Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties (http://www.cbctmp.com) has announced that the firm's CEO, Billie Redmond, served as an emcee for the 2012 NC CEO Forum on Oct. 11 at the North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh. Redmond spoke along with Diane Adams, vice president of culture and talent at Allscripts. The annual forum is an event for executives and management teams in business, government and non-profit organizations who are dedicated to helping North Carolina grow jobs and build its presence on the national and international scene. This year's forum featured ...

HR professionals from across the UK have the opportunity to stay up to date with the latest developments and legislation changes within the industry to ensure the smooth day to day running of their business. Over the two days there will be a series of seminars, free keynote sessions and interactive workshops as well as the exhibitor stands. Exhibitors will be offering an array of specialist HR services, including recruitment software, payroll systems and employment law information. CV-Library will be on hand to offer online recruitment advice and the chance for attendees ...

The West Michigan Symphony is proud to present the Nebraska Theatre Caravan's production of perennial holiday favorite "A Christmas Carol" on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8. Both performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the majestic Frauenthal Center for Performing Arts in downtown Muskegon. The celebrated adaptation by Charles Jones of "A Christmas Carol" is packed with laughter, pageantry, music and gorgeous costumes. Every memorable detail of Dickens' 1843 novel springs to life - from spine-chilling ghosts to heart-warming moments with ...

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To give back to the local community and raise awareness for the Maryland Food Bank, East Coast Airsoft will be running a food drive during the months of November and December. The food drive will officially conclude on December 21, 2012. The drive is being run to alleviate burdens on the Maryland Food Bank, which has had to meet continuously rising demand for food over the past few years. Its network of soup kitchens and shelters have increased distribution from 11 million pounds of food in 2008 to 26 million pounds in 2012, and donations are especially in need right ...

Everybody talks about it, and everybody wants it. "Superhero Librarian" Elizabeth Hanley comes to the U.S. with real tips for creating a less stressful holiday. To economic difficulties, family dysfunction, or time constraints, Hanley says: "No Problem!" Elizabeth's four simple tips help us to deal with any problem that weighs us down, even the overdoing of the holidays. Hanley states, "...when it comes to dealing with difficult problems, most of us have no plan and we just don't know what to do." Elizabeth Hanley's book No Problem!: How ...

Kansas City trial attorney Christopher J. Angles has again been included in the Super Lawyers Top 50 lawyers in Kansas City for 2012-13. He was also named one of the Top 100 attorneys in Kansas and Missouri. Angles previously received these honors in 2011-12. He has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2009. See his profile here: http://www.superlawyers.com/missouri/lawyer/Christopher-J-Angles/f7e2 ... 7767d.html Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. ...

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Dr. Robert Penterson, dentist in Midlothian, and his associates are giving their patients the option to straighten their teeth with the use of Invisalign. Invisalign uses a series of clear aligners to straighten patients' teeth without the use of uncomfortable and unsightly braces. "I am very glad that our practice is able to provide Invisalign to our patients. Invisalign is a great product and offers tremendous results to our patients while eliminating many of the negative aspects of traditional braces. I look forward to continuing to treat our patients in the ...

Dr. Richard Garcia, Naples dentist, is making it simple for his patients to schedule an appointment online with his practice's online appointment request form. By using this tool, patients are able to request an appointment at Dr. Garcia's office without ever having to pick up the phone. "I am glad that our practice is making online appointment scheduling an option for our patients. We always strive to make things at our practice as patient-friendly as possible and this is a great example of that. I hope that many of our patients will take advantage of this service ...

Dr. Michael McGlamry, Cumming podiatrist, is excited to be featuring a detailed new patient page on his practice's website. He hopes that the page will help make it easy for new patients to learn about and locate his practice. "I am glad that our practice is providing new patient services on our website. I believe that we offer a very high level of service at our practice and any new patients will be more than satisfied with their experience here. I look forward to treating any new patients that decide to schedule an appointment with us," said Dr. McGlamry, ...

Dr. Jack Massarsky, dentist in Hyannis, and his associates are pleased to be providing dental services to their patients from a brand new state of the art facility in Hyannis. With all of the latest dental technology, Dr. Massarsky and his staff are able to meet all the dental needs of their patients. "We are all very happy and excited about our new office. Our practice offers a comfortable environment for our patient with state of the art dental equipment and we are very proud of it. I look forward to treating all of our patients at our new dental office," ...

One of the most fascinating developments in the publishing industry over the last decade had been the explosion of the sub-market known as young adult (YA) fiction, particularly the science fiction and fantasy genres. "Young adult fiction is booming even as the rest of the publishing industry struggles in this economy and wrestles with the advent of e-books--perhaps the biggest game changer since the paperback book," says L.A. Miller, author of the new science-fiction and fantasy YA book series the Quests of Shadowind, which includes "Sky Shifter," ...

The team of Georgia-based personal injury attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP, has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as one of the top-ranked law firms in the United States. The list of 2013 U.S. Top Ranked Law Firms will appear in Fortune's "2013 Investor Guide," and January editions of The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel. The honor of U.S. Top Ranked Law Firms is based on Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. The ratings are based on the "the confidential opinions of lawyers and members of the judiciary... of whom they have professional ...

Jerry H. Summers and the law firm of Summers and Wyatt, P.C., are proud to announce that Jimmy F. Rodgers, Jr., has been named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list as one of the top attorneys in Tennessee for 2012. The two areas of law for which Mr. Rodgers was selected were in Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products and in Employment & Labor. Mr. Rodgers concentrates most of his practice in the representation of individuals who have contracted mesothelioma, lung cancer, or other asbestos-related lung diseases and in union-side labor law. In addition to representing mesothelioma/asbestos ...

The WISE Education Summit in Doha, Qatar was basically about providing education to the poor of the world. The road is long and hard but a very good start was achieved at the summit. The summit was a smashing success. It will ensure greater sharing and cooperation across countries. It will enhance educational research. It will expand education to the poor of the world. It will help improve lives, reduce hunger and poverty in large sections of the world. Under HH Sheikha Moza's leadership the Qatar Foundation is not only providing huge funding to innovative education ...

The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) and the Ohio Auto and Truck Recyclers Association (OATRA) provided powerful testimony this week detailing how Senate Bill 273 would abolish the protections that the Ohio State Legislature has provided its citizens for over 30 years. The two organizations, on behalf of the 794 independent businesses owned and operated by licensed automotive recyclers in Ohio, provided testimony to the House Insurance Committee on Wednesday in opposition to SB 273, a highly controversial piece of legislation that would enable unlicensed in-state ...

Available on selected cruises to Europe from May to October 2013, the professionals set to storm the stage include some of this year's favourites; James Jordan, Pasha Kovalev, Natalie Lowe and Kristina Rihanoff. Prices start from GBP1,179 per person for a 13-night Canary Islands cruise. The legendary acerbic judge Revel Horwood will join all seven Strictly Come Dancing themed cruises. In addition, each cruise will have two professional dancers to bring all the glamour and glittering performances to the dance floor. All cruises depart from and return to Southampton. ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Technology can serve as a tool to bridge the digital divide, but it is unlikely to be a complete solution in helping people find jobs and escape poverty, according to a Penn State researcher. "People really want to believe that the latest technology will help us do all these great things and liberate us," said Michelle Rodino-Colocino, assistant professor of communications and women's studies. "But it's also a way of putting off the big problems and saying, 'let's not touch these big problems because Internet access will turn it all around for ...

Living in areas of high air pollution can lead to decreased cognitive function in older adults, according to new research presented in San Diego at The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 65th Annual Scientific Meeting. This finding is based on data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Health and Retirement Study. The analysis was conducted by Jennifer Ailshire, PhD, a National Institute on Aging postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Biodemography and Population Health and the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California. "As ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil analyzed the cerebral blood flow (CBF) of Brazilian mediums during the practice of psychography, described as a form of writing whereby a deceased person or spirit is believed to write through the medium's hand. The new research revealed intriguing findings of decreased brain activity during mediumistic dissociative state which generated complex written content. Their findings will appear in the November 16th edition of the online journal PLOS ONE at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049360. ...

What makes soccer star Christiano Ronaldo's "knuckleball" shot so unpredictable and difficult to stop? At the American Physical Society's (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting, November 18 – 20, 2012, in San Diego, Calif., a team of researchers investigating this phenomenon will reveal their findings. A "knuckleball" in soccer refers to a ball kicked at very low spin, which results in a zigzag trajectory. Along its straight path, the ball deviates laterally by roughly the diameter of a ball (0.2 m). The deviation direction appears to be unpredictable, which is ...

Plants lack muscles, yet in only a tenth of a second, the meat-eating Venus fly trap hydrodynamically snaps its leaves shut to trap an insect meal. This astonishingly rapid display of botanical movement has long fascinated biologists. Commercially, understanding the mechanism of the Venus fly trap's leaf snapping may one day help improve products such as release-on-command coatings and adhesives, electronic circuits, optical lenses, and drug delivery. Now a team of French physicists from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University in ...

EUGENE, Ore. — (Nov. 16, 2012) — Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing a new study by his research team that appears in the December issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. Gilbert's team observed that placental ischemia-induced hypertension in rats was alleviated by exercise and was accompanied by a restoration of several circulating factors that have recently ...