December 14, 2010, New York, NY—18.3 million men and women ages 50 to 64 stand to benefit from provisions in the Affordable Care Act that expand access to affordable health insurance, assure that all health insurance provides a standard comprehensive benefit, prevent insurers from denying coverage or charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions, and eliminate lifetime and annual limits in health insurance policies, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report released today. Adults ages 50-64 are currently suffering the highest rates of longtime unemployment ...

Mad Hatter hat sales have remained strong despite Halloween having taken place over a month ago. This is the conclusion of a recent study completed by an online merchant of Halloween costumes. While more hats were sold in October than in any other month, people have continued to purchase top hats worn by the famous Mad Hatter from the Alice in Wonderland movie. Due in large part to the box office success of Tim Burton's recent version of the film, the Mad Hatter hat ( http://madhatterhats.net/ ) is becoming a popular item of clothing. "People are recognizing that the ...

James Prieto is the author of The Joy of Compassionate Connecting - The Way of Christ through Nonviolent Communication. His mission is to facilitate communication and contribute to deepening relationships between people, within groups and organizations, through the practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Nonviolent Communication, also known as Compassionate Communication, was created by famed American psychologist Marshall Rosenberg. It is a conversational framework that invites listening from the heart, encouraging a letting-go of outcomes and judgments for the ...

Lanner Group, the business process improvement specialist, today announces a new contract with URENCO Limited, the international uranium enrichment firm, to provide an integrated custom designed system, enabling the energy and technology group to plan decades ahead and deliver on long-term commitments. URENCO is in the process of upgrading its entire SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and technology. The company turned to Lanner Group when it found that it required a more specialist long-term operational and management system that would allow it to model ...

If it seems too difficult to find a personal and unique holiday gift for that special person, you will be surprised how easy it is to find that perfect gift for someone when you visit Sketch Maven. Sketch Maven is a marketplace where artists and collectors could buy and sell one-of-a-kind published original comic art, color guides and sketches. Original comic art are the original, one of a kind, pieces that were hand drawn by the comic book artist to create the final comic book. The audience for original comic art extends beyond comic collectors as it offers distinctive ...

In a recent survey of nearly 200 global financial consultants, almost 47.7 percent of respondents indicated that regional players are the predominant lender in their respective region. The poll was conducted during a webinar presented by Merrill DataSite, in association with mergermarket, called, "Driving the Comeback of M&A: A report examining the current and future M&A landscape." "An in-depth look at the original survey results reveals that respondents' answers vary by region," said Richard Martin, senior director of Merrill DataSite. "For example, a majority of respondents ...

Posts by Heather on Genxxl additional reading- Eating well can be confusing, especially when it seems we're assaulted every day with new super foods that are hard to pronounce and even harder on the pocketbook. What makes a food super? Super foods are nutrient dense while being sparse in calories. They have antioxidants in abundance and usually meet the RDA of a vital nutrient in a single serving. In short, they are some of the healthiest foods on the planet. You don't have to spend your entire paycheck on a recently discovered food from the Amazon to achieve vibrant ...

Chef Michael calls it the next step towards being an all around culinary personality. Social Media is zeitgeist. Being media savvy has always been one of chef Michael's strong points. Finding another media aperture which he can use to tell a culinary-related story was just a matter of time. Now Michael is announcing his new column on Examiner dot com. This column called "Cooking in Miami" is going to become a part of his next book that will be released this winter. His new book - "Culture of Cuisine" - will cover what it is like being a chef, the ideals a chef has ...

Warren Whitlock, author of Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online will speak during the Social Media is Action session of the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7th, 2011. "The social media revolution in business and marketing has just begun." Said Marketing Strategist Warren Whitlock. "We have seen large changes in technology and media over the past few years, but are only now beginning to see the impact on retail, distribution and manufacturing that will continue in the coming decade" Social Media ...

We may already have bit.ly, Tiny URL and goo.gl but a new service called mrs2.be has just been launched by Irish wedding website mrs2be.ie. The new URL shortener is a completely free service specifically branded towards the international wedding community although the company states that anybody is free to use it. A URL shortener takes a URL such as "http://www.mrs2be.ie/wedding-articles/all-wedding-speeches-etiquette-articles.html" and shortens it to something like "http://mrs2.be/44". Popular social media networks such as Twitter impose a character limit on each ...

Washington, D.C. (December 05, 2010) - On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, Foresight Publishing, LLC will debut How could my husband be GAY? The controversial non-fiction novel is the exciting work of two local authors - Ondrea L. Davis and J'son M. Lee. How could my husband be GAY? is an autobiographical look into the life of Ondrea L. Davis. On the outside, Ondrea's life is nothing short of a fairy tale. She has a dream home, the perfect husband and three beautiful children. Ondrea soon discovers that her husband, Marceous King, is not the man she thought she married. Exhausting ...

SDMP Records would like to congratulate Guitarist/producer Ian C. Bouras for making Music Connection's top 25 independent artists of 2010 for his most recent release, the critically acclaimed, "The Certainty Of Being Found". "The music is an unusual combination of diverse genres including reggae, jazz, new age, Spanish guitar, and wisps of impressionistic semi-classical...something a bit different for the discerning listener." --- Michael Diamond - Awareness Magazine "The Certainty Of Being Found" has Ian producing, playing guitar, keys, melodica, and mixing. Approaching ...

Neumann & Associates (http://neumannassociates.com), a well-known New Jersey business brokerage company, has announced a slight uptick in the number of existing business transfer deals this year, and a dramatic shift in the type of funding used to finance these deals. The number of businesses bought and sold has remained mostly stable during 2010. Approximately 1,117 U.S. small businesses were sold during the third quarter according to BizBuySell.com. The difference is that the seemingly easy access to funding from friends and family has slowed. "The majority of entrepreneurs, ...

Announcing the launch of Matchmyspirit fresh spiritual dating websites from the heart that fulfills the longing of the soul. This unique and special website unites spiritually oriented people globally for Socializing, Friendship, Romance and possible marriage. Labor Of Love The website is a labor of love founded by people who lead a spiritual and cosmopolitan life themselves and who recognize the need for a spiritually based dating/marriage website. After years of deep meditation, inner guidance, spiritual research, discussions with spiritual groups, spiritual communities ...

"Are You Prepared For This Winter ?" Your Thoughts Aired on public radio network" SHTFM Radio Show "SHTF Radio Show" gets you prepared for this up-coming winter time SUNDAY, December 18, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Morganton, NC " December 18, 2010 " The question "Are You Prepared For This Winter ?" will be the focus of "SHTFM Radio Show" (http://blogtalkradio.com/shtfm) with host Johnny Riz. on Sunday, December 12, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. The show will feature a panel of preparedness experts and welcome calls from listeners. 2010 Should be the year you start ...

Users looking for seasonal holiday cottage lets can now log onto the WhichCottage.com blog to find discounted cottages available to rent over the Christmas and New Year period and the early part of 2011. The blog can be found at http://www.whichcottage.com/news/. With many cottages being offered at discounts of several hundred pounds, the site offers families and couples a fun and cost-effective way to get away to Scotland. Veronica Murray-Poore of WhichCottage.com: "Christmas and New Year are fantastic opportunities to take advantage of holiday cottage lets,' ...

Welcome Beyond is happy to announce that Villa Mayana in Puntarenas, Costa Rica is now part of our selection of vacation properties worldwide. Villa Mayana is right on the Costanera (main coastal road), about 30 seconds away from the beach and about 5-10 minutes from either Uvita or Dominical with plenty of restaurants and shops. Everything is right there but once you enter the driveway you are surrounded by nature in your own private reserve. As Rick, the owner describes: ,The villa and its surroundings have a calming, peaceful atmosphere. It's a wonderful place ...

Ayr Racecourse has been voted Racecourse of the Year 2010 for Scotland and the North East of England by The Racegoers Club - the seventh consecutive year the course has won this coveted award. Ayr's great run began back in 2004, the first full year current owners Alan Macdonald and Richard Johnstone were in charge - and Scotland's premier track has won the award every year since. Huge improvements have taken place at the track over the past seven years, including the new GBP4.5 million Ayrshire Suite, the introduction of new fine dining restaurants including the Roman ...

Are You Ready For TV? is a new exhibition in Barcelona that looks into how art is affected when it is displayed on television. The show is taking place at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Macba), with guests at the cheap hotels Barcelona offers able to view the collection until April 25th 2011. Curated by Chus Martinez, the display is split up into ten sections and examines philosophical and artistic work when it is brought into the televisual realm. Among the famous names going under the microscope are Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jean-Luc Godard, Andy Warhol ...

Travellers heading to London hotels this winter could put aside to appreciate Cezanne's Card Players - an exhibition that explores one of the great artist's most famous works. The display can be found at the capital's Courtauld Gallery, which already holds two of Paul Cezanne's pieces: The Card Players and The Man with a Pipe. However, this exhibition, which is on until January 16th 2011, involves the loan of several other paintings by the artist from international institutions such as the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and Metropolitan Museum in New York. The curators ...

Athletics fans staying at the accommodation Seville offers in the new year may wish to attend the Cross Internacional de Italica. The contest will see runners line up to compete in an Ancient Roman area of Santiponce north of Seville called Italica, which the organisers claimed is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 206 BC by the Romans, but on January 16th 2011 it will be taken over by some of the finest cross country athletes in the world and their eager audience, who will also be able to take in the fascinating ...

Raleigh plastic surgeon Michael Law MD has been recognized as a Black Diamond provider by Allergan. Dr. Law is the only plastic surgeon in Raleigh and the Triangle area recognized with this honor. He is the top provider of Natrelle Breast Implants, Botox and Juvederm in the Raleigh - Durham area. Allergan Black Diamond status is awarded to only a select few plastic surgeons across the country. Dr. Law is well known for providing natural looking plastic surgery and natural looking breast implants. using either saline or silicone breast implants. Dr. Law recently purchased ...

There are two superb poker promotion presently on offer at PokerTime online poker room, both of which offer fantastic entertainment coupled with massive reward potential. PokerTime has released their brand new version of the PokerTime Champs promotion where the more they play, the more they will be rewarded. The new version will have weekly leaderboard events as well as the monthly leaderboard tournament. The weekly leaderboards will offer the top 100 players of these weekly events a share of $5,000 every week, while all players to participate in the leaderboard events ...

San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) continues its campaign for greater openness and better customer service among gold buyers by expanding its efforts to Facebook and Twitter. "Companies who buy gold jewelry and scrap gold from the public have been given plenty of black eyes in recent years," says Blackburn, owner of San Diego Jewelry Buyers. "Major news programs have documented how people often get scammed when they sell gold, especially when it comes to mail-in gold buyers who claim to pay more because they are a gold refinery." Because of unethical gold buyers, San Diego ...

Tourists at Naples hotels who want to check out some artwork during their trip to the Italian destination have an opportunity to see pieces created by Marisa Albenese. Her Spyholes and Grand Tour 2.0 exhibition at the Museo di Capadimonte will be on display until January 9th 2011 and showcases her talent beautifully. The collection is split into two sections, with the Spyholes area dealing with the way the pupil of the eye influences the way a person will see artwork, while Grand Tour 2.0 offers representations of travel. According to the organisers, the latter ...