Dr. Michael Omidi DDS, a leading Miami-area cosmetic dentist has been honored by the Florida environmental group Friends of the Everglades for his work in educating the public about Florida's precious natural resource. Dr. Omidi has been organizing and leading seminars to educate students in grades 2 through 12 on the fragile state of the Everglades ecosystem since 2005. When rising levels of mercury and phosphorous levels threatened the Everglades Omidi loved so much, he took it as a call to action. Working alongside some of the architects of the Comprehensive Everglades ...

Fashion Group International of Denver (FGI of Denver) is honored to announce Fashion Passion, a Luncheon, Runway Show and Boutique on November 2, 2010, to benefit the Women's Development Association's (WDA) education and training program in the ghettoes of Lahore, Pakistan. The magnitude of the impact of educating one indigent woman in her country is best said by Josna Azim of the WDA project in Pakistan, "to educate a man is to educate a person, but to educate a woman is to educate a family, and, ultimately, a nation." WDA's Aroona Shahrukh, from Lahore, Pakistan, will ...

BookKeeping Express, the first U.S. franchise focused solely on certified bookkeeping services, has announced plans to expand across the Harrisburg market through local franchise ownership. "The small business community is growing in Harrisburg and around the country, and BookKeeping Express is expanding with it, providing qualified franchise investors with a niche franchise option that caters to this growing segment," said Greg Jones, CEO of BookKeeping Express. "We are looking to grow with franchisees who are experienced professionals and sincere about their desire ...

Ontario Systems, a leading provider of accounts receivables and revenue recovery solutions for the collections and health care industries, announces the 30th anniversary of the company. Founded in 1980, Ontario Systems will commemorate the milestone with a celebration with employees Monday, October 4th, at the company headquarters in Muncie, Indiana. "Ontario Systems' founders, Ron Fauquher and Will Davis, laid the foundation for building a great organization ,and through the hard work and dedication of every employee, we are now recognized as the leader in our industry," ...

The City & County of Denver and Adams County today announced a joint agreement to redevelop the distressed ASARCO property at the northwest corner of East 51st Avenue and Washington Street. Officials from both jurisdictions and the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today, calling for the joint cooperation in facilitating the property remediation and redevelopment. Brownfield Partners, a Denver-based Brownfield and urban infill developer, is managing the environmental remediation and site development through its subsidiary, Globeville ...

Lymphedema Depot Ltd. will be presenting Solaris compression products at the Lymphedema 2010 Conference in Toronto on November 20, 2010. "We are excited about this conference because participants travel from all parts of Canada to take part in it. This is not just an Ontario event; it really is the premier event of its kind in Canada," said John Mulligan, a certified lymphedema therapist as well as Vice President and Clinical Specialist for Lymphedema Depot. Lymphedema Depot will be showing the complete line of Solaris compression products including the Solaris ...

Fleets throughout North America seek to reduce their carbon footprint, improve the number miles per gallon their vehicles receive, and use a mix of alternative fuels as part of their sustainability initiative. According to a recent survey by NAFA Fleet Management Association, the number of corporate fleets with sustainability initiatives soared from 64.5 percent to 76.6 percent within the past 12 months. Roughly 200 NAFA Members who are fleet managers throughout North America were polled over a period of two weeks in July. Results of the poll were released in the September/October ...

Taipan Publishing Group, a leading financial research publishing service, is excited to welcome the interns who have accepted positions in E-Commerce within the Fall Internship Program. The company would like to extend a warm welcome to: -Brittany Brown, E-Commerce Intern, Towson University -Krista Mascia, E-Commerce Intern, Roanoke College -Leah Smith, E-Commerce Intern, Stevenson University -Madeline Sands, E-Commerce Intern, Loyola University The E-Commerce internship program offers a wide variety of positions for undergraduate and graduate students majoring ...

Hiring good sales reps or building a good sales team is one of the hardest things. How can an employer tell if a job applicant can really sell? This sales assessment testing website can help. Employers who wish to learn how to hire a great sales representative or a good salesman, saleswoman or sales manager can receive 10 FREE sales assessment tests from Dan Joy, Inc., as well as guidance on how to write an effective employment ad, the qualities of a good sales recruiter, traits, characteristics and abilities of a good sales person, etc., at http://www.danjoy.com/ Some ...

One of the country's leading Frank Sinatra tribute acts has been helping golfers who played in a major charity tournament with their swing! For Ian Gallagher - who has toured the world with his Classic Sinatra act - belted out the hits of ol' blue eyes to the competitors who took part in the Nigel Mansell Youth Golf Classic. The event was held at East Sussex Golf Club, in Little Horsted, Uckfield, and Ian performed two 60 minute sets, which included a number of well-known classic "Rat Pack" hits. Ian, who has performed in the London Palladium, Talk of the Town, ...

Fox Electronics, a leading global supplier of frequency control solutions, recently increased its range of watch crystals with a new tuning fork. The FX122 is approximately 33% smaller than previous models, measuring just 2.1 mm x 1.3 mm with a very low profile of 0.6 mm. The miniature size of the new FX122 watch crystal makes it ideal for portable and handheld devices where space is critical. With a frequency of 32.768 kHz, the new surface mount device (SMD) is optimized for a standard 12.5 pF load capacitance, with an optional load capacitance of 9 pF available. ...

The ChatRoulette Show, a performance project of The Illuminated Theater that utilizes a live connection with chatroulette.com, introduces themed shows, with a special San Francisco Halloween event on October 30th, and a "Castro Edition," geared for the gay community, in the works. "Our audience has been growing, and people have been excited to come to a cutting-edge performance where anything can happen," states Jonathan Bender, Artistic Director of The Illuminated Theater and creator of The ChatRoulette Show. "What could better suit the unexpected nature of chatroulette.com ...

Chances are, you cooked a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, but you made too much. With tons of leftovers, do you know how long your food will last or how to tell if leftovers are still safe to eat? Follow these tips from the food safety experts at ShelfLifeAdvice.com to extend the shelf life of your Thanksgiving feast leftovers, and save money by avoiding unnecessary waste. • All leftovers should be refrigerated or frozen within two hours of cooking. Food spoils quickly if left at room temperature for longer than two hours. • When preparing leftovers for refrigeration, ...

Intellinet, a business technology consulting services firm, announced today that experts Mark Wuerslin, Chad Cooper, Eric Melcher, and Leo Furlong have authored the Microsoft white paper entitled "Configuring Extranet Access for PerformancePoint Services 2010." The white paper describes the architectural considerations for deploying PerformancePoint Services in an extranet environment. It provides a detailed walkthrough of the recommended architecture that uses Forefront Threat Management Gateway server as a reverse-proxy server, the Kerberos protocol for authentication ...

OTRS (www.otrs.com), the world's leading provider of open source Help Desk and ITIL-compatible IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions, today announced registration for free OTRS OnDemand introductory webinars throughout the month of October 2010. During the one-hour event, businesses will learn how to optimize their help desk and customer service centers with the new, friendly, web-based, and fully customizable service management solution. Webinar guests will also learn about the new OTRS "Pack&Go" option that gives companies total ownership and control of their applications ...

Theresa Clark, president of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS (RRAR) (http://www.rrar.com), has announced that the Association's Community Service Committee is teaming up with local restaurants on Thursday, Oct. 7 in order to raise funds for RRAR's annual Project Angel Tree, a holiday gift donation initiative for children from underprivileged families. Participating restaurants include Bocci Italian Trattoria and Pizzeria, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Texas Roadhouse. RRAR encourages participants to dine at any of the three restaurants with a copy of the flyer, ...

After decades of hiking some of the world's great trails, adventurer and Lowell Thomas award-winning author Brandon Wilson was excited to hear about the Via Alpina, new paths running through eight countries along the backbone of the Alps. Besides promising total immersion into Alpine life and wilderness, he knew it'd be the ultimate adventure. It meant climbing 3000 feet from valley to rugged mountain hut every day—almost 1200 miles—for months. It'd also provide perfect fodder for Wilson's fourth exciting travel adventure book, "Over the Top & Back Again: Hiking X the Alps." Originally, ...

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), a nonprofit association that manages the distribution of IP addresses and other Internet number resources, announced today key findings from the NTIA IPv6 Workshop held on September 28, 2010. The workshop began with a panel discussion moderated by Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer for the United States, which brought together experts including John Curran, President and CEO of ARIN, to highlight the necessary steps American businesses must take to assure IPv6 adoption. With 94.5% of IPv4 addresses already allocated ...

Tax-News.com publishes the latest in its Jurisdiction Review publication series, featuring Cyprus. Cyprus is a natural choice for Tax-News.com to analyse due to the international tax planning benefits it boasts, its close ties to important economies such as the UK and Russia, EU membership, healthy banking system and new shipping tax regime. Cyprus is no longer an offshore jurisdiction in the strict sense of the word, but its tax regime, coupled with its location at the cross roads of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, an extensive network of double-tax ...

David Chapman, CEO and founder of full-service marketing and public relations firm 919 Marketing, was recently featured on MSN's Business on Main website. "Don't Get Burned By Noncompetes" presented readers with descriptions of common risk factors associated with non-compete agreements when employees leave an agency to start their own competing firm. The article written by MSN writer Toddie Gunter addressed a wide variety of issues involving noncompetition agreements, including strategies new owners can employ to avoid the legal issues tied to them. Chapman's ...

Promotion and development of electric mobility in Germany is taking place through the funding of regional development clusters. With funding from the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS), these clusters are being established as a first step toward establishing Germany as a market leader in E-mobility. E-Mobility Regions in Germany Across the eight selected model regions, a range of technological and operational concepts are being tested and compared. Of particular interest are the ways in which the various concepts would integrate ...

Redstor, a leading managed services, cloud storage and IT solutions provider, has today announced its partnership with 8el, an established provider of communications solutions including IP telephony, ISP services and Wide/Local Area Networks (W/LAN). The partnership will allow 8el to resell Redstor's online backup service to UK based customers in order to meet their specific business communication needs. This partnership is part of Redstor's growth plans to expand its customer base and its sales force through reseller partnership programs. The partnership will allow ...

Following an extremely successful year Junari have joined the ranks of the Essex business elite by being longlisted for the New Company category of the 2010 Essex Business Awards. Judged by SVC Group, the New Company award recognises companies formed in the previous three years which have shown significant progress and evidence of success against targets set. Said Steve Austin, Managing Director of Junari, 'We knew that Junari had been experiencing consistent success, but being considered for the Essex Business Awards is external confirmation of this. We are really pleased ...

On Tuesday, the 16th of November 2010, Flamenco virtuoso Paco de Lucia ( http://www.parisguestlist.com ) will entertain fans in Paris. There will be a mixture of joy and sorrow as flamenco lovers hear the master guitarist play a musical goodbye during his "tournee d'adieu" (farewell tour). He has been performing for over 50 years. Born in Cádiz in 1947, De Lucía is a composer and master guitarist, and is considered by many to be the world's best modern flamenco guitarist. He is a leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style, and is one of the few guitarists who has ...

Candidates are expected to be friendly and charismatic and mostly interested and willing to learn about wine, its culture and history. On 7th November 2010 at Club Farrapos in Porto Alegre 36 candidates will be elected as finalists. Out of the 36 participants, 34 are elected by the jury, one will be chosen by the guests of the event and one finalist determined by the votes of visitors of the site http://www.musadovinho.com. The 36 finalists will compete on 14th November 2010 in the large ballroom of the Club Farrapos for the crown of Musa do Vinho 2010. At this event ...