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The Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts Welcomes Michel Escoffier to Austin (Popularity:  )
http://www.escoffieronline.com
Austin, Texas - October 06, 2014 -- On October 16, the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts located at 6020-B Dillard Circle, will welcome special guest Michel Escoffier to Austin. Michel is a distinguished member of the school’s advisory board, the great-grandson of Master Chef Auguste Escoffier and the President of the Escoffier Museum and Foundation in Villanueve-Loubet, France.In addition to spending valuable time with students and staff, Mr. Escoffier ...
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The Decline of Males, Why They Die First; at White Plains Hospital September 17 (Popularity: )
A groundbreaking program dealing with the deteriorating physical, mental and emotional status of men, their shorter life spans, unmet gender specific psychological and medical needs will take place Wednesday, September 17 at White Plains Hospital. The program under the auspices of members of the Westchester medical and psychiatric societies will feature talks by Marianne J. Legato, M.D. and Lionel Tiger, Ph.D. Dr. Legatto, an internationally known academic physician, medical educator, ...
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The New America Alliance and The Executive Leadership Council Launch Joint National Initiative to Address Closing the Education Achievement Gap (Popularity: )
http://www.naaonline.org
The New America Alliance (NAA) and The Executive Leadership Council, preeminent organizations of business leaders in the Latino and African-American communities, respectively, will be holding an historic summit in Santa Barbara, California on August 13-15, 2009, to launch a joint national education initiative. The initiative will focus on closing the education achievement gap facing both minority communities and defining the private sector's role in addressing it. To view the agenda, ...
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The Pearson Foundation Announces Spanish-Language Literacy Programs at Feria del Libro: A Family Book Fair (Popularity: )
http://www.pearsonfoundation.org
At today's Feria del Libro: A Family Book Fair, the Pearson Foundation announced its launch of Spanish language versions of the popular literacy programs Jumpstart's Read for the Record and the Pearson Family Book Nights. Jumpstart's third Read for the Record event takes place on Oct. 2, 2008. By encouraging hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read, Jumpstart aims to break the world record for the number of ...
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The Results Are In and They Are Bright for Students Using the Smart Way Reading and Spelling Program (Popularity: )
http://www.smartwayreading.com
In less than forty-two hours of one-on-one tutoring, participating elementary school students within the School District of Lancaster (SDOL), PA, raised their reading proficiency scores by an average of 1.14 grade levels.
The grade-equivalent reading scores for alternative education middle school students in the same school district jumped 1.52 grades in only 27 hours.
In another part of the Commonwealth, 9th grade students at Chester High School showed a 1.3 ...
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The Salvation Army and Rush University Medical Center Launches 'Keep it Fit Chicago' (Popularity: )
http://www.salarmychicago.org
The Salvation Army and Rush University announce the launch of Keep it Fit Chicago, a comprehensive, team-oriented, six-month program designed to help Chicago residents create healthier lifestyles and fight obesity. Keep it Fit will start off with 50 families, and unlike any other program in the city, each family will have a team of experts from Rush University Medical Center that will tailor a program to fit the family's specific ...
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The Sisters of Charity Health System Awards Four Nursing Scholarships in Ohio and South Carolina (Popularity: )
http://www.sistersofcharityhealth.org
Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA, President and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System, has announced the winners of the fourth annual Caritas Nursing Scholarships. The nursing students selected to receive the $2,500 scholarship represent each of the three communities served by the Sisters of Charity Health System -- Canton, Cleveland and South Carolina. The students are also employees or the immediate family members of employees at one of ...
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The Society of Forensic Toxicologists Comments on the National Academy of Sciences' Report on 'Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States' (Popularity: )
http://www.soft-tox.org
The Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) recognizes the recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report entitled: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. The report identifies key areas within the forensic sciences where improvements may be needed. Their concerns include the areas of research, education, training, accreditation and certification in forensic science. The ongoing practices and philosophies of SOFT are already aligned with many of the NAS ...
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The visual beauty of discrete geometry, The new mathematical film Mesh is a prizewinner (Popularity: )
http://www.springer-sbm.com
The mathematical film Mesh, recently released by Springer, has already won numerous international prizes. Mesh is a groundbreaking 40-minute computer animation that explores the advancement of discrete geometry from the ancient Greeks to contemporary research topics. At the Digital Media Festival in Melbourne, Australia in June 2005, an excerpt of Mesh was awarded best in the category of Corporate/Government/Training. Three months later, the clip Mesh: Bubble Excerpt was chosen for ...
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Trial Version of Practice Test for 70-536 C# .Net framework 2.0 exam launched by uCertify. (Popularity: )
http://www.ucertify.com
uCertify (August 29, 2007). uCertify, a leading provider of IT certification simulations has launched the trial version of practice test for 70-536 C# .Net framework 2.0 exam. The final version will be released on 15 Oct 2007. It is now available at discounted price of USD 39.97 as compared to the actual price of USD 79.98. Users can download a trial version at: http://www.ucertify.com/exams/Microsoft/70-536-CSHARP.html.The 70-536.Net exam helps individuals to be ...
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