Smarty Had A Party, an elegant disposable dinnerware online retail store, was not shy about exhibiting their extreme enthusiasm for Independence Day. In fact, leading up to the big day, Smarty instigated an entire month of pre-July 4th celebrations, titled, "4 for the 4th: 4 awesome party ideas 4 the 4th of July 4 all our Smarties." One party idea was carried out each week by Smarty employees who shared the fun by inviting colleagues and friends to the red, white, and blue filled events. Step-by-step party idea instructions, along with actual photos were then ...

Launched Monday July 9th, the web portal ForumIndustry.com will provide an introspective of the online forum industry and feature current news, product announcements, market intelligence, technology insights, industry press releases, and regulatory issues as they affect the burgeoning forum industry. As the first news publication dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the online forum industry and its constituents, ForumIndustry.com is intended as a collaborative resource where visitors are encouraged to join the conversation. Software developers, industry ...

Tropical Roofing Products, a national manufacturer of quality products and innovative solutions for the professional roofer, announced today the launch of: How to Fix Ponding Issues - the latest in the series of Roof Repair & Restoration 101 educational YouTube videos produced by Tropical Roofing Products. The Roof Repair & Restoration 101 YouTube channel [http://bit.ly/Roofing-101-Educational-Videos] offers free videos on popular professional development topics for everyone who works in the professional roofing industry. The series includes practical titles ...

Michael Lepitre, CEO, Kustom Design Group of Companies, is pleased to announce exclusive access to a new portal called the Kustom Design Portal as another benefit to clients with Kustom Design business packages. "Access to the Kustom Design Portal is just another in a long line of benefits for our customers that have business packages," stated Michael Lepitre, CEO, Kustom Design Group of Companies. "This benefit aligns with our goal to go above and beyond to help our business clients succeed financially." The Kustom Design Portal is an online portal ...

Shpoonkle Pro Bono launches as a non-profit organization within the legal community. Their mission is to serve as a national charitable portal by offering both live educational events for the public and an online fundraising and vetting legal work to attorneys. "We want to give the legal community a centralized source and provide organized access and opportunities to connect with charities. Additionally, we want to assist the non-profits in finding legal representation for their constituency and organizations in an easier and faster method" says founder Robert ...

Michael Burlew, BKD, LLP managing partner, announces the promotion of Christopher Diltz to Supervising Consultant. Diltz delivers unmatched client service, embraces change and shows dedication to the firm's values and the accounting industry. He assumed the new role on May 1, 2012. Career paths at BKD are divided into levels, and each position is defined by its own set of duties, responsibilities and competencies requiring cumulative and advanced degrees of education, training and experience. Personnel also must demonstrate their leadership abilities as coaches and mentors, ...

It was a record turnout for the Cedar Run Classic last week, with 428 horses competing (100 more than last year) and over 1,500 riders, trainers and spectators in attendance for the first of Cedar Run's National Show Jumping Tournaments. "We experienced a record number of participants and attendees for the Classic and we have even larger numbers for this week's Cedar Run Tournament," observes Cedar Run spokesperson Nicole Paara. "We're happy to see more riders and their families coming up and taking a mini-vacation while they are here, taking advantage of ...

Nestled less than three miles from the coast, The Foothills is one of Carlsbad's newest master-planned communities. This weekend, builder Brookfield Homes will release a total of 12 detached homes at its Rockrose and Sago neighborhoods at The Foothills. The master-planned community is located at 3538 Glen Avenue in Carlsbad, with model tours starting at 10 a.m. Newly released homes at Sago will range from approximately 1,750 to 2,050 square feet with three to four bedrooms and 2.5 to three baths. Sago has four two-story floor plans to choose from, including its Plan ...

Sports Trader opens on Main Street with a new concept to the Lewiston Maine area, a bicycle and sporting goods shop that offers both new and recycled products. With the goal of keeping athletes playing, the Robichaud family was interested in operating a locally owned business that focused on selling high quality products at reasonable prices. With the experience staff at Sports Trader, it's no surprise that the store is a full service sporting repair, refurbishing, and re-conditioning shop, in addition to offering insight into many different sports including hockey, ...

Today, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe announced his appointment of Myron Jackson to the Black History Commission of Arkansas. The seven-year appointment speaks volumes about Jackson's growing influence in central Arkansas's political and business communities. The Black History Commission of Arkansas was created in 1991 and is comprised of seven individuals, all appointed by the governor of Arkansas, with the approval of the Arkansas Senate. Its mission is to collect black historical materials for the Arkansas History Commission, to encourage research in Arkansas Black ...

Value Energy Solutions, one of the largest commercial lighting installation and lighting retrofit companies in the nation, recently completed an apartment parking garage lighting retrofit project for AMLI Flagler Village located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. AMLI Flagler Village is owned and managed by AMLI Residential, one of the preeminent multifamily companies in the nation. AMLI Flagler Village is a 218-unit, seven-story luxury rental community with large spacious apartment homes that feature numerous amenities including direct access for residences to the parking ...

Greco Promotions, a leading e-tailer of promotional items and decorated apparel in the advertising specialties industry, has launched a new website http://www.SportsCustomBalls.com. The website provides a wide selection of balls ranging from inflatable to recreation to exercise products. All of the products are able to be customized with a group or company's name to create a fun and unique promotional item. The site features Free Ground Shipping and a 10% discount on first-time purchases. SportsCustomBalls.com offers an assortment of balls to fit any organization's ...

Tax Defense Network's employees want to set the record straight about resolving a tax debt with the IRS yourself, revealing that taxpayers may be disappointed with the results they receive if they attempt to take on the IRS on their own. "While taxpayers can resolve their tax debt themselves and save money by not hiring professional help, they may not get the resolution they want because most do not have a full understanding of the qualifications the IRS looks at when reviewing applications," a tax analyst at Tax Defense Network explained. This news comes ...

Waste-Away Group, Ltd. of Elkhart, Indiana today announced the launch of a comprehensive blog and forum to provide authoritative answers and feedback on a wide range of recycling issues and questions. In addition, a "Recycling Tip of the Week" and a "Recycling FAQ" section further enhances the features of the Recycling Works Blog. Leslie Jones, of Waste-Away Group, said, "Finally, consumers and businesses alike have the ability to go to a blog dedicated solely to important recycling questions. There's also a forum with posts that deal with more ...

When a person walks in a doctor's office with a lump in their breast, one of the first things they usually ask is "How do I get rid of this?" The real question they should be asking is, "How do I stop making this?" If a person stopped making cancer cells, they could continue living a long and normal life. The problem is not the lump, but rather the continuation of cancer cell production in the body. The real issue is what happens after the lump is discovered and what comes next for the patient. Dr. Lodi, a practicing M.D. of over 22 years, has ...

Brewer-Garrett Volunteers Keep Camp Cheerful Shining Members of The Brewer-Garrett Company spent a Day of Caring at the Achievement Center's Camp Cheerful. Strongsville resident and Brewer-Garrett General Manager, Greg McDonald, got the idea from a presentation last fall at the Strongsville Economic Development breakfast where Momentive Performance Materials was recognized for their innovation and contributions to the local community. The Brewer-Garrett team brought over 30 volunteers to Camp Cheerful for the day. Leveraging their skills as a commercial HVAC company, ...

EMRapproved, the Chicago-based provider of healthcare information technology (HIT) online education tools and resources, announced today that it has selected Kevin Donnelly as its new COO. A former leader of the healthcare practice at Alliance Consulting and SNOMED International, Donnelly has also served as an executive with the College of American Pathologists. He also co-founded Business Logic Corporation, a software and services company providing connectivity solutions by leveraging standards and Internet technology. Donnelly has worked in healthcare and technology ...

BookKeeping Express, the first U.S. franchise focused solely on bookkeeping services, recently opened its first office in Kennewick serving businesses throughout the Tri-Cities area. BookKeeping Express offers a much-needed service to businesses, so they can get back to doing what they do best. "Our service helps to alleviate a void that exists locally for skilled bookkeeping services that are specifically focused on the business community," said Shandra Knowles, co-owner of the new BookKeeping Express office in Kennewick with her mother Kathleen. "We ...

Nancy Alvarez, author of 'Little Nancy: The Journey Home', has been chosen as 'Woman Of The Year' by the National Association Of Professional Women. An interview with Ms. Alvarez is featured in the NAPW newsletter. "When I began talking about 'Little Nancy: The Journey Home'," stated Ms. Alvarez, "I had never done marketing and had no idea what to do. I sent books to various women's organizations. At NAPW, several staff women read the book, passing it from one to another, and then contacted me to see how they could help. Naming me 'Woman of the Year' was ...

OSS is proud to be a king sponsor for the 38th annual Ballard Seafood Festival. This year's festivities feature a variety of entertainers on two stages. There will be kid-friendly entertainment and fun for the entire family. And the best part is, all entertainment is free! There's something for every age group, including activities for children, beer and wine gardens for the adults, pet relaxation stations, sidewalk sales, and even a raffle for a Caribbean Cruise, or VIP tickets to Dave Matthews at the Gorge! OSS hopes to see you and your family enjoying a great summer ...

Internationally known Los Angeles-based choreographer Victoria Marks and filmmaker Ann Kaneko have kicked off a six-week artist residency to develop Action Conversations: Bellows Falls -- a docu-dance film project featuring five youth and five adult women from the Greater Bellows Falls community. Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) is producing the project in partnership with Youth Services of Windham County. The Rockingham Arts and Museum Project and the Town of Rockingham are providing additional support. "Listen to your community and find out where there needs to be ...

A California start-up company is hosting a global telesummit to address the topic of personal happiness. The Britelife Summit on Happiness is a free event that will be broadcast over the internet July 16-27. Ten experts in the field of personal development will discuss various ways to help people achieve greater happiness and fulfillment. The summit is the brainchild of Andrea DeBell, who describes herself as a "bliss consultant" committed to happiness. DeBell, a meditation teacher, yoga instructor, and Journey Practitioner, noticed that many people she worked ...

Inspiring. Unconventional. Effective. COMPENDIUM, the brand new must-have business read from award-winning corporate speaker, coach and entrepreneur, Noam Kostucki is out now. Published by Redefine Us, COMPENDIUM is a unique collection of tools known as "Social, Organisational and Psychological (SOP) Technologies" that every business must know in order to be successful. Influenced by the author's work with some of the world's biggest brands (Hewlett Packard, Greenpeace, The British Heart Foundation, The London School of Economics), COMPENDIUM helps business ...

The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), the world's largest provider of state-of-the-art early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders, will host a series of seminars, "California Insurance Funding for Autism Treatment," to educate families and other caregivers about the California Autism Insurance Mandate (SB 946). As of July 1st, the law requires most insurance providers to cover behavioral health treatment, including applied behavior analysis (ABA), for individuals on the spectrum. The free, two-hour seminars ...

Harlem Lofts Inc. President Attending NAR Leadership Summit as Next MANAR President. To Be Sworn In as New MANAR President in 2013. New York, NY. July 10, 2012 Harlem Lofts Inc. today announces that President & Founder Robb D. Pair has been invited to attend the National Association of Realtors annual Leadership Summit August 20th to August 21st in Chicago as the incoming President of the Manhattan Association of Realtors. "It is an honor to be selected as the next President of the Manhattan Association of Realtors, said Robb Pair. "I am looking forward ...