New Year's is just around the corner and divorced parents might wish to think about some New Year's resolutions. Being a single parent or co-parent is hard, but identifying a few key areas that could be improved will help both the parent and his or her children. Avoid common mistakes If you know the common mistakes made by divorced parents, you may be able to avoid them. Frequent errors include: - Turning your children into messengers: Communicating with your ex through your kids is stressful for them. Essentially, it's forcing them to try to negotiate a situation ...

As of Friday, December 14, 2012, Zeus & Company California (West), has been acquired by Animal Supply Company, Seattle, WA. Zeus & Company West employees will now be employed by Animal Supply Company. No Vendors will be affected by the sale and all daily business operations will remain in place to ensure a smooth transition. Zeus & Company West would like to thank all of their West customers and publicly say it has been a pleasure to serve them. Zeus & Company West wishes their West customers the best of everything in 2013 and beyond. Zeus & Company's ...

Master Elite Contractor Chandler's Roofing, Inc. has earned the service industry-coveted 2012 Angie's List Super Service Award for the third year in a row, an honor awarded annually to approximately 5 percent of all the companies rated on Angie's List, the nation's leading provider of consumer reviews on local service companies. "It is a tremendous honor to have achieved the Super Service Award for the third year in a row," stated Chandler's Roofing CEO, Brian Hicks. "Having over 50 previous customers from Angie's List who have written overwhelmingly positive ...

Typically satellites launch from Earth, requiring dedicated launch vehicles to propel them into the proper orbit. The cost for this launch scenario could be reduced considerably if there was another way to get the satellites into their optimal orbit. The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) found a way to cut the costs of this activity by designing a small satellite launcher, installed recently on the International Space Station. The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) is capable of launching small satellites from the ...

Speaking at the IOF Regionals Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health, announced a study which links carotenoids to decreased hip fracture risk in elderly, lean Chinese men. Elderly who are lean (BMI END ...

Persuasion is common in our everyday lives. From time to time, we either allow ourselves to be persuaded or go about persuading others. It takes more than just friendliness. Here are 3 steps to persuading people by seduction 1. Understand That Persuasion Is Seduction Whatever business you are in, you promote yourself first through your approach, tone and personality. If I do not like you, chances are I will not buy from you but if your competitor comes along, I will buy from him or her if I am more comfortable with that person. Persuasion is seduction. When ...

Global timeshare exchange operator Dial An Exchange (DAE) is celebrating the holiday season with a special online contest where members can record a video message explaining why they love the holidays. And in keeping with the spirit of giving, members submitting entries through the company's http://www.ilovechristmas.tv link will then be eligible for a prize draw to win one of five daeOptions weeks to be given away by DAE. Integrating mobile technology with social media platforms, members can use their smart phones, tablets or a video camera to record the message, with ...

The Grauer School will host their 8th Annual Holiday Charity Cafe Night to benefit Conner's Cause for Children on Thursday, December 20, 2012, in the Great Hall on the school campus in Encinitas. Grauer students will bring a variety of gifts for 100 children who suffer from life-threatening illnesses or injuries and will wrap the gifts while listening to holiday-themed musical performances from the Grauer Visual and Performing Arts department. Conner's Cause for children is a San Diego based non-profit organization founded over fifteen years ago in memory of Conner Champ, ...

D & D Carpeting is pleased to announce they will be teaming with iWebContent to help them better reach their target audience. Without the right kind of web presence, a company isn't going to be on the top of the list for most people who are likely to use the Internet to find the services they need. IWebContent helps companies improve their web presence so they can better reach those who need them the most. D & D Carpeting is a full-service carpet company that offers a variety of carpeting-related services to homes and businesses in the Younkers, New York, area. ...

On Thursday, January 10, 2013, the Broadway Bar Restaurant hosts the 'Magical Night in Italy,' a traditionally-flavored dinner and show with a special menu to continue the New Year. Joseph Spinella's show provides an excellent accompaniment to the intimate trattoria-style establishment of Broadway Bar Restaurant. He performs many Italian favorites, such as 'O Sole Mio' and 'Funiculi Funicula;' and audience participation is encouraged. The lively, entertaining music is mesmerizing and audiences invariably offer standing ovations hoping for an encore. A native of Wayne, ...

A deeply disturbed man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut Friday and opened fire taking the lives of 27 people - 18 of them children. As a nation, we have endured far too much pain; profound loss of life and more questions than answers about where we are headed as a society and as human beings. Such senseless loss of life as this often permeates the thickest skin and most hardened of hearts. However, when the numbers of those lost include 18 small innocent children; no one with a pulse is left unshaken. Bend is one of those places where ...

Southern Self Storage will be making a check presentation to The Forgotten Soldiers Outreach on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11AM EST at its Southern Self Storage facility located at 4151 Burns Road, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The check in the amount of $5,200 represents money raised at their recent charity event "Storage Wars Auction For Our Troops". The auction patterned after the popular TV show Storage Wars, was well received by the public. Units filled with high quality items were open for bidding to patrons who purchased a ticket to the event. Former TV news ...

January is National Jump Out Of Bed Month and one Solo-E.com certified expert is celebrating and hoping some coaches and creative entrepreneurs who have created businesses that make them energized to jump out of bed each morning with purpose. "It's not enough to have a business as a solo professional," says Heather owner of EnergyRICH Coaching, Inc. in NYC "To achieve success, you need to focus on what gets you excited each and every day - what gets you to jump out of bed, ready to take on the challenges ahead." Founded in 2006 EnergyRICH Coaching, ...

The Pet Care Trust, a non-profit organization that promotes the public understanding of the joys and benefits of pets through education, support, and interaction, announces the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees: Mike Copeland, Summit Pet Product Distributors; Michael Lasky, Schiaffino, Lasky & Associates, Inc.; and Kemba Marshall, DVM, PetSmart. Copeland, Lasky, and Marshall join current Trustees Brent Weinmann, Vitakraft Sunseed; Rand Kollman, Koller Craft; Lew Sutton, PetAg Inc.; Rob Chouinard, Gardner Distributing Co.; Rich Williams, PETCO; ...

Recent surveys conducted by Taylor Morrison revealed that an increasing number of customers are looking for more single family home options. In response to that request, the company has introduced a number of innovative one and two story single family floor plans within Baywood, the new phase of the award-winning Oak Creek community. Offering value-minded pricing, flexible floor plans, and quality construction, the Baywood collection includes the following: The Fairmont II - starting at $164,900 This 3 bedroom, 2 bath, one story home has a 2 car garage. It has 1768 ...

The tax attorneys at Hughes & Dunstan, LLP have been helping clients with tax issues for many years, and the firm is now expanding to provide tax resolution assistance throughout Los Angeles County. Attorney Ronald A. Hughes, partner of Hughes & Dunstan, holds an LLM in taxation and heads the firm's tax practice. He handles a wide variety of cases ranging from relatively simple income tax disputes to complex business tax resolution. In a recent case, a client failed to file income tax returns for the past five years. The IRS assessed tax for those five years ...

Focus On Healing Wellness Institute (FOH) is moving its Reflexology certification training program online. For over 20 years Dr. Njideka Olatunde, founder & director of FOH has taught Reflexology certification classes to many students interested in learning Reflexology. She has taught offline Reflexology classes to health and beauty professionals nationally and internationally. With an increase interest in Reflexology the timing is right for online classes. "The fact that Reflexology is one of the most requested bodywork therapies with many healing qualities and ...

Enjoy the Best Tasting Quick Meals - Now Cheaper, thanks to fast food coupons. Collecting fast food coupons helps you, not only to save money, but also to reduce the time you spend in the kitchen, by offering your family a tasty and healthy restaurant dinner. Do Fast Food Coupons and Healthy Eating Go Well Together? More and more people became aware of the negative effect an inadequate diet has on their health. As a direct result, they began to drop fast food in a dramatic proportion, and this affected the business of the great restaurant chains in a negative ...

Octava enhances its ever popular 4×2 HDMI Matrix switch with 7.1 Analog Audio output model HDMXA71. The HDMXA71 is a professional grade HDMI matrix switch with built in audio DAC conversion suited for systems requiring HD video switching and integration with existing Audio systems. The HDMXA71 include 4 HDMI inputs and 2 fully matrix outputs for 16 total switching combinations. In addition, 8 DAC outputs enable LPCM decoded sources ( from PS3 or other DVD players with built in LPCM decoding) to be integrated with 7.1 analog audio amps. A digital audio optical output is ...

Travel2Greece (www.Travel2Greece.com), the luxury travel and leisure division of Travelive (www.Travelive.com) specializing in Greece, today announced Michelle Andreucci of Plaza Travel as the winner of itsThe Margi Sweepstakes for Travel Agents. The drawing took place November 29th and included 138 Travel Agent entries who registered at the Travelive booth at the Luxury Travel Exchange International 2012 exhibit in Las Vegas. Travelive's The Margi Sweepstakes for Travel Agents ran from November 28th to November 29th at the Luxury Travel Exchange International (LTX) ...

Anyone can make a movie. With no money. And be a well known filmmaker. That's the premise of the new filmmaking book NO BUDGET FILMMAKING: Or How to be a Well Known Filmmaker and Be Broke at the Same Time, written by Jack Truman. Truman, an award-winning independent filmmaker, shares valuable tools, tips, and secrets of the industry trade in a book designed to help any aspiring moviemaker make their movie. "It's not hard to make a movie. You just have to make your movie", Truman stated in press materials. "Everyone has a story to tell. And there is ...

myASDF (www.myASDF.org), a national organization that provides financial assistance for families living with autism, is pleased to announce its 2012 Holiday Gift Card Program with five autism partner organizations and the support of actor and director Joey Travolta. myASDF has partnered with Autism Pensacola, Georgia Families of Autism/Asperger's Care, Educate and Support (FACES), Haugland Learning Center, Parker Autism, and the Oakland University Center for Autism Research, Education and Support (OUCARES) to provide families across the country with $500 gift cards for ...

Pinnacle Performance Company's Virtual Coach Suite provides affordable, convenient and scalable communication and presentation skills training. It helps learning and development and field sales training managers identify emerging leaders, sales superstars and burgeoning executives and assess and develop their communication skills accordingly. "Global businesses face several unique training and development challenges, including reducing costs, cultural differences, time and opportunity costs and geographic differences," said Dave Lewis, co-founder and CEO of ...

Dallas-based Yarbrough Law Group PC is announcing the addition of accomplished copyright and trademark litigator Victor C. Johnson, and noted commercial litigation and labor and employment attorney Todd W. Shadle. "Victor and Todd are two of the top attorneys in their respective fields of law, and we are pleased to welcome them to the Yarbrough Law Group," says former Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Yarbrough, the firm's founding partner. "Victor's expertise in intellectual property matters, and Todd's extensive work in employment law will benefit all of ...

ADHD Sleeping Problems are much more common than people realize. For example, did you know that More than 50% of adults with ADHD have on-going sleep problems, and 27% have chronic insomnia? Yet despite this being such a huge problem, there aren't many websites dedicated to this subject. "Having adult ADHD insomnia is doubly annoying because lack of sleep mimics ADHD symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, poor memory, distraction and disorganization." "It's such a shame that so many adults with ADHD suffer like this because there are ways to get ...