MONEY? News ? Online Programs Launched For Career ...

Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) October 11, 2012

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has collaborated with Comcourse, an education provider specializing in online program support for academic institutions, to launch four new Career Advancement Programs designed to prepare students for certification and career advancement in the following areas: ICD-10-CM coding, ICD-10-PCS coding, Electronic Health Records, and Phlebotomy. A fifth program, preparing students for EKG Technician certification, will be launched in December.

???? Each program is designed for students to complete entirely or primarily online, either in a few weeks or up to a few months. ?Educational content delivered through the Career Advancement Programs meets a need for both educational institutions looking to expand their course offerings and students to expand their skills through a targeted and unique experience,? said David Hough, Director of Private Sector Education, Elsevier.

???? Institutions new to online learning can easily launch these programs without additional development. Each program includes both lessons designed to provide students with the key knowledge they need to achieve certification or gain career-building skills, as well as short courses on Teaching and Learning Online. ?We (Elsevier) were quite impressed with Comcourse?s existing Teaching Online course so we asked them to create a companion course for students called Learning Online. We believe including both of these with every Career Advancement Program will give those instructors and students unaccustomed to online learning a better chance of sharing a successful educational experience,? stated Scott Weaver, Director of Custom Solutions, Elsevier.

???? Elsevier and Comcourse also worked together to make sure that each lesson included study material that is broken up into small, manageable lessons. ?In crafting these programs, Comcourse?s Course Development team kept the busy online learner in mind,? said Christine Bunting, Comcourse?s Director of Course Development. Each lesson within a program is designed for a student to complete in two to three hours, with single components within the lesson taking as little as ten minutes. ?Students could watch a lecture on their lunch break and try out the review exercises just before bed.?

???? Elsevier and Comcourse are actively seeking additional titles to develop jointly.

???? To learn more about Elsevier?s Career Advancement Programs, please contact Mascha Scheutjens, National Account Specialist, at m.scheutjens@elsevier.com.

???? To learn more about Comcourse and their suite of online educational services, please visit http://www.comcourse.com or email info@comcourse.com.

???? ABOUT ELSEVIER

???? Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier?s online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby?s Nursing Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal Suite and MEDai?s Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

???? A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

Media contact
Christopher Capot
Director, Corporate Relations
Elsevier
+1 212 633 3164
c.capot(at)elsevier(dot)com

???? ABOUT COMCOURSE

???? Comcourse offers bundled and integrated solutions for online program delivery. These solutions typically include an investment of the capital needed for success, and a complete suite of services, based upon a risk-free revenue-sharing model in which we do not succeed until you do. We have the necessary technology, course development abilities, marketing talent, and experience. Most importantly, we understand the unique needs of accredited institutions.

Media contact
Kim T. Coon
Executive VP for Business Development
Comcourse Inc.
+1 866 507 2625
kcoon(at)comcourse(dot)com

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Cloverdale teacher's aide suspected of sexually assaulting student

By JEREMY HAY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A Cloverdale High School special education teacher?s aide has been jailed on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old high school student, authorities said Thursday.

Dyke Dewitt, 63, was arrested late Wednesday at his Cloverdale home by detectives from the Sonoma County Sheriff?s Office domestic violence and sexual assault unit.

He was booked into Sonoma County Jail on four felony allegations of sexual misconduct with a juvenile, said Sheriff?s Lt. Dennis O?Leary, who declined to disclose the teen?s gender.

The case came to the attention of the Sheriff?s Office after the teen?s family contacted Cloverdale police.

?At this point we don?t know? if there were other victims, said O?Leary. The alleged acts did not occur at the school, he said.

?We believe there was more than one incident and I believe that the majority were at the suspect?s residence,? he said.

The assaults are believed to have taken place over the past several months, O?Leary said.

Cloverdale School District Superintendent Steve Jorgensen said the district was informed Thursday of the arrest.

?We just got the information, so we?re trying to make a decision about what to do. We?re awaiting information from the sheriff?s department,? he said.

He said Dewitt is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigations by the sheriff and the district.

Dewitt has been with the district for two years, Jorgensen said, and is assigned to a single classroom. He would have been subject upon hiring to the same fingerprint tests any district employee would undergo.

Detectives who searched his home on a search warrant obtained ?significant items of evidence,? O?Leary said.

Dewitt is being held on $145,000 bail.

The investigation is continuing, and anyone with information about the case is asked to call the sheriff?s domestic violence and sexual assault unit, 565-8290.

You can reach Staff Writer Jeremy Hay at 521-5212 or jeremy.hay@pressdemocrat.com or on Twitter @jeremyhay

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CyanogenMod 10 M2 builds released

The CyanogenMod team sends word that they've released the second "M" -- milestone or monthly -- build of the Jelly Bean-based CyanogenMod 10 ROM. "M" builds of the popular custom firmware are described as "essentially stable" and "ready to use as your daily driver", compared to the more common but less stable nightly builds. Fittingly, M2's release comes around a month after M1 landed.

M2 builds are still rolling off CM's servers, but right now the ROM is available for all three Galaxy Nexus variants, as well as numerous Galaxy S2 and U.S. Galaxy S3 phones, among others. The newest builds of CyanogenMod 10 are available via the CM updater, as well as via ROM Manager.and the get.cm download site.

For the full list of supported devices in this latest version of CyanogenMod, check the source link below. And when you're up and running, be sure to hit the comments and let us know how you're getting on.

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State Dept reveals details of Benghazi attack

WASHINGTON (AP) ? All was quiet outside the U.S. Consulate as evening fell on Benghazi and President Barack Obama's envoy to Libya was retiring after a day of diplomatic meetings.

There was no indication of the harrowing events that night would bring: assailants storming the compound and setting its buildings aflame, American security agents taking fire across more than a mile of the city, the ambassador and three employees killed and others forced into a daring car escape against traffic.

Senior State Department officials on Tuesday revealed for the first time certain details of last month's tragedy in the former Libyan rebel stronghold, such as the efforts of a quick reaction force that rushed onto the scene and led the evacuation in a fierce gun battle that continued into the streets. The briefing was provided a day before department officials were to testify to a House committee about the most serious attack on a U.S. diplomatic installation since al-Qaida bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania 14 years ago.

The account answers some questions and leaves others unanswered. Chief among them is why for several days the Obama administration said the assault stemmed from a protest against an American-made Internet video ridiculing Islam, and whether the consulate had adequate security.

The officials, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said Ambassador Chris Stevens arrived in Benghazi and held meetings on and off the consulate grounds on Sept. 10. He spent the night, and then out of prudence spent the whole of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks meeting people inside the compound, an enclosed area about 300 yards long by 100 yards wide, with a 9-foot outer wall topped by barbed wire and augmented by barriers, steel drop bars and other security upgrades.

When Stevens finished his final meeting of the day, he escorted a Turkish diplomat outside the main entrance of the building. The situation was calm, the officials said, and there were no protests. Five U.S. agents and four local militiamen were providing security.

A little more than an hour later, around 9:40 p.m., everything changed.

The compound's agents were alerted by loud noises, gunfire and explosions near the front gate. A barracks near the entrance for the local militiamen was burned down. In the control center, agents watched on cameras as a large group of armed men flowed into the compound. They immediately sounded the alarm and made telephone calls to the embassy in Tripoli, officials in Washington, the Libyan authorities and the U.S. quick reaction force located at a second compound a little over a mile away.

One agent, armed with a sidearm and an assault rifle, took Stevens and State Department computer specialist Sean Smith to a safe room inside one of the compound's two main residences ? an area protected by a heavy metal grill and several locks and stocked with medical supplies and water. The other agents rushed to equip themselves with long guns, body armor, helmets and ammunition at other buildings. Two tried to make it to the building with Stevens but took fire and were forced to retreat.

The attackers began to overrun the compound, the officials recounted. The intruders penetrated Stevens' building and tried to break the grill locks for the safe room but couldn't gain access. So they dumped cans of diesel fuel in the building, lit furniture on fire and set aflame part of the exterior of the building.

In the compound's other residence, two agents barricaded themselves against the attackers who had gotten inside the building. The attackers failed to enter the tactical operations center, where the last two agents were located, smashing the door but failing to break it.

Meanwhile, Stevens' building rapidly filled with thick diesel smoke and fumes from the burning furniture. Inside, visibility was less than 3 feet and, unable to breathe, the Americans went to a bathroom and opened a window, trying to get air. They decided to get out of the building. The security agent went first, flopping out onto a patio enclosed by sandbags and taking fire immediately.

Stevens and Smith didn't make it out, the officials said. The agent, suffering severely from smoke inhalation, went in and out of the building several times to look for them ? in vain. He then climbed a ladder to the roof of the building and collapsed, radioing the other agents in a barely audible voice to alert them to the situation there.

The other four agents were able to then reunite, taking an armored vehicle to Stevens' building. They reached the collapsed agent and tried to set up a perimeter, taking turns going into the building and searching on hands and knees for the missing Americans. Smith was pulled out, dead. Stevens could not be found.

A six-member quick reaction security team arrived on the scene from its compound across town, the officials said. About 60 Libyan militiamen accompanied the team, and it again tried to secure a perimeter around Stevens' building, taking turns searching inside. Taking fire, the Libyan forces determined they couldn't hold the perimeter. An evacuation plan was quickly put in place to retreat to the reaction force's compound.

The evacuation proved anything but easy. Agents piled into an armored vehicle with Smith's body, facing immediate fire as they left through the main gate. Crowds and groups of men blocked two different routes to the security compound, so the Americans looked for an alternate way through heavy traffic at a speed of about 15 mph, so they wouldn't attract attention.

On a narrow street, according to officials, the agents reached a group of men who signaled for them to enter a compound. They sensed an ambush and sped away, but not before taking heavy fire from AK-47 machine guns at a distance of only 2 feet and hand grenades thrown against and under the car. Two tires were blown out.

They raced past another crowd of men and onto a main street, crossing a grassy median into opposing traffic. The agents then drove against oncoming traffic, eventually reaching their compound.

Once there they had to endure several more hours of intermittent gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades fired their way.

A team of reinforcements from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli arrived on a chartered aircraft at the Benghazi airport and reached the security compound.

But the Americans could do little when their main building was hit by mortar fire around 4 a.m. Two security personnel were killed, and one agent who had been involved in the earlier fighting was severely wounded.

The men decided to leave the city. They spent the next hours securing the annex and moving a large convoy of vehicles to the airport.

They flew out on two planes.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-reveals-details-benghazi-attack-062900114.html

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Iranian minister woos Indian businesses

NEW DELHI (AP) ? As Western sanctions squeeze Iran and its currency tumbles, the country's energy minister wooed Indian businesses for more investment and trade.

Majid Namjoo told a meeting of Indian business leaders Wednesday that huge business opportunities exist with Iran's private sector, which remains largely unaffected by sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union.

Namjoo is on a four-day visit to India to explore the possibilities of trade and joint ventures in renewable energy, power, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and food processing.

The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Iran to deter it from pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

The U.S. has pressed India to scale back its imports of Iranian crude to support those sanctions, but energy-starved India remains one of Iran's biggest oil purchasers.

Indian National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon denied on Wednesday that Iran was a divisive issue between India and the United States.

"We both seek the same end, a negotiated resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue without the spread of nuclear weapons," he said. "We may have different judgments as how to get to that goal."

Namjoo said the Iranian government has been privatizing government companies to reduce the impact of Western sanctions, and that a large number are open for investments.

"We are trying to make Iranian industries more competitive in price and quality. This is a big opportunity for Indian companies to invest in Iran, or in third countries through joint ventures with Iranian firms," Namjoo said.

He said Iran is preparing for a future when it will run out of oil and gas resources and is searching for renewable energy options.

Namjoo said India and Iran could work together in the field of hydroelectric energy in which Iranian companies have extensive expertise. Iran is exploring the feasibility of exporting some 4,000 megawatts of electricity to India.

India has been actively searching for investment deals with Iran as an ad hoc barter arrangement to pay its oil bills.

India imports around 70 percent of its oil needs, of which about 11 percent comes from Iran. It has been facing enormous problems over payments for the Iranian oil.

New Delhi initially channeled payments through German-based Europaisch-Iranische Handelsbank. But after the sanctions kicked in, the two countries moved to Turkey's Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS to facilitate payments.

That channel may also become inoperable after EU intervention. In February, Iran and India reached an agreement under which India would pay for 45 percent of the oil in Indian rupees, with the rest to be settled through a barter arrangement in goods and services.

The fallout of the sanctions is beginning to be felt by Iran, its currency and its people.

The Iranian rial, which has lost more than half its value in the past year, last week tumbled to its lowest value against the U.S. dollar ? 35,000 rials to a dollar. The currency's plunge was marked by small street protests in the tightly controlled society.

But a defiant Namjoo told journalists that while his country could weather the effect of sanctions, Iran's European neighbors were worse off.

"Iran is a big country. We will survive the sanctions," he said.

India, too, has been slowly easing its dependence on Iranian oil.

India also has strategic interests in the Iranian neighborhood. New Delhi is helping to develop the southern Iranian port of Chabahar and a rail link that will offer it direct access to landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iranian-minister-woos-indian-businesses-142926750--finance.html

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Can Verizon iPhone be used as GSM for overseas?

I've been currently on AT&T since forever and I travel internationally from time to time so having a GSM handset is required for me. But lately I am getting fed up with AT&T's shoddy service that I may switch to Verizon when the next iPhone comes out.

Question, will the Verizon iPhone be able to work on GSM networks in other countries? Since verizon uses CDMA, does that mean when I'm currently talking on my phone with someone will I stlil be able to receive notifications since that is coming over data? I heard that is the downside of being on Verizon is that DATA and VOICE cannot work together like on AT&T. That's the only killer for me, is that true?

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