Photographing relief and development workers in the developing world can be a tough job. While making images that clearly capture a moment and a program, the photographer must respectfully overcome cultural and language barriers as well as often-rough working conditions. They make images that will tell the stories about how large and small organizations address poor health facilities and schools, economic and physical effects of war or natural disaster, just to name a few. In the course of documenting the conditions and programs, photographers witness simple and multi-faceted ...

Dream Town Realty, a driving force in Chicago's online real estate industry, announces the addition of eight new agents in July. Lilian Khattar is one of the realtors welcomed to the company during the month. She works with buyers, sellers and investors, but specializes in real estate sales and marketing. Ms. Khattar comes to Dream Town with over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and customer service. She has lived in Chicago for 11 years and runs her own asset protection and management company called Home Watch Chicago. Through that interest, Ms. Khattar brings ...

Oculus Hospitality Training & Business Solutions Inc. has incorporated environmentally green solutions into all of their training products and brands. Commencing September 1st, 2010, the company will require clients who have decided to print training materials, or who require extensive travel, to participate in a carbon offset program pre-selected by the Oculus Hospitality Training & Business Solutions Inc. team in Vancouver. The program will be extended to all Oculus brands including Oculus Business Solutions and Checkmark Training. "We have spent time thinking about ...

Action Speaks LouderSM, a nonpartisan grass-roots organization, officially launches today. Its purpose is to encourage self-funded political candidates across the nation to donate—at minimum—an amount equal to 20 percent of their personal campaign dollars to civic endeavors of their choice. By pledging hard dollars of their own money, while campaigning, to existing programs in areas such as education, health care, job training or crime prevention, candidates can prove to the public their true commitment to programs consistent with their expressed ideologies and, in ...

Eventrics, a Lakeland-based event planning and managing company has announced the resignation of Derrick McBride, President and Co-Founder of the innovative and successful event company. After founding the company in 2006, McBride is resigning leaving his responsibilities in the capable hands of former VP/Co-Founder Sherrin Smyers. McBride has identified that he will pursue new business interests and consulting opportunities. "From concept to reality, the process of starting this company and positioning it for future growth has been a wonderful experience", stated ...

Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time patient surveillance, documentation and reporting system, is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar on core measure performance with Darin Smith, PharmD in "Opportunities for Improving Core Measure Performance Through Pharmacist Intervention." The 2009 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590) brings the concept of pay-for-performance (P4P) into legislative reality. Impending negative financial implications and increasing transparency of poor performance will further drive hospitals ...

Retailer LifeStyles Furniture is partnering with upholstery furniture manufacturer American Leather for their 2nd Annual factory authorized Comfort Sleeper Sale beginning September 1, 2010 through October 4, 2010. Customers will be able to experience special factory authorized pricing on all Comfort Sleepers in their choice of fabrics and leathers at specially reduced pricing. American Leather Comfort Sleepers feature a no bar, no spring and no sag sleep system developed by Robert & Barbara Tiffany. The Tiffany 24/7 mechanism eliminates uncomfortable bars and allows ...

Inc. magazine named Verndale, a leading mid-market web technology and consulting firm, as the nation's 2,284 fastest-growing private company, moving up 180 spots from last year on the 2010 Inc. 5000 list. The award recognizes Verndale's ability to generate robust revenue while managing a growing business and developing successful business strategies. This is the fourth consecutive year that Verndale has been recognized in the Inc. 5000. Verndale ranked on the Inc. 5000 list based on information gathered and assessed by Inc. magazine researchers that detailed the company's ...

Custom Packaging and Products, a Cape Coral, Florida custom packaging and branding company, has unveiled their newest product - short-run paper bags for custom retail packaging in addition to the short-run sandwich wrap. They will offer: * 3×2×8.75 20# Bleach Grease Resistant Hot Dog Bag * 6×9 20# Bleach Grease Resistant Open Two Sides * 6×.75×6.75 20# Grease Resistant Sandwich Bag * 5×4.5 20# Grease Resistant French Fry Bag * 5×2×14 30# Bleach Kraft Sub Bag * 6# Waxed Bleach Kraft * 12# Waxed Bleach Kraft * 5×3×12 35# Grease Resistant Bleach Kraft Breadstick ...

BookKeeping Express, the first U.S. franchise focused solely on certified bookkeeping services, has announced plans to expand across the Las Vegas market through local franchise ownership. "The small business community is growing in Las Vegas 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 ...

Inc. Magazine announced the final results for the Inc. 500/5000 list, where the rapidly growing and market leading practice-to-patient communication service, Smile Reminder, was ranked 77th in the list for Top 100 software companies in America. The achievement recognizes the private company�EUR s immense contribution to a healthcare service that is quickly becoming a billion dollar market for e-messaging. Past Inc. 500/5000 software lists included impressive companies that quickly blossomed into national icons, and Smile Reminder is honored to be amongst them for ...

Central Carolina Hospital is pleased to announce the creation of the Primary Care Physician Network. Now, if you are in need of a doctor, just one call connects patients with dozens of healthcare practitioners that are available for same-day or next-day appointments. Central Carolina Hospital's Primary Care Physician Network consists of physicians in the specialties of Family Practice, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. "At Central Carolina Hospital, we believe that access and options are important when choosing a healthcare provider for you and your family," ...

The Napa Valley Wine Train has literally gone off the tracks for its newest visitor offering - a new tour and wine tasting that takes guests up the East (and trackless) side of the Napa Valley, into a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at a family winery, and then on to the historic Wine Train for an amazing gourmet lunch. This tour is an exciting partnership between Raymond Vineyards and the Napa Valley Wine Train, whereby visitors to Napa Valley are offered the opportunity to see the east side vineyards in the mid-morning light and then embark on a 90-minute comprehensive ...

With over 20 years of industry experience, JJL Process Corp (JJL) is a Process Serving Agency that specializes in serving collection papers. Through advanced proprietary technology and forward thinking, JJL has established itself as the leader in our industry. JJL's new website and new look continues to offer easy online access to work entrusted to the agency by its clients and process servers nationwide as well as a more user friendly interface that has allowed all users to minimize the amount of time spent searching for records by incorporating shortcut search features, ...

While the producers of Bravos hit series Real Housewives have tried to keep the identity of their new Real Housewives of Beverly Hills series a secret, word is now out! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, premiering in October on Bravo, will feature the stunning housewife Taylor Armstrong as she navigates her personal and professional life throughout Beverly Hills. Taylor Armstrong is one of six housewives representing the 90210 zip code. She brings her business savvy, personal style, and international client list to the screen across the world. eImplement is an SAP ...

Roni Deutch launched the newest version of her website, complete with over twenty free tax calculators. "My law firm was one of the first tax law firms in the country to launch a website nearly a decade ago, and more recently I was one of the first tax attorneys to launch a personal blog," asserts Deutch. "So, I completely understand how important technology is. I love the new design of our website. I think our clients will find it much easier to use and very visually appealing." In addition to a new design, the law firm's website boasts a new "Tax Tools and Financial ...

GigaMods.com has partnered with industry leading optical networking manufacturers, including Agilestar, Cisco and Prolabs, to deliver the widest selection of Fiber Optic transceivers in the market, all at affordable prices with expert pre and post sale service and support. Choosing the right GBIC, SFP, XENPAK, X2 or XFP transceiver for your Cisco switch or fiber application has never been easier. We offer a huge selection of Cisco and Cisco Compatible, MSA Compliant optical transceivers, at competitive prices, backed by trained professional sales and support staff. Save ...

Kimera Systems today unveiled their Blueprint technology, a 1st generation Ambient Intelligence (AmI) enabling technology. Based on over 5 years research in various fields including Ambient Intelligence, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, and future business models, Kimera Systems' Blueprint technology aims at bridging present day with the smart world of tomorrow. "Ambient intelligence will have profound consequences on the type, content, and functionality of emerging products and services, as well as on the way people will interact with them", says Emiliani and Stephanidis ...

The Wyndham Orange County promotes two talented individuals Marcy Hail, Senior Social Catering Sales Manager, and Marketing and Event Specialist, Michelle Guthrie. A local to California, Marcy Hail attended California State University, Long Beach and obtained a bachelors degree in Recreation and Leisure specializing in Event Production, Travel and Tourism. Upon being promoted to Senior Social Catering Sales Manager, Marcy was appointed to the Inventive Meetings committee for Wyndham Hotels where she utilized her extensive meeting planning knowledge to turn corporate ...

Today saw the launch of a brand new website geared toward offering new parents easy to find information about baby costumes and age appropriate Halloween ideas. The site, Best-Baby-Halloween-Ideas.com has been specifically designed to offer parents an online resource containing some of the best baby costumes and baby friendly event ideas for the Halloween season. The site's founder, Darlene Tysinger, developed the site after conducting her own online search for different ways to celebrate her daughter's first Halloween. "What I kept seeing was that many new parents decided ...

The KitchenAid pink mixer, part of the Artisan line, has been made specifically for the Cook for the Cure campaign. KitchenAid has brought out a new line of products in the color pink, including the Artisan mixer, as part of the Cook for the Cure campaign. To go with the pink mixer, KitchenAid also has several mixer accessories in pink. Don't let the color pink fool you. This mixer is based on the same platform as the other mixers available from KitchenAid , and is fully capable of doing anything its sibling mixers can do. What recipe have you been avoiding because ...

Xirrus , the leader in high performance Wi-Fi that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance Wi-Fi Arrays across all nine campuses of the San Joaquin Valley College located throughout southern and Central California. This accredited private junior college provides accelerated career-focused curriculum and instruction often using web applications and online platforms. SJVC deployed Xirrus 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays to support these programs as the unique architecture of the Array allows them ...

K12Translate today announced that with the beginning of the 2010-11 school year, more than 150 school districts across the country are now turning to the leading provider of education translation and localization services to help them reach English Language Learners and their parents. Among the new school districts collaborating with K12 Translate are Arlington Heights School District (Ill.), Citrus County School District (FL), East Baton Rouge (La.), Greater Lawrence Technical (MA), Parkrose School District (OR), Recovery School District (LA), Richfield Public Schools ...

Shirtlab, providers of a state-of-the-art online T-shirt design service, is delighted to announce that the winners of the festival t-shirt design competition held in collaboration with welovefestivals.com have been selected. The three winners will receive ten t-shirts with their design printed onto the front or back, in the sizes they require. For more information, visit http://www.shirtlab.co.uk or call 0800 1072144. One of the winning entries can be seen here: http://www.shirtlab.co.uk/wiki.aspx/LiveArt?designId=31bcc293-5d8b-4953-a684-708126303a54 "This is the first ...

Chris Sherburne, the Orlando, Florida, wedding photographer behind Please Shoot My Wedding, has just reinvented his brand to better reflect his booming business and upscale clientele, relaunching as Weddings by Chris Sherburne Photography. The rebranding includes a new website designed to showcase the images from his wedding and engagement photo sessions and a blog that acts as a client-education tool while providing brides-to-be with practical wedding planning tips and advice. Sherburne is thrilled with the rebranding and feels that the change was a necessary and natural ...