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Aurora World Opens Exciting New Permanent Showroom at AmericasMart Atlanta

June 2, 2015, 6:01 am
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Expanded and State-of-the-Art Space Makes Debut at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, July 7-14

Pico Rivera, CA (PRWEB) June 02, 2015

Aurora World Inc., a global leader in plush toys and high-quality gift products, announces the opening of a new and exciting, state-of-the-art permanent showroom at AmericasMart Atlanta, a facility in which Aurora has operated since 1993. The new showroom will make its debut at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, July 7-14.

Previously located on the seventh floor, the new, cutting-edge showroom will launch in Building 2 on the 14th floor of AmericasMart. The new, 4,200 square foot showroom’s more spacious and appealing location and distinctly modernized design enables Aurora World to better display its more than 3,500 everyday, seasonal, licensed and proprietary products. These include popular branded plush and leading licensed lines such as YooHoo & Friends, My Little Pony and Cutie Curls, as well as Raggedy Ann, now celebrating its Centennial Anniversary.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to create greater visibility for our impressive and growing array of plush toys,” said Michael Kessler, Aurora World’s Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “The advanced quality and design of our contemporary new space mirrors that of the products we manufacture as a global leader in this industry. We’re looking forward to hosting retailers in our stylish new showroom during the July Gift & Home Furnishings Market and year round.”

For more information on Aurora World and its products visit, http://www.auroragift.com.

About Aurora World Inc.
Established in 1981, Aurora World is a global leader in plush toys and high-quality gift products, and is a respected leader in the character and content industry. Aurora World offers an extensive range of branded and licensed products for children and adults. The company sells its product lines via a wide variety of retailers including major zoos, department stores, high-end toy stores and top gift chains, as well as hospital gift shops, fine florists, candy stores and gift/stationary stores worldwide. Take a step into Aurora World and see what everyone is smiling about by visiting http://www.auroragift.com.

Business Contact:
Curtis Rose, Aurora World Inc.
curtis(at)auroragift(dot)com
(562) 205-1222

Media Contact:
Selena Rodriguez, Child’s Play Communications
sr(at)childsplaypr(dot)com
(212) 488-2060 x 13 Reported by PRWeb 9 hours ago.
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Graebel Successfully Passes ISO 14001:2004 Re-Assessment

June 2, 2015, 7:06 am
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Graebel International Movers, Inc. has been continuously certified since 2007

Aurora, COLO USA (PRWEB) June 02, 2015

Graebel International Movers, Inc., a division of the Graebel Companies, Inc. has successfully passed the routine re-assessment for the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System (EMS). In accordance with the certification process, the reassessment was conducted by an independent company. The ISO 14001 requires implementation of an Environmental Management System as defined by internationally recognized standards, and the ISO 14001 requirements include the establishment of an environmental policy, measurement of the environmental aspects and impacts, and documented, environmental objectives and measurable targets, and implementation to meet objectives and targets, along with corrective action, when needed and management review.

Graebel International Movers, Inc. has been continuously certified since 2007 and the 14001 standard embodies its commitment to eco-initiatives and new methods of conservation for its business practices.

In 2008, the Graebel Companies introduced a companywide Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative that is shaped by the United Nations’ model to protect people (human capital), planet (natural capital) and profits (economic environment). William Graebel SGMS chief executive officer was recognized for his leadership and company’s CSR achievements naming him one of 12 finalists for CR Magazine’s responsible ceo of the year in 2014.

About Graebel Companies, Inc.
Founded in 1950, Graebel Companies is a privately-held global organization that offers the full suite of employee and commercial office relocation, mobility management, workplace and consultative services for the Global 100, Fortune 500 and emerging companies. On-the-ground services are managed in 165 countries on six continents. The world headquarters is located in Aurora, Colorado USA with in-region centers throughout the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. Known for its industry-first innovations, Graebel holds numerous quality and security credentials, and has earned accolades from clients and from within its industry for its best-in-practice quality and market intelligence research and corporate social responsibility initiatives across the globe. To learn more visit: http://www.graebel.com

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Digi-Me Sourcing Solutions Now Available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace

June 2, 2015, 7:07 am
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Digi-Me Sourcing Solutions Now Available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oracle Talent Management Cloud customers can use Digi-Me job videos to attract and engage top talent on all types of devices. Reported by Business Wire 8 hours ago.
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Aurora theater shooting trial, the latest from Day 23

June 2, 2015, 8:38 am
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY — Denver Post reporter Jordan Steffen's updates from Day 23 of the Aurora theater shooting trial at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial, Colorado. Reported by Denver Post 7 hours ago.
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More details about gunman's evaluation expected in Aurora trial

June 2, 2015, 8:38 am
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CENTENNIAL — Jurors in the Aurora movie theater trial on Tuesday will continue watching video recordings of one psychiatrist's interview with the gunman. Reported by Denver Post 7 hours ago.
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Arapahoe County officials ID boy, 15, slain in alleged Aurora robbery

June 2, 2015, 9:03 am
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Authorities in Arapahoe County have identified a 15-year-old boy slain when he allegedly tried to rob, along with two other juveniles, a group moving into an Aurora condominium late Friday. Reported by Denver Post 6 hours ago.
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Kitchen Manager Fired For Feeding Students Who Couldn't Afford Food (Video)

June 2, 2015, 10:36 am
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Della Curry was fired from her position as a kitchen manager at Dakota Valley Elementary School in Aurora, Colorado, after she gave school lunches to children who couldn’t afford food.

“I had a first grader in front of me, crying, because she doesn’t have enough money for lunch. Yes, I gave her lunch,” Curry said. 

Curry doesn’t deny that she broke the law by feeding the children something other than the designated meal for low-income families, which consists of one slice of cheese on a hamburger bun, and a small milk. Still, she isn’t sorry for what she did. “The law needs to change,” she said.

In the Cherry Creek School District, students whose families make $31,000 annually qualify for a free lunch, but families that make less than $45,000 qualify for a reduced lunch. Though those numbers fluctuate depending on the size of the household, Curry said there’s a problem with that system.

“Kids whose parents make too much money to qualify, but a lot of times they don’t have enough money to eat,” she said.

The students she was fired for helping didn’t qualify for either program. It wasn’t the first time Curry helped a student in need - she told CBS4 that she’s paid for lunches before using her own money.

The Cherry Creek School District said they can’t discuss personnel issues, but added “anyone who has ever been terminated has violated some kind of written policy.”

Darnell Hill’s son goes to Dakota Valley Elementary School and Hill said that Curry helped his son when he forgot his lunch money. “Do something different than fire her. She’s trying to help.”

Curry understands why she was fired, but she hopes changes are made in the school district. “If me getting fired for it is one way that we can try to change this, I’ll take it in a heartbeat,” she said.

Sources: The Cherry Creek School District, CBS4 Image via CBS4

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Former Marine Earns 'Planking' World Record

June 2, 2015, 10:54 am
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Patch Montgomery, IL -- The ultra athlete and former Aurora resident set a new Guinness world record and broke his own this weekend at the Oceanside Bandshell. Reported by Patch 4 hours ago.
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Aurora 'Cop on Top' Event Sets Record

June 2, 2015, 11:33 am
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Patch Naperville, IL -- Just under $9,300 was raised between three locations. Reported by Patch 4 hours ago.
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Which Aurora Elementary School Area Had The Highest Home Sale Price?

June 2, 2015, 12:17 pm
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Patch Naperville, IL -- Find out which Aurora elementary school area had homes with the highest average sale price between December 2014 and June 2015. Reported by Patch 3 hours ago.
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Brevard County mom arrested for DUI with kids in car, authorities say

June 2, 2015, 2:01 pm
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A Brevard County woman is facing DUI and child neglect charges after she allegedly was driving under the influence with her two young relatives in the backseat.A good Samaritan called 911 Sunday evening, terrified at what she was seeing while following 33-year-old Cherie Scott, who said Scott was driving erratically from the Pineda Causeway in Satellite Beach to Aurora Road in Melbourne."They almost hit the guardrail," the caller told dispatchers. "I can't even tell you all of the things they almost hit and caused accidents from."That good Samaritan told dispatchers that Scott was weaving in and out of traffic, narrowly missing cars, with two kids in the back seat."It's driving in and out of the traffic lanes. It's almost hit several cars. It's almost gone up on the curb several times. It's almost caused I can't even tell you how many accidents," she told dispatchers. "I've been following it, trying to get somebody to catch up with it. There are kids in the back of the car."Eventually the good Samaritan told dispatchers that she couldn't keep up with Scott any longer, but said she would gladly write up a police report when she was caught."Is it OK if I have an officer contact you if they need you," asked the dispatcher. "Absolutely," said the Good Samaritan. "I would one hundred, million, trillion love to make a report about this."Officers caught up to Scott a short time later, saying in their report that her eyes were glassy and her pupils were pinpoint size.When asked if she had been drinking, the Palm Bay woman said that she had one Long Island Iced Tea Sunday evening, but had taken prescription pills earlier in the day, according to her arrest report.Scott is currently being held at the Brevard County jail on a $1,000 bond.
  Reported by Click Orlando 1 hour ago.
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Colorado (again) asks VA to find money for troubled hospital

June 2, 2015, 2:11 pm
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An file photo shows an aerial view of the VA hospital construction site in Aurora. (U. Reported by Denver Post 58 minutes ago.
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School Kitchen Manager Fired For Giving Lunches To Students Without Money In Colorado

June 2, 2015, 2:05 pm
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An elementary school kitchen worker was fired by a Colorado school district after she gave free lunches to kids who didn't have the money to buy them -- and she says she'd do it again.

Della Curry managed the kitchen at Dakota Valley Elementary School near Aurora, CBS reports. The school district says she violated policy when she gave lunches to children who didn't qualify for free or reduced meals. She was fired Friday.

While the district says on its website that it would never let a child go hungry, Curry says its standard option for students whose parents make too much to qualify for a reduced or free meal -- a slice of cheese on a hamburger bun and a milk -- isn't enough.

“I had a first-grader in front of me, crying, because she doesn’t have enough money for lunch. Yes, I gave her lunch,” the mother of two told CBS.

A family of four reportedly needs to make about $31,000 or less for its children to be eligible for free lunches, and below $45,000 for reduced lunches. An elementary school lunch is $2.80 per day in the Cherry Creek School District, which includes Dakota Valley.

Some of the kids who don't qualify for free or reduced lunches still don't have money to eat, and that's a problem, Curry said.

She said on her Facebook that the school itself "had no say in my termination," and she called for the school district and state to make changes to the lunch program.

"The staff at Dakota Valley are some of the most dedicated, caring, supportive and loving people I have ever had the honor of working with," she said. "This is just the jumping off point, if anyone has contacts within the school board, local and state government or anyone else that can help change this situation, please let me know!"

Cherry Creek School District released the following statement, according to CBS:
The law does not require the school district to provide the meal to children who have forgotten their lunch money, that is a district decision. According to our practice, we provide hot meals to students the first three times they forget their lunch money and charge their parents’ accounts. The fourth time, we provide a cheese sandwich and milk.

The district has worked to keep lunch prices low and still meet the federal nutrition requirements. The costs of our lunch program are not covered by the prices we charge. At the end of the year, any unpaid accounts revert back to the general fund which also covers instruction, security, building maintenance and overall operations.

-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Reported by Huffington Post 1 hour ago.
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Aurora Theater Shooting: James Holmes Talks About Comparisons with The Joker

June 2, 2015, 3:40 pm
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"They turned me into a super villain," he says in a videotaped psychiatric evaluation Reported by People Magazine 1 day ago.
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Elementary school kitchen manager fired for giving students without money free lunch

June 2, 2015, 3:43 pm
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AURORA, Colo. — A married mother of two was fired from her job as the kitchen manager at an elementary school in Colorado for giving lunches to students who didn’t have money, CBS Denver reports. Della Curry was the manager at Dakota Valley Elementary School near Aurora. She told CBS Denver that she would see students — who often times weren’t signed up for free lunch programs — crying because of hunger and no lunch money. “I had a first […] Reported by PIX 11 1 day ago.
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What James Holmes thought and felt during the massacre

June 2, 2015, 4:19 pm
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In a taped interview that was played in court on Tuesday, James Holmes described the Aurora, Colorado theatre massacre from his point of view. CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen recaps what Holmes said. Reported by CBS News 23 hours ago.
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Cherry Creek Schools fires employee who gave free lunch to hungry kids

June 2, 2015, 5:21 pm
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The Cherry Creek School District's nutrition services department fired Della Curry, who was kitchen manager at Dakota Valley Elementary School in Aurora, for giving school lunches to students who didn't have the money to pay for them. Reported by Denver Post 22 hours ago.
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Aurora shooting defendant went on 'autopilot'

June 2, 2015, 5:36 pm
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Defendant made no effort to deny or hide his deadly actions: "It went according to plan."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Reported by USATODAY.com 22 hours ago.
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“Extreme Weight Loss” Video Blog: Josh & Kelli’s Successful Transformations Began at the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

June 3, 2015, 12:08 am
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In her weekly video blog, "Extreme Weight Loss" Medical Director, Holly Wyatt, MD describes this episode as a “bumps in the road” episode and says it’s one of her favorites. She says Josh and Kelli are good examples of how to work at overcoming unexpected life events.

Aurora, Colo. (PRWEB) June 03, 2015

Every episode of the hit ABC series “Extreme Weight Loss” Season 5 begins at the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. Holly Wyatt, MD is associate director of the center and medical director for the TV show. She is affectionately known as “Dr. Holly” to the show’s cast members and her patients.

Each week, Dr. Holly watches the show then records a video blog offering fans her insight plus advice on how to begin, or continue, their own weight loss transformation journeys.

Dr. Holly describes this episode as a “bumps in the road” episode and says it’s one of her favorites. Both Josh (Omaha, NE) and Kelli (Kansas City, MO) had faced huge unexpected challenges in their lives and they impressed Dr. Holly with how hard they worked to overcome them. In the end, Josh came to terms with the tragic death of his father and Kelli put the disappointing end of her college basketball career behind her.

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Dr. Holly’s observations:·     Both Josh and Kelli were completely blind-sided by these huge and unexpected life events and when they didn’t ask for help     or work to get back on track, their lives and their weight spun out of control.
·     Watching Josh and Kelli finally take control, to bend but not break, to get back on course and rediscover their purpose reminded me that bumps in the road are a life lesson that we all must face and overcome.

Dr. Holly’s advice:·     Be ready for the bumps in your road. While you can’t control the unexpected you can control how you handle the situation.
·     Recognize when you hit a bump and draw on your own strengths and resources to persevere. Ask for help. Decide that you will do what it takes to get back on course.

Dr. Holly’s participation in the TV show inspired her to create the CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center’s first destination weight loss program. The weeklong Extreme Weight Loss: Destination Boot Camp is designed to provide participants with the tools they need to complete their own successful weight loss transformations— without the TV cameras! Limited space is available in upcoming boot camps and weight loss seekers are encouraged to learn more and register now.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center is recognized as a global leader in the fight against obesity. It offers some of the country’s most advanced research and science-based expertise, focusing on a comprehensive weight loss and weight management approach, including fitness, nutrition and wellness services. Follow AnschutzWell on Facebook and Twitter.

“Extreme Weight Loss” is produced by 3 Ball Entertainment. JD Roth, Todd A. Nelson, Matt Assmus and Brant Pinvidic are the executive producers. Reported by PRWeb 15 hours ago.
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Funeral planned for Aurora Marine who died in Nepal crash

June 3, 2015, 4:00 am
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Funeral planned for Aurora Marine who died in Nepal crash (AP) — A funeral has been scheduled for a U.S. Marine Corps combat photographer from Illinois who died in a helicopter crash during the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal. Medina was one of eight people killed when a Marine helicopter crashed during a relief mission. Reported by SeattlePI.com 11 hours ago.
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