By Shannon Donnelly , Palm Beach Daily News - It was a homecoming of sorts for celebrity chef, author and semi-Palm Beach kid Michael Ruhlman.

Ruhlman, the son of Palm Beach resident Carole Ruhlman and the husband of former Shiny Sheet photographer Donna Turner, was the special guest at a reception to benefit Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.

Twilight on the Terrace took place March 25 at the home of Madeleine Parker and honored the hospital’s Circle of Friends donors.

The evening began with poolside cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a demonstration of Ruhlman’s culinary prowess and a signed cookbook for each guest.

Ruhlman is an award-winning New York Times

Hamptons.com - New York City - Nationally known eco-friendly home design expert <b>Robin Wilson</b> has collaborated with <b>Robert Kennedy, Jr.</b> on a Westchester County home that has become the subject of a book by Wilson, "Kennedy Green House," being published in Spring 2010 by Greenleaf Book Group.

With stunning four-color photography, "Kennedy Green House" documents the transformation of the home from the architectural plans to the selection of a builder to the specification of eco-friendly building materials, and finally to the installation of eco-innovations, energy-efficient appliances and custom cabinetry. Throughout, Robin Wilson educates readers with tips for building their home "from the foundation

By the Herald staff, TheNewsTribune.com - Olie "the Goalie" Kolzig will be the keynote speaker at the Tri-Citian of the Year event April 30 in Pasco.

A native of South Africa, Kolzig is a retired professional hockey goaltender who was one of the original players for the Tri-City Americans. He is now a co-owner of the team.

He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning.

He announced his retirement from the NHL in September 2009.

Woodlands Online, LLC - THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- The American Heart Association has once again teamed up with Montgomery County and Northwest Harris County to host their second annual Go Red For Women Luncheon. The luncheon will take place on May 14, 2010 at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott and will raise awareness for women and heart disease.

"Too few women realize that heart disease is their No. 1 killer," says Jill Barber, co-chair for the 2010 luncheon. "But the good news is that heart disease can largely be prevented. For that reason, the Go Red For Women movement encourages women to improve their heart health

WRDW-TV - If you're looking for one of the nicest guys around, who just happen to put up numbers worthy of being in baseball's Hall of Fame, you'd hit a home run with former Braves great Dale Murphy. For the Boys and Girls Club, that's just what they did with their annual steak and burger feed this evening.

Augusta, Ga--If you're looking for one of the nicest guys around, who just happen to put up numbers worthy of being in baseball's Hall of Fame, you'd hit a home run with former Braves great Dale Murphy. For the Boys and Girls Club, that's just

MMH.com - AMR Research, a leading independent research firm focused on the global supply chain and its supporting technologies, has announced speakers for its Supply Chain Executive Conference, to be held at The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, June 2-4, 2010.T. Boone Pickens"Keynote speaker, T. Boone Pickens"

The agenda includes a keynote address from T. Boone Pickens, energy activist, chairman of BP Capital Management and founder of the Pickens Plan.  Pickens will highlight hard-won lessons on how emerging energy and physical infrastructure businesses operate as well as their potential to impact strategies for supply chain leaders across industries.

AMR Research will host an award

By John Ivey, The Rotunda - Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, helped kick off Longwood University's much anticipated three-day Sustainability Conference on Thurs., March 18. The sustainability conference was a three-day series of events for students and staff from both Longwood and schools from around the state. The conference theme focused on economic development, environmental stewardship and social justice.

Greenfield was the keynote speaker of the conference, where he lectured in Blackwell Hall. He spoke about business sustainability, social responsibility and his radical business philosophy that has made Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream the multi-million dollar company that it is today. In addition,

UNICEF (press release) - What: 
Christopher Kennedy Lawford will visit Ukraine on 14-17 March 2010. Following the invitation of UNICEF, Kennedy Lawford will meet senior public health officials, patients, and civil society activists to discuss issues related to Hepatitis C (Hep C) in Ukraine and share experience in its healing. On 16 March he will deliver a public lecture “Recognize the impact of your decisions: personal story of Christopher Kennedy Lawford” at the National University “Kyiv Mohyla Academy” and tell his life journey to raise awareness on public health challenges such as Hep C and HIV co-infection and to empower youth for prevention and community

Isthmus - Rick Bayless -- award-winning chef-restaurateur, author and television personality -- is the keynote presenter at the 2010 Isthmus Green Day at Monona Terrace on Saturday, April 17.

Bayless recently won the title of Top Chef Master on the popular Top Chef Masters television program on the Bravo Network. As the winner, Bayless received $100,000 for his charity -- the Frontera Farmer Foundation. This is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting small, sustainable farms by providing them with capital development grants.

Bayless has written numerous critically acclaimed cookbooks, including Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking From The Heart of Mexico (William Morrow, 1987). The New

Billings Gazette - Author and motivational speaker Keith Harrell will be the
keynote speaker for the 2010 Governor’s Summit on Workforce
Solutions, June 17 and 18 in Casper.

Harrell, the author of “Attitude Is Everything: Ten Life Changing
Steps to Turning Attitude Into Action,” will give a presentation
titled “Embracing Change to Increase Effectiveness.”

By Fernando Alfonso III , The Post-Standard , Syracuse.com - Auburn, NY -- On the inside of her book the author wrote: “As-alaam Alaikum and peace!”

The book, “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” was written by humanitarian, two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and New York Times best-selling author Greg Mortenson.

And 19-year-old Taiba Dawlat got to meet him Wednesday in Auburn.

“I was so excited and full of emotion,” said Dawlat, a special guest at the Auburn Education Foundation’s Inspiring Speaker Series.

Mortenson and his organizations, Pennies for Peace and the Central Asia Institute, have built more than 131 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to

By Fernando Alfonso III, The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardNobel Peace Prize Nominee Greg Mortenson talks with Beth Lattimore (left, in the background), her 14-year-old daughter Sydney (right) and their friend 14 year old Sarah Fuller (left front) during a reception for Mortenson at the Springside Restaurant in Auburn.

Auburn, NY -- On the inside of her book the author wrote: “As-alaam Alaikum and peace!”

The book, “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” was written by humanitarian, two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and New York Times best-selling author Greg Mortenson.

And 19-year-old Taiba Dawlat got to meet him Wednesday in Auburn.

“I

PRWeb , Earthtimes (press release) -  Renowned global futurist, best-selling author and keynote speaker Jack Uldrich predicts, among other things, a truce on the "war on cancer" to declared; Al Gore to become a proponent of climate geoengineering; and a robot to be named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in the decade of "The Turbulent Teen's" (2010-2019).

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) January 28, 2010 -- Renowned global futurist, Jack Uldrich has released his predictions for the decade 2010-2019. Covering advances in augmented reality; geoengineering; robotics; biotechnology; nanotechnology; solar and desalination technology; genomics; and stem cell research, the list extrapolates existing technology trends and places the predictions into