Crispy Green Partners with Avatar Sales and Marketing

Crispy Green Partners with Avatar Sales and Marketing

Crispy Green named Avatar Sales and Marketing as the company’s National Sales Director of North America to lead Crispy Green’s sales efforts and expansion into supermarkets, specialty and natural food stores. For more information about Crispy Green and its line of all-natural freeze-dried fruit snacks, please go to http://www. crispygreen. com.

Fairfield, N. J. (Vocus) March 3, 2010

Crispy Green Inc., the maker of Crispy Green (http://www. crispygreen. com/)® premium Crispy Fruit and FruitziO® freeze-dried fruit snacks, has appointed Avatar Sales and Marketing (http://www. avatarsalesandmarketing. com) of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii to serve as the company’s National Sales Director of North America for its rapidly expanding lines of all-natural and wholesome freeze-dried fruit snacks.

Avatar Sales and Marketing will be responsible for leading the sales efforts of Crispy Green’s freeze-dried fruit snacks in North America, which includes the Crispy Fruit (http://www. crispygreen. com/crispy-green/view-all-products. html) and FruitziO (http://www. crispygreen. com/fruitzio/view-all-products. html) product lines and developing a national broker and distributor network.

“I’m delighted to have Avatar Sales and Marketing take on this important role with our company. They boast more than 26 years of experience working with companies in the food and natural products industry with a proven track record of growing sales,” says Angelia Liu, CEO and Founder of Crispy Green Inc. “Crispy Green is at a pivotal point of its growth curve and Avatar’s expertise in building broker networks and working through distributor channels will be critical to our expansion in North America. I believe that Avatar Sales and Marketing is the right choice because they share our values, passion and commitments.”

Crispy Green currently offers two lines of its freeze dried fruits snacks. The Crispy Fruit line, which includes Crispy Apples, Crispy Bananas, Crispy Pears and Crispy Pineapples are made of 100% high quality, freeze-dried slices – and nothing else. The FruitziO product line includes Apples & Strawberries, Apricots, Peaches and Strawberries FruitziO and are made with only the finest freeze-dried fruit slices with just a hint of pure cane sugar to provide the wholesomeness of fresh fruit with the sweet taste consumers crave.

“We are thrilled to be working with Crispy Green and their product lines that meet the needs of so many consumers in today’s fast-paced world. We were so impressed with Crispy Green’s highly professional and superb manufacturing practices used to create these wonderful and healthy products that we wanted to play a key role to help them grow their business,” says Kim Driggs, President and CEO of Avatar Sales and Marketing.

Crispy Green’s line of products can be found in the produce and grocery aisles of many leading supermarkets such as Acme, Diebergs, Earth Fare, The Fresh Market, Giant Eagle, Heinens, Kings Super Markets, Market District, Roche Bros., Shop Rite, Ukrops and Whole Foods Markets and natural and specialty food stores such as Balducci’s, Carmine’s Gourmet, Garden of Eden, Market Basket and Natural Frontier located throughout the United States.

For more information about Crispy Green products, please visit the Crispy Green Web site at http://www. crispygreen. com (http://www. crispygreen. com).

About Avatar Sales and Marketing
Since 1985, Avatar Sales and Marketing (http://www. avatarsalesandmarketing. com (http://www. avatarsalesandmarketing. com)) has worked with companies and product lines entering the natural products and organic industry by helping teach them the “Who’s, How’s, What’s, When’s and Where’s” of the industry prior to launching, saving the manufacturer wasted time in errors and lost revenues. Avatar also acts as an out-sourced National Sales and Marketing Director along with an Administrative arm for the manufacturer. Avatar brings an out-sourced corporate model to new and existing companies offering savings and bringing built in industry relationships with years of experience.

About Crispy Green
Crispy Green Inc. (http://www. crispygreen. com (http://www. crispygreen. com)) is the maker of Crispy Green Crispy Fruit freeze-dried fruit snacks and the new line of FruitziO freeze-dried fruit snacks. The company was founded in August 2004 with a vision to be the leading provider of high quality, natural food products desired by everyone who wants to live a healthy and better life.

The Crispy Fruit and FruitziO line of snacks are made of only the finest fruits available. A sophisticated freeze-drying process removes the water from fresh, sweet fruit, leaving behind the fruit’s true essence in a light and crispy texture that’s perfect for snacking. Crispy Green’s line of Crispy Fruit and FruitziO are a delicious, convenient way to add more fruit to your daily diet.

In 2005, Crispy Green introduced its line of Crispy Fruit in the United States. Since then, Crispy Green has been adding one new product each year to its Crispy Fruit product line to meet its rapidly growing distribution footprint. In 2009, Crispy Green launched Strawberry FruitziO, its first product in its new line of FruitziO freeze-dried fruit snacks.

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Polsinelli Selects nQueue's Cost Recovery, Next Generation Integration with Omtool's™ AccuRoute&#174

Polsinelli Selects nQueue's Cost Recovery, Next Generation Integration with Omtool's™ AccuRoute®

More and More Am Law 200 Firms Using nQueue Embedded™ Software to Make Scanning Easier and More Efficient

Phoenix, Ariz. (PRWEB) March 19, 2008

nQueue, Inc., a leading provider of integrated cost recovery software, announces that the law firm of Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC, recently selected to implement nQueue's Embedded™ Information Accountability platform. The firmwide solution includes nQueue's Next Generation integration with Omtool's AccuRoute. This is the third law firm in as many months to select nQueue's Embedded™ solution bundled with their Next Generation AccuRoute integration. Polsinelli is ranked an Am Law 200 firm by The American Lawyer.

"Our Next Generation integration with AccuRoute is the most robust offering in the market today," said Richard P. Hellers, nQueue's President and COO. "It offers a number of innovative features such as: a fully customizable interface, one screen scan-to-fax, single step 'nQueue Quickscan,' optional active directory log-in for authentication, tight document management integration with Interwoven® and Open Text™, and multiple tablet PC options."

NQueue's software-based solution is designed to better integrate with changing technology and future requirements and also provides a greater return-on-investment by enabling a higher rate of cost recovery and expense management. In addition, the lack of hardware makes nQueue a much more environmentally-conscious choice as compared to other cost recovery solutions.

"With nQueue's AccuRoute integration, we can now improve our firm's overall workflow and increase our staff's productivity," said Daryl Irby, CIO at Polsinelli. "For example, the customizable user interface, one of nQueue's most popular features, offers our staff a powerful combination of functionality and flexibility making the overall user experience and adoption faster and easier."

AccuRoute's server-based document-handling platform provides fast, secure and simultaneous distribution of scans to multiple destinations in multiple formats. Law Firms can perform complex document management tasks more efficiently. Designed for distributed enterprise document routing, AccuRoute makes documents immediately accessible where and when they are needed. nQueue's Next Generation integration makes AccuRoute easier to implement and allows users to utilize its capabilities directly from the firm's multi-function devices.

"We are extremely pleased with the overwhelmingly positive customer response on our Next Generation integration with AccuRoute," said John G. Gilbert, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at nQueue. "Because we offer all updates, including major upgrades, to clients at no additional charge, our clients also enjoy a lower overall cost of ownership with a 'buy-it-once' solution."

About nQueue, Inc.
NQueue provides software-based information accountability solutions to assist firms in better managing and accounting for their digital transactions. nQueue offers a complete line of browser-based expense recovery, digital filing and production workflow systems designed to track, manage, report and charge back costs associated with office equipment, web research and administrative services. To learn more about nQueue and nQueue solutions, visit its website at www. nQueue. com.

About Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC
With more than 300 attorneys, Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus is a Midwest-based law firm with a national reach, and is a recognized leader in the areas of financial services, real estate, business law, litigation, life sciences and health care. The firm, which The National Law Journal ranked as No. 145 among the nation's top 250 law firms in 2007, provides legal services on a national scale for Fortune 500 companies, investment banks and financial institutions, and on a Midwest regional basis to entrepreneurs, large nonprofit organizations and health care organizations. Polsinelli has offices in Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Washington, D. C., Overland Park and Topeka, Kan., and Edwardsville, Ill. The firm can be found online at www. polsinelli. com.

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Recent Report Shows Alcohol Poisoning Among College Students Not Limited to Spring Break

Recent Report Shows Alcohol Poisoning Among College Students Not Limited to Spring Break

Recent statistics from the Mount Nittany Medical Center at Penn State University indicate that emergency room personnel treated a record number of students for alcohol-related problems in 2008. Choose Responsibility, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating America’s young adults about the dangers of binge drinking, is searching for a serious solution to this growing problem.

(Vocus) March 26, 2009

Recent statistics from the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania, indicate that the excessive drinking behavior often associated with Spring Break is not confined to the time students spend off campus, and instead persists throughout the year at alarming levels. Choose Responsibility (http://www. chooseresponsibility. org), an organization determined to address the binge drinking culture in America, recognizes the need to address this growing problem before it gets worse.

In 2008, emergency room personnel working near the campus of Penn State University treated a record number of students for alcohol related problems. These hospital visits were so common that the total number of students treated increased 84% since 2005. In addition, the average blood alcohol level of students seeking treatment rose from 0.234 to 0.252 percent, more than three times the legal limit for intoxication. 

“These are grim numbers,” said John McCardell, president of Choose Responsibility (http://www. chooseresponsibility. org). “Binge drinking is as serious an alcohol related problem today as drunk driving was two decades ago, and it is time for a serious solution. These statistics clearly show that dangerous, life-threatening drinking is not limited to one time of the academic year like Spring Break or fraternity pledge.” Despite the fact that high profile incidents often occur in Spring Break locations, America’s universities and communities are at the front lines of this problem throughout the year.

Across the country, alcohol contributes to some 1,700 deaths, 599,000 injuries, and 97,000 cases of sexual assault among college students every year. The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services says that approximately one in six teenagers have drunk so much that they blacked out and couldn’t remember what happened the night before.

“We need to teach our young people not to drink abusively by creating an alcohol culture that promotes responsible and healthy behavior,” said McCardell.

Contact:
Nick DeSantis
Office: (202) 543-8760
E-mail: ndesantis (at) chooseresponsibility (dot) org

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"Corporate Speed Dating" is Saving Marketing Dollars, and the Busy Executive's Time and Travel Budget

"Corporate Speed Dating" is Saving Marketing Dollars, and the Busy Executive's Time and Travel Budget

A new series of specialist business Forums are matching corporate buyers' needs with suppliers who can provide them. Some 98% of attendees rate these Forums 'better than a trade show". This 'reverse exhibition' format means vendors only meet buyers who have asked to see them.

Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) July 24, 2009

When 98% of visitors to a 'Forum' claim it is better way to meet prospective suppliers than going to a trade show, and 95% of vendors say it is a better way to source buyers of their services than a normal exhibition, then you have to figure this new "Corporate Speed Dating" or "Reverse Exhibition" Event format (both descriptions help explain to some degree what it's all about) is worth investigating.

Forum Networking Events, based in Sarasota Florida, but with it's HQ in the UK has been introducing for the last two years US businesses in Facilities Management, Security, Education, Senior Healthcare and Hospitals to it's 'better way of doing business".

Their pitch is simple: Trade exhibitions are expensive and time consuming for both exhibitor and visitor, the former frequently fail to connect with the top buyers they want to meet-and from the visitors perspective, it is tiring, crowded and hardly conducive to sitting down and quietly discussing their requirements with a prospective vendor.

This new concept developed by Forum Networking Events, turns this idea back to front: It puts the buyers seated at meeting tables and the vendors come to them. But the really clever part happens before they even get to meet.

Prior to the Forum vendors receive full details on the buyer's interests, requirements, budget and future projects. At the same time the buyers receive full profiles from each of the attending vendors. Each submits their requests of who they want to meet, and from that the organizers, via their own special software program, creates an itinerary of 30 minute meetings.

These meetings are based on each party requesting to meet the other-indeed a form of "Corporate Speed Dating".

FNE's CEO, Paul Rowney, who founded the UK operation 13 years ago, says this type of event is a 'salesperson's dream', with vendors getting up to 20 or more appointments with qualified buyers under one roof in just one or two days. With travel costs as they are, this has to be a better way to spend a marketing budget? For the corporate buyer it means they get to see a range of vendors of their choice compacted into a short period of time"

The next two Forums take place in Chicago on Sept 28/29th, they cover Educational Facilities and Senior Healthcare Facilities. For more information contact 941 925 7585. FNE are a 'voicemail free zone' from 8.30-4.30 (EST)

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Houston Cosmetic Dentist Jeffrey Schultz, DDS and Rosemont Media Launch Innovative New Website for Consumers

Houston Cosmetic Dentist Jeffrey Schultz, DDS and Rosemont Media Launch Innovative New Website for Consumers

Jeffrey L. Schultz, DDS, a dentist in Bellaire, TX, recently launched a new website to provide his community with a wealth of information on a range of dental procedures available – procedures Dr. Schultz says can help people make important decisions regarding their oral health.

(Vocus) August 18, 2010

At the Schultz Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, Dr. Jeffrey L. Schultz (http://www. rosemontmedia. com/products/website-design-services/dental-website-design/schultz-center-for-cosmetic-dentistry) offers a variety of general, cosmetic, and restorative services for the whole family, including teeth whitening and porcelain dental veneers in Bellaire, TX (http://www. schultzsmiles. com/cosmetic/porcelain-dental-veneers-houston-tx/). His innovative new website is designed to educate both current and prospective patients on a range of procedures so they can make informed decisions concerning their oral health. Dr. Schultz says the new site offers easily accessible information regarding the procedures he performs to support cosmetic dentistry in Bellaire, TX (http://www. schultzsmiles. com/) and an array of general and restorative dentistry options.

As the Schultz Center for Cosmetic Dentistry introduces their new website and embraces the age of internet technology and the evolving avenues of communication, Dr. Schultz says he aims to enhance his current patient’s online experience with his practice. To further improve the development of the dentist-patient relationship, he says his new website will also provide potential patients with detailed descriptions of all treatments available, including restorative procedures such as dental implants in Bellaire, TX (http://www. schultzsmiles. com/restorative/dental-implants-houston-tx/).

Working with Rosemont Media™, a medical and dental website design (http://www. rosemontmedia. com/products/website-design-services) firm in San Diego, the Schultz Center for Cosmetic Dentistry has incorporated an array of multimedia options to allow each visitor to access the practice’s social media community on Facebook. Dr. Schultz says he hopes both current and potential patients can interact and exchange valuable information regarding their experience with his practice in particular, as well as their overall comfort and ease while workingwith him and his staff to improve and maintain their oral health. “Our personal approach to patient care, combined with the latest in dental technology and techniques, give our patients an experience that is truly unique in dentistry these days.”

About Dr. Schultz

Jeffrey L. Schultz, DDS graduated from the University of Houston, and then earned his dental degree from the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. He pursues a wide variety of post-doctoral courses with a focus on cosmetic dentistry, and is a graduate of the Hornbrook Group, which is a world leader in aesthetic dentistry. In 2009, Dr. Schultz was selected as one of the top dentists in H Texas Magazine.

Dr. Schultz and the Schultz Center for Cosmetic Dentistry can be found at 6565 West Loop South, Suite 860 Bellaire, Texas 77401 and can be reached at (713) 664-6665 or http://www. schultzsmiles. com/ (http://www. schultzsmiles. com/)

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St. Louis Metro Area Woman is First U. S. Cancer Survivor to Give Birth as a Result of Ovary Freezing and Transplantation

St. Louis Metro Area Woman is First U. S. Cancer Survivor to Give Birth as a Result of Ovary Freezing and Transplantation

The fertility preservation procedures were performed by Sherman Silber, MD, renowned St. Louis infertility specialist.

Chesterfield, MO (PRWEB) July 20, 2010

Thirteen years ago, when Amy Tucker was 19 years old, she faced a diagnosis of advanced cancer and the certainty of never having children, even if her cancer could be cured. Today, Tucker is cancer-free. She is also the mother of a beautiful baby boy, thanks to cancer fertility preservation (http://www. infertile. com/inthenew/lay/cancer-fertility. htm) procedures performed by Sherman Silber, MD, director of the Infertility Center of St. Louis at St. Luke's Hospital.

According to Dr. Silber, Tucker, now 32 and living in Columbia, Ill., is the first cancer survivor in the United States to give birth to a baby as a result of ovary freezing and transplantation.

"One in every 250 young women today is a cancer survivor, but their cancer treatment usually leaves these women sterile. In essence, it castrates these young girls chemically and radiologically while curing the cancer," said Dr. Silber. "With ovary freezing and transplantation, women can now preserve their ovaries and their fertility for the future after they are cured of their cancer. This medical advance brings a tremendous feeling of optimism to young women with cancer as well as to those who need to postpone childbearing for other reasons. It gives women with cancer the emotional message that we are expecting them to be cured, and 90 percent are cured."

In 1997, Tucker's treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma began with six months of chemotherapy. She went into remission, but her cancer quickly returned. In 1998, Amy, then 20, needed more sterilizing cancer treatment. Fortunately, one of her healthcare providers told her about Dr. Silber's pioneering research in fertility preservation (http://www. infertile. com/infertility-treatments/preserving-your-fertility. htm), and she decided to have Dr. Silber remove and freeze one of her ovaries. After radiation, a bone marrow transplant and more chemotherapy, she was cured of her cancer and has been in remission since 2001. But the treatment that saved her life also left her menopausal and otherwise unable to have children.

In January 2009, Tucker returned to Dr. Silber so he could transplant her ovarian tissue that had been frozen more than a decade earlier. And on May 27, 2010, Tucker gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Grant Patrick Tucker.

Tucker, though the first cancer survivor in the U. S. to give birth as a result of these fertility preservation procedures, is one of a couple dozen women in the world who have chosen ovary freezing to protect them from the sterilizing effects of cancer treatment.

Dr. Silber and Amy Tucker are available for interviews by calling 314-576-2373. Photos are available upon request. 

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Windsong Properties Nominated for EarthCraft Builder of the Year

Windsong Properties Nominated for EarthCraft Builder of the Year

Windsong Properties, Atlanta’s leading Active Adult courtyard homebuilder, was recently nominated for EarthCraft Builder of the Year for its Somerset community in Woodstock. The winner will be announced at the annual EarthCraft Builder’s Awards Breakfast to be held Jan. 29 at Philips Arena’s Horizon Club.

Atlanta, GA (Vocus) January 29, 2010

Windsong Properties, Atlanta’s leading Active Adult courtyard homebuilder (http://www. windsonglife. com), was recently nominated for EarthCraft Builder of the Year for its Somerset community in Woodstock. The winner will be announced at the annual EarthCraft Builder’s Awards Breakfast to be held Jan. 29 at Philips Arena’s Horizon Club.

For the past five years, EarthCraft has recognized the top green builders throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Windsong Properties is one of four builders nominated for the prestigious award.

“It is an honor to be nominated for this coveted award,” said Windsong Properties Managing Partner, Steve Romeyn. “This nomination recognizes all of the efforts we have made over the years to improve the quality of our product and reduce our impact on the environment.”

During the annual event, builders will come together to celebrate a decade of building energy efficient homes throughout the greater Atlanta area. New techniques and innovations in green building will be presented by industry leaders in green initiatives.

Developed by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association through a partnership with Southface Energy Institute, government and industry leaders, EarthCraft House is a voluntary green building program that serves as a blueprint for healthy, comfortable homes that reduce utility bills and protect the environment. Since EarthCraft’s inception in 1999, more than 450 builders have become builder members and more than 7,150 homes in the Southeast region have been certified to EarthCraft standards. For more information, visit EarthCraft House at www. earthcrafthouse. com.

Every home that Windsong Properties builds at Somerset is EarthCraft certified. The Somerset community features 57 detached ranch courtyard homes priced from $280,000.

The homes offer three bedrooms and elegant details, such as private courtyards with garden retreats; rocking chair front porches; ten foot ceilings with crown molding and large master suites with baths that have separate vanities, garden tubs and tile showers with seats and ceramic tile floors. Homeowners at Somerset will enjoy the community’s wide tree-shaded sidewalks, the elegant private clubhouse for activities and gatherings, and a beautiful park area nestled under mature oak trees.

Somerset is located just two and a half miles west of I-575. Take I-75 North to I-575 North to Exit 8. Travel west on Town Lake Parkway, staying straight on Eagle Drive. Turn left off Eagle Drive onto Putnam Ford Road. Somerset is half a mile on the left. For more information, call Micki Craven at 770 516- 3678 or email mcraven(at)windsonglife(dot)com.

Windsong Properties earned the highest honor from the Certified Professional Home Builders association in 2007 and 2008 when it was awarded the Customer Satisfaction Award. They were also recipients of four gold OBIE awards in 2008. The OBIE Awards are presented by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association’s Sales and Marketing Council to honor excellence in building in Greater Atlanta. It is the highest honor given in the Atlanta housing industry. Windsong Properties invites you to visit one of its communities and see for yourself just how easy living the Windsong Lifestyle can be. For more information, visit www. windsonglife. com.

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