The Virginia Veterinary Medical Association (http://www.vvma.org/) has announced the organization's 2013-2014 board of directors. The organization has named Dr. Mark Finkler as the new president of the organization. Finkler is a small animal practitioner and the owner of Roanoke Animal Hospital, an AAHA accredited hospital. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from The Ohio State University. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Va., where he teaches an elective ...

Input Group Spa (www.inputgroup.eu) an Italian communications holding company and a leader in the events industry, has opened its first North American office in New York City. This is the result of the structural evolution and of the internationalization plan announced a few days ago by Input Group CEO, Matteo Deninno. "Input Group is being restructured so that it can best dialogue on a global level with clients. This is an evolution aimed at further developing our core business and strengthening the relationships we have with our present clients. We're starting today ...

Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (http://www.enterprisingwomen.com), has announced that the magazine will host the 11th annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards celebration on Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4. The two-day event, which will honor highly regarded entrepreneurial women from around the world, will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale, located at 1 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As part of the annual celebration, attendees have the opportunity to participate in various networking ...

Q-Sensei, the enterprise search technology company, has been selected into KMWorld's 2013 list of "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management." This prestigious award follows the selection of Q-Sensei Enterprise, the company's enterprise search platform, in KMWorld's "Trend-Setting Products of 2012". The KMWorld 100 list, now in its 13th year, is compiled by KM practitioners, theorists, analysts, vendors, their customers and colleagues. "Criteria for inclusion varies, but all companies have things in common. Each has either helped ...

ReportComplete 2013 from SinisterSoft is now available for Windows based computers. In just six years since its initial launch in 2008, an incredible 1,350 schools and 12,050 teachers regularly use it or a licenced variation to create and edit end of term student reports. Fully featured: Teachers can use a full text editor to edit reports that has an intelligent subject based undo/redo system. Multiple statement banks containing well over 40,000 statements can help the teacher when deciding what to write. Grids, tick boxes and digital signatures can be added to the report ...

Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (http://www.rockytophospitality.com/), has announced that the company's newest restaurant, Dean's Seafood Grill & Bar (http://www.deansseafoodgrill.com/), hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Cary Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 19. Located at 1080 Darrington Drive, Dean's Seafood Grill & Bar opened its doors on Jan. 23 with an innovative menu concept that brings a fresh and unique seaside dining experience to the Triangle. Following in the footsteps of the company's first restaurant, Michael Dean's, Dean's Seafood Grill ...

Arbor Obstetrics and Gynecology, a thriving medical practice focused on providing a wide range of women's health services, recently signed a long term medical office space lease for 8,709 square feet in the Perimeter Office Space market. They were represented in this Atlanta office space leasing transaction by Lambert & Associates, an Atlanta based commercial real estate services provider. Arbor Obstetrics and Gynecology initially considered purchasing their medical practice space rather than continuing to lease medical office space. They contacted Lambert & ...

Triangle Family Services is participating in the North Carolina Attorney General's initiative under the National Mortgage Settlement to assist borrowers who are facing foreclosure. Triangle Family Services was one of 47 that will share $13 million of settlement funds, strengthening our capacity to offer free help to home buyers and owners, especially those facing foreclosure. The funding awards are managed by the N.C. Housing Finance Agency. Triangle Family Services serves Wake, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties. At no charge to homeowners, Triangle Family Services ...

The 90-minute Continuing Legal Education webinar will focus on IRA beneficiary trusts, a new estate planning tool that has grown in popularity for individuals with IRAs and other retirement plans. IRA beneficiary trusts offer multiple benefits, such as preservation of income, tax deferral, and creditor protection. Designed for financial advisors and attorneys, this webinar explains how to effectively navigate minimum distribution rules, income tax and asset protection elections, establish sub-share trusts, meet critical deadlines and more. Herman-Giddens, President of ...

It is absolutely true and a particular category of orthodontic appliances, called functional appliances, can be used in growing patients to enhance or restrict the growth of the upper and lower jaw bones. These special orthodontic appliances can be used to enhance or guide the growth of a child's facial bone structure into normal balance. This process is called "dentofacial orthopedics." It is very common to need a functional appliance in combination with braces in order to correct the jaw relationship and establish ideal dental and facial esthetics. Skeletal ...

MediPurpose, a manufacturer and master distributor of medical products, today announced the publication of a new case study, Reinventing a Better babyLance Safety Heelstick Device: Austrian Clinical Use Design Validation Studies. The case study presents an overview of clinical use studies that MediPurpose's exclusive Austrian medical product distributor Medikus conducted at three Austrian neonatal healthcare facilities in 2012 prior to the launch of its redesigned babyLance safety heelstick device. The results consistently indicated that Austrian users found babyLance ...

San Diego's online music community San Diego Music . TV is hosting their Battle of the Bands Grand Finale on March 9, 2013 at Pacific Beach's very own 710 Beach Club. The competition, which has been going on for more than 9 weeks, will culminate in a battle royale on March 9th at 9 p.m. between local San Diego talent Brothers Gow, Ezekiel Jay Band, and Chocolate Revolution. "This is going to be an epic battle between three of San Diego's greatest bands and will be a show that no one in San Diego will want to miss," states Joe Stevens, San Diego Music .TV's artist ...

Financial services firms believe that 2013 will be a better year for their company than 2012, according to interviews carried out by Randstad Financial & Professional, the specialist recruiter. Over 200 respondents, from heads of HR to European CFOs across the asset management, investment banking, asset services and insurance industries, were questioned on their hiring intentions and their outlook for 2013. The main reasons given for the optimistic mood amongst financial services firms included "businesses are innovating and are introducing new revenue streams ...

On Friday, March 8, 2013, Colorado Springs will be the scene of a protest rally led by celebrated civil rights activist and church and state separation advocate Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein, Founder and President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF; www.mrff.org). MRFF is a five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominated civil rights foundation that represents over 32,000 active duty servicemembers and armed forces veteran clients, 96% of whom are Christians. According to MRFF, "The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is promoting a reprehensible, ...

Dr. Mark Jones, Chicago foot doctor, and his associates at the Center for Podiatric Medicine are happy to be able to provide laser treatment to remove toenail fungus. The PinPoint FootLaser is a specially designed laser beam that goes through the toenail and safely kills the organisms in the nail bed that cause Onychomycosis, more commonly known as toenail fungus. "I am very glad that our practice is able to utilize this new technology. These lasers are safe and very effective. I hope that many of our patients will explore this method of treatment as an option to ...

Dr. Paul Brooks Noland, dentist in Beaverton, is happy to be offering a lower cost and clear way to straighten patient's teeth. Invisible braces have increased in popularity because there are no wires or brackets and they can be removed when eating, brushing or flossing. "I am glad that our practice is able to offer ClearCorrect as a braces alternative. They cost less and the aligners come in a series that move the patient's teeth a little at a time. We are always trying to be as patient-friendly as possible and this product aligns with our value. I hope that the ...

Today Ericka Baran, Vice President-Marketing at Jeron Electronic Systems, announced that the company has been awarded at IT Schedule 70 contract extension by the General Services Administration. The extension covers a five-year period that began on February 21, 2013. The GSA is the U.S. Government Services Agency whose mission is to provide authorized government agencies with solutions to help improve efficiency, sustainability, and transparency in operations. As holder of an IT Schedule 70 contract, Jeron nurse call systems have the backing and trust of the U.S. government ...

The Board of Directors of Orange County Trust Company is pleased to announce Timothy S. McCausland has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. McCausland will spearhead the planning and implementation of the Bank's short and long term strategic initiatives. Mr. McCausland will partner closely with Bank President & CEO, Terry Saturno, to identify growth opportunities, including new business ventures. President Saturno states "Tim has contributed a great deal to Orange County Trust Company's overall planning and successful performance ...

As one of the most popular days of the calendar for kids' fancy dress, the eve of World Book Day has seen allfancydress.com extend its already impressive range of storybook fancy dress ideas with some brand new officially licensed costumes. The Essex-based retailer has a variety of new outfits designed on some of the many topical books and storylines to reach the UK's shores. Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Company of Dwarves in the recent hit-film, 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', is one of a number of new lines including Moshi Monsters outfits that are modelled ...

Cell phone location tracking has become an increasingly important law enforcement tool in recent years, allowing police to find suspects or victims in emergencies and complementing more traditional surveillance techniques during routine investigations. According to evidence compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union from more than 200 police departments across the country, cell phone tracking has also become commonplace and is used by nearly all law enforcement agencies, large and small. However, the ACLU also found that most cell phone tracking data is collected ...

Familiar Spirits is happy to invite you to join us as we celebrate the release of David's third book on March 16, 2013 4-7 PM, "Walking Down Awen's Path" we will have copies of this new gem as well as David's first two books on hand for purchase and signing. There will be FREE soda and pizza for all our guest and friends. And if that wasn't enough to get you here we will be giving away a free copy of the new book signed by both David and the 17 year old artist who designed the chapter illustrations, Ivy Basley! Both the Author and illustrator will be in attendance. ...

The much-anticipated opening of Velvet Ice Cream's Ye Olde Mill will commence on May 1 with a special offering of 99-cent opening-day ice cream cones. The Mill kicks off its 2013 travel season offering individual travelers, school field trips, motor coach and other groups and at 11 a.m. on May 1 with the popular experiences that draw more than 150,000 people to the Velvet Ice Cream headquarters every year. In addition to enjoying a scoop of famous Velvet Ice Cream at 1970s-era pricing, guests can enjoy the following: - Free Velvet Ice Cream tours - Watching ice cream ...

A new study has exam­ined how bac­te­ria clog med­ical devices, and the result isn't pretty. The microbes join to cre­ate slimy rib­bons that tan­gle and trap other pass­ing bac­te­ria, cre­at­ing a full block­age in a star­tlingly short period of time. The find­ing could help shape strate­gies for pre­vent­ing clog­ging of devices such as stents — which are implanted in the body to keep open blood ves­sels and pas­sages — as well as water fil­ters and other items that are sus­cep­ti­ble to con­t­a­m­i­na­tion. The research was pub­lished in Pro­ceed­ings of the National ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Postmenopausal women who have smoked are at much higher risk of losing their teeth than women who never smoked, according to a new study published and featured on the cover of the Journal of the American Dental Association by researchers at the University at Buffalo. The study involved 1,106 women who participated in the Buffalo OsteoPerio Study, an offshoot of the Women's Health Initiative, (WHI), the largest clinical trial and observational study ever undertaken in the U.S., involving more than 162,000 women across the nation, including nearly 4,000 ...

Suppose you could replace "Made in China" with "Made in my garage." Suppose also that every time you polished off a jug of two percent, you would be stocking up on raw material to make anything from a cell phone case and golf tees to a toy castle and a garlic press. And, you could give yourself a gold medal for being a bona fide, recycling, polar-bear-saving rock star. Michigan Technological University's Joshua Pearce is working on it. His main tool is open-source 3D printing, which he uses to save thousands of dollars by making everything from his lab equipment to his ...