Drought continues to plague most of the state of Missouri even though the statewide level of precipitation has been good since the beginning of 2013. The continued drought is a serious concern for landowners and preservationists throughout the state and many are looking for creative ways to store water from the rainy season for use during drier months. The need to conserve is reawakening interest in the centuries old techniques of gathering rain water for future use. "Collecting rain water for use during dry months is something that humans have done for centuries." ...

LatentView Analytics (LatentView), a leading predictive analytics and decision management services firm, has won Earnies 2012 in the Best Use of Video in Social Media category for its short film titled 'Confessions of a Serial Analyst.' The 4 minute 30 second video showcasing the work culture at LatentView's headquarters in Chennai, India, has been viewed over 15,000 times on YouTube and has just as many likes on Facebook. "We shot this video with LatentView employees to showcase the work environment at our office, which is laidback and conducive to creative thinking ...

Elsys Instruments, a leading manufacturer of custom and standard fast, high-precision data acquisition systems, now offers its highly accurate transient recorder technology in a portable, ruggedized system for in-the-field measurements. Available with up to 24 channels and sample rates up to 240 MS/s, the flexible TraNET PPC enables precise data acquisition from multiple points simultaneously. The new system combines Elsys' high-speed, LAN-controlled instruments with a robust industrial PC for flexible data acquisition in a number of harsh and mission critical environments, ...

Festa Parties, a Chicago-based event planning company known for its festive pub crawl events including TBOX, The Twelve Bars of Xmas in Wrigleyville, completed its sponsorship and participation in the CHICAGO Dance Marathon for the third year in a row, winning this year's Top Team Fundraising Award. The event took place on March 2, 2013 from 8AM to 9:06PM, benefiting Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Festa Parties has been planning and organizing great Chicago party events since its first TBOX back in 1996. With the growth of TBOX, Christopher ...

After making it's mark in creating exam simulator for various versions of Sun Java Programmer Certification (like SCJP 6 and SCJP 5). Whizlabs has added another feather to its cap by bringing in the much awaited SCJP 7 exam simulator (also known as OCPJP 7/ OCJP 7). This certification is recently launched by Oracle and is in high demand in the industry. Aiming to help Java Professionals and analyzing a shift in the medium of studies from classroom to online mode, Whizlabs had been creating products that are highly accepted because of the ease which it brings to the user ...

Following on the heels of five new assets in the fourth quarter 2012, Newport Beach-based property management company, Mesa Management, acquired two new multifamily property management assets. This increase, along with the five assets fourth quarter, adds nearly 1,000 units to their property management portfolio. With the addition of Riverton in Victorville, and Las Brisas in Colton, Mesa Management has started out 2013 with more than 425 additional units. "We couldn't be more pleased to have these new assets," says Sara D'Elia, President of Mesa Management, ...

The National Business Media (NBM) Show is making its first stop of the year right in FASTSIGNS backyard of Arlington, Texas. FASTSIGNS International Inc., the worldwide franchisor of FASTSIGNS visual communications, signage and graphics centers, will be exhibiting at the show to educate attendees on franchise opportunities with the company. The show, which will be held March 7-9 at the Arlington Convention Center, is a business-to-business trade show designed to educate attendees on the latest in sign making, digital printing, apparel decorating, engraving, personalization, ...

Halcyon Software, the global leader in systems management software, has announced the immediate availability of Task Supervisor, a new solution that significantly improves the visibility of all IT tasks that are critical to business operations. Designed to meet the needs of IT outsourcing companies, managed services providers and IT departments of large organisations, Task Supervisor provides a simple and effective way to organise all essential tasks in a one, centralised location to minimise the risk of business disruption and human error. Task Supervisor enables organisations ...

As a college of art and design, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) knows how important aesthetics are, which is why they chose Christie MicroTiles as the basis for the video wall in its new LeRoy Neiman Center, the school's first student hub. Featuring 16-foot tall windows on both sides of the building, the LeRoy Neiman Center offers Chicago Loop visitors a clear view from the street of what is inside. With such a large audience passing by throughout the day, SAIC wanted a video display that could be reconfigured into new and intriguing shapes, "catching ...

The development process is well underway at Rosedale Golf & Country Club, now that Manatee County officials have approved the plat for the new phase known as Rosedale Links. Of the 224 homesites that have been platted, 162 have been spoken for by the approved builders. The new phase will contain a total of 445 homesites when completed. Builders have submitted 23 homes for permitting - some to be used as models and others for inventory or with sales pending. M/I Homes will have two models and Ashton Woods Homes will have three, with a combined ten inventory homes ...

The news is great for ABC11 Eyewitness News (http://www.abc11.com) in the just-completed February sweeps. The station's ratings increased in nearly every newscast in both year-to-year numbers and since the May and November ratings periods of 2012. Additionally, ABC11 experienced the highest increase in news viewership among the four major stations in the Triangle. Most notably, in the Nielsen book, ABC11 tied with WRAL for first place in the 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. timeslot, with an average household rating of seven. Even better, from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., ABC11 is the most watched ...

Word Branch Publishing is pleased to announce the re-release of Michael Hawk Spisak's book Full Circle: The End of the Beginning. This marks Spisak's first publication with WBP with more planned in the future. Full Circle is a devastating introspective into Native American culture and ceremony, spirituality, humanity, and society at large. Told from the perspective of Jackson, a white/Native American mixed blood, Full Circle questions the status quo of American society while revealing the causes and effects of colonialism and manifest destiny. Full Circle's drama ...

Wearing a pair of breathtaking diamond earrings is the easiest way to add instant glamour to one's wardrobe. With this in mind, Ross-Simons has created the "Instant Glam Sweepstakes," enabling one lucky individual to win a pair of extraordinary 2.00 ct. t.w. diamond stud earrings in 14kt white gold. These gorgeous jewels are valued at $7,495! Simply go to http://www.ross-simons.com/sweeps and enter the contest. It's that easy. "The timeless appeal of diamond studs makes these classics an extremely popular jewelry option," explains Darrell Ross, CEO ...

The Master's in Internal Communication Management is run jointly by Capita Learning & Development and Kingston Business School and is accredited by the Institute of Internal Communication. Chris Sharp, Managing Director, Capita Development Solutions was quoted as saying: 'This is an incredibly exciting time for Capita Learning & Development. This master's programme has been specifically developed in recognition of the increasingly important role that internal communication plays in facilitating change within organisations. We will continue to deliver and design ...

Hard water is a crucial problem and people need accurate solutions to deal with it. Traditional modes of treating hard water are not effective in reversing build up and there was always a need for a concrete solution for hard water treatment. In a scenario where people are puzzled by presence of so many promising solutions to help them solve hard water issues, Hydroflow Canada is revolutionizing water treatment industry with their patented Hydropath technology. Hydroflow Canada has been actively helping residential, commercial, and industrial customers with the best ...

Onepath Systems LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lawrenceville, Georgia-based Transparent Technologies, Inc. (TTi). The acquisition brings together two established and respected names in the technology industry to expand their product offerings and better serve their customers. TTi is an IT consulting company specializing in serving the cable network and video on demand market for over 10 years. The company has deep relationships with Cisco and cable operators as well as many industry-respected content providers. TTI also operates a 24x7x365 Network Operations ...

Partner Celeste R. Yeager, Vice Chair of the Hospitality Industry Team at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, is slated to deliver an informative presentation at the 5th Bi-Annual Federal Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Conference. The event will be held May 2-3, 2013, at the Westin Hotel in New Orleans. Ms. Yeager will be co-presenting a program titled "Internal Investigations/HR Audits" at the May 3 session. The importance of conducting internal investigations is increasing in the current heightened regulatory environment, with internal investigations serving ...

Robert Buhler, president of MMI Public Relations (http://www.mmipublicrelations.com), a full-service public relations firm based in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced that Drew Porcello has joined the firm as its director of strategy. Based in Charlotte, Porcello will utilize his strong PR background as he interacts with area business leaders and expands the reach of MMI into the Charlotte area. Porcello brings more than seven years of high-level public relations experience to MMI. He has worked previously at top PR firms, where he has been an invaluable ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that the university hosted a fashion show titled "EveryBODY" in conjunction with and support of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which ran from Feb. 24 through March 2 and is an extension of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). The university's fashion show featured students and staff as models, each representing various body shapes, sizes, colors, nationalities and genders. Participants came together to promote the importance ...

The singer/songwriter makes an elegant entrance with a fresh sound a new face and talent bringing more than just music. Now reaching audiences with her self-penned catchy new single, King Jesus from the highly anticipated Loud for Christ album, her music reflects a deep walk with God that translates into a passion to reach others with a message of hope and restoration. "The songs on the album Loud for Christ, were written at a time in my life when through seeking God for comfort and healing I witnessed God carry me gracefully through an awful circumstance. I experienced ...

ProcessPro Software is pleased to announce that Betty Lou's Inc. has selected ProcessPro Premier Software to support its manufacturing and business operations. "We are proud to be the ERP solution of choice for Betty Lou's Inc. and look forward to helping them streamline their business processes and further grow their business," says Scott Fujan, ProcessPro Software Regional Sales Manager. Betty Lou's Inc. produces an extensive variety of delicious all-organic, all-natural, gluten-free, corn-free, dairy-free, low-fat, low-carb, vegan, and soy-free snack ...

Five Mill Ventures, an angel investment incubator based in San Francisco, has proven its self-funding, revenue-only investment model with several companies in its portfolio including Argoz, an Internet retail startup that sold more than 10,000 pairs of argyle socks in 2012, its first year of business. Dan Soha, 31-year-old founder of Five Mill and self-described San Francisco "startup junkie," spent last year refining his investment approach into what he believes is the "purest form of entrepreneurism." Unlike the classic venture capital model that ...

Representatives from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce's (http://www.raleighchamber.org) economic development team, Raleigh Economic Development (http://www.raleigh4u.com), Wake County Economic Development (http://www.raleigh-wake.org/home/) and Work in the Triangle (http://www.workinthetriangle.com) will be participating in the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW ) Interactive Trade Show (http://sxsw.com/interactive) event in Austin, Texas, from Friday, March 8, to Wednesday, March 13. SXSW 's Interactive Trade Show showcases cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity, ...

Many of us wonder what goes through the mind of terrorists who wage Jihad. Nearly everyone wonders what reasoning lies behind the desire to kill the innocent. Author J.C. Clark provides a graphic and chilling description of what goes through the mind of a terrorist in his recent release 'My Days In The Beast: Diary of a Holy Warrior in America'. He now offers a new resource, Terror 101.com, a website that offers pertinent and timely information on terrorist acts, Jihad attacks and serves as a guide to most of the major terrorist organizations, providing in-depth information ...

Peku Publications has recently become a member of The Entrepreneurs Foundation of New Hampshire. Along with 40 other local companies, Peku Publications takes part in the funding of The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation for the EFNH. The Entrepreneurs Foundation of New Hampshire (EFNH), an initiative of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, is a growing group of business leaders who are actively challenging traditional models of philanthropy and grant making in the same way they challenge their own businesses. The model enables business owners who have yet to realize ...