The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank launched a year-long observance of its 40th anniversary today with a city proclamation marking Feb. 20 as "Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Alleviate Hunger Day." The Food Bank has served one billion pounds of food to the hungry in Los Angeles County since its humble inception in Pasadena by cook Tony Collier in 1973. On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Food Bank recognizes and thanks two of its largest corporate supporters: • Ralphs, which has provided 34 million pounds of food to the Los Angeles Food Bank since ...

Tech Electronics, a technology services organization and systems integrator, announced its support of the University of Missouri's Athletic Department. Tech Electronics is set to donate fire and life safety and access control systems for the new golf facility at The Club at Old Hawthorne. The company will supply and install the systems as gifts-in-kind, totaling more than $10,000 to Mizzou athletics for ongoing facility improvements. "We are thankful for the support that Tech Electronics has provided Mizzou athletics over the years," said Mary Austin, Senior ...

BKD Forensics & Valuation Services, a division of BKD, LLP, is pleased to announce that Shauna Woody-Coussens will be presenting at the League of Nebraska Municipalities Midwinter Conference. Her presentation, "How to Calculate CIR Comparability Under LB 397," will take place on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Shauna's forensic investigative experience includes fraud investigations for internally identified company matters, in response to inquiries by third parties and regulatory bodies, and in litigation. She ...

Sysponi, a social media, marketing, broadcasting, and presentation Software Company, announced a new partnership with Business Owners Advantage to make Deductr available to its Bojabie subscribers nationwide. Bojabie is an internet-based, business builder tool that unites the essence of Facebook , and other social media solutions with state-of-the-art communication, video conferencing and broadcasting, and presentation tools found in Skype , GoToMeeting and WebEx , all in a single, proprietary, easy-to-use system. Bojabie also includes tools for interactive on-demand ...

Recent studies have shown that green labels can improve property value at time of sale by up to 9%. Increased property value, health and environmental benefits are just a few of the reasons that made Energy Upgrade California in Los Angeles County's Green Label Rebate Program appealing to homeowners. Due to the success and participation rate in the Program, all grant funds have been fully committed and the Program has officially closed. The Green Label Rebate Program was launched in July 2011 to encourage homeowners to go beyond energy-only retrofits and get a GreenPoint ...

The producers of Designing Spaces proudly present Season 3 of All Mixed Up, the successful reality-based cooking series that airs on Lifetime TV. organicgirl good clean greens will take center stage as one of the ingredients used in the creative dishes. Margaret Scattini, co-founder brand ambassador of organicgirl will be featured on season 3 of All Mixed Up as one of the panel judges who will share her company's history and passion for good clean greens with All Mixed Up viewers. She'll also reveal what product the student chefs will be using in each episode. organicgirl ...

Taylor Morrison recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of its newest Sarasota community - Esplanade by Siesta Key. On hand to toss the ceremonial dirt were Steve Kempton, Cammie Longenecker, Derek Andruss, Mike Mansfield and Michelle Campbell from Taylor Morrison's West Florida Division. Located in the Gulf Gate area just two miles from its famous namesake beach, Esplanade by Siesta Key is the city's only active lifestyle community with a proposed wide range of luxurious amenities and a full-time Lifestyle Director to plan special events ...

Travel To Go, Gold Sponsor of GNEX 2013, hosted a lunch for over 190 guests on Rodeo Drive, befitting all the glamour, glitz, and entertainment that visitors to Beverly Hills and attendees of GNEX have come to expect. This had Wilshire & Rodeo buzzing with conference attendees and tourists clamoring to get a photo with the Travel To Go VIP spokesperson, 'Paris Hilton'. As guests looked on, whispering to each other, "is that really her?!?," Renee Wagner, Marketing Manager at Travel To Go, escorted the faux heiress to each guest for a personal meet-and-greet ...

The campaign will consist of a dedicated web resource on the IPR License website http://www.iprlicense.com containing articles, case studies and a rights glossary. It will also contain an online rights clinic for authors to post questions via twitter which will then be answered by industry professionals. In addition there will be a free 'Know Your Rights' seminar for authors, comprising of a panel of rights specialists to be held in on Thursday 21 March with the venue and panel to be confirmed. Tom Chalmers, Managing Director of IPR License, commented: "Our ...

The new introduction helps bring Senville into a new market segment, attracting both low-cost and premium buyers. Senville has segmented their product line, making the LETO Series a low-cost, entry level split air conditioner. While Senville has primarily been a manufacturer of ductless, Energy Star only products, this latest venture introduces a new product, likely to attract wider clientele. For clients and customers looking for a more premium product, the AURA Series allows Senville to offer a Energy Star Certified unit, with the added benefit of a SEER Rating up ...

Endeavor Media Group, a Las Vegas PR agency, today announced that John Bonaventura, Las Vegas Township Constable will join the Veterans In Politics talk-show as a special guest on February 23, 2013 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET. Bonaventura will discuss the F6 tornadoes swirling around him including: (1) Alleged retaliation by Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani; (2) A March 19th public hearing about abolishing the Las Vegas Township Constable; (3) His arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence in an official vehicle; (4) Deputizing attorneys to circumvent the Clark County ...

Ed's Garage Doors, a Norwalk-based company specializing in the service and installation of garage doors and garage door opener systems, recently introduced their redesigned website as part of an integrated and streamlined marketing campaign. "We wanted to make our new website experience as interactive as the experience of walking through our showroom," said Rich Cunningham, Owner and President of Ed's Garage Doors. "The new site features an extensive gallery of door styles, using photos from doors we've installed in the Fairfield County area, so clients ...

Lana Calloway, CEO of Exhibit Resources, a full-service exhibit design and production agency, has announced that the firm is a Presenting Sponsor for the 2013 ADDY Awards Gala, Neue Noir, presented by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Raleigh - Durham Chapter. This is the company's tenth consecutive year as a sponsor of the AAF_RDU ADDY Awards Gala. As Presenting Sponsor, Exhibit Resources provided its showroom space for entry drop-off and judging of the submissions, and they will provide signage for the event. The 2013 ADDY Awards Gala, Neue Noir, will showcase ...

Anger management, depression and bullying are more prevalent health risks for youth age 11-20 than drug use, alcohol consumption and unprotected sex, according to results of an online risk assessment. Data from the Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventive Services (RAAPS) survey completed by 23,000 American youth in medical practices and school-based health centers across the country show a significant and rising new set of risks facing teens today. Recently released 2012 data shows: More than one quarter of teens surveyed - a surprising 28% - say they have trouble ...

Grassi & Co. is proud to announce that Eliot Goldberg, CPA, has joined the firm as a Tax Principal and will be working out of our Manhattan office. Eliot possesses more than 20 years of diversified tax experience with his core focus being in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Grassi & Co., Eliot was a Director with D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. in Manhattan. Throughout his career he has amassed a wealth of experience addressing complex tax issues and practiced audit techniques as well as tax due diligence in acquisitions. "The addition of ...

Cutting-edge architecture and contemporary furnishings blended with fine wine, champagne and martinis, savory hors d'oeuvres and live music to provide the ingredients for a perfect evening at One Thousand Ocean recently. Held in two of the six remaining residences at the iconic Ocean-to-Intracoastal condominium in Boca Raton, the upbeat soiree attracted residents of the building, prospective buyers, tri-county interior designers and discerning clients of Roche Bobois. Two-story Beach Villa 101 and Residence 208, both of which offer optional furniture packages from the ...

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 partnered with NewBridge Bank, Carruthers & Roth, P.A. and Bernard & Robinson Company, LLP to host a half-day presentation discussing trending topics in the banking, benefits, accounting and law industries that employers need to understand. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Greensboro Historical Museum located ...

Discount Car & Truck Rentals, the largest Canadian-owned car and truck rental company, will launch a new crowdsourcing contest on its Facebook page February 20th. This crowdsourcing contest invites participants to tell Discount Car & Truck Rentals where they would go with a Free Weekend Rental in 50 words or less for a chance to win one of 2 Weekend Rentals or 2 pairs of Toronto Rock Lacrosse tickets. The crowdsourcing contest begins Wednesday, February 20th and ends March 1st, spanning just under 10 days. The first Weekend Rental, and the first pair of Toronto ...

Crystal Suazo, standing president of the Raleigh chapter of the American Society of Women Accountants (http://www.afwa.org) and partner of Vaco Raleigh (http://www.vaco.com/raleigh), has announced that the American Society of Women Accountants has undergone a rebranding and changed its name to Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance. Along with the renaming, the group has added a new tagline of "Connect. Advance. Lead." Both moves occurred in order to broaden the visibility of the organization on a national level. In October 2012, the organization's members ...

This thirteen question survey was sent to over 31,000 Building Industry Professionals. Subject questions ranged from company's size, volume and industry trends. It reflects their second half results and projections for their business for the 2013 year. Respondents included Building Industry Product Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Kitchen & Bath Dealers, Private Equity Firms, Rep Agencies and Residential Home Builder's. Since the last report, changes continue to take place. 84% of our respondents indicated an increase in revenue during the second half of 2012 and 88% ...

Robert Buhler, president of MMI Public Relations (http://www.mmipublicrelations.com), a full-service public relations firm, has announced that the firm has been named one of the 2013 Best Employers in North Carolina by Business North Carolina, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - N.C. State Council and Best Companies Group. The annual award, based on a two-part assessment of applicant organizations and their employees, recognizes North Carolina companies that provide the most outstanding benefits and exhibit the highest employee satisfaction rates. MMI Public ...

The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (http://www.ncvma.org/) has announced that it will host its fifth annual Veterinarians' Day at the State Capital on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Legislative Building located at 16 W. Jones St. The event will bring together state legislators and veterinarians in various practices from across the state to raise awareness of current issues affecting the veterinary profession. Senator Bill Rabon (R.), Senator Trudy Wade (R.) and House Minority Leader Larry Hall (D.) will speak at 9:45 ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that the Board of Trustees has approved a partnership between the university and Wolf Creek Apartments, which will provide the option of University-affiliated student housing to all sophomore, junior and senior students. The apartments, which are located at 403 Wolf Creek Circle, provide an excellent student housing community in southwest Raleigh, with four-bedroom options to fit all lifestyles. Operating in the same manner as on-campus housing, Wolf ...

Peaksel has announced that the new Monster Girls Dress up game is now available on the Google Play Android market. Now all the girls can have a game made according to their wishes. Enthusiastic developers of this company have made a dress up game for girls by including young kids in the process of its creating. They developed the game according to the kids' wishes. It is easy to play with and has attractive design of characters and their clothes. At the beginning of the game you can choose your favorite monster girl to dress up. All the items such as blouses, skirts, ...

Maestro Composer is a complete solution for writing music using various different input methods. This powerful music composition software is ready for music professionals and students alike. It makes it easy to input music using a choice of no less than twelve different methods. This includes simple keyboard or mouse entry, MIDI keyboard, use of a virtual on-screen guitar or keyboard or the fastest Quick Input method exclusive to this program. You can move and modify any part of your composition with ease by using the drag-and-drop interface. The user-friendly features ...