Continuing to demonstrate their commitment to environmental education and advocacy, Miss Earth Florida 2010 Kelly Saks and Miss Teen Earth Florida 2010 Brittney Ronda have begun their Earth Day tour. Kicking-off Earth Month, Saks and Ronda along with the City of Miami Mayor Tomas P. Regalado supported Earth Hour by dimming the city lights at Miami City Hall on March 26. Following Earth Hour celebration began a series of green and charitable events across the State. Saks, 24, and Ronda, 15, are part of an international system of beauty pageants - Miss Earth - dedicated ...

Open-Xchange, a supplier of open source business-class email and groupware, today announced additional usability enhancements and flexibility, plus enhanced mobile support for smartphones. Open-Xchange users can now choose whether new windows open in a new tab or in a new browser pop-up screen. A new space-saving compact panel is especially useful for tablet users and for those using Open-Xchange on smaller screens. The latest Open-Xchange webmail start page is redesigned with greater flexibility to give users the option to select which modules to display. And, it's ...

USA Dry Van Logistics LLC, a national provider of asset based transportation and third party logistics specializing in cross border shipments between Mexico and the United States, today announced the appointment of Jay Johnson as its Chief Financial Officer. Johnson has joined the company with 20 years of financial and accounting experience, primarily in the transportation and logistics industry. Jay has a specialization in financial management of rapid growth companies. Jay's industry specific experience includes CF Holding, Orbis Transportation, R.E. Garrison Trucking, ...

Trained, high-quality science and math teachers have a direct impact on the ability of America's students to compete internationally in these fields now and in the future. Drexel University's School of Education and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology proudly announce a new teacher certification program for individuals who have earned their undergraduate degree and now have an interest in teaching at the middle or high school levels. Offered at Harrisburg University's state-of-the-art Academic Center, the Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification is designed ...

Ecreativeworks offers content syndication as one of its many website design and development services. Their content syndication service provides a simple, effective solution for online catalog management and maintenance. For manufacturers, businesses with multiple divisions, and online stores with specific product lines, Ecreativeworks' content syndication program is a time- and money-saving way to keep your online product and service information accurate and up to date. Printed catalogs are expensive to create and distribute, and quickly become obsolete. Maintaining ...

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, a leader in fresh, unique and award-winning sandwiches, recognized the franchisees, vendors and team members that make its 35 years of continued success possible at its Third Annual Capriotti's Franchisee Convention. Held earlier this month, multiple award winners were presented by Ashley Morris, President and Chief Executive Officer at the closing banquet dinner. Excellence was recognized in 15 different categories. Capriotti's recognized Superior Submarines, Inc.'s Paradise location in Las Vegas as "Restaurant of the Year" for cleanliness, ...

When the clock winds down on the average professional athlete's five-year career, often, their prosperous earning potential also comes to an abrupt halt. But unlike business professionals that have the benefit of lifelong education and career path guidance, these athletes often lack the direction necessary to continue their success once they've left the playing field. Enter the Professional Athlete Franchise Initiative (PAFI), which aims to fill this void by providing education and support for twilight year and retired athletes interested in exploring business ownership ...

With Spring, comes the official start of "moving season," the months during which most people who are relocating chose to do so. When moving to a new residence, storage units can prove necessary for the protection of one's belongings and sanity. Since 1991, Proguard Storage has been opening and managing Texas storage units, offering customers a place to safely and securely store excess furniture, appliances, clothing, and more. "Spring is the busiest moving season. Putting items in climate controlled storage while in the process of moving can protect belongings and make ...

Animal lovers, wine aficionados, community members and those looking for fun will sample assorted fine vintages and fetch silent auction bargains while raising funds and awareness for homeless German Shepherds at Wines, Woofs and Wishes III - A Celebration of Compassion, set for Sunday, April 3, at L'Opera Ristorante at 101 Pine Avenue in Long Beach from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. All proceeds will benefit German Shephard Rescue of Orange County, a non-profit organization that rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes purebred German Shepherd dogs in the greater Los Angeles area. Tickets ...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Texas announced today that Windell Middlebrooks, television star and celebrity, will serve as Honorary Chairman at their 5th Annual Golf Tournament on April 28, 2011 at Frisco Lakes Golf Course, Frisco, Texas. "We are thrilled that Windell is going to be our Honorary Chairman for the Tournament", said Babs Troutman, President and Chief Professional Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Texas. "With Windell in attendance I know our golfers and sponsors are going to have an entertaining time getting to meet and greet ...

Total Quality Logistics (TQL) is proud to announce that it is a Cincinnati Business Courier 2011 Fast 55 award winner. Fast 55 award recognition is given to Greater Cincinnati's fastest growing privately held companies. This is the seventh consecutive year that TQL has been recognized with this award. The Cincinnati Business Courier, along with sponsors Time Warner Cable, United Healthcare and Lexus RiverCenter, will be honoring Cincinnati's Fast 55 award winners during a luncheon held June 9, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati. TQL has averaged 31% year over year ...

Mosaic Community Services, an affiliate of The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation, has chosen Serenic Navigator as their financial management software and Serenic AwardVision for grant management. AVF Consulting, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and leading Serenic partner, will provide the implementation and consulting services. Mosaic Community Services is a licensed residential rehabilitation provider and provides behavioral health services at locations throughout Baltimore County, Carroll County, and Baltimore City, Maryland. In addition to being a residential ...

BKD Technologies is pleased to present an informative webinar to help Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 users become more familiar with Business Insights Explorer. Join BKD for this free webinar on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, from 10-11 a.m. Central time. Attending organizations will learn how Business Insights Explorer can help them gain insight into top-selling executives and what their biggest customers are buying. Find out how Business Insights Explorer helps businesses turn data into actionable knowledge, receive key business information quickly, share findings with others in ...

The Doctors include: Anthony G. Alessi, MD, MMM, Healthy Rounds, Anthony G. Alessi, MD, MMM, Healthy Rounds, is in private practice in Norwich, CT, specializing in neurology, electrodiagnostic medicine and sports neurology. He is medical director of the William W. Backus Hospital Stroke Center and writes a "Healthy Sports" syndicated column for the Norwich Bulletin. Dr. Alessi is host of "Neuro Frontiers" on Reach MD XM 160 and "Healthy Rounds" syndicated through WTIC 1080, the Hartford CBS affiliate. His book, "Healthy Sports: A Doctor's Lessons for a Winning Lifestyle," ...

Eco-story, a leader in LED lighting solutions, today announced its partnership with Ansara Restaurant Group, one of Red Robin International's largest franchise organizations. The project involved the installation of approximately 3,500 Eco-story LED lamps and is expected to achieve more than 1 million kilowatt hours of savings annually, which translates into more than $117,000 saved in utility costs per year. In addition, the switch to Eco-story's LED lights will save about 524 tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is equivalent to removing about 100 cars from the road ...

Terry Myrick has much to sing about in his new studio recording. A veteran in the music industry, Myrick has a range that's one of a kind. Soaring from baritone to soprano, Terry Myrick has mastered his unique gift. He has won the famed Apollo Amateur Night and had the opportunity to showcase his talents on Off-Broadway stages in musicals like "Mama, I Want To Sing" as well as in numerous churches. He's sung on stages with gospel greats like the late Bishop Walter Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins, Edwin Hawkins, Shirley Caesar and Commissioned. It's his amazing vocal talents that ...

Sam Quinones, a Los Angeles Times reporter, storyteller, and author of two creative nonfiction books about Mexico and Mexican immigration, will host a two-hour writing workshop entitled, "Tell Your True Tale." Quinones will discuss his bold brand of reporting, including embedding with Mexican gangs, migrant farm workers and drag queens to tell the story of their lives. He will also teach you how to effectively tell your stories. Tell Your True Tale Writers' Workshop Held at the Kavarna Cafe, 707 East Lake Drive, Decatur, on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 beginning at 8:00 ...

CardiaLen, Inc., a medical device company focused on providing pain-free internal cardioversion therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) with a low-energy implantable atrial cardioverter plus pacing device, received $735,000 in funding from Broadview Ventures, Inc. (broadviewventures.org). The financing will be used as working capital and will help fund the completion of CardiLen's preclinical animal studies in atrial fibrillation as well as finalize the development of the company's external low-energy pain-free atrial cardioversion device to be used in First-in-Man studies. ...

Flexera Software, one of the world's leading providers of application and software solutions, have announced their attendance at the 3rd Cloud Computing World Forum, taking place on the 21st and 22nd June at Olympia, London. As gold sponsors of the show, the company will have a presence both as an exhibitor and speaker in the forum's Approach Theatre. Richard Northing, Senior Vice President of Global Services will be presenting a twenty minute session discussing License Enforcement, while other insightful debates are expected to focus around how to understand your cloud ...

Kris Tualla, award winning author of the Hansen series of historical romance novels, announces that she will be appearing at the 2011 RT Booklovers Convention in Los Angeles. In the historical romance genre, Scotland has always held the upper hand in regards to popular story lines. For many years, novels featuring Scottish themes have been devoured by the reading public. One writer, Kris Tualla, feels that this popular theme has been overwritten and is offering something new, fresh and exciting to the loyal readers of historical romance. "In the historical romance ...

Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, the area's premiere full-service educational facility, recently announced the launch of its new "Reading is Basic Program." Currently, the company services over 150 Title I students from the Red Clay, Colonial, Brandywine, Smyrna, and Appoquinimink school districts for supplemental instruction. Back to Basics will make over 500 age-appropriate books available to Title I students. Back to Basics' teachers will distribute 2-3 books per student, which they can take home and keep. "Since March is National Reading Month we felt that this ...

MetaCommunications (http://www.metacommunications.com) today has made its software products available free of charge to any student, educator, or educational institution residing in Iowa. Graphic Communications, Marketing, Business, and Computer Science students and educators may register and download their choice of MetaCommunications' project management, graphic design, and database development software. "Our goal is to assist educators of Iowa in graduating students that have hands-on experience and practical usage of real world professional software tools used everyday ...

TargetGov is expanding and moving their offices to allow for more staff and larger quarters at the award-winning NeoTech Incubator in Howard County. The move was necessary due to TargetGov's growth in business serving the federal contractor market. ""We have built a solid reputation and our client base has steadily increased through the years" said Gloria Larkin, TargetGov president. "The NeoTech Center offers wonderful amenities, conference rooms, meeting space and a dynamic business environment that is a perfect fit for our work." The NeoTech Incubator is an award-winning ...

The Grand Rapids Symphony welcomes pianist Jim Brickman for a single performance on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall. With six Gold and Platinum albums to his credit, Brickman will perform with the Grammy -nominated Symphony to present an evening of popular romantic piano and orchestral music. Brickman, who has collaborated with many gifted musical artists, has been said to revolutionize the sound of solo piano with his pop-style instrumentals. The concert is part of the SymphonicBoom series, which is designed to bring world-class entertainers ...

Toyota announced Wednesday that some of its plants will remain idle as demand for parts by US manufacturers are left unmet due to extended production halts made at the company's factories in Japan. Honda and other major electronic firms like Sony and Lenovo are having similar production problems due to a shortage of raw materials, components and power caused by the massive earthquake in Japan last March 11. Japan, being the world's largest supplier of silicon used to make semiconductor chips, is creating a global impact on major manufacturers of professional equipment ...