Robert Weiss, artistic director and CEO of Carolina Ballet (http://www.carolinaballet.com), has announced the addition of five new members to the organization's board of directors. The board, under the chairmanship of Melanie Dubis, welcomed Michael Jacobs, Laura Gualdoni, Rob Tiller, Tammy Brown and Laura Bayzle at Carolina Ballet's annual fall meeting. Jacobs is the founder and CEO of Jacobs Capital, LLC, a Research Triangle Park-based investment banking firm. He has managed investment banking departments for several large organizations and served as director of corporate ...

Campbell Law School (http://law.campbell.edu) has announced that Campbell Law Assistant Professor Amy Flanary-Smith has been elected to the North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys (NCSHCA) Board of Directors. Flanary-Smith was elected to a three-year term during the NCSHCA annual meeting Friday, Sept. 28, in Chapel Hill. An expert in legal discourse and advocacy, Flanary-Smith serves as the director of Campbell Law's Legal Research & Writing Program, where she develops a comprehensive curriculum and leads weekly program instruction. Each year, several of ...

Howard Stephen Berg, the world's fastest reader, will address attendees of the 9th Annual New England Real Estate Investors Conference and Trade Show on Saturday, October 27 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Howard is the author of Supersonic Speed Reading and will be speaking on "How To Increase Productivity By 100% Using Brain-Based Learning Strategies." In an interview in RedBook, Howard taught the readers how to read twice as fast in just a few minutes time. Howard said, "I'm excited to share my learning breakthrough that has allowed individuals as young as eleven ...

The Kroger Co. (http://www.kroger.com/), the nation's largest traditional grocery retailer with 16 stores throughout the Triangle and North Carolina, has announced that its stores will be selling Porcelain Doll Variety Pink Pumpkins in support of October's Breast Cancer Awareness month. These newly-grown pink pumpkins were established by the Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation, which was created to aid in the fight against breast cancer research. Participating pumpkin growers have committed to giving a percentage of their proceeds from each pumpkin sold this year to organizations ...

Collecting sport cards has been a favorite pastime of sports fans and of sport card collectors. Some collectors have cards worth thousands of dollars. A trend over the years has parents creating "custom" sport cards that capture the athletic achievements of their children and preserve those cherished moments in proper sport card style. The internet is full of sites that offer services to create custom sport cards for young athletes. Now with Sports Memories FE, an iPhone App now available on the iTunes Store, parents can accomplish this on the iPhone. The ...

In a world dominated by one dimensional pop music, Alex Ross-Iver defines everything that a music maverick should epitomise. He is half Georgian and half Russian, but none of his family had a musical background. In fact both parents had a scientific background, an influence which he thinks, in part, may have led him to appreciate an experimental style relating to all forms of music he created as a youth right up to the present day. Alex has been part of the Moscow club scene for many years, with his Alexpop.com label being marked down as one of the most innovative exponents ...

Painted Axe is pleased to announce the custom-painted guitar for the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival in New Orleans raised $650 at silent auction for the Heritage School of Music. After the three-day festival, most of the 20 plus musical acts signed the acoustic guitar, including Keb Mo, Johnny Sansone, Little Freddie King, Otis Clay and more. The guitar featured a silhouette of a drummer and guitarist with the festival's logo on the bass drum. "We are honored to assist the nonprofit Heritage School of Music through the blues festival," said Michael ...

Total Nutrition Technology, a company specializing in helping people lose weight, manage their health and enhance their sports performance, has been named the official sports nutrition consultants for the Charlotte Copperheads professional lacrosse team. Total Nutrition Technology will be providing the players with customized sports performance plans and helping them enhance their endurance, strength and game through proper nutrition. Total Nutrition Technology health educator, Kimberly Norton, also serves as the Copperhead's head athletic trainer. "We are ...

"Going into the Identity Management solutions market is a natural progression for SSI," states Henry Morgenstern, President, "we have been training Federal, State and local agencies since 2003 and identity management has always been one of our main concerns. We have now found the right partner to utilize our know-how in Homeland Security so that together we can make a big impact on the $12 + billion dollar market for identity management and also make access safer for a host of government agencies at the Federal state and local levels along with hospitals ...

A combined breast lift and augmentation may be right for one woman, while another woman might benefit from breast reduction. The key to finding the right solution for each individual is a personalized treatment plan, says Dr. Jose Rios, who has 4 locations to serve breast augmentation patients in the Chicago area. "Each woman's breasts are unique, and each woman's goals differ from the next," says Dr. Rios, a board-certified plastic surgeon who specializes in breast implants near Chicago. "Spending time with each patient, asking questions and educating ...

EXPO REAL 2012, 15th International Trade Fair for Commercial Property and Investment Projects was held in Munich, Germany, on October 8-10. This prestigious event was attended by the Government of Moscow delegation, including Chairman of Gradient Alpha Board, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Legislation, Pavel Gagarin, and Svetlana Tischenko, Council Executive Secretary and Strategic Development Director of Gradient Alpha Investments Group. The Europe's largest trade show hosted delegations from 34 countries in six pavilions with 1,700 ...

For the past 5 decades, surgeons have been enhancing women's appearance and confidence, thanks to a revolutionary invention: the silicone gel breast implant. Dr. E. Anthony Musarra II, Dr. James E. Leake and Dr. Michael Petrosky are board-certified plastic surgeons in the Atlanta area at Plastic Surgery Center of the South in Marietta. The 3 doctors agree that 50 years is a remarkable lifespan for any device in modern medicine. Aesthetic Surgery Journal recently published a report chronicling the history of the silicone breast implant. "A medical device that ...

Dr. Kouros Azar now offers plastic surgery patients in Thousand Oaks truSculpt, an advanced, non-invasive treatment for contouring the body. "My patients want treatments with minimal discomfort so they can return to their daily activities immediately after the procedure," Dr. Azar says. "With truSculpt, patients get the convenience of a non-surgical procedure that takes only about an hour per session." During a truSculpt treatment, radiofrequency energy targets deep layers of tissue to melt fat cells and temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite. ...

This week, Inside Out investigated the growing elderly population and the shortage of people who are dedicated to looking after them. Visiting a number of places, ExtraCare's Lark Hill Village in Nottingham featured, focusing on care and caring in later life. The programme started with the stark realisation that hundreds of convicted criminals were working as home carers. 23 carers at a certain care agency had been convicted of crimes of theft and assault due to the fact that such agencies had not carried out Criminal Records Bureau checks. Featuring on the programme ...

In today's world, most Americans are doing everything they can to stave off energy costs and achieve eco-friendly solutions. Although many citizens are still recovering from summer heat, those in colder parts of the country are preparing for the arrival of low winter temperatures. Much of these efforts focus around winterizing homes for the season, as homeowners are doing everything from eliminating drafts to cleaning out air ducts. While complete winterization is essential to creating an energy-efficient home, Roto-Rooter Minneapolis highlights ways that homeowners can ...

There are many factors that have the potential to affect human fertility, both among men as well as among women. According to one new study, diet is a major factor in determining the overall quality of sperm, which in turn has big implications for male fertility. In particular, the study finds that a diet rich in antioxidants can lead men to have better sperm quality--a finding that has drawn the attention of ReproSource. According to the new U.S. study, middle-aged and older men who eat diets rich in antioxidants may have healthier sperm. Antioxidant-rich foods include ...

Phentermine-375.net a new website was designed to help educate its viewers about the most prescribed diet drug in the United States; Phentermine. Marketed in both generic phentermine and trade-brand names like Adipex and Ionamin, there are dozens of phentermine pills available today. More than 60% of U.S. adults are classified as medically overweight or obese in 2012. There are actually distinctions between categories of fat when it comes to weight loss pills. Most weight loss drugs may only be prescribed to adults who are clinically overweight or obese. Overweight and ...

For years, the health benefits of coffee--and caffeinated drinks in general--have remained a subject of debate amongst professionals in the medical community. While many of those qualities are still under scrutiny, new research suggests that certain patterns of caffeinated coffee consumption could lead to impaired vision. According to a recent article from LA Weekly, "A new Harvard study says drinking as little as three cups of coffee a day could contribute to glaucoma-related vision loss." Charles Bahn, MD, a Maryland-based ophthalmologist, comments on this study ...

A new article released by The Huffington Post focuses on the growing issue of hunger in America. The piece explains that today one in six Americans doesn't have enough food. Startlingly, over 16 million children go hungry every day and nearly four million senior citizens live in poverty. The piece suggests ways for citizens to get involved on a local level to help fight hunger in their area and in the country. Melanie Edwards Desautels, a proud supporter of the Feeding America charity, supports the article's advice. The piece highlights different charities that work ...

Celebrate National Day on Writing with this free life-altering e-book offered at Smashwords.com. Presenting a profoundly beautiful, insightful personal GPS that gives you the edge in leading an exception life instead of an ordinary one. Washington, DC author and resident, J. R. McRae, Ph.D. has published, a poetic and inspirational e-book, Goldmind: The Secret Treasures of a Masterful Life. For a limited time, from Thursday, October 18 to Wednesday, October 31, and in celebration of the National Day on Writing, an electronic book version of Goldmind, normally priced ...

Dr. Charles Hooper, Jr., family dentist in Chattanooga, and his associates at East Brainerd Dentistry are providing same-day crowns to their patients with the use of CEREC technology. CEREC offers a vast improvement over the previous methods for creating crowns and fillings. "I am excited that our practice is able to offer CEREC service to our patients. This technology allows us to create crowns at our practice instead of sending them to a dental lab, saving our patients a great deal of time and energy. We've had tremendous success with CEREC so far and I look ...

Increasing numbers of candidates are applying for each job vacancy, so organisations are having to seek out savvy new ways to recruit the right candidate. As recruiters look to streamline their processes, while also making each job advertisement accessible to as wide a pool of applicants as possible, video interviewing is becoming more and more popular. Video recruitment interviews cut out the need for the first interview stage, as candidates and recruiters can "meet" each other online. Recruiters can see how candidates respond to the same sort of questions ...

The people in an organisation are its biggest asset. Recruiting a team of excellent performers that work well together requires some planning and dedication to putting in the groundwork. Online recruitment and career management specialists, The Needle Online, has the following advice on applicant recruitment to help organisations build their perfect team: (1) Continual Relationship Building In order to make the job of applicant recruitment much quicker and easier when a job vacancy arises, it is a good idea to continually build relationships with potential candidates ...

Bingo Liner, which is one of the popular online bingo sites in the UK, has an excellent loyalty program to rewards its regulars. Members of the bingo site can benefit from the online bingo room's Loyalty Club, by playing their favorite game as much as they can. Talking about online bingo games, Bingo Liner has no dearth of variety in terms of the bingo, casino and slot games that it has to offer. Along with the 75-ball and 90-ball bingo games, the online bingo site also has a special variant of bingo called Mega Bingo, which is a form of networked bingo. Every night ...

New Traffic Regulations in New York Permanently Ban Some Post-DWI License Reinstatements Although drunk driving convictions already result in severe penalties for New York drivers, Governor Cuomo raised the stakes a few weeks ago by imposing new regulations. The new rules will prevent some New York residents from having revoked licenses reinstated -- permanently prohibiting them from driving in the state. Based on other criminal traffic violations in New York, some drivers will also face longer reinstatement periods. Governor Cuomo positioned these changes as a safety ...