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Business, Education, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Software

QuestBase: Create Assessments and Quizzes in Minutes

July 2, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

SmartLite Software announces the release of the new QuestBase, a free and user-friendly on-line service for creating and developing web-based and printed assessments, questionnaires, tests and quizzes. QuestBase is an ideal tool for educational tests, training exams, distance learning, certifications and interactive quizzes.

Milan, Italy, SmartLite Software announces the release of the new QuestBase, a free and user-friendly on-line service for creating and developing web-based and printed assessments, surveys, questionnaires, tests and exams. Whether your needs are for education, business or entertainment, QuestBase is a real time saver when it comes to creating quick questionnaires or quizzes that are smart, sharply focused and effective.

Business managers and entrepreneurs can use QuestBase to create customer feedback surveys, market research surveys, and interactive questionnaires for engaging customers and raising brand awareness. The award-winning software has also been well received by the educational community as it can help teachers save time and assess students in a quick and easy way.

“When we were developing QuestBase, we tried most of its competitors to insure our program was better and easier to use,” said Paolo Mugnaini, SmartLite CEO, who founded the company in Milan, in 1997. “I realized that our software could be more accessible, more affordable and more user-friendly than what our competitors were offering.”

QuestBase is customizable to the needs of every teacher, educator, trainer or manager. The product supports several question types and options, and it can create highly interactive and self-evaluating assessments. Authors can add questions, pictures, equations, scores and feedbacks. Custom certificates can be automatically awarded when exams are passed, and QuestBase can also offer the ability to deliver secure exams, using QuestBase Secure Browser.

Simplicity of use is QuestBase’s main feature. Thanks to a streamlined interface designed to make the program immediate and intuitive, authors do not have to learn a lot of functions. They can easily create assessments in a few minutes even with no HTML knowledge, thus increasing the productivity and decreasing the learning curve.

Always Available, in the Cloud

There’s nothing to install, setup or configure: you simply use QuestBase and enjoy the benefits. QuestBase is offered as Software-as-a-Service (SAAS), in the cloud, and it is always available at http://www.questbase.com.

System Requirements

QuestBase is fully compatible with most browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari), operating systems (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) and devices (iPad, Android tablets). For larger organizations, a licensed version is also available, requiring Windows Server 2008 or higher.

Price

QuestBase is available for free at http://www.questbase.com. Organizations and schools can also get Premium versions with additional features and personal support: prices start from US$ 49.95 and can be purchased directly on-line or by calling 1-866-933-4313 (US only). Multiple and Site licenses are available as well as special discounts to educational institutions.

More Information

For more information, please contact Paolo Mugnaini at paolo.m@smartlite.it. A press kit with screenshots is available at http://download.questbase.com/company/press/20130702.zip

Contact:
Paolo Mugnaini
SmartLite Software
Via Cellini, 25
21052 Busto Arsizio VA – Italy
Phone +39 0331 624845
Fax +39 0331 670496
http://www.questbase.com
info@smartlite.it

Consumer Services, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Society, Travel

Bruce Springsteen encabezará el Hard Rock Calling 2013

July 1, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

El Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, en pleno corazón del parque olímpico de Stratford (Londres), albergará su primer gran evento desde los Juegos del año pasado. Hard Rock Calling, uno de los festivales más importantes de Londres, regresa este año con un cartel realmente atractivo.

De este modo, el festival se traslada al este de Londres tras siete años celebrándose en Hyde Park. Para celebrar la ocasión, la edición de este año contará con un gran elenco de leyendas del rock durante el fin de semana del 29 y 30 de junio.

La sola presencia de Bruce Springsteen y la E Street Band en el cartel de este año debería ser suficiente para que los fans del rock pongan a punto sus guitarras imaginarias, pero este año el Hard Rock Calling subirá el volumen unos decibelios con un cartel que también incluye a Paul Weller, Kasabian, Alabama Shakes y The Black Crowes. No es de extrañar que este festival atraiga a más de 150.000 melómanos a la capital cada año.

El Hard Rock Calling se situará en el recinto ocupado el verano pasado por la pista de hockey. De este modo se trata de reconvertir el legado post-olímpico del Queen Elizabeth Park en un flamante nuevo espacio para eventos de este tipo en la capital.

Aquellos que planeen una visita al este de Londres no tendrán problema en encontrar alojamiento en esta rejuvenecida parte de la ciudad. Además, el portal de reservas de hoteles y eventos en Londres más importante de Internet, LondonTown.com, ofrece en su página una gran selección de hoteles en Londres a precios reducidos durante el fin de semana del festival.

The RE London Shoreditch hotel está situado a 3 kilómetros del parque olímpico y ofrece además excelentes conexiones con el centro de la capital. Reservando a través de LondonTown.com se obtiene hasta un 68% de descuento en habitaciones con dos camas individuales, con precios desde las 74 libras.

Por su parte, el Holiday Inn Express Stratford, sito a sólo 11 minutos del Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, ofrece ofertas muy similares: hasta un 63% de descuento disponible a través de LondonTown.com, con precios desde las 91 libras.

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Consumer Services, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Society, Travel

Michael Bublé ofrecerá diez actuaciones en el O2 Arena

July 1, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

El canta-autor canadiense Michael Bublé volverá al Reino Unido a finales de junio para instalarse en el O2 Arena de Londres durante 10 días. Estas actuaciones, desde el domingo 30 de junio hasta el sábado 13 de julio, será la vez que ningún cantante masculino actúe tanto tiempo, solo excedido por Prince.

El cantante galardonado con premios Grammy y número uno en las principales listas, interpretará temas de su último álbum “To Be Loved”, además de los clásicos de su amplio catálogo de álbums; “It’s Time” (2005), “Call Me Irresponsible” (2007), “Crazy Love” (2009) y “Christmas” (2011). Bublé ha vendido más de 30 millones de discos en todo el mundo y esta es la oportunidad perfecta de presenciar al melódico cantante en vivo con temas como “Haven’t Met You Yet”, “Some Kind of Wonderful” y “Me and Mrs Jones”.

En lo referente al auditorio para tal estrella, el O2 Arena de Londres es realmente la opción número uno. Como pieza central del reformado Millennium Dome, el O2 es el primer auditorio de música de Londres construido para tal efecto, y tiene un aforo de 23.000. Durante estas fechas Bublé hará historia al intentar igualar previas actuaciones continuas de las leyendas de la música. Prince alcanzó el récord de 21 noches en el 2007, el fallecido Michael Jackson iba a hacer un maratón de 50 días en el 2009 pero no pudo llevarlo a cabo, y Roger Waters actuó seis noches como parte de su gira “The Wall Live” del 2011.

Encontrar un Londres hoteles para alojarse después del concierto no supondrá ningún problema con las ofertas que LondonTown.com tiene junto al O2. Ahora se puede reservar una doble con un fabuloso descuento del 64% en el Radisson Blu Edwardian New Providence Wharf desde 217 libras la noche. Si se busca algo más módico, el Ibis London Docklands, a unos diez minutos del auditorio, ofrece dobles con dos camas desde tan solo 73 libras la noche (incluye un descuento del 33%).

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Art, Consumer Services, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Society, Travel

Legendary Spanish restaurant elBulli goes on display at London’s Somerset House

July 1, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

For many of us ‘elBulli: Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food’, a new exhibition opening at the Embankment Galleries of London’s Somerset House on Friday 5th July 2013, will be as close to eating at the famous Spanish restaurant, its 50-course tasting menus, and its distinctive brand of molecular gastronomy as we will get – especially since it closed its doors in 2011.

The retrospective at the Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, gives visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Adrià’s unique cuisine. Chefs who worked at the restaurant under Adrià’s leadership included Heston Blumenthal whose restaurant at London restaurant, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, at the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge ranks among the most prestigious London restaurants.

The multimedia exhibition at Somerset House offers an insight into the research behind each dish, revealed through handwritten notes and sketches. Also on display are plasticine models which were made for all the dishes – and the elBulli team invented 1,846 of them – used as a means of quality control for colour, portion size and position on the plate.

The London show is a taster of what is next for elBulli – Adrià intends to reopen in 2015 with a foundation to safeguard the legacy of the restaurant and to create Bullipedia, a central resource documenting culinary history and providing research material for chefs around the world.

In addition to the exhibition, which continues until 29th September 2013, there’s the chance to meet the man himself at ‘An Audience with Ferran Adrià’ on the opening night, Friday 5th July 2013, when he will discuss the afterlife of the restaurant, and his ongoing projects. Tickets, at £25, include a complimentary drink, and free entry to the exhibition (which has a standard entry fee of £10) until 9.30pm.

From 10th July onwards visitors can see two Embankment Galleries shows when they book a joint ticket for £12.50 (£10.50 concessions), £6.25 on Mondays (excluding Bank Holidays) which includes entry into ‘elBulli: Ferran Adrià’ and ‘The Art of Food and Miles Aldridge: I Only Want You To Love Me’, a major retrospective on the London-born photographer who has works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

For more information on all exhibitions and restaurants, new openings and the latest events in London go to LondonTown.com where a wide choice of London hotels to suit all budgets, information on restaurants, bars and cafes as well as all the major attractions is provided.

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About LondonTown.com
Londontown.com is the number one Internet site for London . With over 16 years of experience assisting visitors to the capital, they pride themselves on their customer service and editorial independence – no advertising or paid for content is allowed. The LondonTown.com team assist in finding cheap London hotels, sightseeing tours, ticket information and events. Trusted and with a loyal following, LondonTown.com is a very reliable source of recommendations and advise on what to do in London.http://www.LondonTown.com

Business, Internet & Online, Small Business, Software, Technology

Maps by Zip Codes Through Topo.ly Online Mapping Help Companies Manage Teams

June 21, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

To gain business, entrepreneurs should have a knack of winning potential customers’ attention. They should be able to project the needs of customers and execute a plan to achieve their goals. A reliable tool like Topo.ly online mapping site is an easy-to-use BI tool that can readily help businesses win more customers. It allows its users to create a map based on location-target markets. By doing so, users can help their customers understand how the business will aid them every step to success.

Direct sales and marketing departments would want to make sure that their sales and managers are in the sales forefront in their respective territories. Business heads can tie-up with Topo.ly to create unlimited maps by zip codes. This will give their teams the necessary visuals on what strategies to take, plans to create and ideas to implement.

Online Mapping Solutions for Local and Targeted Marketing Issues

“Topo.ly is the easiest, most affordable and most flexible mapping solution for my web site I could find. Within 30 minutes I had my map up and when I hit a snag, customer service was right there to help. Thanks Topo.ly for making what I thought would be a mega job into something so easy!” That was well-said by Inez Steele from Realty Guild.

To be true to its commitment to make mapping simple, Topo.ly develops features that are user friendly and at the same time drive results better and faster. It makes creation of maps with zip codes possible in less than 5 minutes using one from the long list of territory zip code sets in the US. Direct sales organizations can customize their maps to give way to more in-depth analysis based from the individual performance of their sales agents.

Aside from US Zip Code territories, businesses can also take advantage of creating maps with zip codes like the 3-digit zip codes and PUMA territories.

Add-On Values by Topo.ly Online Mapping

Share Maps

To help the teams focused on one goal, maps by zip codes created through Topo.ly can be shared by team managers to their sales agents. This gives them access to view an exceptional data visualization and can immediately act upon not only to meet the goal but moreso, to exceed expectations for them.

Embed a Map

Company owners have the option to embed a map on their websites. It significantly plays as a guide to all teams on which areas they should focus.

Direct sales companies can maximize their efforts by using Topo.ly online mapping to monitor where they should focus each sales team, to identify opportunities, protect assets and create new and innovative ideas to promote the business.

Contact Details: contact@topo.ly
http://topo.ly

Financial, Internet & Online, Media, Small Business

Financial Architect® “The Fastest Way to Legally Raise Capital – Guaranteed!”

June 14, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

It has just been reported in “The Private Capital Access PCA Index Q2, 2013 report in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., measures the demand for capital and financing activity for privately-held businesses. Privately held businesses continue to find it difficult to raise new financing in the current business environment, according to 59 percent of small business owners who responded in the second quarter survey results. Only 33 percent of those who applied for business loans from a bank were successful. The research also shows that many small business owners are tapping into their personal assets to fill financing gaps with 41% of business owners saying they transferred personal assets to their business over the last three months.

There is a better way: As former Wall Street financiers turned entrepreneurs, the principals at Commonwealth Capital Advisors know what you’re going through or about to go through. They have felt the pain of attempting to capitalize start-up and early stage companies. They know how to succeed, but more importantly, they know about failure and how to avoid it.

To find out how by reading the Abridged Edition of the E-book their CEO wrote entitled: “The Secrets of Wall Street – Raising Capital for Start-Up and Early Stage Companies.”

VISIT: http://www.commonwealthcapital.com/main/21.php?username=4750

If you are serious about raising capital for your start-up or early stage company, this resource was made for you. “The Secrets of Wall Street…” will open your eyes to the truth on how the world of capital works. It’s designed to enable any Entrepreneur to make a qualified decision on how to go about effectively raising capital.

The unsolicited testimonials continue to stream into their website.

It’s their “pay it forward” gift to you to help you to turn your dream into reality.

Charles David Dreher
Executive Vice-President

Contact Details:
Commonwealth Capital Advisors
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Building
30 South Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

www.CommonwealthCapital.com/members/4750

ccawestcoastoperations@CommonwealthCapital.com

Electronics, Internet & Online, Retail, Shopping

Aranez Announces Release of Flip Samsung Galaxy S4 Leather Case

May 23, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

Today Aranez announced the release of the first of its new line of leather cases for the Samsung Galaxy S4 called the Aranez Flip Samsung Galaxy S4 Leather Case. With the many hundreds of cases out their for the Samsung Galaxy S4 on the market, Aranez now provides Samsung Galaxy S4 owners with a premium choice that offers protection, function and luxurious styling.

The biggest features of the Aranez Flip Samsung Galaxy S4 Leather Case is the slim and light weight clam shell design, credit card slot, intricate silver-thread stitching and premium cow leather.

Features of the Aranez Flip Samsung Galaxy S4 Leather Case:
– Made from premium genuine cow leather
– Comes in both black and red leather versions
– Outlined with high quality and strong silver thread stitching
– Features a credit card or ID card slot
– Ultra light and minimalist design
– Access to all charge and audio ports
– Unobstructed camera punch out
– Punch out for the rear speaker
– Luxurious feel
– Genuine Aranez case

“Based on feedback from our Samsung Galaxy S3 leather case customers, we’ve included some enhancements to the Aranez Samsung Galaxy S4 Leather Case that will make it even more functional than it’s predecessors. Even though they may seem like small improvements, for us, they’re big things because it means that customers will love our case even more!” said Arnold Aranez, Founder of Aranez.com.

The Aranez Flip Samsung Galaxy S4 Leather Case will go on sale in the first week of June which aligns with the recent availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone in the United States.

For additional information contact Aranez.com on info@aranez.com.

About Aranez
Aranez designs and manufactures luxurious leather cases for smartphone and tablet devices. Arnold Aranez, renowned international tech gadget blogger, founded the company in 2011 after noticing there was a gap in the market for functional and protective premium leather cases. Aranez is fast becoming the first choice in luxury leather cases. Since launching, Aranez has shipped premium leather cases to over 31 countries and has been featured on some of the world’s most famous technology websites such as GearDiary, TUAW, Ausdroid and CravingTech.

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Contact Details: Aranez Luxury Leather Cases
Hong Kong
http://www.aranez.com

Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Marketing, Small Business

Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX) To Publish Its Own Financial Magazine

May 13, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX) starts publishing its own specialized analytical magazine called “Exchange Market Views” from the beginning of September 2013.

Full-color monthly magazine will be available both in electronic and printed forms. The magazine will be distributed electronically to the exchange regional branches, farmers, traders, government agencies, NGOs and anyone who is interested in the agricultural and exchange topics; also partners and the working groups members of ONMEX will receive a printed copy said Donald Miller, a director of Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX)

‘Nowadays we lack for deep analytical reviews of exchange trading in agricultural, energies and precious metals commodities sector both in the international and US domestic markets. Our analysts will mark our price increase and decrease factors for the main sector commodities in each of their reviews, and therefore our studies will be useful for many market participants. We believe there is a need and we decided to publish our own financial analysis magazine due to the fact that many of our market participants requested tis sort of information more and more.

The magazine publishing will give certain advantages: the market participants will receive free access to the analysis of recent trends in the market and also ONMEX will be able to present the benefits of exchange trading to a larger number of the commodity market participants”- said Donald Miller .

The subscription to the magazine can be made on the official web page of ONMEX – www.onmex.org in the “Magazine” section that will be available online starting with September 2013.

About ONMEX: Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX) is a premier commodities exchange providing independent analysis, and advisory services related to commodities markets, corporate and project finance, and the financial management of exposure to commodities oriented investments. Operating global commodity and financial products marketplaces, including the world’s leading energy, metals and commodity markets ONMEX’s diverse futures markets offer access to contracts based on crude oil, natural gas, as well as agricultural commodities including coffee, cotton, rice, lentils, wheat and so on.

Press Contact:
ONMEX
Ontario Mercantile Exchange
www.onmex.org
info@onmex.org

Address:
Ontario, Canada

Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Marketing, Small Business

Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX) Train Broker For Trading In The Electronic Trading System

May 13, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX)train brokers for trading in the electronic trading system and invites everyone who previously took part in the educational training session to attend this two-day training.

The training will cover such topics as: basic lecture on the exchange market, the main factors that affect the market, how to trade in the electronic trading system, the basic requirements on which participants need to pay attention and which regulate their activity. Particular attention will be paid on the legislative side of exchange trading and brokers’ activity regulation.

“We have to be sure that after the training each broker will know US legislation on the matter and will use it properly. Otherwise the broker will not receive a license (certificate), because we cannot risk with the trust of US futures and options writers who work honestly on the open market”, – said David Campbell, director of the Ontario Mercantile Exchange.

Regular educational trading session will be conducted on the electronic trading system of Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX).

Among 700 companies that have the access to the trading system 68 companies will take part in the session.

We can see the active trading of the participants which allowed us to launch electronic trading and finally to give the opportunity to all the US market participants to do business in the current electronic trading system,” – said the director of the Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX) David Campbell.

The first training is scheduled on August 1, 2013. It will take place in a specially equipped classroom in the Ontario Mercantile Exchange (ONMEX) head office.

Press Contact:
ONMEX
Ontario Mercantile Exchange
www.onmex.org
info@onmex.org

Address:
Ontario, Canada