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Research Initiatives Collaboration Between SRNL, Chernobyl Laboratory Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:12AMUnder a recently signed agreement, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the Ukraine's International Radioecology Laboratory (IRL) will collaborate on radiation ecology research, including projects in the region impacted by the catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 24 years ago. Researchers at IRL use the area around Chernobyl as ...
Sandia National Laboratories Helping to Safeguard World's Dangerous Biological Agents Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:50AMSafeguarding the world's most dangerous biological agents has been a top priority for a dedicated group of Sandia scientists for more than a decade, and now, this team is training laboratory leaders from around the world to secure deadly agents such as anthrax and HIV from accidental or intentional misuse.
Physics professor to lead new research center Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:02PMBlair Kuykendall
A Safety Net For Global Capitalism - Inside Munich Re, The World's Risk Center Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:29PMWhen natural disasters, like floods in Pakistan or earthquakes in Haiti, strike, Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurance company, ends up paying part of the bill. Munich Re offers capitalism a safety net, and no other company is more familiar with life's risks.
'Cut the crap' and other lessons for new IT projects Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:50PMFocus on the job you want to accomplish and not on the technology you are using to get the job done, says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s senior adviser for knowledge management.
Social media helps NRC combat brain drain Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:50PMNRC has deployed professional networking tools to support online communities of interest that can “get the information that is needed to the right person” quickly and simply.
SRNL, Chernobyl Laboratory collaborate on research initiatives Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:17AM( DOE/Savannah River National Laboratory ) Under a recently signed agreement, the US Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory and the Ukraine's International Radioecology Laboratory will collaborate on radiation ecology research, including projects in the region impacted by the catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 24 years ago.
U.N. Lays Plans to Spend $290M on Aid to North Korea Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:41PMAs the xenophobic North Korean regime of Kim Jong Il appears to be inching toward a murky transition of power, the United Nations is laying plans to spend more than $290 million on a welter of programs in the communist state—including a scheme to produce an algae sold in the U.S. as tropical fish food--provided someone else comes up with much of the money.
The Global Association for Contact Center Best Practices & Networking Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:19AMPHILADELPHIA, PA – August 31, 2010 – Alteva, a Unified Communications (UC) solution provider, headquartered today announced the appointment of David Cuthbert as CEO. With over twelve years of operational management and leadership experience, Cuthbert’s focus will be leading Alteva through its industry leading growth.
Constellation NewEnergy Holds Executive Seminar to Help Erie Region Businesses Maximize Electricity Investment Value Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:16AMBALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Constellation NewEnergy will host an executive seminar on competitive electricity options at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, PA on 9/8/10.
Alteva Announces Cuthbert New CEO Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:11AMAlteva, a Unified Communications(UC) solution provider, headquartered in Philadelphia, today announced the appointment of David Cuthbert as CEO. With over twelve years of operational management and leadership experience, Cuthbert's focus will be leading Alteva through its industry leading growth.
Constellation NewEnergy Holds Executive Seminar to Help Erie Region Businesses Maximize Electricity Investment Value Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:00AMBALTIMORE----As true electric competition expands throughout Pennsylvania, Constellation NewEnergy, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy , today announced it will host an executive seminar on competitive electricity options at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie on Sept. 8, 2010.
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. to Dish $290M for N. Korea Aid- U.S. Aims to Shut Down N. Korea's 'Office 39' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:15AMAs the xenophobic North Korean regime of Kim Jong Il appears to be inching toward a murky transition of power, the United Nations is laying plans to spend more than $290 million on a welter of programs in the communist state—including a scheme to produce an algae sold in the U.S. as tropical fish food--provided someone else comes up with much of the money.
Report: Arizona could be site for clean-energy research center Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:17AMArizona and other Rocky Mountain states should host new alternative-energy research centers, according to a report from Brookings Mountain West.
Alteva Appoints David Cuthbert CEO Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:07AMNew Successor Comes at a Time of Tremendous GrowthPHILADELPHIA, PA -- Alteva, a Unified Communicatio...
Alteva Announces Cuthbert New CEO Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:06AMNew Successor Comes at a Time of Tremendous Growth
What the Google-Verizon proposal really says Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 11:48AMThe framework is no more and no less than an offer of peace in the raging Net neutrality war, issued by two of the leading combatants, argues Stanford Law fellow Larry Downes.
University of Maryland Bioengineering Master's Program Meets National Need for Top Jobs in the Next Decade Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 9:14AMClark School of Engineering Program is Available On-Campus and 100% Online COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The faculty of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, A. James Clark School of Engineering have developed an online master's degree program to better meet the needs of working bioengineers in the Washington, D.C., Metro ...
University of Maryland Bioengineering Master's Program Meets National Need for Top Jobs in the Next Decade Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 5:26AMClark School of Engineering Program is Available On-Campus and 100% Online
INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 11:46AMFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: FDI and the core sector Once in a while, it might pay policy-makers steeped in the quotidian business of maintaining the right environment for economic growth to step back and cast a bird's-eye view on what they have achieved so far. The most common way of doing this ...
Ashton O'Donnell, A-bomb scientist, dies Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 5:48AMAshton "Ash" J. O'Donnell, who worked on the atomic bomb during World War II and later helped to develop nuclear power for civic uses, died of cancer in San Rafael on July 28. He was 89. Raised in Montana, where he learned to love the outdoors, Mr. O'Donnell... World War II - Nuclear weapon - Nuclear power - History - Twentieth Century
Nuclear safety: Asean can learn from EU Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 7:38PMSoutheast Asia is going nuclear. Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are planning to build two nuclear power reactors each, with several more proposed. The Philippines is looking at refurbishing a power .....
Nuclear safety: Asean can learn from EU Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 7:37PMfarmer working in a vineyard of Coteaux du Tricastin near the Tricastin nuclear power station (background) in France. The EU nuclear model is worth studying as Asean nations are turning to nuclear power as an alternative energy source to meet rising demand.
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Dounreay bidder pledge on jobs Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 6:33AMLEVELLING Dounreay in time and to budget would leave the job of managing the remainder of the site's clean-up unfinished, according to Caithness Solutions.
CACI Awarded $22 Million Task Order to Support Joint Exercise and Training Support Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 5:47AMARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a $22 million task order to support research, information analysis, exercise and training development, and technical support to implement the United States Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) joint training objectives. The contract, for one base year and three option years, was awarded under ...
CACI Awarded $22 Million Task Order to Support Joint Exercise and Training Support Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 5:31AMARLINGTON, Va.----CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a $22 million task order to support research, information analysis, exercise and training development, and technical support to implement the United States Strategic Command’s joint training objectives.
IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility Magazine Release 2010 UtiliQ Rankings Designed to Measure Utilities ... Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 5:10AMFRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility magazine announced the results of the annual UtiliQ rankings – designed to measure the progress utilities are making on the path to intelligent energy.
IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility Magazine Release 2010 UtiliQ Rankings Designed to Measure Utilities ... Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 5:00AMFRAMINGHAM, Mass.----IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility magazine, an Energy Central publication today announced the results of the annual UtiliQ rankings – a joint study designed to cut through the smart grid hype and provide benchmarks for measuring the progress utilities are making on the path to intelligent energy.
Dick Clark Productions Plans Debt as Corporate Yields Fall: New Bond Alert Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 3:20AMDick Clark Productions Inc. , the television company founded by the former host of the “American Bandstand” variety show, is marketing debt as yields on U.S. corporate bonds fall along with Treasuries.
Federal Environment Ministry supports online-climate conference CLIMATE 2010 Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:20AMParliamentary State Secretary Reiche encourages participants of e-conference to engage in networking and in knowledge sharing // transboundary solutions are key to sustainable management of water resources in times of climate change // continuous efforts in mitigating climate change on all levels are essential In the run up of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) in November and December ...
NV Energy Gets High Marks From Utility Industry Publication Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 1:24PMNV Energy, Inc., is one of the nation's most progressive utilities, according to a leading industry publication.
NC State Jenkins MBA Assistant Professor Elected To Society Of Decision Professionals Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:55PMTriangle - RALEIGH, N.C.— The NC State Jenkins MBA program (http://mgt.ncsu.edu/mba) has announced that Dr. Jeffrey Stonebraker, an assistant professor in the NC State University College of Management’s Department of Business Management, has been elected as a charter fellow in the Society of Decision Professionals (SDP). He also serves on SDP’s Educator Forum Council.
Explore Stroke Care With Society Of Interventional Radiology's CLOTS Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:21AMCatheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)-an intensive five-day course offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas-provides interventional radiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurologists and fellows-in-training with the unique educational opportunity to review, observe and discuss all aspects of acute stroke management. "Stroke is the third ...
MultiPlan Offers Debt in Busiest July Since at Least '98: New Issue Alert Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:35AMMultiPlan Inc., the health-care cost-management company being acquired by BC Partners Ltd. and Silver Lake, is marketing debt in the busiest July for corporate bond sales since at least 1998.
Pakistan's aid-addicted economy needs reform Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:07PMLAHORE — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's just-concluded visit to Islamabad — for the second session of the strategic dialogue that she and her Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, launched in Washington earlier this year — brought some comfort to her hosts. The United States promised to provide $500 million of funding for several "highly visible" projects in Pakistan. This was ...
Former Sellafield nuclear plant boss defends pay row role Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:31AMFormer Sellafield boss Barry Snelson has defended his moves to try and halt industrial action over a pay dispute that was taking place as the site was being privatised.
Ferro Plans Debt as Profits Renew Investors' Risk Appetite: New Bond Alert Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:50AMFerro Corp. , the Cleveland-based maker of porcelain enamel for cookware and appliances, is marketing debt as investors gain confidence company profits will continue to grow.
5 Republicans, 2 Dems vying for nominations Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:39PMPosted 12 minutes ago at 10:26 pm. Editor’s Note: This is the first of several stories in the Star’s primary election guide to help voters learn more about candidates. Each issue through Monday will cover a different campaign race.
Rain hinders Pantex operations Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:44PMHeavy rains caused tens of millions of dollars in damage to equipment and buildings at the Pantex Plant, hampering and possibly delaying key nuclear weapons work, officials confirmed Friday.
Seeking Federal Flood Assistance Not Necessarily Easy Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 7:00PMFederal help does not come in one neat package for flood victims.
Exclusive: Tory donor's campaign to stop loan Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:11PMTHE coalition Government was barely two weeks old when Andrew Cook emailed Business Minister Mark Prisk to offer his views about the £80m loan for Sheffield Forgemasters agree
Exclusive: Tory donor's campaign to stop loan Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:11PMTHE coalition Government was barely two weeks old when Andrew Cook emailed Business Minister Mark Prisk to offer his views about the £80m loan for Sheffield Forgemasters agreed by Lord Mandelson before the General Election. (22/07/2010 09:34:20)
Green Party grabs up collector seat Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 9:53AMJoy Ballard, administrative assistant to Saline County Judge Lanny Fite for the past 10 years, is a candidate for Saline County collector in the November general election and, barring some unforeseen development, will be the nominee for the county’s Green Party.
2010 race for governor is about jobs Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 3:07AMAt 13.6 percent, Michigan's unemployment rate is no longer the highest in the country. The state was passed in the latest monthly report by Nevada.
Spying isn’t what it used to be Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 5:28PMFor some spies these days, highly unlikely behaviour is the preferred mode of cover.
10 types of system administrators you'll encounter in the field Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:29AMSpend enough time in the IT biz and you're bound to run across a few... characters. Justin James has identified some sys admins who are representative of the species.
Terror in Iran: Another Day, Another Atrocity in the World of Dirty War Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 7:06AMAt least 21 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, were killed and 100 wounded in suicide attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan on Thursday, Iranian media reported.
United States DoD contracts for July 15, 2010 Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:55PM...
EODT Appoints Philip Hamilton to Director of Business Development for Critical Mission Support Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:12AMLENOIR CITY, TN--(Marketwire - July 15, 2010) - EOD Technology, Inc. (EODT) announces the appointment of Mr. Philip E. Hamilton, former executive with G4S Nuclear Security Services Corporation (NSSC), as Director of Business Development for the company's Critical Mission Support business unit. In this capacity, Mr. Hamilton will be responsible for all facets of business development, including ...