Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center announces their 10th Slimdown Challenge

Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 6:30 pm the Albany Jewish Community Center will kick off their 10th slimdown program. “Slimdown ‘09” is the only program in the Capital Region that offers nutritional seminars, cardiovascular exercise and strength training sessions in one package.

The program is facilitated by a certified personal trainer and a Registered Dietitian. The program includes 12 seminars, 12 workout sessions, expert guest speakers and personalized attention to keep the participant motivated and accountable.

Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

“Slimdown ‘09” is open to members and non-members, Non-members will receive a three month gym membership for the duration of the challenge. Space is limited… early enrollment is encouraged.

To register: contact Kerry @ 438-6651 Ext. 130 or e-mail kerrye@saajcc.org.

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The Golub family, owners of Price Chopper Supermarkets and John Murray, chairman and CEO of Rose & Kiernan, Inc., will receive the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber’s highest honors at its 109th Annual Dinner.

The Golub family will receive the Envoy Salute, which recognizes an individual or group whose leadership, vision and contributions have made a positive and significant impact on the quality of life for residents in our region. Murray will be given the Arthur R. Kapner Spirit of the Chamber Award, which is presented to an individual whose dedicated service and efforts have brought credit to the Chamber and enhanced the Chamber’s standing in the community.

“It is a tremendous honor to recognize the Golub family and John Murray for their incredible efforts toward serving, understanding and appreciating our community,” said Mike Keegan, M&T Bank regional president and [...]

Ten area business executives have been selected to serve on the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce board of directors for terms beginning January 1, 2009.

Michael Keegan, president of the Albany and Hudson Valley division of M&T Bank, will serve as chair of the board in 2009. Ken Desmond, vice president, Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, will serve as chair-elect.

New board members elected to three-year terms by the Chamber membership include:

* Dr. John Bennett – President/CEO, Capital District Physicians Health Plan
* Bob Gaito – President, I-Centrix
* Elaine Gruener – Vice President, Marketing and Human Resources, Hannay Reels, Inc.
* Steve Janack – Vice President, Marketing and Communications, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany
* Norman Massry – Partner, Tri City Rentals
* Tim McCann – Director of Operations, Best Cleaners
* Philip Morris – [...]

TROY NY — NASA awards RPI $7.5 million grant to create the New York Center for Astrobiology, which will be part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI).

With such developments as the recent detection of snow in the Martian atmosphere by the NASA Mars Phoenix Lander, scientists are advancing toward evidence of conditions for life in space. And as NASA continues to build its search for life, it has also begun to build its partnerships under the NAI. The NAI is a “virtual” institute of universities that combine their knowledge and expertise to advance our understanding of the origin and distribution of life in the universe. It is headquartered at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.

Based within the School of Science at Rensselaer, the New York Center for Astrobiology is devoted to investigating the origins of life on Earth and the [...]

Meet The Medium
The Ghosts of Christmas Past

World renowned medium Georgia O’Connor presents Meet The Medium “The Ghosts of Christmas Past” on Dec 21 from 3 to 5 pm at The Inn at Saratoga in Saratoga Springs. Reservations may be made online at www.MeetTheMedium.com or by calling 518-583-0105. Admission is $50 in advance and $60 at the door.

In Dickens’s classic Christmas tale, Ebenezer Scrooge chose to turn his life around after a frightening visit from his dead partner Jacob Marley. In Georgia’s work she has spoken to a dead father who told his daughter that her house is not possessed by demons but that he is the one that tore the door off the hinges of her bedroom in an attempt to stop her drug use.

According to [...]