LeapTrade, an innovative video game trading website, has been selected as an Official Honoree of The 17th Annual Webby Awards in the Games-Related category. "We are incredibly excited to be named a 2013 Webby Honoree alongside top-level gaming sites like GameRevolution and Destructoid," said LeapTrade co-founder Joseph Gilmore. "We've strived to create a valuable online resource for gamers, and it's very cool to have our work recognized by The Webbys." The Webbys are the leading international awards honoring excellence on the Internet. Established ...

Learn new skills and technologies while networking with professionals in the field of visual media in the life sciences at the BioCommunications Association's 83rd Annual Meeting, BIOCOMM2013: Creativity by the Sea, June 17-21. This year's meeting will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds at Asilomar State Park on the Monterey Peninsula in California. BIOCOMM2013 is a five-day international meeting packed with three days of classroom and workshop sessions culminating in a two-day hands-on post-meeting interactive workshop sponsored by Nikon. Topics include new ...

The Working Writer's Club is pleased to announce that creativity coach and life purpose intuitive, Tina Games is now writing a regular column about journaling for the club site at http://www.workingwritersclub.com. Games is known as the "Moonlight Muse" for mothers who desire a richer, more authentic, more balanced life and who want to tap into the gifts of their Inner Goddess. She is also the author of Journaling by the Moonlight: A Mother's Path to Self-Discovery, and her column at the Working Writer's Club will help anyone who is interested in how to journal. ...

In demand technology author Karl Palachuk encourages Managed Service Providers to reboot their business for the current economy - and his guest keynote speaker Creative Strategist John Armato challenges the IT community to think INSIDE the box to do it. Palachuk has invited Armato to address the community in a virtual (online only) conference that will run 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Pacific on June 25-27, 2013. Armato brings 17 years public relations experience, to include his work at Fleishman-Hillard - one of the world's largest public relations firms. He has won dozens ...

STX Golf, known for their tour inspired yet classically designed putters, announced today that the contemporary X-Form 3 Mallet Putter outperformed all leading mallet putters with the exception of one putter model to receive second place in the "Golf's Most Wanted" Mallet Award presented by MyGolfSpy. The "Golf's Most Wanted" Mallet Award was developed to determine which mallet putter is the most accurate on the market. This evaluation was performed by real golfers with varying putting styles and strokes. MyGolfSpy had their testers take five putts ...

Calling America's most eligible men! Are you the most delectable arm candy that any bachelorette might desire? Then the time has come to step up and put your attributes to the test. Checkhimout.com, the out-of-the-box dating service that enables women to "shop" a catalogue of eligible studs, is shifting their focus to the objects of affection themselves: man-products of America! The website's new contest, Mr. Big USA, opens the search for the most desirable bachelor in the land - an honor that will be appointed by female shoppers nation-wide. "Mr. ...

PeKu Publications has recently added weekly cartoons to one of its most popular niches, Feathers Fins and Fur. This niche is a pet publication that contains tons of useful health and maintenance information about pets. The site has a broad range of pets, starting with your most common household animals including cats, dogs, and fish, as well as some more unusual pets like budgies, geckos, and frogs. PKP is working with Jerry King, who will be supplying animal-based cartoons for the website. King is a renowned cartoonist that received the National Cartoonist Society ...

Designed Goods announces launch of its e-shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/DGoodsDesignedGoods for unique home decor created by Creative Director Kim Hayden-Holt. Unexpected. Authentic. Statement-Making. DGoods, lifestyle products brand that bridges the gap between mainstream retail and artisan commissioned pieces, premieres today. Targeting trendsetters and design aficionados, the brand offers a style driven by contrasting pop cultural movements with a fashion-forward edge. DGoods' designed goods are inspired by the unexpected - a spectacular sunset, striking street art ...

TheUnlost.com has announced the launch of Move-lah, a new form of currency with a twist. The great news is, everyone already has Move-lah in abundance. A career guide E-Course is the first product available for purchase using Move-lah, available now via TheUnlost.com. Registration for the current intake of the E-Course closes this Friday, April 19 2013. Move-lah is the invention of Therese Schwenkler, Founder and CEO of TheUnlost.com, an online community for people searching for their ultimate career and life path. Schwenkler invented Move-lah in response to a pervasive ...

Cameron, Smith & Co. has announced an 86% increase in billings and collections following its implementation of a customized consulting program from Sterling, a practice management company located in Glendale, CA. "Before Sterling, my staff suffered from 'upward delegation.' That is a term I coined for staff who do substandard work and then expect you to fix it," says Rob Cameron, CPA, and practice owner. "Their jobs were defined by their 9 to 5 schedules rather than getting their work done correctly and on time." Cameron reports that tax seasons ...

"The truth is always beautiful," says the Koinobi, the alien that bears a resemblance to a parasitic wasp. Despite her appearance and need to live inside her human host, Tweeskzaht is a complex and intelligent creature capable of great love and also great violence. Weaving a story that is both introspective and electrifying, author Reid Minnich's new science fiction novel, Koinobi, appeals not only to science fiction fans, but to anyone who enjoys a well-told tale. Earth is a forgotten dot that marks the old frontline in a galactic war that has raged for ...

Executives of Vaporstream Inc., a Secure Recordless Messaging Service (SRMS) provider that offers private and secure messaging channels for business communications, will engage industry leaders in discussion of the dangers of electronic communications at the BTM Institute's LeadershipXchange Summit in Denver on April 17-18. Jason Howe, CEO, and Patrick Seilsopour, SVP of Sales & Bespoke Client Services, will lead the roundtable, which is titled "The Impact of Electronic Communication Privacy, Risk & Efficiency on Business Velocity," and will be moderated ...

Cheer Channel Inc. (CCI), the #1 online news and entertainment network for the spirit industry, launches episode 6 of its original hit web-series, Secret Diary of an American Cheerleader 2: The Fierce One, on Monday April 8, 2013 at 5pm PST. The Series Finale features the All Star Cast guest appearing as the "Shooting Stars" who will battle it out for the National Championship against the fitional "Texas Twisters." The "Shooting Stars" team includes Cami Branson, Holden Ray, Apple Graceffa, Maison Baker, Kristen Basquill, Hope Bravo, Nolan ...

Noting that many types of accidents and injuries in the home and workplace can be prevented or quickly treated to avoid greater harm, Scott R. Kramer, President of Big John Products, Inc. stressed today that proper awareness, planning and preparation can be vital to protecting the health and safety of individuals. This is particularly true, he added, for those most in need of assistance such as seniors, children and the physically impaired. Kramer is the co-founder of Big John Products, a Los Angeles, CA-based company that was specifically founded to meet such concerns ...

Latin Pak announces an increase in its' Hispanic mobile database. As mobile has became a prevalent means of marketing, Latin-Pak has continued to grow its' double opt-in Hispanic mobile database through its' proprietary means of data collection. The new Latin-Pak mobile database is now comprised of over 7.5 million subscribers. Our database can accommodate mobile delivery formats with targeting capabilities that include identifying smart phone subscribers. Vince Andaloro, President and Founder of Latin-Pak states, "The Hispanic population continues to skew higher ...

Plush Swimwear announced the addition of the California-based label Boys + Arrows to its designer swimwear portfolio. Available now to purchase at the Plush Swimwear website are swimsuits from the 2013 Resort and Spring lines from Boys + Arrows. The Boys + Arrows label is the result of designer's Meagan Scott realization that her fondest memories happened while she was wearing a bikini. These joyful moments fueled the designer with inspiration to translate these carefree instances into stylish swimwear pieces. The relatively young company is rising on a fast-track path ...

Canadian Data Centre growing as prominent Canadian organizations sign on. Centre provides the security to store data within Canada. All account billing is in Canadian currency. SimplyCast.com, a global leader in multi-channel marketing Platform-as-a-Service solutions, today announced that Canadian organizations and companies of all sizes have been adding their names to the Canadian Data Centre to protect their important data. The Canadian Data Centre, launched late last year, now stores information from many prominent Canadian organizations. Some publicly funded ...

Spec-Rite Designs, a global designer, fabricator and distributor of phenolic furnishings, announces the results of an internal study analyzing the durability and average replacement costs of installed phenolic products. For the study, Spec-Rite Designs analyzed the installations of thousands of projects over the course of 15 years. The results showed the phenolic products installed had a failure rate of less than .0004 percent and an average replacement cost of less than 0.5 percent. The Spec-Rite Designs' 15 year durability study reviewed installations across their ...

Fiesta Odalan will bring the world together on April 28 with dances and movements spanning from Japan to Peru and music from Bach's Cello Suite to Balinese gamelan. The star-studded performance celebration will feature Broadway actor/Lee Strasberg Theatre master teacher Irma Sandrey, Baroque dancer/Boston Early Music Festival co-choreographer Carlos Fittante, American Virtuosi Artistic Director Kenneth Hamrick, Parthenia, A Consort of Viols violon cello specialist Lisa Terry, and the world's only flamenco, stand-up comedian Inma Heredia. BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), ...

Gardere Wynne Sewell's Mexico City office, Gardere, Arena y Asociados S.C., has been named a leading tax law firm in Mexico by Tax Directors Handbook 2013. The Tax Directors Handbook is a leading international tax guide that rates tax law firms by jurisdiction and analyzes their capabilities. The handbook describes the Firm's tax practice as offering advice on "all aspects of tax planning" and also as having "comprehensive litigation capabilities in the sector." Gardere's Mexico City-based tax practice is led by Partners Roberto Arena and Fernando ...

Belleville's Blue Stingray Digital Ad Agency has launched a revamped logistics application for Pepsi Logistics Company, Inc. (PLCI). On April 1, this app replaced PLCI's previous desktop application for tracking shipments and deliveries. In contrast to PLCI's previous tracking system which was confined to desktop use, Blue Stingray's innovative HTML5 app is mobile friendly. With this new system, delivery drivers are now able to access shipment data and check deliveries in from any smartphone or tablet as they arrive at a destination, as well as add notifications for ...

Tony Booker has joined RE/MAX Alliance Group as an associate in the Venice office. A licensed real estate broker in Arizona for 36 years, he said he joined RE/MAX Alliance Group because of its "high level of professionalism" and "can-do attitude." Booker is a lifetime member of the Phoenix and Glendale Association of Realtors President's Round Table and holds the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE), Certified HAFA Specialist (CHS) and Short Sales and ...

Reed Group, the recognized leader in managing employee absence, and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the nation's largest association of occupational medicine physicians, announced today that Reed Group has acquired ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines. Under the new agreement, Reed Group will publish and distribute ACOEM's Practice Guidelines, while ACOEM will continue to provide all of the guidelines' scientific research, content development and methodology. The acquisition will widen the distribution base for the ...

Jeri Kansas, a dance instructor at the Katonah Art Center, is the choreographer for the Kimono Fashion Show, held in the Vanderbilt Room of Grand Central Terminal. The show, which will feature 120 models in kimonos, will take place on April 19, 2013. "We are very excited for Jeri," says Loren Anderson, founder and director of the Katonah Art Center. "We love it when our instructors get to show off their craft." Jeri Kansas began her dance career at age 19, with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Call. She performed in the original productions of ...

Christie , a world leader in visual technology displays, today announced that Patrick Artiaga has joined Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. in the new position of director, Business Development, Entertainment Solutions, reporting to Craig Sholder, vice president, Entertainment Solutions, Christie. Based at Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s headquarters in Cypress, California, Artiaga is joining Christie in a senior capacity, to drive several new product and business initiatives. "Christie's culture of innovation, dedication to customer service and market leadership, ...