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University of Rochester President Joel Seligman has been named one of five recipients of the Award of Merit of the Rochester Academy of Medicine, and he also has been named the first Honorary Member in the Academy's 108-year history. Academy of Medicine Executive Director Dr. Hechmat Tabechian said that the organization's bylaws have always allowed the election of honorary members, but the honor was being bestowed this year for the first time ever.
The goal of the Technology Innovation Fund, which allocated $20,000 in grants, is to help professors explore emerging technologies and their potential for enhancing teaching and research, according to David Baird, director of academic technologies for ITS.
Washington, D.C.—Are current disagreements between the United States and Europe minor and transient or catastrophic and permanent? Is this the end of the transatlantic alliance? In their new book, The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order (Cornell University Press 2008), Georgetown Professor, Jeffrey Anderson, joins co-editors G. John Ikenberry and Thomas Risse, in addressing the current political upheaval between the United States and Europe, and the future of the transatlantic alliance.
The University of Chicago Medical Center is looking for people who smoke at least 12 cigarettes a day, want to quit, and who will commit to trying several techniques simultaneously that might help. This is part of a research project involving the drug naltrexone, which for many years has been helpful for those dealing with alcohol and opiate addictions.
13th Annual Leadership and Service in Technology Award Reception, celebrated by Pace’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. The award honors individuals and companies not only for “leadership in the field of technology,” but also for “innovation in the application of technology to serve people, and commitment to community service and education.”
Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts told a Samford University audience that letters written by, for and to women in the early days of U.S. history give a revealing account of their own influence and strength, and a much-needed "three-dimensional" view of the Founding Fathers.
"Letters that the men wrote to each other are serious, with an expectation that they might be saved for posterity, but those written to women are more frank, because it was expected that they would be destroyed," said Roberts, who stopped at Samford May 13 as part of a tour promoting her latest book, Ladies of Liberty.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will address the issue of childhood obesity on Wednesday, May 21, as featured speaker in the UCSF Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture Series.
The event will take place in the UCSF Medical Sciences Building at 513 Parnassus Ave., in Cole Hall Auditorium, from noon to 1 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
The five-year grant supports a UCSC research program called MEGAMER (Microbial Environmental Genomics Applications: Modeling, Experimentation, and Remote sensing), established in July 2005 with a $2.2 million award from the Moore Foundation. Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences and principal investigator on the new grant, oversaw the establishment of MEGAMER.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Black patients and white patients are seeing rectal cancer specialists at similar rates, but blacks are still less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study found blacks were 23 percent less likely to receive chemotherapy for rectal cancer and 12 percent less likely to receive radiation therapy than whites.
ALBANY, NY (MAY 14, 2008) – A New York State Museum researcher has co-authored a new study published today in a British scientific journal, which sheds new light on sleep patterns in wild animals and will also help scientists understand the function of sleep in humans.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Verizon Business and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) were recognized today with a Best Solution award for modernizing and improving an automated, toll-free highway information phone system. The award, from the Government Technology Conference (GTC) West, was announced at the conference here.
Washington, DC -- Earthjustice filed papers today with the US Supreme Court arguing the high court should uphold the Clean Water Act and reject a request from a mining company to review a lower court decision that threw out the company’s permit to destroy an Alaskan lake with mine waste. Earthjustice asked the high court to let stand a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that rejected the waste permit because it violated Clean Water Act prohibitions against destroying American waters.
San Francisco, CA -- In a reversal of the Bush administration's attempt to accelerate logging for profit in the Sierra Nevada's national forests, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Forest Service likely violated long-standing federal environmental laws when revising the Sierra Nevada Framework, a management plan for all eleven national forests in eastern California. The revised plan, challenged by conservation organizations Sierra Forest Legacy, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, and others, calls for a more than five-fold increase in the amount of logging across the Sierra range, targets large fire-resistant trees to pay for the logging, and shifts fire prevention resources away from communities.
(Kansas City, Kan., May 13, 2008) - A group of emergency response coordinators from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct oil spill training for state and local agencies in the Quad Cities area of Iowa on May 14-15. The training will focus on response and recovery techniques in fast and slow currents along the Mississippi River.
(05/13/08) HONOLULU – Ed Kubo, United States Attorney for Hawaii, and Granta Y. Nakayama, Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, jointly announced today that Special Agents from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division were executing a Federal Search Warrant at a property located in Leeward Oahu.
(Chicago, Ill. - May 14, 2008) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today it has approved a request by the state of Wisconsin to redesignate Kewaunee County to attainment of the 1997 national health-based eight-hour outdoor air quality standard for ozone (smog).
(Buffalo, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has awarded $173,997 to Erie County’s Department of Environment and Planning to install equipment that will cut pollution on 62 school buses in three school districts. EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg presented the check to Erie County Executive Chris Collins at a ceremony held today in Buffalo, New York. The grant, part of EPA's Clean School Bus USA program, will help curb harmful tailpipe emissions and complement progress being made in the fight against diesel pollution throughout the northeast.
(Washington, D.C. - May 14, 2008) EPA today released its 6th Annual Progress Report for the National Environmental Performance Track (Performance Track) program showing that since its inception in 2000, members have collectively saved enough energy to power 46,000 homes for one year, enough greenhouse gases to offset the annual emissions of 57,000 cars, and prevented solid waste equivalent to that produced by 553,000 households yearly.
Victorians have a new weapon to fight cyber crime and internet security issues such as identity theft and financial fraud with the opening today of a $3.7 million Internet Commerce Security Laboratory in Ballarat. Information and Communication Technology Minister Theo Theophanous said the laboratory, located at the Ballarat Technology Park, would address a variety of eSecurity issues.
Regional and Rural Development Minister Jacinta Allan said the Brumby Government was providing $250,000 for the Wimmera Rural Skills Connect project to help at least 40 people working in the farm sector transfer their skills to meet rural industry skills gaps; and $222,500 for the Wimmera Southern Mallee Global Skills initiative to attract up to 65 skilled migrants to the region over the next two and a half years.
Premier John Brumby today went online to announce that Community Cabinet would visit Hepburn and Central Goldfields shires next week. Mr Brumby said the upcoming meeting would be the 83rd Community Cabinet since the Victorian Government created Community Cabinets in 1999.
Restorative justice can help reduce re-offending and improve the experience of victims of crime in the criminal justice system, Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls said today as he opened the 2008 Law Week Restorative Justice Conference. “While restorative justice is a relatively new concept for justice in Victoria, there is growing evidence of its benefits, including promoting victims’ healing and producing promising results for reducing re-offending,” Mr Hulls said.
At the center of the SEC proposal is "interactive data" — computer "tags" similar in function to bar codes used to identify groceries and shipped packages. The interactive data tags uniquely identify individual items in a company's financial statement so they can be easily searched on the Internet, downloaded into spreadsheets, reorganized in databases, and put to any number of other comparative and analytical uses by investors, analysts, and journalists.
Washington, D.C., May 14, 2008 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two current and two former top officers of Irvine, Calif.-based Broadcom Corporation for their alleged participation in a five-year systematic scheme to secretly backdate stock options granted to virtually all Broadcom officers and employees.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that effective Friday, May 16, 2008, all DEC-operated campgrounds in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks are officially open for the summer camping season. "DEC campgrounds offer a unique opportunity to enjoy some of the most beautiful natural resources in New York State," said Commissioner Grannis. "In addition to hiking and fishing, DEC campground facilities offer a wide range of outdoor recreational and camping opportunities and activities which the whole family can enjoy."
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today congratulated 21 public and private organizations in New York State, including DEC, that have enrolled as "Founding Reporters" to the Climate Registry - a pioneering nationwide effort to track emissions that are causing climate change.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today cut the ribbon on P.S. 138's new $400,000 playground, part of the Mayor's PlaNYC goal of ensuring that all New Yorkers live within a ten minute walk of a park or playground. The playground is the first to be renovated through the PlaNYC Schoolyards to Playgrounds program in which the City will invest $111 million in funding for playground improvements and open 290 schoolyards as playgrounds in underserved neighborhoods. Sixty-nine playgrounds which did not require improvements were opened in the summer of 2007.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved the use of more than $96.5 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding to elevate nearly 3,000 homes devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, FEMA announced in conjunction with the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), the Louisiana Office of Community Development (OCD) and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) on Wednesday.
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to coordinate the federal response to help states impacted by severe storms and tornadoes over this last weekend. State and local resources are addressing the most immediate needs as federal resources support their efforts.
The Government has asked the Queensland Law Reform Commission to review the excuse of accident for murder and manslaughter trials and the partial defence of provocation for murder trials, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Kerry Shine said today. “There has been a lot of publicity about violence in our community in recent years and we want to make sure our laws reflect community expectations,” Mr Shine said.
Transport Minister John Mickel says legislative amendments introduced in State Parliament today will allow Maritime Safety Queensland to take firmer action against boat owners who pollute waterways or dump derelict vessels along the coastline. "The amendments I have introduced will tighten existing legislation, making offenders who discharge pollution more accountable for the damage they cause," said Mr Mickel.
According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, on January 7, 2008, O'NEILL placed telephone calls to his sister, who resides in Connecticut, and left messages on his sister's answering machine in which he threatened to harm her. O'NEILL stated in these messages that, if his sister did not contact him within 24 hours, he would come to Connecticut to hurt or kill her and specifically threatened to cut his sister "to shreds with a knife."
NEWARK – A Florida man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud dozens of investors of a private company of more than $5 million, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced.
U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan also ordered Guy E. Urciuoli, 41, of Wilton Manors, Fla., to pay $4.163 million in restitution to his victims.
5/14/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- For Capt. Trevor Hall, flying a C-130 Hercules to deliver humanitarian relief is largely what his mission is all about. Captain Hall and his aircrew were one of a handful of C-130s allowed to deliver relief supplies to the people of Burma in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nagris that swept through the country May 2.
5/14/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, the Air Force judge advocate general, has announced the 2007 Judge Advocate General Award winners. The award recipients will be formally recognized at an awards banquet during KEYSTONE 2008, the JAG Corps' leadership summit, to be held the first week of November in Washington, D.C.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University President France A. Cordova has appointed a search advisory committee to identify candidates for the position of vice president for governmental relations. The committee will lead the search for a successor to Terry D. Strueh, the current vice president for governmental relations who is retiring from the university on June 15.
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Bush Administration's announcement that it will list the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act
(Washington, DC) � Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act conference report (H.R. 2419) by a vote of 318-106. The conference report includes provisions to expand biofuels research and development programs that were enacted last December in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140). H.R. 2419 will strengthen the long-standing partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy in developing bioenergy resources.
(Washington, DC) – Today, House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing to discuss the challenge of managing water supplies to meet social, economic and environmental needs in the United States. Population growth, changes in water use patterns, competing demands for water supply, degradation of water quality, and climatic variation are all factors influencing the availability and use of water.
On Saturday, Cathy Chuba will graduate from Penn State with remarkable academic achievement, attaining a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while earning her baccalaureate degree in secondary education with a teacher certification matg. But she also achieved another legacy, drawing on personal experience to help others.
Dr. Björn Kjerfve, Dean of the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. (IODP-MI), a nonprofit, U.S. Corporation with an international membership of academic institutions committed to scientific ocean drilling research. This 14-member board governs and manages the affairs, funds, and property of the corporation.
COLLEGE STATION – Texas agricultural production for 2007 was a record $21.8 billion due to higher crop and livestock prices, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service report. Add another $20.8 billion worth of purchased items, such as tires, fuel and other agribusiness supplies used to produce a crop, and the total economic impact to rural Texas tops $42.6 billion, said Dr. Carl Anderson, professor emeritus and AgriLife Extension economist.
The most recent supernova in our Galaxy has been discovered by tracking the rapid expansion of its remains. This result, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and NRAO's Very Large Array (VLA), has implications for understanding how often supernovas explode in the Milky Way galaxy.
Latest issue of free PlayStation 3 magazine from GamerZines features 10 page GTA IV Special with tip and tricks and definitive review. "Gamers have always wanted to get the most out of GTA games," says Dan Hutchinson, Editorial Director for GamerZines.
Washington -- A top U.S. official has returned from North Korea with new details of Pyongyang’s nuclear activities that will help advance international efforts to stabilize the Korean Peninsula. “Our top three priorities are going to be verification, verification, verification,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said as a U.S. delegation returned to Washington with 18,000 pages of newly released documents.
5/13/2008 - COMASAGUA, El Salvador (AFPN) -- An 18-person medical team made up of Airmen and Soldiers spent two days operating a makeshift clinic at an elementary school near Comasagua, El Salvador, May 7 and 8 during Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008. The team, part of the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, performed expeditionary-medical care for more than 1,600 Salvadorans.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has declared May 18-24 Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, part of a multistate effort to reinforce the dangers of firewood movement by unsuspecting citizens. "Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness Week is aimed at all citizens, but we've chosen to focus our efforts on state parks and properties because firewood movement is by far our biggest problem in slowing the spread of EAB here in Indiana," said Jodie Ellis, Purdue University entomologist.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Krannert School of Management has been reaccredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. About 10 percent of business schools worldwide are accredited by the 555-member association. The accreditation was announced at the association's annual conference in Honolulu.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new study of homeless youth suggests that treating substance abuse and mental health problems may not be enough to help get teens off the streets. Instead, researchers found that creating more opportunities for work, education and medical care were the most important factors in reducing homelessness.
Armed with her bachelor's of architecture degree, which she earned at the University of Virginia in 2004, Lankatilleke took a hiatus from her office job and spent three weeks working with the United Nations Human Settlement Program in Sri Lanka to help with rebuilding efforts.
The settlement requires Arthur Chisolm, Jr. to permanently close his unauthorized practice and pay $17,000 in penalties and costs to the state. He must pay restitution to those who have been damaged as a result of his actions, plus qualified consumers who file complaints within 120 days of the judgment, which was ordered today by Justice Thomas F. Whelan in Supreme Court of Suffolk County.
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY ... On May 3, 2008, a group of 20 women from Hofstra University helped build a Habitat for Humanity home in Bellport, NY, as part of its special "Women Build" project.
New Haven, Conn. — Cells on their way to forming bone also produce an estrogen-like substance that mimics the naturally occurring female sex hormone estradiol, investigators at the Yale School of Medicine reported Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed more than 400 scientists, business executives and political leaders at the New Majority's "Energy Alternatives: America's Challenge in the Global Economy Summit," a joint venture between the University of California at Irvine, the Milken Institute and the New Majority California's Energy Task Force. The Governor discussed the state's progress in finding alternative energy sources that will help us meet our state's aggressive renewable energy goals.
The board passed a resolution affirming its commitment, initially approved by Trustees in March 2007, to the project. Trustees directed NIC President Priscilla Bell and other college personnel to work with other individuals and organizations as needed to make the initiative, in discussion for years, a reality.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13, 2008) The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project at American University's Washington College of Law will host its annual William H. Karchmer Awards Ceremony and Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14. The event will be held at the Washington College of Law at 4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
LAKE JACKSON -� Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Houston-Galveston Area Council will co-present a free Texas Watershed Steward training program from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 30. The program will be held in room 104 of the Corporate Learning Center at Brazosport College, 500 College Drive, in Lake Jackson.
Highlights will include a pre-conference tour of area nursery and greenhouse operations that are using innovative ideas, a session on sustainability and a seminar on how to hire a legal workforce, according to Dr. Charlie Hall, conference committee member and holder of the Ellison Chair in International Floriculture in Texas A&M University�s horticultural sciences department.
Nicholas Keith Taunton of Katy, a magna cum laude graduate and former student body president of Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the Brown Foundation-Earl Rudder Memorial Outstanding Student Award, the institution�s highest honor bestowed upon a graduating senior.
At the end of his first semester as head of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, Forster Ndubisi received two e-mails underscoring his primary reason for accepting the College of Architecture post a few years ago. Two graduate students from his department, the e-mails informed him, had recently earned highly competitive honors�one, a $7,500 fellowship from the Hideo Sasaki Foundation, and the other, a $20,000 dissertation grant from Active Living Research, a program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
With the launch of Hovid's new online storethe premium products and supplements Hovid was recognized for will be made even more popular. Through this online store launch, Hovid will take on leading business hub, Singapore, to increase visibility of its health products and supplements.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the massive earthquake that struck western China’s Sichuan Province today, killing at least 8,500 people, with thousands more feared dead: “On behalf of all of my colleagues in the House of Representatives, I offer my deepest condolences to the Chinese people and all those who lost loved ones in the powerful earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province.
Georgetown -- An unusual spring nor'easter continues to affect Sussex County this Monday afternoon, toppling trees, knocking out power, flooding low-lying areas and eroding area beaches.
The National Weather Service in Mt. Holly, N.J., has continued a coastal flood warning for Sussex County through 8 a.m. Tuesday. Meantime, a high-wind warning is posted for the county through 4 p.m. today.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 12, 2008) – A Kenton County grand jury has indicted four persons for allegedly misappropriating funds from a charitable bingo operation in Covington. The four are Anna Ruff, 52, and Billy Joe “Butch” Daniels, 51, both of Corinth, Deborah Bartlett, 43, of Covington, and Jeffrey Franklin, 61, of Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Gov. Bill Ritter signed bipartisan legislation today allowing the state to move ahead with more than $200 million in construction projects at colleges and universities across Colorado. Surrounded by legislators, higher-education leaders and college students, Gov. Ritter signed Senate Bill 233 at the construction site for the Auraria Higher Education Center's new Science Building, scheduled for completion in 2010.
BERKELEY, CA — In the late 19th century the Czech scientist Franz Hofmeister observed that some salts (ionic compounds) aided the solution of proteins in egg white, some caused the proteins to destabilize and precipitate, and others ranged in activity between these poles.
Washington, DC – The Senate Women’s Caucus on Burma, led by Co-Chairs Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), today called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to request his assistance in helping to compel Burma’s military junta to work with international aid organizations to bring much-needed assistance to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
WASHINGTON (Monday, May 12, 2008) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today announced the panel of witnesses for a hearing to examine the explosive rise in oil prices. Executives from five major oil companies – BP America, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Exxon – will testify at a May 21 hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Results of this research by commercial fishermen Charles Borden of Little Compton, R.I. and Eric Rodegast of Oak Bluffs, Mass., and Laura Skrobe of Rhode Island Sea Grant could significantly improve research surveys of this species. The researchers will work from June through October in ten separate hard-bottom sites in southern New England that are currently not sampled by other finfish trawl surveys because of the rough topography.
For more than 50 years, survivors of the famine in Ukraine remained silent for fear of reprisals. Scholars were forbidden to discuss it. Access to government archives was restricted. Even now, on the 75th anniversary, the Great Famine is relatively unknown despite startling revelations from archives and numerous eyewitness accounts.
Washington, D.C. - On the week of the 20th anniversary of the nation's deadliest drunk driving accident in which 27 people died, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker issued a call for more robust measures to reduce the number of hard core drinking drivers on America's roadways.
Rebuild a deserted kingdom and discover what it takes to rule a nation in this enchanting new simulation game from Square Enix. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King offers players a charming world of vivid landscapes and memorable characters, introducing a beloved series to the much-anticipated WiiWare service.
May 12, 2008 - OGPlanet, an innovative provider of multiplayer online games, today announced the first-ever Invitational Tournament in Albatross18, its fantasy role-playing golf game.
This month, OGPlanet will begin accepting entries from Albatross18 guilds hoping to participate in the Invitational Tournament. Each guild must choose just one representative--the player they feel will have the best chance at bringing the guild top honors at the tournament.
Players star as Luna, a young girl living in Dazzleon, who longs for something more. One day, her uncle, Matt visits and discovers a mine that seems to possess odd powers. He becomes so intrigued that he decides to stay and investigate.
Munchkin has received nine reports of units overheating, several of which ignited, causing damage to countertops. No injuries have been reported. This recall involves the Munchkin Deluxe Bottle and Food Warmer with Pacifier Cleaning Basket 2-in-1 Design, model #13301 and lot number TP-1487. The product is used to warm food and bottles of various sizes.
The garments have a drawstring through the hood, posing a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines (pdf) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments.
WASHINGTON – The 28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, scheduled to take place July 25–29 in Omaha, Neb., will attract more than 500 veterans with disabilities. It has become the largest annual wheelchair sports competition in the world. Veterans from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq will again join their fellow veterans in 17 competitive events being offered in Omaha.
London, UK and Waterloo, ON - Pan-European research launched today by Ipsos MORI and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM) has revealed that SMEs (small and medium -sized enterprises) across Europe boost their chances of winning business on the move by using mobile technology, with 62% of European SME owners having won a piece of business because they were able to respond to prospects when on the move.
The Federal Trade Commission has approved four new rule provisions under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM or the Act). The provisions are intended to clarify the Act’s requirements. The provisions and the Commission’s Statement of Basis and Purpose (SBP) will be published in the Federal Register shortly.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Technology Law and Public Policy clinic at the University of Washington Law School will host a one-day Town Hall meeting to explore emerging uses of contactless payment devices and their implications for consumer protection policy. The Town Hall, entitled “Pay on the Go: Consumers and Contactless Payment, ” follows up on the FTC’s November 2006 forum, “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade,” which examined the key technological and business developments that will shape consumers’ experiences in the coming decade.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2008 – U.S. military officials in Iraq expressed optimism yesterday that a truce being worked out between the Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia will help reduce violence in Baghdad’s Sadr City section. “We welcome an end to violence and putting an end to criminal activity, so we are obviously in support of the government of Iraq as they move forward in a dialog with elements of the Sadr Trend,” Navy Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, said at a news conference.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces nabbed 20 terrorism suspects in operations yesterday in Baghdad and Mosul. Forces caught 19 suspects in the West Rashid and Kadhamiyah districts of Baghdad. Seven were caught while troops were talking with citizens in Kadhamiyah.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2008 – All military services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for April, with the Marine Corps recruiting 142 percent of its goal, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said here today. The Army reached 101 percent of its goal, and the Navy and Air Force met their goals.
BEIJING, 12 May 2008 - UNICEF China is deeply concerned that large numbers of children could be affected by a major earthquake in Sichuan Province. China Central Television reports that in one middle school in the city of Du Jiangyan, near Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, a three story school building collapsed and 900 students are trapped in the rubble.
About Vexille: 2067: Isolation - Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of seclusion. No soul shall enter. No soul shall leave.
The Save Me! Lollipop storyline was adapted from the manga "Mamotte! Lollipop" by Michiyo Kikuta originally serialized in the monthly NAKAYOSI magazine published by KODONSHA LTD. The anime was directed by Noriyoshi Nakamura (My Santa and Dragon Slayer).
Espoo, Finland - WidSets, a mobile content consumption, creation and sharing service, now offers advertisers the opportunity to reach customers around the globe with a single mobile advertising campaign. WidSets has joined the Nokia Media Network, a premium advertising network comprised of more than 100 leading mobile publishers, to enable advertising experiences.
ST. LOUIS, May 12, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that the U.S. Air Force has placed the first Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite into operation over the Pacific region. The Boeing-built satellite transitioned to operations on April 16, following extensive satellite and ground system tests conducted by the government with support from Boeing engineers.
SEATTLE, May 12, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and El Al Israel Airlines have completed an order for four 777-200ERs (Extended Range). The Israeli airline has secured options for two additional 777s and holds conversion rights for the 777-300ER, a larger version of the 777 with increased payload and range capability. The order is valued at $850 million at list prices.
HP today confirmed that it is engaged in advanced discussions with Electronic Data Systems Corporation regarding a possible business combination involving the two companies.
In 1921, the Model T accounted for almost 57 percent of the world's automobile production. Today, Ford is launching an important new small car – the Fiesta – around the world, and the company continues challenging people to create truly ground-breaking vehicles.
The contribution is part of "Operation Goodwill," a Ford Fund initiative launching this year to increase Ford Motor Company's commitment to local communities, such as the Chicagoland area. The pilot program will primarily support the Ford Fund's focus on educational programs, automotive safety and volunteer activities, as well as causes of interest to Chicago and its surrounding suburbs.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 12 -- Winning the battle against counterfeiting demands the latest technologies and a unified front by brand owners around the world. The widespread impact of counterfeiting requires the resources and strength of global corporations that understand how to confront the problem at every level, from educating and building awareness to implementing real solutions.
HORSHAM, Pa. – 12 May 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has achieved DOCSIS® 3.0 certification for the Motorola SURFboard® SB6120 and SBV6220 cable modems and DOCSIS 3.0 bronze qualification for the Motorola BSR 64000 cable modem termination system (CMTS)/edge router. The suite of customer premises equipment (CPE) and headend solution products successfully completed feature testing as part of the CableLabs® Certification Wave 58, based on the DOCSIS 3.0 CableLabs Project specification.
STAR 102.5 KSTZ of Des Moines will air its 10th annual radiothon to benefit patients and families who receive care at University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City during a live broadcast May 21-23 with radio hosts Big Ken and Colleen.
Osher 'Wines' class to visit Indianola's Summerset Winery May 28
Cargill has recently relocated the regional offices and staff from two of its businesses to the University of Iowa Research Park in Coralville. Thirty-five employees from Cargill Animal Nutrition and Cargill AgHorizons now share the new office space at 2651 Crosspark Road.
Cargill has leased 10,374 square feet on the second floor of the 20,748-square-foot professional UI Research Park office building owned by Gary Bishop Construction of Iowa City.
Nosikova will be accompanied for the concert by the Pro Corde Consort under the direction of Will LaRue Jones, UI director of orchestral studies. The Pro Corde Consort is a chamber orchestra of professional musicians, including faculty and students from the UI School of Music and guest artists.
May 11-17 marks the 11th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week, a time set aside to increase the public’s awareness of food allergies and the potential challenges they pose. In an average week in the United States, two or three otherwise healthy Americans will lose their lives, and nearly 5,000 will be hospitalized due to allergic reactions to foods. Approximately 6 to 8 percent of children under age 4 and nearly 4 percent of persons age 5 and older have a food allergy.
Washington - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in consultation with the Department of State, has moved to ease the humanitarian crisis in Burma by removing the limit on funds that U.S. individuals are allowed to send to family and friends in Burma.
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been chosen by leading Indonesian operator Telekomunikasi Selular Indonesia (Telkomsel) for its Mobile Softswitch Solution (MSS), including the new MSC Server Blade Cluster. The solution will provide a common core network platform for both GSM and WCDMA technology and boost Telkomsel's network capacity, performance and coverage.
REDMOND, Wash., and TOKYO — May 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Imaging Systems Division have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement to further the development of each company’s current and future product lines, which will expand technological innovation and enhance the overall customer and consumer experience.
SEATTLE, Wash., and WATERLOO, Ontario — May 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced an agreement to provide Microsoft Windows Live services on BlackBerry® smartphones. As a result of this collaboration, BlackBerry smartphone customers will enjoy easy mobile access to Windows Live Messenger and an enhanced level of integration between Windows Live Hotmail and the BlackBerry platform.
Emphasizing that security sector reform was an essential element of any stabilization and reconstruction process in post-conflict environments, the Security Council this afternoon reiterated that the process was the sovereign right and primary responsibility of the country concerned.
Senior United Nations officials and development experts called today for greater and more innovative investment in the rural economy and agriculture sectors of small island developing States (SIDS), as the Commission on Sustainable Development devoted two meetings to reigniting the global effort to help those most vulnerable of nations overcome current trade, economic, environmental and institutional hurdles.
First of all, on the assessment side, many assessments are still under way, and there are national and increasingly international teams in the area. Obviously, the damage is extremely severe in many areas. I don’t have anything to add on that really, or on the casualty figures, or the numbers of those affected, beyond what the Secretary-General already said to you.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed manufacture and testing of the optics detector module for the aerosol polarimetry sensor. The sensor will ride on the NASA Glory satellite to help agency and other federal officials better understand the impact of aerosols on global warming and climate change.
ST. LOUIS, May 12, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that the U.S. Air Force has placed the first Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite into operation over the Pacific region. The Boeing-built satellite transitioned to operations on April 16, following extensive satellite and ground system tests conducted by the government with support from Boeing engineers.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Tuesday, May 20th at 12:00pm ET, as part of Challenger Center for Space Science Education's Earth Science Challenge students and teachers are invited to join Richard Garriott and NASA scientists for a live interactive webcast discussing Earth Photography from Space. Students are asked to select targets that Richard will photograph from the International Space Station that will illustrate planetary stewardship over the next generation. To help students select these targets, scientists will discuss with them the important characteristics they should consider that might reflect any changes to the earth in future years.
The CAE-R Program is intended to reduce vulnerabilities in, and threats to, the national information infrastructure by facilitating education and research in information assurance and training a growing number of researchers and practitioners with information assurance expertise.
May 12, 2008 -- Kay A. Persichitte, director of teacher education at the University of Wyoming since 2003, has accepted appointment as dean of the school's College of Education. Her appointment is subject to approval by the UW trustees. Persichitte succeeds Patricia McClurg, who retired at the end of the school year. McClurg served as the college's dean since 2001.
Scientists at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center say that by using new, more sophisticated models for detecting trends and, by factoring out the effects of annual precipitation, they have concluded that the historic rate of decline in the lake's clarity has slowed since 2001.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who leapt onto the national stage when he directed the city's county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, will be among the guest speakers at the spring commencement ceremonies of the University of California, Davis. Newsom, now in his second term as mayor, will speak at the ceremony of the School of Law at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, at the ARC Pavilion.
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – An innovative exhibition that traces the genesis and evolution of Chicano and Latino music over the past 70 years is currently on view at the University of California, Santa Barbara and is accessible via telephone. "Sounds Latino!" continues through June 30 and highlights renowned singers and groups whose papers and other collections are represented in the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) located in UCSB's Davidson Library.
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Undergraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara will present their discoveries and creative accomplishments at the annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium on Thursday, May 15, from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Corwin Pavilion. The event is free and open to the public. Students will be available to discuss their work.
In his new book "Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives," Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University of Colorado at Boulder teacher and scholar Jim Sheeler tells the story of five families and the Marine officer who must deliver the most difficult of messages to them: that their loved one has died serving his or her country.
Bilham has done research in the Chengdu area and is an expert on geodesy, earthquake prediction, crustal deformation, plate tectonics and the impacts of urban growth on earthquake fatalities. He has worked extensively in the Himalaya region for the past several decades. Bilham said a thrust fault on the eastern edge of Tibet that caused the 7.8 magnitude event in central China today "pushed out" over the Chengdu Plains, home to about 3 million people. He can be reached at 303-402-9352 or 303-492-6189.
About 35 of the 2009 Tiguan "crossover utility vehicles" will be brought to campus for the launch, said Volkswagen of America Inc. spokesman Keith Price. U.S. automotive writers have seen the compact, four-wheel drive SUV but the CU-Boulder event will be their first opportunity to test drive the vehicles. The car was introduced in Europe last year.
College Park, Md. - A 32-state, national security effort to train both teens and teachers in critical foreign languages will more than double in size and scope this summer and include younger students, says the program's coordinator at the University of Maryland.
A record 4,889 students representing a broad section of talents, interests and passions have indicated they intend to enroll at UCLA for fall 2008. The intended freshmen are among 12,579 admitted to UCLA out of a record 55,397 applicants — more applicants than any other university in the country.
She is nationally known for leading the Mountaineer Parents Club, a network of thousands of active families of West Virginia University students. He has built a legacy around leading hundreds of WVU musicians for decades. Former WVU first lady Susan Brown Hardesty and Director of Bands Emeritus Don Wilcox will be inducted into the Order of Vandalia – WVU’s highest award for service to the institution – in recognition of their significant contributions.
Nurturing the desire for college and keeping it on track is the purpose of Comienza con un Sueño (It Begins with a Dream), a major college outreach event taking place this month at UCSD. Aimed at Latino and Mexican American students, parents and families, this free event will be held Saturday, May 31 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in various stages on Library Walk, Center Hall and Geisel Library terrace.
On May 16 at its annual banquet, the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Engineering shows pride in its alumni with the inaugural presentation of the Herman Schneider Distinguished Alumnus Award established to honor one alumna or alumnus who embodies the aspirations of College of Engineering alumni and the Lifetime Achievement Award to honor the full span of career achievements.
This April, Dr. Ross Palmer, an associate professor for small animal orthopedic surgery at Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, served as an instructor at the Orthopedic, Oncology and Cytology Workshops in Beijing. Palmer and fellow veterinarians, Dr. Darcie Palmer of Fort Collins and Dr. Alessandro Piras, a veterinary surgical specialist practicing in Northern Ireland, led an intensive workshop on orthopedic surgery with an emphasis on basic fracture management and joint stabilization in small animals.
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University today announced a $3.1 million gift from the Monfort Family Foundation to extend its renowned Monfort Excellence Fund. The fund, which began in 1999 and will continue until 2014, provides money for Monfort Scholars, Monfort Professors, Monfort Professors-in-Residence and the Monfort Lecture Series.
Brown was an American abolitionist in the 19th century who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States. His most famous deed was his attempt to start a slave rebellion in the 1859 raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in present-day West Virginia. Brown was tried, convicted of treason and executed.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Christopher Chapman, will perform at prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York on June 1. This performance is the first time in the band program’s 118-year history that an OSU ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall, according to sources in OSU’s Department of Music.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Medical research has made great progress in preventing, detecting and treating cancer over the past 25 years, but the benefits of that success do not extend to adolescents and young adults, according to a national report.
“We’ve seen virtually no improvements in cancer survival rates in young people between the ages of 15 and 39 during that same time period,” says Dr. Michael Caligiuri, director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
CHICAGO – Dr. Larisa Buhin, assistant professor of clinical psychology, has made Chicago School of Professional Psychology history as the school’s first Fulbright Scholar. She will be traveling to the University of Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia this fall to teach and conduct research on ethnic identity.
Renowned Chicago-based architect Helmut Jahn designed the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which will be a partially underground facility topped with a glass dome and have the capacity to house 3.5 million volumes of print material — making the University of Chicago the country’s sole top academic research library to keep its entire collection on campus.
UCLA won its fourth consecutive and sixth overall NCAA women's water polo title on Sunday evening, defeating USC, 6-3, in the championship match at Stanford University's Avery Aquatics Center. The victory was UCLA's 10th national title in women's water polo and UCLA's 101st overall NCAA title.
Bruin seniors Gabrielle Domanic, Brittany Rowe, Courtney Mathewson, Jillian Kraus and Kamaile Crowell finished their careers with four NCAA titles and a pair of undefeated seasons.
Newberg, a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering, described the automated protein pattern recognition tool and its underlying methods as important for identifying biomarkers that could be useful for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
WASHINGTON - The George Washington University and President Steven Knapp have announced the recipients of the 2008 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prizes. David Morris, assistant professor of biological sciences and of genetics, will receive the prize in teaching. Sara Rosenbaum, chair of the department of health policy and professor of health policy of health service management, will be recognized with the prize in scholarship. Lee Sigelman, professor of political science, will receive the prize for university service.
