Funeral Futurist, Robin Heppell offered two approved, Internet-related, funeral home focused continuing education programs in July 2010. The courses were well attended by members all across North America and more than 150 continuing education credits were awarded to attendees. A general feeling was that Live Online events are convenient for attendees especially in the busy times funeral professional find themselves in. http://www.FuneralDirectorCEUs.com Heppell offers two 3 hour sessions namely, Social Media & Funeral Service: Making Sense of Facebook, Twitter and ...

Gibraltar Homes is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement agreement with lender BBT in regard to property owned at the prestigious Legends Bay at IMG Academies. Gibraltar currently owns nine lots in the northwest Bradenton community, financed by lender BBT. After a period of negotiation, Gibraltar and the bank have agreed on confidential terms that will allow the company to proceed with plans to sell homes and homesite packages at attractive prices and make a reasonable profit. "This agreement creates a win-win situation for everyone involved," said ...

The world's largest independent music network, likeZEBRA.com, begins the New Year with a new lineup of featured artists signed by leading independent rock label, Victory Records. By spotlighting a new band or artist each week, the website aims to inspire the growth of the independent release of music. This year likeZEBRA will not only provide fans exclusive access to talented artists, they will also highlight a record label each month which shares the same ideals of grassroots and DIY growth. Chicago-based Victory Records kicks off 2011 as likeZEBRA's first "Label Takeover" ...

Pardee Homes (www.pardeehomes.com) has donated $2,500 to the Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House after holding a charitable campaign on Facebook tied to their popular LivingSmart Homes in the Inland Empire. For every fan, new or old, who 'liked' LivingSmart Homes the company donated $2 to the Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House, one of 11 Ronald McDonald House Charities in California. "The Ronald McDonald House serves as a home away from home for families of seriously ill children who are undergoing treatment at nearby hospitals," said Dee Feldmeir, executive director of Loma ...

Mark Shafer, Director of Bank of America's in-house agency, Enterprise Creative Solutions, has been selected as IHAF's new Chairman of the Board. As Chairman, Shafer will provide guidance to the IHAF program team and leadership to the Board of Directors—influencing the direction that IHAF takes over the next two years. In addition to Bank of America, IHAF's 2011 Board of Directors is comprised of in-house agency leaders from Blue Cross Blue Shield, CVS, Discovery Communications, Fidelity, FM Global, MFS Investment Management and Putnam Retail Management. "It's clear ...

Canada Credit Fix declares today that they are looking to expand southwards into the United States, by enlisting a new partner in the credit repair fight. Today, Canada Credit Fix announced their intention to make a merge services with one of America's most reputable and respected credit repair and restoration agencies. This strategic partnership is a unique move allowing Canada Credit Fix to stretch their service into the United States simply by joining with the American agency based out of Texas. This is one of the first major attempts into creating a North American ...

The Pet Care Trust is pleased to announce that they have awarded a grant of $5,000 to Children's Hospital Boston, in support of the pediatric hospital's dog visitation program. The grant will support the research project entitled, "Parent and Child Perspectives on Dog Visitation in a Pediatric Hospital," providing much needed funding for completion of the project. The project follows the Pet Care Trust's mission: the value of companion pets, the human animal bond, and support companion animal programs. The dog visitation program has been operating successfully at Children's ...

Prototype Today announced additions to their prototyping and manufacturing interactive website: PrototypeToday.com. The site offers a source of trusted information and resources for professionals to stay up-to-date on the most relevant industry information. Prototype Today officially went online in beta form on November, 1st 2010 and is receiving a positive response from companies in the industry. Prototype Today's goal is to offer a centralized database of information and content for a vast audience, from service bureau owners to garage inventors. One of the most popular ...

NFC, Inc., a specialized consulting service, today announced the launch of http://www.whatsthepotential.com aimed at aspiring entrepreneurs who invest $20.00 and within 48 hours receive an expert opinion on the potential of their business idea. "whatsthepotential.com is designed to provide an expert opinion on the potential of any business idea" says Steve Ruttenberg, President, NFC, Inc. The site also offers powerful one-on-one advice and consultation from industry experts who themselves have made millions from the expansion of their own unique business ideas. Whatsthepotential.com ...

The RailsBridge Open Workshop project, which teaches web application development to both programmers and non-programmers, is announcing eight more of its popular free workshops for women in 2011. The project, which has trained almost 600 people, nearly 500 of them women, in five cities in the past year and a half, is gaining speed in 2011. RailsBridge has planned eight workshops so far, mostly in San Francisco, but branching out to the north bay, as well as Chicago and Seattle. The target audience is anyone who has a laptop computer and is willing to devote a Friday ...

Dr. Christine Mestemacher has been selected by the Best Doctors organization as one of the top doctors in her specialty in the Memphis/Shelby County area. Established in 1989, Best Doctors bases its lists on surveys of local physicians. Best Doctors is based in Boston, MA, and was founded by physicians affiliated with the Harvard Medical School to provide expert medical consultation services. Best Doctors provides its services globally to more than 20 million people, serving large employers, insurance plans, government, and other groups in more than 30 countries. ...

Sunnking (www.sunnking.com), an electronics recycling company which services Upstate NY, hosted its latest electronics recycling event in East Aurora, NY on Saturday, January 15 from 10am-2pm in the parking lot of Nativity Lutheran Church.  The event was hosted in conjunction with the East Aurora Rotary Club, and over twenty volunteers from the club showed up to help collect electronic scrap from local residents and businesses. Despite the cold weather, the event hauled in 12,348 lbs. of old/broken electronics including 50 TV's, 67 monitors, 69 PC's, and 21 laptops.  ...

Tube Toolbox is software that you download and run on your computer. It automates your daily marketing tasks, which allows you to reach up to 100x more YouTube users than you could on your own. Tube Toolbox can run in the background while you work on other projects or even while you sleep. The process of using Tube Toolbox is broken up into two steps: Step 1: Gathering Users Target your Audience The first step is to find people on YouTube who you believe would be interested in your YouTube Channel or Video. Tube Toolbox has many features to help you find and target ...

Donald McNeill will be on hand at BlogTalkRadio's educational program EduTalk at 10 a.m. to give advice to would-be education and entertainment entrepreneurs. Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edutalk or visit the show's archives on the web radio-blog at http://www.educationtalkradio.wordpress.com. "BlogTalkRadio is the largest and fastest-growing social radio network on the Internet and has millions of listeners tuning in and joining the conversation each month," says McNeill. "I am thrilled to be invited to share my experience with the listeners of EduTalk." McNeill ...

Dr. Toni Kutchan, Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a recipient of the Fellows Award which recognizes a distinguished individual for outstanding achievement in science from the St. Louis Academy of Science. Kutchan will be presented her award on April 13th by the St. Louis scientific community and the Academy's Board of Trustees during the 17th annual Academy of Science-St. Louis Awards dinner. Since its inception, the Academy has promoted the recognition of the impressive scientists of St. Louis. This tradition continues ...

Virtualization will come under the spotlight at the Cloud Computing World Forum Middle East & Africa (www.cloudcomputinglive.com/mea) taking place at The Grand Millennium Hotel, Dubai on the 9th March, 2011. The one day conference will include sessions such as; virtualization and storage through the transition to the private cloud concept, and, cloud and virtualization projects in an academic environment. The agenda will also include a number of high-profile case studies presenting how the cloud has worked for them, how it has been integrated and the strengths and ...

Every year, well known marketing expert and business entrepreneur, Terri Levine, hosts a seminar for small business owners, with all proceeds going to charity, specifically, RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome). This year the seminar topic is: Disciplines of Thriving Entrepreneurs, in which she will be teaching entrepreneurs and business owners how to be one of the 5% who succeed in their businesses, and it will be held Friday February, 25th in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Terri Levine is known as the Business Growth Guru and is President of Comprehensive Coaching ...

Gina Van Luven, author of 'I'd Rather Scrub Toilets Than Cook' will be hosting 'Get Healthy - Stay Healthy', a six week program beginning February 1, 2011, at Park City Yoga Studio in Park City UT. The program will be held from 7 pm to 8 pm on February 1, February 8, February 14, March 1, March 8 and March 15, 2011. Participants in the program will learn: * Which foods and lifestyle are best for your unique self * To create healthy habits that are long-lasting * How to increase energy levels "naturally" * How lifestyle can affect digestion and metabolism * How ...

The Orpington branch is the second in a series of new generation branches which Plumb Center will open over the coming months, all of which boast working renewable technology displays, bathroom showrooms, a vast array of water efficient products and importantly fully equipped training facilities. Jo Johnson says, "Earlier today I was very proud to open the Orpington branch of Plumb Center- which I understand will be one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Plumb Center will bring a terrific contribution to Orpington - it is an excellent provider of local jobs, a showcase ...

Safe in the knowledge that if the insured event occurs the outstanding balance owed to the Bank will be paid by the insurer. Uniastrum Bank is offering cardholders with planned overdrafts voluntary life, health and accident insurance, as well as a wider program including unemployment cover. For some years now Uniastrum has operated a special insurance scheme for cardholders travelling abroad. The insurance programs are open to all new and existing cardholders and can be obtained at any Uniastrum branch nationwide. The voluntary insurance programs are designed to protect ...

The Blue Ridge Mountains has a new private residence club, The Mountainside Club just outside of Ashville North Carolina. Beginning in the Spring of 2011, The Mountainside Club at Wolf Laurel Country Club & Resort will offer families, dreaming of owning a luxury mountain vacation home, access to Western North Carolina's most unique private community and newest private residence club, at a fraction of the price. You will find The Mountainside Club is located just 30 minutes north of Asheville inside the gates of Wolf Laurel Country Club & Resort featuring a beautiful ...

Plans underway for the American Cancer Society With an enthusiastic committee revved up and planning the South Palm Beach Unit American Cancer Society's Amore Gala on Saturday, April 9, 2011, guests can look forward to exciting evening of entertainment, dancing, fine dining, and silent and live auctions. Starting at 6:30 p.m., the fundraiser will be held at the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, 2425 Maya Palm Drive West in Boca Raton, Florida. "This will be one of the most exciting galas of the year in the southern part of the county," said Karen Lynne Asher, gala ...

Citrin Cooperman, a leading accounting and business consulting firm, announced today that Salvatore Leone, a director in the firm's Construction Industry Services practice, earned the Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional designation. The certification places him among an elite group of construction industry professionals. The certification is granted to financial professionals who have demonstrated at least 4,000 hours of financial experience in the construction industry over the last five years, and passed a rigorous finance and accounting-based examination. ...

Alex Lyon and Son is preparing for its largest auction of the year and notably one of the largest Kissimmee auctions to date. With a large number of predicted attendees and a live webcast feature that welcomes bidders from around the world, this is sure to be an auction that you do not want to miss. The nine-day auction will begin January 29, 2011 and feature over 10,000 lots of heavy equipment from over seventy different manufacturers. In addition to the large variety of new and used equipment being auctioned at competitive prices, the event will provide a carnival ...

Niche Retail LLC, an industry leader in providing world-class eCommerce solutions, announces the launch of its new website. Through interactive features and a content-rich approach, the new [NicheRetail.com] tells the story of where the company comes from, and where it is taking leading national and international brands. "The new website showcases the work we do with our partners. It also provides a place to express our "Niche" perspective on retail, eCommerce and technology trends," said Niche Retail President Jeff Grice. "We have completely revamped our service ...