The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society (POS) today hailed passage of House Bill 1, legislation that eliminates joint and several liability for any defendant found to be less than 60 percent liable for causing an injury. The bill passed the House of Representatives on a 112-88 vote. "HB 1 is a commonsense measure that maintains a person's right to collect damages while bringing fairness, balance, and stability to Pennsylvania's liability system," said Harry Schmaltz, MD, president POS. "This critical reform will help doctors in their roles as healthcare practitioners and ...

LiveVox Inc., the leading provider of cloud contact center solutions, today announced it was awarded the Technovation Award from the American Teleservices Association for its Secure VoIP Predictive Dialer. The ATA is a non-profit trade organization serving companies that use contact centers as an integral channel of their operations. Recipients of the Technovation award must demonstrate significant innovation and cultivate a focus on new product development for the contact center industry. LiveVox delivers integrated predictive dialer, ACD, IVR and call recording applications ...

Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) and Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC) supervising committee nominated thirty projects for the final round for "Best Technology Business Plan" awards, which aims at stimulating entrepreneurship and business innovation in Jordan. "Choosing the finalists wasn't as easy as expected; especially that most of them included new ideas and regional markets that made the qualification process take longer than expected," Farhan Kalaldeh, the Executive Director of QRCE said. He explained that qualified projects ...

Mining, mineral and metallurgical industries have seen tremendous growth all over the globe. Extraction of metals applying various technologies, including physical separation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, electrometallurgy and new ones from a wide range of complex raw materials generates a variety of tailings, effluents, generally classified as - wastes - and by products. Use of by-products and processing of wastes are rapidly gaining importance both on environmental concerns as well as for economic benefits. With new challenges facing the mining and mineral processing ...

"Any roofing company which is associated with Better Business Bureau (BBB) is automatically considered as a trustworthy organization which can provide quality services to its clients. Several of Baltimore roofing companies are BBB certified for their range of expertise," exclaims the spokesperson for BmoreRoofing.com. "A certified Baltimore roofer would appropriately advise you on the various factors to be taken into account for the repair or installation of your particular kind of a roof. They would also supply appropriate quotation with respect to the exact entire ...

Escape Velocity Systems (EVS), a Boulder, Colorado based ERP innovation group is proud to announce today that King's Hawaiian Bakery, the Torrance, California based company and the leading makers of Hawaiian Sweet Bread and top-selling branded dinner rolls, has selected EVS to provide them with the next generation of process manufacturing software designed specifically for today's commercial bakery manufacturers. The O2 Bakery ERP solution provides King's Hawaiian with a commercial bakery-specific manufacturing system that completely integrates with their existing Sage ...

Fetch! Pet Care has launched a Customer Loyalty Club, which provides exclusive rewards and valuable information to all its customers at no additional cost. The program automatically enrolls Fetch! customers into the Customer Loyalty Club, where they will now receive monthly newsletters containing valuable pet information, tips and exclusive offers from leaders in the pet industry. Initial club rewards are from four new Fetch! Pet Care partners, including Halo Pet Food, FURminator, Trupanion Pet Insurance, and SmartTag Pet ID and 24/7 Pet Recovery. The loyalty club ...

The Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ, Inc. (HBCSF) announces that $40,000 in scholarships and book stipends for current college and college-bound Hispanic students from New Jersey will be awarded on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the organization's 20th Annual Scholarship Gala, "Developing Future Leaders". The gala, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at The Estate at Florentine Gardens, 97 Rivervale Rd. in River Vale, New Jersey, is the nonprofit organization's major fund-raiser of the year for scholarship support. The evening includes a cocktail reception ...

TriBella, a Denver-based competitive amateur women's cycling team, announced that it has partnered with Ride for Reading, a national non-profit with a mission to promote literacy and healthy living to children from low-income neighborhoods through the distribution of books via bicycle. TriBella is asking for donations of new and used books to benefit Denver's Columbine Elementary School. The team will deliver between 500 and 1,000 books to the school on April 29. The team chose Columbine to be this year's recipient "due to the number of kids at Columbine that receive ...

BLACOH Fluid Control, Inc., a leader in industrial fluid control products, announced the company has expanded their presence in the Asia Pacific region with the appointment of Wayne Hungerford as representative. According to Blacoh president Andrew Yeghnazar, "Our goal is to provide local support for customers worldwide. With Wayne now based in Asia, we will be able to more effectively meet the needs of both existing and new customers across this vast region." Mr. Hungerford has extensive experience in the fluid handling industry throughout Oceania, Southeast and ...

Redfish Technology, Inc. announced today the hiring of Andy Nacsin as Director of Development. Mr. Nacsin is a veteran executive recruiter, with extensive ties in the high tech sector across the nation. "We are excited to be working with Andy again. He has valuable relationships, and an incredible ability to build and manage partnerships, both of which will be leveraged in his new role as Director of Development," said Rob Reeves, CEO/President of Redfish Technology. "Hiring Andy into this role is part of our commitment to greater participation and partnerships in the High ...

On April 30, 2011, in celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Alpha Gamma Chapter at Morgan State University, the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will return from all over the country, gathering to participate with the national Sister Soldier Project in a very special Packing Party event for our Sister Soldiers overseas. The women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and friends will pack and ship 500 boxes to our "Sister Soldiers" overseas, containing ethnic hair care products, products unavailable to the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airwomen through normal ...

Association professionals at the NiUG (National iMIS Users Group) International Conference were introduced to new mobile learning technologies in Chicago today as representatives from Digitec Interactive demonstrated the newly released version 5.0 of the Knowledge Direct Learning Management System (LMS). The latest feature set included in the Knowledge Direct Learning Management System enables LMS administrators to create interactive eLearning courses from PowerPoint once and sit back as the built-in content authoring tool creates versions of the course for the web, smartphones, ...

The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run a program of 10 lean management workshops June 14-16, 2011, in Pittsburgh, PA, on how to implement lean tools and management methods in manufacturing and service processes. The workshops, which will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, will cover value-stream mapping, strategy deployment, using A3 management reports, basic lean production principles, and more advanced concepts. For details about course content, instructors, discounts, and how to register call 617- 871-2900 ...

All landscapes are constantly changing through the action of both natural and human influences; landscape therefore continues to offer boundless opportunities for artistic expression. In this exhibition contemporary artists of the landscape re-interpret the fascinating, ever-changing British landscape with artistic responses as diverse as the landscape itself. The exhibition is a completely pleasurable blend of insights into the British landscape, from the coast of Cornwall to the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, from the Dorset coast to the Derbyshire Dales and beyond, ...

It started in concept as a home furnishings store and evolved in execution to become the number one mattress store in the Pacific Northwest. Sleep Country USA (www.sleepcountry.com) today marked the celebration of its 20th year in business, boasting 75 stores and 350 employees. Founded in 1991 by Sunny Kobe Cook and Bob Cook, Sleep Country USA opened with approximately eight stores and 25 employees. Early stores were known for their unique interior design style that replicated the 'pretty' aesthetic found in furniture stores paired with a versatile selection of top name-brand ...

Whoever says, "You can't get anything for free." has not heard of Who's Your Brother (WYB). Members of WYB are receiving laptops, clothing, TV's and groceries just for the asking and with no strings attached. Bloggers can now reap the benefits of this wonderful charitable program too through their new ad program called the WYB Blog Network. Bloggers have expressed many concerns about other ad programs, hence the WYB Blog Network has been designed with many of their concerns in mind. The network gives more control over ad content to the Blogger. This way the Blogger's ...

ComplianceBridge, Inc., a provider of web-based policy and procedure management software announced an online event covering best practices and tips for improving policy and procedure management in organizations. Industry experts, Thomas Kay, CEO of Pinnacle Intertech Inc. and Bill Harrison, CEO of ComplianceBridge, will share best practices to effectively manage policies and procedures to protect your organization and its assets. Our guest speaker, Mr. Kay and his company are the forefront of IT Governance, SOX and IT compliance and they have tremendous experience in designing ...

CarInsuranceRates.com, one of the largest rate comparison sites for car insurance on the web, performed an analysis of auto insurance rates state by state as they relate to the rate of car insurance fraud. The study indicated that as the rate of claims fraud increases, so do car insurance rates. The correlation between the two variables suggests that carriers are passing on the cost of fraud to customers with higher rates. "The analysis we did shows an interesting link between the rates drivers in a state pay and how rampant claims fraud is in that state. States that ...

PersonalCashAdvance.com, one of the largest sources of cash loans on the web, is proud to welcome several new lenders to its affiliate referral network. PCA's network of lenders supplies the site's visitors with free quotes on cash advance loans. The new lenders were selected for their outstanding reputations for customer service and for their ability and willingness to offer entirely electronic payday loans. "The demand for various types of all-electronic cash advances is off the charts. Our visitors constantly inquire about the availability of no fax cash advances, ...

MEZZI, world-renowned aluminum case manufacturer, is offering a glimpse of a forthcoming hot new product before its arrival in early May. The company's new line of iPad cases (http://www.mezzi.com/iPad-Cases) will be available in three colors - black, pink and white. With an estimated 7+ million Apple iPads and iPad 2 sold in the first quarter of 2011 and 6+ million original iPads sold during past Christmas season, MEZZI finds the demand for protecting these devices is on the rise. "When consumers invest between $500 - $800 for a compact mobile device that fits so nicely ...

Founded in 1963, the Boston Ballet has become one of the leading dance companies in the world. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen and Executive Director Barry Hughson, the Company maintains an internationally acclaimed repertoire and the Boston Ballet School, the largest ballet school in North America. The Boston Ballet recently upgraded its audio system, including the installation of a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing console. Talamas Broadcast Equipment of Newton, Massachusetts provided the Soundcraft Vi1 console in time for the recent holiday production ...

PPT VISION introduces the IMPACT M500 Series of GigE compatible line scan cameras. The series includes twelve new cameras ranging from a 1024 pixel, 18.7 Khz model to a 2048 pixel, 29.2 Khz model; each with C or F mount lensing options and supporting multiple encoder configurations with direct digital inputs. The new M500 Series of line scan cameras can be used with the IMPACT M-Series Embedded Vision System to simply and reliably perform multiple machine vision inspections simultaneously. "PPT VISION has long offered a broad selection of IMPACT smart cameras and software, ...

BlueLinx Corporation ("BlueLinx") and Lakewood-based HomeSphere, Inc. announced today they have entered into a joint agreement to offer Georgia-Pacific vinyl siding and trim products to HomeSphere's network of builders using HomeSphere's technology-driven solutions. BlueLinx joins more than 75 manufacturing brands currently using HomeSphere's BRI lead generation and marketing program to produce new builder leads through our dealer network and strengthen existing business, thus growing their market share through increased homebuilder sales. "Our relationship with ...

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