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Convio, Inc., and Target Software, Inc., Partner to Enable Integrated Fundraising for Nonprofits; Joint Customers Can Integrate Online, Offline Donor Data to Drive More Effective Campaigns.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Convio, Inc. and Target Software, Inc. -- leading providers of Internet marketing and donor management solutions for nonprofits -- today announced a joint software development and...

Vanderbilt Medical Center Reaches Out to Gay and Lesbian Community With Print, Television Ads.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center will soon launch a series of print and television ads in an effort to reach out to Middle Tennessee's gay and lesbian...

Emerging Markets Conference to be Held at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business Oct. 7.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: "China,...

Growers Can Profit From Parking Carbon on Farm.
October 3, 2005... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- When major events come to the fairgrounds, people who live nearby can make extra money by charging visitors to park cars on their front...

Tuck Professor B. Espen Eckbo Appointed to Corporate Governance Board of Norwegian Central Bank.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth HANOVER, N.H., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- B. Espen Eckbo, Tuck Centennial Professor of Finance and director of the Center for Corporate Governance at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, has...

Consumer Reports Rates Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Lexus RX400h Best in Tests of Midsized SUVs; Both New Hybrids Earn 'Excellent' Overall Scores in Magazine's Battery Of Tests.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two new hybrids, the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and the Lexus RX400h, are now Consumer Reports' top-rated midsized SUVs following tests for the November issue. The...

Beyond the Hype: HDTV a Pretty Picture With Consumers; Consumer Reports Survey Shows Owner Satisfaction High; But, TV Fans Want More HD Programming; Annual Electronics Issue Offers New Advice on Extended Warranties for TVs.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experts are all but unanimous in their praise of high-definition television (HDTV). At its best, HDTV offers sharper, more detailed images than standard television and a...

William V. Campbell Elected Chair of Columbia University Trustees; Patricia Cloherty, Ann Kaplan, Michael Rothfeld Elected University Trustees.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger announced the election of a new chair and three distinguished alumni as University Trustees. William V. Campbell, a...

Consumer Reports Investigation Finds Some Credit Card Issuers Predatory; How to Fight Back; 10 Most Consumer-Friendly Credit Cards.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thanks to cozy relationships that have developed over the years among lawmakers, federal regulators, and credit card issuers, getting trapped in the jaws of credit card...

Consumer Reports Rates Goodyear Assurance TripleTred Best in Tests of 18 All-Season Tires; Michelin X-Ice Scores Highest in Magazine's Winter Tire Tests.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports rated the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred best overall in tests of 18 different all-season tire models from the November issue. The Michelin X Radial and...

Genetic Alliance Awarded Single Gene Resources Network Cooperative Agreement; Genetic Alliance and Partners to Increase Access to Scientifically Accurate Information.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genetic Alliance announced today that it has received a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Cooperative Agreement Award in the amount of $850,000 to develop the Single Gene...

University of Illinois at Chicago Leads Consortium of Chicago Institutions to Evaluate New Medicare Drug Benefits.
October 4, 2005... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A consortium of Chicago institutions coordinated by the University of Illinois at Chicago is one of 13 new research centers nationwide designated by the...

Valuable Relief Information Available for Hurricane Survivors at ConsumerReports.org; ConsumerReports.org Provides Helpful Advice to Gulf Coast Residents in Crisis Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the editors of Consumer Reports magazine are providing helpful relief information for hurricane survivors at...

Michael McKenna Named Vice President for Communications at Middlebury College.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michael McKenna, previously chief executive officer, president and chief creative officer at Marsteller, a global advertising, design, interactive and production...

Convio Tributes Lets Nonprofits Put a Face on Mission to Drive New Sources of Online Fundraising; Nonprofits Now Can Give Constituents Tools to Build Tribute or Memorial Web Sites, Raise Money and Awareness.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Convio, Inc. -- the leading provider of software and services to help nonprofits use the Internet for driving support -- today announced release of Convio Tributes, the latest in...

Consumer Reports Survey: Car-Buyers Rank Comfort, Convenience as More Important Than Safety Systems; Buyers of New Cars Put Only One Safety Feature, Antilock Brakes, on Their Top 10 List of Most Important Auto Features.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers rank features such as CD players, cruise control, and power outside mirrors as being more important to have on their next new vehicle than safety systems such as...

Scientists Study, Learn to Prevent Nanoparticle 'Merging'.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified how billionth-of-a-meter sized metal particles - gold-atom...

Babson's Center for Women's Leadership Celebrates Anniversary - Five Years of Supporting Women in Business.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for Women's Leadership (CWL) at Babson College, the first comprehensive center dedicated to women in business and entrepreneurship at a leading school of...

Study: Undocumented Immigrants Have Healthy Babies but Need Prenatal Care.
October 5, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Undocumented immigrant women in Colorado are less likely to have low birth weight or preterm babies than other mothers, but tend to experience higher...

Cal State Northridge Professor Suggests Keeping Your Resume Ready for Opportunities.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Just because Update Your Resume Month, September, is over, Cal State Northridge management professor Jay Christensen said that it is no reason not...

Expert Panel Says Better Options Exist for Diagnosing Breast Cancer; International Consensus Panel Calls for Expanded Role of Needle Biopsies, Sentinel Node, MRI and Less Invasive Procedures.(Panel Discussion)
October 6, 2005... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians should strive to replace traditional, invasive procedures for diagnosing breast cancer with proven, less-invasive diagnostic methods, according to an...

First Responders to Katrina Disaster to Share Experiences at Emergency Readiness Conference; University of Texas at Dallas Event to Be Held at Plano Centre Oct. 24 to 26.
October 6, 2005... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A panel of medical personnel who were among first responders at Hurricane Katrina disaster sites in September will discuss their experiences and the...

Cutting Energy Costs: Colgate University Professor Provides Tips on Controlling Utility Bills.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- With natural gas and oil prices still on the rise in the wake of this season's hurricanes and temperatures beginning to drop, homeowners this winter face a difficult...

New Unidirectional Molecular Rotor May Lead to Tiny Sensors, Pumps, Switches.
October 6, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first computer-generated model of a tiny, waterwheel-like molecular rotor that has been...

U.S. Dairies Turn Manure Into Profit While Protecting Environment; New Report Shows Best Practices in Action.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Sustainable Conservation SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dairies around the nation are proving that, with the right technologies and practices, they can capture the agricultural and economic value of manure nutrients...

ABFE Announces Inaugural Class of Connecting Leaders Fellows; 10 Emerging Leaders from Across Philanthropy Selected For Year-Long Fellowship In Professional Development.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation NEW YORK,Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) recently announced the names of ten fellows who will participate in the 2005-2006 Connecting Leaders...

Bentley Named One of Top 50 Undergraduate Business Programs in Country by U.S. News & World Report; Also Named One of Top 10 Master's Universities in Northeast; Information Systems, Accounting Programs Ranked in Top 20 Nationally.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the most recent U.S News & World Report rankings of America's Best Colleges 2006, Bentley is ranked among the top 50 undergraduate business programs in the country and...

Babson Hosts United Kingdom Entrepreneur Scholars.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twenty students from the United Kingdom are at Babson College through Oct. 14 as part of the New Entrepreneur Transatlantic Scholarships (NETS-UK) program, which is...

Campaign Brings Attention to Lack of End-of-Life Care in Countries Around the World.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Open Society Institute NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- On the first-ever World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Oct. 8, a new report finds that over 100 million people worldwide need access to hospice and palliative services,...

Pharmacies in Minority and Low-Income Areas Less Likely to Carry Sufficient Supplies of Pain Medications; University of Michigan Health System Study Finds Big Gaps in Availability of Opioid Analgesic Pain Medications Throughout Michigan.
October 10, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chronic pain is a condition that affects one in five Americans without regard for their race or finances. But a new study finds that minorities and...

Survey Findings on U.S. Household Debt to Be Released at Oct. 12 Press Conference in Washington, D.C.; Groundbreaking Report Will Reveal Credit Cards Are New Safety Net for Low-, Middle-Income American Households in Fragile U.S. Economy.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., leading policy research and advocacy groups Demos, the Center for Responsible Lending and AARP will release...

Heifer International Partners With Organic Bouquet; Revenues Help Fight Global Poverty.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Heifer International -- which works in 128 countries to end hunger and poverty -- has partnered with Organic Bouquet Inc. (http://www.organicbouquet.com/), the...

Governor Signs Nation's First Law on Chemicals in Cosmetics; New California Law Requires Disclosure of Toxic Ingredients.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Saturday that will require cosmetics manufacturers to disclose which of their products contain chemicals linked to...

Latino Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles to Discuss Future of Ryan White Aids Funding; Representatives Hilda Solis and Grace Napolitano Speak on Behalf of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Recognition of Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ryan White ACTION Campaign joins Bienestar Human Services on October 14 from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. (PDT) in hosting a Latino Town Hall Meeting in East Los Angeles in...

Johns Hopkins Report Assesses U.S. Nonprofit Governance, Accountability; Amid Calls for Reform, Study Details Actual Practices.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- With Hurricane Katrina demonstrating anew the need for an effective and reliable network of private, nonprofit organizations to help meet urgent national problems,...

UNC Kenan-Flagler's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Earns 2005 NASDAQ Award for Excellence.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan- Flagler Business School has been honored with a 2005 NASDAQ Center of...

Engineers Point Way to Better Use of Nanotubes as Measuring Tips.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers at Purdue University have shown how researchers might better use tiny hollow fibers called "multi-walled carbon nanotubes" to more precisely measure...

2006 Marin Organic Farmer Calendar Nation's First Calendar Featuring Organic Pioneers.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Straus Communications MARIN COUNTY, Calif., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A beautiful and socially conscious gift for the holidays - the first-ever Marin Organic Farmer Calendar is now available online at www.MarinOrganic.org and in...

Biosense Webster Announces FDA Clearance of Its Electroanatomical Remote Maneuvering Devices.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Edelman Public Relations DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biosense Webster, Inc. today announced that the company has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for devices that aid...

U.S. Forest Service Agency Should Not Be in the Logging Business: Redefining Progress Economist Sheds Light on Unsustainable Subsidized Timber Business.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Redefining Progress OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the report titled "America's Endangered National Forests: Lumber, Landfill or Living Legacy?" released today by the National Forest Protection Alliance,...

Survey Report Reveals Truth Behind Credit Card Debt Explosion in U.S.; Citing Skyrocketing Costs, Dwindling Savings, Stagnant Wages, More American Families Turning to Credit Cards as Financial Safety Net.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- American families are turning to credit cards to make ends meet in an increasingly volatile economy, according to "The Plastic Safety Net: The Reality Behind Credit Card Debt in...

Food Retailers Partner With Low-Income Communities to Fight Obesity; Solutions in Local Access to Fresh, Healthy Food.
October 12, 2005... Byline: PolicyLink NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- An often-ignored contributor to poor health is lack of access to good quality, affordable healthy food. Residents in low-income communities have limited options for healthy eating...

Black Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer Less Likely to Receive Full Course of Chemotherapy; Columbia Study First to Link Treatment-Completion Issues With Race, Poor Survival Rates; Black Women Two Times More Likely Than White Women to Die Within 5 Years After Diagnosis.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Black women with stage I or II breast cancer are more likely than their counterparts of other races to abandon chemotherapy before completing their...

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business to Hold Teach-In on Hurricane Katrina Oct. 14.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: A teach-in at the...

Delphi's Bankruptcy Will Spur New Wave of Filings After Stringent Law Goes Into Effect, Bankruptcy Expert Predicts.
October 12, 2005... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Delphi's filing for bankruptcy could spur a wave of consumer and business bankruptcies -- all after a more stringent federal bankruptcy law takes effect Oct. 17,...

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Researchers Develop Evaluation Tools to Improve Surgical Residents' Competence, Care; Research Described in Journal Ophthalmology, to Be Presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) researchers have developed two tools that assess a surgical resident's skill in cataract surgery and his or her...

Purdue to Dedicate Pharmaceutical Center for Drug Manufacturing.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue Research Park's new pharmaceutical facility opens today with multiple contracts for drug development and manufacturing work as well as opportunities for...

Economists Will Meet at UC Santa Barbara to Discuss 'the Equity Premium' on 20th Anniversary of Groundbreaking Paper; Two Nobel Prize Winners Among Participants.
October 13, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Department of Economics and the Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance at the University of California, Santa Barbara are...

Rochester Institute of Technology Promotes Growth of 'Green' Manufacturing; Nabil Nasr Leads U.S. Delegation at International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing in Shanghai.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) at Rochester Institute of Technology is promoting further collaboration between governments,...

Hundreds of Boeing Jets May Be Unsafe.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Mother Jones Magazine SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Documents made public in a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Boeing suggest that thousands of unsafe and unapproved parts have been installed on hundreds of...

Latino Community Calls for Increased Funding and Timely Reauthorization of Ryan White Care Act; Latino AIDS Awareness Day Town Hall Event Highlights Growing Impact of HIV/AIDS on Hispanics.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leaders of Los Angeles' Latino community today urged Congress to renew the Ryan White CARE Act, which they called a "critical safety net" for providing care and...

Fisherwoman Defies Jail Sentence as Chemical Company Evades Justice; While Diane Wilson Evades Minor Misdemeanor to Prove Her Point, U.S. Multinational Evades Criminal Trial for Manslaughter in India Over 1984 Bhopal Chemical Disaster.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Chelsea Green Publishing SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Oct. 3, the District Attorney of Texas ordered Diane Wilson to start a jail sentence for criminal trespass resulting from chaining herself to a 70-foot...

Harvard Medical School News Tips: Small Molecule Inhibitor of Cholera Discovered; Medicare Elimination of Essential Drugs Will Affect Elderly; Cells With Duplicate Genomes Can Trigger Tumors.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard Medical School today released the following news tips. - - - - SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITOR OF CHOLERA DISCOVERED Study appears in Science ...

Rhode Island Lawsuit Against Lead Industry to Begin Oct. 24.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Alliance for Healthy Homes WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The State of Rhode Island's landmark lawsuit against several lead pigment manufacturers, including Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries, and ARCO, is scheduled to...

Purdue Information Technology Expert Can Discuss Blackboard, WebCT Merger.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University information technology expert can discuss the business and technical issues of Blackboard's acquisition of WebCT announced Wednesday (Oct....

Hopkins Nurse Researcher Receives $2.5 Million to Target Cardiovascular Disease; Largest Research Grant Received in School of Nursing History.
October 14, 2005... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has received a $2.5 million federal research grant - the largest in the school's history - to...

Cambridge Health Alliance Psychiatry Outreach to Homebound Elders Awarded Three-Year Grant by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cambridge Health Alliance (Alliance) is the recipient of an important new $1.2 million, three-year grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental...

Black Women With Chronic Pain Have More Psychological, Physical Distress; Study Finds Significant Gap Between White, Black Women With Chronic Pain; Researchers Say Findings Show Need for Better Access to Quality Pain Care, Better Understanding of Needs of Minority Patients.
October 17, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Black women with chronic pain experience more psychological distress, physical impairments and post-traumatic stress disorder than white women with...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Hosts 19th Annual Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Baltimore; Foundation to Commemorate 50 Years of Research, Care.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will host its 19th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Baltimore, Md., from Oct. 20-23. More than 3,000...

Bankruptcy Law Threatens Financial Stability of American Households, Says Economic Security Expert; New Research Shows American Families Use High-Cost Credit Cards to Make Ends Meet.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today Tamara Draut, Director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a leading nonpartisan research and advocacy organization, issued the following statement as the new bankruptcy...

Direct Relief International, Community Clinics Create Long-Term Health Safety Net for Uninsured Hurricane Victims; Direct Relief Provides $24 Million in Emergency Medical Material Aid, $1.5 million in Emergency Cash Grants Over 6 Weeks.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Direct Relief International SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Direct Relief International has furnished $24 million in emergency medical material aid and $1.5 million dollars in emergency cash support to assist...

Saltwater Fish Farmers, Encouraged by Government Regulatory Progress, Meeting to Identify Most Promising Technologies and Commercial Opportunities.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution FORT PIERCE, Fla., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Estimates suggest that by 2020, population growth and other factors will lead to an increased seafood demand of up to 30 million tons. With...

Loyola University Chicago Chooses Convio to Enable More Personalized Communications With Alumni and Enhance Online Donations Capabilities.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Loyola University Chicago, one of the largest Jesuit universities and colleges in the country, has chosen Convio Internet tools to build stronger relationships with its alumni and...

Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Adopts New Name: Vista Center Reinforces Agency's Mission, Vision.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- What's in a name? For Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (PCBVI) it means a vibrant new identity that reinforces...

Hyperion Becomes Corporate Member of AACSB International.
October 19, 2005... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hyperion, the global leader in Business Performance Management software, has become the newest corporate...

Doran Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Adopts New Name: Vista Center Reinforces Agency's Mission and Vision.
October 19, 2005... Byline: Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- What's in a name? For Doran Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired it means a vibrant new identity that reinforces the agency's...

University of Colorado School of Medicine Releases Health Assessments; Provides Baseline Health Data in Advance of Mining Operations.
October 19, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado School of Medicine today released baseline health assessments recently conducted of communities in proposed gold mining...

Affiliation of National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and Americans for Better Care of the Dying Strengthens Voice for Quality End-of-Life Care.
October 19, 2005... Byline: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and Americans for Better Care of the Dying are proud to announce a new...

Global Survey Ranks UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School No. 8 on Social and Environmental Stewardship.
October 19, 2005... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School has been ranked No. 8 of the top global MBA programs...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Business Students to Manage $40 Million for UW System.
October 19, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wisc., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students in the Applied Security Analysis Program (ASAP) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business have been authorized to manage more...

Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology Launches School Psychology Program to Help Meet National Need for Mental Health Providers for Children; MSPP Now Accepting Applicants.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology WEST ROXBURY, Mass., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- To help address a growing national need for child mental health services, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology has...

Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent Outperforms Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Seven-Study Meta-Analysis; Independent Meta-Analysis of Seven Head-to-Head Drug-Eluting Stent Trials Shows Differences in Rates of Re-Treatment, Restenosis.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Edelman Public Relations WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The most comprehensive and detailed analysis conducted to date of drug-eluting stent comparative trials shows a marked difference in the rate of target lesion...

Quantum Dots That Produce White Light Could Be Light Bulb's Successor.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Take an LED that produces intense, blue light. Coat it with a thin layer of special microscopic beads called quantum dots. And you have what could become the...

Sunny Future for Nanocrystal Solar Cells: Berkeley Scientists Synthesize Cheap, Easy-to-Make Ultra-Thin Photovoltaic Films.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a future in which the rooftops of residential homes and commercial buildings can be laminated with inexpensive, ultra-thin films of...

Holiday Shopping Forecast: The Good, the Bad and the Squeezed.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University retail expert says consumers will have deals galore early and late as retailers adjust to gas prices that will likely limit shoppers' trips...

CompuMentor Expands Executive Team.
October 20, 2005... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nonprofit technology assistance provider CompuMentor (http://www.compumentor.org), home of TechSoup.org, has named three senior managers of the organization to become the...

Kids Like Cute Creatures in Beer Ads, More Likely to Buy Brand of Beer, Study Suggests.
October 21, 2005... Byline: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Budweiser commercial showing a rock star ferret replacing talking lizards as the official beer mascot was the most appealing among a...

'Marketing in a World of Increasing Consumer Power': Marketing Association of Columbia Business School to Hold Its First Annual Conference.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Columbia Business School today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: The Marketing Association of Columbia Business School presents its first...

California Public Utilities Commission Needs to Ensure All Californians Benefit From SBC-AT&T Merger.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Community Technology Foundation of California SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) is encouraged by parts of the recent proposals issued by the CPUC. Both were in...

Low Inflation, High Credibility Key to New Fed Chair's Success; Former Fed Reserve Economist Comments on Ben Bernanke.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Hamilton College CLINTON, N.Y., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- "There are significant challenges ahead for the next Federal Reserve Chair. Bernanke will likely have the immediate opportunity to prove his commitment and skill in...

Groups Call on Senate Banking Committee to Gauge Commitment of New Fed Chair Nominee to Policies That Protect Consumers.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five leading consumer organizations today urged the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee to discuss with Federal Reserve Board chair nominee Dr. Ben Bernanke...

Financial Times Ranks University of Texas at Dallas's Executive MBA Program Among Top 25 in U.S., Top 46 in World.
October 24, 2005... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a survey released today, the Financial Times ranks The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Executive MBA Program among the top 25 such degree programs...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Ranks Among Top Performers for Clinical Quality, Patient Satisfaction, Information Technology.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Palo Alto Medical Foundation's (PAMF) Palo Alto Medical Clinic and Camino Medical Group were recently ranked among the top-performing medical groups...

GetActive's Fall Product Release Helps Organizations Maximize Fundraising Efforts; Product Enhancements Improve Donor Experience, Provide Single View of Donor Transactions.
October 25, 2005... Byline: GetActive Software BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- GetActive Software, a leading provider of relationship management products that help organizations recruit, engage, and retain constituents online, announced that...