The Progress Group has announced the appointment of Stephen T. Hopper, PE, as Associate Partner. A specialist in supply-chain execution, Steve has helped dozens of Fortune 1000 clients drive down their operating costs and boost the performance of their people, inventory, facilities, equipment, material handling systems, and information technology. Hopper's strength is streamlining warehousing and distribution operations to improve efficiency, customer service, and cost-effectiveness. His core capabilities include: • Conception, modeling, analysis, design, and reengineering ...

Dane-Elec, a global leader in digital storage solutions, announced today that KTLA-TV is now using the company's award winning my-Ditto Business Network Server to share and store digital assets. KTLA's implementation of the my-Ditto Business Network Server further illustrates Dane-Elec's leadership in providing businesses with an inexpensive network storage solution that doesn't compromise on "enterprise-level" features and benefits. EVENT NOTE: MacMall and Dane-Elec will be hosting Small Business Storage Seminars on March 15th at the Torrance MacMall and March 17th ...

Architects and builders looking to specify both the safest and most effective materials in their designs and construction have a compelling new choice in soundproofing. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) has announced the company's innovative Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound - already one of the most environmentally friendly soundproofing products available - has been recognized for use by independent testing authorities including Underwriters Laboratory and American Society for Testing and Materials. Over the past months, the Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound ...

PetTravelCenter.com announced today that it will provide Minnesota-based Akoma Dog Products on its site, including the Hound Warmer Heated Dog Bed. The Hound Warmer Heated Dog Bed has a waterproof heating pad and doubles as a car seat heater. "The heated dog bed is perfect for overnight stays at hotels and traveling on cold fall or winter days," said Tom James, president of PetTravelCenter.com. "We're happy to carry the Akoma brand on our site and to be able to offer this product for stay at home dogs that need that extra comfort, as well as for pooches on the go ...

Southern California Melodic Hardcore band NO BRAGGING RIGHTS will be touring Canada in late April and all throughout May with Victory Records artist Farewell To Freeway. The latest dates are posted below and additional dates will be posted on the official No Bragging Rights Facebook page. Apr 27, 2011 - London, ON (CA) @ Music Hall Lounge Apr 29, 2011 - Guelph, ON (CA) @ Club Vinyl w/ Farewell To Freeway Apr 30, 2011 - Toronto, ON (CA) @ The Grange Hall May 1, 2011 - Kingston, ON (CA) @ Next Church Hall w/ Farewell To Freeway May 2, 2011 - Gatineau, QC (CA) @ Warehouse ...

FEECO International, Inc. was founded in 1951, developing solutions for the fertilizer industry and has grown over the years by offering equipment and solutions to companies worldwide in a variety of industries. Feeco works hard to create usable solutions from wastes that would normally go into landfills. Some amazing transformations include turning sludges into organic-based fertilizer, clays and saw dust into cat litter, valuable metal recovery from spent batteries, fuel pellets from petroleum coke dust, tar sand and the list goes on and on. The FEECO team is proud to ...

The League of Women Voters of Bergen County invites members and friends to celebrate the League's 91st birthday and Women's History Month on Sunday, March 13, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Park Ridge Community Center, 53 Park Avenue, Park Ridge, New Jersey. The entrance to the library on the lower level should be used. A representative from the New Jersey League of Women Voters' board of directors will attend. At last year's event, celebrants reviewed the League's proud history and accomplishments. As the League approaches the century mark, the organization seeks guests' ideas ...

TurboTax's consumer tax advocate, Rich Preece, recently released a new video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ihbIMpNVQ) offering tips on free tax filing options to not only help tax procrastinators easily and accurately file their tax return before the deadline but also to ensure they get the biggest possible refund on their taxes. With April 15th just a few weeks away, it's time for all those tax procrastinators to start gathering together their tax documents. But just because you have waited until the last minute to file doesn't mean that you have to leave money ...

CSG|PR, an influencer relations agency serving leading organizations in the Education, Financial Services, Health & Wellness, Clean Tech & Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Training & Talent Management, and Consumer Products on a Mission, today announced the official spin out of its Mortgage & Banking Practice. Previously a segment of the firm's Financial Services group, the new Mortgage & Banking Practice brings greater focus to an already robust roster of clients that have included organizations such as BancVue, CheckingFinder.com, Berkery Noyes and First Western ...

Many companies have found they can cut IT costs and save money on many products ranging from servers to IP phones by searching the secondary market, including eBay and refurbished item dealers like Dotcom Computers. Fred Tardie, CEO of dcomcomputers.com, says "companies can buy refurbished Inter-tel phones from my website at almost ¼ the cost of buying the phones new directly from Inter-tel." The website is currently offering an additional 10% off discount if you call before placing an order. Dotcom Computers also offers savings on other brands ranging from Cisco, to ...

) Value Energy Solutions, one of the largest lighting installation and lighting retrofit companies in the nation, recently was awarded an energy efficient lighting retrofit project for the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT is responsible for providing Missouri with safe and modern roadways, bridges and transportation. In addition to maintaining the seventh largest state highway system in the country, MoDot is actively promoting safety, conservation, recycling and other community programs. It made sense for them to look for ways to lower energy costs and reduce ...

Brookfield Homes' eco-savvy new home community Rockrose at The Foothills has been named the 2011 recipient of the Environmental Spirit Award by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber celebrated its 43rd Annual Business Awards Dinner Friday at the Park Hyatt Resort Aviara in Carlsbad. Opened one year ago, Rockrose features single-family detached residences that exceed the State of California's Title 24 standards for energy efficiency by at least 35 percent. In naming Rockrose its 2011 Environmental Spirit Award winner, the Carlsbad Chamber commended Brookfield ...

Last year, at the University of Richmond (UR), the college football season opened in a brand new stadium. After playing at City Stadium, across town, for over 80 years, the Spiders have new home on campus in the E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. Costing $25 million to build ($20 million of which was raised by the athletic department), the 8,700-seat stadium was built to comply with the Silver Rating standards of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) in mind. Robins Stadium has no irrigation system, using 30 percent less water ...

An exceptionally clean Richlube Motor Oil double-sided porcelain sign ("100% Pure Pennsylvania") soared to $7,425 at the Spring Petroliana & Advertising Auction held Mar. 4 by Matthews Auctions, LLC. The sale was conducted the day before the popular Chicagoland Petroliana & Advertising Show, held each spring and fall in Peotone. The Richlube sign, consigned by a collector in upstate New York, featured a small race car graphic and was graded 9 out of 10 on the front for overall condition, and 8.9 on the reverse side. The sign boasted super gloss and color, the only flaws ...

Pure Life Environmental (PLE) Solutions' CEO Darren Hunter announced today that the company has obtained the exclusive sales rights of 'Clean-All' degreasing and cleaning agent in Canada from National Colloid Research and Development. After meeting with National Colloid in Santa Ana, California in September last year, PLE Solutions signed a contract with National Colloid yesterday which granted the environmental company the exclusive rights to sell its multipurpose cleaning product Canada-wide. "We are extremely excited," said Hunter. "This is a business opportunity ...

RentSentinel 4.0 debuted on February 10th, 2011 with an updated look and feel, revamped ILS interface and new lead tracking options. This release is bringing more than just updates to the flagship service RentSentinel Marketer (previously known as Property Marketer). A new set of products to fully evaluate the listing to lease process of a multi-family's portfolio have been integrated into 4.0: RentSentinel Prospector, RentSentinel Phone, RentSentinel Leasing, and RentSentinel Tablet. RentSentinel Prospector: A complete prospect relationship management system that tracks ...

Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals, a market leader in providing assistance to general acute care hospitals with issues unique to their rural communities has endorsed Encompass Healthcare, a nationally recognized anesthesia management company, as the preferred vendor of anesthesia management services. Encompass Healthcare has been identified by TORCH for ongoing success due to their direct contact with hospitals, physicians, and rural health clinics, the ability to provide cost effective solutions and offer the highest quality anesthesia practices. TORCH ...

Carmazzi, creator of the new 1bag laptop bag system is inviting accessory makers, designers, hardware technology producers, and artists to create tech and designer accessories for Carmazzi's patent pending new laptop bag system. Carmazzi believes Integration is essential to attract 21st century consumers and their diverse needs and has spent over $12,000 in creating a prototype laptop bag that provides a platform for their, and 3rd party accessories. The retail price of the 1bag will be nowhere near this says Arthur Carmazzi, the 1bag's original architect; "It will be ...

Rhythm Superfoods, a producer of great-tasting raw, vegan and nutritious food products, has just elevated its standing in the snack food industry by obtaining official USDA Organic Certification. This recognition allows the company to place United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Quality Assurance International (QAI) logos on the packaging of its products, letting consumers and retailers know that the company is further dedicated to healthy living. After 9 months of preparation and a year of producing delectable top-of-the-line organic snack foods, including ...

Fit&Fab Living.com, a leading health and beauty Web site for women, will launch its all-new email newsletter on March 14, 2011. The newsletter, Diet Insider, will include the latest diet and weight loss tips, ranging from healthy meal planners, super food information and ways to start burning fat today! Users who sign up for this free newsletter will receive it in their inboxes twice a week, along with bonus special offers from our partners. See a special preview issue of Diet Insider here: http://pics.fitandfabliving.com/8_Guilt-Free_Chocolate_Recipes.htm This will ...

For over 25 years, Don Barnhart has been practicing hypnosis and performing stand up comedy and it was only a few years ago that Don completed his hypnosis certification training and added this to his already successful stand up comedy show. Combining improv, stand up and hypnosis is a unique take on the usual stage hypnosis show. Don invites volunteers to share the stage and spotlight with him by tapping into their creative potential and talents and not subjecting them to the usual ridicule and embarrassment seen in other hypnotic shows. It's like having a stage full ...

Brent Grisdale, President of Rigstar Communications Inc., announced today that the company has launched its 'Work Camp PBX Solution' to the Canadian oil and gas market. Robert Hart, Rigstar Communications' VP of Business Development said that Rigstar's new Hosted PBX solution was designed to eliminate the cost of purchasing and maintaining a premises based, fully featured phone system in a work camp location and provides local number portability in every rate exchange center in Alberta. WORK CAMP PBX FEATURES AND BENEFITS • IVR for Main Reception Main reception ...

Twenga, the most comprehensive shopping search engine, can reveal that the Black Swan phenomenon is influencing fashion, with women expressing both their lighter and darker sides through elegant ballet-inspired clothes. Searches for leotards have shot up by 288% this year, worn with sports tights by Adidas (up 75%) or luxury tights by La Perla (up 850%). Although ballet flats are becoming something of a staple, searches have still risen by 21% and sporty models by Nike (+580%), Puma (276%) and Killah (240%) have seen dramatic increases in searches. Wrapover tops and ...

Moe's Southwest Grill, the fast growing restaurant franchise best known for its flavorful southwest fare and distinct brand culture, has opened its first overseas location in Turkey. Master licensee and president and CEO of DOTS Foods, David Ergisi opened the first Turkey location in Istanbul's popular Sapphire Towers, the tallest building in the center of the country's tourism capital. The new location is jumpstarting the global expansion of Moe's Southwest Grill that currently has more than 420 locations throughout the United States and Canada. "Moe's appeals ...

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that it has launched the new site "ENGLISH is a funny language" at YBSforTeachers (dot) wordpress (dot) com. The new site, designed for teachers of English, language arts, and English as a Second Language (ESL) is designed a portal for valuable information on everything from the use of games in the classroom, to scholarships and grants for educators, to innovative instruction concepts and best practices. "For years, we've consistently received a tremendous response from teachers regarding ...