Stephanie Gasparovic & Associates, Inc. is proud to announce that Stephanie Gasparovic recently earned the Certified Home Selling Advisor� designation from the National Association of Expert Advisors (NAEA). The NAEA is a North American real estate association that provides real estate agents who are truly serious about delivering the absolute best real estate experience to each of their clients, with tools, strategies and systems to establish themselves and operate their businesses as true expert advisors in the real estate process. As a result of earning this ...

Miranda Creative is excited to begin working with two new clients in the local tourism industry: Destination Downtown and the Connecticut Art Trail. These two unique partnerships will allow the team at Miranda Creative to help promote the revitalization of downtown areas in southeastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island and also increase awareness about art collections throughout Connecticut. After hosting competitive requests for proposals to create a new website, Destination Downtown has selected Miranda Creative to take on the job of designing, developing and ...

Industry leading healthcare information technology (HIT) resource EMRapproved.com announced the launch of its newest certification in its 4MedPro Online HIT University Training Program—the HIPAA Security and Compliance Proficiency course. The certificate incorporates in-depth contextual content, video/audio review, detailed quizzes and exams for healthcare professionals. Although it has received weak funding since its creation, HIPAA law enforcement has been recently strengthened by the Obama administration's Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ...

Travelpro International, the leading manufacturer of lightweight durable luggage, is proud to partner with National Geographic, one of the world's largest scientific and educational nonprofit organizations, to introduce the Kontiki adventure luggage collection. National Geographic has selected the Montreal-based Holiday Group Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Travelpro International Inc. in the United States as its luggage and travel accessories licensee for the National Geographic and National Geographic Explorer brands in North America. Inspired by safari travellers ...

Christie , a world leader in visual technology displays, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Crystal CG, a leading digital media company, to supply innovative visual display solutions for the new Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) multimedia exhibition and information center in Paris, France. The Center, a collaboration between Crystal CG and BIE and 100 percent funded by Crystal CG, will be dedicated to the history of world expos. It will house a permanent exhibition highlighting BIE's accomplishments, presented on the latest cutting-edge multimedia ...

FrostByte Media Inc.- Hamilton's heavy groove metallers Harm have signed to FrostByte Media to release their sophomore album, The Nine. Produced by noted Canadian producer Tom Treumuth, who has been involved with some of Canada's best metal like Voivod and Anvil, The Nine was recorded very live in the studio with minimal overdubs, a testament to the band's live show focus. Of the band's Deftones-inspired metal sound, Harm guitarist Mike Allen commented, "People just want music they can get up and shake their body to..." Please see below for the full track listing ...

When it comes to vacation rentals, Outer Banks Élan property managers understand that homeowners want a service that is stress-free and delivers an easy way for them to continue to build long-term wealth in their properties. For any vacations rentals, Outer Banks homeowners know we take care of all the little, and big, things so you don't need to and still have that income stream to do the things you want. Why Élan Streamlines Check In For Rentals in the Outer Banks During the season for vacations rentals, in Outer Banks often traffic gets snarled and tempers get ...

Coats + Bennett, PLLC (http://www.coatsandbennett.com), an intellectual property law firm, has announced that Luke Higgs has joined the firm as desktop administrator. In his position, Higgs will lead the firm in maintaining and advancing technological solutions that support work for clients worldwide. He will administer all desktop support on the office's networks and review, troubleshoot, research and test new equipment to ensure that Coats + Bennett is operating at its most productive level for all of its IT requirements, so that all clients are experiencing the best ...

VarTech Systems Inc. has released their first in an extensive line of industrial widescreen displays with the introduction of the DiamondVue VT190RW 19 Inch rugged WXGA (1440 x 900) Widescreen Rack-Mount LCD Display. This rugged monitor is designed with a front bezel to fit fixed rack spaces 7U (units) high and satisfies the need for widescreen 16:10 capabilities in an industrial rack mount configuration. Applicable in situations such as communications, substations, control rooms, visual inspection systems and marine (naval) environments, the VT190RW features front ...

A white paper on how to manage people and behaviours to get financial results that will last has been released by business improvement specialists Oliver Wight. Entitled 'Unlocking the Potential: Harnessing the Power of People', the series of articles explore the benefits of educating and maximising employee potential to drive performance levels, improve productivity and maximise financial gains. Written by Oliver Wight partners, Stuart Harman and Mike Reed, who have over fifty-five years collective experience, the white paper shares key insights in to how to harness ...

Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (http://www.enterprisingwomen.com), has announced that she represented the publication as a delegate at the Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) "Education, Networking, and Policy to Grow Your Business" conference held July 18 and 19 at The Liaison Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Smiley had the honor of introducing Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) at a congressional leaders luncheon on Capitol Hill during the event. During the two-day conference, participants heard from accomplished national leaders about ...

Deborah Robles has been named as the 2012 Hospice of Michigan - Grand Valley State University Second Degree Nursing Scholarship recipient. The Second Degree Nursing Scholarship, or SDNS, is a unique opportunity that guarantees the selected nursing student a full-time job as a registered nurse for Hospice of Michigan following graduation. With funding provided by HOM, the SDNS scholarship, awards the selected student full tuition, a stipend and a preceptorship with HOM that provides first-hand experience in hospice care and nursing residency. After the student graduates ...

Robert Macia, PE, LEED AP, president of Stewart Engineering (http://www.stewart-eng.com), has announced that the firm is a sponsor for Oak City Seven, a summer concert series located in City Plaza in downtown Raleigh. Stewart Engineering is one of 25 sponsors for the series, which takes place from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every other Thursday through Aug. 23. Each concert is free and open to the public and features notable local and regional bands along with local and craft beers. Oak City Seven does not utilize any taxpayer money and is 100 percent sponsor driven. The series ...

The Metro Health Hospital Foundation has received a $14,544 grant from Novo Nordisk in support of Metro Health's Diabetes Outreach Education Program. The primary purpose of the Diabetes Outreach Education Program is to teach patients with diabetes how to better manage their disease. The goal of the project is to improve patients' blood glucose control by self-glucose monitoring. The objectives are to help patients with diabetes increase their knowledge about diabetes and change behavior related to diabetes management. The Novo Nordisk grant will allow Metro Health ...

Ohio Foreclosure Rates Among the Worst in the U.S. With foreclosure rates around the country creeping upward in recent months, distressed homeowners in Ohio have been hit harder than most. According to a recent report from foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, Ohio ranked seventh in the nation with a total of 10,359 foreclosures in May 2012. This translates to one in every 495 Ohio homes entering foreclosure during May, compared to the national average of one in every 639 homes during the same period. Although the national foreclosure rate fell slightly from May 2011, ...

Considerations for "Gray Divorce" in Massachusetts While divorce rates have leveled off for most of the population, the rate for couples over 50 has actually increased. In the past 20 years the rate of divorcefor these older couples has doubled, and now one out of every four persons getting divorced is 50 or older. In 1990, only one out of 10 people filing for divorce fit that demographic. Why Seniors Are Divorcing The growing social trend toward divorce among older couples in Massachusetts and the rest of the nation may seem surprising, but several factors ...

Distracted Pedestrians Causing More Accidents in California California residents may have noticed that they are hearing about more accidents involving cars and pedestrians. That is because car accidents involving distracted pedestrians are on the rise. In California, distracted pedestrians are just as dangerous as distracted drivers, especially as animosity has grown between the two groups. Traffic officers say the relationship between drivers and pedestrians is deteriorating, with both groups trying to take up every available space on the road. The territorial mentality ...

Get the Red Out: Rebuilding Credit After Bankruptcy Some people hesitate to seek out the fresh financial start that bankruptcy can offer because they fear they will never undo the damage that bankruptcywill do to their credit scores. However, what many do not realize is that continuing to struggle financially and missing payments on bills may ultimately be more damaging to credit than bankruptcy. People can take steps to rebuild their credit after filing bankruptcy and come out in a better financial position than before filing. Credit Check One of the most important ...

Backlog in Illinois Foreclosures Amidst the 2010 and 2011 allegations of improprieties in foreclosures affecting thousands of homeowners, the nation's five largest mortgage lenders put a temporary moratorium on foreclosure activity while they investigated their foreclosureprocesses. Once the lenders had reached a settlement in the "robo-signing" controversy with the federal and state governments in February 2012, they were free to resume foreclosures. Foreclosure activity built slowly in Illinois because state law requires foreclosures to be processed through ...

Bank Settlement Brings a Spike in Foreclosure Activity Foreclosure rates plummeted in 2011 due to widespread allegations that the nation's biggest mortgage lenders had committed improprieties in the foreclosure process by failing to verify the documentation in thousands of foreclosures across the country. Prompted by the so-called "robo-signing" scandal, several major mortgage lenders suspended their foreclosure activities during the investigation and ensuing settlement negotiations with state and federal government officials. In February 2012, five major ...

Divorce Can Impact Finances Most people are aware of how divorce can affect a person emotionally and socially. Few people consider the changes that divorce can bring to a person's financial situation, however. People considering divorceshould be aware of the ways that divorce may impact them financially. Two Households When married people split, they create two households where there was previously only one. As such, they necessarily double their living expenses such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities, groceries, homeowner's or renter's insurance, health insurance ...

Staying Together for the Children May Do More Harm Than Good Conventional wisdom promotes parents staying in an unhappy marriage "for the sake of the children." Many believe that children are better off with both parents in the home, even if the parents' marriage has failed. However, some experts suggest divorcemay be more beneficial for children than having parents who are together and unhappily married. Happy Parents Are Good Role Models Parents who are happy generally raise children who are happy. The parenting skills of those who are trapped in failed ...

More Divorced Women Are Paying Child Support, Alimony Divorce attorneys are seeing a growing number of women pay alimony and child support to former male spouses in California and across the country. The trend represents thousands of women paying their former husbands in a reversal of traditional divorce roles. According a survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, half of divorce attorneys have seen an increase in the number of divorced women paying child support and alimony, which is also known as spousal support. Why Are More Women Paying? The ...

"Grey Divorces" on the Rise Divorce professionals are witnessing a steady rise in the number of divorces involving couples over age 50 -- so-called "grey divorces." Researchers are pointing to a number of reasons for this trend. Baby boomers in most grey divorces have more self-oriented expectations about marriage. Many are deciding to focus on personal goals and interests after they've finished raising their kids. With life expectancy increasing, many marriages are now ending in divorceas couples seek fulfillment in retirement as singles. Statistics Whatever ...

Take Action to Avoid Foreclosure Since the U.S housing bubble burst in 2005, a wave of home foreclosures has crashed over the nation. The number of people who lost their homes to foreclosure in the years since then has reached unprecedented levels. While the economy shows signs of improvement, many homeowners in Kentucky and across the U.S. are struggling to make mortgage payments and are worried that they might lose their homes. Many feel like they have no options, but there are steps people can take to prevent foreclosure. Getting Rid of the HouseIf a homeowner ...