Reading the daily newspaper or watching television news can be depressing with talk of war, an unsteady economy, crime, corruption and other unsavory stories vying for headlines. As a way to counter the bad news, restaurant owner Antonio Cagnolo, whose 3 South Coast Plaza eateries, Antonello Ristorante, Quattro Cafe and Nello Cucina, have helped define OC's fine dining scene for decades, is launching the Community Spotlight Award. Each month he will recognize one person or group of persons who are in service to others or have done something positive for someone else with ...

East Coast Chair & Barstool, Inc., the national e-commerce restaurant furniture retailer, announces the addition of a new product line as they launch restaurant booth production at their headquarters in Grove City, Pa. The company has hired on authentic Amish craftsmen to join their staff and hand-craft the restaurant booths, which will both be available in-stock and as custom made-to-order purchases for their customers, who are mostly independent bar and restaurant owners. This new line of restaurant booths complements the company's existing lines of restaurant and ...

Boot Camp Digital (www.bootcampdigital.com), a leading educator of social media marketing, is excited to announce the latest online social media training class: Pinterest Training for Business. The live online class will take place on September 18th, 2012 from 1:30-3:00 PM and participants can join at http://www.bootcampdigital.com/pinterest. After the live program the training program will be available online for those who can not make the live event. Within the past year, Pinterest has exploded as the hottest social networking website in the world of social media. ...

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) has entered into a formal agreement with SPIRE Institute to be an official training site for the NWBA. The U.S. Men's Team has used SPIRE for its selection and training camps and will be the site of the send-off to London on August 25th. We are in the planning stages to develop a mutually beneficial partnership that will allow us to hold athlete, coach and official's camps, clinics, and potentially competitions in the coming years. Team USA has been training at SPIRE, one of the largest athletic competition and training ...

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Erika D. Benson as a partner in the Firm's Austin office, where she will continue her work representing a variety of clients in matters involving government affairs. A former senior advisor for the Americas in the Office of Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy, Ms. Benson joins Gardere with more than 13 years of experience in energy, government relations, and Latin America law. As a member of Gardere's Government Affairs Practice Group, Ms. Benson will advise clients on ...

When selecting the 2012 Editor's Choice awards, Pet Product News International editors and reviewers found what Halo, Purely for Pets customers already know: that Spot's Stew Dry Dog-Grain Free Surf 'n Turf and Spot's Stew Dry Cat Grain Free Hearty Chicken Recipe are healthy and delicious options for dogs and cats on grain free diets. Pet Product News recently announced that Spot's Stew Dry Dog-Grain Free Surf 'n Turf and Spot's Stew Dry Cat Grain Free Hearty Chicken Recipe were both chosen to win the publication's coveted Editors' Choice award. While the publication ...

Tummytuck alternative for slimming the waistline was recently revealed on the set of NBC's New Day Northwest. Tummytuck alternative, Tummy Tight, was reported by host Margaret Larson as a new way to get rid of fat on the waistline that is often so hard to remove. She demonstrated the dream "weight loss plan" for women; lose the unwanted weight without having to diet, exercise, or undergo surgery. "When women notice that diet and exercise just aren't eliminating the extra roll of fat that pokes out over their jeans and skirts, they automatically think ...

MSR Communications (www.msrcommunications.com), a public relations and social marketing firm that specializes in providing communications management services to technology, B2B and consumer lifestyle companies, has been honored with "Small Agency of the Year" by the 2012 Bulldog Reporter Stars of PR Awards. The firm received this esteemed honor for its excellence in creating and conducting innovative and impactful media relations and social media campaigns for its clients, and in particular, its exceptional work for Dictionary.com and AVG Technologies. "There ...

Operation ABLE of Michigan, an affiliated company of Spectrum Human Services Inc., is searching for southeast Michigan's top older workers to honor at its annual Ability is Ageless Award Luncheon. "We are looking for outstanding older workers, ages 50 and older, who make everyone's day better through their hard work and dedication," said Mary McDougall, executive director of Operation ABLE of Michigan. "Let us help you recognize your excellent mature workers." To be eligible, a nominee must live or work in Michigan, be 50 years of age or older, currently ...

Though there are other extreme challenges out there, Brownstone's terrain lets them amp it up a few notches. "Nature has given us the ultimate challenge course" says Sean Hayes, General Manager of Brownstone. "We have the usual running and mud challenges but we also have a 30' cliff rope climb, a 70' cargo net cliff climb, quarry swim and of course we've thrown in some racing zip lines and log carries for good measure. Those that train with us throughout the season will be in the best shape of their life". The 2011 participants felt both relief and ...

Purzue, one of the most innovative career sites in the world, is pleased to announce the launch of its Smart Multimedia Job Poster. Packed with flexible, feature-rich interactive content, Purzue job postings offer the most unique and creative way for company branding today. Cloud-based and optimized for mobile experience, Purzue's stylish postings revitalize a stagnant hiring process and are designed for portability and connectivity, while allowing employers to truly showcase their companies' brand. With vivid text, captivating graphics and colors, stylish maps, social ...

ODP3032 offers outstanding line regulation and low ripple noise, with standard PC interfaces to meet diverse test applications. Four operating modes are provided for the two variable outputs: independent (0~30V/0~3A), parallel (0~30V/0~6A), series (0~60V/0~3A), and plus-minus (-30V ~ +30V/0~3A). All three channels are isolated, and a 3.9" high-resolution (480 x320 pixels) TFT LCD color display makes using the advanced features easy to use. Over-voltage and over-current are configurable for load protection, and up to 30 groups of preset system configurations can be ...

Oracle Ace Director and Fusion UX Advocate, Floyd Teter, has joined EiS Technologies as Vice President of Technology. Floyd brings over 30 years of business experience to a rapidly growing EiS team and is known for his ability to align technology solutions with business objectives. His expertise with Oracle's E-Business Suite, Fusion Middleware, and Fusion Applications will help EiS along the evolutionary path of Fusion as well as help fuel current OBIEE practices. "The EiS team is very excited to have Floyd join the EiS family and looks forward to spring boarding ...

greeNEWit, an organization founded to help society build more sustainable communities and better economies through energy efficiency and conserving the use of natural resources, has partnered with Opportunity International, a nonprofit that helps people in developing countries work their way out of poverty. greeNEWit has joined Opportunity International in their efforts to provide access to small business loans, savings, insurance and training to more than four million people in some of the world's most remote and impoverished areas. greeNEWit purchased an allotment ...

The question, is a transfer of real estate from a debtor to his wife, during litigation, in anticipation of a creditor's judgment against him in a construction defect matter, a fraudulent conveyance and therefore void? Under certain circumstances, the answer is yes. A conveyance, or transfer, is fraudulent if the debtor had actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. CRS §38-8-105(1)(a). To determine intent the court will consider a number of factors, known as "badges of fraud." Schempp v.Lucre Management Group, LLC, 18 P.3d 762 (Colo.App. 2000). In ...

The American Management Association (AMA) Enterprise Government Solutions, the global leader of talent transformation dedicated to providing workplace learning for government organizations, has announced they are offering a Critical Thinking seminar for government organizations, aimed at helping government leaders develop the critical thinking skills necessary to tackle the unique challenges facing government. Critical thinking is a cornerstone of leadership development, crucial to helping government organizations retain the leaders they need to stay strong and viable. ...

Diabsolut and Demand Metric announce the alignment of a partnership that will allow Diabsolut to provide consulting services for CRM, Cloud Computing, Business Process Optimization, Change Management and other strategic workforce management processes to Demand Metric members. Demand Metric provides almost 400 marketing tools & templates to its over 18,000 members, many of them directly related to Diabsolut's business focus. As Demand Metric members use these tools to help make decisions about creating or re-engineering key marketing processes, they often discover ...

Mindsharp SharePoint expert, Brian Alderman, has been invited by CMSWire to participate as a panelist in the "Supporting the Information Worker Tweet Jam" on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT). The Tweet Jam will focus on the beta release of SharePoint 2013 and its role in the enterprise. Alderman's Twitter handle is @brianalderman. To follow the conversation or ask questions, search for tweets using the hashtag #EIMChat. Brian Alderman is the vice president of products and services at Mindsharp, a global SharePoint education company specializing ...

SfL+a Architects (http://www.sfla.biz) has announced that Margaret B. Pollard Middle School in Chapel Hill, N.C. has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainable building design and construction. The first Gold Certified LEED for Schools 2007 middle school in North Carolina, Margaret B. Pollard Middle School was constructed with specific attention to sustainability and environmental friendliness, as well as classroom acoustics, natural daylight and numerous high performance energy features. ...

Business Management Daily is collaborating with the American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP) through its webinar training program. Admins can now earn credits toward ASAP's Professional Administrative Certificate of Excellence (PACE) by attending Business Management Daily's training webinars. They will receive 1.5 credits toward the PACE certificate for every hour of webinar training. "The American Society of Administrative Professionals (www.ASAPorg.com), through its training programs, annual Administrative Professionals Conference (APC) and the ...

Chiropractor Marc W. Rosen, D.C.P.A. has signed a seven-year lease to occupy 750 square feet in Suite 104 at 7300 West Camino Real in Fountains Center. Dr. Rosen started his practice in New York 27 years ago. Nineteen of those years were spent serving patients in Florida. He initially opened an office within Fountains Center office and retail park more than 15 years ago. Needing more space to add an aqua massage room with color therapy, and a juice bar area for juicing and protein shakes, he recently relocated from his original 200-square-foot space to a larger office ...

Ludwig and Company, a leader in the residential real estate industry serving residents across the Chicagoland area, is partnering with the Northern Illinois Food Bank to sponsor a food drive in September to recognize Hunger Action Month. The food drive will run through the entire month of September, and aims to make an impact on the hunger crisis existing right within our own communities. According to Northern Illinois Food Bank, within Lake County alone, 11.3 percent of residents are facing food insecurity; 35,750 of the individuals in this category are children. Northern ...

NPMA, the leading membership association for personal property and fixed-asset professionals and will be holding their Fall Education Conference November 7-9, 2012 in Berkeley, CA. The conference will focus on solving property challenges in universities and colleges, meeting contractor compliance challenges and will also include basic property courses for those new to the industry. Mr. Polyak will be co-presenting, "Los Angeles Community College District Case Study" with Danielle Lyons from URS Corporation. Sunflower Systems will also be exhibiting at this ...

FrostByte Media is proud to announce that singer/songwriter Melissa Bel has been selected as the winning act, among 17 talented artists in the Honey Jam Showcase that took place on August 16, 2012 at The Mod Club in Toronto, Ontario, for the opportunity to perform in Barbados on November 17th. In June of this year, Melissa auditioned with hundreds of other female performers with her song, "Distance," for a chance to be selected to perform at the showcase. Now, having heard her sing at the showcase, Honey Jam is presenting Melissa Bel with the chance to perform ...

Tommy Nevill has been named Chef/Proprietor of III Forks Prime Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens. Previously, Nevill was Executive Chef at III Forks Prime Steakhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Nevill has been with Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc. (CRO) for almost six years. A native Floridian, Nevill began his studies at the Disney Culinary Institute in Orlando. He continued his education at Florida State University, Dedman School of Hospitality, where he received his bachelor's degree in Hospitality Administration. He launched Nevill's Coast-to-Coast BBQ early in ...