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The Kings County Fair Returns to Brooklyn's Aviator Sports and Events Center from May 15-26

Brooklyn’s #1 Family Event Features Rides, Games, Food & More - May 08, 2014 - Aviator Sports and Events Center

GCFLearnFree Introduces New Math Lessons

Free Tutorials Geared Toward Fractions, Decimals, and Percents - May 08, 2014 - GCFLearnFree.org

Idox Expands Its Open 4 Training & Development Community

Idox is pleased to announce another investment in its Open 4 Training & Development funding portal, supporting UK staff in recognising their lifelong learning and skills development needs. - May 08, 2014 - IDOX

Career Step to Attend 7th Annual ACDIS Conference in Las Vegas May 7-9

Career Step will be exhibiting at the 7th Annual Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) Conference in Las Vegas held May 7-9 with information on its ICD-10 readiness training for CDI specialists and physicians. - May 07, 2014 - Career Step

Intel Partners with African EduWeek as Exclusive Diamond Sponsor

“Integrating technology into teaching and learning has the potential to enable equal access to quality education resources,” says Andre Christian, Education Business Development Manager at Intel. “If we want all the children of South Africa to have access to quality education, it... - May 07, 2014 - African Education Week

Jacob Morse Named Recipient of Campbell Law School Leadership Scholar Award

Incoming First-Year Law Student Receives Full Tuition Scholarship Award from Local Law School in Recognition of Leadership Potential - May 07, 2014 - Campbell Law

Online Child Care Directory Launches Nationwide

Expansion from exclusive DC market to cover 200,000 new providers across the US. - May 07, 2014 - CareLuLu

Learnnovators Gazes Into the Future of E-Learning with Clark Quinn, Chennai, India

Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Clark Quinn as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” - their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning. Clark Quinn, Ph.D., is a Learning Technology... - May 07, 2014 - Learnnovators

Learnnovators Gazes Into the Future of E-Learning with Christopher Pappas, Chennai, India

Learnnovators, headquartered in Chennai (India), specializes in the design and development of innovative and effective learning solutions for the workplace. - May 07, 2014 - Learnnovators

JONCKERS Presenting at TAUS Industry Leaders Forum on the Subject of Quality

JONCKERS has been asked to present at the TAUS Industry Leaders Forum on June 2 and 3, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland. Speaking alongside Sharon O'Brien of Dublin University and Francis Tsang of Adobe, JONCKERS, will speak on how machine translation and crowd-based translation have wide reaching... - May 06, 2014 - Jonckers

Advance for Nurses Announces 2014 Best Nursing Teams

In celebration of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, ADVANCE has presented its annual Best Nursing Team awards. Nursing teams from across the country submitted essays describing how their team achieved specific outcomes. A panel of judges evaluated the entries for initiative, adaptability, expertise and outreach. The winning team members were presented with an award and other gifts commemorating the honor of being named Best Team. - May 06, 2014 - Merion Matters - Parent Company of ADVANCE Healthcare Network

Health Career Institute Moves to the Next Level with New Key Leaders

Health Care Institute announces new COO/President and new Director of EMS. Stephen V. Iacullo, JD is announced as the new COO/President of HCI and Brent Braunworth is announced the new Director of EMS at HCI. - May 05, 2014 - Health Career Institute

VSBMA Launches Vermont Products Virtual Trade Show

Vermont Small Business Marketing Associates (VSBMA), in association with WebEventPlanner.com, has launched a Vermont products virtual trade show. “The Vermont Made Virtual Trade Show (http://www.vermontmadevirtualtradeshow.com) combines all the benefits of the trade show experience with the... - May 05, 2014 - VSBMA

The Asia Institute Named a Finalist for Innovative New Program – Study Abroad Award

The Asia Institute announced today that it has been named a finalist for the 2014 Innovative New Program – Study Abroad Award as determined by a committee of international education professionals known as the GoAbroad Innovations Academy. - May 05, 2014 - The Asia Institute

5th Annual Taste of North Berkeley

Come join the Berkeley Lions, Tues. May 6th, 5:30-8:30pm. Stroll along North Shattuck between Hearst and Vine, while enjoying samples at Gourmet Ghetto Eateries and raising money for charity. Join in with the Berkeley Lions Club, serving the needy of Berkeley for 95 years, in this opportunity to try some of the best faire in town. Show support for over twenty-five local shops contributing tasty treats to raise funds for the community. - May 04, 2014 - Berkeley Lions Club, Lions International

Educational Travel Consultants Awarded Three-Year Contract for College Tours in New York

Taking student groups in junior and senior years of high school on college tours helps to prepare them for college life. Trip leaders can take students on trips to different geographic regions of the U.S. or themed tours (such as Ivy League colleges or Black Colleges). - May 04, 2014 - Educational Travel Consultants

Listo Language Services Now Offers Command Spanish Programs

Listo Language Services is now a Licensed Official Registered Provider of Command Spanish programs. The programs are all non-grammar based methods of learning Spanish for adults in various occupations. No previous Spanish experience is necessary to enroll in Command Spanish courses. - May 04, 2014 - Listo Language Services

William Peace University Student Body Names 2014 Mister and Miss Peace

Local Four-Year Baccalaureate Announces Honors for Seniors Christian Gray and Hannah Murphy Ahead of 2014 Commencement - May 04, 2014 - William Peace University

Rev It Up Reading Announces One Day College Success Skills Workshops This Summer

Rev It Up Reading is offering College Success Skills Workshops throughout Connecticut this summer. Special early registration discount is available. - May 04, 2014 - Rev It Up Reading

Real Estate Investor Training Program for 1 Year is Made More Affordable at Cash Flow Depot

Cash Flow Depot, a leading online real estate investor training company, announces the price reduction of its Next Level real estate investor training program for 1 year. The package includes personal coaching and access to a vast library of learning materials. - May 04, 2014 - Cash Flow Depot

Digital Vidya Launches New Batch of Social Media Marketing

Digital Vidya, one of the leading names in Digital Marketing launches new batch of one month course in Social Media Marketing, commencing from May 11, 2014. This course is open and beneficial for Sales & Business Development Professionals, Advertising & Marketing Professionals, CXOs & Business Heads, Entrepreneurs, Digital Marketing Professionals (such as SEOs, PPC, Social Media, etc.), Product Managers, Customer Relation Managers, etc. - May 04, 2014 - Digital Vidya

JKYog Celebrates Affiliate JKP Education’s Nelson Mandela Peace Award with Aim to Inspire Youth to Community Service

JKYog centers celebrate the work of affiliate JKP Education, which just received the Nelson Mandela Peace Award, aiming to inspire youth - May 03, 2014 - JKYog

IEEE Region 6 Southern Area Meeting Gathers IEEE Student Branch Leaders, Directors, and Section Leaders on the UCLA Campus for Planning and Competitions

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering provides the setting for a high-value packed one day event for the IEEE Region 6 Southern Area. Attendees will meet the Region 6 Director-Elect Candidates, develop recommendations to be considered by the IEEE Sections Congress, and get a glimpse of the amazing future of technology from Nathalie Gosset, futurist keynote speaker. Student members will also participate in MicroMouse and Design Presentation competitions. - May 03, 2014 - IEEE Region 6 Southern Area

The National Day of Civic Hacking on Track to Set Civic-Hacking Records

The second annual National Day of Civic Hacking is on track to become the largest mass collaboration in history with over 100 events taking place around the world to improve our communities and the governments that serve them. - May 03, 2014 - SecondMuse

Academics in a Box Announces Name Change of Its Signature STEM-Based Subscription Service

The "Einstein in a Box" product will now be called "Groovy Lab in a Box" - May 03, 2014 - Academics in a Box Inc

Botched Oklahoma Execution - Prof Banzhaf Proposes a Simple Alternative // It May be Possible to Avoid Problems of Lethal Injections, He Suggests

Oklahoma's badly botched execution, in which an inmate - according to several newspaper accounts - writhed in pain from a "blown" vein line before finally dying 43 minutes later from an apparent heart attack, is only the latest in a long line of problems and failures from using lethal injection as a method of capital punishment, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who suggests an alternative. - May 03, 2014 - Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf

St. Lawrence Student Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Kenya

A St. Lawrence University senior and Kenya Semester Program participant has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to support her teaching efforts in Kenya. Allison Paludi ’14 has been preparing for this opportunity for most of her St. Lawrence career. Even before going to Kenya in the spring... - May 03, 2014 - St. Lawrence University

Parkville Yoga Studio Filling Unmet Need for Pregnant Women Pregnant Women Search for Ways to Stay Active and Fit Through Yoga

Om Prana Yoga now offering Prenatal Yoga classes to assist mothers-to-be through the changes in their body. - May 02, 2014 - Om Prana Yoga & Consultants, LLC

Round Top Music Festival

The Round Top Festival Institute presents the 44th Round Top Music Festival on June 7th to July 12th in Round Top, Texas (248 Jaster Road). Founded by concert pianist James Dick, the Round Top Music Festival annually selects 95 students (from over 500 applicants) who study with distinguished faculty and perform in the Texas Festival Orchestra. Master classes and rehearsals are open to the public. - May 02, 2014 - Round Top Festival Institute

Middle East Emergency Exhibition & Conference to Launch for the First Time in Dubai in June 2014

The Middle East Emergency Medicine Exhibition will have 300sqm of exhibition space, playing host to 25 exhibitors, 800 visitors and 500 delegates over 3 days. - May 02, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences

ABM Annual 2014 Conference to Feature C-Level Executives from the Weather Channel Companies, Forbes Media, LexisNexis & More

Leading Business-to-Business Media Conference will take Place May 4-7 in Phoenix, Arizona. - May 02, 2014 - SIIA

New Treatment Options Needed for UAE National Men in 20s and 30s Suffering from Symptomatic Knee Cartilage Problems

"Marrow simulation" discussed on first day of Joint Reconstruction Congress in Dubai - May 02, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences

ninthd Signed Agreement with Carnegie Mellon University for Pakistan

The world’s leading global research institution, iCarnegie Global Learning, a subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University, has signed an agreement with ninthd (9th D). In order to offer international certifications to fresh graduates, entrepreneurs, employees, employers, businessmen and... - May 02, 2014 - ninthd

New Research Ethics Committee Needed for the Development of Traditional African Medicine

Traditional medicine is used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical, spiritual and /or mental illness. - May 02, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences

Africa Health Congress to Donate All Conference Proceeds to the Smile Foundation in South Africa

Organisers will be donating 100% of its conference registration fees to the charity. - May 02, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences

Direct Sales Women's Empowerment Company Launches with Crowdfunding

Ginga Baby is the first philanthropic business for women who care. It’s free to join, free to use and offers referral commissions on exclusive product lines. - May 01, 2014 - 24ravens

Assigned Male at Birth, a Transgender Woman's Journey

With 41% of Transgender individuals attempting suicide, 25 times the national average of 1.6% (National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2011), a transgender woman seeks to document her story through film and coming to terms with being a woman, her heterosexual wife's response, her final surgery to transition from male to female, and fighting her gender dysphoria and the daily thoughts of suicide leading up to her surgery. - May 01, 2014 - Nicole's Journey

2nd Annual Singapore Math® & Lesson Study Summer Institute in Briarcliff, NY on August 25-26, 2014

The focus of the Singapore Math® and Lesson Study Summer Institute is to help K-8 teachers to gain the mathematical content knowledge in order to teach Singapore Math effectively. - May 01, 2014 - East West Math LLC

CS Odessa Announces Expansion of the Diagraming Section of ConceptDraw Solution Park

The expansion of the Diagraming Section enhances the capabilities of ConceptDraw PRO with new vector-object libraries in the ConceptDraw Solution Park. - May 01, 2014 - Computer System Odessa

Upside Learning to Showcase Learning Technology Solutions at ASTD 2014 ICE

Upside Learning will participate in ASTD 2014 ICE, a premier event that brings training and development professionals together to share best practices and insights. Upside Learning will be exhibiting its wide range of technology solutions for eLearning, along with its innovative mobile learning solutions. - May 01, 2014 - Upside Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Swim School in Los Angeles Receives Generous Grant from Loaded Boards for Special Needs Swim Lessons

One with the Water swim school in Los Angeles was recently honored for its mission and achievements this March with a generous grant from Loaded Boards earmarked for special needs swim lessons for students and at-risk youth. - May 01, 2014 - Onewiththewater.org

MSU’s Douglas W. Estry Honored by National Academic Advising Association

Douglas W. Estry, Ph.D., associate provost for Undergraduate Education and dean of Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University, is the recipient of the Michael C. Holen Pacesetter Award from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) as part of its 2014 Annual Awards Program for... - May 01, 2014 - Michigan State University

EyeTrain Announces New Version of ABO Exam Study App for Opticians

OptiQuiz app is the first study app on the market for opticians. - May 01, 2014 - EyeTrain

Kirk's Consulting Services, LLC Will Host a Series of Comprehensive Grant Proposal Development and Readiness Workshops in Southwest Florida

Kirk's Consulting Services of Fort Myers, FL will offer a comprehensive summer series of grant proposal development and grant funding research workshops for community and faith-based organizations and the general public in Southwest Florida. These workshops will teach specific skills needed to find and successfully secure grant funding, and will educate and empower staff and volunteers to aid in improving their organizations and communities likelihood of success. - April 30, 2014 - Kirk's Consulting Services, LLC

Symbaloo Introduces Dedicated EDU Version for UK Classrooms

Symbaloo, the cloud-based resource management system, has opened a new base in the United Kingdom. With success in the United States, Spain and the Netherlands, the company is ready to work on expanding growth in England. - April 30, 2014 - SymbalooEDU

A Celebration of Ability -- Mill Street Loft Exhibit Features Anderson Center for Autism Artists

The Mid-Hudson Valley is home to some very special organizations and businesses, both large and small. The unifier between them is their distinct ability and desire to change lives. This spring, Mill Street Loft has partnered with the Anderson Center for Autism to provide adults on the autism... - April 30, 2014 - Anderson Center for Autism

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