Realityworks, Inc., the leader in educational simulations, will award the RealCare Educator of the Year to Mary Smith of Tomahawk, Wis., at the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Annual Convention and Career Expo. Smith is a Family and Consumer Education (FACE) and health instructor from the Tomahawk School District and has been an educator for over 30 years. The 2010 ACTE Annual Convention and Career Expo will be held in Las Vegas Dec. 2-4. The conference brings together over 3,000 teachers and administrators in the Career and Technical Education ...

LearnSomething, Inc., is planning their trip to the ASAE Technology Conference & Expo 2010 being held December 14-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. As a provider of eLearning solutions for national associations, LearnSomething values attendance at all ASAE National and Technology conferences, where the company can showcase Isoph Blue and LearnPro+, their two learning management systems built to support associations. LearnSomething has already committed to attending ASAE's 2012 Healthcare conference. Mark Lambertson, Senior VP of ...

On Tuesday, December 7th attorney Jeff Raizner, a partner in the Houston law firm Doyle Raizner LLP, will co-host a FindLaw webcast on legal marketing and how lawyers can build a strong, distinctive, client-generating brand online. The complimentary one-hour webcast, titled Beyond The Basics: Best Practices for Building Your Law Firm Online, is designed for attorneys who have a website but want to improve their Internet marketing and differentiate themselves from the competition. Attendees will get the information they need to effectively compete online in a challenging ...

ThinkHR Corporation, the largest national HR firm specializing in wholesale insurance broker distribution, today announced the expanded availability of practical solutions, including its popular Hotline and Training Center services. Through its exclusive broker distribution model, ThinkHR provides expert Human Resources information, advice and training to businesses when they need it most - on demand. "With over 80% of our new customers in the central and eastern regions of the U.S., the ThinkHR team determined that it was time to open an East Coast operation to address ...

Despite auto insurance companies' spending much time and funds on spreading awareness of the dangers of texting while driving and despite many states' enacting bans on the practice, a significant proportion of the driving public still sends and receives messages from behind the wheel. According to recently released results from an insurance research organization survey, about a fifth of respondents reported that they had texted while driving at least once during the last month. The survey, conducted by the Insurance Research Council (IRC), asked more than 1,400 motorists ...

Independent online gambling resource site, Online Gambling Insider, was pleased to announce the launch of a brand new online casino to the industry, City Tower. This Sea Gate operated site is a crisp, modern-looking destination for players who expect high standards from their gaming experience, and the Playtech casino software ensures that there are always the very best games available. "Players are definitely spoiled for choice," said the editor of Online Gambling Insider, Ryan D. "We were very impressed with the excellent video slots, table games and card games, ...

The Holiday Inn Express Newberry South Carolina Hotel & Suites offers convenient lodging to guests attending the Christmas Tour of Homes, presented by Newberry Opera House Guild. The event will take place on Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 4:00 - 7:00pm. Admission includes a reception with food and wine at Newberry Opera House for before touring the featured homes including: - Coateswood, historic site - Mower House - Summer/Chapman House - Haskell House - Chasteen Home Three of the featured homes on the tour are Victorians, one a 1930s charmer, and the other a ...

Super 8 Monroe North Carolina Hotel offers convenient and affordable accommodations for holiday travelers attending Christmas in Downtown Monroe. This celebration will take place on December 4, 2010. The festivities will begin at 4:00pm with the arrival of Santa Clause. At 7:00pm the Christmas Tree Lighting will take place. Christmas in Downtown Monroe will also include: - Carriage and trolley rides - Live music on the plaza - Food vendors - Local business open house Monroe, NC is a quaint suburb of Charlotte, NC. The town is also close to the South Carolina ...

Hampton Inn Scottsboro Hotel offers nearby lodging to holiday travelers attending the Annual Scottsboro Christmas Parade sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. This year's parade will take place on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 6:00pm. The route will run from Broad Street to downtown Scottsboro, Alabama. The theme for the 2010 Scottsboro Christmas Parade is "Christmas Songs on Parade." Participants are asked to use their favorite Christmas song to decorate their float or vehicle. The theme was chosen based on the Alabama Board of Tourism and Travel's theme ...

Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Galleria Hotel, an affordable Smyrna Georgia Hotel, offers convenient accommodations to guests attending upcoming holiday shows this December 2010 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Upcoming events include: - Cirque Dreams Holidaze, playing November 30 - December 5 - Army Ground Forces Band Holiday Concert, December 12 - Holiday Ice Spectacular, December 16 - 24 Cirque Dreams Holidaze is an original new musical extravaganza by the creators of the hit Broadway musical Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy. Also, coming to Atlanta for the ...

Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located near Dunwoody, GA, announces a new special savings package for holiday travelers to enjoy. "The Holidays are Better When Shared" package offers the season's best rates. Tis the season to travel; reconnect with friends and loved ones this season while staying at Sheraton. Guests can create lasting memories in Atlanta for all to share. As always, the Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel's services and amenities include: - Free high-speed Internet Access - 24-hour Business Center - Club level lounge - Concierge desk - Complimentary ...

Hampton Inn Southlake Morrow Hotel offers convenient lodging to guests attending upcoming December 2010 performances at Spivey Hall, located on the campus of Clayton State University. Spivey Hall, a 400-seat acoustically excellent performing arts facility, has featured performances by many world-renowned artists. Upcoming shows include: - Daniel Pyle, organ on December 1 at 7:30pm - Jubilant Sykes, baritone on December 4 at 8:15pm - Baptiste Trotignon Quartet on December 5 at 3:00pm Presented by the Clayton State University Department of Visual and Performing Arts, ...

Have you heard the one about the man who went 8p overdrawn and ended up owing his bank GBP215?* Or how Lloyds Bank charges an amount equivalent to 46,450,869% APR for a GBP200 unauthorised overdraft?** These aren't jokes from inside Christmas crackers, sadly, but an indication of how some of Britain's banks are taking advantage of already cash-strapped customers and piling on more debt misery, says industry expert Gary Miller-Cheevers. And with pre-Christmas sales starting this week leading up to Mega Monday - when it is anticipated that half a billion pounds will ...

It's time to get "bulletproof": the seventh collection from Idol is an exploration of different material, blends and silhouettes, which create the knights of the future. The inspirational tough warrior, think Joan of Arc mixed with a bit of Blade Runner. Inspired by the medieval period, Head Designer Donovan Pascal has created a modern adaption of armour by producing a 'futuristic' collection featuring lots of chain-mail, over-sized tunics and silhouettes that morph both the voluminous and slim. The pieces are flattering and fighting in spirit: the Idol girl has a steely ...

The launch of the new project by this well-known SEO firm is aimed at providing websites worldwide with top quality SEO Service. Having carefully analyzed the existing market of companies offering SEO services, the specialists of the Sylla Company have concluded they had a lot to offer to their clients looking for high quality, efficiency, reasonable prices and reliable customer service. The Sylla Company has many years of experience and thousands of pleased customers. Over the years of its successful work, it has adopted a unique procedure of site promotion that is completely ...

Freedom Marathon, Inc (FMI), is a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and support the needs of Veterans and their families through running events. They unveil their one of a kind runners medallion in Norfolk, Virginia this Wednesday. The first medal will be presented to Norfolk City Officials at later date. "As a runner and marathoner, I understand the importance of having a great medal for marathon participants. We wanted a medal that was truly one of a kind and expressed the significance of this race," said Manny Cordero, CEO and Founder, Freedom ...

The iconic Newport Folk Festival, founded in Rhode Island 52 years ago by jazz impresario George Wein and folk legend Pete Seeger, is available for presenting sponsorship. Companies should be engaged in making a difference in the world and, like many of the festival's fans, interested in sustainable, environmentally-friendly lifestyles. When a company steps forward to take advantage of this outstanding opportunity, the festival, set for July 29 - 31, will be marketed as the Newport Folk Festival Presented By the selected corporate name. For information on becoming a ...

Three-quarters of American adults report moderate to high stress levels in their everyday lives, and that number increases during the holiday season, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association. Plackers, a leading brand of consumer oral care products, says consumers should be aware of how stress can affect their oral health and offers tips on how to avoid dental problems over the holidays. Two common stress-coping mechanisms - night time teeth grinding and clenching (bruxism) and indulging on sweets - can be detrimental to oral ...

TalentRooster (http://www.talentrooster.com), the world's leading video resume service, today announced that it has exceeded 4,000 video resumes in its searchable video resume repository -- more than doubling its database in the past two months. "The technology is virtually exploding," says TalentRooster CEO and President David DeCapua. "Because video resumes are quickly replacing paper resumes as a preferred method of screening candidates, we're seeing employers and recruiting companies jump at the chance to integrate video resumes into their hiring process, increasing ...

This Thanksgiving, when you bite into the cranberry sauce and the tartness smacks your tongue as hard as that snide comment from your sister, consider the power of sour. Neurobiology researchers at the University of Southern California have made a surprising discovery about how some cells respond to sour tastes. Of the five taste sensations — sweet, bitter, sour, salty and umami — sour is arguably the strongest yet the least understood. Sour is the sensation evoked by substances that are acidic, such as lemons and pickles. The more acidic the substance, the more sour ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—November 24, 2010—Scientists at Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology have solved a long-standing mystery about HIV infection–namely how HIV promotes the death of CD4 T cells. It is the loss of this critical subset of immune cells that leads to the development of AIDS. Most immune cells that die during HIV infection are seemingly not infected, a phenomenon formerly described as "bystander cell killing." Now the Gladstone scientists report that these "bystander" cells are actually the victims of a failed or abortive form of viral infection. Their ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – There's good news for women with epilepsy. Breastfeeding your baby while taking your seizure medication may have no harmful effect on your child's IQ later on, according to a study published in the November 24, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "While more research is needed with larger numbers of women and their babies, these results are reassuring to women who want to give their babies all the benefits of breastfeeding but also need to remain on their epilepsy medications to avoid devastating ...

(Boston) - Despite the reassurances of Pasternak and Hviid in their study, "Use of Proton-Pump Inhibitors (PPI) in Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Birth Defects," featured in the Nov. 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, an epidemiologist from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) believes that further studies are needed. The original study found that on the basis of data from more than 840,000 live births in Denmark, there was no evidence to suggest that the use of the most common PPIs (omeprazole, lansoprazole, and esomeprazole) anytime during pregnancy ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Neuroscientists at MIT and Harvard have made the surprising discovery that the brain sees some faces as male when they appear in one area of a person's field of view, but female when they appear in a different location. The findings challenge a longstanding tenet of neuroscience — that how the brain sees an object should not depend on where the object is located relative to the observer, says Arash Afraz, a postdoctoral associate at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research and lead author of a new paper on the work. "It's the kind of thing you ...

SEATTLE – A decade of refinements in marrow and stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers significantly reduced the risk of treatment-related complications and death, according to an institutional self-analysis of transplant-patient outcomes conducted at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Among the major findings of the study, which compared transplant-patient outcomes in the mid-'90s with those a decade later: After adjusting for factors known to be associated with outcome, the researchers observed a statistically significant 60 percent reduction in the ...