Pelham, AL (PRWEB) May 11, 2012
Smokenders Online?, LLC announces the launch of its Smokenders Online ? smoking cessation course. Taught through 7 weekly, 1 hour sessions, the program is identical to the legendary Smokenders
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Queens, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2012
Cooper Square Realty, the largest residential property management company in New York City, has opened a new office in Rego Park, Queens. Located at 95-25 Queens Boulevard, the state-of-the-art facility mirrors the sleek style and open floor plan of the company?s main offices in Manhattan.
The new office will serve as headquarters for the company?s CityLine Division, which comprises 70 employees devoted to managing more than 165 properties and 26,000 apartments in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and on Long Island. In addition to this new location and its Manhattan headquarters, Cooper Square Realty maintains offices in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and on Richmond Avenue on Staten Island.
?This further expansion into the outer boroughs will enable our managers to direct building operations in closer proximity to the properties they manage, which will enhance communication with our board members and residents and allow us to provide even better service,? says David Kuperberg, Chief Executive Officer, Cooper Square Realty.
?Cooper Square Realty is able to offer a full menu of services to our more than 500 clients, wherever they are located,? says Keith Werny, President of CityLine. These include lower rates on goods and services negotiated via bulk purchasing programs; innovative insurance and financial management programs; and an online transfer application system.
The company takes every aspect of customer interaction into account to assure the highest level of customer care. Cooper Square Realty is the only property management company in New York City to offer a Customer Care Center, through which residents are guaranteed to reach a live Customer Care Specialist who can address their inquiries. All calls are logged in the company?s proprietary web-based system, so that property managers can quickly track calls, responses and follow up on issues when necessary.
Clients also benefit from portfolio-based energy management through the company?s FS Energy subsidiary. Through benchmarking and analysis, FS Energy devises customized energy management strategies for Cooper Square Realty?s managed properties. In 2011, clients saw their energy costs reduced by more than $ 11 million.
The CityLine Division continues Cooper Square Realty?s commitment to providing its clients with the tools and services necessary to run a more cost-effective operation and ensure high resident satisfaction.
About Cooper Square Realty
Cooper Square Realty is the largest residential property management company in New York City and also offers project management and energy management services. Cooper Square?s portfolio comprises upwards of 500 condominiums, cooperatives, and rental properties with an aggregate value of over $ 6 billion. The company manages more than 70,000 residences that are home to more than 200,000 people. These include distinctive lifestyle properties such as The Plaza Residences, luxury residential towers such as New York by Gehry, new developments, prewar landmark buildings, and apartment complexes. Further information is available at http://www.coopersquare.com.
Cooper Square Realty is a subsidiary of FirstService Residential Management (http://www.fsresidential.com), North America?s premier residential property management company, overseeing more than 5,600 properties and over 1.3 million residential units. FSR is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ: FSRV TSX: FSV), a global leader in the rapidly growing real estate services sector. Further information may be obtained at http://www.firstservice.com.
About FirstService
FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ: FSRV, TSX: FSV) is a global leader in the rapidly growing real estate services sector, providing a variety of services in: commercial real estate, residential property management, and property services. As one of the largest property managers in the world, FirstService manages more than 2.3 billion square feet of residential and commercial properties through its three industry-leading service platforms: Colliers International, one of the largest global players in commercial real estate services; FirstService Residential Management, the largest manager of residential communities in North America; and Property Services, including Field Asset Services, one of America?s largest providers of property preservation and distressed asset management and FS Brands, one of North America?s largest providers of property services through franchise networks.
FirstService generates over US$ 2.2 billion in annual revenues and has more than 23,000 employees worldwide. More information about FirstService is available at http://www.firstservice.com.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Kingston, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2012
In addition to presentations by several nationally recognized authorities on weight control, the main stage speakers will address the benefits of maintaining an ideal weight for overall health and wellness. Two top Harvard Medical School physicians and noted authors, Dr. Marie Pasinski (neurologist) and Dr. Malissa Wood (cardiologist), will discuss the importance of a healthy lifestyle, including weight control, on heart and brain health. Experts will be available throughout the event for Q&A. This year’s Expo will also spotlight events geared to men and children. Raffle prizes will include a NordicTrack AudioStrider 990 PRO valued at $ 1499 and a spin bike.
The annual Expo attracts well over 5,000 visitors, offering more than 20 free health screenings and over 75 interactive attractions, including expert speakers, workshops, fitness demos, chef demos, spa services, and a healthy food court. Around 125 exhibitor booths and informational tables related to health and well-being participate. Visitors receive complimentary bags filled with health and wellness products and information.
The 2012 Expo theme “Weight Loss for Wellness: Lose Weight, Feel Great,” was developed with our nation’s ? and our region’s ? ever-alarming obesity rates in mind. (The New York State Health Department’s most recent statistics indicate that 59.6 percent of Ulster County adults and 62.6 percent of Dutchess County adults are obese or overweight.) Obesity is often accompanied by chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Lifestyle changes required to achieve and maintain weight loss can be challenging. At any point in time, one in three women and one in five men in the United States are on some kind of diet, according to registered dietician and nationally recognized nutrition expert Mary Hartley, one of this year’s main stage speakers. “These diets produce short-term weight loss but two or three years later 95 percent of traditional dieters regain the weight,” she says.
This year’s main stage speakers will include:
Mary Hartley, a registered dietitian, writer and leader in the nutrition field, will discuss the concept of “Intuitive Eating,” a non-diet approach to weight-loss that “shifts the paradigm from weight-loss to wellness, from food fear to food pleasure and from body dissatisfaction to body trust.” Hartley is the former Director of Nutrition for CalorieCount.com, a diet website owned by The New York Times. Hartley helped develop the website, which aids members in managing their diets and weight, and wrote the popular Ask Mary, your personal nutritionist column.
Dr. Marie Pasinski, a staff neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, is the author of Boost Your Brain Power and Beautiful Brain, Beautiful You – 7 Steps to a Better, Smarter Younger You. She believes the key to changing our lives for the better involves improving our brains. Pasinski will present a program for keeping our brains in peak condition, training them with the same intent as elite athletes train their bodies;
Jessica Smith, a nationally-recognized fitness and lifestyle expert and promoter of the “10-Minute Solution” and author of Thin in 10, will discuss how exercising in short clips can improve our health and wellbeing and also fit into our lifestyle. The featured fitness expert on over 40 million boxes of Special K products, Smith has starred in 13 best-selling fitness DVD’s since 2005;
Dr. Malissa Wood, a clinical cardiologist and staff physician in the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, will present her new book, Smart at Heart: A Holistic 10-Step Approach to Preventing and Healing Heart Disease. Her approach bridges the gap between the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of a healthy heart and delivers a toolbox of new scientific findings on what women at risk of heart disease can do to improve their own health;
Diane Carbonell, one of the nation’s top weight-loss bloggers, is a formerly obese 300-pound mom who lost 150 pounds and has kept it off for 14 years. Carbonell will share her “Fit to the Finish” plan for weight loss that focuses on the percentage of fat in our diets, exercise and portion size;
Jennifer Rumple, the Biggest Loser At Home Winner from “Biggest Loser Season Twelve,” will discuss losing 145 pounds while battling a serious knee injury on The Ranch. Jennifer weighed her heaviest at 365 pounds on her 39th birthday. Now 40 and 180 pounds lighter, she feels her new, healthy lifestyle and physical body finally match who she is on the inside. She’s dedicated to inspiring others to make smart choices about nutrition and fitness and to live the most healthy, happy and amazing life possible;
Bernie Salazar, the Biggest Loser At Home Winner from “Biggest Loser Season Five”, is now committed to helping combat the childhood obesity epidemic that is literally weighing down our nation’s kids. His book Monstercise focuses on getting kids up and active by encouraging them to use their imagination as they participate in a series of fun and exciting movements with the help of an imaginary little monster named Frank;
Michael Tischler, DDS, a dentist with a private practice in Woodstock, will discuss gum disease and overall health, eating disorders and oral issues for women, pregnancy and oral health, and healthy dental self-esteem.
Liz Neporent, a health and fitness expert, writer and social media consultant, will also moderate a panel of the main stage speakers in the afternoon, giving the audience additional time to ask questions. Neporent is a regular contributor to ABC News where her influential online Reporter?s Notebook series covers a diversity of health topics such as the psychology of barefoot running and obesity in fruit flies. She is author and coauthor of more than 15 health books including Fitness for Dummies, now in its 4th edition and Weight Training for Dummies, now in its 3rd edition.
In addition to the main stage speakers, workshops on a variety of topics will be offered during the day, including: Management of Infertility and da Vinci Robotics, Myths and Facts of the Supplement Industry, Living Well in Spite of Endometriosis, and You Have The Power to Heal Yourself. Eight fitness demonstrations will also take place throughout the Expo, among them: Body Flow, Zumba and Zumba Gold for Seniors, Smart Bells, Dance Like No One is Watching, along with others in cooperation with the YMCA and MAC Fitness. More than half a dozen chefs will offer cooking demonstrations.
Held at Tech City in previous years, this year’s Expo is moving to its new location at the M. Clifford Miller School because the increased space and layout there are better suited to main stage needs, cooking facilities, weight and fitness rooms and the ever-growing number of health and fitness professionals and exhibitors who will be participating, according to Dr. Debra Karnasciewicz, founder and director of the not-for-profit Women’s Health and Fitness Foundation and the Expo.
Event details including online tickets and up-to-the-minute schedules can be found at http://www.womenshealthexpo.com.
