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 ...

Center for Human Reproduction (CHR), a leading fertility research and treatment center in New York City, has announced a new prospectively randomized controlled clinical trial to investigate the effects of testosterone supplementation in women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). The study is designed to determine whether transdermal (applied through the skin) supplementation with testosterone in women with DOR may (i) objectively improve ovarian reserve parameters, (ii) improve egg quality and embryo quality, and (iii) improve IVF pregnancy rates if testosterone levels ...

Aquabarrel recently unveiled a new product: The EarthMinded RainStation 60 Gallon Complete Rain Barrel. The RainStation was designed with Prince George's County's Stormwater Management Retrofit Program in mind. By creating the Stormwater Management Retrofit Program, the PG County Council aims to foster greener communities by offering incentives for homeowners and businesses to reduce rainwater runoff. According to County Councilwoman Mary A. Lehman, "[The program] will make green infrastructure projects affordable to communities that otherwise would not be able ...

Nashua Nutrition has been selected for the 2012 Best of Nashua Award in the Health Practitioners category by the Nashua Award Program. Every year, small business nominees are submitted to the Nashua Award Program. These nominees are carefully evaluated and considered, and a winning business is chosen based on a variety of categories and collected information. The winning business must exemplify a commitment to high quality products and customer service and must use its resources to serve and enhance its community. For 2012, Nashua Nutrition was selected as that business. The ...

North County Audiology, http://www.NorthCountyAudiology.com, a hearing healthcare center in San Diego, will now be offering the NEW redesigned Lyric extended wear hearing aid. Manufactured by Phonak, one of the world's leading hearing aid makers, the redesigned Lyric hearing aid is now even smaller, allowing even more hearing aid sufferers the ability to benefit from the device. Currently, there are only a select number of hearing aid providers throughout the United States that will be offering the new Lyric hearing aid device, and North County Audiology is one of them. ...

MD Now, a group of Urgent Care clinics in Palm Beach County, Florida, has achieved Urgent Care Center Accreditation for its two new locations in Coral Springs and Deerfield Beach. The MD Now Urgent Care group has been Accredited since 2010. MD Now Urgent Care centers provide urgent care and occupational medical services in South Florida, offering fast, affordable and professional comprehensive urgent medical care. Accreditation is a voluntary process through which an Urgent Care Center is able to measure the quality of its services and performance against nationally ...

LifeTein, LLC., a leading provider of custom peptide and antibody services, announced a partnership with the University of Maryland. As one of the School of Medicine's preferred vendors in the biomedical research supply core (Bioresco), LifeTein will provide custom peptide synthesis services for scientists and researchers of the University of Maryland at Baltimore. LifeTein's PeptideSynTM technology is a platform for the synthesis of peptides for use in research and pharmaceutical applications. PeptideSynTM has been used for testing of multiple selected biologically ...

Metro Health Hospital announced today that Dr. David Duffey is the hospital's new chief medical officer. Duffey brings more than 17 years of experience to his new role. He is responsible for guiding and advocating for a medical staff of more than 500 physicians. He replaces Dr. Yisrael M. Safeek, who served as interim CMO while Metro Health conducted a national search. Prior to joining Metro Health, Duffey served as chair and medical director of quality, safety and clinical innovation at Spectrum Health Medical Group and the division chief of pediatric hospitalists ...