The Sales Verification Company, of Clearwater, FL, announces the appointment of a new Executive Director, Sara Goldberg, and the launch of an improved web site, continuing its strong growth in the business of independent Third Party Verification. Goldberg has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and a consultant, including vice president positions with software company ESI and USP&G Energy, where she was head of human resources. Throughout her career, she has specialized in consulting mid-sized business toward improved sales, service levels and expanded territories, ...

Ask any youth what the high point of the Sunday service is and I'm quite certain few of them would say it was the sermon. It's not surprising. Youth today are bombarded with hundreds of thousands of messages a day; messages from the TV, movies, radio, internet, advertising, Facebook, Twitter, their friends, parents, to name just a few. They are well versed in using these channels of communication. Youth find sermons dull not because the Word of God is boring, but because they don't see how it is relevant to them. A common complaint is, "It's always the same old ...

The 35th Annual International Ventriloquists' ConVENTion, sponsored by Vent Haven Museum, will be held at the Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, on July 13-16. Over 400 ventriloquists are expected to attend this year's ConVENTion, which will be a special celebration honoring Nestle spokesman Jimmy Nelson and his 70 Years of Laughter. Thursday and Friday night will each feature a Jimmy Nelson event including video clips and special guests. Comedy Central smash Jeff Dunham will lecture on "Write a Five Minute Act;" and America's Got ...

On Attention Talk Radio, produced by DIG Coaching Practice, host Jeff Copper talks with Dr. Patricia Quinn on the topic of ADHD parents raising ADHD kids and how to make it work in view of the challenges associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dr. Quinn is a developmental pediatrician in the Washington DC area. A graduate of the Georgetown University Medical School, she specializes in child development and psychopharmacology. Dr. Quinn has worked for over 30 years in the areas of ADD/ADHD and learning disabilities. She gives workshops nationwide ...

Bringing old school business ethics to the new world of social media is a passion for PostcardMania, a 12-year-old direct mail marketing company in Clearwater, FL. Their decidedly unique approach to social media marketing (SMM) makes customers rave and media professionals notice. "I personally respond to any questions or comments left for me," says Joy Gendusa, founder and CEO of the company. "Whether it's on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or my blog, I always do my best to get back to people quickly. I feel courtesy like that is missing in the modern digital ...

Pixel Gremlins is a full-service web design and marketing firm serving businesses across the U.S. but is centered in Dayton and Columbus Ohio and focuses its outreach to businesses nearby. Pixel Gremlins is the brainchild of Patrick Curl founder of the "Social Media Soup" blog, and his brother who is an interactice media and web design student. Pixel Gremlins is a holistic web consulting firm, and not just a design company. It is their aim to encourage, instruct, and teach people to use the many tools available to be proactive in raising their online presence. ...

Winston Henry is offering a bespoke Search Engine Optimisation service that combines technological knowhow and internet-savvy experience with business insight. Experience working with such household names as Marconi, Barclaycard, KPMG, BT, M&S, Debenhams and BAE systems is a testament to the efficacy and reliability of Winston Henry's work. Offering personal attention and big agency quality results without big agency style prices, Winston Henry of gethighseo.co.uk is providing an innovative approach to SEO that has customers raving. Richard Lyons of GD People Ltd ...

Sculptor Guy J. Bellaver has been invited to participate in the neXt gallery - a Pop Up gallery program sponsored by the St. Charles Arts Council. The gallery's theme is Abstract/Primitive, and Bellaver's sculptures Lissome, Quarks II, Quarks III, Quarks IV, and Percheron.Q are in the show and sale. Says Bellaver, "I think that I can speak for every artist involved in this program when I say that this [Pop Up gallery] is an outstanding idea, and the support that the program will provide artists is significant. And, I think that I can safely add to that how impressive ...

Luxury Travel (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) To Promote a 9 Day Vietnam Tour in June At Summer Prices. The tour itinerary includes Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hue - Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh City Start in charming Hanoi, Vietnam's artistic and intellectual capital. Explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of specialty shops selling silk clothing, lacquerware, embroidered linens, furniture, bamboo, cooking utensils, ceremonial objects and more. Walk around Hoan Kiem Lake, ride a cyclo to dinner, and watch a performance of at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater. Full ...

Appearing on two music charts after strong radio airplay is the latest song from Sandra Piller's current album, "Days Like These." The new hit single is "Fixin' to Fall," now being enjoyed by country fans on both terrestrial and Internet radio stations. The tune is "an upbeat love song that makes you want to dance," notes Piller. Written by Jolene Kay Schmitz, the song lets Sandra really get into the fun and romance of the lyrics: "I'm fixin' to fall in love with you, My heart is slippin' into your eyes of blue." With strong bluegrass ...

Streaming live on the Co-Creator Radio Network on Tuesday, June 14, 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 talks to Stephan Beyer -- professor, peacemaker, and author of Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon. Beyer tells listeners: "The spirits want you to be a human being, in right relationship with all persons, both human and other-than-human. Whether plant medicine lends ...

Insurance News and Markets is proud to announce the launch of http://www.InsuranceNewsandMarkets.com, all-in-one news and information based website designed to revolutionize the industry by helping the professional to save both time and money. The website will also serve as a resource center for smart buyers seeking information about the latest and best products and services available for purchase. The number of services and the user friendly platform makes the site different from other websites. Consumers will be able to search for the latest and best insurance products ...

Cardbored is a musical duo composed of Tony Feyer of Canada and Howie Werber from New York City. With Tony's classical, jazz, and rock backgrounds fused and in harmony with Howie's self-taught rock 'n' roll, together as Cardbored they would like to share a brand of music filled with images of hope, dreams, pain, and deep inner feelings - all delivered with a hard edge. Singer-songwriters Tony and Howie cite artists The Kinks, The Buzzcocks, U2, David Bowie, Radiohead, The Ramones, The Beatles, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Replacements, The Who, and Elliott Smith as their ...

Scotland's leading independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith's Ayr Office announce that Piperston House, an outstanding country house in a fabulous rural location near Ayr, is the first house to be launched of the Hendry Homes 2011 Portfolio. This is one of several superb country homes which will be completed to order in 2012. Hendry Homes managing director Iain Hendry has years of experience of building stunning homes using his trademark green oak frames, such as at Purclewan Mill, an outstanding award winning ("Best Property Scotland 2008") hamlet ...

The size and pumping ability of the right side of the heart differs by age, gender and race/ethnicity, according to the first large imaging study of the right ventricle. The study, reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, also suggests that understanding the fundamental differences in the right side of the heart gives doctors and researchers a basis for determining what is abnormal. The researchers think that changes in right ventricle size and function may be a sign of cardiopulmonary disease (conditions that involve both the heart and lungs). "The ...

Portland Plumbing Plus, LLC announces today, the extension of its current discount coupon to the Vancouver WA area and all of the surrounding cities in the Pacific Northwest. The P3 unlimited coupon which has racked up high accolades in Oregon, will no doubt be embraced by Washington customers of this plumbing company. A Portland Plumbing Plus representative confirmed the extension of their unlimited $30 coupon and said the coupon has no limit and there is no restriction on plumbing amount to claim the offer. According to her "we often see coupons offered to some ...

Individuals with cancer often do not die as a result of their initial tumor but as a result of tumors at distant sites that are derived from the initial tumor. Pregnancy is a condition that seems to be permissive for tumor dissemination, as breast tumors arising during pregnancy display a tendency for early spread to distant sites (metastasis). Research in mice, led by Ivan Stamenkovic, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has now uncovered a possible reason for this. Stamenkovic and colleagues found that the increased metastasis from tumors of several different ...

EDITOR'S PICK: Immune cells link pregnancy and tumor spread Individuals with cancer often do not die as a result of their initial tumor but as a result of tumors at distant sites that are derived from the initial tumor. Pregnancy is a condition that seems to be permissive for tumor dissemination, as breast tumors arising during pregnancy display a tendency for early spread to distant sites (metastasis). Research in mice, led by Ivan Stamenkovic, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has now uncovered a possible reason for this. Stamenkovic and colleagues found ...

Gap Adventures, the world's adventure travel leader, is giving globe trotters around the world an opportunity to win a free trip. To participate, contestants must become a Facebook fan and 'like' Gap Adventures at http://www.facebook.com/gapadventures. All new and existing 'likers' will be entered into the draw. World's Next Top Photo Over the next month, Gap Adventures CEOs (Chief Experience Officers), aka tour leaders, will share their best photos with the world to compete for three prizes. Each week, images from 10 finalists will be displayed in a Facebook album. ...

San Antonio, Texas (June 6, 2011)—Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may lead to much-needed cardiovascular disease screening for diabetic patients at risk of ischemic heart disease, a disorder marked by significantly reduced blood flow in the heart. Ischemia of the myocardium, or cardiac muscle, can signal diminished oxygenation of the heart tissue and trigger a heart attack if left untreated. "Diabetes is a serious risk factor for ischemic heart disease," says Kenji Fukushima, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. "Most diabetic patients ...

San Antonio, Texas (June 6, 2011)—Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may mark the expansion of a novel imaging agent for an optical technique called near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), which uses light energy to glean information about cells and tissues. NIRF combined with the newly synthesized agent can image dangerous blood clots hiding inside elusive veins, most commonly within the deep tissues of the thighs and pelvis, but potentially also in the coronary arteries. The agent uses a biomarker that seeks out a peptide (the building blocks of proteins) called ...

Kazawest Services Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of a residential development, in the North Vancouver Lynn Valley district, to its strata management portfolio. Through its integrated real estate services, strength in customer service and deep knowledge of building operations, Kazawest is leading the property management sector in British Columbia. "We are pleased the strata council for this property has chosen Kazawest's property management services," states Amyn Somani, CEO of Kazawest. "There is a great sense of community at this development, ...

San Antonio, Texas (June 6, 2011)—Research being presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting shows that molecular imaging is helping to determine the cause and expand treatment for a silent killer. A study focusing on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—a cardiovascular disorder that causes a thickening of the heart muscle—is proving that the effects of a genetic mutation may be an important key to understanding the disease. In related research, a treatment called alcohol septal ablation is being revealed as an effective treatment for severe cases of HCM. "These studies show ...

San Antonio, Texas (June 6, 2011)—Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting reveals the extent to which an ongoing study can help save life and limb for patients with diabetes-related foot infections. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduced blood flow to the bones and tissues of the feet, leaving diabetics vulnerable to infection. This study shows that combining two imaging agents with molecular imaging techniques provides diabetic patients an excellent infection screening method that has already spared a number of patients from aggressive amputation of infected ...

San Antonio, Texas (June 6, 2011)—Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting highlights molecular imaging's diagnostic potential for patients with fever of unknown origin. Persistent fever can be a warning sign for a range of diseases that could be dangerous if left untreated. A single, full-body molecular imaging scan may give physicians everything they need to narrow down the cause and determine appropriate treatment. "Molecular imaging is used widely throughout the world for oncology, as well as cardiology and neurology, but our research shows that it could be ...