Another startup has joined the crowd funding craze, however this business is decidedly low tech. Austin entrepreneur Maury McCoy has created a kit that allows people to create a portrait of Abe Lincoln from their old pennies. The Penny Portrait Kickstarter campaign can be found here: http://kck.st/1j9Y154 "It was just this wacky idea I had that I mainly wanted to do for myself. On a whim, I created a website to see if others might like it and next thing you know I'm getting calls from history museums and gift catalogs." The initial print run was rather ...

Darryl Anka, CEO of Zia Films, recently shot a feature film as a writer-director-producer, called "DEARLY DEPARTED," which is currently in post-production. "DEARLY DEPARTED" is a fictional documentary, shot as though the film crew took a camera into the spirit world and interviewed dead people to get their take on life after death. What happens after we die? Are we greeted by family and friends when we cross over? Can we contact those we've left behind? Do we reincarnate? "DEARLY DEPARTED" explores these questions and more through encounters ...

Get your physique moving this spring with Oklahoma's premiere health, wellness and lifestyle magazine. This free bi-monthly, glossy resource is made by Oklahomans for Oklahoma living in support of a healthier state - one community at a time. We invite doctors with unique specialties, licensed practitioners, nurses and therapists to contribute fact-based articles in their field for publication in ThriveOK Health. Readers want to know how to find the best healthcare and new technology in their own backyard. Oklahoma has some of the finest cutting-edge doctors and wellness ...

Amputee endurance runner Amy Palmiero-Winters, whose accolades include eleven world records and an ESPN Espy Award, finished the Ultraman Florida race (www.ultramanflorida.com) held February 21-23 to become the first athlete with a prosthesis to complete one of these extreme triathlons. On day one, Amy completed the 6.2-mile swim in just over four hours (4:00:51) and the initial ninety-mile bike ride in a little more than six hours (6:11:10). Day two consisted entirely of a 170-mile bike ride, which she finished in less than twelve hours (11:38:28). Amy crossed the finish ...

Children Inspire Design, a modern and culturally diverse art company, debuts its new 2014 collection of prints that is sure to leave both parents and their little ones feeling motivated and confident in who they are. With an eclectic mix of bright colors, bold fonts and encouraging phrases, the new 2014 collection of 11x14 prints by Children Inspire Design has the unique ability to transform any room from an ordinary space into an environment that evokes motivation, self-confidence and joy. The If You Can Dream It print is a continuous reminder that one can be anything ...

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, today announced that its U.S. channels director, Sean Broderick, has been named one of CRN's 2014 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry. Since joining Mimecast less than three years ago, Broderick has had ...

Grimaldi's Pizzeria, famously known for their award-winning hand-tossed, coal-fired brick oven pizzas and calzones, fresh salads and delicious desserts is announcing its newest location in Meridian, Idaho. Located in The Village at Meridian, the restaurant will offer indoor dining and banquet space for guests. Opening this summer, guests will be welcomed by Frank Sinatra crooning in the background, more than 100-years of pizza making traditions, and the tantalizing aroma of pizza and calzones baked to perfection in the signature coal-burning oven. "Our team ...

Cap'n Hook tips are part of Uniweld's line up of Hot Tips for brazing & heating. The patented Uniweld Cap'n Hook tips offer concentrated heat (up to 5600 ºF). The 40º flame angle flows onto copper tubing and away from sensitive areas, thus minimizing the chances of burning adjacent components. You get 100% wraparound for even heat distribution. Cap'n Hook tips are available in 6 models: 3 for oxygen/acetylene and 3 for oxygen/fuel gases such as propylene and propane. Cap'n Hook 3 flame tips have now been improved to 5 flames, providing additional heat distribution. ...

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month (#NMSEAM) was created to promote and raise awareness, provide education and assistance to those who have this chronic illness and their families who are affected by it. "Education and awareness for MS is extremely important as it's often overlooked and misunderstood," said Nathalie Sloane, Development Director for The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, a 501c3 publicly-funded non-profit organization headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla, announces Jersey Mike's "Month ...

Wixie is a student publishing and creativity platform. Gaggle is a safe, online teaching and learning platform for K-12. With this integration, schools and districts will be able to add users to Wixie through their existing Gaggle accounts and provide a Single-Sign-On (SSO) between the two programs. "If a Gaggle school district buys Wixie, we can now help them set up their Wixie accounts for free. It's good karma. With partnerships like this one, educators benefit from easier setup and integrated systems," said Jeff Patterson, Gaggle's CEO and founder. "When ...

Wellbe, Inc. today announced that it was named a finalist in the Box + Dignity Health Patient Education App Challenge. With more than 150 applications, Wellbe has been chosen as one of five companies to advance to the final judging round with Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, Aneesh Chopra, former CTO, White House, Ted Maidenberg, General Partner, The Social+Capital Partnership and Richard Roth, Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Dignity Health. In October 2013, Box, a cloud-based content and collaboration management platform, Dignity Health, the nation's fifth largest hospital ...

Coalfire and HealthShare Montana announced today their partnership to offer compliance management services to healthcare-provider customers across the State of Montana. The new partnership will offer services through HIPAAcentral, a compliance management exchange developed with input from both the covered entity and business associate communities. HIPAAcentral provides a secure, business-to-business network with access to training, templates, white papers, alerts and other resources to track the complex and constantly changing security and compliance landscape. The ...

Top producing real estate agent Sheri Winter Clarry wins again at the 2014 Annual Corcoran Group Awards on the East End. Clarry was presented with the award for the North Fork's Top Producer at the ceremony, held at Southampton Social Club, on Thursday, February 6. She has won the award for the ninth consecutive year, and her success in the industry continues to grow. Clarry states, "I continue to feel honored to receive this award from The Corcoran Group and am proud to work with them. It still feels like the first time, every time. 2013 was our best year yet, ...

Denver businesses can order a free, mini fruit box to sample the delicious snacks included in fresh-fruit recurring deliveries, one-time deliveries, and gift boxes. To take advantage of this offer (limit one per business) before 15 March 2014, visit http://www.fruitrevival.com/free-mini-box A woman-owned business with a Better Business Bureau A+ rating, FruitRevival enables companies to easily participate in offering healthier options to their employees. With FruitRevival's recurring office deliveries, companies can affordably trade up to fresh fruit from some of the ...

Stas Marketing and LINII have developed brand of Murmansk city in Russia and its strategy till 2016. Team of consultants was commissioned by Economic Development Committee of Murmansk City Administration. Murmansk is unique. It is largest city in the world located within Polar Circle. It is last city founded in 1916 under Russian Empire by Emperor Nikolay II. It is the city that was final frontier in the North during WWII. It is starting point for Arctic exploration by the USSR and by Russia nowadays. Murmansk combines natural features like polar lights, polar day and ...

DiscoverOrg, a leading provider of information technology sales and marketing intelligence tools used by top IT vendors, was presented Friday night with a Bronze Stevie Award in the New Marketing Solution category at the eighth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world's top sales awards, contact center awards and customer service awards. The Stevie Awards organizes several of the world's leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business Awards and International Business ...

All County Property Management Solutions is now open in the Chicago area, servicing both owners and renters in most of Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties. The company's mission is to ensure that every property owner has an honest and competent professional to manage their most valuable asset. John Wettersten owns the new location, and has 25 years of experience in the marketing and sales industry. He also holds a managing broker license. Wettersten first discovered All County at a trade show and said the company's proven track record of success is what drew him in. "There ...

Dagda Publishing are very proud to announce the release the debut novel by US author Laura Enright. A native of Chicago, Enright has previously been featured in the anthologies Vampires Romance to Rippers an Anthology of Tasty Stories, Chicago's Most Wanted The Top 10 Book of Murderous Mobsters, Midway Monsters, and Windy City Oddities, as well as works of short fiction of her own. To Touch The Sun is her first full-length horror novel, which is sure to pique the interest of all fans of vampire fiction, with elements of Sunshine, Let The Right One In, and I Am Legend. ...

The first thing that one registers upon entering the premises of Relief India Trust's 'Rehabilitation Center for the Mentally Challenged' center in Noida is a colourful poster on the wall of its main wing. It reads: 'If you are an underdog, mentally challenged, if you don't fit in, if you are not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero - Steve Guttenberg'. How a society treats its developmentally disabled is the true measure of its civilisation. Unfortunately in India, our approach towards mentally challenged individuals is slightly narrow-minded. At the most, ...

Run From The Cure is the popular underground video title that came from the idea of using cannabis as a natural cancer cure. The cannabis idea actually was popularized before 1450 BC and was shut down by the greedy pharmaceutical mafia back in the 1930's. Back in 2006, Rick Simpson's oil (RSO) started surfacing on YouTube as it was believed that THC found in marijuana was the best known cancer cure. Well today, one could say there is indisputable evidence that marijuana or the more accepted name Cannabis has over 70 endocannabinoids which can tell the receptors in the ...

Diamond Estate Jewelry Buyers (DEJB) has announced that it is expanding its estate buying services nationwide by combining an "online jewelry buyer" service with bricks and mortar partnerships with local fine jewelers. As a prominent and trusted online jewelry buyer, Diamond Estate Jewelry Buyers helps clients sell their old fine jewelry, luxury timepieces, and other precious gift assets from the privacy of their homes. At the same time, many clients have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with one of DEJB's local fine jewelry representatives for a free ...

TriNimbus, a cloud services provider specializing in Amazon AWS deployments and management for Government, SMB and enterprise clients in Canada, today announced it will provide sponsorship for the national Appathon - the Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) - hosted by Toronto-based XMG Studio in partnership with the Federal Government of Canada. The CODE Appathon taking place the weekend of February 28th 2014, will challenge students, technology innovators, developers and Open Data supporters from all across Canada to turn valuable government data into useful and usable ...

C-Clear, Inc. (www.c-clearantifog.com), is one of the fast-growing anti-fog lens cleaner manufacturers in the USA, announced today it has expanded its Las Vegas, Nevada manufacturing presence with the opening of new corporate offices. The company has new brick-and-mortar office space located at 7495 West Azure Drive, Suite 110, Las Vegas, NV 89130. "We are excited about our new Las Vegas office location," said Yvonne Morris, Sr. Vice President of C-Clear, Inc., "It is representative of our growing business, and our commitment to our customer base." ...

PV Thermal Solar LLC was recently awarded patent number 8661748 from the United States Patent Office, for SolarRac2 a ballasted aerodynamic solar racking system. SolarRac2 has been recognized as the leading aerodynamic racking solution only requiring 3.4 pounds of total weight in many applications. This includes the weight of the racking, solar panel and ballast weight. SolarRac2 is the only ballasted racking solution that is certified in a 150 mph wind zone. SolarRac2 has a high tilt and low tilt version covered by the patent. David Lewenz Partner and COO said, ...

Luckily for the consumer, Tarpaflex has identified this as a major concern for customers and have acted on making this conundrum a distant memory. As of January 29th 2014, Tarpaflex.com will be offering FREE SHIPPING to the lower 48 states on all orders over $49.00. And for any orders which fall under this amount, a small flat-rate shipping cost of $9.99 will apply. Whether your requirements call for a single tarp or several small tarp accessories, each order will be processed with free ground shipping as long as your cart contents exceed $49 in value. You may require ...