A new monthly feature on Martini in the Morning is having their resident bartenders from Daddy-o's Martini in on a Friday of each month to introduce their latest vintage cocktail discoveries and new creations live on the air. They are creating cocktails the way they were intended to be made from vintage cocktail recipes. They are sharing recipes for classic cocktails, punches, juleps, sours, and smashes. The show will be live at 9:00am PST on August 13 with John Apodaca in studio demonstrating his vintage cocktail and displaying why he has a reputation for caring about ...

The Liberty Mutual Invitational Golf Tournament, being held October 18, 2010 at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, TX, will benefit Forgotten Angels, a Pearland-based non-profit that provides care and support to adults with developmental and physical disabilities. The 18-hole amateur charity golf tournament is being hosted by E-Z Line Pipe Support, LLC. Proceeds from the tournament will be used to build Forgotten Angel's 16th home which is reserved for several young ladies with extensive physical disabilities. "The Sharondale Residence" has been designed to improve ...

Dr. Michael Bogdan (www.drmichaelbogdan.com) a plastic surgery specialist in Dallas, is seeing more younger patients who want to update their appearance through rhinoplasty (nose surgery) procedures. According to recently released statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, rhinoplasty was the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure for teenagers in 2009. "After about the age of 16, a person's nose is fully developed and does not continue to change much," notes Dr. Bogdan. "If a young person is unhappy with his or her appearance, it makes sense to have ...

Pacific Laparoscopy (www.paclap.com) a weight loss surgery practice in San Francisco, has re-launched their website with additional patient resources such as patient photos and stories, information about the different types of weight loss surgery (including the less-invasive duodenal switch procedure), and a calendar of free seminars about bariatric surgery. "I am thrilled with the launch of our new website," states John M. Rabkin, MD director of Pacific Laparoscopy. "It is both aesthetically pleasing and easy for prospective patients to navigate. My main objective was ...

THINK Together, the non-profit that got its start providing after-school programs, is recruiting 72 full-time AmeriCorps members who will be embedded at school sites served by THINK Together in eastern Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Interested applicants can find specific opportunities at http://THINKtogether.org/jobs. AmeriCorps is a division of the Corporation for National and Community Service. AmeriCorps members serve through more than 3,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and other community organizations just like THINK Together, helping ...

D & J Seamless Gutters LLC of the greater Raleigh, NC area encourages homeowners to be ready for the fall leaf season with the installation of rain gutter and downspout systems. "Get your home ready for the fall rainy season now," said Johnny King, President of D & J Seamless Gutters. "You want to protect your home by directing rain water away from the building. Too much water near your foundation can lead to mold and standing water under your house. Our customers will tell you - we do great work and we get the job done quickly." "Words cannot express our gratitude ...

A brand new 'penny auction' site, Bidibot.com, for action-hungry poker and casino players is born. Players will have a new way to get their hands on poker and casino credits and will give them a more cost efficient route to some top online poker tournaments by avoiding satellites. It's the most surefire way to win in poker for less. The concept is simple. Once at www.bidibot.com, players bid on auctions such as poker tournament packages, poker or casino chips and credit. Players can place as many bids as they like until the auction is over. For example, let's say ...

www.partycasino.com, the world's largest online casino, is pleased to announce the arrival of new polar themed jackpot slot 'Snow Business'. At the start of 2010, PartyCasino.com launched the largest progressive seeded jackpot in the online gaming industry in the form of 'The Big One' and brought in classic slot Melon Madness as the slot to crack it. Now Snow Business has joined Melon Madness in offering access to 'The Big One'! The Big One is structured as a five tiered pool. The highest tier - Colossal Cash - seeds at $1.5 million, the biggest online jackpot seed in ...

Travellers with a taste for luxury items may see something they like at Expo Luxe in Rome, which takes place from September 17th to 19th this year. Guests at 5 star hotels in Rome with money to burn could find all sorts of high-class products such as jewellery, perfumes and unique opportunities to sign up for. Among the exhibitors are 1528 Parfums, 28.5 Elements of Luxury, Egon von Furstenburg and the Diplomatic International Golf Association. This is the first time the event has been staged, but it promises to be an intriguing experience. As well as all the ...

The Vancouver real estate market appears to have mellowed - at least for now. Following the predictions of many, Vancouver real estate sales have slowed since peaking this past April. April also saw the residential benchmark price of Vancouver listings rise to an all-time high, but by July 2010 that $593,419 price had dropped to $577,074, reports the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). According to the REBGV, since this time last year, sales of detached, attached and apartment properties have dropped by over 42% across the board. While summer usually marks ...

Experienced podiatrist in Manhattan, Dr. Ernest Isaacson, is now offering PinPointe FootLaser, a new breakthrough in toenail fungus treatment. The new laser technology removes and treats toenail fungus safely, quickly and without pain. The new PinPointe FootLaser from this New York City podiatrist uses a special laser beam to reduce the infection in your toenails. The laser gently passes through the toenail to penetrate the infection deep in the nail bed without causing damage to the nail or surrounding skin. Because this treatment is laser based, no anesthesia is required, ...

"Firms don't have a good measure of R&D effectiveness or what I call, Firm IQ," says Anne Marie Knott, associate professor of strategy at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. Knott's business research focuses on how to measure a firm's IQ and with a new National Science Foundation grant in hand, she's closer to figuring out what makes smart firms tick. Knott has received a grant from the NSF for a study to identify the characteristics of firms with highly productive R&D (high IQ) versus those with less productive R&D (low IQ). During the pilot ...

Podere Vignola offers short-term apartments in Florence and the Tuscan countryside. Four apartments are positioned in a romantic agritourism in Chianti, just 15 minutes from the Florence city center, and another apartment is located in the historical center of Florence, just a few steps from the Uffizi gallery. You can read further information by visiting www.Poderevignola.com, the new website of the company that owns the apartments. The website is shared in two different sections: the area devoted to the agritourism in Florence and its vacation apartments and the area ...

Every April, our collective stress level rises as we scramble to meet our tax deadlines. Particularly tricky federal tax issues come up when an employee either receives money from a lawsuit settlement with his or her employer, or severance pay upon leaving a job. In most situations both are taxable as income, but subtleties in the law create some exceptions. Taxation of Settlements Generally A settlement is an agreement reached between parties to a lawsuit. Usually the plaintiff receives money damages to compensate for his or her injury, and in exchange agrees to ...

Imagine that you were in a bad car crash. Not only was there extensive property damage to your vehicle, but you also suffered severe injuries and have thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills to prove it. In an attempt to recoup your losses from the insurance company of the driver who hit you, you file a personal injury lawsuit. While there is some question about whether the other driver is 100% at fault, you are confident that he is at least partially responsible for your losses. The court, however, disagrees and finds you shared fault - 10% of it - for causing ...

High-profile, deadly and previously undisclosed side-effects of mass-marketed prescription medications like Vioxx and Avandia have consumer watchdog groups, medical professionals and the public at large wondering if the Food and Drug Administration can stem the tide of "bad medicine." Most people think of the FDA as the gatekeepers of our country's food and medical supplies - there to prevent any harm from befalling us, responsible for making sure that only the highest quality products hit the marketplace. Unfortunately, in its quest to be better, the FDA may have hindered ...

Today cyclists are a familiar sight on Florida's streets, but it has only been in the last generation or so (since the 1970s) that cycling among adults has really taken off. Before that, cycling was generally regarded as a children's pursuit. While many Florida roads have had bike lanes added to them, in many cases it's not a perfect fit, and on other roads adding bike lanes has proved difficult due to traffic patterns, natural and man-made obstacles, and expense. In March of 2010, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a major policy change, saying that it was ...

Federal officials are not keeping secret their escalated efforts to prosecute financial fraud crimes involving U.S. government funds as well as U.S. government-backed or government-insured funds. Prior to the economic turbulence of the past few years, civil and criminal actions against firms suspected of defrauding government agencies or their proxies were mostly separate matters. But FBI investigators and Department of Justice prosecutors have announced their intention to investigate alleged wrongdoing involving federal funds, and individual criminal indictments have become ...

Medical malpractice claims against plastic surgeons can involve a variety of procedures. Patients who undergo breast implants, breast reduction, liposuction or facelifts may have to consider legal action if the medical professional they trusted caused severe scarring, infection, disease, malformation, tissue damage or other unexpected and often unexplained results. People who sought vast improvements in their personal appearance may face a future of embarrassment, pain, discomfort, medical complications and corrective surgeries. But imagine the combined effect of undergoing ...

Overwhelming debt puts plenty of pressure on borrowers who must endure constant creditor harassment while they choose which obligations to face during difficult financial times. But that is a minor nuisance compared to spending a night or two in jail. The practice of locking up debtors who fail to respond to legal notices is not practiced everywhere, but reports from communities across the country reveal that debt collection companies have enlisted local authorities to use the full force of the law in enforcing warrants for even minor debt. Formal debtor's prisons were ...

President Obama's July signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act brings increased oversight to an industry that many feel recklessly brought about "The Great Recession" and sent the economy into a tailspin. The stated aims of the new law include improving transparency and accountability in the financial system, ending bailouts by American taxpayers, putting an end to the idea that any institution is "too big to fail," and protecting consumers from improper financial services practices. One important strategy is the extension of incentives ...

One little known side effect of the prolonged recession is a rise in the number of applications for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). In an average year, the Social Security Administration considers 2.5 million applications for disability benefits. But cases were up by 20 percent over the past year and are likely to increase to well over 3 million in the coming year, according to SSA chief actuary Stephen Goss. One obvious reason is that workers who have endured disabilities may decide to seek benefits after losing a ...

This scene is all too common on North Carolina highways and back roads: on a recent July night near the end of a long drive, a Georgia trucker hauling over 20 tons of a highly combustible chemical overturned on a sharp mountain curve. He had followed GPS commands onto a rural gravel road between Lenoir and Banner Elk, where he planned to sleep for the night before delivering his load the next day. Perhaps the only uncommon thing about this accident is that no other vehicles were involved, and nobody was severely injured or killed. Trucking accidents like this happen ...

Hampton Inn Gaffney Hotel offers convenient lodging to students and parents touring Limestone College or attending their upcoming fall semester orientation session. Orientation is scheduled from Friday, August 20 through Saturday, August 21, 2010. The local school, which is a 4 year liberal arts college, is only a few miles from this Gaffney South Carolina hotel. Limestone College, a Christian, non-denominational college, was established in 1845 as the first women's college in South Carolina. In the late 1960s Limestone became coeducational. Nine of the campus buildings ...

Super 8 Monroe North Carolina Hotel offers convenient and affordable accommodations for drivers and their passengers who will be attending the Downtown Monroe Antique - Muscle Car Cruise-In. The popular event is held from now through October on the second Friday of each month. Located in the historic downtown district on Main St., the next Cruise-In will be August 13, 2010 from 6:00 - 9:00pm. Monroe, NC is a quaint suburb of Charlotte, NC. The town is also close to the South Carolina border. Monroe's downtown area features local restaurants and merchants which will ...