E Street Band member Danny Federici dies at 58 (AP)

Keyboardist Danny Federici, left, plays nearby while 'Big Man' Clarence Clemons plays saxophone alongside Bruce Springsteen, right, as Springsteen performs with the E Street Band at Asbury Park's Paramount Theater Monday, Sept. 24, 2007 in Asbury Park, N.J.  Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from 'Hungry Heart' through 'The Rising,' died Thursday. He was 58. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, FILE)AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band’s sound on hits from “Hungry Heart” through “The Risingpent,” died Thursday. He was 58.


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AMP Calendar

AMP Calendar is a small utility that displays a calendar
with the twelve months of a year using the Windows
regional settings. Easy access to the calendar through
an icon in the system tray, which shows the current
day of the month. (in Business and Productivity)

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Marbert Rocel

From the artist: “Marbert Rocel is Compost?s latest coup. The duo consisting of Marbert AND Rocel is a trio to be exact: Marcel Aue (producing, DJing and mixing), Robert Krause (producing, DJing and artwork) and Antje Seifarth (Vocals) have always know…”

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“Cornflakeboy” by Marbert Rocel

From the artist: “From the album “Speed Emotions” released on Compost (2008)”

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Trickski: ‘Members Of The Trick’

From the artist: “This compilation is the culmination of the very successful Members of the Trick 12″ series. Compiled by TRICKSKI. Exclusive tracks include LEROY&DARNELL 4 Members Only, SCHMUTZIG DE MUTZIG Thank You Daniel and TRICKSKI tracks Paperbitch Move…”

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Ashlee Simpson Eludes Trick Baby Question

Thrown into the spotlight for her personal life just prior to the release of her new album Bittersweet World, Ashlee Simpson’s approach to stir up interest for her latest studio work seems to be working like a charm.

The Pieces Of Me has the public talking about her recent engagement announcement with Fall Out Boy beau Pete Wentz - and there’s a lot of baby talk going on right now, too.

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Gibson, Stephanopoulos criticized for work on debate (AP)

ABC News moderators George Stephanopoulos, right, and Charles Gibson, left, are seen before the start of the Democratic Party debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Wednesday April 16, 2008.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - ABC News drew both impressive ratings and a heap of complaints about how Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated the Democratic presidential debate, criticism that Stephanopoulos on Thursday called a sign of how much people care.


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“California Girl” by Tristan Prettyman

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ViralPDF™

ViralPDF™

ViralPDF™ 0Title: ViralPDF™
Category: Compiler reviews, For Authors
Price: $3
Date Added: 2008-04-17
Description:

"Did You Know That Brandable .exe eBooks Are
Perceived As 'Highly Unprofessional' By The
Vast Majority Of Your Readers?"

Well, here's how you can change your image for the better…

If you've been publishing on the Internet for any time, you know that the true power of eBooks comes from adding a single viral element - you need to make the eBook re-brandable.

That means, you let your readers change all or parts of the affiliate-links in it, giving them a great incentive to further distribute your eBooks.

Until now, this was only possible if you converted your eBooks into Windows-only *.exe files…

Dear Friend,

You surely know by now that giving away free (or even paid) eBooks can drive massive amounts of highly targeted, free traffic to your site. You can either put affiliate links on strategic places into your eBooks or you can link to your own products.

As people are reading your eBook, they'll click on your links and bring you free, targeted traffic - for a long time to come.

Now some sharp marketer came along and thought:

What can I do to get the readers to distribute my eBook for me?
How can I make my eBooks truly 'viral' ?

Fortunately, he found a software program which compiled his material into a *.exe program. This very same program allowed his readers (who had to download at least 2 or more *.exe files) to update some of the links in his book with their own affiliate IDs
- so now they have a good reason to distribute the book for him, don't they?

Unfortunately, the eBook compilers available today have some serious disadvantages, such as:

  • The eBooks can only be read on Windows-based systems, leaving out on *everybody* who uses a different OS.
  • Most systems rely on the user having MS Internet Explorer installed and will not work without it.
  • The eBooks look different on every computer, depending on the user's system or even it's settings.
  • When printing the eBooks, the layout more often than not looks completely different from the original design.
  • There's no way you can use these *.exe eBooks to add content to your website (read on to find out more about this powerful strategy…).

"This whole thing is working more or less the way I want it to", our sharp marketer thought, "but how cool would it be if there was an easy solution to do all this using the industry-standard PDF file-format!"

Introducing ViralPDF™
In a nutshell, ViralPDF™ brings professional rebranding functionality to your PDF eBooks. It's a set of 2 downloadable Windows (any version) program files - a PDF Signer and a PDF Brander / PDF Rebrander.

Once you've created your material and converted it to PDF, you can give it to your affiliates along with a small software application.

The 'Brand PDF' Step: Your affiliates can then update the links in your eBook (the relevant part, that is) and start giving it away!

Until now, this was only possible using proprietary technology, restricting your *.exe eBooks to run only on Windows-based systems - often with poor quality.

When you start converting your eBooks to PDF, they will look and print the same, regardless if it's being viewed on Windows, Macintosh, Linux or any other system. You can even open and read your PDF documents on various PDA's, like the popular Palm-Pilot handheld!

You no longer need to worry about the fonts you used in your documents and whether the reader has them installed or not. All that is required to read PDF documents on any chosen platform, is a free Reader software, such as Acrobat® Reader®.

ViralPDF™ lets you..

  • Use unlimited, re-brandable links in your documents, so you can promote as many programs/products/services as you like!
  • Brand even eMail-Adresses!
  • NEW! Brand regular text!("This eBook is sponsored by !")
  • Set an expiration date on your PDF files! After that date is reached, the brander will refuse to brand your documents and ask the reader to visit your website for a newer version of your eBook.
  • Put your PDF eBooks on your website! Search Engines like Google or MSN will index these - and as we all know, Search Engines just love content!
  • NEW! Use 'catch-all' tags! If your affiliate doesn't have a personal ID for any given program promoted in your eBook, the link will get branded with your ID! What this means for you is: No more lost sales!
  • Even use Acrobat's "Base URL" feature, so you can hide your affiliate-links in your PDF files!

Now that you know what ViralPDF™ can do for you, let's address some questions you might have…

Will ViralPDF™ convert my documents to PDF?

No. You will need a separate program to convert your files to PDF. Think of ViralPDF™ as a kind of 'add-on' to your existing PDF creating software.

There are plenty of programs out there that allow you to create your own PDF files - including my own Pdf Converter, too. I have included a few links in the comprehensive user manual that comes with ViralPDF™, pointing you to various websites where you can download some of the most popular programs to create your own PDF files immediately.

I didn't want to reinvent the wheel, instead I wanted to create a product that is

  • Unique (as of this writing, it's the only one of it's kind - since 2003!)
  • Cost-effective (another, similar online-service charges you around $100,- just to open an account with them and then you're supposed to pay an ongoing monthly fee - … forever!)
  • and that lets you use a widely accepted industry-standard to distribute your eBooks to everybody!

Read More…

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SAG signs interim pact with independent film company (AP)

AP - The Screen Actors Guild has cut a deal that would let its members work for an independent film company regardless of a future strike against the major studios.

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