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CLEVELAND, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilience Capital Partners (www.resiliencecapital.com), a Cleveland-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Weaber, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1941, Weaber, Inc. is one of the nation's leading hardwood lumber producers. The Company is headquartered in Lebanon, PA and employs over 300 people. Weaber's products include Surfaced Four Sides "S4S" boards, flooring and moulding products which...

Inspired by New Year’s resolutions of health and fitness, Big Dot of Happiness, LLC, funded each employee’s membership into the Mayo Clinic Health System – Red Cedar’s Motivation to Move program. Menomonie, WI (PRWEB) January 05, 2012 Big Dot of Happiness, LLC, an industry leader in providing hard-to-find birthday supplies and birthday party decorations, energized its employees by entering the 2011-2012 Motivation to Move. As part of the 8-month activity challenge hosted by the...

Teens blogging about social problems, engaging with online community showed significant improvement, according to new research Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. "Research has shown that writing a personal diary and other forms of expressive writing are a great way to release emotional...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty-five football players from the University of Illinois Fighting Illini will sport team jerseys and join the front lines in the fight against hunger at St. Anthony's on Friday, December 30th from 10am to 1pm. St. Anthony's estimates players will serve over 3,000 meals, generously provided by the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, to some of San Francisco's neediest individuals and families. A few blocks away, the Bruins of UCLA will join...

Television personality, author, and one of the nation’s leading speakers Gail Kasper shares 4 guaranteed fool-proof tips from her book Unstoppable: 6 Easy Steps To Achieve Your Goals, to help Americans become Unstoppable in life! With the New Year upon us and many people struggling to achieve their personal and professional goals, whether it’s due to the economy or they are challenged by their own limitations, Gail shows us, through her revolutionary Systematic Attitude...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Which U.S. city do you think would recover quickest in the event of a severe earthquake? Memphis, Charleston, Seattle or Los Angeles? In the modeled case study of these four cities, all located on major U.S. fault lines, Los Angeles (not the smaller cities) would fare the best on a relative basis because it's a better-built environment with stronger seismic building codes and practices. Conversely, Memphis, would experience...

Bank of America extends maximum donation to another $500,000 as Feeding America reaches milestone CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A two for one match offer by Bank of America has helped raise more than 6 million meals for Feeding America's Give A Meal campaign less than a month after launching. The unprecedented success of the program was bolstered by a generous match from Bank of America and its customers. This week the bank announced that they were increasing...

NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 2011 marks a banner year for WhyHunger with the most successful Hungerthon in the annual event's 26-year history! Aided by its partners at SiriusXM, CBS Radio (including NYC's WFAN 660 and WCBS 880), and charitybuzz, WhyHunger raised a record $764,000 for the fight against hunger and poverty, via its online auction and two-day radiothon. This year's top Hungerthon earners, some of which brought in bids over $20,000, included: Bruce...

Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For male students, however, too much optimism led to overconfidence and less studying, resulting in lower grades. “Optimism in male students can lead to overconfidence or an attitude of ‘things will work out for the best’,” according to Tamar Icekson, a Ph.D. student in BGU’s Guilford...

Targeted financial incentives for patients can lead to health behavior change Financial incentives work for doctors. Could they work for patients, too? Could they encourage them to change unhealthy behaviors and use preventive health services more? In some cases, yes, according to Dr. Marita Lynagh from the University of Newcastle in Australia, and colleagues. Their work, looking at why financial incentives for patients could be a good thing to change risky health behaviors, indicates that...