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Cherokee Preservation Foundation Announces New Grants Totaling More than $2.7 Million

February 17, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

Cherokee Preservation Foundation Announces New Grants Totaling More than $ 2.7 Million











Cherokee, NC (PRWEB) March 30, 2011

Cherokee Preservation Foundation (CPFdn) announced it has awarded 24 new grants totaling more than $ 2.7 million that support cultural preservation, economic development, job creation and environmental preservation for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). The grants include:


A grant to the EBCI’s Strategic Energy Committee to create showcase renewable energy and energy efficiency projects on the Qualla Boundary so the public can see them firsthand and learn their benefits. Projects will include thermal solar installations that heat water, photovoltaic cells that turn sunlight into electricity, and facilities retrofitted with high-efficiency light bulbs, motion detectors, improved insulation and timers on HVAC units.

A grant to the Sequoyah Fund for its revolving loan fund so it can meet increased demand for business start-up and expansion loans throughout the Qualla Boundary and seven far western counties of North Carolina. The Sequoyah Fund is part of the strategy of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to diversify and revitalize the local economy and help tribal members succeed as business owners.

–The Sequoyah Fund is introducing several new lending products, including a New Economy Fund to provide capital for green, knowledge-based or creative economy businesses and a Healthy Foods Venture to provide lending to local businesses focused on meeting the demand of consumers looking for fresh, healthy, locally produced foods.

–As part of the grant, the Sequoyah Fund will sponsor 20 teachers from the Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) and enable them to attend the North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (NC REAL) Institute so they can learn how to incorporate entrepreneurship skill development into the CCS core class curriculum.

–The grant will also enable the Sequoyah Fund to conduct a business plan competition involving students from Western Carolina University, Southwestern Community College, Tri-Counties Community College and Haywood Community College. The inaugural competition in 2010 was a great success.

A grant to the Cherokee Business Development Center, which works closely with the Sequoyah Fund, that will enable the Center to provide a permanent place for community members to receive information on credit scores and get credit counseling, budgeting and other types of training. The grant will also fund the first ever Cherokee High School Business Plan Competition, for which 11th and 12th grade students will be eligible.

A grant to design a new environmentally friendly Cherokee Children’s Home (CCH) facility. Since 1958, the CCH has provided a safe, stable environment for over 1,700 children in need. The CCH allows Cherokee youth to stay in contact with the Cherokee community by being located on the Qualla Boundary, but deteriorating buildings are beginning to limit their capacity to help the youth. Therefore, the CCH will be working with an architectural firm to develop a facility plan that will increase its capacity to help the youth. The plans will have some Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification components that focus on utilizing smart/green construction and operating techniques. The CCH will also be using the grant to develop a fundraising campaign that will help them complete this project by drawing additional financial support.

A grant to Cherokee Central Schools to purchase equipment for science laboratories and the instrumental music program at the middle school and for the digital media studio at the high school. The resources will give students more hand-on opportunities for creative expression and problem solving. The grant will also enable the formation of an Elders Advisory Council that will give students more opportunities to interact and learn from tribal elders.

A grant to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian to present the Southeast Tribes Festival, to have a Cherokee Language Camp in the Snowbird community, and to construct an artifact collection room storage system. The sixth annual Southeast Tribes Festival will bring together master artisans, traditional dance groups, living history demonstrators and athletes for two days of cultural activities. The fifth annual Snowbird Cherokee language camp directed by Shirley Oswalt will focus on student language immersion. The Museum’s new collection room will feature a mobile filing system that increases its artifact storing capacity, thus permitting the Tribe to retrieve archaeological collections that are currently unobtainable due to storage constraints.

A grant to the EBCI Marketing and Promotion Program to present the Festival of Native Peoples, a cultural event that showcases native peoples from across the country. During the Festival, visitors will have the opportunity to experience numerous activities, including traditional dances, songs, stories and foods.

A grant to the Asheville Art Museum so it can present an exhibition of baskets from the Cherokee, the Appalachians and the Lowcountry to examine similarities and differences in the three styles. The Museum will also use the funds to plan a 2012 exhibition of contemporary Cherokee pottery.

A grant to the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program to support the translation of approximately 80 stories for books that will be used in Cherokee language and culture instruction.

About Cherokee Preservation Foundation

Cherokee Preservation Foundation (http://www.cpfdn.org) was established in 2000 as part of the Second Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact between the EBCI and the State of North Carolina. It is an independent nonprofit foundation funded by the EBCI from gaming revenues generated by the Tribe. CPFdn is not associated with any for-profit gaming entity. Since CPFdn’s inception, it has made 683 grants totaling nearly $ 54 million to EBCI and regional projects and programs that address cultural preservation, economic development and job creation, and environmental sustainability. Every dollar of CPFdn support has been matched by $ 1.62 in secured grants, other funding or in-kind resources, making CPFdn’s total contribution to the region more than $ 141 million.

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Forte Strong Announces Failure to Launch Program for 18-26 Year Olds

January 28, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

Forte Strong Announces Failure to Launch Program for 18-26 Year Olds













Forte Strong


Saint George, Utah (PRWEB) January 28, 2012

As the failure to launch epidemic is increasing around the nation, one company has risen to accept the call. Forte Strong. They provide a unique strength based approach to life coaching that has never before been seen in the industry. Failure to launch has been a growing trend and can be defined as a young adult’s inability to leave their parents home. Forte Strong Co-Founder Matthew Arrington gives a simple explanation why, “Young men have been raised by video games and the internet. Sometimes it becomes an addiction and sometimes it just prevents these guys from going out into the real world to socialize, get jobs, and learn valuable life skills that lead to independence.”

To help them leave their comfort zone Forte Strong has a unique and effective approach. “Most of these guys have only been told what they’re bad at their whole lives. We work backwards by identifying key strengths that our students have. We coach them to use their strengths to accomplish their goals.” This unique style has transformed quite a few individuals.

Although each student is required to enroll in some form of higher education (college, trade school, internship, etc…), experiential education is also a key element to the Forte Strong approach. In this approach students learn how to be independent by doing. Special experiential opportunities and courses are offered depending on the goals of the individual. Interested in starting your own company? The Entrepreneur course covers that. Those interested in political science can take the Statesman course. Students that need help with manners or dining etiquette would enroll in the Gentleman course. Other courses include the Warrior, and the Outdoorsman/Explorer.

To teach leadership, Forte Strong goes on several national and international leadership and service treks each year. Places like Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Nicaragua to name a few. Former Marine and Co-Founder Brook Price points out, “Becoming independent is the easy part. We are going to build leadership characteristics through these trips. We don’t want our guys to just be able to get a job at Target. We want to teach them to be the regional manger of 7 Target locations.”

But getting into the program isn’t necessarily easy. Because Forte Strong only accepts the most capable and willing individuals, a screening process takes place. This process is free, easy, and straightforward. It begins with a short online questionnaire followed by a second questionnaire, and finally a video chat interview is scheduled. If everything looks good, he is invited to join the elite ranks of the Forte Strong family.

Boilerplate statement:

Forte Strong is a failure to launch program specializing in the life coaching of young adult men.

Forte Strong is a national leader in providing skill development, leadership training, and life coaching for young adults ages 18-26. Their unique strength based coaching allows their students to accelerate their lives to independence in a very short time.

Matthew Arrington is Vice President of Forte Strong.

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TargetRecruit.net Announces Full Integration With Daxtra Technologies

January 27, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

TargetRecruit.net Announces Full Integration With Daxtra Technologies











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Nashville, TN (PRWEB) December 21, 2011

TargetRecruit, a leading provider of CRM based Applicant Tracking System for staffing and recruiting firms, is now fully integrated with powerful search products from Daxtra Technologies. This integration increases TargetRecruit’s candidate search capabilities by drastically reducing the time spent sourcing candidates, enabling recruiting & staffing firms to find better qualified job candidates.

“The integration of Daxtra’s multiple sourcing capabilities into TargetRecruit’s Applicant Tracking System immensely helps recruiters and hiring managers to achieve better results. This means finding the right candidates for the right job, easier and faster,” said Reena Gupta, President and CEO, TargetRecruit.

By integrating with Daxtra Technologies, TargetRecruit brings one of the most powerful integration to force.com based recruiting systems. This integration means that recruiting and staffing firms can now find more qualified candidates by:


Source and view candidate details from multiple online sources such as Job Boards, LinkedIn and Social networks from one intuitive search screen
Search, match and rank candidate profiles based on natural language and contextual relevance and logic
Automatically import candidate details with high accuracy parsing

“We are excited to partner with TargetRecruit to provide state of the art sourcing capabilities to existing and potential TargetRecruit customers by enhancing their recruiter user experience,” said Jason Smith, Business Director of Daxtra Technologies.

To learn more about TargetRecruit and to take advantage of a free trial, please visit http://www.targetrecruit.net/newtrial

About TargetRecruit

TargetRecruit is a leading Applicant Tracking System (ATS) built on the Salesforce.com platform to provide an integrated CRM and ATS for Staffing and Recruiting companies. TargetRecruit is serving clients globally and is one of the most highly recommended recruiting applications in Salesforce.com’s AppExchange. TargetRecruit provides its clients one platform to run their entire operations for marketing, sales, recruiting, billing, accounting, timesheet tracking and approvals. TargetRecruit also provides consulting services to configure and customize the application to map the unique requirements for their global clients. The company is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with centers in Bangalore, India and Minsk, Belarus.

For more on TargetRecruit, visit http://www.targetrecruit.net or call 1-877-739-2818

About Daxtra Technologies

Daxtra is the global leader in resume parsing and intelligent searching and matching solutions. Utilizing next generation technologies in all major languages (including Asian Pacific), Daxtra is truly the only global solution. Daxtra’s products are used every day by thousands of recruiters worldwide to automatically load candidates into their existing RMS/ATS databases, where clients can search, rank and match once there, but also uncover new candidates and vacancies from multiple online sources such as job boards, social networks, corporate sites and more. A spin out from the Artificial Intelligence Faculty at Edinburgh University, Daxtra has over 450 clients globally.

For more on Daxtra Technologies, visit http://www.daxtra.com

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NutriQatar, Announces that they are Offering Free Consultations to Individuals who Want to Get Fit and Look Younger

January 23, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

NutriQatar, Announces that they are Offering Free Consultations to Individuals who Want to Get Fit and Look Younger











Doha (PRWEB) January 22, 2012

Customers interested in getting fit and looking young naturally might want to take advantage of the free consultation and discounts on this service offered at the NutriQatar Website.

The goal of the NutriQatar Website is to educate and maintain optimal health nutrition for clients through physical and natural balance of the body, mind and spirit.

NutriQatar Website is currently offering free consultation and testing for the service. They also offer a special price per session for Nutrition consultation.

Fast weight loss is an elusive concept for most of people who have spent weeks working out in the gym, or have stuck to a diet plan without any significant benefits. So how to ensure significant loss of weight without having to take up an unhealthy fad diet?

Well, medical weight loss clinics around the world may be the answer. Offering programs and food plans that are especially supervised by nutrition experts, these clinics are committed to the long term. There are a number of popular clinics around the world which provide qualified nutrition experts that help the audience with the goals.

The difference between medical clinics as compared to non medical ones is the availability of physicians and medical professionals who prescribe a plan. This plan is derived after taking into consideration a person’s goals, current physical condition such as body composition and other measurements, along with a review of past medical history.

There are essentially four types of plans available at clinical weight loss centers. This includes Low Calorie programs, Bariatric surgeries and appetite suppressants programs.

While the low calorie diet programs promote loss of weight through a nutrition calorie controlled food plan, others like appetite suppressant programs promote this through signature supplements and weight loss products that are prescribed by doctors.

Most of these programs offered by the medical weight loss clinics are backed by appetite management along with lifestyle and motivational coaching to help people realize their goals in the long term.

Schedule a free consultation at the website to allow the nutrition experts to get an in-depth view of goals and body type. This helps them in analyzing and recommending the best plan.

Also the researcher may want to check out NutriQatar Forums in which members share their opinions and problems related to diet and weight loss.

Have more questions about losing weight? Check out NutriQatar website for additional information on medical weightless options and treatments. Whether having questions about nutrition and exercise or what to expect in the coming weeks, nutrition experts are there to help people every step of the way!

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eInstruction Announces the New Insight 360? System Designed to Deliver Unprecedented Integration of Interactive Instruction and Formative Assessment in the Classroom

January 18, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

eInstruction Announces the New Insight 360™ System Designed to Deliver Unprecedented Integration of Interactive Instruction and Formative Assessment in the Classroom












Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) January 11, 2012

eInstruction Corporation, a leading global education software and technology company, today announces the new Insight 360™ system, a first-of-its-kind formative instruction system. Designed to simplify and enhance the practice of formative instruction in conjunction with interactive teaching, Insight 360™ enables educators to obtain instant feedback on student learning through an easy-to-use suite of mobile devices, software and instructional material conveniently interoperable with existing technology and systems.

“For years we’ve created and refined our products to meet educators’ needs for mobility, interactivity and formative assessment,” said Rich Fennessy, President & CEO of eInstruction. “Today, we’re taking it to a whole new level and incorporating all of these needs into an enhanced, easy-to-use system that fits effortlessly into classrooms.”

The Insight 360™ system puts a combination of instructional tools, student feedback and progress tracking, and content right at educators’ fingertips. Within minutes, teachers can access the power of Insight 360™, and leverage the following benefits:


    Mobility: As instructional content is projected onto any surface at the front of the room, teachers lead instruction from anywhere in the classroom using either a Mobi 360™ – an advanced version of the market-leading Mobi View™ mobile interactive whiteboard – or Mobi 360™ for iPad®, a brand new Apple® iPad® application.

    Student Engagement: Teachers engage students in lessons with user-friendly, interactive Spark 360™ and Pulse 360™ student response pads and multiple Mobi Learner™ mobile interactive whiteboards.

    Interoperability: Teachers can contribute to and control virtually any instructional and assessment content with Insight 360™.

    Assessment Delivery: The Insight 360™ system includes a revolutionary new feature called CueTags™, which allows teachers to incorporate assessment content from any source into an Insight 360™ classroom lesson. Teachers can also create tests using the robust, standards-based eInstruction Learning Series test item bank that comes included with the integrated system. With the system, they can also use the award-winning ExamView® Assessment Suite software to create new student-paced tests and leverage tests already created in ExamView®.

Mobility, engagement and assessment capabilities have always been integral to eInstruction’s product line, and Insight 360’s new features allow teachers to incorporate these capabilities better than ever before. Its extended integration with third-party products and content gives more schools and districts the opportunity to leverage their existing investments and content into a powerful new classroom experience.

Mobi 360™ for iPad®

With Insight 360™, eInstruction is bringing the power of Mobi™ to iPad® with the Mobi 360™ for iPad® application. The new application allows iPad® users to run interactive lessons, review student feedback and deliver assessments just as Mobi 360™ would. Additionally, the application provides a real-time visual of what’s being projected to the class right on the teacher’s iPad® screen.

CueTags™

Insight 360™ introduces all-new “CueTags™” that allow virtually any question, regardless of format, to be used in a digital lesson to gain student feedback. With CueTags™, Insight 360™ automatically scans and recognizes an assessment question, and prompts a teacher to present the question. With just two touches, he or she can receive student feedback on those questions when answered with Spark 360™ or Pulse 360™ student response pads. Assessment content with integrated CueTags™ can be used, saved and shared in almost any format, including Microsoft PowerPoint® files, Adobe® PDF documents, image files, or even web pages in a browser. This eliminates the need to recreate content or lesson plans in a specific format and allows teachers to ask questions instantaneously.

Tailored for Teachers and Students

During instruction, students are only shown what the teacher needs them to see– instructional and assessment content. All teacher controls and reports are shown in a private view on their Mobi 360™ device or Mobi 360™ for iPad® application. This focuses student attention on the lesson material while providing teachers portable, private control of their lesson and assessment material.

Instant and Longitudinal Reports

When using Spark 360™ or Pulse 360™ student response pads in lessons, teachers can instantly measure student understanding through reports available on their Mobi 360™ or Mobi 360™ for iPad® application. Teachers can then decide whether to re-teach material, differentiate instruction or move forward in their lesson. After class, teachers can conduct a more intensive and standards-based review of student progress over time to make data-driven decisions for future lessons. Additionally, Insight 360™ software saves screenshots throughout the lesson, providing the capability to share actual lesson content with students, parents and administrators.

Fits into Classrooms

Insight 360™ works seamlessly with a variety of third-party software used for creating lessons, including Smart Notebook™ and Promethean ActivInspire®. For classrooms incorporating fixed interactive whiteboards, the system can integrate this existing technology, while allowing a teacher to move freely around the classroom.

“We know that seamless integration with existing products and systems is important to schools and districts,” said Eric Rohy, vice president of product management at eInstruction. “With Insight 360, they can continue to get the most out of existing investments while incorporating the system’s advanced instructional capabilities.”

Insight 360™ is available for order today starting at $ 1,299 USD for an integrated system featuring the Insight 360™ software, a Mobi 360™ for iPad® application, and 24 Spark 360™ response pads, or starting at $ 1,599 USD for an integrated system featuring the Insight 360™ software, a Mobi 360™ device and 24 Spark 360™ response pads. The system is available through eInstruction Authorized Resellers and Sales Representatives in the U.S. and worldwide. Insight 360™ supports English, French, Spanish, German and Italian languages.

About eInstruction®

eInstruction is a leading education technology company dedicated to providing interactive teaching and learning technology and services that help educators drive academic progress every day, and give administrators the ability to monitor, aggregate, and analyze student performance data. The company offers educators a family of software, student response systems, fixed interactive whiteboards, mobile interactive whiteboards, professional development, and content.

eInstruction’s research‐based solutions have been shown to increase student

engagement and achievement while providing real‐time feedback and performance data to educators and administrators. Millions of students, teachers, and professors use

eInstruction® technology in 600,000 K‐12 classrooms and more than 500 higher education institutions around the world. Available in more than 40 languages, eInstruction® technology is enhancing education in over 90 countries worldwide.

eInstruction has its global headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ and remote offices in Denton, TX; Cincinnati, OH; and Paris, France.

To learn more about eInstruction, please visit http://www.einstruction.com. For media inquiries, please contact Julie McKinney at Stanton Communications at (410) 727‐6855 or jmckinney(at)stantoncomm(dot)com.

PowerPoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Promethean ActivInspire is a registered trademark of Promethean Ltd. SMART Notebook is a registered trademark of SMART Technologies. Adobe Acrobat is a registered trademark of Adobe. iPad is a registered trademark of Apple. None were involved in the production of nor do they endorse these products.

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The Atlas Society’s Business Rights Center Announces New Article “The Morality of Insider Trading”

January 14, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

The Atlas Society’s Business Rights Center Announces New Article “The Morality of Insider Trading”











Alexander R. Cohen


Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

Alexander R. Cohen, Managing Editor of The Atlas Society’s Business Rights Center has just published an online article entitled “The Morality of Insider Trading”.

Cohen is available for discussion of the article and can be reached at (202) 296-7263 ext. 6 or acohen(at)atlassociety(dot)org.

In the article, Cohen argues:

The insider trading laws require corporate employees who learn important facts in the course of their jobs to pretend they don’t know those facts when they invest in their company’s stock—even if that means holding stock their knowledge gives them good reason to predict will lose value. But morality requires acting on your knowledge, not trying to suppress it.

Insider trading is said to give some people unfair advantages, but many market participants have different advantages. Some are mathematical geniuses, some are experts on particular industries—and some have or can get inside information. Insider trading law protects the advantages of stock-market professionals, who can dedicate their time to examining large quantities of public information, by prohibiting people who are busy running companies from trading on much of the most valuable information they learn in their jobs.

Some people say insider trading hurts the counterparty, but even if you buy a stock from an insider trader and it declines, it’s not the reason for his trade that hurts you. You were out in the market based on your own judgment, because you thought the deal was a good one. If you lose money, it’s because you were wrong, not because the person who sold you what you wanted to buy had inside knowledge.

Insider trading law demands that people pretend to be blind—that if they know “material nonpublic information” about a company, they not act on it. But to live a fully human life requires acting on your knowledge, not evading it. The prohibition of insider trading is immoral.

About The Business Rights Center

Founded in 2009 as a program of The Atlas Society, The Business Rights Center (BRC) is dedicated to defending businessmen who are defamed by the media and unjustly prosecuted by the government. The BRC also strives to expose and challenge the false premises of today’s post-Enlightenment, anti-business intelligentsia. The BRC serves its mission through the investigation of major cases, backgrounders on major business issues, interviews, media reviews, a “Business Rights Watch” blog, editorials/Op-Eds, and live events bringing businessmen, media, and scholars together to debate and discuss key issues. Learn more online about the Business Rights Center at or call Alexander R. Cohen, Managing Editor at (202) 296-7263 (AYN-RAND) ext. 6.

About The Atlas Society

Founded in 1991, The Atlas Society (TAS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington DC, develops and promotes open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, individualism, achievement and freedom. Objectivism was founded by Ayn Rand (1905-1982), the author of Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, The Virtue of Selfishness, and other works. As the founders of open Objectivism, TAS believes that the philosophy is a body of knowledge open to expansion and revision, through rational inquiry and open discussion and debate. The organization’s programs reach a broad audience ranging from the general public to graduate students in philosophy. To contribute to The Atlas Society and its distinguished staff and Board of Trustees visit http://www.atlassociety.org/donate.

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Teacher Created Materials Announces 2012 the Year of the Teacher

January 12, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

Teacher Created Materials Announces 2012 the Year of the Teacher











Teacher Created Materials Announces 2012 the Year of the Teacher.

Huntington Beach, CA (PRWEB) December 27, 2011

Teacher Created Materials (TCM) of Huntington Beach, CA, declares that 2012 will be the Year of the Teacher. As TCM celebrates 35 years of supporting teachers, the company wants to share their success with special events and activities. As publishers of resources that are “Created by Teachers for Teachers and Students”, TCM couldn’t think of a better way to show teachers how much they are valued and appreciated.

“We all have a favorite teacher that holds a special place in our heart and helped to shape a part of who we are. Teachers carry the heavy responsibility and pressure to prepare young people for college, careers, and life. The added challenge of having to do more with less is an increasing obstacle. Teaching is a noble calling, and no one does it for the money. We want to bring back an enthusiasm for teaching and give back to people in the trenches who are with our children every day,” says TCM’s President, Corinne Burton.


    Activities to celebrate TCM’s 35th year anniversary and the Year of the Teacher will include:
    Monthly offers giving away supplemental curriculum materials to use in the classroom every month.
    California State University Fullerton scholarship for continuing education for teachers.
    Community outreach at a neighborhood school to help organize a Dr. Seuss Literacy Fair, plant a garden, and paint a mural.
    Incentives for manuscript and lesson plan submissions by teachers for new product ideas and professional resources.
    A teacher advisory board appointed through an online application process. This board will influence new product development and receive samples for review.

About Teacher Created Materials

Teacher Created Materials is one of the most recognized names in educational publishing. For 35 years, TCM’s award-winning resources have been used by educators in all 50 states and 99 countries. Offering a broad range of innovative curriculum resources, TCM’s products support reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, science, technology, early childhood, and professional development for Grades PreK-12. All of TCM’s resources and professional development trainings reflect the latest research, best classroom practices, and achievement-oriented methodologies. The practical and teacher-friendly solutions created by Teacher Created Materials help teachers do what they do best – reach, teach, and inspire students everywhere.

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Concurrent Thinking Announces New Reseller Partnership with 2bm at DatacenterDynamics Converged London

January 11, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

Concurrent Thinking Announces New Reseller Partnership with 2bm at DatacenterDynamics Converged London











(From Left to Right) Jason Preston – 2bm & Michael Rudgyard – CTO & Founder Concurrent Thinking


London, UK (PRWEB UK) 6 December 2011

Concurrent Thinking, a leader in Data Centre Infrastructure Management software, has announced a new reseller partnership with 2bm, an innovator in the provision of data centre products and services.

The partnership between the two companies will enable 2bm to offer Concurrent Thinking’s concurrentCOMMAND™ and concurrentCONTROL™ appliance-based DCIM products. Concurrent Technology’s end-to-end approach embraces the IT layer, down to OS level, through to the physical infrastructure which supports the computer room and the facilities which provision the building.

Jason Preston, Director of 2bm said: “Our customers are increasingly looking for more sophisticated and holistic monitoring tools to assist them in the drive to reduce carbon emissions and data centre energy costs and we are always looking for innovative ways we can help them achieve their goals.”

“2bm’s innovative solutions enable customers to gather valuable data about power usage, humidity, temperature and other metrics in the data centre. Today’s agreement with Concurrent Thinking will enable our customers to take all that captured data and process it in a useful way to help drive real data centre energy efficiency,” adds Preston.

Michael Rudgyard, CTO and Founder, Concurrent Thinking concludes: “This partnership with 2bm is another exciting step forward for our business and we believe our products will make a tangible difference to 2bm’s customer base in their monitoring and energy efficiency as well as being a natural fit with the Concurrent Thinking proposition.”

A key differentiator of the Concurrent Thinking products is the ability to distinguish which elements of the data centre system use energy at a highly granular level, breaking down the usage into reports by business, division, or infrastructure area. This new level of insight contrasts to the current data centre focus on high-level metrics such as PUE as an energy efficiency metric.

The new partnership coincides with Concurrent Thinking’s launch of two ground-breaking products at DatacenterDynamics London 2011. The concurrentCOMMAND and concurrentCONTROL products transform the ability of organisations to analyse data centre operations and presenting the data in a meaningful way to support decisions on data centre energy efficiency optimisation.

About Concurrent Thinking

Based in Warwick, UK, and a spin-out of Warwick University, Concurrent Thinking aims to bring new concepts and solutions to the converging HPC and data centre markets. The company was founded by Michael Rudgyard, a serial entrepreneur who also founded Allinea Software Ltd. (a world-wide leader in scalable tools for HPC applications). Concurrent Thinking is an investee company of Carbon Trust Investments Limited. http://www.concurrent-thinking.com

About 2bm Limited

Nottingham-based 2bm is an innovator in the provision of data centre products and services, offering UK-wide, complete installation and in-house project management from concept through to completion. 2bm’s full service offering is enhanced by its dedicated team of installation engineers who ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget, with minimal disruption to day-to-day data centre operations.

2bm prides itself on the delivery of best practice, focusing on the efficient layout and distribution of IT equipment within the data centre, covering current and future business needs, IT technology trends and their implication on future data centre capacity requirements.

2bm has built its continued success on recommending only best-of-breed solutions. These innovative offerings are based upon a clear understanding of its client’s requirements, which are either supplied as part of a strong relationship with strategic business partners or from its own growing portfolio of products like the 2bm iMeter – a highly advanced environmental and power monitoring solution. All these products have been selected because they offer real value for money whilst minimising the impact on the environment – through reduced power requirements and lower carbon emissions.

The majority of 2bm’s implementations are in the major conurbations – London, Manchester, and Birmingham – however, from its base in Nottingham it is able to support customers across the whole of the UK maintaining 200+ implementations, which are predominantly in the financial services, education and local government sectors.

Press Contacts:

Michael Rudgyard, CTO, Concurrent Thinking

michael(dot)rudgyard(at)concurrent-thinking(dot)com

Scott Purchas, Account Director, SPA Communications

spurchas(at)spacomms(dot)co(dot)uk

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Serious Games Interactive announces new title: Experience the Plague in a New Award-Winning Educational Game for Your iPad2

January 9, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

Serious Games Interactive announces new title: Experience the Plague in a New Award-Winning Educational Game for Your iPad2











Screenshoy: Arriving at your home in Florence.


(PRWEB) January 08, 2012

Serious Games Interactive is proud to announce our groun-breaking and awardwinning Playing History-series to the Ipad. The series is a 3D online adventure game series that focuses on presenting world history in an interesting and engaging way. In “The Plague”, the player goes back in time to the 14th century in Florence. The player’s mother has been affected by it too and the player must help her survive! Through the game the player explores the city, talks to the inhabitants and discovers different methods for how to cure the disease and prevent it from spreading. All the while, the player must be careful not to catch the disease.

“Playing History is the result of five years of research and development, where our aim has been to create the best educational game possible. We have worked towards finding the right balance between play and learning and we believe we managed that with Playing History.” says Mikkel Lucas Overby, commercial director at Serious Games Interactive. “For many children, our past is unknown territory. By giving them the opportunity to replay history in a fun and interactive environment we aim to change the way children think about history, and give them a new understanding of important historical events. Games may be today’s dominant entertainment medium but, as we´re demonstrating with Playing History that they’re also a powerful tool to develop and expand children’s knowledge and competences.”

The game integrates learning and playing to engage children and give them a concrete feel for the historical time and setting. The game series also includes “Playing History: Slave Trade”, which will be available for iPad early 2012.

Playing History: The Plague is available for iPad in English, German and Danish on the App Store for $ 6.99.

About Serious Games Interactive

Serious Games Interactive is an award-winning, research-based developer of games, simulations and virtual worlds. SGI offer a unique blend of competences within games, learning and storytelling. Since the company’s establishment in 2006 we’ve developed solutions that integrate learning and game elements with the best possible user experience.

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The Tangled Web Announces ?Year of Hats? Promotion

January 2, 2012 admin Colleges And Universities

The Tangled Web Announces “Year of Hats” Promotion











(PRWEB) December 31, 2011

The Tangled Web is pleased to announce their new promotion, the Year of Hats. The Year of Hats, beginning in January 2012, will feature a new hat project monthly. The project will run throughout the year. When clients visit the store for their new monthly project, they will purchase a kit containing the yarn and pattern required to complete that month’s hat. A limited number of kits will be available for each month’s hat.

The Tangled Web can be described as many things: a yarn shop, a fiber shop, or a full-service knitting shop. They carry a large selection of yarns such as Cascade, Malabrigo, Noro, Ella Rae, Debbie Bliss, Rowan, Manos, Be Sweet, Elsebeth Lavold, Sublime, Arucania, Mirasol, and Plymouth, just to name a few.

People with little to no experience need not shy away from The Tangled Web. Regardless of individual skill level or budget, The Tangled Web has the yarns, patterns, needles, and notions to meet all their clients’ needs. And if they don’t, special orders are no problem. The Year of Hats is just the latest exciting promotion from Philadelphia yarn store The Tangled Web. Visit their website at http://www.tangledwebb.com/.

About The Tangled Web

More than just a knitting shop, The Tangled Web is a whole community of fiber enthusiasts – women (and men) – who enjoy the satisfaction and quality of making something by hand and who understand that process is as important as product.

The Tangled Web is a full service fiber arts shop offering a variety of classes, supplies and private instruction in knitting, crocheting and needlepoint to both the total beginner and the seasoned pro.

Located in historic Chestnut Hill, they are easily accessible from just about anywhere in the greater Philadelphia area. Whether traveling a distance or right in the neighborhood, they promise a warm greeting and excellent service to make the trip worthwhile.

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