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Spring Air Wins Progressive Manufacturing 100 Award for its QlikView Business Intelligence Initiative

QlikTech, the world's fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) software company, today announced that its customer, The Spring Air Company (Spring Air), is a winner of the 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 (PM100) Awards, presented by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.

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Spring Air, one of the nation's largest mattress manufacturers, was named to the PM100 for its QlikView Business Intelligence initiative. In less than a month of using QlikView analysis to guide management decisions, Spring Air had realized a complete return on its investment. The company acquired over $10 million in new business and reduced its estimated annual costs for business intelligence and management reporting by more than $1 million in its first two months of leveraging the power of QlikView across the enterprise. Spring Air tapped QlikView analysis to provide senior management with real time data to improve business decisions across its nine manufacturing facilities and departments -- ranging from Finance to Sales & Marketing and Product Quality.... (Continue reading)

Showtime Shakes Up Politics with New American Candidate

What better way to shake up the routine politics of the current election season than to hear from 12 new candidates with fresh ideas for leading the nation? That is the question posed by Showtime's new reality series, "American Candidate." Executive Producers R. J. Cutler, producer of the acclaimed documentary "The War Room," along with Jay Roach and Tom Lassally, are now selecting 12 candidates from hundreds of applicants to compete in a simulated run for the White House this Summer against the backdrop of the national election. The winner will receive $200,000 and a nationally televised address to the nation.... (Continue reading)

Dichroic Glass Art Contest Sponsored by Dichroic Coatings Industry Leader

Coatings By Sandberg, Inc. is sponsoring an annual contest using Dichroic Glass in an artistic or functional piece. We will be accepting photographs of art work and placing the winning photographs on our web site for the world to see what our faithful customers create with our quality Dichroic Glass Coatings.

1st place winner will receive a $500 gift certificate towards CBS Dichroic glass.

2nd place winner will receive a $250 gift certificate towards CBS Dichroic glass.

3rd place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate towards CBS Dichroic glass.

Runner-ups and honorable mention awards will also receive Dichroic Glass packs.... (Continue reading)

InteleCom, Inc. Releases Beta Version of its New Web 2.0 Breakthrough Communications Technology

InteleCom, Inc., (OTC: IECM.PK) a leading provider of international VoIP communications to over 120 countries, announced today that the Company's subsidiary toksee (www.toksee.com) will release its toksee community beta on April 30, 2008. toksee is an integrated Web 2.0 communication provider and social network technology enhancer that allows users to better communicate with each other online.

The toksee communicator allows users to talk to and see their friends and family on line and brings together audio, video, instant message, online chat and other communication technologies into a simple and easy to use light-weight widget package. toksee can quickly and easily be placed on business or personal web pages such as FaceBook, LinkedIn, MySpace and numerous other social networking sites.... (Continue reading)

Turkey Dinner Bush Doll Commemorates the Presidents Thanksgiving Visit to the Troops in Iraq

The Presidents surprise 2003 Thanksgiving Day visit to the U.S. troops in Iraq has inspired Talking Presidents to create a new action figure, Turkey Dinner Bush.

The secret Thanksgiving trip was the first visit by an American President to Iraq. The trip was said to have boosted the morale of troops serving in Iraq, as well as to have inspired patriotism 558 among many Americans at home. Regardless of how the visit was viewed politically, it has become a piece of our nations history. It also inspired John Warnock of Talking Presidents to create a new President Bush action figure.... (Continue reading)

FaceDesk Releases Advanced Webmail Client for Personal and Groupware Use

Nothing is more frustrating to individuals and organizations than email chaos. Individuals may have to check anywhere from two to an unbelievable amount of email accounts. Organizations suffer greatly from lost or unorganized email communication. Seem hopeless? Enter the next great hope: FaceDesk’s new advanced webmail client.

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The hosted email software is the solution that FaceDesk says will make power emailing easy. As Mary Houpa in Account Development highlights, “At center stage of the FaceDesk platform is the Webmail client. With a focus on usability and performance, this remarkable application includes all the features found in Windows based clients such as Outlook and Thunderbird, including right-click menus and drag-and-drop. The acceleration technology makes screen response as fast or even faster than these clients. This is truly compelling when you consider that it is all done as a Web based system.”... (Continue reading)

Joseph, Greenwald & Laake Lawyers Listed Among Area's Top Divorce Lawyers

David Bulitt and Barbara Jorgenson, two senior members of the Family Law Group at Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, PA, have been recognized by Washingtonian Magazine to be among the metropolitan area’s 2009 Top Divorce Lawyers.

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“What a great way to start 2009,” quipped Ms. Jorgenson, who was selected for the first time this year. “It is enormously gratifying to be selected again,” said Mr. Bulitt who has been selected three times previously. Each year Washingtonian Magazine identifies the top divorce lawyers in the metropolitan area after extensive interviews with local divorce attorneys.

Ms. Jorgenson and Mr. Bulitt are part of an eight-member Family Law Group, which also includes senior partner, Stephen A. Friedman, Esq. The Family Law Group handles all types of family law cases from uncontested divorces to highly contested cases involving division of substantial assets. Ms. Jorgenson and Mr. f87 Friedman specialize in cases involving tracing assets and the valuation of professional practices and businesses. Mr. Bulitt is frequently called upon by local judges to represent children in custody disputes and serves as a mediator in property and financial disputes.... (Continue reading)

Arizona Entertainment Law Firm Creates New Ground

When Matthew Wenzlau started the Wenzlau Law Group, he wasn't sure how the State of Arizona would respond. After all, Phoenix is not renown for its entertainment attorneys. However, a year after its formation, this unique law firm is seeing enormous growth and potential in all contemporary entertainment-related fields.

Formed in early 2004, the Wenzlau Law Group (WLG) has already served independent film productions, record labels, authors, publishers, producers, actors, casting directors, comic book labels, and radio personalities. "What I'm finding," states its founder, "is that there are just as many talented, successful, and focused entertainers and industry professionals in Arizona... as there are in any other major city."... (Continue reading)

Home & Garden Party Hosts National Rally for Thousands

When Home & Garden Party throws a Rally they make sure their independent Designers find the best in training, recognition, networking and fun while they are there.

Lisa Mobus traveled to Nashville, Tennessee in late July to spend three days at the Opryland Resort and Convention Center with Designers from across the country. The action-packed schedule included workshops, general sessions, a glamorous Awards Banquet, and a first time ever New Product Carnival, set up like a hometown fair with booths, demonstrations, product displays, games, music and old-fashioned fun.... (Continue reading)

Tiny Prints, Inc. Spreads Cheer through More than Just Birth Announcements

Tiny Prints, Inc. (www.tinyprints.com), a leading online consortium managing four retail brands that offer birth announcements, wedding invitations, holiday photo cards and other personalized stationery, announced that before its fiscal year ending October 31, the company made a philanthropic contribution of $25,000 to multiple children's charity causes.

"In living up to our commitment to our global and local communities, which is a core pillar of our mission statement, Tiny Prints is thrilled to be able to make a difference in four causes we feel strongly about," stated Laura Ching, VP of Marketing. "While we always are looking for opportunities to donate our time, as we approached our fiscal year end we determined that the company was in a position to make a significant financial contribution."... (Continue reading)

Sustained Growth in Art Enrichment Franchise Shows Importance of Kids' Exposure to Arts

The decline in funding for the arts in school curriculum around the nation has been a key growth point for KidzArt, a Texas-based art enrichment company. The organization, which has been helping students ages 2-102 unleash their creativity for the past 15 years, recently announced that it now offers its services in 27 states, making it one of the fastest growing art franchise organizations in the nation.

In the past year and a half, KidzArt has launched 27 new franchises in 15 states. Its newest franchises are in Long Island, New York, Bergen and Camden Counties, New Jersey, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oakland, California and West Atlanta, Georgia. The organization has seen tremendous growth in Florida and New Jersey, with six franchisees currently located in each hotbed area.... (Continue reading)

Former Corwin Press Vice President and Publisher Joins Solution Tree

Solution Tree, a leading educational professional development company, welcomes Robert D. Clouse as publisher of the newly created Solution Tree Press. Mr. Clouse joins President Douglas Rife, with whom he worked at Corwin Press in the same capacity, and Director Gretchen Knapp.

During Mr. Clouse's tenure at Corwin Press, the company's revenue more than quadrupled. He signed and published some of education's most influential figures: Michael Fullan, Roland Barth, Robert Marzano, Douglas Reeves, Tom Guskey, Tom Sergiovanni and Art Costa, among others. In addition, Mr. Clouse headed acquisitions that brought Corwin Press hundreds of new titles and doubled the number of books published each year. He has published more than 500 research-based professional development titles. As vice president, Mr. Clouse contributed to global executive planning for international Sage Publications operations.... (Continue reading)

4window.com, the Premier Custom Drapery Site on the Web

4window.com is the new generation of affordable custom window treatments, draperies, blinds, shades, sliding panels, pillows, fabrics and services that is both budget minded and quality conscious. That systematic plan is designed to help consumers attain Premium Quality window treatments for considerably less, while allowing you to get desired characteristics and style of window treatments from a sample portfolio with all the popular brand designs to fit your unique style. The advantages of this newly developed service is designed to help clients meet their needs in a much quicker time efficient way; friendly online services that offer a free estimate staff that will work side by side with you to guarantee satisfaction.... (Continue reading)

Cloud Hosting Provider, GoGrid, Energizes the Windows Cloud Marketplace with Breadth and Depth of Products and Services

GoGrid, the Cloud Computing division of ServePath, LLC delivers a solid implementation of programs, services and features optimized for Microsoft architecture and hosting in the Cloud to the Microsoft developer and system administrator communities. Initiatives ranging from Windows Server images to .NET Software Development Kits (SDKs), among others, make GoGrid a Windows Server 2003 & 2008 Cloud of choice.

At the Microsoft developer conference, Mix09, attendees as well as Microsoft and .NET developers elsewhere are encouraged to review GoGrid's recently updated and growing features and services including:

A new GoGrid .NET Software Development Kit (SDK)

Windows Server 2008, 2003 and SQL Cloud Servers

Exclusive Mix09 Hosting Silver Sponsor

Microsoft Web Platform Installer in GoGrid

GoGrid API Powershell Snap-in

BizSpark Hosting Provider

Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Details of each of these services or features can be found below.... (Continue reading)

PC Cleanser Now Offered as Part of Software Bundle with Privasafe Subscription

Privasafe, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, also offers a suite of privacy protection software that includes PC Cleanser software from Logical Innovations. The entire bundle is free to users with a monthly subscription to Privasafe.

PC Cleanser is innovative new software that optimizes the consumer's PC while protecting its privacy. With just the click of a mouse, PC Cleanser clears away old useless files being stored on a PC, including any hidden, corrupted, or illegal files, and at the same time cleanses the history of everything done on the PC - including all web sites visited. Files to be kept on the PC can be protected through PC Cleanser's File Lockdown Feature, which allows a user to protect and encrypt any valuable files while still getting rid of the unneeded junk.... (Continue reading)

Anonymously Shop Mortgage Loans

A new website has been designed to offer mortgage consumers the ability to shop mortgage home loans anonymously. LAL Enterprises, Inc. has announced the official launch of www.LoanAgentsLive.com a chat based mortgage “shopping mall” with instant live access to over one hundred mortgage companies.

The website is different from typical mortgage websites, because a visitor is actually communicating live with a professional mortgage consultant. One click and the visitor can chat live with a loan consultant from the brokerage of their choice.... (Continue reading)

Dinefly Announces Launch of Web 2.0 Restaurant Portal

Dinefly, Inc., a joint venture between web development company Vilcorp, Inc. and restaurant software developer GuestBridge, Inc., today announced the launch of DineflyTM, the next generation of restaurant information and reservation portals. Dinefly's content will be primarily user-generated, meaning restaurants will post their own text and photos, and diners will provide reviews and comments.

"Dinefly is MySpace.com for restaurants, and it will continue to evolve to take advantage of everything Web 2.0 functionality has to offer," said Dan Vilione, president of Vilcorp. "In the coming months diners will be able to post blogs and see what their friends think of a restaurant vs. what all other Dinefly users think."... (Continue reading)

Luxury Hotel in New Orleans Offers Gas Rebates to Dallas Groups

Gas prices at an all-time high are common conversation around the water cooler these days. For Dallas businesses looking to plan a meeting this summer, the Renaissance Pere Marquette is helping combat the over-the-top petrol prices with a $25 gas rebate on the first night for every room booked. This exclusive offer is available for groups of 10 rooms or more and valid for new meetings held July 7 through September 1, 2008. So, for example, a group consuming 50 rooms would receive a $1,250 gas rebate, more than enough to offset fuel costs associated with getting to the meeting.... (Continue reading)

New UltraHip Baby Shop Online With a RetroTwist...TheRetroBaby Has Arrived

Were you cool in the 80's? Did you wear all that cool, retro and trendy wear?

Well don't look any further because TheRetroBaby.com has brought it all back and more from the 80's for your babies and kids.

TheRetroBaby brings you the largest selection of Cool Onesies, Funky Onesies, Cute Lap Tees, Trendy Toddler Tops all with a RetroTwist. Founded in Feb 2005 this shop has it all, get all your retro colors, styles and more. This 2 person team ( Ramon Weber and Patricia Hirooka ) are making waves online and will customize or find any retro style shirt you want for your retro baby or toddlers.... (Continue reading)

Preston Place Retirement Community Breaks Ground for Addition to Community Center

The ceremony featured an official unveiling of the rendering of the new addition in front of the construction area. Assisting with the groundbreaking was Plano Mayor Pat Evans; Plano City Manager Tom Muehlenbeck; and Brad C. Shanklin, IOM, President & CEO, Plano Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Built on the site of largely unused tennis courts at the active, independent senior community, the total square footage of the combined buildings will exceed 12,000 square feet and will be one of the largest amenity centers in any retirement community in the Metroplex.... (Continue reading)