Lucine Amara, Artistic Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera), announces veteran opera bass, Harry Dworchak, will return to the stage to debut in the company's premiere of Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. He will perform the role of Maestro Spinelloccio. Verismo Opera will present this comedic dark opera in conjunction with the company's new production of Ruggero Leoncavallo's tragic love story, I Pagliacci. The double bill will be performed on Sunday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), located ...

The South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grant program, administered by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), is currently accepting applications for the 2013 grant round until July 31, 2013. Since its inception in 2009, the Mini-Grant program has funded 28 projects throughout the South Mountain landscape in south-central Pennsylvania and has awarded $188,000 in funding to support these projects, an investment that has leveraged an additional $450,000 in matching funding. The program is designed to stimulate projects that sustain south-central Pennsylvania's sense of ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that it will freeze housing and board for the 2013-2014 academic year at the same level of the current academic calendar. The decision was made in an effort to monitor costs and provide students with a viable access to higher education. For students enrolling in fall 2013, standard housing will remain at $6,186 and the standard 14-meal plan will remain at $2,814. The housing and board freeze follows the institutions previous announcement in 2012 to ...

Leading shippers of controlled ambient pharmaceuticals are protecting temperature sensitive pallets with a revolutionary new solar material specifically designed to reflect direct sun and prevent air exchange during risk points and temperature spikes in the supply chain. The innovative new SilverSkinTM material, designed by specialist thermal cover manufacture TP3 Global (www.tp3global.com), has been extensively developed and tested over the last year. Converted into thermal pallet cover sizes to suit various skid and air cargo pallet configurations, it fully encapsulates ...

There are 52 weeks in a year. Why not make one of them meat-free? That's the idea behind US VegWeek, a nationwide campaign empowering thousands of people--including federal, state, and local representatives--to pledge to choose vegetarian foods for at least seven days as a way to discover the many benefits and flavors of vegetarian eating. Public officials taking the 7-day VegPledge include Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Arizona Congressman Ra Grijalva, California State Senator Ted Lieu, California Assemblymember Das Williams, Maryland State Senator Jamie ...

Esteemed Restaurateur Burt Rapoport, founder of Rapoport's Restaurant Group, is giving back to the local community and kicking off the summer season in South Florida by celebrating his 2013 'Dream Big Small Business of the Year' recognition by the United States Chamber of Commerce with a fun filled community event for all ages from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 11th at the all new Delray Marketplace Amphitheater. Headlined by original Beach Boy Founder David Marks and the Surf City Allstars, the charity concert and evening of food, drink and live entertainment will directly ...

J.M. Field Marketing is excited to add Chris Freistat to the management team in the fulfillment department! On a daily basis, Chris Freistat handles order processing, special requests, and the organization of inventory. The Fulfillment Team at J.M. Field Marketing is one of the most qualified and trained in state of the art fulfillment techniques and our clients receive the best fulfillment services available due to the strong organizational and interpersonal skills of our management team. Freistat began his career at J.M. Field Marketing in fulfillment services a year ...

Dial An Exchange (DAE), an industry leading exchange company, appoints Ahmed Adel Saleh as their new Business Development Manager for Egypt. Adel, who carries a B.Sc. of law from Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, has over 20 years' experience within the fractional real estate industry. Starting in Sales and Marketing, Adel was able to excel quickly into management and, over the course of his career, has held several Management and Director Positions for various companies across the globe. "We wanted the right person to help us develop our business in Egypt and ...

The National Veteran Owned Business Association (NaVOBA) hosted a two part webinar, "Are You Procurement Ready?" presented by TargetGov President, Gloria Larkin. These webinars focused on how businesses can become procurement ready and provided an overall introduction to contracting with the Federal Government and are now available for immediate, on-demand viewing from http://www.navoba.com/article/webinars in the archive section. Mrs. Larkin covered the changes in federal contracting, and how attendees could plan, position, pursue and win more contracts. The ...

Thinklogical LLC, a global manufacturer of secure fiber optic video and KVM routing and extension systems, announced today that retired Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, has joined the Thinklogical Federal Advisory Board. The mission of the Thinklogical Federal Advisory Board is to deepen the company's relationships within the government, military, intelligence and homeland security communities and facilitate product innovation through improved communication of customer requirements from these markets. "The requirement for uncompromised, ...

Packington Free Range (http://www.packingtonfreerange.com), the Staffordshire-based pork and poultry farmers are celebrating the achievements of three of its major UK stockists. Jon Thorner's (http://www.jonthorners.co.uk/), Cheerbrook Farm Shop (http://www.cheerbrook.co.uk/) and JW Mettrick & Son (http://www.mettricksbutchers.co.uk/) have all won prestigious industry awards for the quality of their produce, created using meat supplied by Packington. Jon Thorner's in Shepton Mallet, Somerset has been awarded a Gold Medal for its Pork Pie and a Silver for its Pork ...

The SSL Store has officially announced Justin Hoppe as the newest addition to their rapidly growing team. As Technical Support Manager, Justin will be playing a vital role as The SSL Store seeks to take customer support to yet another level. Justin is a graduate of Florida State University with a diverse technical background hallmarked by his status as a Cisco Networking Academy Alum and experience performing IT Helpdesk duties at a US Military facility overseas. "We are quite thrilled to have Justin join our team and think he will prove a decisive addition, providing ...

Jackson Design and Remodeling (JDR) is excited to announce the winners of the 2013 Design & Remodeling Industry Blogger Awards. The fourth annual blog competition featured 47 of the best blogs in the industry across six categories, including a new category for Microblog, a growing trend in social media. After tallying thousands of votes, the winners are: Architecture: Decoist Construction Business: Building Blox Remodeling: 7th House on the Left Interior Design: Freshome Green: Lynn Hoffman Design Microblog (New for 2013): Garrison Hullinger Interior Design ...

1031Clearinghouse.com goes live today as the web's only portal to provide tax deferred exchange information and access to the leading bank owned Qualified Intermediaries in the country. The clearinghouse website can not only provide exchange oriented educational materials and multimedia tutorials; it's the only site which allows an Exchanger the ability to compare one bank facilitator from another. Since security of funds and a facilitator's technical capability are the two leading questions for any potential Exchanger, this site is the first to merge quality educational ...

Coolsculpting.com generates more online patient referrals for board-certified plastic surgeons than any other aesthetic medical device or aesthetic pharmaceutical manufacturer, according to an analysis recently conducted by Etna Interactive, a leading medical marketing agency. The CoolSculpting procedure, developed and marketed by ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc., is designed to safely, noticeably, and measurably reduce the fat layer. Etna Interactive examined online referral sources for a random sample of 50 plastic surgeons for January 2013. Not only did coolsculpting.com generate ...

It's "Now or Never" ... Give Mom a special treat with this two-for-one Mother's Day DVD/CD promotion. Buy Cagney & Lacey: The Limited-Edition Complete Series on DVD and receive at no additional cost, the Elvis: Remix Collection audio collection (a $69.95 value). Available only at www.cagneyandlacey.com Cagney & Lacey: The Limited-Edition Complete Series (38 discs, 119 episodes, 93+ hours plus 29 hours of special features) was recently released in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the iconic show's television premiere, making the entire series ...

247inktoner, the online printer ink and toner supplier, announced today the launch of their free toner cartridge recycling program to help clients unload spent cartridges without having to be concerned about the environment. The program is part of the company's continuing efforts to better serve their clients while also helping to reduce the number of toner cartridges that pile-up in area landfills. Anybody with at least eight cartridges can contact the company and receive a prepaid shipping label to be used for recycling spent toner cartridges. So, not only is the ...

Orthodontist Dr. Randol Womak and Dr. Larry Davis in Peoria, AZ are excited to announce that Affiliated Orthodontics is now offering its patients the new state-of-the-art PROPEL System. It is an accelerated orthodontic treatment that reduces the time it takes to achieve the results you want. PROPEL stimulates the bone in which your teeth are set, causing it to remodel faster. As the bone dynamics respond to the stimulation, teeth move faster. The result can be a reduction in the time you spend in orthodontics by 60% or more. What's really exciting is that PROPEL does not ...

In his review of 2012, Hein Velema, the CEO of Fraser Yachts remarked, "2012 showed strong sales figures overall". He also highlighted the fact that new construction projects for luxury yachts were still popular. On another positive note the winter charter market was stronger than in previous years, particularly from American clients opting to explore the Caribbean and Mediterranean summer charters beginning to be booked. Yet despite higher overall sales, the total value of luxury yachts sold was 20% down on 2011 due to the fact that more sales were made for ...

The results, compiled and assimilated by Boat International, is an independent study of sales statistics from some of the world's most prestigious luxury yacht brokers. Boat International's "market intelligence" statistical studies showed that sales from the top five yacht brokerage companies steadily increased year on year over the three year period, reaching a combined total of 458 vessels for 2010, 2011 and 2012. As well as achieving the best results each year over this three year period, Fraser Yachts also managed to produce a steady increase of its share ...

Distracted drivers seem to be an endemic problem on U.S. roads. No matter how often public safety officials broadcast the dangers of distracted driving, many drivers persist in dangerous behaviors such as cell phone use and texting while driving. It seems that the problem has not spread outside the country, however. A 2013 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that distracted driving is a greater problem in the U.S. than it is in many European countries. U.S. drivers often more distracted Researchers at the CDC surveyed drivers ...

Houston-raised billionaire John Goodman's name was splashed across the headlines when he was charged with drunk driving in 2010. The accident that led to the charges caused the death of a 23-year-old engineering student. Goodman was convicted of DWI manslaughter and is now serving a 16 year sentence on house arrest. But was his trial fair? Like everyone accused of a crime, Goodman is entitled to a day in court and due process of law. Now, however, new information has come to light that has his lawyers calling for a retrial. Juror failed to reveal wife's DWI Jury ...

Recently, there has been much debate with respect to updating the "spousal elective share" statute in Massachusetts. This statute law allows a disinherited spouse to "elect against" their deceased spouse's Will and receive a mandatory share of the deceased spouse's estate, irrespective of the terms of the deceased spouse's will. Specifically, a disinherited spouse will receive a "life interest" in one-third of the deceased spouse's probate estate. If the deceased spouse left no offspring, the surviving spouse's share increases to one-half. The ...

If you are thinking about having a love psychic reading performed, chances are good that you're going to want to know what the future has in store for you concerning your love life. A new website, PsychicsOnlineFree.com has been launched with the intention to offer free guidance and amazing, affordable opportunities to connect with the world's best, most accurate psychic advisers. Most people who visit do so because they have questions about their romantic future. This indicates that love and romance are at the forefront of most of our thoughts. Naturally, this comes ...

Frontiers in Psychology Numerical cognition in bees and other insects In this article, Dr. Mario Pahl and colleagues review the main studies on the ability of insects to perceive number, and discuss the possible mechanisms involved in number recognition. Recent behavioral investigations have shown that several invertebrate species (animals without backbones) share various numerical activities with bigger animals, such as birds and mammals. This is because the ability to assess the number of food items, competitors or mates can help animals – even smaller ones like insects ...