Ruth Parasol is one of the founders of PartyGaming. A controversial figure, Ms. Parasol refuses to be interviewed. Listed as # 164 on the Forbes 400 List, with a Net Worth of $1.8 B.
The British IPO of PartyGaming resulted in a storm of tabloid and mainstream press coverage of Ms. Parasol, which further clouded the background of the reclusive billionaress. However, it is clear that she was a member of the American Bar Association until the IPO and she had some involvement with the Internet porn industry prior to her work on PartyGaming.
Month: October 2005
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Richest woman in the World
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Recommending Movable Type
Ever since I’ve been using Movable Type (MT) I’ve never taken the time to write a recommendation or review. Perhaps I was too busy using their awesome software, to write about how great I think it is? Whatever the reason, the matter is being addressed right now.
The first Blog I installed MT for was called Trader Wizard, the Capital Markets Guide, (now defunct) and that was back in the early part of 2004. That Blog went on to become quite busy and was the first test and learning curve about “comment spam”. Since then I’ve installed a half dozen or more Blogs using this same great software, and subsequently mastered dealing with comment spam by installing the MT specific, open-source software solutions. -
Blown away by Wilma
Having lived in South Florida for 12 years, and endured several bad Hurricane season’s and survived a couple near direct hit’s, including the infamous “Andrew” (I was 50 miles from ground zero, in a very safe cinder-block house, several miles from the beach), I know the helpless feeling for residents of the areas in the strike zone. My heart goes out to anyone in the proximity of this freak of nature, mother of all storms. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hurricane Wilma exploded this morning into the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, a Category 5 monster with 175 mph winds. It adopted a curving path likely to carry it to South Florida this weekend — as a major hurricane. – Miami Herald
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Offshore on-line gaming
The growth in offshore Internet gambling, surpasses any other industry sector, and is one of the hottest topics today. Experts say the business is in it’s infancy and predict it to generate revenues exceeding $100B within 10 years. Bear Stearns Securities came out with a report suggesting that the industry would reach $125 Billion by 2015. No matter who you believe, the fact is that this sector of the new media economy is here to stay.
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Urchin Summary Report
Profile Rankings by Unique User Sessions
offshorenet.com – 14,338
commoditytrader.com – 13,551
traderwizard.com – 9,644
winningstreak.com – 6,225
intellectualsecurity.com – 3,688
siliconpalms.com – 2,423
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RSS Top 55 – Blog submit guide
Robin Good created a site called “What Communication Experts Need To Know” and besides being an all-round excellent resource for anything related to web publishing, it’s “the” place on the Net to learn about how to increase Blog traffic, by submissions to “Blog specific” search engines and directories.
If you’ve got a Blog and you want people to know about it, then you need to learn about “Pings” and spend the time to submit your site to the Blog-search engines and directories. This can be time consuming, especially if you don’t know where to go, or what to do when you get there. You need to visit Master New Media Top 55 . -
888.biz set to launch
(PRWEB) – London (PRWEB) October 13, 2005 –- 888.com, through an associated site 888.biz, is seeking self-motivated business leaders and networkers to help them promote their brand name and industry leading casino and poker sites. The unique combination of three leading trends – internet, gaming and network marketing – means that players and promoters can share in the company’s profits as a reward for their loyalty.
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The best laid plans
Typical for me that I’d procrastinate in writing something for the new category “body”, as it seems like it’s the last thing that get’s my attention, despite firm resolve to be more active, and for that matter, proactive, in improving my health.
It’s so easy to blame it on all the hours I spend hunkered over my computer, working on projects and trying to make more money (never enough), but oddly, I really enjoy all forms of exercise, especially swimming but even running, which I do manage to accomplish at least 4 times per week. -
Mind matters – Just do it!
Living in Brasil I’m constantly reminded of how lucky I am, to have good health, great family, an education, and the means to provide an income for myself and family. Life is sweet! I enjoy living in South America, for all it’s bad points I’m able to find enough good to make up for it.
Yesterday, I saw a young boy asleep on the sidewalk in a very busy neighborhood, he was melting in the hot sun, barefoot and totally filthy stinking. I was wondering what sort of depravity he was involved in the previous night, to be able to sleep, not only in the bright, hot, mid-day sun, but also with all the commotion going on, as he was only a couple meters from a busy street corner. -
Brother and sister
My sister Shelley and I have always been close friends, and living here in Brasil I think about her often and miss hanging-out with her. Now the baby she’s carrying in the photo, has turned out to be a great little boy, my nephew Jacob. A couple of days ago I received pictures from Canada of the Thanksgiving Party at my Dad’s house, and Shelley was smiling, with her son Jacob, now about 7 years old. That means the photo was taken in about 1998.