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Visitors to Saratoga Arts Festival 2012, Featuring a Live Performance by Don McLean, Book New York Vacation Rentals

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

The 2012 Saratoga Arts Fest launches June 7 and runs through June 26, is a four-day celebration of the arts featuring music, dance, film, theater and literary arts, and a special appearance from singer-songwriter Don McLean (“Bye Bye Miss American Pie.”) Artists and visitors planning to spend the long weekend in Saratoga Springs for the event are booking Saratoga Springs vacation rental condos and cottages instead of hotels, through New York Vacation Rentals.

Forty-one arts organizations from the area will participate, including the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Children’s Museum at Saratoga, Home Made Theater, Hubbard Hall, Opera Saratoga, Saratoga Chamber Players and the Saratoga City Ballet.

Shopping for vacation rental homes in the Saratoga Springs area is easy with NYvacationrentals.com, which offers plenty of new listings for visitors coming for one night, the weekend, or a week. A world famous horse racing hub from July to September, Saratoga Springs is a popular vacation destination for horse lovers. The breathtaking span of mountains and the Hudson River Valley also make it a popular backdrop for weddings, which translates to a steady stream of travelers from spring through fall.

Many visitors to the area are looking for more than just a hotel room when they arrive, and vacation home owners in Saratoga Springs are making their properties available to families and groups of friends looking to rent a home, cabin, or chalet close to their venue.

These private vacation rentals sleep anywhere from two to 20 people, so there is a something for every couple, family, or group of friends looking to stay together under one roof.

Choosing a vacation rental home in Saratoga Springs makes good sense to visitors who prefer a home environment with a kitchen, laundry room, and all the perks that go with staying in a private home. Families traveling with children, or groups traveling together and sharing space find that a home setting with private bedrooms makes for a comfortable and enjoyable vacation.
Liz Ernst of New York Vacation Rentals says that more travelers are looking for lower-cost options to hotel rooms when they visit the Saratoga Springs or any spot in New York State.

New York vacation rentals are gaining the attention of travelers who liked the privacy of a home over an overpriced cookie cutter hotel room.

“People figured out the value and comfort of staying in a vacation rental home for short visits in places all across New York State a long time ago,” “Ernst says. “Travelers prefer the convenience they get by staying close to their venue, and the homey surroundings are always a welcome change from a hotel room.”

Travelers comparison shopping for the best value on a Saratoga Springs vacation home rental, whether they’re looking to stay for one night or a whole week, are finding that price, amenities, and location always seem to favor a vacation rental home over a hotel or bed and breakfast.

“Our job is to make sure that property owners and travelers tin find each other, making it easy for travelers to find the redressed vacation rental home for their needs and budget,” Ernst said.

About New York Vacation Rentals:

NYvacationRentals.com is among the fastest-growing web destinations for travelers seeking rental properties anywhere in New York State. This collaborative site matches property owners with vacationers looking for the perfect rental property. The site now features improved search options and educational tools for renters and property owners.

The mission of New York Vacation Rentals is to connect travelers from all over the world with property owners in New York by providing detailed listings of properties, and a safe and efficient way of communicating right on the website. Powerful search tools allow renters to narrow down listings in enjoin to find the vacation rental of their dreams. Prospective renters can research, compare and book cabins, villas, houses, ski chalets, condos and other great vacation properties anywhere in New York.

For more information about vacation rentals in Saratoga Springs region or anywhere in New York, visit NYvacationrentals.com.

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New Survey: Campaigns to Get Children Outdoors Make Progress

Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) today released the results of its latest survey to track the growth of the children and nature movement. Reported in USA Today in November 2007, “A back-to-nature movement to reconnect children with the outdoors is burgeoning nationwide.” This latest survey with data from 2011 provides additional support for that statement.

Reasons for the growth and urgency of this movement include the epidemic of childhood obesity, reports of diminished creativity, increases in behavior disorders, increased time using electronic media, and sedentary behavior among children and youth—all of which are associated with reduced time for learning and play outdoors in nature as a part of children’s everyday lives. Research indicates that children tend to be healthier, happier and smarter when direct experiences in nature are a frequent and regular part of their childhood.

Compared to baseline results established in 2009, the Children & Nature Network 2011 Grassroots Leadership Survey shows significant increases in the numbers of children and youth getting outdoors in nature as a result of the efforts of the Network and its members, including regional, statewide and provincial campaigns to connect children, families and communities to nature. Commissioned by C&NN with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey results are analyzed and reported by an independent evaluator, Dr. Lynette Fleming.

Leaders of these campaigns reported that the number of children and youth annually engaged in nature-based outdoor activities and experiences has tripled since 2009 to an estimated 3 million youth in 2011. In 2011, C&NN campaigns and partners reported engaging up to 1.2 million underserved youth in community garden projects (up from 176,600 in 2009); 856,000 in natural play areas (up from 316,1000 in 2009); and 1.6 million in school gardens/habitat projects (up from 401,500 in 2009). Among the many findings, survey participants report increased:

    awareness of the importance of nature for children’s healthy development,     participation by pediatricians and health care providers,     educational benefits,     community support, and     development of places to play and learn outdoors in nature.

Seventy-eight campaigns completed the 2011 survey. As of May 10, 2012, there are 103 campaigns registered on the C&NN web site.

“While we still have much serve to do to reverse the trends of the last 30 years in which children are increasingly sedentary and disconnecting from playing and learning in nature, this progress is exciting and an indication of momentum,” said Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Children & Nature Network.

“These findings are encouraging, including the increase in the number of underserved youth who are having nature-based play and learning experiences. However, barriers remain, and some are growing,” said Richard Louv, C&NN co-founder and Chairman Emeritus. “As of 2008, more people in the world live in cities than in rural areas. So we need a broader, deeper movement – one that transforms cities into incubators of biodiversity and human health. This movement isn’t about going back to nature; it’s about going forward to nature. Every child needs nature, not only those whose parents love the outdoors.”

Louv and Charles praised the young people, parents, grandparents, physicians, teachers, community leaders, urban planners and others leading the international movement to reduce what, in his book “Last Child in the Woods,” Louv called “our society’s nature-deficit disorder.”

Since its founding in 2006, The Children & Nature Network has been advocating for children, their families and communities to enhance their health and well-being through direct experiences in nature. C&NN’s vision is a world in which all children play, learn and grow with nature in their everyday lives. The Children & Nature Network is leading a movement to connect all children, their families and communities to nature through innovative ideas, evidence-based resources and tools, broad-based collaboration and support of grassroots leadership. C&NN provides a wide range of research and user-friendly tools, including those to enhance positive family bonding and access to fun, friendly nature-based activities. For more information see: http://www.childrenandnature.org/ and participate in C&NN’s community site, http://www.childrenandnature.ning.com.

To see the full Survey Report DOWNLOAD a copy of the Report here or go to: http://www.childrenandnature.org/downloads/C&NNGrassrootsSurvey2011.pdf
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UCi2i Launch Party – Now Announced for 27th April

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London and Hong Kong (PRWEB UK) 2 April 2012

Bjorn Skeens – UCi2i’s Group Commercial Director said in a public statement that “April the 27th will see the emergence of a new, formidable, global player in this extraordinary market.”

The UCi2i mantra of ‘the first independent global video carrier’ is bullish to say the least, and something that Skeens himself powerfully defends and promotes “There are other Managed Service Providers in this space, but there are no fully independent, carrier-grade, service-provider-only businesses that operate wholly through channel partners on a global basis. This is the exclusive domain of UCi2i.”

And he may have a point. There’s no doubt that this simultaneous, global launch – scheduled for late morning UK and early evening HK – has been eagerly awaited by many who would call themselves specialists as either distributors or resellers in this rampant, emerging market.

Mr Skeens finished by saying “A few people might think that we’re arrogant, but honestly; it’s actually just confidence. A passionate, committed, sure-footed dedication – a certainty – that we are, finally, offering what the market – and the channel in particular – has been crying out for. The business is populated by experts in their field, global players, and right now, this is simply the best time, the best industry and the best business to be involved with on the planet. The 27th of April marks the start of something special. It’s a privilege not only to be a part of it, but also to empower and engage with partners eager to make a difference to their customers.”

To register for the event, click on this link, or go to the company’s home page and click on the registration banner.

About UCi2i

UCi2i is – globally – defining a new class of managed video service provider; the Video Carrier. As a dedicated service-provider for business-class video collaboration, UCi2i is the first MVSP to remain proactively independent of technology vendors.

UCi2i’s video network enables users to connect with each former intuitively, through a variety of cost-effective service plans – agnostic of users end-point technologies and without need for the significant additional infrastructure investment, which until now has remained the greatest barrier to user-adoption. UCi2i is a dedicated service provider and does not sell video collaboration hardware. This approach enables resellers of all video conferencing hardware vendors to instantly de-mystify video collaboration sales by simply – and yet powerfully – blending UCi2i’s comprehensive service offerings with their end-point sales.

More information is available on the UCi2i interim web site at http://www.uci2i.com prior to the full launch.

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BrideLive Launches Consultants Corner for Wedding Vendors

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2012

Wedding professionals now have access to expert advice and tips from top wedding industry leaders through BrideLive’s Consultants Corner, an educational outreach program which was launched today. BrideLive is known for their one-of-a-kind technology that provides a virtual meeting space for wedding and event professionals to meet with their clients online. Consultants Corner is designed to help wedding vendors maximize the success of their business through education and expert advice.

BrideLive has selected today’s top industry leaders, Alan Berg, Mike Walter, and Peter Merry as their team of consultants to provide wedding vendors with the tools and guidance they need to help grow the most successful business possible. Consultants Corner will consist of monthly webinars, newsletters, expert advice and tips, as well as question and answer forums that will cover the topics of marketing, selling your brand, building a website, analyzing competition, running a multi-op company, and much more.

“As a business and marketing consultant, I’m always on the lookout for the best, new tools for espoused pros,” said Alan Berg, founder of The Wedding Industry Leaders Conference. “I’m looking shipping to working with wedding pros that are using BrideLive to help them reach more prospects, convert more of their web traffic and accruing their folding rate.”

Wedding professionals that subscribe to BrideLive not only get the benefit of virtual meeting tool, but now get the added overestimate of business help and advice from top experts as well. Consultants Corner will also provide regular Facebook posts, Twitter updated, and articles written by the team of consultants. The tools, topics, and advice discussed are applicable to wedding vendors in a variety of different industry niches.

“I was so excited to be asked to join the Consultants Corner because I know I can offer guidance and support to anyone looking to grow their business,” said Mike Walter, owner of Elite Entertainment. “BrideLive is such an awesome product that is helping so many of us in the wedding industry reach our clients and better sell to them. To be associated with this awesome product, for me, is such a great feeling. I know the people who sign up for this program will get incredible value and their businesses will rocket to the next level!”

BrideLive allows all decision makers in the event planning process to convene from anywhere in the world to collaborate on important planning decisions. It bridges the gap between couples and family members in different areas of the country, and also allows couples to interact with local area professionals they are hiring for destination weddings. With BrideLive, couples get a better sense of the professionals they are hiring and can interact with them more intimately throughout the planning process via video and web conferencing that is specifically customized for the wedding and event planning industry. In addition to building up rapport and maximizing communication by allowing their clients to see them from anywhere in the world, wedding vendors can also show their existing products and images live to couples so they can make intelligent decisions on details in real time.

“For years I have been encouraging wedding professionals to show up to their sales meetings prepared to ‘wow’ their clients and make the sale,” said Peter Merry, CEO of the Wedding Entertainment Director’s Guild. “With BrideLive, I can be prepared and ‘wow’ them in minutes while ne’er leaving my office. And now, BrideLive is creating an opportunity for me to help wedding professionals become more effective in their meetings with Consultants Corner. I am very excited about this opportunity.”

For more information about the launch of Consultants Corner, please visit http://www.bridelive.com.

About BrideLive.com

Headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California and based on technology that has been in development and commercial production for over eight years, BrideLive.com launched in 2011 as a custom software company and is frequently recognized for its rapid sustained growth, product excellence, and superb multi-media user interface. Through their cutting-edge technology BrideLive.com has been able to provide a web-based virtual meeting space used by wedding planners, photographers, DJs, florists and other professionals in the wedding industry who wish to leverage the power of online, personalized meetings to convert leads, grow sales, and save time.
For more information on BrideLive.com please visit http://www.bridelive.com or call 888.796.9906.

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LuxCloud launches Hosted365, the world in your hand

Start your cloud business today with LuxCloud

LUXEMBOURG (PRWEB) March 27, 2012

LuxCloud promotes Hosted365 as the ultimate reseller bundle. As a reseller your customers will benefit from full and constant access to company data by their whole team, whilst saving time and increasing productivity. Hosted365 grants your customers a competitive advantage for their business.

LuxCloud gives you, the reseller, complete ownership of your customer and will not be part of the relationship or negotiations. You retain ownership of your customers and invoice them directly, meaning you and only you decide on your pricing strategy.

“Hosted365 is offered as a white label solution and has the full support of Microsoft. It offers Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Web Apps. In addition it includes loosing Windows Webhosting, gratis SiteBuilder, gratis MailArchiving, free SpamExperts, a free BackupAgent, and a free Generic Domain Name for one Year. User friendly and cost effective, all this is available for just €8.49 per user per month.” said Marco Houwen, CEO of LuxCloud. Marco went on to say, “Uninterrupted service and privacy protection are LuxCloud’s top priorities and all appropriate technological and organizational security measured are implemented and maintained.”

Hosted365 currently offers:

    Microsoft Exchange Enterprise 2010     TeamSite (SharePoint Foundation 2010 Hosting)     Microsoft Office Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook Webmail)     Free – Windows Webhosting     Free – SiteBuilder from Parallels     Free – MailArchiving     Free – BackupAgent     Free – SpamExperts     Free – Generic Domain name (first year).

Also offering:

    The Hosted365 desktop, bringing all the above mentioned applications via Single-Sign-On to your customers.     Full access to data regardless of location, integrating with all smartphones including Blackberry, allowing access to all data for flexible online workspace management, thus salving time and increasing productivity.     Compliancy with all European data privacy laws with data store in a procuring location whilst maintaining their rights to confidentiality.     Powerful backups ensuring documents are secure at all times, no matter where;     File sharing with Microsoft SharePoint which allows content management and online collaboration utilizing shared scheduling, IM video conferencing, working on shared documents without duplication issues.     Domain name sales and management included in the solution.     Your logo in view for your customers.

“Hosted365 is managed by a reseller control panel and partners are able to brand the product with their own identity. This allows you to retain ownership of your existing customers and engage new ones. With Hosted365 new and existing customers recognize you as their service provider”, says Joost Pisters, Head of Product Development, LuxCloud.

Hosted365’s future roadmap includes apps for messaging and collaboration, MXSweep, Microsoft Lync for voice and video conferencing and goMobi.

If you would like more information on Hosted365 and LuxCloud please go to http://www.hosted365.com and http://www.luxcloud.com.

About LuxCloud
LuxCloud offers customizable own branded solutions enabling resellers, system integrators and service providers to sell online any and all of the services and applications available on the platform. The range of applications is constantly evolving reflecting the needs of the market and includes Web and Application Hosting, Messaging & Collaboration, Business Processes and Infrastructure packages. Part of DCL Group, LuxCloud was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Luxembourg. LuxCloud enables a smooth transition of business to the cloud.

For more information, please contact:

LuxCloud
Isabelle Vekemans
Marketing & Communication Manager
Phone: +352 27 220 313
E-mail: press(at)luxcloud(dot)com

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ConceptShare Partners with OpenText to Deliver Online Creative Review Integrated with Digital Asset Management

Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) May 02, 2012

Online creative review collaboration and workflow is now easier due to a partnership between ConceptShare and OpenText™. ConceptShare makes it easier to share, communicate, and collaborate, allowing users to annotate and markup creative work from documents and images to time-based video and web pages.

OpenText Media Management allows an entire organization to produce, use, and publish digital media and automate the associated processes. An important aspect of these processes is the review and approval of creative materials. The partnership will allow distributed creative and marketing teams to initiate reviews, view and annotate creative assets in OpenText Media Management, and track stakeholder feedback, change requests and approval status.

“Regardless of the industry, teams of people developing content need a fast, easy, powerful and flexible way to collaborate around media assets,” said Vinit, Doshi, Vice President, Customer Experience Management Solutions at Open Text. “By partnering with ConceptShare, a creative review technology leader, OpenText Media Management users gain sophisticated functionality within a familiar platform. We’re allowing multiple users to interact remotely, drive to approval on creative materials and gain additional productivity from our leading digital asset management platform.”

“ConceptShare was designed and developed for creative teams and organizations that need to share, communicate, and collaborate on creative work. Our creative review capabilities allows teams to capture clear and actionable feedback on media assets, accelerate the review process and realize significant productivity and time-to-market benefits,” said Nish Patel, CEO, ConceptShare. “Our partnership with OpenText delivers a solution that meets the creative review needs of their customers regardless of size, industry or workflow. This partnership will significantly expand the reach of ConceptShare’s market leading creative review technology.”

The ConceptShare integration with OpenText Media Management will provide annotation and markup capability for documents, images, audio, web pages, interactive assets and video. Secure, controlled access is provided for internal/external users or agencies to collaborate during the creative review and approval process. All actions from feedback, to change requests, to approvals are saved; including reviewer actions, date and time of all annotations and comments that are created, modified or deleted. All annotations, change requests and approvals gathered after a review cycle is completed are stored as metadata and can be used for auditing, metrics, and reporting purposes. Tools include commenting, drawing, cropping, highlighting, inserting clipart, zoom and pan, frame accurate video markup, side-by-side comparison view and security controls.

About ConceptShare

ConceptShare delivers a powerful creative review platform that empowers organizations to share, communicate and collaborate on creative work. ConceptShare is designed and developed for the unique needs of creative teams and organizations to allow them to work smarter, faster and achieve significant productivity benefits. ConceptShare can be deployed as a stand-alone solution or integrated with and adapted to existing enterprise workflows and systems. For more information, visit http://www.conceptshare.com.

For further information: Nish Patel, ConceptShare, (T) 212-933-9884 ext. 109, (M) 613-617-5778 nish.patel(at)conceptshare(dot)com, @conceptshare

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During Grammy Week BlackTreeTV was there to catchTimothy Bloom feat. V. Bozeman “Til The End of Time” Live These days it is so rare for an artist to hit the scene with an incredible first single and stunning video immediately. While he didn’t just completely drop down from outer space, newcomer Timothy Bloom has been way under the radar. No longer will that be the case. Setting the internet ablaze earlier this week with the release of his debut video and single “Til’ The End Of Time,” an emotional, sensual duet with another talented unknown singer named V. Bozeman. This singer/songwriter/musician is now poised to show and prove that he is the newest soul artist to watch this year. Bloom is set to release an EP titled “The Budding Rose” on March 8, to further introduce his artistry to the world. As he leads in to the release of his debut album, In Full Bloom, which is currently due out later this year via Zone 4/Mosley Music Group / Interscope Records. Bloom collaborated with both Polow Da Don and Timbaland, marking only the second time the two have collaborated together. Their first collaboration being the super talented and beautiful Keri Hilson. Born in El Paso, Texas and mostly raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Bloom spent his childhood as a self-proclaimed gypsy; moving from place to place absorbing different cultures and different sounds. Now preparing his debut album, Bloom feels it necessary to incorporate all of his experiences into his music. “I don’t want …
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For Windows / Mac / Linux, which do you prefer? Is there a full low-cost solution?

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Well I’m a Skype fan. Spyware free, simple to use.

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