The Atlanta Krunk CBA Basketball franchise is proud to announce that NY Knick Superstar Guard Stephon Marbury's Starbury Shoe and Clothing line, (which has garnered national praise and attention for it's affordable price tag and quality), will be the official outfitters of the Atlanta Krunk basketball team, as it begins it's inaugural season this November.

Starbury, which is distributed through an exclusive retail deal with Steve & Barry's, will outfit the Krunk in it's signature shoe line, as well as the actual game uniforms, practice tee shirts and warmups.

VISIONS®: THE GREAT CITIES OF EUROPE gives viewers an overview of some of Europe's most interesting cities - London, Amsterdam, the French Riviera and Monaco, Rome, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Dublin, Florence, Venice and Paris - for the ultimate tour.

Paris-Eiffel Tower

VISIONS®: THE GREAT CITIES OF EUROPE samples a variety of cultures like no guide book could. From the air we see the majestic architecture of Vienna, the incomparable coastline of the Côte d'Azur, the timeless monuments of Rome, and a Mary Poppins view of foggy London. Ground footage brings us a native's view of Amsterdam's bicycle culture and winding canals and Prague's Old Town Square. Unobtrusive narration is like a well-traveled friend giving you insider tips about where to go and what to see.

Users now find an appealing array of new product features in the original Indian search engine. ByIndia.com has integrated MySpace-style communities, YouTube-like video sharing, and eBay-like auctions into a new form of search engine for India.

Aiming to build on its lead as the innovator in Indian search, ByIndia has redefined the market. Leaving recent upstarts such as Guruji far behind, ByIndia gives users all of the most popular features of other regions blended with India's first Indian-indexed search engine. People ByIndia.com lets users build profiles and interact in a full-featured free social network similar to MySpace that spans India. Video ByIndia lets users watch, upload and share video clips with each other for free. Videos are rated by users and most popular selections are provided. Movies are flooding in every minute from all over India. Auctions ByIndia provide auctions similar to eBay free of charge to users. Classifie 558 ds ByIndia offer free classified advertisements of jobs, goods and services to Indian users. Blogs, a directory of sites and news round out the feature sets that set ByIndia in a class of its own.

The AIG Advisor Group has approved the Professional Plan Consultant™ (PPC™) designation for use across the network of AIG Advisor Group firms, including AIG Royal Alliance, FSC Securities, Advantage Capital Corporation, AIG American General Securities, and AIG Financial Advisors. Advisors who hold the PPC credential, along with those who are interested in taking the 401k Service Training Program™ and earning their PPC designation, can now publish this credential on their business cards and official correspondence.

Dawn Bennett, CEO of Bennett Group Financial Services, will speak at the Wealth Forum 2009 - The Rules Have Changed, at the Yale Club in New York City, 3:30 pm, April 1, 2009. She will participate in the Creating a Strong Advisor - Client Partnership panel.

The Wealth Forum 2009 is being produced by the Wealth Management Exchange, a network for high net worth investors and experts, in association with Wealth Manager and Investment Advisor magazines, and sponsored by NYSSA, Barron's, Trusts & Estates and Registered Rep magazines. CE credits are available.

Time-tested tools and resources for managing change -- grouped into situation-specific Resource Packs -- are now available for download from ChangeStart (www.changestart.com). Resource Packs are the creations of Richard Bevan, a consultant and educator whose clients have included Microsoft, AT&T, GE, and Nike.

Priced at $65 each, Resource Packs are designed for HR and line managers dealing with reorganizations, mergers, and other workplace changes, whether on a small or large scale. The documents, in Microsoft Word format, provide a blend of advice and tools, including checklists, templates for meetings and documents, talking points for managers, tactics for managing change, draft memos and question-answer summaries. The material provides a starting point for developing organization-specific material.

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) have announced that the interest rate paid on NS&I's Direct ISA will rise from 5.80% per annum to 6.05% following the increase by the Bank of England in the base rate by 0.25%.

The new higher rate becomes effective immediately and is guaranteed to be at least 0.55% above base rate until the start of April 2008 at the earliest.

The NS&I Direct ISA account (http://www.nsandi.com/products/disa/index.jsp ) was launched a year ago in April 2006 and is available online and by telephone only. Customers can invest up to £3,000 each tax year and also have direct access to their account 24 hours a day. The Direct ISA also comes with the 100% capital guarantee which NS&I is able to offer because all of its savings and investments (http://www.nsandi.com/ ) are backed by HM Treasury.

Direct ISA key features include

- The ability to invest online and by phone only with a debit card

- An interest rate which is guaranteed to be 0.55% above base rate until at least April 2008

- A consistent interest rate, without any short-term introductory bonus

- Convenience of opening and managing account online and by phone

- Minimum deposit: £1,000

- Minimum further deposit: £250 (or £100 by standing order)

- Minimum withdrawal: £250 to nominated bank account

- All interest free of UK income tax

- Direct ISA is open to new customers and those who had opened an NS&I Cash mini ISA (http://www.nsandi.com/products/isa/index.jsp ) by 5 April 2006, but it is not be possible to transfer into NS&I's Direct ISA from any other ISA provider.

NS&I are set to announce any other interest rate changes in due course.

WomenCorp® announced the launch of a new online multimedia women's business magazine for distribution in August 2007. Featuring free audio, video, and text articles that readers can consume easily where and when they want, the goal is to inspire, inform and connect women in business located around the world. WomenCorp will offer a wide variety of articles and resources in this unique multimedia magazine including business, personal development and lifestyle features.

Roxanne Batson, a business consultant and founder of Ask Roxanne, a business advice column, will be one of the featured authors. "The magazine is a great opportunity for me to connect and help many women in business from around the world. I'm proud to be part of this project!" said Ms. Batson. Prior to owning her own consulting firm, Roxanne worked with such well-respected companies as Merrill Lynch and Southern Living Magazine as a financial consultant and marketing expert.

Just the Flight the OTA (online travel agent) and flight-booking company is pleased to announce that it has doubled its server infrastructure and capacity to meet increased demand for flight searches and online booking during 2006.

Following recent integration of a flight and travel news service, and a switch to a dual GDS (Global Distribution System) platform, Just the Flight has seen substantial gains in both internet traffic and conversion rates.

“When upgrading to a dual GDS operation we realised that we had to increase our server capacity to handle the massive increase in internet flight bookings & fare requests” says Simon Goddard, Technical Director, Just the Flight. “Our research shows that the quicker and easier a website is to use, the more successful it is and that customers are more likely to return.”

Judy Gaman, BSHS, CMA, CCRC, CID, CAPS is the owner of La Dame Aux Lavande Designs, a design/remodeling company that focuses not only on the obvious, but also on the health of its clients. On July 20, 2006 they will be giving a talk at the Grapevine Senior Activities Center entitled “How to Stay Out of a Nursing Home.” The tal b50 k will feature practical tips to make a home safer and easier to live in for seniors. This is one of a series of talks that will be presented locally.

As a Certified Age in Place Specialist (CAPS) through the National Association of Home Builders, Judy is able to bring her health science degree and her certificates in the design/remodeling arena to a unlikely combination. “I have always loved people, and working in the medical field for 15 years has given me a strong understanding of their basic needs and how they change over time,” states Mrs. Gaman, “with my experience in remodeling and my CAPS certification, I am able to address those needs and offer practical solutions.”

Tears of remembrance will flow December 10 when tens of thousands of families around the globe, united in the loss of a child, will join together as they light candles to honor the memories of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.



This is the tenth anniversary of the Worldwide Candle Lighting, sponsored annually by The Compassionate Friends, the nation's largest self-help bereavement organization. The event has grown from a small Internet observance to one that encompasses the globe and is celebrated in more than a dozen countries.

Held annually the second Sunday in December at 7 p.m. local time, the Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the world who light candles for one hour to honor and remember children missing from their lives, but not from their hearts. Observances are held throughout the day.

Only 14% of employees are fully engaged on the job — willing and able to give sustained discretionary effort to help their organizations succeed — according to a 2006 study by Towers Perrin involving 86,000 workers in 16 countries. Not surprisingly, a 2007 WorldatWork survey of HR directors found that retaining a productive workforce is their topmost concern in 2007.

How can managers create a passionate workforce? A new book by WorldatWork Press titled Excellence at Work – The Six Keys to Inspire Passion in the Workplace provides some answers. Author Sandy Asch, principal of Alliance for Organizational Excellence, presents six simple yet powerful principles for creating a work environment in which employees proactively solve problems, bring out the best in each other, reignite their passion for their jobs, and have fun.

Wheretobet.com, one of the very first online betting portals, has broken new territory by becoming the very first user driven gaming site on the internet.

The most popular websites on the internet, like myspace.com and youtube.com are member driven virtual communities, where the site's users gather to participate together based on common interests, such as social networking in the case of myspace.com, and video sharing in the case of youtube.com

Wheretobet.com has brought that same successful model to the world of internet gaming.

It seems that each generation is defined in part by the medium through which they listened to their music. From records to tapes to CDs, each new audio source has provided vast improvements in sound quality and portability. Since the advent of the mp3 audio file, music no longer has to exist in the tangible realm. With the ability to transport thousands of songs in a package the size of a matchbook, the Apple iPod has taken the world of portable music by storm. Now that these miniature jukeboxes have become the standard for portable music, www.iPodMiniMall.com has launched to provide all the accessories necessary to make the most of these amazing little devices.

Marley Majcher, Founder and CEO of The Party Goddess! (www.thepartygoddess.com), has important insight about the economy and suggestions to stage a successful event during this slowdown.

Here are some unfortunate statistics:

According to a March 2008 National Association of Catering Executives report…

48% (of caterers and event planners) reported that they were seeing declines in event spending.

62% reported that customers are purchasing less expensive meals and avoiding luxury items.

52% reported clients booking events on Fridays and Sundays to avoid premium pricing.

So can you throw a real bash on a budget even if you're feeling the squeeze? Marley offers these invaluable tips:

Roll-A-Shield, the leading family-owned rolling shutter manufacturer in Arizona, is offering an unmatched savings opportunity on security shutters for Phoenix Metro home and business owners.

Security Rolling Shutters AZ

When it comes to protecting a home or business, everyone wants security that they can trust in any situation. Because of their unique design, Roll-A-Shield rolling shutters provides a great security system for home or business. When the rolling shutters are completely closed, the shutter locks automatically, making the shutter almost impenetrable.

DVDVideoSoft announces a release of Free Studio, a unique up-to-date application, which combines several multimedia audio and video programs. The application is the result of mutual cooperation of DVDVideoSoft Ltd and its users within two years.

Free Studio is a single package which bundles 15 updated and greatly improved existent tools from DVDVideoSoft to work with video and audio files and five absolutely new ones: Free Audio Converter, Free Disc Burner, Free DVD Video Burner, Free Audio CD Burner, Free Video to DVD Converter.

The incidents are numerous, unavoidable and too often when data is lost and not retrieving that data is not an option. PC users around the globe will attest to the fact that an easy-to-use data and file recovery program is essential to have in your arsenal of utilities.

Recovery Stick

"Computers are a big part of everyday life. Mistakes are going to happen and they are increasingly becoming more damaging," says Pandora Corp. co-founder, James Leasure. "I can't tell you how many times I have deleted a file only to immediately regret it. This program was designed with non-technical computer users, like myself, in mind who need a fast and efficient recovery."

Rolly Pollies, Severna Park's premier children's gym and birthday party facility, went global for the first time connecting Jennifer Bonfigli, a Military Mom currently deployed to Iraq, with her daughter Halle in celebration of Halle's 4th Birthday. Jennifer, 7 hours ahead of EST, and her husband Travis arranged to "connect" via internet webcam during the Birthday Party to share in Halle's special day.

Weeks earlier, Travis contacted Rolly Pollies and asked if it was possible to use his text chat and webcam on his computer in the Rolly Pollies facility during the party. "We were proud to accommodate this request," said Alison Meagher, owner of Rolly Pollies. "We couldn't think of a better service to offer than bringing a mother who is serving our country in Iraq together with her family in America during this special occasion." Rolly Pollies created a make-shift network to connect to the Internet in their party room so the family could communicate in real time. "The party was fantastic as are the Rolly Pollies staff-members who were able to help make this happen. Halle had an awesome time and I know her friends did as well." Said Dad Travis Bonfigli.

elements therapeutic massage has 56 therapeutic massage franchise locations, each employing approximately ten professional massage therapists. Providing a career for hundreds of qualified massage therapists worldwide, elements therapeutic massage reported therapists regulations in order to dispel confusion in the marketplace.

Founded in 2000 by professional massage therapist and occupational therapist Michele Merhib, elements therapeutic massage has build a solid brand in the franchising world by being the best at providing massage services.