Children living at Hillsides, a foster care children's charity, were the recipients of new shoes donated by The Great American Shoe Drive. Partnering with Footwear News, Sole4Souls created the Great American Shoe Drive with the goal of distributing thousands of pairs of shoes to vulnerable men, women and children in more than twenty cities. The shoe drive began in Salt Lake City, UT, headed to Las Vegas, NV and arrived to Los Angeles to distribute shoes to the children who were waiting to greet them. Silvana and Allan Clark, a married couple employed by Soles4Souls, ...

Paciugo Gelato & Caffè is inviting customers on a sweet travel journey that offers big rewards and freebies. Starting Labor Day weekend, Paciugoites can stop by any participating Paciugo Gelato & Caffè nationwide to fill-out an in-store "Pledge" to become a Good Citizen of Paciugo and receive a Paciugo Passaporto stamp booklet that mimics a real-life travel passport. The Paciugo Passaporto contains 12 sweet tasks that customers perform in order to receive a stamp. These include ordering in Italian, giving the cashier a high-five, wearing mismatched socks and even "busting ...

Author Maralys Wills will be appearing on The Author Show through September 2011. Ms. Wills is the author of twelve published books and has garnered three national awards. She has been teaching novel-writing for 25 years and in 2000 was named 'Teacher Of The Year'. In this interview she discusses one of her latest books, Damn The Rejections: Full Speed Ahead, and talks about writing and publishing in general. The show airs at The Author Show website through September 2011. "I wrote this book," stated Ms. Wills, "because it took me 14 years to sell my memoir, Higher Than ...

Indie music network likeZEBRA announces The Devil Wears Prada as their featured artist for the week of September 7, 2010. On a mission to inspire indie artists and serve in the discovery of quality underground music, likeZEBRA's site features a new independent artist each week. The Devil Wears Prada will be promoting their new EP, Zombie EP, as well as an exclusive contest giveaway for likeZEBRA fans. A Billboard top 10 artist, The Devil Wears Prada is an indie metalcore band with several successful albums under their belt and an impressive following to back them up. ...

Many entrepreneurs and business owners receive interview requests from the media inviting them to provide their expertise. However, most of these entrepreneurs are unprepared for the interviews and fail to convey their key messages effectively, or they allow their nervousness to interfere with their delivery. Lisa Elia, CEO and president of Lisa Elia Public Relations, and a public relations expert with more than 20 years of experience, provides these tips for preparing and delivering an effective interview: - warm up your vocal chords and mouth through singing, humming ...

Sandy Evans Levine, President and Founder, Advice Unlimited LLC, noted a trend the firm is seeing in some government organizations of using consultants more surgically, for specific tasks in a modular approach, with project timelines of 6 months to a year rather than multiple years, and clearly defined anticipated outcomes and metrics. Noting Defense Secretary Robert Gates' recent announcement of his proposed initiative to cut costs, and the Office of Management and Budget's move to halt IT modernization efforts that have consistently cost more and delivered less than promised, ...

Trigild - a San Diego-based distressed real estate, loan recovery and real estate specialist - has been appointed receiver for Enclave, a high end, 1,119-unit multi-family property in Silver Spring, Maryland. As court appointed receiver, Trigild is charged with operating and protecting the high-rise property. "This is a highly desirable asset offering commuters easy access to Washington D.C. and Bethesda, and we are optimistic that we can successfully position it for a quick sale and avoid a lengthy, expensive foreclosure," said Trigild president Bill Hoffman. Situated ...

Sarasota attorney Tom Icard recently presented "Selecting, Preparing, Attacking and Defending Expert Witnesses" at the Third Annual Construction Law Institute of the Florida Bar in Orlando. He spoke as part of a panel discussion on advanced litigation skills training. Icard is among a small group of lawyers in the state that hold Florida Bar Board Certifications in both Construction Law and Civil Trial Law. In addition to construction lawyers, the institute is attended by contractors, architects, engineers, consultants and others involved in commercial, heavy construction ...

U.S. consumer spending on lunch served in restaurants is forecast to rebound 2% in 2011 to reach $114 billion following two years of recession-related declines, according to "Lunch Trends in the U.S. Foodservice Market" by research publisher Packaged Facts. After rising to $119 billion in 2008, lunch daypart sales declined 4% in 2009, and sales are estimated to fall another 3% in 2010 to $112 billion. "This has been a very tough climate for lunch foodservice and its counterparts, and that won't change overnight although change is coming," says Don Montuori, publisher ...

South Florida hypnotist D.J. Frost has opened a new location in Coral Springs, Florida. The new hypnosis office at 2929 University Drive continues Frost's mission to help people overcome stress, habits and fear so that they can enjoy all that life has to offer. His website http://www.hypnosis-self-help.com/sessions.html gives more details. Frost's clients travel from as far away as Miami or Jupiter to experience a hypnosis session with him keeping goals in mind such as to stop smoking or lose weight. Other reasons for a visit include the desire to manage stress or anger, ...

Erik Dalton. Ph.D. brings his popular Myoskeletal Alignment seminar to Richmond, Virginia. Dalton's 3-day, 24 CE "hands-on" manual therapy workshops feature groundbreaking therapy tools for fixing neck, back, shoulder, hip and leg pain. Acquire new therapeutic skills for immediate use in Medical Massage, Physical Therapy, Sports Massage, Rolfing Personal Training, Chiropractic, Orthopedic Massage and Neuromuscular Therapy. Recession proof your business while you learn & earn certification that'll set you apart in the eyes of clients. To survive in today's tough economy ...

Certiport (www.certiport.com), the leading certification solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, announced the winners of the 2010 IC³ World Cup, a team competition developed to support foundational computer and Internet skills. Certiport named the GITTC Flying Camels from Oman as the overall winning team from a pool of nearly 800 teams from 20 countries. The Flying Camels, comprised of 45 trainers from Global Skills, certified the most individuals in the Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³ ), a credential that motivates individuals ...

Inlet Technologies, the leader in innovative solutions for digital media preparation, today announced that they will be exhibiting at the upcoming IBC conference taking place September 10-14 in Amsterdam. The company will demonstrate the latest enhancements to its SpinnakerTM line of award-winning streaming appliances and Armada automated workflow management system, as well as its automated ad insertion solution and advanced support for adaptive bitrate streaming and digital rights management (DRM). Inlet will be exhibiting at IBC's Connected World area, stand #602. ...

How do Barter, Social Networking (think YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace), Collective Buying (think eBay, Groupon, Living Social), the Internet and TV relate to each other? They are multi-billion dollar platforms combined into one business for the first time with startup DailyDealTV.com. This potentially game changing company that is injecting hysteria into the process of bargain hunting on the web will be introduced to the public on a special edition of the nationally aired television program Moving America Forward, hosted by William Shatner. Imagine a web site where ...

Karin E. Fried of Organizational Consulting Services announces the addition of Virtual Organizing to her companies list of services. No matter where you are located you can take advantage of having a Professional Organizer at your fingertips. Whether you need help with organizing your home, your office or your life Fried can come up with solutions that will work for you. By taking advantage of Fried's Virtual Organizing services you can book appointments in blocks of thirty or sixty minutes instead of the two hour minimum. You don't even have to get out of your pajamas! The ...

Richard Achee, Head of Google Enterprise for Asia has confirmed to speak at the Cloud Computing World Forum Asia - http://www.cloudcomputinglive.com/asia - taking place at The Mira Hotel, Hong Kong, on 17th and 18th November 2010. The conference will provide a full perspective of cloud computing and SaaS from business value through integration and implementation and to the future of cloud computing. Presentations will include discussions about the practical realities of these technologies and feature end users, thought leaders, platform and service providers and other ...

Going green is top of mind for every business and one way a company can help is to adopt a document management strategy. BKD Technologies invites organizations to attend a free webinar profiling doc-link , a document management suite for Sage MAS 500. A Sage-endorsed solution by Altec, doc-link electronically captures, routes and archives business documents and reports to help reduce handling costs and improve communication. BKD's demonstration will focus on streamlining business processes along with corresponding return on investment with an emphasis on integrating ...

Zurn Industries, LLC will be holding a grand opening September 9th, 2010, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at their new distribution facility, located at 37 Runway Rd, Levittown, PA. On June 14, Zurn opened the doors to their new Inventory Distribution Facility. The new facility has a total footprint of 82,000 square feet. This change brings Zurn's total inventory distribution footprint to over 1.7 million square feet in North America. This facility will grow Zurn's distribution in the Philadelphia area by nearly 70% and will increase Zurn's service levels to their customer ...

Century 21 Prevete is joining the Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR) initiative, Realtors Against Hunger, to fight hunger in our local communities. Realtors Against Hunger (RAH) will be collecting donations of non perishable food items from September 1st - 30th. During that time period, the public is encouraged to drop off canned and dry food donations at Century 21 Prevete, 70 Manetto Hill Mall Plainview NY between the hours of 9am to 5pm. This collection drive will support efforts to provide food to hundreds of local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other ...

PromoQuip.com, a Michigan based manufacturer of promotional equipment, has announced the launch of http://www.Plinko.co, a new top level internet domain that focuses exclusively on the latest generation of Custom Video Plinko Boards that includes energy efficient LED technology as yet another innovation within the Plinko promotional equipment industry. Energy savings of up to 90% are expected as a result of Video Plinko innovation. David Sanderson, president of http://www.PromoQuip.com said, "Our business has been incredibly robust in spite of the general softness in ...

Dr. Rebecca Hill, Associate Professor of History and American Studies joins faculty Dr. Rich Vengroff, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University, recently named Dr. Rebecca Hill as Director of the Masters of Arts in American Studies Program. According to Vengroff, "Dr. Hill brings the experience, scholarly credentials and leadership skills that can help bring the American Studies program to a position of national prominence in the field. We expect that the program will attract outstanding students from Georgia, across the ...

WVW, the international business development group is pleased to announce its partnership with LeadMaster, a leading provider of software-as-a-service sales lead management software solutions. As partners, WVW and LeadMaster will work together to expand the reseller channel for the LeadMaster Lead Management / CRM SFA products in North America. WVW is well suited to expand the LeadMaster reseller channel because of their experience with consultants and existing relationships in the VAR channel. WVW delivers strategic growth through sales, marketing, communications and channel ...

Essentials of Telecom Auditing is a 2-day seminar, to be held on October 25th-26th, 2010, at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park, KS. Participants will learn the skills necessary to reduce and control corporate telecom spending throughout their organizations. The state of the economy has prompted corporate organizations to seek ways to reduce corporate spending wherever possible. Telecommunications spending is an area that is ripe with potential savings opportunities, but it still remains one that is often overlooked by corporate executives and management. "Based ...

As part of her ongoing mission to help men and women to raise their level of happiness and improve the quality of their lives, Chantal Beaupre will be hosting a complimentary teleseminar called "Own Your Power and Experience the Magic of Life in its Fullness." This online event will take place on September 21th, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and will feature expert guest Maria Erving. Maria Erving is a gifted personal development teacher, author, and inspirational writer. Throughout her life, Maria has been interested in the variety of universal laws and principles, ...

Vero Beach, FL— Konia Water Of Florida Konia U. S. and Konia Water of Florida Inc. teamed up at the Green Building Focus Conference and Expo 2010 in Birmingham, Alabama to introduce the company's newest line of Atmospheric Water Generators. The Conference was held August 24-27th at the Birmingham - Jefferson Convention Complex. The show is considered one of the largest and most important Green events in the Southeast United States. Dale Brandt President of Konia U.S., Andrew Fiske President of Konia Water of Florida, and Paul Stokes Vice President Konia U.S. represented ...