Howard R. Miller Communications (HRMC), an award-winning, full spectrum communications agency, is pleased to announce that Yaneisy Blanco has joined the talented HRMC team as an account executive. Blanco is a seasoned, public relations professional who will be spearheading local to national bilingual press campaigns at HRMC. She will coordinate some of the firm's dynamic Travel and Leisure clients. Blanco also excels in the creation and marketing of innovative special events that generate buzz and success. Before joining HRMC, Blanco served as an account executive ...

Even in troubled economic times, men and women alike make sure they stay looking their best with continued trips to their favorite hair salon or barber shop. Although these businesses depend on the reliable client, there is always room for improvement. That's why many hair salons and barber shops across the country have continually turned to Elad Beauty for all their furniture and equipment needs. Whether they are expanding business with a new shop or remodeling a current salon, business owners recognize the need for high quality equipment at an affordable price. That is ...

Generational communications expert and President of K HR Solutions (www.khrsolutions.com), Kim Huggins will serve as moderator of the "GENerate Performance! The Impact of a Multigenerational Workforce on Business Today" panel sponsored by Philadelphia Human Resource Planning Society (PHRPS). The program will be held on Nov. 15, 2011 from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia. As part of PHRPS-sponsored quarterly program series, the panel will feature senior level business leaders such as Gina F. Rubel, Esq., CEO of Furia Rubel ...

LSS Life Safety Services, an industry leader in passive fire protection inspection services such as fire and smoke damper inspections, firestopping and fire door inspections, has been awarded a position on Business First's "Fast Fifty" list for the fourth consecutive year. The "Fast Fifty" is an award that honors the fifty fastest-growing independent and privately held companies in the Greater Louisville area. The Fast Fifty companies must be independent, for-profit and privately held while having an average of at least $1 million in revenue for the ...

Freedom Marathon, Inc.(FMI), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and help support the needs of veterans and their families through running events, welcomes the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Silent Drill Team to the Norfolk Freedom Half Marathon. The team will perform on Nov. 13 before the 7 a.m. race at Waterside Drive in Norfolk, VA. The inaugural race occurs Veteran's Day weekend Nov. 11-13, 2011 in Norfolk, VA. The City of Norfolk is a proud co-sponsor and host of the half marathon. Freedom Marathon, Inc. and the City of Norfolk partnered ...

UHELP, the Urban Health Education & Leadership Project, is distributing a lifestyle guide to people of color throughout the U.S. that will assist them to live healthier lives all year long. UHELP teamed up with BlackDoctor.org, the nation's leading online health resource for African Americans, to create a lifestyle guide focusing, in part, on solutions for patient access to healthcare. The mainstay of the lifestyle guide will be culturally-accurate healthcare information. "UHELP's mission is to eliminate health disparities for people of color through education, ...

Team Sports Planet (TSP), an Internet-based team dealer headquartered in Philadelphia and International Schools Supplies (ISS), a Princeton, NJ-based organization dedicated to serving the needs of schools around the world, have entered into a multi-year strategic partnership. TSP will market directly to ISS' 110 partner schools their team sports uniforms, apparel and equipment. "In looking at our international customer base," said Kari Altman, TSP's President, "we discovered that several schools, in Africa, Asia and the Middle East in particular, were ...

License2tees.com, an on-line licensed t-shirt retailer, is under new ownership and management since March 2011. The company announces that they have moved the business to a new location in Ann Arbor, MI. The new contact information is as follows: License 2 Tees 3560 Sturbridge Ct Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 888-461-4623 Email: contactus@license2tees.com Since assuming the operation of the store, new management has increased staffing levels of the store operations and revamped product portfolio. The staff has been trained and completely committed to quality and ...

NAFA Fleet Management Association isn't saying that having the Association's annual conference in your city guarantees a championship, but it apparently does increase the odds! Since 2005, NAFA's annual Institute & Expo - the largest event of the year within the fleet management industry - has watched sports teams within its conference host cities have successful seasons in the year the Association is in town. Considering that conference cities are chosen at least five years in advance, the run is even more remarkable. "A little bit of NAFA luck seems to ...

Online Tech announced today that Mike Klein, Online Tech's President, has been selected to moderate a five-person panel discussion "Secondary Cities & Beyond" at the IMN (Information Management Network) Conference to be held on November 9th and 10th in Los Angeles, California. "Much of the growth and consolidation over the last several years have been in the 7-10 Tier 1 markets across the U.S. At the same time, secondary and tertiary markets are also growing but with very different market dynamics," says Klein. Klein's panel will discuss the ...

Sheena Allen Apps has released a free version of its mobile checkbook app, PAMO. The original and paid version of PAMO, meaning Picture And Money Organizer, was released in August of this year. After success with the full version of PAMO, Sheena Allen Apps decided to release a free version of the app. The free version will function as a checkbook on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad that also allows users to save pictures associated with each transaction, such as receipts and checks. The free version will only allow users to have one account. "We had a great response ...

The research, based on proposals received from venues in 2011, showed that 75 per cent of proposals were discounted below the venues' published rates, with hotels offering some of the biggest savings. An average reduction of 25 per cent was being offered. The average day delegate rate being paid for conferences and meetings in London was GBP54, with an average published price of GBP72. Hotels have the highest average published rates at GBP78, with meeting venues at GBP69 and conference centres at GBP67. However all three venue types have the same average offered day ...

Boot Camp Digital (www.bootcampdigital.com), a leading provider of social media marketing business training programs, invites business professionals to its monthly Social Media Business Workshop on November 21st, 2011 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM at Boot Camp Digital's Cincinnati Training Facility located in Cincinnati. Boot Camp Digital's top-rated Social Media Lunch Sessions are designed to help businesses stay up to date on the most important trends and changes in social media and Internet marketing. Attendees of this session will receive training on "Connecting ...

Winmark Corporation—the franchisor of well-known brands Play It Again Sports , Once Upon a Child , Plato's Closet and Music Go Round that buy, sell, and trade new and gently used merchandise—today announced it was ranked No. 11 on Forbes' Top 20 Small Public Companies in America list for 2011. The rankings are based on earnings and sales growth, as well as return on equity during the past 12 months and throughout the past five years. The list features companies from a variety of industries that have been publicly traded for at least one year, generate annual revenue ...

Dave Janelle from ValuTrack as he host, Doug Niemeyer, Sales Director at TEKLYNX, Tony Raymond, Founder and Principal consultant, New Harbor SQA. KJ Steinhoff went in Boston on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 12:00PM(EST) to attend Introduction to 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance: The Regulations and Your Solution. He took his time off in this one-hour webinar to get a chance to listen at insights and solutions for compliance in the government requirements for record-keeping, and signature capture. Doug and Tony presented ValuTrack's total enterprise label management ...

Michael J. Hensley, CFP , ChFC , AIFA , of Guardian Capital Advisors, LLC (GCA) (http://www.guardianca.com/), a firm specializing in Retirement Plans as well as financial advice for individuals and businesses, has announced that the firm is a 2011 sponsor for Raleigh Roundup, a fundraiser supporting cancer research. This event presented by the Red Sword Guild is taking place on Friday, Nov. 11 at the Kerr Scott Building on the N.C State Fairgrounds at 1025 Blue Ridge Road. Proceeds from the event benefit the American Cancer Society. Activities at the Raleigh Roundup include ...

Hot on the heels of being shortlisted for four other industry accolades, Found is once more in the spotlight, this time for its ground-breaking activity in the burgeoning Mobile sector. The agency has been named as a finalist for four coveted Effective Mobile Marketing Awards. As one of the UK's most progressive performance marketing agencies, the innovative Found team is up for Most Effective Mobile Advertising Campaign, Most Effective Direct Response Campaign, Most Effective Location-based Service/Campaign and Most Effective Mobile Site for its tactical and measurable ...

Wizard World Austin Comic Con today announced its diverse programming schedule, featuring unique celebrity Q&A's, music, film screenings and discussions, artist schools, contests and more for the event, set for Friday through Sunday, Nov. 11-13 at the Austin Convention Center. Sessions featuring Adam Baldwin, Hayden Panettiere and notables from such popular TV programs and films as STAR WARS, "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer," "The Walking Dead," and WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY are among the highlight attractions. Some of the top sessions ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced Randy Cohen, an Emmy Award-winning writer, humorist and author of The Ethicist, will be a university guest speaker on Monday, Nov.14. Cohen's professional experience includes writing for The New York Times, The New Yorker, creative segments for Late Night with David Letterman, TV Nation and The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and authoring The Good, The Bad and the Difference. In his presentation, "How To Be Good," Cohen will discuss virtuous behavior ...

Go Veg!, A new cookbook by Tanya "T6" Dormevil includes 50 easy, delicious, and healthy vegetarian/vegan recipes for everyday cooking. More and more people are leaning towards a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle not only for their health, but for the love of animals. Vegan is heart healthy and delicious and there are unlimited ways to prepare dishes to conform to this way of eating. Singer/Songwriter Tanya "T6" Dormevil is set to publish a vegetarian/vegan cookbook. The R&B Singer has been living the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle for almost 12 years ...

Rob Rush, President & CEO of LRA Worldwide, Inc., has been invited to the Penn State University School of Hospitality Management as a guest speaker. Rush will address the Colloquium in Hospitality Management class on November 8th, joining a distinguished roster of speakers to address the seminar-style class this semester. Rush's seminar topic is titled "Building LRA - the Journey," and will focus on the challenges of building a company that services a unique niche of the hospitality industry. LRA Worldwide is the leading provider of Quality Assurance Evaluations ...

Big Valley Ford is proud to announce their newest give away this month. The Stockton based Ford and Lincoln car dealer will conducting a raffle at month's end and one lucky winner will be given 20,000 Box Tops for Education for their school. Entering Big Valley Ford's contest is easy. To enter visit the Ford and Lincoln dealer's Stockton location and fill out an entry form. On the entry form contestants will need to include their information and the school of their choice in San Joaquin County. Entries will be accepted from now through November 30, 2011. The winner of ...

Patty Briguglio, president of MMI Public Relations (http://www.mmipublicrelations.com), a Raleigh-based, full-service public relations firm, has announced that the company was named the top area small business at Triangle Business Journal's Best Places To Work Awards. MMI Public Relations received the highest score among all companies in the small business category in a survey performed by the publication and Quantum Market Research, which ranks entrants on quality of human resources, employee morale, corporate values and more. 2011 marks the third year MMI Public Relations ...

ACT Today! (Autism Care and Treatment Today!), a national non-profit organization based in Tarzana, California announces its 6th Annual Denim & Diamonds for Autism signature event raised over $230,000. This year's event breaks the national non-profit's revenue generating record to date. The event, held on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the Ahmanson Ranch in Calabasas, California was Diamond sponsored by TWIW Insurance Services, LLC, Reaction Audio Visual, Vin Di Bona Productions, BBC Worldwide Productions, Disney/ABC Television Group and Denim sponsored by Austin and ...

In the Fifth Gear episode, aired on Friday 28th October, presenter, Jonny Smith, investigated the current design trend that is taking the car world by storm -vinyl wrapping. Deemed the "biggest car phenomenon of the 21st Century", vinyl wrapping involves transforming the look of your vehicle by covering the paintwork in a specially manufactured vinyl film -one which can be removed at any time to return the vehicle to its original form. Jonny opens the feature, "The idea is to create a finish that wouldn't be possible with paint; from stripes, to matt black ...