Miranda Creative, the Norwich-based marketing agency, has been honored with five design awards in the past month. The Miranda Creative team received two American Web Design Awards from Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) Magazine and three Lamplighter Awards from the New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo). "We are thrilled to be recognized by both a national design magazine and a local communications society," said Maria Miranda, Creative Director at Miranda Creative. "I work with a team of amazingly talented designers, and these awards are ...

Continuing the goal of adding high quality products to the store Ultimate Sports Online has become a dealer for Triple X Surf and Skim. Triple X Surf & Skim produces top quality surfboards, skim boards, paddleboards, wake surfers and skateboards that rival any custom or production board available. They utilize the latest in board construction technologies while maintaining the basic Triple X philosophy: an affordable board for every customer. The company began with the goal of becoming the top source for "Extreme Athletes" to find the products they need ...

HD Treatment Center (http://hdtreatmentcenter.com), which offers a painless and permanent treatment option for patients with hemorrhoidal disease through a direct microcurrent technology cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, has announced that the practice has launched a blog that is now live on its website. The blog features content that is informative and conversational in order to create awareness of hemorrhoids and open communication between patients who are suffering from the disease. A new entry is posted to the website once a week and answers questions that ...

On June 21-22 the iDate 2012, Internet Personals, Dating and Matchmaking Industry trade show will be held at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills. Dating Pro (http://www.datingpro.com), the professional choice for dating website software, is sponsoring the event as "Dating Industry Sponsor". The iDate 2012 is the largest convention currently reviewing the dating and online personals market. If you're serious about the online dating market, or one of the many aspects attached to online marketing, such as how to develop and expand your markets to include the latest ...

Imani True will be a special guest on the Dark Mantis Talk to discuss her writing experience starting at age 6 to the present. Imani True began her journey as an author when she teamed up with Dream Skye to co-Author the book "Strawberries, Stillettos and Steam." She is also known for her blogs and short stories and her novel "A Little Sumthin' Sumthin'. "Strawberries, Stilletos and Steam" is Imani True's first erotic novel. Author/Novelist Imani True have been writing since the tender age of 6 - short stories and poems. Imani will share her ...

Sheraton Sharm El Sheikh is encouraging guests to get ready for summer by adding a little color to their diet. A new approach to nutrition with Color Your Plate by Sheraton Fitness, The Color Your Plate initiative incorporates Core Performance's Nutrition Color Code to educate guests about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. All menu items feature colorful, key nutrients from fruits and vegetables to ensure all meals represent the perfect dietary balance... All it takes is adding three colors from fruits and vegetables to your plate to help stay in shape ...

The Bicocca University published a new research "Adoption of e-learning solution: selection criteria and recent trends". This research study aims to elicit the criteria used by companies when selecting a LMS (Learning Management System) solution. The research is made available by Docebo, an E-Learning vendor focusing in the Cloud, SaaS and Mobile space. This research brings to a point both "why" companies choose to adopt E-Learning, and "how" they select a specific solution to deliver online training. More than 130 Global Corporations who ...

To help celebrate and appreciate all the hard working Fathers out there this Father's day, House of Lords Clothing, a premium menswear line, today announced their Father's Day Giveaway, where the winners will not only get to outfit their dad with a signature shirt from the brand new summer line, but will also win a shirt for themselves! The House of Lords Father's Day giveaway will run from June 5 through June 13 when the winner will be announced. To enter, participants just need to visit the House of Lords Facebook page at www.facebook.com/houseoflordsclothing and leave ...

The 18th Annual San Diego Festival of Beer--San Diego's original beer festival and cancer fighting fundraiser--returns to downtown San Diego on Friday, September 21 from 6 - 11 p.m. The outdoor event that draws beer lovers from around the county will once again take over the streets at Columbia and B (across from W San Diego). Presented by 100.7 JACK FM, San Diego Festival of Beer guests can sample from over 60 different breweries and 120 varieties of some of the nation's best craft beer, enjoy live music on two stages, purchase food from San Diego food trucks and restaurants ...

Bob McDonough, President of Carrier Residential & Light Commercial Systems recently recognized the Kenilworth, New Jersey based heating and cooling company, Meyer & Depew Company, as a Carrier President's Award Winner. This is the fifth consecutive year that the N.J. company, Meyer & Depew, has earned this distinguished award. The award was presented at the Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer Meeting in Orlando, FL in March 2012. Meyer & Depew Company, based in New Jersey, is just one of 10 firms nationally to receive this honor for the last five consecutive ...

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We are excited to announce the hiring a new spokesperson Bella to represent our Tampa Photographers and Staff. It was real important to us to have someone who presented a good image in the community, and also realizing that a large share of our targeted market is females, we originally wanted Tim Tebow. We compared the hundred thousand dollar salary that Tebow would certainly have ask for as compared to Bella's demands of just a little bit more turkey meat for her daily lunches, and we have decided to hire Bella. We also had to take into consideration, the constant ...

Ventana Research has released its 2012 Value Index for Agent Performance Management, the latest in a new category of quantified, research-based Indexes on technology vendors and products. This new Value Index provides guidance that will enable organizations to ascertain the value of software that enables and supports Agent Performance Management. Using the Value Index, businesses and their customer service, operations, finance and IT organizations will be able to evaluate vendors and their products as well as make choices based on an understanding of how well existing and ...

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SDC is coming back to the world famous Cap d' Agde with two takeover events this summer! Both of these swingers events will be held at Le Jardin d'Eden from July 5 - 10 and August 25 - 30. This newly built private enclave offers an intimate atmosphere for liberated couples to experience a seductive event hosted by SDC - Swingers Date Club. The July 5th event is now sold out so don't miss the opportunity to attend this very limited offer beginning August 25th. Cap d' Agde is known as the nude capital of the world. It is located on the French Mediterranean and offers ...

Vegas Palms Online Casino offer over 500 casino games to play. From slots, to roulette, video poker and craps to name but a few, the casino have released their latest list of recommended games that players should keep an eye on. The two lists, as the casino calls them, the Hot and Cold target two separate groupings of games. The Cold list, identifies games that have not paid out jackpots in a while, and are due for a win on any moment now. The current list released includes Lucky News Network, Little Chief's Big Cash, Cabin Fever, The Grand Circus and Good to ...

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MADISON — Stress may affect brain development in children — altering growth of a specific piece of the brain and abilities associated with it — according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. "There has been a lot of work in animals linking both acute and chronic stress to changes in a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in complex cognitive abilities like holding on to important information for quick recall and use," says Jamie Hanson, a UW–Madison psychology graduate student. "We have now found similar associations in humans, ...

Earlier in May Dr. B. David Zinati, a Bakersfield dentist, joined the practice of Apollonia Dental Center. Zinati is a graduate of University of South California's School of Dentistry, and displays exceptional orthodontic knowledge as well as a yearning to help patients. Dr. Joseph Marvizi, a fellow Apollonia dentist, desired for Zinati to provide patients with top quality dental care as the practice's in-house orthodontist. The confidence boost that comes from a perfectly aligned smile is not the only reason for patients to see their orthodontist. Crooked teeth ...

Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 ecologists are calling for renewed international efforts to curb the loss of Earth's biological diversity. The loss is compromising nature's ability to provide goods and services essential for human well-being, the scientists say. Over the past two decades, strong scientific evidence has emerged showing that decline of the world's biological diversity reduces the productivity and sustainability of ecosystems, according to an international team led by the University of Michigan's Bradley Cardinale. It also decreases ...

San Francisco -- In the modern global climate, higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are associated with rising ocean temperatures. But the seas were not always so sensitive to this CO2 "forcing," according to a new report. Around 5 to 13 million years ago, oceans were warmer than they are today -- even though atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were considerably lower. The unusual mismatch between sea temperatures and CO2 levels during this time period hints that the relationship between climate and carbon dioxide hasn't always been the same as ...

Standard performance measures used by health care systems and insurance companies to assess how well physicians are controlling their patients' blood pressure tell an incomplete and potentially misleading story, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The study authors tested a more nuanced experimental measure, designed to better reflect the clinical judgments doctors make in caring for patients, against criteria commonly used in standard performance measures. They compared ...

In the first study to measure the temporary impact of highly skilled immigrants on native populations, University of Notre Dame EconomistAbigail Wozniak and Fairfield University's Thomas J. Murray — a former Notre Dame graduate student — found that when highly skilled immigrants move to a city or town, the U.S. natives in that area who are also highly skilled tend to move away. However, the study found that the same immigrant group's presence decreases the chances that low-skilled natives would leave. "High skill" refers to those having some post-secondary education or ...

Although employment rates are on the rise, many consumers are still wary to increase spending on luxury items. A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle observes a large reduction of discretionary spending. A recent Consumer Insights Panel, conducted by Emphatica, Inc., reveals what types of purchases shoppers have cut back on the most. What the study found was that most people avoid making purchased in electronics, fine dining and furniture. It also revealed that people are not as willing to make cuts in their pharmaceutical, grocery and gas purchases. Terry Yon, ...

VIDEO: Seattle Children's Dr. Laura Richardson discusses her new study on long-term opioid use among adolescents and young adults. Click here for more information. SEATTLE: June 6, 2012 — Long-term use and abuse of opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, has markedly increased in the United States in the last two decades. Of note, prescription opioids constitute 86.9 percent of prescription drug misuse among high school students. And last week in a two-day U.S. ...