A new website Withholding-tax-refund.com aims to help non-resident alien workers in the US obtain the tax refunds to which they are entitled, even if they have already left the country. Foreigners working under the J-1 visa program typically have taxes withheld by the IRS, but do not earn enough to owe any taxes at the end of the year. However many of these workers are entitled to receive anywhere from $200 up to $500 dollars per year in tax refunds yet they often fail to claim their refunds, either because they do not understand sufficiently US tax law and therefore ...

The 7 day retreat, called 7 Days + 7 Chakras focuses on integration of mind, body and soul through specialized process created by founder and director Nicholas Pratley. June 20-26, 2011 is the first of a series of transformational retreats offered by Intruessence.com. Participants will be guided through various modalities including yoga, sacred breathwork, reiki, sound/energy healing, chi-gung, chiga , mediation and sacred ceremonies. Nicholas Pratley has been practicing the healing arts for over 10 years. His Award-Winning classes and private sessions facilitate healing ...

SunPods announced today that the Company received a Letter of Intent to utilize the SunPods SOILS (Solar Operational Landfill System) for a closed municipal landfill project. Project Navigator, Ltd. (PNL) via its solar power projects development group, PVNavigator (PVN), has entered into a lease option agreement with the County of San Bernardino to begin the site evaluation to develop a 2 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar facility on their closed Big Bear Sanitary landfill located in Big Bear, CA. PNL chose SunPods solar technology as the go to approach in their original proposal ...

fflap is the brainchild of Jonathan Yates - entrepreneur and author of Freesourcing: How to Start a Business with No Money. "After a career in field sales, I understood that people buy from people," Yates explained. "I found it frustrating that eBay didn't offer more information about its sellers and wanted to bridge the gap between trading platforms and trusted social networks." The site has been trading since April 2010. Yates has worked with a talented team of developers from PixelVector and a marketing team from Invoke Media. With their help, he launched a full rebuild ...

SmartAVI, Inc., a world-leading innovator of digital signage and video/audio/control signal distribution and switching over UTP/STP and fiber optic cable, has expanded its KVM switch family with the new VNet+ series . The new line of VGA KVM's is inspired by the success of the DVNet series of DVI KVMs and by the needs of SmartAVI's customers. The VNet+ series KVMs are available in 2, 4, 8 and 16 port versions. They are all cross-platform KVMs, capable of sharing a WUXGA (1920x1200) display and USB keyboard and mouse. The 2 and 4 port models also include stereo audio. ...

Roswell-based COMNEXIA Corporation (comnexia.com), Atlanta's leading single source provider of IT, Internet and business phone services, today announced the release of their 'Total Choice' bundled IT business services. Designed to help Atlanta business customers of any size, COMNEXIA's Total Choice package is an affordable way for businesses to bundle a comprehensive offering of business IT services, including computer network, Internet and commercial VOIP phone services, into a custom package at competitive and affordable rates. "Our business customers are looking ...

Governor Brown released his proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year, a budget that is the kiss of death for many, but most certainly for the "Forgotten Population." Not the "Forgotten Population" on death row, but the young adults who suffer from Autism and are developmentally disabled. $750 million will be cut from Special Education programs and many community services for developmentally disabled adults will cease. To those that are not lucky enough to have parents who are still living or loved ones capable of contributing the necessary financial support, this age ...

Victoria Cook, Chicago's own Guilt-Free Coach brings her How to Get Real RESULTS by Decreasing Stress, Boosting Income & Enjoying Life Guilt-Free Workshop to Vancouver, WA. Cook's unique 7-step proprietary system teaches participants to maximize their purpose, vision, and plan for achieving breakthrough results. This program is ideal for successful business women looking to decrease overwhelm, increase income, and improve the quality of your life. The full day event will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 9 am - 5 pm. at the SoHo Marketing Institute at 951 Officers ...

Make 2011 the year that you take the first steps to owning your own business. FranchiseMart-Atlanta is sponsoring an educational series focusing on business growth. In this special series, you will learn the fundamentals of business ownership and what it takes to be successful in the today's economy. In Series 1, you will learn about Business Road Maps and how to successfully navigate your way to owning the business that you have always dreamed about. Session one will take place on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, from 6pm-8:30pm Myths and Realities About Business ...

The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD), the world's largest autism treatment center that provides state-of-the art therapy, has announced it will host a CARD Nevada Autism Conference for parents, educators, medical and behavioral practitioners, researchers, and students. The one- day, comprehensive conference will be held in Reno, Nevada on March 4, 2011 at the Whittemore Peterson Institute's Center for Molecular Medicine, located at University of Nevada, Reno on 1664 N. Virginia Street. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Celayix Software, a leading provider of employee scheduling and workforce management solutions, today announced the details of its sponsorship of the 19th Annual Performing Arts Managers Conference (PAMC) which will be held Saturday, February 26 through Tuesday, March 1 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The Celayix team attended and supported this event for the first time last year in Seattle and will be returning this year due to the success and value gained from this previous experience.   Over its 19 year history, the PAMC has grown to be a preeminent conference for managers ...

ID Zone, a leading supplier of photo identification products, recently launched an all-new website at http://www.IDZone.com. The new website provides a fresh, new look and innovative tools to make shopping online for photo ID products - such as ID card printers, card printer supplies, ID badge accessories, and more - easier, faster, and more enjoyable. "IDZone.com's new design is streamlined and clean," says Chris Penn, VP of Sales and Marketing at ID Zone. "It features an inviting color palette, larger product imagery, and intuitive navigation for easy browsing. It's ...

While daily deal sites like Groupon, YouSwoop, DealOn and BuyWithMe continue to battle it out for larger market shares, newly launched Take My Coupons is looking to combine buyers and sellers of a different kind. At a glance it might seem to be another Groupon clone, but look closer and you'll see a big difference. The site which recently launched in 8 cities, including Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, North Jersey and home city Chicago, describes itself as an online market place where people can take advantage of missed deals or ...

Dave Anderson decided to squeeze a trip to North Carolina into his busy January schedule to serve as the keynote speaker at the National Agents Alliance National Convention at the Raleigh Conference Center on Jan. 22. Anderson was coming off a four-day event in Las Vegas, but that didn't slow down Anderson, a motivational speaker and LearnToLead.com sales training author who has spoken in 14 different countries to various groups and organizations and has written 10 books. He wanted to meet with National Agents Alliance and its top leaders, even if it meant losing a little ...

A hilarious romp through the complexities and realities of relationships, the smart, urban, romantic comedy, My Girlfriend's Back - featuring an all-star cast - hits stores March 1 from Barnholtz Entertainment (distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment). The focused and diligent pursuit of success by Derek Scott (Malik Yoba, the upcoming Vivica A. Fox feature, Caught on Tape, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? & Why Did I Get Married Too?, FOX's Defying Gravity) is about to pay off big time ... before he hits an unexpected detour. When a beautiful ex-girlfriend (Tangi ...

Roaring Penguin Software Inc., the email filtering experts, announced that Belnet (the Belgian Telematics Research Network) has selected CanIt-Domain-PRO to combat spam on their networks. Belnet is a specialised national internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities and public services within Belgium. Belnet operates a high-speed optical fibre network. The network is open to universities, researchers, academics and students at nearly 200 Research & Education institutions, government/public services and research ...

AmpliVox Sound Systems today unveiled a line of 20 new products designed to meet the changing demands of multi-media presentations. These carts, workstations and presentation stations offer a variety of connectivity and mobility options, in a range of prices to suit any budget. Since presenters often have to juggle multiple devices, the AmpliVox presentation stands provide for ease of set-up and flexibility of use. The premiere SN3330 Mobile Presentation Station, for example, holds a variety of audiovisual equipment such as a portable PA system, notebook computer, ...

San Diegans will be getting fit for a good cause on April 9th: Embrace, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes college students to address San Diego community needs through volunteering and service learning, is teaming up with KUSI fitness guru Cindy Whitmarsh and the USS Midway Museum to lead 500 San Diegans in the first-ever Ex 4 Vets Program (www.ex4vets.org) on the flight deck of the USS Midway. Embrace volunteers and members of the community will raise money by collecting pledge money and sponsorships for their participation in the Ex 4 Vets Aerob-A-Thon, with ...

John Gray, PhD., the international best-selling author of relationship books, was on the air Tuesday to share his #1 Secret of how you can keep Valentine's Day going all year long. He was Michael Craig's guest for a one-hour special that aired on Blog Talk Radio's LOGICAL SOUL TALK on February 15th at 6 pm ET. Dr. Gray is the author of 17 books, including the relationship classic "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," which USA Today called "the number one best-selling book of the last decade" as well as "one of the top-ten most influential books of the last 25 ...

Philadelphia attorney Royce W. Smith of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig, will deliver the keynote address at the Abington Memorial Hospital's annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Program on Feb. 22, 2011, in Abington, Pa. The MLK Program, to be held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Frobese Auditorium of the Lenfest Building, each year honors King's tireless efforts to alleviate the hardships of disparity in education, employment, housing and health care. The program will be presented by the hospital's Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, ...

World renowned Brazilian designer Carlos Sobral has been creating statement-making jewelry and home accessories in vibrant resin since 1970. Recently, he has collaborated with several well-known designers including Karl Lagerfeld and Agnes B. This is Sobral's first time participating in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and he is delighted to be presenting the Kandinsky collection as part of the event's Accessory Exhibit. Displayed in the main lobby of Lincoln Center, guests will be able to enjoy pieces from the collection throughout the week of shows taking place from February ...

The RE/Max Connections Moscow, Idaho team of realtors is pulling ahead of the pack in Latah region realty. The team moved up in rank, average sales, sales volume, and number of units sold compared to last year. This was both better than expected and in stark contrast to the regional totals, which all lost ground compared to last year. The RE/Max realty team increased both the number of units sold and their total sales volume, netting a 9 point gain in percentage of area business. Karyl Davenport, Patty Gemberling, Teri Skiles and Terri Guenthner, the founding team-members ...

MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative health management solutions, will host demonstrations by State of Minnesota Employee Insurance Division Director Nathan Moracco at the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HiMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition illustrating how MEDecision technology will power a personal health record (PHR) program the State has created for its employees and their dependents. The presentations will be held on Tuesday, February 22, and Wednesday, February 23, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the MEDecision booth ...

Express Information Systems (EIS), a San Antonio, TX-based business software solutions provider, announced today that Goodwill Industries of San Antonio has recognized it as a "Prestigious Partner." The award recognizes organizations that have successfully served Goodwill and its mission to help change lives through the power of work. Senior Leaders at Goodwill nominate candidates and each nominee is reviewed based on several factors - the ability to partner, the impact to Goodwill and the people it serves and the sustainability of the outcomes generated. "Express ...

Tile Doctor Shield , the first non-toxic antimicrobial product approved for hard surfaces that has no potential for legacy environmental concerns, has been named as a finalist by the internationally-known 2011 Edison Best New Product Awards . Shield is a finalist in the Consumer Packaged Goods - Household category, one of twelve categories honored by the Edison Awards. The distinguished awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring America's drive to remain in the forefront of innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the ...