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A premier Perimeter hotel in Atlanta, GA delivers convenient accommodations to guests attending the 8th Annual Pumpkin Festival at Stone Mountain Park.

ATLANTA, GA, September 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — The Holiday Inn Express Atlanta North Perimeter Hotel & Suites near Dunwoody, GA provides nearby accommodations to guests attending the 8th Annual Pumpkin Festival at Stone Mountain Park. The Festival is being held on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays throughout the month of October. On Saturday evenings, guests in the park can also enjoy the Lasershow at 8:00pm. This festival is really a favorite family event, with something for all ages. Some of the featured activities incorporate:

- Kids Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt
- Excellent Pumpkin Puppet Parade
- Children’s Costume Contest
- Pie Eating Contest
- Storytelling
- Dress Your Own Scarecrow
- Pumpkin Party Patch
- Adult Scavenger Hunt

“We are pleased to welcome fall guests visiting the 8th Annual Pumpkin Festival. This really is always a popular event for Atlanta residents and tourists,” explains Shabbir Lightwala, the Atlanta Perimeter hotel’s General Manager. A top option among other hotels Atlanta Perimeter area, guests towards the property can also enjoy the a lot of features and amenities the hotel has to offer you including a complimentary hot breakfast, totally free high-speed World wide web access, fitness center, and an outdoor pool.

This Dunwoody Hotel is conveniently located near Atlanta’s Perimeter Mall. Holiday Inn Express & Suites Perimeter Mall hotel makes it straightforward for guests to obtain around the area by offering a complimentary shuttle service which runs Monday by way of Friday to locations inside a three mile radius of the hotel. For much more details on the 8th Annual Pumpkin Festival go to www.stonemountainpark.com and click on Festivals & Events. To book your stay in the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta North Perimeter hotel contact 404-250-4450 or pay a visit to them on the internet.

Hampton Inn Morrow Hotel delivers convenient accommodations to Youth on the MOVE Leaders’ Conference Attendees.

ATLANTA, GA, September 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Hampton Inn Southlake Morrow Hotel was selected as recommended lodging for participants attending the Youth on the M.O.V.E. Leaders’ Conference at the Morrow Center. The Conference, offering creative and innovating approaches to encourage and empower today’s youth to obtain on the M.O.V.E., will take place on October 3-5, 2005. Participants need to anticipate to be Motivated to Obtain Valuable Employment.

Youth on the M.O.V.E. Leaders’ Conference is presented by The Ringer Center of Excellence, Inc. This really is a non-profit organization dedicated to offering employment preparation, career counseling and vocational development to youth, the hard to employ and low income men and women. Nattlie J. Ringer, CEO and President of The Ringer Center of Excellence, is author of two books, M.O.V.E. and Youth on the M.O.V.E.

Ringer Employment Solutions consist of:
- Staffing solutions
- Job readiness training
- Job placement services
- Government entity training
- GED preparation
- Career coaching

“We are pleased to have been selected by the Youth on the MOVE Leaders’ Conference as recommended lodging for out of town attendees,” explains Welcome Lugube the Hampton Inn Morrow GA Hotel. Lugube continues on to say, “Our 5 story interior corridor hotel is conveniently situated near the Morrow Center and gives guests with 126 comfortable nonsmoking rooms to select from.” A premier selection amongst other Morrow hotels, guests are sure to take pleasure in complimentary breakfast, a company center, fitness center, and an outdoor pool.

This Morrow hotel is situated near I-75 and is only 18 miles from downtown Atlanta. Guests will also find lots of entertainment opportunities just minutes from this Morrow Georgia hotel. You will find many neighborhood places to golf, hike, and fish. Other places of interest include, Atlanta Beach, home of the 1996 Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournament, The National Archives at Atlanta, and Road to Tara: A Gone with the Wind Museum.

For much more info about the Youth on the Move Leader’s Conference check out www.ringercenter.net. To book your stay, contact the Hampton Inn at 770-968-8990 or pay a visit to them online.

A new survey by M&S Money has revealed that numerous of today’s students are generating themselves possible targets for thieves whilst also not protecting their valuables really should the worst happen.

LONDON, ENGLAND, September 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — A new survey by M&S Money* has revealed that, as thousands of students prepare to head to university, the typical student bedroom contains a massive GBP1620 worth of gear – yet only half of students have contents insurance.

The poll discovered that the average student crams into their room almost GBP699 worth of electrical gadgets and appliances, GBP444 worth of clothes, sports equipment valued at GBP246 and textbooks worth GBP231.

The huge value of a student’s bedroom is not surprising, with over half of students (55%) owning a laptop, 48% possessing a MP3 player and 20% a widescreen television.

The survey also revealed that 27% of students have been burgled whilst at university with 71% being burgled a lot more than once.

Despite this, only 52% of students who took component in the survey said that they’ve insurance to cover their possessions whilst the items are in their student accommodation.

M&S Money points out that several students heading to university will not need to have to buy a standalone student policy and need to check if their parents’ home insurance policy supplies sufficient cover.

Students whose parents have M&S Premier Home Contents insurance receive unlimited cover for their possessions whilst living in student accommodation. This covers events such as damage, flood or theft from halls.

The student bedroom of 2010 is very different from student bedrooms of the 80s. To mark the 25th anniversary of the launch of the monetary services arm of M&S**, M&S Money surveyed students who went to university in 1985 to find out their most cherished items.

Andrew Ferguson, M&S head of General Insurance, said: “While the contents of a student’s bedroom have changed a fantastic deal inside the past 25 years, one thing remains the same – they have expensive tastes.

“Students of 2010 preparing for the new academic year could see insurance as an unnecessary expense on top of almost everything else. But as our survey shows the modern day student bedroom is really a goldmine for thieves, so insurance could be the top investment students make this autumn.

“Many students would be surprised to know that their valuables may already be covered – they just want to check whether their parents’ home insurance policy covers their property when away from home.”

-The annual event is jointly sponsored by The Center for Retina and Macular Disease and Lippincott CME Institute-

WINTER HAVEN, FL, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — The faculty and staff in the Center for Retina and Macular Disease (CRMD) is becoming the market normal for providing education to optometric professionals. The annual conference held on September 17-19 at Walt Disney World Resort offered attendees a extremely participatory approach to education relevant to today’s optometric practices. Objectives for the meeting were to provide attendees ways to develop strategies to incorporate new technologies and diagnose posterior segment disease, interpret emerging data on new treatment options in retinal disease, and evaluate the best way to incorporate these data into practice.

Over the three days of education, doctors had the opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s leading experts in their fields. Course Director, Dr. Sonya Braudway states, “This event gives optometrists with in-depth knowledge on retinal disease from leading experts inside the field. The info may be applied to create far better diagnostic abilities, understanding present treatment options along with future treatment methods for these debilitation diseases”.

Leaders in their fields for example Eyetech, Zeiss Meditec, Optovue, and Optos were on location demonstrating the newest in equipment advancements. Equipment providers like these play a critical part inside the early diagnosis and treatment of the majority of retinal diseases.

“Our practice was built upon continuing education,” states Dr. David Misch, Founder (CRMD). “We’re thrilled to be able to bring physicians together and discuss the most recent treatments and technologies that allow for accurate diagnosis.”

For far more data, go to www.retinasymposium.com.

About CRMD
An extremely skilled expert staff, the most recent in medical technology along with a proactive approach to research explains why The Center for Retina and Macular Disease has grown to become the preeminent retina practice in Central Florida. The center’s commitment to study, cutting-edge treatments and technologies has been instrumental in attracting highly qualified doctors, including some of one of the most respected retina specialists inside the country. In addition to top top quality retinal care, CRMD has one of probably the most comprehensive Low Vision Rehabilitation programs nationwide. These medical experts are supported by 1 of essentially the most advanced computerized medical records systems available. CRMD has offices in Avon Park, Clermont, Haines City, Lakeland, Plant City, Sebring, Winter Haven and Zephyrhills, FL.

Visit www.crmd.net for more details.

About Lippincott CME Institute
LCMEI, a subsidiary firm of Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to offer certified continuing education. LCMEI certifies CME activities for Wolters Kluwer Health merchandise, including those developed by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It certifies a lot more education than any other nationally accredited publishing business.

Graphic Encounter was selected to provide custom designed mirrors for the public areas of this 5-star destination resort, situated on more than three,000 lush acres at the foot of the Cheyenne Mountains in Colorado Springs, CO.

ASPEN, CO, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Graphic Encounter was selected to give custom designed mirrors for the public locations of this 5-star destination resort, located on more than 3,000 lush acres at the foot of the Cheyenne Mountains in Colorado Springs, CO.

About Graphic Encounter

Graphic Encounter, founded in 1970 by Ron Golbus, can be a skilled fine art + hospitality art consulting firm located in Aspen, Colorado. Graphic Encounter supplies framed art + mirrors to interior designers, architects, space Planners, and hospitality purchasing agents who specialize in the design and implementation of mid-market brand hospitality projects + high-end luxury destination resorts, health care facilities, restaurants and government projects worldwide.

Graphic Encounter specializes in commissions as original art, for the guest rooms, hotel suites, hotel penthouses, and public areas of boutique hotels, destination resorts, casino hotels, restaurants, and all other commercial projects.

Graphic Encounter gives site-specific art work – prints, posters, giclees, canvas art, reproductions on glass and plexiglas. Upon request, Graphic Encounter team of highly qualified art consultants who are based in Aspen, Colorado will dialogue directly with the interior designer or owners representative for the art + mirrors that are necessary for a specific project.

Team Graphic Encounter dialogues directly with the project’s design team to source the original artwork, sculpture, canvas transfers, giclees on paper, limited editions, and original mirror designs needed for the various locations of contract hospitality projects.

In 2003, Graphic Encounter was awarded the contract to supply more than 10,000 custom framed images by Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso for the two,600 guest rooms of Wynn Las Vegas, The World’s Most Expensive Hotel. In 2008,Graphic Encounter was awarded the contract to provide custom canvas giclees for 2,600 guest suites of Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

Notable projects consist of: Wynn Las Vegas, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, Encore at Wynn Macau, Aria Resort Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria, Orlando, Florida, and also the Little Nell Hotel, in Graphic Encounter’s home town, Aspen, Colorado.

Graphic Encounter maintains highly-qualified multi-line sales representatives throughout North America, Europe and also the Middle East.

Ashland University creates new Journalism and Digital Media Department, offering first converged journalism and digital media degree of its kind in Ohio.

ASHLAND, OH, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Ashland University has reorganized its communication arts department and will now supply the first converged journalism and digital media degree of its kind in Ohio.

“The reorganization allowed us the opportunity to location a a lot more direct focus on specific academic programs. The Department of Communication Studies will be the administrative home for majors in Speech Communication and Sport Communication, whilst the Department of Journalism and Digital Media houses programs traditionally referred to as journalism, radio and television,” said Dr. Dawn Weber, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ashland University. “A far more directed focus helps prospective students to more easily locate the program they’re seeking and allows our faculty to focus on their areas of expertise.”

Weber explained that the reorganization was announced in May and over the summer faculty members in the Department of Journalism and Digital Media created two majors having a converged curriculum to ensure that graduating students will have skills in writing and telling a story in addition to shooting and editing the story for broadcast (radio, TV and web).

“Ashland University will have the first converged media curriculum of this type in the state of Ohio and will graduate students prepared to enter this rapidly changing industry,” Weber said. “Both the students and faculty are excited about the more direct focus the university is placing on their programs.”

Both Weber and Tim McCarty, expert instructor, TV adviser and interim chair for the new department, talked about the history of Ashland University’s radio and TV program, which had a reputation as the most effective within the state throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

“There is no doubt that we have amazingly talented alumni in the broadcasting field and our alumni have been extremely helpful in providing gifts of equipment, internship opportunities for our students and coming to campus as guest speakers,” Weber said. “They’ll be the first to tell you that the field has changed enormously since they were students at Ashland. Although we can’t go back in time, it really is our goal to once again be known as a premier program in journalism and digital media inside the state.”

McCarty agreed, noting he was aware of the strong reputation of Ashland University’s radio and TV department.

“One of the reasons I took this job was in my investigation I discovered that Ashland’s radio and TV department had a lengthy history of producing phenomenal content and producing outstanding talent,” McCarty said. “The challenge I couldn’t pass up was the opportunity to help this department return to prominence as an institution that produces high quality programming and outstanding journalists and media production students.”

McCarty said that beginning this past spring, faculty members researched converged media education pedagogy in the higher education level and identified a number of of these programs at significant institutions.

“To date, there is no small college teaching media converged. We understood the value of that and we jumped all over it,” McCarty said. “Then we created our curriculum according to what we saw at these big institutions and brought it down to a little college level.”

McCarty said the two majors — digital media journalism major along with a digital media production major – will continue to emphasize liberal arts education within the core at Ashland and teach the media students to be critical thinkers and seek social justice.

“The difference for us, as a media department, is that we have added the practical component for literally teaching students the practice of developing media content,” McCarty said. “Our goal in JDM is to supply the rigorous coursework along with practical laboratory to build a foundation for our students to meet the challenges of a converged media industry.”

McCarty also noted that faculty members have spent considerable time updating and retooling the newly formed department, which has seen the installation of 5 new TV monitors, Blu-ray DVD players, DVD/VHS combo players, network file storage drives, and two new Final Cut Pro editing systems.

“We have a lot of exciting things that we are rolling out gradually this year. For example, the radio station WRDL is fully automated now,” he said. “This allows students to produce content separate, edit that content, load it into the automation system and program when it plays back. This replicates the business today.”

Gretchen Dworznik, assistant professor of broadcast communications, believes the department reorganization is a good thing. “The reorganization has given us the ability to concentrate on what we do,” she said.

Dworznik said the reorganization will allow the department to better provide info about what skills and knowledge are needed within the business. “They will know everything, whether it is tied to video or audio, so they can get a job in the media world now. You can’t be specialized anymore…you will need to wear all hats,” she said.

J. Allyn Bradford is the recipient of a Master of Theology from Yale University

CAMBRIDGE, MA, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — J. Allyn Bradford, Instructor in the University of Massachusetts Boston, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in higher education.

An expert in the development of corporate training programs, Mr. Bradford teaches graduate-level programs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He instructs corporate training classes, and assists students in developing communication and listening abilities.

Mr. Bradford is also the founder and president of Team Action Communication Tactics (T.A.C.T.), a corporate training program designed to create an individuals’ skill set. A World War II veteran, he served within the European Theater of Operations. He attributes his success to his ability to build strong relationships.

In 1954, Mr. Bradford received a Master of Theology from Yale University. He can be a member of the Society for Organizational Understanding. Within the future, he intends to shift his focus to the further development of TACT training programs.

For far more info about the University of Massachusetts Boston, visit http://www.umb.edu.

Beverly Fernald has performed in over 40 leading roles in opera and Broadway as a expert singer

LAKEWOOD, CO, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Beverly Fernald, Executive Director of Colorado Center for the Vocal Arts, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in performing arts,

The executive director of Colorado Center for the Vocal Arts, Ms. Fernald specializes in teaching voice and performing herself. She retired from teaching voice and related subjects at Metropolitan State College of Denver in 2002 soon after 30 years and now has a full schedule of private students. As a expert singer, she has performed in over 40 leading roles in opera, including performances using the New York City Opera, and also other companies inside the United States and Europe. She was a winner inside the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and won grants from the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. In addition, she has participated in and won many competitions, internationally along with locally. Her career consists of performances in Broadway musicals, soloist in performances of large works with chorus and orchestras, solo recitals, and performing in churches and synogogues, in addition to night club reviews with other noteworthy entertainers.

Ms. Fernald received her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Denver in 1958 and furthered her education in the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, the Hochschule fr Musik in Munich and also the Aspen Music Festival, among other festivals. She is the Fifth Vice President of Mu Phi Epsilon International Specialist Music Fraternity and is active in her neighborhood alumni chapter. She has received numerous honors including being selected Distinguiished Citizen of the Year by Alpha Gamma Delta International Fraternity and being selected VIP of the Year by Madison Who’s Who. In her spare time, she volunteers at her local church and sings at community charitable events. In the coming years, she intends to continue training voice students and presenting far more master classes in vocal technique, interpretation of vocal literature and performance/audition techniques. She also intends to continue performing solo recitals furthering the Art of Leider in addition to sacred and broadway musical literature.

Karen A. Scofield-Lawrence can be a specialist in Gifted and Talented Education

LAS VEGAS, NV, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Karen Scofield-Lawrence, MS, BS, Gifted and Talented Education Specialist for the Clark County School District, has been named Cambridge Who’s Who Skilled of the Year in Curriculum & Instruction. Although inclusion inside the Cambridge Who’s Who Registry is an honor, only two male and two female members in each discipline are named pros of the year. The Cambridge Who’s Who selection committee chooses these special honorees based on their expert accomplishments, academic achievements and leadership abilities.

With over three decades of knowledge, Karen A. Scofield-Lawrence is a recognized figure in education. She lately marked her fifth year at Tony Alamo Elementary School, where she educates inside the subjects of social studies, science and language arts. Having a specific focus on Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), she also prepares students for high-level testing and works with classroom teachers to equip students with critical thinking skills.

Ms. Scofield-Lawrence’s tenure at Tony Alamo Elementary, a part of the Clark County School District, will be the most recent in an extensive list of positions that she has held over the last 30-plus years. She has devoted 14 years to GATE and, prior to joining Clark County, worked for the Nye County School District for six years inside the very same capacity. She also enjoyed earlier successes at New Orleans Public Schools and Biloxi Public School District. Ms. Scofield-Lawrence also taught in Manchester, England, coordinating an in-service art course at All Saints School and conducting seminars through Manchester Main School.

Throughout her career, she has been recognized for skilled excellence with honors including Disney’s 1999-2000 Teacher of the Year Award and the President’s Instructional Award for Neighborhood Instructional Excellence, granted by the Virginia Education Association in 1985. Most recently, Ms. Scofield-Lawrence received the What’s Cool with School Award from Channel 8 News. This year, Ms. Scofield-Lawrence was also chosen to be featured in “Cambridge Publishing’s 101 Top Business Experts,” a publication highlighting the lives and accomplishments of its top specialists.

Ms. Scofield-Lawrence holds a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University at Albany plus a bachelor of science in elementary education from SUNY College at Oneonta. She completed additional coursework in curriculum and instruction in the University of Manchester. For more details about the Clark County School District, check out http://www.ccsd.net.

Great Homeschool Conventions is hosting four outstanding conferences beginning in March of 2011 featuring hundreds of exhibitors, amazing speakers and an opportunity for homeschooling families to connect.

TUJUNGA, CA, October 01, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — In 2006 the Dean family organized the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention, driven by their passion to empower and encourage homeschooling families as they exercised their God-given right to educate their children at home. Inside a few years the Cincinnati homeschool convention was attracting thousands of homeschooling families from dozens of states. In 2010 Brennan and Mary Jo Dean expanded their event to be offered in four different states across the U.S., now known as the Fantastic Homeschool Conventions.

Conferences are currently scheduled to begin in March of 2011 and will be held in Memphis, TN, Greenville, SC, Cincinnati, OH and Philadelphia, PA. Each convention is carefully planned and designed to supply the incredible homeschool resources for any age, topic or interest level by way of its hundreds of vendors, connect homeschoolers and create opportunities for attendees to hear from insightful speakers including Dr. Susan Wise Bauer.

Children and teens attending selected conferences have the opportunity to attend programs even though their parents go to exhibitors and booths. Children’s Conference International will probably be offering the children’s programs. Kids can spend an amazing day understanding concepts from God’s word by means of songs, story presentations, crafts, games, Bible memory and ventriloquism. Teens will have the option to spend the day with amazing speakers John Stonestreet and Sean McDowell in the Globe View Teen Track. Teens attending the Worldview Teen Track will begin their sessions on Thursday evening at 6 pm and will finish their amazing course on Saturday at 6pm.

Each conference hosted by Fantastic Homeschool Conventions will likely be an amazing opportunity for any homeschooling family. Whether trying to find resources, advice or the opportunity to learn from the keynote speakers these rapidly growing conferences are an encouraging and helpful way to enhance each attendee’s homeschool year. On-line registration for each conference will likely be obtainable soon, so be confident to check 1 of their websites for far more info and sign up for their newsletter to receive updates and announcements.