Writers of all genres are welcome in workshops focused on humor and memoir writing, sensory prompts, and learning how to write optimized content for the web. Three workshops are offered: Humorous Memoir, Aromas and Creativit and SEO Writing/Writing for the Web. Saturday, May 12, 10:30AM-12:30PM - Humorous Memoir: Learn about humorous memoir writing from a comedian who focused on turning life experiences into comedic stories during her MFA studies. Paul Pazderka is the Artistic Director of DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro. She formerly studied in Chicago at ImprovOlympic ...

Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., a leading ISO 9001:2008 manufacturer and International supplier of custom and standard RF, microwave and fiber optic products, achieves ISO 9001:2008 recertification by International Standardization Organization (ISO) approved registrar UL DQS . Pasternack Enterprises recent ISO recertification of their cable, connector, adapter, and other RF components business means that the quality management processes have been audited and have met or exceeded the established requirements for ISO recertification. The Pasternack quality management systems ...

Carol Glaze, co-owner of Morris Kaye Furs, will appear in San Antonio Magazine's showcase of women in business. This women's magazine takes the time each year to focus on women in the San Antonio area who are making a difference in the business world. This year, Carol is making an appearance in the magazine because of her work with Morris Kaye & Sons Furs. She operates the business alongside her brother, working to improve the fur fashion industry and support charities as well. In addition to managing the retail store and helping with the fur fashions they offer, ...

Boot Camp Digital (www.bootcampdigital.com), a leading provider of extremely successful social media workshops is excited to announce their latest session in the social media training series on May 14th, 2012 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM in Cincinnati Ohio. Boot Camp Digital's extremely successful Social Media Lunch Sessions are designed to help businesses stay up to date on the most important trends and changes in social media and Internet marketing. This session will cover common issues and concerns with online personal brand management as well as strategies to build ...

b-pack, the leader in Purchase-to-Pay technology, today announced a new feature release that continues to simplify companies' sourcing process by launching a new questionnaire module to facilitate RFIs and RFQs, manage supplier performance via score cards and generate satisfaction surveys. b-pack provides a variety of questionnaire templates within their application and makes the data collection easy as all data can be easily pulled from b-pack's other modules. By centralizing these processes into one application, b-pack once again simplifies a previously complex process. ...

Medix Staffing Solutions, Inc., a national staffing organization specialized in recruiting skilled personnel for clients in the Professional Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare and Information Technology industries, has established a National Accounts Center (NAC) in Scottsdale, Ariz. to focus specifically on the needs of the company's national client base. "It was necessary for us to establish a center devoted to the fulfillment of our national accounts in all regions while continuing our development of a world class fulfillment culture" said Scott Diamond, ...

Streamline Control Solutions (SCS) Principal Bart Nelissen announced today that the company has hired a new Business Analyst to assist with the increasing growth of the company, as well as business process re-engineering within their client's organizations. "The development of our company is nothing short of encouraging, and we are excited for the opportunity to add a new Business Analyst to our team. The recent growth made it clear that we needed to expand our current operations and hire a business analyst to further support business functions, processes and asset ...

Starting this month, Advanced Waste Services Iowa Division will be able to provide beneficial reuse of non hazardous industrial sludge as a landfill alternative daily cover, or ADC. The beneficial re-use of sludge as an ADC is helping manufacturers enhance sustainability and waste minimization goals by diverting millions of tons of precious dirt and earthen resources from landfills. Landfill operators must cover disposed solid waste at the end of each operating day with an earthen material. This requirement assists in the disease prevention, odor control, ground ...

Cantina Laredo in Orlando celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a full day of festivities. On Saturday, internationally-renowned tenor, Joseph Spinella will be appearing to sign autographs for albums purchased and also to promote his upcoming shows. Joseph Spinella's current album, Spinella Tenor of Illusions, is available on Amazon.com and has been featured on various radio stations in the U.S. The album features poperatic arias and traditional music that exemplifies classic Neapolitan songs. Backed by the Macedonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, this all-Italian album contains ...

A fresh online resource offering wide-ranging information about phantom stock for privately held companies was launched on April 9, 2012. The site also helps companies examine other potential value sharing arrangements to link long-term remuneration with the performance of the business. The just launched website is located at http://www.phantomstockonline.com and is sponsored by The VisionLink Advisory Group, a compensation design and consulting firm headquartered in Irvine, California. "People have heard of phantom stock but they have a lot of unanswered questions," ...

From January through March of this year, Auntie Anne's asked baking enthusiasts nationwide to develop original recipes for appetizers, entrees and desserts using the Auntie Anne's At-Home Baking Kit for a chance to win a cash prize and online splendor. Chaelyn Consaul, a local of Scottsville, NY., was just named the Baking Kit Recipe Challenge Grand Prize winner after submitting a distinctive creation for a pretzel dough-based Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert Pizza. As for the prize, Consaul will win $1,000, and her recipe will reside on http://www.auntieannes.com. Consaul, ...

For the 3rd consecutive year Steven Toyota in Harrisonburg, Virginia will be participating in the Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing program taking place on June 3rd 2012. The Project Healing Waters program is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and veterans. The goal of Project Healing Waters is to educate disabled active and veteran military personnel in the art of fly fishing to promote emotional and physical healing. Project Healing Waters holds numerous fly tying and fly fish education outings throughout ...

Bell and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital messaging, today announced it has received an honorable mention award for Technology of the Year at the 2012 Xplor Conference and Vendor Forum held in March in St. Pete Beach, Fla. At the event, Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, presented Bell and Howell the award for two of its newest innovations: - Navigator , a next-generation user interface that uses voice commands and notifications to maximize system performance. - Harmonix software, ...

Glass Tile Store, an online retailer offering consumers and interior designers a stock of thousands of discount glass tile items, recently announced a new promotion on its selection of tiles designed for pool, hot tub, and outdoor use. Available online at http://www.GlassTileStore.com, the collection of mosaic tile patterns contains upwards of 55 unique products, all suited for exterior installation and subject to steep, limited-time price reductions. A handful of items from the collection are additionally being offered at special closeout prices, further reduced from Glass ...

Logistic Dynamics, Inc. (LDi) a Buffalo, NY, based third party logistics provider posted strong growth and record revenue after achieving an 83% increase in sales during Q1 2012 versus Q1 2011. The growth is directly attributed to the success of LDi's growing network of freight broker agents as well as the addition of new services including rail, partial truckloads, air, ocean and LTL in recent years. The company successfully launched 8 new agency locations in Q1 2012 which not only increases their operational footprint but also adds an estimated 500+ new carriers ...

Chatmon's Books will hold its monthly writers workshop on May 19, 2012 inside the African American Museum & Library at Oakland (AAMLO). The workshops which began in January as a partnership between AAMLO and Chatmon's Books, has turned out to be an amazing success, encouraging new and aspiring authors to turn their thoughts into a book. With years of experience, authors and poet Chandra and Charles Chatmon have shared their advice with new and aspiring authors on how to turn their thoughts into a book. These informative lessons are for the numbers of potential authors ...

Optellios, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of advanced fiber-optic sensing and security systems, has announced today that they will be exhibiting at the upcoming IFSEC International 2012 security show, May 14-17 in Birmingham, England, stand 3/G35 in Hall 3. "We are very pleased to be participating at IFSEC for the second consecutive year." said David Smith, President/CEO of Optellios. "We continue to see demand for the FiberPatrol product suite from the international markets based on FiberPatrol's cut immunity, intrusion location capability and ease of ...

Enter now for the chance to win a scholarship for each of this year's Music Masters Camp Series at the Full Moon Resort near Woodstock, NY. Musicians of all skill levels are welcome to register. The Music Masters Camps are weeklong opportunities for musicians to participate in master classes with top musicians, instructional workshops, social events, and more. All camps provide an extremely high quality musical experience, enhanced by the presence of talented "counselors," including band members, associated musicians, and special guests. The camps are specifically ...

The I Love Myself Project is an exciting new virtual event led by Master Coach and owner and developer of Soulful Coaching for Busy Women Joanna Lindenbaum. On this day, participants call-in the first 10 minutes of each hour to receive exercises, rituals, and visualizations that will help them tap deeply and powerfully into your love for yourself. The day will conclude in a transformative experience that will have registrants feeling confident in their ability to meet their own unmet needs - to truly care for and LOVE themselves! Because this project takes only a few ...

In 2005 the Missouri Workers Compensation law was drastically changed to favor the employer. One such attempt of the bill was to exclude occupational diseases and illnesses from the Workers Compensation system. The idea was to make it so injured workers would not be able to recover for these types of injuries. However, the trial lawyers of Missouri knew better than to think that this cause of action would be unrecoverable and thus proceeded to the civil court system to state their case. Since that time, many cases that have been denied by workers compensation defenders ...

Tennis Hall of Famers Andre Agassi and John McEnroe and all-time great Martina Hingis will compete as part of the World TeamTennis matchup between the New York Sportimes and Boston Lobsters, the team announced today. In a special benefit night on July 19, proceeds will go towards the Johnny Mac Tennis Project (JMTP), to provide scholarships, coaching, transportation and other financial assistance to qualified young tennis players in the greater New York area. The evening begins at 7 p.m. at Sportime Stadium on Randall's Island. Last year, McEnroe faced Bjorn Borg in ...

Preparation is one of the most important factors when filing a successful Orange County homeowners insurance claim. You don't want to wait until disaster strikes to wonder how much insurance you have, how much was lost, and which items will be covered under your homeowners insurance policy. The first step is reading your policy to understand the responsibilities of both you and your homeowners insurance company in the event of a claim. Then you need to make a thorough inventory of your property to ensure you receive the settlement you deserve. The easiest and most effective ...

About 140,000 employment-based immigration visas are available each year for foreign-born individuals wishing to relocate to the United States for work. Employment-based immigrant visas fall into one of five preference categories, most of which contain two or more subcategories. E1: Priority Workers Applicants in the First Preference category, or E1, are referred to as Priority Workers. They are divided into three subcategories: -People with extraordinary abilities in business, science, athletics, education or the arts -Outstanding professors and researchers who ...

In contrast to the rest of the U.S. population, the divorce rate among Americans aged 50 and up is booming. In the last twenty years, divorces for people under 50 years old have gradually experienced a considerable dip. Meanwhile, during the same period of time, baby boomers have doubled the rate at which they get divorced, according to a recently released research paper by sociologists with the National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University. Several factors help explain the so-called "Gray Divorce Revolution." New Concept ...

The back story is an interesting one. During a visit from her home in Indianapolis, Indiana, Salathiel Wells realized her daughter and grandson were learning the intricacies of international trade. With a call to the VP of Murphy Robes, an American owned company, that manufactures a variety of robes, church apparel and products, a second and third generation became dealers of Murphy Robes, a nearly 100 year old business. Wells Robes Unlimited Services has been renting and selling robes and related church products for over 30 years. "It was exciting that my mom could ...