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Event Profile: Halloween Costume & Party Show is one show you can't afford to miss. Industry leading suppliers will be here to showcase their latest and greatest products. They're available to answer all of your questions and offer unique selling tips. Highlights: The once a year event where over 10,000 attendees will converge in Chicago from all across the United States and over 50 foreign countries, looking to see what industry leading manufacturers and distributors are showcasing as new and exciting for the Halloween season, parties, celebrations and beyond. Visitor's Profile: Costume Shops, Online Merchants, Haunted Houses, Party Store Chains, Distributors, Gift Shops, Catalogue Houses, Mass Merchants, Balloon Retailers, Party Retailers, Wedding Planners, Florists, Rental Stores, Balloon Designers, Party and Special Event Planners are the target visitors. Exhibitor's Profile: Profile for exhibit include silk flowers, greenery, foliage, baskets, Seasonal Gift & Decor, costumes, fabrics, masks, themed makeup, novelties and accessories, party supplies, paper products, balloons and everything in between, Remembrances featuring Wedding Central: bridal gifts, decorations, scrapbooking supplies and keepsakes, Inflatables Zone featuring Tent and Outdoor Party: inflatables, tents and outdoor celebration necessities. Organizer: Trans World Exhibits, Inc. 1850, Oak Street, Northfield, United States of America. Tel: +(1)-(847)-4468434 Fax: +(1)-(847)-4463523

This intensive residential course will give delegates a basic broad knowledge of ultrasound screening of congenital anomalies and a comprehensive understanding of how to access the fetal heart and screen for congenital heart disease.

This conference has a twofold purpose a learning opportunity and an invitation to join a network. It presents an opportunity for top level school leaders from all over the world to meet in Stockholm, Sweden and learn more about global trends and changes in school policy and education worldwide as well as focusing on local experiences and conclusions for school improvement. The conference offers the unique possibility for school leaders to reflect on their role as leaders between political demands and pedagogical practice. Together, we will raise important and urgent questions about changes in education, how to prepare our young for global and local challenges. In keynote speeches and in seminars we will take part of the latest and most important knowledge about the difficult role of leading a process of change in education. This is an opportunity to share experience and learn from colleagues around the world and to create a network for future sharing. The conference 2008 is the first event out of three. The next occasion will be 2010 and the last in 2012. In between there will be networking activities. The conference in 2008 will bring together top level school leaders, scholars, educators to exchange experiences on: national school systems in a global context leadership in a world of change chart for the challenges of globalisation quality assessment as a tool for change cultural encounters We are pleased to invite you to this summit which will be the starting point of a global network of top level school leaders school superintendents, school district leaders. The conference is organised by the City of Stockholm, the Swedish National Agency for School Improvement, The Swedish Association of School Superintendents and the International School Connection. NEWS

Paper submission deadline is September 17, 2007. Submit a paper by August 1, 2007, and your name will be placed in a drawing for a free symposium registration. Paper length: Four-eight single spaced pages. A paper longer than eight pages will be returned to its author for editing and may not be published in the proceedings. An abstract by itself will not be considered. Presentation time: 20 minutes for each paper, including Q&A. Presentations will be grouped together by areas of interest and the presentation group will be assigned time slots of appropriate length. AV equipment provided: PC with speakers, LCD Projector, Internet and microphone. The PC will have MS Office (including PowerPoint) installed and will contain a DVD drive and USB port. NO overhead projector or Apple computer will be provided. Presenters may use their own laptop computers. Other information: Papers should consist of original (not previously published) or reported research on any and all aspects of Educational Technology. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind referee process. Conference Proceedings Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings book. These papers will serve as a source of information for educational technology research. Selected papers may be invited to be published in the TechEdge, TCEA’s quarterly journal. Authors of accepted papers are required to register for the symposium and present their papers in order to have their papers published in the Conference Proceedings publication. Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to: Applying New Technologies Best Practices Collaborative Learning Community Building Computer Science Education Content Development Courseware Development Cultural Attitudes and Technology Acceptance Curriculum and Instructional Design Cyber Safety Digital Libraries Distance Education/Learning E-learning Emerging/Innovative Technologies Ethical/Legal/Social Issues Evaluation and Assessment Games and Simulations in Education Gender and Diversity Issues Infrastructure International Challenges Leadership in Educational Technology Learning Outcomes Mobile Devices Mobile Learning Multimedia Online Learning Open Source Partnerships Policy and Law Staff Development Student Learning Virtual Universities Web-based Instruction Women in Technology Deadline for paper submission: An electronic copy (Microsoft Word format) of the paper must be sent to cravey@tcea.org as an e-mail attachment no later than September 17, 2007. Papers are required to use American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines EXCEPT the paper will be single spaced. Additional format: single column, no page numbers, no footnotes, references included at end of paper. An Abstract is required. Deadline for revisions: Any revisions to an accepted paper must be sent to cravey@tcea.org no later than December 3, 2007 (Microsoft Word format, e-mail attachment). The deadline allows time for authors make any necessary changes to their papers as a result of the review process. Timeline: Paper submission September 17, 2007 Papers sent to reviewers October 1, 2007 Reviews of papers due October 22, 2007 Final paper submission December 3, 2007 Registration (for inclusion of paper in proceedings) December 15, 2007 Educational Technology Research Symposium February 4-5, 2008

Kids from all over Africa are expected to come and paint their favourite pictures and win exciting prices. These pictures will be used by UNICEF to make greeting cards. the age limit of the kids who will participate are 3 years to 14 years.

NAYSEEP is conceived to empower the teeming large unemployed but skilled Nigerian youths. This is actually one of the main reasons for incorporating INITIATIVE for growth and self-empowerment (IGS) born through the knowledge that every year more than 20,000 youths are pushed into the already saturated labour market with only about 5% of this being absorbed by same. What happens to the other lot? Could this not be said to be the reason for the recent youth restiveness in the Niger Delta and the increasing wave of violence, robbery and other social vices Nationwide. Let it also be known to all that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. It is therefore on this note that NAYEEP prepares to empower the lot among these unemployed but talented youths who show interest in establishing as entrepreneurs but lack the enabling environment & finances to do so. We seek not only to assist the unemployed graduates and uneducated but also to warn the undergraduates on the dangers of relying solely on immediate paid employment upon graduation. We encourage and equip them with entrepreneurial and managerial skills for self-employment.

This two-day conference offers an opportunity for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciples, publishers, authors and policymakers from all sectors interested in to meet, network and share experiences. The conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people. Suggested themes include: Young people, the Internet and censorship Access to citizenship, health and other information for young people Pressure groups and censorship The role of information literacy Publishers and censorship Media literacy Authors for young people and censorship Media reaction to censorship Graphic novels and manga and ‘crossover’ novels Library selection policies The history of censorship