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Carnegie Mellon Professor: Privatizing Social Security Will Hurt More Than It Helps.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- President Bush's plan to allow workers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in private savings accounts could have devastating effects on the...

It's Easy Being Green at FedEx; Kinko's New Private-Label Paper Is the Industry's Most Sustainable Sheet.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Rainforest Action Network SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- FedEx Kinko's, one of America's first businesses to implement an "old growth free" policy, leads the retail paper market on the path to sustainability with the...

Plastic Cups and Angry Basketball Fans: At Least It Wasn't a Beer Bottle! Previous Bottle-Throwing Incidents at Sporting Events Led to the Return to Plastic Cups.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest may be unhappy over his yearlong suspension from the National Basketball Association for fighting with Detroit fans (a...

Ads Challenge Last-Place Ford: 'America Deserves Better'; Jumpstart Ford Campaign Targets Gas-Guzzlers, Debunks Greenwashing, Calls for Innovation.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Rainforest Action Network SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The New York Times will today publish a full-page open letter from Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, to Bill Ford Jr., chairman and...

Babson College's New Product Designs Keep It Clean and Tidy; Five to Be Showcased at Dec. 7 Product Design Fair.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Calling all control freaks! On Tuesday, Dec. 7, Babson College MBA students in the Product Design and Development course will showcase five new products featuring new...

Employees Bring Bad Moods Home, But They Disappear By Morning.
December 2, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A good night's sleep may be the remedy for a bad day at work, suggests a new University of Florida study on the unexplored relationship between job satisfaction...

Stop Spending and Save for Retirement: University of California Cooperative Extension Can Help.
December 2, 2004... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- People are bombarded daily with messages telling them to spend their money. University of California Cooperative Extension is a voice...

Replicating An Eel's Nerve Circuitry May Aid Paralyzed People; Lamprey Anatomy Guides Creation of Electrical Implants for Human Spinal Cord Injuries.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a collaboration that blends biology and robotics, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in an...

MBAs and Corporate America: Is the Love Affair Over? Summit at Fisher' Brings Together MBA Recruiting Expert for Discussion and Debate.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In today's competitive employment environment, is an MBA degree still the fastest ticket to a six-figure income and corner office? The Ohio State...

Online Shopping and the Environment: It's Not Easy Being Green;RIT Packaging Expert Says Internet Purchases Lead To Greater Packaging Waste.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Online shopping is hailed for being convenient and timesaving. But do the benefits outweigh potentially non-environmental-friendly side effects? ...

Free Export Consulting Program Launched for California Organic Companies.
December 3, 2004... Byline: California Certified Organic Farmers SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Certified Organic Product Export Strategy - California (COPES) (www.copes-ca.org) innovative export marketing initiative for California's...

Babson MBAs Apply New Skills in the Field: Management Consulting Field Experience.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sixty-four MBA students from Babson College are working on business projects with 13 established and start-up companies. Companies sponsoring teams are: - Arnold...

Woman-Led Businesses in Massachusetts Exceed National Growth Rate; Study Names Top Woman-Run Companies, Identifies Key Traits Driving Their Growth.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Babson College BOSTON, Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A major research study released today by Babson College and The Commonwealth Institute finds that woman-led businesses in Massachusetts are strong engines of economic growth,...

Owen School Launches Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute; Business School Faculty Lead Hands-On Program to Refine Undergraduates' Skills, Prepare Students for Working World.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new program at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management will see to it that undergraduates who may be lacking a business degree aren't also lacking the...

Job Marketing Is Improving for MBAs, Says MBA Career Services Council.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The job market is improving for MBA students, according to a new survey of 57 business schools conducted by the MBA Career Services...

Literature Review Shows Decreasing Resident Work Hours Does Not Guarantee Improved Patient Safety.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A systematic review of current studies that evaluated the impact of reducing resident work hours on patient safety found that decreasing resident fatigue by...

Coal Cleaning Technology to Be Used to Recover Coal From Waste.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Billions of tons of coal that have been considered waste for decades can now become an energy source, thanks to the advanced separation technologies developed at Virginia...

End of Multi-Fiber Agreement Will 'Shock' Global Economy; International Response Needed, Duke Professors Say.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The end of the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) on Jan. 1 will bring about an abrupt shift in the global economy, which could destabilize some developing countries unless the...

Wake Forest's Babcock Incubator Seeks New Tenants.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Babcock Graduate School of Management WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Babcock Demon Incubator is looking for a few good entrepreneurs. With the graduation of several companies that are now contributing to the...

Fighting Winter's High Energy Costs: Colgate University Professor Provides Tips on Controlling Utility Bills.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- With natural gas prices on the rise and temperatures steadily dropping, homeowners this winter once again face the age-old dilemma: How can I keep energy costs...

Honorees Receive National Oral Health Research Awards.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Children's Dental Health Project WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pediatric dentist Burton Edelstein was recognized for his accomplishments promoting children's oral health at the December 6th Annual Gala sponsored by the...

When It Comes to Food Safety, Who's Watching the Watchdogs? Initiative, Web Site Will Focus on Strengthening Government Oversight at FDA, USDA, Making Recalls Mandatory.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Providing consumers with timely information about food safety risks and giving them the tools to take action to effect change is the goal of www.NotInMyFood.org , a...

U.S. Innovation Hurt by Restrictions on Foreign Grad Students, Consumers Union Study Shows.
December 7, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tight restrictions on student visas for foreign graduate students will hasten the erosion of America's global dominance in innovation, according to a...

Green Guide's 12 Days, 12 Ways to Go Affordably Green.
December 7, 2004... Byline: The Green Guide Institute NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- These days, who needs ten lords a-leaping? Here's a host of more affordable, greener gift choices for the holidays. First Day One Water-Efficient Showerhead...

Helping Kids Get Mental Health Services: Boston Bar Teams Up With Children's Hospital to Publish Guide.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In what is believed to be a first in the nation initiative, the Boston Bar Association, with support from Children's Hospital Boston, today published the How-To Guide...

Coastside Family Medical Center Plans Continued Expansion of New Teen Clinic; Clinic Funded By Grants From the Mary Wohlford Foundation, Atkinson Foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation, Private Donors.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Albrycht McClure & Partners HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Coastside Family Medical Center, a nonprofit medical practice that provides primary care, sports medicine, allergy shots, physical examinations and...

'Risky Business' Is Status Quo in Babson's E-Tower Dorm; Undergrad Students Live Entrepreneurship 24/7.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's not enough that Babson College is ranked number one in Entrepreneurship Education, or that the risky business of building new ventures is woven throughout its...

CalPERS Settles Suit Filed by California First Amendment Coalition; Pension Fund for First Time Discloses Fees and Profits on 'Private Equity' Investments.
December 7, 2004... Byline: California First Amendment Coalition SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) publicly disclosed Monday, for the first time, the management fees it pays to...

National University of Singapore Team Amongst World's Best at Prestigious International Innovation Competition Held in Texas.
December 8, 2004... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Represented by Mr. Steven Zhou ZhiYing, a graduate student from the National University of Singapore's Electrical & Computer Engineering department, NUS swept...

Frequent After-Hours Callers to Family Physicians Use More Resources.
December 8, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study published in the December issue of the Annals of Family Medicine finds that patients who make frequent after-hours telephone calls to...

University of Florida Expert: Reverse Mortgages Can Hurt Elderly, City Economies.
December 8, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The explosive growth of reverse mortgages can backfire for both elderly homeowners and the nation's cities, says a University of Florida researcher. Reverse...

Jefferson Medical College and Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc., Scientists Create New Vaccine for Wildlife Rabies.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- While the raccoon that raids your trash at night may look cute and mischievous, think again. Its claws can be nasty. Even worse, it might carry rabies. Now,...

Florida International University's College of Business Administration Launches Consulting Firm; International Advisory Services Group Initially Plans to Serve Needs of Hemispheric Firms and Organizations.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Florida International University College of Business Administration MIAMI, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Florida International University's College of Business Administration (CBA) has launched the International Advisory Services...

Survey: CFOs Think President Bush Should Focus on Iraq and Budget Deficit; Are Concerned About Health Care Costs and Increasing Competition.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chief financial officers of U.S. corporations are less bullish about the economy in 2005, and are particularly concerned about health care costs and operating in an...

National Hospice Foundation Announces New Board Leadership for 2005.
December 9, 2004... Byline: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Hospice Foundation is proud to announce the members of the executive committee of the board of trustees for the new year....

MacArthur Foundation Awards $2.5 Million Grant to Federation of American Scientists to Address Global Security, Other Critical Science-Related Issues.
December 10, 2004... Byline: MacArthur Foundation CHICAGO, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced a grant of $2.5 million to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) for policy research and activities...

New Program Offers $20 Million in Loans for Child Care Facilities Improvements; Alliance Paves Way for Child Care Investments in Low-Income Communities.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Full Court Press Communications OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Impact Community Capital, a consortium of major insurance companies, has committed $10 million to the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) for a...

USC Annenberg Announces Fellowship Program for Multicultural Health Journalism; Deadlines to Apply Are Approaching.
December 10, 2004... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Applications are now being accepted for USC Annenberg's California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships. This new program for medical, health care...

Joslin Diabetes Center Teams With Click4Care To Help Health Plans Medically Manage Members With Chronic Diseases.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, treatment and care, has signed an agreement with Click4Care, a leading health information technology...

Georgia Tech Uses Pentacene to Develop Efficient Organic Solar Cells.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the price of energy continues to rise, businesses are looking to renewable energy for cheaper sources of power. Making electricity from the most plentiful of...

Georgetown's McDonough School of Business Offers Region's First Executive Master's in Leadership Program.
December 13, 2004... Byline: McDonough School of Business, Georgetown U. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Georgetown University's Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business is now accepting applications for the inaugural class of its Executive...

Bentley College to Host 2005 Usability 'Boot Camp' March 14 - 18; Created for Software and Hardware Designers, Web Architects and Information Designers.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Online hotel reservation systems will be this year's "case study" when the Bentley College Information Design Certificate program presents its 5th Usability Boot Camp,...

Holiday Tip Sheet: Lehigh University Experts Offer Advice on Celebrating, Surviving Holiday Season.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A number of Lehigh experts are available throughout the holiday season to offer commentary on several holiday-related stories and issues. To schedule an interview with...

Hedging Your Bets: Kettering University Professor Examines Enormous Growth in Recent Years of Foreign Direct Investments.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Kettering University FLINT, Mich., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- For some people, the investment game is a terribly convoluted activity. Unless you follow the markets closely, the phrases Dow Jones and NASDAQ Composite may seem as...

Trauma Surgery Goes Virtual to Aid Rural Arizona.
December 14, 2004... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new "teletrauma" system that links the emergency room at Southeast Arizona Medical Center in Douglas, Ariz., and the Level 1 Trauma Center at University Medical...

New Report From Century Foundation Offers Twelve Reasons Why Privatizing Social Security is a Bad Idea.
December 14, 2004... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The White House economic conference, which begins tomorrow, will devote considerable time to making the case that Social Security should be privatized. A new report...

Global Innovation Challenge Crowns Top MBA Team From International Institution Most Innovative; Thunderbird and Idea Crossing Announce Spain's Instituto de Empresa as Winner of Largest MBA Competition of Its Kind.
December 14, 2004... Byline: Thunderbird School of International Management GLENDALE, Ariz., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Nov. 18 through Nov. 20, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, and Idea Crossing LLC hosted the final round of...

A $400 Million Xmas Present From U.S. Taxpayers: Federal Water Subsidies to California Farmers.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Every year, U.S. taxpayers give California farmers a $400 million Christmas present. At a time when California water is scarce and expensive, a federal...

Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Forestry: Special Workshop to Be Held During March 1 - 3 ForestLeadership Conference in Toronto.
December 15, 2004... Byline: ForestLeadership MONTREAL, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- ForestLeadership is pleased to announce a special workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Forestry, to be held in connection with the March 1-3, 2005,...

Wright State University Engineer Studies Superconductors for Electrical, Defense, Space, Medical Applications.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Wright State University DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Wright State University engineering professor recently received a $950,000 grant for superconductor research with applications that interest the electric power...

Consumer Reports WebWatch Offers Twelve Holiday Tips for Smarter Shopping, Travel and Charitable Giving Online.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the holidays here once again, more people will be shopping, making travel arrangements and giving to charities online. In fact, consumers spent $8.8 billion on...

Top 10 Health Stories of 2004 Selected by Harvard Health Letter, Nation's Oldest Consumer Health Publication: Promise and Problems of Tests and Medications Dominate the List.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Harvard Health Letter, the nation's oldest consumer health publication, has selected the top 10 health stories of the year. The health letter's editors,...

GetActive Helps Detroit Public Television and Other PBS Stations Tune in to Member Interests and Generosity.
December 15, 2004... Byline: GetActive Software BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- GetActive Software, a leader in member relationship management, announced today that its web-based solutions are playing a key role in the success of numerous...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Body Scanner Garners Federal Commercialization Award.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A technology developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized for its successful...

Acquisition of Guidant Should Enable Johnson & Johnson to Emerge as Leader in Medical Devices, Duke Professor Says.
December 16, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The merger of Johnson & Johnson and Guidant will enable Johnson & Johnson to lead the cardiac devices market and enter such new markets as neuroscience stents, says a Duke...

New Desalination Technology Taps Waste Heat From Power Plants.
December 16, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Desalination is often touted as one solution to the world's water woes, but current desalination plants tend to hog energy. Now University of Florida...

Canadian Federal Government Grants $1.5 Million to Support McGill University Pulp and Paper Research.
December 16, 2004... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- On behalf of the Honourable David L. Emerson, Canadian Minister of Industry and the Minister responsible for Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC), the Honourable...

Beverly Blake Joins Knight Foundation As New Grant-Making Officer in Georgia.
December 17, 2004... Byline: The Knight Foundation MIAMI, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Beverly Blake, an experienced foundation executive, has joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as a community liaison program officer serving Macon,...

Study Sheds Light on Corporate Tax Shelters.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers from Duke University and Pace University found that use of corporate tax shelters not only allows organizations to avoid billions of dollars in...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Selects NBBJ as Architect for New State-of-the-Art Medical Center in San Carlos.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) today announced it has selected NBBJ to design its state-of-the-art medical center in San Carlos. NBBJ was chosen...

Iowa State University Experts Peer Into the Future.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The new year is bound to bring changes in everything from the current diet fad to stock market trends. Iowa State University experts offer the following predictions...

MIT Sloan Offers Courses to Train Chinese Managers on Global Market; Considers Center on China.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Sloan School of Management, MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The MIT Sloan School of Management is running two courses in Shanghai in January to train China-based managers in cutting edge management techniques for...

Accumulated Low-level Lead Exposure Can Lead to Cataract Development in Men; Research Suggests Reduction of Lead Exposure Could Decrease Global Incidences of Cataract and Blindness.
December 27, 2004... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, Dec. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Brigham and Women[THORN]s Hospital (BWH), Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that...

Loss Of Fishing Fleets Will Slow Economic Recovery In Tsunami-Devastated Villages Of South Asia.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Duke University Durham, N.C., Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Duke University professor who has studied rural economic development in Indonesia and Sri Lanka says the loss of coastal villages' fishing fleets in this week's...

New Law Enables Children To Carry And Self-Administer Asthma Medication At Schools; New Statewide School Guidelines Will Help To Reduce Asthma Impact.
December 29, 2004... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Effective January 1, 2005, a new law will require schools across the state of California to let students carry their asthma inhalers with them and...

Afghan Women to Visit U.S. Graduate Business School to Further Entrepreneurial Skills; Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management and USAID Partner to Provide Training, Mentoring Resources to Afghan Women.
December 30, 2004... Byline: Thunderbird School of International Management GLENDALE, Ariz., Dec. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- From January 10-21, 2005, a select cadre of Afghan women will come to Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management to...