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Despite the apparent recovery of the financial markets and the thinly disguised optimism from the Fed, Florida real estate investment guru, Ron LeGrand, sent a chilling warning to all loan officers and mortgage brokers today with this stark message: “if you are trying to make a living in the mortgage business and you’re worried about the credit crunch and the dark waves of fear, uncertainty and doubt settling over the financial markets, terrified that the business really is in its death throes... then you’re RIGHT.”

Janice Wheeler, of Scottsdale, enjoys telling friends about the $20,000 letter that enabled her son Kyle to attend New York University. College Planning Consultants of Arizona came up with the idea for the letter and wrote it. Like many parents, Wheeler and her husband had not saved enough for college. Their youngest son, Kyle, was accepted by both the University of California Berkeley and NYU. While his first choice was NYU, his parents simply couldn’t afford the school’s expenses. Ryan Blomster of College Planning Consultants suggested faxing a letter to NYU explaining Kyle’s dilemma and asking for funding assistance. NYU quickly responded with an offer of $5,000 for each of the four years. “I would never have known to ask, and I wouldn’t have known the right person to send the letter to, and I would have obsessed over the wording,” Wheeler said. “Parents have to do their homework,” Blomster said. “They can't leave it to a guidance counselor. Here

It's tedious. It's time-consuming. And it can give any writer or author a headache. Formatting a manuscript properly for submission to a literary agent, publisher or editor is a task most writers and authors dread doing.

A new book by renowned marketing experts zoomed to the top of Amazon’s Most Popular rankings in it’s first week of release. It profiles 30 ordinary people from all over the United States who have built their own highly profitable info-marketing businesses. They simply learned the information that is valuable to others and then made millions of dollars by packaging and selling that knowledge to eager clients.

A series of Level IIIA bullet resistant portable shields for student backpacks, computer bags, brief cases and other portable cases and bags was announced today by BACKPACKSHIELD Manufacturing. Impermeable to most all handgun bullets the shields are portable and can be moved between backpacks and bags securing the investment offering years of use.

With the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 only one step away from being passed, federal student loan borrowers have limited time to take advantage of EdFed’s borrower benefits.

“Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a supportive, well-intentioned community to empower women to reach all of their goals,” states Suzanne Evans, Founder of Blueprint Life Coaching. Ms. Evans is passionate about helping people figure out – and then achieve – their life’s purpose. The Women’s Blueprint for Success Powergroup is one way she believes she can help.

uCertify, a leading provider of exam preparation solutions for the Microsoft certifications, today announced the release date for its new Practice Test for MCTS: .NET 2.0 exam 70-536 C#. The full version will be released on October 15, 2007. Customers can pre-order this Practice Test now only for US$39.97 and save US$40.

KESDEE launched an exhaustive e-learning course library on ‘Governance, Risk and Compliance’, consisting of seven courses. These courses provide knowledge and understanding of application of Governance, Risk and Compliance in the banking sector.

After the Traditional Toys Exhibition hold on Children's Day , Sourcingmap.com announced their Learning DIY Toy - Educational Airfoam Building Block University Houses for DIY Lover, which not only enrich children’s home and school experiences but also create a right learning environment for children.

SERVUE, the premier Child Data Management System solution provider announced today it has been awarded a contract by Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) for its Head Start Data Information System. Contract includes complete delivery of SERUVE’s web based DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM to all LACOE’s delegate agencies, with estimated 28,000 Enrolment and 28 delegate agencies.

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unanimously voted to pass a bill that will establish requirements for private institutions that lend educational loans. In light of the passing of the Student Loan Sunshine Act to protect students who borrow federal loans, the committee initiated this bill to give students the same protection when borrowing private loans.

Active duty soldiers may catch a break on their student loans if a new bill goes into effect. Introduced on Tuesday by Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), the Interest Relief Act would temporarily suspend interest from accruing on the student loans of active duty soldiers and their spouses for up to five years.

Measured Progress® and schoolBrains™ by aptium llc announced today a partnership that will integrate Measured Progress’s Progress Toward Standards (PTS) Item Bank into the schoolBrains Web-based assessment analysis and student information system. The partnership will allow the two companies to engage in joint promotions and enable Measured Progress and schoolBrains to support each other’s services.

Indian Bank in its Centenary Year has launched KESDEE’s e-learning courses for the benefit of its employees. This initiative will provide an additional avenue to staff for upgradation of skills, supplemental to the existing training system of the Bank.

Javvin has just released a new technology poster "Network Management Architectures and Technologies Map". This network management map is designed for people who are using, operating, managing, and learning networks, including telecommunication engineers and operators, IT and networking engineers, the network admins, and networking technology educators and students.

uCertify, a leading provider of exam preparation software for Microsoft certifications, today announced that Practice Test (PrepKit) for MCITP: Database Administrator certification exam 70-444 will be released on August 15, 2007. Customers can pre-order this PrepKit before the release date for just USD 39.97 instead of the full price of USD 79.98.

This week, Governor of Maine John E. Baldacci signed LD 1856, a bill that will allow college graduates tax credit for repayments on their student loans in exchange for their commitment to stay in the state to work.

VitalSource Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of digital book solutions, today announced that its state-of-the art e-book format, VitalBook (*.vbk), has been selected as the preferred platform by MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc., the largest used textbook wholesaler, bookstore systems provider and distance learning materials distribution service in the United States.

uCertify, a trusted name in exam preparation software for Java certification exams, announced that the preparation kit (PrepKit) for SCBCD, EJB CX-310-090 certification exam will be released on July 31, 2007. Customers can pre-order the PrepKit before the release date and save 50% on the normal price.

Smarter people do tend to make more money at jobs but when it comes to creating wealth, average intelligence does just fine. Getting rich has virtually nothing to do with a high IQ. Creating wealth is about financial literacy, mastering skills and developing a positive can-do attitude.

uCertify, a trusted name in CompTIA Certification exam preparation tests, has announced the availability of Preparation kit (PrepKit) 220-604 for A+ Depot Technician Exam on April 30, 2007. Customers can pre-order this PrepKit till April 30, 2007 for only US$39.97 and save US$40 over its normal price of US$79.99.