GEF Institute's offer to save $50 off the regular price of $250 for online sustainability education ends tonight. All of the Institute's 15 hour online courses are eligible for professional development or academic credit. By taking advantage of the $50 savings students can cover the cost of purchasing credit from the Institute's university partner. The early bird deadline applies to two of the Institute's online courses. Choose from their foundations course, Introduction to Sustainability Concepts, or their newest offering, Water and Sustainability. Both courses launch ...

DefySupply.com has continued their aggressive expansion by scaling their unique business model to now offer lighting products. It's a logical move for a firm that maintains nearly 4,400 unique products, all of which were confined to furniture. Lighting is one of the largest complementary product groups to the furniture industry which only emphasizes the rationale for the expansion. Featuring fifty brand new lighting products now being sold at DefySupply.com at: ( http://www.defysupply.com/Lighting_s/282.htm ), it gives the rapidly growing e-retailer a chance to prove ...

Christmas tree scouting reports for the 2012 growing season are now available online at the Pennsylvania IPM Program's website at http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/program/christmas-tree/news/scouting-report and on the 1-800 PENN IPM hotline. The reports include scouting observations and growing degree day information from various locations across the state, as well as pest life cycle and management information, all of which play an important in a grower's integrated pest management (IPM) program. IPM aims to manage pests -- such as insects, diseases, weeds and animals ...

FrostByte Media Inc.-- the amazing violin/fiddle ensemble, Bowfire, made up of the leading names in each genre of modern string playing has a Thursday March 22nd date performing at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Orlando. The high quality music experience and a fast paced theatrically staged show will then move on to Montgomery, Alabama on March 24th for a show at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. Bowfire will have performed a total of 18 scheduled venues when they wrap up the month in Hot Springs, Arkansas on March 30th. This total string experience ...

StillSecure , a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, and PeakColo, a leading provider of enterprise-class Cloud services, today announced a partnership to offer a full suite of Managed Security Services to PeakColo customers and partners. The suite of services includes managed firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, log management, web application firewall (WAF), and PCI Complete among others (see http://www.stillsecure.com/services/services.php for a full list of services). Through this relationship, PeakColo customers and partners ...

Celerant Technology Corp, a highly recognized leader in the retail software industry, achieved a Silver Midmarket Solution Provider Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network, demonstrating its ability to meet customers' evolving needs in today's dynamic business environment. To earn a Silver Midmarket Competency, partners must provide a solution for mid-size businesses and prove that they are knowledgeable and skilled on the current technology that is relevant for the competency. "Achieving the title of Microsoft certified partner each year is a priority for the ...

LawLogix Group, Inc., the leader in I-9 and E-Verify Compliance Software, announced today that it will host a free webinar on electronic I-9 implementations and the lessons learned from corporate America. Featuring a panel of human resource professionals and attorneys, including representatives from two Fortune 500 companies, this webinar will be an essential learning session for organizations that are moving from a paper I-9 process to an electronic I-9 and E-Verify system or are considering alternative vendors. This one-hour webinar entitled, "The Good, the Bad & ...

PrintE-Z.com just announced an expanded selection of wedding invitations featuring over 500 styles, with online proofing available for shoppers' convenience. Available at http://www.PrintE-Z.com/wedding-invitations.html, all of the custom wedding invitations come with free envelopes and can be shipped in 24 to 48 hours. "With wedding season just around the corner, PrintE-Z.com is promoting its generous selection, affordable prices, and stellar customer service. We're dedicated to providing a hassle-free experience to couples shopping for custom wedding invitations; ...

3-GIS will be demonstrating their newly released Field Express App, an Android and iOS mobile application, as well as their web based GIS editor, Network Express. 3-GIS will also be demonstrating their tablet integration with a high accuracy GPS device for streamlined sub-decimeter feature location. The APGA Security and Integrity Foundation (SIF) is dedicated to promoting the security and operational integrity and safety of small natural gas distribution and utilization facilities. The SIF focus's its resources on enhancing the abilities of gas utility operators to ...

"Too many kids are missing out on one of the most important childhood experiences that help kids grow up healthy, happy and successful. There is a nationwide scarcity of play and we are beginning to see a stark difference between children who play and children who don't ", says Kaboom (kaboom.org). JoGo Equipment and Kaboom will be building playgrounds across the United States in an effort to bring children and families together so they have a safe place to play, learn and spend time together. "Child obesity in America is something that we can control. If ...

Translation Cloud, http://www.translationcloud.net, the application that provides an automated system of crowdsourced translators for almost any program it is integrated into is steadily growing in popularity. Translation Cloud released their API in February, and is already being used in a variety of applications. One subscription-based company that provides daily recipes to their customers has integrated Translation Cloud into their program. Instead of pre-translating the contents, by integrating Translation Cloud, any customer that needs the recipe and its subsequent ...

Novosoft, the developer of Handy Backup, the acclaimed backup software, announced significant changes in the product architecture oriented toward easy home network backup across multiple devices. The new approach will bring backup, automatic sync, and easy data access from multiple entrance points to home network desktops, laptops, and mobile devices, by a single Handy Backup solution. The announced functionality is bet-testing presently, and enthusiastic users are already welcome to subscribe. "Three PCs, two laptops under Windows 7 and one more under Mac, three ...

LifeCenter Plus Health and Fitness Club is hosting the 27th annual Swim for Diabetes in their 25 meter pool. "We are pleased to be hosting Swim for Diabetes, the largest fund raiser benefiting the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland," said Jim Clark, Aquatic Director. "With diabetes impacting 9% of Ohio citizens, the Swim for Diabetes is a great way to raise funds to assist with diabetes education, support programs and Camp Ho Mita Koda, a camp for children with diabetes." The Hudson, Stow and community area residents are invited to improve their ...

The board of trustees of William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that Drs. Carol Hiscoe and Wade Newhouse have been granted tenure and that Dr. Newhouse has been named associate professor. Hiscoe has taught in the university's English department since 1992 as an instructor, visiting assistant professor and associate professor. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from NC State University and a Ph.D. in literature from Duke University. Known for her commitment to students, Hiscoe has ...

For the second year in a row, Metro Health Hospital has been named one of West Michigan's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. Metro Health is among the businesses to be honored in 2012. Nominees were evaluated in a number of categories, including communication, community initiatives, compensation and benefits, diversity and multi-culturalism, employee education and development, employee engagement and commitment, recognition and retention, recruitment and selection, and work-life balance. A panel of judges reviewed a detailed survey on the firm's human ...

Keystone Executive Recruiting & Consulting is excited to roll out their brand new website design. The site features an appealing new layout with easy to use navigation. The site also features more in-depth information about the pharma, biotech, & medical device sales job recruitment industry. Keystone Executive Recruiting & Consulting affords employers in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, & Medical Device Sales industries a competitive advantage as we have an intimate understanding of the recruiting cycle, and a 360° perspective of the recruiting process. ...

Dan Fields, AIA, principal and CMO at BJAC, pa (http://www.bjac.com), an architectural firm offering professional services for specialized, complex institutional projects, has announced the release of a podcast on client service in architecture. In the podcast, principal architect Mark Sealy discusses the importance for developing client relationships and providing long-term service for clients, as well as the need in architecture to look beyond the short term and the problems associated with failing to plan for future generations in architecture. This podcast can be found ...

St. Paul's Lutheran Church - East Northport, New York announces New Director of Music Ellen McCarthy has joined the musical family at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of East Northport. Ellen is an East Northport native and currently is the choral director at Northport High School. Ellen brings over 35 years of experience as an organist/choir director to St. Paul's. She has also been a member of the Northport Community Band since 1970. She is married to Patrick, a Field RN with catholic Health Services and has 3 children and 2 grandchildren. Ellen is looking forward to serving ...

For the 10th year in a row, the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has been named one of West Michigan's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. Warner Norcross, which has three West Michigan offices, is among the businesses to be honored in 2012. Nominees were evaluated in a number of categories, including communication, community initiatives, compensation and benefits, diversity and multi-culturalism, employee education and development, employee engagement and commitment, recognition and retention, recruitment and selection, and work-life balance. A ...

Don Mills, president of SIA Group (http://www.siagroup.net), a full-service insurance agency with six offices throughout North Carolina, has announced that the firm has relocated its Raleigh office to 4700 Homewood Court, Suite 100, to accommodate recent growth. The new Raleigh office includes seven employees who offer property and casualty insurance for both commercial lines and personal lines of coverage. In 2011, SIA Group welcomed four new employees to its six offices across North Carolina. Headquartered in Jacksonville, N.C., SIA Group specializes in property and casualty ...

The Rainmaker Group announced that Dover Downs Hotel & Casino will implement its revolution profit optimization solution to maximize total customer value for the 500-room hotel, its nine food and beverage outlets, spa, gaming floor, and group convention facilities. Rainmaker - the market leader in profit and revenue optimization solutions for the Gaming & Hospitality and Multifamily Housing industries - expects to complete the system installation later this year. Rainmaker understands profit optimization "We selected Rainmaker because its team understands ...

Eric Engel has short stories published in several magazines, anthologies, and books, including one in Phonics For Dummies; but his latest project involves releasing new, unpublished material in electronic form as ebooks. The novellas are divided into daily emails anyone can subscribe to, most of them around 1500 words each. "I heard that serial ebooks were getting big in Japan," says Engel, "especially with the younger crowds who generally read them on their phones. Most people wouldn't want to sit and read an entire novel from their e-devices. But they ...

Pennsylvania author Rene Daniel has released 'Spear of Seth'. The novel takes modern day archaeologists into the Egyptian Underworld. The book, written in the spirit of 'Indiana Jones' and 'House Of Anubis' is a blend of fantasy, legend and adventure. Daniel has termed this new genre 'Falenture'. "I wrote Spear of Seth," Daniel said, "as I wanted to share the wonderful world of ancient Egypt, the fascinating mythology, and above all, the sense of how everything is possible, which we have when we are young, and some of us retain forever. There is fantasy, ...

Senior Pastor Andy Thompson, founder of World Overcomers Christian Church (http://www.wocconline.org), a nondenominational church serving worshippers in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park community, has announced that the church opened its new 25,000-square-foot ONEL1FE youth facility, located in Suite 102 at 2410 Presidential Drive in Durham, during "The Premiere," an event which occurred on March 14. More than 300 sixth through 12th grade students, 100 of which made a commitment to Christ, attended the facility opening, which included performances by a ...

On Wednesday, March 21st over 700 rock and roll and pop culture original artifacts including an Elvis Presley iconic "Jailhouse Rock" costume will hit the auction block in the Rock and Roll Pop Culture Auction online at http://www.gottahaverockandroll.com. Also up for auction is a spectacular line up of rock and pop culture memorabilia that is as legendary as the stars themselves. Lots offered here include: Elvis Presley's owned and signed blue suede shoes, Paul McCartney's earliest known handwritten letter with 23 signatures, Princess Diana's worn Zandra Rhodes ...