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AUSTIN, Texas, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TechAssure Association and OneBeacon Technology Insurance, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, launched TechAssure University to meet the growing needs for corporate training-related services in an increasingly complex insurance, risk management and regulatory environment. TechAssure University will provide a broad range of customized courses, webinars, private classes and seminars. The topics range from basic commercial insurance and...

SOBA Recovery Center announces their new holistic drug and alcohol treatment options for those suffering from addiction. Malibu, CA (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 SOBA Recovery Center announces their new holistic drug and alcohol treatment options for those suffering from addiction. SOBA Recovery Center (SRC) over the course of ten years has helped thousands of addicts and alcoholics achieve sobriety through their dual diagnosis program. SRC is staffed by world-renowned experts in the field of...

It’s no accident that money obtained through dishonest or illegal means is called “dirty money.” A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that when people perceive money as morally tainted, they also view it as having less value and purchasing power. Challenging the belief that “all money is green,” and that people will cross ethical boundaries to amass it, social scientists from UC Berkeley and Stanford University have found compelling evidence that the...

Smokers who viewed 'strong' ads had less nicotine in urine a month later Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments versus those with weaker ones, and irrespective of flashy elements, like bright and rapidly changing scenes, loud sounds and unexpected scenario twists. Those smokers also had...

The alcohol industry, including the major supermarkets ignored, misrepresented and undermined international evidence on effective alcohol control policies in an attempt to influence public health policy in Scotland to its advantage, according to UK experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. The experts, led by Jim McCambridge from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, analyzed the alcohol industry's input into the Scottish Government's 2008 Consultation on "Changing...

Firm Honored with Distinguished Service Award for "Excellence in Business Judgment" NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP has been honored with a Distinguished Service Award in the "Excellence in Business Judgment" category at Main Justice's "Best FCPA Lawyers" Client Service Awards luncheon in Washington, DC on April 23. The Client Service Awards highlight the achievements of law firms and law-firm practitioners who demonstrated...

CARLSBAD, Calif, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTC: PTSC) announced today that Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. has purchased an MMP(TM) Portfolio license. Brocade is an industry leader in providing reliable, high-performance network solutions. The company's products include Enterprise Ethernet (LAN, WLAN) Switches, WAN (Internet) Routers, SAN Switches, Application Delivery Controllers, Network Security Appliances, Ethernet/Storage Network...

'The Retreat Boutique Online' to join two brick-and-mortar thrift stores HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching a new way for local residents to find and buy household treasures "thrift-store-style" while helping reduce domestic violence across Long Island, The Retreat -- a leader in domestic violence prevention -- this week activated The Retreat Boutique Online. The new thrift store, at www.TheRetreatBoutique.org, offers many of the same benefits of its concrete...

Companies of all sizes face compliance challenges under a multitude of state data breach notification laws. Scott & Scott, LLP, an intellectual property and technology law firm, with a practice area focus on security and privacy releases a State Data Breach Notification Laws Chart and suggests modeling response to the most restrictive and onerous of the state laws. Southlake, Texas (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 Currently 46 states and the District of Columbia have enacted some version of...

BALTIMORE, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice will honor Northwest Hospital's Domestic Violence program, "DOVE", for its 24/7 crisis intervention that aids more than 800 domestic violence victims annually in Baltimore County. Attorney General Eric Holder will present DOVE with an award during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Washington, D.C. "These committed individuals are being honored for...