The Patterson Law Firm, LLC, dedicated to helping businesses, professionals and entrepreneurs properly handle business lawsuits while facilitating effective business practices, announces Erica Daiell as a new associate attorney. Daiell joins the eight other attorneys on staff at the firm's downtown Chicago office. Daiell graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 2012. Prior to joining The Patterson Law Firm, LLC Daiell was a law clerk for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). In that role, she wrote a successful appellate response brief for a case, and on ...

It's engagement season. And while this happy occasion means lots of smiles and excitement, it can also mean unanticipated stress. With so many choices, wedding planning can be daunting. Thousands of brides save time and money by attending Today's Bride bridal shows. Meet 150-200 of the area's most trusted wedding experts - offering their best advice, specials, wedding packages, food tastings and giveaways. Skip the online image search and attend an event that will inspire you with new ideas by allowing you to get up close and personal with gowns, centerpieces, invitations, ...

Rising Sun Energy Center (Rising Sun), a leading workforce development non-profit based in the San Francisco Bay Area, was recently invited to be one of the select US organizations to attend the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) 2012 in Doha, Qatar. WISE is an annual meeting of education industry leaders, experts, policy-makers and students from over one hundred countries around the world. The main topic of discussion at WISE 2012 was connecting education to the workplace, which was also highlighted in the WISE 2012 book, "Learning a Living: Radical ...

Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. is an executive search and recruitment firm specializing in the identification, evaluation and placement of sales, marketing and general management professionals within the plumbing, building materials, kitchen & bath, and hardware industries. Having been in executive search and recruitment for over 32 years, they have built one of the strongest databases in their industry containing over 45,000 sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing operations and general management professionals. Brooke Chase's strength in research permits them ...

Signature Card Services appears to be bucking the gloomy employment trends in Los Angeles. The company, which is an industry-leading payment processing services provider, announced that in the last quarter alone it has increased its underwriting staff by an impressive 25% and its customer service staff by an even more astonishing 75%. Much of the growth comes on the heels of the recent addition of Aaron Slominski as Senior Vice President of Sales. With over a decade of experience in all facets of business development in the payment processing industry, Slominski jumpstarted ...

Christie visual technology solutions are playing a key role in visualizing the University of Waterloo's mission to intersect technology, business and art under the Faculty of Arts programs - a first in Canada - at its new Stratford, Ontario campus. Christie's world-leading digital projection and display technologies are omnipresent on the new Stratford campus - a campus designed to create the next generation of digital media graduates, jobs, content and companies. With innovative solutions that meet the needs of this campus, Christie products will unleash the creative ...

Timeless Veterinary Systems is celebrating the success of their latest innovation as they continue to build on an emerging line of innovative software products for veterinary professionals. The Timeless Veterinary Case Management System is a fully customized platform for veterinary referral centres to manage the entire referral process online from start to finish. The product is the first of its kind and in only a short time is gaining popularity among referral centres offering both traditional and telemedicine services. After years of building customized software to ...

Bencardino Excavating (www.bencardino.com), a full-service excavation company located in Bucks County, Pa. and owned by Louis A. Bencardino, has been hired by mechanical contracting firm A.T. Chadwick, Co., Inc. to work on the underground excavation at Graterford Prison in Montgomery County, Pa. The Bencardino Excavating crew will handle all underground excavation at the prison including sanitary storm water. Graterford Prison, built in 1929 on roughly 1,800 acres in Skippack Township, is Pennsylvania's largest maximum-security prison and holds approximately 3,500 inmates. ...

Just in time for the holidays, Argoz, a premium argyle sock brand, announced it's new "Sock of the Month Club" for avid sock lovers. Each month, sock club members will receive two pairs of pre-released Argoz socks. "We launched this club because our customers kept asking when we would be putting out new styles and colors," said Dan Soha, founder of Argoz. "Our socks are those little treasures that trendsetters will look forward to receiving each month. This will give our current customers the opportunity to be the first ones owning pairs of the ...

Echo Media Group, an award winning, results oriented public relations and social media agency, announced today that it recently hired Justine Mrsich as an account coordinator to assist the team in the Orange County, Calif. office. Mrsich's competence and ability to effectively write and communicate strategic messages will assist agency clients with their growing demand for public relations and social media campaigns. "Justine exudes an incredible passion for public relations and social media. She has the ability to work with the news media as well as apply unique ...

A4TECH, a leading global computer peripheral manufacturer, today announced the unveiling of the Bloody Ultra Core3 gaming mouse, a multi-core mouse backed by the company's Pinpoint Optic technology. Featuring optional Auto Recoil-Suppression and Trajectory Adjustment, the Ultra Core3 gaming mouse has an MSRP of $39.99 and is available for purchase at Amazon.com and Newegg.com. The Bloody Ultra Core3 gaming mouse, featuring A4TECH's Pinpoint Optic technology, allows users to adjust the shooting rate and recoil-suppression without additional software, to rectify trajectory ...

MARR, a drug and alcohol treatment center that specializes in gender-specific programs and therapeutic community, has appointed a Business Development team to manage its continued growth, as well as develop and maintain relationships. The new department will merge marketing, admissions, social media, website content, and community and alumni relations to ensure effective teamwork and communication within the organization. "We are pleased to announce this exciting new approach in the way we share the message of recovery," said Guerry Dyes, CEO of MARR. "The ...

Neighborhood Home Solutions, a not-for-profit community development organization based in St. Petersburg, has just announced former Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink as their guest speaker for this Saturday's 'Hope & Help' event. The free event for homeowners is Saturday, December 15, 2012 from 9:30am to noon at the Tampa Westshore Crowne Plaza Hotel. The purpose of the event is to offer hope and give help to those hardest hit by the collapse of the housing market, and Sink will be offering her words of hope by addressing how to get financials in order for ...

In November 2012, Bridge Technical Solutions placed 83rd on the Technology 200 (Tech 200) list of fastest-growing private technology companies in the United States. The Tech 200 is an annual list compiled by Lead411, a technology and data reporting company. Companies are ranked based on revenue percentage growth from 2009 to 2011. Over 1,000 companies applied - for Bridge to be featured in the top 45% is no small feat. This award showcases Bridge's overall company growth, complementing some of the other milestones Bridge achieved this year, which include ranking in ...

Financial adviser Rick Helbing of Suncoast Advisory Group was featured in a Sarasota Herald-Tribune article titled, "A Financial Adviser on Real Estate." Described as a "big-picture strategist," Helbing specializes in financial planning for doctors, dentists and family-owned businesses. He advised readers to do their due diligence before making real estate investment decisions. The biggest challenge for clients who buy real estate is that they make emotional decisions, Helbing said in the article. As an example, "They'll go on a ski vacation ...

SMART (Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy) is pleased to announce that they have received a $ 2,500 grant from the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund of the Manatee Community Foundation. The grant will be used to provide therapeutic riding sessions to children that reside in the Lakewood Ranch community. "Support like this is so important to our program and to the families we serve", said Nick Drizos, President of SMART. "These funds will allow us to get more kids off of our waiting list and into the saddle so they can reap the benefits of therapeutic ...

After celebrating its 30th anniversary in style, the Swimwear Association of Florida's SwimShow is expanding in 2013, adding another hall at the Miami Beach Convention Center and offering close to 400,000 square feet to swimwear buyers and manufacturers from across the globe. Already the largest swimwear trade show in the world, the expanded show, scheduled for July 20-23, 2013, is expected to welcome more than 8,500 brands and buyers from more than 60 countries. The additional space will allow special new areas to be laid out including a high-end Designer section and ...

It was inevitable that Howie Newman (www.howienewman.com) would release a live album one day. His songs are unique and hilarious but in order to really appreciate what he does, you really need to see him live. Howie's performances are engaging, interactive, spontaneous - and just plain fun. The audience members aren't there just to listen; they're part of the show. Recorded at New England coffeehouses over the past year-and-a-half, You Shoulda Been There brings the show to you. Sit back and enjoy. The set-up You'll hear the stories and comedy bits that set ...

Jack Nunn used a specially designed workout plan to prepare for his third Ironman Competition in Cozumel, Mexico held on November 25, 2012. This workout plan, consisting of 300 hours of training over a period of four months prior to the event, included over 70 hours of training indoors on the Evo Fitness Bike, a unique indoor cycle that mimics the natural pedaling motion of outdoor bikes through the use of a sway frame. "While the swimming portion was very difficult due to high winds and rough waters, I was able to make up a lot of time on the bicycle portion," ...

TabletKiosk , a leading manufacturer of enterprise-grade Tablet PCs and mobile accessories today announced that Essential IT Services, Inc. achieved Gold Reseller Status in the TabletKiosk Value Added Reseller Program. Based in Wichita, KS, Essential IT Services, Inc. is a Managed Services Provider that specializes in offering Sales, Technical Support and IT Services to small to medium businesses (SMBs) throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. With their proven track record of technical knowledge, ability to provide first tier technical support and reputation ...

Blaak Contracting is pleased to announce they will be joining with iWebContent to build a solid web presence for the success of their business. When businesses attempt to build their client base without a website, it can be difficult to reach the levels they desire. This is why it is important to team up with a company, such as iWebContent, that is experienced with helping companies build the desired web presence. Blaak Contracting is a new business that is working hard to build their reputation and their client base. This construction company specializes in kitchen ...

Founded by author and book marketing expert Shelley Hitz, Self-Publishing-Coach.com is a website that offers authors both free and paid information that they need to successfully publish and market their books on a shoestring budget. With the goal of helping these authors successfully market their books, the staff of Self-Publishing-Coach.com has organized its first ever Christmas Book Sale. Authors from various genre's have agreed to offer their books for free or reduced price during the days of the sale, December 13th through the 15th, 2012, and Self-Publishing-Coach.com ...

Johnson & Quin, Inc., a national leader in targeted direct marketing services based in Niles, Ill., announced that it has implemented Bell and Howell's BCC Mail Manager Full Service to provide comprehensive mail processing services for its growing customer base. "Our decision to go with BCC Mail Manager ensures uninterrupted, best-in-class service and performance for our customers," said David Henkel, President of Johnson & Quin. "Because the Bell and Howell solution is full-service IMb compliant, customers can continue to reap the benefits of ...

Clark Solutions' new Model TM Magnet Drive Rotary Vane Pump offers several advantages over conventional rotary drive pumps. Designed with no mechanical seals, a totally sealed body, and low power consumption, Model TM Magnet Drive Rotary Vane Pumps offer noiseless operation and a longer service life than conventional rotary vane pumps. Available in brass or AISI 303 stainless steel, each Model TM Magnet Drive Rotary Vane Pump is offered with NBR, Viton, or EPDM static seals with carbon graphite internal components. The pumps can be equipped with an optional built-in relief/bypass ...

The OSF commercial ozone air sanitation equipment reduces and eliminates airborne pathogens or mold spores. The OSF ozone air purification systems are designed for use in food and beverage processing facilities, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, schools and other medical facilities. In addition to OSF's air purification systems, the OSF Cleaning Antimicrobial Wash Systems, developed for the food, beverage, hospitality, education and medical industries, is an ozone-based cold water technology that meets and exceeds the microbial reductions commonly attained with conventional ...