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WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) Special Olympics announced today a new youth-lead effort -- Spread the Word to End the Word - 3.31.09, encouraging people nationwide to pledge to stop using the derogatory word "retard." The day will be devoted to educating and raising awareness about individuals with in...

The Life of Riley is a weekly post that details my activities since I ended a thirteen year career as a corporate drone. These posts are usually long, personal, and geared more for my own memory than the reader’s entertainment. Sunday (Day 637): Don’t Blame Me For My Beard One of #1GF!&#...

SANTA ANA, CA (MARKET WIRE) The Orange County Funders Roundtable, a coalition of local foundations, today released the results of a countywide study on how local nonprofits have been affected by the growing economic crisis. With 58% of respondents facing declining revenues in 2009, and over 66% seei...

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) The team led by Idaho Governor Butch Otter was today declared the "Most Active Governor's Team" in the nation and the winner of the Capitol Steps Challenge, a two-week fitness competition between 14 U.S. governors and their executive teams. Challenge sponsor Virgin HealthMil...

The soccer Fever is coming world cup 2010. Huge Event with lots of celebrations and will give us a new world champion. It will take place in picturesque country of South Africa and the first game for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa will be played on 11 June 2010. The games will be played at Cap...

SOUTHBOROUGH, MA (MARKET WIRE) With reports this month confirming a late, hard-hitting cold and flu season, parents enjoying a mild season thus far are not yet in the clear. A recent survey confirms that more education is needed on how to manage cold and flu season properly. The survey, conducted by...

The Life of Riley is a weekly post that details my activities since I ended a thirteen year career as a corporate drone. These posts are usually long, personal, and geared more for my own memory than the reader’s entertainment. Sunday (Day 630): Less Programmable Than A Big Trak I woke up out ...

Following the stress of this past week, I ended up going out on Thursday to meet the regular crew at JR's, then on Friday, in a convoluted fashion, I ended up at the new Ziegfield's/Secrets. Two late nights, and even without drinking terribly much, it was more of that sort of stress than I'm used to...

Airboards are an inflatable and lightweight sled for those hard-to-reach peaks. Designed and perfected in the Swiss Alps, they combine [...] 185 words | permalink | No comments | digg this...