On Saturday, September 22, Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery hosts its Fall Perennial Swap at select locations in the Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston markets. The Fall Perennial Swap is part of several free gardening events offered at Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery locations throughout the year. The last Perennial Swap was held in spring of 2012. At the Perennial Swap, Texas gardeners exchange plants, meet local gardeners and trade gardening tips in the safety of a local garden center. Interested participants are encouraged to trade plants, snippings, seedlings ...

Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 4, 2012 - This year's Legacy Trust Award Collection winning artists, Lane Cooper, David Chupp and Leanne VandenBos, will debut their winning entries at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel for ArtPrize 2012 on Sept. 19. Now in its third year, Legacy Trust and Artists Creating Together have co-sponsored this annual statewide spring art competition for adult artists with disabilities in an effort to bring their voices and vision to ArtPrize. A panel of local celebrity judges chose one of this year's winners while two were selected by public vote. ...

TribeSpring co-founder and CEO Craig Mathews has announced that the company has been selected as a Demo Company at the CED Tech Venture Conference 2012, Sept. 11 through Sept. 12 at the Raleigh Convention Center. With the theme "All Things Tech," the conference is the premier tech venture event in the Southeast, and provides emerging technology companies the opportunity to pitch their businesses to and network with top venture capitalists, angels, corporate acquirers, and prospective customers and partners. Mathews will give a two-minute pitch to conference ...

SR Commercial, a privately held, full-service commercial real estate investment company, has just completed its sixth acquisition of the 2012 calendar year in the San Diego market, and has the seventh in escrow, according to CJ Stos, a Principal of SR Commercial. "SR Commercial is the most active buyer I am aware of in the San Diego market today," says Henry Zahner of Colliers International, who, along with Jon Busse, worked with the SR Commercial team on its most recent acquisition in San Marcos, Calif. "In a market where many buyers remain tentative, ...

Wall Street Network, provider of knowledge management and collaboration solutions, today announced for the second consecutive year its software application WSN Insight for SharePoint has been named a KMWorld "Trend-Setting Product". "Trend-Setting Product" awards began in 2003. This year, more than 700 products were assessed by the judging panel, which consists of editorial colleagues, analysts, system integrators, vendors, line-of-business managers and users. All products selected demonstrate clearly identifiable technology breakthroughs that serve ...

Social responsibility is something NAFA Fleet Management Association takes seriously. The Association utilizes its annual conference to help raise money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital via a silent auction each year and takes part in a Habitat for Humanity housing project in every conference host city. NAFA is proud to continue this trend with a sponsorship of the 5th Annual Imus Ranch Golf Outing that will take place on Monday, September 24th at the Edgewood Country Club in River Vale, NJ. The annual golf outing raises money for the Imus Ranch for Kids with ...

Award winning author Kevin Gerard today announced the release of 'Diego's Dragon, Book Two: Dragons Of The Dark Rift'. The book is the second in the Diego's Dragon Adventure series, following the release of 'Diego's Dragon, Book One: Spirits Of The Sun'. 'Spirits Of The Sun' recently won an award for best YA fiction at the 14th International Latino Book Awards in New York. Kevin Gerard's award winning books are unique in that the central character in the fantasy dragon series is a young Hispanic boy named Diego. The series is targeted to middle school and young adult ...

Merriman, 68, recently released First-Time Investor: Grow and Protect Your Money, the first book in his "How To Invest" series. All profits from the sale of print and eBooks are donated to educational non-profit organizations. Retired from the investment advisory firm he founded in Seattle, WA in 1982 -that employs more than 40 people and manages more than $1.5 billion in investments for 2,000 U.S. families - Merriman is a nationally recognized authority on mutual funds, asset allocation and retirement planning. He is a speaker, podcaster and author of Financial ...

In order to meet the needs of growing demands and expectations of various industries, VarTech Systems has engineered their most impressive rack mount yet. The now-available VT201R, 20.1 Inch 8U Fixed Rack Mount LCD Display, satisfies a wide variety of industrial control and man-machine interface (HMI) applications. This rack mount display is design to be mounted into a traditional 19" wide rack cabinet and also has a standardized rack bezel height with 8U rack units. Additionally, the LCD panel reaches an impressive resolution of UXGA (1600 x 1200) with a brightness ...

Significantly faster uploading, downloading and syncing of files - even very large files, greater and more granular administrative control and even a presentation app are all the latest enhancements to the community edition of ownCloud, the popular open source file sync and share project, the beta of which was released today. Built through active community support - the latest ownCloud adds innovative features like sub-admins for groups - the ability to assign a sub-administrator to a group to handle account management, desktop fast syncing - which reduces server load ...

Denver, CO - OrderStorm announces the addition of two file management features to its popular WordPress shopping cart plugin - digital downloads and digital file uploads. The digital downloads feature can be used alone or in conjunction with other product types already supported by the shopping cart software including physical products, services, and events. Sell music, e-books, videos, software - any file type can be sold as a download. "In response to customer demand, OrderStorm has made it VERY easy to set up digital downloads from the product menu," said ...

Junifer Systems, the global provider of leading Customer Information and Billing Systems (CIS) for the utility industry announced today that it has been selected by Hudson Energy to provide an electricity billing solution for their European business. Hudson supplies gas and electricity to over 150,000 commercial customers in Canada and the US and is a subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc. Hudson recently announced their entrance to the UK electricity market providing electricity to small and medium sized UK businesses with an aim to expand into gas at a later date. When ...

Norbert Schling, owner of Creative Concepts, has won two prestigious awards for his artwork in the Expressions for CMT Challenge. His painting, "Ithemba" means Hope (or "Thembisa" which means Hopeful in Zulu) won the Jurors Award and the CMT Art Award, sponsored by Artists World Magazine and the global CMTUS Network. CMT stands for Charcot Marie Tooth neuromuscular disease which affects nerve conduction to muscles, causing fatigue, weakness in the extremities, pain, numbness and progressive muscle atrophy and disability. This disease has been in the ...

Pediatric Associates will be acquiring Edwin A. Cordero, MD, PA (Cordero Pediatrics) effective October 1, 2012. Cordero Pediatrics was founded in 1992 and currently has three office locations in South Florida, including offices in Homestead and Palmetto Bay. As a result of this acquisition, Pediatric Associates will expand its presence in Miami Dade County to 7 locations, and a total of 23 offices throughout South Florida. Edwin A. Cordero, M.D., FAAP, will continue to care for his patients in our new offices. Peter J. Shulman, MD, MBA, CEO of Pediatric Associates, ...

Deb Weidenhamer, CEO of Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., was the featured guest on The Growth Strategist Show with Aldonna Ambler on September 4, 2012. Ambler and Weidenhamer review the company's innovative ideas. In her interview with Ambler, Weidenhamer shares how the company's large goals and rapid growth brought about a feeling of sustained innovation in the Arizona-based company. Weidenhamer shares the techniques Auction Systems uses to attract and retain talented team members including a unique way to save time during the interview process. ...

iGoDigital, the market and technology leader in personalized product recommendations and guided selling tools, will be an exhibitor at the Shop.org 2012 Annual Summit. The conference will take place on September 10-12, at the Colorado Convention Center. During the event, iGoDigital will be showcasing the company's guided selling solutions and innovations in personalized product recommendations at booth #323. iGoDigital is the leader in personalized assisted selling services for eCommerce, used by 8 of the top 10 online retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Marks & Spencer, ...

Singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and model Aki Starr is scheduled to perform at Oheka Castle in Huntington, NY as part of Brielle's Fairytale Fashions. Starr will travel from California specifically for the fashion show that will benefit non-profit organization, Angela's House and debut a new song written for the event! The five-star threat has modeled for Versace, played with Santana, has worked for Disney, and has had songs featured on TV shows like "Jake 2.0," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Desperate Housewives," and more. Starr recently ...

Halfpricesoft.com¡¯s personal check printing software ezCheckPersonal is designed to help users to track personal finance data and write checks easily. Known for its flexibility and affordability ($29 per installation. free through TrialPay ofer), ezCheckPersonal software institutive interface is so easy to understand that even people with minimal computer skills can start printing checks as soon as it's downloaded and installed. To open ezCheckpersonal to more Texas users, Halfpricesoft.com gives buyers a new way to get free products by partnering with TrialPay, the leader ...

Mansfield Sales Partners and Sales Force Europe are inviting tech executives looking to expand business in the US, Europe, Latin America & Middle East to a conference about sales force outsourcing, addressing technology firms that need international sales resources rapidly without the costs and risks associated with foreign subsidiaries. This conference will take place on Monday, September 17, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT), at Reed Smith, 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Details can be found at http://salesoutsourcing.eventbrite.com/ . The event ...

Eagle Technology, a global leader in facility management software solutions, announces the opening of a sales office in France. Eagle Technology France, based in Vincennes, strengthens Eagle Technology's worldwide presence, service capability, and distribution of its CMMS and EAM products to the facility maintenance and manufacturing industries. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Eagle Technology has partners and offices in Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, India, and Africa. The French office will be managed by Mr. Jean-Pierre Savin, whose goal will be to sell and ...

iPhone.PLAVEB.com a company renowned for the cutting-edge nature of its iPhone applications, has refurbished its site design a design that is new, usability specific, user-oriented and highly intuitive. The company has always been at the forefront of progressive innovation and one of the reasons why it has been such a success at developing iPhone apps is the fact that it has always maintained an evolutionary trajectory. It has adapted to the rapid changes taking place in the world of iPhone development in a timely and precise manner. Its sole objective for doing so is to ...

Don Mills, president of SIA Group (http://www.siagroup.net), a full-service insurance agency with seven offices throughout North Carolina and in Blacksburg, Va., has announced that the agency has been named one of the Top 100 Privately-Held Independent Agencies by Insurance Journal for the fifth time. SIA Group placed No. 64 on the list, which is based on estimated property and casualty premium volume from the previous year, and highlights the nation's top privately-held independent insurance agencies and brokerages whose business volume is primarily retail. With more than ...

Edward McKay Used Books & More (http://www.edmckay.com), North Carolina's leading independent retailer of books, movies, CDs, vinyl records, electronics, video games, audio books, textbooks and related items, has announced it will host a panel on "Fresh Sheets: The Purpose and Power of Cover Songs" on Friday, Sept. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Raleigh City Museum at 220 Fayetteville St. The event will include a musical performance by Catherine Edgerton, artist, musician and member of the popular Durham quartet Midtown Dickens. The event will also include a discussion ...

The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, is announcing its 3-evening property management secrets workshop for real estate investors. This event will take place on September 12, 19, and 27 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. This event will take place at the Comfort Inn, located at 900 East Main Street in Meriden, CT. Discounts for early registration are available for CT REIA members. Breeze through years of study, hundreds of books, CD's, manuals and courses in just 3 jam-packed evenings. Too often landlords: pick up the rent in person; property owners put ...

From mid-September, the glamorous superyachts at Gibraltar's Ocean Village will have some competition on their hands in the shape of HMS Pickle. The 73ft twin-masted tall ship, an exact replica of the 1799-built original, will become a permanent fixture and tourist attraction for the marina. Brian Stevendale, Commercial Director for Ocean Village, is thrilled his months-long search for a suitable ship has such a happy ending, "HMS Pickle is a real coup for us as she is famed for her role at the Battle of Trafalgar where she raced home to give the King in London ...