Merchant Accounts

In today’s business you need a lot of perseverance and capital to pursue your dream of having a business that’s profitable and caters to the needs of the consumer. You need a lot of help from other people to start your business in the right tracks. You will need skilled staff, good management team, quality products and good customer service. Good service also requires dependable merchant services to help in processing payment transactions. And one good company to help the starting businessmen in this area is the First Data Independent Sales Services which offers online credit card services which is necessary for merchants to accept credit cards in their stores and business areas. This is very much needed as we all know all business establishments nowadays are accepting credit cards payments and you might lose sales if you only accept cash payments.

First Data Independent Sales Services will help you get a free merchant account and you’ll save money if you already have credit card machines because setup and programming is free of charge. Whatever your business is FDIS offers variety of merchant products and services to meet your business performance, size and cost. They provide services for all types of business namely: E-Commerce by means of LinkPoint Central which allows merchants to enter credit card transactions on PC manually through Internet; Retail stores; Phone/Mail Order; Wireless merchant account, Restaurant and The TeleCheck® Warranty and Electronic Check Acceptance® (ECA®) Service.

By signing up you’ll get competitive package with FREE merchant account, credit card processing software, credit card terminal program,online sales tracking and reporting, shopping cart and secured gateway payment setup. For inquiries they have 24-hour customer service in 150 languages and dialects. It’s like having a one-stop shop for all your transaction processing needs.

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My Dear Friend Meline

I was wondering this week why I'm not receiving any text from Meline and because I know that she's sick I'm not expecting a daily message from her as she always does. Meline will not pass a day without a text message for me; it's her daily routine - to text inspiring messages to her closest friends. Actually I've been thinking again of her text 3 weeks ago - "Thank you for the friendship that we shared, my life was happy because you've been a part of it, sorry for any shortcoming that I've done as a friend. I will treasure our friendship our friendship even to the next life". It suddenly occurred to me that day that her text message seem like a farewell text, it actually chilled me. Why? Because Meline was diagnosed two years ago that she had a breast cancer, she has undergone series of chemotherapy and it seemed like the treatment had done her good but after a year she's started to lose hair and weight. We didn't know that her doctor honestly told her last October 2007 that her cancer is incurable and has only 6 months to live. She kept it to herself and she maintained a happy outlook in life, her text was always so sweet, endearing and inspiring and sometimes with a light humor. You wouldn't think that she's facing the end of her life then. We were actually planning a lunch or dinner date because it's been a long time since we've seen each other, the only way we're bonded is through mobile phone. I’m a little sad that dinner date was never scheduled.

I learned Meline's condition from DSI, Ma'am Billie knowing that we've been good friends asked one employee there to inform me that Meline passed away already. She learned it from her friend, Meline’s employer in Classic Confections, she didn't stopped working even if she knows that her body is in a bad condition. Meline is really like that, you wouldn't find her sulking and thinking about her problem and sickness, she's a brave girl always. She's taught me a lot in the field where I am now, my course and my job was too far from what my boss assigned me 5 years ago but Meline assisted and trained me in all aspects of Accounting, so after nearly two years of being together in BT&T Accounting Dept. she returned to being fulltime in Classic Confections leaving me with one accounting staff to help me in handling Accounting department. The position was quite far from my education and work experience having taken Computer Engineering in college and handled technical proposal for 10 years. I wasn't prepared and educated for the position but Meline was there for me and now she's gone I can never thank her enough for the friendship, care and time that she's given me. I will miss her name and her daily text in my mobile. I will miss my friend and her caring thoughts but I'm happy that she's not in pain now. May God bless her.

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Flowers For You!

A wonderful way to express your love to someone special is through flowers as they always quote ‘say it with flowers’. There are many connotations of flower and most often according to kind and colors. When my husband courted me he used to give me red long-stemmed roses which signify love and respect. We were friends then and I was actually waiting what kind and color of flower will he give me because if he gave me yellow roses back then maybe I would think that he only see me as a good friend because it signifies friendship. Finally when the time came for my answer to his proposal he picked a single white rose, it’s very significant back then as I see white rose as symbol of love worthiness and I felt very happy to know that I’m worthy of his love.

There’s a lot more you can do with flowers, you can express your gratitude and sympathy, offer thanksgiving, congratulate a newlywed couples, boost morale, greet birthday celebrants and make your partner felt the romance of your love relationship. When you buy flowers for your loved ones makes sure to pass by E-Florist, a site that offers wide assortment of flowers that you can buy online. If you need flowers for a certain occasion you can have your shopping online by occasion, by products and by price. Guaranteed fresh and beautifully designed to match your specific needs. They have all the capabilities of ensuring the safety of flower delivery to cruise ships, hotels, offices, apartments, homes and to your work.

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Are You A Good Cook?

You Are a Learning Cook

You've got the makings of an excellent cook, and the desire to be one. But right now, you're just lacking the experience. You couldn't be a top chef yet, but you could be an apprentice.

Are You A Good Cook?

Actually I'd like to think that I'm a good cook because I really put my mind and heart on it,
my mom is a good cook and she passed all her knowledge, techniques and secrets to me
so everyday I get full hands-on training from her. I'm lucky and happy that we're living with my mom. How about you? Are you a good cook? Better be a good cook because it's true that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach! Happy cooking!

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