Mar. 26--Doing good for the people in Darfur turned out to be much more complicated than Tami Hotard expected.All she wanted to do was collect some shoes from Bay County donors and send them to ...refugees affected by the civil war in the African region.But U.S. sanctions, the hostility of the Sudanese government and the logistical hurdles of shipping to a war zone all conspired to confound her philanthropy.So now, the Gulf Coast Community College professor is turning her attention to Kenya instead.She plans to send her first box of 70 shoes -- sort of a test mailing -- to an orphanage there this week.
At the same time, Excite is promoting Rosa von Furstenberg to the role of Marketing Manager of Excite Europe. Rosa will work alongside Lorraine Thomson to manage the Excite brand in the UK and ...alongside the local market teams across Europe. Excite UK Ltd. (www.excite.co.uk), is a joint venture between British Telecommunications plc and Excite@Home. Excite UK Ltd. offers a personalised and content-rich starting point on the Web for new and experienced Internet users, together with one of the most comprehensive localised search facilities in the UK. As well as access to 'My Excite Start Page', the UK's first personalised Web service, Excite offers free web based email, online shopping and access to 15 different channels covering subjects such as Shopping, Travel, Music and Sport. Headquartered in London, England, Excite UK Ltd. can be found at http://www.excite.co.uk. Notable Awards In June 2000, Excite UK won the New Media Age Award for the "Best Use of Wireless" for Excite Mobile. Excite mobile is a fully personalisable WAP portal with seamless interface to excite.co.uk web content. In Computer Active Spring 2000 Web Guide, Excite UK was described as 'possibly the most comprehensive source of information for business or leisure in the United Kingdom today'. Excite UK was also chosen as 'Best Performing Search Engine for British Users' by Time Out magazine in October 1999 and was voted 'Top Site' by The Net magazine in its August 1999 issue in a ranking of UK search engines.
