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Riverside Insights and CAI Founders to Host Virtual Conference on SLD Identification

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

ITASCA, Ill., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced it is teaming up with Dr. Dawn P. Flanagan, Dr. Vincent C. Alfonso and Dr. Samuel O. Ortiz, creators of the Cross-Battery Assessment Approach and founders of Comprehensive Assessment for Intervention (CAI), to host their first annual virtual conference featuring researchers, scholars, and educators dedicated to advancing the field of specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification and intervention. The CAI Conference - State of the Art of SLD Identification: Innovations in Theory, Research, and Practice - will take place January 25-26, 2024, and enable participants to earn continuing education (CE) credit.

Key Points: 
  • Dawn P. Flanagan, Dr. Vincent C. Alfonso and Dr. Samuel O. Ortiz, creators of the Cross-Battery Assessment Approach and founders of Comprehensive Assessment for Intervention (CAI), to host their first annual virtual conference featuring researchers, scholars, and educators dedicated to advancing the field of specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification and intervention.
  • The CAI Conference - State of the Art of SLD Identification: Innovations in Theory, Research, and Practice - will take place January 25-26, 2024, and enable participants to earn continuing education (CE) credit.
  • CAI 2024 brings together a premier line-up of world-renowned presenters including researchers, scholars, and educators dedicated to advancing the field of SLD identification and intervention.
  • "CAI 2024 brings together a premier line-up of world-renowned presenters including researchers, scholars, and educators dedicated to advancing the field of SLD identification and intervention," said Dr. Sarah Holman, director, Riverside Insights.

Laura J. Wellington Joins The Western Journal As A Political Commentary Writer

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

MADISON, Conn., July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Laura J. Wellington has joined The Western Journal as a political commentary writer. The Western Journal is an American conservative news and politics website based in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Liftable Media, Inc.

Key Points: 
  • MADISON, Conn., July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Laura J. Wellington has joined The Western Journal as a political commentary writer.
  • The Western Journal is an American conservative news and politics website based in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • You can read her WJ articles here: Laura Wellington - The Western Journal
    "Political commentary writing was not on my agenda, originally.
  • You may also contact Laura J. Wellington directly at [email protected]
    My goal is to use my voice to say what is on everyday conservative minds," says Wellington.

Riverside Insights to Host Evalu8 2023 Professional Development Conference

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Monday, June 12, 2023

ITASCA, Ill., June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced its second annual Evalu8 2023 conference, a weeklong virtual event for clinical practitioners to learn assessment best practices from prominent education leaders around the country and earn continuing education (CE) credits.

Key Points: 
  • Taking place August 7-11, Evalu8 2023 will feature timely sessions including:
    Gary E. Schaffer – School Psychology Practices During COVID-19: A Synthesis of International Findings
    Geremy Grant, Ph.D. – What do I Say?
  • "Evalu8 brings together leading experts in the field to address the most compelling topics, such as addressing the needs of English language learners and special education over referrals.
  • And as a virtual conference offering CE credits, provided at no cost to participants, Riverside is making it easy for educators to enhance their knowledge and apply it in their practice."
  • All attendees will receive one APA and NASP approved CE Unit per one-hour session completed (up to two per day).

Friday essay: what the migrant workers who made my iPhone taught me about love

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Saturday, May 27, 2023

They showed young rural migrant workers in intimate, though not overtly sexual situations: talking quietly, holding hands, kissing, embracing, or simply sitting close to each other with their limbs intertwined.

Key Points: 
  • They showed young rural migrant workers in intimate, though not overtly sexual situations: talking quietly, holding hands, kissing, embracing, or simply sitting close to each other with their limbs intertwined.
  • While some women in the photos wear casual or even sexy clothes, others wear factory uniforms.
  • As a cultural anthropologist who has spent 20 years studying rural migrant workers in China, I was immediately captivated by these images.
  • I wanted to know what rural migrant workers themselves would make of these images and these polarised responses.

The iPhone and iPad workers of Shenzen

    • In addition to these in-depth, one-off interviews, I also invited ten workers – five men and five women – to participate in my research over three years, so I could document the changes in their lives.
    • The main site of my fieldwork was Village Q, a “village within the city” enclave that lies outside Foxconn’s plant.
    • Spicy aromas of food from Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan fill the nostrils, ameliorating homesickness and gratifying the chilli-loving palates of large cohorts of workers from these provinces.
    • It’s all cheap and cheerful, catering exclusively to workers on a wage of around 3,000 yuan (approximately US$440) a month.

‘A very modest dream’

    • They are also in the construction sector, the service and hospitality sector, small businesses, and a wide range of other areas.
    • Chinese cities cannot function smoothly for a single day without rural migrants.
    • The China’s so-called economic miracle simply would not have been possible without the cheap labour they supply.
    • Nongmingong have become part of urban life since the start of the economic reforms of the 1980s.

‘Without betrothal gift, my family would be embarrassed’

    • WJ’s only brother had just gotten married and was expecting a baby, so he was living at home for the moment.
    • And to add the final straw, he may not have been able to afford a betrothal gift, even though the expected betrothal “fee” (caili) from the groom’s family in WJ’s hometown is not high.
    • Furthermore, S’s family could not afford to pay betrothal money – an amount of about 100,000 yuan (more than AUD$20,000) – in WJ’s hometown.
    • The practice of giving “betrothal money” to the bride’s family has survived in China from a much earlier era.
    • People may say that your daughter is so cheap she’s prepared to go without any betrothal money.

‘My daughter doesn’t want to talk to me anymore’

    • After MB married this way and their daughter was born, she and her husband came to work at Foxconn in Shenzhen.
    • At that meeting, MB told me she had not seen her daughter for a couple of years.
    • Social media platforms such as QQ and WeChat were useful to connect with her daughter, but only to a limited extent.
    • But she was sad that her daughter no longer wanted to talk to her.
    • They seldom saw each other in the factory – it was a huge complex and they worked in different departments.
    • Last year, MB told me via WeChat, 11 years since I first spoke to her, that she was finally divorced.

‘You never get ahead by working hard’

    • Younger people, those born in the 1990s, tend to have a more casual approach when it comes to girls.
    • That may not be a problem if you’re loaded with money; your money can talk on your behalf.
    • But what chance do you have if you have no money, you look ordinary, and you don’t know how to talk to girls?
    • Most of the men you see here fit that description, especially those born in the 1980s.
    • That’s why you see so many lonely souls here – starving for love, sexually frustrated, and feeling lost.
    • Younger people, those born in the 1990s, tend to have a more casual approach when it comes to girls.
    • When I first met him in 2015 in Shenzhen, he was working 12 hours a day, six days a week at Foxconn plant, assembling iPhones.
    • Now, he is adamant that “you never get ahead by working hard.”

      Read more:
      Pity China's 'bare branches': unmarried men stuck between tradition and capitalism

Love doesn’t conquer all

    • One key message I got from my conversations with workers is that love does not conquer all, as we are often told.
    • For instance, I talked to both young rural migrants and their educated urban counterparts about how they made decisions about wedding photography.
    • The love lives of the workers are not only personal and individual matters; they are closely related to how the Chinese state governs.
    • Wanning Sun’s new book, Love Troubles: Inequality in China and its Intimate Consequences, is published by Bloomsbury, May 2023.

Jeep® Brand Celebrates 30 Years of Legendary Grand Cherokee 4x4 Capability and Premium Design With Debut of 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe 30th Anniversary Edition at 2022 Detroit Auto Show

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The Grand Cherokee 4xe 30th Anniversary edition underscores how far the Grand Cherokee has come and is yet another example of the Jeep brand's goal to be the electrification leader in SUVs."

Key Points: 
  • The Grand Cherokee 4xe 30th Anniversary edition underscores how far the Grand Cherokee has come and is yet another example of the Jeep brand's goal to be the electrification leader in SUVs."
  • The 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe 30th Anniversary edition will be on display at the 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit during public days, Sept. 17-25, 2022.
  • The fifth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe is the first Grand Cherokee to offer a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) variant.
  • The Trail Rated Grand Cherokee 4xe delivers up to 10.9 inches of ground clearance and 24 inches of water-fording capability.

Riverside Insights to Host Evalu8 Continuing Ed Virtual Conference for Clinical Practitioners August 8-12

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

ITASCA, Ill., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a week-long virtual conference for clinical practitioners to learn key assessment best practices, while earning valuable continuing education credits as they prepare for the fall influx of evaluations.

Key Points: 
  • "As we prepare for a new school year, Riverside Insights has been listening to practitioners and identified a number of important topics that are top-of-mind for evaluators," said Rajib Roy, CEO of Riverside Insights.
  • "With our Evalu8 conference, we have developed a program that brings together industry leaders, academic experts, and practitioners for a week of valuable learning that underscores our commitment to support each child's unique learning by empowering them to unlock their full potential."
  • The weeklong virtual conference offers two hours each day of dedicated professional learning with a specific topical focus.
  • To register for these free sessions, visit the Riverside Insights website at https://info.riversideinsights.com/evalu8 .

WJ Partners Facilitates PUPCO Acquisition of MIROC

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

WJ Partners supported its portfolio company Power-Utility Products Co. (PUPCO) with its acquisition of MIROC , a provider of telecom components and accessories utilized in telecommunications infrastructure.

Key Points: 
  • WJ Partners supported its portfolio company Power-Utility Products Co. (PUPCO) with its acquisition of MIROC , a provider of telecom components and accessories utilized in telecommunications infrastructure.
  • Financing for the acquisition was provided by Fifth Third Bank, and McGuire Woods provided legal services to WJ Partners and PUPCO.
  • Founded in 2008, WJ Partners is an investment partnership focused on building lower-middle market companies in the consumer, specialty finance, and industrial and business services sectors.
  • WJ Partners uses a long-term approach to investing due to its permanent capital source.

WestJet acknowledges issuance of CTA Canadian status determination for its proposed transaction with Onex

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

CALGARY, Dec.10,2019 /CNW/ - WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) ("WestJet") WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) ("WestJet") acknowledges the issuance today by the Canadian Transportation Agency of its Canadian status determination in respect of WestJet's proposed transaction with Onex Corporation ("Onex") (TSX: ONEX) and is in the process of reviewing the determination.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, Dec.10,2019 /CNW/ - WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) ("WestJet") WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) ("WestJet") acknowledges the issuance today by the Canadian Transportation Agency of its Canadian status determination in respect of WestJet's proposed transaction with Onex Corporation ("Onex") (TSX: ONEX) and is in the process of reviewing the determination.
  • WestJet Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60 destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts, condos and villas.
  • Members of the WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more.
  • From 2017-2018, WestJet was also awarded among travellers' favorite Mid-Sized and Low-Cost Airlines in North America.

WestJet announces first regulatory approval in its proposed acquisition by Onex

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Monday, June 24, 2019

CALGARY, June 24, 2019 /CNW/ -WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) ("WestJet") announced that Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX) ("Onex") has received approval from the Minister of Transport (Canada) on the basis that the proposed acquisition of WestJet by Onex does not raise public interest issues as related to national transportation.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, June 24, 2019 /CNW/ -WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) ("WestJet") announced that Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX) ("Onex") has received approval from the Minister of Transport (Canada) on the basis that the proposed acquisition of WestJet by Onex does not raise public interest issues as related to national transportation.
  • WestJet and Onex entered into a definitive agreement on May 12, 2019, for the proposed acquisition of WestJet by Onex under a plan of arrangement pursuant to which each outstanding share of WestJet will be exchanged for $31.00 in cash (the "Arrangement").
  • Receipt of the Minister of Transport's approval is one of the conditions to closing of the Arrangement.
  • Ed Sims, WestJet President and CEO said, "We welcome the decision by the Minister of Transport, and we will continue to cooperate with the necessary authorities on the remaining regulatory approvals."

WJ Partners' Mobile Communications America Completes Add-on Acquisition of Myrtle Beach Communications

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Since being acquired by WJ Partners in 2013, MCA has grown from five locations primarily serving metro Atlanta to 33 locations across six Southeastern states.

Key Points: 
  • Since being acquired by WJ Partners in 2013, MCA has grown from five locations primarily serving metro Atlanta to 33 locations across six Southeastern states.
  • "WJ Partners is very pleased by the significant growth of MCA and the outstanding work performed by the management team," said Benjamin Wall , co-founder and managing partner of WJ Partners.
  • First Tennessee Bank provided the debt capital for WJ Partners to complete the acquisition.
  • Myrtle Beach Communications (MBC) is a provider of two-way radio communications, video surveillance and fleet upfitting.