Signum Advisors Hosting “Transfers, Taxes, and Turmoil” Estate Planning Seminar for CPAs and Attorneys

- Seminar participants can receive Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit -

March 2, 2010 (THE WOODLANDS) – Signum Advisors, a family-owned financial services firm in The Woodlands, on Thursday, March 4 is hosting a free seminar at Amerigo’s Grille to offer certified public accountants and estate attorneys with estate planning, tax, and asset preservation strategies and tactics. Robert Vashko, director of The Wealth and Retirement Strategies Group at Jackson National Life, will lead the discussion.

While traditional estate planning focuses on how to pass on financial wealth following the death of a parent or a spouse, estate planning should cover several other issues that may arise as well as specific individual or family interests. Some of those issues may include disability, divorce – including of children, creditor and financial management, problems of beneficiaries, and desire to pass on family traditions and values.

“Too often, estate wealth is passed on to spouses, children, or other beneficiaries without the conditions or safeguards that can ensure the true wishes of the deceased are fulfilled,” said Jason Womack, CEO of Signum Advisors. “Families want a more holistic approach to estate planning and this seminar will help CPAs and attorneys learn new approaches that can benefit their clients.”

The seminar will cover:

• Tax implications of various estate planning strategies
• Ways to maximize preservation of estate assets
• Importance of comprehensive estate planning

“Transfers, Taxes, and Turmoil: The Importance of Annuity Titling” takes place from 4-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 4 at Amerigo’s Grille, located at 25250 Grogan’s Park Drive, in The Woodlands. CPAs and estate attorneys wanting to attend can RSVP by calling 281.466.1918 or by email to info@signumadvisors.com. There is no charge to attend the estate planning seminar.

ABOUT SIGNUM ADVISORS

Signum Advisors is a boutique Houston-area financial services firm, based in The Woodlands, that has helped shepherd retirement dreams for nearly 25 years. Signum focuses on personal service and active portfolio management for 401k and investment accounts, with a long-standing background in 403b education retirement asset management. For more information, visit www.signumadvisors.com.

The participation of Jackson National Life is solely for the purpose of educating program attendees and does not constitute an endorsement or affiliation with any organization. Signum Advisors is located at 3 Grogan’s Park, Suite 210 The Woodlands, TX 77380. Office number: 281-466-1918. Securities offered through J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Jonathan Roberts Advisory Group, Inc.

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AWARD-WINNING FROZEN YOGURT RETAILER RED MANGO TO CELEBRATE GRAND OPENING AT FIRST HOUSTON STORE

- Taste the All-Natural Difference with FREE Frozen Yogurt February 27 at Red Mango Rice Village –

HOUSTON (February 22, 2010) – Grab your spoons and prepare your taste buds, as Red Mango, the fastest growing retailer of all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt, celebrates the grand opening of its first store in Houston at 2565 Amherst Drive in Rice Village on Saturday, February 27.  Guests will receive a free small Original yogurt with one topping from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The first 100 customers will also receive a Red Mango gift bag.

“Our all-natural, award winning frozen yogurt lets customers indulge in a guilt-free treat that is truly healthy and delicious,” said Dan Kim, president and CEO of Red Mango. “We are confident that once Houstonians try Red Mango frozen yogurt, they will taste the difference and make it part of their lifestyle.”

Red Mango frozen yogurt is available in four unique, gratifying and delicious flavors—Original, Pomegranate by POM Wonderful^®, and Tangomonium™ (a proprietary citrus blend), as well as the seasonal flavor, currently Cocoa, all under 100 calories per serving.  Healthy, natural toppings include fresh fruit, nuts and granola, and fun toppings like Fruity Pebbles^® and Cap’n Crunch^® are available.  Red Mango also offers the first line of probiotic iced teas as well as made-to-order parfaits and probiotic smoothies. Lemonocity™ (Lemonade Green Tea), Mysteaque™ (Vanilla Black Tea) and Fanteasia™ (Wildberry Hibiscus Tea) iced teas are each uniquely delicious, low-calorie, and sweetened with natural cane sugar.

“Red Mango is the perfect tasty treat for health conscious consumers in Houston,” said Joey Se, the owner of the Red Mango Rice Village store.  “As a popular shopping destination with a strong business presence, and with its proximity to Rice University, Texas Medical Center and the Museum District, Rice Village is the perfect location for our Red Mango store.”

Red Mango is 100 percent all-natural, contains no fat and is certified gluten-free and kosher.  Unlike many other frozen yogurts, Red Mango is made by licensed dairy manufacturers in the U.S., the same way real yogurt is made.  Because of this differentiating factor, it offers a deliciously authentic natural flavor with all of the benefits of yogurt, such as calcium, protein and a significant amount of live and active cultures (also known as probiotics).  In 2009, Red Mango began fortifying its yogurt with GanedenBC^30®, a patented strain of probiotic shown to help support and regulate the immune and digestive systems.

For more information about Red Mango’s delicious, all-natural frozen yogurt and treats, please visit www.redmangousa.com, its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redmango, or on Twitter by following @RedMango.

About Red Mango:
Red Mango, the fastest growing retailer of authentic nonfat frozen yogurt, opened its first U.S. store in July 2007 in Los Angeles and has since celebrated more than 60 store openings across Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. Red Mango received Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2009 “Hot Concepts!” award and has been named the best frozen yogurt in Los Angeles, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago, Utah and New York by independent publications. Headquartered in Dallas, Red Mango serves uniquely delicious frozen yogurt that is all-natural, nonfat, gluten-free and packed with beneficial live and active probiotic cultures that support a healthy immune and digestive system. Red Mango’s frozen yogurt has been certified by the National Yogurt Association’s Live and Active Culture Seal for meeting the required criteria for healthy frozen yogurt. Additionally, Red Mango recently introduced the first iced teas fortified with probiotics.

Red Mango’s investors include CIC Advantage Holdings, LLC, a holding company formed by CIC Partners and leading retail restaurant operators to invest in and add value to multi unit retail companies. For more information about Red Mango, please visit www.redmangousa.com.  For franchising information, please visit www.redmangofranchising.com or call 214-871-6865.

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FosterQuan Becomes Largest Nationally and Locally Minority-Certified Immigration Law Firm

- Also is world’s largest minority owned immigration law firm -

February 17, 2010 (HOUSTON) – The Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC) recently certified FosterQuan as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), making it the largest immigration law firm to receive both national and local minority certification. The HMSDC is the certifying organization for minority-owned businesses interested in working with major corporations and governmental entities.

FosterQuan also is the largest minority owned immigration law firm in the world and was recognized as the 2009 Minority Professional Services Firm of the Year by the National Minority Business Council.

“Thousands of major corporations are developing and expanding their minority business supplier programs and this MBE certification provides FosterQuan with significant opportunities to connect with companies and organizations needing expertise in immigration,” said Richard Huebner, president of HMSDC.

“Our immigration clients range from very diverse small businesses to the largest multi-national corporations, and they expect us not only to say that we value diversity and inclusion, but actually demonstrate those tenets in our own business,” said Charles Foster, co-chairman of FosterQuan.

Gordon Quan, also co-chairman of FosterQuan, added, “Our national and local minority certifications, along with our community efforts, reflect our strong commitment to our clients and the communities in which we have a presence.”

While many firms provide employment-based immigration services, such as Form I-9 audits and employer sanction strategies, FosterQuan also boasts an accomplished litigation section that argued, and won, before the U.S. Supreme Court. The firm also handles temporary work and investor visas, family-based immigration, citizenship, and global immigration compliance management.

Charles Foster and FosterQuan are gaining global acclaim on another level as a result of Foster being played by actor Kyle MacLachlan in the movie “Mao’s Last Dancer,” based on the autobiography of renowned Chinese dancer Li Cunxin. Foster represented Cunxin, who defected from China in 1981 after visiting Houston during a cultural exchange program. The movie will be released in the United States in late 2010.

About FosterQuan, LLP

FosterQuan is one of the largest immigration law firms in the United States with 56 attorneys operating from Houston, Austin, San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley, Mexico City and now Washington, D.C. The firm also has more attorneys board certified in immigration and nationality law than any other Texas law firm. Formed from the 2009 merger of Tindall & Foster and Quan, Burdette & Perez in January 2009, FosterQuan, LLP offers a full spectrum of immigration legal services to assist corporations with issues related to employment and movement of key personnel across national boundaries. The firm also offers a patented I-9 auditing and compliance process. For more information, visit FosterQuan.com.

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Big Daddy’s Chicks Launches Beta Facebook Game Application:

“Cold War: Clambake”

- Game Represents First Element in Entertainment Franchise -

February 16, 2010 (DALLAS) – Big Daddy’s Chicks Productions, LLC today launched the official beta version of “Cold War: Clambake,” a free role-playing game (RPG) available through an application on Facebook. More about the story, characters, and game is featured at www.ColdWarClambake.com.

The Facebook application and Web site represent the first elements in a cross-platform entertainment franchise consisting of games, a virtual world, social media, animated shorts and films, comics, and other branded properties.

“Online games and social media sites serve as an entry point for character-driven narratives and entertainment content that can engage audiences across the world through different mediums,” said Cheryl Ray, a partner with Big Daddy’s Chicks. “We designed Clambake to span independent ‘transmedia’ channels that work collectively in a way that no entertainment franchise has yet done.”

Big Daddy’s Chicks developed “Cold War: Clambake” as an edgy, comedic adventure game of political espionage, in which fascism, femme fatales, and flatulence are on the march, and the intelligence community is running in circles. A covert elite spy organization, known as FROST, and its secret agents stand as America’s best hope for averting crisis.

Players compete for good or evil in communist propaganda campaigns using ice cream trucks to target pets, subversive boy bands that use ultrasonic waves to drive American youth insane, and other deadly, outlandish scenarios.

Big Daddy’s Chicks selected Facebook as the launchpad for “Cold War: Clambake” because of the social networking site’s base of 150 million users, open source platform, and growing gaming environment. Millions of users currently play Facebook games such as Mafia Wars and Farmville. According to research firm DFC, the online casual games market will reach a $1.1 billion value by 2011.

About Big Daddy’s Chicks and “Cold War: Clambake”

“Cold War: Clambake” is a multi-platform storytelling franchise developed by Big Daddy’s Chicks, a Plano, Texas-based creative team with backgrounds in gaming, 3d, and animated features. The partners have worked on successful animated films including “Jimmy Neutron” and “The Ant Bully” with studios such as Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Brothers. For more information about Big Daddy’s Chicks, visit http://www.BigDaddysChicks.com. For more information about “Cold War: Clambake,” visit http://www.ColdWarClambake.com. To play “Cold War: Clambake,” visit Cold War: Clambake Facebook application.

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Win a Free Apple iPad by Referring RedEye Remote to a Friend

RedEye Universal Remote Control for iPhone and iPod Touch: Now Compatible With Apple iPad

February 2010 – ThinkFlood (http://thinkflood.com/), maker of the RedEye personal remote control for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (http://redeyeremote.com/), has launched the RedEye Remote Refer-a-friend Sweepstakes to celebrate the arrival of the Apple iPad. Odds of winning are 1/100, and ThinkFlood is prepared to give away dozens of iPads.

For every friend you refer who purchases a RedEye universal remote control system before March 31, you will be automatically entered for a chance to win an Apple iPad. All friends referred will receive a 15 percent discount on the purchase of a RedEye system.

“Apple’s new tablet inspired us to develop a version of the RedEye app that takes advantage the iPad’s enormous touchscreen,” said ThinkFlood president and co-founder Matt Eagar. “We’re looking forward to showing our sweepstakes winners all the new RedEye features and content made possible by internet connectivity and the iPad’s extra screen real estate.”

Like the iPad, the RedEye system is designed to blend into any home’s design with both functionality and style.

Visit http://thinkflood.com/products/redeye/redeye-refer-a-friend-ipad-sweeps/ for sweepstakes rules, and to sign up for a referral link to share with friends.

About RedEye

The RedEye system (http://redeyeremote.com/) turns the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad into a personal remote control that allows control of virtually any home entertainment device from any room in the home. RedEye offers users an affordable, easy-to-use interface and all of the features and functionality previously available only in expensive, high-end universal remotes and home automation systems.

About ThinkFlood

ThinkFlood (http://thinkflood.com/) designs and develops hardware and software with a focus on making everyday tasks easier. Its first commercial application, RedEye, is an iPhone accessory that transforms the phone into a universal remote control and enables users to easily control almost anything in their home entertainment centers using any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad device. Founded in 2007, ThinkFlood is a privately held company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

With 4,000 fans and counting, RedEye is the most popular remote control on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/thinkredeye.

Visit ThinkFlood’s blog, MoreControl (http://morecontrol.com/), for the latest remote control and home automation news.

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