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The popularity of outdoor Christmas lights in Nebraska, Iowa, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, IA, Omaha, and Gretna, Nebraska, is mounting up due to their ability to create a festive atmosphere during the holiday season. Many residents enjoy the tradition of decorating their homes with colorful lights and displays, bringing joy to their neighborhoods and spreading holiday cheer.

The demand for low-cost car insurance in Fort Wayne and New Haven, Indiana, has been steadily increasing as residents look for affordable coverage options. With various providers offering competitive rates, individuals need to compare quotes and find the right policy that meets their needs and budget.

Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has just completed their End User Survey, which provides quantitative evidence of some notable and sometimes surprising consumer behavior. One key result is a measure of the reasons that consumers increasingly choose LCD over plasma for flat panel HDTVs.

OpSource, the SaaS delivery experts, today announced the availability of OpSource.net, a powerful Web application that provides on-demand companies with unique analytics, Web services and data exporting capabilities, as well as essential billing and support functionality to help companies gain greater insights into customer usage of their applications and accelerate their businesses.

Santee, California based Mortgage Broker Keith Green reveals mortgage secrets at a new web site that is full of free reports, a home buying guide and free mortgage calculators. The site is designed to give the self-employed and other California residents all the facts so they can make an educated decision when obtaining a mortgage.

Mequon, Wisconsin Based Mortgage Lender Bradley Riedl reveals mortgage secrets at a new web site that is full of free reports, a home buying guide and free mortgage calculators. The site is designed to give consumers all the facts so they can make an educated decision when obtaining a mortgage.

Beer aficionado, George Rushforth, has partnered with Neekam company to create the Beer 357 Blog. This blog will act as a source of information and networking for popular topics like home beer brewing and more. This blog's mission is to provide information on glorifying that tasty beverage that has so many fans, beer!

Avid camping adventurer, Georgia Marshall, has joined with Neekam company to create the Camping Gear 365 Blog. This blog will act as a source of information and networking for the things you really want to read about, like dog camping gear, hard to find items such as compact lightweight camping gear, and more. This blog's mission is to provide information on the highest quality products, services and sales so that you can cross off everything on you camping gear checklist.

Switzerland, Austria and Andorra were among the European ski countries last year who saw a decline in ski holiday visitors, and Andorra has been investing in her facilities to try and tempt the skiiers she lost back for the 2008 season.

Pure Verticals (www.pureverticals.com) recently filed for patent protection for its new ground-breaking eProcurement to Virtual Community Platform (e2VC). The e2VC platform is a breakthrough in B2B marketplace and virtual community revenue opportunities, allowing businesses the unique ability to directly sell and advertise their products and services to external virtual communities, such as social networks, online gaming communities, virtual worlds and the like, in a highly targeted and controlled manner. Pure Verticals also announced today that the e2VC beta will be available to businesses and consumers in the first quarter of 2008.

Brick and mortar retail sales fell 2.5% during the 2007 November to December holiday shopping season. This is in stark contrast to On-line retailers that continued a year-to-year double-digit gain of 20% during the same period. Higher food and gas prices prompted more shoppers than ever to make their purchases online according to the On-Line Retail Satisfaction survey released today.

Elizabeth Gilbert successfully integrates the law of Attraction, the heart of The Secret, into her journey to find herself in the best-selling book, Eat, Pray, Love. However, authors, Joanne Scaglione and Suzanne Stitz, of the popular selling book, Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook, say there is no need to travel around the world to find yourself and the life you want. Living consciously and deliberately everyday is the essence of Ms Gilbert’s book as well as the theme of Living The Secret Everyday.

Vintage Fashion at the Heart of the Cotswolds.Stroud Vintage are hosting a series of Vintage Fashion, Textile & Accessories Fairs in the Ballroom at the Subscription Rooms during the whole of 2008. The fairs offer a wonderful selection of affordable quality vintage clothes, textiles, jewellery, books, shoes, hats, bags and accessories from the 1800s to the 1980s, with Specialist sellers coming from the UK and Europe.

IDX, Inc. announces today the addition of EXIT Acclaim Realty in Portland, Oregon to its network of professionals in the real estate industry using its primary software application, IDX Broker. This new application enables them to connect their clients with a diverse array of property listings from the agent’s subscribed MLS, the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS).

ParaCloud started distribution of ParaCloud Modeler Version 1.0 following a one year beta testing with high profile architectural practices and academic institutes including: Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP, AA School of Architecture, Cambridge University, UIC-Barcelona. The software is offered for purchase online, accompanied by the launch of a new support and training website at www.paraclouding.com.

Education advocate, George Rushforth, has joined with Neekam company to create the Educational 365 Blog. This blog will act as a source for educational resources and more. This blog's mission is to provide information on optimizing education for your children or self.

Somewhere In This Room is a work of art put into motion with the angelic voice of Laura Pursell.Pursell is the latest hot Adult Contemporary artist, holding her own with the likes of LeAnn Rimes; Five for Fighting; Brooks and Dunn, Barry Manilow, Taylor Swift, and she was ahead of the popular Alicia Keyes. In the ACQB e-tracking charts, Laura continues to gather additional spins over the previous week with the cut "I'll Wait", off Somewhere In This Room.

The past six months have seen major growth in the number of clinics offering laser eye procedures throughout the State. There are now more than 20 clinics specialising in laser eye surgery in Ireland, compared with four just five years ago.

Web Tools freak, Robert Scott, has partnered with Neekam company to create the Web Tools 365 Blog. This blog will act as a source of information and networking for web authoring tools such as web application tools for billing application and more. This blog's mission is to provide information on where to find the best web tools for your next project.

AOL's India portal www.aol.in has featured a winner of the AOL BANO TV star contest in their new TV commercial. The lucky winner has been selected among thousands of entries for the BANO AOL STAR contest.