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Press ReleasesPress > August 10, 2005 Release Hart, Inc. Partners with WeatherBug To Distribute WeatherBug® Achieve at Southeastern Schools Germantown, MD, – August 10, 2005 – WeatherBug®, the leading provider of live, local weather information services has signed a VAR agreement with Hart, Inc. to distribute WeatherBug Achieve. Hart will be introducing WeatherBug Achieve, an interactive educational application that teaches students math, science, geography, and technology through real life weather conditions via lesson plans that align with national and state education standards, to schools in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. “Hart, Inc. is highly selective in products we sell to our southeastern schools,” said Brett Eaker, president of Hart, Inc. “We are pleased to add WeatherBug Achieve to our curriculum, and we are confident we’ll help teachers and students to improve classroom participation and performance with fun and informative activities.” Achieve’s integration of real-life weather conditions with hands-on classroom curriculum will enhance learning and interaction with other students and teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade. Studies have shown students of all ages and backgrounds have benefited both personally and academically from the use of WeatherBug Achieve when incorporated into text book curriculum. In the 2004-2005 School year over 250,000 students and teachers logged in to WeatherBug Achieve to learn with real live data and plan interactive lessons where students experience hands on learning. “We are excited to partner with Hart, Inc. in educating students in the Carolinas and Georgia,” said Bob Onsi, director and general manager of WeatherBug Achieve. “With the upcoming hurricane season, the new program offers more than just education. Both teachers and students will find reassurance and feel better prepared for weather conditions that can directly affect them and those close to them.” About WeatherBug AchieveWeatherBug Achieve brings live conditions into the classroom with a tool that is fun and easy for teachers and students to use at all levels. The data is unique, as it is relative to the school and features current, local weather conditions right in their neighborhood and across the country. Under this hands-on innovative student interest levels and scores consistently rise along with student and teacher morale. Teachers and administrators credit the program for adding tremendous value to their curriculum and boosting student self-confidence. See the recently published NY City Case Study. About WeatherBug®WeatherBug (www.weatherbug.com) ensures that individuals, schools, businesses and communities always get the most precise live weather conditions, the most relevant reports, and the earliest weather warnings to safeguard their property and their lives. WeatherBug owns the world's largest exclusive weather network, which has over 8,000 live WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras that generate neighborhood level reports every second versus other weather providers whose data is up to an hour or more old. This network powers various products and services, including: WeatherBug, the number one weather Internet application, with over 60 million downloads, that streams live neighborhood conditions to its home and work users; WeatherBug Media Services, which delivers live weather information to over 80 million U.S. households through partnerships with more than 100 local television stations; WeatherBug Education, which provides engaging weather information and educational tools to schools and colleges, including an online learning program for K-12 schools called WeatherBug Achieve; and WeatherBug Professional Services, which uses the company's unique weather network and software to provide high-value solutions for vertical industries such as energy, transportation, and first response. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. www.aws.com. # # # Press Contacts:
Alyce Menton Debra Eisenberg
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