Can't remember where you parked the car or what you had for dinner last night? Try remembering a shuffled deck of cards or put 99 names to faces you've only seen for a few minutes - it can be done. The "mental athletes" competing in the 14thAnnual U.S.A. Memory Championship have been training for the past year. They will put their memories to the test on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Con Edison's Grand Auditorium in NYC from 8:30am to 5:00pm. Let it be known that memorizing facts and numbers can get you worldwide recognition, as evidenced by Joshua Foer, the 2006 Memory ...

Hollywood, California's The Fabulous Miss Wendy continues her ascension through the musical ranks with a number of exciting gigs lined up, including four dates with guitar legend, Slash. After an extremely successful performance in Detroit at WRIF's "Jingle Ball," the band is garnering even more positive media attention and driving fans wild from coast to coast. Combining the sun drenched warmth of Southern California with a gritty punk rock edge; Wendy and company have continued to make waves throughout the music scene since their arrival. The series of shows with ...

Over the weekend of Feb. 5-6 - Super Bowl weekend - auctioneer Don Presley will preside over the sale of the remaining inventory of Steven-Thomas Antiques and Interiors, which is closing its doors. Founded in 1979 by brothers-in-law Steven Shedd and Thomas Silk, the prestigious Orange County antiques and restoration firm has operated from the same Santa Ana venue since 1979, redesigning and repurposing antiques for functional use in today's homes. "Some of the finest oceanfront residences in southern California have benefited from the imaginative design concepts of Steven-Thomas," ...

Eagan, MN dentist Dr. Collin Hatcher is recognized as a preferred provider of Invisalign, making him 1 of 2 preferred providers in Eagan. To achieve this status he has gone through many hours of training, and treated many cases-giving him the experience patients are looking for when seeking Invisalign treatment. Invisalign, by Align technologies, offers clear braces for those looking to straighten their teeth. Invisalign treatment consists of a set of custom made aligners, that gradually shift your teeth into place. The first step is to set up an Invisalign consultation, ...

Bonin Architects & Associates, PLLC, New London, NH, received the Merit Award for Residential Architecture for their Lakefront Cottage Renovation. The project was also awarded the People's Choice Award. Each entry is judged on overall design excellence including aesthetics, clarity, creativity, appropriate functionality, sustainability, building performance, and appropriateness with regard to fulfilling the client's program. The entries were also previewed in the January/February 2011 issue of NH Home Magazine. Winning entries will be featured in a future issue. Residential ...

Europe's largest privately owned IT Group, has united all its distribution operations across the UK, France, The Netherlands, Africa and the Middle East into a single international business under one brand, SDG (Specialist Distribution Group). Its long established specialist vendor and technology brands of ETC, Bestware, ISI, IQ-Sys and Interchange will be all known as SDG (http://www.sdgroup.eu.com/) companies and command a single market positioning as the specialist distributor for EMEA whilst leveraging in country relationships. Group Chairman and Chief Executive, ...

Perspective Magazine, the global multi-media information leader for the timeshare and fractional industry, announces that the Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers (C.A.R.E.) will be involved as a GNEX 2011 Supporter during the First Annual Global Networking Expo. "The Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers, C.A.R.E., is pleased to lend its support to GNEX 2011. The expo is sure to be a tremendous venue for communication, industry updates and information about products and services that C.A.R.E. members rely upon. CARE is selective in its endorsements; ...

SAFE International is the leading provider of mobile self defense/personal protection training in Ottawa, Canada. It currently operates throughout Ontario and has taught more than 120,000 clients in the private, corporate and high school environments since 1994. SAFE International is expanding its Corporate Safety Training Programs throughout Ottawa, Canada. The company is owned and managed by Chris Roberts who is a professional teaching Director and self-defense instructor. SAFE International Corporate Safety Training Seminars/Ottawa self defense provide employees and ...

Capstone Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CHDT Corporation (CHDO.OB), has received a C-Lite wireless motion sensor light order and a Midi Eco-i-Lite multi-functional power failure device order from a major regional mass merchandiser. The products will be prominently displayed on endcaps, hitting the stores in late February. The C-Lite wireless motion sensor light automatically turns on when movement is detected. The C-Lite highlights special features such as the eye-shaped lighthead placed in a bracket that rotates 360 degrees horizontally as well as the ...

Diversity Platinum Incorporated (www.diversityplatinum.com), the first and fastest growing International discount program for the LGBTQ Community and Supporters of the LGBTQ Community, today announced Diversity Platinum Rewards Card is supporting the efforts of the AIDS Assistance Program. Diversity Platinum Rewards Card is focused on developing partnerships with many of the countries local LGBT nonprofit organizations. Current partnerships with national nonprofit organizations include The Trevor Project and The Matthew Shepard Foundation. The AIDS Assistance Program will ...

ROI Labs (www.roilabs.com), a leading provider of global web analytics consulting services, today announced that CEO Michael Hayward will speak at the HSMAI Digital Marketing Strategy Conference, to be held February 1 at the New York Marriott Marquis. An expert in the strategy, implementation and development of analytics and marketing solutions and technology, Hayward will lead "Hiring the Right Agency Partner...and Then Getting the Most From Them," to be held at 3:00 p.m. Hayward will also introduce Google's Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik's keynote session, "Rethinking ...

The OAMP Survey Module Version 1.0.3, which is available now for download from alkacon.com, extends an OpenCms installation with the capability to create a highly configurable online survey using input forms without knowledge of HTML. Analysis of the survey can easily be done with the integrated survey report. It's just a few clicks to create a questionnaire for your market research and collect valuable data by asking the customer. Earn more money and increase your company's market share by knowing what your client really wants. The Alkacon OAMP Survey Module features: ...

Airlinetrends.com is announcing the 11 most innovative airlines to keep an eye on in 2011. Air New Zealand (ANZ) tops the 2011 airlinetrends.com list of most innovative airlines in the world, having redesigned its long-haul inflight experience from scratch. Innovations include 'Skycouches' in Economy, 'inner' and 'outer' Spaceseats in Premium Economy, food and drinks ordering via the IFE system, and an inflight concierge hosts that wine tastings and kids storytelling in the galleys. All Nippon Airways, which has seriously upgraded its long-haul product to court ...

Everyone loves sweet savings, especially Capitol Lighting customers. And to celebrate Valentine's Day Capitol Lighting is participating in Google Checkout's Valentine's Day Promotion. Capitol will offer $20 off all orders over $200 to customers using Google Checkout from Jan. 25 to Feb. 10. All in-stock products, from a chandelier to a floor lamp or table lamp, are eligible for the savings. Capitol Lighting, one of the nation's leading retailers of name-brand lighting with eight stores in New Jersey and Florida and worldwide at http://www.1-800lighting.com, is always ...

Lamont Farmer, managing partner of haircolorxperts at the Arboretum (http://www.haircolorxpertsraleigh.com), has announced the location's winter promotions, which will run through Feb. 28. During this time, the salon is offering a free one-liter bottle of Sebastian brand conditioner with the purchase of a one-liter bottle of any Sebastian brand shampoo. In addition, haircolorxperts has launched a client referral contest that will award a $250 gift card to the individual who refers the most first-time clients through the month of February. Individuals will receive 10 points ...

The Internet Service Provider InterNetX has released innovative software for efficient SSL certificate management with their launch of the new SSL Manager 2.0. The SSL management software now enables users to order certificates and renew validity periods directly via the web interface. SSL Manager 2.0 is designed to simplify handling and ordering processes for SSL certificates. The progressive software includes a broad range of functions, e.g. deletion of incorrectly ordered certificates, as well as the possibility to renew certificates ordered via another provider. ...

Online Marketing Pros, providers of seminars about online marketing and social media, will be moving their offices and seminar venue to the CVC Building in Louisville, KY. To better serve the participants, the new location includes a conference room with state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment as well as capabilities for teleconferencing and webinar production. The new location is: CVC Building, 811 S. Second Street, Louisville, KY 40203. The website remains the same at http://onlinemktpro.com. Online Marketing Pros is a joint venture for two partners; Sheryl Connelly, ...

The innovative travel website, findertrip.com, is a web portal where the world's travel agencies specializing in the most luxurious vacations and the world's most discriminating clients meet. Managing Director Enrique Gomez Salas explains the need for findertrip.com in today's travel market, "The inspiration to create Findertrip.com was based on our market research in which we found no other travel websites on the Internet positioned for quality of travel rather than price." Launching February 1, 2011, findertrip.com offers a new way for luxury travel agencies to ...

With Darren Aronofsky's ballet drama Black Swan (starring Natalie Portman) currently wowing critics and audiences alike across the UK, ballet style is beginning to ramp up in popularity according to leading retailers, the UK fashion press and fashion designers. Yesterday, top value fashion retailer Peacocks reported that sales of their ballet shoes and on-trend flat pumps and brogues have been outselling heels by three to one for the first time in years, with sales increasing by 70% when compared to last January. Fashion analysts opine that cold weather conditions ...

Complementing the company's enterprise-level VMware cloud servers, the new Xen Sandbox Servers present a wide range of benefits, including extraordinary cost-efficiency, performance and flexibility to name but a few. By offering you almost limitless options to scale up and down in terms of load balancing, hardware upgrading and the overall resource management, these cutting-edge cloud hosting solutions allow businesses to shift their focus from maintenance to efficiency and innovation, helping to grow their business as they fully optimise resources throughout IT. VMware ...

Creating a buzz, the second time in this city, this year, Digital Vidya organizes yet another Social Media Bootcamp in the capital, on 4th and 5th February, 2011. In 2010, Digital Vidya has conducted more than 30 Bootcamps and trained roughly 600+ participants including participants from big giants such as Nokia, Naukri, Make My Trip, Intuit, Warner Bros, MTV, TCS and MediaCom. Digital Vidya is largely recognized as the leader in social media by brand evangelists and social media corporate across the country. Aimed at Sales & Marketing professionals, Brand Managers, ...

Following the final round of judging on the 17th January 2011 winners and honorary mentions were announced at the Process Excellence Awards ceremony. Winners were selected on their achievements in a range of judging criteria covering business results, direction setting and portfolio management, implementation, project execution, innovation and creating and environment for change. Megan James, Executive Director, Process Excellence Awards reflects on the winners stating "The IQPC awards program is judged by a hand selected panel of experts and is designed to benchmark ...

Tales of enchantment - of fairies, magic, the whimsical and the wonderful - come to life brilliantly in this unusual, engaging exhibition. The show embraces the wide variety of the fantastic and imaginative, from works of fairytale vibrancy and vivid colour (Stephanie Lambourne, At the Bottom of the Garden), to the extraordinary and surprising (Gordon Mitchell, Rise and Fall and Laptop), to mystical reflection (Stuart Buchanan, Solstice). Scottish artist Catriona Campbell, particularly well known for her imagery of the circus and her fine portrayal of horses, offers ...

AuraPortal (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, today announced a new strategic partnership with AJC United, operating in Alexandria, Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to sell and support the AuraPortal BPMS solution in the U.S. AJC United provides business process improvement and information management solutions to government agencies and institutions as well as companies in the private sector. The partnership will allow AJC United to deliver Business Process Management tools and services as an extension of their current ...

Great Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com) has announced its prediction that incentive travel is back throughout 2011 and beyond. In recent years, many companies cut back on incentive travel to save costs, however Great Hotels of the World has reported a significant increase in incentive travel enquiries placed through their MICE desk for the period of October - December 2010 in comparison to the same period in 2009 and they expect this trend to accelerate throughout 2011 and beyond. Armand Guillemot, Sales director - meetings and incentives at Great Hotels of ...