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Four-Year Baccalaureate University Will Serve As The First And Last Stop During The Annual Community Candlelight Tour

Dr. Dennis A. Trinkle, provost and chief academic officer for Harrison College, a post-secondary, proprietary educational institution aimed at business, industry, and the public sector, has announced that Marvin Bailey, president of Harrison College’s Indianapolis Northwest Campus, was proclaimed a “Net Literacy Hero” by the student board of directors of Net Literacy, a digital inclusion nonprofit founded in 2003 by middle school students.

Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality, has been named to the 2011 advisory board of the North Carolina division of The Chef’s Academy, the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 108-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers more than 30 degree programs in five schools of study. Providing support and guidance on the culinary institution’s newest campus, located in Morrisville, N.C., advisory board members will be responsible for evaluating the educational curriculum, providing feedback regarding teaching techniques, prospective on current industry trends and identifying potential opportunities for students to fulfill internships in the culinary and hospitality fields.

One of the biggest decisions a parent can make is what school their child will attend to begin their path to education. From public schools to private schools, the academic option chosen makes a huge impact on a young child’s future and the way in which they learn for the rest of their life.

The NC Center for Women in Public Service (NCCWPS), a nonpartisan organization that prepares women for elected and appointed offices statewide, has announced that the center is partnering with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women’s Summit to co-host a Women On Board Workshop on Friday, Dec. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the UNC Charlotte Center City building located at 320 E. 9th St. in Charlotte, N.C. The event will focus on the importance of women to state and local policy agenda, process and legislative outcomes.

Phoenix Golf Homes adds a custom Phoenix MLS search tool to their website to make it easy for both homeowners and home buyers to see what’s happening in the Phoenix real estate market.

Allen Interactions, an internationally-acclaimed custom learning design, development and strategic consulting firm, and Global Compliance, a leader in corporate compliance solutions and services, won a Silver International Davey Award for an e-learning course in the Interactive Multimedia – Training category.

Clean Green Nation announces the addition of Danielle Dubois to their authorized partner team. Dubois is located in Hamilton, Ontario and specializes in providing affordable energy saving products to consumers for their home and business.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its December 2011 art exhibition is now posted, online and ready to view on their website.

iFunia, a professional developer of Mac multimedia processing tools, today announced the expansion of its video format library to include WebM and Ogg Theora. Along with existing support for H.264, iFunia now has encoding presets to support all popular video format, Mac users now have a one-stop service for converting videos to high-quality formats across all HTML5 browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera; and mobile devices including iPhone / iPad, Android, Blackberry, Nokia and Samsung.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's report, Pittsburgh's unemployment rate has remained constant with 0.5 percent decline since the last two months finishing at 7 percent in October.

Forestry Research Associates, (FRA) has announced that it welcomes a new woodland creation grant scheme that has been introduced in Scotland.

Ranked as the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist and a contributing editor for hundreds of publications annually, Thomas R. Cutler, has been writing extensively about manufacturing and industry for more than twenty years. According to Cutler, “The dynamic stories of manufacturers create a bounty of interesting and important business strategies…from re-shoring to ERP, from Six Sigma to material handling, from lean manufacturing to food quality the best-practices of manufacturers create a never-ending stream of feature articles and important, newsworthy content.”

Coda Coffee, a Denver-based specialty coffee roaster and sustainable wholesaler, today announced its Farm2Cup program. The program aims to continuously improve Coda’s coffee quality and positively impact farming communities around the world. Through the Farm2Cup program, Coda Coffee invests money and works directly with coffee farmers, who then reinvest in their coffee and community. Coda expects Farm2Cup participants to use the funds they receive for research, development, experimentation, best practice sharing and sometimes inner-village or cross-community competitions to improve coffee quality. The program also requires farmers to give back to their local community.

More than twenty newest models have been launched by Wenger at the Watch Fair in Basel, Switzerland. The watch fair popularized as ‘Baselworld’ proved to be the best form of introduction of the watches till date.

Wenger watches, famous for their extraordinary quality, uniqueness in style, and enviable pricing are getting sold out at the drop of a hat! Many people are now trying to get their Wenger timepieces only to find it is too late!

CEO and president of TexasLending.com, Kevin Miller, and his co-hosts will discuss the reasons why home loans do not close on time on his weekend radio show on KLIF AM radio in Dallas.

Australia is a leading player in many segments of the global mining industry. Owing to its substantial deposits, the country possesses an array of minerals including iron ore, nickel, bauxite, copper, gold, silver, uranium, diamonds, zinc and coal.

Longer, Thicker and Darker Eyelashes –Dr. Mack’s office has been ordering bulk of the FDA approved eyelash enhancing product Latisse.

Dallas White Rock Marathon board members and sponsors recently visited Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children while TSRHC patients signed autographs and handed out DWRM race T-shirts to kick off race weekend.

An experienced marketer, Dave Howell, M.S., has joined Clover Properties, LLC in San Antonio, Texas as the Chief Resources Officer. As CRO Mr. Howell brings a wide range of industry competencies in sales and marketing.

San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR) has appointed its committee members for the upcoming year. Mr. Howell will join the Builder Committee and Governmental Affairs Committee for 2012.

Amacsoft Studio, a multimedia software publisher providing a professional yet easy-to-use PDF conversion and editing software, announced the availability of PDF to HTML Converter for Mac, which provides the easiest way to get HTML web page with no need of programming.

Figures released by the Association des Concessionaires Automobiles d’Algerie (ACAA) show that 226,073 new cars were sold in Algeria during the first nine months of 2011 (excluding sales figures from the local BMW, Great Wall Motors, Iveco and Mercedes-Benz dealerships). This represents an increase of 28.3% year on year (y-o-y) on the 171,991 cars sold in 9M10.

BMI View: Argentina’s infrastructure sector remains dependent to some extent on a US$10bn credit agreement from China. The latest quarter has seen the launch of a third nuclear power plant