To better reflect the full spectrum of services the agency offers, Jones Public Affairs has rebranded and adopted the name JPA Health Communications. The rebrand occurs in response to changing market dynamics, as the lines between public affairs, advocacy, traditional public relations and digital marketing continue to blur. "It's not unusual for brands to evolve over time," said Carrie Jones, principal and managing director of JPA, which also has offices in Washington, D.C. and Boston. "We're excited to embrace a new name that clearly conveys our integrated ...

This summer Yoga Is My Health Insurance (YIMHI) is mounting a USA Tour designed to inspire individuals towards healthy living. On the tour YIMHI is offering workshops that will teach participants the tools to control, manage and recover from stress. Although you can not eliminate stress from your life you can control how it affects you with techniques found in yoga. New research from the University of Oslo into Rapid Gene Expression Changes shows that yoga practice has an immediate impact on gene expression, particularly in immune cell. The data suggest that yoga results ...

IOMIC USA, manufacturer of innovative, revolutionary and dynamically designed grips, announced today that the winner of the North Texas LPGA Shootout used IOMIC grips. Two other top-10 finishers at the North Texas Shootout and one top-10 finisher at the PGA Zurich Classic also used IOMIC grips. "This is the sixth consecutive week that a professional using IOMIC grips has won a tour event. Overall we have had 17 victories on 7 different worldwide tours and we couldn't be more pleased. We congratulate the winner of the North Texas Shootout on her third victory of ...

LMI Technologies Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of 3D3 Solutions ("3D3", http://www.3d3solutions.com) - a leading supplier of 3D scanning software and hardware products based in Burnaby, Canada. The takeover deal will result in the integration of 3D3 by LMI Technologies under the LMI brand to create a powerhouse in 3D scanning, visualization, and measurement solutions for both inline factory automation and offline 3D scanning markets such as reverse engineering and 3D printing. 3D3 staff will continue development of HDI 3D ...

Ampush Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Nick Shah, presented to senior-level marketing and analytics professionals at the Interactive Insights Summit on April 30, 2013. The New Orleans event focused on ways to leverage real-time data and marketing analytics. Shah presented about the Facebook advertising landscape with the new era of News Feed and Open Graph. Shah explained how any advertiser can find success on Facebook's News Feed. Being successful and earning engagement on News Feed requires Referred Intent, the powerful force that drives people to try things ...

The Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-LA) has created a Not-for-Profit Educational Fund so that nonprofit executives and IT staff may attend, at no charge, the Fifth Annual Information Security Summit on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Hilton Universal City Hotel in Los Angeles. The theme of the one-day Summit is The Growing Cyber Threat: Protect Your Business, which includes the business of operating nonprofits. "We are offering free registration to our nonprofit friends because we know how important it is for nonprofits to protect ...

Labor and Employment Partner Celeste R. Yeager, Vice Chair of the Hospitality Industry Team at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, is slated to discuss workplace sexual harassment during the 2013 Labor and Employment Law Roundtable presented May 5-6 by The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Ms. Yeager will be presenting at the afternoon roundtable session on May 6 titled "Sexual Harassment 2013 - What Must an Employer Do to Comply with Ellerth and Does Ellerth Matter Anymore?" This is the fourth time she has been invited to participate ...

As the days get warmer and wedding season is upon us, Maggie's Jewelry has expanded to include unique wedding, bridesmaid and mother of the bride jewelry lines. Including pastel colors and unique gemstones, as well as traditional pearls, these will fit any color scheme for weddings this summer. Also added to the shop is Maggie's new Budget Luxe line -- started with items made of Copper only, the line now also includes items that are under $50, finished in all metal varieties. This line is perfect for that special gift that one wishes to be fun and flirty, yet not break ...

The Gus Macker Tournament is moving - to the Metro Health Village in Wyoming on June 1-2. The popular three-on-three basketball tournament expects to draw more than 200 teams when it debuts at the Village later this spring. This is the first time that Metro Health will host the Macker, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Proceeds from the two-day tournament will be used to purchase automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, which are portable devices used to treat potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Metro Health is encouraging schools within ...

Attorneys Christopher E. Brown and Lance O. Leider with The Health Law Firm participated in the eleventh annual Ray Bolt Classic Golf Tournament on April 16, 2013. The tournament consisted of 18 holes of golf at the Celebration Golf Club in Celebration, Florida, and a dinner reception. The Ray Bolt Classic Golf Tournament is held in remembrance of Ray Preston Bolt, a founding member of the Winter Park accounting firm, Moore Stephens Lovelace P.A. Annually Mr. Bolt would invite people to play golf after income tax filing day. In 2001, Mr. Bolt passed away from cancer. ...

Achieve Clinical Research conducts Clinical Studies in Alabama. For more information about participating in this Diabetic Neuropathy Clinical Trial, please visit our website or contact us directly at (205) 380-6434. MEDICAL BACKGROUND Type 2 Diabetes accounts for 90 to 95% of all cases of diabetes and is an increasingly prevalent disease with an estimated 180 million affected people worldwide, and its incidence is expected to double during the next 20 years. Complications induced by hyperglycaemia are currently the most frequent cause of adult-onset loss of vision, ...

One-Way Link Building service provider Linkvana.com has partnered with premier affiliate management agency AffiliateManager.com to launch the Linkvana affiliate management program. Linkvana provides users with a powerful, customizable HUB for generating the diverse, deep, natural links and high-quality content necessary for boosting traffic and generating profits. Linkvana employs human content creators to provide customers with videos, articles, short posts and press releases, all of which the creators also distribute on behalf of the customers. The Linkvana dashboard ...

To kick off National Moving Month and the busiest time of the year to move into a new home, Unpakt, a comparison pricing site and online booking tool for consumers searching for a moving company, is rapidly expanding in the Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia market. Unpakt has partnered with more than 20 movers in the region, and together, these movers offer over 300 years of collective moving experience. Similar to what sites such as Kayak or Expedia have done for the travel industry, Unpakt brings transparency to the moving industry by offering a one-of-a-kind ...

The Los Angeles County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force is launching its third annual Maternal Depression Awareness Month between May 1 - May 31, 2013, in an effort to bring public awareness to the critical needs of women and families who are affected by prenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety across Los Angeles County. During Maternal Depression Awareness Month, thousands of women, children and families will come together in communities across LA to raise awareness of maternal depression and to reduce stigma associated with the disorder so that women who are ...

The most experienced tax professionals a taxpayer can have on their side to fight the IRS are tax attorneys. Their knowledge of US tax laws and IRS policies, as well as their IRS negotiation experience, make them essential to any tax debt defense team. Tax Defense Network Associate Tax Attorney, Catherine O'Connor elaborates, "As a tax attorney, I work closely with the tax analysts to put together whatever resolution we are going to be taking to the IRS. This frequently includes a financial analysis. It's our job to fight for as many expenses, and as low of a payment ...

It's also a time when violence against children affects over 3 million children and when bullying and suicides are at an all-time high. Love Our Children USA takes pride in announcing the recipients of the Eighth Annual Mothers Who Make A Difference Awards, recognizing celebrity mothers for balancing motherhood, work and causes. This year's winners are celebrity moms Sandra Bullock, Sheryl Crow and Marie Osmond. These three incredible moms take on vital issues, giving of themselves to better the lives of others, still balancing their work and parenting! Ross Ellis, ...

In the fall of 2001, Brentano introduced their first leather and vinyl alternatives. Today, both of those patterns, Vapor and Satin, are part of Brentano's expansive offering of eco-friendly polyurethane textiles. With each year since, Brentano's design team has continued to develop and introduce innovative, usable, and environmentally-minded polyurethane textiles. For their spring 2013 Symphonic collection, Brentano has once again raised the bar for leather and vinyl alternatives, adding two new patterns to the Brentano Green line. Primal is an eco-friendly polyurethane ...

SecurAlarm Systems, Inc. is proud to announce that it has reached a significant milestone by celebrating the 20th anniversary of its founding. SecurAlarm began as a division of Van Haren Electric and later became its own entity through Pat Van Haren, President, and Gloria Lubben, Executive Vice President. Recently, Pat and Gloria had the opportunity to reflect on the past twenty years and recognize how much has changed since its humble beginnings with Pat saying, "SecurAlarm started before cell phones and laptop computers with drawings of systems designed by hand. ...

Pancheros Mexican Grill (www.pancheros.com), a fast casual Mexican restaurant known for its savory burrito options, has officially opened a new location in Schaumburg, IL. To celebrate the opening with local residents, Pancheros will be offering their scrumptious, signature burritos for just $1 on May 7th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pancheros artfully crafts each burrito to bring Mexican food lovers a distinctive dining experience. The key to the restaurant's mouthwatering success is their burrito-mixing spatula, "Bob the Tool," which evenly distributes the ingredients ...

- It's another winning year for Breckenridge Grand Vacations. The world famous timeshare company was recently honored with two Gold ARDY awards at the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) World Convention. Breckenridge Grand Vacations (BGV) captured the gold in the categories of Best Manager or Team-- BGV's Event Team, and for best In House Sales Team--BGV's Grand Lodge on Peak 7. "The fact that we won two team prizes speaks volumes. All of our teams are winners and they are comprised of people who love the resort, the area and their job. Winning these ...

Prescient, an innovative software and structural system manufacturing company, has been named a 2013 Colorado Companies to Watch finalist by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and the Edward Lowe Foundation. Prescient's integrated and standardized architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) platform streamlines the AEC process of multi-unit buildings such as apartments, condos, senior/assisted living complexes, hotels, college dormitories and army barracks. The company's proprietary software integrates the design and engineering of its framing system with ...

According to a recent study*, by the end of 2012 park systems hosted more than 128 million Americans participating in over 11 billion outdoor recreational outings with more than 56 million visitors participating in multi-day trips. Over 80% of these visitors will do their research online to find locations to participate in their activity of choice. With consumers relying more frequently on media such as smartphones and tablets, and sharing and accessing information on social and third party websites, it is becoming increasingly more important for providers to their content ...

New York City based Public Relations firm Beautiful Planning Marketing & PR (BPMPR) announces their partnership with HOT 97 for the 20th anniversary of HOT 97's Summer Jam! Taking place on June 2nd 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, HOT 97 Summer Jam is the largest annual Hip Hop and R&B concert both on a national level and worldwide. HOT 97, the #1 station for and the premiere source of Hip Hop and R&B, has produced the legendary concert for the past 20 years, where the biggest names in Hip Hop and R&B take over the stage! In 2012, ...

LEAD is an initiative of the FreeStyle Foundation, Inc., a nationwide non profit dedicated to reducing substance abuse in America. The FreeStyle Team and Chabot Strategis developed LEAD with one goal in mind, to make a lasting impact in the lives of students. Our LEAD consultants have worked on college campuses in 48-states. We know students! Why LEAD? Because we do much more than just show up to give a speech. LEAD is about empowering your students to make a lasting impact. We help your campus build its own LEAD-COALITION made up of 12-key sectors, to measurably reduce ...

PHA Media's celebrity PR department is delighted to announce the signing of exciting new pop star duo, Major. Major's debut single 'Love Me Boy', which was written by Ivor Novello winning songwriter Pete Kirtley, is officially released on 3rd June and is available to pre-order on iTunes. The PR Agency has been quick off the mark to generate press coverage for Major with hits on Sun Online and music bible Digital Spy. Major joins a roster of clients which includes former Hollyoaks actress Rachel Shenton, former cosmetic surgery addict Alicia Douvall, Kate Middleton's ...