Monday, March 5, 2012

Key Lime Macadamia Nut Salmon

Cook's notes:

* Any type of mustard may be used.

* If key limes aren't available, regular limes may be substituted.

1. Preheat oven on broiler setting. Combine mustard, lime juice,honey, garlic and vinegar in small bowl. …

S&P rates KEXIM benchmark global USD bonds at A.

(ADPnews) - Oct 13, 2010 - S&P today attached its A rating to the proposed benchmark global US dollar senior unsecured bonds to be issued by Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) within its existing shelf.

The rating will be completed upon review of final terms of the transaction.

The bank is rated into the same level as its sole owner, the Korean government, which will almost certainly lend a helping hand if the bank faces financial pains, S&P noted. This very high level of certainty regarding the parental backing for KEXIM is based on its "critical role as a legally mandated credit agency, and its integral link with the Korean government," the service added. …

FUNNY CIDE HAS FAMILIAR COMPANY.(SPORTS)

Byline: Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS -- Funny Cide is ready for another race, and this time the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner will be facing familiar foes in Sunday's $500,000 New Orleans Handicap.

A field of eight was entered Friday for the 1 1/8 -mile race at the Fair Grounds, including morning-line 5-2 favorite Ten Most Wanted and Peace Rules.

Funny Cide, who defeated both colts in the Kentucky Derby, was the 4-1 third choice, with Seattle Fitz the second choice at 7-2.

Peace Rules has beaten Funny Cide twice in four races, including wins in the Louisiana Derby and the Haskell Invitational. Peace Rules, a 9-2 choice on Sunday, was …

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Celebrate yourself this year!

All the best people are born in July[bar] you may take exception to that, but you would be very unpatriotic to dispute it. I hope you gave your 67 minutes of community service in honour of Madiba's birthday on July 18.

Actually, it seems a lot of people are born in July or August. I suppose if you count back nine months that makes them spring babies, at least in the southern hemisphere. The other top months are September and October, or so the indefatigable internet tells me. Junior's junior school teacher said the same. You could tell by the party invitations.

Apparently the most popular day for birthdays in the US is October 5. Count back and that makes excellent sense - it all happened on New Year's Eve.

Strange how so many families have lots and lots of birthdays in a single month, then only a few lone dates in the rest of the year. It must be nice to be one of those, provided, of course, that the family remember, instead of sharing your month (and even your day) with everyone else - in my case, with my daughter, my mother, my aunt[bar]

Oh well, at least our birthdays fall in the middle. I always feel sorry for those who have birthdays in December, when everyone is celebrating. I hope they do get two presents, or at least a special hug.

After all, birthdays are special. You need one day in the year to celebrate yourself.

Advertising Heavyweights Tapped for Tap.Me Advisory Board.

In-Game Advertising Startup Brings in Industry Pioneers to Help Push Mobile Advertising to New Heights

CHICAGO -- Tap.Me, creators of the gaming industry's revolutionary game-first advertising platform, today announced the founding of an advisory committee led by five top advertising executives with world-class agency and in-house experience. The Advertising Advisory Board represents a powerhouse dream team that will provide counsel to Tap.Me.

The Advertising Advisory Board brings a wealth of forward thinkers to the table with deep marketing and gaming experience. This power-packed bunch bring years of advertising know-how, intimate familiarity with current and budding trends, and strong connections with key brands and potential partners.

The advertising gurus joining the ranks of Tap.Me's Advertising Advisory Board include:

* Brandon Berger, Chief Digital Officer, Worldwide at Ogilvy & Mather

Brandon Berger is the worldwide head of Digital for Ogilvy & Mather. Berger is one of the pioneers in the intersection of brands and video games having founded the Digital Innovation Group at Ogilvy, which leads all gaming efforts for the agency. Formerly at MDC Partners, where as VP of Digital Innovation, he was responsible for all digital investments, acquisitions and partnerships for the network, growing the digital capabilities of the holding to where they are today. Berger is also co-founder of wireless technology company, Qwikker (formerly WideRay Corp), and is a board member and advisor to many of the top adtech companies in the space.

* Tim Harris, Co-Founder, SVP and Managing Director, Denuo; and Founder, CEO, Seven Lights

Harris is the guiding force of Denuo, Publicis Groupe's creative innovations arm. He was also co-founder of Play, the industry's first and most recognized agency unit dedicated to leveraging game mechanics for marketing and games themselves as a consumer contact channel. Harris serviced clients such as GM, P&G, LEGO, Miller and Allstate, eventually integrating the Play offering into a seamless part of Denuo's broader creative expertise. Harris is also Founder and CEO of Seven Lights, a company that specializes in the creation of customizable online entertainment. In bringing games like The Continuum to market, Harris has filled the roles of game designer, community manager, marketing/promotions director and producer, and continues to innovate in multiple areas of game development. He was named as one of the iMedia25 Class of 2010, recognizing the key influencers in interactive marketing.

* Dave Knox, Chief Marketing Officer for Rockfish Interactive

A seven-year veteran of Procter & Gamble, Knox was instrumental in the digital turnaround that led to P&G being named to AdAge's Digital A-List. As Brand Manager for Global Branded Entertainment, Knox led the strategy for new business models in venture investment, digital media and original content. Knox's knowledge of the space and influential voice has landed him in the iMedia 25 Class of 2010, created by AdAge, as "1 of 25 Media People You Should Follow on Twitter" and Media Industry News as a "2010 Social Media Superstar."

* Saneel Radia, North American Head, BBH Labs

In addition to his current title at BBH Labs, a cutting edge research and development arm of BBH, Radia is Director of Innovation at BBH NY. He is an atypical hybrid talent, spanning both a Creative Director and Media Director positions, servicing a wide client base form Google, Kellogg, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo and Miller. While previously at Publicis, Radia co-founded Play, the industry's first and most recognized agency unit dedicated to leveraging game mechanics for marketing and games themselves as a consumer contact channel. He's also been recognized as an Internationalist "Agency Innovator" (2009), an Advertising Age "Twentysomething" (2005) and as MediaWeek's "Media All-Star."

* Tom Weigman, Partner, The NextGen Marketing Group

Weigman's background as both an operating executive and consultant is in helping businesses integrate effective marketing solutions into their established operations. At NextGen he is currently developing strategic marketing plans for clients in the wireless, internet and new media arenas. Weigman has a strong operating background, as former CMO and President of Sprint's consumer business, as EVP of Wireless Services for Aircell, and driving key marketing initiatives at Mars and Procter & Gamble. As a consultant, he has provided strategic services to the likes of Quaker Oats, Duracell, Kraft, Japan Telecom, Ralston Purina and many others. He has also been a member of the Boards of Directors of Sprint PCS, MDC Partners, Upoc Networks, and On2 Technologies.

"We're thrilled with the Dream Team assembled for the Advertising Advisory Board," said Joshua Hernandez, CEO of Tap.Me. "Our ability to attract key industry leaders is a vote of confidence from the advertising world. The Advertising Advisory Board recognizes that Tap.Me has a unique platform for in-game advertising that is non-disruptive and actually enhances the game play experience for the player. Our goal from the beginning was to build a truly scalable platform that not only provides a great experience for gamers and advertisers, but makes buying into in-game advertising simple and effective. Our all-star Advisory Board has played a key role in making sure that we have a product that they want to buy because of its flexibility across mobile, social and local marketing efforts. "

"Gaming offers a huge opportunity for brands, yet most ad platforms are limited to in-game signage with no targeting," said Saneel Radia, Director of Innovation at BBH Labs. "Tap.Me's ability to target actions in games offers a more authentic and effective approach that capitalizes on the very reason advertisers want to be in games: a highly engaged, happy audience."

The key to Tap.Me's success is streamlining the process to offer real rewards to coincide with innovative and captivating gameplay. Having launched its platform during GDC 2011, the Tap.Me team has been tapping into their developer network for feedback on creating a gameplay-first mobile in-game advertising platform. Tap.Me's platform allows brands to reach a critical mass of mobile gamers in an unobtrusive, fluid and engaging way for users of all levels. Developers meta-tag in-game content which advertisers can sponsor and apply their brand attributes in a way that makes sense in the context of the game, putting gameplay and content first - where it belongs. The benefit for the player is an extended gameplay experience with in-game and real-world rewards -- something that goes well beyond traditional ad impressions and banners.

For more information, please visit Tap.Me's homepage at http://tap.me/wp/.

About Tap.Me

Based in Chicago, IL, Tap.Me is a new startup focused on reinventing the in-game advertising space with the introduction of the industry's first in-game advertising platform. Founded in 2009, Tap.Me is channeling the founding team's game development roots and experience in advertising and game design to build and offer a set of products that will disrupt how advertising has traditionally been applied both in video games and in mobile game apps. For more information, interested parties may visit http://tap.me.

TransAKT Ltd. Announces Relocation of Corporate Headquarters to Nevada.

Calgary, Alberta--(June 16, 2011) - TransAKT Ltd. (OTCQB: TAKD) ("TransAKT") announces that TransAKT has relocated its corporate headquarters to

Las Vegas, Nevada, from Calgary, Alberta. Accordingly, TransAKT will relocate a

variety of other global business functions to Las Vegas including finance,

accounting, sales, marketing, corporate communications and customer care. "We

are excited to announce that we have leased office space in Las Vegas, and will

be setting up a showroom as we prepare to introduce new and innovative products

in the United States." says James Wu, chairman of TransAKT, "Relocating to Las

Vegas will help dramatically reduce our operating costs as we execute our

strategic initiatives."

About TransAKT

TransAKT Ltd. (OTCQB: TAKD) is a global Voice over Internet

Protocol ("VoIP") hardware and network provider for commercial and residential

users. The Company's global corporate management team is based in Calgary and

Taipei. Taiwan Halee International Co. Ltd. ("HTT") is a wholly owned subsidiary

of TransAKT Ltd.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements

and these forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties

that could cause actual results to differ, including but not limited to, our

limited operating history and history of losses, and our inability to compete

effectively in the marketplace, and such other risks as identified in documents

filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking

statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of

the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking

statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this

press release.

Contact Information:

James Wu, President

(403) 290-1744 Christian Nielsen (403) 290-1744

Ernst & Young Taps BrokersWeb Founder & CEO Matias de Tezanos as Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Florida Award Finalist.

BrokersWeb Inc., a provider of pay-per-click advertising for insurance and financial services, has announced that Founder and CEO Matias de Tezanos is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Florida Award finalist in the Emerging category.

According to Ernst & Young, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. BrokersWeb noted that De Tezanos was selected as a finalist from nearly 100 nominations by a panel of independent judges.

Matias de Tezanos, honored by the Economic World Forum in 2009 as a Young Global Leader, has been a successful Internet entrepreneur since 2000 when he founded Hoteles.com. The site became one of the top hotel reservations sites in Spanish and was acquired by Expedia in 2002. By 2003, de Tezanos had co-founded ClickDiario.com, an online advertising network targeting Spanish speaking Internet users worldwide. Two years later, the company was ranked as the leading Spanish language ad network by Comscore, reaching 6 of 10 Internet users, and by 2006, it was acquired and renamed .FOX. De Tezanos' next venture, HealthCare.com, was a Florida-based Internet search company focused on serving millions of healthcare-related searches every month. The company evolved to become BrokersWeb.com in 2008.

"It is an honor to be part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year finalists," shared de Tezanos. "All finalists are tremendous businessmen and women to whom I have looked up over the years, and it is a personal milestone to see my name amongst such successful and accomplished entrepreneurs."

In a release on May 18, the Company reported details of the Ernst & Young Award:

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities and more than 50 countries throughout the world. This year's Florida award recipients will be announced at a special gala event on June 16 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.

Regional award recipients are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Award. Award recipients in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year overall National Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. 12. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, a gathering of high-growth companies, which will be held Nov. 9 - 13.

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards will have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as a national sponsor. Florida platinum sponsors include Carlton Fields, Fifth Third Bank and Tribridge; silver sponsor RFB Communications Group and media sponsor Smart Business Network.

BrokersWeb is a vertically targeted, pay-per-click (PPC) traffic source for over 150 top-rated insurance advertisers.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year is a business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential, and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement.

Ernst & Young is a global company focusing on assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.

More Information:

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www.brokersweb.com

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