MySpace Founder Confirms November Request For SEC To Investigate in Wake of Resignation by The New York Times CEO
MySpace Founder Confirms November Request For SEC To Investigate in Wake of Resignation by The New York Times CEO
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 20, 2011
MySpace Founder Brad Greenspan confirmed today in the wake of the resignation by The New York Times Company CEO Janet L. Robinson, 61, president and chief executive officer since 2004, announced Friday December 16, 2011, that a formal complaint and request for a full investigation was made in November to the Board of Directors. In addition, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed to the MySpace Founder the agency has received evidence submitted on November 23, 2011 and forwarded such complaint to the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) to review potential violations by the NYT CEO or other executives of Sarbanes Oxley Statue 802 and/or Federal Racketeering Violations including Obstruction of Justice under File # HO-00178048-HO
Mr. Greenspan is also the largest shareholder in Brown v. Brewer a current 6 year Class Action Federal Securities Fraud and Antitrust case against News Corp and Intermix related to the 2005 Acquisition of Myspace.com. The Class Action case 2:06-cv-03731 is ongoing in Federal Central District in Los Angeles before the Honorable Judge George King. Most recently, Mr. Greenspan has filed for 25+ summary judgement counts on behalf of the Class of over 5000 public shareholders after winning an initial Summary Judgement ruling in June 2010. The MySpace Founder has also filed a Rule 701 Damage Valuation that establishes damages of over $ 32 billion dollars for Security Fraud and over $ 96 billion with antitrust claims including both a Clayton Act Section Eight Violation for Interlocking Directors and 2 Sherman Act Violation claims.
“Its incredibly important to have publicly traded media companies follow Federal laws including Sarbanes-Oxley statues, ” said the MySpace Founder “Equally important is an unfettered and uncorrupted free press in America that does not collude against Whistleblowers. I am hopeful and fully expect the Directors of the New York Times to report out on their internal investigation into the matter including working with the SEC if appropriate to bring to light any corruption or improper arrangements with other media companies which may have existed under the former CEO Janet Robinson.”
According to court documents, the MySpace Founder initiated contact with both The New York Times Company Directors and SEC providing significant evidence of an unusual suppression of certain story topics including cutting off coverage of the Brown v. Brewer Federal Class Action case after the New York Times Newspaper reported out on the case in July 2010 after an article was written by Gretchen Morgenson titled “Bidder Beware” covering Judge King’s June 2010 Summary Judgement. The New York Times also refused to contact The MySpace Founder after being supplied evidence that Mr. Greenspan was a victim of Computer Hacking/Intrusion by News Corporation which can be viewed in the pleadings before Judge King including the Motion of Summary Judgement, Motion for 60(b) Fraud upon the Court, & Motion for Intervention viewable at below link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/74858285/December-5-2011-Motion-Approval-96-Billion-Damage-Report-Consideration-on-60b4-Motion-Void
The latest Brown v. Brewer Court docket can be seen here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/75578171/News-Corp-AntiTrustSecurities-Fraud-Docket-RPT-12-8-11-California-Central-District
The Rule 701 Damage Valuation Report can be viewed at below link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/74858285/December-5-2011-Motion-Approval-96-Billion-Damage-Report-Consideration-on-60b4-Motion-Void
Judge George King’s June 2010 Summary Judgement Ruling can be viewed at below link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33263784/2010-6-17-Federal-Judge-George-King-Rules-against-defendants-who-sold-Myspace-to-fox
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2010 revenues of $ 2.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com and About.com.
About Brad Greenspan
With over 15 years of related experience, Brad Greenspan is a successful Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the Founder of MySpace and he is regarded as one of the pioneers of the social networking sector. Brad’s portfolio of start up and early stage companies has covered a broad range of sectors including: Big Fish Games (gaming), Borba Corporation (neutracuticals), Fluid Music (music), Draths (clean technology),BroadwebAsia, (Asian focused online entertainment), and Live Universe (online entertainment).
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Master of Malt Announce St Isidore ? a Blended Whisky Created by Bloggers
Master of Malt Announce St Isidore – a Blended Whisky Created by Bloggers
(PRWEB UK) 28 November 2011
Master of Malt is proud to finally announce the release of the blended whisky, St Isidore, created entirely by whisky bloggers. To make this blend, the spirits retailer called upon the great and the good of the whisky industry including names such as Whisky Magazine, Edinburgh Whisky Blog, CaskStrength.net and Whisky Cast.
Master of Malt started by sending blending kits to 10 prominent whisky bloggers, and asked them to create the best blended whisky they could using the ingredients provided, whilst maximising its value for money. The bloggers’ recipes were made up and sold in sample sets, and Master of Malt asked the public to vote for which recipe should be made into the brand’s next whisky.
The votes were counted (using the AV system) and a rather smoky, Islay-inspired blend was chosen as the winner, before the bloggers agreed on a name for the blend, calling it St Isidore after the patron saint of the internet. For the final stage, Master of Malt called on graphic designers to submit label designs for the bottle, which summed up St Isidore, the blend, and the whisky blogging community, making them as creative as possible.
The winning designer, who was awarded a £250 spending spree at Master of Malt, was English artist Ben Sowter, who created a psychedelic, larger-than-life depiction of St Isidore enjoying his namesake blend. The label features numerous computer and internet in-jokes, for example a monitor lizard represents a computer’s monitor, and there is a bag of coins, representing a “cache”. In total, there are around 20 different hidden internet-related jokes and Easter Eggs!
You can buy a bottle of St Isidore from Master of Malt.
Tasting Notes for St Isidore:
Nose: Sweet creamy aromas that meld well with a cool, oily, almost coastal wood smoke. It instantly transports you to Islay, whilst offering just a hint of plum wine, wood shavings and lapsang souchong tea. Time in the glass brings out notes of guava, warm custard and rhubarb crumble.
Palate: Thick, warming and balanced as it hits the tongue, it offers notes of really good vanilla ice cream, black pepper, and rum spices, whilst retaining a solid backbone of sweet woodsmoke and freshly-sawn timber. Hold it on the tongue for just a touch of salty popcorn and crème caramel.
Finish: Beautifully warming and spiced. It fades away on freshly grated cinnamon and sugared peels. A faint flutter of pear juice on the very tail.
Overall: A perfect smoky blend. This is a very old-school whisky, combining the smoke of Islay, and the rich, honeyed tones of the Highlands. A superb winter fireside dram if ever there was one.
The Bloggers:
CaskStrength.net
Dr. Whisky
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
Guid Scotch Drink
The Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society
WhiskyCast
Whisky Connosr
Whisky Magazine
WhiskyWhiskyWhisky Forum
Whisky for Everyone
About Master of Malt:
Established in 1985
Master of Malt is one of the UK’s leading Online Whisky & Spirits Merchants, with a huge range of whiskies, rum, brandies, gins, cocktails and many other fine spirits.
UK Next Day Delivery from £6.95
Follow Master of Malt:
On Twitter: @MasterOfMalt
On Facebook: MasterOfMalt
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Acquirgy?s POV on How Major Google Change May Affect Marketers
Acquirgy’s POV on How Major Google Change May Affect Marketers
St. Petersburg, FL (PRWEB) November 17, 2011
Marketers are wondering how Google’s recently announced (11/2/11) change is going to impact their paid search programs. Unlike tweaks that have no major impact, the announcements by Google could have a significant impact on SEM programs. Acquirgy’s search team has been studying this change.
Currently, when paid search ads are triggered they show above and on the right hand side of the organic results. This new change, which expects to be completed by the end of November, will show advertisements above the organic results and then either the RHS (right hand side) or below the organic searches.
The Genesis
Google expressed that they “dynamically optimize each search page, including its ads, to provide the best experience for our users. In certain cases, displaying ads below search results fits better into the user’s flow as they scan the page from top to bottom. This change is in line with our key design principles of focus – presenting information to users when they need it most — and elasticity — allowing flexibility in layout depending on the user’s needs and environment.” It is still unknown which type of queries will trigger the different types of ad placements, but once those changes take place, optimizations shall follow.
What prompted Google to change how their ads were displayed? In 2009, Google was experimenting with eyescan software. This allowed Google to track an individual’s tendencies and movement throughout Google’s landscape. One can only suspect that from the data collected in those trials warranted the change in Google’s ad placements.
Potential Effects
Once the new placements are rolled advertisers you can expect ads to be shown “below the fold,” meaning viewers would need to scroll down on the screen, in order to find those advertisements at the bottom of the organic results. If an individual triggers an ad “below the fold” and he/she does not scroll down an impression is still recorded, when normally it would be shown on the right hand side (RHS) of the results page.
There are currently times when ads are below the fold and generate an impression without the searcher seeing it, which evidently hurts the CTR. In Google’s new rollout this can happen much more frequently due to no ads showing on the RHS of the screen. This has people thinking the change could potentially decrease the advertiser’s CTR.
There was an initial thought that all RHS ads would disappear making people think that Google will make people bid top dollar prices for showing in top position. There may be “inexperienced marketers running to their computers and bumping up bids because they think consumers will not be searching at the bottom of Google’s search results page,” said Steven Regan of acquirgy after Google’s announcement. If this happens, advertisers could potentially see an increase in CPCs for the top three positions.”
Google has expressed to marketers that the change in ad placements can be different from one query to another. When Google was asked, “Do bottom ads get a higher or lower CTR than RHS ads” they responded with the following. “Bottom ads have been seen to perform comparably to RHS ads in experiments. However, individual ad performance may vary.”
Acquirgy’s POV
We are notifying our clients and recommending a wait-and-see approach before making any drastic changes. “No actions have taken place just yet,” said Dorothy Weaver. She continued, “We plan to adjust accordingly once the transition is complete. If you act prematurely and raise bids you can potentially be paying more money than what is needed to show in the proper position. We understand that Google’s changes are always made with the best interest of the searcher in mind.”
Throughout the brief history of SEM, there have been numerous changes by Google and other engines, the merger of Bing and Yahoo, and a constantly evolving search landscape. Now is the time to develop strategies based on what happens to your search results on Google for your ads that have been appearing on the RHS that are moved to the bottom:
Metrics remain the same
They improve
They decline
Clearly the case to be concerned about is the last one. Since this change is less than 3 days old (at the time this story was written), thinking about a strategy should results decline makes sense, but waiting to implement it until you determine that the results are unfavorable.
Grab a PDF of this story at: http://R1V.acquirgy.net
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EzPaycheck Payroll Software 2011+2012 Combo Offer Saves Small Businesses Time And Money
EzPaycheck Payroll Software 2011+2012 Combo Offer Saves Small Businesses Time And Money
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 28, 2011
Halfpricesoft.com (http://www.halfpricesoft.com), the small business software developer, recently announced a new combo package for ezPaycheck payroll software. Small business owners who purchase ezPaycheck 2011 through the end of December for the everyday low price of $ 89 can get the 2012 edition of ezPaycheck for just $ 1 more.
“We realize that businesses who plan to automate payroll in 2012 want to get acquainted with the software now, but they don’t want to buy it again in January to get the 2012 updates,” said Dr. Ge, founder of Halfpricesoft.com. “This combo offer provides the convenience of buying ezPaycheck payroll system now while knowing the 2012 updates will be available without any significant additional cost.”
ezPaycheck payroll application is loaded with intelligent, intuitive features, but not burdened by complicated suites of expensive applications small businesses will never use or need. It can handle federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, printing payroll checks, and also support tax forms 940, 941, W-2 and W-3. This payroll application is ideal for owners of small to mid-sized businesses, and was designed and engineered for ease-of-use by those who have only basic computer skills and little accounting know-how.
Customers can try ezPaycheck without cost or obligation for 30 days to make sure it is the right payroll software for their business. Available online at: http://www.halfpricesoft.com/payroll_software_download.asp, the trial software is fully functional but prints a watermark across tax forms. The download includes a sample database for easily test-driving ezPaycheck.
Once customers are certain that ezPaycheck Payroll Software meets all their needs, they can purchase a license key for just $ 89 per installation to activate the software for unlimited use. To take advantage of the 2011 + 2012 combo offer, customers simply pay $ 90 per installation at checkout and the 2012 edition will be made available immediately upon its release in December. Purchase must be made BEFORE January 1, 2012 to take advantage of this offer. The 2012 edition of ezPaycheck will be available to current users of ezPaycheck for the estimated price of $ 89.
The new edition of ezPaycheck small business payroll software was designed with direct input and guidance from those who use it “in the trenches” every day, including:
Prints payroll checks on blank computer checks or preprinted checks.
Automatically calculates Federal Withholding Tax, Social Security, Medicare Tax and Employer Unemployment Taxes.
-Includes built-in tax tables for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
support tax forms 940, 941, W-2 and W-3
Creates and maintains payrolls for multiple companies, and does it simultaneously.
Supports Daily, Weekly, Biweekly, Semi-monthly and Monthly payroll periods.
Supports Report Functions, Print Functions, and Pay Stub Functions.
30 day free trial. No registration required and absolutely no obligation.
In today’s economic climate, no one needs to cut costs more than start-up businesses. Minimizing costs is essential to being competitive and getting enough market share to remain competitive and viable.
To start a free test drive of ezPaycheck payroll software, please visit: http://www.halfpricesoft.com/index.asp
About Halfpricesoft.com and ezPaycheck payroll software
EzPaycheck is developed and distributed by Halfpricesoft.com, a Louisville, Ky.-based firm committed to creating affordable and easy-to-use financial software for small businesses. Additional small-business payroll software titles available from Halfpricesoft.com include w2 1099 software, check printing software, employee time tracking software and barcode printing software.
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Big Data Just Got Smaller: ai-one Announces New Approach to Find Information
Big Data Just Got Smaller: ai-one Announces New Approach to Find Information
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2011
Artificial intelligence vendor ai-one inc. will unveil a new approach to graphically represent knowledge at the SuperData Summit in San Diego on Wednesday. The discovery, named ai-Fingerprint, is a significant breakthrough because it allows computers to understand the meaning of language much like a person. Unlike other technologies, ai-Fingerprints compresses knowledge in way that can work on any kind of device, in any language and shows how clusters of information relate to each other. This enables almost any developer to use off-the-shelf and open-source tools to build systems like Apple’s SIRI and IBM Watson.
Ondrej Florian, ai-one’s VP of Core Technology invented ai-Fingerprints as a way to find information by comparing the differences, similarities and intersections of information on multiple websites. The approach is dynamic so that the ai-Fingerprint transforms as the source information changes. For example, the shape for a Twitter feed adapts with the conversation. This enables someone to see new information evolve and immediately understand its significance.
“The big idea is that we use artificial intelligence to identify clusters and show how each cluster relates to another,” said Florian. “Our approach enables computers to compare ai-Fingerprints across many documents to find hidden patterns and interesting relationships.”
The ai-Fingerprint is the collection of all the keywords and their associations identified by ai-one’s Topic-Mapper tool. Each keyword and its associations is a coordinate – much like what you would find on a map. The combination of these keywords and associations forms a graph that encapsulates the entire meaning of the document.
The real-world applications are impressive. “It solves a lot of so-called Big Data problems because the system learns by itself,” said Olin Hyde who worked with Florian on the project. “ai-Fingerprints work with existing computer languages and standards. So it only took us about a week to create a generic tool, called BrainBrowser, to find relationships in complex texts – such as summarizing news articles, searching for a job, or identifying new uses for a drug.”
To build BrainBrowser, the team fed ai-Fingerprint results from Topic-Mapper into a natural language processing tool, OpenNLP, so that the computer could understand the rules of grammar then tag parts of speech, chunk phrases and classify words into categories (also called named-entity recognition). The ai-Fingerprint is continuously updated by Topic-Mapper so that the computer can understand how information changes over time – as it does in a human conversation.
Next, the team built a little tool in Java that converted the output into a continuous data feed using an open-standard format called XGMML. This format shares the knowledge of a document as a network of words, sentences and relationships.
Finally, they visualized the result with an open-source bioinformatics tool, called Cytoscape, to show the differences, similarities and identify anomalous information among documents. The result is a graphic representation of knowledge that can show clusters, extract summaries and compare many documents at the same time.
The approach is easy for others to replicate with other technologies. “We used Topic-Mapper with Java, OpenNLP and Cytoscape,” said Florian, “But you could easily do this with Python, MATLAB and NLTK. Heck, you could throw a voice recognition tool on it, like Dragon or Nuance, and you can build an intelligent agent just like SIRI.”
ai-Fingerprint works in any language because Topic-Mapper looks only at byte-patterns. “The approach can give false positives if you don’t teach it the rules of language” warned Florian, “but it is very accurate once it learns the grammar from an outside source of information – such as a natural language processing system or an external database.”
ai-one’s engineering team sees ai-Fingerprints as a way to make it easier, faster and less expensive for their partners to develop intelligent systems. The team is now testing it for applications in advertising, financial analysis, medical research and search engine optimization (SEO).
“Our mission is to make powerful AI available to all developers. This is a big step in that direction,” said ai-one’s chief operating officer Tom Marsh. “We are eager to find academic and consulting partners who can build upon what we started.”
“BrainBrowser is just a minimally viable product (MVP) to prove the concept,” added Hyde. “The sky is the limit for those that want to build commercial applications. Just take the MVP code and customize to your needs.”
A demo of the system can be seen on http://www.ai-one.com and the semsys YouTube channel. ai-one intends to provide the source code for ai-Fingerprint as part of its Topic-Mapper software development kit.
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Monitor and Protect Those New PCs with PC Pandora Computer Monitoring Software
Monitor and Protect Those New PCs with PC Pandora Computer Monitoring Software
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) December 16, 2011
With only a few shopping days left for the holiday season, there is no doubt the big gifts have been purchased. In today’s high-tech world, kids are living digitally, and, subsequently, topping their wishlists with dreams of netbooks, laptops, and cell phones. Bottom line: a lot of high-tech toys are sure to be unwrapped this December. Pandora Corporation, the maker of PC Pandora computer monitoring software, is reminding parents to be smart when giving teens and tweens their own PC this holiday season.
“What parents tend to forget is that these high tech toys are a doorway between your child and the rest of the world,” explains Leasure. “Remember, that door swings both ways. It is absolutely imperative that parents have a tool in place to monitor who their child is talking to online, how they are interacting with others and how they are representing themselves on the Internet.”
Over the last decade, times have changed dramatically. While it is still not the best idea to let a child have their own computer and Internet connection, it is an unavoidable reality in 2011, due to the amount of school work requiring a computer and the increased pressure from peers to be socially active online. Leasure says parents must adopt to the times and step up the parenting game. New rules must be enforced and questions should be asked; discussions should be held and computers must be monitored.
“As you get ready to give them the ‘big gift’ this year, make sure it is outfitted with proper parental control and monitoring software,” says Leasure. “Tools like our PC Pandora make it easy to find that safe, happy medium between teens being able to freely use the Internet socially, and parents not being left in the dark about their child’s online activity.”
PC Pandora is computer monitoring software that records all user activity on a computer. First-rate monitoring capabilities take sequential snapshots of everything that happens on the computer, allowing parents to see first-hand everything their child does both on and offline. Details of user activity , including websites visited, social network activity, instant messenger chats, peer-2-peer files shared, keystrokes, programs accessed, Internet search queries and more, are made available in text-based files and easy-to-read charts. In less than 10 minutes, parents can verify their children are using their new toys safely or uncover a situation that needs parental attention.
“PC Pandora is essentially a DVR for your child’s computer,” says Leasure. “If your child is talking to strangers on social networks, creating and maintaining multiple social network profiles, visiting websites you don’t approve of, downloading illegal music and movies, or falling victim to or – even worse – acting as a cyberbully, you will know about it if you are monitoring their internet activity.”
In addition, the built-in IRIS feature can send the text-based data files right to a parent’s email, and the PC Pandora LIVE! add-on allows parents to check screenshots and adjust parental controls though a secure web login. Both are invaluable features for working parents who can’t always be home when their kids are online.
Leasure adds: “Conversation, education and awareness are essential, but a child with an Internet-connected device can still lead to unwanted and potentially harmful situations. That’s why it’s important to monitor what they are doing with those very powerful tools you place in their hands.”
As a special promotion for the holidays, the company is offering the software at half of the normal retail price. The sale is already on and will continue through New Year’s Day 2012. Visit http://www.pcpandora.com for more details.
About PC Pandora: Pandora Corporation was formed with one goal – to help our customers monitor, control and protect their families and themselves online. First released in mid 2005, PC Pandora monitoring software has been constantly upgraded to industry-leading specifications and has received accolades from users, reviewers and even school districts and law enforcement agencies, who use the program to help in the day-to-day supervision of the children and citizens they are charged with protecting. The company website devotes space to helping parents by providing them with 18 Tips to Safe Surfing and Pandora’s Blog, where current news in the world of online safety is discussed regularly. In addition, the Pandora Corp. has made the PD Pandora Internet Safety Symposium available to schools and law enforcement as a free resource for spreading internet safety awareness to parents. Over the past few years, PC Pandora has vaulted into a leadership position for parental control software by boasting a combination of features that are unparalleled in the monitoring industry. In 2010, Version 6.0 was released, again widening the spectrum of coverage and protection offered by the program. Concurrently released with 6.0, the web-based PC Pandora LIVE! service affords parents the ability to keep their kids safe from anywhere at anytime. PC Pandora computer monitoring software is also now available through the Pandora Corp. store at Amazon.com and on and on Facebook!
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‘State of Mind’ Invades Los Angeles for the Holidays
‘State of Mind’ Invades Los Angeles for the Holidays
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 15, 2011
Sven Michael Davison’s recently published novel “State of Mind” will be invading the streets of Los Angeles this holiday season. The iconic, scarred head from the book’s award winning cover has been making the rounds in publications and on the internet since October of 2010. Look for the head in collectible poster form in the streets of other cities throughout 2012.
“I’m not sure who thought of it first, but I’ve seen the back of a bald head used for advertising anything from fragrance to Banks over the course of 2011.” Noted the book’s author, Sven Davison. “I’m happy to be a part of a trend.”
Davison had conceived the cover and the tag line “your thoughts are not your own…” many years before the book “State of Mind” was completed. Derrick Abrenica, a graphic artist and designer who had recently moved to LA from Washington DC, is responsible for converting the idea into the award winning cover design. Abrenica is also responsible for all the other ancillary graphics in the “State of Mind” universe.
The photograph was taken by the author of one of his friends. “A buddy of mine swung by my place on his way to the outlet malls in Camarillo. I shot him against a white lamp shade and a white door. Derrick definitely had to use some magic to get the cover to look as brilliant at is does,” Davison said.
“State of Mind” is a cautionary tale that examines the loss of freedom in a classic post-industrial dystopia. Jake Travissi, a fallen hero, is given a rare second chance at redemption. The price? Volunteer to have a computer chip implanted in his brain and join Homeland Security’s experimental Enhanced Unit.
Davison wrestles with many of the most compelling themes of cyberpunk genre today: Should we embrace every technological advance without question? Should humankind blend itself physically with machines? What does freedom really mean? All of these questions are answered within a vivid tapestry where the boundaries between the virtual world and the real world have dissolved.
“State of Mind” is a finalist and winner of two Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Awards.
“A thoughtfully composed piece of cyberpunk that will please readers of both science fiction and noir.” – Kirkus Reviews
“Davison’s Los Angeles is pulpy- vibrant, an unforgettable wasteland. State of Mind is the world of the near future, the horrible synthesis of human desire and the technology to make it a reality. – ForeWord Reviews
“An intelligent, thought provoking, cinematic post-cyberpunk thriller and a great read.”
Antony Jones, sfbook.com
“This book deserves to go directly to the ‘Top Ten Best Sellers List.’” – Deb Shunamon, Reader Views.
“There are some crazy twists and turns in this novel and the end? One word… WOW. It totally blew me away. There are plenty of shocking, hanging on the edge of my seats moments.” – Alice Bola, girls just reading
“State of Mind” is a tense, thoughtful and well-paced sci-fi tale drawn from Davison’s life, imagination and his experiences with technological innovation. – Pod Cast Interview by Bryan Reesman http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/tag/sven-davison-state-of-mind/
Sven Davison was raised in Denver, graduated NYU with a bachelor’s degree in film, and has worked as a trailer copywriter at Paramount Pictures and a staff screenwriter for several other smaller production companies. Davison currently oversees the linear content and menu production at 1K Studios, which is employed by most major motion picture studios.
For more information visit http://www.stateofmindbook.com
STATE OF MIND
By Sven Michael Davison
Published by Bedouin Press
$ 25.95 • (389 pages) • 6 x 9
Hardcover with dust jacket • ISBN: 978-0-9666149-2-3
eBook $ 4.95
Publication date: 2011
http://www.stateofmindbook.com
To request a review copy or to schedule an interview, contact: Jeannine Patton
info(at)bedouinpress(dot)com
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New USB Powered Xent? ScentDrive? will captivate Clients, Friends and Associates with the Gift of Calm, Focus or Energy this Holiday Season
New USB Powered Xent™ ScentDrive™ will captivate Clients, Friends and Associates with the Gift of Calm, Focus or Energy this Holiday Season
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 10, 2011
Just in time to relieve the stress of business gift-giving and the challenge of finding unique Secret Santa gifts for the holiday season, experts in fragrance systems have created a remarkable new product that delivers the healing power of aromatherapy in new USB powered Xent ScentDrive for computer users
Looking for a personal, practical and affordable gift for clients, co-workers and business friends? Xent ScentDrive has gift sets for alertness, focus and calm to help everyone be more productive, and who doesn’t love productivity?
Xent ScentDrive is a unique fragrance device, customized to satisfy individual aromatherapy preferences, and to enhance the user’s own personal space. Unlike other plug-in fragrance devices, Xent ScentDrive is compact and completely portable because its power source is the USB port in a laptop or desktop computer. It can also be used in the power outlet of any automobile, with Xent’s car charger to USB adapter.
In today’s technological climate, the majority of companies conduct most, if not all, of their business on computers. Many office employees spend over 5 hours a day at their desk, in their cubicle in front of a Mac or PC. Xent ScentDrive delivers performance-enhancing and soothing scents through the USB drive in the user’s computer.
Fragrance notes of eucalyptus, mint and coriander have been combined to create the Stay Alert scent. To reduce stress and anxiety, and to relax with ease, lavender, cedar wood, and rosemary fragrances have been expertly blended to create the Be Calm product. Jasmine, bergamot and ginger notes facilitate clearer thinking in your personal environment, through the Get Focused version.
The therapeutic benefits of treating the senses to pleasant aromatic bouquets have been known for centuries, but Xent ScentDrive is the newest innovation in creating portable, fragrant environments that encourage a more productive mindset for the employee.
The patented Xent ScentDrive cycles on and off throughout the day to ensure release of the correct amount of fragrance to improve the environment around the computer, turning it into an aromatherapy spa.
And Xent is not just for the office! The developers have also produced an auto adapter for the power port in any car, so that users can stay calm, cool and collected while traveling to and from work or on the way to a meeting.
According to a Xent spokesperson, “This product is an innovative USB fragrance diffuser that is powered by your computer and delivers clean, fresh and stimulating fragrances to your own personal space.”
“Xent is the perfect gift for anyone who is super stressed, or always ‘on’ or has to multi-task and juggle projects. Xent is also great for those who just want to relax, kick back and be in a pleasant environment while they work. The computer is the perfect host for the perfect personal energizer, relaxation aid, and attitude adjustment device… your very own personal Xent ScentDrive.”
Xent ScentDrive is offered only online at http://www.xent.net.
Contact: Robin Marshall, info(at)xent(dot)net, (347) 514 3255
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JM Auto Racing?s New Mobile APP hits the Market for I-Phone and Android
JM Auto Racing’s New Mobile APP hits the Market for I-Phone and Android
North Babylon, NY (PRWEB) November 02, 2011
JM Auto Racing, a seller of quality performance auto parts, truck accessories, and car accessories is putting part ordering at their customer’s fingertips. Expanding from the new norm, e-commerce, JM Auto racing is embracing m-commerce with a new user friendly application, allowing customers to shop while not being tied down to a computer, all they need to make purchases is an internet enabled Android or I-phone smart phone.
The recently released mobile application enables customers to browse 26 categories and over 130 subcategories, containing pictures and product descriptions of JM auto’s car and truck accessories. Customers can research car accessories or truck accessories by vehicle type; simply choose year, make and model and engine size. Categories and subcategories automatically update to show all performance auto parts fitting the specified cars requirements.
This mobile-specific retail site is providing significant benefits to consumers as they move along their path-to-purchase performance auto parts. Customers can easily bring up order history, current order status, account status, and e-mail any truck or car accessories question. Many of JM Autos’ customers are do-it-yourselfers so being able to e-mail questions about their car or truck accessories straight from their cellular phones increases quality engagement and saves valuable time.
The JM Auto Racing app can be found on the Android Market and on iTunes. “We want to provide the best service to our customers and for us that means providing them a means of more efficiently managing and receiving the information they want about performance auto parts” said Joseph Mauro , president of JM Auto Racing. “No registration is required to use our application making researching car accessories and truck accessories trouble-free for customer’s, they can just download and start looking.”
With mobile shopping being a prime growth area in the e-commerce sector the ability for customers to get information on car accessories, truck accessories, and get that information when and wherever they want is important. People who love cars will appreciate this app; it is an instant mobile on-line catalog, a way to research performance auto parts at the point in time that they see them, at a car show, car club, or in a magazine they can just pick up browse and buy.
About JM Auto Racing
Started in 2007 by Joe Mauro, JM Auto Racing offers high quality auto accessories, truck accessories, custom car parts, custom truck parts, and aftermarket car and truck parts to people who have a passion for cars. With a wide range products including body kits, hoods, trunks, splitters, spoilers, and carbon fiber items; performance auto parts such as turbo kits, superchargers; suspension accessories such as coilovers, shocks, struts, springs; or lighting accessories such as projector and euro headlights, HID kits, bumper lights, taillights, brake lights and undercar lighting, JM AUTO RACING has it all. For more information, please contact Joseph Mauro, owner and operator, at 516-287-8522, or visit jmautoracing.com. Connect with JM Auto Racing on Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube.
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