Cubicles are great because they can be set up into various arraignments and can be utilized in almost any setting. You can start with the area that is most needed, and always bring more cubicles in as room becomes available or staff grows. Used office cubicles can save a company quite a bit of money. The difference in cost is dramatic and can be as high as an 80% savings. You can find refurbished cubes with a little research on the internet.

The process of refurbishing cubicles makes for a quality end result. The metal is repainted to desired color and the panels get new upholstery applied to them. Any changes to the sizing of the cubicles can be made at this time as well.  Woodwork is also refinished and cleaned to look like new.

Companies that supply refurbished cubes let the customer pick colors, styles, and dimensions that are a good fit for them. The best bet is to ask for the company’s office designer and they will ensure your needs and specs are followed through on to your order.

Used office cubicles that have been refurbished, look just like new.  Instead of spending a ton of money on a remodel or brand new cubicles, try the refurbished cubicles and save money and time.

As leading banking industry experts search for new ways help protect their customers’ financial information, two new safety and security products, Trusteer Rapport and Go ID Tokens, have become available. Many small business banking institutions are discovering ways to further increase their customers’ confidence in their security and privacy capabilities.

1. Trusteer Rapport

Trusteer Rapport is for private banking and businesses. When logged in to an online banking service, Trusteer Rapport provides an extra layer of security to your computer. This optional and new program protects your Internet connection and computer by creating a tunnel for safe communication with your bank, preventing hackers from using malware to obtain your log-in data and mess with transactions.

Rapport provides the following benefits:

• Rapport locks down communication between the computer and the bank’s website, once verification is complete. This prohibits criminals from accessing or controlling the online connection with the bank
• Rapport will also remove known viruses from your computer. If it is unknown, it will just lock down that virus while you are in your Internet Banking session
• Furthermore, Trusteer Rapport encrypts your key strokes, so hackers can not recover your login information
• Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Rapport verifies that the connection to the bank’s genuine website as opposed to a fake website created by fraudsters. Although this sounds trivial, it’s not obvious that you reach a genuine website when you type your bank’s address into your web browser. This helps prevent users from logging onto a known “phishing” website

2. Go ID Security Tokens

For many banks, Go ID Security Tokens will now be required for business customers that send wire transfers or ACH transactions.

Trusteer Rapport and Go ID Security Tokens provide an additional layer of security. Although very beneficial, they are in no way meant to replace any layer of security already in place.

In other words, safe private and business banking practices are still necessary, such as firewalls, anti-virus software, dual control, daily monitoring of your bank accounts, and review of email confirmations.

Safety Tips:

• Review common best practices for avoiding phishing and malware
• Daily review your accounts
• Keep your anti-virus program up to date
• Do not open an email from unknown sources
• Business customers should require dual control for transactions

There are many combinations of solid woods, beautiful finishes, and attractive door styles to choose from to complement your home, lifestyle, and taste. You have the ability to reconfigure or add kitchen cabinets, as well as incorporate modern accessories and features. Your new “dream kitchen” will only take a few days, and at a fraction of the cost of a custom kitchen remodel. You will have a beautiful kitchen in less than a week.

Things you will want to do before your cabinet refacing.

1. When the much anticipated day arrives for your kitchen makeover to begin, you will want to have all old cabinet doors and drawer fronts, existing moldings, and countertops, removed. You will want to check with the company doing the work and see if they include this in their service.

2. Make sure the company you select cleans up, as things can get a little messy.

3. Make all your choices on the endless possibilities of trim moldings, valances, decorative shelves, and other visible areas of the kitchen that can be replaced with solid wood. Other upgrades available include new countertops, sinks, faucets, backsplashes, wall tile, or appliances. There are also cove or crown moldings, door or window casings, new sills, wainscoting or baseboard options as well at your choosing.

There are options for hand-selected, solid hardwood doors in your choice of wood, style, and finish. These doors are usually hung with premium adjustable concealed hinges. If desired, you can select to upgrade drawers with new dovetail wood drawer boxes. New solid hardwood matching drawer fronts are installed, then doors and drawers are fitted with fashionable new knobs or pulls of your choice.

Cabinets can be altered to make them more functional, such as…

• Reconfiguring cabinets to make  room for a larger refrigerator.
• Add a microwave above the range.
• Add new pantries, wall, or base  cabinets.
• Install your preferred upgrades,  such as roll-out trays, lazy susans, trash bins, wine racks, or many other  available options.
• Adjust the countertop height,  which may be needed in kitchens where new floors have been installed.

COVER ALL EXPOSED FACE FRAMES – All exposed face frames will be covered with a solid hardwood in your choice of wood and finish. The sides and bottoms are usually also covered to give you the look of high-end furniture. You will want to make sure all the wood that is used is prefinished so there is no worry of peeling of veneers or delaminating, as in other cabinet refacing systems.

Ziessler will oversee the worldwide operations of Guardian’s building products business including manufacturing, marketing, distribution and product development. He brings to Guardian a breadth of experience from domestic and international companies including Clearwater Paper, Cellu Tissue and Kimberly-Clark.

He has an established track record in previous assignments including international business, sales, marketing, strategic planning, financial and operations experience.

“Steve demonstrates a unique understanding of what Guardian is all about,” said Guardian Chairman Peter Walters. “His skill set, experience and demonstrated ability to develop and manage profitable businesses in a changing world are impressive and core to our culture. We look forward to Steve’s focus and energy on behalf of Guardian.”

Under Faulkner’s leadership, the Greenville, S.C.-based GBP enjoyed dramatic growth in the building materials industry, building the business to its current industry prominence through strategic and timely decision-making and execution. He leaves a legacy that strongly positions Guardian Building Products for future growth and opportunity. Faulkner will work closely with Ziessler in a senior advisory role during a transitional period.

“Steve Ziessler is a professional who will build on what GBP has established and take us to the next level,” said Faulkner. “He is a high energy, high performance person who is right for the times. Employees and customers alike will see that he brings a breadth of skills and experience to the table – while knowing how to speak the language of ‘building products,’ as well.”

Ziessler holds a degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University.

Guardian Building Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Industries Corp. based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Standard & Poor’s continues to rank Guardian as the Number 1 company in the U.S. Building Materials Sector as shown in their latest ratings and outlook report published January 19, 2011. Visit www.guardianbp.com.

Guardian Industries Corp. is a diversified global manufacturing company with leading positions in float glass, fabricated glass products, fiberglass insulation and other building materials for commercial, residential and automotive applications. Through its Science & Technology Center, Guardian is at the forefront of innovation including development of high performance glass coatings and other advanced products. Its automotive trim group, SRG Global Inc., is one of the world’s largest suppliers of advanced, high value coatings on plastics. Guardian, its subsidiaries and affiliates employ 18,000 people and operate facilities throughout North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Visit www.guardian.com.

Contact:
Earnest Thompson
ethompson@guardian.com
248.340.2176

You know the hassle of taking off each and every cell cap, and then carefully checking to make sure you don’t spill acid all over your garage floor, clothes, and your golf cart?  Then having to precisely measure the water level in each cell of the battery, hoping to get the level just perfect so you batteries don’t bulge and explode and boil over? FORGET ABOUT THOSE DAYS! A Battery Watering System, like the one made by the fine folks at Flow-Rite, can make your battery maintenance a breeze!

Once installed, you never have to remove a cap or measure water levels again!

Gone are the worries of spills, messes, and ruined clothing.  Just prime your hand pump in a gallon jug of distilled water,  connect the pump, squeeze until the bulb is firm — and YOU ARE FINISHED!  Your batteries are watered! AND with the perfect level each and every time thanks to a gravity-ball flange that controls water flow!

The Pro-Fill Battery Watering System is safe and easy to install.  No tools are required to install the snap-on / snap-off connections with manifold assemblies or tubular connectors.

Once installed, the Pro-Fill Battery Watering System is left installed WHILE YOU OPERATE your golf car, RV, Boat, or Electric Vehicle. It allows you to fill your batteries safely without ever having to remove vent covers again.

Trojan Battery now offers a watering system for it’s batteries, but we like the Pro-Fill On-Board Battery Watering System because it’s versatile enough to be used on any manufacturers’ batteries (with the right manifolds) and can be easily customized for any application!

What I didn’t realize at the time is that sleep is hugely important for a person’s functioning, especially an athlete. Just in case you are like I was and need some cajoling, here are a few reasons why sleep is one of the most important parts of an athlete’s life:

1. Sleep speeds up the recovery process

Studies have shown that lack of sleep can increase the bodies stress hormone and decrease the human growth hormone (HGH). Your anterior pituitary gland naturally releases HGH and is closely involved with the rebuilding of broken down muscle tissue due to training.

Without a good amount of sleep each night, your body will recover slower, limiting your growth in the weight room and on the field. Whether you are training for the high bar or looking to improve vertical jump, sleep is paramount.

2. Sleep replenishes glycogen

Glucose and glycogen are the body’s primary source of energy for most sports. Deprivation of sleep (less than 4-6 hours a night) can cause the body to replenish lost glycogen stores less efficiently.

The body’s inability to replenish these stores will result in a decrease in muscular efficiency and regeneration.

This substantial decrease in bodily performance can significantly increase the athletes’ chance for injury and decrease their potential gain.

So how much sleep should an athlete get?

The key here is consistency. It is very important, for both your safety and your success, to establish a schedule that allows you to receive 8-10 hours of uninterrupted sleep every day of the week.

I firmly believe that a mature athlete that is committed to his/her safety and success will strive to get 8-10 hours of sleep per night.

Benefits of adequate amounts of sleep

• Improved mood during training and competitions
• Better muscle quality and health
• Increased muscle efficiency
• Improved reaction time and sustained attention
• Increased cardiovascular performance
• Decreased chance of injuries

The National Basketball Association’s playoffs are relatively straightforward. The top eight teams from each conference advance to the playoffs after the regular season concludes. Then, based on their regular season records, each team is “seeded” one through eight. The one seed team will play the eighth seed team, the second seed team will play the seventh seed team, and so on. Each competition between two teams will be determined by a best-of-seven tournament of elimination. The first team to win four games advances to the next round while the losers are eliminated.

For some teams, making the playoffs seems like a yearly calendar event. The San Antonio Spurs have made it to the playoffs for 13 straight seasons, and the Dallas Mavericks have secured a spot in the playoffs for 10 straight years.

For other teams, simply making the playoffs was not enough. With a series-record of 17-4, the Boston Celtics have won the NBA Finals more than any other team. However, the Chicago Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs are the only teams to have a perfect-Finals record (6-0 and 4-0, respectively). Although the eighth-seed New York Knicks of 1999 were the lowest seed team to ever reach the Finals, the sixth-seed Houston Rockets of 1994-1995 were the lowest seed team to ever win the Finals. In fact, only three eighth-seed teams (the 1994 Denver Nuggets, the 1999 New York Knicks, and the 2007 Golden State Warriors) have ever won a series against a one-seed team. If the thrills of the playoffs are not enough, seasoned NBA fans should purchase discount NBA Finals tickets.

Some say that no other sporting event matches the enchantments of the NBA Finals! This year, as always, the NBA Playoffs are expected to be entertaining and intense. The best basketball teams in the world will compete against each other for the trophy—and for the glory. Sixteen teams will go big or go home. The NBA Playoffs should prove to be an exhilarating thing to see first hand!

The other fights on the card include Quinton “Rampage” Jackson taking on Matt “The Hammer” Hamill, former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir meets Roy “Big Country” Nelson, rising star Stefan Struve is pitted against Travis Browne, and “All-American” Brian Stann mixes it up with returning middleweight contender Jorge Santiago.

There are still UFC MGM Garden Arena tickets available online at many ticket brokers.

The first fight between Edgar and Maynard resulted in a unanimous win for Maynard. They also met earlier in the year at UFC125: Resolution where the fight ended in a draw and Edgar kept his belt. They have battled for a total of eight rounds and nothing has been resolved. 

 “I’m very excited to fight Frank Edgar again at UFC 130,” Maynard said. “This is my chance to prove once and for all that I’m the best lightweight in the world. You’ll see me the most prepared and focused I’ve ever been. Nothing will keep me from holding the UFC lightweight belt on May 28th.”

UFC President said, “The last time Gray and Frankie fought, they put on one of the best fights of the year. This is the third and last time these two will come together and the stakes have never been higher.”

UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and number one contender Gray Maynard will try and settle the score at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, May 28th 2011. The two will get five championship rounds to prove to the world they are the top 155-pound mixed martial arts fighter.

Discount UFC tickets are still available. Maynard was on an amazing eight-fight win streak before the draw against Edgar, Maynard, fighting out of Las Vegas, NV. hopes to keep his undefeated record alive and become the UFC lightweight champion. The former three-time NCAA All-American wrestler at Michigan State has parlayed his success on the mat and has transitioned nicely into the Octagon. With wins over Edgar, Kenny Florian, Jim Miller, Dennis Siver and Roger Huerta, Maynard has proven that he can compete and beat the best.