Concord, MA and Lowell, MA (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

SpaceClaim, the leader in easy and accessible 3D CAD programs for engineering, mechanical design, and manufacturing, and SofTech, a proven provider of engineering software solutions, announced the integration of SpaceClaim Engineer and CADRA, a full-featured mechanical design and drafting program. CADRA users will be able to produce 3D detailed models quickly and efficiently, integrate solid modeling with existing drafting workflows, and easily import data from any CAD system via SpaceClaim’s state-of-the-art data translators. This combined solution is available immediately and sold and supported by SofTech.

“Our bi-directional Connector technology lets CADRA users easily and seamlessly work in 3D with the ease of use they have become accustomed to in CADRA,” said Bob Anthonyson, VP of Business Development at SofTech. “SpaceClaim Engineer is a cost effective and easy-to-learn 3D solution for the thousands of engineers, designers, and drafters that rely on CADRA each day for their design work. The SpaceClaim Engineer and CADRA bundle is exactly what our market needs to expand an organization’s access to 3D technology beyond the more difficult to use, parametric feature-based 3D tools. It also adds digital prototyping capabilities to their environment and can reduce design costs, improve design quality, and decrease time-to-market.”

“The selection of SpaceClaim Engineer by SofTech is another example of how SpaceClaim 3D Direct Modeling is expanding the use of 3D CAD throughout the product development process,” commented Rich Moore, VP of Business Development at SpaceClaim. “CADRA bundled with SpaceClaim Engineer marries the best of the 2D world with the best of the 3D world. Not only will our SpaceClaim customers be able to create detailed documentation in CADRA, but they will also be able to easily turn existing 2D drawings and concept sketches created in CADRA into SpaceClaim parts and assemblies, providing even more value to their existing investment in CADRA.”

About SofTech

SofTech, Inc. (OTCQB: SOFT) is a proven provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, including its ProductCenter PLM solution and its computer-aided design product CADRA. SofTech’s solutions accelerate products and profitability by fostering innovation, extending enterprise collaboration and product quality improvements, and compressing time-to-market cycles. SofTech excels in its sensible approach to delivering enterprise PLM solutions, with comprehensive out-of-the-box capabilities, to meet the needs of manufacturers of all sizes quickly and cost-effectively. Over 100,000 users benefit from SofTech software solutions, including General Electric Company, Goodrich, Honeywell, Siemens, Sikorsky Aircraft, and the U.S. Army. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, SofTech has locations and distribution partners in North America, Europe, and Asia.

About SpaceClaim Corporation

SpaceClaim, the leading provider of 3D Direct Modeling software, develops the best direct modeling solution for engineering and manufacturing. SpaceClaim’s acclaimed software is easy to learn and use and is completely CAD-neutral. It enables engineers and other manufacturing professionals to rapidly create new designs or manipulate and edit existing 2D and 3D geometry, without the complexity of traditional CAD. Customers include Toyota Motor Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, Bosch, TE Connectivity, BorgWarner, Medtronic, Lotus Cars, Sharp, Ford Motor Company, LG Electronics, Eaton, K2 Medical Systems, FuelCell Energy, Emhart Glass, GE Aviation, Carl Zeiss, General Dynamics, and the U.S. Navy. SpaceClaim is privately held and backed by Borealis Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Needham Capital. For more information on SpaceClaim, please visit http://www.spaceclaim.com.

SpaceClaim is a registered trademark of SpaceClaim Corporation. SofTech, CADRA and ProductCenter are registered trademarks of SofTech, Inc. All other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

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Maura Thomas, author of Personal Productivity Secrets (Wiley, May 2012)

Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

Nearly half of American adults (46%) are smartphone owners in 2012, according to Pew Internet. With a world of information and entertainment in the palms of our hands, attention management is the most desirable skill to tame the tide of distractions in our 21st century lives. Maura Nevel Thomas’ PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SECRETS (Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-1181-7967-3, May 2012) is a powerful how-to manual for taming your attention and reaping the most productivity from smartphones, email, social media and the newest downloadable apps.

PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SECRETS draws on Thomas’ 20 years of experience in the productivity training industry to share the most universally useful process for managing the details of a busy life. Thomas kicks to the curb the concept of “time management” and makes a powerful argument that when you control your attention, you control your life.

“Maura understands why we struggle with productivity when the tools designed to help us can also be a source of distraction,” Steven List, Agile Coach. “Anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed by email or wondered if social media is a networking tool or a total time-waster will become more productive and in control after reading PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SECRETS.”

Whether you use Windows or Mac products or carry an iPhone, Android or Blackberry phone, PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SECRETS shows how the most popular technologies can help you support your attention, not sabotage it. With Thomas’ process, the Empowered Productivity System™, you learn to:

Capture, store and act on your commitments and communications
Organize your life by category, not simply time
Apply a simple process to tame email overflow
Choose the tools that enhance attention management
Master tips and tricks for Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal and Google tools
Stop multitasking and choose to apply your attention to your highest priorities.

Maura Nevel Thomas’ method and process for capturing the details of a busy life complements our 21st century culture’s growing preference for smartphones and software instead of pencil and paper for personal information management. PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SECRETS: Do what you never thought possible with your time and attention…and regain control of your life (ISBN: 978-1-1181-7967-3, $ 29.99) is available in stores and online beginning May 7, 2012 from Wiley in both print and all e-book formats. For a full list of retailers, visit http://www.wiley.com/buy/9781118179673.

About Maura Nevel Thomas and Regain Your Time.com

A 20-year veteran of personal productivity, Maura Nevel Thomas is founder and chief trainer of Regain Your Time.com and creator of the Empowered Productivity™ System a process to manage the details of life and work. As a speaker and trainer, Maura helps individuals, organizations and corporations how to maximize their communications tools, defend their attention and achieve their significant results.

About Wiley

Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.

Our core businesses publish scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training materials, and online applications and Web sites; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley’s global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The Company’s Web site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.

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Mike Koenigs, Founder of Cross Channel Mojo

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 12, 2012

Michael Koenigs, Founder of Cross Channel Mojo, says, “This is the event of the year, where you can hang out with Mojo Business owners, experts, heroes and all-stars—who will share their secrets for using Cross Channel Mojo, Traffic Geyser, Instant Customer, video, social media and mobile marketing to dramatically increase your income while you help businesses or yourself grow by getting more customers every single day.”

The days will be filled with content, fun and lots of networking opportunities. Cross Channel Mojo hand-picked every speaker, hero and panelist and in doing so they shared with them their desire to make this a “content-rich” event that will provide attendees with the best of what they have to offer. Some of the speakers include:

-Grant Cardone, author of “Sell or Be Sold- How to Get your Way in Business and In Life’

-Liz Goodgold, author of ‘Red Fire Branding: Create a Hot Personal Brand and Have Customers for Life and DUH! Marketing’

-Oren Klaff, author of ‘Pitch Anything: an Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal’

Koenigs states, “Our last event was a smash hit – with overall ratings at 9.5 out of 10 and that doesn’t include people who rated the event 11-100! You’ll leave this event armed with killer tools, tips and techniques that will help your business be even more successful immediately. Make sure you turn off as many distractions as possible, take notes, make new connections and most importantly, have a blast!”

Success begins with mindset and community and that’s the true power of a live event. Cross Channel Mojo hopes to bring this experience to all in attendance. The event will be held on May 11-13, 2012 in San Diego at the Marriott Hotel Marquis in the San Diego Marina, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, California.

Cross Channel Mojo

619-456-0634

Michael Koenigs

http://crosschannelmojo.com/event/

“We Support Just Like My Child Foundation”

About Just Like My Child Foundation:

The Just Like My Child Foundation, is a not-for-profit organization. Our mission is to transform humanity by empowering women and children to reach their full potential through improved Health Care, Education and Microenterprise. In an approach we call deep development; we are empowering communities, village by village, to create their own long-term solutions in rural Uganda.

Our commitment to donors is to provide audio, video, and written documentation so that they can experience a first-hand account of how their donated funds are being allocated. The bottom line is that we want you to make a DIRECT connection with the people you are helping.

“We Support The H.O.M.E Foundation”

About The H.O.M.E. Foundation:

The Helping Others Means Everything, or The H.O.M.E. Foundation, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping our Family of Charities. Frankie Verdugo, President of The HOME Foundation, wants to help as many worthy charities as possible as they struggle during these tough economic times. Frankie Verdugo helps raise funds through luxury dream home raffles, home giveaways, prizes, and high profile celebrity events in Hollywood… “Our mission is to help charities reach their fundraising goals and to bring awareness to their praiseworthy causes.” Please visit our 2012 Dream Home Raffle Giveaway at: http://www.HOMEFoundationRaffle.com and http://www.facebook.com/HOMEFoundationRaffle.

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(PRWEB) May 08, 2012

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) salutes the leading digital apps, websites and tech products that inspire people to play a musical instrument. These new tools from the tech world make learning to play music more tangible for aspiring musicians, as NAMM asks people to feel the benefits and joy of music making during its annual National Wanna Play Music Week, May 7-13, 2012. From interactive video games to a pocket-sized teaching app, learning to play a musical instrument has never been more accessible to more people. Today, NAMM encourages people of all ages to check out the top-15 user-friendly, affordable tech products for starting to play music:

Apps

UkeChords

This full-featured ukulele chord dictionary provides instant access to thousands of chords in all 12 keys. Each chord can also be heard either as a chord or individual notes to double check your fingering.

Learn Piano HD

Through a series of 27 video lessons including easy-to-understand diagrams, learn all the basic piano essentials and learn at your own pace. .

DigiDrummer

This app is like having a beat machine in your pocket! Make beats and play them with the most common drum kit sounds.

Mobile Metronome

Best-rated free metronome with a visual beat counter – great for everyone!

PocketBand Lite

Free cloud-based social music studio – great for teens!

Learn Music Notes

Free and simple game makes learning musical notes easy and fun – great for kids!

The Grateful Dead – Europe ’72: Rock Prodigy™ App

This app acts as your personal music teacher, walking you through songs note-for-note to Jerry Garcia’s guitar from the legendary tour. It even provides feedback as you hit each note.

Websites

Noteflight

Print music sheets and write your own music online with Noteflight. Create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality right in your web browser.

Myna

This online audio editor can be used to remix music tracks and audio clips, apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments.

Mixlr

This online tool makes it easy to broadcast live to the web, Facebook, and mobile devices. Just download the free app and share your broadcast instantly using your live URL. Mixlr is perfect for podcasters, bands, live acts, DJs, conference organizers, journalists and anyone who wants to easily broadcast live on the web.

JamPlay.com

The leading site for online guitar instruction, JamPlay.com is a subscription-based service that allows you to access any lesson, from any teacher, at anytime. The site publishes around 11 hours of new guitar lessons every 30 days, providing streaming video lessons to keep your playing focused and inspired. Features include a member community, live chats with music teachers, printable materials, comprehensive libraries, memorization games and lots more.

Get-Tuned.com

Get-Tuned.com provides online instrument tuners and teaches you tuning methods for guitar, bass, violin, cello, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, harmonica and other instruments. The site also features an online metronome to help you stay on tempo while practicing.

Tech Products

gPad

The gPad turns your iPad or iPhone into an instant guitar or ukulele. These guitar-shaped wooden frames are made to hold an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch so you can play any touch-screen musical app – you can even bend the notes by moving the neck. Choose from the Mini g Uke or gPad Classic Guitar.

Fretlight

The Fretlight 411 Guitar features the Fretlight neck – a patented Advanced Polymer Fretboard. The world’s only built-in LED learning system lets you see fingering positions light up right on the Fretlight fingerboard. The built-in tuner provides a convenient solution for fast, accurate tuning. You can download thousands of user-created songs from many tablature websites and watch them all light up your Fretlight guitar.

Rock Band 3

Rock Band 3 now helps players develop actual musical skills through Rock Band Pro gameplay. Pro Drums supports three expansion cymbals, with gameplay differentiation between toms and cymbals. Pro Keys features pitch-accurate keyboard performance across a two-octave range, displayed on an easy-to-read keyboard track. Pro Guitar features notated guitar and bass performances, available for play with a new guitar/controller hybrid – a fully functional, full-sized, six-string electric guitar that also functions as a game controller.

About NAMM’s Wanna Play? Public Awareness Campaign

NAMM’s national Wanna Play? public awareness campaign is dedicated to increasing awareness of the proven benefits of playing musical instruments for people of all ages. Since the campaign’s launch in November 2006, the key messages about the fun and many proven benefits of playing music have reached millions of people through national public relations efforts. In addition, Wanna Play? has the support of more than 100 celebrities, including John Stamos, Jack Black, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Band from TV, Orianthi, and Gary Sinise. For more information and to get involved, interested parties can visit http://www.wannaplaymusic.com.

About NAMM

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is the not-for-profit association with a mission to strengthen the $ 17 billion music products industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music. NAMM’s activities and programs are designed to promote music making to people of all ages. NAMM is comprised of approximately 9,000 Member companies located in 87 countries. For more information about NAMM or the proven benefits of making music, interested parties can visit http://www.namm.org, call 800-767-NAMM (6266) or follow the organization on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

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Elizabeth Lascaze or Amy Hamaoui – GolinHarris

Public Relations | Phone: 213-623-4200

elascaze(at)golinharris(dot)com or ahamaoui(at)golinharris(dot)com

Kymberly Drake – NAMM

Public Relations | Phone: 760-438-8007, ext. 162

kymberlyd(at)namm(dot)com

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Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) May 05, 2012

The National Flight Academy announced today plans to distribute a $ 125,000 matching scholarship fund made possible by the University of Florida and Full Sail University totaling $ 250,000. The funding will allow hundreds of students to attend three and five day sessions aboard Ambition.

Ambition is a brand new, land-locked, scenically and theatrically outfitted aircraft carrier, located in Pensacola, Florida– the birthplace of aviation heroes and innovation. Ambition brings the latest in multisensory media and simulation technologies coupled with dynamic teaching methods into an aviation-themed in-residence multi-day STEM-based educational program for 7th-12th graders. It has been described as “theme-park-meets-think-tank”. The facility also accommodates an exciting environment for business team building, meetings and retreats.

Full Sail University, http://www.fullsail.edu is a major creative force in the development of the digital and animated story-telling, key to the immersive experience. The University of Florida, http://www.ufl.edu, is a leader in education innovation and fully supports an inspired play learning environment.

Full Sail University Co-Chairman/CEO, Bill Heavener and UF President, Bernie Machen will both attend the anticipated “Commissioning” of Ambition, May 11, 2012. Members of the inaugural class boarding Ambition will benefit from the financial incentives provided by these generous grants.

Commissioning is on May 11, 2012 beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the grand lawns of the National Flight Academy. The event is open to the public and guests are encouraged to park and enter through the National Naval Aviation Museum located aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Video and photographs of Ambition are available at http://www.nationalflightacademy.com/creative. For more information call (850) 458-7836. Media credentials can be obtained by calling (850) 432-8020.

The University of Florida is one of the nation’s largest public universities. A member of the Association of American Universities, UF receives more than $ 619 million annually in sponsored research funding. Through its research and other activities, UF contributes more than $ 8.76 billion a year to Florida’s economy and has a total employment impact of more than 100,000 jobs statewide. http://www.ufl.edu. University of Florida Research; Working for Florida.

Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment and media industry. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has been recognized as one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs by Electronic Gaming Monthly, one of the Best Music Programs by Rolling Stone Magazine, and one of the Best Film Programs by UNleashed Magazine. In 2011, Full Sail received the “21st Century Best Practices in Distance Learning Award” from the United States Distance Learning Association, was named the “School/College of the Year” by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges, and was recognized as one of the Top 100 Social Media Colleges by Studentadvisor.com.

Full Sail offers on-campus and online Master’s, Bachelor’s, and Associate’s degree programs in areas related to animation, art, business, education, graphic design, film, marketing, web development, music, recording arts, sports, and video games. Full Sail graduate credits include work on OSCAR®, Emmy®, GRAMMY®, ADDY®, MTV Video Music Award, and Spike Video Game Award nominated and winning projects.

The National Flight Academy is funded by Naval Aviation Museum Foundation private investment.

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With EZ-POLL-IT, you can use any application for your presentation, then simply click to start polling

Plymouth Meeting, PA (PRWEB) May 01, 2012

EZ-POLL-IT audience response software was designed to help presenters interact with their audience through any medium that can be displayed by a computer, be it a video, PDF or Microsoft Office® documents, social media and other websites, or even CAD drawings. If the trainer wants to use these as visual aids, or question content, they can simply turn the polling on and instantly collect feedback from their audience. Learners viewing the presentation interact with the software by responding to questions or verbal cues using hand held audience response devices or “clickers.” Presenter can analyze the results of the audience polling through the Excel® and Word® reports that are generated at the end of each session right on the computer desktop.

EZ- POLL-IT is the newest audience response software available for instructor-led training across America. Unlike most polling software, it is separated from PowerPoint®, which allows users the freedom to present and teach topics using any application they wish.

The software is available today from http://meridiaars.com/appcenter.

Company

Since 1970, Meridia Audience Response has been providing innovative technology solutions for the meeting, training and entertainment industries. Combining the experience with the latest in web technology and radio frequency hardware, Meridia is now enabling audiences around the world to cast their vote and be part of the meeting, whether it involves serious training or fun, interactive games.

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Paralympic gold medallists heading to Eton Manor Wheelchair Tennis International

(PRWEB) April 21, 2012

Peter Norfolk, British gold medallist from Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and Paralympic gold medallist Esther Vergeer from the Netherlands, unbeaten over an incredible 452 singles matches since January 2003, are two of the stars among the entries confirmed for the Eton Manor Wheelchair Tennis International from 3 to 6 May.

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Part of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis circuit and the London Prepares series, the official London 2012 test events, the tournament will give players the chance to compete in the London 2012 venue for Wheelchair Tennis ahead of the Paralympic Games.

The world-class line up for the tournament will feature players from around the world competing in all six Paralympic-featured events: men’s and women’s Singles; men’s and women’s Doubles; Quad Singles; and Quad Doubles.

In the men’s competition, British No1 Gordon Reid will expect strong competition from Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands – the Singles gold medallist in Athens 2004 and silver medallist from Beijing 2008.

Esther Vergeer will also be expected to set the standard on behalf of the Netherlands for the women. Vergeer has won Singles gold at the last three Paralympic Games. Britain’s 19 year old No1 Jordanne Whiley will be among those to provide the latest opposition to Vergeer’s unbeaten status in May.

The Quad competition features GB stars Peter Norfolk and Andrew Lapthorne. Peter has won the last two Paralympic Singles gold medals. Andrew is the current world number 4 and recently partnered Peter to the Australian Open Quad Doubles title in January. As well as featuring in the Doubles, they will also compete against each other at Eton Manor.

The tournament will be vital in giving the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) the chance to test its operations including the athlete and wheelchair movements around the venue, the results and scoring systems, and workforce.

The competition lasts for four days and 3,000 tickets have been sold to the public for Saturday 5 May. On the same day four other Olympic venues will be in operation simultaneously as LOCOG test operations with over 70,000 people on the Olympic Park.

The full list of entries can be found here:

http://www.londonpreparesseries.com/wheelchairtennis/whos-competing/index.html

For further information please contact the London 2012 Press Office.

Notes to editors:

Esther Vergeer (NED) – World number 1 since 1999. She already has five Paralympic gold medals and is unbeaten in over 452 singles matches since January 2003, including 20 consecutive Grand Slam singles titles.

Jordanne Whiley (GBR) – Great Britain’s number 1 at just 19 years old. Jordanne is one of the top wheelchair tennis players in the country, following her father who is a wheelchair tennis player and was also an Athletics medallist at the 1984 Paralympics in New York. She became Britain’s youngest ever national wheelchair singles champion when she won the title in 2007, aged just 14. Jordanne made her Paralympic debut in Beijing, where she reached the quarter-finals of the doubles tournament with fellow British player Lucy Shuker.

Peter Norfolk (GBR) – Quad singles champion from Athens and Beijing, won his fifth Australian Open in January. Peter has dominated the Quad classification of wheelchair tennis since it was introduced into the Paralympic programme for the Games in Athens in 2004. This domination earned him the nickname “The Quadfather”. Peter won Britain’s first ever tennis medal at a Paralympic Games by becoming Paralympic Champion in 2004, he retained the title in Beijing in 2008. Peter also helped Great Britain’s medal tally at both Games by also medalling in the doubles.

Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) – Andrew took up wheelchair tennis six years ago. Andrew made his Grand Slam debut at the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne, where he partnered Norfolk to win the quad doubles, thereby winning his first Grand Slam title. Lapthorne and Norfolk retained the Australian Open title in January this year.

Gordon Reid (GBR) – from Scotland, has beaten the current world number 1 Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands twice in 2011.

London 2012 Games partners:

The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.

LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners – adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.

There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Supplier, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.

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Arizona Department of Administration Auction, Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers Inc.

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) April 24, 2012

Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., will host an Arizona Department of Administration auction featuring 200+ state vehicles, computers, copiers and more on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. (MST).

Items of interest include: 2005 Ford Crown Victoria Sedan, 2004 Dodge 3/4T 4×4 Pickup, 2004 Dodge Stratus Sedan, 2004 Ford 3/4T 4×4 Super Duty Pickup, 2003 GMC 1T Passenger Van, 2001 Jeep Cherokee 4×4 SUV, 2003 Ford Mustang Coupe, 2000 Ford Contour Sedan-BiFuel/CNG, 2000 Buick Regal Sedan, 2005 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4×4 SUV, 2005 Dodge Caravan, motorcycles, sedans, SUVs, trucks, refrigerators, commercial kitchen equipment, miscellaneous automotive equipment, washers and dryers, exercise equipment, material handling equipment, miscellaneous tools, vending machines, computer and office equipment, camera equipment and much more.

“The upcoming Arizona Department of Administration auction offers a huge inventory of sedans, trucks and motorcycles of all models, ages and working condition,” said Deb Weidenhamer, CEO of Auction Systems. “Over 200 lots of items are being auctioned. In addition to the large number of vehicles, bidders can find a variety of office equipment and other items.”

This auction will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. (MST) at the Arizona Department of Administration facility located at 1537 W. Jackson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. All of the items listed in the auction may be previewed and inspected by interested bidders on Tuesday, April 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 25 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 26 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Auction Day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. one hour prior to auction.

No online bidding will be available for this auction.

About Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc.

Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc. is the Southwest’s most active auction and appraisal company. Auction Systems features live and live simulcast auctions and appraisals of stolen and confiscated Police and personal product including cars, tools, electronics, jewelry, sporting, coins and surplus, as well as auctions of commercial and heavy equipment, real estate, antiques, guns, estate and business liquidation and bankruptcy.

Based in Phoenix, Arizona and an INC. 500 company, Auction Systems is one of the fastest growing privately held companies within the United States. Additionally, Auction Systems is an ICIC INC. 100 company and is ranked as the #1 fastest growing woman-owned business and the fifteenth fastest growing business overall within the inner cities of the United States.

Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc. can be found on the web at http://auctionANDappraise.com.

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(PRWEB) August 13, 2006

How soon can a baby crawl? How early can they walk? The Cawleys, an Irish/Malay family living in Singapore are, perhaps, providing an answer to this question, for each of their three children has shown very rapid development, by crawling as early as four months and walking at six months old.

The eldest child, Ainan Celeste Cawley, born on the 23rd November 1999, was crawling at four months and walking confidently at six and a half months old. He is now six years old. (Please see: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/earliest-walker-earliest-talker.html ).

The second child, Fintan Nadym Cawley, born on the 25th June 2003, was crawling at a respectable six months and walking at eight months. He has just turned three.

The third child, Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley, born on the 20th January 2006, was able to hold his own head up, unsupported and look around, on the day he was born. (Note: most babies are six months old before they can support their own head properly, having first started to lift their heads, briefly, at one to two months.*) He began to crawl at four months and one week. (An average baby is nine or ten months old before they start to do that.*) and started standing, while holding onto household objects, within two weeks. (Note that an average baby won’t do this until at least eight months.*) He also began to crawl upstairs, unaided, at five months and two weeks, on the 6th July 2006. (Babies are typically twelve months old before they master stairs.*)A week later he was able to squat down, in a controlled fashion, from a standing position. (An average baby tries this when they are nine or ten months.*) He is now six months and three weeks old and both crawls steadily and walks from place to place by supporting himself on objects. Sometimes he stands briefly unsupported, by anything, before sitting down again. It should not be long before he is walking without holding onto anything.

The children are half-Irish and half-Singaporean by blood, the father Valentine Cawley, originally from London, of Irish origin, the mother Syahidah Osman, from Singapore, of Malay origin.

It may also be of note that Ainan, the eldest, spoke his first words at less than one month of age, read his first letters at eight months, began reading independently at three, and has since shown a precociously developed intellect with a particular gift for Science. (Please see: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/first-words-of-child-prodigy.html )

Remarkably, Ainan was clearly aware of the meaning and significance of a clock at two months of age, having taken to staring at it, and preparing himself for the return of his mother, at the right time, each evening. He displayed a retentive memory from the beginning, and at twelve months, gave an account of his own birth, from the perspective of someone inside the womb…so clearly this was a genuine memory, since we had not explained how he had come into the world.

Tiarnan, the third child is already showing signs of developing in much the same way.

All three children are highly photogenic and a photo opportunity can be arranged – or we can provide photographs on request, via email.

Biographical details of the parents:

Syahidah Osman, 27 is an artist with a gift for discerning the lines of a face and rendering them with simplicity and clarity. She is ambidextrous and can draw equally well with both hands. Furthermore, she can draw the two halves of a face simultaneously, one with her left, the other with her right hand. She can also draw two faces at the same time. She is seeking gallery/agent representation for her work and is open to portrait commissions, rendered in her inimitable style and method.

Valentine Cawley, 38 has worked variously as a scientist – he was a working physicist at the age of 17 – an actor, a writer and a teacher. One of his works, “Lord Valentine the Misplaced”, a piece of performance art, was global news on CNN, and Reuters in 1994 and 1995, respectively. Richard Blystone was the interviewer for CNN and they probably retain the footage. Valentine has since written two books which are being readied for submission to publishers. He is a graduate in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, which he found highly unstimulating – both the course and the University.

Like his wife, he too is ambidextrous, and has been known to give lectures with a pen in both hands, writing on the board, with each, to the delight of his students.

As for his childhood, he read widely from three, memorizing books as he did so, and had a very early interest in Science which Cambridge knocked out of him. However, his son, Ainan, now six years old, has reawakened his interest with his non-stop questioning on everything from black holes and the properties of the artificial transuranics, to the chemistry of the halogens.

As a child, Valentine showed an uncanny memory for all kinds of information, but most notably for music. He could sing or whistle any piece of music on hearing it just once. Pieces performed by memory, at 11, included Mozart’s Requiem, and Bach’s St. John’s Passion, which he sung, in their entirety, without the aid of being able to read music…he couldn’t then, and still can’t, now.

He believes that the world wastes the gifts of its most gifted, having observed that his own polymathic gifts, as a child, in science, music, art, acting and creative writing, went unappreciated. He is happy, therefore, to see the rebirth of these gifts in his children for there is another chance that they might be fully realized, to the benefit of all.

Should any literary agent be interested in representing his books, they are welcome to contact him.

Note: Data on average age for achievement of milestones for babies was taken from Babycentre.com.

For further information, please contact Valentine Cawley on:

Telephone Singapore +65 – 6893 – 3387

Or handphone: +65 – 9198 3299

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS (PRWEB) April 12, 2012

Ben Tiblets, Co-President of Consuro Managed Technology, a leading Texas-based managed technology services company serving businesses from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, has announced that Consuro has been awarded the status of “Premier” in the Dell PartnerDirect Program, the highest level of excellence offered by Dell.

According to Dell officials, the Premier Partner level is the most exclusive tier a partner can attain in their channel program. This top level of service provides the partners with heightened support of all Dell products and solutions to partners and partner clients.

“Fewer than one percent of the partners signed up with Dell have achieved Premier,” said a Dell representative.

Consuro reached Preferred status in the summer of 2011 and promptly surpassed the remaining hurdles to become a Premier partner. To secure Premier status, Consuro was required to complete numerous training programs, fulfill customer service standards, and meet aggressive sales thresholds.

“When Dell changed its Partner Program in 2011 adding the Premier level, Consuro dedicated itself to obtaining this elite status,” said Mr. Tiblets. “Premier is Dell’s ultimate emblem of product and support competency, excellence, and expertise. We knew this recognition meant that Consuro would be able to provide unparalleled service, value and support to our clients.”

The degree of certification awarded is dependent upon the channel partner’s level of engagement with Dell. The new structure rewards expertise in the product range, education and training, commitment and investment in Dell, and is designed to help partners like Consuro and Consuro’s customers attain long-term success and growth.

“We are excited for what this status achievement means for our clients,” said Courtney Summers, Marketing Director for Consuro. “Becoming a Dell Premier Partner includes benefits such as insight into the knowledge and best practices of Dell services as well as elite access to Dell’s award-winning products and solutions. We are looking forward to further enhancing our client services and capabilities with these benefits.”

About Consuro

Founded in 2008, Consuro is an information technologies managed service provider (MSP) whose comprehensive Windows-based desktop and server management, network administration, computer hardware and software consulting, offsite backup, asset procurement, and other advanced data center solutions serve large and small business clients in many industries from offices in Fort Worth/Dallas, San Antonio, and San Angelo, Texas. To learn more about Consuro, please visit http://www.consuro.com.

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