http://www.prnewsnow.com/News for the world!en-ushttp://www.prnewsnow.com/firebase_images/prnn.jpghttp://www.prnewsnow.com1259049801>>World Wildlife Fund today issued the following statement from Keya Chatterjee acting director of WWF8217s climate program following the announcement by the White House that they will offer an emissions reduction target during next month8217s climate negotiations in Copenhagen:8220It is great news that the President will put forward an emissions reduction target in Copenhagen. Today8217s announcement...]]>1258963694>>Drummond Group Inc. http://www.drummondgroup.com/ DGI the trusted interoperability test lab announced today that their CEO and Chief Scientist Rik Drummond has been selected to serve on the new Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Governing Board SGIPGB http://www.nist.gov/publicaffairs/releases/smartgrid111909.html which will provide technical support to the Commerce Department's National Institute of...]]>1258791035>>Late yesterday democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system which included a new 5 tax on elective cosmetic procedures. Senate Democrats argue that the tax which was a surprise addition to the sweeping 2074page bill will generate 5.8 billion over the next 10 years to be put towards the bill8217s estimated 849 billion price tag. However the American...]]>1258790638>>nd is president and editorial director of Women8217s Healthcare Topics www.womenshealthcaretopics.com a Web site devoted to educating women on healthcare issues.Media Contact:DoanPhuong Nguyen6154239025dpdotbabycribatgmail.comwww.womenshealthcaretopics.com]]>1258359111>>Appistry a pioneer in private cloud computing for the enterprise today announced that Tygart Technology has built its MX SERVER application software on Appistry CloudIQ Platform allowing the company to achieve massive scalability accelerate time to market futureproof its product line and realize ease of deployment and operation. Tygart supports the U.S. intelligence community DoD DoJ law enforcement...]]>1258273031>>On Target Screening Inc. a leader in resident screening tenant screening and volunteer screening services has launched its Church Volunteer Screening Program a background screening solution that meets volunteer screening standards established by the National Child Protection ActOn October 9 1998 the Volunteers for Children Act was signed into law as Public Law 105251 amending the National Child Protection...]]>1257581855>>InsuranceArm.com warns the residents of Washington to be sure they have adequate flood insurance this year. Flood warnings are typical this time of year but residents near Kent Washington have another possible source of flood water to worry about. The Army Corps of Engineers has said they may need to release water into the area while repairs are made to the Howard Hanson Dam.Jim Hunt President/CEO...]]>1257494601>>HEAD Responding to Fort Hood: Swords to Plowshares Highlights Resources for Veterans Military and Families nbspnbsp PResponding to Fort Hood: Swords to Plowshares Highlights Resources for Veterans Military and Families /P pThe tragic violence that took place at Fort Hood today...]]>1256110942>>Republic Capital Access LLC RCA announces that they have chosen JAMIS Software Corporation as a strategic technology partner. RCA's mission is to provide working capital for companies doing business with the United States Government. RCA's funding program RCAAdvantage174 uses a proprietary underwriting and invoice processing system which allows companies doing business with the US Government to turn...]]>1256108887>>Freedom Disability has released a new online selfassessment tool to help people who are interested in receiving Social Security Disability http://www.freedomdisability.com Benefits through the Social Security Administration. The tool is located on the home page of Freedom Disability's website www.FreedomDisability.com. Users are walked through a series of 10 questions that results in an estimate...]]>1256108723>>Percussion Software a leading provider of web content management WCM systems for customers with diverse web infrastructures has been chosen by the General Services Administration GSA to power the Office of Citizen Services and Communications' OCSC USA.gov the U.S government's official web portal. The site is the first point of contact for citizens businesses nonprofits government employees and visitors...]]>1256108705>>:30 PMWhy: Ceremony to honor veterans who have made the difficult transition from combat to communitySponsors: Morrison 38 Foerester LLP William Millichap Keker 38 Van Nest LLP and John Keker William Drypolcher Wells Fargo 38 Company Comcast Snyder Miller 38 Orton LLP and Steve Snyder Paradise View Winery and Al Brayton. For more information contact us at 4152524788 or visit www.stpsf.org/eventsFor...]]>1256108609>>NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL debuts its new Flight Projects Center Monday Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. JPL is a Federallyfunded research and development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology Caltech for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA. The original ribbon cutting was postponed due to last month's Station Fire which threatened the Lab's...]]>1255590467>>Television journalist and former CNN anchor Veronica De La Cruz has been telling the tale of her brother Eric's tragic battle against insurance red tape to anyone who would listen. And with recent appearances on Fox's Good Day LA and in the November issue of Glamour magazine that message is getting noticeably louder.Speaking to Good Day LA http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/health/VeronicaCrusadeHealthCareReform20091008...]]>1255245201>>The Law Lords who will preside over the highest court in the land have finally been sworn in as part of a historical constitutional change and with help from Asysco represents a move that will see some of the UK's highest profile court hearings televised for public viewing.The new Supreme Court has effectively separated the legislature Parliament and the judiciary. It will be an independent institution...]]>1255158505>>Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service LIRS questions the recent decision by the Office of Refugee Resettlement ORR within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS to suspend services for vulnerable immigrant youth and asks for an immediate review of the practice.The passage of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act TVPRA of 2008 enabled children...]]>1255071896>>MessageWay Solutions Inc. a leading provider of highperformance managed file transfer MFT solutions today announced the award of its General Services Administration GSA Schedule for Federal Supply Schedule 70. In addition MessageWay Solutions was designated as eligible for both the Cooperative Purchasing and the Disaster Recovery Purchasing programs allowing states and localities to procure its products...]]>1254467067>>HEAD Alabama Montana and Oregon Expand Children's Health Coverage nbspnbsp PAlabama Montana and Oregon Expand Children's Health Coverage/P pThe Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University a leading authority on health coverage for children and families reports on trends...]]>1254380560>>The Blantyre Water Board operated by the government of Malawi recently selected Water For People www.waterforpeople.org to provide technical support for a 31millioneuro initiative funded by the European Union EU Water Facility and European Investment Bank EIB to bring safe drinking water and improved sanitation to more than 540000 people in 21 lowincome areas of periurban Blantyre and Lilongwe Malawi.Water...]]>1253775967>>Recently the O'Leary Report newsletter teamed up with Zogby International to poll voters in competitive House and Senate 2010 elections on various health care reform issues. The results show that incumbent senators and representatives may want to proceed with extreme caution on health care.A toptobottom governmentrun health care system is clearly not popular with 2010 voters. Fiftyeight percent of...]]>1253530343>>HEAD The Issuance of Shariah Parameter Reference 1 Murabahah Parameter to Promote Harmonisation of Practice nbspnbsp PThe Issuance of Shariah Parameter Reference 1 Murabahah Parameter to Promote Harmonisation of Practice /P pBank Negara Malaysia is pleased to announce the issuance...]]>1253530268>>This year seven states have passed sovereignty resolutions http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/02/23/statesovereigntyresolutions/ under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Two states passed laws nullifying some federal firearms regulations. Thirteen states now have Medical Marijuana laws in direct opposition to federal laws. And three states are considering constitutional...]]>1253529442>>As the White House and congressional Democrats attempt to revive their embattled health care reform plan a breaking new Zogby International/O8217Leary Report poll shows that a strong majority of Americans agree on eight critical health care issues. On five health carerelated issues 70 Percent of Americans have put their partisan differences aside and on three other issues a majority of Americans agree...]]>1253304827>>The current health care debate may divide many Americans and congress but not values voters who tend to agree on many key health care reform issues. A recent Zogby International/O8217Leary Report Poll shows that a strong majority of American voters who attend church weekly agree that government health care programs should not cover abortions and should not interfere with the doctorpatient relationship...]]>1253134482>>Two groups that drive the American economy small business owners and stockholders agree on ten crucial issues at the center of the health care debate according to a recent poll conducted by Zogby International and The O'Leary Report www.olearyreport.com.The Zogby/O'Leary Poll surveyed 4426 likely voters on September 48 and has a marginoferror of plusorminus 1.5 percentage points. The results below...]]>time()>>The US Tamil Political Action Council USTPAC mourns the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy. Our members from Massachusetts who were his constituents and supported him in many elections are particularly filled with sadness at his loss.The loss of Sen. Kennedy is particularly grave for Tamils at this time when hope is hard to find. Tamil Americans take comfort always in his inspiring words...]]>time()>>Finding relevant high quality information for Natural Resource Management NRM professionals has become a whole lot easier with the relaunch of the NRM Navigator nrmnavigator.net.au powered by Funnelback. Information from over 100 research NRM environment and sustainable agriculture sources is available including Land 38 Water Australia the CSIRO Cooperative Research Centre's and regional bodies. The...]]>time()>>The Missouri Office of Homeland Security is providing SafePlans' Emergency Response Information Portal ERIP system to all Missouri faithbased organizations to help improve all hazards readiness to include strategies to prevent mitigate and respond to church shootings.We are proud to be Missouri's preparedness solution as a core component of the nation's largest faithbased organization preparedness...]]>time()>>Though he passed away nearly two months ago Eric De La Cruz is now influencing the debate over health care reform through his sister's compelling account of his struggle for insurance to cover a needed heart transplant and the subsequently devastating effects of a broken health care system.Speaking alongside Sen. Harry Reid DNV at a health care reform event on August 31 at the UNLV Student Union in...]]>time()>>Ships sailing in waters near Guam have a new connection to shore. The US Coast Guard's NAVTEX coastal telex broadcast system has been upgraded by replacing three conventional 300foot vertical towers with one smallaperture SAMWAS antenna.The unique SAMWAS medium wave antenna system is a product of LBA Technology a North Carolina telecommunications firm with more than 40 years experience in antenna innovations....]]>time()>>CALM Energy Inc. announced today that it is partnered with Consolidated Edison Inc. Columbia University The Prosser Group and other energy experts in filing for smart grid stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Energy DOE. Con Edison leads the team requesting approximately 46 million to help fund smart grid demonstration projects in the New York and New Jersey areas. By creating the smart grid...]]>time()>>Formatta http://www.formatta.com a leading provider of formsdriven business process optimization www.formatta.com solutions delivering increased performance and measurable return on investment today announced positive results being realized by the Chester County PA government's use of the Formatta solution.Formatta was chosen by the Chester County PA government after an extensive review of alternative...]]>time()>>Treating flustricken children with antiviral medication including Tamiflu and Relenza could do more harm than good a study from the University of Oxford warns. Byron J. Richards CCN summarizes the study as a systematic review and metaanalysis on the use of antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza on children under 12 to determine their safety and effectiveness in treating children with flu and the ability...]]>time()>>Darrell Houghton a Denver businessman has come to the defense of the U.S. Postal Service. In a statement released on his company's website Houghton suggested that the President apologize for his remarks referring to the USPS as quotalways having problemsquot. Houghton is president of Aloha Forwarding a package forwarding service that uses the Postal Service exclusively. I couldn't believe it when I...]]>time()>>A new bill supported by the Arthritis Foundation and introduced by Sen. John. D. Rockefeller IV DW.Va. aims to make expensive medications more affordable to many Americans. The Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act of 2009 would cap monthly outofpocket spending on prescription drugs including medications that are critical to the health and quality of life for people with arthritis.As more...]]>time()>>The city of Mission Viejo recently implemented a new disaster recovery plan using cuttingedge technology to reduce costs without sacrificing performance and efficiency.Public safety and disaster preparedness being primary goals for the city and wanting to continue to provide the most consistent and proficient service to city residents and customers Mission Viejo city officials decided to employ a new...]]>time()>>Those looking for quotinsiderquot information about federal government senior level service positions or who are anxious to launch recession proof governments careers can now find help in a rich resource written in a reflective style to enhance understanding. quotAdvice to Fernando: Understand the Government and Enjoy Success in HighLevel Government Jobs http://www.frankamcdonough.com/titlesofthe18chapters.htmlquot...]]>time()>>On July 31 just before Congress recessed for the month of August Reps. Erik Paulsen RMinn. and Dennis Moore DKan. introduced H.R. 3506 the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. The introduction of this proposed legislation marks a significant advancement as passage of the bill would eliminate the costly burden of mailing annual privacy notices for many ACA International http://www.acainternational.org...]]>time()>>The National Association of Asian American Professionals NAAAP wishes to express its relief and support for the safe return of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to American soil. Thanks to the personal attention and efforts of former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee were reunited with their families on August 5. The White Housesanctioned negotiations...]]>time()>>'Sarah Palin: Poised to Become America's First Female President' by Recaldo Ochoa moves that Sarah Palin is well qualify and ready to run in 2012. Ochoa is confident that if or when Palin runs she would emerge as the strongest Republican presidential candidate to challenge Barack Obama in the next election.Many view Sarah Palin appeal as only limited to the Republican base but she has demonstrated...]]>time()>>Creative Networks at http://www.mygreencard.com today reminds DV2010 entrants that the U.S. State Department has a system in place for green card lottery entrants to check the status of their entry at: http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ESC. This EDV page available since July 1 finally gives diversity visa registrants a way to bypass slow or corrupt postal mail delivery service in some countries. Entrants...]]>time()>>A founding board member and past president of the International Association of Privacy Professionals IAPP Mr. Chris Zoladz announces the formation of Navigate LLC providing comprehensive strategic and tactical information protection and privacy consultation services to business and government organizations.With an emphasis on privacy risk management change implementation and management data protection...]]>time()>>ttsburg TribuneReview are viable causes of action and should be investigated and the committee report found that ACORN 8 members were illegally removed from the association board in order to conceal an embezzlement and obstruct justice. And thus have adequate standing to pursue ACORN independently of Congress./p PWashington D.C. July 28 2009 A blistering report released...]]>time()>>Apex CoVantage a leading global knowledge process outsourcing KPO provider of engineering solutions is pleased to announce that the National Broadband Map methodology it presented to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTIA earlier this year resonates strongly with the newlyreleased guidelines and regulations of the Notice of Funding Availability NOFA for the State Broadband...]]>time()>>The American Academy of AntiAging Medicine A4M www.worldhealth.net the world's largest scientific/medical society dedicated to advancing research and clinical pursuits that enhance the quality and extend the quantity of the human lifespan unveils an innovative technologybased fix to healthcare with the potential to: Increase the lifespan or improve the healthspan of all Americans by 29 years Slash...]]>time()>>Area spinal surgeon Alfred Bonati M.D. traveled to Washington DC earlier this week to meet with political leaders and other medical professionals to discuss the impact of healthcare reform on physicians and their patients as well as on small business owners and their employees.Dr. Bonati is an acclaimed orthopedic surgeon who specializes in advanced laser spine surgery. Dr. Bonati has traveled the...]]>time()>>The Department of Innovation Industry Science and Research DIISR business portal www.business.gov.au is the latest high profile Commonwealth agency to use Funnelback search through the Whole of Government AgencySearch program sponsored by the Australian Government Information Management Office AGIMO. Mr. Mike Sibly General Manager Online eBusiness Services for DIISR said quotHigh quality search results...]]>time()>>Sorrento Asset Management http://www.sam.ie/ has announced the appointment of Sean C. Worker as its new Presidentthe Americas 38 Chief Development Officer. In addition to managing the company's Americas operations Mr. Worker will head up global development and strategy for both Sorrento and its subsidiary BridgeStreet174 Worldwide http://www.bridgestreet.com/. Sorrento Asset Management is a Dublinbased...]]>time()>>The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs U.S. Department of Commerce will speak at the 2009 annual Joint Statistical Meetings JSM the American Statistical Association ASA said today. Rebecca M. Blank who was sworn in June 9 will give the President's Invited Address on Monday August 3 at 4 pm. JSM the world's largest annual gathering of statisticians will be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center...]]>time()>>It's really ironic that the Arkansas Community Organizations for Reform Now started with four little old ladies fighting for fairness and welfare rights in the 1970s. These neighborhood leaders hired Wade Rathke to help them organize their community to empower low and moderate income families in Little Rock. Nearly forty years later three little old ladies Karen Inman Marcel Reid and Carol Hemmingway...]]>time()>>The Centrelink website search is now being powered by Funnelback.Funnelback's Executive Diretor Mr. Stuart Beil says 'Funnelback's high quality search ranking technology and the ease of being able to test and transition to Funnelback greatly assisted Centrelink in making their decision.quot Centrelink are using Funnelback through the successful Whole of Government AgencySearch program sponsored by...]]>time()>>Recently President Obama addressed a room full of journalists and TV cameras gathered in the White House's Grand Foyer on a topic that is central to his agenda energy reform. quot 8230one of the fastest easiest and cheapest ways to make our economy stronger and cleaner is to make our economy more energy efficientquot said President Obama. Listening attentively in South Miami was L.E.E.D. Depot http://leeddepot.us/...]]>time()>>President Barack Obama extended some partnership rights to federal workers in samesex relationships. But the American Bar Association House of Delegates will be asked this month to take Obama's action a step further by supporting repeal of a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act to allow all lawfully married same sex spouses access to federal marital benefits including Medicaid Social Security...]]>time()>>ECOMPEX Inc. a leading information and knowledge management company announced today that is has become a member of the HP Developer 38 Solution Partner Program DSPP. The HP DSPP is designed to enable independent software vendors ISVs systems integrators developers and consultants to work collaboratively to more effectively address customer needs. Through the HP DSPP ECOMPEX will have access to HP...]]>time()>>Today The Social Security Institute SSI announces the launch of the National ObamaCare Opt Out NOOO Registry a patientcentered movement designed to allow individuals to demand that Congress not force them to join a national healthcare system nor to purchase healthcare coverage against their will. This online platform located at http://www.patientoptout.com is modeled after the National Do Not Call...]]>time()>>Today Quantros announced the launch of a new business unit created to support healthcare provider demands in application development and networking. Quantros IT Consulting Services provides a costeffective and reliable model for creating and supporting a multitude of application and infrastructure projects reducing the pressure on healthcare IT departments. This expanded service offering leverages...]]>time()>>IVANS Inc. www.ivans.com has been regularly engaging its healthcare provider customers in discussions about healthcare reform the importance of Medicare to their business and the steps providers should take in implementing technology to address short and longterm healthcare objectives. IVANS www.ivans.com conducted a 2009 Healthcare Provider Survey revealing that providers believe both payforperformance...]]>time()>>Father Mihai Grigor the GreekCatholic priest of Sapanta Romania sent a letter on June 3 to all embassies in Bucharest http://www.rogca.org/a3LettertoallembassiesfromRomaniawhosecountriesaremembersoftheEuropeanUniontohelpsavetheGreekCatholicchurchinSapanta.aspx whose countries are members of the European Union requesting international support to save the GreekCatholic church in Sapanta which is currently...]]>time()>>A new way of rescuing a downed SCBA user i.e.: firefighters industrial workers and military personnel is available for distibution. www.rescueridesystems.com. This new concept of rescuing will greatly reduce the effort of dragging a downed coworker to safety.The wheeled rescue device simply unfolds and clamps to the cylinder of the victims SCBAself contained breathing apparatus. The injured worker...]]>time()>>The hoops and hiphop culture fusion era born in 1984 is celebrating its 25th Anniversary 19842009. To honor the historical 25th Anniversary of the sportsandmusic cultural celebration June 2009 was selected as the first National Basketball 38 HipHop Culture Month www.NBHHCM.org.Mayor Sheila Dixon D of Baltimore Maryland made history by signing the first quotProclamation Documentquot honoring June as...]]>time()>>Every region of the United States from the East Coast to the West Coast plus Alaska and Hawaii is experiencing significant adverse impacts from climate change including droughts floods heat waves and wildfires and these widespread impacts will grow during the course of the century concludes a major new report issued today by the White House.According to the report Global Climate Change Impacts in...]]>time()>>Renovatix Solutions the leader in providing client branded marketplaces of name brand SoftwareasaService SaaS applications to small and medium business SMB customers and THINKstrategies the preeminent consulting services firm helping organizations develop and execute their SaaS strategies and solutions today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of online SaaS marketplaces. Renovatix...]]>time()>>Neighborhood America http://www.neighborhoodamerica.com this week 'jumped the curve' in social analytics with the launch of its LISTEN Business Intelligence Infrastructure the latest advancement of the company's awardwinning Software as a Service platform ELAvate. Unlike online transactionbased social data reporting architectures LISTEN provides the industry's first fully independent data warehousing...]]>time()>>Hospitals and health systems are both labor intensive and asset intensive organizations. According to estimates by MEMdata LLC U.S. hospitals spend an estimated 35 billion on equipment purchases each year for items ranging from CT scanners and MRI machines to patient monitoring equipment and nurse call systems. The equipment budgets of even the smallest rural hospitals often run into the millions...]]>time()>>Chicago colocation provider Continuum Data Centers LLC announced that it will open a new data center in Lombard Illinois in June 2009. The company has chosen AboveNet Inc.NYSE: ABVT to provide the backbone for its highbandwidth transport from Continuum's Lombard 20000 square foot data center to AboveNet's Oak Brook Illinois point of presence POP.This data center has been specifically designed to give...]]>time()>>Consumer advocate and Loan Modification Attorney Joseph Hoats today warned Americans facing possible foreclosure to be quotguarded and cautiousquot about Federal Government promises to streamline the Loan Modification http://www.homestability.com process. According to Hoats quotI find programs like the Hope For Homeowners initiative to be nothing more than a failed token gesture that has misled the...]]>time()>>U.S. Military personnel serving overseas cherish letters and mementos from home. Now when they deploy to one of the 700 bases this nation operates worldwide Army men and women can pack and lock prized possessions in the new Army Footlocker http://www.guncruzer.com/footlockers/armysm/index.html Case by CaseCruzer.This mobile protective case brings a little homeland security to international locales....]]>time()>>To honor the 25th Anniversary 19842009 of the basketball 38 hiphop culture fusion born in 1984 that is known now as The quotDunkadelicEraquot In America 1984Present. June 2009 has been selected as the first National Basketball 38 HipHop Culture Month. NBHHCM www.NBHHCM.org the nonprofit foundation founded in 2009 was created to promote the history legacy and 25th Anniversary of hoops and hiphop culture...]]>time()>>Cenegenics174 Medical Institute global age management medicine leader set a challenge to President Obama who stated in a White House interview that he's quotabsolutely committedquot to a healthcare plan believing his administration will succeed in reform since escalating costs have shifted the political climate. Two Cenegenics CEOs say to truly affect change via prevention the president should pay...]]>time()>>In recent years after Romania joined NATO and the European Union the situation has deteriorated in Romania where the country has seen an escalation of injustices toward the GreekCatholic community and a continuous violation of human rights and civil liberties. Due to this fact on May 13th Fr. Chris Terhes the President of the Romanian GreekCatholic Association sent a letter to Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton...]]>time()>>Today MedicalBillingSoftware.com announced the availability of Medisoft174 v15 the latest version of its industryleading practice management PM solution used by more than 70000 providers in small physician offices. With the new release MedicalCharting.com also announced the availability of Medisoft Clinical http://www.medicalcharting.com/medisoftclinicalmedisoftemrsoftware.htm which combines the PM...]]>time()>>This Memorial Day Americans will come together to honor our fallen U.S. soldiers while thanking our U.S. veterans and active military. VetFriends.com the largest Web site for reuniting U.S. veterans encourages the community to visit an authentic collection of online military photos in honor of the many brave men and women who have served or who are serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. All photos were...]]>time()>>Kleimann Communication Group an international leader in bringing clear communication to organizations is proud to announce their win of the Best of Show Distinguished Technical Communication award at the Society for Technical Communication STC International Technical Publications competition. The award for the report titled Putting Theory into Practice: A Best Practices Approach to Developing Tax Instructions...]]>time()>>Edward Reposa a legally blind man wanted to do something for our veterans but what could a blind man moving around in a wheel chair do He decided to build a memorial as a thank you to our troops for all they have done for us. So on hands and knees over the last year with donations of helmets from wounded veterans and various items he built this tribute to all the armed forces. As one drives up one...]]>time()>>FPED Force Protection Equipment Demonstration http://www.fped7.org is the site for the unveiling of the SpotterRF the world's lightest and most compact tracking radar for small military units border patrol and individual warfighters. Every day our national security is in danger and our warfighters across the world are under constant threat and vulnerable to acts of terrorism especially at night and...]]>time()>>Due to the current economic situation the Korean Won has been depreciating against other foreign currencies and this makes it the perfect time to visit Korea. To highlight this the Korea Tourism Organization has launched the quotDon't Miss this Opportunity to Visit Koreaquot event on their official website www.visitkorea.or.kr.In order to introduce people to Korea's myriad of charms the KTO has prepared...]]>time()>>TerraGo174 Technologies a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions today announced details of its Q1 2009 results. Highlights for the quarter include growth in several key areas of the business including a 13 increase in total yearoveryear sales a 39 increase in core software sales and the addition of 62 net new customers. I'm particularly pleased with the number of new organizations...]]>time()>>FASTHockey http://www.fasthockey.com announced today that it will finish its live streaming coverage of the IIHF World Undrer18 Championships with two incredible games. In the Bronze Medal game Sunday April 19 2009 at 4:00pm ET Canada will take on Finland. In the Gold medal game Sunday April 19 2009 at 8:00pm ET Russia will face the United States. FASTHockey has broadcast all 17 games played at...]]>time()>>IndiaVoting http://www.indiavoting.com an edutainment site by Insite Digital in a survey titled quotAIDS factor impact of General Elections 2009quot has outlined that the AIDS combined impact of AntiIncumbency PLUS Delimitation of Seats factor will severely impact the fortune of different political parties in General Elections 2009. Negative impact of the AIDS factor may be severe in as many as 205...]]>time()>>As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq near their eighth year Texans for Peace continues to challenge the Obama Administration's policies and strategy. quotThe President's proposal to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan for several more years does little to advance the cause of peace and only serves to placate those in Washington who got us into these wars in the first placequot says Charlie Jackson founder of...]]>time()>>On the day President Barack Obama became America's 44th President a U.S. nonprofit known as POPULAR Inc. wrote the United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights in care of his quotSpecial Rapporteur On The Promotion And Protection Of The Right To Freedom Of Opinion And Expressionquot. POPULAR is an acronym for quotPower Over Poverty Under Laws of America Restoredquot. The legal reform advocate...]]>time()>>BridgeStreet Worldwide a leading international provider of extended stay apartments for business travelers announced its opening of a new Phoenix office http://www.bridgestreet.com/furnishedapartments/PhoenixDowntownNorthCentral.htm as part of the company's broader expansion plans in the Southwest. The new office will create 510 additional jobs in the next six to nine months and BridgeStreet will...]]>time()>>Outright Libertarians was stunned to learn that California's Libertarian Party voted to endorse the Domestic Partnership Initiative DPI including the estimated 260 billion federal tax hike on California taxpayers that would follow the DPI's passage over at least the following two years.The federal government does not recognize 'domestic partnerships' in federal law through both legal precedent and...]]>time()>>Planetary Emissions Management Inc. an innovative startup company in carbon emissions monitoring and management acquires an exclusive license for a groundbreaking laser analyzer to directly track fossil fuel emissions http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/matthews01/ in the atmosphere. The analyzer tracks a rare form of carbon known as carbon 14 14C directly identifying fossil fuel emissions. Fossil...]]>time()>>In a recent memorandum President Barack Obama emphasized the need for and benefits of transparency and open government. SIRE Technologies www.siretechnologies.com a Utahbased software company develops Electronic Document and Agenda Management solutions that helps cities and counties across the US achieve transparency goals by making information available to the public and encouraging public participation....]]>time()>>The U.S military has a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder P.T.S.D. dilemma. Onefifth of troops are reporting PTSD however current stringent regulations set by the Department of Veterans Affairs VA require that veterans pinpoint the stressor that triggered their PTSD even if they have already been diagnosed. In addition veterans have to endure long waits to get help and soaring supplemental costs to their...]]>time()>>The first signs of recovery in the UK rental market may be beginning to present themselves according to the latest property rental price index http://www.findaproperty.com/rentalindex.aspx from FindaProperty.comnbspnbspnbspnbspThe rate at which asking rents are falling and the volume of stock is rising has slowed over the past three months signaling that the UK rental market may be reaching the bottom...]]>time()>>Desktop Alert Inc. http://www.desktopalert.net supported by representatives of Team Notification's integration and distribution alliance presented the state of its NetCentric Alerting and Notification System capabilities at the Air Force's event 2009 Worldwide C2 Conference 1620 March 2009 San Antonio Texas. The USAF 2009 C2 Conference provided the venue for over 450 elite joint military and civilian...]]>time()>>To tackle the credit crunch in Ireland a new business V2020 has been launched with 50 independent Business Consultants immediately signing up to carry out the essential service for SMEs in Ireland.Since the government recapitalized the two major banks in Ireland and ordered them to lend 10 more to SME's the question from the banks has been quothow can we ensure that lend to business that will survive...]]>time()>>Key MessagesThe Association of Pool 38 Spa Professionals APSP urges Vice President Joe Biden to reconsider his quotno swimming pools in this moneyquot remark regarding the federal stimulus package and swimming pools Public pools provide a recreational outlet for those who are suffering most during hard economic times the working and middle classPublic pools must comply with the federally mandated Virginia...]]>time()>>WebAward.org http://www.webaward.org/bestwebsites.asputmsource38utmmediumrelease38utmtermGovernment38utmcontentISAR38utmcampaignWebAward The Web Marketing Association host of leading website awards competition WebAwards released the 2009 Internet Standards Assessment Report ISAR to help the government industry learn to create more effective and engaging websites.As the standard of excellence for websites...]]>time()>>the Marriott Washington Hotel in Washington DC US./p PPortland Maine March 17 2009 Currently truly green cleaners account for only 2 to 5 of the products sold in the 17.5 billion US cleaning products market for household janitorial food service and laundry chemicals. However due to increased consumer misperceptions regarding the terms quotgreenquot quotsustainablequot and...]]>time()>>Today Eye on FDA http://www.eyeonfda.com/ a specialty blog written by Mark Senak Senior Vice President at FleishmanHillard in Washington D.C. posted a podcast recorded at the FDA on March 11 2009 that interviews Dr. Jean Ah Kang the official at FDA's DDMAC who is in charge of policy development with respect to pharmaceutical company use of new and social media in Web 2.0 marketing and communications...]]>time()>>Yesterday President Barack Obama met with leaders from the nation's top veterans service organizations including AMVETS http://www.amvets.org in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. AMVETS Executive Director Jim King took the opportunity to voice his concerns over the Administration's controversial proposal for the VA to bill veterans' thirdparty insurance companies for health care http://americanveteranmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/03/changingrulesletusknowwhatyou.html...]]>time()>>Today Clean Slate Homes began organizing grass root efforts to present a case to the Administration and Congress to slash all home mortgage rates to 2Clean Slate Homes is a company that helps distressed homeowners and has more experience negotiating with lending institutions and investors than should be necessaryquot says founder Corinne Wayshak.As late last December 1 2008 Bernanke declared he was...]]>time()>>An animal welfare organization is calling on the U.S. military to reverse a wholesale ban on certain breeds of dogs which is tearing apart families and their dogs at bases across the country.Best Friends Animal Society is adamantly opposed to wholesale profiling of any breed of dog and is urging Americans to get involved.This kneejerk reaction is similar to BDL breeddiscriminatory legislation which...]]>time()>>The Bureau of Reclamation has coordinated a planned water service outage with the City of Folsom and Folsom State Prison in order to replace approximately 300 feet of the Natoma pipeline damaged on February 12 and to construct an additional bifurcation for subsequent rerouting of the pipeline in connection with the Joint Federal Project JFP at Folsom Dam and Reservoir. The scheduled work will replace...]]>>>The recent news that President Obama's economic stimulus package has officially been signed into law leaves one question on nearly everyone's mind how will the 787 billion be spent On January 28th Obama promised to establish a stimulus review board to oversee the bailout money. This board will actually be made up of two different groups. The Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board will...]]>>>Bio Economic Research Associates bioera a leading independent research and advisory firm providing analysis on the future of the global bio economy today released a major new report entitled quotU.S. Economic Impact of Advanced Biofuels Production: Perspectives to 2030.quot The report analyzes how the growth of next generation advanced biofuels will impact four areas critical to the U.S. economic recovery:1...]]>>>The three physicians and three health care workers arrested in Florida last week for allegedly defrauding Medicaid out of millions of dollars are still eligible to receive payments in any other state in the U.S. According to a comparative analysis conducted by S3 of Austin Texas which used sophisticated matching technology http://www.s3.com/industries/healthcare.php none of the names of the six suspects...]]>