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Mumbai, Maharashtra, January 30, 2012 /India PRwire/ — In the years since the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majestys Secret Service, MI7, vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premiers life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action.

Starring alongside Atkinson in JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN are Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Bleak House) as MI7s director, Pamela Thornton (aka Pegasus); Dominic West (The Wire, John Carter) as Special Agent Simon Ambrose (aka Agent One); Rosamund Pike (Barneys Version, Pride Prejudice) as MI7s behavioural psychologist and object of Englishs affection, Kate Sumner; Daniel Kaluuya (Skins, Psychoville) as the greenest agent on the force, Tucker; and Richard Schiff as ex-CIA agent Fisher.

The film is available on Blu-ray (Rs. 1299), DVD (Rs.599) VCD (English – Rs.299; Hindi – Rs.115).

All Android iPhone users can enjoy easy access to JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN Apps. By scanning the QR Code on the product visual merchandise in-stores, the phone-user will have the opportunity to download free JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN applications as well as buy the movie online.

The DVD Blu-ray launch is also being promoted through contests on Facebook, Twitter Youtube.

Radio City listeners in Mumbai and Delhi Radio Indigo listeners in Bangalore can win free DVDs of JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN, by taking part in exciting contests on these radio channels.

A series of mall activations have been organized to promote the DVD Blu-ray. An activity organized at Oberoi Mall, Mumbai on the first weekend of release saw an enthusiastic turnout, with participants of all ages. Prizes were given out to all participants.

Notes to Editor

Reliance Home Video Games is the leading player in the Indian Home Entertainment industry also a key player in the Toys Games licensing and merchandising industry.

The company is the exclusive licensee to 3 of Hollywoods prestigious studios Universal Pictures International BV, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment Global Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc. With its robust pan India distribution network, the company has ensured reach for the Bollywood and Hollywood products, not only in urban market but also mass markets.

Reliance Home Video Games has launched iconic movies like Inception, the Harry Potter franchise, Transformers franchise, The Godfather Trilogy and Shrek 4 amongst others on Blu-rayTM, DVD and VCD formats. The company has released Hindi blockbusters such as Bodyguard, Dabangg, Singham, 3 Idiots, Robot, Haunted 3D, Double Dhamaal on home video, besides prestigious regional titles like the Satyajit Ray collection.

Amongst the top 5 licensing and merchandising brands in the toy merchandising business in India, Reliance Home Video Games is the fastest growing company in the kids leisure space. The company is exclusive licensee to Crayola (the No.1 worldwide producer of childrens art stationery products from USA), Moose Enterprise P/L (leading toy company of Australia) Spin Master (No.3 toy company in North America). The company is also the exclusive licensee to leading developer and publisher of computer games for PC Console – Codemasters

NEW YORK (AP) — The big names at New York Fashion Week who are watched for trends include Marc Jacobs and Proenza Schouler. But now, Jacobs and Proenza designers Jack McCollugh and Lazaro Hernandez have more on their minds than mere creativity and innovation.

They have big businesses to run, and that has to enter the decision-making process at some point. When you’re more of a startup, there’s freedom.

And there might not be much money, so fashion shows are done on a much smaller scale. Models might work for clothes and other freebies. Fashionable friends might help with the styling. The shoestring approach worked for Zac Posen and Alexander Wang — and look at them now.

For Jason Wu it was more about a single dress: the first lady’s inaugural gown. Prabal Gurung became the toast of the town with support from his old boss Cynthia Rowley and his appointed mentor Carolina Herrera.

Who could be next?

As part of Fashion Week, The Associated Press attended a handful of shows by designers who seem on the cusp. They are not household names, unless you live among the hipsters of SoHo or Brooklyn, but based on the buzz they had among front-row players, they seem to have potential as the next big things:

– Joseph Altuzarra is at the top of the list, winning in the past year both the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for up-and-coming talent and the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund prize, which gave him mentors and some seed money for his business.

In the first collection since then, Altuzarra drew on a gypsy’s life, a wandering woman wearing jangling coin sequins and high leather boots.

There were other references, too, and they were oh-so-global: There was a bold, black-and-white African-inspired print in dresses and on a chunky, fur-trimmed jacket that would serve at a ski lodge or for every day.

He used wide panels of Moroccan blues and reds on some fronts, small red pompoms in a V design on others, along with shaggy fringe on heavy white knit tunics.

“I’m really thinking about my roots, what it means to be French and to be multicultural,” he said backstage. “The fantasy really came from travel and this idea of an imaginary world traveler who kind of picks up things everywhere they go. From Morocco, North Africa, India, China.”

The Swarthmore-educated Altuzarra, whose father is French-Basque and mother Chinese American, also had a favorite ’70s comic book rapscallion in mind, Corto Maltese. Some of his strong shoulders and military tailoring were references to a “Viennese military cadet,” he said.

“He’s a half-gypsy, half-Venetian sailor who goes around the world and who has these adventures in the Middle East and North Africa and America. He’s like a womanizer and he’s very full of life. His mother was a gypsy witch.”

While Altuzarra’s past collections have been about deconstructing classic notions, this time he wanted to start with fabrics, shapes and tailoring that were “quite classic and quite French and very austere and strict” and make them new through the bits and pieces his imaginary traveler picked up along the way.

He played with fabrics a lot. “We were really interested in fabrics that could have a crispness and a strictness but that wouldn’t necessary wear that way,” Altuzarra said.

He went for 1950s and ’60s silhouettes, some of which had very small waists, while emphasizing hips and shoulders.

– Parisian-turned-New Yorker Sophie Theallet spent four years working with Jean Paul Gaultier and 10 with Azzedine Alaia, but she feels settled into her own atelier, which she set up in 2007.

We continue to grow in a nice way, in a subtle way,” over the last year or two, she said backstage. “I’m good. I’m happy. More and more people know about me.”

She said her customers are “uptown clients, but it can be also the cool clients. It’s like the same kind of woman, uptown or downtown.”

Michelle Obama has on several occasions been spotted wearing Theallet.

For next season, Theallet bucked the Fashion Week trend and offered a wide range of color. A classic sleeveless cocktail dress in midnight blue was fitted through the waist but full at the bottom for a lively swing when walking.

She was inspired, she said, by an aristocrat “disowned” by her family. “She lives in the mansion, but she doesn’t have any money. She just has a pension from an old uncle and with that money she spends everything on fashion, and she drinks champagne in crystal glasses.”

Like her eccentric muse might have done, Theallet paired a knit turtleneck in burnt sienna under a vest of teal done in a large leaf motif with a shimmery skirt of the same pattern but in a deep purple, slit high on one thigh.

She sent out sheers in black and ice plum with dainty velvet dots. The party dress done that way in the plum tastefully draped for a deep V at the front and had the high thigh slit.

Her silhouettes were “kind of chic, strict and at the same time very free, that nonchalance, to present the education in fashion and the eccentricity,” Theallet said.

– Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs have gained attention the past two years for their sexy, clingy dresses. Between the two women, they have an impressive list of designers they’ve learned from, interning at Proenza, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Rucci, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta and Issac Mizrahi.

They say their newest looks were inspired by Pedro Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In,” in which Antonio Banderas plays a plastic surgeon who lost his wife in a fiery crash and is determined to create a stronger, synthetic skin.

Their runway stood out at Fashion Week because it went against the conventional wisdom that it would be a very covered up season.

They went wild with slits and cutouts: In the front, back, on the sides. At times, as in an emerald silk crepe “aperture” dress, the slit was right in the chest. In an azul blue number, also in crepe silk, the aperture — like the opening of a camera lens — cut right across the waist.

There were also striking “open-eyes” dresses, where eye-shaped slits appeared under the neckline.

Dress lengths were often at the knee, perhaps to counteract the sexiness quotient of what appeared above.

And if you were looking for the plastic surgery references, you had them in the “wrapped bandage” dresses, and zippers, zippers, zippers — down the front, down the sides, even under the breasts, as in a bone-colored dress that had the effect of a brassiere on top of a dress.

– Suno is a brand that since its start has wanted to start a trend, but it has nothing to do with hemlines. Max Osterweis and design partner Erin Beatty had the loftier goal of teaching Kenyans a sustainable craft that would boost local economies when it sold its first outfits made of vintage fabrics in 2009.

The company has grown and so has its mission: It now makes clothes and embraces local techniques and expertise in India, Peru and New York. Because of its roots, prints have always been important to this collection, and fall had plenty, including those with stripes, florals, toile, fish and one of people holding hands.

There was a more-the-merrier message and sometimes multiple prints were worn at once.

But that’s for the runway. Peel back a few layers and there were a lot of wearable pieces that covered a fashion-forward woman’s needs from day to night. The people-print boatneck T-shirt dress looked great with a felted wool gray jacket, and so did a gold pleated top over a plain tan one with a pleated mini made of metallic wool.

The finale look was a statement in how far the designers have come since those first easy cotton looks. A model wore a wool military-style vest over black leather top — with its peplum peeking out — and a black skirt with gold beads that created a feather pattern.

– Bibhu Mohapatra’s specialty is eveningwear, and he’ll often highlight the colors and luxurious fabrics associated with his Indian roots. This season, however, he found inspiration in imperial China, specifically a Chinese opera called “The White Haired Girl.”

In his notes, he explained the look revolved around “the protagonist’s strength, courage and passion for love.”

On the runway, Mohapatra expressed his interest through his prints — red silk printed pants and a blue silk pencil skirt, for example. But he also couldn’t ignore the luxury customer he began courting as an assistant designer for Halston, and later at J. Mendel, where he eventually became design director.

With that background, working with alligator and pony fur, blue-dyed fox fur and leather seemed to come easily.

The breakout looks included a pleated chiffon ombre gown that went from black to beige, and a metallic silk dress covered in red ribbon embroidery. If he could get his ivory crepe gown with a plunging sheer panel and ivory embroidery on the red carpet on the right star, it could be his big break.

– Since partnering last year on Nahm, Nary Manivong and Ally Hilfiger (yes, daughter of Tommy), the duo already has a signature item in the shirtdress. But how to put your own twist on such a basic? With double collars, dropped waists, contrast pleats and conversational prints in silhouettes that evoke the 1920s and ’30s.

Manivong’s favorite print this season certainly was a conversation starter: It featured ancient Egyptians doing tasks of 2012 — skateboarding, shopping, mowing the lawn and sipping tropical cocktails.

“The Nahm girl is growing up, as we are,” he said.

In her closet, she’ll add for fall schoolgirl-style pleated skirts with a sheer blouse and an extreme A-line navy maxi skirt and plum-colored chiffon-loop blouse under a zip-front tuxedo coat.

“Our customer — she thinks, she’s smart, she’s well read,” said Hilfiger.

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Follow AP fashion coverage at http://twitter.com/ap_fashion

AP National Writer Jocelyn Noveck and Associated Press Writer Leanne Italie contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

LONDON, Feb. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — At the invitation of the Chinese embassy in the UK, EVE CINA became the first Chinese mens clothing brand to march into London Fashion Week. On February 17, 2012, the first day of London fashion week,EVE CINA expressed Chinas fashion attitude in international costume language.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120218/CN55400 )

(Photo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2012/02/18/20120218154547734863.html )

At 7 pm London time, Martin Davidson, executive president of the British Council, Harold Tillman, chairman of the British Fashion Council and other guests attended the release conference of EVE CINAs Chinese Series collection costumes at the Chinese embassy in the UK.

Chinese hold Qi as the origin of life and the inner power of beauty. Chinese supermodels (Li Zhen, Fu Zhenggang, Du Shibo and Meng Fei) together with#xA0;other Chinese#xA0;and foreign models delivered this impressive show. Inspired by Chinese Qi, EVE CINA Chinese Series Collection interprets a powerful mans aura#xA0;in fashion in multidirectional ways.

The costume release conference focused on the passionate collision of tradition and modernism. Master craftsmen from all walks of life perfectly integrate a-century-history handicrafts into details of the costumes. The refined aesthetic#xA0;and texture patterns come from the exquisite craftsmanship of embedded embroidery masters. The carefully-carved black jade buttons reflect the harmony of craftsmanship and fashion. The innovative stitching skill of hand-sewing brings forth the unique fabrics texture, while the people-oriented clothing outline and minimalist tailoring style express the relaxed and natural Chinese philosophy of life.

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SOURCE EVE Group

The new look back periods

Collectables category increased from 45 days to 90 days.
Antiques, Art, Coins, Dolls Bears, Pottery, Porcelain Glass, Sports Memorabilia, Stamps, Toys Games categories have also been increased from 15 days to 60 days.

How to find historical sale prices on eBay

All you need do to find out past prices items have sold for is to click on the Advanced Search tab at the top of most eBay pages, enter the relevant keywords, check the Completed Listings box and click the Search button.

Longer look back periods

Its well known that Terapeak is the best research tool for eBay (They licence eBays data direct), although unlike eBays tools its a paid for service. However if you want to know historical prices items have actually sold for on eBay Terapeak has data available that goes back an entire year, although youre restricted to reports of 90 days at a time. Mind you run four reports and you have a whole years worth of data if you want it!

The school has taken advice from the business community and reinvented its freshman curriculum to include several presentations designed to teach students to speak in front of their peers, be persuasive and demonstrate critical and innovative thinking.

The presentation, or pecha-kucha, is done within the first month of school and continued throughout the student’s time at MIAD, fully preparing them for the business world, said Neil Hoffman, president …

Corrinne Hess covers health care and education for The Business Journal.

OSLO, Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Thin Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) today announced a partnership
with PST
Sensors (pty) Ltd (PST) to jointly develop a printed
temperature sensor system that will monitor the temperature of
perishable goods such as food and pharmaceuticals. These systems are a
successful example of how low
cost electronics can be manufactured in high volumes for a fraction
of the cost compared to traditional silicon microelectronics. The
printed sensor system will be able to monitor individual packages to
ensure that their contents have been kept at a safe or optimal
temperature. The first demonstration prototype is expected this year.

Thinfilm is a leading provider of roll-to-roll printed, rewritable
non-volatile memory products. The company recently demonstrated the
first working prototype of a printed
non-volatile memory device addressed with complementary organic
circuits, the organic equivalent of CMOS circuitry. Thinfilm Addressable
Memory combines Thinfilm’s polymer-based memory technology with PARC’s
transistor technology using complementary pairs of n-type and p-type
transistors to construct the circuits. The addressable memory can be
integrated with other printed components to create fully printed systems
for interaction with everyday objects – a key part of the vision of the
“Internet of Things” where virtually any item can communicate with
another.

PST Sensors, a spin-out of the University of Cape Town NanoSciences
Innovation Centre, is a leading developer of ambient processed printed
silicon electronics with a focus on physical sensors. Recently PST has
demonstrated a portfolio of prototypes including decorative large area
temperature sensors and thermal imaging arrays. PST’s temperature
sensors are based around a core technology of a printed silicon NTC
thermistor — a device whose electrical resistance decreases when it is
heated. Being both printable and electronic, the sensors can be fully
integrated with Thinfilm’s memory and with complementary organic
circuits.

“The combination of our printed addressable memory and a PST temperature
sensor creates a new category of integrated system — inexpensive,
intelligent and able to offer information on temperature on a per item
basis — something not currently possible due to manufacturing and
material cost restrictions,” said Davor Sutija, CEO, Thinfilm. “These
systems, as thin as a strand of hair, will let health care professionals
know that a drug has been kept at the right temperature. Participants
across the perishable food chain will also know that a piece of meat or
carton of eggs has been correctly refrigerated. Ultimately these devices
may even tell consumers how fresh their food is.”

The monitoring of food will enable consumers to have more insight into
the freshness of their food and potentially reduce the 1.27 billion tons
of food wasted globally. A 2008 report from the U.K.-government group
called WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Programme, estimated that 20
percent of food waste is linked to date labeling confusion and lack of
information on its safety or freshness. According to a recent report
compiled for the United Nations FAO* this corresponds to 6.6% of all
food produced, or about 85,625 tons a year.

“ThinFilm has taken another important step towards achieving the Holy
Grail of printed electronics — replacing traditional semiconductor
components with fully printable systems,” said Randall Sherman, Senior
Analyst, New Venture Research. “The company is confidently and capably
building an ecosystem through supplier relationships, creating solutions
that we as an industry have been touting for years. It’s impressive to
see such products readied for market.”

The development of new “fragile” pharmaceuticals offers significant
market opportunities for a low cost electronic tag that monitors
temperature. According to Pharmaceutical Commerce, 7 of the top 10
global pharma products in 2014 will require cold-chain handling. This
market — which requires storage and distribution that maintains a given
temperature range — is estimated to grow to $6.9
billion in 2012 according to Pharmaceutical Commerce’s Biopharma
Sourcebook. Typical alarm sensors for this market cost between $15
and $25, while the integrated devices developed by Thinfilm and PST will
have a price of less than 1/100 of current systems.

“Our work with Thinfilm has the potential to unlock significant new
market opportunities, and is an excellent example of the transformative
impact that printed electronics will have on the entire supply chain,”
said Margit Harting, founder and CSO of PST Sensors. “We are definitely
looking forward to working with Thinfilm on the development of this
integrated system.”

“The team behind PST has been working with the printed silicon
technology over the last decade, and PST Sensors is the leading company
in its field,” said Christer Karlsson, CTO, Thinfilm. “Its printed
silicon sensor technology is uniquely easy to manufacture and offers a
low cost point.”

About Thinfilm

Thin
Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) is a publicly listed Norwegian
technology company with its head office in Oslo, Norway, and product
development in Linkoping, Sweden, and sales offices in San Francisco,
USA, and Tokyo, Japan. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed
Electronics, and provides fully printed non-volatile, rewritable memory
for applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.

http://www.thinfilm.no

Memory Everywhere is a Thinfilm trademark.

About PST Sensors

PST
Sensors (pty) Ltd (PST) is a limited company registered in South
Africa. It was founded as a spin-out of the University of Cape Town
(UCT). PST is active in all areas of the development of its proprietary
printed silicon technology but has a primary focus on temperature
sensors which have been proven to have the fastest market entry for both
existing and new applications.

SOURCE: Thin Film Electronics ASA

Rainier Communications
Suzanne Moran or Bridget Cook
Office: 508-475-0025 ext. 118/116
Mobile: 617-515-8005/978-501-4273
smoran@rainierco.com/bcook@rainierco.com

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OSLO, Feb 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Thin
Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) and PARC,
a Xerox company, announced today that they have won the prestigious
FlexTech Alliance Innovation Award for the world’s first working
prototype of a printed,
non-volatile memory device addressed with complementary organic
circuits, the equivalent of CMOS circuitry. The FlexTech Alliance FLEXI
award for Achievement in Innovation is given to companies that are
leading the development of the flexible, printed electronics and display
industry with innovative and commercially viable technologies. Thinfilm Addressable
Memory(TM) consists of Thinfilm’s printed memory and PARC’s
transistors, and when combined with other electronic components, such as
temperature sensors, displays, power sources, and antennas, can enable
the “Internet of things,” where everything is connected by a smart tag.
The two companies first demonstrated the prototype in October of last
year.

“We believe that the successful demonstration of Addressable Memory was
a key enabling moment for printed electronics and it is gratifying to
see that FlexTech Alliance has recognized its importance,” said Davor
Sutija, Thinfilm CEO. “With the recent
announcement of our ecosystem consisting of temperature sensor,
battery and display vendors, the delivery of integrated printed devices
and smart tags for the Internet of things will soon be a reality.”

“Addressable memory is a key building block for printed electronics and
is an important step in creating a new world of integrated, smart
devices. We are pleased to see FlexTech Alliance recognize its
importance and innovation in driving the printed electronics market
forward,” said Ross Bringans, Vice President, PARC Electronic Materials
and Devices Laboratory.

To win the FlexTech Alliance Innovation Award, Thinfilm and PARC were
evaluated on rigorous criteria including product design and ingenuity,
potential market adoption and successful revenue generation.

Development of the Thinfilm Addressable Memory was partially funded by
an industrial development grant from Innovation Norway. Also
participating in the development program are Thinfilm partners Polyera,
Solvay,
and Inktec.

About Thinfilm

Thin
Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) is a publicly-listed Norwegian
technology company with its head office in Oslo and product development
in Linkoping, Sweden, and sales offices in San Francisco, USA, and
Tokyo, Japan. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics,
and provides fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for
applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.

http://www.thinfilm.no

About PARC

PARC, a Xerox company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs(R). Practicing
open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise,
best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000
companies, startups, and government agency partners. We create new
business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal
capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients.

About FlexTech Alliance

TheFlexTech Alliance is the only organization headquartered in North
America exclusively devoted to fostering the growth, profitability and
success of the electronic display and the flexible, printed electronics
supply chain. FlexTech Alliance offers expanded collaboration between
and among industry, academia, government, and research organizations for
advancing displays and flexible, printed electronics from R&D to
commercialization. To this end, the FlexTech Alliance, based in San
Jose, Calif., will help foster development of the supply chain required
to support a world-class, manufacturing capability for displays and
flexible, printed electronics. More information about FlexTech Alliance
can be found at the industry portal:
www.flextech.org .

SOURCE: Thinfilm

for Thin Film
Rainier Communications
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Office: 508-475-0025 ext. 118/150
Mobile: 617-515-8005/978-855-0412
smoran@rainierco.com/kquatromoni@rainierco.com
or
for PARC
Scout PR
Kelly Brieger
Mobile: 650-704-1748
Kelly@scoutprsf.com

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The Wellington Wave U10 boys White and Friends team represented the Wave Soccer Club at the Race4Hearts Walk/Run Feb. 4 at Mizner Park in Boca Raton. The event benefitted the Pediatric Heart Foundation. Team members are: Jenny Caro, Teresa Rodriguez, Hassan Jaddaoui, Valerie Walton, Andy Brown, Rick Jenkins, Alex Brown, Morgan Suarez, Eidan Jaddaoui, Dustin Nicholson, Jose Vicente, Nicolas Paglino, Max Brown, Jordan Caro, Brain Nicholson, Riley Nicholson, Lina Burgos and Amir Jaddaoui.

Shyanne Lovan of Wellington tied for second in the Girls Overall division at Event No.1 of the South Florida PGA Junior presented by the Honda Classic Feb. 4-5. Lovan, along with Ashley Burke of Boynton Beach, finished with 157 and were beaten by Alexandra Papell of Boca Raton who shot a 150 in the tournament held at Club Med at Sandpiper Bay in Port St. Lucie. Derron Peyton of Boynton Beach won the Boys Overall title. Peyton finished with 142 to edge Dominick Vennari of Stuart and Evan DeRoche of Key West who tied for second in the division with 143. Eduardo Blochtein of Delray Beach claimed the Boys 12-13 title by shooting a 148. Finishing tied for 2nd place with a 149 was David Giandomenico of Boynton Beach and Andrew Kozan of Palm Beach Gardens. In the Girls 12-13 division, Story Shaw of West Palm Beach finished 2nd with a 159.

The Wellington Tennis Center will host a United States Tennis Association Play Day on March 13 from 4 to 6 pm The event is free for children enrolled in the Wellington league or clinics and $10 for others. The center will also host a Family Play Day for parents and children from 1 to 4 pm May 19. The event is $25. USTA play days are for children 10 and younger. For information, call (561) 313-1083 or email ellsworth@ florida.usta.com.

The Tyler McLellan Foundation will host its second annual Tylers Team Charity Poker Classic March 25 at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach. Several current and former NFL players including Miami Dolphins Jim Jensen and John Bock and Tampa Bay Bucs James Lee and Errict Rhett, will be playing. The fundraiser will have complimentary food and soft drinks from noon to 1 pm for all registered players and celebrities, along with a 50/50 raffle and silent auction. Buy-in is $50 with $20 re-buys. Pre-registration before March 2 is recommended. The foundation raises money for youth players who cannot otherwise afford to participate. For information, call (561) 215-3717 or (954) 317-6541.

Registration is under way for Greater Palm Beaches Womens Softball Spring Season. New teams and players are being accepted for the league that plays Sundays at Howard Park in downtown West Palm Beach. For information, email softballgalhere

@aol.com or call (561) 758-8082.

The Hurricane Junior Golf Tours Southeast Florida Jr. Shootout will be held at The Links at Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach on March 24-25. The HJGT offers competitive fields for four divisions: boys 15-18, boys 11-14, girls 15-18 and girls 11-14. For information, call (904) 379-2697.

The Kevin Perkins Golf Academy is hosting a Junior After-School Winter Program at the Palm Beach Polo Golf and Country Club, 11199 Polo Club Road, Wellington. The program is open to ages 7-17 and runs Tuesdays from 4:305:30 pm For information, call (561) 301-3783 or visit www.kevinperkins golfacademy.com.

Registration is ongoing for the 11th annual Race for the Arts, March 10 at Dreher Park in West Palm Beach. Proceeds from the sanctioned 5K run and fun walk will support fine arts in Palm Beach County schools. The entry fee is $20 for students and $25 for adults before March 1, and $25 for students and $30 for adults on race day. Entry for the kids 1-miler is $15. For information, visit www.raceforthearts.org.

Send information at least two weeks in advance to: Eddie Ritz, Neighborhood Post, 2751 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL 33405. Email

eddie_ritz@pbpost.com .

Here are a few apps to help students prepare for assessment tests, make sure they are on track at an early age, and connect with teachers, peers, and other resources.

SATLadder
What’s considered the most important make-or-break test that any student will take? The SAT of course. Prepare by diving into test prep with SATLadder. The $2.99 app gets students comfortable with the test format and how questions are phrased. Use this study tool to get detailed answer explanations for every question as well.

Then engage in head-to-head competitions with other users, or go solo. Each round consists of 1 to 3 SAT questions and your mission is to get these questions right as quickly as you possibly can. Then measure how you have improved. The app will give you feedback on areas in need of improvement, so you can go in confident and ready!

Download SATLadder: Apple iTunes.
Mobilewalla score: 14 out of 100.

OpenClass
Open Class creates a social learning environment where classmates have every resource at their fingertips including books, assignments, notes, and grades — all through Google Apps for Education. If your higher learning institution or professor already uses Google Apps for Education, then the OpenClass app is easy to set up with an email address. There are no licensing, hardware or hosting costs.

The app creates an online learning environment to promote collaboration among peers. With just a click you can message or email professors and classmates and view posts and other activity within the class. Someone else may have the same question as you, so why not post it for all to evaluate? The app gives you that ability — as well as a way to digitally share notes, research, and study prep questions.

Your personalized dashboard on the app has all of your resources readily available in just a glance. Access your books, homework, and assignment schedule. You can also directly submit your assignment for grading and see your scores for past exams and work.

Download OpenClass: Google Marketplace.

Heres how it works:

Qwizful
Boost your child’s confidence and make sure that they are on track at an early age with the help of Qwizful. Within the school system, our kids are required to take assessment and screening tests starting at age 4, before kindergarten. The app offers fun quizzes to get wiz kids ready for these by engaging them with colorful illustrations, dynamic sounds, and humorous characters.

Cultivate their potential with over 300 multiple choice questions targeting key topics like- analogies, sequencing, pictorial and verbal reasoning, geometry, math, vocabulary, and time telling.

Download Qwizful: Apple iTunes.

Heres how it works: