CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the surge in small business growth at the roots of America's economic turnaround, the nation's leading live success event producers, Powerteam International, is announcing an alliance partnership with the legendary publishing house Nightingale-Conant.

The announcement comes on the heels of the Rainmaker Summit held in Chicago in early October. Both Powerteam International founder Bill Walsh and Nightingale-Conant Chairman, Vic Conant, shared the stage for a packed session to announce their joint venture to attendees. This alliance brings two powerhouse companies together to secure the top seat in success education and training worldwide.

Bill Walsh, known widely as America's Business Expert, headlines and produces success training events all over the world presenting with Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Brown, T. Harv Eker and several other well-respected authors, speakers and business coaches. Walsh is celebrated for his business coaching on transformation and practical applications. Walsh's ability to relate to every person in his audience through life stories and his high-level business grasp empowers people to understand specifically what it takes to build successful companies.

"It is such an honor to have the opportunity to partner with true legends like Nightingale-Conant. They not only lead in the success and motivational publishing industry, they invented it. We are putting considerable resources and planning into our joint venture, and we are excited to work together to change even more lives," commented Walsh from the Rainmaker Summit in Germany.

Nightingale-Conant is the world's largest producer of audio programs and the global leader in self-development education to help entrepreneurs and leaders reach the highest level of personal and professional achievement. For over 50 years, Nightingale-Conant has consistently brought people the information, skills, and motivation needed to create the life of their dreams.

Since the days of Earl Nightingale and Lloyd Conant, the Nightingale-Conant brand has had a simple yet marvelous purpose: to help people realize their full potential and to make them successful and happy. Everyone from Anthony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Deepak Chopra to the next generation of thought leaders, Nightingale-Conant's roster is a who's who list of authors and educators from around the world.

"What Bill Walsh and Powerteam International have done for the success education industry is amazing. We are excited to bring a world class live event component to Nightingale-Conant and we could not have dreamed of a better partner," commented Nightingale-Conant Chairman Vic Conant.

Both Walsh and Conant will be making a world wide announcement of the new alliance partnership on November 10th at "Inspiration2020" in Los Angeles. "The Inspiration2020 event is bringing together the top success education and training programs in the world, including industry favorites CEO Space and Peak Potentials. Inspiration2020 will be the largest success training event of the year," continued Walsh.

In addition, Powerteam International and Nightingale-Conant will be co-producing "Success Fest" in March 2013. The Chicago event will also serve as the Nightingale-Conant All-Star weekend, including both brands industry leading roster. With early confirmations from some of the most celebrated authors in America, both organizations are already fielding early sponsorship and ticket sales requests.

For more information on Inspiration2020 and to purchase one of the last remaining tickets for this sell-out event, visit http://www.Inspiration2020.com. For additional information on the Nightingale-Conant legacy visit http://www.Nightingale.com. For media inquiries for both organizations and the Success Fest All-Star Weekend please contact Chris Foltz at 312-772-4865 or by email at chris@christopherfoltz.com.

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Students programme set to welcome second batch

Staff Reporter / 12 October 2012

The Hamdan bin Mohammed Students Personal Development Programme, launched in September 2011 under the patronage and directives of Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, has begun arrangements for receiving the second batch of students.

The programme held a familiarisation meeting attended by delegations from the government and private schools in Dubai and parents of the students who took admission in the programme. The meeting provided a general idea about the programme, and discussed its objectives and stages of execution.

It also reviewed the achievements made by the first batch by eliciting the views and opinions of the students, schools and parents.

A large section of the attendees pointed out that the programme has helped the students in determining their professional career, and has had a positive impact on their academic performance.

The team tasked with the programme, which comprises the Secretariat General of the Dubai Executive Council, Department of Human Resources, Dubai Government, Knowledge and Human Resources Development Authority and Dubai Educational Zone, are currently working on completing all the arrangements for receiving the second batch of students.

The preparations include naming the schools and students, and conducting awareness seminars for schools and for the voluntary graduates of the Mohammed bin Rashid Programme for Leadership Development to encourage them to voluntarily participate in training the students on future professional planning. The programme will also follow up with the schools whose students were part of the first batch, and who will comply with the requirements of the programme for the next two years.

We are keen on creating a supportive environment to assist students so that they can benefit from the programme, said Abdulla Al Shaibani, Secretary-General of the Dubai Executive Council.

He said: We cooperate with all our partners in government and public sectors as well as schools to achieve the cherished objectives which serve to develop the education sector in Dubai, and are working to welcome the second batch of students. The programme reflects the interest and keenness of Shaikh Hamdan in supporting the students of our country.

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Professional Development Resources has announced a new partnership venture with The National Psychologist the Independent Newspaper for Practitioners to publish a series of new online continuing education courses that will offer a variety of brief clinical psychotherapy tips.

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The National Psychologist is an independent newspaper that circulates bimonthly to almost 30,000 practicing psychologists and graduate psychology students.

The first two online courses in the series, which were published this week on the Professional Development Resources website, are titled Psychotherapy Practice Tips, Part 1 and Psychotherapy Practice Tips, Part 2.

These new courses are designed to appeal to busy clinicians across mental health disciplines, who find it convenient to keep up their clinical skills by reading brief articles between sessions or during down time. The time-saving advantage of being able to read a large number of clinical articles in a very short time is important to most psychologists and other mental health professionals, who are required by their licensing laws to complete a designated number of continuing education credits each year.

The courses are very dense, says Leo Christie, PhD, president of Professional Development Resources. They each include 14 or 15 different clinical topics in the form of archived articles from recent issues of The National Psychologist. What is new and different about these courses is that they deliver a great deal of timely information in an easy-to-read format. The topic selection runs the gamut, including tips for treating complex post-traumatic stress disorder, coping with violent patients, the psychological impact of hearing loss, Internet pornography addiction, and more. Busy clinicians should be able to complete these courses online in two hours or less.

The two companies which are coincidentally celebrating their 20th birthdays in 2012 have had a working relationship since 2001, when The National Psychologist (TNP) first contracted with Professional Development Resources to cosponsor the TNP Quiz, which is featured in every issue and awards one hour of CE to those who read the issue and successfully complete the quiz. The relationship has worked and has led from continuing to cosponsor the quiz to the cooperative publication of other CE courses on ethics and risk management in psychotherapy practice.

At the start, all we did was work together on the quiz, says Christie. After a couple of years, Martin Saeman, managing editor of TNP, came up with the idea of creating CE courses based on some of the articles that appeared in the publication. We started out with selected ethics articles, later added risk management topics, and the rest is history. It has been a natural and comfortable alliance.

"The relationship between The National Psychologist and Professional Development Resources has been a good one from the beginning. These latest two new courses simply add a new 'clinical' component to our online CE offerings. Our goal has always been to provide our readers with news and information in an unbiased fashion much of which is not found in similar publications. This alliance is just an extension of this goal," says Saeman.

The two companies plan further cooperative courses including more ethics and risk management courses as well as possibly branching out into other topic groups, including technology and practice building.

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College of Education and Human Services associate dean candidate Elizabeth Kirby said Thursday online education and international collaboration are key in strengthening Central Michigan Universitys teacher education program.

Kirby, chairwoman of education leadership,is one of two candidates for the position and spoke to more than 30 people at an open forum in the EHS building. The associate dean will be responsible for supporting the dean with anything regarding the college, including curriculum, budgeting and the development of faculty.

Through my career and my life, my focus has been education, she said. This opportunity to utilize my skills and strengths is extremely appealing.

The future of the programs online classes were quickly addressed.

Weve talked about this, weve looked at this and weve felt a serious intention to creating the biggest capacity we could to deliver education anytime, anywhere and also being able to be portable and flexible, Kirby said.

She said the losses in teachers and students in Michigan would force the department to look at what could be offered online.

Weve lost 1,100 teachers in Michigan the past few years and weve lost 50,000 students. That all plays its way upward in terms of who is going to come to CMU, Kirby said. The competition is immense. In essence, we want to be competitive and we want to attract audiences inside Michigan and outside.

In terms of international involvement, Kirby is working on bringing Chinese teachers to campus in hopes of bringing them back for a summer program.

I think globally that outreach is important and the relationships will only strengthen the college, Kirby said.

Kirby also spoke about her scholarly works and how it is important for leaders to continue to learn.

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EducationCompared.com has been launched to help Americans earn degrees and diplomas online. Consumers can request more information about online schools for free.

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This service is completely free, quick, and easy to use. EducationCompared.com shows the availability of any and all online degree programs that the student could choose to enroll in based upon the zip code entered and the subject area of interest specified.

Any subject area or program type can be searched for any zip code, so this is also a useful tool for researching information about programs available in other states or simply nearby zip codes, gathering invaluable information about all the online programs within any area in the United States.

Website use is simple: the user first selects a program type on a menu, then enters a zip code. The website then presents schools within the entered zip code, where the user would be able to study online or on campus.

Click here for accredited online degrees from online colleges.

This website service makes finding online programs just as easy as finding campus-based programs, allowing the user the convenient option of enrolling in an online degree program. Online degree programs are often geared toward nontraditional and part-time students, many who have families, responsibilities, and full-time jobs.

Online degrees can be completed from home using primarily or in some cases, only, a home computer, email, and an internet connection. A student enrolled in this type of program can complete the degree little by little as the time is available.

Some online programs have an on-campus component which requires a limited amount of time spent on campus or in the classroom. This new online degrees comparison website greatly simplifies the process of finding the best degree for each individual user.

Click here to lean more about getting education online.

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MEDFORD, OR--(Marketwire - Oct 11, 2012) - PremierWest Bank ( NASDAQ : PRWT ) is pleased to announce the launch of the Financial Answer Center, a revolutionary online education system that is a first of its kind among West Coast community banks.

The Financial Answer Center provides customers with immediate answers to hundreds of financial questions and enables customers to download extensive Quick Guides to over 30 broad categories of information to help manage their financial life, such as investments, retirement planning, cash and debt management,running a small business, planning for college and much more. The wealth of financial data has been developed by a team of financial and educational content experts from Truebridge, Inc. of Boston, MA. The Financial Answer Centeris easily accessible and free to download from PremierWest Bank's home page at http://www.premierwestbank.com.

"PremierWest strives to be an all encompassing financial resource for our customers, and the Financial Answer Center gives our customersaccess to information on hundreds of topics,"said Ken Wells, Executive Vice President of PremierWest Bank. "And, if they desire to go deeper into a subject, a few clicks will direct them to a bank representative based in their area withextensive knowledge about the subject. We are thrilled to be the first community bank on the West Coast to present such a benefit to our customers."

Stewart Rose, President of Truebridge, Inc. said: "We're delighted to be associated with PremierWest. PremierWest is a forward looking bank that understands what it means to build meaningful customer relationships in part by providing the educational information that their customers want in order to make better financial decisions throughout their life."

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PremierWest Bancorp ( NASDAQ : PRWT ) is a financial services holding company headquartered in Medford, Oregon, and operates primarily through its subsidiary PremierWest Bank. PremierWest Bank offers expanded financial services through PremierWest Investment Services, Inc.

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NASHUA At Nashuas Yoga for Peace event you will be introduced to yoga for everyone, young or old, experienced or novice. The fifth annual Yoga for Peace is from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Nashua Community College, 505 Amherst St. As part of the opening ceremonies this year, humorist Ken Sheldon will show Yoga for Yankees.

In addition, classes will include events for children and teens, with 30 different classes from which to choose.

Our attendance grows every year, and we are planning to serve 800 people this year. Participants will discover that yoga is for every body and mind, Jay Gupta of YogaCaps said.

The day is presented by YogaCaps Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build wellness and community by making yoga more available and affordable.

There is no ticket fee; this event is funded only by donations with pre-registration at http://www.yoga caps.org. Your donation benefits two important nonprofit causes free yoga classes for those with cancer through the Thriving with Yoga program at New Hampshires four major hospitals, and scholarships for the Peace and Social Justice Program at Nashua Community College.

This is the largest donation-based yoga and peace event in New England. More than 44 teachers from professional studios and organizations donate their time to share yoga, wellness and meditation classes for all ages and abilities. There will also be dance, music and food.

Paula Super, a participant who has attended for three years, said the event is a special day, fun and fulfilling. I came home energized and relaxed. I wouldnt miss it.

Pre-register online for Yoga for Peace at http://www.yogacaps.org; click on the Peace Dove and follow the links. For more information, contact Terry Gupta at 670-0302.

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Friday, October 12, 2012

NASHUA At Nashuas Yoga for Peace event you will be introduced to yoga for everyone, young or old, experienced or novice. The fifth annual Yoga for Peace is from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Nashua Community College, 505 Amherst St.

As part of the opening ceremonies this year, humorist Ken Sheldon will show Yoga for Yankees.

In addition, classes will include events for children and teens, with 30 different classes from which to choose.

Our attendance grows every year, and we are planning to serve 800 people this year. Participants will discover that yoga is for every body and mind, Jay Gupta of YogaCaps said.

The day is presented by YogaCaps Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build wellness and community by making yoga more available and affordable.

There is no ticket fee; this event is funded only by donations, which benefits two nonprofit causes free yoga classes for those with cancer through the Thriving with Yoga program at New Hampshires four major hospitals, and scholarships for the Peace and Social Justice Program at Nashua Community College.

This is the largest donation-based yoga and peace event in New England. More than 44 teachers from professional studios and organizations donate their time to share yoga, wellness and meditation classes for all ages and abilities. There will also be dance, music and food.

Paula Super, a participant who has attended for three years, said the event is a special day, fun and fulfilling. I came home energized and relaxed. I wouldnt miss it.

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Both of Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga models to arrive in the UK in November.

With Windows 8 launching at the end of October, we're finally going to start seeing some of the computers we've been talking about for months in the flesh. Both CES and Computex were full to the brim with Windows 8 laptops and computers that (obviously) couldn't launch until Windows 8 hit the market. Among them was the IdeaPad Yoga from Lenovo. The Yoga actually got quite a bit of attention at CES for its unique design. This week brings news that the Yoga will launch in the UK in November.

Tuesday night Lenovo revealed four Windows 8 devices: the IdeaPad Yoga 13 (flip), the IdeaTab Lynx (split), the ThinkPad Twist (twist), and the IdeaPad Yoga 11 (flip). All four offer touch-based screens for Windows 8's touchy-feely UI, and the Yoga 13 is set for availability on October 26. However, it seems consumers in the UK will have to wait a bit longer and pay a bit of a premium. While the Yoga 13 starts at $1,099 in the U.S., TechRadar reports that the notebook will start at 999 when it launches in the UK next month. By today's rates, that works out at just shy of $1600. Yikes.

It's not all bad, though. While the U.S. won't get the Yoga 11 until December, it's slated for UK availability in November. Pricing is still a bit unfair, with folks in the U.S. looking at a starting price of $799 and UK prices starting at 699 (nearly $1120), but it does arrive that bit earlier.

The IdeaPad Yoga 13 packs 13.3-inch HD+ (1600 x 900) display, 3rd generation Core i series CPU, Integrated Intel HD 4000 Graphics, up to 8GB of RAM, as much as 256 GB of SSD storage, and a 1MP 720p HD Camera with face tracking capability. The Yoga 11 is powered by Nvidia's Tegra 3 chip, boasts an 11.6-inch HD, packs 2GB of RAM, and runs on Windows RT.

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While Chuck Pagano lies in a hospital bed at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis in a battle for his life, the Michigan football coaching staff will offer every bit of support it can.

Pagano, the first-year head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia and has been hospitalized since Sept. 26.

Michigan coach Brady Hoke and his staff purchased 40 #chuckstrong T-shirts and will wear them to Michigan Stadium for the Wolverines matchup against Illinois on Saturday.

Several members of the staff have ties with Pagano and his family. Pagano worked for defensive coordinator Greg Mattison when Mattison was with the Baltimore Ravens.

Hoke and the members of the staff that came from San Diego State knew Paganos brother, John, a defensive coordinator with the San Diego Chargers, rather well.

Theres a strong relationship, Hoke said Wednesday. Hes one of ours. Hes our kind of guy. So we want to pay a little tribute to him and also for the cause.

Hoke said he made the decision to do the #chuckstrong tribute on Sunday night, which was the same evening Paganos Colts upset the Green Bay Packers, 30-27, in Indianapolis.

CHASE THE RABBIT: Nathan Scheelhaase is the kind of guy you have to keep an eye on.

The third-year Illinois starting quarterback is a dual threat in the backfield, with major speed to boot. As a result, Hoke has done something a little different to prepare the defense for Scheelhaase.

Ive always done it with defensive linemen we do a little at the end of practice, some chase the rabbit, we call it, Hoke said. Drills where you instill a mindset, a mentality, I think.

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