The situation is such that conflicts over the past 70+ years have left an undeniable mark on those of us who would put themselves in harm's way. OIF and OEF alone have cycled through at least 2 million men and women in the last 12 years. Desert Storm, Vietnam, Korean War; almost all coincided during the Cold War, the aftermath of which are still affecting the Veterans' community. According to the V.A., applications for benefits did not peek for WWII veterans until 1969. Using those same projections, the estimate for veterans of current conflicts won't peak until 2050. Being ...

The phenomenal success of the Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games series proves that the connection between young adult books and Hollywood films has never been stronger. "Every single studio wants to capitalize on a young-adult franchise," said Josie Freedman, co-head of the book-to-films department at talent agency International Creative Management. "It's what's selling on the publishing side and on the film side." The Twilight series has grossed more than $3.6 billion worldwide with four films so far—not to mention hundreds of millions ...

Dallas homebuilder Grenadier Homes will begin developing 57 new town homes in the Villas at Willow Grove next week. The construction marks the second phase of the home builder's master plan for the gated community, located off Eldorado Parkway in Stonebridge Ranch in McKinney, Texas. Grenadier Homes expects new roads and services to be completed in about four months, and construction on individual houses is slated to begin shortly thereafter, with new homes ready for move-in by early 2014. "We are starting Phase II in Willow Grove because of the tremendous success ...

Stonefield Query SDK Version 4.3.4878 is mostly a maintenance release, but there are a few new features. •If you add "KeepLog=N" to Data.INI, Stonefield Query creates separate diagnostic files with a timestamp as part of the filename so individual logs are created for each run. •You can now use detail header and footer bands in templates. •Stonefield Query now creates a default filename when emailing reports. •You can now specify what "mail mode" to use when emailing via SMTP. This is helpful if problems arise with some types of SMTP servers. ...

The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (http://www.ncvma.org) has announced that the Friends of the NCVMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the organization, donated $750 to Reins from Above, a therapeutic riding center located in Clayton, N.C. This donation will help the organization fulfill its mission to provide horseback riding as therapy to children and adults with special needs. Research shows that those who participate in hippotherapy and therapeutic riding can experience physical, emotional and mental rewards. Benefits of the program include improved ...

Fairfield Harbour (http://www.fhpoa.com), a residential boating and golf community located 15 minutes from historic New Bern, has announced that Harbour Pointe Golf Club and Billy Casper Golf will host a free community golf event on Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the resort-style 18-hole, par-72 championship course located within the community. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the clubhouse facility, outing pavilion and pool, course and driving range during the event. Michael Cooper, general manager of Harbour Pointe Golf Club, and his professional ...

The Company focuses on compact, fully-automated and reliable optical parametric oscillators (OPOs), harmonic generators and associated instrumentation for the scientific market. Radiantis was established in 2005 with the goal of enriching the laser market with state-of-the-art, robust and easy-to-use nonlinear systems to expand the wavelength tunability of available lasers. Today, the Company is well integrated in the academic and research community and has a broad worldwide network of satisfied scientists utilising its advanced products across the US, Europe and Asia. ...

Hill, Chesson & Woody (HCW) (http://www.hcwbenefits.com), a health and welfare benefits brokerage and consulting firm that designs, manages and implements employee benefit programs, has announced that the firm has added Adam Moffitt as regional manager for its Triad business development efforts. In this position, Moffitt will be responsible for business development of HCW's services in Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem and surrounding areas. He has eight years of experience in sales, recruiting and customer service. Moffitt received his Bachelor of Science in ...

United TM Real Estate, a fast-growing urban-centric real estate and franchise operation company, today announced they are hosting world-renowned economist, Roger Arnold, on June 6, 2013 at the Trump National Country Club in Sterling, Virginia. Arnold will be discussing current real estate issues and trends, such as the sequestration, federal budget and government employee furloughs, and their impact on the housing and mortgage markets. Arnold will provide expertise on these topics in relation to the real estate industry and why they represent an extraordinary opportunity ...

Harrison College (http://www.harrison.edu/), an institution of higher learning with more than 5,000 students studying at 13 campuses and online, has announced that its corporate partnership division will sponsor the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce's Top Investors Luncheon. The event will be held on Wednesday, June 5, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Meridian Hills Country Club, located at 7099 Spring Mill Rd. The event is part of the Indy Chamber's Top Investor Series, which provides unparalleled networking opportunities for the city's top executives and leading community ...

The National Business Media (NBM) Show is making its third stop of the year in Indianapolis, and FASTSIGNS International Inc., the worldwide franchisor of FASTSIGNS visual communications, signage and graphics centers, will be exhibiting at the show to discuss its franchise opportunities with attendees. The show, which will be held May 30-June 1 at the Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium, is a business-to-business trade show intended to educate attendees on the latest in sign making, digital printing, apparel decorating, engraving, personalization, promotional ...

Tony Attanasio has released his reality based suspense novel, "The Iranian Connection: Code Word Orchid". The new novel is an internationally-flavored novel which relates the actions of Iranian and Hezbollah operatives who planned in great detail to detonate a nuclear device in New York City in order to weaken The United States' support for Israel in post September 11 months, as well as greatly disrupt the US economy. US Federal law enforcement assets work at odds with, and then in concert with, one another to foil the deadly explosion. The story develops characters ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that Ian Dunne has been named digital communications coordinator. In this position, Dunne will be responsible for overseeing, maintaining and distributing content for the university's social media networks, video production and website. Additionally, he will contribute to the writing and copy editing for university publications and newsletters. Prior to joining William Peace University, Dunne worked as a producer for News 14 Carolina, where he was responsible ...

As a nation, we are a generation that is obsessed with the way we look. You only have to open up a magazine or watch a TV program to see people talking about how to lose weight, how to get abs or how to stop hair loss. It might sound superficial, but we are all obsessed with our looks. With this need to always look good it is perhaps no surprise that new products are always being developed to keep up with customer demand. Not only that, but we are always on the lookout for natural remedies and natural products we can use in our beauty products. That is probably why ...

Solopress.com, one of the UK's leading online printing companies, are pleased to announce the launch of our new Solopress Game App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It's available for download now at the iTunes App Store - for FREE! In the game, you'll need a keen eye and even quicker reflexes to successfully work the conveyor belt at the busy Solopress printing factory. There's a stack of business cards, leaflets, posters and stickers all printed and ready to go out to our customers. But there's only a limited time to get them all on the delivery van. Have you got ...

The Sipergy Travel App was finally released to the world of travelers. It is primarily a VoIP calling app built for smartphones and tablets running Android or iOS, and soon available for Windows and BlackBerry phones. Sipergy Travel App was designed for travelers that often encounter communication hurdles when traveling internationally - high roaming rates, obsolete calling cards, expensive hotel phones - Sipergy Travel offers a great alternative within one multifaceted application. Sipergy Travel is downloadable for free from Google Play or the iTunes App Store, and travelers ...

The robots are coming, and we had better be prepared. That is only part of the message that St. Onge Company's (www.stonge.com) Tom Bonkenburg will present during his conference-opening keynote address at the 35th annual Association for Operations Management of South Africa (SAPICS) conference, scheduled for June 2 to 4, at Sun City Resorts, Sun City, South Africa. "We're all resistant to change," says Bonkenburg, "but anyone who doesn't prepare for this robotic revolution in the supply chain will be caught off guard. Robot technology is spreading ...

Leading developer of partitioning systems, Optima, supplied a comprehensive range of products for the GBP10 million refurbishment of Kings House and Conquest House in Kingston-Upon-Thames - helping to create stunning new office facilities for Saipem, one of the world's leading contractors in the oil and gas industry. With its leases due to expire within 12 months, the building owners put in place plans to refurbish the ageing property to provide 90,000 sq ft of Grade A offices, with ancillary retail space on the ground floor and a new glazed monumental entrance. Working ...

Drishti announced today that TMC has named AMEYO as a recipient of a 2013 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award from CUSTOMER magazine, the leading publication in the CRM, call center and teleservices industries since 1982. Ameyo Communications Suite from Drishti is the preferred solution for enterprises and contact centers across territories such as: APAC, SAARC, Middle East, Africa and continues to establish its presence across the globe. The technology platform is flexible and scalable, providing next-generation businesses with specific features that drive growth ...

Silicon Valley based ecommerce startup unveils trymbl.com, a unique ecommerce destination that brings online shopping closer to the in-store shopping experience by offering shoppers the convenience of trying beauty / baby products of their choice for free, before buying them. Trymbl helps women shop online anywhere, at any time, and gives them the ability to physically use a product before committing to it - "try before you buy." Additionally, Trymbl is personalized for each consumer to minimize shopping time, to produce the most efficient and effective alternative ...

Dalal Akoury, MD will be host to a local FOX affiliate health matters television show. The debut broadcast is scheduled for 12:30 pm Eastern time Wednesday, June 5. Your Health is Wealth will broadcast each Monday, Wednesday and Friday on WFXB FOX TV cable channel 7 (http://www.wfxb.com) allowing reach to maximum number of viewers interested in improving their health status, have questions about Obamacare, or wish to learn about new and innovative health practices. Dr. Akoury (http://awaremed.com) aims to create programming that will offer open dialogue between national ...

Marketing Made Simple TV, the popular and highly syndicated marketing TV on the Web show, re-launched today to deliver remarkable new value to better connect viewers, guests and sponsors. The show, syndicated to over 2.5 million marketing professionals, now offers great video content for viewers as well as warm sales leads for sponsors. The new "warm sales leads" program is an additional service that delivers marketing content directly to marketing leaders, resulting in warm sales leads - which is the main goal of sponsors. Marketing Made Simple TV is the brainchild ...

The dermatologists at the Dallas Center for Dermatology and Aesthetics (www.dallascosmeticderm.com) say they have seen an increase in the number of requests for dermal fillers such as JUVEDERM in Dallas. This boost reflects a national trend. Soft tissue fillers, also referred to as dermal fillers or injectable fillers, increased in use by 5% from 2011 to 2012, according to the 2012 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). This was led primarily by hyaluronic acid fillers, or HA fillers, such as JUVEDERM and Restylane, which ...

Phase4 Pharmaceutical, LLC's consumer division, AgeForce, has released a new over the counter Weight-Loss Fat Burner Patch, the latest addition to the company's line of dietary supplement patches, already proving to be one of the company's most successful products to date. AgeForce's new time-release patch is the result of more than two years of research and development and is said to help users lose weight as well as burn body fat afterward through the blocking of accumulation of new body fat. Company officials and industry experts alike are calling the patch one of ...

JBS Software Solutions, developer of custom designed software applications, has announced the formation of a new partner company, Climb Technology, LLC. Climb Technology's web-based products improve multi-channel marketing to help companies connect with local customers, communicate using microsites and email, and convert larger sales both in person and online. Built from JBS' well-tested and successful custom designed software applications, Climb Technology's SaaS-based tools are now being offered in a configurable, out-of-the-box solution. John Becker, president ...