Just Believe Publishing is launching a new author's campaign of 'Babies Helping Mothers Build Homes'. Just Believe's author, Meri Ramey-Gray, has donated time as President of Northern Virginia Family Services Early Head Start/Head Start for two terms before deciding to bring this experience and knowledge into a printed format. 'Babies' Guide to Parents (and other important people)' is the only book available written strictly from the babies point of view.

February’s jobs report from the Department of Labor is scheduled to be released later this week and based on data released this morning by LinkUp, Friday’s report will show that the job market was essentially flat in February, making only modest gains in job growth.

Three Stone Media LLC, a search engine optimization (SEO) and website development company in central Virginia, is excited to announce their new local SEO services to Richmond areas businesses. With over a decade of experience in the SEO and website development industries, Three Stone Media LLC is well positioned to meet the growing local SEO needs of area businesses.

Sepideh Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering & Construction (www.sepiengineering.com), has been appointed by Gov. Bev Perdue to the 2010 North Carolina Department of Commerce Economic Development Board. The North Carolina Economic Development Board oversees state economic development research and planning and makes policy recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce, the Governor and the General Assembly. Comprised of 37 members, the board includes state government officials, Governor-appointed business and nonprofit representatives, as well as members of the N.C.

The National Portable Storage Association (NPSA) is holding its 2010 Spring Seminar in Virginia Beach, Va. on April 26-27 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront resort.

Solar Maid, the nation’s largest solar panel cleaning and maintenance, company adds three new territories of operation in 2010. December through February are normally a slow period for most solar related businesses, but The Solar Maid Company has defied the status quo by expanding it’s area of operation in some of the nations key solar states.

In advance of its February 24th Greenwich, CT seminar on financial incentives for historic preservation, the Trust for Architectural Easements – one of the largest preservation-easement holding organizations in the country – is publishing a walking tour of Putnam Hill, CT. The Trust protects more than 800 historic properties in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and California.

Gorell Windows has again been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the winner of the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for the 6th straight year.

Distinctive Design & Remodeling is currently running a monthly special on Gorell 5100 Series Vinyl Replacement Windows to all Fairfax County Virginia Residents including all of Northern VA.

These windows fully qualify for the Energy Tax Rebate of $1500.

Their Current Promotion is: $75 off per window with a min order of 15 windows.

Scrubadoo.com, a leading online retailer of medical scrubs, is announcing the launch of the Win Free Scrubs for Life Contest. The contest is aimed at nursing and medical students, as well as active nurses and doctors. Contest entrants will be required to choose a product from Scrubadoo.com that they have worn for years or have just purchased. Then, create a video review of the product. It can be funny, or serious, but creativity is important. Once the video review is completed, entrants will be required to upload their video to the Scrubadoo.com website.

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts has announced today Joel Trotter, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “Goodwill Impairment In the Face of the Global Financial Meltdown” This 2-hour event is scheduled for January 28, 2010, Thursday, at 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2010_Liquidity.html)

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Dallas based music immigration attorney Matt Gallagher confirmed that former Iron Maiden singer Paul Dianno's visa was approved today by the US State Department making it possible for Dianno to embark on his first US tour in over 15 years. Tour producer Gabe Reed commented, "Matt Gallagher's securing of this visa for Paul after so many failed tries by others is an awesome development that all Iron Maiden fans should be thankful for - we will finally see the return of the Beast to the US." Dianno is scheduled to begin his tour in January 27, 2010 at B.B.

Dallas based music immigration attorney Matt Gallagher confirmed that former Iron Maiden singer Paul Dianno's visa was approved today by the US State Department making it possible for Dianno to embark on his first US tour in over 15 years. Tour producer Gabe Reed commented, "Matt Gallagher's securing of this visa for Paul after so many failed tries by others is an awesome development that all Iron Maiden fans should be thankful for - we will finally see the return of the Beast to the US." Dianno is scheduled to begin his tour in January 27, 2010 at B.B.

Dallas based music immigration attorney Matt Gallagher confirmed that former Iron Maiden singer Paul Dianno's visa was approved today by the US State Department making it possible for Dianno to embark on his first US tour in over 15 years. Tour producer Gabe Reed commented, "Matt Gallagher's securing of this visa for Paul after so many failed tries by others is an awesome development that all Iron Maiden fans should be thankful for - we will finally see the return of the Beast to the US." Dianno is scheduled to begin his tour in January 27, 2010 at B.B.

Looking out the window and marveling at the winter wonderland surrounding the area, realization sets in that tomorrow is a work day. While snow continues to peacefully fall, as a business owner, thoughts focus on how many of the company's staff will be able to struggle into work the next day.

‘Snow Days’ can wreak havoc with businesses as the work needs to be completed even though thousands of schools, day cares and buses close for the day. Employees rush to ensure that their children are properly supervised generally resulting in one adult remaining at home.

Organized A to Z.com, a Virginia-based online retailer that specializes in organizing and storage products to help simplify lives, is featured in Better Homes and Gardens new Early Spring 2010 Storage Edition magazine.

In her article, "Month-by-month Storage Plan", Organized A to Z.com owner and professional organizer Kathy Jenkins gives readers an organizing plan focusing on just one room of your home for each month of the year. Along with helpful organizing tips, an Organized A to Z.com product is highlighted each month to help readers accomplish their organizing goals.

On Thursday, December 17th, SBS Group donated presents, gift cards, and toys to mothers and children seeking refuge from domestic violence. SBS Group, a leading technology consulting firm, provides mid-market accounting & business solutions to companies along the East Coast. The company contributed twenty children and twenty adult gift baskets to the inhabitants of the New Brunswick shelter.

This family epic opens in 1850 when a young couple traveling west in a Conestoga wagon is attacked by a band of Crow braves and violently murdered. Lakota Sioux, Standing Elk and his wife Winona, come upon the horrible scene, spot a newborn in the carnage, and rescue him for their own. The infant is born Jules Merrell, but Standing Elk gives him the name White Bird. When he reaches the age of 10, Winona forces the feisty redhead to leave the tribe to escape the jealous wrath of his older blood brother who wishes him dead.

This family epic opens in 1850 when a young couple traveling west in a Conestoga wagon is attacked by a band of Crow braves and violently murdered. Lakota Sioux, Standing Elk and his wife Winona, come upon the horrible scene, spot a newborn in the carnage, and rescue him for their own. The infant is born Jules Merrell, but Standing Elk gives him the name White Bird. When he reaches the age of 10, Winona forces the feisty redhead to leave the tribe to escape the jealous wrath of his older blood brother who wishes him dead.

he National Portable Storage Association, or NPSA, has announced two strategic events for 2010. Members and non-members alike are invited to attend these industry conventions to learn more about opportunities in portable storage.

The NPSA will hold its Spring Seminar on April 26-27, 2010. Sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Leasing and Bay Container, the biannual event will be held at the Hilton Hotel on Virginia Beach. The Spring Seminar is when NPSA leaders tackle key questions facing the portable storage industry, as well as focus on education and networking.

When ActionCOACH the world’s leader in business and executive coaching, launched its first-ever global pro bono business coaching campaign to extend a helping hand to the not-for-profit and charitable sectors of the economy, Business Coach Sheri Winesett enlisted the Landon Bucher Leukemia Trust into the program.

Target readers ages 17-40. Mitchell chose a popular genre and breaths new life in to the world of shapeshifters as she takes the readers on a journey of thrills, suspense, mystery and sensual romance in her first novel Dark of kNight.

As much as parents cherish the artwork their children create, only so many drawings, paintings, and collages can be saved for posterity. Now parents who feel guilt-ridden at the thought of letting their kids' art collect dust or land in the trash now have a new option: saving their child's art online at RefrigeratorArtist.com.

Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS) was recently awarded a multi-year contract from Dulles Transit Partners, LLC to continue providing cathodic protection engineering and installation services on the Phase I Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project in Virginia. Phase 1 of the rail project will run from East Falls Church to Wiehle Avenue on the eastern edge of Reston, VA. The metrorail will include five stations: four in Tysons Corner—Tysons East, Tysons Central 123, Tysons Central 7 and Tysons West and one in Wiehle Avenue.

Stewart is hosting a pie contest for the holiday season, inviting bakers to participate on the show by bringing their best pie where pastry and foodie judges choose a winner. The winner of the event will bake the winning pie with Martha Stewart on a later show.

The 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge, the premiere entrepreneurship competition at Duke University, and the Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network (DukeGEN), announced today that Bill Maris, co-founder of Google Ventures, will lead the judges for the Finals Event of the Elevator Pitch Competition, Friday, November 20, 2009. The competition finals will take place at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in Geneen Auditorium and may be viewed online via live webcast at http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org/live starting at 7pm Eastern Time.

Stewart is hosting a pie contest for the holiday season, inviting bakers to participate on the show by bringing their best pie where pastry and foodie judges choose a winner. The winner of the event will bake the winning pie with Martha Stewart on a later show.

SBS Group, New Jersey’s leading technology solutions provider, is proud to be named a 2009 Technology Pacesetter by Accounting Today Magazine for the sixth consecutive year. The magazine gives this award each year to 100 organizations that market financial software applications in the mid-market. Pacesetters are selected based upon recognition by peers and business partners as leaders in the field, and on their proven record as innovators and how they portray themselves to the public.

Want to improve communication between employees and customers, increase staff productivity and raise job satisfaction? Consider using presence management technology.

This relatively new class of tools gives your entire staff the ability to know, in real time, what everyone else in the company is doing. With presence management, you’ll know if a workmate is at her desk – or even in the building. Is she in a meeting? Or on the phone? Presence management technology provides the answer.

Goodman Solutions, LLC, a division of Goodman & Company, LLP, one of the nation’s top accounting and advisory firms, has announced that Jeremy Martin has joined the company’s Tysons Corner office as a Senior Associate.

Martin earned a B.S.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Richmond and a Master of Accountancy and Professional Consultancy from Villanova University. Before joining Goodman Solutions, he worked as a Senior Audit Associate at KPMG, LLP in Short Hills, NJ.

Players from all over the country came to compete in nationals during the World Tavern Poker Open. This season a record number of World Tavern Poker Players attended the event. To say this season’s Open was a success would be the understatement of the year. Elaborate costumes, secret marriages, entertaining parties, and great music were only the tip of the iceberg. With almost 700 attendees, the energy level this year was unbelievable. This was the best Open ever. World Tavern Poker truly lived up to their motto: Great Poker, Great Parties, and Great People.