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                                  Exhibit 10.14

                Agreement for Financial Public Relations Services

             with Market Pathways Financial Relations Incorporated,

                              dated August 11, 1999

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                                  AGREEMENT FOR

                       FINANCIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICES

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into on this 11th day of August 1999 by and between
MARKET PATHWAYS FINANCIAL RELATIONS INCORPORATED (hereinafter "MP"), with its
principal place of business at 2222 Martin, Suite 110, Irvine, California 92612
and THE HEALTH CHANNEL.COM, INC. hereinafter ("Client"), a Delaware corporation,
with its principal place of business at 5000 Birch Street, Suite 4000, Newport
Beach, California 92660. HEREAFTER, the Client and MP are referred to
collectively as "Parties", and singularly as "Party".

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to set forth the terms and conditions under which
services shall be performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these promises of the mutual covenants
herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I - SCOPE OF SERVICES

MP agrees to perform for the Client the financial services described as follows:

(a)   MP will develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing stock market support
system with the general objective of expanding stockbroker awareness of the
Client's activities, and hence a commensurate interest in the Client's stock.
This stock market support system will have a four-part approach:

(i)   A SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM to keep existing stockholders informed
about the Client's activities and potential.

(ii)  A STOCKBROKER / INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM to build a national network
of stockbrokers, analysts, and market makers who are informed about and
interested in the Client.

(iii) AN INVESTOR LEAD GENERATION SYSTEM to develop leads for selected brokers
and to assist them in marketing the Client's stock.

(iv)  A MEDIA RELATIONS SYSTEM to increase corporate visibility through
informational press releases, placement of articles and copy consulting on
annual and quarterly reports.

(b)   OPTIONAL SERVICES: Additional projects, such as design and production of
annual and quarterly reports, video or slide presentations, speech writing, and
introductions related to financing and investment banking activities, will be
performed and billed as mutually agreed upon by both Parties on a case by case
basis.

ARTICLE II - PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

         The period of performance under this Agreement shall be for a primary
term of one (1) year from the date hereof. This Agreement may be terminated for
any reason by either Party after the first ninety days, upon ninety days written
notice of termination. Notice of termination may only be given after the first
ninety days of this Agreement. Unless notice of termination or non-renewal is
received no later than one (1) year from the date hereof, this Agreement
automatically renews for successive one-year period under the same terms and
conditions. (Specifically, $4,000 per month plus expenses and additional Common
Stock, as described herein.)

ARTICLE III - CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP

         In performing the services under this Agreement, MP shall operate as,
and have the status of an independent contractor. The Client and MP will be
mutually responsible for determining the means and the methods for performing
the services described in ARTICLE I.

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ARTICLE IV - COMPENSATION

      As full consideration for the performance of the basic (four-part)
services described above, the Client shall pay MP compensation as follows:

(a)   CASH: $48,000 cash plus reasonable expenses. Said $48,000 shall be paid
monthly in advance at the rate of $4,000 per month.

(i)   Initial payment for the first month and an equal amount against unpaid
retainers or expenses shall be due at the time this Agreement is signed
($8,000). Following the initial payment, ensuing payments are payable monthly in
advance to MP's principal place of business and are due on the first day of each
month.

(ii)  EXPENSES: Expenses are expected to be approximately $500 per month for
phone/fax and postage. Expenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
travel and lodging; telephone, fax, and other communications; fare of public
carrier; photocopy and printing; postage; and special mailings. MP agrees to
obtain prior client approval for any single expense over $100. MP shall submit
monthly invoices to the Client, covering the monthly retainer fee and
reimbursable expenses.

(b)   COMMON STOCK: Client will issue to MP 85,000 shares of its common stock.
The Parties acknowledge that the shares will be issued pursuant to Rule 144 of
the Securities Act of 1933, and that the shares will bear a restrictive legend
requiring them to be held by MP prior to sale for such length of time and in
accordance with such terms as are applicable under the relevant securities laws
then in effect. If this Agreement is terminated for any reason, the entire
number of shares of Client's Common Stock will be deemed to have been earned and
no reduction or refund shall take place. Said share certificate will bear a date
NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS after the date of this Agreement and will be delivered to
MP's principal place of business no later than 30 days after the date of this
Agreement

(c)   PRORATED COMPENSATION: If this Agreement is terminated for any reason, the
cash amount due will be prorated to the final date of service under this
Agreement.

ARTICLE V - ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMON STOCK

The number of shares of Common Stock and classes of Capital Stock of the Client
are subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(a)   If the Client is a party to a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets
which reclassifies or changes its outstanding Common Stock, the successor
corporation (or corporation controlling the successor corporation or the
Company, as the case may be) shall by operation of law assume the Client's
obligations under this Agreement. As a condition to the consummation of such
transaction, the Client shall arrange for the person or entity obligated to
issue securities or deliver cash or other assets to, concurrently with the
consummation of such transaction, assume the Client's obligations hereunder by
executing an instrument so providing and further providing for adjustments which
shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical to the adjustments provided
herein.

ARTICLE VI - CLIENT INFORMATION

Since MP must at all times rely upon the accuracy and completeness of
information supplied to it by the Client's officers, directors, agents, and
employees, the Client agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend, MP, its
officers, agents, employees at the Client's expense, in any proceeding or suit
which may arise out of and/or due to any inaccuracy or incompleteness of such
material supplied by the Client to MP.

ARTICLE VII - GRANT OF LICENSE

(a)   MP hereby grants a license to the Client, through the duration of this
Agreement, to use MP's exclusive system, lists, manuals, and trademarked and
copyrighted materials. Due to the unique and proprietary nature of these systems
and materials, MP will revoke this license upon termination of this Agreement
for any reason and all such materials, and lists must be returned to MP
immediately thereafter and their use by the Client discontinued.

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(b)   MP agrees that all information disclosed to it about the Client's
products, processes and services are the sole property of the Client and it will
not assert any rights to any confidential or proprietary information or
material, nor will it directly or indirectly, except as required in the conduct
of its duties under this Agreement, disseminate or disclose any such
confidential information; and

(c)   Upon termination of this Agreement, MP will return to the Client all
documents, records, notebooks and similar items of or containing confidential
information then in its possession, including copies thereof, whether prepared
by MP or others.

ARTICLE VIII - REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICES

Notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing and may be served personally
to the Client's representative and MP's representative at their respective place
of business or by registered mail to the address of each Party, as first set
forth herein above or may be transmitted by FAX.

ARTICLE IX - ARBITRATION/JURISDICTION OF COURT

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the
breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in the County of Orange,
California, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association
there in effect, except that the parties thereto shall have any right to
discovery as would be permitted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the
prevailing Party shall be entitled to actual costs and actual attorney's fees
from arbitration or any other civil action. Judgment upon the award rendered
therein may be entered in any Court having jurisdiction thereof. Jurisdiction
for any legal action is stipulated between the Parties to lie in the County of
Orange, California.

ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Client and MP
related to providing financial relations services. It supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous communications, representations or agreements, whether oral or
written, with respect to the subject matter hereof and has been induced by no
representations, statements or agreements other than those herein expressed. No
agreement hereafter made between the Parties shall be binding on either Party
unless reduced to writing and signed by an authorized officer of the Party bound
thereby.

This Agreement shall in all respects be interpreted and construed, and the
rights of the Parties hereto shall be governed, by the laws of the State of
California.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their duly authorized officers.

   THE HEALTH CHANNEL.COM, INC.                MARKET PATHWAYS FINANCIAL
                                                 RELATIONS INCORPORATED

              BY:/s/ THOMAS P. LONERGAN            BY:/s/ SHANNON T. SQUYRES
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      THOMAS P. LONERGAN, C.O.O., V.P., C.F.O.     SHANNON T. SQUYRES, PRESIDENT

              DATE: AUGUST 11, 1999                    DATE: AUGUST 11, 1999<PAGE>

                                  Exhibit 10.15

                  DVCi Techonologies, Inc. thehealthchannel.com

             Technical Requirements and Content Specification dated

                                October 22, 1999

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                               DVCi TECHNOLOGIES

                    imagination - information - integration

I.

II.      THEHEALTHCHANNEL.COM

III.     TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONTENT SPECIFICATION

IV.
October 22, 1999

V.       PURPOSE

The purpose of this proposal is to set forth the technical requirements and
costs related to Phase 1.

         A.

         B.       DVCI RESPONSE

The following changes (noted in italics) to the Phase 1 parameter outlined in
the prior document are required for the revised budget (outlined below) to be
honored by DVCi:

         MIGRATING HARDWARE AND TECHNOLOGIES TO THEHEALTHCHANNEL.COM

         Rather than PURCHASE the hardware required to mirror the site, DVCi has
         identified a LEASING partner, as follows.

         Two servers can be leased for a duration of 1-5 years. DVCi recommends
         a one year lease with the following terms*:

         -        12 month lease
         -        $1,000.00 security deposit
         -        $800.00/month lease fee
         -          THC responsible for 12 month lease payments

         Alternately the Two Sun Ultra - 5 333 MHz UltraSparc2 512 MB RAM 9 GB
HDD Servers can be purchased for $4,500.00 each for a total cost of $9,000.00.

         ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING IS ESSENTIAL:
         -        A CD ROM CONTAINING FULL, NON-INCREMENTAL BACKUPS WHICH
                  REFLECT THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE CURRENTLY IN PLACE, FOR THE
                  APPLICATION SERVER (HOUSES THE LOGIC), WEB SERVER (HOUSES THE
                  HTML CODE AND EMAIL), AND DATABASE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
         -        A LIST OF ALL SPECIFIC SOFTWARE UTILIZED FOR THE SITE, WITH
                  VERSION NUMBERS
         -        DOCUMENTATION ON THE WEB SERVER SET UP

         ADDING PROPER SITE TRACKING AND REPORTING CAPABILITIES
         DVCi will purchase and install a BASIC WEBTRENDS REPORTING PROGRAM,
         INSTEAD OF A SUITE OF CUSTOMIZABLE TOOLS, which will allow the tracking
         and measurement of site traffic, in order to determine the success/
         failure of the various content areas on a SLIGHTLY LESS DETAILED LEVEL
         THAN THE PRIOR RECOMMENDATION.

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         PUTTING A TURNKEY HOSTING SOLUTION INTO PLACE
         The hosting solution will be as follows: DVCi will mange the hosting of
         thehealthchannel.com's server(s) as a managed co-location for on A
         MONTH-BY-MONTH BASIS through its strategic hosting partner, Exodus.
         This service will include all of the following:

         -        Scalable Internet bandwidth, exceeding T3 capabilities

         -        24-hour/ 7 day per week battery and generator backup-- the
                  site will be pinged every 15 minutes to ensure it is up and
                  running

         -        Data Backup and Mirroring: Data-vault Backup and Restore
                  Services, including 5 incremental and 1 full archive per week,
                  up to 50 Gigs, and up to 3 full restorations per month, as
                  needed

         REWORKING ALL EXISTING CONTENT INTO THE NEW LOOK AND FEEL
         DVCi will migrate all content currently on the site (see site map
         provided previously for scope definition) from the current look and
         feel into the new, user focused look and feel, which breaks the content
         into areas for healthcare professionals and consumers. We will make
         some changes to the copy, where needed, but will not be completely
         overhauling the content at this juncture. The end result will be a
         "facelift" for the current content.

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VI.      REVISED PHASE 1 BUDGET
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COMPONENT                                                    1.       Costs

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         B.       HARDWARE LEASING
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WebServers:                                                  ($9,000.00 to purchase not factored into total)
(2) Sun  Ultra - 5 333 MHz UltraSparc2 512 MB RAM
9 GB HDD
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One time security deposit*                                   $1,000.00
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1 month of 12 month lease*                                   $800.00

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Network Switch:  3-com 8port switch                          $300.00
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TOTAL HARDWARE LEASING COSTS:                                $2,100.00
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SOFTWARE:
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WebLogic Application Server (For single CPU)                 $15,000
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Web Netscape Enterprise Edition                              $1,000
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DataBase MYSQL ( 100-999 Licenses)                           $4,000
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Chat Palace Chat Server ( For 10,000 Users)                  $100
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UltraSeek Server (10,000 Documents)                          $5,000
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Webtrends Tracking Software                                  $718
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TOTAL SOFTWARE COSTS:                                        $25,818
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HOSTING:
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One time set up/ maintenance charge                          $1,700
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1 month of hosting, as described, above                      $3,000
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TOTAL HOSTING COSTS:                                         $4,700
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HUMAN RESOURCES:
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TECHNICAL TEAM:
Sr. Software Engineer: 70 hrs                                $8,750
Software Engineer 1:  100 hrs                                $12,500
Software Engineer 2:  50 hrs                                 $6,250
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PRODUCTION TEAM:
Producer: 120 hrs                                            $15,000
Asset Preparation: 120 hrs                                   $15,000
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CREATIVE TEAM:
Creative Director: 10 hrs                                    $1,250
Copywriter:  60 hrs                                          $7,500
Art Director: 80 hrs                                         $10,000
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ACCOUNT TEAM:
VP: 8 hrs                                                    $1,000
Supervisor: 50 hrs                                           $7,500
Manager: 90 hrs                                              $11,250
Coordinator: 65 hrs                                          $8,125
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<S>     <C>                                                 <C>
C.       TOTAL HUMAN RESOURCE COSTS:                         $104,125.00
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D.       TOTAL PHASE 1 COSTS:                                $136,743.00
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E.       1ST PAYMENT REQUIRED TO BEGIN                       $84,680.00

F.       50% FEE, TOTAL OOPS:
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G.       2ND PAYMENT - REMAINING FEE                         $52,062.50
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*Lease terms approximated based on purchase price.

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VII.     TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

-    This estimate does not reflect any hardware or software costs related to
     security. Once the audit has been completed and we have a better
     understanding of what security is required, we can provide a cost outline.

-    All costs are +/- 20% variance.

-    A REQUIREMENTS MEETING WILL BE HELD ONCE THE EQUIPMENT IS CONFIGURED,
     SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED, AND THE CD ROM HAS BEEN ANALYZED TO DETERMINE ANY
     ADDITIONAL NEEDS ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS ESTIMATE.

-    DOWN TIME FOR THE SITE MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE DNS TRANSFER (TRANSFER
     OF HOSTING FROM TO EXODUS). THIS TIME IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL (2-3
     HOURS).

-    THERE MAY BE A CACHE DELAY FOR UP TO THREE DAYS, AS A RESULT OF THE DNS
     MODIFICATION.

-    FOUR WEEK TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF PHASE 1 BEGINS ONCE HARDWARE AND
     SOFTWARE ARRIVE AT DVCI-- PENDING AVAILABILITY, HARDWARE MAY TAKE OVER FIVE
     BUSINESS DAYS FOR DELIVERY.

-    Clients will provide all information requested by us in a timely manner and
     be available as needed for meetings with DVCi.

-    Client will not delay in providing feedback and response to DVCi on
     recommendations and points of view submitted for approval.

VIII.

-    DVCi requires 50% payment in advance of services provided, with the balance
     due upon completion.

-    DVCi does not charge a mark-up for out of pocket costs and will pass these
     costs directly on to you. Items covered in this category include hardware,
     software, travel, overnight delivery services, color copies etc.

Please indicate your approval of Phase 1 of this proposal and the terms and
conditions stated herein by signing this proposal in the space provided. Please
fax this back to Lauren Camp at 212-431-5833, AND Merrill McCumber at
973-359-3493 so that we can proceed.

/s/ Merrill McCumber                            /s/ Tom Lonergan, COO
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Merrill McCumber                                Client
Senior Account Executive

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