Friends of Wadsworth Library will feature Genesee Valley writer Aaron Paul Lazar at the organizations annual meeting, to be held on Tues., Sept. 27, 7 p.m. at Wadsworth Library, 24 Center St., Geneseo.

Author of the LeGarde Mystery Series and a Groveland resident, Lazar, 52, will read from Upstaged and answer questions from the audience. Lazars mysteries are set in the Genesee Valley and follow the LeGarde family as they cope with a murder, loss, grief, recovery, and newfound love. Lazar lives with his wife, three daughters, and two grandsons and gathers inspiration for his writing from his family, both past and present, and his passion for music, art, gardening, gourmet cooking, and photography. He has written eight LeGarde mysteries, of which two, Double Forte and Upstaged, have already been published. Both novels will be available for sale and signing at the meeting.

Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., the largest law firm in Prince George's County, will host a Rock & Roll Charity Gala on March 14, 2008, to mark the firm's 40th anniversary.

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"Believe it or not, we have been around for 40 years next year. We started out as a group of six young lawyers and are now one of the largest law firms in the Maryland suburbs. Prince George's County has been very good to us, and we intend to return the favor by raising money for a local charity," said David Bulitt, the firm's assistant managing director and Gala organizer.

Television chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich has expanded the offerings of her online presence, LidiasItaly.com. In addition to her renowned cookbooks and DVDs of her Italian cooking shows, the website now offers Italian tabletop and artistic note cards, holiday cards and gift cards to her various restaurants. Visitors can also take advantage of special promotions currently running at Lidia's online store.

Authentic Italian recipes and holiday gifts are available at Lidia's Italy.

LidiasItaly.com began as an easy way to find gift items for fans of this celebrity chef and fans of great Italian food. There is a selection of cookbooks featuring her authentic Italian recipes, many of which are suitable for even beginner-level cooks. Lidia's Family Table, for example, concentrates on delicious, basic family friendly cooking. In addition to the simple Italian recipes, readers gain an education on cooking. DVDs from her Italian cooking shows are also available. Now the site has expanded to offer even more.

Little or no respect for the blood, sweat and tears of generations of learned historians who toiled hard for the last three hundred years to erect the magnificent edifice of the Universal History of Humanity.

Mathematician shamelessly pokes hard astronomical data into the readers naked eye and dynamites the very foundations of the consensual chronology; raises the dust clouds of valid statistics that distort the clear lines of history completely.

Even the authority of school textbooks does not stop him from uttering blatant heresies: A.T.Fomenko infects millions of innocent souls with pangs of doubt.

WaterPartners International (WPI) today announced a $4 million grant from the Agora Foundation to bring clean water to the world’s poorest communities, furthering WPI’s mission to break the cycle of water-related diseases that claim about 5 million lives annually worldwide.

The gift is one of the largest single private grants to a non-profit group focused on the world water crisis and was spearheaded by philanthropist Wynnette LaBrosse, the founder of Agora, a donor-advised fund at Peninsula Community Foundation near San Francisco. In 2004, Agora gave $1 million to launch WPI’s WaterCredit Initiative, a unique program providing access to financing for the world’s poor so they can build and own sustainable water systems.

Per-inquiry (PI) advertising firm Higher Power Marketing (HPM) is celebrating the success of two new clients: Premier Team International Inc. and Marriage Builders Inc. Buoyed by these and other clients, HPM's revenue growth is up about 29 percent from last year.

Premier Team International, which markets a system for people wanting to work at home, has seen its response rate grow during the past year to 700-to-900 leads per week.

Marriage Builders , which offers couples counseling, signed on in September for a nationwide PI radio campaign. "We have very high expectations, and hopes for them developing into one of our largest clients," says Peter Feinstein, HPM's president and CEO.

As the pioneer of the domain name registration service, Network Solutions has plenty of experience with the WHOIS database -- so it's no surprise that the first WHOIS lookup application for phones running Google's Android operating system was developed by Network Solutions. Wi 558 th a number of Android equipped phones debuting this year, this application will be useful for looking up domains and attendant WHOIS business listing information on the go.

The application, simply called "WHOIS," is available now from the Android Market on equipped phones, and allows the user to easily look up information on the domain or IP of their choice, including the WHOIS business listing. All a user with an Android equipped phone--currently the G1 by T-Mobile, with a number of other options coming out later in the year--needs to do is visit the Android Market on his or her phone and download the application. After it's installed, simply selecting the icon will launch it and allow the user to quickly and easily look up information on the go.

Data released today showed, Southern California home prices rocketed to new highs again last month, but the rate of appreciation appeared to have flattened out. The median price paid for a Southern California home rose 15.2% on a year-over-year basis to $456,000 in May, setting a record. yet, the pace of the increase was on par with the rate of change in April, when the median rose 15% to $445,000

The San Diego Association of Realtors says the median price of a home in San Diego County rose more than 2 percent during May to $512,500. That is a five-percent increase from May 2004.

Eliot Spitzer, ex-Governor of New York, has been named the latest recipient of the unique "I Need a Hideaway!" Award by the Hideaways Aficionado Club, the premier international luxury travel-planning service for discerning travelers who want to get away from it all.

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The much- 5b4 troubled global advertising/media business has been thrown a much-needed life preserver by a new irreverent business book that provides 35 "battle-tested insider lessons for the model agency CEO."

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The "Lessons" including such sage counsel as "Believe your 'lying' eyes," "Beware of old competitors bearing gifts" and "Charming zeros don't pick first class teams" are extracted from "But Wait! There's More! (maybe)," a candid, rollicking dissection of current chaos in Adland by Ad Golden Age Veterans Donald E. Creamer and James Baar.

Online marketers needing to generate more search clicks got a big boost today from the results of a new analysis of generic domain names.

A study tested the AdWords performance of ads sharing identical headlines, copy and landing page content, but using different display and landing page URLs.

The results showed that the use of a generic domain name matching the product searched for can as much as double the number of clicks received across a range of related keywords.

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WhereToStay.com, the industry's largest and most in-depth travel resource for Caribbean and Hawaiian accommodations is pleased to announce its partnership with World Choice Travel, a division of Travelocity, for its online travel booking engines, expanding its travel destinations worldwide.

"This partnership is really exciting because it allows us to take the WhereToStay.com model, which we have perfected over the years in the Caribbean, and expand our product base globally for our customers," explains Thom Dunaway, founder and president of WhereToStay.com. "We are Passionate about making the travel experience the best possible by providing in-depth information. Our commitment to our smaller hotels hasn't changed. We'll continue to work very closely with our smaller hotels and help them compete with the larger properties."

Founded in 1995, WhereToStay.com has been the leader in the Caribbean market and was the first travel site to gather and post candid travel reviews. Today the site offers more than 11,000 consumer reviews on the Caribbean alone.

From European and Asian destinations to expanded domestic travel, WhereToStay.com can now offer travelers the best packages and fares globally. Its "know before you go" tagline has been the mission of WhereToStay.com since it was founded, helping educate the traveler to maximize their travel experience.

"WhereToStay.com is a great match because of their longevity in the market and solid customer base," added Rick Schneider, Vice President of Global Business Development of World Choice Travel. "There are literally dozens of new websites offering the lowest prices with no customer loyalty, but WhereToStay.com has a loyal customer following and that was important to us."

About WhereToStay.com

Founded in 1995, travel industry leader WhereToStay.com is the largest and most in-depth resource for Caribbean and Hawaiian hotels, villas, luxury resorts, private islands, bed & breakfasts, and cruises on the Internet. The success of WhereToStay.com centers around its "Know Before You Go" philosophy. It was the first travel site to offer comprehensive, candid reviews, useful advice and tips. WhereToStay.com was named by National Geographic Traveler's "5 Best Travel Websites" and Forbes' "Best of the Web." Travelers can book all types of vacations and cruises through www.wheretostay.com.

Leveraging its deep expertise in the human capital management industry, Knowledge Infusion today announced its consulting experts will deliver several presentations to PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM customers at the Oracle® Human Capital Management Users Group (OHUG) spring conference kicking off today in Las Vegas.

Taking place from April 19-21, the conference will feature 64 sessions delivered exclusively for PeopleSoft customers, three of which will be lead by Knowledge Infusion experts. In addition to leading a session featuring Capital One, Knowledge Infusion CEO Jason Averbook will moderate a thought leader panel that will address the numerous surveys surrounding the human capital management industry today.

ChineseFoodLocations.com is a new website that has archived the addresses and phone numbers of Chinese restaurants across the United States.

The website was first published in Mid 2008 and has grown steadily in traffic since its inception. According to Quantcast Internet Ratings, the website is consistently growing by about 20% each month. The growth is due to an increase in searches and a retention of users from prior months.

According to the website, "Chinese food is very appealing to Americans because of the recession". Their contention is that Chinese food is an affordable option for Americans to dine in and eat an enjoyable filling meal that does not put a hole in your pocket book.

As providers of the largest collection of legal documents for sale in the UK and over the Internet, Net Lawman is inviting businesses and individuals to participate in their free Affiliate programme and earn up to 25% commission on any sales they make.

Law Affiliates can now cash in on Net Lawman's vast array of legal documents, all carefully drawn by solicitors with over 20 years commercial experience and by specialist barristers. Affiliates can choose to offer a wide range of documents or opt only for documents, which match the industry they currently operate in.

Teledyne Tekmar, a Teledyne Technologies Company (NYSE:TDY), has introduced two new analytical instruments, the Atomx and the Torch. The Atomx Automated VOC Sample Prep System combines an Autosampler and Purge and Trap into a single instrument for the analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in soils and waters with the ability to perform methanol extractions. The Torch Combustion Total Organic Carbon (TOC) / Total Nitrogen (TN) Analyzer utilizes a patent pending Static Pressure Concentration (SPC) for the analysis of TOC/TN using high temperature combustion. These competitively priced instruments are engineered with reliable, quality and proven technology.

Occupational Hazards Magazine is hosting The 2007 Occupational Hazards Safety WebExpo and Conference on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Free to the public, this Virtual Event powered by Unisfair allows visitors to attend educational sessions, ask questions, visit vendor booths and pick up literature -- all from the comfort of their offices, homes or favorite coffee shop. To register for this free event, go to http://www.occupationalhazards.com/safetyexpo.

The following sessions will be broadcast during the event:

Delta Wave Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of a new Inmarsat BGAN accessory- their "Special Purpose Inmarsat Enclosure" (SPIE). Thrane and Thrane has also named it as an accredited solution, as it offers a unique turnkey solution to customers that require portability and ease of use when it comes to their requirements for global broadband connectivity in remote areas.

The SPIE unit is designed for use with the Thrane and Thrane's EXPLORER 300 and 500 Inmarsat BGAN terminals. It is a turnkey integrated package consisting of a rugged Pelican 1450 case, along with the Thrane two-wire RJ11 phone device and a 30' network cable with LAN, RJ11 and power interconnects necessary for quick and easy field deployment. In short, the unit becomes the terminal. With the optional Wi-Fi router and battery backup, the device becomes a truly standalone package designed for ease of transport and quick deployment.

With the euro plummeting from $1.60 last spring to a current $1.29, there may never be a better time to take the family on that long-awaited trip to Paris. Not only are air fares less expensive, but charming little bistros, a ride up the Eiffel Tower and a day at the Louvre are all affordable again. To save more money, log onto http://www.Rentalo.com, leading online vacation rental directory, and book an apartment that provides far more space for far less money than a hotel room. Vacation rentals also have the advantage of a kitchen, which means you cthe an save even more by cooking two meals a day at home (and having the fun of shopping in a French open-air market). Some of the vacation rentals.currently available on the Rentalo web site include:

Golden Living's, stylish retirement apartments in Nunthorpe, Cleveland are in high demand following an exclusive Easter weekend preview.

Interested parties attending the advance opening, which began on Good Friday, enjoyed a first look at the Roseberry Mews development's showhomes.

A one bedroom apartment in stylish traditional decor and a two bedroom apartment decorated in contemporary style were available as part of the preview in order to demonstrate the versatility and flexibility of the apartments.