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Clubhouse International Presents First-Ever USA National Clubhouse Conference
Clubhouse International, a non-profit organization coordinating a global network of Clubhouse Communities for people living with mental illness, today opened the very first USA National Clubhouse Conference, which is being held on Nov. 12-14, 2014 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Over 260 participants from approximately 100 Clubhouses from across America are expected to attend the conference, which focuses on how to create a national voice for the Clubhouse model of recovery from mental illness. - November 12, 2014 - Clubhouse International
LEAP Foundation DC Supports a Star-Studded Event to Benefit Area Youth
LEAP Foundation DC supports the Recreation Wish List Committee’s Grand Reopening Celebration of the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center, with honored guests Venus and Serena Williams. - November 10, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Staying Committed to Health and Wellness During the Holiday Season
On Sunday, November 9th, Dr. Clayton G. Lawrence will participate in the Ft. Lauderdale half marathon, kicking off his first event before approaching the holiday season. - November 09, 2014 - LEAP LLC
U.S. DOE Launches $1 Million H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition for Small-Scale Hydrogen Refueling System
America's entrepreneurs and innovators invited to compete in designing clean transportation infrastructure. - October 30, 2014 - Hydrogen Education Foundation
Digital Network Solutions Integrates the Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution
Storage Made Easy, a leading provider of private cloud solutions, today announced that their private Enterprise File Share and Sync Cloud Control solution is being offered by Digital Network Solutions, a full service IT outsourcing and cloud solutions company. - October 29, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Patent Award for Contexxia Enhancing Transparency in SEC Filings
Ez-XBRL Solutions announces the issuance of a patent by the US Patent Office for its Contexxia product. - October 28, 2014 - Ez-XBRL Solutions, Inc.
Long-Awaited FDA Report on LASIK Confirms Safety and Effectiveness, with High Rates of Patient Satisfaction
The Food & Drug Administration "LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project" concludes LASIK as safe & effective with 95% of survey respondents achieving results of 20/20 or better. - October 24, 2014 - Refractive Surgery Alliance
Storage Made Easy Updates Mac Enterprise File Share and Sync Apps for Yosemite
Storage Made Easy, who provide a private Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution compatible with most private and public storage clouds, have updated their Mac Cloud Apps to be compatible with Yosemite. - October 24, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Storage Made Easy Introduce Linux App Updates for Their Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution
Storage Made Easy are please to announce updates to their Linux Apps for their Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution: The updates focus on security, performance and feature updates. - October 24, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
LEAP, LLC: Inspiring Wellness, Leading by Example
Lawrence Executive Alliance Of Professionals (LEAP), CEO and President, Dr. Clayton G. Lawrence, leads the company with his personal commitment to health and wellness as an endurance athlete. - October 24, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Colleges Switching to Innovative Student Loan Counseling from iGrad
Students increase knowledge retention with video-based trend. - October 22, 2014 - iGrad
Teamspace Integrates Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync for the South African Market
Teamspace announces the integration of the Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution from Storage Made Easy as a part of their offering to provide businesses with a service where they can easily share, structure and control files with people from in, and outside, the company. - October 21, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Memorable Milestones of Military Support
LEAP Foundation DC’s Chairman, Dr. Clayton G. Lawrence, will commemorate his 50th race by running the Baltimore Marathon on October 18th in support Catch A Lift. - October 17, 2014 - LEAP LLC
New Hardcover Edition: "Zephyr The West Wind" by 21 Yr Old Award-Winning Author RJ Tolson
"Zephyr The West Wind" Hardcover is a Must Read for Those Seeking Adventure to a Fantastical World Filled with Vivid Imagery and Heroism. - October 14, 2014 - R.J. Tolson
Bringing Hope to Our Nation’s Finest
Dr. Clayton G. Lawrence will run the Army 10-Miler on October 12th in support of the Hope for the Warriors foundation, benefiting wounded soldiers and their families. - October 08, 2014 - LEAP LLC
iGrad Survey Shows Financial Literacy Leads to Smarter Student Loan Borrowing
College students exposed to financial literacy curriculum borrow less financial aid and are more proficient at money management, according to iGrad’s first annual survey of financial aid administrators. The iGrad survey, with responses from approximately 300 nonprofit and for-profit... - September 30, 2014 - iGrad
Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution Tightens Controls on Shared Files
Storage Made Easy today announced they had enhanced their governance controls to enable IT to pre-set file sharing policies. - September 30, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
AFG Group Participates in GSA’s Mentor-Protégé Program
AFG Group, Inc. recently joined GSA’s Mentor-Protégé Program as a Mentor to the Protégé firm, VYD and Associates (VYD). The General Services Administration’s program focuses on encouraging subcontractor partnering relationships and fostering small business growth. - September 30, 2014 - AFG Group, Inc.
DiverseTech Teams with PurchaseBlack.com for Increased Diversity in the Technology Industry
Amidst recent diversity reports from social media giants depicting a significant lack of diversity, DiverseTech, a national awareness campaign has collaborated with membership organizations to being more attention to the problem and highlight solutions. - September 26, 2014 - DiverseTech
United States Department of Agriculture Laboratory Selects AboutWeb to Develop a Web-Site Using Drupal
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory (SMML) selected AboutWeb to develop a new, public-facing website that connects users with the vast data and records that SMML maintains. AboutWeb will be developing the new site using Drupal... - September 25, 2014 - AboutWeb, LLC
New Children’s Book Promises Fresh Spin on Muslim Holiday
Little Big Kids, an up and coming cultural lifestyle brand for young Muslim kids, is proud to announce the release of their newest storybook, "Ilyas & Duck and the Fantastic Festival of Eid Al-Fitr." It’s a delightful story about a boy named Ilyas and his best friend Duck as... - September 23, 2014 - Little Big Kids
eIntern Brings Solution to Oxymoron of "Experienced Entry-Level Job Openings" to Northern Virginia Community College STEM Career Fair
eIntern will be at NOVA's STEM-focused career fair offering internship opportunities to current and future job seekers looking to get into software development, computer programming and learning the most in-demand technical skills. The eIntern platform also gives individuals that elusive "work experience" needed to even just land an interview in an industry in which the skill gap is growing wider faster than the unemployed/underemployed can keep up. - September 23, 2014 - eIntern
Devils Backbone Debuts in the United Kingdom with American IPA
Devils Backbone announces the launch of American IPA to be sold outside of the United States. American IPA will be brewed by Banks's Brewery and released on tap at the 930 Wetherspoon pubs in the United Kingdom. - September 20, 2014 - Devils Backbone Brewing Company
All Natural Medicine Clinic Aims to Heal Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure Naturally
All Natural Medicine Clinic offers holistic, alternative techniques such as acupuncture and herbal medicine to treat patients in the North Bethesda and Rockville, MD area. The doctors, medical specialists in both the U.S. and China, treat diseases with a combination of traditional western and Chinese medical knowledge. - September 18, 2014 - All Natural Medicine Clinic, LLC
Saks Fifth Avenue and Saturday Night Live Partner to Celebrate SNL’s 40th Season and Key To The Cure
Saks Fifth Avenue Tysons Galleria teams up with Tigerlily Foundation for the 2014 Key To The Cure Charity Shopping Weekend. - September 18, 2014 - Tigerlily Foundation
Storage Made Easy Aligns with SwiftStack to Expand Sync and Share Integration with OpenStack Swift
Building upon Storage Made Easy’s Seamless Unification for Private and Public clouds - September 16, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
LEAP Foundation DC Cooking Up Support for C-CAP
LEAP Foundation DC will sponsor two aspiring students to attend the Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) celebrity chef dinner on September 15th. - September 14, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Climate-KIC’s US Start-Up Tour Gives Europe’s Brightest Cleantech Start-Ups a Crash Course in Entrepreneurship
The Start-up Tour to Silicon Valley and the Boston area plays a crucial role in the growth of a global community of cleantech entrepreneurs and innovators and coincides with the release of Climate-KIC’s "Future of Cleantech" report which highlights new opportunities for investors and calls for greater cross border collaboration and "co-opetition" to help climate innovators and entrepreneurs reach their potential. - September 08, 2014 - Climate-KIC
Muslim Coalition Denounces ISIS for Steven Sotloff's Murder
The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of several national and local organizations, today condemns a terrorist and anti-Islam group for a video purporting to show the gruesome beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff. The murder of innocent civilians is immoral,... - September 03, 2014 - USCMO
Devils Backbone Brewing Company Earns Top Honors at the 2014 Virginia Craft Brewers Fest
Devils Backbone Brewing Company earns medals for their beers. - August 27, 2014 - Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Latin Fashion Designers Use the Power of Fashion Week to Raise Their Voice in Favor of No Discrimination
Designers, from Latin America and around the world have used fashion week as a platform for dressmakers to show the world their most recent designs, are coming together to provide a voice in favor of no discrimination due to disability, gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social status, etc.; creating an unprecedented event to celebrate this community. - August 25, 2014 - Latin Fashion Week
Voto Latino Statement on Police Shooting of Michael Brown
This tragedy reminds us of the need for our communities to make their voices heard. - August 22, 2014 - Voto Latino
AFG Group is Recognized as an ENR Top 100 CM-PM Firm
AFG Group was listed on ENR's national ranking of 2014 Top 100 Construction Management / Program Management Firms. Having received 7 major awards so far this year, the company’s accelerated growth and business expansion is receiving recognition from engineering and construction industry leaders. - August 19, 2014 - AFG Group, Inc.
Running with Honor
Decorated military physician, Dr. Clayton G. Lawrence, is preparing to run in a series of races hosted by each branch of the military in support of military charities. - August 18, 2014 - LEAP LLC
South African Wines, Music and Cuisine Showcased at the 9th Annual South African Food & Wine Festival at Grayhaven Winery
Join Grayhaven Winery and friends for the 9th annual South African Food & Wine Festival, September 13th & 14th 2014 at Grayhaven Winery, Gum Spring, Virginia. The festival invites wine lovers, foodies and families to learn about South Africa through this two day celebration of South African... - August 07, 2014 - Grayhaven Winery
Storage Made Easy Release an Enhanced Version of Its Private Enterprise File Sync and Share Solution
The new release of the storage agnostic enterprise file share and sync solution adds support for more private cloud providers and increases governance and security controls. - August 07, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
DBIA Announces 2014 Design-Build Project Award Winnners
The 2014 Design-Build Project/Team Awards showcase design-build best practices and celebrate the achievements of owners and design-build teams in nine categories across the spectrum of horizontal and vertical construction. These categories include: aviation, civic buildings, commercial/office buildings, industrial/process/research facilities, educational facilities, healthcare facilities, rehabilitation/renovation/restoration, transportation and water/wastewater. - August 05, 2014 - DBIA
"Underwater Dreams" and Voto Latino Team Up to Promote the VL Innovators Challenge in Collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, MSNBC and AMC Theaters
The Competition Re-Grants up to $500,000 for Community Tech Projects. - July 24, 2014 - Voto Latino
McCloud and Storage Made Easy Join Forces to Offer a Secure and Unique Service to Share and Synchronize Enterprise Data
McCloud has integrated the Cloud Software solutions of Storage Made Easy (SME) into a new service to provide businesses with a service so they can easily share, structure and control files with people from in, and outside, the company. - July 22, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Future Genesis (FGen) Announces Unveiling of Their "Research Tab"
Washington DC based healthcare start-up Future Genesis, Inc. (FGen) announces that their "Research Tab" is now operational. - July 19, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
Thousands of Miles Changing Thousands of Lives
LEAP Foundation DC’s Chairman, Dr. Clayton Lawrence, has eclipsed the 6000th mile marker in marathon running to support charitable causes. - July 04, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Research Finds Continued Growth of Design-Build in United States
“The growing use of design-build is not surprising,” says Lisa Washington, CEO/Executive Director of DBIA. “Throughout the last five years, and even through the recession, we’ve seen a large increase in demand for information and training on design-build best practices. Owners from all sectors have been turning to design-build delivery because they recognize the inherent value it brings to any project in any sector of any size.” - June 30, 2014 - DBIA
"A Book of Questions to Jumpstart Your Career Search" -- Interactive eBook and Paperback Now Available
Looking for a career and a new job? Need a career change but you don’t know where to start? Are you ready for an encore career? Stuck in a rut? - June 27, 2014 - College Path, LLC
HouseLens Uses Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Product to Securely Backup to Cloud Storage Over FTP
Storage Made Easy today announced that HouseLens is using their IaaS enterprise file share and sync solution to securely backup data to cloud storage using the FTP protocol. - June 26, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
BCLOUD Announces Use of Storage Made Easy Enterprise Cloud Solution and New Joint Customer, Asco TLC
BCLOUD announces that ASCO Tlc has chosen the enterprise file share and sync solution of Storage Made Easy to implement a private cloud solution based on the use of Cloudian’s Object Storage Cloud. - June 24, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Summer Novel Soars; "It Burns a Lovely Light" by Penny McCann Pennington Earns Multiple Awards
In the past six months, Penny McCann Pennington's breakout novel, "It Burns a Lovely Light," has received awards from The New England Book Festival, The Southwest Book Festival, The Great Southeast Book Festival, The Tucson Book Festival, and the Beach Book Festival. Now she can add The... - June 24, 2014 - Penny McCann Pennington
Richmond Tax Solutions Presents Second Chance Consulting's 1st Annual Bowling Fundraiser
Richmond Tax Solutions and Second Chance Consulting are having their 1st Annual Bowling Fundraiser at King Pin Lanes in Midlothian, VA on July 12th 2014. All profits will go to help enroll more kids in the King Pin Saturday Youth Bowling League that will give our inner-city youth a chance to participate in a "non-traditional" sport. The goal is to help these kids belong to something positive and keep them off the streets. It lasts 32 weeks plus they receive lunch, prizes, scholarships and more. - June 23, 2014 - Whitewood Tax Solutions
SCI Consulting CEO Raises the Industry Bar for "Win Party" Announcements
SCI's CEO, Ms. Lynette Spano, breaks with tradition and throws a party for the winners of the EAGLE II Full and Open contract vehicle. This "invitation only" event brings all the winners together to enjoy an evening of fun while establishing or strengthening relationships with companies in the same industry. - June 23, 2014 - SCI Consulting
Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution is Now Available on the UK Government Cloud
Vehera LTD, trading as Storage Made Easy has been accepted as a supplier on the UK Government G-Cloud initiative. - June 20, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Champions of Character Dinner Held June 18, 2014, Washington, DC
National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America held the 2014 Champions of CharacterDinner in Washington, DC on June 18th. Honorees were, Dr. Jorge Ribas, President & CEO of Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO of U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce; Mike Enzi, U.S. Senator (R-WY); Angela Franco, President & CEO of Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Michael Melton, President, 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC. - June 20, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America