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MaxKnowledge to Lead Three Sessions at 2012 APSCU Annual Convention on Best Practices to Enhance Compliance and Gainful Employment

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Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

In the first session, MaxKnowledge Vice President of Compliance, Cindy Bryant, will facilitate a discussion on developing and implementing an effective compliance plan. Seasoned regulatory agency and career college executives will share their personal insights in achieving compliance & quality. All Aboard for the Compliance Journey: Whats Your Destination? is scheduled for Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 10:15 AM.

In the second session, MaxKnowledge Vice President of Learning Initiatives, Robert Starks Jr., will discuss how career colleges can leverage social media to support and enhance graduate employment. The session will provide practical strategies for career services staff to help graduates effectively market themselves through a variety of social media platforms. Does Your Career Center Speak #Hashtag: How to Leverage Social Media is scheduled for Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM.

In the third session, MaxKnowledge Vice President of Training, Jay Hollowell, will address the critical need for enhanced collaboration between career colleges and employers. The session will provide proven strategies and techniques to support gainful employment of graduates. Taking Employer Advisory Committees to the Next Level: Expanding Member Roles and Opportunities is scheduled for Friday, June 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM.

Additionally, MaxKnowledge and the Imagine America Foundation will be hosting an Advisory Meeting for the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 9 AM. This meeting is by invitation only. APSCU Convention attendees can visit with MaxKnowledge at booth #625 in the Exhibit Hall.

About MaxKnowledge

MaxKnowledge is the chosen employee training provider for over 1,000 career colleges and universities representing both traditional and online institutions. With a decade of experience and over 100 online courses, MaxKnowledge has become the leading provider of professional development and continuing education opportunities for career college personnel. Over 25 educational associations have partnered with MaxKnowledge to provide online training services to their member schools.

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE), MaxKnowledge’s strategic partnership with the Imagine America Foundation, provides turnkey employee development solutions with a proven return on investment as independently reported by the ROI Institute

Article Marketing Company Content Writing King Announces Training Of New Graphic Design Artist

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(PRWEB) June 17, 2012

Today, the new graphic design artist for Content Writing King has begun her article marketing team training. The main goal that the company has for her training is so that she understands how the company works, and also how she can best approach her image work with the video creation services. Part of the reason for this is Content Writing King wants to make sure she understands enough about search engine optimization and customer psychology to be able to make the best possible images for clients.

Content Writing King recently hired this new graphic designer to help them with their overall campaign to improve the quality of their services. This campaign includes improving all of their writing services, search engine optimization, other content creation services, and content marketing services. The article marketing company is also working on improving their image as a part of this campaign.

The main website for Content Writing King has been in the process of a new website design overhaul. The design is expected to be complete by the end of next week. They hired an outside web development team to do the heavy lifting in regards to the design of their article marketing website.

Once they have finished with the website design, Content Writing King has stated that they will unleash their new search engine optimization strategies, as well as a few new services for their content marketing customers. One of these new services is the new rendition of their video creation service. They hired the new graphic design artist for the very purpose of perfecting this new video creation service.

About Content Writing King:

Content Writing King is an online company that helps consumers to find and obtain content marketing, article marketing, and search engine optimization services. For more information, please visit the website at http://www.contentwritingking.com.







NXP Unleashes Multi-Stage Variable Gain LNAs for Wireless Base Stations

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Eindhoven, Netherlands (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today introduced the BGU706x series of multi-stage base station LNAs with variable gain featuring the industrys lowest noise figure of 0.9 dB for a receive chain in silicon. The architecture of the LNA is based on the integration of a very low-noise LNA with a bypass function followed by an analog-controlled variable gain amplifier (VGA). These BGU706x low-noise amplifiers deliver high linearity, while saving up to 80 percent in component count.

With a high RF input overdrive of 10-15 dBm, the BGU706x base-station LNAs provide exceptional ruggedness, and make use of NXPs silicon germanium carbon (SiGe:C) BiCMOS process technology for outstanding performance in high-frequency applications. NXP will showcase the BGU705x fixed gain LNAs and the BGU706x variable gain LNAs this week at the IMS2012 International Microwave Symposium in Montreal (booth 607).

Wireless infrastructure today faces a challenge as mobile data communications rapidly overtake voice communications. With its very low noise figure, our new multi-stage LNAs enable larger cell coverage, helping operators realize significant CAPEX and OPEX savings by reducing the total number of base stations required, said Kees Schetters, director of marketing, wireless infrastructure, NXP Semiconductors. By simplifying design-in, the LNAs also enable engineers to focus more on pushing the performance limits of their applications to achieve a significant competitive edge.

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Marinus Restaurant Makes Waves with New Design/Culinary Experience

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Carmel, CA (PRWEB) June 17, 2012

The stars are aligned for Bernardus Lodge’s signature restaurant – Marinus – to jump start a gravitational pull toward Carmel, Calif., and the kitchens of Chef Cal Stamenov. May 26 marked the debut of the award-winning restaurant fresh off a massive retool of both the interior design and culinary direction. Using the natural surroundings and artisans for inspiration, the newly minted restaurant has transformed its Old World charm into a vibrant, stylish and decidedly relaxed setting more suited to Stamenov’s style of cuisine.

Set on 26 acres of lush vineyards and swaying English lavender, Bernardus Lodge is a luxury hotel that is a study in gracious wine country estate living. The new interior design curated by Charlie Akwa of New York’s The Silver Peacock takes an outside-in approach, playing off the view through a wine glass: slender olive trees, sumptuous lavender, sweeping grapevines – all set against a classic Carmel sky. The look evokes an elegant yet relaxed feel.

Set against a warm backdrop, natural fabrics from Italy and Austria adorn the hand-crafted chairs, windows and dining tables in shades of sage and lavender, offset with burgundy and olive overtones. Table lighting has been reconfigured to spotlight Stamenov’s cuisine paired with the warm glow of the chandeliers. In the kitchen, the coveted four-seat Chef’s Table and nearby 12-seat Magnum Room will also debut a fresh interior design.

Few chefs can claim the toolbox Stamenov draws from: six organic acres stocked with produce and exotic spices; 250 varieties of fruit-bearing trees, bushes and vines; a local cache of foragers and fishermen; and veritable “A” list of top-shelf mentors – Alain Ducasse, Pierre Gagnaire, Masa Koboiashi, Jean-Louis Palladin and Michel Richard. Blending classical techniques with an eye to sustainability, Stamenov’s new menu reflects the essence of this enviable larder, rendered to a slow and methodical reduction.

Today’s fixation on foraging is old news at Marinus. The vegetable-forward “Farm & Foraged” a la carte menu delivers a delicate wild watercress and avocado salad with shaved branch celery, Meyer lemon confit and Australian finger lime for gluten-free diets, as well as entrees, including black chanterelle risotto, and caramelized onion and Swiss chard tortellini with green garlic, blond morels and grilled spring onions. The “Spring” menu puts a new spin on farm-to-fork with a 100-pace walk to one of three expanded organic gardens. From Buddaha’s hand citron to bronze fennel and frais du bois – not to mention Stamenov’s own stash of chickens – the menu spotlights this summer’s top rock stars, including Monterey Bay wild king salmon with English peas and celery root pur

NYC-Based Consulting Firm Rewards Creativity with $1,000 Finishing Grant

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New York, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2012

Every year, the Macktez Summer Stipend inspires creative people to take a great idea and transform it into a finished product. From a waste-free floor lamp constructed from its own packing material to a computer app that creates stunning data visualizations of worldwide news coverage, the Macktez Summer Stipend brings imaginative projects to the finish line.

Macktez, a New York City-based consulting firm, with offices in New York, San Francisco and London, is accepting applications from June 18 through July 27, 2012. The Stipend application is located online at macktez.com/stipend.

Now in its eighth year, the Macktez Summer Stipend helps creative people — whether they are artists, cultural anthropologists or hobbyists — by providing the funding needed to realize their creative vision. This year Macktez has doubled its commitment to the stipend recipient from $ 500 to $ 1,000.

With a decisive focus on its vision and goals, Macktez grew from a firm with six steady clients in 1996 to one that now serves more than 150 clients in cities around the globe. The Summer Stipend intends to help applicants focus on their vision and goals with a unique workbook-style application. The application is a step-by-step guide to help applicants clarify their vision and avoid distractions to reach their goal.

“At Macktez we believe that taking small, steady steps toward one’s goals is the surest way to achieve them,” said Noah Landow, Macktez founder and president. “Clearing away distraction and focusing on the end result takes creative inspiration from simmering idea to sizzling invention.”

Macktez Summer Stipend applications are considered based upon the following criteria: originality, relevance, and conviction. Finalists will be selected by an esteemed panel of judges that hail from the art world, architecture and academia. This year’s panelists are: Roanne Adams, Dean Crutchfield, David Israel, Bethany Koby, Santiago Matheus, Douglas Morris and Jeffrey Zeldman.

Roanne Adams, owner of RoAndCo Studio, was named one of NYCs outstanding, up and coming design professionals by New York Times Magazine. Dean Crutchfield, a regular contributor to Forbes, is a self-described rainmaker and storyteller that defines brand and innovation strategies. David Israel serves as executive creative director of AR New York and teaches graduate students at the Yale School of Art. Bethany Koby is a London-based designer, activist and educator who co-founded Technology Will Save Us, a haberdashery for technology and education. Santiago Matheus is co-founder and managing director of Method Design Lab, an accelerator that takes a design-centric, user experience driven approach to innovation. Douglas Morris is a principal of Poulin + Morris, an award-winning design firm that has created campaigns for ABC News, Ann Taylor and Goldman Sachs. Jeffrey Zeldman, crowned King of Web Standards by Business Week, is an entrepreneur, web luminary and influential author who co-hosts The Big Web Show.

Macktez consults with businesses to help them stay on course on the road to productivity, while enabling them to steer clear of obstacles along the way. With long-term vision, thorough planning, finely tuned focus and steadfast support, Macktez identifies the right tools — from cloud services to post-it notes — to get things done. Macktez proudly offers clients a smart, skilled and committed team of specialists experienced in the art of problem solving. More info can be found on Twitter @Macktez and on Facebook.







Calpont Appoints Bob Wilkinson as Vice President of Engineering

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Frisco, Texas (PRWEB) June 12, 2012

Calpont Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance analytic database software today announced that Bob Wilkinson has joined the company as vice president of engineering. Mr. Wilkinson brings 16 years of software product development experience to Calpont and will be responsible for the design, development, and support for Calpont products. He will work alongside of VP and Chief Technology Officer, Jim Tommaney, sharing the technical agenda for the company and collaborating across major company initiatives. Mr. Wilkinson will report to CEO, Jeff Vogel.

Bob joining Calpont goes to the heart of our vision and anchors our view that the future of analytics will transform online business models. Bob has proven experience in defining products and leading software development teams in delivering multi-million dollar products. We are excited to have him join our talented team where his credibility and experience in the communications industry combined with InfiniDBs high-performance analytic database will position us at the forefront of the online analytics market, commented Jeff Vogel, CEO of Calpont.

Calpont InfiniDB is a high-availability, column-oriented data platform specifically designed for large scale BI, analytics and Big Data environments, and uses widely adopted MySQL as a front end. It continues to gain share in its target markets including a growing number of media, wireless, and web analytics companies that require a high performing and scalable analytic data platform. Many of these companies are strategically focused on embedding and bundling InfiniDB to enable next generation online data-centric business models and applications such as advertising, digital content and marketing attribution systems.

I have seen firsthand the impact that InfiniDB can have on creating new business models and revenue opportunities for companies, said Bob Wilkinson, vice president of engineering at Calpont. Looking at the competitive landscape and having taken a deep-dive into the InfiniDB product, there are immediate areas where we envision tremendous growth. I truly believe that joining the talented Calpont team will yield new capabilities that can disrupt the online analytics industry.

Mr. Wilkinson brings deep knowledge and strong relationships to his role at Calpont. Most recently, he served as VP and Chief Technical Officer for Tektronix Communications, the market leader in service assurance and customer experience management solutions. At Tektronix Communications he spearheaded and championed analytics as a strategic initiative, building an infrastructure to revolutionize Customer Experience Management (CEM) for telecommunications carrier customers worldwide. During his tenure at Tektronix Communications, he also grew a world-class global development organization and was instrumental in driving strategy, innovation, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Wilkinson has been a trusted advisor to high level business and technical executives at major international companies while also being an accomplished software engineer. This includes being a co-author of six patents in mobile networks, mobile video and streaming, intelligent and scalable network monitoring using highly distributed systems with multi-threaded architecture. He holds a MS in Computer Science and BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University.

To find out more about Calpont and try InfiniDB for your Big Data analytic needs, visit http://www.calpont.com.

About Calpont

Calpont is the provider of InfiniDB the simple, scalable platform for Big Data analytics. InfiniDB is an MPP, column-oriented data technology designed from inception for massive scale, high performance analytics and ad-hoc data discovery. Known for rapid implementation, unmatched simplicity and extraordinary value, InfiniDB is a proven solution for software, online digital media, telecom, and other data intensive businesses. InfiniDBs unique two-tier architecture optimizes query processing to all CPUs and accesses only the data required for analysis. Complex analyses that used to take hours now take minutes or seconds, consistently. Unlike MapReduce, NoSQL and row RDBMS offerings, InfiniDB is ready for large scale analytic workloads out-of-box – requiring no indexes, materialized views, manual tuning or manual partitioning. For more information, please visit http://www.calpont.com, join our community at http://www.infinidb.org, or follow us at http://www.twitter.com/calpont.

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Commodity Software Provider iRely LLC Opens New Office in Bangalore, Plans Additional Hiring

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Fort Wayne, IN (PRWEB) June 14, 2012

iRely LLC, a leading developer of commodity software solutions, announced today the opening of its new office and future hiring plans in Bangalore, India.

Currently employing 125 in Bangalore, iRely will be seeking to nearly double its staff at the expanded offices to up to 225 employees total.

iRely, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., provides commodity software solutions for 400+ customers in over 12 counties and operates additional offices in USA, UK, India, and the Philippines. With offices in Bangalore for over 15 years, iRelys growth has resulted in the need for additional office space.

The move will relocation iRelys current offices in G.V. Towers, at Kodigehalli Main Road, Sahakarnagar, Bangalore – 92.

The demand for leading edge technology in the commodity industry continues to grow every day, Sudhakar Kaup, Chief Technology Officer at iRely, said. We plan to grow with it, nearly doubling our work force in the revamped Bangalore office.

Candidates should have experience building software products, primarily with Microsoft tools. A strong understanding of service oriented architecture, web architecture, web services, and databases is also encouraged.

The great thing about working with this type of software is that there is a real sense of ownership between the employees and the products. Kaup added. Were able to dive deep into the individual commodity domains, understand the industry needs and transfer that knowledge right into the field.

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360clean Strategically Plans For Future of Office Cleaning Services to be Hygienic and Environmentally Conscious

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Charleston, SC (PRWEB) June 04, 2012

There is one thing for sure about office cleaning services, the need for the service is not going to be replaced by machines or outsourced to another country. But there are those who debate the direction of cleaning services – Green or Hygienic?

360clean announced that they are strategically planning the company’s future for what they feel is important to clients and what’s best for the environment. 360clean specializes in providing janitorial services to medical offices and offers the same hygienic cleaning service to other commercial offices that desire to have a clean, yet germ free environment. The company accomplishes this through their specialized approach to cleaning, the JaniMed system.

“At 360clean, our goal is to educate potential and current clients on the importance of having a hygienic cleaning service versus the traditional cleaning service that does not address anything beyond dust and dirt,” said Barry Bodiford, Founder & CEO of 360clean,”they are very receptive to the 360clean approach and even more attracted when they learn our janitorial service is also environmentally conscious.”

The JaniMed system consists of specialized training, hospital grade disinfectants, state of the art equipment including micro-fiber technology, Hepa Vacuums with four levels of filtration and a focus on touch surfaces.

360clean is currently providing services in twelve states and announced that they estimate having a presence in twenty states by 2013.

ABOUT 360clean

360clean is a rapidly growing franchised commercial cleaning service based in Charleston, S.C. Through its expanding network of independently owned cleaning businesses, 360clean is establishing itself as one of the nations most affordable business opportunities for eager entrepreneurs. Using a two-pronged approach to growth, including area development and single business franchises, 360clean is broadening its reach throughout the Southeast U.S. and beyond. 360clean was founded by Barry Bodiford, who is now its CEO. For more information about the company, visit its website.







Phoenix Home Remodeling Contractor, Republic West Remodeling, Begins Santa Fe Facelift for Customer Home

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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 06, 2012

Phoenix home remodeling contractor, Republic West Remodeling, announced an extensive remodel of an entire customer home is underway. The project is being fast-tracked on an eight-week schedule and has a budget of approximately $ 200,000.

Integrating and increasing the Santa Fe style throughout the home is the primary motivation behind this remodeling project. A complete facelift of the home is taking place, including all design elements and finishes. Along with the companys designer, the homeowners are participating in every aspect of the design process to ensure all details are addressed.

To remain consistent with the overall Santa Fe theme, natural materials will be emphasized throughout the homes design. Heavy beams will be added to the ceiling for aesthetics. In addition, bathroom size will be increased.

Our customer was pleased to have our interior designer work with them several months before the project even began, said Jim Weisman, owner of Republic West Remodeling, a leading Phoenix home remodeling company. Wanting to be very hands-on, the homeowners worked closely with our designer to select every last item, finish, design element and more.

We conducted several meetings to make sure nothing was overlooked, continued Weisman. Our goal is to maximize the potential of this project so our customer achieves their dream home.

With their children grown and moved out, the homeowners plan to stay in the home long-term. The casual, Santa Fe design will create the special environment to fit their lifestyle.

For more information on Republic West Remodeling, visit http://www.republicwestremodeling.com.

About Republic West Remodeling

Republic West Remodeling is a leading specialist of home improvement in Phoenix, offers the highest quality home remodeling services including kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and outdoor living spaces. Jim Weisman founded the company in 2011 after co-founding Republic West in 1995. The belief from the beginning was that ethical standards, honest communication, quality work performed by company employees and a low key education and design driven sales approach was what the customer yearned for.

Republic West Remodeling is an operationally driven company that utilizes various disciplines, processes and procedures to help insure that it can deliver what is promised and is careful to only promise what it can control.

Learn more about Republic West Remodelings home remodeling services in Arizona and the Phoenix Metro area by visiting the companys website.

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