The 13th annual expo, which is the largest single consumer show in the region focused exclusively on women, will feature more than 275 women-owned and women-focused businesses during its three-day run downtown at the Lansing Center. Women will have the chance to hear national speakers, attend seminars and DIY presentations, connect face-to-face with physicians and other healthcare professionals, sample new food items, get a massage or new hairstyle and shop to their hearts' content during the Expo. Highlights of this year's lineup of exhibits, speakers and events include: McLaren ...

Central Florida Chocoholics Celebrate! Chocolate Factory featuring Tours and Chocolate Store is set to open on January 2, 2013! Kissimmee, Florida (December 2012). Chocolate Kingdom Factory Adventure Tour, the only interactive working bean-to-the-bar chocolate factory on the East Coast will open its doors on January 2 at 12 pm. Chocolate Kingdom is located at 5720 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, Florida 34746 next to Fun Spot off 192. Chocolate Kingdom offers guests hourly tours created as an interactive journey to uncover how chocolate transforms from ...

With the New Year, countless Americans make resolutions, often aimed at improving health or attitude. Many of these ambitious goals can produce temporary weight loss or a spurt of self conjured overzealous patience, even in the midst of rush hour traffic. 19 Upstream, a Christian tee shirt company focused on Bible study, is sending out an open invitation to join them in a resolution that is guaranteed to produce lasting results. 19 Upstream has launched a read through the Bible campaign for 2013. Believing that God's Word is life changing, 19 Upstream is encouraging ...

The Katonah Art Center is hosting its third Annual Faculty Show, with a Reception January 26, 2013, 2:00-4:00pm, at the Garden Room of the Katonah Village Library. The show will run through the month of January. The Faculty Show was incredibly successful last year, and this year promises to be even bigger. "Our instructors, in addition to being great teachers, are talented and acclaimed artists," explains Loren Anderson, founder and director of the Katonah Art Center. "It's always so exciting to see them present their own work. I love this chance to share ...

The musical home of Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band has a new rock 'n' roll resident - a bakery that fuses a playlist of your favorite tunes with a menu of delectable treats. Confections of a Rock$tar recently opened its stage doors in Asbury Park, New Jersey to fans with a sweet tooth, featuring musically inspired cakes, cookies and cupcakes - a Red (velvet) Carpet cupcake, a Brown-Eyed Girl (salted fudge caramel) brownie and a Tunnel of Love cannoli. Autographed photos of rock stars and other memorabilia adorn the hot pink walls while rock music plays in the ...

Can eating meat make you smarter? According to some anthropologists, a meat rich diet led to the evolution of the human brain (source: National Public Radio). For National Meat Month this January, fuel up and maybe increase your brain power at Benny's Chop House (444 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60611; 312-626-2444). It's possibly the city's only steakhouse serving a selection of 100% USDA Prime Natural, Dry-aged and Wet-aged cuts of beef. Benny's Chop House introduced USDA Prime Natural Beef to its menu a year ago, to rave reviews, making it the only Chicago steakhouse ...

Sunflower Enterprise 5.0 offers expanded functionality, improved usability and enhancements to existing property functions. Sunflower 5.0 contains additional functionality to enhance and expand your property management activities: • Enhanced parent/child relationships through asset configuration and kitting • Visualize configuration of groups of assets through configuration mapping • Track specific events related to agreements such as audits or contract renewals • Print and generate barcodes Sunflower 5.0 improves the end-user experience through the implementation ...

Rob Wagner, BKD, LLP managing partner, International Tax Services, announces the promotion of Elizabeth Hazzard to managing consultant. Hazzard delivers unmatched client service, embraces change and shows dedication to the firm's values and the accounting industry. She assumed the new role on December 1, 2012. Career paths at BKD are divided into levels, and each position is defined by its own set of duties, responsibilities and competencies requiring cumulative and advanced degrees of education, training and experience. Personnel also must demonstrate their leadership ...

The APIS OPC Trend Historian is a versatile product for collecting data from OPC compliant servers, storing the information in a high performance time series database, and making the historized information available for OPC compliant clients. In this context a time series is an array of numbers indexed by a datetime or a datetime range. The time series are often called profiles, curves or trends. APIS OPC Trend Historian is a mature process historian with superior performance and reliability. The system has a proven record and it's predesessors have been used for more than ...

Sepi Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering & Construction (http://www.sepiengineering.com), a firm which provides civil engineering and planning services to private and public sector clients across the Southeast, has announced the addition of Joseph Kopaskie as a transportation project manager. In this position, he is working on the CATS Blue Line Extension project by designing and reviewing the roadway design plans. Kopaskie grew up in upstate New York and received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Manhattan College in 1981. He chose his career path ...

The law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP today announced that four attorneys have been named partners. The new partners practice in a variety of areas, from estate and tax planning to general litigation and corporate law. They serve clients across the state and around the world from the law firm's offices in Grand Rapids, Macomb County and Holland. "We are very pleased to welcome these four deserving attorneys into the partnership," said Douglas E. Wagner, managing partner of Warner Norcross. "They are exemplary lawyers who serve their clients ...

PhotoMingle announced today that its new touchscreen special-events kiosk is now available for booking in the Minneapolis area, through its authorized partner Bellagala, following its hugely successful launches in Orlando, Miami and Atlanta. PhotoMingle is a 46-inch touchscreen kiosk that allows guests at weddings, birthdays, meetings, trade shows and other special functions to post photos to social media sites like Facebook, e-mail photos to friends using a virtual keyboard, and select and print color photos using a "drag and drop" touchscreen icon. Guests ...

Morris Kaye & Sons Furs is pleased to announce their annual December toy drive was a huge success. The goal of the toy drive is to collect toys for the children who will be spending Christmas in the Methodist Children's Hospital, particularly those in the HOTS wing, which stands for hematology, oncology, transplant and support. All the toys and money donated through the drive were given to this area of the hospital to help the patients enjoy the holiday season despite their illnesses. This year, the toy drive managed to collect two full car loads of gifts to distribute ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that Rebecca B. Leggett, director of visitor services, has been appointed to Wake County Community Foundation's board of directors. A charitable and nonprofit organization which stands as an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF), the Wake County Community Foundation works alongside more than 650 community partners in an effort to transform the United States and its neighborhoods through the power of philanthropy. Leggett will serve ...

Fairfield Harbour (www.fhpoa.com), a residential boating and golf community located 15 minutes from historic New Bern, has announced the community's Yacht Club has raised nearly 3,000 pounds of food and $400 in monetary donations to benefit the Religious Communities Services. A community-based organization founded in 1982, Religious Communities Services actively works to unify local religious organizations in their commitment to minister to the basic and emergency needs of individuals and families in the New Bern area through various forms of assistance and support. QUOTES: "A ...

The Council of American States in Europe (C.A.S.E) currently has an active membership of 16 U.S. states with full time offices in different European countries, which can assist SME's and larger companies with all aspects of starting-up and expanding business into the United States. C.A.S.E. services are free and confidential, and with over forty years' experience and an international team in your area it could not be easier doing business in the United States. The Council of American States in Europe can help you source all necessary start-up information, identify ...

Dan Fields, AIA and principal of BJAC Raleigh, pa (http://www.bjac.com), an architectural firm offering professional architectural and design services to healthcare, education, municipal and research clients, has announced that the East Carolina School (ECU) of Dental Medicine, Ledyard E. Ross Hall has been awarded the Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction in the $25 million to $50 million category by the Carolinas Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC). Award recipients were honored on Nov. 15 at the 11th Annual Excellence in Construction Awards ...

Hill, Chesson & Woody (HCW) (http://www.hcwbenefits.com), a health and welfare benefits brokerage and consulting firm that designs, manages and implements employee benefit programs, has announced that the firm has named Joshua King as the company's underwriting risk analyst. In this position, King will be responsible for guiding clients and staff in claims tracking and renewal analyses to keep clients informed on their progress periodically and help set expectations for the upcoming renewal. Prior to joining HCW, King served as an underwriter for Seibels Insurance ...

Most young adult (YA) books can be improved simply by following certain rules, industry experts suggest. "Past generations that grew up with the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew would hardly recognize--and would probably be shocked by--today's young adult fiction," says L.A. Miller, author of the science-fiction and fantasy YA book series the Quests of Shadowind, which includes "Sky Shifter," "The Grounding Stone," and "Veil." "The world of young adult fiction has completely and inalterably changed. It's become much more diverse, ...

For over 80 years Bowco Laboratories has been helping their New Jersey neighbors with quality pest control service related to termites, bed bugs, carpenter ants, stink bugs, fleas, wasps and various other insects. In addition they also provide pest and animal control services for mice, rodents, squirrels, raccoons and birds just to mention a few. Angie's List recently awarded Bowco Labs with their 2012 "Super Service Award". Less than five percent of all Angie's List businesses are awarded this honor and in this crazy hustle and bustle world it's comforting ...

Stay Home Care Solutions offers pick-up, stand-by, drop-off of patients to the hospital/clinic for doctor apts., pickup medications, go to beauty salon, and etc. We will even wait for them. The charges are $50 for pickup and drop-off, $2.00 mile, and $15 per hour for driver's waiting time. Out medical transportation van is spacious with wheelchair capability. We are also insured and bonded. (619) 425-2273 Licenses number: 200209962 Website: http://www.stayhomecaresolutions.com ...

Mortgage professionals may experience problems when trying to locate good mortgage leads for their direct marketing efforts regarding reverse mortgages. A marketing plan may be in place, but without a list of potential clients, it can prove to be difficult launching the plan. Premier Data Direct now offers helpful database options of mortgage leads to provide professionals with ideal candidates for reverse mortgages Two primary lists of mortgage leads from Premier Data Direct may be helpful to mortgage professionals. New Mover Lists feature verified phone numbers and ...

UK personal training specialists MotivatePT have reported record levels of demand for personal training services in Manchester - a city that has become known for its health conscious attitude over the last few years. Yet less than a decade ago trying to find a personal trainer in Manchester may have proved a difficult task, as Manchester had the rather ignominious accolade of being named the UK's fattest city by the Daily Mail. In a national survey of health indicators, Manchester was highlighted as a city that took little interest in exercise and wellbeing, with a ...

Divorce is a stressful time in a person's life and it can make a person not think very clearly when making decisions. However, going through a divorce forces people to make serious financial choices at a time when they might not be at their best. Many people make financial mistakes that come back to haunt them after divorce. People can avoid these mistakes by taking a few simple precautions. Lacking information In many families, it is not uncommon for one of the spouses to handle the family's finances. In such cases, it is easy for the spouse who deals with the money ...

Increasingly, couples in California are looking for ways to streamline the divorce process and save some money. With divorce litigation being as contentious and as costly as it is, divorcing couples can often benefit significantly from trying to resolve their conflicts out of court. Many people avoid mediation because they believe that it is only for couples who already agree on how to conduct their divorce. This isn't true. Mediation is all about conflict resolution. However, instead of the adversarial model that is prevalent in divorce courts, mediators use a collaborative ...