Boral TruExterior Trim, a new exterior trim product from Boral USA, is making waves in the building industry by combining sustainability, durability and workability. It finds a new use for a by-product of energy production, and in doing so creates a product that outperforms traditional wood trim. The product and the contribution of its East Spencer, NC manufacturing plant to the economic development of Rowan County were highlighted during a recent visit from Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC). Congressman Watt heard from company leaders about the innovative use of fly ash ...

Argoz, an innovative San Francisco argyle sock company, announced today that they will give all customers who have purchased more than $30 in socks (without using a coupon) a free $10 credit in their Argoz accounts. This retroactive credit is the Argoz CEO's response to a new refer-a-friend program that Argoz launched today. The program is simple, when customers refer a friend, that friend gets $10 off their first purchase if it's $30 or more. In addition, the original customer gets a $10 credit added to their account. Though the deal is very similar to others, the ...

Transportation Insight and local volunteers teamed up with Samaritan's Feet over the weekend to help children in need of shoes in the Hickory community. Transportation Insight employees partnered with area churches and businesses on Saturday, September 8 to host "Shoes of Hope," a shoe drive at the Hickory YMCA Teen Center. Volunteers washed the feet of children and families and provided them with a new pair of socks and shoes. Children also received sack packs full of office supplies, donated by the Office Depot Foundation. Over 1,200 people were served throughout ...

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas team up to offer families discounted tickets to select UNLV football games. Starting today, with a purchase of $10 or more, UNLV fans will receive a voucher for a discount for up to a family of four on football tickets. This football season, Capriotti's is offering guests a 40 Percent discount on tickets to games against Mountain West rivals: Air Force (9/22), Homecoming against New Mexico (11/3) or Wyoming (11/17). With a purchase of $10 or more, fans can request a voucher that will save them money on ...

Learn from five of Western Wake's most influential women what it means to make an impact in the community. Join Cary Magazine at the 2012 Women of Western Wake Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary. The 2012 Women of Western Wake are: Leah Brown, founder and president of A10 Clinical Solutions Inc.; Kathy Burns, founding partner of Burns & Bynum and co-founder of Hall & Burns Wealth Management; Christine Hilt, founder and president of CLH Design; Kay Struffolino, community volunteer; and Juliann ...

IDV Solutions will release Visual Command Center 2.0, a new version of its risk awareness and response software, this October. The Michigan company announced the upcoming release today at the ASIS International 2012 conference for security professionals in Philadelphia, Penn. Visual Command Center helps corporations, public safety agencies, and other organizations identify and evaluate risks, by integrating real-time data about global events with enterprise data stores and security systems in a consolidated view, using an interactive map and timeline. The upcoming ...

'Wizard', award winning author Paula Paul's latest fantasy novel, was named a Gold Medal First Place winner in the General Fantasy category in the 2012 Readers Favorite Book Awards. "I'm happy and excited," stated Ms. Paul, "to have won this award, particularly because the judges are readers, not publishers and editors. Those of us who don't self-publish have to get past the editors and publishers, of course, but it's the readers all writers are aiming to communicate with. This is the best kind of award to win." Paula Paul is a writer who touches ...

Get Real Sports Sales (GRSS) and Xavier University Athletics have announced a partnership for the 2012-2013 men's basketball season. The main goal is for GRSS to increase group and season ticket sales to help fill the Cintas Center. GRSS, a results driven, outsourced ticket sales firm, will provide an on-site ticket sales staff efforts to meet GRSS and Xavier University Athletics' ticket sales goals. "We are excited to be working alongside Xavier University in order to plan and execute an expansive sales campaign geared towards businesses and individuals throughout ...

Healthagy LLC has launched its new website (www.healthagy.com) as an innovative approach to creating awareness and participation in clinical research studies by providing targeted health content along with information on currently enrolling clinical research studies. Healthagy's goal is publish original health content to attract Internet users who are searching for health information but may be unaware of the opportunities offered by clinical research. Visitors may use Healthagy not only as a source of valuable health information but also to locate clinical research ...

Maxifier, the global leader in inventory revenue management technology, today announced Jonas Abney has joined the company as Vice President, U.S. Sales. Abney, who brings more than nine years of experience in the digital media and publishing industries, will be responsible for overseeing and further building the company's client portfolio in the U.S. "Maxifier is in a tremendous position for growth, and Jonas is the ideal person to lead our domestic expansion plans," said Denise Colella, Chief Revenue Officer, Maxifier. "Jonas has significant publishing ...

The Greater Raleigh-Durham Chapter 105 of the Institute of Real Estate Management's (IREM) September meeting will feature Coach Billy Lee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Women's Basketball Team. Coach Lee will present "Motivation: It Is All About The Heart" at noon on Wednesday, September 19th at the Capital City Club located in the Progress Energy Building, 21st Floor, 410 S. Wilmington Street in Raleigh. Coach Lee is in his third year as the director of video services and scouting for women's basketball. A well-respected coach with a ...

Bell and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital messaging, and Otto Künnecke, the leading innovative solutions provider in the credit card, secure ID and PIN-mailing industry, today announced a new North American partnership. Through their agreement, Bell and Howell will serve as the exclusive distributor of Otto Künnecke systems in the United States and Canada. "This exciting partnership allows both companies to achieve our mutual goals of delivering the very best technology, expertise and service to the market. More importantly, ...

Sports Science has created the most potent and highly regarded sports nutrition products on the planet. We are proud to announce our attendance at the 2012 Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 27-30. Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend is an international bodybuilding competition held annually by the International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness. It will be held this year at the Orleans Arena and Las Vegas Convention Center. AST Sports Science has been attending the expo since 2000, offering information on our many groundbreaking products. ...

Clear View Bag, a custom printed plastic bag manufacturer, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Pack Expo International 2012 in Chicago in October. The show runs from Oct 28 to Oct 31st 2012 at McCormick Place. Pack Expo is the largest, most comprehensive processing and packaging event in the world including more than 1800 companies. Clear View Bag will have exhibit in the North Upper building in booth #3239. Samples of latest material types, constructions and print options will be on display. Clear View Bag is an Albany New York based manufacturer and converter of printed ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that Paula A. Wolf has been named an adjunct faculty member and will teach one of the university's public policy courses beginning in the fall of 2012. A North Carolina governmental relations professional since 1993, Wolf serves as a contract lobbyist where she represents organizations, most often nonprofits, in front of the N.C. General Assembly as well as the executive branch of state government. As a lobbyist with more than 19 years of experience, ...

Likno Software has released its new product, Likno Web Scroller (jQuery Slider) Builder - version 1.0 build 120. It works as a user-friendly interface (GUI) to the popular jQuery open source library for creating stylish, feature-rich jQuery scrollers (jQuery sliders) for web pages, with minimal effort and coding. All jQuery sliders are cross-browser (Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera, Mozilla, Konqueror, Safari, etc.). What's new: - Fully implemented the "Populate the scroller (jquery slider) items using an external feed (RSS or ATOM or XML)" feature. ...and ...

HOFMANN POWER WEIGHT, the premium wheel balance weight brand, announces the release of its new North American catalog, as well as several new products. The catalog features wheel balance weights for passenger cars, light trucks and motorcycles. "The HOFMANN brand is synonymous with high quality which is why it is used by many of the world's leading OEMs like Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and others," said Gregory Parker, Marketing Manager for WEGMANN automotive North America. "And following in the tradition of the highest quality available, we are pleased ...

Michael Rooker, who currently plays survivor "Merle Dixon" on the hit AMC series "The Walking Dead," has joined the star-studded celebrity guest roster at Wizard World Austin Comic Con, set for Oct. 26-28, 2012, at the Austin Convention Center. Rooker, who burst on the scene more than two decades ago in the title role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, also will attend Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con, Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2012. Rooker also had key roles in Sylvester Stallone's 1993 hit Cliffhanger and the Denzel Washington/Angelina Jolie blockbuster ...

Robert Buhler, president of MMI Public Relations (http://www.mmipublicrelations.com), a full-service public relations firm, has announced that the firm will serve as a sponsor for Communities In Schools of Wake County's (CIS Wake) Gifted Hands Breakfast. The event will take place on Friday, Sept. 14 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the State Ballroom of the Raleigh Marriott City Center at 500 Fayetteville Street. Dr. Benjamin Carson, author of the personal narrative "Gifted Hands" and director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, will ...

The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section (NCJW/Greater Detroit) will welcome Lauren Bush Lauren as its keynote speaker at the organization's annual benefit. The Women of Vision luncheon will be held Thursday, October 4 at Temple Beth El (7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills 48301). With a focus on "Philanthropy in the 21st Century," she will explore her shift from her career as a top model to a philanthropist. Lauren is the chief FEEDer and co-founder of FEED Projects (www.feedprojects.com) and chairman of the board and co-founder of ...

On September 29, 2012 the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), along with it's Appalachian Trail (A.T.) Community partners and 31 Trail maintaining clubs, invites families to take a hike on the A.T. during the 2nd Annual Family Hiking Day. Held on National Public Lands Day, Family Hiking Day is a program developed by the ATC to introduce families to the A.T. and all of the benefits that come from spending time outdoors. With studies showing that children are spending less time outdoors each year, the ATC developed this program to help get families outside and active. ...

Don Walston, founder and executive chairman of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston (http://www.hpw.com), a full-service real estate firm, has announced the expansion of its SAFAssist program through a partnership with Century 21 Champion Real Estate in Jacksonville, N.C. SAFAssist provides short sale and foreclosure legal representation to clients through lender negotiations, with no out-of-pocket expenses to property owners, as costs are paid only through sale proceeds. Through this exclusive partnership, Century 21 and its team hold the exclusive rights in Jacksonville ...

Got2Voip Hosted iPBX(www.got2voip.com), a service of Got2Web, LLC(www.got2web.com), today announced the availability of residential and business VoIP packages. VoIP, or voice over internet protocol, provides all the same options and benefits as POTS (plain old telephone service) by routing calls to the client's phone via an existing high-speed internet connection, but for a greatly reduced price. Got2VoIP brings clients a significantly less expensive hosted PBX solution that has the ability to serve multiple phone lines with just one high speed internet connection with ...

The international call provider has announced today that it has added access numbers in Ha Noi, Vietnam. This means that customers in Vietnam can make international calls from their mobile phone or landline as well as from a computer. Customers will be able to utilize the Local Numbers and Calling Card services offered by Localphone, which were previously unavailable in Vietnam. Local Numbers is the most popular service amongst Localphone users and the most widely used. It gives a user a unique local number for each contact, which connects straight through. Customers ...

Founded in 2003, Halfpricesoft.com has established itself as a leader in meeting the software of small businesses in US. From saving time and money, to increasing security and convenience, the new edition of ezTimeSheet from Halfpricesoft.com offers users numerous advantages on employee time and attendance tracking. The latest new version makes it even easier for business owners and HR managers to tracking employee attendance, working time, PTO, vacation and sick time. To make ezTimeSheet software available for any size business, Halfpricesoft.com gives Texas buyers ...