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American Red Cross and American Heart Association Jointly Announce Revised First Aid Guidelines (Popularity:  )
http://www.redcross.org/
The American Red Cross and American Heart Association today announced changes to guidelines for administering first aid. Among the revisions are updated recommendations for the treatment of snake bites, anaphylaxis (shock), jellyfish stings and severe bleeding. The First Aid Guidelines are being published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.Volunteer experts from more than 30 national and international organizations joined the Red Cross and the American Heart Association in ...
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Alarming Rise in 2010 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities (Popularity: )
http://www.nationalcops.org/
The number of U.S. law enforcement fatalities spiked by 37 percent in 2010 -- an alarming increase that follows two years of declining deaths among our nation's policing professionals.A total of 160 federal, state and local law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 12 months, according to preliminary data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). This represents a dramatic increase over ...
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World Growth to Pick Up Speed (Popularity: )
http://www.conference-board.org/
Despite the global recession, the world economy will grow faster in the second decade of the 21st century than it did in the first, The Conference Board reported today. The global economy will grow at 4.4 percent from 2010-2020, about 0.7 percentage point faster than 2000-2010 and 0.3 percentage point faster than 2000-2008, according to the second edition of The Conference Board Global Economic Outlook, providing projections of output growth ...
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Caterpillar Foundation Donation to Help Clean Up Port-au-Prince (Popularity: )
http://www.padf.org/
More than 150,000 people in Haiti's most impoverished slum will benefit from a massive drainage canal clean-up project thanks to a donation by the Caterpillar Foundation, the Pan American Development Foundation announced. (www.ImUnitedforHaiti.org) Nearly 1,200 residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil will be hired to clean 50 percent of the canals that are choked with trash and earthquake rubble through a $500,000 grant from the Caterpillar Foundation, the ...
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Preschool California Issues Statement on Senator Clinton's $10 Billion Universal Pre-Kindergarten Proposal (Popularity: )
http://www.preschoolcalifornia.org
In Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday, May 21, New York Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton announced her proposal to invest $5 billion in the first year, increasing to $10 billion over a 5-year period, to expand access to effective pre-kindergarten programs for all of America's 4-year-old children. Clinton's plan would establish a federal-state partnership to create or expand states' efforts to increase and improve preschool opportunity. Preschool California ...
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BlogSafety.com, a Social Network for Parents Concerned About Social Networking, Goes Live With Support From Leading Social-Networking and Internet Companies (Popularity: )
http://www.blogsafety.com
We've all seen reports about the dangers of social networks, but there's no need to panic -- there is a need to get discussion going, say the directors of BlogSafety.com, a highly interactive Web site from the founders of SafeKids.com and NetFamilyNews.org. The site includes expert advice plus an interactive forum for parents grappling with ways to help their teens safely enjoy this new always-connected world of "Web 2.0."
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World Toilet Organization Receives Urban Innovation Grant to Help Solve Global Sanitation Problems: NGO Encourages Business Models that Facilitate Entrepreneurial Solutions for the Poor (Popularity: )
http://worldtoilet.org
SINGAPORE, The Rockefeller Foundation of New York has awarded a Networks for Urban Innovation grant of US $140,150 [196,769 SGD] to Singapore-based non-profit, World Toilet Organization [WTO], to expand its mission and capacity to help solve the catastrophic sanitation problems of the world's poor. With this support, WTO is expanding its advocacy and research into finding broad, market-based solutions to address the needs of an estimated 2.5 billion people who ...
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Earth jam 2010 (Popularity: )
http://www.earthjam.org
EARTH JAM 2010 PRESS RELEASEEarth Jam productions is proud to announce its Earth Day Festival, Saturday, April 24th & Sunday, April 25th, at Liberty Park 700 E 1300 S in SLC, 11am-9pm . This will be the 19th year of the event, the longest continuous earth day event in the U.S. Included will be 2 stages filled with bands, belly dancers, djs, and speech presentations. Other activities include a childrens ...
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National Chimney Sweep Guild Now Offering Business Tools to Members (Popularity: )
http://www.ncsg.org/
Plainfield, Indiana 3, April 2013 – Sweeping a chimney is a tough job. At National Chimney Sweep Guild, their experienced staff is dedicated to providing the tools, discounts, and expertise to make the job easier. Many companies offer special discounts to its members as well as valuable rebates on the latest equipmentAlong with discounted chimney sweep prices on tools and supplies, businesses can also enjoy special rates for all aspects ...
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Donate Your Car to the Songs of Love Car Donation Program (Popularity: )
http://www.songsoflove.org
The Songs of Love Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that creates uplifting, personalized songs for children and teens struggling with a life-threatening illness or lifetime disability -- free of charge. Each CD is professionally produced with lyrics containing the child's name and references to all of his or her favorite activities, things, people, and pets. Songs are written and performed in the musical style that the child likes best ...
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