BACKGROUND Emperor Akihito's words following the recent earthquake in Japan have sent echoes across the world. In a rare televised address, he spoke to his people and asked them to never give up hope, to care for each other, and to live strong for tomorrow. It is in moments like these that voices of hope need to be heard, that messages of compassion need to be relayed. It is for this reason that The Istanbul Review, an international literary journal, has begun the "One-Thousand Cranes" campaign. There is a tradition in Japan that says one-thousand folded cranes gives ...

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has overtaken Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest Indian according to the annual Forbes list of World Billionaires for 2011 released this month. With a net worth of 31.1 billion US dollars it's little wonder that Mittal has the megayacht to match and his 80 metre masterpiece was spotted in Gibraltar's Ocean Village marina last week. Megayacht Amevi, ranked 63rd in the 100 largest yachts in the world, cruised into Ocean Village en-route from Tarragona to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin for fuel, provisions and luxurious R&R. As a territory ...

Spring is here at last! But, while we'll finally be getting sunny days and green landscapes back, there are plenty of pests that come with the warmer weather, as well. Bugs, birds, bats, and rodents will all become more active as spring progresses. If you need help keeping these and other pests out of your buildings and facilities, look no further than BugBlocker.com. For nearly 20 years, Rasco Industries has been doing exactly what their company motto states: Manufacturing Doors of Excellence. Rasco's Bug Blocker product family features custom-made, hand-crafted stainless ...

Richard Hatch stars in Death or Taxes, which will be shown in Los Angeles as part of the LA Film + Music Weekend. Executive producer, Roni Deutch, plans to attend the screening. The film will be shown Saturday, March 26 at 3:35 pm. With a run time of 78 minutes, Death or Taxes takes a hard look at the horrifying realities faced by the millions of taxpayers who owe back taxes, many of whom are forced to make life-changing decisions. The film has already received two Awards of Excellence at the Los Angeles Movie Awards; Best Editing for a Documentary Feature and an Award ...

Gayle Etcheverry, is an artist and the author of "Thinking Outside the Frame." Gayle is a working member of the Art Director's Guild; she collaborates with the top scenic artists of stage and television. Her recent credits are the Academy Awards Red Carpet Event, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Miss Universe Pageant, NBC, CBS and Fox Sports. Successfully creating and selling her art using mainstream and modern technology techniques, Gayle has become an expert who asks do you dream of living the life of a professional, paid artist but just don't have a clue where to begin? Are ...

Specialty Ring Products has recently rolled out an upgraded design on SpecialtyRing.com. The site now features more information about metal forging and more photos of the metal forging process at their facility in Bensalem. Specialty Ring Products has been producing forged rings for industry for over 120 years. The company's founder, armed with a patent for his ring-shaping apparatus that rolled and forged seamless rings, set out to gain a reputation as a reliable source of industrial parts. His efforts, and those of successive generations, have established a successful ...

Is the new world order in publishing leaving the old guard behind? Many industry experts seem to think so, though there are those on the periphery who persist in trying to stop one of publishing's greatest movements: the hundreds of thousands of independent, self-published authors. First some background. There is no doubt about it: publishing is going through a massive change, both rapid and permanent. E-books are the new reality and traditional bookstores are closing en masse. Bookstore operators are bereft of ways to bring in buyers as Kindle and iPad owners simply ...

AlphaStaff Group, Inc., one of the nation's largest professional employer organizations (PEO) and the only PEO to work exclusively in partnership with brokers, has created the industry's first-ever Broker Advisory Council. The announcement was made by AlphaStaff executive vice president of Sales for the Small and Medium Business Market, Joseph DeRosa. The Council held their inaugural meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in February to discuss the PEO industry, trends/tactics to better serve clients and to provide insight as AlphaStaff continues its innovative growth strategies ...

"I'm proud to say that although our product gets more complex, we are constantly eliminating the number of bugs in new versions. We have also been successful to keep our promise and comply with the 7 days bug fixing policy since its announcement back in 2009." said Martin Hejtmanek, CTO at Kentico Software. "Our efforts became an indivisible part of Kentico's commitment to deliver a stable platform for managing websites, on-line stores and social networks." "Kentico has always been committed to provide high-quality user experience to our customers and partners. While ...

Lashologist Council of America announces a program for newly graduating high school students to enter the job market as a Certified Lashologist. The program provides study guides, training, progress updates, and certification exams. Lashologist Council of America is a premier industry trade group for the raipidly growing lash care professional industry nationwide. With an increasing demand for competent beauty industry professionals and Certified Lashologists in particular, there has never been a better time for new graduates to pursue a career as a Lashologist. Many ...

Great Clips, the world's largest hair salon brand, was recently named one of the nation's top franchise opportunities by three highly respected national media outlets. The staffs at Forbes, Entrepreneur and AllBusiness.com independently evaluated the best franchise companies in operation through a number of diverse criteria, and Great Clips, which boasts nearly 3,000 North American salons, earned high marks from all three. "We have a strong brand and a great system that has been refined over almost 30 years to give our salon owners the ability to build a thriving, sustainable ...

Wisconsin based lead generation company WI-Mortgage.com has hired Vern Garrett as their Marketing Director. WI-Mortgage.com is an internet lead generation company that specializes in providing mortgage leads to licensed loan officers in the state of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin based company has determined that the increase in web traffic to the website necessitated the move of hiring a highly qualified individual to lead the marketing department and building a larger internet presence for the company. Vern Garrett brings many years of marketing experience to WI-Mortgage.com. ...

RemoteTwain makes any scanner as a network scanner. Built-in security system provides ability to select who will be able to use shared scanner: everyone or someone from a particular computer. RemoteTwain is intended to be used by banks, small business, computer labs and home offices which need to share a scanner across several people. Any business can save expenses and office space by having work-groups share a single scanner between other users. It works with most Twain scanners. RemoteTwain uses standard HTTP protocol and can be used safely with Firewalls. Another ...

Wolters Kluwer Health announced today that Firelands Regional Medical Center in Ohio has implemented Quantifi as its clinical pharmacy documentation system. Quantifi is a customizable clinical intervention documentation and reporting tool for hospital pharmacies and health systems. It allows pharmacists to document their clinical interventions quickly, collecting crucial event data easily. "We saw more than $50,000 in cost savings in the first month of use. The comprehensive intervention tracking with lab value entry allows our pharmacists to easily keep necessary ...

Corporate management with Stars & Strikes Family Entertainment Centers, LLC (www.starsandstrikes.com) - a privately-owned, Atlanta-based family entertainment company - today announced a fourth metro-Atlanta location of the popular family entertainment concept will open in Stone Mountain/Tucker in early summer 2011. With an investment of more than $2.3 million and plans to bring more than 120+ jobs to the DeKalb County community, Stars and Strikes co-founder/owner Chris Albano is certain that DeKalb County is the ideal location to grow this popular family-friendly, community-centered ...

Norton Scientific today announced that the company has signed a deal with Advanced Scientific Technologies (AST), an independent sales rep company in Columbia, Maryland, to sell and support the Norton product line. "Tom Hill, the President of AST, is very excited about bringing the PAM and AstraGene products to the mid-Atlantic region of the United States," states Bryan Webb, President, Norton Scientific. The deal covers the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South/Central Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh) and South Jersey (south of Toms River). AST ...

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., the largest independently-held residential real estate company in the United States, was recently recognized with several awards and designations from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE), a network of the top independent and regional brokerage firms in the residential sector of real estate. The awards were presented to Long & Foster at the 2011 Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Conference, held March 10 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The event attracted more than 800 real estate brokers, managers, and other ...

MAUSER Group, a worldwide leading company in industrial packaging, has opened a new IBC line at its facility in Bammental, Germany. Starting the production of MAUSER SM composite IBC at this location near Heidelberg will allow MAUSER to supply its customers in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland much more efficiently. In line with the company's overall carbon footprint reduction strategy this new expansion puts additional production capacity close to areas of increased demand. The installation of a complete IBC line including new multilayer blow moulding machinery ...

Teseq Inc., a leading developer and provider of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, has announced its calibration laboratory in Nagoya, Japan has gained initial accreditation to the international ISO/IEC 17025 standard by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Teseq Japan is the sixth of the company's seven worldwide facilities that calibrate EMC equipment to achieve this accreditation. In addition to accredited calibration, the Nagoya laboratory is also certified to offer field calibrations and traceable (non-accredited) ...

Outsourcing provider Bluepen Publishing Solutions has recently expanded its editorial staff to meet the growing needs of its clients. Bluepen has added to its roster a number of experienced editors, many with specialties in fiction, non-fiction, and academic texts. The company's list of editorial services include copyediting, proofreading, and indexing. "With two of our clients increasing their editorial requirements, it was high time to increase our editor staff to meet their needs," says Bluepen CEO Rocky Teodoro. The Philippines-based company maintains a mix of full-time ...

Biliske Group has announced the recent launch of its new state-of -the-art online bidding system. The new system guarantees an effortless bidding experience that promotes bidder satisfaction. The new webcast platform will officially be available for users participation at the March 30, 2011 Truck and Equipment Auction. This system offers key improvements including digital quality real-time audio and video and an easy-to-use bid button, which provides online bidders with an experience that feels as though they are standing on the auction floor. The webcast platform is ...

Dan Fields, principal of BJAC Raleigh, pa (http://www.bjac.com), an architectural firm offering professional services for specialized, complex institutional projects, has announced the release of a podcast on Evidence Based Design. In this podcast, intern architect Tan Zheng discusses what Evidence Based Design is and what it means to health care architecture and clients, as well as what it means in terms of patient outcomes. Zheng also shares information on the accreditation and certification process for Evidence Based Design, why certification is important and how Zheng's ...

PetTravelCenter.com announced today that it will provide California-based Gamma products on its site, including their pet food storage containers. "The Gamma Travel 'Tainer Pet Food Container makes traveling with pets easy," said Tom James, president of PetTravelCenter.com. "The unique feeding system provides meals on the go and is great for traveling or quick trips." The Gamma Travel 'Tainer is air-tight to keep food fresh, made of food grade plastic and includes two 1-quart bowls and one clear 4-quart food container.About PetTravelCenter.com PetTravelCenter.com ...

OC Spinal Decompression is seeking patients suffering from: • Sciatica • Disc bulge • Herniated disc • Spinal stenosis • Ruptured disc • Bulging discs • Pinched nerve pain • Pinched sciatic nerve • Degenerative disc disease • Back pain • Lower back pain • Neck pain • And more The practice, located in Orange County, provides non-surgical treatments covered by insurance and preformed by doctors, not mere technicians. The physical therapy practice uses the DRX9000 therapy technology in combination with physical therapy in order to alleviate patients' pain. ...

The St. Peter's were recognized during special awards ceremonies at Prudential Real Estate's Sales Convention held in San Diego, California. From March 6-8. Real estate professionals from the across North America attended the annual business and educational event. The Chairman's Circle-Gold is awarded to the top two percent of the Network's approximately 54,100 sales professionals based on gross commission income or closed units. Lee & Pamela St. Peter have over a decade of experience in the real estate field with Prudential YSU Realty. They have been Chairman Circle ...