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Truckload Carriers Association Announces Division Winners in 2013 National Fleet Safety Awards












Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) January 13, 2014

Since the mid-1970s, the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has been recognizing the safest fleets in North America through its National Fleet Safety Awards. Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company, the awards honor trucking companies that demonstrate a superior commitment to safety and accident reduction. Eighteen companies have been selected as division winners for the 2013 competition and will now attempt to capture one of two grand prizes.

“In addition to focusing the spotlight on companies that work hard to achieve stellar safety records, these awards give us a glimpse of how well the industry is performing as a whole, said Jerry Waddell, CDS, chairman of TCA’s Safety & Security Division and the safety director for Cargo Transporters, Inc., of Claremont, North Carolina. “With the continued decrease in the total contest fleet vehicle accident ratio, it demonstrates the forward safety thinking that our carrier members exhibit on a daily basis when it comes to their day-to-day operations.”

Companies applying for the National Fleet Safety Awards have completed the first of a two-step process. First, their accident frequency per million miles driven was calculated for each of six mileage-based divisions (listed below). The top three division winners were selected and have been audited by an independent expert to verify their accident frequency numbers.

The division winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony to be held during TCA’s Annual Convention, March 23-26, 2014, at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. They will also be recognized during TCA’s Safety & Security Division Annual Meeting, May 18-20, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

All division winners are now eligible to compete for two grand prizes, one in the “less than 25 million annual miles” category and one in the “25 million or more annual miles” category. To win the grand prize, companies will be judged on their overall safety programs, both on- and off-highway, including employee driver/independent contractor selection procedures, training, supervision, accident investigation, inspection and maintenance of equipment, and outside activities including general highway safety.

As with the division winners, the two grand prize winning companies will be honored at an awards ceremony to be held first during TCA’s Annual Convention and then again during TCA’s Safety & Security Division Annual Meeting.

Below are the names of the 2013 top divisional winners based on low accident frequency ratios per million miles. Companies are listed according to the order that they placed within each category.

Division I Winners (Under 5 million miles)

1. FTC Transportation, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2. Specialty Transport, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

3. Art Pape Transfer, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa

Division II Winners (5-14.99 million miles)

1. Brian Kurtz Trucking Ltd, Breslau, Ontario

2. MacKinnon Transport Inc, Guelph, Ontario

3. Diamond Transportation System, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin

Division III Winners (15-24.99 million miles)

1. A&A Express, LLC, Brandon, South Dakota

2. Convoy Systems, LLC, Kansas City, Kansas

3. Jet Express Inc, Dayton, Ohio

Division IV Winners (25-49.99 million miles)

1. N.Yanke Transfer, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2. Erb International, Inc., New Hamburg, Ontario

3. Hill Brothers Transportation, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska

Division V Winners (50-99.99 million miles)

1. Groupe Robert Inc., Rougemont, Québec

2. May Trucking Company, Salem, Oregon

3. J & R Schugel Trucking, Inc., New Ulm, Minnesota

Division VI Winners (100+ million miles)

1. Bison Transport Inc, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2. Gordon Trucking Inc, Pacific, Washington

3. Roehl Transport Inc., Marshfield, Wisconsin

TCA is the only national trade association whose collective sole focus is the truckload segment of the motor carrier industry. The association represents dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, and intermodal container carriers operating in the 48 contiguous states, as well as Alaska, Mexico, and Canada. Representing operators of more than 200,000 trucks, which collectively produce annual revenue of more than $ 20 billion, TCA is an organization tailored to specific truckload carrier needs.























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Global Food Exchange Welcomes D. Scott Robinson and Duane Reed











(PRWEB) December 31, 2013

Global Food Exchange™ (GFE) is excited to announce two new additions to its Board of Advisors. The first, D. Scott Robinson, J.D., is of counsel at Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP. Scott is known for designing creative solutions to complex estate and tax problems and was intimately involved in the ownership, management and operation of several closely-held family businesses. Scott’s business experience provides him with unique hands-on insight, experience and education when counselling and assisting clients to design and implement practical solutions to achieve their goals.

The second addition is Duane Reed, CEO of CEO Focus Denver, who is a nationally recognized business consultant, trainer, author, and coach since 1986. Mr. Reed has consulted or trained thousands of organizations and 100,000’s individuals, managers, executives and business owners in some 120 different industries.

Global Food Exchange™, headquartered in Colorado, was founded out of the need to more efficiently provide emergency disaster relief efforts internationally. With the addition of D. Scott Robinson and Duane Reed in advisory roles, they hope to further their strides to establish a more efficient and prepared chain of action for international disaster response.

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Let Chronic Pain From Arthritis and Everyday Life Be a Thing of the Past










Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) December 29, 2013

Syn-flex America, Inc., the makers of liquid Glucosamine supplements designed for those suffering from osteoarthritis, family pets, and athletes, is pleased to announce that Revnutrition.com will now be retailing its revolutionary supplement.

“For people with joint issues, it can be difficult to play sports, be active with their children or grandchildren or even go for a walk through the neighborhood,” said J. R. Rogers, President of Synflex America, Inc. “Our hope is that Synflex can make a real difference in people’s lives and start to address the numerous problems and health conditions associated with joint inflammation and mobility issues.”

Syn-flex® is comprised of pharmaceutical-quality Glucosamine Sulfate and Glucosamine HCL, along with ten other ingredients including natural vitamins and minerals that work synergistically to promote mobility, healthy joints, pain relief and cartilage rehabilitation. They have the added advantage of being anti-inflammatory.

Unlike the majority of Glucosamine products found on store shelves today, Syn-flex® was not rushed to market. While other companies were scrambling to put their brand in the competitive pack, the developers at Syn-flex® devoted an extra 18 months to formulate the product to perfection.

Syn-flex® has produced products that have been successful based on their pain-relieving qualities. That is why their customers range from the general arthritis sufferer to world-class athletes. And, lest we forget, Syn-flex® has two formulas for family pets that suffer from hip dysplasia and other joint-related conditions.

To purchase Synflex, please visit http://revnutrition.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2951.

About Syn-Flex®: Syn-flex® is a powerful liquid Glucosmine supplement that handles joint pain and mobility issues. Since its inception in 2001, Syn-flex® has enjoyed a very successful history. It is now America’s most trusted brand in the liquid Glucosamine industry. It is formulated using pharmaceutical-quality Glucosamine Sulfate and Glucosamine HCL, along with ten other beneficial ingredients that promote healthy joints. If you suffer from joint pain, adding Syn-flex® to your daily routine can be a life changer.

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Patriot Coal Corporation Confirms Plan of Reorganization and Emerges from Bankruptcy










New York, NY (PRWEB) December 20, 2013

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (“Kramer Levin”) has announced that on December 17, 2013 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri confirmed the Plan of Reorganization of Patriot Coal Corporation and its 100 subsidiaries (the “Company”). The following day, on December 18, 2013, Patriot successfully emerged from Chapter 11 by, among other things, closing an exit financing for $ 545 million and raising $ 250 million from the issuance of new notes and warrants to Knighthead Capital Management, LLC and other participating unsecured creditors (case# 12-51502).

The firm represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Creditors’ Committee”). The Creditors’ Committee’s members included bond trustee Wilmington Trust Company, bond trustee U.S. Bank National Association, The United Mine Workers of America, United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan and Trust and American Electric Power Company, Inc. The Creditors’ Committee was also represented by local counsel, Carmody MacDonald PC, conflicts counsel, Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., and the financial advisory firms of Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. and Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC.

Patriot Coal Corporation is a leading producer and marketer of coal in the eastern United States, with 10 active mining complexes in Appalachia and the Illinois Basin and 1.8 billion tons of coal reserves. The Company filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2012 with approximately $ 3.1 billion in liabilities.

Over the course of the 18 month bankruptcy, Kramer Levin, on behalf of the Creditors’ Committee, was the principal advocate for unsecured creditors on all major facets of the case, including, among other things, a lengthy trial related to the Company’s motions to reduce its active employee compensation and retiree healthcare benefits and an investigation of claims against Peabody Energy Corporation and Arch Coal, Inc. related to retiree healthcare benefit liabilities exceeding $ 1.3 billion.

Through the restructuring process, approximately 4,000 jobs were preserved and the Company exited chapter 11 with an improved balance sheet, new five-year labor agreements with the UMWA, and settlements with Peabody Energy Corporation and Arch Coal, Inc. which provide significant funding for retiree healthcare benefits.

The Kramer Levin team on this matter included Corporate Restructuring partners Thomas Moers Mayer, Adam C. Rogoff and P. Bradley O’Neill; Employee Benefits partner Christine Lutgens; Environmental partner Charles S. Warren; Corporate partner David J. Fisher; Litigation partner Jonathan Wagner; Corporate Restructuring special counsel Gregory G. Plotko; Litigation special counsel Brendan M. Schulman; Corporate Restructuring associates Daniel M. Eggermann, David Blabey, Anupama Yerramalli, Andrew Dove and Stephen M. Blank; Corporate associates Jonathan B. Vessey and Steven Segal; and Litigation associate Joel Taylor.

The Carmody MacDonald PC team included partners Gregory D. Willard and Angela L. Schisler; the Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. team included partners Stuart Komrower and Roger Iorio; the Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. team included Matthew Mazzucchi, Fredrick Vescio, Daniel Tobin and Sanjeev Shahani; and the Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC team included Larry Lattig, Monty Kehl and Adriana Vidal.

About Kramer Levin’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department: Kramer Levin’s bankruptcy practice’s accomplishments have been widely recognized. The Department was named one of Law360’s “Top Practice Groups of 2012,” one of only five bankruptcy practice firms selected for this honor. It was also awarded “Law Firm of the Year” by the 2012-2013 U.S. News and World Report “Best Law Firm Rankings.” The practice was also listed as one of the country’s best in Chambers USA and Legal 500 and one of the best in the United States by International Financial Law Review. Several partners in the practice were recently recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Lawdragon, Turnarounds & Workouts and M&A Advisor.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York, Silicon Valley and Paris. Firm lawyers are leading practitioners in their respective fields. The firm represents Global 1000 and emerging growth companies, institutions and individuals, across a broad range of industries. For more information, please visit http://www.kramerlevin.com.






















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Patriot Coal Corporation Confirms Plan of Reorganization and Emerges from Bankruptcy










New York, NY (PRWEB) December 20, 2013

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (“Kramer Levin”) has announced that on December 17, 2013 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri confirmed the Plan of Reorganization of Patriot Coal Corporation and its 100 subsidiaries (the “Company”). The following day, on December 18, 2013, Patriot successfully emerged from Chapter 11 by, among other things, closing an exit financing for $ 545 million and raising $ 250 million from the issuance of new notes and warrants to Knighthead Capital Management, LLC and other participating unsecured creditors (case# 12-51502).

The firm represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Creditors’ Committee”). The Creditors’ Committee’s members included bond trustee Wilmington Trust Company, bond trustee U.S. Bank National Association, The United Mine Workers of America, United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan and Trust and American Electric Power Company, Inc. The Creditors’ Committee was also represented by local counsel, Carmody MacDonald PC, conflicts counsel, Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., and the financial advisory firms of Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. and Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC.

Patriot Coal Corporation is a leading producer and marketer of coal in the eastern United States, with 10 active mining complexes in Appalachia and the Illinois Basin and 1.8 billion tons of coal reserves. The Company filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2012 with approximately $ 3.1 billion in liabilities.

Over the course of the 18 month bankruptcy, Kramer Levin, on behalf of the Creditors’ Committee, was the principal advocate for unsecured creditors on all major facets of the case, including, among other things, a lengthy trial related to the Company’s motions to reduce its active employee compensation and retiree healthcare benefits and an investigation of claims against Peabody Energy Corporation and Arch Coal, Inc. related to retiree healthcare benefit liabilities exceeding $ 1.3 billion.

Through the restructuring process, approximately 4,000 jobs were preserved and the Company exited chapter 11 with an improved balance sheet, new five-year labor agreements with the UMWA, and settlements with Peabody Energy Corporation and Arch Coal, Inc. which provide significant funding for retiree healthcare benefits.

The Kramer Levin team on this matter included Corporate Restructuring partners Thomas Moers Mayer, Adam C. Rogoff and P. Bradley O’Neill; Employee Benefits partner Christine Lutgens; Environmental partner Charles S. Warren; Corporate partner David J. Fisher; Litigation partner Jonathan Wagner; Corporate Restructuring special counsel Gregory G. Plotko; Litigation special counsel Brendan M. Schulman; Corporate Restructuring associates Daniel M. Eggermann, David Blabey, Anupama Yerramalli, Andrew Dove and Stephen M. Blank; Corporate associates Jonathan B. Vessey and Steven Segal; and Litigation associate Joel Taylor.

The Carmody MacDonald PC team included partners Gregory D. Willard and Angela L. Schisler; the Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. team included partners Stuart Komrower and Roger Iorio; the Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. team included Matthew Mazzucchi, Fredrick Vescio, Daniel Tobin and Sanjeev Shahani; and the Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC team included Larry Lattig, Monty Kehl and Adriana Vidal.

About Kramer Levin’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department: Kramer Levin’s bankruptcy practice’s accomplishments have been widely recognized. The Department was named one of Law360’s “Top Practice Groups of 2012,” one of only five bankruptcy practice firms selected for this honor. It was also awarded “Law Firm of the Year” by the 2012-2013 U.S. News and World Report “Best Law Firm Rankings.” The practice was also listed as one of the country’s best in Chambers USA and Legal 500 and one of the best in the United States by International Financial Law Review. Several partners in the practice were recently recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Lawdragon, Turnarounds & Workouts and M&A Advisor.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York, Silicon Valley and Paris. Firm lawyers are leading practitioners in their respective fields. The firm represents Global 1000 and emerging growth companies, institutions and individuals, across a broad range of industries. For more information, please visit http://www.kramerlevin.com.






















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topppcs.com Announces November 2013 Ratings of Best Media Buying Services











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(PRWEB) November 18, 2013

topppcs.com has awarded the best media buying agencies in the paid search industry for the month of November 2013. Thousands providing services within the industry are analyzed in order to learn which agencies offer the most impressive services to businesses in need. Businesses scouring for impressive paid search agencies to support them access the rankings online to discover agencies which have been scrutinized by an independent third party.

The 10 best media buying services for November 2013 are:

1- Media Two Interactive

2- fuse8

3- MediaCom

4- Capitol Media Solutions

5- Hungry Man

6- HELLO

7- Mediassociates

8- AdHouse Productions, Inc.

9- Advertising Production Resources, Inc.

10- Thrive Advertising Co.

Media buying consultants are tested in order to decide which produce the best overall media buying solution. This is solved through the use of a set of examination criteria consisting of five criteria of evaluation used to measure and compare media buying consultants based on the most essential aspects of media buying services. The five criteria of examination used during this process include on channel targeting, demographic targeting, create effective ads, CPA minimization, and reporting.

ABOUT topppcs.com

topppcs.com is a well-known independent authority on paid search. The central goal of topppcs.com is to learn and proclaim those individuals or companies providing the top paid search marketing services all over the world. A specialized team of researchers examine thousands of applicants each month who are seeking to be ranked as a top paid search marketing product or service by the independent authority.

The 10 best media buying companies for November 2013 can be found at:

http://topppcs.news-prs.com/us/media-buying-rankings

Media buying agencies interested in being evaluated and issued can visit:

http://topppcs.news-prs.com/us/apply-for-rankings























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new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com Issues Rankings of Best 10 Web Design Services in New Zealand for November 2013











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(PRWEB) November 03, 2013

new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com has selected the 10 top professional web design consultants in New Zealand offering services in the web design and development industry for the month of November 2013. Businesses hunting for capable professional web design services turn to the ratings supplied online in order to find professional web design consultants which have been scrutinized by an independent third party. The ratings are reexamined monthly to account for the latest accomplishments of top contending web design and development consultants and to showcase the top organizers of capable services.

The 10 top professional website design consultants in New Zealand for November 2013 are:

1) EcActive

2) DNA Designed Communications

3) The Web Company

4) Nelson Web Works Ltd.

5) Digital Media Developments Ltd

6) Datum Connect

7) GetNet

8) Zyber Limited

9) hairyLemon

10) NZ Internet Services Ltd

The process for investigating and awarding custom website design services in New Zealand involves a month-long process of testing the top performing services based on the use of a set of examination criteria and learning more about their services and their communications with their customers through references. Often times the new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com independent examination team talks directly with customers in order to inquire about the services and performance from the standpoint of the client. Other times customers visit new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com in order to offer their feedback about the services which they use.

ABOUT new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com

new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com is an organizer of web development ratings in New Zealand. The primary objective of new-zealand.bestwebdesignagencies.com is to learn and reveal those individuals or agencies supplying best web development services available. Website design agencies are put through a rigorous analysis to ensure the rankings contain the absolute best agencies the web development industry has to offer.

To view the listings of the best website design firms visit:

http://bestwebdesignagencies.news-prs.com/nz/web-design-rankings.

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Game Plan Nutrition Acquires Gameplan.com











Boston, MA (PRWEB) September 30, 2013

Game Plan Nutrition LLC, (GPLH) a line of nutritional supplements sold online exclusively through a network of personal trainers, today announced the acquisition of http://www.gameplan.com.

Starting today, Game Plan Nutrition will be accessible at http://www.gameplan.com. Based in Boston, Game Plan Nutrition is a direct-to-consumer nutritional supplement company that sells health management products worldwide through a network of personal trainers.

“It’s a huge win to secure real estate that will yield you the highest SEO and SEM available,” Game Plan Nutrition CEO Andrew Bachman states. “After recent success and progress, it was important to make an investment in acquiring gameplan.com to solidify our position in the market as a premium brand in nutrition and lifestyle.”

A priority for Game Plan Nutrition was making their technology as simple as possible for users in preparation for the beta-launch with their first 1000 trainers. In early October, Game Plan will transform the way people make a supplemental income in the fitness industry, by allowing trainers to have access to selling Game Plan Nutrition’s products directly to their clients.

About Game Plan Nutrition

GPLH develops tools and products focused upon the intersection of three important market trends: proprietary nutritional supplements, sold exclusively through personal trainers and other fitness professionals, using online mobile tools. These tools allow our affiliate fitness professionals to coordinate fitness goals with our nutritional supplements at the key point of contact before, during and after workouts and related consultations. The official Game Plan Nutrition LLC product launch will be in the fall of 2013.

Forward Looking Statements

This release contains “forward-looking statements” that include information relating to future events and future financial and operating performance. The words “may,” “would,” “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “can,” “believe,” “potential” and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which that performance or those results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time they are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: fluctuations in demand for Game Plan Nutrition’s products, the introduction of new products, the Company’s ability to maintain customer and strategic business relationships, the impact of competitive products and pricing, growth in targeted markets, the adequacy of the Company’s liquidity and financial strength to support its growth, and other information that may be detailed from time-to-time in Game Plan Nutrition’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Examples of such forward looking statements in this release include statements regarding the future performance of the company and proposed product launch dates. For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting Game Plan Nutrition LLC, please refer to the Company’s recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. Game Plan Nutrition, LLC undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.























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