Emerald Mountains Publishing has Embarked on a New Experiment in Publishing and Reading Education

Emerald Mountains Publishing has Embarked on a New Experiment in Publishing and Reading Education

Emerald Mountains Publishing, a new start up company, has released a new learning tool for children, four interactive children's books on a CD.

(PRWEB) January 17, 2005

Emerald Mountains Publishing has released a new learning tool for children. Tales from the Emerald Mountains is an interactive CD with four picture stories on it. The stories are written into a program format that allows the child to hear a word pronounced with a mouse click. The child can hear the whole page read by clicking on the READ button.

Emerald Mountains Publishing LLC, a new start up company, produced Tales from the Emerald Mountains for the purpose of allowing young children to utilize the most powerful learning tool available to most households, the personal computer, for the purpose of education and fun.

John D. Mc Cracken, the author of the stories, says that in creating the world of the Emerald Mountains, he wanted an imaginary place where children could find humor and safety. He did this by creating Glock Coe, a small village in the Emerald Mountains. It is a place where little adults make mistakes in dealing with each other and then have to find solutions to their problems without resorting to violence or threatening behavior.

These little people, cousins to the leprechauns, like all children and adults, suffer lapses into thoughtlessness and self-centeredness, which can anger the people around them. The stories offer lessons in peaceful conflict resolution.

The stories have been merged into a program that allows children to practice reading. If they get stuck on a word, all they have to do is click on the word with the mouse pointer and it will pronounce itself. If a child would rather hear the story read, all he or she has to do is click on the read button and the page will read itself.

Because the child is being entrusted with the family computer, adult supervision is recommended. 

Several educators who evaluated the CD said it would be an excellent learning tool for children with reading disabilities. All of them rated the stories as good to excellent.

Emerald Mountains Publishing is a new startup company with one product at the moment, Tales from the Emerald Mountains. However, there are plans to expand the product line into other picture books on CD based on the same format as Tales from the Emerald Mountains. It also expects to expand into childrenÂ’s chapter adventure books within the next eighteen months to two years.

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Private Sector, President's Malaria Initiative Join Forces to Strengthen Angolas Capacity to Control Mosquitoes

Private Sector, President's Malaria Initiative Join Forces to Strengthen Angolas Capacity to Control Mosquitoes

Training program for Angola's front-line malaria efforts sponsored by Chevron, Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa

Luanda, Angola (Vocus) February 15, 2010

Top global companies and the President’s Malaria Initiative (http://www. fightingmalaria. gov/) are working with the Government of Angola on an intensive technical training program to arm the country’s malaria fighters with state-of-the-art mosquito surveillance and vector control techniques.

By aiding the sharing of these comprehensive technical skills and best practices in mosquito monitoring and evaluation, as well as providing training on how to use the latest malaria control products, the private sector will help Angola, which reported more than 3.1 million cases of malaria in 2009, move more quickly toward reducing the disease’s deadly impact.

Public and private sector health technicians from the provincial and district level will acquire basic capabilities and skills that are needed to determine the impact of malaria control efforts around the country, a gap which hampers decision-making on resource deployment at the national level.

When completed, the technicians will be able to monitor and evaluate mosquitoes, before sending them to senior scientists for further entomological analysis. The senior entomologists and malaria program officers will be empowered with critical information to ensure the success of sustainable malaria control programs and the ability to deploy limited resources more effectively and efficiently.

Company representatives also will train the participants in techniques for using a variety of state-of-the-art malaria intervention products, such as long-lasting, insecticide-treated malaria nets and indoor residual sprays.

The workshop, which kicks off February 15 in Bengo, is organized by the Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (http://www. gbcimpact. org/about-gbc/cama) (CAMA), President’s Malaria Initiative, the Government of Angola, USAID’s implementing partner Research Triangle Institute International (RTI) and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. It is part of the Angola National Malaria Control Program’s overall effort to scale-up malaria prevention and treatment services to reduce the health, social and economic burden resulting from the disease.

Other partners in the effort include the World Health Organization African Regional Office. Lead corporate sponsorship is by the Chevron Corporation, with additional private sector support from Halliburton, Bayer, Sumitomo Chemical, Cameron International and Vestergaard Frandsen.

The Ministry of Health, through the National Malaria Control Program, has utilized integrated vector control as one of the country’s main malaria control interventions, including prevention programs such as the widespread use of insecticide treated nets, indoor and outdoor residual spraying, and larviciding. At present the country is implementing a nation wide program for larval control - including all the cities in the country. This program is integrated with a massive distribution program of insecticide treated nets and localized indoor and outdoor spraying in a selective and sustainable manner, making these valuable actions in the fight against malaria in Angola. With this training, the National Malaria Control Program will create institutional capacity for vector control at the local level and create conditions for Angola to develop a pilot project in Africa for Integrated control of vector borne diseases. (Nilton Saraiva, Angola National Malaria Control Program)

“Malaria remains the main cause of mortality in Angola,” said Alan Kleier, Chevron Managing Director for Southern Africa Business Unit. “As part of Chevron’s core community investment strategies, we will continue to work closely with the Angolan Government and partners in order to meet the goal of a malaria-free Angola. I firmly believe that our investment in this capacity building training program in entomology is equally important as our contribution of $5 million made in 2008 through the Global Fund against Malaria for Angola. It will help create a group of Angolan experts who will be better prepared to fight this disease.”

“This unique partnership between the private sector, Government of Angola and PMI provides an opportunity to build in country capacity to monitor malaria control interventions in Angola,” said Rick Wilkins, Vice President, Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa and General Manager Health & Medical Services, Chevron. “It builds a foundation to develop an effective resistance management and monitoring strategy in Angola - areas in which the private sectors expertise can be leveraged.”

“This training will provide robust knowledge for Angola’s entomologist technicians,” said Jules Mihigo, PMI/Angola. “Health staff will be trained to monitor resistance to insecticides used for bed nets and indoor residual spraying, and will also be able to detect morphological distinction between a culex and anopheles. These skills will contribute to reduce the burden of malaria in Angola.”

About the Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA)
CAMA (http://www. gbcimpact. org/about-gbc/cama) is a coalition of 12 companies with operations in Africa dedicated to advancing private sector activity to improve the impact of malaria control efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. This joint effort maximizes malaria intervention benefits through in-country cooperation, information-sharing and private sector advocacy. CAMA is chaired by Marathon Oil Corporation. Other members are: Chevron Corporation, Halliburton, Bayer Environmental Science, Cameron International, Coca Cola Africa, EDG Engineers, Global Offshore International, Noble Energy, Wood Group and Worley Parsons. The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria serves as the Secretariat for CAMA. For more information visit: http://www. gbcimpact. org/about-gbc/cama (http://www. gbcimpact. org/about-gbc/cama)

About Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a coalition of more than 220 companies united to keep the fight against these epidemics a global priority. The Coalition provides tailored support so that companies can take an active role in defeating the pandemics. The Coalition also organizes collective actions among companies and links the public and private sectors in ways that pool talents and resources. The official focal point of the private sector delegation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Coalition maintains offices in New York, Paris, Johannesburg, Beijing, Nairobi and Moscow. For more information visit: http://www. gbcimpact. org (http://www. gbcimpact. org).

About PMI
The President's Malaria Initiative (http://www. fightingmalaria. gov/) (PMI) represents an historic five-year expansion of U. S. Government (USG) resources to fight malaria in the region most affected by the disease. The President committed an additional $1.2 billion in malaria funding to this Initiative with the goal of reducing malaria-related deaths by 50 percent in 15 focus countries. This will be achieved by expanding coverage of highly effective malaria prevention and treatment measures to 85 percent of the most vulnerable populations - children under 5 years of age and pregnant women. This package of high-impact interventions includes insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying (IRS) with insecticides, intermittent preventive treatment for pregnant women (IPTp), and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT).

To date, the PMI has contributed $63.45 million in funding ($7.5 million in 2006, $18.5 million in 2007, $18.5 million in 2008, and $18.75 million in 2009) for malaria prevention and treatment in Angola. To this funding is added $3 million made available by the PMI to ERD and ADPP for malaria community programs. Additionally, the ExxonMobil Foundation has provided gifts totaling $3.5 million to USAID over the past 4 years to directly support PMI activities in Angola. For more information visit: http://www. fightingmalaria. gov/ (http://www. fightingmalaria. gov/).

About Research Triangle Institute
RTI International is dedicated to conducting research and development that improves the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. RTI offers innovative research and technical solutions to governments and businesses worldwide in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, democratic governance, economic and social development, advanced technology, energy, and the environment. RTI is the second largest independent nonprofit research organization in the United States, with subsidiaries and offices around the world. For more information visit: www. rti. org].

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Free Hypnosis Demonstrations & Expo! Saturday, February 12th, 2005 - Laguna Hills, California

Free Hypnosis Demonstrations & Expo! Saturday, February 12th, 2005 - Laguna Hills, California

Featuring local hypnotists demonstrating hypnosis techniques for better golf, weight management, entertainment and education! There's something for everyone! Feel free to come by!

(PRWEB) February 11, 2005

Imagine a time and place in your future - a time where you have easily and naturally learned to experience life in a whole new way now, seeing opportunities in a new light, happily hearing praise and recognition from your friends and family, feeling more and more successful in all areas of your life! If you'd like to put yourself in this scenario, to begin now to make a better life for yourself, than these workshops are for you! Sponsored by Janet Macy, Hypnotherapy in conjunction with Wendi Friesen's Hypnotize America. com events! Featuring Mister Hypnosis himself, Richard Rumble, entertainer, lecturer, corporate speaker, www. misterhypnosis. com, Doug Juola, Sports Improvement, "Golfnosis", and Stage shows, www. ochypnotist. com, Jean Krueger, author of "Why the Weight, Dare to be Great!", radio speaker, and Weight Watchers(tm) instructor, and Janet Macy, Director of State Approved Hypnotherapy School, Inner Quest Awareness Center of CA, www. janetmacy. com.

Saturday, February 12th

10am – 5pm

An all day Mini-Expo

Awakenings Bookstore

25260 La Paz Road, Suite D1

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

11-12, Richard Rumble, Hypnosis & Entertainment

12-1, Janet Macy, Why learn Hypnosis?

1-2, Doug Juola, Performance Enhancement

2-3, Jean Krueger, Author, "Why the Weight, Dare to Be Great!"

So, Feel free to come by!...And stay for a spell!

For more information,

Call Janet Macy

949-460-0780

Www. janetmacy. com

Or Richard Rumble

1-800-60-HYPNO

Www. misterhypnosis. com

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Ahhh, the Humanity! MyFax Chooses 10 Messy Office Finalists: Public now invited to choose winner online in Messy Office Contest

Ahhh, the Humanity! MyFax Chooses 10 Messy Office Finalists: Public now invited to choose winner online in Messy Office Contest

Forget Hillary. Forget Barack. The real election news is that the 10 finalists have been selected by the MyFax "messperts," and now it's time for the People to have their say regarding who is the biggest slob in the MyFax Messy Office Contest.

OTTAWA (PRWEB) February 26, 2008

 For the next week, those who wish to reward those brave souls who turn their noses up at society's pressures to conform to the rules of organization and propriety can go to www. messyofficecontest. com and select the one office they believe stands out as "the messiest of them all." Voters are encouraged to take factors such as originality, creativity, and artistic merit of the mess into account when making their selection.

"This contest has been an educational and uplifting experience for many of us here at MyFax," said Joseph Nour, CEO of Protus IP Solutions, which owns and operates MyFax. "Educational because we had no idea the level of utter chaos in which so many people work. Uplifting because we really, really feel a whole lot better about our own offices here. Honestly, many of these entrants probably qualify for FEMA grants."

Finalist selection is open to anyone who chooses to go online and vote. Each individual may only vote once. The Grand Prize is $10,000. In addition, each finalist has already earned a $200 gift certificate to Amazon. com as well as a one year subscription to the MyFax Internet fax service, which carries an approximate retail value of $110.

"It's obvious from looking at the photos that these messy offices didn't just happen overnight," Nour added. "They are the result of years of commitment to carefully creating stacks of monthly reports, old pizza boxes, newspapers and magazines, and I don't even want to think about what else. We congratulate all the finalists on making it this far, and wish them all the best of luck in the voting. May the messiest office win!"

About MyFax

MyFax is the fastest growing Internet fax service used by individuals, small, medium and large businesses to send and receive faxes using existing email accounts or the web. MyFax offers services in North America and Europe, including the United Kingdom to industries recognized among the fastest growing adopters of internet fax including finance, insurance, real estate, healthcare, transportation and government. More than 15,000 new customers subscribe to MyFax each month. Additional information is available at www. myfax. com and www. myfax. uk. com.

Dennis Foster to Address Global Tourism Conference

Dennis Foster to Address Global Tourism Conference

U. S. computer scientist and global tourism authority Dennis Foster will address Tourism 2004 to be held in multiple cities worldwide, to discuss the complex cultural, environmental, and security challenges facing the global tourism industry.

(PRWEB) October 18, 2004

Computer scientist Dennis Foster, of Honaunau, Hawaii, an internationally recognized expert in computer artificial intelligence, airline technology, and franchising, will be the keynote speaker at Tourism 2004, to be held in multiple cities worldwide in December and January. The CEO of Mundus Technologies, the world's largest software development company in the global airline, travel, and hotel industries, Mr. Foster will address the complex cultural and environmental challenges facing the global tourism industry today. Mr. Foster, whose work has been cited by the Nations Environment Program and the Hawaii Tourism Authority, will discuss methods of balancing the needs of international tourism with those of conservation and cross-cultural awareness, a theme he introduced in university textbooks he wrote for McGraw-Hill Publishing. He is the author of 35 nonfiction books on computer science, travel and tourism, hotel management, business development, and finance.

Dennis Foster commutes from his home on the Big Island to offices in 81 countries on all five continents. Mundus's network of global partners include Cendant, Inc., the parent company of the Galileo travel reservation system, Avis, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, and Century 21 Real Estate. Together with Galileo, Marriott, British Airways, Avis, and Hewlett-Packard, Mundus co-sponsors an annual competition honoring the most outstanding university student majoring in tourism studies. Mundus, named for the Latin world for "world" has the largest customer base of any post-secondary educational software developer.

Mr. Foster is an acknowledged authority on computer artificial intelligence (AI), global tourism, hotel management, and business development. He has received commendations from the Latin American Tourism Conference, the South Africa Tourism Authority, Pan American University, and the British Society of Literary Fellows. Prior to acquiring Mundus Technologies, he was the president of The Development Group, based in San Francisco, and chairman of the board of directors of Franchise Associates International, Inc.

Dennis Foster is one of America's most published nonfiction authors. He has written over 2,000 magazine articles and 35 books, including three bestsellers and nine book-club selections. Nine of his books have been translated into foreign languages, including Japanese, Russian, French, and Spanish. He also edited or ghost-wrote numerous books on behalf of other authors, including such titles as Harrison's Textbook of Internal Medicine and The Great Restaurants of France.

As an artist, Dennis Foster has exhibited paintings, drawings, and sculptures in numerous galleries and museums nationwide. He was awarded First Prize by the Phoenix Art Museum for a work that he had thrown away. Another work that he discarded was exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art. A watercolor painting he disposed of was retrieved by a gallery owner and ended up on national television. His oil paintings have been featured in one-man exhibitions in Los Angeles, Arizona, and Oregon.

For more information about Mundus Technologies, refer to www. Mundus. com. For Mr. Foster's biographical data and a bibliography of his published works, refer to www. DennisFoster. com.

For more information, Mr. Foster may be contacted by e-mail at Dennis. Foster@Mundus. com, or by telephone at (808) 328-9769.

Dennis L. Foster: Bibliography

Inside the IBM PS2, Compute! Publications  

Prolog Wizard, Wiley and Sons  

Programming Expert Systems in Pascal, with Sawyer, Brian, Wiley and Sons  

Programming Expert Systems in Modula-2, with Sawyer, Brian, Wiley and Sons  

Practical Guide to the IBM PC AT, The, Addison-Wesley  

Book of Apple Software, The, Addison-Wesley  

Book of IBM Software, The, Addison-Wesley  

Book of Atari Software, The, Addison-Wesley  

Book of Commodore Software, The, Addison-Wesley  

Microcomputer Applications, A Practical Approach, Boyd and Fraser    

Complete Franchise Book, The, Prima Publishing  

Franchising for Free, Wiley and Sons  

Rating Guide to Franchises, The, Facts on File  

Encyclopedia of Franchises and Franchising, The, Facts on File    

First Class: Introduction to Travel and Tourism, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill

Destinations: North American and International Geography, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill

Sales and Marketing for Travel Professionals, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill 

The Business of Travel: Agency Operations and Administration, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill  

Reservations and Ticketing with Sabre, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill  

Reservations and Ticketing with Apollo, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill    

VIP: Introduction to Hospitality, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill  

Front Desk: Operations and Administratio, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill  

Back Office: Hotel Operations and Administration, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill  

Food and Beverage: Operations, Administration, and Cost Controls, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill 

Sales and Marketing for Hotels, Motels, and Resorts, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Bank Supervision Group Deploys Online Training Program from The Edcomm Group

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Bank Supervision Group Deploys Online Training Program from The Edcomm Group

As part of a continued relationship with The Edcomm Group, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has taken delivery of one of four critical on-line learning courses directed at educating their entire employee population.

(PRWEB) July 14, 2004

As part of a continued relationship with The Edcomm Group, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has taken delivery of one of four critical on-line learning courses directed at educating their entire employee population.

The Bank Supervision Group of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to excellence in their work in keeping the FedÂ’s member banks in regulatory compliance. In doing so, it is important that those who provide support to this Group be knowledgeable in the process and procedures of Bank Supervision.

The Edcomm Group wrote and developed this program in close coordination with the existing polices and procedures of the Federal Reserve Bank as a web-based (distance learning) training tool. The Bank's employees are able to pace their development between modules and among programs according to their other business obligations. This program is a model for on-line education in both form and function, having been specifically created by Edcomm web designers and staff trainers.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks, which, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D. C., make up the Federal Reserve System. The "Fed," as the system is commonly called, is an independent governmental entity created by Congress in 1913 to serve as central bank of the United States. In addition, it has important roles in operating the nation's payment systems, protecting consumer rights in their dealings with banks and promoting community development and reinvestment.

The Edcomm Group is a 17-year-old multimedia education and communication consulting firm specializing in the development of creative business solutions that improve productivity, customer service and market share - providing bottom-line results.

The Edcomm Group (www. edcomm. com) is headquartered in New York City with an Advanced Design Center located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

For more information, please contact:

Linda Eagle

President, The Edcomm Group

1-888-4EDCOMM

Linda. eagle@edcomm. com

Financial Aid Professionals Have a New Place to Exchange Information

Financial Aid Professionals Have a New Place to Exchange Information

A new web site is available for those in the financial aid profession. Many sites currently exist, but the launch of www. finaidpro. com provides a user driven format which encourages interaction and participation. The site is free and all that is needed to participate is to create an account.

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 16, 2004

Student Financial Aid Professionals around the nation were recently provided with a new tool to help provide the best service possible to students seeking a college education. FinAidPro. com was launched on May 11 with the intent of helping Financial Aid Professionals exchange information and ideas as well as share resources.

The concept for the web site began when two friends on opposite sides of the nation conceived of a web site where files related to general office procedures and communication with students and parents could be shared. Matt Clemons and Brendon Connelly graduated from the George Fox University MBA program in 2001. Matt now works in New York at Manhattan School of Music and Brendon works in Oregon at George Fox. Both share a personal web site and their interest in web site development was the impetus for the creation of FinAidPro. com.

“The goal from the beginning was a user driven site,” according to Connelly. “There are multitudes of sites that provide excellent information, but we wanted to provide a space where people could interact with one another and post information and files for anyone in the profession to use.”

“The file repository was definitely the genesis of the site,” states Clemons. “Why reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to? We found ourselves asking each other for documents and report templates and knew that people all over do the same thing.”

At present the three focal points of the site are a file repository, a discussion forum, and syndicated news feeds tied into topics related to financing and higher education. But both Clemons and Connelly have high hopes that the users will “take over” the site.

Connelly affirms this in saying, “We really hope that users will drive the content and come up with new ideas about how the site can be used. It was never our intent to be seen as experts; rather we want to provide a platform for those in the community to toss out ideas, questions, and contribute to the continued development of the field.”

The two co-founders also hope to be able to provide scholarship funding to aspiring students. Advertising is provided via the Google Adsense program and items with the site logo can be purchased through a link to Cafepress. com. There has been discussion about a donation link, but a final decision has not been made.

Any profits over and above the cost to host the site will go into a scholarship fund. Each time the fund reaches $500 a scholarship will be awarded to a student based upon criteria established by users of the site. “It seems like a win-win,” stated Clemons. “The community gets the chance to discuss effective means for providing access to education, and at the same time, hopefully provide practical access to some deserving students.”

If you have questions or comments, feel free to send an email to finaidpro@finaidpro. com.