EdisonLearning works with educators and communities to improve public schools and boost student performance. EdisonLearning’s real-world experience and practical knowledge is complemented by a research-based philosophy based on the Four Cornerstones™ of highly effective schools. In the 2008-2009 school year, EdisonLearning will serve over 350,000 students in 24 states and the United Kingdom, through 120 school partnerships and in programs that are provided in hundreds of additional buildings. With their educator partners, they provide an extensive portfolio of academic services that inspires students to think, learn, and succeed.

Angel City Designs specializes in making events simply divine. The company designs and produces corporate events, trade shows, parties, and conventions. Angel City Designs work includes custom theme creation, staging concepts, set design and construction, providing unique entertainment concepts, as well as multimedia production services and venue selection. Other services include mobile marketing planning, implementing unique catering concepts, and custom trade show booth design. Clients have included such companies as Fox Broadcasting and Weber Shandwick, as well as such brands as Jose Cuervo and Oakley.

CWA knows how to get its message across. Communications Workers of America is a labor union representing more than 700,000 employees in the communications and media industries. Members work in a variety of sectors including telecommunications, journalism, publishing, manufacturing, and customer service. With about 1,200 locals across the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, CWA is one of the most geographically diverse unions. It holds more than 2,000 collective bargaining agreements guaranteeing wages, benefits, and good working conditions for members. The group is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the Canadian Labour Congress, and Union Network International.

Approximately 5,900 students are enrolled in the Undergraduate College, 1,500 in the Graduate School and 340 in the Medical School. These students represent all 50 states and many foreign countries. For 2010, more than 18,000 applicants applied for 1,450 places in the freshman class. All undergraduates were admitted under a need-blind admission policy. Brown’s three schools offer nearly 100 programs of study. The University adheres to a collaborative university-college model in which faculty are as committed to teaching as they are to research, embracing a curriculum that requires students to be architects of their education. With 628 faculty members, the largest number in Brown’s history, the current student to faculty ratio stands at 9 to 1. Through the Plan for Academic Enrichment, the University is in the process of hiring 100 new faculty members. Students participate in more than 300 organizations at Brown. In addition, students have the opportunity to join one of Brown’s 37 varsity athletic teams or compete at the club and intramural levels.

In common with other professional services firms, Bird & Bird has converted to limited liability partnership (LLP) status under English law. This change took effect on 29 November 2008 and applies to our businesses in the UK, and also in Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands, which are branch offices of the new LLP. Our office in Spain has become its own separate limited liability partnership under English law, and our office in France has become an association d'avocats à responsabilité professionnelle individuelle (AARPI). All our businesses in other countries have not changed and will be separate legal entities affiliated with Bird & Bird LLP. Please click here for more information on the change.

LeasePlan Corporation N.V. provides fleet and vehicle management services worldwide. The company’s activities include leasing related to services rendered under vehicle management, under operational and finance lease, and encompass funding, repair and maintenance, and replacement vehicles. It also involves in insurance activities. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands. LeasePlan Corporation N.V. was previously a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. LeasePlan Corporation N.V. operates as a subsidiary of Global Mobility Holding B.V.

ICON International is a member of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), a $10.4 billion strategic holding company that manages a portfolio of global market leaders. Its companies operate in the disciplines of advertising, marketing services, specialty communications, interactive/digital media and media buying. Operating in over 100 countries, Omnicom Group's connected global resources serve more than 5,000 clients. Among its ten advertising agencies are three global leaders: BBDO Worldwide, DDB Worldwide and TBWA\Worldwide.

Mistras Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide proprietary, technology-enabled non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial, and public infrastructure worldwide. It offers traditional NDT services, such as mechanical integrity services and tank inspection; and advanced NDT services, including automated ultrasonic phased array inspection, guided ultrasonic long wave testing, and advanced infrared inspection. The company’s software solutions comprise PCMS enterprise software that enables the user to design and develop asset integrity management plans; and application-based software, such as Advanced Data Analysis Pattern Recognition & Neural Networks Software, Acoustic Emission (AE) Software Platform, Loose Parts Monitoring Software, and Automated UT and Imaging Analysis Software. Mistras Group also provides various technology packages, such as TANKPAC that tests to monitor for emissions resulting from active corrosion of the tested infrastructure; MONPAC, an AE system that evaluates the condition of metal pressure systems and tanks; VPAC, which estimates valve leakage; and PowerPAC that detects and locates partial discharge in power transformers by utilizing AE. In addition, the company designs and manufactures AE sensors, instruments, and turn-key systems used for the monitoring and testing of materials, pressure components, processes, and structures; ultrasonic equipments; and vibration sensing products. It serves customers in the oil and gas, power generation and transmission, public infrastructure, chemicals, aerospace and defense, transportation, primary metals and metalworking, pharmaceuticals, and food processing industries. The company, formerly known as Mistras Holdings Corp., was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.

Shire Leasing is an independent funder for equipment finance, asset leasing and commercial services. We are the largest independent funding house in the UK and a member of the FLA. Shire Leasing PLC provides equipment financing for businesses looking to rent or buy everything from beauty salon furniture to gym equipment to computers to vending machines. Founded in 1990 by John Worton and Martin Smith, Shire Leasing PLC is one of the largest business-to-business leasing companies in the UK. Shire's Leaseman Online service gives companies the opportunity for instant credit processing over the Internet. The broker/financer serves such industries as IT, security, and telecommunications from four offices throughout the UK.

Reading Is Fundamental is a not-for-profit literacy organization that delivers free books and resources focusing on at risk children ages 8 and under. Through Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. flagship Books for Ownership program, the group gives more than 16 million new free books to some 5 million kids each year. RIF seeks to increase children's interest in reading by providing motivational support, family involvement, and free books the children get to choose. Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. is supported by the US Department of Education and donations from foundations, companies, and individuals. Margaret McNamara began the program in 1966 with a group of school volunteers in Washington D.C.

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