SoftTouch, a leading restaurant point of sale (POS) software developer, has hired Ariana Toro as Director of Business Development. With more than seven years of experience in the Marketing, Public Relations and Communication industry, Toro will support the company's growth in the restaurant and hospitality market, overseeing new customer relationships, while maintaining organic growth within the existing SoftTouch Reseller Network. She will also be responsible for all facets of the company's marketing initiatives, media relations and social media campaigns. "We are ...

Sheila Jacobs, personal finance expert, Certified Financial Planner and CEO of Life & Money Consulting, recently published her first children's book Jake Saves the Day. The book focuses on teaching children to share and save for the future. Though the topic is serious, families will enjoy following a loveable pig, Jake, Farmer George and their barnyard friends as they embark on everyday adventures that will teach readers valuable life lessons. According to Jacobs, also author of Life & Money, a personal financial management workbook and guide, "It's important to educate ...

Check Up Athletic Wear will present the WBA Foundation's 8th Annual Historical Black College All-Star Classic [HBCAC] on Saturday, April 23rd, at the Columbus Civic Center. The top-24 basketball stars of Historical Black Colleges and Universities from across the country will showcase their skills for thousands of fans, as well as NBA and international scouts. Additionally, there will be a drum line exhibition and High School All-Star game featuring the areas most promising hoop stars. Player participation and tickets info can be found online at http://www.HBCALLSTARCLASSIC.com ...

Streaming live on the Co-Creator Radio Network on Tuesday, March 15, at 11 a.m. Pacific time/2 p.m. Eastern time, on her show "Why Shamanism Now?: A Practical Path to Authenticity," shaman and founder of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing Christina Pratt welcomes shamanic teacher Martha Lucier, who tells Pratt and listeners: "As I rekindle the indigenous spirit within myself, I connect to my sacred roots listening to the voices of the ancestors while honoring my connection to the web of life. As global citizens we are all one tribe indigenous to the earth. Let us ...

Valenti International will host a fundraising event, "Springtime at the Valenti Ranch", on Monday, March 28, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Valenti Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, to benefit The Pegasus Rising Project and the Rancho Santa Fe Rotary. Festivities will feature a variety of hand-selected wines, premium Kona coffee, appetizers, a jazz trio from Orchestra Nova San Diego and an opportunity drawing with proceeds benefitting these two non-profit organizations. Sponsored in part by Jet Methods, Smoot, Smoot, Sadrian and Hollan, TaylorMade , The Inn at Rancho ...

Hip Hop sensation EecMceE and Dance-Electro-Punk-hop favorite DJ Teenwolf (formerly of Ninja Sonik) have gotten into the studio together to bring forward a super-hype dance infused new single. It contains influences that can be found everywhere from The Black Eyed Peas to Kanye West and Far East Movement. With a catchy beat and hook, it screams "get on the dance floor now, let's kill this s*it!!" (Literally and figuratively) to listeners, and most will do exactly just that! Titled "Dat Thang", the single was released on all Amazon.com stores worldwide on March 5th 2010. ...

Yorkshire's skies were set alight for British Tourism Week after a giant Y was blasted onto an iconic coastal lighthouse. Welcome to Yorkshire lit up Scarborough lighthouse after celebrating a hugely successful start to tourism in the county in 2011. The official tourism agency for Yorkshire has pledged to build on its successes after being held up as a beacon of excellence for other parts of the country in the newly released Government Tourism Strategy. Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "The news from our members across the tourism industry ...

WebMedicPro, developer of WebMedicPro ePCR software for use by EMS professionals, has partnered with EDImIs Ambulance Billing Software to provide total integration of their systems. Technical integration of data sharing between the two software programs will provide WebMedicPro and EDImis Clients and other EMS professionals with a stream of field patient information into billing software in real-time, improving operation and collection. WebMedicPro offers an easy-to-use turnkey, field-ready EMS tablet (NejAut ) that operates as an ePCR for incident management and reporting. ...

EZ School Registration, the number one online school registration system, has been rebranded as Registration Gateway. The sophisticated, configurable technology helps schools all over the country save time and money--before, during and after the student registration process. The new name is a natural evolution of SRC Solutions' flagship product and reflects growing demand for expansion of the product. "Registration Gateway is the culmination of 10 years of working in the K-12 school market with scores of implementations and strong integration with many of the Student ...

Wyrick Robbins is pleased to announce that the firm was inducted recently into the Methodist Home for Children's Guardian Angel Society. The firm was honored for its pro bono work for Methodist Home for Children's acquisition of FACT Specialized Services LLC of Onslow County. The acquisition repositions Methodist Home for Children among health and human services providers by expanding its capacity to serve children with specialized residential and day treatment programs. Methodist Home for Children serves nearly 1,500 children and families each year through community-based ...

beruby.com, the International Cashback Company, added another feature to its online presence with the inclusion of a public profile. The use of a public profile is to encourage the sharing of information among users who seek to gain commissions through their visits, registrations and purchase of goods and services from partnering merchants. By incorporating the use of a public profile, all registered users on beruby can access various types of information such as, the date from when they registered (About me ...), the amount that each user had earned (Experience in beruby), ...

Holly Beck, professional surfer and environmental advocate, will be joining the WB Surf Camp team this summer. After dominating the NSSA National Women's circuit in her amateur career, she spent 10 years on the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) Women's World Tour traveling and competing with her peers. During her competitive years she was a media delight. Holly appeared on countless TV shows/networks including ESPN, MTV, and the WB's Boarding House: North Shore, as well as many magazine covers and environmental/sports news related websites. During this 14 day ...

The Chef's Academy (http://www.thechefsacademy.com), the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 108-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers more than 30 degree programs in five schools of study, has announced that Regional President Jayson M. Boyers has joined the North Carolina Hospitality Education Foundation (NC HEF). The nonprofit organization was established in 2003 by the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (NCRLA) to provide the resources necessary to build an educated, strong and committed workforce for the state's hospitality and ...

Mark Amir ( PT, DPT ), founder and president of Madison Physical and Occupational Therapy in Brooklyn, New York was featured recently in an Advance Magazine article on rehabilitating knee injuries. Entitled, "Solid Foundation," the article focused on knee injuries sustained through athletic participation. Advance is a leading publication covering physical therapy and rehab medicine. Amir, a highly regarded doctor of physical therapy, was interviewed for his insight into injuries of this nature, their causes and effective treatment. Madison Physical and Occupational; ...

Through challenging economic periods, returning to business fundamentals is often the answer. For Anthony Campisi, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Annodyne, Inc., solid business fundamentals have always been at the core of his nearly 10-year-old business, but what distinguished their success in 2010 was the company's ability to continue refining traditional principles in the ever-evolving digital age. Annodyne, one of the Mid-Atlantic region's leading digital marketing firms, has always kept ahead of the curve helping clients in a variety of industries including ...

Brooklyn charter bus service Monsey Tours recently showed its appreciation for its loyal riders by giving away a free iPod on the company Facebook page, available at http://www.facebook.com/MonseyBus. Over 200 people participated in the contest, which ran from Jan. 15 to Feb. 28. Many of the entrants hailed from Monsey and Brooklyn, two central locations on the company's commuter lines. "Monsey Tours often utilizes Facebook to communicate with our passengers about schedule changes and inclement weather. Naturally, we were excited to use this same platform to give back ...

Tracks (Autism), a Stevenage based early years centre for children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has achieved an Ofsted Outstanding award. The early years provider was highly praised by Ofsted for providing very specialised one to one support that enabled children with an ASD to start to realise their potential, an issue at the very heart of the Government's SEN Green Paper released this month. Tracks is one of just three such centres of its kind in the UK. "Our daughter Jasmine adores going Tracks," said Lisa Dutton, whose three year old daughter ...

Miles For Hope, Inc. will be hosting Moving Towards a Cure Brain Tumor Awareness Walk on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, CA. Approximately 400 supporters are registered to participate in the walk. Partial proceeds will go to the clinical trial vaccine for brain tumors at the Unversity of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) "We hold this awareness walk in 11 cities across the country," says Robert Gibbs, founder of Miles for Hope, Inc. and a brain tumor survivor. "These events allow us to fund clinical trials like the UCLA brain tumor vaccine." The vaccine, ...

Salon owners are finding demand returning for cosmetic services growing, and that is fueling a big move for salons to hire qualified, trained, customer oriented personnel, This may be true especially for eyelash professionals, and Certified Lashologist particular. Salon owners increasingly look to the Certified Lashologist as consultants helping direct clients to a broad array of additional, desirable, and profitable services. Like...botox. According to Executive Director of Lashologist Council of America, Ellie Malmin, "We may be in the very beginning of a jobs boom ...

Easter Seals salutes Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food and Reid's stores for raising a record $3.6 million during their annual Shop&Care for Easter Seals program. The four-week program ended March 8 with unprecedented results - $1 million more than last year. More than 30,000 individuals in 11 states will continue to receive help and hope from their local Easter Seals affiliates thanks to the funds raised during this campaign. "We celebrated our 20th Shop&Care anniversary year with Easter Seals in grand style," said Chris Blumenthal, corporate philanthropy manager ...

About Milan now has a new look. Yes, the original, practical tourist guide to Milan is just a click away and now has a brand new style. Besides being a rich source of information and useful tips about the history, culture, museums and monuments of Milan, it is also possible finding many information about events, markets and traditions of the city, telephone numbers and addresses of services such as restaurants, cafes, pubs, etc. About Milan now presents the total restyling of the website's section dedicated to Accommodation and Hotels in Milan in order to help users ...

Applications such as soldering, gluing, chemical handling and many others produce dust and fumes. These fumes (if inhaled) can be hazardous to health and can cause illnesses such as occupational asthma, rhinitis, headaches and nausea. Regulations such as COSHH, NIOSH, OSHA and others around the world stipulate that it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that workers are protected from hazardous substances such as solder fume, laser smoke, chemical vapour and many others. To protect workers from hazardous fumes and to help ensure the employer complies with ...

Leading mobile application and custom-software solutions developer Intellectsoft, Ltd. has just released WeatherGeek Pro - the first application ever to provide comprehensive numerical weather model data with the same complexity as that used by weather analysts and forecasting professionals. WeatherGeek Pro targets weather hobbyists, meteorological professionals and students. Covering the continental United States, Canada and Alaska, the application provides up-to-date weather maps from all the advanced models, like the Global Forecasting System, North American Mesoscale, ...

Infinite Dreams, award-winning mobile games publisher informed today about the release of "Sailboat Championship" which is now available in Apple's Mac App Store. The Mac OS version offers four amazing gameplay modes high-resolution eye-catching gorgeous 3D graphics, true to life physics and realistic sea sounds. Three game modes: - Classic Sailing – Participate in thrilling regattas and fast paced races against computer-controlled opponents. - Airplane Run - that's right! Use the tilt function of your device, fly an airplane and collect all the stars scattered ...

The combination of a rising population and chronic housing shortage means the Brazilian real estate sector has a lot to build. 23.1 million homes are needed by 2022, an investment in Brazil that runs to R$3.2 trillion. A recent study carried out by the Fundaçao Gertulio Vargas for the Sao Paulo Federation of Industry (Fespi) calculates there's a shortage of around 7.2 million properties in Brazil at the moment. Of the total 60.2 million homes, the authorities class 56.7 million as 'adequate', 3.5 million as substandard and the remaining 3.7 million are shared (several ...