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New Website Launched for 2006 Hurricane Season (Popularity:  )
A month into the 2006 hurricane season that began on June 1, the American Red Cross is launching the Safe and Well Website to provide families with a tool to exchange welfare information with loved ones and friends in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. The overwhelming scope of the 2005 hurricane season challenged the Red Cross to develop innovative ways, such as the use of web-based technology, to help ...
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March of Dimes Thanks President Bush for Signing Bill Calling for Public- Private Effort to Prevent Preterm Births (Popularity: )
http://www.marchofdimes.com
Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes, made the following statement as President Bush signed the "PREEMIE" Act (S. 707) into law: "Today President Bush responded to the growing crisis of premature birth by signing into law a bill that authorizes increased federal support for research and education on prematurity. Millions of active March of Dimes volunteers and staff across the nation have worked toward this day ...
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Highlights of Economic and Business Growth in the Tampa Bay Region (Popularity: )
http://www.tampabay.org
News briefs concerning the economic and business growth in the Tampa Bay Region from the Tampa Bay Partnership: Tampa Bay Ranks #2 Nationwide For Lowest Business Costs The Tampa Bay region ranked number two for having the lowest overall business costs among the top 25 major U.S. cities, according to the 2008 KPMG Competitive Alternatives Business Cost Index. Tampa Bay tied with Dallas-Fort Worth in the ranking with a score ...
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Conservancy Petitions Obama Administration to Designate Critical Habitat for Florida Panthers (Popularity: )
http://www.conservancy.org
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has filed a petition with Secretary Salazar of the United States Department of the Interior to provide additional legal protection for the endangered Florida panther to help prevent its extinction.Only an estimated 90 to 100 Florida panthers remain today, almost all within South Florida. Because of these low numbers, they are considered at extremely high risk of extinction. Although there are provisions to protect the ...
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Twelve Days of Holiday Safety From the American Red Cross (Popularity: )
http://www.redcross.org
With last-minute gifts to buy, social events to attend and family and friends to visit while the weather outside is frightful, the American Red Cross has 12 days of health and safety tips to make the holiday season safe, happy and bright.1. Prepare your vehicle for traveling to grandmother's house. Make an emergency kit and include items such as blankets or sleeping bags, jumper cables, fire extinguisher (5 lb., A-B-C ...
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World Vision Response in Myanmar Bolstered by Additional Staff and Supplies (Popularity: )
http://www.worldvision.org
World Vision has been able to increase its humanitarian response on the ground in Myanmar by sending additional aid workers and supplies into the country, but the organization cautions that increased access is still required to reach cyclone survivors in need of relief. Five foreign staff with expertise in distribution, logistics, water and sanitation and human resources arrived in Myanmar on Tuesday morning -- joining nearly 600 staffers who have ...
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CAIR: State Department Sets Up E-Mail for Gaza Evacuee Support (Popularity: )
http://www.cair.com
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that the U.S. Department of State's Visa Office has set up an e-mail address, GazaAssistance@state.gov, to help coordinate assistance for American citizens and their family members who plan to travel to the United States after being evacuated from the Gaza Strip.Those who send a message to the new address receive an automated reply that states in part:"This e-mail is not for information ...
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Myanmar Cyclone a Children's Catastrophe - UNICEF (Popularity: )
http://www.unicefusa.org
As the death toll from Cyclone Nargis climbs steeply, UNICEF is gravely concerned that the lack of shelter and safe drinking water, coupled with poor sanitary conditions, could significantly increase the death toll among children and other vulnerable populations, leading to a second wave of deaths. With the death toll climbing well past 50,000, there is concern that disease could spread quickly, aided by warm weather and standing polluted water. ...
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Team Depression Treatment Cuts Total Senior Medical Costs (Popularity: )
https://www.kaiserpermanente.org
A team approach to depression treatment, already shown to improve health, can also cut total health-care costs, according to a study co-authored by Kaiser Permanente and published in the February issue of the American Journal of Managed Care. The results examine the effects of the multi-center IMPACT (Improving Mood -- Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment for late life depression) care model on the long-term healthcare costs of 551 study participants ...
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Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation, Adobe Foundation and Entertainment Industry Foundation Launch Partnership at February 5 Benefit Concert (Popularity: )
http://www.adobe.com
The Adobe Foundation, the Black Eyed Peas and the Entertainment Industry Foundation today announced a new partnership to help underserved youth access and learn to use multi-media production tools, including those for video, dance, music and art, to comment on critical issues and spark social change in their communities. The collaboration will be highlighted this evening at a benefit concert hosted and performed in Los Angeles by the Black Eyed ...
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