HomePipe Networks Secures Series A Funding
2011-03-09
HomePipe Networks (www.homepipe.net), the leading innovator in digital content sharing and access, announced today it has closed $1.1 million in Series A financing from a private group of investors. The capital will support the expansion of the HomePipe service including product enhancements and programs aimed at accelerating the HomePipe subscriber base.
"This infusion of capital is in recognition of the innovation and value HomePipe has generated to thousands of consumers and business professionals with our service and the enormous opportunity it represents," said ...
Social Media Expert Steve Mann to Speak at the Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Conference
2011-03-09
Ragatz Associates announces that Steve Mann, founder and CEO of AbleBrains, will be a speaker at the 11th Annual Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Conference, to be held at the Fairmont San Francisco Hotel during March 14-16, 2011.
In addition to his role at AbleBrains, Mann is also a consultant to Timbers Resorts on its social media and digital marketing strategies. Mann and his team are experts in creating scientifically sound social, segmentation and simulated buying strategies to exploit markets and gain advantages over competitors. AbleBrains has helped its ...
"Black Swan" Violinist to Perform with The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle
2011-03-09
The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (www.thecot.org) announces today that violinist Tim Fain will be the featured soloist at its March 13 concert. Fain recently appeared in the critically acclaimed film "Black Swan," as the accompanying violinist for Natalie Portman. This continues his cinemagraphic work, which includes performing as the "voice" of Richard Gere's violin in the feature film "Bee Season."
A California native, Fain is the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Young Concert Artists International Award. He was also selected as one of Symphony ...
A Better Way to Understand the Concepts Surrounding Gynecomastia Initiated by a New Online Site
2011-03-09
A new online site has recently initiated a move to educate its readers regarding the most important concepts surrounding gynecomastia. This is by providing articles that can be easily understood and talks about the physical condition among men characterized by breast enlargement.These articles are readily available at http://treatment4gynecomastia.com/.
"The main goal of this website is to provide online visitors a free source of information about gynecomastia," the website's owner says. "This is also intended to assist male individuals in understanding the most common ...
DMR Global, Inc., Nationally renowned Recruiting and Career Expert to Speak with outgoing Florida InternationaI University Students: The topic: "Professionalism in the Workplace"
2011-03-09
The faculty at FIU and Ron Daratany discussed that it is not only critical to teach the technical curriculum for students to be successful but also provide the foundational knowledge for them to navigate appropriately in the workplace.
Some topics to be addressed will include: appropriate use of email, voicemail & social media, office politics, attitude, attire, time management and teamwork. Students who are made aware of and master these topics early will greatly increase their probabilities of future success in the business world.
Ron Daratany is uniquely qualified ...
AppleChineseOnline Publishes 100 Commonly Used Chinese Two-part Allegorical Sayings and 100 Commonly Used Chinese Proverbs (sound embedded) e-books
2011-03-09
Do you want to further improve your Chinese ability after mastering pinyin, Chinese vocabulary, grammar and some Chinese characters?
If you want to further improve your Chinese study, the most important thing to do is to master the unique features of the Chinese language, such as Chinese idioms, proverbs, and two-part allegorical sayings. These contents are closely related to Chinese characters and the cultural background of the Han Nation. Having mastered them, you will enrich your ability to express Chinese and enhance your ability to understand the cultural characteristics ...
Popular TV scientist opens Practical Installer
2011-03-09
Presenter of BBC2's popular Wonders of the Universe series, Professor Brian Cox opened Practical Installer at Ecobuild 2011 on behalf of Plumb Center. The former popstar turned Professor of Particle Physics and TV presenter spoke of the importance of renewable technologies in protecting both our civilisation and our planet before declaring the Practical Installer area officially open.
He said, "Clearly planets like the Earth are valuable and our civilisation needs to be protected. There seems to be two camps - one that think the Earth should be protected at all costs ...
Marketest Has Recently Published Market Research Report Entitled, "Organics Products"
2011-03-09
Marketest, a subsidiary of Netetude UK offers a comprehensive report on consumer opinion regarding organic products.
The objective of the research is to ask organic product consumers about different kind of organic products in order to learn about their consumption and buying behaviour. The research presents an insight into the different reasons that make people buy organic products. It was used to determine:
• How respondents purchase organic products (how often, where, what kind of products, etc.)
• The reason why people buy organic products
• The organic food ...
Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties Launches Social Media Campaign
2011-03-09
Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties (http://www.cbctmp.com), the Triangle area's largest commercial real estate firm and one of its top women-owned businesses, has announced that the firm has launched a social media campaign that includes a blog, Facebook page, Twitter account and LinkedIn. The campaign will allow current and future clients to find information about the company more easily as well as offer a forum for commercial real estate news and events.
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"We are pleased to announce the launch of our social media campaign," said Billie Redmond, ...
Happy to Beat the Snow - More Gross National Happiness Thanks to Accurate Weather Forecasts
2011-03-09
The MetGIS system allows the weather service in the Kingdom of Bhutan to combine meteorological data with geographical information for the first time. The system, which was developed with the help of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, has been used in a number of the highest mountain ranges on the planet for some time now. In Bhutan, it was not just the technological performance of the new system that impressed, but also its contribution that more accurate weather forecasts make to the "Gross National Happiness." The GNH index was introduced by Bhutan to measure the immaterial ...
Baker' s Gas and Welding Supplies Releases Safety Advice for Welding
2011-03-09
Baker' s Gas and Welding Supplies is happy to release welding safety advice to ensure safe welding practices. Whether a welding job is big or small, commercial or personal, these tips will help satisfy safety standards so projects can be completed without any dangerous risks. By understanding how to prevent common accidents, the risk of injuries is lowered.
A proper environment for any welding job is essential. Welders should make sure that there is a clear, flat surface for the welding equipment to sit, and that the immediate area is free of flammable materials which ...
Gail Johnson Named Richmond NAWBO Entrepreneur of the Year
2011-03-09
The founder of the Rainbow Station private school system was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Richmond Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners on March 3.
Rainbow Station is a franchise system headquartered in Richmond with nine locations across the nation. Four of the campuses are located in the Richmond area with two additional Virginia campuses located in Virginia Beach and Haymarket. Additional campuses are located in Texas and North Carolina. Rainbow Station serves children aged newborn to 14 and offers extended day nursery school and preschool ...
iSLI hosts hands-on Introduction to Data Acquisition with NI LabVIEW
2011-03-09
Scottish technology transfer institute iSLI is to host a free practical seminar designed to help engineers exploit NI LabVIEW graphical programming techniques.
Conducted by the The Institute for System Level Integration in partnership with NI LabVIEW, the free three-hour seminar on April 5 2011 will show attendees how to design and build powerful measurement and control applications using NI LabVIEW graphical programming. Those attending the will be able to test-drive professional PC-based data acquisition systems and learn how to create modular, flexible and scalable ...
Toronto Real Estate Expert Claims 'Rational' Investing is An Elusive Goal
2011-03-09
Toronto real estate investment expert Mark Loeffler reminded his audience at a workshop today that by any standard, totally 'rational' investment is almost unknown. Referencing Meir Statman's latest book, he states that purely rational investment strategies don't exist, because egos or human values always get involved. It's human nature to think you can ' beat the system.' Would Las Vegas or Monte Carlo even exist if people thought about what they were doing for 5 seconds?
Does this mean most investors are stupid? No. Irrational? No. It just means that the great majority ...
AurStaff Parent Company, C&A Industries, Named Among Best Places to Work for Third Consecutive Year
2011-03-09
C&A Industries, Inc., parent company to AurStaff, a leading provider of staffing and recruitment solutions, with a specialization in the industrial, technical, architectural, and engineering fields, has been named among the "Best Places to Work" in Omaha for the third consecutive year.
The annual initiative, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Baird Holm, recognizes a select number of companies based on the results of surveys which measure employee satisfaction and engagement. C&A has been named in the category of organizations with more than 250 employees.
"To ...
Macallan Construction Awarded Contract to Build Raleigh's Millbrook Senior Center
2011-03-09
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the contract to build the newest Senior Center. Designed by HH Architecture and located on Spring Forest Road, this newest addition to the Raleigh Parks and Recs System will be a wonderful place for seniors to learn and socialize.
With over 4,400 sq ft. this new space will be extremely diverse and able to offer many classes, games and educational tools for those who use it. The large dividable multi-purpose room will host a variety of activities and the non-commercial kitchen will offer an array of culinary experiences. ...
Flexiant Showcase Extility at Cloud Connect in California
2011-03-09
Flexiant, the pioneering cloud software and services company, revealed today it will exhibit at Cloud Connect, the premier technology event for cloud computing, this week in Santa Clara, California.
This news follows Flexiant's long anticipated entry into the US market during the last quarter of 2010. Flexiant, headquartered in Scotland, developed Europe's first cloud platform in 2007 and is one of only a handful of independent cloud platform providers world wide.
The company will showcase its flagship product, Extility, a licensed virtualised cloud platform, at ...
How to Live Gluten-Free...and Have a Life Too
2011-03-09
You used to be a social butterfly, but ever since your naturopath dropped the bomb that you can no longer eat wheat and gluten, you haven't been able to leave your house. Sound familiar?
While many Canadians are finding relief from chronic complaints such as headaches, fatigue and irritable bowels by following a gluten-free diet, most (if not all) soon discover that some health benefits come with pitfalls as well.
Following a gluten-free diet can be difficult at first - but what seems to trouble people most of all, is the social isolation such a diet often entails. ...
The Preiss Company Ranks Among Nation's Top Student Housing Owners
2011-03-09
The Preiss Company ("TPCO"), one of the largest off-campus student housing providers in the nation, has recently been recognized by Student Housing Business Magazine as one of the nation's Top 25 Owners of Student Housing. The Raleigh real estate company was ranked 11th based on number of beds owned, which currently stands at 7,000.
Founded in 1987, TPCO specializes in the development, acquisition, and management of off-campus student housing. The company employs over 250 team members and currently owns and/or operates properties in six states. TPCO's Raleigh portfolio ...
Studiobanks Creates Website for Investment Bank Edgeview Partners
2011-03-09
Studiobanks, a digital agency specializing in online marketing and web development, has designed a website for Edgeview Partners, an independent investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions. The new site - http://www.edgeview.com - better represents the firm's leadership, experience and expertise serving the unique merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory needs of middle-market clients.
"After becoming an independent firm last year, we had the opportunity to revamp our marketing strategy and website," said Grant Hamilton, Edgeview Partners' vice-president. ...
Safekeeping Web Mail with Novosoft Handy Backup
2011-03-09
Novosoft, an international software development and IT consultancy company, announced web mail protection features of Handy Backup, the data backup and recovery software for home and enterprise users. The program is reported to provide means of automatically managing secure backups of emails from POP3 servers and supporting a wide range of email clients.
"You know how such things happen: you look back at something that unexpectedly happened in the past and just can't get how you could be so inattentive not to see the thing coming. You think that all the evidence was ...
Learning Light creates 'Learnscape' - a business-orientated approach to learning consultancy
2011-03-09
Learning Light has developed a consultancy model intended to move an organisation from operating a traditional, 'command and control led training' model to becoming a 'learning organisation', where learning makes a positive impact on the organisation's 'bottom line'.
Known as 'Learnscape' - a term initially coined by the US-based e-learning specialist Jay Cross relating to informal learning - the Learning Light consultancy model has been piloted among companies in Yorkshire for the last two years.
Gillian Broadhead, of Learning Light, the Sheffield-based organisation ...
Even Kids Can Do Their Part to "Erase Waste" - New Educational Children's Picture Book Published by Firewater Media Group
2011-03-09
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• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours!
• A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in the landfill!
• If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save around 250,000,000 trees each year!
• 9.1 billion plastic bottles were disposed of in 2002 with only 360 million of them being recycled!
• Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to produce them!
Recycling is probably the most widely known waste management concept. Most of us know what recycling means and ...
Gibraltar Takes World Trade Center to MIPIM 2011
2011-03-09
Dubbed "the world's premier real estate event for professionals", MIPIM 2011 is about to descend on Cannes. Running from 8 to 11 March, the occasion gathers together key players in the global real estate industry and Gibraltar's World Trade Center is preparing for its MIPIM debut.
Brian Stevendale, World Trade Center (WTC) Gibraltar's Business and Development Director, comments. "There is no better forum for the launch of WTC Gibraltar than MIPIM. Not only will it be an excellent platform for raising the profile of Gibraltar on the world stage, but MIPIM will also put ...
Apple Email Integration with Salesforce.com
2011-03-09
Synchronizing email between an Apple computer and Salesforce.com is now possible. Previously, there were no plug-ins for Microsoft Entourage and Salesforce.com that could integrate and log email. Plug-ins from Salesforce and other vendors for Microsoft Outlook did not work with Apple Mac computers.
Match My Email is a new cloud application developed by RAE Internet Inc.. It offers Apple users who work with Entourage or any other IMAP server to synchronize email and log it into the right Salesforce.com file type -- be it a Lead, Contact, Opportunity or Case. Match My ...
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