For years, people have gathered at Victoria Park, the oldest and most important outdoor park in Kitchener, Ontario. Now, with the launch of Victoria Common, there's a vibrant new place to meet, mingle and live, right in the heart of a thriving community just 35 minutes from the western Greater Toronto Area. "Victoria Common is the culmination of a new urbanism vision," said Bruno Suppa, vice-president of Queensgate Developments (Kitchener) Inc. which is spearheading the development. "Taking our cue from the greatest cities in the world, we're building ...

Summit Legal Publishing is proud to announce the release of its latest product Indiana Criminal Practice Rules 2013, Courtroom Quick Reference. Combining the full text of the Indiana Evidence Rules, Indiana Criminal Procedure Rules, Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, this edition is an invaluable tool for criminal attorneys in Indiana practicing in both state and federal courts. Included in Indiana Criminal Practice Rules 2013 are recent amendments to the Indiana Criminal Procedure Rules, effective January 1, 2013 and the Federal Rules ...

The Sydney Harbor Bridge will be the centerpiece of an interactive light installation for Vivid Sydney, bringing world-class lighting artistry to one of Australia's most internationally recognized landmarks. Vivid Sydney event partner, Intel Australia has teamed up with Sydney-based lighting innovators; 32 Hundred Lighting, to create an immersive projection onto the bridge's western face which will be controlled by the public from an interactive touch screen. 32 Hundred Lighting will design the installation including 100,800 individual programmable LEDs and a state-of-the-art ...

Leisure Logistics, a California based company with a customer loyalty product called Leisure Points, has announced it has signed agreements with Occidental Vacation Club with 11 locations in the Caribbean to provide tools to drive and reward guest behavior as well as encourage customer engagement. The Leisure Logistics' proprietary loyalty program has been developed by a team of hospitality veterans whose broad range of experience includes timeshare and hotel development, vacation ownership sales and marketing, finance, website design and marketing and SaaS web platform ...

Campbell Urgent Care is marking World Health Day with Free Screening for Cardiovascular Diseases on April 6 and 7 at the Royal Oak, MI location. Cardiovascular disease (also called heart disease) is the #1 cause of death in the US and accounts for 33.6% of all US deaths! It affects men and women of all ages. In fact, according to the CDC, 1 in 3 US adults currently lives with one or more types of cardiovascular disease. The major risk factors for CVD include physical inactivity, poor diet, tobacco use, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, overweight and diabetes. ...

Oxford Seminars announces it is offering free information sessions throughout the United States and Canada in early April on exciting opportunities to Teach English Abroad. Established in 1992, Oxford Seminars is the leading provider of TESOL/TESL/TEFL certification courses in over 130 cities throughout the US and Canada. With more than 20,000 English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching jobs available monthly, ESL teachers are in high demand globally. Oxford Seminars' information sessions offer a chance to meet with one of the experienced and dynamic course instructors ...

QUBYX Software Technologies, a developer of display calibration and color management solutions, today announced its new Display Matching technology. This tool will be beneficial for a range of digital image dependant industries, such as graphic and web design, photo editing and retouching, video wall advertising, and others. Most users of dual or multiple monitor setups have faced the problem of inconsistent color reproduction on the displays, which is true even for the same display models. Monitor calibration can help to bring the displays closer in color, but is often ...

MaxximaStyle.com, a division of the Panor Corporation, has partnered with premier affiliate management agency AffiliateManager.com to launch the MaxximaStyle affiliate management program. For over 30 years, MaxximaStyle has provided high quality LED Lighting products, covering the transportation, interior, industrial, emergency and personal lighting markets. Maxxima strives towards manufacturing products and offering customer service at the highest of industry standards. LED lamps are revolutionizing the lighting market in that they glow brighter than incandescents, ...

Robert Buhler, president of MMI Public Relations (http://www.mmipublicrelations.com), a full-service public relations firm, has announced that the company has been named the agency of record for Gupta Psychiatry (http://www.guptapsychiatry.com/), a psychiatric clinic and leader in psychiatric care in the Triangle area. MMI will assist Gupta Psychiatry and its founder, Dr. Mona Raj Gupta, in increasing its local, state and national awareness, and building its brand presence through a public relations campaign, including media relations, strategic planning, social media engagement ...

Blue Door Networks, LLC, announced today that it has entered the Ruckus Wireless BiG DOG Partner Program as a Top Dog. Based just outside of the nation's capital, Blue Door Networks is a communications and information technology (IT) company that specializes in providing best-in-class solutions for enterprises and the federal government. Blue Door Networks and Ruckus Wireless have joined forces to offer Ruckus "Smart Wi-Fi" technology that provides better Wi-Fi coverage with fewer access points. Blue Door Networks is now delivering the most consistent and ...

R. "Gray" Kirkpatrick, vice president of Triangle Grading And Paving, Inc. (http://www.trianglegradingpaving.com) has announced that the company has been awarded an $8.57 million contract from the York County (S.C.) Council to complete Phase II of the Fort Mill Southern Bypass. The project includes paving 3.25 miles of roadway from Holbrook Road to Hwy. 160 East. The construction will expand Holbrook Road to two lanes with 12-foot travel lanes and two-foot paved shoulders, providing a safer road for transportation. About 15 bids were submitted for the bypass ...

EYP/BJAC (http://www.bjac.com), an expertise-based, integrated architecture firm specializing in academic, medical, research and government clients, has announced that the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new student health center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) was held on Feb. 21 at the building's new site, located at the corner of Bluford Street and Benbow Road in Greensboro, N.C. EYP/BJAC designed the new student health center to promote health and wellness for the student population. The 27,000-square-foot state-of-the-art ...

Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com/), a local consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer services, has announced that the firm has received two awards for its work for NASA from the Carolina Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). Fuentek received an Excellence Award for the NASA Glenn Research Center 2011 Technology Showcase website and a Merit Award for the "NASA's Economic Impacts: A 50 State Series" brochures. Fuentek designed the 2011 Technology Showcase website for ...

The Kroger Co. (http://www.kroger.com), the nation's largest traditional grocery retailer with 14 stores throughout the Triangle and North Carolina, has announced that its mid-Atlantic stores have raised more than $40,000 for the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) through in-store coin collection boxes and icon sales. Kroger customers in the Triangle donated nearly $2,500 to help fund lifesaving research toward eradicating Type 1 diabetes. JDRF is a leader in Type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, unifying global efforts to cure, treat and prevent T1D. Through a transformative ...

Orthodontics is a unique combination of science, engineering, and art that also allows Dr. Michael Klein to visibly see the effects of his work while improving his patient's health. Because we want each patient to receive the level of treatment we would want for our family members. We are proud to offer services like Insigna custom-fabricated braces, laser tissue contouring, 3-D intra-oral scanning and 3-D X-rays to achieve outstanding results. No matter what route you go for your orthodontic treatment, you can be assured that you're getting the very best in orthodontic ...

Dr. Siamak Aalemansour, dentist in Bowie, MD, is happy to be providing Lumineers as an option for his patients that are looking to correct their teeth. Lumineers provide all the benefits of traditional veneers without the painful, irreversible process. "I am very glad that our practice is able to provide Lumineers for our patients. Lumineers are an easy and convenient way for patients to fix anything from cracked to discolored teeth. I hope that many of our patients will consider Lumineers to perfect their smile in the future," said Dr. Aalemansour, Bowie ...

Estrogen plus progestin use is linked with increased breast cancer incidence. In addition, prognosis is similar for both users and nonusers of combined hormone therapy, suggesting that mortality from breast cancer may be higher for hormone therapy users as well, according to a study published March 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) randomized trial, estrogen plus progestin was associated with an increase in both breast cancer incidence and mortality. However, most observational studies have linked estrogen plus ...

Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute lead researcher and author of a study released March 29 by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, issued the following statement regarding the latest findings from the Women's Health Initiative, the largest-ever study of hormonal therapy in post-menopausal women. The study Dr. Chlebowski authored reported that estrogen plus progestin use is linked with increased breast cancer incidence. In addition, it said the prognosis is similar for both users and nonusers of combined hormone therapy, ...

DARIEN, IL – A new study found that obstructive sleep apnea, a common form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), is associated with increased rates of ADHD-like behavioral problems in children as well as other adaptive and learning problems. "This study provides some helpful information for medical professionals consulting with parents about treatment options for children with SDB that, although it may remit, there are considerable behavioral risks associated with continued SDB," said Michelle Perfect, PhD, the study's lead author and assistant professor in the school ...

New Rochelle, NY, Mar 28, 2013—Explosive growth in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has led to innovative and promising applications and techniques, many of which are now being tested in human clinical trials. Hot topics, research advances, and transformative publications that are driving the field forward are highlighted in a comprehensive overview of the field presented in Tissue Engineering, Part B, Reviews, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com). The article is available on the Tissue Engineering ...

A strategy widely used to prevent pests from quickly adapting to crop-protecting toxins may fail in some cases unless better preventive actions are taken, suggests new research by University of Arizona entomologists published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Corn and cotton have been genetically modified to produce pest-killing proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt for short. Compared with typical insecticide sprays, the Bt toxins produced by genetically engineered crops are much safer for people and the environment, explained ...

Wiretaps and white collar crime Article provided by Law Offices of John D. Kirby, A P.C. Visit us at http://www.johnkirbylaw.com Wiretaps are most often used in narcotics and organized crime investigations, where tight-knit, sophisticated individuals make it difficult to gather evidence by other means. However, the federal government is using wiretaps more frequently in insider trading and other securities fraud investigations. The concern is that courts are authorizing wiretaps in white-collar investigations simply because the government claims they are a "necessity," ...

Winona State University provided key support and an important contribution to an innovator and entrepreneurial individual. Ben Eby, of E.B. Tool Company, along with his father, Eric Eby, created the Kwick Gripper nail remover over a period of seven years. They were eager to get the nail puller prototype made in order to start showing it to customers. That's where Matt Benson of Winona State University stepped in and gave Ben the support he needed to get started. Matt Benson is the director of the Composite Materials Technology Center (COMTEC) at the University. He played ...

Ramon Toledo, the visionary behind Busca Corp. who ushered it from a conceptual idea into a multi-national enterprise with a global footprint that employs over 60 people in Mexico, Latin America and the US, is marking five years at the helm. Under CEO Ramon Toledo's leadership, Busca Corp. has emerged as a leading, one-of-a-kind Spanish-speaking entertainment and digital media network. The company enjoys partnerships and alliances with major media outlets such as MSN Microsoft, and its network of digital properties -- LevelUp.com, Tarreo.com, Metatube.com, and SanDiegoRed.com ...

Sterling announced today it has reached its newest milestone of 30 years of success in the practice management consulting business. The company, which specializes in customized consulting to professionals who own their own practices, had its beginnings in the back office of a Northern California dental practice. By 1986, Sterling had grown into a multimillion-dollar company which has since appeared twice on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies and has garnered numerous awards for outstanding service. Today the company resides in its own 20,000-square foot ...