Rhodes to emcee FLL Championship on January 7

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 27, 2011 -- Mr. Robert C. Rhodes will be emceeing the Houston area’s FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) Championship Tournament on January 7th, 2012. Mr. Rhodes emceed the December 10th Sugar Land tournament qualifying event located at Techno Chaos, an emerging Sugar Land business engaging school aged children in robotics and LEGO® centric activities, bringing excitement and a resounding “ladies and gentlemen” flair to the event.

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Rhodes to emcee FLL Championship on January 7

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“You excited the teams and audience members for the matches and let teams express themselves in their strategy to win the match,” said Jeanette Breton, President of Techno Chaos.

FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) is an international program for 9 to 14 year-old children, created in a partnership between FIRST® and The LEGO Group in 1998 to get children excited about science and technology – and teach them valuable employment and life skills.

More than 1400 elementary and middle school children, working in teams, have spent the last three months building robots and developing research presentations in preparation for the tournament season. During December, 140+ teams competed at six qualifying tournaments held in Huntsville, Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, The Woodlands and League City. The top 60 teams have now qualified to move forward to the southwest Texas region's Championship Tournament, to be held January 7, 2012 at Reagan High School.

To learn more about the “Body Forward®” Challenge, go to www.FIRSTLEGOLeague.org.

ABOUT FIRST®

Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from three out of every five Fortune 500 companies and more than $12 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC® ) and FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC® ) for high-school students, FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL® ) for 9 to 14-year-olds, (9 to 16-year-olds outside the U.S. and Canada) and Junior FIRST® LEGO® League (Jr.FLL™) for 6 to 9-year-olds. Gracious Professionalism™ is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.

ABOUT THE LEGO GROUP

The LEGO Group is a privately-held firm based in Billund, Denmark. The LEGO Group is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities through high-quality, creatively educational play materials, and its employees are guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: "Only the best is good enough." For more information, visit www.LEGO.com]www.LEGO.com.

About Techno Chaos

Techno Chaos (techno-chaos.com ) was founded in 2002 and established the Sugar Land center in 2011 to drive higher achievement in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) for grades K-12 and increase the number of students pursuing further education for STEM related professions. The principals of Techno Chaos have more than 50 years’ experience in engineering and 10 years actively mentoring high school students in engineering and robotics programs. Robotics education is featured throughout Techno Chaos programs, along with other effective methods. Techno Chaos offers a wide and growing curriculum in robotics education, which is primarily delivered through after-school programs to enable access to students from any education setting.

About Rhodes Holdings LLC and Mr. Robert C. Rhodes

Rhodes Holdings LLC (“RHL“) provides management consulting services for small- to mid-capitalization companies, public or private, readying themselves for stable growth. Mr. Robert C. Rhodes has served as RHL Managing Member since 2005, and previous to that, he served various roles at public companies (currently Chairman of Cornwall Resources Corp., previously Chairman and CEO of Systems Evolution Inc.) and many private companies.

Mr. Rhodes did adult training during the 1990’s throughout the United States, training more than 11,000 and doing many public speaking engagements throughout the software and technology industry. In the 2000’s, Mr. Rhodes has focused his public speaking engagements around children focused events where he can bring fun and excitement to otherwise dry subject matter.

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