An estimated 2.5 million Americans live with intellectual disabilities, according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. That's a staggering statistic. But is the subject as serious as it seems? "Not always!" says Peggy Parsons Sands, author of the new book "A Cup of Joe: A Sister's Adventures With a Special Brother." "Of course living with a disability can be difficult, and we must give credit to those who do. But beyond their physical or mental limitations, they are just like everyone else. They have their good days and bad days, ...

Horizon Forest Products is pleased to announce the opening of its newest branch in Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility, located at 227 Olympic Street, occupies 25,000 square feet and will serve hardwood customers in the state's largest city, as well as the outlying areas. JD Ziegelhofer is the Charlotte Branch Manager and also serves as branch manager for the Greensboro branch. He has been with Horizon Forest Products for ten years and says that the time was right to open a branch in Charlotte. "We had previously been serving Charlotte customers out of our ...

INVISTA's CORDURA brand team welcomes Catherine Anderson Jones as the Marketing Communications Manager for the Performance and Protective Fabrics division in Europe. In her new role, Anderson Jones will be responsible for management of all European marketing communications activities through developing, maintaining and growing marketing support relationships. She will also help define and develop targeted European regional marketing strategies and campaigns and will drive the development of product branding tactics. "We are eager to have Catherine join our team," ...

The American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (A4M) has inked a five-year contract to bring its educational world conference to Las Vegas through 2016. A4M, who's hosted their conference in Las Vegas since 2002, chose to continue to host its annual conference for the next several years in Las Vegas, due to its commitment to advancing medical and wellness tourism as a key growth market. Therefore, A4M plans to bring its education curriculum to local, national, and international healthcare practitioners to understand the key advances in medicine and raise ...

Operation: Coming Home (http://operationcominghome.com), a joint volunteer project by the Triangle Veterans Association, Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA) and Royal Oaks Building Group, among others, will hold a key ceremony Monday, Dec. 10 in Cameron, N.C., to officially present the organization's fourth hero home to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Richie Chavis and his family. Chavis, a member of 1/8 Weapons Company, 2 D Marine Division out of Camp Lejeune, lost both legs when he was severely injured by an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan on Nov. ...

Accu-Time Systems, the leading global provider of biometric and non-biometric workforce management tools, has announced the immediate availability of AccuTouch USB, a new portable multispectral fingerprint reader. This new device will enable organisations to introduce biometrics into a wider range of environments and virtually eliminate enrolment and false read issues. According to David Hembery, Director of Accu-Time Systems UK: "AccuTouch USB is a unique portable multispectral reader that sets a new standard for fingerprint performance, reliability, and durability. ...

Automation Devices, Inc. (ADI) has added a new level control switch to their product line in an effort to streamline vibratory feeding projects for their customers. ADI designers and engineers believe that the new 8761A level control switch has the most usable options and the best performance for the price when an automatic level control switch is required. Level control switches are used in conjunction with vibratory bowl feeders and parts hoppers to maintain a predetermined level of parts in a vibratory feeder bowl. It can be used to remotely operate hoppers, conveyors, ...

Today Albright Technologies, Inc. (http://albright1.com), a leader in prototype silicone molded parts, has announced the release of an entirely new version of their popular Silicone Molding Design Manual, a valuable resource used by design engineers in medical and other industry applications. The Silicone Molding Design Manual 6th Edition, now over 200 pages, is searchable and offers users the most extensive compilation of silicone data in the industry. The manual was downloaded over 2,000 times in 2011 alone by a wide variety of industry professionals. The new manual ...

The Cumberland Collective will rock the stage for hundreds of people at Atlanta's first "Chords for Kids" benefit concert to support Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). On Saturday, December 8, Chords for Kids will take place at The Red Clay Theatre, a venue that's part of a new venture for Atlanta's music maven, Eddie Owen. All proceeds will benefit CHOA, one of the nation's largest pediatric systems. Tickets for the concert are available at EddieOwenPresents.com and are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and only $10 with an unwrapped toy. The Cumberland ...

Due to an influx of buyers wishing to acquire home health, especially in Certificate of Need (C.O.N.) states, as well as the supply not matching that demand; Vallexa will now offer free valuation and research services as well as an "exit strategy review" to companies considering divesting in 2013. Due to the increase in demand, Vallexa has also expanded their valuation team. A larger team means additional professionals bringing their background and experience to the home health transaction which benefits both the home health seller and potential home health ...

Northfield Consulting Group (NCG) today announced it is participating in the SAP EcoHub online marketplace. This community-enabled solution marketplace makes it easier for customers to discover, evaluate and purchase partner solutions - such as Northfield Consulting Group's Systems Data Readiness, Data Quality Competency, and Assurance and Optimization solutions - that complement their SAP applications. SAP EcoHub provides customers access to validated, trusted solutions and offerings, delivered through an intuitive user interface that works best for their installation ...

Earning a 4.5-star rating for two straight years, H. Michael Jaffin, M.D. has won his second CMUS Talk of the Town Customer Satisfaction Award in the Health & Medical — Physicians category. The Talk of the Town Awards, presented by Talk of the Town News, Customer Care News magazine and Celebration Media U.S. (CMUS), honor companies and professionals that provide excellent customer service as reported by their customers through no-cost, user-review websites, blogs, social networks, business rating services, and other honors and accolades. This data is analyzed by ...

Paragon Commercial Bank (http://www.paragoncommercial.com), has announced that Brian Reid has been named the bank's Triangle market president. In this position, Reid is responsible for leading the bank's sales team in Triangle-area business development for the organization, facilitating outstanding client service for customers, and serving as a resource and advocate for Paragon's activities. Reid started with Paragon as a senior vice president and commercial banker in 2001 to develop business with commercial and industrial operated small companies in the Triangle area. ...

Brian Batchelor, co-founder and creative director for Brasco Design + Marketing (http://www.brascomarketing.com/index.html), has announced that the firm has received a 2012 MarCom Gold Award from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals in the website for a nonprofit category for the agency's work with a website redesign for the North Carolina Egg Association (http://ncegg.org/). The latter organization partners with the N.C. Department of Agriculture to represent the commercial egg industry in North Carolina. Brasco Design + Marketing created a new ...

Likno Software, a software house targeting the international web design/web development market has released the latest version of its Drop Down Menu / CSS Menu / JavaScript Menu builder AllWebMenus PRO, v5.3 build #900. AllWebMenus creates popup menus for website navigation, without any programming experience required. The created SEO-friendly web menus, CSS menus, Mega drop-down menus, AJAX menus etc. work alike in all DHTML browsers (IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, Chrome, Opera etc.) & all popular platforms (Win, Mac, Unix). Many Themes & properties can be ...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces the publication of a white paper, PTC Windchill Program Review, that reports on new research on the PTC Windchill 10 and PTC Windchill 10.1 releases. With PTC Windchill, PTC provides a broad-based PLM capability that is readily accessible to all types of people who need to participate in product development processes and who create or use product information. PTC continues to add new functionality and enhance existing capabilities in new versions of PTC Windchill. Highlights of the ...

It's the perfect time to create your very own Advent calendar with fun activities for every day in December. HowToCareForMom.com provides a do-it-yourself downloadable printable Advent Calendar that is perfect for providing fun and interest to an elderly member of the family, and it's fun for the rest of the family, too! Over 10 million children age 50 and older are caring for elderly parents. To be able to provide fun and interesting activities helps create fond memories and good times with family. December is full of great opportunities for events, outings, and ...

FXDME have teamed up with LMAX Exchange to offer self trading accounts starting from US$ 1,000 minimum deposit. Trade Forex, CFD's and Futures through FXDME and benefit from some of the tightest spreads and lowest commissions available in the industry. Our spreads start from as low as zero pips. The Forex and CFD prices you see on the FXDME platform are generated by traders and institutional wholesale liquidity providers placing orders on the open, anonymous order book trading the market. So the best bid and offer prices are set by the true market. This enables traders ...

Dr. Barbara Lavi is a licensed psychologist, author, public speaker and dream catalyst. She has launched a new website to support the new editions of her book, 'The Wake Up And Dream Challenge'. A new print version published by Kiwi Publishers and a newly released Kindle version on Amazon are now available. The website includes a blog, a newsletter and will soon have a vlog as well. Many people lose sight of their dreams. Some people follow their parents' dreams or simply fall into vocations that are not suited to their desires. Some take time off to raise a family ...

Playing at an online casino has become one of the most popular activities to do online, in fact more players gamble online than at the actual land based casinos. This rise in popularity is due to the ease of just logging on to your pc and not actually leaving the comfort of your own home. There is also a huge variety of online casinos for players to choose from all offering different bonuses, games and promotions. For players based in the United Kingdom online gambling is legal and there are so many different online casinos and online bingo sites to choose from. An excellent ...

The Women's Business Development Council (WBDC) today held its annual Business Breakfast at the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa in Stamford, CT. This year's program theme, "Connect-Grow-Influence: Women With Impact," focused on the important effect that women business owners have as decision makers, change agents, and economic influencers. "As WBDC has grown and our scope of services has expanded to meet the ever changing needs of our clients in this unpredictable environment so too has our signature fundraising event grown and expanded. WBDC has evolved ...

For the remainder of the year, patients of Dr. Robert Herbstman, a plastic surgeon in New Jersey, can finance many cosmetic procedures and treatments for 18 months interest free. This offer applies only to procedures financed through CareCredit, a healthcare credit card that can be used for many cosmetic and dermatologic treatments not covered by insurance. "Our patients are extremely important to us, so we decided to show our appreciation with this offer," Dr. Herbstman says. "The majority of plastic surgery patients pay for their procedures out of ...

Consumers everywhere find Christmas shopping difficult and stressful at times. Savvy shoppers may solve this problem by choosing to shop online. Shoppers can cover everyone on the Christmas list without ever leaving their easy chair... or bathrobe! In the past, shopping consisted of struggling down crowded aisles to fight over the few products left on heavily picked-over shelves. Nowadays, with a few clicks of the mouse shoppers can complete their Christmas shopping and avoid the holiday hassle of in-store shopping. Purchasing gifts online is a cinch, but there are a ...

Long Island women business leaders from growing businesses, non-profits and government agencies will have an opportunity to hear from their peers about a number of important topics affecting their lives, careers and businesses next week. Access to business capital and credit, life and work balance, equality in the workplace, childcare, mentoring and finding the right fit are among the subjects to be discussed during a special Executive Breakfast event hosted by HIA-LI, the recognized voice for business on Long Island, on Friday, December 7, 2012, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM ...

Crawler, LLC, a leading innovator of global technology, announces the release of its new no-cost Classic Start 8 software application allowing Windows(R) 7 users to continue using a traditional style start menu within the Microsoft Windows(R) 8 user interface. Classic Start 8 keeps the familiar form and function of Windows(R) 7 by placing a traditional style start button back in its place along with access to all programs, pinning options, search features and shut down choices. Classic Start 8 simplifies the Windows(R) 8 user experience by maintaining the way users ...