Bankers Life and Casualty Company, a national life and health insurer, announced today the opening of a new sales office in Victoria, Texas. "We're pleased to be expanding our presence in the state," said David Perry, Unit Sales Supervisor. "Our growth will enable us to better serve our customers while allowing us to add to our sales team." Perry will lead a dedicated sales team at the office, located at 4504 Lilac in Victoria. Plans call for up to eight agents to be added to the team by the end of 2011. The office will serve residents in Victoria as well as ...

Kitterman Woods Luxury Apartment Homes, http://www.kittermanwoods.com, is now offering short term rental apartments in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. Short term apartment leases offer flexible living arrangements for those who need to have options in future housing planning and relocation, such as students, business executives, vacationers, and even for transient residents who live in more than one city throughout the year. Short term rentals are great for people who have recently sold a house and are waiting to close on a new home. They are also great options for family ...

When you set out on a Grand Canyon River rafting adventure, there is so much to learn. Of course there are boat safety facts, camping etiquette and hiking instructions. There are tips for packing your gear, layering and sun protection. You will learn the basics of "leave no trace" camping. And then there's a little something called...The Grand Canyon. Anyone who ventures out with Arizona River Runners on a Colorado River trip will have the benefit of their guides' knowledge of this natural wonder, from flora and fauna to geology to Native American perspectives and interpretation ...

Making the move to "go green" even easier, TreeHomeMedia today unveiled a newly redesigned look and layout for its environmental conservation website, TreeLiving.com. The new look was designed to improve the user experience and make it easier for visitor's to http://www.treeliving.com/ to learn about green living. Besides the new look and layout, TreeLiving.com has announced the launch of two news features, "Weekly Facts" and "Mia's Daily Green Tips." TreeLiving's Weekly Facts will provide information, statistics and facts about different environmental issues and how ...

Install safety latches on all of your base cabinetry and drawers. Many of us keep household cleaners and chemicals under the sink. These should be moved to a safer location out of the reach of children. When cooking, use the back burners if possible. This will keep the handles of pots and pans out of reach where only you can get to them. Keep kitchen utensils and small appliances away from the edge of counters where a child may be able to grab and pull a knife or blender off of the counter possibly causing serious injury including anything with a cord. It is good ...

Superior Quality Promos, of central Ohio, has unveiled a feature based plan for awards and distinctions associated with existing and new clients for 2011. The feature plan is a multi-pronged assessment and implementation of shopping and shipping habits associated with existing and new clients. Based on the habitual tendencies of market segments throughout the top 5 markets for Superior Quality Promos within the United States, a comprehensive rewards program will be initiated. The program itself will be specific to the market and customer tendencies and will have universal ...

Global Promotionals, of Ft. Worth, has opened up shop as the area's first virtual ad specialties business. Now offering business managers, club organizers, and school administrators the ability to shop for and purchase their promotional materials straight off the web. Enhanced by their recent e-commerce platform upgrade, the locally owned marketing firm is setting their roots within the metro-plex area and allowing for i-based integration via their real time web portal. It shouldn't take long for the average consumer to switch from their typical brick-and-mortar styled ...

Business Promos Online, of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area, is proud to announce the opening of their call center in support of the company's rapidly growing e-commerce platform. The call center is the next step in offering top level customer support. As an e-commerce based business entity, Business Promos Online specializes in offering a virtual catalog of promotional and niche marketing products. The products are used by top level corporate, civic, and educational branches as well as numerous private entities. Due to the overwhelming request for real time customer support ...

The Gala production of "This is Ireland," the authentic Irish theatrical, musical experience, will take place on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 8:00 PM at UCLA's prestigious performing arts theater, Royce Hall, where music, performance and image will unite to celebrate the epic journey of the Emerald Isle. Promising to become an annual St Patrick's Day event in Los Angeles, the magical evening will be a sensational multimedia expression of Irish music, culture and history led by Irish composer/conductor Eímear Noone (The Los Angeles Ballet, "StarCraft II," The Dublin City ...

In 2009, HubShout, LLC (HubShout.com) launched their SEO reseller program and opened their platform to businesses that recognized the opportunity to outsource SEO services. Though HubShout continues to service their direct clients, the success of the SEO reseller program has challenged HubShout to develop a broad range of services to fulfill the needs of web designers, marketing firms and other businesses that typically outsource SEO. As the demand for private label SEO grows, HubShout continues to develop technology based services and software; the tools and services available ...

Volunteers of America, one of the nation's oldest and largest human service organizations, announced today that Tom Turnbull has been named to its newly-created chief operating officer position. A more than 30-year veteran of the organization, Turnbull will oversee the organization's national health care and housing division, which includes hundreds of properties and services that serve more than 30,000 people. "Tom rose to the top of the search due to his extensive 30-plus years experience with Volunteers of America at both the affiliate and national level, which has ...

MotoBuys.com, one of the internet's leading powersports online stores, announces the addition of the GMAX 54 Motorcycle Helmet to its collection of top quality on-road and off-road helmets. The newly released GMAX 54s has advanced features that emphasize safety and comfort for riders. The GMAX 54 has a flip-jaw that rotates further rearward than previous designs and contains an inner flip-tinted sunshield with anti-fog coating. It improves safety even more with an integrated multi-function red LED rear light. To increase the comfort of the rider, the GMAX 54 helmet (http://www.motobuys.com/gmax.html) ...

The winter film series has begun at World Centric Community Space. Fridays, beginning January 21 at 7pm, we will look at what went wrong with our cities, how sprawl replaced neighborhoods, and what can be done to bring back community and sustainability to our cities and towns. Feature Film this Friday, February 25 A Convenient Truth In this inspirational film, you will learn why cities around the world look to Curitiba, Brazil as the model for creative and enlightened urban planning. The city of Curitiba has demonstrated for the past 40 years how to transform problems ...

Rosendin Electric (www.rosendin.com), the nation's largest private electrical contractor and a 100-percent employee-owned company, today announced the promotion of Nate Williams to the role of Division Manager for the Renewable Energy Division.. In his new position, Williams is responsible for wind power projects nationwide, including bid management, financial operations, materials and parts procurement, and project management oversight. "Nate has worked his way up through the ranks over the last 10 years, starting as an assistant project manager when he graduated ...

PerfectGolfVacations.com releases another round of discount golf vacation packages just in time for spring. Forget shoveling snow and bundling up by the fireplace, golfers can instead begin to warm their bones with thoughts of peak season golf vacations at cheap golf package prices in sunny spots like California, Arizona, Florida and South Carolina. While these stay and play golf package deals are short on cost, they are not short on value. As Evans Putman of PerfectGolfVacations.com explains, "These golf deals do not shortchange golfers in any way. They will have the ...

Rabine Paving America is pleased to announce their presence at the 47th Annual SPECS show in Texas from March 13-16, 2011. This marks the first year in which Rabine Group will have an exhibit at the event. The store planning, equipment, construction and facilities services show, better known as the SPECS show, is an event that is uniquely produced by Chain Store Age magazine. Premiere and innovative retailers and suppliers throughout the country attend the event in order to better their company. Creativity flows constantly during the 3 ½ - day event as learning is a ...

BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH) today announced its lineup of speakers at this year's MAILCOM conference, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28 through March 3. The event is described as the world's largest convention for mail communications management. BBH speakers will cover a number of topics focused on improving the effectiveness of communications, strategies for reducing costs and improving efficiency, and management best practices and industry trends. BCC Software, a BBH company, is also presenting at the conference. The presentation schedule follows. Monday, Feb. 28 Managing ...

Mezzi, the renowned manufacturer of aluminium laptop cases, has celebrated an exceptional start to the new year, with plenty to celebrate. The company was recently featured in an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where their molded silver 17.5-inch laptop case was given media exposure as a stylish and sophisticated product. The briefcase, which is part of the Royal Collection, features a contemporary chrome handle and an aluminum finish that is representative of modern design. Mezzi has been praised with combining the practical uses of aluminum laptop cases ...

Greatis Software (http://www.greatis.com) has released the new software for .Net developers - Greatis FormDesigner .Net. Form Designer .NET allows you move and resize any control on your .NET application form at runtime. You need not prepare your form to use Form Designer .NET. Just drop Form Designer .NET control onto any form, assign the DesignedForm property, set Active property to true and enjoy! After activation of Form Designer .NET you can select, move and resize any control in your form by keys or mouse. Form with activated Form Designer .NET looks exactly ...

Mindy Fox, California's leading neurofeedback therapist, announced today her patient's inclusion in the December January issue of a Ladies' Home Journal article titled "Good Alternatives: The Benefits of Nontraditional Medicine." The article reviews neurofeedback therapy amongst other nontraditional medical treatments as safe and effective option according to the latest clinical research. "Neurofeedback is gaining its way to being viewed as a mainstream treatment option as growing amounts of research support its validity and as patients share their stories," said Mindy ...

Showtime's "Weeds" co-star and Israeli Oscar nominee and Tony Award winning actress, Meital Dohan sees her American film debut in the critically acclaimed drama, "Monogamy", premiering March 11, 2011. Dohan co-stars alongside actress, Rashida Jones ("I Love You Man", "The Social Network") and Chris Messina ("Julie and Julia", "Devil"). The dark feature, directed by Academy Award nominee, Dana Adam Shapiro ("Murderball") won "Best Narrative" at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for "Best First Screenplay" at the 2011 Spirit Awards respectively. Increasingly ...

LeadsCon, the preeminent conference dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of those operating in the online lead generation industry, today announced its last call for LeadsCon Las Vegas, March 1-2, 2011 at The Mirage Hotel and Casino. The conference provides a unique and collaborative environment for key decision-makers and thought leaders from must-know companies in the lead generation marketing space to tackle challenges. "In this challenging and uncertain economic environment, best practice sharing is more important than ever to ensure the continued success of ...

Optellios, Inc., announced today that its FP1100-X perimeter intrusion detection system has been independently evaluated in coordination with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The evaluation report, DHS/TSA 2600.02.01.10-088, titled "Optellios FiberPatrol FP1100-X Perimeter Intrusion Detection System Effectiveness Evaluation Test Report", is available through TSA ACO-200 Web Bulletin Board System to airport security directors and other authorized personnel and organizations. The FP1100-X is an advanced fiber-optic ...

Signalman Publishing is very honored to announce that "Beyond the Cosmos" by Dr. Hugh Ross has been nominated for the 2011 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year in the Non-fiction Bible Study/Theology category. In this book Hugh Ross, astronomer and founder of Reasons To Believe, tells the story of a dramatic scientific breakthrough: the discovery that there's more to the universe than just the familiar dimensions of space and time. The cosmos is actually a ten-dimensional system! "A universe of ten dimensions carries profound theological implications," Ross ...

The new catalog includes more that 150 of the company's best world adventure travel trips from very comfortable luxury African safaris to hiking on the Greenland icecap, trekking in the highest mountains of Asia, Africa and the Americas and affordable deluxe yacht cruises in the Galapagos and Amazon. JOURNEYS offers special world travel adventures for families and private groups. The world travel adventure catalog features new trekking trips in Nepal, Morocco, Peru, Burma, Kenya and Ethiopia. JOURNEYS has expanded festival trip departures to highlight some of the most ...