These miniature lords of the sidewalk grew up right alongside "big" automobiles. And if you couldn't have a real car, this kid's size mobile was the next best thing. Pedal cars showed up in backyards as early as 1890. They were expensive even then and usually purchased by wealthy families for their children. Pedal cars were constructed of steel on an assembly line just like the big cars. They were modeled after the most popular full-size cars. They were also designed by the same big-name designers. Harley Earl was General Motor's top designer. He was famous for the ...

Since Murphy Adams Restaurant Group purchased Mama Fu's in 2008, business has gone nowhere but up. Complete with a new prototype, retooled menu and an innovative âEURœflex-casualâEUR service model, Mama FuâEUR s announces the signing of an area development agreement for three restaurants in southern Louisiana. The signed agreement, targeting Baton Rouge and Lafayette, is part of an aggressive national expansion plan calling for 130 restaurants in the next five years. With 13 locations successfully operating throughout Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and Texas, the ...

The IAPAM is committed to providing physicians with the industry's best resources for hCG and medical weight loss management. In today's global economy, Spanish-speaking consumers and businesses account for almost 20 percent of all gross spending. Spanish is the official language of 24 countries and is spoken as a first language by over 400 million potential patients around the world. To serve this growing market segment, the IAPAM has announced that it now offers its hCG Medical Weight Loss Patient resource in both English and Spanish. The Spanish-speaking population ...

GolfLogix is proud to announce that it has added Motorola's Droid X to its rapidly growing list of compatible phones. Adding the Droid X allows GolfLogix to offer its #1 golf app to more users on the Android mobile phone operating system. The phones high-resolution and high-speed connectivity make the Droid X a perfect phone for the GolfLogix app. With GolfLogix, golfers get exceptional aerial images of each hole, access to 4-player scoring, precise GPS distances and pro-level stat-tracking that includes fairways hit, greens in regulation, distances of each club, all of ...

Providing ways for visitors to get an inside look of a hotel, resort or cabin gives owners an advantage when marketing their properties online. North Georgia cabin rental firm Rainbow Cabins (http://www.rainbowcabins.com/) is heeding this advice by producing exclusive video virtual tours of 6 of its mountain rental cabins to feature on its website by the end of August. The largest of its cabins, the Laughing Bear Lodge, will be filmed and included on the website in 2011. Prospective visitors to the north Georgia Mountains will be able to see several features of all of ...

Storm Bennett, President of Killerspots Production House & Ad Agency and Star 64 TV Personality has been recognized by the Cincinnati Business Courier as a member of the Forty Under 40 Class of 2010. The Forty Under 40 program is in its fourteenth year and "recognizes the tri-state's next generation of young leaders and innovators - people who have already made a mark professionally and in the community." According to the Business Courier, "Competition for this year's program was intense with nearly 420 nominations." A twenty-member panel consisting of Forty Under ...

Luxe Lifestyle Productions would like to present an end of summer Labor Day party. Wednesday September 1st will be a classically themed black and white party at Sawtooth Restaurant and Lounge in ChicagoâEUR s West Loop. From 7 to 11PM Luxe Lifestyle Productions invites ChicagoâEUR s affluent businessmen and women to enjoy the provided complementary drinks complements of Effen Vodka, presented by Y Bar, as well as passed hors dâEUR oeuvreâEUR s by Sawtooth. Enjoy a fashion show produced by MGO Fashion Salon, and music provided by Y-BarâEUR s DJ Gus. There will be an after ...

August 16, 2010 - Burlington, MA - In August 2010, Home Source Realty Group, formerly of Dedham, MA, is happy to announce its move to a new office location at 135 Cambridge Street, Suite 200, Burlington, MA 01803. The move will allow Home Source to focus more attention in the Burlington community and concentrate more specifically on their real estate buying and selling needs. "We are very excited to have the opportunity to bring our experience and real estate expertise to the people of Burlington, MA," said broker Alicia Cummings. "It's an invaluable experience to ...

William Uranga, Director of Talent Acquisition of TiVo, will be joining Yves Lermusi, CEO of Checkster at the onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2010, to be held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, in Chicago from September 14-16, 2010. As thought leaders and practitioners, William and Yves have come together to focus on Quality of Hire and how we really measure recruiting successes and or its failures. At onrec Expo 2010 they will be discussing their findings in their session: Quality of Hire - the Next Talent Management Frontier. William and Yves ...

Axxys Technologies, Inc., a provider of managed IT services for the North Texas small-to-medium business (SMB) market, announced today that it has completed a deal to move the company's headquarters to Granite Park III, located at 5601 Granite Parkway, Suite 110 in Plano, effective September 1, 2010. The move is prompted by an uptake in the managed services business and employee growth, including the recent additions of senior account executive Nathan Adair and director of marketing Chris Hansard. Originally founded in Dallas, Axxys Technologies is currently based ...

SBS Group announced today that it has added Microsoft Dynamics Sales Specialist, Lou Graulau as a valuable new member to its corporate team. Lou brings over 20 years of in depth experience within the Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions product family. Lou's skill set includes Strategic Sales planning, direct Corporate Account Management, Business Process Review and Planning, along with expertise in the field of Professional Services Automation. "It's great to join SBS and I look forward to this tremendous opportunity," said Lou of joining the SBS Group team. "SBS Group ...

Canadian rock n' roll stars, Bachman & Turner, are set to perform at the Spotlight 29 Casino Showroom on Saturday, October 16th. Fans will hear such hits as "Takin' Care of Business" and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." Tickets for Bachman & Turner are currently on sale. Prices are $55, $65 and $75 each. For tickets, visit http://www.Spotlight29.com or call Star Tickets (800) 585-3737. Tickets are also available for purchase at the Spotlight 29 Gift Shop Sunday-Friday 8am-10pm, and the Spotlight Showroom Box Office 1:30pm-9:30pm on Saturday's and on the day of the show. ...

PGA Magazine has selected social media expert Richard Brasser as a keynote speaker for the 2010 Golf Travel Marketing Summit. The conference is designed to provide an overview of the $18 billion golf travel market and highlight some of the exciting opportunities for resorts, destinations and tourism boards within the golf arena. The 2010 PGA Magazine Golf Travel Marketing Summit will be held August 17 from 1pm - 5pm and August 18 from 8am - 12pm at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. Richard Brasser will share his expertise and strategy insights about golf travel marketing ...

Laptop Lunches announced today that it has been nominated for Best Kids' Lunch Box for the SheKnows 2010 Parent's Choice Awards. According to SheKnows, this coveted award recognizes outstanding products and services in the parenting and pregnancy industry, based on functionality, quality, convenience and best bang for the consumer's buck. Winners will be announced Oct. 10, 2010 on SheKnows.com. Laptop Lunches are American-style bento boxes that have been designed to help families pack nutritious, eco-friendly lunches. They are reusable, recyclable, and dishwasher safe ...

August and September are good months to control many of the insects - called "scales" - attacking woody trees and shrubs throughout the state, says Illinois Arborist Association (IAA) President Bill Bolt, a Springfield, Ill.-based consulting arborist. Two trees most affected by scales are Magnolias and Tuliptrees, which may seem to be raining a sticky fluid. "The syrup-like fluid is actually honeydew - a result of insect feeding by a scale measuring up to one-half-inch in diameter," Bolt said. "This year we have seen one-to-two year old magnolia branches covered with ...

The Best Custom Logos Shop Company of the metro Atlanta area has awarded local business owner Ricky Edwards a service distinction award for Edwards' work with the inner-city youth of Atlanta. For years Edwards has been devoting his time to numerous philanthropic events and organizations that enable local youth to gain an upward advantage towards a better life. Then recently Edwards decided to take his prominence in local business and utilize it to further increase his reach with the inner city youth and their daily struggles. Over the last year Edwards has enabled scores ...

Medical errors result in death more often than drunk driving. In medical malpractice and other cases, proving liability is essential to winning. On Friday, Sept. 17, Scranton personal injury lawyer Melissa Scartelli, president and founder of Scartelli, Distasio & Kowalski, P.C., will present with neurosurgeon David Sedor as part of The Committee for Justice for All's (CJA) two-day, 12-credit continuing legal education (CLE) program, Effective Use of Experts in Personal Injury Cases. The program will take place at the Best Western Genetti in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Their presentation, ...

Core Business Services (Core), a leader in delivering small business accounting and financial services to Oklahoma for 15 years, recently released the results of it survey of their client's use of the new federal employment and health care incentives. Responding to the survey, only 12% of businesses surveyed said that they had hired, or planned to hire, any employees under the new Federal HIRE Act. The Act provides a credit to employers of up to $6,621 per employee for the hiring of new employees previously unemployed the last 60 days. Additionally the survey showed ...

Altoona residents have been asking and now Schumann Gold Exchange has answered by opening up shop as Altoona's first online resource with local presence. The economy has hit the area hard and people in Altoona are looking for ways to increase their cash flow, especially as Altoona's unemployment level hits an all time high. Schumann Gold Exchange (SGE) is a result of a broad based inquiry into the needs of locals and plans on being the area's primary resource for all needs related to gold exchange, rapid money services. Processing and payments are done via the secured ...

Pat Clark Motorsports would like to thank all of the fans that placed bids on the gear of AMA American Superbike racers Chris Clark and Ben Bostrom to benefit Rett Syndrome that recently concluded on Ebay. The special edition leathers and bodywork made their AMA race debut at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca round of the AMA series and saw Ben Bostrom and Pat Clark Motorsports score their first win in the American Superbike class. The auction began immediately following the SPEED telecast of the race on Sunday evening July 25 and concluded with over 2500 views and 60 ...

Get Ready to Go Back To School at Chicago French Market's Back to School Party Saturday, August 21 Chicago French Market has a party planned for students heading back to school, and the public is invited. Don't miss Chicago French Market's Back To School Party, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, August 21. Chicago's first year-round, indoor market located at 131 N. Clinton St. in the West Loop/Fulton River District is the new hub for community activity. "It only makes sense that we help celebrate the end of summer and the start of back-to-school season by offering specials ...

Smarthome announced today that it has expanded its offering of appliance and lighting controls by launching over 100 products from light control manufacturer Lutron Electronics, Co., Inc. The Lutron product offering includes the Maestro eco-minder dimmer and eco-timer light and fan control, plus the Maestro Wireless system with Radio PowrSavr wireless occupancy sensor. The Maestro line of products includes several innovative light and fan control options that not only offer convenience, but also save energy. The Maestro eco-minder dimmer features an LED that changes ...

Seligman Performing Arts Center Located on the campus of Detroit Country Day School 22305 West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills - Artist Bio - Please see: http://www.cami.com/worddocs/wordDocs495/Quartet%20Bio.pdf or: http://www.romeroguitarquartet.com/biography.html - Repertoire: - Torroba: Estampas Sor: l'Encouragement, Op. 34 C. Romero: Los Maestros C. Romero: Three Dances from Suite Andaluza Bretón/Arr. Romero: Jota de la Dolores Molleda: Triptico Torroba: Burgalesa Albeniz/Arr. Romero: Rumores de la Caleta Albeniz/Arr. Romero: Cordoba, Sevilla Romero: ...

IDology, a leading provider of age and identity verification solutions has announced the launch of its redesigned website http://www.idology.com. This redesign further establishes IDology as a thought leader in the identity market and highlights the broad nature of id verification technology. "Our website continues to be a valuable marketing and education tool for businesses interested in identity proofing technologies," said Jodi Florence, IDology's Marketing Director. "This new design continues to build IDology's corporate brand awareness while enhancing our online ...

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