(SkyNewswire.com)--- Ottawa, Canada -- Nigeria has become the first country in the world to play the Buzz and Bite malaria prevention campaign on television.

The Buzz and Bite Campaign is the creation of Canadian animation producer and director Firdaus Kharas, working with a team of skilled professionals. The series was launched in Ottawa and at the United Nations by Mr. Kharas in advance of the first World Malaria Day, April 25, 2008.

Mr. Kharas said: "I am very pleased that Nigeria has led the way. Nigeria is Africa's most populous country with 97% of the population considered at endemic risk for malaria. The transmission of malaria occurs in the entire country. Thirty-seven species of Anopheles mosquitoes have been identified in the country. Over 250,000 Nigerian children die of malaria each year. The Buzz and Bite Campaign complements the many efforts in Nigeria underway to control and prevent malaria infection."

The Buzz and Bite malaria prevention campaign consists of 30 animated Public Service Announcements (PSAs) or spots that provide to the viewer a variety of information about the transmission and prevention of malaria. In addition to the 30 spots created for malaria prevalent countries, two spots have been created to encourage non-malaria prevalent countries to buy long-lasting insecticide-treated bed-nets for malaria at-risk populations.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Palisades, NY -- If Senator John McCain is the next President of the United States, the key members of the incoming administration will be given copies of the soon to be released book, "Homeland Insecurity," by former FBI official Terry D. Turchie and founding member of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Program, clinical psychologist, Dr. Kathleen Puckett.

"'Homeland Insecurity' is a shocking eye-opener. It is a book that could only be written by skilled, FBI trained, investigators," said Publisher Don Bracken of History Publishing Company. "When Senator McCain called for American citizens to stand up and fight, we, at History Publishing Company, are responding and are taking our battle position on the Washington Beltway. We will make copies of this shocking book available to every key member of the McCain Administration. If cleaning house in Washington is a primary objective of the McCain Administration, 'Homeland Insecurity' will help immeasurably in that regard. It is a virtual tour-guide of Washington corruption and power addiction."

(SkyNewswire.com)---The THRASS synthetic phonics programme is being used with resounding success in thousands of schools across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and the USA to teach children of all ages to read and spell. Wherever it is used, it surpasses all expectations, and Western Primary School in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, where THRASS is now being introduced to the whole school, is the latest example of this success.

Western Primary School first introduced THRASS (Teaching Handwriting Reading And Spelling Skills) as a programme to help children with special education needs (SEN) but its success has been so remarkable and the children have enjoyed it so much, that the head teacher, Cheryl Smith, has now decided to extend the THRASS programme to the whole school, including the very youngest children, with the roll-out starting from the new school year in September 2008.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Houston, Texas -- GeoEye-1 satellite launched successfully from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. With the GeoEye-1 successful launch, GeoEye will be ready to start full commercial operations for GeoEye-1 imaging products a few months after launch. Immediately after launch there will be a 45- to 60-day engineering and calibration period.


For GeoEye-1 Satellite Sensor specifications Click Here.

Satellite Imaging Corporation customers interested in GeoEye-1 imaging products can order basic georeferenced, orthorectified image data for standard products or stereo imagery for the production of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to support 3D terrain models for various applications including flight simulation, 3D terrain analysis and GIS projects.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Mae's clothing designs feature dreamlike updated retro cuts that gently and quickly transport you away to another time. A wool jacket with puffy long sleeves might remind you of another life you once lived as a journalist in a far away land—you remember hailing a taxi in that jacket—it was a chilly day. A silk crepe dress with ruffled sleeves and neckline escorts you to the time you were picnicking with your love under a lacy parasol while geese floated by and the nearby white wine bubbled.

And that is exactly what each piece by Mae does. It evokes an immediate poetic response and transports you to an alternate scene where a complete set of sensory delights can unfold. In these little time machines can be found rich imagination, simple grace, and quiet power. Appropriate for office, evening, and events.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Macon, GA -- Applied Mesh Technologies, the leading hardware provider for wireless communications, today announced that it would be unveiling the new appMESH® wireless mesh communications system and hardware at the upcoming Autovation show being held in Atlanta in September. Applied Mesh currently offers the DCX (Direct Connect eXternal) product which serves as a communications backhaul and gateway device for automation of any distribution end device. When combined, the DCX and appMESH network will provide a totally flexible and low cost solution for distribution automation.

"Our appMESH equipped devices offer seamless operation of standard TCP/IP protocols over an 802.15.4 network using true IPV6 addressing, an industry first", said Charles Melvin, Vice President of Engineering, Applied Mesh."With the appMESH DCX as a gateway, our customers can directly communicate with associated appMESH devices and owing to high RF output power and incorporation of advanced cognitive self-structuring antennas, our appMESH designs offer unparalleled RF performance in the most difficult RF environments."

(SkyNewswire.com)---In Luke 11:9 Jesus tells us, "Ask and you will receive."

I don't know about you, but I have had times when I've asked and have not received. Since God's promise is pretty clear, and nothing is impossible for Him, then the problem may not be with the giving, it may just be with the asking.

James 4:1-3 tells us that the reason we don't have is because we don't ask. That sounds pretty simple, and it agrees with what Jesus taught in Luke 11: "Ask and you will receive."

But then James goes on to say, "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures" (James 4:3). James seems to go from giving us a blank check to placing a major condition on our prayers. In order to understand what he's telling us, we need to look at the context of what he is saying.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Earth is currently in the midst of a massive change cycle that will affect every form of life on the planet by the end of 2012. This period, which is also known as the ending of a 25,920-year cosmic cycle (or Cosmic Year in astrology), is a time when polarities merge, dimensions shift, humans evolve in remarkable ways, and earth rearranges boundaries once thought to be solid. It is a time of great karmic opportunity and unprecedented growth for everyone.

Across the globe, deep wounds in the collective psyche of mankind are surfacing to be healed. Societies hunger not for war or peace, but for Truth to cut through the illusions of polarity and to bring about healing at the deepest levels of being.

The clarion call is sounding, calling us to action. If we wish to have a future on this planet, the time to heal our world is now.

How do we do that?

(SkyNewswire.com)---Members of the Roman Catholic Church do not know the truth about Christ's way of saving man from the day of God's wrath. They thought that by merely calling the name of Christ and do the things they thought are good will lead them to salvation. They are taught by the Catholic Authorities that through their so-called Holy Mass, souls from purgatory will be sent to heaven.

However, we should consider asking the Holy Bible. Is it enough for all Catholics to call the name of Christ for them to be saved? Christ taught that calling His name is not a guarantee for them be saved:

21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21, NIV)

What should they do? Christ said, one should do the will of God:

(SkyNewswire.com)---Professing Christians thought that Christ died for the sins of all men on earth. They're even thinking that by just calling the name of Christ, repenting for their sins and accepting Christ as their personal savior is enough, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will attain the salvation promised by God.

However, is it true according to the Bible that Christ gave His life for all the people on earth? In Ephesians 5:25, Apostle clearly stated that Christ gave His life for the Church.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, (Ephesians 5:25, NKJV)

Christ's offered His life not for all men on earth but only for His Church. Why? Why did Christ gave His life for His Church? This is to purchase His Church with His own blood.

(SkyNewswire.com)---After the gruesome execution style slayings of five young Amish girls the Amish community responded with something that only those who are spiritually numb could fail to see. Why is this so important?

In early October 2006 Charles Carl Roberts a 32 year old truck driver brutally shot down five young Amish Girls in the town of Nickel Mines Pennsylvania. Following this slaughter of innocent children the news media made fair coverage but the tragedy was quickly overshadowed by the news about e-mails sent to a congressional page by Florida congressman Mark Foley. Now the debate rages about the resignation of House Speaker Dennis Hastert who allegedly had full knowledge of Foley’s behavior.

Commenting on the indiscretions of congressmen Foley one commentator said “the real issue is keeping our children safe.” Some have equated just sending our children to a public school could be the equivalent of criminal negligence. Safe? If police presence, metal detectors and drug sniffing dogs can’t do that, then what will? God forbid we hold Hollywood and the media culpable. A sex and violence drenched media, a cesspool like ocean of internet porn, a money hungry pop culture full of sexually fired music and images, just couldn’t be what makes our schools unsafe. Naw!

(SkyNewswire.com)---Choosing a place to serve as a retirement home is always a major decision for anyone. The right decision can lead to years of contentment, and a wrong one can be costly. In order to make the right decision, one needs to gather information about the various options before settling on one.

Here are some of the criteria you should consider when considering a retirement location:

Job Outlook - Since many people work at least part time after retirement, availability of jobs is required in the desired place.

Recreation - Shopping and sport events, access to outdoor recreation, from skiing and biking to walking and hiking.

Cost Of Living - It should be affordable; preferably less than the cost of living in the U.S.

(SkyNewswire.com)---A common dream for golfers is to be able to manage their own golf course. Imagine having the freedom of being surrounded by your favorite sport 365 days a year and also being in complete charge of an entire golf course. Sounds like an impossible dream doesn't it? With the proper schooling and training you can make this dream your reality. Having knowledge about golf course management is a must.

Owning a golf course isn't something that you should jump into without first considering all of the possible angles and difficulties that you may face along the way. Managing a golf course is quite a bit different than managing a convenience store. There are many things that you will need to become familiar with before going ahead with your decision. It is not solely a nice looking course with vibrant greens that makes a golf course successful. Everything from choosing the proper employees, to the layout of the golf course must be considered in excruciating detail.

(SkyNewswire.com)---The truth is that all sports are not equal when it comes to betting.Some of them like soccer for example may have greater appeal to the punters worldwide but that doesnt make them the best markets for wagering.

One of the most interesting and profitable markets i have ever found is without a doubt tennis. One of its main advantages is that the very nature of the sport makes the bookies struggle to come up with the correct odds so many opportunities and value bets arise.There are many aspects that a punter must take into consideration such as surface,tournaments,fittness,mental toughness,ranking of a player but once he master these he will see value bets litterally everywhere.

First of all tennis season is ten months long with many tournaments to choose from.The more important the tournament, the more money it pays, and the more accomplished and high ranked players will enter.Its not uncommon of high ranked players using low level tournaments as a practice for the big one coming up and many times they lose to an inferior opponent who treats these tournaments as gold cause he has no chance on making it far in the big ones.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Georgia Bulldogs football tickets are as cherished as any sports-related items in the state. The Bulldogs truly are the state’s preferred team, as their tradition dates back longer than their in-state sports cohorts - the Falcons, Braves, Hawks and obviously the Thrashers. Athens isn’t far outside of Atlanta, and it seems that the whole state shows up for every Georgia game. Given all this support and fervor, you’d think Georgia would have a dominant football team.

However, here’s the deal - they don’t - they have a very, very good football team, but not a dominant football team. They’ve never had a run of supremacy that the likes of USC, Nebraska, Miami and Notre Dame have all had over time. They are always highly-ranked, and it seems that they’re always in contention for the SEC title, but they haven’t played for or been in serious contention with the voters for a national championship in some time. Below we’ll look at what separates Georgia from national dominance.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Punto Banco is a variation of the European Baccarat, played primarily in North America, Canada and Australia. It is also (along with Sic Bo, Pai Gow and Keno) one of the Big Four Chinese gambling games and, as such, can be found in the separate Asian areas of casinos worldwide.

The big difference between Punto Banco and Baccarat is that there is no opportunity for the player to act as banker. But as explained in this article, that makes little difference to the clued-up gambler.

The aim of the game is to predict whose hand, the Banker's (Banco) or the Player's (Punto), will be closer to the value of nine. You can also bet on the possibility of a tie.

The point values of the cards are very simple to follow. All 10’s and picture cards have a value of zero, and all other cards (Ace through 9) are worth their face value (Aces are always worth 1). When the total of two or more cards is greater than 10, the point total is reduced by 10. For example if a hand is dealt an 7 and a 5, resulting in a total of 12, 10 is subtracted, leaving a point total of 2 for that hand.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Why care about the Page rank?

As mentioned in previous articles, Page Rank is one of the familiar variables in determining appearance in SE results. Although today the importance of page rank has been descended, and sometimes we see pages of PR 3 or 4 getting to first places in Google, Page Rank is one of the variables SEO's often deal with because this is the variable we know a lot about and can approach sensibly. The second good reason to learn about PR is using it to emphasize important pages of your website, like the Homepage ( you know how annoying it is when SE presents some negligible page of your website higher than the Homepage)

What is PR?

PR ranges from 1-10 and indicates the number and quality of page incoming links.

Page Rank is calculated as follows:

(SkyNewswire.com)---The key to a successful Website is content. Content alone will drive visitors to your site, and compel your prospects or customers to form a valuable opinion about your company. With over 7 million Websites being added every month, how will your site stand out? The way to get your Web site noticed by search engines and then to get those prospects to stay and keep coming back comes from the content on your Website alone. There are no two ways around this fact.

Enterprise Website owners have entire teams in place that can manually update and refresh content on a regular basis; small Website owners simply don't. In a world where information changes rapidly, Websites need to be constantly updated and monitored. This is extremely crucial as users - and even search engines such as Google - pass over stale Websites. Manual configuration and updating of Websites takes time and can be messy too, involving integration with multiple systems like campaign management or CRM. With a skimpy IT staff and shrinking budgets, most small Website owners find it challenging to ensure that their sites reflect their dynamic business needs.

(SkyNewswire.com)---Back in October 2004 I launched a series of articles outlining the ten crucial steps to a well optimized website. The steps were:

1.Keyword Selection
2.Content Creation
3.Site Structure
4.Optimization
5.Internal Linking
6.Human Testing
7.Submissions
8.Link Building
9.Monitoring
10.The Extras (all those things that didn’t fit in the first 9 steps)

Well in case you’ve been asleep for the last few years on in case you’ve just recently joined us in the SEO-realm, I – along with some of my good friends in the web marketing world – have decided to re-write the series with new information and new perspectives.

The New Series

(SkyNewswire.com)---Server logs come in raw data that most hosting companies will provide you with the information in reading form. These programs will allow you to analyze who is sending you traffic, and how many hits and visitors you have had.

The word ‘hits’ has been used all to much as a catch phrase for traffic hitting a web site. It is handy to group all traffic to a site as a hit, but in reality the traffic should be divided into two groups, hits and visitors.

A visitor can be described as a click from one place on the net to your site. In your server logs a visitor will be credited with visiting your site despite the pages that visitor may have looked at while at your site. For example, if that person entered a shoe store and looked at one pair of shoes, they would be counted as one visitor despite the number of shoes they tried on.

A hit on the other hand is a click on any page of the site and represents a multiple of the visitors. So when you take a look at your server logs, a hit represents how many times visitors hit site pages. A hit in a shoe store would be every pair of shoes that person tried on would be a hit.