According to the Journal of Correctional Education, the U.S. incarcerates over 2.3 million persons, a number equal to 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s incarcerated population. Each of these 2.3 million prisoners costs American taxpayers $32,000 to $40,000 each year for food and housing. Of those 2.3 million, around 800,000 will be released each year and most, that is 70% to 85%, will return to prison within 5 years of release. The exception is prisoners who receive an education while in prison.

According to the Journal of Correctional Education, of prisoners with an AA degree, only 13.7% will return to prison, of those with a Bachelor’s degree 5.6%, and those with a Master’s degree 0%. The Institute for Higher Education Policy calculates the cost of educating one prisoner to be $2,000 to $3,782 per year, much lower than the $40,000 per year outlay for incarceration.

While educating prisoners is an odd concept to champion, the fact that the U.S. spends $30.1 billion each year to build more prisons should give all Americans pause. This is money siphoned off from local community colleges, state universities, defense, and much needed public work projects, not to mention every American’s wallet.

With the January 2012 publication of “Education Behind Bars,” a comprehensive resource delineating the financial and social benefits of educating prisoners will finally be available.

For prison education news as it breaks and an ongoing dialogue about the merits of educating prisoners, head over to http://PrisonEducation.com or email Christopher Zoukis directly at ChrisZoukis@Gmail.com.

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According to the Journal of Correctional Education, the U.S. incarcerates over 2.3 million persons, a number equal to 5 percent of the country’s population. The U.S. accounts for 25 percent of the entire incarcerated population worldwide. Each of these millions of prisoners costs the American taxpayer between $32,000 to $40,000 each year in food and housing.

Of those 2.3 million prisoners, around 800,000 will be released each year and most, that is a staggering 70 percent to 85 percent will return to prison within five years. The exception is prisoners who receive education in prison.

The same study found that a prisoner with an Associate’s degree reduces the rate of recidivism and return to prison to 13.7 percent and those with Bachelor’s degree to 5.6 percent. Prisoners who have attained a Master’s Degree have a 0 percent chance of returning to prison. The Institute for Higher Education Policy calculates the cost of educating one prisoner to be $2,000 to $3,782 per year which is done mostly via distance learning/online. This additional cost is drastically lower than the $40,000 per year costs in simply incarcerating a person.

“EDUCATION BEHIND BARS” is the ultimate source for why Americans should champion the education of prisoners and provides detailed information on how “EDUCATION BEHIND BARS” can be made easily available to prisoners at a reasonable cost.

One fact that should make all Americans think twice: The United States spends $30.1 billion each year to build more prisons. This is money that could be used in more productive ways that benefit the taxpayer.

For more information about “EDUCATION BEHIND BARS” or to arrange an interview with the author, please contact Newman Communications: 125 Walnut Street, Suite 2050, Watertown, MA 02472; Ph: 617.254.4500.

“EDUCATION BEHIND BARS A Win-Win Strategy for Maximum Security,” by Christopher Zoukis; Sunbury Press, January 2012, ISBN 978-193-459-7774 U.S. $19.95.

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“Joel’s experience in leading and managing fast-growing businesses will enhance our already strong leadership team,” said David “Chief” Gilchrist President and Chief Executive Officer.

“His knowledge of the Federal IT market and history of building small businesses through large contract capture, sales, and marketing will help drive continued success in an increasingly competitive business environment.”

Lipkin has led federally-focused information technology businesses for more than 20 years. Prior to Affigent he led the Federal business segment of GovConnection. Prior to GovConnection, he led GTSI’s customer division with responsibility for sales, marketing, bids, and programs. Prior to GTSI, he held positions of increasing responsibility at IT services companies and system manufacturers.

About Four Points Technology:
Four Points Technology is a rapidly growing Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. Four Points is a GSA IT Schedule 70 and a SEWP IV prime contractor. More information about the company is available online at http://www.4points.com .

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Mr. England, an acclaimed business writer in the financial services industry, hosted a discussion and book-signing event for his late September-released non-fiction title, “Black Box Casino: How Wall Street’s Risky Shadow Banking Crashed Global Finance” (ISBN: 978-0313392894; hardcover; Praeger), The event was co-sponsored by Titan Lenders Corp. (TLC), a U.S.-based domestic mortgage fulfillment outsource company; International Document Services (IDS), Inc., a mortgage document preparation vendor; and Depth Public Relations, a marketing and reputation management provider for the financial services industry (www.DepthPR.com).

Timely in light of the “Occupy Wall Street” phenomenon, England’s remarks inform a topic that is at best vaguely understood even by the most financially savvy of disgruntled U.S. citizens. According to England, his determination to write “Black Box Casino” was prompted by his personal intrigue with “a monumental mystery that needed to be investigated and explained.”

“When I began writing about the mortgage industry back in 1988, I found it to be a fascinating, tough industry in which free markets corrected and regulated the business,” he explained, adding that he first met former Countrywide founder and CEO Angelo Mozillo the same year, conducting a wide-ranging, seven-hour interview.

Two decades later, when he started work on his book in 2008, England said “the fastest way to hear a dial tone was to call a Wall Street firm and ask about subprime CDOs.”

An excerpt from England’s remarks during the event at the mortgage banking conference follows:

“I wanted to tell a story of financial wreckage on an epic scale. To even describe the level of destruction that occurred is a helpful exercise given that those details were often hard to come by and occurred out of the public eye. ‘Black Box Casino’ is the story about the half of the world of banking that is shadow banking. It is the story about how huge swathes of that shadow banking financial activity moved into black boxes where outside eyes could not see what risks were being created and how multi-billion dollar bets were being placed that markets would fail and reap the speculators’ unprecedented fortunes.

Nor could people understand the level of fraud that was being concocted in some of those black boxes. We would later learn that major institutions like Lehman Brothers filed public disclosures that had massive manipulations of accounting to camouflage sky high leverage. In theory, securitization was supposed to spread risk and thus make the financial systems safe and sound.

In practice, it was a different story at least in the case of riskier mortgages. Instead of spreading small amounts of risk around the globe through the use of naked credit default swaps, risks were magnified many times and then spread around the world, creating a greater risk than would have existed if the loans had never been securitized and bets not placed against them … a shell game of ‘hide the toxic assets.’”

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The patriarch of the Rodgers’ family, Reggie, a 26-year disabled Navy veteran, said, “I have many sweet memories of my family sitting down together eating their banana pudding dessert. This is why I believe it is important to pass the tradition from one generation to another.”

Because of Gin-Gin, the youngest daughter, suggestion to market her father’s recipe of banana pudding sauce that he received from his mother, Polly, the Rodgers family is now sharing their tradition. Their all natural ingredients – low fat, low sodium, and no trans fat – banana pudding sauce is sold in some Kroger stores, commissaries, and farm markets. Sold in 16 and 32 ounce jars to the retail market and the gallon size to food service, another attribute of their banana pudding sauce also includes ease of use.

A banana pudding dessert can be made within minutes. Shake really well before opening, open jar and stir, pour Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce over your wafers, bananas, and spread; now eat and enjoy!

Other dishes that Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce can be used to make include banana pancakes, banana pudding milkshakes, banana strawberry smoothies, bread pudding, fruit dip, crepes, and blueberry cream tarts. Additionally, Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce can be used to make pudding shots with coconut rum and a Marble Meltdown with Pinnacle Whipped Cream Vodka. Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce is one product with seemly endless possibilities.

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“Sand Pail City” tells the story of what was once a small and quaint Florida fishing village, until its mayor, Marshall Brickman, turned it into a sprawling strand of pricy, high-rise condominiums and upscale shops in the 1980s.

At the center of the story is Dusty Johnson, a young man who bears a striking resemblance to Bill Holly, an outspoken community leader and fisherman who diligently fought to stop Brickman’s entrepreneurial conquests. Holly was mysteriously killed in a boat fire and many citizens secretly blamed Brickman’s “mafia-esque” partners.

Dusty’s girlfriend has been hired by a local school, so the couple relocates to Sand Pail City. As people meet him, they begin to believe that he is the long-lost son of Holly. As a result, a series of events unfolds, thrusting Brickman against his partners and hostile locals.

Brickman desperately attempts to redeem himself by taking Dusty under his wing. However, he cannot stop his dreams and aspirations from unraveling before his eyes.

“Multi-faceted” is how Jill Allen from “ForeWord Clarion Reviews” refers to “Sand Pail City.”

She says that, “The characters are not just one-dimensional heroes or villains. Printz expertly creates a unique town and citizens without making the village or its citizens fall victim to tired tropes. With a well-paced plot and meticulously punctuated text, readers will enjoy the trip to ‘Sand Pail City.’”

“Sand Pail City” is 320 pages. Paperback ($14.95) and e-book ($5.99) versions are available on Amazon. The Nook version is available on the Barnes & Noble web site.

Printz will be signing copies of “Sand Pail City” at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 18; and the Florida Heritage Book Festival in St. Augustine, FL on September 24.

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* Program Management, Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Planning Support
* Systems/Software Engineering
* Software Technology Demonstration and Transition
* Test and Evaluation (T&E)
* Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
* Enterprise Network
* Enterprise Management Framework
* Cyber Security
* Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
* Training
* IT Facilities.

“Four Points Technology is honored to be a part of 7 Delta’s winning team. The VA is our largest customer and our organization is focused on designing and delivering solutions that ensure our customers achieve exceptional results,” said David “Chief” Gilchrist, Four Points Technology’s President and CEO.

About the T4 Program:
This program consists of a multiple award contract vehicle to provide a comprehensive, worldwide solution to support both VA and non-VA customers with a ceiling value of $12 billion. The T4 contract is similar to, but not a direct follow-on to Global Information Technology Support Services (GITSS), which was approximately $3 billion. The engagement, procured out of the VA’s TAC, offers an opportunity for multiple prime and subcontractors to provide a broad range of services and products to transform the VA’s IT programs. “T4 is a major tool in the transformation of VA into a 21st Century organization,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “These contracts will enable VA to acquire services for information technology programs that will help ensure timely delivery of healthcare and benefits to our Veterans.”

About Four Points Technology:
Four Points Technology, LLC is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) dedicated to providing IT Products and Professional Services to the Federal Government. Four Points Technology offers solutions that support a wide variety of business initiatives specifically suited for Government organizations. Working with Four Points Technology not only ensures that our clients can fulfill their technology needs, but as a Small Business and SDVOSB, purchasing goals are easily met, as mandated by the Federal Government.

For more information, visit: http://4points.com .

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“We are delighted to be able to recruit a CEO of Tim’s talent and experience at this crucial time in our corporate development,” said Randy Caldejon, Chairman and Co-Founder at nPulse. “Tim’s leadership will be key to the aggressive growth goals we have for nPulse in 2012.”

“I am honored to be joining such a strong team,” said Sullivan. “nPulse has a rare combination of world-beating technology, strong market demand, and outstanding management talent. nPulse delivers unequalled price/performance in full packet capture and replay. High-performance, cost-effective packet capture is in demand throughout the network operations and security operations markets. And, the nPulse team has a proven track record of success at scaling up packet capture companies.”

Sullivan is a successful entrepreneur with a 20-year track record of building emerging technology companies. With his innovative work at Fidelis on extrusion prevention technology, he was a leading player in the development of the data leakage prevention (DLP) market. He led the company from pre-revenue through to its first seven-figure deals, the injection of $26 million in venture financing, and the establishment of strategic business alliances with technology leaders such as IBM.

Prior to Fidelis, Tim was Executive Vice President of InforMax, Inc., a high-growth bioinformatics software company, and was instrumental in raising $100 million in venture capital and strategic investment, culminating in the company’s initial public offering. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Platoon Commander, and holds a BA and MBA from Columbia.

About nPulse Technologies, LLC:
nPulse Technologies is a leader in high-speed packet capture and replay. The company’s flagship product, HammerHead Capture & Replay, enables high-fidelity network analysis and visibility by providing full packet capture at speeds up to 20Gbps. Designed around open industry standards, HammerHead delivers unprecedented performance at an affordable cost and allows for easy deployment with existing IT solutions.

nPulse Technologies is a world-class provider of information technologies, a trusted advisor to its clients, and a respected industry leader in packet capture technology. The company is a privately held, Veteran-owned business with a strong history of service in the Federal government community. It is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

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The official title is “How to Prepare Now for the Coming Lease Accounting Changes. Companies Will Need 12-24 Months to Create and Implement Processes and Systems To Comply with the New Standard. Companies Can Capture Significant Savings as an Added Benefit of the Comprehensive Compliance Process.”

“Remember Year 2000 and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance? It feels like 1998 and 2002 all over again – when the corporate finance community last faced the threat of imminent deadlines. The ambiguity, pressure, impedance, and anxiety that we experienced then have all come roaring back. This time it’s the deadline for complying with the new IFRS lease accounting standard changes that looms ahead of us,” states Michael Keeler, Ecologic’s CEO and principal author of the whitepaper.

“We researched and wrote the whitepaper over the last 5 months for two reasons. Our lessee clients have been asking us to help them understand the lease accounting changes and how they can prepare. They also want us to keep them abreast of the FASB/IASB’s discussions in an efficient way. This is our response to them,” explains Keeler. “We are also responding to the growing anxiety in the market – not just among the Fortune 1000 lessees and non-profit hospital systems that we serve, but also among lessors. Many lessors have expressed their fear and uncertainty about what might happen when the standards take effect. How will companies respond? This is what lessors are thinking about every day.”

Angela Sabella, Ecologic’s CFO, explains, “Our team decided to take on the fear directly and provide timely, actionable information to the leasing community. The whitepaper explains in detail the potential issues facing equipment lessees under the new lease accounting standards and presents a comprehensive 9-step plan for implementing a transition project and improving the financial performance of your lease portfolio in the process. Lessees can take immediate action with this document. If you have not done anything yet to prepare, this will help you get back on track. If you are already working on it, this will help you sharpen your strategy and tactics.”

Sabella adds, “Lessors can share the link with their lessees, encourage them to download and read the whitepaper and updates, answer any technical questions that emerge, and engage lessees in a substantive discussion about how they can help them through the transition.”

As a supplement, Ecologic will also send regular updates of the FASB/IASB’s deliberations and decisions along with their commentary to anyone who downloads the whitepaper.

“If there is anything that we learned from our Y2K and SOX compliance experiences it is this: a well-informed implementation plan reduces fear, risk, and cost. Changes like this don’t have to be scary,” Keeler assures. “Just read the whitepaper.”

More Information: http://www.lesseeadvocate.com and http://www.ecologicleasing.com .

About Ecologic Lessee Services:
Ecologic offers software services and outsourcing services to lessees that need to finance equipment around the world. Large corporate and non-profit lessees deploy Ecologic’s software and outsourcing services to save 10-25% on their equipment lease portfolio annually. The Company currently supports lease transactions in 44 countries. Founded in 2000, the Company is headquartered in Northern Virginia and has offices around the U.S. and in Montreal, QC.

About The Lessee Advocate:
The Lessee Advocate is a research firm publishing practical information for corporate executives who want to improve their financial performance by improving their leasing operations. Our focus is on the community of corporate equipment lessees. We publish interviews with Fortune 1000 executives, white papers, articles, case studies, benchmark data, and how-to information.

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“For the last 11 years, Ecologic has served both lessee clients and captive vendor lessor clients through one company, one management team, and one brand,” explains Michael J. Keeler, CEO. “By creating a distinct subsidiary for each line of business and reorganizing the management, we can sharpen our focus on each client base, listen to their unique needs, and create a more valuable, differentiated, and responsive offering.”

Keeler adds, “We will now deliver sales, marketing, and our outsourcing services and global capital sourcing services through each subsidiary. This will allow us to align the expertise of our experienced staff with the specific needs of each type of client. The move will also enable us to capitalize on our common infrastructure, especially the software and global lessor network, while we improve our positioning and messaging and clarify the value proposition for each type of client”.

Doug Slais, VP of Client Services for Ecologic Lessee Services and a long-time veteran of the equipment leasing industry, states, “The objective is to create more value by getting closer to our clients and organizing around their needs. This is a great step towards accomplishing this.”

More Information: http://www.ecologicleasing.com .

About Ecologic Leasing Services:
Ecologic offers software services and outsourcing services to lessees and vendor captives that need to finance equipment competitively around the world. The Company currently supports lease transactions in 44 countries. Large corporate and non-profit lessees deploy Ecologic’s software and outsourcing services to save 10-25% on their equipment lease portfolio annually. Vendor captives employ Ecologic’s services to help them finance the sale of their equipment to their customers at the point-of-sale using the best available funding sources where ever they operate around the world. Founded in 2000, the Company is headquartered in Northern Virginia, with offices in Montreal, San Francisco, and Mumbai.

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