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When I see jars of expensive bean dips for sale in the supermarket, I just shake my head. Nothing could be easier to make. Just open a can of beans and pour it into a blender along with some seasonings. Here are three recipes to get you started; you’ll find it’s easy to invent more.

Zippy Black Bean Dip
1 can black beans, drained
1 clove garlic
Bottled hot sauce or chopped pickled jalapeno peppers, to taste
1 tablespoon mild vinegar (or to taste)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder

Mash the ingredients together or puree in a blender. Serve with raw vegetable dippers.

Yield: About 2 cups

Hummus
1 can chick peas, drained
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup tomato sauce
Juice of one lemon
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Pinch cayenne
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
Black pepper to taste

Puree all ingredients in a blender. Serve as a dip for raw vegetables.

Yield: about 2 cups

Tex-Mex Bean Dip
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper

1/2 cup bouillon or a little olive oil
1 can kidney beans, drained
juice of one lime
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
2 teaspoons mild chili powder
pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste

Heat the onions, peppers and the bouillon or oil in a small pot and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Combine with the remaining ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Serve with raw vegetable dippers of your choice.

Yield: About 2 cups

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Surveys tell us that that 60-80% of New Year’s Resolutions are
broken in the first two weeks. This information is not
encouraging and, of course, it may not refer to you. However,
resolutions don’t seem to work that well. What does work well
are clearly defined goals with a plan of action. 2005 is about
to close and it’s only natural for us to begin reflecting on how
the past year really shaped up. No matter how much or little
success you experienced during the past 12 months, think about
these questions: “Was 2004 all that I planned it to be? Did I
really achieve ALL my goals? What can I do differently to make
2006 even better? ” How can I crash through my barriers with a
firm intention that will carry me to what I really want and
still enjoy the trip? Questions like these fuel your momentum
for success and ensure that your mental state is where it needs
to be for maximum results. It’s now the beginning of the New
Year and the best time to make a fresh start. Start fresh by
setting new goals and making changes to improve virtually every
area of your life. For you to succeed think about the closed
doors or barriers that seem to prevent your success. Perhaps
these doors are not really locked. Perhaps all they need is a
different approach. Harry Houdini traveled the world having
local jailers lock him in a cell. He would invite the press,
demonstrate his feats, and they would write great things about
him. He was a rousing success until he got to one town in
Ireland. As hours passed he could not escape. The crowd left
ridiculing him and called his “act” a hoax. When a dejected
Harry asked to be released, the jailer gently pressed against
the door, which easily opened. It seemed it was never locked.
Every time Houdini went to unlock the cell, he locked himself
in. Do you have a Houdini door in your life? When you are
totally committed to your dream, a dream that will improve the
quality of your life, the doors that seem to be blocking you
will swing open and you will find yourself living the life you
have always wanted.

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream so shall you become. Your
vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal
is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.” -James Allen-

When it comes to accepting online payments and other sensitive
information over the web, normal HTTP just doesn’t cut it. It’s
an insecure method of communication where everything is sent
over the wire in cleartext - it’s completely trivial for anyone
in a network administrator position at a business or ISP to gain
access to the network, and most networks are even vulnerable to
’sniffing’ by non-privileged users of the network.

Things are bad enough that you really shouldn’t even transmit
any passwords without taking additional security measures,
unless the things the passwords give access to are entirely
trivial - put simply, as a webmaster, you need to be worried
about encryption and security. But how can you add them to your
website? Well, it’s not as difficult as you think, because
there’s a standardised way of doing it: SSL.

What is SSL?

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is a method of using
cryptography to make sure that communication between a server
and a client is secure: in other words, data sent can’t be
intercepted or tampered with in any way. SSL works using a
variety of encryption methods, but the most important feature is
that SSL certificates effectively certify that a site is the
real thing, which helps to prevent spoofing. When SSL is
combined with HTTP, it becomes HTTPS (Secure HTTP), a powerful
way for web browsers and web servers to send sensitive data back
and forward securely.

If all that was over your head, maybe I should put it to you in
the way that your customers will. SSL is what makes their web
browser come up with the little padlock symbol that means your
website is secure for them to enter sensitive information into.
If there’s no padlock, they don’t want to do business with you.

However, you should also be aware of what SSL is not: it isn’t a
complete security package. If you transmit data over HTTPS and
then store it in a database unencrypted when it reaches your
server, someone with access to the database will still be able
to easily retrieve the data. SSL is not the answer to everything
- it’s simply a way of avoiding anything happening to the data
while it’s ‘out there’, travelling across the Internet. Of
course, your customers are unlikely to realise that (they think
the padlock works like magic), but you at least should.

Levels of Encryption

There are three main levels of SSL encryption: 40-bit, 128-bit
and 256-bit.

It’s very important to emphasise at this point that 40-bit SSL
is now outdated and deprecated: you would be a fool to use it.
The only reason 40-bit encryption was available to begin with
was because the US government was initially afraid of exporting
cryptographic algorithms that were strong enough to be used
against them: 40-bit was strong enough for most web uses, but
still weak enough that they could break it by brute force with
their powerful computers. The US was persuaded to relax the
restrictions when the government realised that they were doing
nothing but forcing IT development to other countries, but by
then there had been widespread adoption of 40-bit encryption.

Now, years later, there’s really no reason to be using it. You
should go for 128-bit as a minimum, and preferably 256-bit -
what you can afford will likely be dictated by the value of the
goods you sell. If you think anyone is likely to try to break
your encryption, you should get the best you can.

How Do I Use SSL?

If your web host supports SSL, then it should already be all set
up for you (if you host your website yourself, then you might
like to take a look at the tutorials at modssl.org to get it
installed). However, before you can use SSL, you need to get
certified - that is, buy an SSL certificate from one of the
trusted certificate authorities. The big three are VeriSign,
GeoTrust and Thawte, but they charge relatively high prices.

The whole thing works more-or-less the same way as buying a
domain name, and, in fact, many domain registrars resell
certificates - you can often get a better deal from them than
you would from one of the big companies. You can often find
perfectly good certificates for as little as $30 per year, if
you shop around.

This article lists some of the more well-known and interesting
landmarks on the moon.

The moon is the second brightest object in our nighttime sky.
Our moon is also known as Luna and is our nearest neighbor. It
takes 27 and 1/3 days for the moon to revolve around our planet.
We first visited the moon in 1969. The trip to the moon and back
takes approximately six days. The moon is highly visible to our
naked eye and it appears to be white with patches of gray. The
features of the moon were first viewed by Galileo in the 1600’s.
Since then, the features of the moon have been highly
photographed and detailed. Each area has a name. There are
mountains, basins, plains, craters, and seas. The word Mare
means “sea”, however there is no water on the moon. Here is a
list of some of the major features on the moon’s surface. If you
live in the southern hemisphere keep in mind that you are
viewing the moon from the opposite direction. This means that
the directions in this list will be upside down from what you
see.

Craters

Tycho: This crater is about 58 miles wide. It is considered a
young crater even though it was made about a billion years ago
as a result of a collision. This crater has a wide debris field.
Tycho is located near the southern pole region.

Copernicus: This crater is also a young crater like Tycho. This
crater is 56 miles in diameter. Copericus is located near the
center of the near side of the moon. This crater, along with the
Tycho crater, can easily be viewed with binoculars on a clear
night.

Seas and Oceans

Oceanus Procellarum: This is also known as the Ocean of Storms.
This area was thought to be an area of storm activity at one
time. It is located in the moons western hemisphere and looks
like a vast gray plain area. Surveyor 1, Surveyor 3, Luna 9,
Luna 13, and Apollo 12 have all landed here.

Mare Imbrium: This is also known as the Sea of Rains. This is
the largest basin area on the moon. It is also the second
largest overall area on the moon’s surface. It is located north
central region of the moon.

Mare Crisium: This is also known as the Sea of Crises. This is
the first feature of the moon to appear after a new moon. It is
located on the mid-eastern edge of the near side of the moon.

Mare Tranquillitatis: This is also known as the Sea of
Tranquility. This is a vast area in the northern hemisphere of
the moon. This was the site of the first moon landing in 1969.
The landing took place at Tranquility Base at the southern edge
of the sea.

Mare Serenitatis: This is also known as the Sea of Serenity.
This sea is located in the northeastern section of the moon.
Serpentine Ridge is located to the east of this sea.

Mare Nubium: This is also known as the Sea of Clouds. This sea
has a deep crater at its western edge. The areas surrounding
this sea are some of the mostly heavily cratered areas on the
moon.

Mountains

Apennine Mountains: These mountains are named after the Apennine
Mountains in Italy. They are located beside Mare Imbrium. On
July 30, 1971 Apollo 15 landed here at Hadley Rille. These
mountains go as high as 15,000 feet and are almost 500 feet long.

Haemus Mountains: This mountain chain is located along the
southern shore of the Sea of Serenity. They are to the south of
the Apennine Mountains.

Other

Altai Scarp: This is a steep slope that was the result of an
earthquake. This scarp is up to two and a half miles high in
some spots. This landmark is located in the southern hemisphere
near Mare Nectaris.

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If you’re planning to ring in the New Year with a party for all
of your nearest and dearest, you’ll want to make good use of New
Year party hats! Streamers, noisemakers, food and music are all
important of course, but you can use hats in a novel way for
game playing as well as simply wearing at the dinner table. Here
we offer suggestions that will help your party succeed.

For starters, turn a New Year party hat upside down and use it
to collect the keys from all of your guests. At the end of the
night, anyone who’s too tipsy to drive won’t be able to find
their keys without going through you first! It’s a great way to
keep all of your friends safe while turning the whole experience
into a game they can laugh about later. You can also use a hat
to collect raffle ticket stubs, or to have guests draw names for
a gift exchange.

Formal sit-down suppers. Use New Year party hats as place cards,
putting one at each seat with a guest’s name attached to it. If
a buffet is your thing, New Year party hats can be filled with
snacks and chips, silverware, napkins or condiments. They can
also be used in decorative centerpiece displays, or filled with
noisemakers and other party favors to be passed out as midnight
draws near.

Set the theme of your party by sending out invitations with
drawings or photos of New Year party hats on them, or go one
step further by sending your invitation rolled up inside of a
hat that your guest can wear on the night of the event. You can
even offer a fun party game that gives guests a chance to
decorate their own hats with feathers, glitter, beads and more.

After the first of the year, New Year party hats can be cut up
and used in photo collages and scrapbooks or to make your own
New Year greeting cards to send to friends and family. Because
they’re available in everything from plastic to cardboard, in
varied colors and with or without sparkles, you’ll soon have an
incredibly vibrant book of memories from your most recent New
Year’s bash.

New Year party hats are generally available and can be purchased
in bulk to off-set the cost even further. They can be found from
sites on the interent quite easily.

Try here for your new
year party hats

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do not remove any of its content.

Copyright : The Party Time Shop 2006

Soap - it has the ability to produce strong, lasting emotions in
us, and this depends on its peculiar scent… charming aroma, or
color. I clearly remember when my child was very young and loved
a special soap bar with a little ducky inside - she would get it
out at every bath time. I easily remember the cool invigorating
feeling of washing with sea-spray scented soap, or the luxurious
feel of scrubbing with vanilla soap. I remember these things
easily - soap scent easily brings such memories back.

Nowadays, richly scented soaps aren’t cheap, and we can’t always
afford the ones we want. Often, we have to settle for
commercially made soaps with only a hint of fragrance.

But what if I told you that you could make your own homemade
soap? That you could choose any fragrance you wanted, and even
put herbs, flowers or other things inside the soap? Would you be
intrigued? Would you be willing to give it a try? There are
hundreds of great homemade soap recipes and we’ll start with a
very basic one. It’s important to remember that sometimes it
takes a few tries to get it right, but once you’ve got the
process down, homemade soap making is easy and fun!

Here’s the recipe, followed by a link that will help you find
all the supplies and additional info you need.

Basic Recipe For Homemade Soap

Ingredients:

Lye solution Animal fat Cool water Scents, herbs or anything you
want to add to the soap

Things you will need:

2 quart jar Large pot (at least 12 quarts) Candy thermometer
Wooden spoon Soap molds Rubber gloves Something to cover soap at
the end of the process, such as a towel, Styrofoam or Cardboard

The first thing you will have to do is make the lye solution
ready for use. You do this by pouring 2 1/2 cups of cold water
into an enamelled pot. Next, you should slowly add 13 ounces of
the lye, being sure to stir continuously with the wooden spoon.
The water will heat up the lye, and it will have to be cooled
before you can go to the next step. If you want to cool it
quickly, place the pot in some cool water. After the lye has
cooled, you should pour it into the 2 quart jar.

Next, you need to prepare the animal fat. To do so, put 6 pounds
of it in a pan, and heat on low until it melts. Once all of it
is melted, remove it from the heat and cool. It’s important to
remember that one of the biggest problems people face when
making homemade soap is trying to rush the process and not
allowing the lye or animal fat to cool. If you rush it, the
process may not be a success.

The lye and fat need to be between 95-98 degrees for the next
step (use the candy thermometer to measure the temperature). You
may have to place them in basins of either hot or cold water to
get the temperatures just right.

Once they’re right, stir the fat (it’s probably hardened a
little), and then slowly add the lye, stirring the entire time.
The substance will turn opaque and brown, but then after
stirring for some time, will begin to lighten. Once that
happens, and it is the consistency of sour cream, you are ready
for the next step.

Now for the fun part! Add your scents or whatever else you want
to the mixture, and then pour it into the soap molds. Place them
in a warm location, and use something (the towel, Styrofoam or
cardboard) to insulate it by placing it over the top. Wait
twenty-four hours, and then remove the soap from its molds.

You’re almost done! Now you should set your soap in an area
where there are plenty of breezes, and allow it to sit there for
2-4 weeks. Waiting is the hardest part, but it will allow your
soap to set properly.

One of the most important things you’ll need to remember when
you plan your special day is the caterer. This is because the
food you serve will be one of the most memorable parts of the
reception for your guests. Caterers can be booked up to a year
in advance, so it is wise to search one out early. A simple time
line for finding a caterer is to start looking for one at 10
months before the wedding, make sure you have booked the caterer
by 8 months, and decide on a menu by 6 months.

A good caterer does more than one might think. They are well
trained in food selection and preparation, reception staging,
serving and clean up. Some go as far as to decorate for you,
hire bartenders, and provide the wedding cake. Others may only
prepare and serve the food and then clean up.

When looking for a caterer, keep in mind these things:

- Find a caterer with a good reputation whose food you can
sample before signing a contract.

- Make appointments and interview many different caterers to
find the right one for you. Some caterers may even give you
phone numbers of past customers who were pleased with the
caterer’s work.

- Many reception sites have their own catering services, so
when you’re looking for a hall, decide if it has what you want
in both catering and atmosphere.

- Check to see what services the caterers will provide other
than just the meal (electricity, lighting, tents, tables,
linens, chairs, etc).

If you feel like you have found the right caterer, wait to sign
a contract until the caterer understands your expectations and
you understand the terms of agreement. Keep in mind questions
such as: will the cost be a flat rate or a per-person fee? Are
gratuities automatically added? Are you going to have a sit-down
dinner or a buffet? Will drinks be included in the price?

Catering is one of the most expensive parts of the wedding, so
when it comes to cost, it is up to you whether you want to spend
any amount or keep costs down. There are different ways serve
food at your wedding that will vary the price. Some tips to keep
in mind are:

- Most caterers will charge per-person, which means the
cost will depend on the number of guests that you expect to come.

- American food will cost much less to serve than an exotic or
international dish such as French, Mediterranean, Thai or Indian.

- Cost will increase if you decide to have the caterer take
care of the wine and the wedding cake instead of doing that
yourself.

- Buffet-style catering will cost less than if waiters serve
your guests, yet it is also less elegant.

- Most caterers include set up and clean up in per-person
cost; if they do not, that will increase the cost.

- Most caterers have special rates for children, so be sure to
ask about that.

- Overtime costs, gratuities or taxes will all affect the
final cost of your caterer.

Many people forget about the cost of drinks when planning for
a caterer. This can really rack up the price depending on what
you want to serve for beverages:

- The least expensive option is to not serve any alcohol,
and instead have a cash bar where guests can buy their own
drinks. If you decide to do this, inform your guests so they
know to bring their own money.

- A nicer option, but more expensive, is to serve only beer
and wine. You can buy the beer and wine yourself or have the
caterer provide them (this will be a little more expensive than
buying it yourself).

- The most expensive option will be to have an open bar with
free drinks. Your guests will love this and you won’t have to
worry about providing drinks yourself. Remember to include
champagne for the wedding toast.

Because the food and drink at your wedding will be one of the
most memorable parts for the guests and for you, be sure you are
happy with your choice of a caterer. Remember these tips when
selecting a caterer, and make sure they have what you want.

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The Syndrome

This article could have been named “my neighbor down the street” syndrome or “my niece” syndrome. It’s really a “fill in the blank” syndrome that indicates a person’s response to the thought process for developing (or re-developing) a website for your company. This syndrome kicks in when your response is “Oh, my brother-in-law does websites, he can do one for our company”.

Have you uttered those words? Do you know of someone who has said that before? To an Internet or information technology professional, those words send shivers down their spine. Not only does this syndrome typically waste time and money, there is usually a sub-optimal business benefit realized.

So what do the words “does websites” really indicate? This article attempts to educate the business owner on the elements required to create a web presence that has business benefit to your company.

Components of an Online Presence

Does your brother-in-law understand the business drivers for your planned website? Were his first questions:

• Why do you need a website?
• What business goals do you want to accomplish with the website?

If not, this is an early indication that you have entered this syndrome. Having a business professional that understands how this technology can be used as a tool to enable your business is a key to success in the online world. Trusting your brother-in-law, who self-taught himself HTML coding, to enable your online presence is likely a mistake. Believing that you know enough to use your business skills to direct the “technology guy” is a sure sign that you have fallen deep into this syndrome.

Let’s explore the components of building and maintaining an online presence to educate you, so as to avoid these pitfalls, or to climb out of the technology “black hole” that you are currently in.

Website Design

There are two components to website design. To find an individual adequately skilled in both components is a treat. The first component to website design is the graphic design, which is the artistic piece. This individual needs to understand visual design, color schemes and design elements. He/she should understand the medium, i.e., the computer screen, where the design will be implemented, but doesn’t necessarily need to understand the tools required to implement their design.

The second component of website design is taking the graphic design elements and creating website design artifacts that can be implemented into your website. This individual needs to understand monitor resolution, browser compatibility, image compression and stylesheets, in order to take the graphic design elements and create something suitable for the website developer to use.

Simply put, the first component requires an artist, a right-brained person that thinks visually. The second component requires a more left-brained individual to translate the art into something workable for the Internet.

Website Functionality

At this point in the lifecycle, you should have your business requirements and a design. Now there are choices for implementing the concept into online reality.

Build vs. Buy vs. Subscribe

Traditionally, the process has been to research software packages in the market and decide if your requirements can be satisfied by an existing package (buy) or if your requirements are unique enough that you must create your own technology solution (build). There is now a third consideration. In addition to your research into software that you can purchase, you should look at software that you rent.

This “rent” or “subscribe” model can be called a “hosted solution” or an “application service provider” model, but the concept is the same, and it can provide advantages over the buy model. Typically there is nothing to install on your computer, ongoing enhancements are included in the subscription, and someone else ensures that the application is running and maintained. A stated disadvantage to this model is that there are recurring fees, although a cost-benefit analysis may show that adding the extra costs of the buy or build model tilts the advantage to the subscribe model.

Putting the Pieces Together

By this point in the lifecycle, you should have a website that meets the initial requirements for your business. Your website should have implemented the design that was created in the first step. If you’ve built or bought the application, you’ll need to place it somewhere that visitors can access. This process is referred to as “website hosting” and involves placing your application, content and images on a server computer that is connected to the Internet. There are many choices for hosting your website: your website developer may offer this service, the company where you get your Internet access may offer hosting services, or you may choose a specialized website hosting services company. If you have chosen the “subscribe” model, website hosting is included, although the factors presented below should be consideration points when choosing the services provider in the previous step.

There are many factors to consider when choosing a website hosting company, and an adequate discussion on this topic is beyond the scope of this article. However, some of the major questions to ask potential website hosting providers include:

• Availability: What is the guaranteed availability percentage? What is the historical average availability? What is the network availability versus the web server availability guarantee/goal? Remember that a 99% availability allows for over 7 hours of downtime a month, while 99.9% allows for only 40 minutes of downtime per month.
• Bandwidth: What is the bandwidth from the web servers to the Internet? How many hosted websites share that bandwidth? Note that this is different from the commonly quoted monthly bandwidth, which indicates the amount of traffic/data that can pass between your website and the Internet.
• Data Center: Are there adequate environmental controls over the data center where the web servers are located? Are there redundant electrical circuits, backup generators and redundant data communication lines? What are the physical controls to data center access?
• Data Protection: Are regular data backups performed? Is there real-time data redundancy? What controls exist for data stored off-site?
• Technical Support: Does the company provide technical support for all applications provided in the hosting package, or just for the server hardware? What options are available for after-hours support?

Marketing Your Website

Now you have a website that is up and running for visitors to view. How will your potential customers find your website? Your website should be a piece of your overall business marketing strategy. There are entire books written on this subject, and purchasing such a book is a good investment. The following are a few points to get started:

• Be sure to publicize your website on all your marketing materials. Remember that your actual product can be used to market future purchases. For example, a winery could print their website on the cork in each bottle of wine.
• If you anticipate that web search engines could be used to drive visitors to your website, then efforts are required to ensure that your web pages rank well within the search engine listings. This is not a quick process or a one-time effort, but requires experienced resources that understand this ever-changing process, and who can monitor the progress.
• There are many ways and places to market your website online. Again, a professional experienced in this subject should be retained.

Keeping Your Website Running

If you’ve progressed through the steps outlined thus far, your company has a functioning website that provides benefit to your business, and visitors are finding your website online. But are you done? Of course not, as with any business tool, a website requires regular updates to keep it in sync with the dynamics of your business.

A major factor to consider is the ease of making changes to your website content. These days, you shouldn’t require assistance of a technical person to add a product or modify the description of your services. Such functionality, typically labeled a “Content Management System”, enables you to easily make changes to the website as needed.

Other Factors to Consider

In addition to the items already mentioned, you should consider the following factors:

• Domain Names: Your web developer may have registered your domain name(s) but you need to retain ownership of them as a business asset. Make sure you are listed as the administrative and billing contact on the registration, and make sure you have the login information to the account.
• Copyright: Sure it’s your company’s information on the website, but in many locales the web designer/developer owns the copyright by default. Make sure any services agreement grants your company the copyright to the website data.

Conclusion

This article has attempted to educate you on the components involved, and the factors to consider, in creating a website for your business. Hopefully, you now understand why your “brother-in-law” may not be the best person to undertake this assignment.

As a method of weeding through a list of potential web developers, I have a current favorite question to ask of each. It doesn’t matter that you may not understand the question, the important thing is to watch their reaction and listen to their response.

Here’s the question: In designing our database, how do you normalize the data from both a logical and physical perspective? If the web developer’s answer is “huh?” or “5th normal form, of course”, just cross them off the list. Otherwise listen to their answer. A true Internet professional should be able to explain this concept in non-technical terms that you can understand, and more importantly, they should be able to explain why it matters to your business.

Ron Kreutzer has over 20 years information technology (IT) experience, over 15 years IT project management experience, over 10 years Internet technology experience. Ron is President of WineWeb Enterprises, Inc. a company he founded in 1995 to provide an electronic marketplace for wine and Internet services to wineries and wine retailers. He has worked over eight years with a global information technology services provider, and previously was a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche Management Consulting (Deloitte Consulting) having spent over eight years on a variety of IT projects across many industries and technologies. Ron is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-inactive).

Ron is the founder of WineWeb Enterprises, Inc., which provides an electronic marketplace for wine consumers. It also provides e-commerce, website hosting and website promotion services to wineries and wine retailers. More information is at http://www.wineweb.com.