20th Anniversary Forum to Address Critical Social Issues of School Safety and Bullying Registration for the 2013 National Forum on Character Education begins April 3. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the conference, which provides information and strategies from global thought leaders for implementing character education programs in schools. Themes included in this year's Forum include school safety, civic engagement, character education and the Common Core, leadership, and community involvement. The conference takes place at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington ...

Nick and Beth Flerlage of RE/MAX Alliance Group have qualified for the 2012 RE/MAX Platinum Club Award. Only 4 percent of agents in the RE/MAX network achieved this prestigious award in 2012. The Flerlages are longtime associates in the Venice, Florida, office. Both graduates of the University of Maryland, Nick has an M.B.A. in Marketing and Beth has a B.S. in Business. "Nick and Beth have been integral members of our team and are more than deserving of this very prestigious award," said RE/MAX Alliance Group Broker and Co-Owner Peter Crowley. "We ...

CMT announced yesterday that, after careful review, Josh Umbehr, MD of AtlasMD is one of fourteen (14) Top Docs in concierge medicine, direct primary care and private medical practices in the United States. CMT chooses only a few select physicians in the concierge medicine and/or direct pay business model environment who meet the criteria to qualify as a "Top Doc." In 2012, sixteen (16) doctors were chosen to receive this honor. In prior years, even fewer. The criteria evaluated for recognition includes but is not limited to educational efforts, patient ratings/reviews, ...

IOMIC USA, manufacturer of innovative, revolutionary and dynamically designed grips, announced today that the winners of the JLPGA T Point Ladies Golf Tournament, JLPGA AXA Ladies Golf Tournament, and Ladies European Tour Lalla Meryem Cup all used IOMIC grips. "All three of these young professionals played exceptionally well on the way to their respective victories," said Katz Murai, Overseas Division of IOMIC. "We are pleased that they rely on the revolutionary grip technology of our grips to give them great feel and control shot after shot and we congratulate ...

Dallas-based TrizComhas addedmarketing software start-up HipLogiq and its social media software products, SocialCompass and SocialCentiv, to its client roster.The firm will represent and position the company's expertise in social media marketing as well as promote new products as they are launched. Several products are expected later this year. "Our growing company is making a huge impact in a very crowded software market," says Bernard Perrine, co-founder and CEO of HipLogiq. "It's critical that business owners understand how we're different and what ...

Global Monitoring reintroduces its GMU 8100 Remote Monitor under the Messenger brand name. The Messenger remote monitoring units are designed to track and react to conditions at remote, unattended or inaccessible locations. Messenger brand remote monitoring units were originally introduced by Dancer Communications more then 20 years prior to its acquisition. Steve Sanislo, founder of Global Monitoring who was also founder of Dancer Communications, resurrected the Messenger brand to distinguish its remote monitoring units among others on the market. Offering dial-up ...

Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort announced the lineup for its popular Spring Concert Series today, with Banff's Chronic kicking off the five week long outdoor music event. The resort's Spring Concert Series, which will see six local bands entertain on-mountain guests, will take place every weekend from April 20th and 21th through May 18th and 19th. This year's artists include returning favourites TR3, who bring their infectious dance music to the slopes and New Moon, to entertain with their reggae-influenced beats. "Sunshine's Spring Concert Series ...

Christie , a world leader in visual technology displays, today unveiled its latest electronics platform - Christie TruLife - with a proprietary, 1.2 Gigapixel per second, floating point architecture. Christie TruLife electronics forms the basis for the latest generation of projectors capable of delivering industry-leading ultra high resolution, high frame rate video with unprecedented image fidelity (e.g. 4K resolution image processing at 60 fps and beyond). The current standard digital interfaces such as DVI have a bandwidth of 165 MHz. Anchored by a high-performance ...

Boulder Startup Week 2013 will be held May 15-19, featuring dozens of networking and business education events and the opportunity for 24 job-seekers to apply for free airfare to meet with Boulder companies. More than 1,100 people participated in last year's Startup Week, which featured more than 60 events over five days. The average participant attended five events during the week.  Capstone events for 2013 include Ignite Boulder at the Boulder Theater (May 15), startup demo Boulder Beta (May 16) and a Variety Show May 17 to showcase Boulder's performing arts community. "By ...

Building upon the success of its indoor games, DMI Sports unveils a complete line of well-designed, popular outdoor game sets, including croquet, horseshoes, bocce, volleyball, badminton, bean bag toss, tailgate items and an array of other great games. These products will be in stock starting April 30, 2013. "The outdoor line serves as a great addition to DMI Sports' existing products base, providing dealers and distributors with a wider selection of sporting goods," said Ian Sandman, the Senior Outdoor Games Product Manager at DMI Sports. "DMI Sports ...

Boot Camp Digital (www.bootcampdigital.com), a leading provider of social media and Internet marketing education, invites business professionals to the highly-anticipated and exclusive 2-Day Boot Camp: Social Media and Internet Marketing Training. The course will take place on May 1st and 2nd, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM both days, at Boot Camp Digital's training center in Cincinnati. The 2-Day Social Media Boot Camp is Boot Camp Digital's top-rated and most popular training course. It provides a comprehensive overview and action-oriented social media training program for ...

The Learning Systems Group of Freedom Scientific, Inc., developer of literacy software designed to create custom learning environments for struggling students, announced today that the industry-leading WYNN software has added support for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. In addition to Windows 8, WYNN will also work with Intel-based tablets running Windows 8, such as those from Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and others. Since these tablets took top honors at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, the latest update continues WYNN's support for cutting-edge technology. "We ...

The Bug Master Celebrates 25 years of BBB Accreditation The Bug Master is committed to BBB Accreditation Standards This week, The Bug Master celebrates 25 years of accreditation by BBB Serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin. As a BBB Accredited Business, The Bug Master is dedicated to promoting trust in the marketplace. According to BBB reports by Princeton Research, seven in ten consumers say they are more likely to buy from a company designated as a BBB Accredited Business. BBB is a resource for the public, providing objective, unbiased ...

On Friday, May 3, Miami Dolphins alumni Shawn Wooden and NFL alum Ki-Jana Carter will host Swing for Kids' Sake, a charity golf tournament benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County. The event begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 am at the Weston Hills Country Club, a private equity championship club located in Weston and designed by Robert Trent Jones. Club accolades include hosting the PGA Honda Classic, Dan Marino Celebrity Invitational, LPGA Chrysler Plymouth Tournament of Champions and various other USGA Qualifying Events. Participants will enjoy a round ...

Lance O. Leider, an attorney with The Health Law Firm, shares his knowledge of health law in a Medical Office Today article published on March 27, 2013. Mr. Leider was quoted in, "3 Ways Stark Law Impacts Your Practice," a news piece by Daniel Casciato. The article reviews three common scenarios in which the Stark Law applies to physicians and healthcare providers. Click here to read the entire article (http://www.thehealthlawfirm.com/uploads/LOL_Stark%20Law_MOT.pdf). Mr. Leider represents physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare providers. ...

Skilled Jobs Direct launches a website (http://www.SkilledJobsDirect.com) focused on directly matching skilled crafts men and women to jobs that best fit them -- based on trades, skills, preferences and other factors. The Skilled Jobs Direct website will go beyond other websites that market to this niche in that jobs will be matched directly to the worker. The Skilled Jobs Direct process differs from other websites in that the skilled craft worker fills out a profile outlining their trade, skills, professional experience, educational history, preferences and other information ...

Coats and Bennett, PLLC (http://www.coatsandbennett.com), an intellectual property law firm, has announced that Letao Qin, an associate attorney with the firm, has been named vice president of the North Carolina Chinese Business Association (NCCBA). The NCCBA is a non-profit association made up of China-focused professionals and businesses. The organization serves as a forum for networking, creating and maintaining successful businesses, and encouraging and facilitating coaching and consultation among its members. The NCCBA serves as a major catalyst in bridging the China-North ...

Dakota Dental, a well known and well respected family dentistry center in Apple Valley, Minnesota, has introduced a redesigned website. Known for its comfortable office environment and excellent customer service, the website redesign now makes browsing http://www.DakotaDental.com as inviting as an in-person visit to the Apple Valley dental clinic. With plenty of white space, brightly colored photographs, and soft green and blue accent colors, the Dakota Dental website is pleasing to readers' eyes. But beyond appearances, the website features simple navigation, informative ...

Eleven year old, Abe Benkhaled, a sixth grade student at Piney Grove Middle School has been asked to speak at the Forsyth County Board Of Commissioners Meeting on April 5, 2013 at 110 East Main Street, Cumming GA 30040 in Suite 220 about his book, The Greatest Country and present the Commission with a copy of the book. Abe wrote the book with his father, BK. The Greatest Country is an inspirational children's book that tells why America is the greatest country in the world. It highlights America's diversity, free enterprise system, rights and liberty, military, and everything ...

Dedicated e-learning company Chalksy have launched a teacher-to-student marketplace that enables millions of users to teach, learn and earn online. Founded in November 2012 by two young British entrepreneurs, the startup focuses on making online teaching and learning interactive and fun by meeting the 3A's - anytime, anywhere, anyone. Because e-learning has traditionally rested upon a one-way model of communication, educationalists have often assumed a skeptical approach towards e-education, deeming it inadequate to cope with the differentiated needs of students. ...

Orange County residents are lacing up their shoes to be a part of the fourth annual Walk4Water that will take place at Mile Square Regional Park on April 13 from 9 - 11am. This event provides people with the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of children who log countless miles each day to collect dirty drinking water in Uganda. The Walk sponsored by Starbucks and Hurley is a fundraising effort to build a well to provide clean water for a Ugandan orphanage. "When I heard that most children in Uganda rarely live past the age of five due to the contaminated and ...

Blue Robin announced today that the Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, Mass., has selected Blue Robin to build, host and support the library's web infrastructure. Blue Robin has built and implemented a web infrastructure that provides the library a predictable, scalable and secure web platform for their online presence. Library Director Karen Stembridge says, "The infrastructure they have built meets today's needs and accommodates our future requirements. Blue Robin is doing a great job transitioning the library from its current host to the new platform and our ...

West Michigan Symphony will feature music inspired by women as special guests Teresa Cheung and Elena Urioste take the stage for Masterworks concerts on April 19 and 20. The "Women as Muses" performance will feature guest conductor Teresa Cheung: George Tsontakis' "Clair de Lune;" the composer will join the Symphony for rehearsals and the performances Felix Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin, Op. 64 in E minor with violinist Elena Urioste Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 2, Op. 61, in C Major More information, as well as expanded program notes ...

L.A. Management Company, a strategic marketing firm specializing in website development, online marketing, social media management and video production, produced a viral April Fool's video for SAKRETE , a leader in concrete and concrete-related products, that highlighted a new product for the company - SAKRETE Soft-Crete, the world's first soft and flexible concrete. Sounds smart, right? And fills a need by preventing breakage when valuable items are dropped - brilliant! The video, complete with product managers showcasing the product in the SAKRETE lab, highlights ...

International SOS, the world's leading medical and security services provider, and IDV Solutions, the leading physical security and risk visualization software company, today announce an exclusive, long-term commercial and technological partnership that offers their customers an extended range of options for tracking and protecting travelers, expatriates, employees and assets. International SOS' TravelTracker and IDV Solutions' Visual Command Center provide two distinct, yet complementary solutions to navigate some of the most challenging business environments. Used ...