Manchester, United Kingdom – 18th January 2019: IX Reach, the global leading provider of carrier services and connectivity solutions, has today announced to expand its partnership with AMS-IX into India to bring robust and resilient connectivity into AMS-IX’s Internet Exchange in Mumbai.
This new partnership will enable customers to access a remote peering solution at the AMS-IX India exchange from any one of IX Reach’s 170+ points of presence (PoPs) without needing to invest in their own equipment in India.
“Offering remote peering solutions into AMS-IX India is not only an exciting move for IX Reach, but it marks the start of an exciting new period,” said Simon Vye, CEO at IX Reach. “Our customers will be able to peer in India - a region with growing interest and popularity - and hand off their traffic much closer to eyeballs, therefore saving money on transit costs and also improving quality of their connection.”
Jesse Robbers, CCO of AMS-IX comments: “Since last summer we see a great uptake in terms of port capacity, traffic and amount of connected parties varying between national and international content players, different eyeball networks and CDN parties in India. Together with IX Reach, with who we already have a long term partnership at our location in Amsterdam, we are very pleased to now further expand our footprint together.”
Connecting via a single port in any one of IX Reach’s 170+ PoPs now enables customers unlimited and direct access to AMS-IX India, all our Internet Exchange partners, SDN Cloud Connect partners, and transport connectivity services.
IX Reach is a global solutions provider offering SDN direct interconnection to all major cloud providers, remote peering at key internet exchanges, high-speed point-to-point/multipoint ethernet private line, IP BGP transit and colocation.
We offer a portfolio of cost effective network services enabling carriers, ISPs, content and service providers to quickly and easily increase their network footprint and connect to the cloud without the need to invest heavily in owned infrastructure.
Discover new markets and endless possibilities with IX Reach visit www.ixreach.com.
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THIS WEEK: 275 Events and Activities in Utah to Raise Awareness About School Choice
Beehive State Parents Will Discover Education Options for Children During National School Choice Week
Governor Gary Herbert Issues Proclamation Recognizing Jan. 20-26 as Utah School Choice Week
Salt Lake City– With education options continuing to expand in Utah, schools, families, and organizations are celebrating School Choice Week with an unprecedented number of events.
The Week will feature 275 events and activities across the Beehive State, including open house events at schools, school fairs, homeschool information sessions, and other celebrations. One of the largest events in the state will be a STEM and charter school fair planned on Saturday, January 26, 2019 11:00 a.m. at Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy.
Nationwide, 40,549 events and activities are being organized to raise awareness during National School Choice Week (Jan. 20-26, 2019), and 10.8 million Americans are expected to participate. It will be the largest series of education-related events and activities in U.S. history.
In Utah, there are many educational options, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online learning, and homeschooling. Utah has a publicly funded scholarship program for students with special needs. All Utah students, grades K-12, can enroll full- or part-time in online courses through Utah Online School. All courses are tuition-free.
On the local level, elected officials and community leaders are recognizing the importance of educational opportunity by officially recognizing the Week. Governor Gary Herbert issued an official proclamation recognizing Jan. 20-26 as Utah School Choice Week. In addition, the cities of Draper, Pleasant View, and Santa Clara have issued proclamations recognizing School Choice Week in their community.
Celebrated since 2011, National School Choice Week is an independent public awareness effort. The Week is nonpartisan and nonpolitical, and it is not related to any legislative advocacy campaign.
“Hawthorn Academy participates in National School Choice Week as it gives our students a voice in why they chose to attend a public charter school. They want others to know that they want to learn, to be accepted, to be challenged and to be known by their teachers. When they get to help come up with ways to communicate why they made a choice to attend Hawthorn Academy, they feel they have a way to have their voice heard,” said Dr. Deborah Swensen, superintendent/lead director at Hawthorn Academy, a charter school serving 1,458 students in South Jordan, Utah.
“Utah offers families a comprehensive array of school choice options, and we hope families will use National School Choice Week as a chance to evaluate the different choices that are available," said National School Choice Week President Andrew Campanella.
To download a guide to school choice or learn more about featured events in the Beehive State, visit schoolchoiceweek.com/states/utah.
For information on events planned near you, please send us an email with information about your coverage area to pressoffice@schoolchoiceweek.com.
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National School Choice Week is an independent public awareness effort designed to shine a spotlight on effective education options for children. National School Choice Week celebrates all types of school options, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling. Learn more at www.schoolchoiceweek.com.
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YOUNG CULTURE
Release New EP
(This Is) Heaven
Available for Purchase Here
Now Streaming via Spotify & Apple Music
Watch Brand New Music Video,
"21 Days," here: youtu.be/-ESkfhKCHdc
"Magnan's urgent delivery, coupled with his emotionally-loaded voice makes
"21 Days" reminiscent of the pop-punk greats of the early-to-mid 2000s
such as New Found Glory and Sum 41." - Billboard
"(This Is) Heaven puts Young Culture at the top." - Obsessxns
Albany, NY - January 18, 2019 - Pop rock band Young Culture is taking 2019 by storm with the release of their new EP, (This Is) Heaven, out now via Equal Vision Records. The band has also shared a brand new video for their latest single, "21 Days" - watch it now, here: youtu.be/-ESkfhKCHdc. Fans can stream (This Is) Heaven via Spotify and Apple Music, or purchase it online at youngculture.merchnow.com.
"Creating this EP was our opportunity to take all the negativity in our lives and channel it into something beautiful," lead singer Alex Magnan shares."It really goes to show that every bad situation is a song waiting to happen, and for us to be able to do so is heaven."
Young Culture will be hitting the road with The Happy Alright later this month in support of the new release. For a full list of shows, please see below or visit facebook.com/youngcultureNY.
It's not often that a rock or punk band will make a hip-hop style mixtape just to clear their creative cobwebs. But that's exactly what Albany-based four-piece Young Culture did. Formed by school friends Alex Magnan (vocals) and Gabe Pietrafesa (guitar), who have been playing together for a number of years, Young Culture put out their debut mini-album, You, in the summer of 2016. It was followed up with a five-track EP called Blue. The former had a song, "Bedroom Floor" that featured Derek DiScanio from State Champs - a fellow Albany band - on backing vocals. The latter was co-produced by him and Seth Henderson, who's worked with the likes of Real Friends, Knuckle Puck and Sleep On It.
Young Culture - completed now by guitarist Troy Burchett and drummer Nick Cavin - toured those songs and began to build up a solid following, which remains strong today. But instead of working on new material for the band, the pair, fuelled by an inherent restless creativity, began to experiment, Pietrafesa sending Magnan different beats to write lyrics over just to keep their inspiration and creative juices flowing.
A complete 180 to the music Young Culture had made previously, the band released them as a mixtape under the abbreviated moniker YC. The songs served as an important writing exercise for the pair to sharpen their skills when it came back round to writing 'real' Young Culture songs.
That influence is very much evident in songs like "Drift," co-produced by Derek DiScanio (State Champs) and Sam Guiana (Like Pacific, Coldfront). "Drift" not only redefined who Young Culture is as a band, but also reshaped the perimeters of pop-punk - although it should be noted that they're very wary of being confined to just that genre. As they should be, because there are many more layers to this band.
2018 ushered in a brand new phase of Young Culture's existence, evident in the their latest single "21 Days" as well as the rest of new EP (This Is) Heaven. They might now be just 20 years old, but both Pietrafesa and Magnan's attitude and songwriting ability display a maturity way beyond their years. And while this isn't an entirely new beginning, it certainly marks the start of something that's thoroughly unique, electrifying and engaging.
Young Culture released (This Is) Heaven on January 18th, 2019 via Equal Vision Records. To purchase, please visit: youngculture.merchnow.com.
For More Information, please visit:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/youngcultureNY
Twitter: www.twitter.com/YoungCultureNY
Instagram: www.instagram.com/YoungCultureNY
(This Is) Heaven Tracklisting:
1. Deluxe
2. Breathe It In
3. 21 Days
4. Never Changed
5. Drift
Upcoming Tour Dates:
1/18 - Dallas, TX @ The Prophet Bar
1/19 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street
1/20 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Jam Spot
1/22 - Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
1/23 - San Diego, CA @ Che Café
1/24 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
1/25 - Murrieta, CA @ The MSC
1/26 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
1/27 - Fresno, CA @ Full Circle Brewery
1/29 - Portland, OR @ Post 134
1/30 - Bremerton, WA @ The Charleston
1/31 - Pocatello, ID @ Deckadence
2/1 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Underground
2/3 - Denver, CO @ 7th Circle
2/8 - Ottawa, ON @ The 27 Club
2/9 - Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee's
2/10 - Hamilton, ON @ Doors
