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Virginia residents seeking quick, affordable and sustainable options will soon have LEON's Naturally Fast Food. The fast food chain's mission is to make it easier for everyone to eat & live well. Cooking with rich, flavorful ingredients, fresh herbs and bright spices, LEON serves Mediterranean-inspired dishes like the popular Moroccan Meatballs, the vegan LOVe Burger & Gluten-Free Chicken (GFC) nuggets. Guests can enjoy a meal for under $10, with vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and paleo options to fit any diet.

The case, Brown v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, alleges employment discrimination on the basis of race under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law, and the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, a state law. The plaintiffs in the case specifically allege that racial discrimination and harassment are part of the University of Illinois's "standard operating procedure. The case is likely to highlight the harms of racial discrimination in employment and to underscore the steps that employers must take in drafting and enforcing a non-discrimination policy.

Registration is now open for the Software Experts Summit 2012, a one-day event on mastering uncertainty in the software industry being sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.

Registration is now open for the Software Experts Summit 2012, a one-day event on mastering uncertainty in the software industry being sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.

NCEES, the organization overseeing engineering and surveying licensure exams, is preparing to launch a Principles and Practice of Engineering exam for software engineers.

The IEEE Computer Society hosted a group of Chinese government and industry leaders to share resources on cloud computing, a strategic technology for both China and the IEEE Computer Society.

The economic opportunities and the power of new energy will be unveiled in Washington, DC on June 21st at the 2012 World Green Energy Symposium. The nation’s capital will play host to the world’s top sustainable energy experts from both the public and the private sector who will provide information on policies, case studies, innovative products, contracting and funding opportunities.

The application period is now open for the George Michael HPC Fellowship, which honors exceptional PhD students whose research focuses on high-performance computing.

Who knew that several of the most prominent names in Georgia's telecommunication industry would end up waging one of the largest battles of the year over a provider’s right to transport services via the internet? Ronald Skates and Kraig Beahn, two highly influential voices who represent two very different entities, are waging what appears to be a nuclear war over an arrangement that continues to add to rising tensions and a steadily mounting public concern. What could they possibly be fighting about? Skates, who serves as the Director of Telecommunications at the Albany Water Gas & Light Commission, recently attempted to file charges against L2Networks with the accusation that the company was providing their VoIP services "over a mutual customer's network." (a.k.a. “the internet” of an AWGL “internet” customer)

Alliance Interactive, a next generation association website redesign, offers a number of improvements that will allow the association to communicate effectively with its members. The Drupal website will offer an integrated CRM system into the site, which will show event management, marketing activities, member classifications, and user interactive. The association selected Alliance Interactive as it was the leading Washington, DC web design firm.

To make sure that you stay cool and save money on costly energy bills, your local Washington D.C. air conditioning/heating dealers, installation and repair, have just announced their new Spring 2012 Rebate Offers.

With warmer weather beginning to set in across most of the nation and summer just around the corner, many people are already starting to spend more time outside on their decks and patios, from enjoying get-togethers with close friends to simply basking in the sun’s rays.

Every day, over 10 million frail seniors, younger people with disabilities, and their families struggle to find and pay for long-term care to stay independent and remain at home, and the need for care is expected to grow to over 15 million Americans by 2020.

Alliance Interactive has signaled its continued commitment to leadership within the open source community by joining the Drupal Association as an association member. "We have been impressed by the quality of Drupal's membership program, their commitment to the industry and their passion for representing full service agencies,” said Adam Aloi, managing partner of Alliance Interactive.

Smarthinking, Inc., the market leader in online tutoring and academic support, has announced the launch of a new discipline of support – reading. On Thursday, Dec. 1, Smarthinking will begin providing live, online tutoring with expert educators in the areas of vocabulary, reading comprehension and pronunciation. Available to all customers, both institutional and consumer, reading will complement writing and mathematics support services to complete Smarthinking’s lineup of complete support solutions for developmental education within higher education and college success programs for K-12 students.

Over the last decade with the advent and the advances of the internet the world has become an increasingly smaller place. You can practically find anything and anybody online. In fact the arrival of social media has brought about a fundamental change in the way we communicate. Statistics show that over 50% of the world’s population is under 30 years old and is online, to the extent, that every one in five couples meet online. While the radio took about 38 years to reach almost 50 million users, internet did the same in a matter of only 4 years. Facebook alone added over 200 million users in less than a years’ time. Give out your name to anyone and the odds are that the very next day you will have a friend request. And if that was not enough People Search websites have made this task of locating and connecting with people even more easy.

Smarthinking, Inc., the market leader in online tutoring and academic support, has announced that Christine Lustik, Ph.D., has been appointed to the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) Steering Committee as its Corporate Representative. WCET is an action-oriented organization which takes a leadership role in the adoption of institutional, state, and national policy in regards to advancing excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education. The WCET Steering Committing is a 15-member council that guides the executive director on programmatic issues of interest to the membership at large, as well as leads and contributes to activities in support of WCET’s programs and membership.

News keeps us in contact with the social environment in which we live. It provides for us the insight to the dynamics that form the environment around us whether it is in local or regional or national or international level. The primary conveyor of news is newspaper. But if you're too lazy to read one, you can visit an online website that offers news on all sorts of topics. Explow.com invites everyone to read breaking news on various topics including business, technology, entertainment, health and sports. If you want to avoid reading fluff and focus on reading worthwhile news, you might want to give Explow a chance as it publishes hand picked news from across the web on all sorts of topics.

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Smarthinking, Inc., the market leader in online tutoring and academic support, has announced a new discipline of support – computers and technology. On Sunday, Oct. 16, Smarthinking launched this new service which provides live, online tutoring with expert IT educators. Using a Socratic tutoring method, as well as a sophisticated online whiteboard, Smarthinking’s tutors help students master Microsoft® Office 2010’s most popular programs, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access, as well as Windows 7.

Global Academy Online announced today that its non profit Center for Ethics in Free Enterprise (CEFE) has teamed with the White House to become a Certifying Organization for the PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, a national program recognizing Americans who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to volunteer service. Established in 2003 by former President George W. Bush to give Presidential recognition to individuals, families and groups who meet requirements for volunteer service as measured by the number of service hours performed over a 12-month period. President Barak Obama’s administration has carried forward the highly successful volunteer Awards Program.

The Private Duty Homecare Association (PDHCA) today announced LeadingAge as the next webinar partner in the PDHCA “Help Choose Home” educational webinar series. LeadingAge is an association of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to advancing policies, promoting practices and conducting research that supports, enables and empowers people to live fully as they age. PDHCA and LeadingAge will come together on October 11, 2011 to present on the topic "Signs that In-Home Care is Needed."

The Center for Ethics in Free Enterprise, CEFE, announced today the release of its newest free eBook on Entrepreneurship, Guerilla Entrepreneurship: The Original. This is the 15th version written by Dr. Fred DiUlus, a noted online education expert and entrepreneur who traces his own roots in entrepreneurship back 130 years.

Smarthinking, Inc., the market leader in online tutoring and academic support, has announced that Dr. Christa Ehmann Powers, the firm’s senior vice president and chief education officer, has been appointed to the Washington, D.C. board of directors for Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving everyone equal access to learning by making reading accessible for all K-12, high school, college and graduate students, veterans and lifelong learners with blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia or other learning disabilities through digital recordings and assistive technology devices.

Author and online education pioneer Dr. Fred DiUlus, CEO and Founder of Global Academy Online, Inc. and the father of online higher education ratings and rankings is an online education revolutionary.

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Web Design has become one of the fastest growing segments as entrepreneurs and established businesses realize that an effective website is essential in growing their business.