East Sussex, England (PRWEB) September 16, 2012

Defining women within the context of business is not something that Katie Day likes to do. In her new book, The High-Heeled Leader, she expands the definition to include embracing femininity, personal experiences and professional success.

Day wrote the book as a complement to her work as a training consultant, business coach and personal style consultant for women in business, as well as those hoping to break into the professional world.

As a training consultant, business coach and personal style consultant, Ive been helping women recognize their own strengths for over two decades, Day says. My view is that every woman is magnificent and knowing this comes from how she thinks about herself on the inside.

Days experience working with hard topics comes from a personal place. In the book, she is open about the life experiences that shaped her into the woman she is, including failed marriages and a difficult relationship with her father.

My own road to self-recovery is what prompted me to start my work as an empowerment and leadership trainer, Day says. I never ask my readers to do anything that I havent done myself.

I want to help every woman discover that she is an amazing, powerful person. I dont care what dress size she wears, what budget she has or what she does for a living--every woman can step into, and own, her authentic feminine power.

For more information, visit Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Balboa.

Connect with Katie on Twitter and her website, http://www.katieday.com

The High-Heeled Leader By Katie Day ISBN: 978-1-4525-5126-5 Softcover, retail price: $17.99 Hardcover, retail price: $35.99 E-book price: $3.99

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In yet another sign that the technology industry has entered the post-PC era, personal computers during the second quarter accounted for less than half of the market for DRAM -- the first time in a generation that they didn't consume the majority of the leading type of semiconductor memory. PCs in the second quarter accounted for 49.0 of DRAM bit shipments, down from 50.2 percent in the first quarter, according to IHS iSuppli.

The fall is notable, given that the share of PCs hasn't dipped below 50 percent since the 1980s, when personal computers were a new product whose sales were rising at rapid clip. After accounting for the overwhelming share of DRAM buying for decades, average PC share from the first quarter of 2008 until the fourth quarter of 2011 hovered at approximately 55 percent, with share fluctuating periodically but generally trending down.

An Era Explained

This event symbolizes the decline of the PC market because of smartphone and media tablets. However, beyond symbolism, the development also illustrates the diminishing dominion of PCs in the electronics supply chain.

"The arrival of the post-PC era doesn't mean that people will stop using personal computers, or even necessarily that the PC market will stop expanding," said Clifford Leimbach, memory analyst at IHS. "What the post-PC era does mean is that personal computers are not at the center of the technology universe anymore -- and are seeing their hegemony over the electronics supply chain erode. PCs are no longer generating the kind of growth and overwhelming market size that can single-handedly drive demand, pricing and technology trends in some of the major technology businesses."

The fact that PCs have lost their majority share of the DRAM market -- an area completely defined and dominated by personal computers for about 30 years -- represents a major milestone and the arrival of a new era in technology.

"For DRAM suppliers, the focus in the future increasingly will be on serving the needs of fast-expanding new markets for smartphones and tablets, at the expense of catering to the PC business," Leimbach said. "This follows other indications of the waning influence of the PC business in the electronics business. Such factors include the declining power of the Wintel alliance, as well as Apple Inc.'s smartphone- and tablet-driven ascendency to chip purchasing leadership above traditional PC-oriented frontrunners like Hewlett-Packard."

Memory Modification

During the period from the second quarter of this year to the fourth quarter of 2013, the portion of DRAM shipments accounted for by PCs will contract another 6 percentage points, sliding to 42.8 percent, as shown in the figure below.

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by SAM PIZZIGATI The Gilmer Mirror

Virtually, Anything Goes with Online Education

State officials are allowing tax dollars to underwrite K-12 virtual disasters.

BySam Pizzigati

The sounds of September: school bells ringing, loose-leaf binders snapping open and shut, sneakers squeaking on gymnasium floors. Next to apple pie, what could possibly be more American than these familiar sounds and the local public schools where we hear them?

But times change. Blackboards and chalk no longer grace every classroom. Even pre-kindergarteners in the best-equipped schools gather around interactivesmartboardsand tap away on tablet computers. With the Internet, we can share lessons across borders.

In the new Information Age, are local public schools becoming obsolete? Do we need a new model for educating our young? Some sort of revolution in teaching and learning?

Questions like these demand thoughtful and patient democratic deliberation that we're not getting. In today's deeply unequal United States, we're rushing to an educational future that profits our awesomely affluent few at the expense of the rest of us.

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CARBONDALE - Hundreds of informative and interesting non-credit classes are just a computer away with Southern Illinois University Carbondale's "Education to Go" online program.

The University's Continuing Education and Outreach, in partnership with ed2go, offers more than 350 online, instructor-led courses covering a wide variety of topics and specialties. The courses are convenient and interactive, and feature lessons, quizzes, hands-on learning, discussion areas and supplementary work.

While the courses do not earn SIU Carbondale college credit, Continuing Education and Outreach keeps course completion records on file for transcript requests. Some courses offer continuing professional education credit.

Courses start at $94, and include most materials. The diverse course offerings cover everything from how to start your own business, invest in real estate, web technology and security, computer programing, accounting, creative writing, medical coding, several languages, grammar, and protecting your money, credit and identity, and many more topics.

The numerous class options, which are sure to fit every interest, are available at ed2go.com/siuc/.

There are three different types of online courses -- professional development, career training programs, and academic prep success classes.

Instructor-led courses are for professional development and personal enrichment. Each session is six weeks long. A new session begins each month in an interactive learning environment. Students who earn passing scores receive an award of completion.

Career training programs feature personal instructor assistance, and will prepare participants to start a new career or earn industry certification. These programs take less than six months to complete. Students may start classes at any time, and they will earn a certificate of completion for a passing score at the end of the course.

Academic success prep classes also begin at any time and take six to 12 weeks to complete. These classes feature an interactive learning environment and instructors offering individual guidance. Participants who earn passing scores at the end of the course will receive a confirmation of completion. The University's six-week test prep courses are quite popular, particularly the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). SIU Carbondale also offers courses preparing people to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), General Educational Development (GED) and ACT.

All classes are completely web-based. Dedicated professionals provide instruction, answer questions, offer feedback and even facilitate online discussions.

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George Curry was enjoying life away from coaching.

He finally had a chance to take extended vacations with his wife, Jackie. He had more time to spend with his six grandchildren. And his high school football fix was eased by his work as a radio and television analyst.

Then, unexpectedly, the opportunity to return to Berwick, where he spent 35 seasons and guided the Dawgs to six PIAA Class AAA state championships, presented itself.

In mid-June, Gary Campbell, who had replaced Curry at the Northeastern Pennsylvania school, announced that he was stepping down and taking a position in his home state of Massachusetts.

"The other coaches wanted me to take it, the school board wanted me to take it, and the players wanted me to take it," Curry said. "It was a whirlwind, to be honest with you. I was totally retired."

Life as a retiree was nice, but not good enough to keep Curry away from his beloved Dawgs. He took the job on June 17, ending a three-year sabbatical.

"I told my wife I'd see her at Christmas," the 68-year-old joked. "That's just the way it is."

This is Curry's second return to the sideline. When the coaching bug hit him almost immediately after he stepped down at Berwick in 2005, he coached for three years at nearby Wyoming Valley West.

So far, his second stint with the Dawgs has been a major success. The squad has won its first three games by a combined 139-35. It routed visiting Dallas, 50-14, Friday night.

"Once I got in it, it was like I never left," said Curry, a part-time driver's education instructor. "I love it. I love what I'm doing."

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Chris Thompson spent a long night in the hospital after last years Wake Forest game with two broken vertebrae in his back.

He wasnt sure if he would walk again let alone ever step foot on a field again.

I was in that hospital bed and so many thoughts were going through my mind, Thompson said. I didnt know if I wanted to play football again. I didnt know if I was going to play. I didnt know if I was going to be walking straight or anything like that.

Thompson didnt need surgery, rehabilitated with FSUs training staff and was back in August for practice. And he had some good runs in the first two games of the season. But he saved something special for Saturday.

After what was an emotional week, Thompson delivered two breathtaking runs of 74-yard and 80-yard touchdown on back-to-back plays in the second quarter of No. 5 Florida States 52-0 rout of Wake Forest before 68,833 fans at Doak Campbell Stadium.

In his third game back for FSU (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), Thompson ran for 197 yards on nine carries all of them in the first half.

What a difference a year makes, FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. It cant happen to a better young man.

The always-smiling Thompson was quick to praise his teammates for his long runs, which were boosted by blocks initially from the offensive line and fullback Lonnie Pryor as well as downfield blocks from wide receivers.

They were giving me all the props for making the touchdowns, but all I had to pretty much do was just run, Thompson said. I didnt have to make any great cuts. I didnt have to break any tackles, anything. My long runs were pretty much just open field runs. I thank those guys for doing that.

The appreciation was mutual. Thompson received a game ball in an emotional postgame locker room, and teammates were thrilled for him to have a big game against the team that he was injured against just 11 months ago.

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The Canton Community Improvement Corp. board will meet Friday to discuss the mayors improper use of a credit card tied to the economic development group.

The seven-member board is scheduled to meet at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room on the eighth floor of City Hall.

Mayor William J. Healy II improperly used a CIC credit card 16 times between July 7 and Aug. 7, according to credit-card statements obtained through a public-records request.

Healy said he mistakenly used the CIC credit card one of three issued and got it mixed up with his personal credit cards. Healy said he was embarrassed by the misstep. In recent weeks, the misuse was discovered by an employee of the community development department. Healy said he wrote checks soon after to KeyBank (for the Platinum Business MasterCard) to cover personal expenses a check for $534.39 and another for $72.03. Healy said the payments also covered a $39 late fee incurred on the credit card.

Purchases were made at several businesses, including Subway restaurant, Dillards, Friendlys Ice Cream, Macys, Speedway, Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, Johns Grille, Sunoco, Pat Catans and Sams Club.

BOARD MEETING

The CIC board will review how the credit-card account and the policy regulating its use were established without the oversight of the full seven members, said Law Director Joseph Martuccio.

Also, the board has to analyze those transactions and determine which were properly reimbursable and ratify those, he said.

Tom Burns, an assistant city law director who represents the CIC, believes the credit card account was established without the necessary board approval.

The board never formally was made aware of the existence of the three credit cards and did not approve the policy, he said.

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14-09-2012 09:36 Online learning is a fast growing sector of management education and holds great potential for spreading quality management education throughout the globe. However, online learning presents unique challenges for the case method professor working to ensure participation, comprehension, problem-solving and effective group dynamics. How can you achieve the robust learning environment of a classroom case in an online environment? In this webinar two leaders in online management education from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School's MBA@UNC program will talk about how they successfully address the challenges of online case teaching.

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Janice Gowing shows there is life after cancer

8:00am Saturday 15th September 2012 in News

A NORTH Yorkshire woman who endured months of gruelling treatment after discovering a lump in her breast says she now wants to show others there is life after cancer.

Janice Gowing, 61, was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and underwent a mastectomy and reconstruction operation followed by five months of chemotherapy and three weeks of radiotherapy.

The treatment was a success and although she returned to the council job she had held for a decade, she said she knew she could not return to her old life.

As Mrs Gowing had already trained as a counsellor, she decided to set up her own life coaching organisation, as well as taking part in fundraisers for Cancer Research and travelling the world.

Recalling her diagnosis, Mrs Gowing said: I had found something in my breast, but because it didnt feel like a lump I wasnt too worried. I thought it was some sort of a cyst and would be easily dealt with. When the consultant said the words tumour and mastectomy I felt as if the floor had opened up and I was falling through it.

The treatment was a success and Mrs Gowing, of Knaresborough, said: I knew my life would never be the same after cancer and decided I needed to make a big change and do something different, to not put off the dreams that I had, to stop playing safe and to take some risks.

I really believe in the phrase carpe diem seize the day. My husband, Eric, and I no longer put off things that we want to do. I feel I have been given a second chance and dont intend to waste it. I have always been a positive person and am here to prove that there is life after cancer and it can be a better life than before.

Mrs Gowing is due to take part in the Bramham Park Fun Run for Cancer Research at St Jamess Hospital in Leeds, on Sunday, October 7.

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May 14, 1950 - Sept. 11, 2012

Roger J. Eyrolles loved playing baseball when he was young and loved coaching young baseball players. That's why he continued to donate his time and expertise as a baseball coach for Baldwin-Whitehall for nearly two decades after his son was done playing.

His longtime friend and fellow coach, Jim Munn of Bethel Park, said that was because Mr. Eyrolles, of Baldwin Borough, wanted to help the 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds he coached to learn life lessons as well as the fundamentals of hitting and fielding.

"He knew baseball and he cared passionately," Mr. Munn said. "To most people he seemed gruff ... but the kids liked him. He really understood the game, but the bottom line was that what Roger cared about most were the kids on the team.

"He was there to teach them and a lot of his players are now doctors, lawyers [and college professors]. He taught those kids how to be men."

Mr. Eyrolles died Tuesday in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He had been diagnosed in July with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Susan, said. He was 62.

She noted that Mr. Eyrolles succeeded in coaching because "he worked well with this age group. He just really felt a connection and felt he could make a difference. He truly dedicated himself to these kids in Baldwin and Whitehall."

Mr. Eyrolles was a four-year baseball letterman at the former Snowden High School, now South Park High School. He received scholarship interest from some colleges but with the Vietnam War raging he chose instead to enlist in the Coast Guard and served stateside.

Upon returning to civilian life, he attended CCAC South, where he continued his baseball career.

For 30 years, he owned and operated Roger's Baked Goods, a distributor of baked goods to Mon Valley pizza shops and restaurants.

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