Astonish Results and several insurance marketing partners were recently featured in an American Agent and Broker feature story titled "Astonish Shakes Up Agency Marketing with Aggressive, Web-Centric Approach," that delves into how insurance agencies are adopting the Astonish culture and technology tools. The article highlights two key points of the Astonish Results system that are helping redefine insurance agency culture and processes. Historically, a service-oriented mentality governed agency life, but Astonish Results CEO Adam DeGraide contests that every service ...

Maximum Image Salon & Spa of Woburn, and Aviva Labs, Inc., will host a special awareness and charity event Saturday, September 11, at the Woburn Mall entitled Discover True Beauty Tour: Empower Men & Women to Look & Feel Their Best, to benefit the "Look Good . . . Feel Better" program of Boston. The mission of the Discover True Beauty Tour is to "create an awareness and forum for people to discover their own inner beauty, and to celebrate health & wellness," according to Anna Linnehan, event organizer and owner of Maximum Hair Salon & Spa. The day-long event (10 ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Koichi Muto) today announced its determination of 2 million in aid as well as providing a MOL containership to transport aid supplies for north-western Pakistan, as an emergency relief for extensive flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall during late July and early August. We extend our condolences to all affected by the flood, and hope the affected regions can be quickly restored to liveable conditions. Aid supplies will be accepted as follows: ・Items covered - Aid supplies from governmental institutions or ...

BHM Financial Group, a privately owned bad credit financing company specializing in secured bad credit loans has announced their most recent affiliation to Scarborough, Ontario based payday loan provider Ark Capital. The affiliation, which has come about due to BHM Financial's new Payday Lender Affiliate Program will permit Ark Capital to expand on its service offerings. The company will now offer car title loans as an additional financing option for their clients. BHM's Payday Lender program initiated earlier this year to great success, enables affiliated Payday lenders ...

Cybele Software, Inc. announces ThinVNC beta build 0.9.0.14. With this build, added to its pure HTML5 web browser client, ThinVNC brings a brand new native MS Windows client with Seamless Windows support. Now, users can access a remote computer and work with remote and local applications seamlessly integrated on the same local desktop. The new ThinVNC Windows Client connects to ThinVNC server using the WebSockets protocol, enabling native HTTP(S) firewall-friendly connections without the typical overhead of an HTTP encapsulation. A new WebSockets-enabled HTTP(S) Server ...

According to MarketingSherpa, word of mouth is the most important influence in buying decisions. The second most significant decision influencer? Online video also referred to as business videos B2B. This should come as no surprise. Within the last several years, there has been an explosion of video content on the web - and B2B marketers have taken notice. At a time when most budgets are being cut, the marketing spend on web video continues to grow. Why? Business videos B2B are simply the most effective method for communicating your sales message to the widest possible ...

Hoster Binder, Inc., the parent company of SmileStop Photo Books, has recently become a member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber offers a direct connection to Greater Philadelphia's top organizations that focus on regional development initiatives. Joining the chamber gives Hoster Bindery and SmileStop Photo Books a stronger presence and influence in the region. The Chamber represents approximately 5,000 member companies stretching across the 11 counties in three states of the Greater Philadelphia region. By joining, Hoster Bindery and SmileStop ...

Passion thoroughbred - the sheikh of the superlatives built a gigantic monument for his love: the biggest and most expensive racecourse of all times - Meydan. The dimensions exceed the traditional facilities in Louisville, USA or in English Ascot by a large factor. Even the grandstand is more than one kilometre long, on a 110 meters stretched wide screen races can be watched additionally. To the east of the spectator's stand a Marina for 80 yachts is developing, where boat owners can ride boats from Dubai Creek directly to the racecourse. The opening during the 15th Dubai ...

NSF International has certified Zeotech's Zeobrite Xtreme filtration media for use in sand filters in swimming pools and other recreational water facilities and for use in municipal drinking water treatment. Zeotech is the only company to have zeolite filtration media certified by NSF International for use in both drinking water and recreational water applications. Zeolite filtration media combines the physical entrapment of fine particles with filtering of contaminants to improve water clarity. Certification to the NSF American National Standards for drinking water ...

One Flight Up with Author Susan Fales-Hill --------------------------------------------------------- DATE: Saturday September 4, 2010 TIME: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET GO TO: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joykeys and listen to the show from your computer. CALL: 646-929-0368 to listen and ask questions from your phone. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Flight Up by Susan Fales-Hill- After years of searching for and finally landing that one perfect man, four Manhattan friends find themselves ...

The new technology raises new questions. In an extensive seminar program at the cinec, experts will give everybody an insight into stereoscopy - from producers to cinema owners. What started as a hype is getting serious: For many productions, Stereo 3D is the future. Each and every animation film from the big US studios is also released in a 3D version and the »real« action and adventure movies increasingly count on stereoscopic production, too. The use of 3D technology seems inevitable when trying to impress a big audience with massive effects. The producers of ...

European car hire company Izzirent has the pleasure of announcing the launch of its new dedicated website for car hire services in Italy. Passengers who are planning to use car rental in Milan will be able to benefit from great value deals using a car rental at Milan Malpensa Airport (http://www.izzirent.com/carrental/rental-cars-milan-malpensa-airport-italy) for their Italian holiday or business trip. Italy is a land of dramatic scenery, world class cuisine, art masterpieces and a rich historic culture. With so much to see and choose from, using a website like izzirent.com ...

Graduates that have been on a gap year will be more successful in their career later in life, according to new research. Nearly three quarters (70 per cent) of workers who took a year out to travel the world rate themselves as very successful in their career opposed to only half of those that headed straight to university. Those that do choose to see the big wide world before starting their degree are also likely to earn more than those that didn't. The poll of 3000 graduates carried out by Gapforce, one of the UK's leading gap year companies, revealed that the ...

The new node will be managed by Singapore-based En Technologies. Along with a new node in Spain, this brings to 12 the number of Monitis monitoring nodes available worldwide. This is in addition to Monitis' exclusive ability to offer IT managers nodes from custom locations of their choosing. What makes Monitis' nodes so unique is their True One-Minute Monitoring. This means that each of Monitis' 12 nodes is monitoring a client's site every minute. This is not the case with most other companies that claim to offer one-minute monitoring. Such companies only monitor once ...

When it comes to a Hanson ranch real estate, some people skip the appraisal after the sale or a purchase. However, a Tuscany Calgary real estate appraisal is actually a necessity, according to experts in this field. There are many reasons as to why you need one, starting with the most obvious reason of all – the fact that it is actually a requirement by most financial institutions in the event that there is a conflict between loans and mortgages. Read on ahead to know more about this real estate matter. Any Hanson Ranch real estate pro knows that the value of one ...

With yet another strategic move, MyHost Corp.'s Networking & Website Hosting Infrastructure department has just expanded the hosting company's name server grid. Consequently, the organization is now able to cover more efficiently the name server propagation at increased speeds in both United States of America and Europe. Considering that MyHost Corp. is a Delaware-based corporation, its DNS infrastructure was initially focused on the United States of America, aiming to effectively cover this specific geographical area. However, as international business opportunities ...

Giving hope to dog owners everywhere struggling with arthritic dogs, TopDogHealth.com is challenging your dog to improve his/her quality of life. The challenge is ready to launch on September 15th and reaches out to the first 25 dogs to sign-up and provides 6 weeks of free supplements. The participating dogs cannot have already been on supplements beforehand and must send in a video of their dog's arthritic condition. The supplements provided FREE of charge are none other then the excellent joint support of TopDog's finest Glycanaid HA and Flexerna. Participants will ...

With almost all televisions sold soon becoming fully high-definition (HD) capable, better image quality will no longer be sufficient to entice consumers to purchase, or differentiate one offering from the next. Many Asian Pay TV operators are turning their attention to new technologies and services. Asia's Pay-TV industry players say new technologies such as IPTV and 3D TV offer the greatest untapped opportunity, according to the 2010 Asia-Pacific Pay TV Operators Survey jointly produced by Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA), a global strategic market intelligence and ...

Anchor Vans, one of the leading vendors of used vans in the UK, is celebrating the forty fifth birthday of the Ford Transit Van. The first Ford Transit was released in August 1965 and since then over six million of its various models have been sold across Europe. For more information call 0118 9710 230 or go to http://www.anchorford.co.uk. "We all raised a mug of tea to the Ford Transit here at Anchor Vans when we heard of the birthday," said Simon Joyce, Sales Director of Anchor Vans. "We've been selling new and used vans of all makes and models for over twenty years, ...

Last week, The Age newspaper in Melbourne (26/08/2010) quotes Adam Bandt's thought on the introduction of "legislation to end the discrimination for same sex couples", and since these comments were made by Mr. Bant's successful nomination recently, David Schneider has received a significant increase in enquiries with couples asking about the nature of how it will affect them. In essence, he says "Committing to one another is a personal thing, where a couple show their commitment to one another in front of their friends and family. He says that everyone, whether straight ...

Eduardo I. Sanchez, Head Tennis Professional at Rancho Valencia, an Auberge Resort, is organizing the 6th Annual SES Pro-Am Fundraising Tennis Tournament to be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the resort located at 5921 Valencia Circle, Rancho Santa Fe, California. Proceeds will provide the children of Tecate, Mexico, with access to free tennis lessons, tennis equipment and academic scholarships and support the efforts of the Empty Cradle, a San Diego non-profit organization that helps parents cope with the loss of an infant before, during or after birth. There ...

Crowds are expected to flock to Perth at the end of next month for Australia's largest annual multi-sports event, the Australian University Games. The various competitions which make up the Games will take place between September 26th and October 1st 2010, with the organisers stating that this year's spectacle is already proving to be one of the most anticipated of all time. More than 5,000 students from 41 different universities are set to contest 31 sports, meaning there should be something to please even the most demanding of tourists staying in the fine accommodation ...

Audiences can expect to be blown away by the athletic prowess and artistic beauty of Saltimbanco - the Cirque du Soleil show due to be performed in Madrid. There are currently more than 900 artists in the Cirque du Soleil collective, which was initially formed in 1984 by two street artists in Montreal and can currently count itself as one of the most celebrated acts in the world. Saltimbanco is set to take place in Madrid from October 5th to October 10th 2010, with individuals of more than 20 nationalities involved in staging the production. Some of the tricks ...

Barcelona's Macba museum is hosting Latifa Echakhch's La Ronda exhibition this year, which will no doubt aim to challenge ambiguous notions through art. This is a feature of the artist's work, which often looks at "slippages of meanings", according to the venue. La Ronda will be available to view until February 6th 2011 and the organisers lauded the quality of Echakhch's creations, which range from installations utilising video projections to sculptures and photographs. "Similarly crucial are the physical displacements of certain marks of identity into contexts ...

Visitors to the paradise island of Bali in October will have the opportunity to witness the celebrations that take place during one of its many religious events. The Tumpek Landep ceremony moves around the calendar and is set to take place on October 9th. Although the occasion is marked all over the island, the resort of Seminyak - which combines traditional Balinese culture with luxury hotels and tourist facilities - is one of the best locations to enjoy it. Sanghyang Pasupati is the god who is celebrated on this special day, during which people staying in Seminyak ...