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Klatch Coffee Wins an ?Oscar,? Good Food Award

admin | January 29, 2012 | One comment

Klatch Coffee Wins an ‘Oscar,’ Good Food Award











Upland, California (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

Southern California’s specialty coffee roaster Klatch Coffee Inc. was awarded with a Good Food Award in the coffee category by a panel of 13 distinguished coffee experts, on Friday, January 13, 2012, during a star-studded ceremony hosted by Alice Waters at the San Francisco Ferry Building.

Nicknamed the “Oscars” of food, the Good Food Awards were created to honor food and drink producers who have demonstrated a commitment to building a ‘tasty,’ authentic, and responsible food system that honors farmers and producers.

Criteria for entry includes exemplary flavor – sweet, clean, well developed body, balanced acidity and phenomenal aromatics. Roasters and coffee producers must emphasize fairness and transparency from seed to cup, and use third party certified organic beans.

It is to no surprise that Klatch Coffee’s Ethiopian Gedeo Worka was awarded with a Good Food Award Gold Seal, previously named ‘Best of Brew’ at 2011 National Coffee Association Ultimate Barista Challenge and rated 92 points by coffee expert, Kenneth Davids from CoffeeReview.com.

This coffee bean is distinct and diverse, an abundance of fine flavors from the birthplace of coffee. Gedeo Worka is the bowl of berries you come to expect from a clean Ethiopian natural, composed of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. However, this Ethiopian is like no other with its additional notes of bing cherries and the unexpected tropical fruit tones, held together with notes of cherry vanilla and slight coco powder. This medium-light roast provides a fragrance and aroma encumbered of floral, berries, and tropical fruits — a bright acidity among a creamy and juicy body.

Ethiopian Gedeo Worka was sourced by Mike Perry, Klatch Coffee’s Green Coffee Buyer, during an Ethiopian Cupping Caravan trip. The caravan brought 24 international coffee buyers face-to-face with the people who grow some of the best coffee in the world. The cupping caravan in February 2010 was an exploratory trip designed to benefit coffee professionals on both ends of the chain, from farmers-to-roasters.

The judging panel for the awards included some very well known names in the specialty coffee industry such as, Tracy Allen, Founder and CEO of Brewed Behavior, Andrew Barnett, Founder of Ecco Caffe, Aleco Chigounis, Green Coffee Buyer for Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Peter Giuliano, Director of Coffee at Counter Culture Coffee, Ben Kaminsky, Director of Quality Control for Ritual Coffee Roasters and U.S. Cup Tasting Champion, Anette Moldvaer, SCAE World Taster’s Cup Champion from Square Mile Coffee, Geoff Watts, Vice President of Coffee and Green Coffee Buyer for Intelligentsia Coffee, and many more.

Gedeo Worka is available for purchase at http://www.klatchroasting.com and in Klatch Coffee’s southern California retail locations in Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and San Dimas.

About Klatch Coffee Inc.

A nationally recognized premium coffee roaster and specialty retailer in Southern California since 1993, Klatch has been honored as the 2009 Micro Roaster of the Year and Klatch’s World’s Best Espresso blend is the only espresso ever awarded “Best Espresso in the World” at the World Barista Championships. Klatch is also home to Barista Champion and BGA Past Chair Heather Perry, Director of Training and Consulting. Visit http://www.klatchroasting.com to learn more about their award-winning espressos, coffees and barista training.

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BigHand wins ?Best Customer Service? at The KnowList Awards 2012

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BigHand wins ‘Best Customer Service’ at The KnowList Awards 2012











The KnowList Awards 2012


London, UK (PRWEB UK) 25 January 2012

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal and professional services sector, has today announced that it has been awarded ‘Best Customer Service’ at The KnowList Awards 2012. The awards recognise the outstanding achievements of law firms and technology vendors across the legal industry.

The category ‘Best Customer Service’ comprised six vendors and BigHand took the title based on the number of votes cast by professionals across the legal community. The award was announced at a prestigious ceremony held Thursday 19th January in central London.

Stephen Brown, Client Services Director, BigHand, comments:

“We are delighted to have been named ‘Best Customer Service’ at The KnowList Awards 2012 ahead of very strong competition. It is fantastic recognition of our commitment to provide high quality customer service and expertise via our account management, delivery and technical support teams. We would very much like to thank our customers for voting for us, we enjoy working with them and look forward to delivering even more for our customers globally during the coming year.’’

Jon Ardron, Chief Executive Officer, BigHand, comments:

‘’BigHand continues to raise the bar in terms of the level of service and support we deliver to our customers. We would like to thank our customers for their support enabling us to win The KnowList ‘Best Customer Service’ award, for their involvement throughout our product development process and their regular feedback which shapes the service we deliver. As the legal regulatory landscape evolves, we will continue to deliver a proposition that enables firms to work more efficiently and deliver even greater value to their customers.’’

Ben Mills, Managing Director, EMEA Legal & Professional Services, BigHand, comments:

‘’On behalf of all at BigHand I would like to extend our most sincere thanks to our customers. To win The KnowList ‘Best Customer Service’ award amid such a strong field is a huge accolade of which we are immensely proud. That said we are certainly not resting on our laurels. We will continue to improve and I would encourage any firms using alternative dictation systems to talk to our customers to find out what sets BigHand apart.’’

About BigHand

The BigHand Group supports over 142,000 professionals globally, across 1,300 organisations, and is based out of London, Chicago, Sydney and Toronto. BigHand is a Microsoft Gold Partner and Elite BlackBerry ISV Partner, and was voted winner of the Australasian Legal Business Magazine’s Dictation & Transcription ‘Service Provider of the Year 2010’ and ‘Dictation System of the Year’ at the 7th Annual Law Technology News (LTN) Awards 2009. Further info is available at http://www.bighand.com.

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Breastfeeding in Combat Boots Book Wins 2011 National Parenting Publications Award

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Breastfeeding in Combat Boots Book Wins 2011 National Parenting Publications Award











Virginia Beach, VA (PRWEB) July 11, 2011

Breastfeeding in Combat Boots: A Survival Guide to Successful Breastfeeding While Serving in the Military has been named a 2011 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) winner. Recognized as a ‘fantastic resource’ for active duty military women, Breastfeeding in Combat Boots joins an elite group of 50 products honored in NAPPA’s 2011 Parenting Resources Competition.

NAPPA’s independent expert judges and parent testers evaluated hundreds of submissions for their innovation, safety, quality and the degree to which they make parenting easier. After weeks of stringent testing, 20 products were selected to receive the esteemed Gold Award while 30 received Honors and six were chosen as “Rising Stars.” For a complete list of all 2011 NAPPA Parenting Resources winners and more information about the competition, visit http://www.NAPPAawards.com

About Breastfeeding in Combat Boots

Breastfeeding in Combat Boots is a much needed resource for active duty mothers seeking information and support on how to breastfeed successfully while serving in the military. The book was concieved of when the author, a USN veteran and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, was on active duty and could not find any resources that covered the unique circumstances and challenges that occur while breastfeeding and serving in the armed forces.

Breastfeeding in Combat Boots is a comprehensive, easy-to-read breastfeeding resource that covers such topics as military lactation policies, separations, emergency weaning, hazardous material exposure, rank and uniform issues, just to name a few. The author’s experience and expertise are evident throughout the book as she gives field-tested tips and techniques, as well as first-hand testimonials from women currently serving, on how best to combine breastfeeding and a military career.

The accompanying website offers additional information and resources including downloadable content not found in the book. The author also runs a Facebook page with late-breaking news and a discussion forum providing further support to active duty women worldwide. For more information, visit the website at http://www.breastfeedingincombatboots.com and the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/breastfeedingincombatboots.

About NAPPA

For 20 years the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) has been the go-to resource for the best products for families. NAPPA’s team of independent expert judges, along with family and child testers, select the most innovative and enduring products as NAPPA Gold and Honors winners in two annual competitions, Children’s Products and Parenting Resources. Far more than a seal of approval, a NAPPA award signifies that a product has been rigorously evaluated against stringent criteria and stands out among hundreds of other products from around the world. For more information, visit http://www.NAPPAawards.com.

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2J’s Automotive wins Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce: Small Business of the Year 2010 award.

admin | November 24, 2011 | One comment

2J’s Automotive wins Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce: Small Business of the Year 2010 award.










Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) March 6, 2011

Every year the Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce holds a banquet in which they give out awards in several categories. This year 2J’s automotive was presented the small business of the year. 2J’s Automotive has been a member of the Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce and the Saginaw community for the past seven years. 2J’s Automotive is also a proud member of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce.

2J’s Automotive is honored to be in the same company as Liq-O-Rama and Dickies Bar B Q, both previous winners of the Small Business of the Year award. 2J’s Automotive views this award as an affirmation to their goals as business owners to always be upfront and honest with their customers. Jay and Janice Tims, the co-owners of 2J’s Automotive, have made these goals their top priority in operating their business.

2J’s Automotive is a automotive shop in Saginaw, Texas who specializes in rebuilding automotive transmissions while offering full automotive repair. They have been business since 2004 and have continued to grow their business through the internet, their location, and most of all word of mouth.

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The Budding Gardener Wins 2011 National Parenting Publications Award

admin | October 30, 2011 | One comment

The Budding Gardener Wins 2011 National Parenting Publications Award










Lewisville, NC (PRWEB) June 03, 2011

The Budding Gardener (ISBN: 978-0-87659-373-8) has been named a 2011 National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Gold Award winner. Recognized for its kid-friendly, fun-filled gardening activities and easy-to-follow instructions, The Budding Gardener joins an elite group of 50 products honored in NAPPA’s 2011 Parenting Resources Competition.

“This year’s Parenting Resources winners represent a fresh mix of gear, books and products designed to help moms and dads through every stage of parenthood,” said Carolyn Graham, NAPPA product manager. “From cool innovations in car seats and strollers to an infant seat built like a robot to books for nerdy dads, the 2011 NAPPA Gold and Honors winners cover it all!”

NAPPA’s independent expert judges and parent testers evaluated hundreds of submissions for their innovation, safety, quality and the degree to which they make parenting easier. After weeks of stringent testing, 20 products were selected to receive the esteemed Gold Award while 30 received Honors and six were chosen as “Rising Stars.”

An introduction to gardening, The Budding Gardener cultivates a love of the outdoors with projects like planting a moon garden and building a worm farm. The 50 fun-in-the-dirt activities, written by teachers and professionals from the field of early childhood education, are perfect for the child with a promising (if dirty) green thumb!

The Budding Gardener ($ 9.95, 64 pages, 8” x 9”, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-87659-373-8) edited by Mary B. Rein is available from Gryphon House, Inc.

About Gryphon House:

Gryphon House is an award-winning publisher of resource books for parents and teachers of children from birth through age eight. Developmentally appropriate and easy-to-use, Gryphon House books provide parents and teachers with the tools they need to bring the joy of learning to young children.

About NAPPA:

For 20 years the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) has been the go-to resource for the best products for families. NAPPA’s team of independent expert judges, along with family and child testers, select the most innovative and enduring products as NAPPA Gold and Honors winners in two annual competitions, Children’s Products and Parenting Resources. Far more than a seal of approval, a NAPPA award signifies that a product has been rigorously evaluated against stringent criteria and stands out among hundreds of other products from around the world.

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GeriCareFinder.com Wins Best Interactive Website Award

admin | October 5, 2011 | One comment

GeriCareFinder.com Wins Best Interactive Website Award












Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 1, 2009

Less than two years old, GeriCareFinder, Inc., has won the 2009 Best Interactive Award for their senior care Web site, http://www.GeriCareFinder.com.

GeriCareFinder.com won the gold award for “Best Interactive Site” in the 10th annual eHealthcare Leadership award competition, topping older and more established companies like the Mayo Clinic, Microsoft and Humana, Inc. More than 200 health care organizations’ websites competed for outstanding design, content and excellence, and 116 judges evaluated entries based on nearly 60 factors.

GeriCareFinder.com is a free consumer online resource for those trying to understand and select the kind of senior health care or service they need to help an aging loved one. Created as the web’s first and only single search for senior care GeriCareFinder.com especially helps those who know little about the complicated elder care industry.

“As we’re still building our business in many cities and senior care categories, we’re proud of this honor,” said Ron Kustek, President of GeriCareFinder, Inc. “We’re also grateful to the service & product companies and the many senior care providers who have already partnered with us on our website.”

GeriCareFinder.com organizes the senior health care world into three simply understood categories of “Care,” “Advisors” and “Products & Services” so that by zip code a person can easily find the type of care they need, or someone to help with legal & financial issues, or a safety product or helpful service which makes caring for the elderly easier.

“We were mostly recognized for our proprietary My GeriCare Workspace, one of our great online tools. In My GeriCare Workspace, visitors can work alone or with friends or siblings who may live thousands of miles away. People can securely locate the best senior care provider, advisor, product or service for seniors. They can also determine retirement savings, calculate long term care needs, identify social security contributions and even save calculations in order to help plan senior care needs,” Kustek said.

The award winners were honored last month at a special presentation in Las Vegas. eHealthcare Strategy & Trends is a leading internet resource published by Health Care Communications of New York.

GeriCareFinder.com’s Care category helps people locate home care, retirement homes & communities, CCRC’s assisted living, nursing homes, Alzheimer’s care and hospice services. The Advisor category helps find elder law & estate planning attorneys, tax accountants, financial planning for seniors, Medicare & Medicaid consultants and Social Security advisors. The Product & Service category helps find alarm & monitoring devices, disability products, hearing aids, geriatric doctors, home repair, pet services, long term care insurance, reverse mortgages, funeral planning and more.

Media Contact:

Ron Kustek

323.208.6311

Ron(at)GeriCareFinder.com

This press release was distributed through PR Web by Senior Care Marketer (SeniorCareMarketer: http://www.SeniorCareMarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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JWT INSIDE Sweeps the iNOVA Awards in Careers/Recruitment Category, Grabs Majority in Intranets and Wins Grand Prize

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JWT INSIDE Sweeps the iNOVA Awards in Careers/Recruitment Category, Grabs Majority in Intranets and Wins Grand Prize











New York (PRWEB) January 6, 2010

JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading recruitment marketing and employee communications companies, was honored with six iNOVA Awards, sweeping the Careers/Recruitment Category and winning Grand Prize in Employment Opportunity. The iNOVA awards, sponsored by MerComm, Inc., honor the world’s best corporate Web sites, representing world-class achievement. Entries competed with over 200 submissions from 11 countries around the world.

JWT INSIDE swept the Careers/Recruitment category with a Gold for Ernst & Young’s EY Experience site, and Silver and Bronze in the College and Graduates sub-category for both the UBS MBA site and the UBS Intern Site, respectively. In the Intranet category JWT INSIDE received a Gold in Brand Awareness for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Employee Blog, winner of the Employment Opportunity Grand Prize, and Silver in Branding for Catholic Healthcare West’s Intranet. The agency was honored for their expertise across the board, in both internal and external digital communications – with clients spanning industries from health care to finance to professional services.

“What a strong testament to the power of our creativity and innovation in the digital space,” said Mary Olson, Executive Creative Director at JWT INSIDE. “Thank you to MerComm, Inc. and the iNOVA Awards for this great honor.”

“This prize endorses all the hard work put into a site’s creation and development,” said the competition’s founder, Reni Witt. “Winning an iNOVA Award is a tribute to the creative team which does outstanding work.”

View all of the 9th Annual iNOVA award-winning sites at the MerComm, Inc. Web site.

To connect with JWT INSIDE on their work in digital employment communications, email conversations(at)jwtinside.com.

About JWT INSIDE

JWT INSIDE helps organizations advance employee engagement through comprehensive advertising, marketing and employee communications services. Measurement tools, consulting resources and strategic approaches are employed to put the right people in the right jobs and keep the workforce engaged. The agency has 11 locations offices across North America and internationally. It is a subsidiary of JWT, the largest advertising agency in the United States and one of the largest full-service networks in the world. Its parent company is WPP (NASDAQ:WPPGY).

About iNOVA Awards

The mission of the iNOVA Awards is to recognize and promote achievement in creative web design, originality of content and functional performance. Web sites are evaluated for content, design, and technology. Preliminary judging was carried out by over 40 web developers, designers, site builders, and interactive media specialists. The iNOVA Award symbolizes the energy of numerous disciplines that inspire corporate Web site excellence. The iNOVA award is sponsored by MerComm Inc, founded in 1987 with the principal purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of communications in an international arena.

This press release was distributed through PR Web by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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Michael Fuljenz of Universal Coin & Bullion Wins More Awards for Consumer Protection On Traveling Gold Buyers

admin | July 27, 2011 | One comment

Michael Fuljenz of Universal Coin & Bullion Wins More Awards for Consumer Protection On Traveling Gold Buyers











Michael Fuljenz (left), President of Universal Coin & Bullion in Beaumont, Texas, and Jerry Jordan, Managing Editor of The Examiner newspaper in Beaumont, with their first place awards.

Beaumont, TX (PRWEB) June 10, 2011

Michael Fuljenz (http://www.MikeFuljenz.com), President of Universal Coin & Bullion (http://www.UniversalCoin.com) in Beaumont, Texas, has been honored with prestigious excellence-in-journalism awards from the Press Club of Southeast Texas in connection with his consumer protection work about traveling gold buyers.

He has been assisting with news media investigations of gold-buying companies that move from community to community across the United States. Subsequent news stories reported that some of the itinerant buyers offered only pennies on the dollar for rare gold coins and jewelry, despite their frequently advertised claims such as “No One Pays More.”

Mike Fuljenz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Fuljenz) received a first place award for best investigative radio report for one of his weekly programs on KLVI News Talk AM 560 in Beaumont that featured a consumer advisory discussion about gold buyers with Jerry Jordan, Managing Editor of The Examiner newspaper in Beaumont. Jordan also received a first place award for best investigative newspaper report for his continuing series of “Seller Beware” stories about the gold buyers.

The Press Club also honored Fuljenz with a second place award for best radio talk show, also broadcast on KLVI. Jordan received a second place award with Danielle Kosir and Charles Fields of Fox 4 KBTV for their investigative television report, “Gold Coin Scam.”

Fuljenz loaned over $ 40,000 of rare coins and gold jewelry to investigative reporters and editors locally and nationally who then took them to traveling buyers for their offers. One buyer offered only $ 60 for a U.S. gold coin independently valued at $ 10,000 by Fuljenz and fellow members of the Professional Numismatists Guild.

Last year, the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) honored Fuljenz and Jordan with five national journalism awards for their exposé work and urging consumers to be careful when buying or selling gold and rare coins. Over the years, Fuljenz has received 35 NLG awards of excellence in nine different categories including best newsletter and best investment book.

This past April Fuljenz was a featured speaker at the National Rifle Association’s Freedom First Financial Seminar and an appraiser at the NRA’s Antique Guns and Gold Showcase in Pittsburgh.

He presented testimony earlier this year to the Texas House of Representatives about the issue of out-of-state gold buyers and was just appointed to a three-year term as a public member of the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee on Advertising Review.

Winners in the annual Excellence in the Media contest sponsored by the Press Club of Southeast Texas (http://www.pressclubofsoutheasttexas.org)

were announced at the Newsmaker of the Year/Excellence in the Media Awards Banquet held June 3, 2011 at Lamar University in Beaumont. Judges from across the country chose winning works from more than 620 entries in a nine-county region of Southeast Texas. The works were published, aired or released between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010.

Proceeds from the contest entry fees and the banquet are used to support the Press Club Memorial Scholarship for community students at Lamar University.

Founded in 1994, Universal Coin & Bullion, Ltd. (http://www.UniversalCoin.com) is a national leader in gold, rare coins and numismatic education. UCB President Michael Fuljenz is a nationally-known rare coins and precious metals expert. He is an award-winning numismatic author of books and newsletters, a frequent interview guest on radio and TV news and personal finance programs, and a community leader in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas.

For additional information, contact UCB at (877) 899-8380 or visit online at http://www.UniversalCoin.com.

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