Los Angeles, California - April 14, 2011 - Language System International (LSI) and its students have donated almost $6,000 towards the Red Cross Japan Relief Effort. The two week fundraiser collected donations from the students and faculty at all four campuses (Alhambra, Downtown Los Angeles, Orange County and Torrance) and LSI matched all of the donations. "With a number of our students being from Japan, the disaster had a real impact on our student body, " said LSI's Academic Director, Michelle Buell. "We knew instantly that we would make a donation to help those ...

The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) today announced its full support behind the Arizona families who will be affected if Arizona lawmakers choose to repeal Stephen's Law. Stephen's Law, passed in 2008, mandates that insurance companies cover behavioral treatments of autism. This Thursday, lawmakers are voting on Senate Bill (SB)1593, which would recall all mandates in the state of Arizona. CARD is joining with families across the state in encouraging Governor Jan Brewer to veto the Senate bill. "This comes as a great shock to our families," says ...

As consumers continue to seek fresh, healthy dining options for their on-the-go lifestyles, Zoup! Fresh Soup Company is stirring up the pot in Pontiac, Mich, with the re-opening of its restaurant located at 3999 Centerpoint Parkway. The location, which will celebrate its grand re-opening on April 14, 2011, will continue feeding a hearty base of consumer appetites with its hundreds of award-winning soups. After originally opening in 2005 and operating as a corporate owned store, the company recently signed a franchise deal with the new Pontiac store owners Karl Lewis ...

Skin Matters Medical Centre is approaching the one year anniversary of introducing Ulthera to Vancouver, BC. Ulthera is the first and only technology to visualize beneath the skin surface in combination with a non-invasive delivery of energy at depths previously not achieved with lasers or radio frequency. This enables medical professionals to be able to precisely target the skin at depths of 3 mm to 4.5 mm. With this advanced technology, when performed by medical professionals, it is able to offer a significant lifting and tightening of the skin. Ultra sound energy ...

TAG Diversity, a society of Technology Association of Georgia, announces the first annual TAG Diversity Leadership Award to be presented at a dinner event on Tuesday, April 26th at Villa Christina. The award will be presented to the individual who excels at leveraging differences within their organization to drive increased productivity, efficiency, profits, revenues and employee morale. Employees in organizations that use technology to drive growth as well as technology sector companies are eligible. "This award was created to recognize the efforts of organizations ...

Grupo ASSA, a Consulting and Outsourcing Company which helps its clients in their Business Process Transformation through IT processes, announced that the Company was ranked by The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) to the 'Leader' category and listed as one of the World's top outsourcing service providers on The 2011 Global Outsourcing 100 list for the third year in a row. Moreover, it was distinguished as a "Rising Star" enterprise. To prepare the The 2011 Global Outsourcing 100 enterprise list, the IAOP does an exhaustive selection process ...

Pop VoIP, a digital telephone provider, enables small businesses to compete in a global market by offering affordable long distance telephone service and VoIP telephone features designed to minimize or restrict long distance charges. "Pop VoIP is committed to helping small businesses grow and thrive. With our long distance calling they are able to participate in the global market without draining their funds. Affordable long distance calling plans even the playing field for small companies," said Levi Halberstam, CEO of Pop VoIP. With VoIP telephone services, local ...

Margaritas Mexican Restaurant is partnering with the Josh Beckett Foundation for the next three months to benefit Children's Hospital Boston through their monthly Full Moon Madness events at all 22 restaurants throughout New England. On Monday, April 18, Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday, June 15, Margaritas will donate 5% of their evening's lounge sales to the Josh Beckett Foundation, a charitable organization founded to support community-based programs that improve the health and well- being of children. Full Moon Margarita Madness, a fundraising program that happens ...

While one of Selma, Alabama's proudest [and definitely one of its tallest] natives; Michael Johnson brings the pain to his gridiron opponents every week during the NFL playing season, the Dallas County High School alum brings his heart of gold and athletic experience to area youth every spring during his Annual Michael Johnson Youth Football and Cheer Camp. The hometown hero and current Defensive End (#93) of the Cincinnati Bengals will host his 2nd camp and annual You Can Be Successful, Too fundraiser in Selma, May 20th-21st. Open to children ages 8-17, the Annual ...

Memo Gidley, in the #42 Team Sahlens Mazda RX-8 with co-driver Wayne Nonnamaker, started the weekend in Birmingham's picturesque Barber Motorsports Park in strong fashion. Gidley would run third in the final practice session of this past weekends' Porsche 250 before his co-driver would qualify the car in a very strong fourth starting position for the race. Nonnamaker would hold onto his Top-5 position for much of his stint before turning the wheel over to driving talents of Gidley. The tandem would encounter some mid race issues that forced them to finish outside of the ...

Tekon, a southern California manufacturer of cleaning and protective surface products has announced on its online store that customers can receive free shipping on purchases of $99 or more. Tekon CEO, Tony Suarez stated: With the arrival of spring, many homeowners will be turning their attention to spring cleaning and other household related activities. To assist in the financial outlay of those related activities, Tekon has decided to extend free shipping to many of it's customers who buy in excess of $99. Early results seem to indicate that such a generous offer is ...

R&B's newest sensation, RC is set to release his debut album titled 'Pleasure King' in stores on May 10, 2011. The album was released worldwide for digital download on April 12, 2011. The album is currently available on iTunes, Amazon, and similar vendors. The North Carolina native, RC is gearing up to blaze the charts with his smooth, soulful debut. Ralph 'RC' Condit started singing when he was just 3 years old and his efforts are finally paying off with the release of his new LP. RC has previously worked with Harvey Fuqua from Motown Records and has now teamed up with ...

Manchester based, Veteran Awareness Coalition is hosting a Launch Event at Murphy's Taproom Saturday, May 21 from 2-8pm for veterans, family members, friends and those in the community interested in supporting soldiers that have served. This event will raise awareness and temporary assistance for local veterans struggling with disability, homelessness, unemployment and "invisible wounds," such as depression, post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries. "73% of veterans in NH are wartime veterans," said Veteran Awareness Coalition Co-Founder and President, Paul Roy, ...

SEO company Ajax Union is just over four years old, but in that time the agency's has grown from a handful of employees to a thriving staff of 30. Owing mostly to an influx of new clients, the company's founders have relished the opportunity to tweak Ajax Union's inner workings, creating new departments and enhancing existing services. "Our clientele has gotten quite large, and in turn we've observed and fulfilled the need for new staffing. It's really exciting for those of us who were here from the very beginning, to see how much the company's grown since 2007. We ...

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has honored M S Benbow & Associates (MSB) as 2010 Passenger Services Corporate Partner of the Year for the successful management of a multi-year expansion project to achieve superior cellular coverage at DFW. One of the busiest airports in the world, DFW served more than 57 million travelers in 2010. Wireless technology continues to evolve, and DFW in conjunction with the major wireless cellular carriers embarked on an airport-wide Distributed Antenna System (DAS) upgrade in 2009. The upgrade to the system now provides ...

"Times they are a-changin'" - and we better get ready for it. There are two kinds of business people today; those that are going to dominate their market and those that need to simply get out of the way. Today's market requires a militant, disciplined strategy, to not only survive but to THRIVE. This month's Boot Camp will be focusing on strategies to help you take over your desired target market. We are serious about helping our Boot Campers learn the fundamentals and the cutting edge strategies to WIN. Whether you like it or not, you are in a military-type conflict ...

Beverly Flaxington is an accomplished consultant, Certified Hypnotist, Certified Hypnosis Trainer, Reiki Master Attunement Practitioner, Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst and Certified Professional Values Analyst. Bev has a depth of experience coaching individuals to communicate more effectively personally and professionally. In 1995 she co-founded The Collaborative a sales and marketing consultancy. Beverly is an adjunct professor at Suffolk University. Her newest book, "Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior" won the gold award from Readers ...

G Data Software, one of the world's first antivirus providers, has achieved a VB100 award in the latest comparative review from Virus Bulletin, the leading specialist publication in the field of malware and spam. Virus Bulletin's approach is unique in that it carries out independent comparative testing of anti-virus products, does not allow re-testing and reports performances exactly as they are found. In its reviews, Virus Bulletin looks at a product's scanning speeds, RAM and CPU consumption, impact on standard activities and detection rates. Virus Bulletin's April ...

iVision Mobile's Industry-leading private label mobile marketing software is now available as a LITE version for only $325 per month with a 12 month contract commitment. The LITE version includes all of the text messaging solutions in the full reseller license including iMessenger, Text Reminder System, Text to Screen and Drop & Go messaging systems. The LITE reseller license is perfect for new businesses that are just getting started and supports up to 5 user accounts and 25 keywords. Users can upgrade to the full license at any time which includes unlimited user accounts ...

The Don Barnhart Comedy Show features the top headlining comedians that you've seen on Comedy Central, MTV, HBO, Leno, Conan, Letterman, BET and more along with a rotating cast of special guest sets that are the next generation of comedy superstars Don's goal is to make his show a home for Vegas' growing comedy community and to help showcase their talents. There will be specials guest performers dropping in all the time and when Barnhart is on the road, he'll feature a special guest headliner to fill in for him. The Clarion Hotel (formerly Greek Isles) is located ...

CommCore Consulting Group announced that it has joined forces with Reputation Garage LLC to develop and run executive management teams through new programs that improve reputational performance and guard against costly blunders. The programs take a proactive approach that is both more preventative and hands on than traditional crisis planning. The service combines brand reputation planning, risk management, and strategic crisis communications. "The CEOs and management teams we work with are coming to recognize that ensuring reputational performance is an issue requiring ...

HarborLink Network Ltd, a leading operator of public Wi-Fi networks in North America partners with JiWire, the leading location-based media company reaching the on-the-go audience. JiWire, which already has partnerships with over 40 leading Wi-Fi networks in the US and Europe will now target more on-the-go users in the U.S. at HarborLink locations, including several national restaurant chains, retail locations, universities, convenience stores, municipal WiFi locations, convention centers and other premium Wi-Fi venues. At HarborLink locations, JiWire will soon offer ...

"I am honored and humbled," said Freimann. Freimann is a long-standing member of the Cancer Committee at Presbyterian Hospital (PIH) having served as chairman for several years and as a member of the Medical Executive Committee. He has also served as past chairman of the departments of Medicine at PIH and Whittier Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Freimann is triple-board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology. "The recognition is wonderful and it only adds to the responsibility. We work very hard at the Institute to provide compassionate care using ...

Studio Pepwuper (pronounced Pep-Wu-Per) announces a special update to promote Earth Day for its iPhone/iPad game "Three Trees", a popular environmental puzzle game for the whole family on Apple iTunes App Store. In this special Earth Day update, the game will introduce Earth Day to all its players from the main screen. Players can go on to learn more and donate to the Earth Day Organization by going to their website directly from the game. "Three Trees is a game where players, young and old, learn the importance of balancing nature through the simple game mechanism", ...

Open2America, a communications and media relations firm with an international reach, celebrates its five year anniversary in the Calgary office. The agency, which boasts offices in Europe and China, supports local business looking to integrate campaigns in their own backyard and beyond. Details Skilled at implementing customizable programs, Open2America caters to companies focusing on the US and Canada, with participation at key tradeshows such as CES, CTIA, PMA and the NYIGF. The agency's strength includes providing a local approach to international communication ...