UN OPENS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF YOUTH WITH CALL TO TAP INTO YOUNGSTERS´ TALENT, IDEALISM

New York - The International Year of Youth kicked off today with calls from United Nations officials to harness the talents and energy of the world´s young people to promote better understanding and dialogue between different generations, cultures and religions. Dialogue and mutual understanding ...

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FSU RESEARCHERS ANALYZING CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GULF OIL
Database Could Help in Identifying Source of Petroleum Spills. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With nearly $200,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at The Florida State University are using incredibly precise analytical tools ...
SURF DOG RICOCHET & ENDLESS POOLS TEAM UP TO MAKE $11,000 DREAM COME TRUE
Surf Dog Ricochet, the SURFice dog who has won several surf dog contests, and more notably inspires people around the world as she raises awareness and funds for human/animal causes, teamed up with Endless Pools, to make a brain injured two year olds dream come true! A $11,000 therapy pool will be ...
LOW GRADES IN ADOLESCENCE LINKED TO DOPAMINE GENES
Florida State criminologist leads analysis of genetics´ impact on academic success. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –– The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects –– English, math, science, history –– if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopam...
Award-Winning Cinematographer Harry Mathias Joins Santa Fe University of Art and Design Faculty
Mathias is an expert in both classic Hollywood and digital techniques. Santa Fe — An Academy Award–nominated cinematographer will chair the Moving Image Arts Department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design beginning in the fall of 2010. Harry Mathias, who will also serve as a ful...
Renowned Theatre Couple Joins Performing Arts Faculty at Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Director, costume designer share a combined six decades of professional experience. Santa Fe — The Santa Fe University of Art and Design will welcome Jon Jory, director, and Marcia Dixcy Jory, costume designer, into the Performing Arts Department faculty when classes resume Aug. 30. The re...
Acclaimed Authors Join Santa Fe University of Art and Design Creative Writing and Literature Dept.
Two widely published writers bring their talent and experience to the classroom. Santa Fe, NM — When classes begin this fall, Santa Fe University of Art and Design students will have the chance to develop their skills with two new and distinguished faculty members in the Creative Writing ...
Motion Designer Joins Santa Fe University of Art and Design Faculty
J. Stephen Lee brings academic, commercial experience. Santa Fe, NM — J. Stephen Lee, a commercial designer with higher education experience, has joined the faculty of the Graphic Design Department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. His expertise includes motion graphics, print and...
THE OLD GLOBE CELEBRATES 75 YEARS WITH 7,500 FREE TICKETS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SAN DIEGO — Executive Producer Lou Spisto has announced that 7,500 tickets will be made available free-of-charge to High School Students as part of the Old Globe´s ongoing 75th anniversary celebration. A new venture in its ongoing effort to connect young people with theater, complimenta...
Sacramento State Student Aspires to Change Perceptions of Limb Loss as Contestant in Miss Lake Count
Bionic i-LIMB Hand and High-Fidelity Interface Increases Her Functionality and Confidence. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Carly Davis is articulate, intelligent, motivated, and energetic. Like most college seniors, she has big challenges ahead of her. Davis, 22, has faced challenges before – since he...
Legendary percussionist Pete Escovedo in Exclusive Southern California Engagement / Burbank
DOWNTOWN BURBANK, CALIF. – Downtown Burbank Partnership presents Come Out & Dance featuring legendary percussionist Pete Escovedo and his band in a free live concert on the AMC Walkway in Downtown Burbank, Thursday, August 26 at 7:00 P.M. Widely considered one of the finest ensembles in upbe...
FEMA Funding to Help California Fight Post Fire
OAKLAND, Calif. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of California fight the Post Fire in Kern County. The authorization makes FEMA funding available to reimburse 75 percent of the e...
DTSC Announces Arrests in Major E-waste Fraud Case
SACRAMENTO, CA – The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) today announced the arrest of two Bay Area men, who face a total of 17 counts for allegedly attempting to defraud the state out of $1 million through "phony and forged" claims of recycled electronic waste. Fourteen of the seventeen c...
EPA Takes Action on Gender-Bending Chemical
Washington, DC: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will begin creating clean water protections from nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), a highly toxic, gender-bending chemical widely used in industrial laundry detergents. Exposure to low levels of NPE has been shown to c...
Dwight Yoakam And Dierks Bentley To Headline The 2010 Wagon Wheel Country Music Festival
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF - The Wagon Wheel Country Music Festival has announced that the Sunday headliner for the 2010 Festival will be Dwight Yoakam. Yoakam will take the Bud Light main stage Sunday at 9:00 pm in Lake Elsinore, CA. The festival will take place November 13 and 14, 2010. Dwight will ...
Congratulations to Judge Who Wisely Ruled that a Cross is a Christian Symbol!
An Atheist civil rights group that had challenged Utah's placement of roadside Christian crosses on public land praised a decision issued this week by a federal court which ruled the displays to be unconstitutional. American Atheists had argued that the 14 crosses – all bearing the Seal of the St...
Schwarzenegger signs Consumer Attorneys legislation to prevent teen alcohol deaths
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a measure designed to save young lives by acting as a curb to adults who knowingly provide underage teens with alcohol in the home. The governor signed AB 2486 by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) after the measure – jointly sponsored b...
NEW POLL SHOWS BORDER RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE
As House Rubber-Stamps more Border Enforcement, Reality of Border is Ignored. El Paso, TX - The findings of the first independent public opinion poll of residents along in border cities in California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico show that residents feel their border communities are as safe a...
Maria Elena Durazo elected to National AFL-CIO Executive Council
Election means Durazo will become a Vice President of the AFL-CIO. Los Angeles – Following President Obama´s speech to the National AFL-CIO yesterday, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Treasurer Maria Elena Durazo was voted onto the Executive Council of t...
Schiff Works to Expand Health Education, Career Training
Chinatown Service Center may receive funding to support education, promote job placement. Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the Financial Services Appropriations bill includes $200,000 for the Chinatown Service Center (CSC) to expand its Health Career Academy t...
Los Angeles Clippers Partner with Nike 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Southern California returns as official charity and will receive a portion of all player registration fees. LOS ANGELES – The Nike 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament has announced its lineup of 2010 partners, including the Los Angeles Clippers and Ronald McDonald H...
Group urges gay priests to leave the fold
REPORT: 25% - 50% of Catholic priests are gay. Group urges them to leave the fold. An Atheist advocacy group has called upon Roman Catholic priests who are gay to resign from the church and reject the Vatican's repressive teachings on homosexuality--and much else. This comes following an expo...
LOCAL BANDS FEATURED FOR FIRST TIME AT "MUSIC IN THE ZOO"
Performing are the Happy Hollows, Voxhaul Broadcast, Useless Keys, The Lonely Wild, Walking Sleep and Slang Chickens. Evening Also Features Kid-Friendly Entertainment by Kidrockers and Interactive Animal Education and Conservation Stations Staffed by Zoo Docents and Volunteers. Eclectic Array of ...
L&G Marine Services on Lake Anna, Va., Joins the BoatUS Fleet
24 Hour On-the-water Assistance for Boaters and Anglers. LAKE ANNA, Va. - Capt. Gary Lewis Jacobs of L&G Marine Services on Lake Anna, Virginia, has joined the BoatUS on-the-water assistance network. The company, which has provided on-the-water assistance to area boaters and anglers for the las...
LA area polystyrene manufacturer Lifoam Industries pays $450,000 over clean-air law violations
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the South Coast Air Quality Management District announced that Lifoam Industries, Inc. will pay $450,000 in fines, claiming the company violated the federal Clean Air Act and state air quality laws at its poly...
Wearing the Brand and Spreading the Word: Merchandise Pros Tell How to Maximize Product Sales
For today´s Country artists, merchandise constitutes a revenue source of ever-increasing importance. Sales of T-shirts, hats, CDs and other items help cover the costs of the bus and road crews for emerging artists as they play smaller venues across the country. For established performers, merc...
Get Up to Speed with Sequencing: Why Album Song Order Matters Even in the Digital Era
By Tim Ghianni The art of selecting the sequence of cuts on an album may seem to be vanishing in an age when downloading singles is the rage. But just don´t tell that to Rory Feek or David Nail. In 2009, each of the two singer/songwriters issued what many would group among the more i...
Binaytara Foundation to provide research grants to medical students
Binaytara Foundation (BTF) has announced that it will be providing upto ten medical research grants for the year 2010. The purpose of the research grants is to promote evidence based medicine in developing countries by familiarizing medical students to the research process, encouraging them to condu...
Krush, Zatonskih even; Zhao half-point behind Robson
SAINT LOUIS - Heading into the final round of the 2010 U.S. Junior Closed Championship, FM Parker Zhao is just a half point behind tourney favorite and defending champion GM Ray Robson, who has a score of 6/8. In the U.S. Women´s Championship, IM Irina Krush scored a crushing victory over ...
Table Grape Scholarship Recipients Ready for College
FRESNO, California – The California Table Grape Commission recently awarded three $16,000 college scholarships to high school graduates in California´s fresh grape growing region. The 2010 scholarship recipients are: * Mariela Ceballos Magaña, a graduate from Coachella Valley High School, ...
USCIS Publishes First-Ever Proposed Fee Waiver Form
Agency Actively Seeks Public Comment. WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed for the first time a standardized fee waiver form in an effort to provide relief for financially disadvantaged individuals seeking immigration benefits. USCIS has published a not...
GOLLUM Release "Blacksmith (Summoning Wrath)" Video
North Carolina experimental extreme metal troupe GOLLUM have unleashed their latest video for "Blacksmith (Summoning Wrath)," which comes off the band's critically-acclaimed The Core full-length released via Rotten Records last spring. The video was shot in the summer of 2009 in the band's hometown ...
CMA RELEASES FIFTEENTH "CMA INDUSTRY INSITE" EPISODE TOPIC: "THE MUSICIANS OF MUSIC CITY"
Monthly Online Educational Series Can Be Found On CMA's Member Web Site, My.CMAworld.com; New Episodes Posted Third Monday Each Month. NASHVILLE - The role of the professional musician is the focus of the latest installment of CMA Industry InSite, an online educational series, posted today. ...
SUZUKI ANNOUNCES ANOTHER WAVE OF NEW 2011 MODELS
Brea, CA — Suzuki has announced its first big wave of several new models for the 2011 model year. In addition to the launch of these new motorcycles and ATVs, American Suzuki is also celebrating its 50th anniversary of international racing this summer. "We are excited to launch a significant n...
EPA and Other Federal Agencies Collaborate to Improve Chemical Screening
Washington - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the National Institute of Health Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) welcome the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Tox21 collaboration. ...
´A Midsummer Night´s Dream´ unfolds at Descanso
Theatricum Botanicum brings Shakespeare to the Gardens on July 27 La Cañada Flintridge – The acclaimed Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present Shakespeare´s "A Midsummer Night´s Dream" from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at Descanso Gardens. Scheming fairy folk, ardent mortal...
SIMONE BRANIGAN JOINS UNION BANK´S LEGAL SPECIALTY GROUP
Beverly Hills, Calif. – Union Bank, N.A., has appointed Simone Branigan as a vice president and senior relationship manager for the Legal Specialty Group of The Private Bank. The Legal Specialty Group provides comprehensive financial solutions to law firms and legal professionals. Branigan will ov...
Chicago´s Namaste Charter School starts day with yoga
Namaste Charter School, a public charter school in Chicago (USA), reportedly starts each morning with yoga. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, while applauding this School for its efforts in incorporating yoga in the lives of children at an early stage, has urged other public schools in USA also to ...
Teen Celebrity Racing Across USA for Childhood Cancer Gets Help from Cleveland Mechanic
LOS ANGELES — World Famous Bullrun 2010 Rally reveals the next checkpoint to race drivers, including Drake Kemper, teen celebrity youngest selected to race, and his co-driver Harrison Webster Allen. Bullrunners will head to Michigan International Speedway, then on to Chicago, from Cleveland, O...
CONFLICT CLAIMED MORE THAN 200 LIVES IN JUNE,UN-AFRICAN MISSION REPORTS
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today reported that 221 people lost their lives in the war-torn Sudanese region due to armed conflict and criminality in June, the vast majority of deaths being attributed to inter-tribal fighting. The clashes between the Rize...
For immediate release: Hindus push for change in Ireland´s education system
Hindus are asking for either the opening-up of multi-religious schools or making the education more secular in Ireland. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Irish society and the world had changed so much, and thus education in Ireland should also keep p...

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San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas Perform Five-Concert European Tour September 2010
September 11-16 tour includes concerts in Milan and Turin and coincides with release of Orchestra´s final Mahler cycle recording, Songs with Orchestra Soloists are mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, and organist Paul Jacobs. SAN FRANCISCO Music Director Michael Tilson Tho...
Gyllenhaal Rules in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
Disney's epic action-adventure takes audiences to a new world and new heights. This Memorial Day weekend, Walt Disney Pictures brought to the big screen the "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." This action-packed epic adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia features rogue Prince Dastan (...
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD® FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - On screen in New York with theatrical openings in Los Angeles, Boston and Washington, D.C. and other cities nationwide starting February 12. New York, NY — THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PA...
PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®
SAG Awards® will be Simulcast on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, Preceded by "TNT and PEOPLE Present the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RED CARPET SHOW" LOS ANGELES – Sigourney Weaver, Justin Timberlake, Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Romano, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Anthony Mackie, Anna Kendrick,...
California Preliminary Draft Cap-and-Trade Climate Regulation Praised
SACRAMENTO, Calif./PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Defense Fund praised the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its preliminary draft regulation (PDR) to reduce global warming pollution in the state. The PDR outlines key concepts the agency is considering as it designs a comprehensive ...
Board of Equalization Notifies Companies of Flavored Cigarette Ban
Jerome E. Horton, Vice Chairman of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), announced that the BOE has notified wholesalers and distributors that it is illegal to sell flavored cigarettes or roll-your-own (RYO) under the federal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provision of the Famil...

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