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The event, themed "Shattering the Project Myth," includes 10 webinars from top risk and project practitioners from the USA, UK, Nigeria, France and Germany HERNDON, Va., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- World Risk Day, the second annual awareness day focused the importance of effective risk management, kicked off its Virtual Summit today with webinar sessions featuring 10 expert speakers and a range of on-demand content - all focused on sharing global risk and project management best...
A study by David Finkelhor, Ph.D., of the University of New Hampshire, and colleagues updates estimates and trends for childhood exposure to a range of violence, crime and abuse victimizations. The study used the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence, which was based on a national telephone survey conducted in 2011. The participants included 4,503 children and teenagers between the ages of one month to 17 years. According to the results, 41.2 percent of children and youth...
ATLANTA, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) today announced plans to offer $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2020 in a private offering to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The net proceeds from the offering will be used, together with cash on hand, to purchase...
Randomized controlled trial of popular recess program shows widespread benefits, including less bullying, more physical activity, and more time for teaching. PRINCETON, N.J., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study released today from Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University suggests that there may be more to recess than just a break in the school day. The randomized controlled trial of Playworks, a...
With the summer season approaching, it is more important than ever for parents to talk with their kids about sexting, Reputation Changer warns. New York, New York (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Sexting is still a fairly recent phenomenon, but the reluctance and embarrassment that parents often feel when it comes time to talk about sex with their children is nothing new; according to Reputation Changer, though, there has never been a more critical time for parents to talk to their kids openly and...
Methadone addiction issues addressed through Recovery Associates Methadone Drug Treatment Program. Their different treatment tracks support and encourage people to give up addictive substances and create a new life in recovery. Tampa, Florida (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Methadone has been used to help people caught in the web of drug addiction to stop. Yet, some physicians prescribe methadone to patients who, without proper guidance and supervision, will overuse this medication. The results are...
Politics Shift as Lawmakers Embrace Nationwide Support for End-of-Life Choices WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's leading end-of-life choice advocacy group, Compassion & Choices, praised the Vermont legislature for becoming the first legislative body in the nation to approve death-with-dignity legislation. Gov. Peter Shumlin has vowed to sign the bill into law. "This historic legislative victory proves that the aid-in-dying issue is no longer the...
ATLANTA, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerex Corp (NASDAQ:NMRX), a leading provider of on-demand and interactive machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise solutions, today announced that Ms. Sherrie McAvoy has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective May 10th, 2013. Ms. McAvoy spent her entire career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, a global accounting, auditing and professional services firm. She was with the firm for over 30 years, and was a partner for the last eighteen of...
Researchers from the Universities of Bamberg and Bonn present causal evidence on how markets affect moral values Many people express objections against child labor, exploitation of the workforce or meat production involving cruelty against animals. At the same time, however, people ignore their own moral standards when acting as market participants, searching for the cheapest electronics, fashion or food. Thus, markets reduce moral concerns. This is the main result of an experiment...
The Best Halfway House is now offering nationwide halfway house placement and sober living options to those in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 The Best Halfway House has just announced a new area they are providing halfway house placement services in the entire United States. The Best Halfway House will now help locate and find the best halfway houses in the major areas of the United States. They help find sober living homes for all of those in...
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Chicago police sergeant, Louis R. Vitullo, focused his career in the city's crime lab and eventually because chief microanalyst. He created an organized method by which to collect and analyze evidence in sexual assault cases. The tools necessary to follow this process are all contained together in a standardized kit, originally called a Vitullo kit. Today, they are more commonly referred to as SAEK or rape kits. Louis Vitullo died on January 3, 2006 at Good Shepherd Hospital in...
