Www.morningspanish.com has launched a new website to teach Spanish by e-mail.

Many of us want to learn a new language but find it time consuming and inconvenient. Morning Spanish has been designed to be really easy to use and to compliment the more traditional methods of learning Spanish. All you have to do is set aside five minutes a day to study the lesson that arrives in your inbox each day.

The team at Morning Spanish has found that repetition and constant exposure is the most important factor when learning a new language. They wanted to create an inexpensive and convenient product that encourages you to study a little every day. You receive an e-mail lesson in your inbox and you choose the time you want to study at your own convenience.

In addition to the lessons you can read the blog for really useful tips about learning Spanish and living in a Spanish-speaking country.

While many backpackers have a relaxed attitude about travel insurance those that take the time to put a basic backpacker travel insurance policy in place can make their journey without the risk of high medical costs ruining a great holiday.

As a general rule backpackers are single, young and not keen to pay high insurance premiums for benefits they do not consider relevant to their circumstances. The reality is that backpackers have few concerns about traveling other than falling ill or meeting with an accident that leaves them hospitalized for a lengthy period of time and incurring huge medical bills as a consequence. As a result they are generally not seeking disability or death cover but rather unlimited overseas emergency medical assistance and hospital expenses. They may also want backpacker travel insurance to cover off a nominal amount for the loss and replacement of credit cards or travel documents and stolen luggage or personal effects.

Purchasing backpacker travel insurance online is often much cheaper than the travel insurance that may be offered by a travel agent. In Australia there is quite a lot of competition for online insurance and basic backpacker traveler insurance that provides adequate cover for young travelers is readily available at a cost that is within their budget.

Whether you are looking for backpacking travel insurance that covers you for emergency hospitalization and the medical bills that you might incur when you are traveling either internationally or backpacking locally around Australia, there is basic backpacker travel insurance available online at a very low cost. Cheap backpacker travel insurance does not have to mean compromised cover, it simply means that you are not paying for cover you deem unnecessary – luggage delay for example will generally be of little concern to a backpacker taking his or her time traveling the world – an extra day waiting for bags is of little consequence.

The beauty of travel insurance for backpackers is that it is designed with backpackers in mind: policies for single trip, multi-trip, or even annual trip travel insurance are also available but there will be a premium for this. There are insurance plans and policies to cover hitchhiking, trekking, road trips, boat trips whatever traveling you have in mind on your backpacking holiday. If you are planning more dangerous activities such as skiing then you can cover for accidents but again this will obviously increase your backpacker travel insurance premiums.

When you purchase a basic backpacker travel insurance plan you are not buying hidden extras which simply won’t apply to you, you are not paying for add-ons that are more likely to suit some high flying tourist slipping on a spilt martini along glass tiles of the roof top pool of some ritzy five star hotel. No, with backpacker travel insurance the policy is tailor made for the type of risks and dangers a traveling backpacker is far more likely to encounter. A basic backpacker travel insurance policy will cover emergency hospitalization, hospital and medical bills along with up to say $2000 cover for loss of credit cards, stolen travel documents or lost luggage.

If you have any other car insurance questions please visit http://www.1cover.com.au/travelinsurance/

Synverse, the innovative Global Services and Systems Integration specialists for Managed Services and SaaS/Cloud deployments, have become a launch promoter of the UK arm of EuroCloud, Europe’s first ever Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) business community.

The kickoff event for Eurocloud UK was held on Wednesday November 25th at the SUN Microsystems Customer Briefing Centre in London. The event was supported by over 40 representatives from a broad mix of Cloud Computing platform vendors and software companies, IT Managers, Consultants and Analysts.

Synverse specialises in accelerating the deployment of SaaS software projects using its pre-built Accelerator Frameworks and business processes coupled with a well proven systems integration methodology.

Synverse Director Anuj Sachdeva said “Synverse is pleased assist in the formation of Eurocloud UK and looks forward to delivering extra value to our customers through close collaboration with the other members. We are seeing a great deal of interest in Cloud Computing from companies wishing to reduce IT costs and gain greater flexibility in their businesses”.

About Eurocloud

The overall Eurocloud organisation is led by Pierre-José Billotte, President and Founder of the French ASP Forum, with a team of SaaS and cloud computing players from the UK, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain.

EuroCloud facilitates leading SaaS vendors, enablers, integrators and industry experts to share best practice and expand their businesses across the continent. Through its diverse membership, EuroCloud will promote cloud computing in Europe, including current state of the markets and future innovations, and will become a critical exchange platform across the different continents.

For further information, please visit: http://www.eurocloud.org/ &

http://euroclouduk.eventbrite.com/

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About Synverse

Synverse is a next generation global IT services company headquartered in Maidenhead, UK. Synverse is led by innovation, solution accelerators and methodologies with a core focus on enterprise integration web and collaboration solutions.

Synverse combines the latest Cloud Computing and SaaS developments with its unique business, solution and technology accelerator frameworks to deliver IT projects with as aggressive time to market at lower total cost of ownership, without compromising on the service quality. Synverse has partnered with a number of leading Cloud Computing vendors including Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Rackspace.

Contact Synverse at:
Tel: +44 1628 421827
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.synverse.com

Christianity Today recently laid off 31 workers and closed four publications in June of 2009.

Dallas, Texas, November 09, 2009 –Advocate USA Publishing has offered cash-strapped Christianity Today the rights of reprints of Dr. Reece W. Manley, DD, M.Ed., MPM’s Spirit Thinking: Your 30 Day Guide to Enlightenment.  The rights to the presentation of the work in format of series comes when Christianity Today is looking for cost effective quality content.

“We hope to reach an equitable agreement with Christianity Today, to provide them with valid, quality content in exchange for simple new readership exposure for Reece Manley’s Spirit Thinking work,” says Rick Setter, president of Advocate USA Publishing.

Spirit Thinking is a unique approach to changing lives through changing thinking,” says Dr. Craig Williams, MD, PhD.  “The first work of its kind to combine proven cognitive psychology tenants with specific spiritual principles, Spirit Thinking delivers a straight forward, easy-to-use plan for any reader.

The program has been proven to be effective in reducing depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction disorders.  In addition, it is a great way to increase self image and self-esteem. “

Christianity Today recently laid off 31 workers and closed four publications in June of 2009.  The management team is scrambling to shore up the CTI flagships such as Christianity Today.  The offer from Advocate USA Publishing comes had a fortuitous time.

“We are newly established and newly funded,” says Setter, “We can afford to make such an offer because the strength of the remaining CTI is rich in the progressive Christian readers our works are designed to attract.”  More comments can be had from Rick Setter at [email protected] or 1-800-936-0812.

The author, Reece W. Manley, DD, M.Ed., MPM, reports as being completely satisfied with the terms of the offer.  Christianity Today did not immediately return calls to comment.

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Contact:
Reece Manley
Spirit Thinking
Dallas, Texas
1-800-ZEN-0812
[email protected]

http://www.SpiritThinking.net

Crossing Twice, Dr. Manley’s first full length book, has gained wide endorsement from a number of different ministries.

Dallas, Texas, November 08, 2009 –Pacific Book Reviews has laid accolade of Five Stars or its Excellent rating for Reece W. Manley, DD, M.Ed., MPM’s Crossing Twice: Answers from the Source.  Crossing Twice is based on the recount of Dr. Manley’s near death experience and his crossing into heaven to join with the Light of God’s Grace and Love.  A progressive Christian writing, Crossing Twice embraces the Christian view point while still appreciating other faiths.

Crossing Twice, Dr. Manley’s first full length book, has gained wide endorsement from a number of different ministries.  “We are glad to be telling a story with a fresh, inclusive view of the afterlife,” says Dr. Manley.  “I am a progressive Christian writer and was before I knew such a niche existed.  My simple mission is to tell anyone who will listen.”

People are “listening” in droves.  “I work with hospice patients and Dr. Manley’s work is very, very comforting and awe inspiring,” says Dawn L.  A five-star review on Amazon reflects the same, “You will believe and you will have hope.”

Joining Crossing Twice is Spirit Thinking: Your 30 Day Guide to Enlightenment.  Spirit Thinking is Dr. Manley’s combination of cognitive psychology with specific spiritual principles.  “This is very important work,” says Craig Williams, PhD, a Fellow with the American Psychological Association.   “It appears to be the first work of its kind to address cognitive psychology and spirituality expertise.  Reece Manley will be someone to watch in the Christian self help and Christian living circles for the next several works.”

Rick Setter with Advocate USA Publishing adds, “Reece Manley will be a recognized Christian writer not only in the inspiration genre but in Christian living, Christian self help and Spirituality in general.”  Crossing Twice has already garnered one Christian Book of the Year award.

Dr. Manley is currently booking appearances and invites interested parties to contact him at [email protected]  More on Reece’s works can be found at www.SpiritThinking.net .

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Contact:
Reece Manley
Spirit Thinking
Dallas, Texas
1-800-ZEN-0812
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http://www.SpiritThinking.net

Advocate USA Publishing has entered into the Christian Fundraising Program market with a powerful product with a new twist.  “We have managed to work out an agreement with our authors which provides new Christian fundraiser ideas for a flooded, exploited market,” says Rick Setter.

Dallas, Texas, November 01, 2009 — Advocate USA Publishing has entered into the Christian Fundraising Program market with a powerful product with a new twist.  “We have managed to work out an agreement with our authors which provides new Christian fundraiser ideas for a flooded, exploited market,” says Rick Setter.

“There is a shortage of quality Christian fundraiser programs and we are offering a fresh approach.  We provide our finest books at cost to organizations.  This is only possible through the generosity of our authors.  They receive no compensation unless the organization is successful.  No other program has this kind of commitment from the maker of the product.”

Advocate USA Publishing offers the program for both large and small organizations.  Quality Christian fundraiser ideas are badly needed in the market.  “Advocate USA provides the best new quality Christian fundraiser idea to enter the market in many years,” says Beth B., a United Methodist Youth Minister.

The program involves the participating fundraising organization distributing quality Christian books to their community.  The twist comes in the amazingly low cost to start the program because the author’s have waived their rights to royalties for 60 days from order date.  This allows organizations to easily net $7,250 in funds in less than 30 days.  If the organization is not happy with the results, they may return materials for an absolute refund.  If the organization is successful, they simply pay the author’s royalties directly and keep their share of the profits.

“This represents an incredible commitment from our authors to quality Christian fundraiser ideas,” says Mr. Setter.  Full information can be found at a site with a twist on the name – www.chrisitanfundraisers.com .  “We misspelled it on purpose because it is such a completely different approach to quality Christian fundraiser ideas.”

Organizations are welcome to visit the site or to call 1-800-936-0812.

Contact:
Reece Manley
Spirit Thinking
Dallas, Texas
1-800-ZEN-0812
[email protected]

http://www.SpiritThinking.net

Pressmart Media Ltd, (www.pressmart.com) – a global leader in the digital publishing and delivery solutions, today announced the launch of “Pressmart-Indonesia Print Media Awards (IPMA)” in a bid to recognize the best publishing houses in Indonesia over the calendar year 2009, just after associating with the magazine publishers in Singapore, for its awards as the lead sponsor.

IPMA will be conferred annually starting February, 2010, is the exciting new competition created to promote magazines, tabloids and newspapers – both in print and digital and also encourage the publishing industry in Indonesia.

The Indonesian leading newspaper publisher’s association, Serikat Penerbit Suratkabar (SPS) Pusat will host the Pressmart-Indonesia Print Media Awards. The nominations are open to the registered members of the SPS and all other publications in Indonesia. IPMA finalist entries will be put in front of jury members led by Pressmart, SPS and highly reputed industry experts from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

SPS Chairman, Dahlan Iskan says: “The Pressmart-Indonesia Print Media Awards are unique in recognizing excellence, innovation and outstanding creative output throughout the print media supply chain. These awards will set new benchmarks, bring new insights and most importantly be an ideal learning opportunity for publishing houses to succeed in today’s uncertain economy.”

“We are delighted to launch the first of its kind publishing awards in Indonesia” said Sanjiv Gupta, Chairman and CEO of Pressmart. “Most importantly, we want to recognize all of these inspirational print media houses and encourage the publishing industry in Indonesia for the amazing work that they do”.

About Pressmart

Pressmart powers the digital edition of publications from 47 countries on Web, Mobile, RSS, Podcast and other digital channels. Conversion, Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads and Analytics – all these are packaged in a single easy-to-use service. It all starts and ends with uploading pre-press PDF pages. It is also a preferred partner for premier publishing associations around the world and is a winner of several awards and recognitions for its product innovation. For more information, please visit www.pressmart.com.

Internet surfing has become a part of our lives these days. Whether you need some information regarding some issue or want to play online games; want to download some song or keep yourself up to date with the latest gossip about your favorite celebrity; want to chat with friends or watch your favorite program online; its internet that is our first stop to get all we want. But what actually enables us to do all this is the bandwidth or the internet speed. It is internet speed of our connection that determines whether you really surf the net in true sense or get stuck every now and then. Regardless of the internet connection you are using the provider should meet the claims about the service. You might have subscribed for an internet connection with a downloading speed of 512kbps which might show on screen even 100Mbps but actually downloading the files at a 56kbps rate! This is how internet speed test service helps you in determining the actual speed of the connection.
An internet speed test determines two things for you:
? Downloading Speed
? Uploading Speed
It is normal to get a high download rate than upload speed of your internet connection in results. Results also tell you your IP address and that who is your internet service provider. Whatever is your location on the globe, whatever type of internet connection you are using, whosoever is the service provider and whatever technology you are using; an internet speed test service will show the actual bandwidth of the connection you are using. You can use the results to determine the worth of a connection; after all why to pay more when you are getting less in return. You can use it to troubleshoot the downloading and uploading problems by sharing these results with your internet service provider.

A number of internet speed test options are available on internet. The important thing in this regard at the user’s end is that you chose a server nearest to your location so as to get accurate results. Also you are required to enter the type of connection you are using (modem, DSL, Cable Net etc.) and the area code. Usually these tests work by downloading a file to your system that checks the speed of your connection and the process is completed in seconds. Another consideration in this regard is to check the speed of your connection at various times across the length of the day as when the net itself is busy your connection also tends to be slow. Doing the test different times of the day gives the most accurate results of the speed test.

There are factors that may affect the results of an internet speed test; some of them are given below:
? Slow Processor
? Too many applications running at the same time
? Downloading and uploading the data at the time of performing test

There are sites that charge you for the test but why to pay for the process when you can get same accurate results absolutely free of cost. Just make sure that the site is trust worthy to save your PC from potential hazards that may be downloaded to your system in the form of deadly viruses and Trojan horses.

The Manila Bulletin, one of the oldest running newspapers in the Philippines announced the launch of Electronic Edition of its Newspaper via a partnership with Pressmart Media Ltd. (www.pressmart.com) – a global leader in providing hosted print-to-online publishing services with publishers from over 47 countries using its services.

Available at Manila Bulletin Online (www.mb.com.ph), the electronic edition (Vis-a-Vis ePaper) contains the same editorial content and advertising in the exact layout as the print edition giving an unimaginable real feel of experiencing the newspaper in reader hands. Other features of the Electronic Edition include Search, Gallery of all Pictures and Ads, Hot Links, Rating articles and many Web 2.0 features. Members can also receive automatic notifications when a new issue is posted on the Electronic Edition.

“Our electronic edition pairs the convenience of online content with the familiar feel and design of a hard-copy newspaper,” said Emilo Yap III, VP of Manila Bulletin. “This new feature shows the fact that we are continually looking for new ways to deliver news to consumers when and how they want the news.”

“We are delighted to launch the first electronic edition of Philippines leading newspaper, Manila Bulletin,” said Sanjiv Gupta, Founder and CEO of Pressmart. “High-quality products, excellent customer service with quick response and a certain measure of flexibility in our offerings made Pressmart stand out from others.”

About Manila Bulletin

The Manila Bulletin, (also known as the Bulletin and was previously known as Bulletin Today) is the Philippines’ largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, followed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It bills itself as “The Nation’s Leading Newspaper”, which is its official slogan. Founded in 1900 as a shipping journal, it is the second-oldest Philippine newspaper, second only to The Manila Times.

About Pressmart

Pressmart powers the digital edition of publications from 47 countries on Web, Mobile, RSS, Podcast and other digital channels. Conversion, Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads and Analytics – all these are packaged in a single easy-to-use service. It all starts and ends with uploading your pre-press PDF pages. Pressmart is a preferred partner for premier publishing associations around the world and is a winner of several awards and recognitions for its product innovation. Website: www.pressmart.com.

Promatching has launched an environmentally-friendly dating Web site to make it faster and easier for singles to find romance and friendship online. The first online dating Web site of its kind, Promatching.com employs highly optimized resources on both the client and server side.

Promatching is built around optimized, extensible plug-ins designed to increase the power of its server machines and maximize the efficiency of its resources. It also uses a high-tech InSync Matrix Matchmaking (ISMM) System. ISMM is unique in its ability to map the dynamics of a relationship by comparing the alignment of two individuals based on their significant traits. The system features a powerful customized calculation engine that delivers highly relevant and accurate results according to the users’ preferences. “ISMM System matches you with other singles based on various dimensions required for happier, healthier and long-lasting relationships,” said CEO Kam K. “It lets users find their perfect match with the minimum amount of effort and time.”

Promatching’s ability to deliver matchmaking results quickly and accurately help to create a “greener” and more pleasant experience for its users. “Members find their perfect match in a minimum amount of time as compared to other paid and free online dating Web sites,” K explained. “Spending less time searching for matches means consuming less electricity and bandwidth. It also means having more time to spend with your special someone.”

In addition to being super efficient and eco-friendly, Promatching is distinctive from other online dating Web sites in a number of ways. Unlike other free dating sites, Promatching delivers precise, high-quality results. Members of Promatching can be assured of finding their perfect match, and they won’t have to waste unnecessary time and other resources in the process. And because Promatching is completely free to use, it can help users save precious money. “Most paid online dating Web sites encourage buying long-term memberships for six months or a year,” K said. “If users are unable to find partners within that time period, they will need to keep renewing their memberships–which requires more money.”

To learn more about the green benefits of using Promatching’s online dating Web site, please visit www.promatching.com.

About Promatching.com:
Based in Ontario, Canada, Promatching.com is distinguishing itself in the marketplace as an environmentally-conscious online dating Web site. Promatching is the ideal resource for single men and women who are seeking a safe and comfortable environment to interact with others from the opposite sex. Despite being a free online dating Web site, Promatching provides a variety of advanced features to enhance users’ experience, including sophisticated matchmaking, a user-friendly control panel, a built-in mailbox system, and helpful online dating tips. Promatching currently is available to users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.