just the time when they might come in handiest, due to a slowing economy and softer real estate values.
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 13, 2006 -- "In the wake of the recent and very substantial changes to the nation's bankruptcy laws, the most significant beneficiaries are likely to be commercial landlords." So says Warren R. Graham, a bankruptcy lawyer with 25 years of experience, much of it representing both landlords and tenants in large Chapter 11 reorganizations.
"Most of the public attention, in the enactment of the new law, has been paid to consumer matters and credit card debt, given that the prime movers for the new legislation were consumer credit issuers," says Graham. "But many changes have been made in the area of business bankruptcies, which are profound, and which have received virtually no reportage." Much of this did not seem so important since the new law took effect in October, 2005, in the midst of a vibrant economy and explosive real estate market. "But," Graham argues, "with the potential confluence of a weakening economy and softer real estate values, the prospect for commercial lease dispositions in bankruptcy cases is likely to increase dramatically, and soon."
The new law gives a commercial tenant in bankruptcy 120 days, with a possible one-time 90 additional days, to 'assume' or 'reject' its lease. After that, unless the landlord consents, the lease reverts to the landlord. "Under prior law," said Graham, "landlords could get stuck for many months, or even years, as debtors marketed valuable leases for the benefit of their creditors, often at the expense and risk of the landlords. The uncertainty occasioned by being held 'in legal limbo' created problems for landlords wishing to sell their properties, refinance, or even, in the case of shopping centers, lease adjoining space, because of 'cross-default' and 'use-clause' provisions." This is a particularly important phenomenon in large retail Chapter 11 cases, in which hundreds, or even thousands of leases may be implicated, and the values realized by their sales often determine the success or failure of the reorganization effort.
Graham's own experience, in fact, includes the representation of one shopping center landlord, whose single lease was marketed out of three separate bankruptcies: W.T Grant, Caldor and Ames Department Stores.
According to Graham, the consensus among bankruptcy professionals is that the jury is still very much out on the benefits of the new law for issuers of consumer credit. It has, in fact, been argued that, even as those entities lobbied hard for the changes in the law, the likelihood is that their recoveries will not be materially enhanced by them. "But there is little doubt," Graham claims, "that landlords will benefit greatly by being able to rely on a swift and certain disposition of their property interests in Chapter 11 Cases. Next year's Christmas season may come earlier for retail landlords than for their retail tenants. And the role of Santa Claus may be played by the United States Congress, with bankruptcy lawyers in the supporting roles of his elves."
Warren R. Graham is an attorney with the New York Law Firm of Cohen Tauber Spievack & Wagner LLP, and a member of its Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights and Restructuring Department. He has been a frequent lecturer and writer on legal, political and religious subjects.
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Doctors Offered Solution For Malpractice Worries
Fleeing Doctors Run No More; Pennsylvania Organization, MDS, Says They Have the Solution to the Rampant Malpractice DilemmaA company in Pennsylvania, founded by physicians and attorneys, has developed a solution to the rampant litigation and awards plaguing the medical community. For years, due to unbridled litigation, the threat of litigation and ridiculous judgments and settlements, doctors have been fleeing the areas they are needed the most to avoid persecution. Malpractice Defense Services provides a revolutionary approach to malpractice defense.
Plymouth Meeting, PA (PRWEB) March 13, 2006 -- A company in Pennsylvania, founded by physicians and attorneys, has developed a solution to the rampant litigation and awards plaguing the medical community.
Malpractice Defense Services Home Page
In many states, medical practitioners are being subjected to a high number of frivolous lawsuits that affect the physicians' professional and private lives, as well as their accessibility to patients.
These suits, coupled with the resulting annual bump in medical malpractice premiums, have caused many physicians to flee to other, less dangerous, locations. This is especially the case in states in the Northeast such as Pennsylvania, the location of MDS' headquarters.
"People have been discussing what it would be like if it was difficult, if not impossible, to find a specialist in their own county or even state. Well, it's no longer a matter of 'what if'. Communities are losing great doctors due to the impotence of the current system", says Dr. Todd Morehouse, an ear, nose and throat surgeon and a Director at MDS.
"Unfortunately for the defendants involved in these protracted lawsuits, there is no one who is truly on their side", states attorney Todd Nurick, MDS' President and CEO. "The insurance-appointed attorneys are paid hourly. They are looking out for the best interests of the insurance company, not the doctor, and have no incentive to have the physician removed from the litigation as soon as possible."
Why is this?
"It's the result of what we call the 'Triple Threat'. The insurance company pays the insurance-appointed attorneys bill;
Its the insurance companys money at stake in a settlement or judgment; and,
The insurance company directs the attorneys actions.
The real client is the insurance company."
Seemingly, then, the doctors have no one looking out for them, making sure that their voice is heard.
Morehouse agrees, stating that, "Clearly, the current method for protecting yourself, as a practitioner, is not sufficient. This has resulted in higher judgments, higher settlements and longer litigation. Thats why premiums are increasing again in 2006."
"Most medical practitioners have been forced to hire private counsel to augment the insurance-appointed counsel in malpractice litigation. That can cost from $10,000 to $40,000 or more", says Morehouse.
Both Nurick and Morehouse are confident that MDS is the solution to what they claim is a plague, especially in the Northeast.
Dr. Morehouse states, "MDS is a 'revolutionary approach to malpractice defense'."
"MDS is a retainer-based organization that was created to be more-than-affordable to the medical community. We provide the doctors with the highest level of malpractice defense. No more need to go running around trying to find an attorney at the last minute and shelling out perhaps tens of thousands of dollars at once. MDS is not there just before or at the beginning of litigation, but throughout the entire process."
MDS not only provides the practitioner with preventive information and advice, but will be there the second that doctor is named as a defendant in a lawsuit. We don't just write a few letters threatening to sue back if the doc wins. We actually serve as the client's personal counsel throughout the entire litigation. The 'missing link', if you will", says Nurick.
Unlike other companies Nurick claims are "run by 'profiteers' with the goal of benefiting from the pain of the doctors and their communities, MDS, the 'original', serves as a physician's personal attorney."
And, unlike those other organizations Nurick refers to, MDS does not just write a few letters on the physicians' behalf and refer them to an outside law firm. MDS is committed to being the doctor's private counsel and colleague.
MDS' goal is to get the doctor out of any litigation as soon as possible, without stretching out the process to generate fees for plaintiff attorneys and insurance appointed defense attorneys. "We've found that most of the doctors named are not even targets of the litigation. They're just being named for the sake of greed."
Whose greed?
"We'll leave that to the public to answer. I believe in common sense, and I believe that common sense will eventually prevail. If we do our job the way it should be done, MDS will have a permanent effect on malpractice litigation and premiums", Nurick says.
Additionally, MDS fees may be deductible as a legitimate business expense. Check with your accountant.
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Saturday, March 11, 2006
Consultants Win Trade Show Exhibit Awards
Jump USA Inc and Exhibit & Display Consultants Win Two Awards for Their Trade Show Exhibit at the February 2006 WSA Shoe Show, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NVJump USA Inc and Exhibit & Display Consultants won awards for Best trade show exhibit for a new exhibitor and Most exciting exhibit space at the February 2006 WSA Shoe Show, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 11, 2006 -- Exhibit & Display Consultants / Jump USA Inc awarded Best trade show exhibit booth by a new exhibitor at the February WSA Shoe Show.
Jump USA Inc is a new division of Steve Madden Ltd. that designs, produces and markets premium priced casual contemporary footwear for men and women throughout the US. Exhibit & Display Consultants is a company that advises on design and construction of trade show exhibits, booths and displays. Exhibit & Display Consultants also specializes in running trade show exhibits using methods and strategy to reduce exhibitor costs by an average of 30%. For this project, Exhibit & Display Consultants was aided by 3 Form Exhibits in Smithfield RI to engineer and construct the new exhibit.
Jump was given awards by WSA Show management for Best exhibit by a new exhibitor at the WSA Show, February 10-13, 2006. This show took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center and also the Sands Convention Center, both in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The trade show exhibit was totally designed, engineered and constructed in a 4 week period. There was constant communication between Jumps offices in the US, Spain and China and the Exhibit & Display Consultants office in Providence RI. All of that communication led to a really unique and high impact exhibit that helped Jump to make a tremendous splash at the show. The exhibit was brought to life by a four channel stereo system with subwoofer, fashion show specific runway, café / bar area, 2 -- Louis the XIV styled selling stations, and 4 live models actively displaying Jump USA Inc shoes.
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Forget Europe: Public Relations Services On $20 A Day
Mosnar Communications, Inc. Delivers PR For $20 A DaySmall businesses can now receive public relations services at affordable rates.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 10, 2006 -- Mosnar Communications, Inc. a global marketing, public relations, and business development firm announced today to offer public relations services at a discount rate of only $20 a day. The firm will provide public relations for a flat value of $600 a month to new and existing businesses worldwide. The promotion starts today and is scheduled to continue to the end of April or until space runs out. Companies will be allowed to buy services at the promotional rate for up to six months or one year.
Public relations are the marketing matrix that allows a company to receive free publicity. What makes PR so neat is that there is no limit to how much free publicity a company can receive. It begins when an experienced public relations expert writes a buzz article about a company. The article is released to the public as a press or news release. Several media outlets including radio, newspapers, blogs, television, magazines, and so on can pick up the article. In addition, the public relations professionals generally have good media relationship contacts to which they feed articles.
A superior PR strategy is the key element to help any business model get their name on the map Stated Kyle Ransom, Chief Executive Officer, Mosnar Communications, Inc.
Ransom when on to note that most small businesses neglect to consider public relations resources because they think it will be too expensive. Mosnar Communications, Inc. wants to give small businesses the power to compete on a massive level.
If you would like to have Mosnar Communications, Inc. represent your company please contact them at 1 (404) 696-4833 or via the Internet at www.mosnarcommunications.com.
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Bird Stew: Best Protection From Bird Flu?
Bird Flu Almost Ready to Go PandemicScientists discover bird flu virus one gene away from human to human transmission.
(PRWEB) March 8, 2006 -- Scientists have now verified through gene sequencing that the H5N1 virus has been rapidly mutating and evolving towards a strain that will be deadly for humans. Six months ago scientists estimated that the H5N1 virus needed to make about five changes to its gene structure for it to be deadly for humans. Now it requires only one last change.
The present strains of avian influenza (bird flu) are mainly infecting only birds, with only a relatively small number of humans being infected. The reason for the drastic preparations now being made by most countries in the world to protect themselves from this virus is that the H5N1 virus still has a very high mortality rate. It can kill up to 100% of domestic chickens and at present can kill an alarming 55% of people that become infected. If a pandemic occurs from a virus with even one quarter of this mortality rate then the world consequences will be horrendous.
>From the World Health Organization statistics only 190 people have been infected since 2003 with the H5N1 virus and of these 92 have died. Most of these people had some direct contact with infected chickens of some kind. Some inefficient human to human transmission has also occurred in some cases.
It appears that it is inevitable that a bird flu pandemic will eventually occur. Some scientists expect that the last genetic change needed for efficient human to human transmission by the H5N1 virus may occur when migrating birds carrying the H5N1 virus begin their return journey in Spring. (Northern hemisphere). This means that there is a possibility that a pandemic could occur within two months.
The H5N1 bird flu virus has now spread to at least 40 countries around the world. The general unhygienic practices combined with poorly developed health systems in some of these countries will create many opportunities for the last genetic change needed for the H5N1 virus to spread from humans to humans as easily as the common cold. It is likely that this change could occur several times in different countries. If it occurs in an underdeveloped country then there will be little chance of detecting it or stopping it from spreading worldwide.
It is estimated that when the H5N1 virus changes to an efficient human to human strain that it would only take three weeks for human H5N1 virus outbreaks to occur everywhere around the world. Computer models from the Los Alamos laboratory predict that it will only take another three to six weeks for the pandemic to spread completely through a country and reach its peak infection rate. This rapid rate of spreading infection will be due to the international and domestic plane transport system. Since H5N1 has an incubation period of two to ten days then it will be impossible to screen infected but still contagious passengers. Depending on the country it originates in, a contagious and deadly H5N1 virus could be seeded around the world before health authorities are aware that a pandemic has started. The World Health Organization has stated that all health systems in every country will be overwhelmed and infected people will have to be cared for at home.
Apart from the direct consequences of large numbers of infected people dying, a potentially worst catastrophe will also occur. Recent surveys have shown that only 30% to 50 % of workers would show up for work if a pandemic occurred. Combined this with 50% of willing workers being infected and others being quarantined then the workforce will be seriously deleted.
It would be very prudent to expect essential supplies and services of any kind will be in very short supply throughout the main wave of the pandemic. This may occur throughout the whole world at the same time. If you think about the possible nightmare consequences of this then you will realize the importance of stocking up your own personal supplies now. Panic buying will ensure that no stocks will be available when the pandemic begins. There is a series of important items to help protect you from the virus which can be found at http://www.bird-flu-influenza.com.
Us officials are now going state to start telling communities to prepare for a six week quarantine. Ontario is bringing in legislation to fine absentee qualified health workers $100,000 and one jail for each day absent. Australian local councils are all attending government sponsored bird flu workshops. These isolated government actions suggests something may be happening soon.
Information from governments to the public is being suppressed and downplayed to prevent panic. The Australian government will not release information to the public on how to prepare for a pandemic and look after infected family members until a pandemic starts. By then it will be too late to buy stocks and understand what to do. This is not a normal flu.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Bloggers Sloggers For Wal-Mart?
March 7th, 2006 - MarketingVOX - Under fire for its less-than-employee-friendly policies, among other reasons, Wal-Mart has apparently been rallying a force of blogger loyalists and mercenaries, supplying them with PR ammunition in hopes of beating back the assault, writes the New York Times. Pro-Wal-Mart propaganda produced by public relations firm Edelman has appeared in blogs, often verbatim and without attribution - clearly counter to the norms and unwritten rules of civilized blogging behavior, as well as word-of-mouth best-practices.
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Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes Allow Business-To-Business Marketing Mailing List Selection
Online Industry Code Lookup Service Enables Direct Mail Marketers to Target Specific IndustriesNew service allows marketers to increase campaign success with direct mail contact lists and custom list compilation.
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 7, 2006 -- Direct marketing professionals can use a free online service that increases marketing campaign success by providing accurate direct mail and e-mail lists of buyers in specific industries. Developed by Marigold Technologies, provider of custom business mailing lists, the new service allows visitors to reference Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for precise business-to-business marketing mailing lists.
Marigold Technologies online lookup service -- www.marigoldtech.com/lists/sic.php -- allows marketers to locate specific industries by SIC code or keywords. Marketers can use the results from the lookup service to target highly-defined industries with specialized offers.
In a recent posting on Entrepreneur.com, marketing authority Jack Ferrari noted that 40 percent of a direct mail piece's impact comes from sending it to the right list in the first place. The other 60 percent comes from the value of the offer and design of the piece, he said.
Using a targeted, highly-qualified list is one of the best ways to ensure direct marketing campaign success, said Blake Sitney, president and CEO of Marigold Technologies. Our new online industry code lookup feature is just another example of how Marigold Technologies uses leading-edge technology to provide our clients with creatively-packaged, accurate, and relevant mailing lists.
Marigold Technologies also offers a wide range of customized direct mail lists for the telecommunications, financial services, information technology and retail industries.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Domain Lost Over $9 annual renewal fee, Would Cost Nearly $2,500 To Regain
'Drop Catchers' Buy and Sell Web Names Others Let Slip
February 22, 2006; Page B1
Last month, Chicago real-estate agent Judy Orr discovered that a Web site she used to showcase area homes had gone off-line. It turned out she had failed to pay the $9 annual renewal fee for her Web address, oak-lawn-real-estate.com.
But getting her site back online wasn't as easy as she had hoped: Another company had snapped up the domain name and wanted nearly $2,500 to return it to her. "I was sick to my stomach," Ms. Orr says. It took two years of work to build up the site so it would rank prominently in Google's search results, and that time "went down the drain," she says.
The new owner of the address was Lease Domains Inc., which is run by a 21-year-old graduate student, Anthos Chrysanthou, who works out of his parents' house in a Chicago suburb. Mr. Chrysanthou says his two-year-old company owns more than 2,000 domain names, many obtained through a process called "drop catching" -- snagging names owners have let expire, either accidentally or because they no longer want them.
"I liken the whole situation to tangible real estate," says Mr. Chrysanthou, who is pursuing his master's in business administration at St. Xavier University in Chicago. "If you're not paying your mortgage or your taxes on it, it's going to get taken away."
Mr. Chrysanthou is one of hundreds of drop catchers who either resell names or use them for Web sites loaded with advertisements. (Ms. Orr's former site now features text ads for real estate.) Many drop catchers have learned the trade in the past year, seeking a piece of the booming market for domains spurred by a surge in online advertising. The practice also has gotten a lift from providers of domain services, such as SnapNames.com Inc., Pool.com Inc. and GoDaddy.com Inc., which have introduced tools aimed at helping people grab expiring domains.
The services circulate lists each day showing which domains are about to go up for grabs. Auctions are held for particularly in-demand names, and prices can go sky-high: A1.com sold for $260,250 in December, after its previous owner let the registration lapse.
Drop catching "has pretty much changed completely in a few years' time," says Michael Berkens, who runs MostWantedDomains.com, owner of about 45,000 domains, which range from 4nudepictures.com to 401kplans.com, out of his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home. "There's more people," he says, and "prices have just escalated."
DNJournal.com, a publication that tracks the domain industry, reported 2,291 sales of expired domains in auctions last year, with winning bids totaling a combined $11.5 million. That was up from 885 sales totaling $4.2 million a year earlier. Auctioneers don't report all deals to DNJournal, and the site doesn't track deals valued at less than $500.
Roughly 20,000 expired domain names become available each day, according to industry executives. While many were consciously discarded by their owners, others, like Ms. Orr's, are the product of a domain-registration system that many users don't understand well.
When a user registers a domain name, it can be reserved for as many as 10 years, typically for $80. But many choose a one-year registration because it is less expensive, often about $10, and because they may not want the site for a longer period. At the end of the year, the domain registrar generally sends renewal notices to the owner, but such messages can be missed if the owner has changed email addresses in that time.
Under rules administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the group that oversees the assignment of Web addresses, domain registrars such as GoDaddy and Network Solutions LLC have as many as 45 days after the expiration date to notify the official domain registry whether a name is being renewed or deleted. Typically, registrars have given users a grace period -- sometimes as long as 45 days -- to renew their name.
If a name is deleted, ICANN guidelines then call for a 30-day "redemption grace period," during which the original owner can still claim the name. If there is no claim in the redemption period, the name is dropped from the registry after a five-day holding period, and anyone is entitled to seek it.
For the .com and .net registries, managed by VeriSign Inc., names drop starting around 2 p.m. Eastern each day, all year long. What follows is a process that some in the industry call "pounding." As the names drop, Internet companies that help users acquire expired names send rapid computer commands to the registry, seeking to grab the most valuable names. It is "a mad rush," says Dan Rubin, who runs justdropped.com, which helps people identify and acquire expired domains. Registries for other domain suffixes drop names at different times of day.
The drop process underwent a key shift starting in late 2004. That is when SnapNames started a new service for grabbing domains. The company has signed exclusive agreements with more than a half-dozen registrars, including Network Solutions and Moniker.com, under which the registrars transfer expired domains to SnapNames, and SnapNames auctions them off. That way, names that people are interested in don't go through the traditional drop process that is open to anyone.
GoDaddy, the largest domain registrar, has introduced its own auction service for expired names that were registered with it, as have other registrars, as they seek a cut of the action for expired names. They begin auctions for names even before the names have officially expired but warn auction participants that the original owner could still redeem the name.
For domain owners, the new system means names can be grabbed from them even more quickly than they could before. Instead of going through the full deletion cycle -- which went as long as 75 days -- names are being transferred to new owners in 30 to 45 days.
Paul Twomey, chief executive of ICANN, says some people in the domain industry recently have raised concerns that the guidelines governing expired names are "being utilized in ways that were not originally intended." But Mr. Twomey says no one has proposed a formal change in policy to address the issue.
Ms. Orr's name, oak-lawn-real-estate.com, is one of those that was transferred before going through the full deletion process, says Jay Westerdal, who runs Name Intelligence Inc., a Bellevue, Wash., company that tracks the industry.
Tim Ruiz, vice president of domain services for GoDaddy, which transferred the name, says, "We make every attempt to give ample opportunity for registrants to renew." He says the company gives registrants 30 days to claim a name after it has expired.
If a corporation loses a domain name that it believes is copyrighted or trademarked, it can seek to recover the name by appealing to an arbitration panel under ICANN's dispute-resolution policy. It also could take the domain's new owner to court, though that can be more expensive.
Ms. Orr says she lost her site's name, which wasn't copyrighted or trademarked, because she made the mistake of relying on her Web-hosting company to keep track of her registration. She says she didn't see renewal notices from GoDaddy because it had an old email address for her. Ms. Orr plans to use another site -- oak-lawn-il.com -- to replace the one she lost.
Write to David Kesmodel at david.kesmodel@wsj.com
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