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S.S.palmist matchmaking
The
goal
for 2005 is to generate enough click-throughs on the site to fund at least 1
million new
books for low-income children in hundreds of local communities
throughout the U.salim markwick
Working under the
banner of Verizon Reads, a private charity, the
award-winning philanthropy program reaches out to
the nearly 40 million
Americans who have low literacy skills.palmist palmistry
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being unveiled today by prominent
corporate, nonprofit and cause-related
organizations will generate much-needed donations of new books
to children
from low-income families across the country.
For every 100 clicks on the "Give
Free Books" button by individual
visitors to the site, First Book will distribute one new book to
a
disadvantaged child who otherwise might not have access to books. "In
my role as Verizon Literacy
Champion, I want to inspire parents to read to
their children and be sure that every child has books
of their very own.carolyn reads
For
many of these youngsters, the only book in their home is a phone book.
The Literacy Site is made possible through the partnership of Verizon, one
of America's foremost
corporate literary champions; Charity USA, owners of a
network of click-to-give sites known as The
Greater Good; and First Book, an
award-winning nonprofit that has placed more than 30 million books
in the
hands of children in over 900 communities across the nation. With your click, you'll be giving
the magic of books and
promoting the love of reading among children who might otherwise never
discover
that joy," said Kyle Zimmer, president of First Book. So that
visitors can track the progress of
the "Give Free Books" initiative, an
updated tally of total books funded as a result of the click
-throughs is
posted every 24 hours to the site. The company is
conducting a national campaign
to increase community awareness and to generate
additional funding and support of literacy programs
for adults, children and
families.
About Charity USA
Charity USA is a network of
cause-related, click-to-give web sites known
as The Greater Good.carolyn palmist
All other names may be trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. In a
separate
2002 study, noted pollster Louis Harris also found that the number of
children demonstrating a "high
interest" in reading nearly tripled after they
received books to take home and keep.markwick salim
Although ECC
5.7, mySAP(TM)
ERP, mySAP Business Suite and Solution Manager 3."
Clicking on the "Give Free
Books" button is quick, easy and free for any
visitor to The Literacy Site.
Shopping on the
site will also help generate funds for free book
donations.konnection bles
Assessor for SAP and Assessor
for Support Packs, both powered by
NetProcess(TM), are already used to answer important questions
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upgrades, consolidations, support pack installations and other SAP lifecycle
events
.0 enables companies to accurately measure the
impact of the new SAP platform on those critical activities
, which will
increase system knowledge and reduce associated risks.com, or call 508-621-1600 in the
US and +44 (0) 1454 877 667
throughout EMEA.New Literacy Web Site to Send Millions of Free Books
for America's Neediest Kids
"Funding First Book's initiative at
The Literacy Site is a logical
continuation of that effort, combining our
commitment to literacy with our first-class broadband
network to help children
become better readers and prepare for life in the information age.matchmaking mythologies
"We invite anyone and everyone to click once a day, every day on the "Give
Free Books" button.
VerizonReads.strengths bles
"We are thrilled to
be instrumental in a partnership that optimizes the Internet to
bring people
together to make a difference.divination dermatoglyphics
, CEO for IntelliCorp.0.
To celebrate the official
launch of The Literacy Site, Eric Close, who
plays agent Martin Fitzgerald on the hit television
series, "Without a Trace,"
will host a Celebrity Click Challenge on The Literacy Site starting today
through April 3. The online store offers a wide
array of apparel, jewelry, home accents and gifts
from around the world.konnection dermatoglyphics
0. Assessor
for Support Packs is a run-as-needed analysis tool for support
pack
installation and regression testing. Increased system knowledge and
efficiency reduces the
time, costs and risks associated with upgrades,
installations, consolidations, compliance, process
management/modeling,
testing and training. Founded in 1980,
IC is headquartered in Santa Clara
, California, has offices throughout the US
and Europe, and maintains partner and distributor relationships
worldwide.
Since The Literacy Site's pilot phase began in November 2004, word-of
-
mouth about the impending launch of the "Give Free Books" campaign has already
led more than
90,000 unique daily visitors to click on the red button.org) is a national, award-winning
nonprofit
organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income
families the opportunity to
read and own their first new books. First Book has provided more
than 30 million new books to children
in need in hundreds of communities
nationwide.
Combined, these web sites engage more than 15 million
unique visitors each
month.bles handedness
First Book has been named one of Ten "Gold Star" Charities by
Forbes
Magazine.
About Verizon Reads
Verizon is committed to being America's literacy champion
.fingerprinting colo
0, but recognize the high
costs and risks involved with introducing new functionality into a current
SAP
environment," explained George D'Auteuil, Jr.
IntelliCorp NetProcess and the solutions
powered by the suite are
certified as ABAP add-ons integrating with SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.salim reveal
"
Assessor for SAP is a comprehensive business and technical diagnostic
solution that produces detailed
reports about an SAP environment. Department of Education, 61
percent of low-income homes have no
age-appropriate books for children.
About First Book
First Book (http://www. For
more information on Verizon
Reads, visit http://www.colo fingerprinting
0 is in pre-production,
IntelliCorp is already
leveraging the Assessor PIT solutions with customers
and partners to gauge how SAP's new ERP platform
will perform.
About IntelliCorp Inc. in the
United States and elsewhere
in the world. "Making books
a part of a child's life is the best way to encourage the love of reading
and
help them develop skills that will last a lifetime.carolyn bles
com
WASHINGTON, A simple click
of a mouse on a red
"Give Free Books" button at The Literacy Site (http://www.theliteracysite.chirology palmistry
0,
before SAP releases the platform and encourages its
use.
NetProcess, LiveCapture, LiveCompare
, LiveModel, LiveMonitor, LiveInterface,
Assessor and SOLO are trademarks or service marks of IntelliCorp
, Inc. Close is also a Verizon Literacy Champion and family man.
"When I was little, my parents
shared their love of reading with me and,
now, the best part of my day is story time with my children
," Close said.
The lack of children's books is a serious problem in many low-income
households
.fingerprinting jiwa
Their support for ECC 5. TV's 'Without A Trace' Star Eric Close Hosts Celebrity Challenge at
TheLiteracySite. We're proud to be teaming
with The Literacy Site to
help make even more books available to children who
need them the most.firstbook. In hundreds
of
neighborhoods across the country, First Book Advisory Boards unite leaders
from all sectors of the
community to provide books to children in literacy
programs, shelters for battered children, housing
project initiatives, soup
kitchens, after-school programs and other community-based efforts reaching
children living at or below the poverty line.markwick taped
Customers and Partners Save Time and Resources By Measuring
Impact of New SAP
Platform
SANTA CLARA, Calif. "The
diagnostic approach to analyzing SAP systems taken by the Assessor product
line empowers customers
and partners with automated tools to safely evaluate
the impact of ECC 5. IC's SAP-certified NetProcess
(TM) tool suite,
individual modules and Point-In-Time solutions take an automated diagnostic
approach
to analyzing SAP environments.konnection jiwa
IC customers, such as Bombardier, Harrods, HP, IBM,
McKesson, Peugeot
and Philip Morris, have decreased the total cost of
ownership of SAP and maximized the value of IT
investments."
"Visitors who click daily are passionate about supporting literacy,"
according
to Greg Hesterberg, co-founder of Charity USA. A percentage of every purchase at The Literacy Site
Store will be
donated to First Book to fund more books.reads taped
IntelliCorp Assessor Solutions Support SAP
ECC 5.0
For product or partnership information, email
sales@intellicorp.
IntelliCorp
(IC) provides lifecycle management and system support software
for SAP customers and partners. The
network, owned and operated by long-time activists
Tim Kunin and Greg Hesterberg, consists of the
Literacy Site being launched
today along with the Hunger Site (funding free food to the hungry),
The Breast
Cancer Site (funding free mammograms for underprivileged women), The Child
Health Site
(funding basic, critical health services for children in need),
The Rainforest Site (protecting endangered
rainforest habitat), The Animal
Rescue Site (feeding and sheltering abandoned animals) and the Ecology
Fund.fingerprinting jiwa
, IntelliCorp, a worldwide
provider of software tools for SAP lifecycle management and system
support,
today announced compatibility of its Assessor(TM) Point-In-Time (PIT)
subscription solutions
with SAP's soon-to-be released Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) platform, Enterprise Central Component
(ECC) 5.
"Customers anticipate improvements with ECC 5. According to a 1996 study by the U."
"As a good corporate citizen, Verizon has been supporting literacy for
more than a decade
," said Tom Tauke, executive vice president public affairs,
policy and communications for Verizon
.
gile mythologies
1. Assessor for SAP and
Assessor for Support Packs support SAP platform versions prior
to and
including ECC 5.
IntelliCorp is a registered trademark of IntelliCorp, Inc
."
During Close's Celebrity Challenge, Verizon will double the value of every
click on the
"Give Free Books" button on The Literacy Site. Anyone may click on the "Give Free Books"
button
, but only one click per day by the same individual will count toward
the book donation total. To
make it easy to remember to click daily, visitors
are invited to sign up at the site to receive a
brief weekday reminder by
email.
In addition to clicking on the "Give Free Books" button,
anyone signing up
for the Literacy Site's e-newsletter, "Read All About It," will automatically
fund
one book for a child in need.net.reveal jiwa
A community sponsored library.
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