Carnegie Institution of Washington supports scientific research in several areas, including embryology, ecology, geophysics, plant biology, and terrestrial magnetism. It also operates two large telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The institution, funded primarily by an endowment of about $580 million, was established in 1902 by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie (whose other philanthropic endeavors included the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Carnegie Mellon University). In 2007 the adopted the name the Carnegie Institution for Science to distinguish itself from other Carnegie endowed non-profits and to clarify the organization's mission to pursue scientific knowledge.

HotelConnect is ready to help you find the ideal spot for a holiday. HotelConnect provides hotel bookings through its Web site. The company offers its consumers lodging choices in more than 150 vacation spots, with a focus on Asia, Europe, the US, and Dubai. Founded in 1993, the hotels found through the company's Web site range from budget to luxury accommodations. Customers can book their rooms directly through the Web site or through one of the company's specialists. HotelConnect also has a travel-agent affiliation program.

The Leap Group can help you make a leap of faith into the welcoming bosom of technology. The Leap Group company provides strategic consulting and marketing development services primarily for companies in the technology sector. Leap Group's services include strategic positioning, launch management, lead generation, messaging and communications management, and product strategy.

IAAPA is the largest international trade association for permanently situated amusement facilities worldwide. The organization represents over 4,000 facility, supplier, and individual members from more than 93 countries. IAAPA strives to help members improve their efficiency, marketing, safety, and profitability while maintaining the highest possible professional standards in the industry. The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) is the world's largest trade organization for the amusement and theme park industry with 5,000 members in 80 countries. The not-for-profit group develops services, training products, and networking opportunities for its members which include zoo, museum, arcade, and family fun center operators. It holds annual trade shows, publishes FUNWORLD magazine, offers management and customer service advice, sets safety standards, and lobbies government on behalf of the industry.

TrueBlue, Inc. provides temporary blue-collar staffing services. Its supplies general laborers on demand under the Labor Ready brand; workers to the light industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing under the Spartan Staffing brand; skilled trades people to the commercial construction industries under the CLP Resources brand; skilled staff to the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul, aerospace, manufacturing, and assembly industries under Plane Techs brand name; and truck drivers and logistics personnel to the transportation and distribution industries under the Centerline brand. The company was formerly known as Labor Ready, Inc. and changed its name to TrueBlue, Inc. in December 2007. TrueBlue, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.

It's not too much of a leap to say that Xpress Global Systems is in the flying carpet business. Xpress Global Systems, Inc. provides expedited less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation, mainly for companies in the floor coverings industry. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Xpress Global Systems operates from a network of more than 40 facilities located throughout the US. In addition to LTL freight hauling, the company offers logistics services such as transportation arrangement, warehousing, and distribution. Xpress Global Systems is a subsidiary of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, which also owns truckload carrier U.S. Xpress.

Program Management is an Area that PMA Consultants knows quite a lot about. The company specializes in program, project, and construction management services for government, commercial, infrastructure, transportation, airport, health care, institutional, water/wastewater, environmental, and manufacturing/process projects. Established in 1971 by CEO Gui Ponce de Leon, PMA Consultants operates from more than a dozen offices in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas as well as Puerto Rico. Clients have included General Motors, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Marriott International.

Every franchise we sell is backed by the International Center for Entrepreneurial Development (ICED). With a background in franchising that began in 1967, ICED is one of the largest alliances of print and copy, pack-and-ship, women’s healthcare and children’s education franchises, with approximately 800 locations around the world. ICED is a financially stable holding company with no long-term debt. ICED is situated among soaring pines and beautifully landscaped grounds with ponds, jogging trails and gardens. Center owners from all affiliated franchised companies, from the world over, train at Northwest Forest.

Business law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice has about 530 attorneys who practice from about ten offices in Delaware, the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, and Washington, DC. The firm covers a range of practice areas that include antitrust, health care, bankruptcy, patents, trusts, government affairs, antitrust legislation, and technology issues. It even has an industry group dedicated to obesity litigation through its product liability practice group. Womble Carlyle serves a wide range of regional, national and international clients in industries that include financial services, commercial real estate, information technology, health care, manufacturing and telecommunications, as well as educational institutions and governmental bodies and agencies.

Unipart Group is a leading third party logistics provider and a consultant in operational excellence. Operating across a range of market sectors including automotive, leisure, marine, manufacturing, mobile telecoms, rail, retail and technology, Unipart offers a breadth of services from third party logistics to expert consultancy. But what sets us apart is a culture that engages people at every level of the business in delivering outstanding customer service while focusing on continually improving our day-to-day operational performance. At the heart of this culture is The Unipart Way, our company philosophy. The Unipart Way enables all our employees to achieve more than they might have expected through the learning and mastery of Lean tools and techniques, the continual use of that knowledge to improve our operations and the sharing of those improvements through our knowledge management systems.

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