HR.com Hosts Annual Recruitment Survey, Advisory Board Named for HR.com Institute for HR - RPO Certification Program

Troy, MI (PRWEB) February 10, 2011

The RPO practice of KellyOCG, the outsourcing and consulting group of Kelly Services, Inc., has launched its annual recruitment survey, results of which will be published in a second quarter report. KellyOCG has partnered with HROA and HR.com on the survey, which is hosted by HR.com and can be accessed by clicking here: KellyOCG 4th Annual Recruitment Survey.

"Our annual recruitment survey allows Kelly to review trends, metrics and needs in HR talent acquisition and to determine how outsourcing may be utilized in companies across the globe," said D. Zachary Misko, global director of KellyOCG. "The Global RPO Report contains current and useful information for HR professionals while helping KellyOCG to better understand and meet the needs of clients."

In addition to hosting the RPO survey, HR.com, recently announced their Advisory Board for the Institute for Human Resources - Recruitment Process Outsourcing Certification Program, launching February 14 - 15. KellyOCG's Misko has been appointed to the board.

"More and more firms are turning to their traditional staffing partners for RPO services as the economy rebounds," said Debbie McGrath, chief executive officer, HR.com. "The addition of Zachary Misko to our Advisory Board will keep content, and trends, relevant for people talking RPO certification as well as help us better understand global RPO trends."

The ultimate goal of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing program is to provide certification and accreditations to industry professionals who are interested in advancing their career, obtaining deep domain expertise, valuable hands-on experience and knowledge that will enable them to make measurable improvements in their workplaces with respect to recruitment and managing RPO service providers.

About HR.com

HR.com is in business to help build great companies by connecting them to the knowledge and resources they need to effectively manage the people side of business. As the largest social network and online community of HR executives, HR.com provides thousands of worldwide embers with easy access to shared knowledge on best practices, trends, and industry news in order to help them develop their most important asset - their people.

About HROA

The HROA is the only professional membership association committed to promoting the advancement of human resources transformation in complex organizations. The mission of the HROA is to support the Human Resources Outsourcing industry (HRO) through education, advocacy and the promotion of best practices. As a membership organization, HROA provides online and offline networking, best practices and independent commentary on the evolution of HR transformation. For more information visit: http://www.hroa.org.

About KellyOCG

KellyOCG is a global leader in innovative talent management solutions in the areas of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Human Resources Consulting, Career Transition and Organizational Effectiveness, Consulting, Executive Search and Contingent Workforce Outsourcing (CWO), which includes Independent Contractor Solutions. Further information about KellyOCG may be found at http://www.kellyocg.com.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Jane Stehney, Kelly Services, Inc.

248/244-5630

stehnja(at)kellyservices(dot)com

Debbie McGrath, HR.com

877-472-6648

DMcGrath(at)hr(dot)com

This press release was distributed through PR Web by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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IADT-San Antonio Announces New Web Design and Development Degree Program

San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) May 05, 2011

The new bachelors Web Design and Development degree program at IADT-San Antonio can help students gain a solid understanding of programming, database management and web administration. The program features instruction in the design, maintenance, management and evaluation of todays websites. It also allows students to combine creativity and technical knowledge to develop solutions for the web design and development industry.

Through engaging classroom instruction and hands-on training, students can develop knowledge and skills used by professionals in the web design and development industry. The Web is an integral part of our daily lives, and it is playing an increasingly large role in todays business world. Students who can become skilled in this area may have the chance to pursue a variety of rewarding career opportunities in the field.

The Bachelor of Science in Web Design and Development program at IADT-San Antonio can help students develop knowledge in digital imaging, usability, interface design, open source systems, website advertising and more. The program combines conventional classroom learning with hands-on electronic training to provide a well-rounded educational experience. Students have the opportunity to explore how graphics, text, audio, video and interactivity function on the Web. Graduates of this bachelor-level program can move toward potential opportunities in the web design and development field.

The bachelors Web Design and Development degree program at IADT-San Antonio is designed to help students gain the industry-current training they need to pursue entry level career opportunities in the web design and development industry.

About the International Academy of Design and Technology in San Antonio

With more than 30 years as an established institution, the International Academy of Design and Technology offers students a hands-on education with experienced faculty dedicated to providing students with the necessary skills, knowledge, support and guidance to pursue fulfilling career opportunities in the design and technology fields. The San Antonio campus (IADT-San Antonio), which opened in 2005, offers degree programs in graphic design, fashion design and merchandising, merchandising management and advertising design. Students also have the opportunity to take a portion of their coursework online through IADT-Online. The school is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). ACICS is a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. IADT-San Antonio does not guarantee employment or salary and is part of Career Education Corporation network of schools. For more information, visit http://www.iadt.edu/San-Antonio or call (210) 530-9449.

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Quinazoline Program Makes Progress Toward Drug Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy -- Families of SMA 2010 Program Update

Elk Grove Village, IL (PRWEB) June 30, 2010

Late last year, Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (FSMA) announced that it had entered into a groundbreaking exclusive license agreement with Repligen Corporation for the development of a potential treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). FSMA is dedicated to creating a treatment and cure for SMA by funding and advancing comprehensive research and drug discovery programs.

The FSMA funded Quinazoline Program has had several significant milestones - the first ever pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) meeting for SMA with the FDA took place in 2009, and FSMA then obtained Orphan Drug Designation for the drug. In the next step of the process toward finding a viable treatment for SMA, the well-established biopharmaceutical company Repligen Corporation, with extensive experience in clinical development in neurological indications, now takes on responsibility and funding for clinical development of a new SMA drug.

SMA, the leading genetic killer of children under the age of two, is typically marked by the degeneration of muscle movement including the muscles that control crawling, walking, swallowing and breathing. There are no approved therapies for the treatment of SMA to date, which affects one in every 6,000 babies. One in every 40 people carry the gene that causes SMA, indicating approximately 7.5 million carriers in the United States.

Families of SMA has made remarkable progress in defining a series of highly potent compounds which may be clinical candidates for SMA, stated Walter C. Herlihy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Repligen Corporation. We look forward to working with FSMA and their collaborators in the development of what we hope will be an important new treatment for SMA.

Importance of the Quinazoline Program

Through FSMAs leadership, ten years of research has resulted in a drug candidate that is targeted to treat the underlying cause of SMA. The licensed Quinazoline compounds increase the amount of SMN protein made from the back-up gene in SMA called SMN2. In preclinical studies, the drug has been shown to efficiently cross the blood brain barrier - a critical feature for a neurological drug - and prolong survival significantly in two different mouse models of SMA.

Quinazoline Program Update - Repligen Corporation

The clinical candidate identified by FSMA is at a pre-clinical research phase in which detailed studies of safety, pharmacology, and toxicology are being conducted. In parallel, mouse models of SMA disease are being used to document efficacy of the drug and examine what dose and dose schedule might give the best treatment result. These two lines of research will culminate in designing and seeking approval to test the drug first in healthy volunteers and then in patients. Early phase clinical trials will be conducted in adult volunteers and then patients to establish the safety and pharmacology of the drug.

While always difficult to predict progress milestones accurately, the preclinical work and early clinical safety and pharmacology studies in healthy humans will be the focus of the program for the next 1-2 years. If successful in establishing a safe dose which is also thought to be efficacious, future studies can examine the efficacy of the drug treatment in SMA patients, according to James Rusche, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research and Development of Repligen Corporation.

Progress Made

FSMAs first venture into drug discovery began in 2000 as a collaboration with Aurora Biosciences, since acquired by Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The initial goal of the collaboration was to develop screening tools to search for chemical compounds that could increase SMN levels from the SMN2 gene. Several compounds with the capability of doing this were discovered and one of these compound classes called Quinazolines were chemically modified at deCODE Chemistry with full funding by FSMA to optimize and generate drug-like properties. In late 2007 a clinical candidate was selected.

In August of 2009, FSMA received FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Quinazoline495, our clinical candidate in this program, for the treatment of SMA.

FSMA then conducted the first ever SMA pre-IND meeting with the FDA.

In October of 2009, Families of SMA licensed this series of compounds to Repligen Corporation for development as a potential treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Under the guidance of drug discovery and development experts, FSMA has made investments of $ 13 million during the last decade to bring this groundbreaking program to the cusp of clinical development.

Importantly, the Quinazoline program also shows that SMA drug discovery is feasible! This has encouraged many others in the government and industry to invest in SMA research.

FSMA Funds Key Drug Discovery Programs

One of FSMAs primary and critical goals is to help build the size of its SMA drug pipeline, which simply means increasing the number of viable SMA candidate therapies in pre-clinical or clinical drug development. To date FSMA has been involved in five such ventures, including the groundbreaking Quinazoline Program.

Traditionally it has been difficult to attract major pharmaceutical companies to conduct research for orphan diseases like SMA, which have small patient populations with small potential for profit. Therefore FSMA has taken the strategy of providing seed funding to encourage biotech and pharmaceutical partners to engage in SMA drug research. The objective is to reduce the risk for industrial partners by simultaneously providing funding, research tools, scientific expertise, and established clinical networks. This strategy effectively lowers the barriers for embarking in SMA drug discovery bringing us closer to discovering new therapies and ultimately, a cure for SMA.

About Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

FSMA is dedicated to creating a treatment and cure for SMA by: Funding and advancing a comprehensive research program; Supporting SMA families through networking, information and services; Improving care for all SMA patients; Educating health professionals and the public about SMA; Enlisting government support a; Embracing all touched by SMA in a caring community. http://www.curesma.org

About Repligen Corporation

Repligen Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company in Waltham, Massachusetts that focuses on the development of innovative therapeutic drugs for unmet medical needs especially in the field of neurodegenerative disease. Repligen has licensed the compounds developed by FSMA that hold promise as a treatment for SMA.

Contact Information

Families of SMA

925 Busse Road

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

Phone (800) 886-1762

Fax (847) 367-7623

Email info(at)fsma(dot)org

http://www.curesma.org

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TurboSquid Debuts CheckMate Certification Program

New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) August 08, 2011

TurboSquid is pleased to introduce CheckMate(TM) Certification, the industrys first standard for 3D models. CheckMate is a major step forward for quality in the stock 3D industry and holds 3D models to a quality standard for the very first time.

TurboSquid developed CheckMate after two years of research with production artists in games, broadcast, films, advertising, and architectural visualization. "Up until now, quality from model to model varied too much," says Matt Wisdom, CEO of TurboSquid. "We address this problem by establishing universal standards for the highest quality, CheckMate Pro, and basic reliability, CheckMate Lite."

Developing the Standard

Historically, there have been no consistent 3D modeling standards for artists to follow--quality within the stock 3D industry has been based on artists personal standards or on narrow guidelines within a specific industry or company. TurboSquid, with its 2M+ member base and 20K+ supplier artists, was uniquely qualified to develop the CheckMate standard and create a certification program around it. There was a major void that we felt we were in a position to address," says Paul Teall, General Manager of the TurboSquid Artist Group and leader of the CheckMate team. "3D artists finally have detailed guidelines on what customers want in a model. In turn, customers will experience stock 3D in a whole new way."

To develop the CheckMate standard, TurboSquid discussed 3D model needs with seasoned production artists across a variety of industries and surveyed its customer base extensively. TurboSquid also ran a six-month beta program with selected top sellers and customers before settling on the Pro and Lite levels of CheckMate Certification. CheckMate Pro demands the utmost quality in geometry, textures, and presentation with a rigorous 44-point inspection. The CheckMate Lite standard, which focuses on reliability in both the product description and the model itself, uses a 15-point inspection. Both standards call for quality not only in the 3D model itself but also in the model's presentation at TurboSquid, which shows customers everything they need to know about the model prior to making a purchasing decision.

TurboSquid developed a suite of proprietary automation tools to check models at a technical level, but Teall points out that these tests will never take the place of human judgment. "A 3D artist with a trained eye opens up each model, looks at it, and renders the model," says Teall. "Our tools can tell you about the model's poly count, topology, and so on, but in the end, a person has to decide if it makes the cut for CheckMate." Among the personnel hired by TurboSquid to implement the new program are numerous CheckMate inspectors who manually check each and every model before it's given the badge.

TurboSquid has always had the widest variety and largest catalog of models, but we felt like it was time to end the game of guessing whats quality, says Wisdom. We now have a clear brand in CheckMate to help customers know what theyre buying. In fact, many customers have said theyll never buy anything other than CheckMate if its available to them, which is a great validation of the artists' and our teams efforts to bring standards to our industry.

CheckMate Details

CheckMate models are indicated in TurboSquid search results with a checkmark, blue for Pro and silver for Lite. Only artists exclusive to TurboSquid and participating in the SquidGuild can submit 3D models for CheckMate certification. For more information on CheckMate, visit http://www.turbosquid.com/CheckMate.

About TurboSquid

Founded in 2000, TurboSquid is the leading global marketplace for 3D Models. Customers in every line of production work from Movies, Games, Television News, Architecture, Advertising, Defense and more depend on TurboSquid to save their projects time and money. They are supplied world-class content by the Turbo Squids ever growing community of professional modelers.

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MyReviewsNow Introduces the New Yummy Arts Cake Decorating Program at a 30-Day Free Trial for Baking Enthusiasts.

(PRWEB) July 03, 2011

Yummy Arts has educated interested foodies and aspiring pastry chefs for nearly ten years, offering video tips, recipes and more on the art of dessert decoration. The guides who produce these videos are all professional cake decorators with years of experience within the industry, and they are also active within the Yummy Arts forum community. Now Yummy Arts is pleased to introduce a membership plan that offers even more advice and education through the World Wide Web. In addition to offering the standard free services, members can now view step-by-step tutorials on a monthly basis, as well as other specialty options.

Yummy Arts delivers the experience of a cake decorating class from online, allowing pastry enthusiasts the option to learn the intricacies of the pastry arts. With the new membership option however, this educational forum becomes nearly elite. Offering a free professional step-by-step how-to video added monthly, dessert articles written by expert bakers, photo galleries, discounts and more. The membership option also automatically enters users into contest drawings and giveaways. There are new fresh designs added each month to keep the site from going stale, and to expand the creativity of members. Members can cancel their memberships at any time though email and response times are usually within 24 hours.

The videos provided by the Yummy Arts team provide valuable educational information in a steady guided manner. Members can have access to videos detailing the cake decorating process from start to finish, as well as other dessert treats such as cookies and candies. Members could witness the creation of towering wedding cakes and festive birthday cakes, all while a professional pastry chef explains the process. Members are also given access to the onsite library where they can watch past videos that are neatly arranged into categories for easy reference.

Aside from the video tutorials, Yummy Arts also offers dozens of articles on cookie and cake decoration. The articles also offer in depth information for decorating ideas, recipes, tricks, tips and more. Members also have the option of browsing through the forum, which has an active, enthusiastic community offering advice and support. There is also a Tools section that offers information, techniques and tips for the use of common dessert decorating tools, such as parchment bags and lettering cutters.

The professionals at Yummy Arts each have a girth of knowledge and experience within the pastry arts industry. The team of pastry chefs at Yummy Arts are all established and successful within the world of pasty arts, each with a list of accomplishments and achievements unto themselves. Some of the decorators at Yummy Arts have been featured of Food Network, others have won competitions and awards and some have published popular books.

For additional information on the membership program, please visit MyReviewsNow. There is also a 30-day free trial available for interested enthusiasts.

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Cooking Up a Healthy Home: New Mom-Centered Program Uses Education to Fight Diabetes and Childhood Obesity

San Diego, CA (Vocus) July 6, 2010

The Skinny Gene Project launches a new mom-centered program on Facebook to engage moms in conversations about the importance of creating a healthy home to prevent type 2 diabetes and fight childhood obesity.

Skinny Gene Healthy Mommas is the latest in a growing trend of social media-based initiatives created by this award winning organization - recipient of the 2010 #influencesd non-profit of the year award for spreading their message about diabetes prevention in innovative ways.

Consistent with Skinny Genes education-based approach to influence others to make positive lifestyle changes, Skinny Gene Healthy Mommas combines casual Facebook conversations about being a parent with a how-to guide to making healthier food choices and creating a healthier home.

Beginning July, 2010, under the direction of the Skinny Gene Project Registered Dietitian Emily Barr, MS,RD, CNSC , the Skinny Gene Project will offer all members free or low cost interactive nutrition classes (via WebEx webinar) to teach current or aspiring Healthy Mommas how to incorporate nutrient-rich foods into their familys diets.

DLana Dismuke, President of the Board of Directors for the J.Moss Foundation/Skinny Gene Project, states, We are committed to helping communities by focusing on where fundamental education begins, in the home. With Skinny Gene Healthy Mommas, we are providing sound nutritional advice and engaging a community of women interested in providing the very best for their families. Through these efforts, it is our goal to cook up healthy homesone spatula at a time.

The first topic in the Healthy Home Series, How to Balance Your Familys Different Nutritional Needs, will explain the dietary requirements for each child and adult in the household. The class will discuss strategies for meal planning and how to adjust to the ever-changing needs of a growing home.

Group classes allow us to offer solutions in a time when the diabetes epidemic is running ramped and were in desperate need of a nutrition intervention. Whether were sharing information in a group setting or during a 1-on-1 personalized counseling session, our hope is to make our resources accessible to those ready to take steps towards improving their health.

Dates and times for all Healthy Home nutrition classes will be posted on the Skinny Gene Healthy Mommas Facebook wall.

Making changes can be difficult. We wanted to use Facebook as our audience, Adults 21-44, is comfortable in this environment and more likely to join a conversation and share practical advice. This channel also allows us to have an open dialogue in which we offer recommendations on small changes that can be easily executed.

In honor of National Dairy Month, Emily Barr used Skinny Gene Healthy Mommas to create awareness about the importance of eating 3 servings of dairy a day to reduce adipose tissue, also known as belly fat. This topic is of particular interest to Skinny Gene, due to the high correlation between this type of fat and an increased risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Barr offered suggestions on Facebook about how to incorporate low-fat dairy into the daily diet, and she supplemented these tips with the blog post, Getting Rid of the Jiggle Around Your Middle.

Adults are not the only ones who have to worry about the jiggle that some of us have around the middle. As masters of the kitchen, by making healthy choices, parents can single-handedly fight childhood obesity in their homes.

Adult-onset and childhood obesity are exasperated by the lack of nutrient-rich food being consumed in households every day. This can be attributed to both lack of funds and information. Government programs like the Improving Nutrition for Americas Children Act hope to fill the nutritional gaps by addressing the need to provide children with nutritious meals in and out of schools.

The Skinny Gene Project hopes to enrich families lives by providing them with the opportunity to receive the information needed to make healthy choices and embrace a long-term healthy lifestyle.

About Skinny Gene Project

The Skinny Gene Project (a division of the J. Moss Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preventing diabetes. We help to educate those who are at-risk; empower them with the resources, tools, and support needed to make healthy lifestyle changes; and teach them how to make the long-term social, environmental, and behavioral changes needed to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.

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