When the voters of the State of Michigan voted to approve the legal use of medical marijuana in November 2008, a new local industry was instantly born. With that new industry came much risk and uncertainty. Paragon Underwriters, an independent Michigan insurance agency, who has been involved in the specialty insurance marketplace for over 35 years saw the passing of this new state law as an opportunity to service the individuals and business owners involved in this industry. Paragon Underwriters launched a specialty insurance division called Cannabis Insurance Advisors ...

A talk highlighting physical therapy and its role in wellness for seniors will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, at the Carroll Gardens Senior Center located at 380 Court Street in Brooklyn. The featured speaker will be Jay Hunt , DPT, clinical supervisor of Madison Physical and Occupational Therapy in Brooklyn. With 4 locations in the borough, Madison is a leading practice in physical and occupational therapies. Jay Hunt is a highly regarded doctor of physical therapy who speaks frequently to senior and other community groups. His topics will include balance ...

The Vital Life: Awakening Your Full Potential is hosted by well-known author, speaker and integrative medicine pioneer, Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross. She and her guests cover topics such as relationship issues, compulsions and addictions, handling family and life challenges, addressing health issues and anything that stands between you and your ability to awaken your full potential. The Vital Life will expand your understanding of how to live life fully and joyfully by making conscious choices that promote and maintain vitality in all areas of your life. Date: Fridays, starting ...

The Best Western Arena Hotel in Brooklyn recently completed its conversion to a Best Western Plus property. The newly named Best Western Plus Arena offers travelers a more upscale hotel experience unique to the Crown Heights / Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn near downtown. As a Best Western Plus, the boutique Brooklyn hotel delivers on the brand promise of "always that little something extra." The guest experience is thoughtfully designed, with high-quality furnishings and enhanced amenities in all guest rooms and public spaces. Superior guest amenities at the ...

Practice Management Institute (PMI) earned recognition for excellence in education, outstanding partner and support of online healthcare education by Greenville Technical College of Greenville South Carolina. The award was presented last week to Michael Moore, PMI Director of Business Development and Outreach, on the campus of the Buck Mickel Training Center at Greenville Technical College. "We are very honored, of course, but above that, we are thrilled to be working with such an outstanding, truly ground-breaking educational institution like Greenville Tech" said ...

U.S. Census Bureau chooses Alteryx again as the premier technology partner to enable compressing and indexing of spatially-enabled U.S. Census demographic data. As Alteryx technology proved in delivering the 2000 Census, its incredible speed, simple interface, and advanced compression and indexing capabilities have streamlined the providing of this data to government agencies, academic institutions, and businesses for research and planning. "We're very pleased to partner with the U.S. Census Bureau as a sole-source solution and commercial business partner," said Alteryx ...

The Advantage Promo Site, of Ohio, is now able to offer a full-service and comprehensive art department to fulfill in-house all requests for custom artwork. The addition of the art and layout department comes at a time when the company is looking to increase their market share will continuing to further their brand awareness across multiple regions of the mid-west and mid-atlantic states. Prior to the art department addition all requests for customized artwork were then passed along to a vetted vendor, however now that the company is able to handle all requests in-house ...

The Miss Earth Florida pageants, produced and directed by Integral Beauty Productions LLC, will be brought to you this year by webcitygirls//. These beauty competitions are part of the Miss Earth system, the only pageants in the world dedicated 100 percent to environmental and humanitarian efforts. An average of 80 countries competes in the world finals each year, including the United States. The Miss Earth Florida pageant is a once-a-year event that gathers ladies from around the State around a marvelous production. The winner of Miss Earth Florida and Miss Teen Earth ...

National Promo Products, of the Lansing, Michigan has recently broadened their business scope and client map to now include all of the Lower Peninsula as well as broad-based regional customers. The enhancement to the company's product scope comes on the tails of a quarter long (Q4 '10) consumer inquest which produced the overall customer sentiment that National Promo Products' catalog and high-end art department should be made available to consumers on a larger scale. Before the expansion, the locally owned business was a success for all area residents and has provided ...

Some of the cloud computing world's biggest players will come together to discuss the public sector cloud at the 3rd Cloud Computing World Forum - http://www.cloudwf.com - taking place on the 21st and 22nd June 2011 at Olympia, London. With speakers such as Chris Chant, Director of the G-Cloud Programme in the Cabinet Office, and Mark Hall, Director of IT Live Services within HM Revenue & Customs, the forum will allow the opportunity for cloud providers and end-users to talk face-to-face with some of the UK's top public service decision-makers. Taking place in the ...

Trans Ocean Liquid Technologies (TOLT), global leader in the manufacture of flexitanks, is pleased to announce that its manufacturing plant in Malaysia has gained HACCP certification. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and forms part of the ISO 22000 standard. With food safety an increasingly global concern, for both public health and international trade, the HACCP / ISO 22000 is an important accreditation for companies in any sector of the food chain. TOLT Manufacturing Malaysia has successfully complied ...

The Italian Ministry of Education has become the second European government department - following France's Education Ministry - to get goFLUENT, the European leader in distance English training, to provide English language learning for schoolchildren. This latest pilot programme, begun in November last year and organised by goFLUENT, links children at Rome's Piva Caesar Middle School - via videoconferencing technology - with English native speakers who are English language teachers based in the USA. Using only an internet connection, a computer with a sound system, ...

As part of her preparations, Strictly Come Dancing winner Kara was taken to London Zoo to learn more about some of the creatures she would encounter. 'I don't love snakes and spiders. But we held a big snake, so I guess I conquered my fear of that,' explains Kara, who was joined by eight other celebrities for the trek, including Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills and Olly Murs. Also in this week's TV Choice, we've got a run down of what to expect from Comic Relief, including Miranda Hart in the MasterChef kitchen, while Ant & Dec undertake a unique TV challenge. The ...

HI7E, a private investment partnership based in Florida, is pleased to announce that it has acquired New York City based Central Park Bike Tour to further expand its business, which will take effect starting on March 8th, 2011. Established in 1982, Central Park Bike Tour (CPBT) is the leading bicycle rental and tours company in New York City, conveniently located one block south of Central Park, CPBT is serving thousands of satisfied customers each year by offering five different fully escorted bicycle tours all throughout the "Big Apple" including Central Park, NYC ...

The developer of One Thousand Ocean recently hosted a lunch and cocktail reception in the largest of the condominium building's four penthouses. The 8,770 square feet of interior space plus 4,417 square feet of terraces provided a unique venue for guests to dine and admire extraordinary ocean, Boca Raton Inlet, lake and city views. "We were delighted to welcome the celebrated Unser family along with many of the leading supporters of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County during the weekend's fifth annual Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance," said Jamie Telchin, LXR Luxury ...

This week Gloria Larkin, a member of Women Impacting Public Policy's (WIPP) Board of Directors, attended special briefings from the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). "These meetings provide valuable insight and dialogue for the members of our board of directors on important business policy," said WIPP President Barbara Kasoff. "We're thankful to both the Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Senator Mary Landrieu and Ex-Im Bank for their continued ...

Interesting news for e-bike fans: ebike-easy.com, a new e-bike online conversion kit shop, has recently been launched. Besides the online shop, the website provides information on e-bikes in general and practical support to e-bike users. ebike-easy.com offers a wide array of products ranging from prefabricated conversion kits to diverse additional equipment and spare parts for e-bikes. Besides that, customers will find news related to electric bicycle mobility and first-hand experience reports in a regularly updated blog. In addition to that, questions and problems ...

The 'France Fantastique!' campaign offers a guaranteed 25 per cent saving on selected Pierre & Vacances and Maeva properties, for stays during April - early July. Additional early bird and long stay discounts can result in savings of up to 40 per cent. Pierre & Vacances' popular family-friendly Resorts are included in the deal and are the perfect option for families with young children. The Resorts, which are dotted all over France, including Normandy, Brittany and Saint Tropez, are car free villages in incredible coastal or rural locations with shops, restaurants, swimming ...

A Penn State biological control program that saves apple growers over $1 million in insecticide use each year is being threatened by the expected increase in pesticide use due to a new invasive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug. Tree fruit is a $70 million a year industry in Pennsylvania, with the majority of the fruit being grown in the southern part of the state. With the help of the Pennsylvania State University Fruit Research and Extension Center, family-owned Lerew Farms, Inc. became one of the first growers in the state to move away from broad-spectrum insecticides ...

Total Quality Logistics (TQL) is announcing that it has upgraded its Carrier Web Portal, a website the company has specifically designed to help its valued carriers easily do business with TQL. The Carrier Web Portal enables truck drivers and dispatchers to search for loads, post empty trucks and view payment details. The newly revamped site features expanded load details including status and a visual depiction of the load's location. TQL's Carrier Web Portal also enables streamlined load searching and provides the user with the ability to see data on previous loads, ...

HealthONE's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children announced today its continuing use of state-of-the-art treatment and tools by offering ImPACTTM baseline testing. The computerized test creates a baseline pre-season evaluation for brain functions such as memory skills, motor skills and reaction time. If the child sustains a concussion, the results can be used to measure the individual's progress back to normal. The test is being administered by the Rocky Mountain Youth Sports Medicine Institute Center for Concussion. To make the testing more accessible to student athletes ...

The Spartan Stores Family Childbirth Center at Metro Health Hospital is providing all newborns with a safe, wearable blanket designed to make sleep safer when they leave the maternity ward. The blanket, called a SleepSack, helps parents ensure their baby sleeps safer during naps and at night. The embroidered message "Back is best" reminds all caregivers to put babies on their back at bedtime. The gift is possible thanks to a grant provided by the Metro Health Hospital Foundation. Providing the SleepSack to parents is another way that Metro Health Hospital can educate ...

Marino Andriani LLC (MALLC), a leading developer and marketer of consumer electronics and small appliances, has announced a social media giveaway to coincide with its newly designed SparkleBee.com (http://www.sparklebee.com) website as well as new social media pages on Facebook and Twitter. MALLC officially launched the new Sparkle Bee website and social media profiles together with the first of many exciting promotions that will reward consumers with MALLC products. The first giveaway and all subsequent promotions will be held on the Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sparkle-Bee-from-Marino-Andriani/141538819235849) ...

HandySoft (www.handysoft.com), a leading provider of business process management (BPM) technology and solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of Dan Carr to VP of Technical Services. In his new role Dan will be responsible for HandySoft's Consulting, Implementation and Talent Development initiatives. In 2010, Dan's consulting and implementation teams completed more than 70 successful customer projects, receiving multiple IT industry awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of BPM best practices. In April 2011, under Dan's leadership, HandySoft will ...

ZOMM, LLC (www.zomm.com), a global technology company and developer of the world's first Wireless Leash for mobile phones, announces the availability of the ZOMM Wireless Leash in Magellan's - a leading supplier of travel goods and accessories. ZOMM is featured in the spring 2011 catalog and online at http://www.magellans.com. "We are proud to have a presence in such a respected retailer as Magellan's," said Henry Penix, CEO of ZOMM, LLC. "Their catalog was a natural fit for us as we extend our reach as a global technology brand. We are very excited to see travelers ...