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WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition Announces 'Early Bird' Registration Through July 11

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LAS VEGAS, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - Registration, full schedule now available at www.WaterSmartInnovations.com "Early bird" full conference registration is underway until July 11 for the inaugural WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, Oct. 8-10, 2008, in Las Vegas. A discounted rate of US$330 is available through the conference's Web site, http://www.WaterSmartInnovations.com. After July 11, full conference registration will increase to US$390. WaterSmart Innovations will be held at the South Point Hotel & Casino, at the south end of the famed Las Vegas Strip. Presented by…
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Annual General Meeting of neosino nano­technologies AG Decides to Rename Company adinotec AG

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GRIESHEIM, Germany, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- At the neosino nanotechnologies AG AGM held 18. April in Griesheim, shareholders decided to rename the company adinotec AG. Executive Board Chairman Edmund Krix said, "The new name adinotec is intended to document the company's new policy. The name adinotec stands for 'advanced innovative technologies'. On the one hand, this demonstrates that we still claim to launch new and advanced technologies onto the market, but at the same time makes it clear that in future, we shall no longer be restricting ourselves to nanotechnology." The new company name…
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Grammy-Award Winning Artist Shakira to Discuss State

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WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- April 21 Media Conference Call On April 21, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and Grammy award-winning artist Shakira will participate in a media conference call to discuss the state of global education and out-of-school children in developing countries. This corresponds with the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) Action Week that will take place from April 21-27, 2008. Brown, Zoellick, and Shakira will join with GCE's coalition in 120 countries to call on government leaders to support a basic education for all…
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Hope Rising for At-risk Youth

Science Education & Policy Diana deRegnier |
The cost of providing a safety net for at-risk youth is $5,000 per year; the cost of housing a San Quentin inmate is $60,000 per year. Which would you prefer? -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- What's your reaction when you see a young person begging for money, living in a park or under a freeway? Do you think, "Why don't you just get a job? In and Out Burgers pays $11.00 an hour. I'm not buying your beer." I admit to my own uneasiness and temptation to judge, and I also wonder what has happened to this young person that made them drop out? Who crushed their spirit? In 2003, M. Wald and T.…
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Prospects Acquires Interest in Gabbitas

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LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading education support service provider Prospects Services Ltd has acquired a controlling interest in Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd, the leading provider of quality support services to schools in the independent sector. Executive Chairman of Prospects Ray Auvray commented: "I am delighted that Gabbitas Educational Consultants will be joining the Prospects Group. Gabbitas has a proud history over 130 years of providing the highest quality services to independent schools in the UK and to English-speaking schools worldwide." He continued: "This is an…
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Spigit's IdeaSpigit Selected as a Finalist for the Best of Interop Awards at Interop Las Vegas 2008

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PLEASANTON, California, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- - Spigit, Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent are the top three finalists in the Software Category Spigit, Inc., the leader in social productivity software for the enterprise, today announced it was named along with Microsoft (with Novell) and Alcatel-Lucent as a finalist in the software category for the Best of Interop Las Vegas 2008 awards by TechWeb's Information Week and Interop. Interop Las Vegas, the leading global business technology event series, will announce winners on April 29, 2008. Spigit will be demonstrating its software products…
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Cleantech Group Announces Strategic Partnership With YPO-WPO

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- - Two Global Networks Partner in Support of Cleantech Entrepreneurs The Cleantech Group(TM), LLC, founder of the cleantech investment category, announced today its partnership with Young Presidents' Organization - World Presidents' Organization (YPO-WPO) YPO-WPO, the world's largest leadership network, to support clean technology entrepreneurship around the world. The two organizations will share resources and encourage networking among members to develop a better understanding of the opportunities created by the rapid development and global adoption…
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Virtual Digital Libraries - Ad Hoc Encyclopedias For The 21st Century

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In 1750, Denis Diderot convinced his publisher to support a vast enterprise, the publication of the Encyclopédie gathering all knowledge into one location. Dozens of writers worked on thousands of articles for more than 15 years to produce the first summary of all human knowledge and, despite the labour and pains of its birth, its entire contents would barely fill one volume of a contemporary encyclopaedia. Linking communities and information into a virtual digital library is the 21st century version of the Dictionaire Raisonneé. Better, they can be organised around specific topics, creating…
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Torchmark Corporation Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

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MCKINNEY, Texas, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) reported today that for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, net income was US$1.29 per share compared with US$1.37 per share for the year-ago quarter. Net operating income for the quarter was US$1.43 per share, an 8% per share increase compared with US$1.32 per share for the year-ago quarter. Reconciliations between net income and net operating income are shown in the Financial Summary below. FINANCIAL SUMMARY Net operating income, a non-GAAP financial measure, has long been consistently used by Torchmark's management…
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Worldwide Pharmaceutical Industry Launches Global Health Progress Initiative to Expand Efforts to Improve Health in Developing C

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WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- - Industry supports hundreds of programs helping millions in the developing world and is looking for new partners The worldwide pharmaceutical industry today launched Global Health Progress, an initiative to bring research-based biopharmaceutical companies, global health leaders and policymakers together to build on current partnerships to improve health in the developing world. Serving as a convening point for the industry and its partners, Global Health Progress will facilitate interaction between the private sector, NGOs and governments to share…
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