The Virginia Veterinary Medical Association (http://www.vvma.org/) has announced that Gary Brown, D.V.M., of Animal Care Center, PLLC, has received the 2013 Mentor of the Year award for his contributions and dedication to the organization's mentor program. Dr. Brown was presented with this prestigious award at the 2013 Virginia Veterinary Conference on Friday, March 1 at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, located at 110 Shenandoah Ave in Roanoke, Va. Brown obtained his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. ...

HomeExchange.com customers can now use their exchange home´s local phone as if it were their own telephone, at the lowest price, making the HomeExchange experience even more satisfying and relaxing. This is a good example of two innovative, energetic companies that focus on creating value for their customers. Customers of HomeExchange.com can simplify their travelling, improve their communications and save money doing it. You can go wherever in the world you want but call your neighbors and friends, just like you were staying at home. "We make every call a ...

Harrison College (http://www.harrison.edu/), an institution of higher learning with more than 5,000 students studying at 14 campuses and online, has announced that Megan Wolford has been promoted to the role of partnership consultant within the college. In this position, Wolford will be responsible for the business development and execution of Harrison College's Corporate Partnerships' strategy efforts, including engaging various organizations and companies throughout the geographic area of Harrison College, as well as designated regions or target industries for partnership ...

Cherry Bekaert LLP (http://www.cbh.com), one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the United States, has announced that the firm has promoted John D. Richardson to director of its risk advisory services group. Richardson brings more than 25 years of experience to the position, guiding clients in a variety of industries through all aspects of internal control, business process, risk management and internal audit services. A Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Richardson received his Bachelor of Science in business ...

Royal Oaks Homes, LLC (http://www.royaloakshomes.com), an award-winning residential new homebuilder, has announced that the company has received a Silver Award for its Magnolia model at Chandler's Ridge in Clayton in the 2013 Parade of Homes, an annual event hosted by the Johnston County Building Industry Association. The event took place at the Preston Woodall House where the company received the award in the competition's Category 3 price range. Located at 288 Sugarberry Lane, the 2,440-square-foot Magnolia model is priced at $218,700 and provides a beautiful floor ...

The Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA) proudly announces the finalists for the 15th Annual Georgia CIO of the Year Awards. Established in 1998, the Georgia CIO of the Year Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in Georgia. The Awards honor chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in managing enterprise-wide information systems. The four awards categories are: Global, Enterprise, Corporate and Non-profit/Public Sector. Finalists are selected by a panel of distinguished judges, including prior award winners. CIOs are ...

Dallas homebuilder Grenadier Homes has hired Amy Zimmerman, 39, as purchasing manager for its interests in Long Cove. Grenadier Homes is the general contractor for Long Cove, a luxury housing development currently under construction. When completed, it will span more than 1,000 acres and six miles of shoreline along Cedar Creek Lake. "I get to work from home most of the time," says Zimmerman. "I live in Prosper and can do most of my duties from here, but I also go down to Cedar Creek Lake once a week or so to check on the site and make sure everything ...

The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Reggie Brooks is announcing the CT REIA Monthly Meeting for real estate investors on May 13, 2013. This meeting will take place from 5:45 pm to 9:00 pm at the Four Points Sheraton, located at 275 Research Parkway in Meriden, CT. At 5:45, attendees will discover CT REIA membership benefits at the New Members Workshop. At 6:00 there will be an Early Bird Workshop. At this portion of the event, attendees can have their real estate deal analyzed by CT REIA experts. At 6:30 there will be a ...

Rick Reynolds, CEO of AskForensics, a sales consulting firm that uses a forensic science approach to sales, will be speaking at the Sales Association's National Sales Conference, held in Denver, Colorado, June 6, 2013. The theme of this year's conference is, "It's About Performance: The Art of Sales." Attendees will learn how to improve sales performance by perfecting the art of sales. Reynolds is a co-founding partner and CEO of AskForensics, which assists Fortune-ranked companies in winning and retaining multi-million dollar accounts. Reynolds is an expert ...

Brickell fest presents the 2nd annual Cinco de Mayo festival sponsored by Dos Equis on May 5,2013. The 2nd annual celebration entices locals to celebrate Cinco de Mayo the right way with 22,000 square feet of entertainment, margaritas, mariachis, mini-wrestlers, a mechanical bull, Mexican bites, music & much more! "We are extremely excited in bring the community together for Cinco de Mayo" said Javi Zayes, Brickell Fest Creator Guest will indulge in bites from El Vato, Brickell's finest mexican restaurant; while drinking Dos Equis beer. Tequila drinkers ...

The latest version of SoftCo's award winning software solution was launched at the recent International User Conference. R8.5 delivers a series of new and advanced workflow applications and modules with a particular focus on Case Management, Purchase to Pay, E-Invoicing and Claims processing. SoftCo's Storlife Content Addresses Storage (CAS) solution includes advanced tiered storage features to support the growing demand for Cloud based storage options in addition to local cost enabling significant cost savings. SoftCo R8.5 delivers superior workflow functionality ...

On the 1st of April, 2013, Berlin-based music distributor and content aggregator recordJet celebrated its third online anniversary. On this occasion, founder and CEO Jorin Zschiesche revealed another milestone in the company's success story: recordJet.com is going international and will be available in English from now on. "We are proud to announce this important step on our third online birthday. From now on, we will be able to offer our services to the English-speaking world. This internationalization is a milestone our crew has worked towards continuously and ...

Payroll software developer halfpricesoft.com updated the new 2013 version ezPaycheck program with more flexible tax and deduction options in response to users¡¯ requests. Each company is unique. EzPaycheck software programmers hope this new flexible tax set up options can ease the payroll headache for more small businesses, non-profits and accountants. EzPaycheck can handle federal taxes, Social Security tax, Medicare tax, state taxes, Federal and state unemployment taxes and local taxes. The new feature also makes it easy to withhold extra federal taxes, child support ...

Vecow Co., Ltd., a front-runner in the application fields of embedded system, image processing, and intelligent automation, represented ECS-7000-2V, an hybrid embedded system which syndicates digital and analog cameras for video surveillance application during ISC West 2013. ECS-7000-2V enables 3rd Gen Intel Quad-Core series processor (6M Cache, up to 3.30 GHz), DDR3L and DDR3 maximum dual channel 16GB SO-DIMM, extended operating temperature from -25 to 70 degrees Celsius, 5 display (2 DP, DVI-D, VGA, LVDS), isolated DIO, 4 channel video capture card, 2 GbE LANs, CFast, ...

The Lucentra Corporation recently began renewing its market segments to provide clients with as much updated information about each topic as possible. Each segment, beginning with agricultural products will contain trends and factors that can change things like demand. Lucentra is an international consulting firm that specializes in helping small businesses expand. By providing service area information, Lucentra intends to inform clients about markets they may want to expand into. The information provided will help a business figure out whether going into a market will ...

The financial pressures of the past five years to contain costs and increase operating efficiencies has propelled technology, automation and innovation into mainstream discussions for the commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate industry. During this period, cloud computing emerged, mobile technologies became more powerful and permeated the marketplace, big data made its way into building operations strategic planning, and technology overall matured and became less expensive. These fundamental trends contributed to the accelerated pace we see technology ...

The modern father-daughter relationship as explored through the painful reality of a terminal illness is vividly captured in the new inspirational and spiritual book "A New View of an Old Horizon" by Dena Bedsole. In her book, Ms. Bedsole describes how her life had been pretty close to perfect: She married a wonderful man, and had two beautiful kids and a successful career in medicine. But when her beloved father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, her family was thrown into a year-long nightmare of surgeries, chemotherapy, and paralyzing fear. As Dena struggled ...

It's always a good idea to have your air conditioner checked out and serviced by a professional before the start of the peak summer season, but it's even more important this year because of the extremes of weather that we have recently experienced, including Hurricane Sandy. During the past fall and winter, the components of your cooling system that are located outside the home were exposed to extreme weather including flooding, blizzard-like conditions and near-hurricane winds. Fallen limbs and other debris caused by wet, heavy snow may have caused damage not outwardly ...

One of the lecture halls at the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University has been completely renovated and re-equipped using funding provided by URALCHEM. URALCHEM was responsible for both the financing and organization of all phases of the work, which ranged from architectural design and major repairs to the purchase of computer equipment and furniture. Repair work began in October 2012 and is now completed. Today, the renovated hall is a comfortable auditorium, seating 35 students and containing the latest laboratory equipment, computers, office and video conferencing ...

In 2012, the URALCHEM group increased funding for social and charitable projects to 232.3 million roubles, compared to more than 90 million roubles in 2011. "We see the support of social and charitable programmes as one of the most important parts of corporate ethics. Record production levels and the financial results achieved by the company in 2012 have allowed us to increase funding for social programmes by almost 2.5 times compared with 2011," the Chairman of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM, Dmitry Mazepin, commented. The main focus of URALCHEM's charitable ...

Boston's acclaimed North Bennet Street School (http://www.nbss.edu) returns to the Financial District in May with a two-week exhibition of unique and extraordinary objects made by artisans trained at the school. "Made by Hand: a celebration of exceptional work from the North Bennet Street School" includes dozens of one-of-a-kind objects created by the school's students and alumni - from elegant furniture and musical instruments to exquisite jewelry and ornate hand-bound books. The show is open to the public weekdays from Monday, May 13 through Friday ...

Professional Development Resources has announced a new addition to its online continuing education (CE) curriculum for mental health professionals: Treating Explosive Kids. The course is designed to help psychotherapists learn to treat poorly regulated children, whose behavior is marked by non-compliance and explosive episodes. The authors of the course textbook, Drs. Ross Greene and J. Stuart Ablon, sum up the problem this way: what we are looking at here are "behaviors causing upheaval, instability, and frustration in these children and in their adult caretakers, ...

"During the summer months we really need to be more careful about the potential for UV eye damage from excessive exposure to the sun," commented Francis A. D'Ambrosio, Jr., M.D., Medical Director of D'Ambrosio Eye Care with offices in Athol, Lancaster, Acton & Gardner, Massachusetts. "It's a great time of year to live and even visit greater Boston or anywhere in New England as the outdoor activities are plentiful. Walking, running, hiking, swimming and going to the beach are terrific-but the increased risk of sun and UV damage to your eyes may be greater ...

American Hero T Shirt is one of the few retailers on the Internet, selling US patriotic apparel such as flag shirts. The company has introduced a series of flag shirts called 'Warriors'. The new flag shirts commemorate the demise of 30 American soldiers, which took place when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were traveling in, crashed killing all on board. The deceased armed forces personnel included 25 Special Operations members, 5 air crew members, and 1 military working dog. The death of these soldiers was a big loss to the Americans, especially to those involved ...

Festival season has well and truly arrived following the extravaganza that was Coachella last week, and it's time for fashion-lovers everywhere to start thinking about their wardrobes as they gear up for a summer of music and sunshine. Over the next few months, music-lovers and trendsetters alike will be flocking to events up and down the country, but it's not only the music they'll be thinking about, as everyone knows the perfect festival wardrobe also needs a lot of thought. Festival dressing is no simple task, but Missguided have it covered as they launch their festival ...