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Reminder: Top Physician-Scientists Discuss State of Cancer Research at Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Symposium (Popularity:  )
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Internationally renowned physician-scientists will discuss the rapidly changing cancer research landscape in the US, plus important recent discoveries in translational cancer research, during the first Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Symposium.The April 27th event, to be held in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences, includes a panel discussion on the evolving partnership between academia and industry in research and drug development.Highlights: * Robert A. Weinberg, PhD, ...
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Reply.com Contributes More Than $60,000 to Haitian Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction Efforts (Popularity: )
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Following donations of more than $100,000 to fund schools in Haiti in 2009, Reply.com and its employees have contributed more than $60,000 to Haitian relief and reconstruction efforts to aid schools and earthquake victims of this month's devastating earthquake, the company announced today.Immediately following the earthquake, Reply! made a $10,000 donation to the Red Cross International Response Fund to provide aid to earthquake victims in Haiti. Reply! also canceled its ...
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Ricky Martin Foundation/Habitat for Humanity Haiti Recovery Fund Created Following Visit to Port-au-Prince This Week by Ricky Martin and Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International (Popularity: )
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The Ricky Martin Foundation/Habitat for Humanity Haiti Recovery Fund was created this week after Martin visited the earthquake-devastated country with Habitat for Humanity International's CEO Jonathan Reckford.Contributions to the fund will help Habitat for Humanity build and repair housing for as many families as possible who were affected by this disaster.Donations are now needed. How you can donate:TEXTPlease text 'RMFHAITI' to 25383 to make a $10 donation to the RMF/HFH ...
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RWE to Join AEP in Validation of Carbon Capture Technology (Popularity: )
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American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) announced today that RWE AG, one of the world's leading power producers and the largest electricity producer in Germany, will collaborate with AEP and Alstom during a planned validation of commercial-scale application of carbon capture and storage technology on an existing AEP coal-fired power plant. AEP and RWE, who have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the collaboration, are leaders in clean-coal technology and ...
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SEIU Local 721 Calls for Attorney General to Investigate Self-Dealing and $22 Million in Extra Costs at Tarzana Treatment Center (Popularity: )
http://www.seiu721.org
SEIU Local 721 submitted an investigative report to the office of Attorney General Jerry Brown today providing evidence that executives at the Tarzana Treatment Center may have diverted, or allowed the diversion of, up to $22 million in assets that could been used to help thousands of people overcome substance abuse, mental health issues, and HIV/AIDS.The report, by the Center for Public Accountability at SEIU Local 721, found what appears ...
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Senate Health Committee Votes to Repeal Written Informed Consent in HIV Testing Bill (AB 682), Notes AHF (Popularity: )
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US' largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, prevention and education, and operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California which conducts more than 15,000 HIV tests annually, today lauded the California State Senate Health Committee for its vote today in favor of Assembly Bill 682, California's Routine HIV Screening Bill, which will now move on to the Senate Appropriations Committee. AHF and other public ...
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Senator John Warner and Congressman Frank Wolf Join Forces to Introduce Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Legislation in 110th Congress (Popularity: )
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Bipartisan legislation was introduced in the Senate and in the House during the opening days of the 110th Congress that, if passed, would designate the 175-mile corridor encompassing many historic lands in four states along U.S. Route 15, including Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, a National Heritage Area. Senator John Warner, R-VA, introduced the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act" (S.289) in the Senate with principal co-sponsor ...
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Sensory Research Center Benefit Concert Yields Scholarships for Autistic Children (Popularity: )
http://www.sensoryresearchcenter.org
The Sensory Research Center (SRC) held its first benefit, dessert and silent auction concert featuring LA Collaboration last week. SRC Founder, Jennifer Hoffiz, said, "The concert was well attended and the talent of the performers was absolutely amazing. The concert and the silent auction allow SRC to offer 3 or 4 scholarships for children, whose parents/grandparents simply can not afford the neurosensory program, to receive this much needed therapy." One ...
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Shoe Charity Soles4Souls Responds to Help Tornado Victims in Greensburg, Kansas (Popularity: )
http://www.soles4souls.org
Soles4Souls(TM) Inc., the international shoe charity dedicated to providing free footwear to needy people around the world, announced today that they are sending 4,000 pairs of shoes to residents in and around Greensburg, Kansas. The shoes are being sent to assist the victims of the recent tornado that killed 11 people and destroyed about 95% of the town. "The whole town was just torn to shreds," said Paul Wilson, President ...
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Soldiers' Angels Receives $10,000 Grant from KBR (Popularity: )
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Defense contractor KBR has stepped up to support the troops with a $10,000 grant to nonprofit Soldiers' Angels, awarded through their Corporate Giving Program. The money will help fund Soldiers' Angels activities in support of military personnel and their families in KBR's home state of Texas, through projects such as First Response Backpacks for the wounded, Hero Flights, Living Legends, Tank Support, Valour-IT, and more."KBR has a great track record ...
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