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India School Reunion, Batchmates (Popularity:  )
http://indianschoolreunion.com/
Indian School Reunion is a free India classmates, batchmates, schools in India, India news, India Times, and India travel finder.
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Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Helping Young Adult Cancer Survivors Raises $4500 for Leanna Elizalde (Popularity: )
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Carolyn's Compassionate Children (CCC), is awarding high school senior and cancer survivor Leanna Elizalde with a $2,500 Survivorship Award after she crosses the stage at Woodland High School's graduation ceremony Saturday. Alex Oden, 20, a two-time brain cancer survivor and CCC scholar alum, will present the check to Leanna and her family after the ceremony. "Our goal is to raise an additional $10,000 dollars for Leanna's Scholarship Fund," said Carolyn ...
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Study Confirms That Avastin Significantly Increases Chance of Living Without Disease Progression in Metastatic Breast Cancer (Popularity: )
http://www.thenewsmarket.com
Avastin (bevacizumab), significantly improves the time patients with metastatic breast cancer live without their disease getting worse ("progression-free survival") when combined with a commonly used chemotherapy called docetaxel (Taxotere), compared with docetaxel alone. These findings were presented for the first time today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago. This is the second large phase III trial that met its primary endpoint by showing that Avastin ...
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Lupus Community Rallies Behind Fiancee With Lupus in 'Race to the Altar' (Popularity: )
http://www.lupus.org
People living with the autoimmune disease lupus, and their families and friends, are rallying behind a couple competing in the NBC TODAY Show's annual "Race to the Altar." Annie and Tom of Chicago, Illinois are one of four couples who seek to be married in June live on the TODAY Show. Annie was diagnosed with lupus at age 17. Because lupus is a lifelong and sometimes disabling chronic disease, Annie ...
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Illinois CPA Society Annual Survey on Women in Accounting: Underrepresentation Continues at the Highest Ranks (Popularity: )
http://www.icpas.org
The sixth annual Illinois CPA Society Women's Executive Committee survey on Women in Accounting indicates there's still work to be done in getting women CPAs to the highest ranks of their firms. Findings of the survey, released at the Society's Women's Leadership Breakfast on May 16, show the number of men continues to far outweigh the number of women in partner/principal positions, with men holding 82.8 percent of these leadership ...
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Team Mustang Member, Cancer Survivor to Tell Her Story on NBC's 'Today' Show on Mother's Day (Popularity: )
http://www.ford.com
When Ford (NYSE: F) Mustang business manager Jackie DiMarco was working on the development of the "Warriors in Pink" package for the 2008 Mustang, which was designed to raise money for breast cancer education and research, she had no idea that the project would hit so close to home. "We were ready to roll with the 'Warriors in Pink' program in the fall of 2006, and in February of 2007, ...
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Capital Gold Group, Inc. - Sponsors C5 Youth Foundation Formerly 'Camp Coca-Cola' (Popularity: )
http://www.thecapitalgoldgroup.com
Capital Gold Group, Inc. announced today that it is a new sponsor of C5 Youth Foundation, whose mission is to change the odds for high-potential youth from risk-filled environments, inspiring them to pursue personal success, and preparing them for leadership roles in college, work and their communities. Jonathan Rose, founder and CEO of Capital Gold Group, Inc., was personally inspired by the work of the C5 Youth Foundation. In an ...
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Alternative Fuel on the Horizon? Denison Eighth Graders Apply Lessons Learned to Demonstrate Their Solar-Powered Mini-Car (Popularity: )
Applying lessons learned in the classroom, eighth grade students from Denison (Iowa) Middle School have developed a mini-car that is powered by solar energy. And the car works, as the 11 Denison students demonstrated Friday night in Des Moines, much to their delight. The students are participating in Smithfield Foods' Learners to Leaders(TM) program and also are enrolled in Iowa State University's (ISU) Science Bound program. As part of the ...
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Hong Kong's First China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products Opens Today; Only Specialized Fair to Take Place Four Times a Year in Asia (Popularity: )
http://www.globalsources.com
Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) ( http://www.globalsources.com ) will hold the first China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products at the AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong from April 20-23. The Fair will feature over 130 booths from mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as a pavilion from Taiwan. It is the only show of its kind in Hong Kong. The Fair is co-located with the successful China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home ...
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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March 2 (Popularity: )
http://www.census.gov
Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: SUNDAY, MARCH 2: SCHOOL BREAKFAST Profile America -- Sunday, March 2nd. It's been known for many years that children learn better if they aren't hungry. That's the guiding principle behind National School Breakfast Week, which starts tomorrow. Many nutritional experts believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, coming as it does 12 hours or ...
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