Despite the recent real estate bust, most homeowners still view their houses as major assets in their investment portfolios. According to a survey of consumer finances published by the Federal Reserve, a primary residence accounts for a third of total assets in a family. For the least-wealthy homeowners, it is nearly half of the total assets. "Home value is and will always be one of the most solid financial security foundations for the majority of Americans," says Steve Dexter, co-author of the new book "Buy & Hold Forever: How to Build Wealth for the 21st Century." ...

ColoradoBiz magazine today released its annual Top 250 Private Companies in Colorado, and Boulder-based custom software development company Amadeus Consulting has jumped 46 spots, from last year's ranking at #197 to this year at #171. This is the second year that the company has been ranked on the list, notable considering that about half of the companies who made the list in 2009 dropped off in 2010. Amadeus Consulting experienced a 26% growth in terms of resources, and is among good company on the list: CH2M Hill took the top spot, along with Sports Authority, Hensel ...

Kathleen May, long time communications specialist and fixture in Metro Denver's social media community, has joined Metzger Associates, a communications firm with a national reputation for the strategic integration of traditional and social communications programs. As an Account Director, Kat will lead agency account teams in strategizing and executing communications programs designed to help position clients and maximize their brand effectiveness in today's complex and ever-changing media landscape. "I am excited to be joining a team that does such innovative work," ...

During a time when State funding for social service programs is at permanent risk of the chopping block, iconic fashion brand GUESS, Inc. is wearing corporate consciousness on its sleeve, or in this case, in the center of a special edition T-shirt it created to benefit Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Their Children, the domestic violence project of Los Angeles-based social services agency, OPCC. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, the T-shirts will become available in October at select California and Las Vegas GUESS retail locations, as well as online ...

Regulatory changes and the effects of the economic downturn are prompting healthcare employers to alter their retirement plan designs and provisions. According to a new survey of healthcare employers, defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are making changes to their plan as a result of excessive contribution amounts (57%), the bear market (33%), administrative costs (19%) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums (14%). The survey also revealed more stringent age and service requirements among defined contribution (DC) plans. Retirement Plan Trends in Today's ...

The street will be closed from Lincoln to Main from 10am-8pm so that the public can safely enjoy the tick and treats that down town Lombard has to offer. There will be a lot of stuff for kids and trick or treating during the day. Night and Day will have black and orange nail painting out in front of the Salon along with hair braids that have Halloween yarn wrap for the kids, while the Adults can enjoy a tarot card reading, a reflexology sample or a sample hypnosis session and there will be a raffle for a basket full of products. So come on down to the spooktacular on Saturday ...

On 22nd-24th October 2010, Wall London will host a warehouse sale with discounts of up to 90% on its exquisite women's clothing and accessories. A donation of GBP2 from each transaction will be made to Wall's Peruvian internship program. The warehouse sale is a rare opportunity to buy Wall's luxurious and sophisticated clothes at bargain prices. The garments are exclusive to Wall and cannot be found anywhere else - this is the only chance to get these clothes at such heavily discounted prices. All Wall clothes are designed to be easy to wear and very flattering, and ...

This stylish cocktail party will begin at 8pm on October 24th and lead into the grand finale of Los Angeles Fashion week.. Li Cari by Jazmin Whitley will close the week long event. With her 46 piece spring summer 2011 collection. This will be the designers 10th collection. The Li Cari fashion house was launched in March of 2006 and has continued to grow and evolve. Jazmin Whitley known for being the youngest designer to ever show in both New York and Los Angeles Fashion Week has shown that with time comes grace. She has continued to wow her guests collection after collection. "My ...

Yochanan Jonathan Berkowitz frequently speaks with patients in his New Jersey office that are stressed out. To address this growing issue, Yochanan Jonathan Berkowitz is now offering his patients information about techniques that can truly help, and they are listening. Teaneck New Jersey - October 1, 2010 - Yochanan Jonathan Berkowitz sits comfortably in his office and waits for his next patient. As a counselor, his practice is varied; individuals, couples, families, adolescent children and group sessions. Regardless of who might be scheduled, Yochanan Jonathan Berkowitz ...

Telehealth Solutions is pleased to announce the first installation of their SurgeryPod at a SystmOne surgery in Lincolnshire. TPP's SystmOne is a 'practice management system', its software stores medical records and other information for GP surgeries in a fast, easy-to-access and intuitive program. Telehealth Solutions SurgeryPod enables patients to perform their own tests - without clinical supervision; and the results are instantly read-coded into their electronic health record on SystmOne. It means that blood pressure checks, lung volume measurements, CVD risk ...

Network Hardware Resale (NHR), the leading provider of pre-owned and new networking solutions, is partnering with Cirtas Systems, the first company to make cloud storage work like on-site enterprise storage arrays, to accelerate market momentum for the recently unveiled Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller. As a member of the newly launched Cirtas channel program, NHR will leverage its skilled sales force of more than 100 account executives and strategic marketing capabilities to assist Cirtas in driving rapid Bluejet adoption. With the first production units now ...

Evolven Software, Inc., the pioneer of Granular Configuration Automation solutions, announces that Sami Totah, a respected IT industry veteran, is joining the Board of Directors. Over a nineteen-year career at Amdocs, Sami Totah served in various positions and his last role was as COO and Senior Vice President. Prior to assuming the role of COO at Amdocs, Sami was Division President for the company and managed sales, marketing, product development and customer relations. Under his leadership, the division grew from 500 employees and $120 million in revenues to 1,600 ...

Some people have likened the significance of the launch of the technologically revolutionary iPad tablet to the arrival of the tablets containing the original Ten Commandments. So, now we have the iPad, we should consider how we should be building next generation digital learning content marketplaces believes Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of eXact learning solutions North America, the leading learning content management and digital repository solution provider. Cardinali expressed these views at the annual general meeting of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), held ...

Trampolining is a fun way of keeping kids active in the fresh air; it provides healthy exercise and fun for all the family. Trampolining improves co-ordination and spatial awareness. It builds confidence and helps keep kids fit without straining young joints or muscles. It's a great way to develop both upper and lower body strength, trampolining has been proven to outperform swimming as an all round exercise. Trampolines provide a number of positive health benefits including: • Improvements in self-confidence - for individual who are not as confident or experienced ...

Beef 'O' Brady's, a 240-unit restaurant franchise known for its fresh and flavorful chicken wings and burgers, as well as creating a bond with communities across the country, has announced its new partnership with Site Analytics Co., a company that prides itself on helping clients boost their odds of success on every real estate transaction they make. "We have been fortunate enough to watch Beef's grow for a number of years, and working alongside Site Analytics will certainly help us to maintain this steady growth," said James Walker, Chief Development Officer for Beef ...

SoundTech Marketing, a manufacturer's representative firm specializing in high performance audio, video, and custom integration products, has been named the 2010 Sales Representative of the Year by Niles Audio Corporation. "We are honored to receive this special recognition from Niles Audio Corporation," said Scott Matteucci, president of SoundTech Marketing. "At SoundTech Marketing, our mission is to serve as advocates for vendors like Niles. We greatly value the relationship we have with all of our vendors and are deeply committed to supporting those brands with outstanding ...

Great Hotels Organisation (GHO: http://www.ghorg.com) the London-based hotel sales and marketing company has announced the consolidation of its hotel brands to create one global hotel marketing alliance - Great Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com). All hotels under the former umbrella brand Great Hotels Organisation, four-star brand Special Hotels of the World and corporate mid-range brand Metro Hotels will become part of Great Hotels of the World. The incorporation of brands will create a stronger and more recognisable global hotel brand. Within the Great ...

Sangolade Educational Supportive Services (S.E.S.S.) is repositioning in an effort to drive its organization to become the one-stop-shop for all required TRIO/EOP services, as well as topic-related speaking engagements. Under the leadership of Dr. Kimberly Washington-Pearse, S.E.S.S. is set on maximizing its reach in the educational consultation arena. In addition to the existing services, the re-positioning campaign will focus heavily on pushing grant writing services offered by the firm, as well as speaking engagements centered around "Putting the Importance of Education ...

Currently, Christian and Katalina are touring all across Texas tripping out audiences with their special brand of entertainment mind reading fun. When asked what they like best about what they do, Christian responded, "Watching people run out of the room when we bring in the ghost." Katalina laughed when Christian said that and she gave a parallel answer, "People will see things on TV such as, car chases, explosions, and space ships, but when they sit in a theater and they know that there are no special effects and yet the are witnessing the impossible, it is great to see ...

HealthONE's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children announced today the opening of the new Youth Sports Medicine Institute at The Centennial Medical Plaza in Centennial. The Institute will host a community open house Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon at their office at Centennial Medical Plaza at Dove Valley. The Youth Sports Medicine Institute was founded and will be led by Dr. Brooke Pengel, Medical Director, and Dr. John Polousky, Surgical Director. The state-of-the-art facility is designed for the specialty care of student-athletes from when they begin playing sports thorough ...

Pickles are powerful. Horman's Best and New York Deli Pickle seek to package this palate-pleasing power by collecting recipes online from die-hard pickle enthusiasts. Pickle Power to the People includes anything edible featuring pickles - main dishes, snacks, desserts and beverages. According to Pickle Packers International, the trade organization for the pickled vegetable industry, American households purchase pickles every 53 days, over 67 percent of all households eat pickles and Americans consume more than 9 pounds of pickles per person annually, and don't forget ...

Author Maralys Wills recently re-released Higher Than Eagles. The award winning hang gliding memoir is now under consideration for major studio movie. Higher Than Eagles won 5 movie options in the 90s, including from Disney, Finnegan-Pinchuk, (the producers of 'Northern Exposure') and Greg MacGillivray (of Imax fame). It has once again attracted new movie possibilities. The book is centered around the family of the late Bobby Wills, hang glider extraordinaire who became a living legend in the sport. "I wrote this book," stated Ms. Wills, "because my son became famous ...

Intermark Media, the leader in digital, performance-based marketing, is excited to announce its successful efforts in collecting pajamas for The Inn in Hempstead, NY. As a team, Intermark Media collaboratively raised over 30 pairs of pajamas for The Inn. The Inn, a network of 19 local soup kitchens who specialize in aiding the Hungry and Homeless throughout Long Island, has served as a paradigm of philanthropy since its founding in 1983. Throughout the month of July, Intermark Media hosted a company fundraiser called Jammies in July. Employees were asked to donate 2 pairs ...

Over 200 senior IT decision makers are already registered to take part in the Mobile Cloud Computing Forum - http://www.mobilecloudcomputingforum.com - taking place on the 1st December 2010, at RIBA, London. The emergence of the mobile cloud has huge significance for the entire mobile ecosystem and how operators define app distribution. The one day conference will provide a forum for the industry to learn from and meet the early pioneers of this new technological approach. Key speakers confirmed include; - Peter Ranson, CIO, Oxfam - Evangelos Kotsovinos, Vice ...

Lorana Price, the CEO of Holy Cow Branding, a Triangle branding agency specializing in brand strategy and implementation, has recently been chosen to join the publicity committee at the Greater Triangle Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), the world's largest international association for professional facility managers. Price will partner with IFMA in order to strengthen its brand and expand its membership base while maintaining support from existing members. IFMA's success relies heavily on the continued membership of facility managers ...